RARE ITEMS from Croydon museum’s Riesco ceramics collection are going under the hammer in Hong Kong today (Wednesday) following Croydon council’s controversial decision to sell off part of it. Croydon’s decision – which they say has been caused by unaffordable

MANY BUILDINGS in the Upper Norwood Triangle area suffer from a lack of maintenance, warns a new report.   That could mean historic features may come under threat from further deterioration, removal or inappropriate replacement.   The report – the Upper Norwood Triangle area app

FURNITURE from Croydon council’s offices is up for grabs – and free of charge – to schools and charities in the borough.   The move follows a controversial decision by Croydon to spend £3 million in new furniture moving into a new headquarters.*   In a press release

LAMBETH, CROYDON AND SOUTHWARK councils raised a combined total of £28.6 million in on-street parking fines – and a collective £47.9 million in parking income – for the 2011-12 financial year, figures issued by the RAC Foundation reveal.   Lambeth finished in the top ten e

THE OWNERS of a bar on the Crystal Palace Triangle could be set for a planning battle after putting down decking on the area adjoining it.   Owen Kennedy and Debbie Ballard took over the running of the SE19 bar in the former post office on Westow Street about a year ago.   The landlor

A HARD-HITTING campaign to tackle street drinking and begging is to be launched in Croydon town centre. The one-month campaign, which runs until Wednesday 7 August, is taking action against offenders who harass the public for money, or act antisocially, by making a drunken disturbance

A GROUP OF TRAVELLERS thrown out of the borough could face tougher sanctions if they return to the same site, say Croydon council.   A total of 15 caravans were moved on by council officers from Lloyd Park, Croydon, on Thursday July 4th. “As well as being abusive and threatening

A NORWOOD councillor has lodged a formal complaint over the removal of lampposts in Mowbray Road where ‘huggers’ found themselves face to face with police after spurious claims of ‘harassment’ by workmen.   Cllr Wayne Lawlor, in a scathing response to an email

RESIDENTS hugged Victorian-style lampposts in Mowbray Road to stop workmen replacing them with unwanted modern ones. The workmen who had come to change the lampposts responded by calling in police and claiming harassment – sparking the London Evening Standard headline: “Se

In the first prosecution of its kind by Croydon council, a dog owner has been fined £100 for not keeping his animal on a lead.   The fine comes after the council created dog control orders on all council housing land and any other areas it is responsible for maintaining. The orders ar