A LONDON BOROUGH OF CRYSTAL PALACE – that’s the plan being proposed by the Upper Norwood Improvement Team.   In a move which partly reflects the plot of the 1940s Ealing Studios film classic ‘Passport to Pimlico’ – where residents of part of Pimlico decl

TRADERS in the Crystal Palace Triangle are being told Croydon council enforcement officers could remove their signboards from outside shops and business premises – apparently without warning. In a letter delivered to traders yesterday (June 3rd) – in at least one case by a

A cancer pop-up shop piloted in Croydon has paved the way for more to open across London. Set up in partnership between Croydon council and the London Health Improvement Board, the shop had more than 1,300 visitors during its five week pilot last autumn in the Centrale shopping centre

MOTORISTS ARE warned to be on their guard for a phone text scam that threatens a visit from bailiffs and then fleeces them for a non-existent parking fine. Consumers across the country have received text messages from a company calling itself UK Bailiff Services, say Croydon council.

A CRACKDOWN on illegal encampments to stop sites being repeatedly used and to target those responsible is being taken to the courts by Croydon council. “Last year our officers had to deal with 83 unauthorised encampments, which in some cases required bailiffs being brought in to

UPPER NORWOOD JOINT LIBRARY will only open for three days a week from Monday April 29th – and closing for lunch on two of them. Five staff will be losing their jobs – a reduction from the current complement of 10 – four other vacant positions having remained unfilled

UPPER NORWOOD JOINT LIBRARY will only open for three days a week from Monday April 29th – and closing for lunch on two of them. Five staff will be losing their jobs – a reduction from the current complement of 10 – four other vacant positions having remained unfilled

AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of Croydon council has been called by the Labour group for Monday (18th).   Labour say the meeting, being held in Croydon town hall at 6.30pm, is so that there can be a “proper discussion on their plans to privatise all the libraries in Croydon.. The Req

 A SURVEY of cars carried out by Croydon council road safety officers found as many as 85 per cent of safety seats were wrongly fitted or not of the right type for the vehicle or for the height of the child – and some children were found in cars which had no restraints fitted at

PEOPLE are being warned of the dangers of buying goods online from untrustworthy - and often illegal - websites.  Croydon council’s trading standards team say that during the first few weeks of this year they have received a high number of calls from shoppers duped into buying p