Environment

Truck crushed into tiny cube sends warning to fly-tippers

CRUSHED: Glen Foster and Les Foster, from StreetScene, with the trailer

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

This trailer carrying a tiny metal cube that was once a van is to travel around Croydon in a direct warning to fly-tippers.

The vehicle was crushed in December after it was linked to several incidents of fly-tipping across the borough.

It had been spotted in a...

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Land swap plan is town's 'last chance' for a future

REGENERATION: Clyde Malby wants the former Red Lion site to look like this

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

"This is your last chance to save Coulsdon." A high-powered property consultant has issued this warning to Croydon Council after brokering a secret...

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Charlie Chaplin statue call for Coulsdon town centre

FAMOUS FUNNY MAN: An artist's impression of what a statue dedicated to silent film star Charlie Chaplin would look like on the roundabout at the junction of Chipstead Valley Road and Brighton Road

Monday, March 08, 2010

A Charlie Chaplin statue, a monument to a wicket inventor or a fountain – these are just a few of the quirky ideas to bring art to Coulsdon town...

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Selsdon post box error tells people to go to Tottenham for late collection

LONG TREK: The misleading message on the postbox

Saturday, March 06, 2010

People who miss the last post in Selsdon face a trek to get their letters posted. Because according to a message spotted this week on one post box if...

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Huge number of mobile phone stations in Croydon revealed

IT'S GOOD TO TALK: Reception in the town centre should always be good

Saturday, March 06, 2010

There can be no complaints about poor mobile phone reception in Croydon. An Advertiser investigation has discovered there are 230 locations across the...

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Croydon businesses win backing in fight not to pay for Crossrail

CONTROVERSIAL: Crossrail will not serve south London

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Complaints by businesses in Croydon and other areas of south London that they are having to pay for the building of Crossrail but will receive little...

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Old Coulsdon church needs your good news to celebrate 750th birthday

CELEBRATE: These parishioners want your good news.(L-R) Kirsty MacLennan, Liz Watkins, Darren Ross-Dreher, and Rev Linda Fletcher

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

New babies, good Samaritans and falling in love are just some of the topics being sought out to celebrate the birthday of one of Coulsdon's oldest...

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Campaigners battle to stop Smitham station from being renamed

All change? Campaigners want Smitham Station to keep its name rather than be changed to Coulsdon Town

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Campaigners have vowed to battle against Smitham station being renamed Coulsdon Town. Councillors spearheaded the renaming as part of the Coulsdon...

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Purley animal rescue workers help stray cats in Turkey

Thursday, February 25, 2010

A trio of cat charity rescue workers have returned from Turkey where they neutered almost 40 kittens. Eleanor Walls, Elizabeth Rundle and Claire Wood...

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Reversing buses are too dangerous, claims driver

DIFFICULT?: Bus drivers have been told to use "any skills they have" to stop driving over the rose garden in Lacey Drive

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A bus operator has been branded dangerous and stupid by one of its own drivers after ordering staff to reverse in a residential street. Arriva drivers...

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