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Signalling works mean only a ghost train service at Halloween
If you were hoping to plan any trips by train for the October half-term week – forget it. There will be no train services on parts of the railway and London Overground network across a large part of south London … Continue reading
Timetable changes for New Addington and Purley buses
The 289 and 314 buses will be running more frequently from this weekend, with timetable changes implemented by Transport for London from tomorrow, Saturday, August 31. Route 289, between Elmers End and Purley via Addiscombe, West Croydon and Mayday Hospital, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Commuting, New Addington North, New Addington South, TfL, Transport, Waddon, West Croydon
Tagged 289 bus route, 314 bus route, Ashburton Park, Bromley, Elmers End, Eltham, Mottingham, New Addington, Purley, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon, West Croydon
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Mayor Khan says he’s proud of Londoners for display of unity
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has said he is proud of the way Londoners, and the Metropolitan Police, responded to the threat of far-right racist mobs gathering in the capital this week. At Croydon Council, meanwhile, the £192,000 per … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, ULEZ expansion, West Croydon
Tagged #FarageRiots, Anti-ULEZ, Croydon, Croydon Council, English Defence League, Katherine Kerswell, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, West Croydon
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10 arrested in Croydon as fears of far-right rioting are allayed
Norfolk House on Wellesley Road and Croydon Mosque were among possible targets for the racist rioters, as community protestors across the country took to the streets to show unity against the far right Today, August 8, marks the 13th anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged #FarageRiots, Brighton, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mosque, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Andy Valentine, English Defence League, Far-right, Harrow, Islamophobia, London, London Road, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Norfolk House, Race riots, Sir Mark Rowley, Tommy Robinson, Walthamstow, West Croydon
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Tracks works will see 9 days of disruption near Crystal Palace
Network Rail is to carry out track repair works in the Crystal Palace area for nine days from August 24 until September 1, with Thameslink and Southern disrupted. Passengers are being advised to “plan ahead” during the “major track upgrade”, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Norwood Junction, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Crystal Palace, Network Rail, Norwood Junction, Southern, Streatham, Streatham Hill, Thameslink, West Croydon
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Broken rail forces closure of tram network in town centre
A broken rail in the Croydon town centre section of the tram network has forced Transport for London to cancel all services between Reeves Corner and East Croydon today. TfL says it hopes that the urgent repair works being conducted … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Trams, East Croydon, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon
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Town centres to get small grants for undecided ‘improvements’
The council is beginning a set of projects “to transform” (their words) five of the borough’s district centres with funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. But the money – £833,000 – will be spread very thinly between the five … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Purley, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village, Thornton Heath, West Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Road, Maintained Nursery Schools, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, nursery schools, Purley, Selhurst Nursery, Selsdon, Tory, West Croydon
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Trading standards get prosecution after swoop on vape shops
A West Croydon retail business has been ordered to pay a total of £2,588.09 in fines and costs after a successful prosecution brought by the council’s trading standards department for selling age-restricted vapes to a youngster aged under 18. Trading … Continue reading
Addiscombe and Old Town roads to close during tram works
The planned two-week closure of a large section of the tram network around Croydon town centre for “essential maintenance works” (they are always essential) also comes with a series of road closures and changes to parking provision in Old Town … Continue reading
Another two weeks of tram closures for ‘essential’ repair works
There’s half-term coming up, so get ready for the annual spring shutdown of (parts of) the Croydon Tram network. The shutdown will cut off West Croydon and East Croydon mainline stations from most of the south London transit network. “Essential … Continue reading
Latest CCTV swoop on North End delivers eight more arrests
The Metropolitan Police appear to have abandoned their regular Thursday afternoon appointment with local crims on North End, and after a month of trialling Live Facial Recognition on Croydon’s main shopping street, the force has mixed things up a bit. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, LFR, Live Facial Recognition, London, Metropolitan Police, North End, Scotland Yard, West Croydon
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Labour MP Jones ‘too busy’ for refugees’ latest public meeting
Constituents are beginning to ask awkward questions of the Croydon Central MP, as she can find time to appear with Alastair Campbell and David Lammy, but has blanked a community group. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Sarah Jones, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon West, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Fox, West Croydon
