Tag Archives: Thornton Heath

Adrian Dennis: ‘A legacy of honesty, integrity and decency’

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

Tributes to the life and works of Adrian Dennis, the former Thornton Heath Labour councillor who died last week, have flooded in from a wide range of former colleagues and friends, including a former Deputy Mayor of London. Dennis, who … Continue reading →

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Alderman Adrian Dennis, who scolded ‘Lord Tea Bag’, has died

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

Adrian Dennis, the former Labour councillor, a Freeman of the Borough and Honorary Alderman, has died. He was 67. Dennis was one of three councillors to take the Thornton Heath ward in 1986 from the Ratepayers’ Alliance, a grouping with … Continue reading →

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Tory flagship free school Portakabin Academy rated inadequate

Posted on February 1, 2020 by

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on how Conservative policy has failed staff, parents and – above all – pupils at a Thornton Heath primary One of the Tory government’s flagship free schools, the Paxton Academy in Thornton Heath, has been … Continue reading →

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Athletic cleared over racism allegations in Fisher match

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

There could be serious recriminations for a team of non-league footballers who walked off the pitch mid-game in Thornton Heath last month after the London FA handed down a ruling which cleared AFC Croydon Athletic and their players of all … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick forced to suspend sales of dozens of new homes

Posted on January 11, 2020 by

Inside Croydon’s editor, STEVEN DOWNES, reports on the latest massive set-back to the council’s loss-making house-builder Brick by Brick, Croydon Council’s controversial in-house house-builder, has been forced to suspend all sales of shared ownership homes. The delay in selling the … Continue reading →

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Free cooking and nutrition classes, Thornton Heath, Jan 14-28

Posted on January 9, 2020 by
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Victory for Friends’ group as council abandons park land sale

Posted on January 7, 2020 by

Thousands of objections from residents have forced Croydon Council into a U-turn on its scheme to flog off a Victorian park lodge and a strip of Grangewood Park. But as our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, has discovered, despite declaring … Continue reading →

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