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Surrey’s September title heartbreak has been a real motivator
HOOK’S SHOT: The wickets have been rolled, the stumps varnished and bats oiled with linseed. From his seat in The Oval Long Room, MARCUS HOOK, pictured right, looks ahead to the cricket season Good Friday sees the start of the … Continue reading
Video exclusive: man set for trial over Warlingham stabbing
EXCLUSIVE: This website has obtained a video clip from the violent incident at Warlingham Green on Tuesday night, when one man was hospitalised and another was arrested on a range of charges Inside Croydon today publishes a brief video clip … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Limpsfield Road, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tandridge, Warlingham, Warlingham Green
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Police appeal for witnesses after stabbing at Warlingham Green
Surrey Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following a stabbing near Warlingham Green last night. A 22-year-old man from Croydon is in custody following the incident, “on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, possession of a knife/bladed article in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged knife crime, Limpsfield Road, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tandridge, Warlingham, Warlingham Green
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Reform party official wants to scrap vital New Addington trams
EXCLUSIVE: As Nigel Farage’s company-cum-party struggles with a constant credibility crisis, here in Croydon, one member has a policy idea which could damage their election chances. By STEVEN DOWNES Ahead of next May’s local elections in Croydon, Peter Morgan wants … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Worries over ‘nasty’ Peter Morgan’s part in Croydon Reform UK
EXCLUSIVE: The party that selected a dead woman to be their candidate for mayor in Croydon is once more having questions asked about its checks on candidates and officials. By STEVEN DOWNES Still without a mayoral candidate for the local … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Parking, Policing, Purley, Schools, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Cordrey Gardens, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage, Peter Morgan, Reform UK, Sharon Carby, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tory
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Nobody thought having two Surrey councils was a good idea
CROYDON (AND SURREY) COMMENTARY: By a stroke of Steve Reed’s ministerial pen, one part of Surrey is to have just 20 councillors to represent 160,000 people. For SHASHA KHAN, pictured right, that is ‘a devastating attack on our representative democracy’ … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged Cllr Shasha Khan, East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Hooley Merstham and Netherne, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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Reed approves Surrey county council split and £500m write-off
Bankrupt Woking to get an unprecedented debt write-off from government, but new West Surrey Council to be burdened with £4.5bn of borrowing from Day 1 in 2027 Twelve local authorities in Surrey, including Tandridge, Epsom and Ewell and Reigate and … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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Regulator finds ‘serious failings’ in Tandridge’s social housing
Some things ‘came as an absolute surprise to me’ says chair of district council’s housing committee, as inspectors found more than 1,000 overdue fire safety fixes and no clear records of stock surveys for almost a decade Tandridge District Council, … Continue reading
From Westerham to Bletchingley, we retrace our walker’s steps
WEEKEND WANDERINGS: Continuing our tradition of providing guides to readily accessible walking routes in and around Croydon, KEN TOWL set off in the footsteps of this website’s original guide, Walker Dunelm, to revisit the Greensand Way On April 13, 2020, … Continue reading
Posted in Ken Towl, Outside Croydon, Redhill, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, Walker Dunelm, Walks
Tagged Bletchingley, Greensand Way, Ken Towl, Kent, Limpsfield Chart, Surrey, Tandridge, WALKER DUNELM, Walks, Westerham
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Join us for our Midsummer’s dream walk at Hutchinson’s Bank
Inside Croydon is getting out and about again next week, with a guided walk through the flora of Hutchinson’s Bank to be led by local botany enthusiast, Moira O’Donnell. And YOU could join us on our Midsummer’s dream walk The … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Inside Croydon, Moira O'Donnell, Nature Notes, Walks
Tagged Butterflies, Featherbed Lane, Hutchinson's Bank, London Wildlife Trust, Moira O'Donnell, Nature conservation, New Addington, Orchids, Rambles, Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, Surrey, Walks
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Take a journey back in time with the 418 vintage bus day
There’s a heritage bus day being staged this Sunday, June 8, on the 418 route between Kingston and Bookham in Surrey. And all journeys are free. Organised by the London Bus Museum, vintage vehicles from the 1940s to the 1990s … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, History, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, TfL, Transport
Tagged Bookham, Brooklands, Epsom, Kingston, Leatherhead, London Bus Museum, Route 418, Surrey, TfL, Tolworth, Transport for London, Vintage Bus Day
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Croydon’s Ace designer just misses making her TV finale
Last night’s Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr proved to be the last appearance for a Croydon-born contestant who had wowed the judges in previous episodes. By STEVEN DOWNES Sometimes, even when you lose, you win. Briony Ace’s phone has been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Business, Comedy, Schools
Tagged Alan Carr, BBC Television, Briony Ace, Brit School, Interior Design Masters, Surrey, The BRIT School
