Tag Archives: Tim Crowley

St Helier’s new boilers take steam out of Sutton’s heat network

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

CARL SHILTON, our Sutton investigations editor, discovers that the council’s troubled heating network scheme has suffered a massive blow – from St Helier Hospital Council leader Ruth Dombey’s plans for a lucrative “Phase 2” of the Sutton Decentralised Energy Network … Continue reading →

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By-election rivals say LibDem candidate unfit for public office

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

CARL SHILTON reports on the cross-party condemnations for a council by-election candidate who has overseen failed businesses that have left multi-million-pound debts Barry Lewis, the choice of Sutton’s Liberal Democrats to be parachuted in to Wallington North for the council … Continue reading →

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LibDem at centre of cronyism row is handed £150,000 top job

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how history appears to be repeating itself over the appointment of a chief exec for a Liberal Democrat council Ruth Dombey, the Liberal Democrat council leader in Sutton, yesterday helpfully confirmed Inside Sutton’s report … Continue reading →

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Belmont election shock #1: ‘I didn’t want to quit as councillor’

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a stunning admission which fuels speculation that some of the borough’s Tories were keen to find a way to get their deputy leader back on the council In a remarkable admission made to Inside … Continue reading →

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Transport report for £40m school ‘mysteriously’ disappears

Posted on October 24, 2018 by

Residents in Belmont go to the polls in a council by-election tomorrow, where Tory candidate Neil ‘Father Jack’ Garratt is expected to win. One factor could be the growing concerns over road safety around a new secondary school. Our Sutton … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Neil Garratt, Niall Bolger, Outside Croydon, Parking, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Sutton Council, TfL, Tim Crowley, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Carshalton’s studio theatre given new chance and fresh Hope

Posted on October 20, 2018 by

The Charles Cryer Theatre is to re-open with new operators after being ‘dark’ for more than two years. But Sutton Council still managed to mess up the announcement, as CARL SHILTON reports It has taken Sutton Council a little over … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the bins and incinerator! ‘Ballistic’ Bolger is leaving

Posted on September 5, 2018 by

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the shock – and a tad premature – announcement that the council chief exec has quit their job So long, and thanks for all the bins. And the Viridor incinerator, of course. Niall Bolger, … Continue reading →

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