Christmas cheer at Croydon central children’s library
Christmas has come early for users of the central Croydon children’s library, which has just had a full makeover. The exciting and bold new layout has been led by the council with help from Croydon [...]
Local jobs for Thornton Heath people at recruitment fair ahead of regeneration update meetings
A recruitment fair organised by Business and Enterprise Support Thornton Heath (BESTH) was held at Selhurst Park last week. More than 50 vacancies were available at the jobs fair, which aimed to match local vacancies [...]
Council boost for small businesses
Croydon Council is set to boost local companies with money off their business rates and a new commission exploring how to make the borough’s small and large firms more successful. Local businesses could save thousands [...]
Don’t let your Christmas cash go up in smoke
Handing over hard-earned cash at pop-up shops and mock auctions for a “Christmas bargain” could be about as much good as burning it, Croydon’s trading standards team is warning. One of the less-happy traditions of [...]
So Solid Crew count down 21 seconds to Boxpark Christmas lights
The traditional 10-second countdown was replaced with a 21-second one as chart-toppers, So Solid Crew, turned on the Boxpark Croydon Christmas lighting display. The musical collective have deep local roots, and treated the packed venue [...]
Hon Alderwoman Gee Bernard
A former councillor and long-standing member of the Labour party has died. Gee Bernard was Croydon’s first black councillor, and represented the West Thornton ward from 1986 to 2002. She was born in 1934, in [...]
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