Not going away? From festivals to parks, our guide for a stay-at-home summer
by Fenella Breaks and Monet Olrod As Londoners face yet another summer stuck in the UK, why not make the …
Croydon Archive
Croydon to vote in council by-elections along with mayoral and GLA elections
Voters in Croydon will head to the polls tomorrow, Thursday 6 May, in a series of elections including a by-election to fill …
May 5, 2021/
Community, Croydon, Lead Stories, News, Politics/
Croydon charity offer anxiety programme as experts suggest surge in mental health cases post lockdown
A senior manager of a Croydon mental health charity says she expects to see a surge in demand for their …
May 4, 2021/
Community, Coronavirus, Croydon/
South Norwood library battle goes on: “We don’t want to be fighting to save the library, but we are”
The battle to save South Norwood library continued on Tuesday when protesters and Croydon residents put council candidates on the …
April 29, 2021/
Arts, Croydon, Education, Lead Stories, News/
News in Brief
Former Goldsmiths student takes on key role at Hackney Council A former Goldsmiths student was elected as deputy speaker of …
Debate: How should anti-social behaviour be tackled in town centres?
A local activist and the CEO of Croydon's business district give the arguments for and against Public Space Protection Orders …
April 21, 2021/
Croydon, Data, Features, Lead Stories/
Welcome to Croydon: the Stop and Search capital of South London
On day 2 of our investigation into Business Improvement Districts we examine policing in the Town Centre
April 20, 2021/
Crime, Croydon, Data, Features, General Features, Lead Stories/
Your East London guide to Summer events 2021
As the government’s gradually lifting Covid restrictions, this summer is looking up for many of us. There are many East …
April 19, 2021/
Arts, Community, Croydon, Events, Hackney, Lewisham, Music, On The Doorstep, Summer, Tower Hamlets, Upcoming, What To Do This Week/
Can business run a city? In many places, it already does
To cut costs, struggling councils have allowed business groups to take partial control of services, policing, and public space
April 19, 2021/
Croydon, Data, Features, Lead Stories, Uncategorized/
Hundreds of ‘cultural gems’ get recovery fund
By Esmae Palmer and Monet Olrod More than 100 organisations across Eastlondonlines boroughs have received financial support from the Government’s …
April 14, 2021/
Arts, Arts Features, Community, Croydon, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets/
Shaniqua Benjamin: from a college dropout to Croydon’s first poet laureate
When Shaniqua Benjamin dropped out of university in 2013 she never thought that one day she would become the first-ever …
April 13, 2021/
Croydon, Local Hero, People/
Croydon to get a new £2 million adventure park this summer
Flip Out, one of the UK’s biggest adventure park companies, is developing a £2 million park in Croydon’s Centrale Shopping …
April 13, 2021/
Croydon/
Meet the intensive care nurse whose Covid poem goes viral
When Chloe Kerwood sat down at 2 am on April 2 to write her poem about the mental and physical …
April 11, 2021/
Community, Coronavirus, Croydon, Features, Health, Local News, People/
Croydon charity to distribute thousands of free seeds
Croydon’s biggest landowner and the operator of three large fee-paying schools, the John Whitgift Foundation, has launched an ambitious bid to …
April 10, 2021/
Croydon, Environment, News/
Man fatally stabbed in Croydon during vigil for knife attack victim
A man was stabbed to death as people gathered in Croydon to pay homage to a recent knife crime victim, …
16,000 Croydon schoolchildren get food packages over Easter
Thousands of Croydon schoolchildren will receive food packages over the Easter Holidays as the Government extends the Holiday Activities and …
March 30, 2021/
Croydon/
Losing his mum and wife at a young age leads Gary Coy to change lives of others
Gary Coy, a former City worker, began extensive charity work after losing his mother and wife. The traumatic events led to …
Meet the dyslexic ‘Croydon legend’ who inspires people to believe in themselves
Following a long day starting with an early morning cycle, Lee Townsend still maintained his bubbly personality when speaking with …
Meet the new chair of Croydon Women’s Football
Emma Bowell, the 29-year-old civil servant from Croydon, is taking over the role of chairperson for Croydon’s Women’s Football Club …
Two charged after shooting leaves man fighting for life
Two men have been charged with the attempted murder of a man who is fighting for his life after being …
