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BRIT in deal to secure free schooling for talented arts pupils
PRS for Music, a world-leading music collective management organisation, is partnering with The BRIT School’s renowned music department to inspire – and fund – the next generation of artists. The partnership will enable The BRIT School to remain free to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Music, Schools, Stanley Halls
Tagged Music, PRS for Music, Selhurst, Stanley Halls, The BRIT School
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Stormzy’s changing the game by opening his #MerkyFC HQ
Stormzy’s fusion of music and football made another massive stride today with the announcement that, backed by global sports brand Adidas, he has taken over the sports pitches at what was Selhurst Sports Arena to launch #Merky FC HQ, a … Continue reading
Posted in #MerkyFC HQ, Activities, AFC Croydon Athletic, Art, Charity, Education, Football, Music, Selhurst, Sport
Tagged #MerkyFC, Adidas, Communities First Foundation, Croydon, EA Sports, Football, Selhurst, Selhurst Sports Arena, Stormzy
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It’s back to nature for Broadmead youngsters with farm visit
In any debates about the problems and benefits of young children, in or out of class, being glued to their devices and screens might be informed by the half-term visit of a couple of dozen pupils from a central Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Broadmead Primary, Education, Environment, Schools, Wildlife
Tagged Bore Place, Broadmead Primary School, Ernest Cook Trust, Selhurst
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Disruption for six months as Sydenham Road bridge is closed
From the nice people in charge of Britain’s national rail network who once gave us “the wrong kind of snow”, Sydenham Road in central Croydon has become an unannounced and unexpected Low Traffic Neighbourhood, with the abrupt closure of the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Cycling, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Selhurst, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, East Croydon, Network Rail, Selhurst, Sydenham Road
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Youth Zone tackles cost of living crisis with free hot meals
Croydon’s Legacy Youth Zone is playing its part to address the cost-of-living crisis by offering free hot meals to young people attending the centre throughout winter. Young people who attend the centre on Whitehorse Road, Selhurst, for one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Selhurst
Tagged Ajaz Ahmed, Ajaz.org, Legacy Youth Zone, Selhurst
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Charities shocked to find council set to sell their buildings
Not content with withdrawing all grant aid from the borough’s voluntary groups, cash-strapped Croydon Council is now looking at making 17 charities and community groups effectively homeless by selling the buildings that they currently use. At the start of the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Council Tax, Croydon Council, CVA, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, Steve Phaure
Tagged Conservative, Cornerstone House, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon VA, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mind in Croydon, Pampisford Road, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Selhurst, Steve Phaure, Tory
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‘Shoddy and inadequate’ police search led to Ratana’s death
The partner of Sergeant Matt Ratana, the officer who was shot dead by a prisoner carrying a gun inside Croydon Custody Centre in September 2020, said he had been let down by the “shoddy and inadequate” performance of his Metropolitan … Continue reading
Save Crosfield and Selhurst nurseries, SNCK, Sep 30
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Schools, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Portland Road, Selhurst, Selhurst Nursery, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory
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Tories U-turn as they look at re-opening borough’s rat runs
Long-standing road closures which have often provided welcome traffic calming measures for decades could be under threat in the latest move by an increasingly desperate Prime Minister, reports JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, is refusing to … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Steve Reed MP, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Rat runs, Rishi Sunak, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Waddon
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Palace confirm Hodgson as manager for one more season
Crystal Palace have confirmed that Roy Hodgson, who will be 76 when the new Premier League season kicks off next month, will be the club’s manager for 2023-2024. The one-year extension of Hodgson’s second spell in charge of the club … Continue reading
Veteran boss Hodgson set to stay on for one more season
Roy Hodgson is expected to accept a proposal to stay on as head coach at Crystal Palace for another season. The former England boss will celebrate his 76th birthday just days before the new season kicks off on August 12 … Continue reading
Perry’s cost-cutting puts five nursery schools under threat
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the Mayor’s latest ‘short-sighted short-termism’ that will yet again see residents paying more to get less Jason Perry, the Conservative Mayor of Croydon who put up the borough’s Council Tax by 15per cent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Education, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Schools, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addiscombe, Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Maintained Nursery Schools, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Purley Nursery, Selhurst, Selhurst Nursery, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Nursery, Tory, Tunstall Nursery
