Council News

ROGUE BUILDER JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS AFTER CONNING HOMEOWNER OUT OF MORE THAN £120,000 – “Work below standard of limited DIY-er” A rogue builder who lied to, deceived and conned a homeowner out of £121,901 over the course of 18 months has been jailed for four years an

LET’S UNITE FOR DEMENTIA https://www.croydon.gov.uk/healthsocial/phealth/healthchecks Croydon’s communities are being encouraged to unite and take action to help improve the lives of people with dementia. Croydon council and the borough’s clinical commissioning group (CCG) are support

BRICK BY BRICK GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR FIRST BATCH OF HOMES New, affordable homes are to be built in Croydon after Brick by Brick – the council’s house building company – was granted planning permission for its first batch of developments. Set up to ensure Croydon residents ha

ARCHIVES DECISION IN JULY? Lambeth council’s cabinet are set to decide what to do with the borough’s historic archives at their meeting in July. The archives are currently housed in the Minet library in Knatchbull Road (with, as previously reported by News From Crystal Pal

NEW OPERATOR FOR FAIRFIELD HALLS REVEALED New operator of Fairfield Halls Croydon when it re-opens next year has been named as BH Live. BH Live currently operates 15 award-winning leisure and event venues across the south of England working with local authorities, key stakeholders and

SOUTHWARK: LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR BIG LUNCH STREET PARTIES / BROMLEY: FLY-TIPPING AND OTHER CRIME TARGETED This year’s national Big Lunch campaign takes place on Sunday 18 June and once again Southwark council are offering a FREE road closure service for party organisers to encourag

GRANGE PARK TO BECOME SOUTH LONDON’S FIRST CENTENARY FIELD / BE A ROLE MODEL FOR A LAMBETH CHILD Grange Park in Coulsdon will  become the first ‘Centenary Field’ in South London on Saturday (15th). Centenary Fields is an organisation that works across the UK in partnership with The Ro

“UNSURPRISINGLY THESE CHANGES WILL SEE THE RICHEST PROTECTED WHILE THE POOREST LOSE” Commenting on changes to welfare coming in this week, Labour’s London Assembly economy spokeswoman, Fiona Twycross AM, said: “These punitive cuts will leave many Londoners financially wors

“STEREOTYPES HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR” SAYS AUTISM SUFFERER AS CROYDON MARK WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK Emma Selwyn, 29, has grown up in Croydon and has autism. Emma is keen to challenge stereotypes of people with autism and has been involved in drama, appearing on stage t