Croydon Council gets £120 million bailout
Croydon Council has been granted £120 million by the government, three months after the council went bankrupt. The sum, which …
March 14, 2021/
Croydon, Lead Stories/
London Road given £750,000 to fight crime
The Mayor of London’s new initiative has awarded £750,000 of funding spread over three years to help reduce crime in …
March 11, 2021/
Crime, Croydon, Lead Stories, News/
Croydon residents urged to vote for climate-friendly candidates
Croydon Climate Action is urging Croydon residents to help fight for a climate-friendly London by voting in the capital’s mayoral …
March 10, 2021/
Croydon, Environment, Society/
Covid-19: Unknown person with Brazilian variant traced to Croydon
An unknown person infected with the dangerous new variant of Covid, originally found in Brazil, has now been traced to …
March 6, 2021/
Community, Coronavirus, Croydon, Health, Lead Stories, News/
Work on Croydon’s tallest skyscraper to start ‘within weeks’
Construction will soon begin on Croydon’s tallest building after being delayed due to funding and Covid-19. The half a billion …
March 6, 2021/
Croydon/
Meet the trader who went from no option to right one thanks to Covid
In the years before the pandemic, Alex Robson had a steady job in the advertising industry. At the beginning of …
March 2, 2021/
Community, Coronavirus, Croydon/
Croydon’s low traffic scheme: cameras to replace planters
Cameras will soon replace planters in enforcing low traffic restrictions in Upper Norwood and Crystal Place. The areas’ Low Traffic …
March 1, 2021/
Community, Croydon, Local News/
New Addington and Fieldway face Covid surge testing
Adults living in New Addington and Fieldway in Croydon are being urged to get tested for Covid-19 after a case of the South African coronavirus variant was confirmed …
February 25, 2021/
Coronavirus, Croydon, Lead Stories/
Art workshops to bring Croydon people together
An art centre in Croydon is offering free online workshops through February and March to bring people in Croydon together during the pandemic. Stanley Arts …
Croydon bankruptcy: ‘Significant failings in leadership’
Croydon Council’s financial collapse happened because of “significant failings in leadership and management”, an independent rapid review has found. According …
February 12, 2021/
Croydon, Lead Stories/
Croydon man fined £9,400 for renting out dangerous flat
A Croydon landlord was fined £9,400 and placed on a London List of Rogue Landlords after council inspectors found his …
February 9, 2021/
Croydon, Housing, Local News, News/
One dead and nine injured in series of stabbings in Croydon
One man has died after paramedics could not save his life at the scene and nine have been injured in …
February 6, 2021/
Croydon, Lead Stories/
Croydon residents face losing five libraries within months
Five of Croydon’s thirteen libraries are due to close amid the council’s declaration of bankruptcy in late 2020. The five …
February 6, 2021/
Croydon/
Sweet support: community gives back to NHS workers with chocolate
Croydon University Hospital was one of the first to benefit from the kindness of the NHS Chocolate Bar Campaign Tamiyah …
CR4 postcode new variant testing does not cover Croydon
A mass testing programme in south London to curb the spread of the South African variant of Covid-19 will be …
February 3, 2021/
Coronavirus, Croydon, Lead Stories/
Residents fear new greener parking scheme will hit poor hardest
From January 1 drivers with cars that produce more pollution will be charged more to park in Croydon, as part …
December 17, 2020/
Croydon/
Croydon Commons debate a ‘political stunt’ says Labour MP
Croydon Labour MP Sarah Jones has attacked a Commons adjounment debate on Croydon Council’s financial crisis as ‘a political stunt.’ …
‘More consistent support’ needed for local homeless says Big Feed charity
Rough sleepers in Croydon need “100% backing” from the council says Jack Percival, founder of the non-council funded Percy’s Homeless …
December 10, 2020/
Croydon, Uncategorized/
Nostalgia for the future: Exploring Croydon’s past and present through six buildings
In these virus-stricken times getting outside is, in fact, just what the doctor ordered. If you have exhausted your local …
December 9, 2020/
Croydon, Features, General Features/
Croydon seeks private sector developers to fund Purley regeneration scheme
The private sector will have to step in to redevelop Purley Town Centre because Croydon Council cannot afford to pay …
December 3, 2020/
Croydon/