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£81,000 part-time Mayor pulls a sickie for first scrutiny meeting
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the seemingly miraculous recovery from covid by Tory Jason Perry Croydon’s £81,000 part-time Mayor pulled out of his first scheduled appointment with the council’s scrutiny committee last night, citing covid as his excuse. Yet … Continue reading
Tory government rail cuts cause more commuter misery
Conservative ministers might expect us to return to work ‘as normal’, but they’re doing less-than-nothing to provide a transport service at pre-pandemic levels, reports JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent New rail timetables are to be implemented from Monday, with Croydon, Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Caterham, Community associations, Commuting, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, East Croydon, Epsom and Ewell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norwood Junction, Purley, Selhurst, Surrey, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Crystal Palace, Department for Transport, DfT, East Croydon station, East Surrey Transport Committee, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, Norwood Junction, Selhurst, Southern Rail, West Croydon
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Aldi seeking 400 staff in London-wide recruitment drive
Aldi, the fifth-largest supermarket chain in Britain, has announced it is looking to hire nearly 400 new staff across London this year. Aldi says that they are “looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its … Continue reading
Storms ahead after Great North Wood fuelled the industrial age
There are reminders all around us of what our ancestors have destroyed, and a new book about the Great North Wood reminds us that it is future generations who will have to deal with its effects. By STEVEN DOWNES Could … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, Wildlife
Tagged CJ Schüler, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Great North Wood, John Ruskin, London, Selhurst, South London, South Norwood, The Great North Wood, Thornton Heath
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Mystery donor pledges to double donations to Youth Zone
A mystery donor has come forward offering to match all donations made towards the Legacy Youth Zone in Selhurst. The Legacy Youth Zone, which serves a membership of more than 6,000 young people, but was told before Christmas that it … Continue reading
Planning’s latest nadir as Olde Clocktower pub is demolished
Croydon has lost another community pub in what the local beer campaign group has described as an act of “blatant vandalism” after Ye Olde Clocktower on the corner of the busy Whitehorse Road and Union Road was demolished without any … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Planning, Property, Pubs, Selhurst
Tagged CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Selhurst, Whitehorse Road, Ye Olde Clocktower
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Police seeking witnesses to Selhurst stabbing in broad daylight
There was another stabbing in broad daylight on the streets of Croydon yesterday. On this occasion, the victim was able to make it to hospital with the help of the police and London Ambulance Service and is expected to recover … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Selhurst
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Selhurst
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Brigade issues kitchen safety warning after Selhurst flat blaze
Firefighters have issued a cooking safety reminder after a flat fire on Union Road in Selhurst last night. Part of a flat on the first floor of a residential building was damaged by fire. One woman and a child were … Continue reading
Regina Road scandal sees two more councillors de-selected
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest round of results in Labour’s sometimes shambolic local elections candidate selection process Labour members in South Norwood tonight de-selected two of Newman’s numpties, Clive Fraser and Patsy Cummings, senior councillors who had been … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Humayun Kabir, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Louis Carserides, Manju Shahul Hameed, Muhammad Ali, Patsy Cummings, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, West Thornton
Tagged Broad Green, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Patsy Cummings, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, West Thornton
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More Labour disarray as BAME councillors Wood and Ali quit
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on two shock withdrawals from the selection process for next year’s local elections Croydon’s Labour group is in further disarray this morning after the sudden withdrawal from its candidate selection process of two BAME councillors who … Continue reading
Butler and Scott among those not facing the voters again
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the high drop-out rate among Croydon’s Labour councillors, bruised and deflated after nearly eight years in charge at the Town Hall Paul Scott and Alison Butler, the husband and wife duo who made up … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Caragh Skipper, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jamie Audsley, Jose Joseph, Joy Prince, Louisa Woodley, Mary Croos, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Selhurst, Stephen Mann, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Caragh Skipper, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jack Buck, Joy Prince, Labour, Pat Clouder, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Selhurst, Stephen Mann, Thornton Heath, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Waddon, Woodside
