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Selsdon’s security shutdown after teenager’s midnight stabbing
Selsdon was under a police lockdown this morning, after a teenager was stabbed just after midnight. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the incident followed a party staged in Selsdon Hall. The 16-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital, according … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged Addington Road, Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, Selsdon Library
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Fire Brigade issues urgent wild fires warning across London
The London Fire Brigade has issued an urgent warning to the public of a “severe risk of wildfires” ahead of this weekend’s heatwave. London and the south-east of England have endured drought-like conditions with unusually low rainfall since March, while … Continue reading
Now Perry wants to axe school safety patrols to save £58,000
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Without any debate or discussion at the Town Hall, the Tory Mayor is trying to sneak through cuts which some fear will put thousands of children’s safety at risk on a daily basis. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Manor, Orchard Park High, Rowenna Davis, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Monks Orchard, Norbury, Selsdon, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Building on precious green spaces won’t fix the housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With mounting pressure on local authorities to allow the building on Green Belt land, PETER UNDERWOOD raises concerns that private profit is being put before people The combination of unreliable politicians and profit-hungry developers is putting our green … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Wildlife
Tagged Ashen Grove, Conservative, Croydon Council, Green Belt, Green Party, Housing, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon, Sir Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Side By Side By Selsdon for latest CODA song and dance show
CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, is going all Sondheim for their next production, Company, which is to be performed at Selsdon Hall from May 8 to 11. In 1970s New York, bachelor Bobby contemplates his unmarried state. Over … Continue reading
A century of Selsdon captured in new exhibition’s photographs
CHRIS JONES, Editor of The Selsdon Gazette, the publication of the area’s residents’ association, outlines a century of suburban growth, which is now the subject of a free exhibition at the local library One hundred years ago, in 1925, Selsdon … Continue reading
Croydon families get help from second ‘hub’ in South Norwood
Croydon families will soon have more support, with a “Family Hub” opening at the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centre in South Norwood. The council said: “The opening of this hub marks another milestone in the council’s commitment to making sure Croydon’s families … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Family Hubs, Health, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Norwood
Tagged Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Family Hub, Samuel Coleridge Taylor Centre, Selsdon, South Norwood, Woodlands Centre
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By Royal appointment: Duchess pays a visit to Croydon High
The Duchess of Gloucester has marked the 150th anniversary of Croydon High School with a royal visit to the girls’ fee-paying school in Selsdon, marking “a poignant moment in the school’s rich legacy of empowering girls through education since its … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon High, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon High School, Dorinda Neligan, Duchess of Gloucester, GDST, Girls Day School Trust, Selsdon
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Residents scathing of report on Purley retirement flats
The fix is in. Council planning officials who describe the ‘harm’ that 220 retirement flats would do to Purley have still recommended approval ahead of a committee meeting next week. And there could yet be hidden costs for Croydon with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Holly Ramsey, Housing, Leisure services, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Samir Dwesar, Selsdon Residents' Association, Simon Brew
Tagged British Virgin Islands, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West RA, Croham Valley RA, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Drugs crime, East Coulsdon RA, Hartley and District RA, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Money laundering, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon RA, Planning Committee, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown RA, Selsdon, Selsdon RA, Simon Brew, Tory
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75% object to revised scheme for Purley’s 220 retirement flats
As the British Virgin Islands comes in for renewed criticism for being ‘a magnet for… money laundering and tax evasion’, Croydon’s Tory MP appeals for public support for a development proposed by a subsidiary of a shadowy company based in … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Leisure services, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Polaska, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged British Virgin Islands, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West RA, Croham Valley RA, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Drugs crime, East Coulsdon RA, Hartley and District RA, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Money laundering, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon RA, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown RA, Selsdon, Selsdon RA, Tory
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Residents’ associations reject developer’s revised Purley plans
Polaska’s 220-unit ‘later living’ development was deemed ‘wholly unacceptable’ by the GLA last year. Now groups representing hundreds of locals say updated parking proposals could be the ‘death knell’ for businesses in the area. EXCLUSIVE by PEARL LEE, our south … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Leisure services, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Polaska, Property, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West RA, Croham Valley RA, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon RA, Hartley and District RA, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon RA, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown RA, Selsdon, Selsdon RA, Tory
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Administrators given further 12 months to sell Selsdon Park
Administrators Moorfields have been granted a further year to try to sell the former Selsdon Park Hotel. Birch Selsdon closed in November 2023 due to “cash constraints”, barely six months since it had re-opened as a boutique hipster resort charging … Continue reading
Perry’s ‘cruel closures’ of one-quarter of borough’s libraries
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Residents’ groups in the south of the borough accuse the Mayor, and the council, of not listening, and raise serious doubts about proposals to transfer maintenance funds to other areas. By our libraries correspondent, GENE BRODIE Four … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Library, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Save Croydon Libraries, Selsdon, Selsdon Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, Tory
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Legal battle expected as Perry to order four libraries to close
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tory Mayor is about to rubber-stamp decision which was ridiculed by local Conservative MP as providing savings that represent ‘a drop in the ocean of the council’s debt’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Mayor Jason Perry will … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South, Stuart Collins
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Library, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Save Croydon Libraries, Selsdon, Selsdon Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, Tory
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Closing libraries is a sign of ‘failed administration’ – say Tories
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the ever-present threat to the borough’s public libraries, with a doom-laden, long-delayed council report expected next week At the council cabinet meeting to be held on September 25 (the first such meeting held by our … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South, Stuart Collins
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Library, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Save Croydon Libraries, Selsdon, Selsdon Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, Tory
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Town centres to get small grants for undecided ‘improvements’
The council is beginning a set of projects “to transform” (their words) five of the borough’s district centres with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. But the money – £833,000 – will be spread very thinly between the five … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Purley, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Thornton Heath, West Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Road, Maintained Nursery Schools, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, nursery schools, Purley, Selhurst Nursery, Selsdon, Tory, West Croydon
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Desperate times, desperate measures: PM Sunak visits Purley
PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: They thought it was some kind of secret liaison at their local HQ in Purley. But WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, reports on the last roll of the dice by Croydon’s Tory MP Photos: GEORGE BURDICK and HUNTER SQUIRES … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Purley, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Alison Butler, BBC Newsnight, Ben Taylor, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, General Election, General Election 2024, John Crace, Labour, Paul Scott, Prime Minister, Purley, Rishi Sunak, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon, Steve Reed OBE, The Guardian, Tony Newman, Tory, Victoria Derbyshire
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Suburban spy drama is coming to Selsdon Hall this week
In 1960s suburbia, Barbara and Bob Jackson are living an idyllic life with their daughter Julie. But when they are visited by the security services, they are informed that their best friends and neighbours, the Canadian Krogers, may not be … Continue reading
Croydon High to go even higher with space satellite project
Croydon High is about to go even higher! The girls’ independent school in Selsdon who last year ran a special astronomy club project that sent a pair of weather balloons into space has confirmed that it is now working to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon High, Education, Schools
Tagged Arabi Karteepan, AstroGazers Club, Croydon High, Croydon High School, Science, Selsdon, STEAM, University of Bath
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