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Coleridge-Taylor’s old band preparing for fresh set of encores
PETER GILLMAN drops in on a rehearsal at Croydon’s 120-year-old orchestra, as they prepare to perform ‘the greatest symphony ever written’ Who knew that Croydon had its own symphony orchestra? A straw poll among fellow members of the Croydon Male … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Music, Peter Gillman
Tagged Chris Braime, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Fairfield Halls, Godstone, Orpheus Centre, Peter Gillman, Phil Myers, Rachmaninov, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood
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Perry dodges scrutiny as council delays refunds of LTN fines
CROYDON IN CRISIS: What do you mean, you can’t easily find how to claim a refund of the unlawful low traffic neighbourhood fine you were forced to pay? Do you expect the council to make the repayments system simple and … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Leila Ben-Hassel, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fine refunds, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, Leila Ben-Hassel, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN fine refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Roll-up! Roll-up! Get your council cock-up pay-outs here!
Psst! Pass it on! Jason Perry’s council is hoping people don’t bother claiming any refunds for the fines they paid for driving in the Croydon Mayor’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. By STEVEN DOWNES Finally, nearly two weeks after a High … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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LTN fine refunds on the way – but Perry doesn’t yet know how
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It has taken the borough’s £86,000 per year Mayor more than a week to make an official statement on his unlawful LTN moneyspinners. But he still doesn’t know how the cash-strapped council will refund the PCN fines. … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets
What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTHUR along to two streets affected in Broad Green to … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Gabriel MacArthur, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gabriel MacArthur, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Parsons Mead, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Sutherland Road, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Perry accused of ‘shameless lying’ as he abandons LTN appeal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After spending two years in a High Court battle to defend his decision to make six Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent, today Croydon’s Mayor tried to claim credit for their forced removal. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council will … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Council failed to include High Court LTN case on risk register
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council bosses were either over-confident that they would win the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods case at the High Court, or ‘completely, crassly incompetent’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry, who has been claiming that he has got … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Quashing of orders ‘raises serious questions’ about LTN fines
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following the High Court ruling quashing Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, the shadowy organisation behind the legal case, Open Our Roads, issued the following statement: Open Our Roads welcomes today’s landmark High Court judgement in Lawrence v … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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High Court judge orders end to Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ LTNs
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Judge Edward Pepperall has handed down his ruling in the case brought against the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and found that comments by Mayor Jason Perry proved that the measures were introduced to make money for the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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National Gallery artworks exhibit comes to Croydon’s doorstep
You would probably be blissfully unaware if you relied on information from the propaganda bunker at part-time Mayor Jason Perry’s dysfunctional council, but parts of Croydon are today arrayed with a selection of some of the world’s greatest artistic masterpieces. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon Sixth Form College, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Croydon parks, Education, National Gallery Art On Your Doorstep, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Queens Gardens
Tagged Art On Your Doorstep, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, JMW Turner, Minster Green, Monet, National Gallery, Pablo Picasso, Park Hill Park, Purley, Queens Gardens, Renoir, Stubbs, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, Van Eyck, Vincent van Gogh, Whitgift Centre
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Mayor Perry’s ‘£20m income’ remark crucial to LTN legal case
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Careless comments made at a public meeting by the Tory Mayor over LTNs – Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – have already cost the borough’s residents dearly. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, the failed Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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50% off mains at Orleans Smokehouse before grand opening