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Anderson’s art captured Surrey greats and church monuments
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Surrey’s first home match in their 180th county cricket season got underway at The Oval on Friday, and DAVID MORGAN was there for the opening over. Here, he recounts the career of an historian and artist who put … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cricket, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Jamie Smith, Rory Burns, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Archbishop Grindal, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster Fire 1857, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, John Corbet Anderson, Julius Caesar, Rory Burns, Surrey, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Oval, Tom Lockyer, Tom Sherman, William Caffyn
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45 houses on Farleigh Meadows is latest battle for Green Belt
Residents in Warlingham are fighting a rearguard action to save the Green Belt, with a succession of applications to build housing, often on sites which were formerly sports grounds or used for recreational purposes. Farleigh Meadows, previously a stables and … Continue reading
Two weekend closures of M25 at Cobham coming in March
The £317million three-year major roads project to improve traffic flows at the M25’s junction with the A3 is now going to be a four-year project, drifting into 2026, and with more motorway closures planned for next month. National Highways says … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Surrey
Tagged Cobham, Coulsdon, M25, M25 closure, M25 Junction 10, Surrey
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Surrey’s county elections postponed ahead of council mergers
Government steps in as it looks to create single unitary authorities, while offering a reprieve for London’s borough mayors, including in Croydon County elections due to be held in Surrey on May 1 have been cancelled, as the government prepares … Continue reading
Posted in Epsom and Ewell, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Redhill, Reigate and Banstead Council, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Angela Rayner MP, Conservative, Croydon Mayor, English Devolution White Paper, Epsom and Ewell, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge District Council, Tim Oliver, Tory
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Tandridge reports itself to housing regulator over electric tests
Tandridge Council has reported itself to Regulator of Social Housing after it failed to carry out mandatory electrical safety tests on its council homes. The district council, based in Oxted and covering Caterham, Godstone, Lingfield and Warlingham, announced its decision … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Caterham, Catherine Sayer, Lingfield, Oxted, Surrey, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, Warlingham
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Family let down by police and officials over 22-year-old’s death
An inquest into the death in Caterham last year of 22-year-old Hannah Aitken has found that she died after taking a poisonous substance which she ordered online from abroad. Paramedics who treated her were not carrying the antidote and had … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Care Homes, Caterham, Crime, Health, SEND, Surrey
Tagged Caterham, Hannah Aitken, Leigh Day solicitors, Suicide, Surrey
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Coroner recommends dog restrictions after Caterham death
The death of a woman from South Croydon, killed by the dogs she was walking at a beauty spot near Caterham in January last year, could lead to greater restrictions on the number of animals any individual is allowed to … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, South Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Caterham, dogs, Gravelly Hill, Natasha Johnston, Surrey, Surrey Coroner's Court, Surrey Police, XL bully
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Charity issues appeal after eight puppies abandoned in Surrey
The RSPCA has issued an urgent appeal for information after eight bulldog puppies were found dumped and left to die in a shopping bag. The pups are getting lots of attention at the animal charity’s local centre, after they were … Continue reading
People power! Coulsdon road closures postponed and changed
After Tory councillor accused residents’ association of ‘scaremongering’, council performs an 11th-hour U-turn over Stites Hill Road closure. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Residents in Old Coulsdon, in Caterham on the Hill and the surrounding areas were claiming a victory … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Caterham, Caterham on the Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, OCRA, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Stites Hill Road, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tory
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Surrey council: Coulsdon road closures are down to Croydon
The simultaneous closures of Coulsdon Road for drainage works and Stites Hill Road for “traffic management” reasons, due to begin next week and last for a month, creating an “Iron Curtain” between south London and Surrey, are all a matter … Continue reading
Posted in Caterham, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Outside Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Caterham, Caterham on the Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, OCRA, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Stites Hill Road, Surrey, Surrey County Council, The Fox Coulsdon
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Thames Water faces £159m courtroom challenge over pollution
A week after precautionary checks for contamination in the water supply in Beckenham and Penge, the failing privatised utility company is forced to issue bottled supplies to residents in a village in the Surrey constituency of Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt … Continue reading
