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The Help to Buy mortgage and councillor’s shifting interests
INSIDE SUTTON: An absentee Labour councillor admits he did not declare his own property ownership when he or his soon-to-be wife claimed tens of thousands of pounds in a government-funded, interest-free mortgage loan. EXCLUSIVE by investigations editor, CARL SHILTON The … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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Sutton staff kept Kingdom revenue deal secret from councillors
INSIDE SUTTON: Discussion about the private ‘bounty hunters’ patrolling the borough’s streets has been blocked, while evidence has been discovered that council staff may have misled opposition councillors over Kingdom’s latest contract. EXCLUSIVE by DAVE BURTON Sutton Council has been … Continue reading
‘Local’ councillor now based 1,000 miles from Hackbridge
INSIDE SUTTON: After finally winning seats on the council for the first time in 20 years, half of what’s left of Sutton’s Labour group appears to have moved out of the borough. And some senior local party officials say that … Continue reading
Posted in Dave Tchil, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council
Tagged Dave Tchil, Hackbridge, Labour, London, Oh Viva Espana, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Spain, Sunny Spain, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia
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Get down to some ‘compost disco-ing’ at Sutton farm’s wassail
Sutton Community Farm will be staging its Winter Wassail 2025 on Saturday February 1, reviving a traditionally English, medieval celebration aimed at blessing the upcoming harvest season. All the family can enjoy the day, where the centerpiece is the wassailing … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Gardening, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Sutton, Sutton Community Farm, wassailing, Woodmansterne
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Inside Croydon’s very own Mystic Mug’s predictions for 2025
HAPPY NEW YEAR: Katherine Kerswell gets headhunted to run crisis-hit Premier League football club… Mayor Perry creates more money-spinning LTNs for the cash-strapped council… And yet more new plans for the Whitgift Centre. We’ve polished up Inside Croydon’s crystal ball … Continue reading
Reed’s government shelves plans to help protect River Wandle
‘Townie’ MP Steve Reed, having angered Jeremy Clarkson and the farming lobby, now seems set for a row with Feargal Sharkey over the fate of England’s under-threat chalk streams Government officials have abandoned proposals to protect and clean up the … Continue reading
Council has £1m loan in the pipeline for heating no one needs
At a committee meeting tonight in Sutton, councillors will be asked to approve a £1m loan for the discredited council-owned heat network, SDEN. But questions are being asked about the viability of the plans, while residents are kept in the … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton, David McIntyre, Hackbridge, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Riverside, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, The Lavenders
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‘Doctors say only a new hospital is the answer’ for St Helier
SUTTON COMMENTARY: Shocking scenes shown by BBC News this week should be a wake-up call for government and the NHS to revive previously approved plans for a state-of-the-art new hospital, writes DAVE BURTON The problems facing St Helier Hospital, as … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Health, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Burstow MP, Paul Scully MP, St Helier Hospital, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Bedmont, Bobby Dean MP, Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Dave Burton, Luke Taylor MP, NHS, Royal Marsden Cancer Hub, St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam
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St Helier Hospital stretched to limits by a ‘tidal wave of flu’
By DAVE BURTON The appalling conditions at St Helier Hospital were highlighted on national television last night when a BBC News report showed patients waiting on trolleys in corridors for hours, even days, as staff battled a “tidal wave” of … Continue reading
Four led to safety from fire at disused office block in Sutton
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a fire at a disused office block on Sutton Court Road on Friday night. Around 16 square metres of rubbish outside the entrance was alight and a small part of the external … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, Sutton, Sutton Court Road
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Officials ignore councillors’ calls for action over Farmlands site
IN-DEPTH AND INFORMED: Sutton’s elected councillors, from across the political divide, are being ignored by the council’s senior staff over enforcement action against Valencia over the Beddington Farmlands nature reserve. It couldn’t have anything to do with Valencia providing energy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dave Burton, Ed Parsley, Environment, Helen Bailey, London-wide issues, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Andy Webber, Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, Dave Burton, David Hicks, HEB committee, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor, Wendy Clark
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Sutton’s ex-leader in extraordinary attack on waste company
Valencia Waste Management, owners of Beddington Farmlands former landfill site, are ‘arrogant’ and have no intention of carrying out agreed wildlife restoration, according to LibDem councillor Ruth Dombey A multi-million-pound waste management firm is “running rings” around Sutton Council as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, London-wide issues, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, HEB committee, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor
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Watchdog in call to keep bus fares low and to speed up routes
A report by London TravelWatch, the capital’s independent transport watchdog, is urging widespread improvements to the capital’s bus service, including helping to speed up routes and keeping fares low London TravelWatch said London’s bus network is “lifeline” to millions of … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, TfL, Transport
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth, London Buses, London TravelWatch, Sutton, TfL, Transport for London
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Sutton puts Carshalton’s Grade II*-listed Old Rectory up for sale
Sutton Council has put the Old Rectory in Carshalton into the hands of estate agents, as the local authority makes attempts to raise some extra cash while driving down costs incurred through building maintenance. Not that the council appears to … Continue reading
Discover which local pubs want you to take away their glasses
In a nod to the customers who have taken pub glasses home with them without permission, a major pub company is now encouraging it, as 1,000 pubs across the country will serve drinks in limited-edition commemorative glasses for this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Caterham, East Croydon station, Marston's, Poppy Appeal, Porter and Sorter, Royal British Legion, Sutton, The Ship
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Croydon Road’s sewer works completed ahead of schedule
Emergency road works to fix a broken sewer on the A232 Croydon Road have been completed ahead of schedule, with the major road set to re-open to all traffic as soon as tomorrow, Sunday October 20. Inside Croydon reported at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way, Sutton Council, Thames Water
Tagged Beddington Park, Croydon Road, Purley Way, Sink hole, Sutton, Thames Water, Wallington
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State schools’ rugby tournament to kick off at John Fisher
A two-day festival of rugby, featuring the top state school teams from across England, is being staged at John Fisher School’s playing fields at Plough Lane this weekend. The event has been “years in the making”, according to Tom Street, … Continue reading
Croydon’s Superloop bus link to Heathrow facing the axe
Barely a year after the £6million introduction of the Superloop network, with rebranded express routes mostly around outer London, Mayor Sadiq Khan is considering axing Croydon’s long-standing bus link to Heathrow Airport. The SL7 Superloop bus was introduced in 2023, … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Superloop, Sutton, TfL, Transport for London
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Sutton Literary Festival, Carshalton and Wallington, Oct 12-13
Posted in Art, Sutton Council
Tagged Carshalton, Sutton, Sutton Literary Festival, Wallington
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Police promise ‘laser-like’ focus to track down phone snatchers
The Met Police in Croydon has embarked on a publicity campaign, apparently in an effort to restore public confidence in their work on catching criminals and deterring crime. They might sound as if they have been spending too much time … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Chief Inspector James Weston, Croydon, Dixon of Dock Green, Lambeth, Metropolitan Police, Phone thefts, Sutton
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