There’s a new restaurant coming to Upper Norwood next week – and Inside Croydon readers who want to get in early can get half-price mains dishes to try out the new Orleans Smokehouse on Beulah Hill. The restaurant (what used … Continue reading
‘We live in a danger zone’: locals call for action on speeding
Residents in Upper Norwood staged a protest this week to demand urgent action from Mayor Jason Perry and Croydon Council to tackle dangerous speeding on their road, where police have confirmed some cars are driven at almost three times the … Continue reading
Perry’s Piles: Council refuses to act on 30 dumped mattresses
Croydon’s dismal reputation for clearing up fly-tips around the borough leaves residents defenceless against criminal gangs dumping on the streets in an industrial scale Having presided over council contractors dumping hundreds of books on the street in Broad Green last … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Stoney Lane, Tory, Upper Norwood, Upper Norwood Triangle, Upper Norwood Triangle Conservation Area
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Paedophile jailed for 19 years after raping 11-year-old girl
A paedophile who raped and sexually assaulted a girl multiple times has been jailed for 19 years. At Harrow Crown Court on Friday, Zafar Hussain, 43, of Bramble Close in Upper Norwood, was sentenced to 19 years in prison, with … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Paedophile, Rape, Upper Norwood, VAWG, Zafar Hussain
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Upper Norwood neighbours win 5-year battle with developer
After a five-year battle against a deep-pocketed developer, aided and abetted by Croydon Council’s planning department, residents on Downsview Road in Upper Norwood have claimed victory in the High Court. But they now face financial ruin because of the huge … Continue reading
Acting without listening is not sustainable way to create change
Has this week’s High Court non-event been just the latest example of Perry’s porkie pies – where the ‘listening’ Mayor cocks a deaf ‘un to residents? Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE looks back at what the Tory Mayor was saying four … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, High Court, Judicial Review, Karen Lawrence, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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High Court judge dismisses LTN case brought against council
Croydon Mayor Perry uses a legal objection to stop a residents’ group from having their day in court. By STEVEN DOWNES A case claiming that Croydon’s Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes are an unlawful cash-cow, taxing motorists who fail to follow … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Iles, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, High Court, Judicial Review, Karen Lawrence, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Mayor Perry on trial: LTN admission could cost council millions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A High Court case claims the authority has misused its powers over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with lawyers for the council expected to defend the Mayor’s manifesto U-turn by claiming that ‘election promises are not a binding contract’. … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Iles, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, High Court, Judicial Review, Karen Lawrence, Labour, Lambeth council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Rezina Chowdhury, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Families left waiting seven months for repairs to damaged flats
While Croydon Council pays a private developer £20million to buy a residential block in Broad Green, in the middle of a housing crisis it is failing to maintain its existing housing stock. A council-owned block in Upper Norwood has been … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, South Bank, Upper Norwood
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Brigade rescues 16 people from blaze at flats in Upper Norwood
Six people had to be rescued from the basement of an Upper Norwood building last night, with 10 other residents in flats on the first and second floors being evacuated by firefighters using tall ladders. The firefighters worked “incredibly hard … Continue reading
‘Violent and dangerous’ man sentenced to life for hostel murder
An Old Bailey judge yesterday sentenced Dajour Jones to a minimum term of 27 years in prison for the murder of 20-year-old Jamie Gilbey in an Upper Norwood hostel last year. During the trial, Jones, 27, was described as “violent … Continue reading
Councillor accuses Perry of broken pledge on affordable homes
Mayor Jason Perry’s council has been accused of yet another broken promise, and of wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax-payers’ money, this time after rejecting a planning application for seven affordable homes in Upper Norwood, in a scheme … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nicola Townsend, Planning
Tagged Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council planning, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Land Trust, Crystal Palace Transition Town, GLA, Greater London Authority, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, Nicola Townsend, Upper Norwood
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Upper Norwood church brings Macbeth indoors for winter
Shakespeare in the Squares is about to embark on its first winter season, when the company won’t be performing Shakespeare in any of London’s garden squares, but instead will be delivering Macbeth in some of the capital’s most historic churches, … Continue reading
Upper Norwood’s ‘bake off’ raises £250 for Macmillan cancer
A coffee morning at All Saints Church, Upper Norwood last Friday, boosted by one enterprising local’s own version of Bake Off, raised more than £250 for Macmillan, the cancer charity. The event, organised by ward councillor Claire Bonham, was one … Continue reading