Tagged 2003 invasion of Iraq, Alastair Campbell, Croydon Refugees and New Communities Forum, Croydon West, David Lammy, Dodgy dossier, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, Iraq, Iraq War, Labour, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, West Croydon
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All change! Confusion reigns as TfL’s bus stop map ‘vanishes’
The switchover of bus stops in Croydon passed off less than smoothly, with dozens of passengers clearly confused by Transport for London’s poorly advertised and executed alterations in the town centre. “When I was walking through there on Saturday, was … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Fairfield, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bus stops, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, East Croydon, Fell Road, Superloop, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
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Reclaim Croydon’s free bookshop and café closed by bailiffs
The bailiffs moved in this morning to evict Reclaim Croydon from the former electrical store and failed arts café next to West Croydon Station. Reclaim Croydon had been running the former Matthew’s Yard venue as a free coffee community centre … Continue reading
Posted in Business, West Croydon
Tagged Arch Co, Autonomous Café and Bookshop, Brick by Brick, Maplins, Matthews Yard, Reclaim Croydon, squatters, West Croydon
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More closures on tram network for ‘urgent’ track repairs
Transport for London has announced closure of part of the tram network over the course of six days later this week and into next, they say “so essential engineering works can be carried out”. Mark Davis, the general manager for … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London Trams, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon
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Croydon’s canaries down a coal mine warn of fossil fuel danger
Environmental protesters in Croydon today joined demonstrations across the country to oppose plans to open a coal mine in Cumbria, claiming an early victory as five major insurers gave guarantees that they will not provide cover for the controversial planned … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Extinction Rebellion
Tagged Coal Action Network, London, Markel, West Croydon, West Cumbria Mining Ltd, XR Croydon
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Not so superloopy about our Superloop route into London
BERNARD WINCHESTER stuck his hand out at a request stop on the main road into London and wasn’t altogether impressed by the rebranded bus that pulled up If you have been travelling on the 468 bus this week, you may … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bernard Winchester, Croydon, Russell Square, SL6, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon
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Work and art are helping railway worker cope with her PTSD
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Here, railway worker and West Croydon resident TRACEY FULLER shares her story of how she has found ways of managing her own ill-health Tracey Fuller had a difficult upbringing and faced traumas that … Continue reading
Posted in Health, West Croydon
Tagged Govia Thameslink, GTR, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness Week, Tracey Fuller, West Croydon
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Walker sentenced to 19 years for murder of Jermaine Cools
The killer of a 14-year-old boy on London Road in 2021 is ‘a habitual knife carrier’ who six weeks before the murder was arrested on a bus in Croydon and found to be in possession of ‘a very large zombie-style … Continue reading
Community mural painting at Zodiac Court this weekend
The Big Common Colouring-In community project in Broad Green this weekend aims to transform 52sqm in front of Zodiac Court, part of the building where Channel 4’s cult comedy Peep Show was set. Led by the talented local artist Becky … Continue reading
17-year-old pleads guilty to the murder of Jermaine Cools
The teenager who stabbed to death 14-year-old Jermaine Cools on London Road, West Croydon, in November 2021, yesterday appeared at the Old Bailey where he entered a guilty plea. Cools was the youngest of five Croydon teens that were killed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Julius Cools, knife crime, London Road, West Croydon, youth knife crime
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Man is saved from roof of house in West Croydon blaze
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on Oakfield Road, West Croydon, this morning. Part of the ground floor of a semi-detached house was damaged by fire. Firefighters using a ladder rescued one man from the … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, West Croydon
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, West Croydon
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Crimestoppers offer £20,000 reward over West Croydon murder
Crimestoppers has put up a £20,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction over a 2016 murder and attempted murder that took place near West Croydon Station. Akeem Moore was just 22 when he was shot in the head … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Crime, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged Akeem Moore, Crimestoppers, Faisal Mudde, West Croydon
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‘Some sightings’ reported in search for missing Owami Davies
The appeal for information about the whereabouts of Owami Davies, the student nurse who was last seen in West Croydon in early July, has seen some members of the public come forward with potential sightings. The search now involves two … Continue reading
