Council closes flat of antisocial tenant
Residents who had to endure months of drug-related activity, antisocial behaviour and vandalism have seen the flat at the centre of the disturbances closed for three months. On Wednesday (14), the council’s antisocial behaviour team [...]
Think ahead and apply early for starting school in 2016
Parents whose children are due to start school in September 2016 need to keep an eye on the calendar because the January 15 deadline for applications is approaching fast. Despite a rapidly growing population Croydon [...]
Keeping kids safe in seasonal fun
Fire hazards around children’s costumes are being stressed to parents by the council’s trading standards team as the autumn period of Hallowe’en, Guy Fawkes’ Night and likely exposure to naked flames takes hold. The need [...]
Council leader’s response to OFC interim report
Reaction of Councillor Tony Newman, leader of Croydon Council, to the Opportunity and Fairness Commission’s interim report, published Thursday 15 October 2015. “One of the earliest decisions of this administration was to set up an [...]
Council team raids £500,000 fake tobacco factory
A factory churning out hundreds of thousands of pounds of fake branded tobacco has been successfully closed thanks to a raid led by council trading standards officers (TSOs). In late August, six TSOs, supported by [...]
Ambition in the running for two national festival awards
Croydon's Ambition Festival has been revealed as being on the final shortlist for two national awards and now needs people to vote for it online. The UK Festival Awards ceremony is the biggest date on [...]
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