Croydon edge Milford & Witley in five-goal thriller – South London News

Croydon edge Milford & Witley in five-goal thriller – South London News

BY JASON CASEY The largest home attendance of the season greeted Croydon Women as they took on Milford & Witley, knowing a draw would be enough to guarantee a top-three finish for... Read more »
Popular Croydon café to become members club to pay bills – South London News

Popular Croydon café to become members club to pay bills – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter A popular Croydon café which hasn’t been able to pay its staff is set to become a members club for most of the week in a bid... Read more »
Santa to spend more time in Croydon than anywhere else – South London News

Santa to spend more time in Croydon than anywhere else – South London News

By Maeve Cullinan Father Christmas will spend more time delivering presents in Croydon than anywhere else this year. He will drop-off more than 19 million presents to children across the UK, according... Read more »
Giant 39-storey East Croydon high rise is in the pipeline – South London News

Giant 39-storey East Croydon high rise is in the pipeline – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Service Full plans for a huge new tower block near East Croydon Station are expected to be lodged with Croydon council early next year. Early proposals for... Read more »
£40m taken out of Croydon council’s social housing fund – South London News

£40m taken out of Croydon council’s social housing fund – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter  Around £40m was wrongly taken from Croydon council’s fund for social housing over the last few years. This was one of the issues that forced the... Read more »
Croydon residents to receive £400 fuel payments and Argos vouchers – South London News

Croydon residents to receive £400 fuel payments and Argos vouchers – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter Croydon council will hand out £3m of Government cash to families struggling to make ends meet this winter. It is the second batch of money from... Read more »
Plans for two new Croydon health centres to be paused over ‘financial climate’ – South London News

Plans for two new Croydon health centres to be paused over ‘financial climate’ – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for new health centres in Coulsdon and New Addington have been paused, with the NHS blaming the “current financial climate”. Croydon was awarded £9.7m by... Read more »
Mayor links premature deaths in Croydon to high levels of pollution – Eastlondonlines

Mayor links premature deaths in Croydon to high levels of pollution – Eastlondonlines

Croydon traffic Pic: Mike Day The high number of premature deaths in some London boroughs – with Croydon the third worst – may be linked to rising levels of air pollution, the... Read more »
Croydon Christmas shoppers can park for £1 – South London News

Croydon Christmas shoppers can park for £1 – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter Croydon shoppers will be able to park in the town centre for £1 in the run up to Christmas. It is hoped the offer will entice... Read more »
Crackdown on public drinking in Croydon to begin by Christmas – South London News

Crackdown on public drinking in Croydon to begin by Christmas – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter A crackdown on public drinking in Croydon town centre will be introduced by Christmas. Croydon mayor Jason Perry gave the green light for a new Public... Read more »