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Two arrested at Stansted Airport over Nelly Akomah murder
Two people were arrested in the early hours of this morning in a police swoop at Stansted Airport in connection with the murder of a Thornton Heath pensioner. The police say that a man, aged 28, and a 31-year-old woman … Continue reading
Police investigate suspected murder of woman in her 70s
A fifth murder investigation in Croydon in less than three months is underway after a woman in her 70s was found dead at a house near Grangewood Park yesterday. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 10.40am to … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, youth knife crime
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‘Heartbroken’ Hallam Court residents in call for urgent action
Selhurst residents who saw their homes on fire last week say that they have known since 2020 that the materials used on the building’s exterior were unsafe. Today, the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, they said: ‘We cannot risk … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Selhurst
Tagged Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Hallam Court, Selhurst, Southern Housing
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Grenfell six years on: 80% of social blocks still lack sprinklers
Research published by Inside Housing shows that, six years since the Grenfell Tower fire, fewer than 1-in-5 high-rise social housing blocks have been fitted with sprinklers and only 1-in-8 with fire alarms, key pieces of equipment which the fire services … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London Fire Brigade, Property, Selhurst
Tagged Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Hallam Court, Inside Housing, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Peter Apps, Selhurst
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Police name Waddon teen in Pawsons Road murder probe
The second teenager charged with last week’s Pawsons Road murder of Lucas Sutton has been named by police as Keahn Williams, 19, from Waddon. Williams was arrested in the West Midlands on Saturday. He was also charged with possession of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, knife crime, Lucas Sutton, Metropolitan Police, Pawsons Road, Selhurst, Waddon, youth knife crime
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Man accused of killing Croydon police sergeant denies murder
The man accused of shooting Police Sergeant Matt Ratana dead in a Croydon police station yesterday entered a not guilty plea. Sgt Ratana, 54, was shot in the chest as a handcuffed suspect was being taken into custody at Windmill … Continue reading
Recreation ground reopens with ‘magnificent seven’ sculptures
Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground was reopened this week after £85,000 in Government funding was used to make “significant improvements” to the park, with locals expressing hope that it will become a safer place for people to use, and discourage the … Continue reading
Brigade issues candles warning after Davidson Road blaze
Firefighters have issued a candle safety warning after a house fire on Davidson Road in Croydon yesterday. A bedroom on the first floor of a mid-terraced house was completely destroyed by the fire. One woman left the property before the … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, Selhurst
Tagged Croydon, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Selhurst
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GOSH! It’s Cesc! Charity volunteer wins £10,000 for sick kids
A charity volunteer from Croydon received the surprise of his life when he received a call from a World Cup-winner to tell him that his football initiative had won a worldwide competition – and a £10,000 donation to his chosen … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Football, Sport
Tagged #Cheers4Christmas, Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Chelsea FC, Como, Goals for GOSH, Jamie Groves, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Selhurst rail engineer wins multicultural apprentice prize
The feeling of rejection can be hard to handle, but Maro Sakpere used his knockback as an opportunity to enter the world of rail another way. Four years on and Sakpere has just picked up the transport and logistics apprentice … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Selhurst, Transport
Tagged Maro Sakpere, Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards, Selhurst, Selhurst depot, Southern Rail
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More rail cuts coming down the line thanks to Tory Treasury
Funding formula for the country’s biggest railway operator represents ‘levelling down’ for London, according to a member of one of the largest passenger user groups More Southern and Thameslink railway timetable changes were slipped out last week, just ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon North, Croydon South, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Norbury, Norwood Junction, Purley, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Surrey, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon South, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norbury, Norwood Junction, RMT, RMT union, Selhurst, Surrey, Sutton, Tattenham Corner, Thornton Heath, Tory
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