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Selhurst allotment-holders are hit by one-man crime wave
WANTED: Do you know this man? The hard-pressed gardeners and veg growers of the Selhurst and South Norwood Allotments have been seeing rather too much of this character since the start of July. They have had regular visits from this … Continue reading
Brighton mainline rail improvements to be axed in Tory cuts
Long-planned improvements to the London to Brighton mainline railway outside Croydon, including rebuilding East Croydon Station and unblocking a bottleneck near Selhurst, could be scrapped as part of government post-covid cut-backs. Network Rail rates the lines around Croydon as the … Continue reading
Comic Relief backs work of Selhurst’s Guiding Hands
Tracey Davis, the founder of Guiding Hands, a voluntary organisation that helps families, has been nominated by the council as a lockdown hero. BBC Radio London’s Make A Difference is interviewing a Londoner in each borough who has gone the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Selhurst
Tagged Guiding Hands, Selhurst, Tracey Davis
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Gate Expectations: park swiftly reopened for Selhurst families
Less than 48 hours after Inside Croydon reported on the concern of Selhurst families over the closure of a local open space, today the gates of Boulogne Road Recreation Ground had been reopened, the padlocks removed. A community group had … Continue reading
Posted in Bolougne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Selhurst
Tagged Boulogne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Selhurst
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Residents worried after the council padlocks Selhurst park*
Locked park gates and a dismissive and “insulting” response from the local authority have caused concern among a community group in Selhurst that the cash-strapped council might try to flog off their children’s playground. The Selhurst park which has been … Continue reading
Posted in Bolougne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Selhurst
Tagged Boulogne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Selhurst
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Police launch stop and search operation in West Croydon
Croydon police have today launched Operation Cleveland, with an increased presence of officers on the streets around West Croydon “carrying out high visibility foot patrols to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour”. The move comes after the outbreak of knife attacks … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Selhurst, West Croydon
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Selhurst, Superintendent Andy Brittain, West Croydon
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Police begin murder inquiry as ‘senseless’ stabbings continue
Croydon police yesterday began a murder investigation into the events that led to a man in his 20s dying from knife wounds after a stabbing in Selhurst on Friday night. Yet even as senior officers were reassuring MPs and council … Continue reading
One dead and 10 stabbings in Croydon night of savagery
Unconfirmed reports suggest a turf war between south London gangs could be behind the outbreak of violence on Croydon streets last night, with too few police to prevent such deadly incidents In a couple of hours of unprecedented savagery in … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Fairfield, Knife crime, Policing, Selhurst
Tagged Broad Green, Dingwall Road, East Croydon, knife crime, Mayday Hospital, Metropolitan Police, Selhurst
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After 27,000 meals for charities, Palace Kitchen is still cooking
The Palace Kitchen project is being extended into February so that thousands of local people in need can continue to receive nutritious food. Palace Kitchen, based at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium and backed by the Palace for Life Foundation … Continue reading
10-year-old Nathan is named as Rotary’s first Stars winner
The Rotary Club of Croydon has named the first winner of its Rotary Stars Award as Nathan Findlator, from Broadmead Primary in Selhurst. The Rotary Stars is an annual scheme to recognise and reward primary school-aged children for acts of … Continue reading
Croydon house fires prompt safety warnings over batteries
The London Fire Brigade successfully tackled a fire at a house on Whitehorse Lane in South Norwood this morning. It was the second house fire at a home in Croydon in a couple of days, in a week when the … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, South Norwood
Tagged London Fire Brigade, Selhurst, South Norwood
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Palace in £1m agreement with council for Selhurst scheme
Crystal Palace FC’s long-delayed development plans to upgrade their Selhurst Park home could be about to get underway after Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, rubber-stamped a community levy deal that could be worth up to £1million to the local … Continue reading
Selhurst homes and businesses face demolition for rail scheme
Thirty-three homes in Selhurst and business premises on a light industrial estate all face demolition, under plans from Network Rail to provide a long-term solution to congestion on the London-to-Brighton mainline. Network Rail’s Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme – or CARS … Continue reading
