Southern U-Turns on East Croydon bike rack closure after public outcry
Southern Rail has paused its planned closure of vital cycle parking at East Croydon station, just days before the changes were due to take…
Head teacher ready for independent boys’ school to go co-ed for first time
“Everyone can be nervous about change,” says Alasdair Kennedy, head teacher of Trinity School in Croydon. However, the change he now oversees is the…
Government could send in commissioners to run Croydon only three years after council’s last bankruptcy
The Government has announced it is “minded to” appoint commissioners to oversee the running of Croydon Council, citing its long-standing financial problems and pressure…
Reopening of Wandle Park could be delayed by ‘totally preventable’ squatter takeover
A group of squatters has occupied the long-vacant Wandle Park café, reigniting public frustration over Croydon Council’s failure to reopen the facility. The café,…
Croydon woman’s back broken by bed-turning device after council withdrew care funding
A woman in Croydon fractured her spine while using an NHS-installed bed turning aid, writes Louisa Woolf… The device was installed after the council…
Outrage after another huge fly tip exposed in Croydon
Fly-tippers are targeting a plot of council-owned land in Croydon with such frequency that residents say offenders are acting with impunity. It comes despite…
Woman who ‘collapsed and died on Croydon Street after being stabbed’ is named by police
Officers are continuing to investigate the fatal stabbing of a 26-yeare-old woman in Croydon last Saturday, 31 May. Formal identification is yet to take…
New Kids on the Stage
“It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s entirely created and performed by the next generation of artists” Accomplished young people is a truer definition of…
Croydon housing is off the naughty list
The social housing regulator has lifted its regulatory notice on Croydon Council four years after it was marred in scandal over the state of…
Croydon hit with month of missed bin collection leaving ‘persistent smell of decay’
A wave of missed bin collections over the past month left some Croydon streets overflowing with rubbish and the “persistent smell of decay”. The…
Choose your own adventure game trails in Croydon and the Surrey Hills
‘Dawn After Night, Spring after Winter’ are new, free games for two trails by artists David Blandy and Daniel Locke for Nature Calling and…
Crystal Palace fans growing frustrated after stadium rebuild faces more delays and cost increases
Crystal Palace supporters are beginning to doubt whether the long-promised Selhurst Park redevelopment will ever happen, as the project faces fresh delays and a…
