TreeHugger Mums | Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Croydon Real Nappy Network were successful in a bid for a grant as part of Love London, London Sustainability Weeks in June. The Nappuccino will take place on Tuesday 3rd June from 1.30 - 4.30 pm in Workshop 1 at the Croydon Clocktower. Enjoy a FREE Fairtrade coffee and biscuit while extolling the virtues and [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 42 year old nurse from Croydon has been struck off the register following a hearing before an independent panel of the Conduct and Competence Committee for the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).In January 2006 Paul Baah was sentenced at the Wimbledon Magistrates Court to six months jail for assaulting his wife, Akua Baah, an act that was witnessed by the couple's children.
Croydon Greens (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
World Vegetarian And Vegan News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
National Vegetarian week Croydon is Top London Venue for National Vegetarian Week Events Croydon is linked to some highly esteemed people from DH Lawrence to Kate Moss but it is often the butt of comedians’ satirical taunts. Certainly it's a place full of oxymorons , thus a lush oasis of comedic material ready for harvest. Rarely making the top 10 fact lists about Croydon is that...
Croydon Greens (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Laurie Pepper's Widow's Taste label has just released Volume III in the series of Art Pepper performances. VOLUME III is a TWO DISC SET, a (nearly) complete concert performed in Croydon, England at the acoustically admirable Fairfield Hall. Art was, at this time, almost continually touring with the first of his comeback bands, and this band was TIGHT. They knew and understood the tunes and communicated...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I have just got hold of the ward data for the London elections, and judging from the Assembly vote, Gavin Barwell ought to walk Croydon Central at the next general election. I make Steve O'Connell's share in the Croydon Central wards 46.6%, to the 25.5% for Labour. The seat is notionally Labour, given boundary changes, but we won it in 2005. Pelling's share of the vote was 40.8% to Davies's...
computing (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Martin Courtney, Computing , Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12:37:00 Outsourcing its IT systems management to Capgemini could save Croydon Council £1m a year Croydon Council recently signed a contract with consultant Capgemini worth £83m over a five-year period. The organisation has completely outsourced all its IT services to the firm, leaving only a... > Read the full article
Inbox Robot: Swiss Reinsurance News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Croydon's Bradley Ellis will rekindle his title-winning partnership with Alex Mortimer at this weekend's next round of the FIA GT3 European Championship
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Mum spots gap in teen underwear market Croydon Guardian, UK - 29 minutes ago Sue Guerrieri, 33, from Shirley, has launched an online store - the SugaPlum shop - which is dedicated exclusively to lingerie for teens and sells a range ...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Pulling a sickie over the long weekend with a fake doctor's note has led to fraud charges being laid against a Kempton Park employee and the arrest of the man allegedly selling the notes. The scam was uncovered when a manager at car rental company Avis in Croydon decided to check all the sick notes presented by employees too ill to work on April 28 and 29.
Indigo Jo Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
New Statesman - Letters My letter, regarding the portrayal of Croydon in Brendan O'Neill's article "What's Driving the BNP?" last Friday, got printed in this week's New Statesman. The letters pages seem only to be archived for a week, so...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
ince the Weasel's research budget for this special issue on China did not stretch to a business class return to Shanghai, I settled for Croydon. No 544 Purley Way may seem an unlikely spot to plumb the mysteries of the Orient, but my friend Malcolm maintains that a visit here is "like a little holiday". It's not every address on the periphery of south London that boasts a massive pagoda-style...
Down in the Den (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
This Sunday afternoon sees The Pico Brown Five return to The Brief on George Street in Croydon. So far this has turned out to be a fairly quiet affair so we have largely used it as a chance to rehearse; this time we are planning more of a party affair. The plan is for the PB5 to open up the afternoon with a set featuring a few of our favourite things at 3pm, followed by making music with any...
