Flood mitigation efforts in Purley & Woodcote Monday, 25 November, 2024 Apparently, it’s the end of the Flood Awareness Week so this post feels timely. Flood mitigation has been a key priority of mine as I have previously blogged about. I was pleased to welcome Croydon Council’s Director of Sustainable Communities, Karen Agbabiaka and its new Head of Highways, Brian Fitzpatrick to Purley earlier this month along with Rob Varney, TfL’s Local Communities & Partnerships... Local News
Remembering the sacrifices made by others for our todays 5th November 2023 Grandad died when I was four years old, almost seventy years ago. He was just passed his sixty-third birthday. I did not see him often, even when we visited my... Articles
Interfaith Remembrance and Peace Event 5th November 2023 Faiths Together in Croydon and Mayor Jason Perry are hosting an Remembrance and Peace Event for All Faiths on Thursday November 9 November 2023 at 6.00pm - 7... Local News
Croydon Remembrance Events 2023 5th November 2023 Croydon will come together this week as the Borough pauses to remember the many brave men and women in the Armed Forces who have lost their lives in conflicts... Local News
Free Bike Marking in Riddlesdown 5th November 2023 Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown SNT are hosting another Bike Marking event in the car park at Riddlesdown Common. This will be on Friday 24th November, 1000-1200hrs... Local News
Carer's Board 5th November 2023 Are you interested in joining Croydon's Carer's Board. Do take a look at the enclosed leaflet for details. Local News
Sanderstead Monthly Police Update 5th November 2023 Please see attached Monthly Update from the Sanderstead Safer Neighbourhood Team. Do let me know if you would like to have these sent straight to your inbox by... Local News
Funding available for defibs 4th November 2023 Applications are now open for a £1 million Defibrillator Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) fund. The Department for Health and Social Care has... Local News
Saturday surgery in Brighton Road 4th November 2023 As usual on the first Saturday of every month, Purley councillors held their open surgery this morning. We're normally in Tesco's vestibule, but that wasn't... Local News
Supporting Kenley’s residents 3rd November 2023 Following are notes from our presentation to the KENDRA Autumn General Meeting that took place on Tuesday 24th October 2023 ay Kenley Memorial Hall. A... Local News
Delivering Net Zero 20th September 2023 Rishi Sunak has outlined a new way to get to Net Zero. National News
Labour’s open border policy = 100,000 more migrants 14th September 2023 Keir Starmer and Labour would let 100,000 more illegal migrants into Britain. National News
How we’re backing childcare 25th August 2023 Find out about many of the initiatives we are backing to give every child the best start in life. National News
A new anti-corruption strategy 15th August 2023 The Conservatives are developing a new anti-corruption strategy to tackle this heinous problem. National News
We must ensure that immigration crime doesn’t pay 14th August 2023 We are tackling the people who benefit from employing and renting to illegal immigrants. National News
4 million more people in work 17th July 2023 4 Million more people in work – the Conservatives are growing the economy. National News
