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Tag Archives: South Norwood
Perry starts back-pedalling over borough’s low traffic schemes
Less than six months into what was supposed to be a properly monitored 18-month trial of traffic-reducing measures, the council has announced a series of ‘drop-in sessions’ for residents to air their views on CHNs. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, South Norwood, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Addiscombe, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, CHNs, Conservative, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Department for Transport, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Tory
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Cherry Orchard Garden Centre could be offered CAT reprieve
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council’s efforts to reduce its operating costs could see up to seven public-owned assets transferred to community groups, including a much-loved garden centre in the town centre that was under threat of closure. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, CYTO, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Cherry Orchard Garden Centre, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Harlow Hall, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Norbury, Sanderstead Rec, Shirley Community Centre, South Norwood, Tory, Waterside Centre
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No action taken over councillor’s six-week holiday to Brazil
WALTER CRONXITE reports from the Town Hall on a controversial figure’s long-term absence When Matt Hancock pissed off to the jungle for a few weeks, the MP had the Conservative whip removed in parliament for his unauthorised absence. Much the … Continue reading
Whitehorse Road house fire under investigation by Brigade
A fire at a house in South Norwood this morning which led to a man being taken to hospital is under investigation by the emergency services. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on Whitehorse Lane. … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, South Norwood
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, South Norwood, Whitehorse Road
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Soda Beat concert at Stanley Halls, South Norwood, Feb 20
Posted in Art, Music, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
Tagged Club Soda, Soda Beat, South Norwood, Stanley Hallls
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Beehive future in doubt after Co-op pulls out of Woodside store
South Norwood residents have expressed concern and disappointment after the Co-op abandoned plans to open a supermarket in a converted pub on Woodside Green. The Beehive has been closed as a pub since 2017. Two previous attempts to convert it … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Planning, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Co-op, Croydon, South Norwood, The Beehive, Woodside, Woodside Green
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Library closures are on Mayor’s lists of cuts for New Year
All Croydon’s public libraries will close next week for a 10-day break in service – from Christmas Eve, Saturday December 24 until Monday January 2. But there’s growing concerns among Katharine Street sources that some of the borough’s 13 public … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sanderstead, South Norwood
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, South Norwood, South Norwood Library, Tory
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Fuel crisis takes grip of borough leisure centres’ opening times
Times are tough. Now Croydon’s leisure centres and swimming pools – owned by the cash-strapped council and operated for them by Greenwich Leisure – are reducing their opening hours because they can’t afford the steepling costs of heating the buildings, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, New Addington, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, Swimming, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Tagged Better, cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Energy crisis, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, New Addington, New Addington Leisure Centre, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, South Norwood Leisure Centre, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Housing board’s report warns of ‘years of hard work’ ahead
Nearly two years since the Regina Road council homes scandal broke, an independent panel appointed to oversee the Town Hall’s housing efforts has noted the beginnings of improvement Getting Croydon’s housing service to an acceptable standard “will take several years … Continue reading
Cold-hearted Perry refuses to open warm banks in Croydon
More than half of local councils in England are planning “warm spaces”, where people can shelter from the cold this winter amid soaring energy costs. But not in Croydon, where the borough’s cold-hearted Mayor, Jason Perry, has decided that the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Age UK Croydon, Business, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Addiscombe East, Ashburton Hall, Better, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, GLL, Mayor Jason Perry, Selhurst Park, Socco Cheta, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre, Warm banks, Warm hubs, Warm spaces
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Fighting fund’s £1,000 donation helps at heart of community
Earlier this month, Croydon Council withdrew its ludicrous High Court injunction against this website. Inside Croydon pledged that any money raised by readers for the #KerswellBallsFund, its legal fighting fund, that was not needed for the court case would be donated … Continue reading
Whyteleafe banking on bumper World Cup crowd for derby
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Can the Trams’ returning manager maintain the momentum into a crunch game tomorrow? ANDREW SINCLAIR previews derby day and what the December fixture list holds for Croydon Athletic Football fans, perhaps fired up by tonight’s England World Cup … Continue reading
‘I had to put my kids on inhalers because of the black mould’
EMMA GARDINER reports that the findings of a Coroner’s court in Rochdale over the cause of death of a toddler needs to lead to profound changes in the way social housing stock is managed The shocking announcement this week from … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, Property, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
Tagged Awaab Ishak, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Emma Gardiner, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Rochdale Coroner's Court, South Norwood
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Council opts to demolish blocks at centre of squalor scandal
The South Norwood flats which were so badly maintained that they caused a national scandal ‘are no longer fit for purpose’ according to a report from the cash-strapped council. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council wants to demolish the three tower … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Susmita Sen
Tagged Council housing, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Susmita Sen
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Giles in ‘fairytale’ return for second spell as Croydon boss
Seven months after he stood down as manager at Croydon FC, it was announced tonight that Liam Giles is to return to the Arena as the club’s new boss. A vacancy had occurred after Tyler Chambers and his assistant manager, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Gavin English, Liam Giles, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tyler Chandler
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Trams boss Chambers resigns on Twitter after row with board
In an exclusive interview with ANDREW SINCLAIR, Croydon FC’s latest manager explains why he and assistant Joe Brown felt their positions had become ‘untenable’ Croydon are looking for their third manager in seven months after Tyler Chambers resigned following Saturday’s … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Gavin English, Joe Brown, South Norwood, Tyler Chambers
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Arts Council announces £4.8m grants to six Croydon groups
Six arts groups in Croydon are to receive a share of a £4.8million Arts Council grant over three years, part of £431.2million funding for arts projects across the capital through to 2026. The Croydon groups that have been awarded funding … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Stanley Halls, Talawa Theatre Company
Tagged Arts Council, Arts Council England, Boundless Theatre, Croydon, Eye Music Trust, Fairfield Halls, Sir Nicholas Serota, South Norwood, Stanley Arts, Stanley Halls, Talawa Theatre Company, Tonya Nelson, Turf Projects, Whitgift Centre, Zoo Co Creative
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Palace granted permission (again) for £100m stand at Selhurst
Back of the net! The result of last night’s planning committee meeting was never in doubt. But now Crystal Palace and their chairman Steve Parish have to seal a deal with Sainsbury’s. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE It … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Leila Ben-Hassel, Planning, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Labour, Planning, South Norwood, Steve Parish, Wooderson Close
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Who’s for the chop? Mayor left ‘frustrated’ by axed trees
Thick Lizzy Truss is not the only Tory carrying out U-turns – Croydon’s part-time Mayor has done a hand-brake turn over traffic reduction measures, reports our motoring correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON As if Croydon’s bungling of the implementation of Low Traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Steve Iles, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, ANPR, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Crystal Palace, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, school streets, Scott Roche, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
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Art projects can meet funders for culture year at Stanley Halls
Stanley Halls will be hosting a “Meet the Funders” session on November 3, to brief arts centres, arts groups and artists about how to access funding for projects when Croydon is London’s Borough of Culture in 2023. “Croydon in 2023 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Stanley Halls
Tagged Borough of Culture, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Time to wipe out wet wipes from our rivers says Thames21
The government needs to ban plastic in wet wipes immediately in order to help tackle this sewage-based pollution ending up in the River Thames, environmental charity Thames21 has urged today. The charity made the call as it launched its second … Continue reading
