Monthly Archives: May 2020

Overview Network Rail’s consultation on the future of East Croydon Station and the Brighton line starts on Monday 1 June. The Planning Committee has its next virtual meeting on 4 June. Welcomed by Croydon North MP Steve Reed, Labour’s appointment … Continue reading →

Overview As we ease out of lockdown, Council leader Tony Newman stresses the need to kep to 2m social distancing now that groups of up to six people can meet outdoors.  The criss is costing the Council a  minimum of … Continue reading →

Overview More and more history resources and events are being made available on the internet as part of the response to the COVID-19 crisis, like the history courses from Queen’s University Belfast and those for children from Journey for Justice. … Continue reading →

Photo of Thornton Mural posted on twitter by Cllr Chalton Young Overview As the number of cases of COVID-19 and resultant deaths reduces the Council’s Scrutiny Committee will discuss the situation on Tuesday.  Croydon Communities Consortium virtual meeting clashes with … Continue reading →

Overview This coming week is Mental Health Awareness Week – even more important because of the rise in mental health problems due to lockdown. On 11 May there were 1,455 cases of COVID-19 in hospital, care homes and people’s homes. … Continue reading →

  Six terrified children and their teacher are trapped in their classroom with an angry knife wielding intruder. What started out as ordinary school lunchtime turned into a nightmare that they could never forget.  Each of them displays a different … Continue reading →

Overview In the led up to Monday’s Cabinet meeting Council Leader Tony Newman Council Leader emphasises continuing help to vulnerable when lockdown eases. The number of deaths continues to rise, but tracking the figures is proving difficult because there is … Continue reading →

At 5pm on 3 May 1,388 cases of Covid-19 had been confirmed, and 259 deaths at Croydon University Hospital. On 4 May there were 1,560 residents in the 123 care homes in Croydon, a quarter of which had reported cases … Continue reading →

‘Call Mr Robeson’ Tayo Aluko, whose test performance of his developing George and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor show in the Croydonites Theatre Festival was cancelled because of the crisis, has written the following poem about COVID. We made our homes in the … Continue reading →

Overview The Council has two virtual meetings on Thursday (Planning) and Monday (Cabinet). The Museum of Croydon has a virtual exploration of VE Day on Friday. Th Cabinet will review the actions it and its partners have taken on COVID. … Continue reading →