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Anti-racism campaigner Wadsworth wins High Court libel case
Marc Wadsworth, the prominent anti-racism campaigner, journalist and broadcaster from Thornton Heath, has won his libel case against the Jewish Chronicle, with the newspaper agreeing to pay “substantial compensation” and issue an apology. In an article on the publication’s website … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, LESTER HOLLOWAY, Marc Wadsworth, Thornton Heath
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Councillor’s alarm call helps save lives in Thornton Heath fire
A Croydon councillor has spoken of how she called 999 in the early hours of this morning after she was woken up by “horrible screams” and “saw loads of black smoke coming out of neighbour’s house”. Leila Ben-Hassel is a … Continue reading
Posted in Leila Ben-Hassel, London Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath
Tagged Leila Ben-Hassel, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath
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Reader offer: 25% off price of historical biography Comrade Sak
An important book on 20th Century political history is available on special offer to Inside Croydon readers. And we have two copies signed by the author to give away as prizes to our loyal subscribers The Labour Party driving away … Continue reading
Posted in History, Inside Croydon
Tagged Marc Wadsworth, Shapurji Saklatvala MP, Thornton Heath
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Reed rails against Tory plans, as his mates flog off public park
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council pushes on with its plans to sell off part of Grangewood Park, a ‘quiet secluded oasis in the heart of a busy local area’, while Blairite MP does nothing to oppose. By STEVEN DOWNES As Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Planning, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Community Action Team
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Grangewood Park, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Bediako released from detention centre after 24-day battle
Joey Bediako, the Thornton Heath man facing forced deportation, was given an 11th-hour reprieve last night when he was released from the notorious Brook House detention centre near Gatwick Airport. The news was announced just after 8pm last night by … Continue reading
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Tagged Brook House, Home Office, Joey Bediako, Priti Patel, Thornton Heath
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MP Reed calls for halt to deportation of Thornton Heath man
By CLARA MURRAY A man from Thornton Heath has been detained for almost a month and is facing deportation on Wednesday despite being legally eligible to stay in the UK. Joey Bediako, 26, was taken “without warning” to the notorious … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brook House, Croydon, Croydon North, Home Office, Joey Bediako, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Disabled resident’s harrowing plea: ‘I don’t want to be in here’
After a decade of complaints and media exposés, living conditions endured in council temporary accommodation in Thornton Heath remain a scandal. By STEVEN DOWNES Gilroy Court, the budget hotel in Thornton Heath which Croydon and other councils use for temporary … Continue reading
Police investigating cause of blaze at Thornton Heath flats
Around 40 residents of a block of flats in Thornton Heath had to be evacuated last night when fire raged up the outside of the building. Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to Crystal Court, on Woodville … Continue reading
Cash-strapped council to sell part of Grangewood Park
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our environment reporter, CHRIS PECKHAM, on how the authority’s financial crisis is being used as an excuse to push through a twice-rejected plan After being forced to back down twice in the face of public hostility in … Continue reading
Teenager convicted of eight violent and sex assaults on girls
A 15-year-old boy from Thornton Heath has been convicted of eight separate charges involving violent or sexual attacks against girls who were walking to school. The attacks took place over a period of more than a year, from November 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Thornton Heath
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Thornton Heath
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Under-threat libraries missing from council’s re-opening plans
Croydon Council this morning released details of its phased re-opening of some of the borough’s public libraries – but with no immediate plans for three of the buildings which it has listed for permanent closure in its recent consultation. Broad … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Libraries, New Addington, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, coronavirus, Coulsdon, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Public Libraries, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Purley, Sanderstead Library, Selsdon Library, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Podcast: ‘My living nightmare in temporary accommodation’
Last week, we published the account by SHANTAL MOSES (left) of her lockdown year spent with her young son in inadequate and dangerous accommodation provided by Croydon Council. This is Croydon’s real housing crisis, another aspect of the appalling conditions … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, Under The Flyover
Tagged Gilroy Court, ITV News, Shantal Moses, Thornton Heath
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Celeb-backed charity seeking help from local businesses
CLARA MURRAY reports from the launch of a celebrity-backed skills and employability programme for disadvantaged youngsters The Music Relief Foundation has been working with young people in the borough for 10 years from its Thornton Heath base, and today they … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Music, Thornton Heath
Tagged CeCe Sammy, Music Relief Foundation, Thornton Heath
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US takeover of GP surgeries could lead to cuts, says expert
A coalition of doctors and NHS campaigners are considering a legal challenge to the takeover by an American health insurance giant of 37 GP practices across London, including seven in Croydon. US insurer Centene, through Operose Health, its UK subsidiary, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health
Tagged Centene, Croydon NHS CCG, New Addington, NHS, Operose, Purley, Thornton Heath
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Council applies emergency brake on New Year parking hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on how Fisher’s Folly officials have been forced into a sudden U-turn over their money-spinning ’emissions-based’ parking charges New car parking charges, due to come into force at council-run car parks and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Parking, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Selsdon & Ballards, Shifa Mustafa, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Emmissions-based parking charges, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Shifa Mustafa, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Brigade warn against burning waste on wooden decking
Firefighters were kept busy again yesterday, with house blazes in Thornton Heath and Kenley. In the case of one of the fires, it is believed to have started when the householders had domestic waste burning outside their home – on … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, London Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath
Tagged Kenley, London Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath
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£29m deal on flats buys Brick by Brick some breathing space
Yet more public money is being used to bail-out the council’s failed house-building company, as it flogs off 85 flats intended for shared ownership. Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports In the latest admission of the abject failure of Brick … Continue reading
Binmageddon!: Veolia admits to botched leaflets delivery
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But on Christmas Eve in Croydon, in the middle of a Tier 4 coronavirus lockdown, functionaries from Veolia, the council’s rubbish … Continue reading
Croydon’s coronavirus deaths pass 500 as Tier 4 begins
Government has been aware of rocketing infection rates of new variant of covid-19 for two weeks before Prime Minister announced the Christmas lockdown last night The new coronavirus lockdown measures introduced today could not have come a moment too soon … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Mayday Hospital, New Addington, Thornton Heath, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Woman charged with murdering her son worked for council
The mother of two-year-old Kyrell Matthews, who died at his Thornton Heath home in October 2019 after suffering 39 fractures, had been employed by Croydon Council… working with children in care. Inside Croydon has confirmed that Phylesia Shirley was a … Continue reading
Covid restrictions force RAC to cancel Veteran Car Run
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run has been cancelled due to coronavirus. It is the first time that the rally has had to be cancelled since World War II. The rally, which features around 300 museum-piece vehicles, most of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, History
Tagged Coulsdon, London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, Norbury, Purley, South Croydon, Thornton Heath
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Giles sees red after his side concedes controversial late penalty
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: With the Croydon “Wanderers” about to set up a new home at Crystal Palace, ANDREW SINCLAIR reports on an impressive unbeaten run, and how the Rams have managed to end their losing streak as one of their stalwarts … Continue reading
Dogged trading standards sniff out under-the-counter tobacco
Trading standards officers from Croydon Council, with essential help from a four-legged friend, have confiscated thousands of cigarettes and other tobacco products from three shops suspected of selling counterfeit and illegal goods. The trading standards officers were assisted by specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council
Tagged Croydon Council, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, West Croydon
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