Croydon Advertiser
There goes the (low traffic) neighbourhood
THE High Court has quashed six permanent Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) schemes in Croydon after a judge ruled they were unlawfully introduced to help plug the borough’s dire finances. The long-running case was in part decided by public statements...
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TIME FOR AN UPGRADE...
CROYDON Council has announced plans to spend £1.5 million from the Government’s Pride in Place Programme to upgrade high streets, parks and community spaces across the borough. The largest share will go to Wandle Park, one of Croydon’s most central...
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THAT SINKING FEELING... NORWOOD CHURCH SUFFERING FROM SUBSIDENCE
A 19TH century church in Croydon has been ‘sinking and expanding’ for decades due to climate change. St John The Evangelist, in Upper Norwood, stands upon a hill but it is this location that has been the cause of the issues. Standing tall above Upper...
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TAXED TO THE MAX 4.99% COUNCIL TAX HIKE IS JUSTIFIED BY NEED TO SERVICE HISTORIC DEBT
CROYDON residents are set for another 4.99 per cent rise in council tax this April, as the council continues to service its £1.4 billion debt burden while grappling with the “soaring demand” for local services. The hike comes despite a historic cash...
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Taylor Swift begins her ‘Croydon era’
TAYLOR Swift has officially entered her ‘Croydon era’ after filming a star-studded music video in the Whitgift Shopping Centre. After the release of her new six-minute video for Opalite last Friday night (February 6), Swifties soon noticed there had...
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Teacher Bhishma offers to teach the Princess Royal how to rap
THE Princess Royal was offered the chance to learn how to rap as a Croydon teacher who is using lyrics to help “prevent social tragedies” was made an MBE. The offer came from Bhishma Asare, 34, who formed Rap Therapy as a way to teach young people to...
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Children invited to Send sport festival
CROYDON Council and Access Sport will host its annual festival of sport for disabled children and young people at New Addington Leisure Centre on Thursday, February 19. The free event will offer taster sessions for people aged five to 25 in a variety...
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Residents invited to Holocaust Memorial Ceremony
CROYDON’S Civic Mayor has invited residents and colleagues to join him at the Annual Holocaust Memorial Ceremony. The remembrance event will be held in the Council Chamber, Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street, on Tuesday, January 27 at midday, with an...
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Lowest level of homicides in capital for 11 years say Met Police
THE number of homicides recorded in London has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade, new figures show. There were 97 homicides in the capital in 2025, down 11 per cent from 109 in 2024, according to data released by the Metropolitan...
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The shape of things to come for Croydon
CLEARER signage, greener streets and refreshed public spaces are set to appear across parts of Croydon next year, as Government-funded high street regeneration schemes get under way. The plans are being shaped by local communities, with residents...
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A fairer share for Croydon
AFTER years of arguing Croydon was not receiving its fair share, the borough is now set for a major funding boost that could help support local services. Changes approved on December 17 mean the South London council stands to gain around £40 million a...
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Parking fines ‘driving away customers’
“WHEN I’m working now, customers say ‘Can you hurry up? I don’t want to get a ticket’,” said Osman Mohammed of Fresh N Fruity. He can no longer keep an eye on the popular parking spot on Croydon’s Frith Road because of a new partition blocking his...
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Pothole damage payments cost council £97k
CRUMBLING roads and pavements have cost Croydon Council nearly £100,000 in compensation since January 2022, new data has revealed. The figures also highlight a footway in a residential road in central Croydon as the borough’s most severely affected...
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OPENING OF CROSSING COMPLETES TOWN’S ‘MISSING LINK’
THE new Wellesley Road crossing opened last week (Wednesday, December 3), with Mayor Jason Perry calling it the “final missing link” in reconnecting a road that has “split the town in half for years”. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service...
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