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  • Croydon Planning Applications

    Addiscombe 181-183 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon: demolition of existing buildings; erection of three storey building with accommodation in roof space comprising 19 two bedroom and 7 one bedroom flats. Works R/O, 209-225 Davidson Road, Croydon: continued

  • Croydon Council does offer me value

    As a former resident of Wandsworth I had to reply to Steve Caldwell's letter comparing the council tax in Croydon with Wandsworth (Letters, March 15). After 2002, the year of local council elections, Wandsworth increased council tax by 46 per cent.

  • Folk hero

    For nearly 40 years Ralph McTell has honed and polished his songwriting craft to create an unrivalled catalogue of storytelling through song. What makes this modern-day troubadour so special, certainly around these streets, is that much of his best work

  • Murder is jolly good

    "That's the trouble with murder, it does so upset the servants," declares Lady Angkatell as she is forced to hand out coffee and sandwiches instead of the promised duck lunch after one of her weekend guests finds himself rather inconsiderately dead.

  • Record Christmas card recycling

    March 29, 2006. The Woodland Trust. The Woodland Trust, which joined forces with Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign for England for the second year running as part of its annual Christmas card recycling campaign, has smashed all previous records

  • Help manage the Thames

    March 28, 2006. Environment Agency. Water companies, businesses, local government representatives and conservation groups are being invited to play an active role in a new way of managing the river Thames, from its source to the sea, this week.

  • Recycling showcase in South East

    March 28, 2006. South East England Regional Assembly. The South East England Regional Assembly hosted an international study tour to showcase the region's good practice in recycling last week. As part of a two-year project, waste professionals from six

  • London MPs back climate change law

    March 28, 2006. Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth accused Ministers of lacking the political will to tackle climate change, following today's publication of the Government's review of its climate change programme. The environmental campaign

  • Bypass unveiling put back again to October

    The long-awaited Coulsdon bypass has been hit by further delays after Transport for London (TfL) confirmed the new road will now be unveiled in October at the earliest. The work was due to be completed in January, but was delayed for eight months after

  • Big fine for under-age alcohol sale

    Two Addiscombe shopkeepers have been fined more than £2,000 after being caught selling alcohol to a 15-year-old. The teenager, who was making a test purchase on behalf of Croydon Council's trading standards department, was able to buy four cans of lager

  • TV licence evasion rise

    Croydon has broken into the top 20 London boroughs for TV licence evaders. A total of 2,162 households were caught without a licence in Croydon during 2005, leaving the borough in 11th place in the London TV licence hall of shame. Croydon won the unwanted

  • Brave pensioner sees off burglars

    A Croydon pensioner who forced two burglars from her home single-handedly has been praised by police. Eighty-nine- year-old Margaret Day who can only walk with the aid of a zimmer-frame managed to force two men out of her Whitehorse Road home when