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16/11/2024

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Little more than a year since the shock announcement that it would be closing its girls’ fee-paying school, and still mired in a financial hole caused by delays over the re…

16/11/2024

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Little more than a year since the shock announcement that it would be closing its girls' fee-paying school, and still mired in a financial hole caused by delays over the redevelopment of the town centre, the borough's biggest landowners are now flogging off the Tudor palace former home of their founder. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon's biggest landowners, the Whitgift Foundation, are now selling the Tudor archbishop's palace that was once home to their founder....

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Little more than a year since the shock announcement that it would be closing its girls’ fee-paying school, and still mired in a financial hole caused by delays over the re…

16/11/2024

Here's our latest Croydon Insider news podcast, a politician-free zone where a panel of Croydon figures delve into the news that really matters to you. Our guests for our November episode are David Morgan, Croydon Minster archivist and author of our splendid Sunday Supplements, Dr Ross White, chief executive of the Farwood Foundation, Anna Arthur, co-director of the Croydonites Festival and Brian Finegan, volunteer with the South Norwood Community Kitchen....

Here’s our latest Croydon Insider news podcast, a politician-free zone where a panel of Croydon figures delve into the news that really matters to you. Our guests for our November episode are…

16/11/2024

Intergeneration Redefined, St Paul’s Thornton Heath, Nov 21

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16/11/2024

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16/11/2024

St Augustine’s Christmas Fair, South Croydon, Nov 23

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15/11/2024

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A listed building, and surrounding parkland that was bought by public subscription 100 years ago, has been declared by government agency Historic England to be at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate development. By STEVEN DOWNES Tory MP Chris Philp and his podgy pal, Jason Perry, were telling a park friends group last night how "protecting and maintaining our green spaces and parks is vital"....

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A listed building, and surrounding parkland that was bought by public subscription 100 years ago, has been declared by government agency Historic England to be at risk of neglect…

15/11/2024

Two more of Croydon's 1960s brutalist landmark buildings are set to be converted into flats, in further residential intensification of the town centre. Singaporean investor Ho Bee Land bought government office blocks Apollo House and Lunar House for £99million in 2015. And now that Home Office staff are moving into 21st Century offices in Ruskin Square, Ho Bee Land has come forward with its conversion plans....

Two more of Croydon’s 1960s brutalist landmark buildings are set to be converted into flats, in further residential intensification of the town centre. Singaporean investor Ho Bee Land bought…

15/11/2024

Roll up! Roll up! Get your 2025 South Norwood Trolleys calendar now! Yes, the abandoned shopping trolleys of South Norwood are a thing, apparently (where's a Piss-poor Perry "Blitz" when you need one?), and Luke Thomas has pulled together a set of snaps to celebrate (if that's the right word) this local phenomenon. The calendars cost £10 each (plus £2 for delivery if you don't collect in person), with the proceeds being split between two very deserving local causes - the South Norwood Community Kitchen and the local lunch club run by Councillor Karen Jewitt....

Roll up! Roll up! Get your 2025 South Norwood Trolleys calendar now! Yes, the abandoned shopping trolleys of South Norwood are a thing, apparently (where’s a Piss-poor Perry “Blitz& #822…

15/11/2024

With not a moment to lose, KEN TOWL dashed down to the Whitgift Centre to try to discover what the multi-national developers might have in store for the town centre, amid their models made of cerea…

14/11/2024

Croydon FC, after a flying start to the season has put them five points clear of the South East Counties League first division and with a genuine sniff of their first promotion in six years, were r…

14/11/2024

With not a moment to lose, KEN TOWL dashed down to the Whitgift Centre to try to discover what the multi-national developers might have in store for the town centre, amid their models made of cereal packets and design briefs scribbled on Post-It notes Early this century, I was working at a pupil referral unit in the north of the borough....

With not a moment to lose, KEN TOWL dashed down to the Whitgift Centre to try to discover what the multi-national developers might have in store for the town centre, amid their models made of cerea…

14/11/2024

Stuart Collins - no, not that one - has been appointed as the council's corporate director of children, young people and education, taking over from septugenarian Debbie Jones. The job was advertised in August with a £175,000 per year salary. Collins is due to take up his post at the start of 2025, by which time the crucial Ofsted report on the borough's children's services should be in....

Stuart Collins – no, not that one – has been appointed as the council’s corporate director of children, young people and education, taking over from septugenarian Debbie Jones. Th…

14/11/2024

Croydon's cash-strapped council has today issued a statement denying that it has any plans to sell the freehold of Shirley Park Golf Club and its 130-acre course. The parkland golf course, once the Shirley Park Estate, has been owned by the local authority since 1951, and was seen as one of the assets that the council might look to sell to pay off a chunk of its £1.5billion debts....

Croydon’s cash-strapped council has today issued a statement denying that it has any plans to sell the freehold of Shirley Park Golf Club and its 130-acre course. The parkland golf course, on…

14/11/2024

Croydon FC, after a flying start to the season has put them five points clear of the South East Counties League first division and with a genuine sniff of their first promotion in six years, were rocked last night as they announced the abrupt departure of manager Antonio Gonnella. Gonnella had joined the Trams, Croydon's longest-established non-league club, only in May....

Croydon FC, after a flying start to the season has put them five points clear of the South East Counties League first division and with a genuine sniff of their first promotion in six years, were r…

14/11/2024

People with mental health issues in Croydon and Mitcham will be able to find healing through creativity – thanks to two new art therapy groups funded by the capital's biggest independent charity funder. Run by Studio Upstairs, the groups allow people to explore different types of art - such as drawing, painting or sculpture - guided by qualified art therapists....

People with mental health issues in Croydon and Mitcham will be able to find healing through creativity – thanks to two new art therapy groups funded by the capital’s biggest independent char…

14/11/2024

Recycle Craft Night, S Norwood Community Kitchen, Nov 27

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