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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 3m

West Croydon primary moves to connect its pupils with books insidecroydon.com/2025/10/09/w... #Croydon #Reading #PrincessofWales

West Croydon primary moves to connect its pupils with books

“We’re physically present but mentally absent,” according to Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, in an essay released as part of her early years education campaign, as she warn…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 34m

London's first-time buyers looking to pay less for their homes insidecroydon.com/2025/10/09/l... #Croydon #London #Mortgage #StampDuty

London’s first-time buyers looking to pay less for their homes

The average price of a home in Croydon is now more than £400,000, as a report by one property sales website suggests many potential buyers are being driven away from London’s pricier areas Th…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1h

Curry Night Fund-raiser at SNCK, Socco Cheta, Oct 22 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/09/c... #Croydon #SouthNorwood #Curry #SNCK

Curry Night Fund-raiser at SNCK, Socco Cheta, Oct 22

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

Me for @theipaper.com on the importation of an alien culture to Britain: Trumpism

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Jenrick 'not seeing white people' is straight out of the Trump playbook

Communities up and down Britain show we have integrated successfully - now that is under assault from politicians on the right

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h

Water bills for England households to rise even higher.

Bills already up by 36%. Competition regulator permits another 1%-5%, £556m hike

No curbs on exec pay, dividends, sewage dumping as companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the Scam. Nationalise water

Five water firms provisionally allowed to raise bills by further 1% to 5%

An independent group appointed by the competition watchdog rejected nearly 80% of increases sought by companies.

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 21h

Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/f... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #Westfield @retailweek.bsky.social

Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up

The number of empty retail units in the Whitgift Centre has increased by more than 50% in the past year, according to recent research. Now under the management of Westfield, the Whitgift Centre was…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 22h

Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/v... #Croydon #LondontoBrighton #VeteranCarRun #Coulsdon #Norbury @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social

Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures

Organisers of the 2025 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run have altered the route through central Croydon when the event takes place early on the morning of Sunday November 2. The 400-or-so road-wor…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 23h

Ecology volunteers at Heathfield House share the apple harvest insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/e... #Croydon #Apples #Harvest #Volunteers

Ecology volunteers at Heathfield House share the apple harvest

The Croydon Ecology Centre, at the (still) council-owned Heathfield House, off Gravel Hill, held its annual Apple Day celebrations at the weekend. The good turnout of locals had a massive choice of…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Croydon goes conkers, Royal Standard, Sheldon St, Sat Oct 11 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/c... #Croydon #Conkers #RoyalStandard @camraofficial.bsky.social

Croydon goes conkers, Royal Standard, Sheldon St, Sat Oct 11

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz at the Croydon Clocktower Café, every Thursday, 12-2pm insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/j... #Croydon #Jazz #Music #WhatsOn

Jazz at the Croydon Clocktower Café, every Thursday, 12-2pm

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Support your independent, locally-based news website. Click here to sign-up as a donor: patreon.com/insidecroydon #Croydon #News #Journalism

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 3h

"The percentage of child dead in the Ukrainian conflict is 0.3%
The percentage of child dead in the Gaza conflict is 37.7%
In a single statistic, there you have the difference between a war and a genocide."
Craig Murray

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 12h

I wondered about that. Did the producers pitch that this might be their only sleb series? And that they don’t need to eat kangeroo bollocks?

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Get your latest Croydon news from insidecroydon.com.
Support our #journalism at www.patreon.com/insidecroydon

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · Dec 16

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

Criminals should face "the full force of the law" says Kemi Badenoch

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 22h

🔴 Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference

Veteran award-winning investigative journalist David Hencke has attended Conservative party conference since 1987 but is now hundreds of pounds out of pocket after being blocked from attending

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 21h

Scrapping stamp duty will cost £11.6bn a year. But it won't house a single one of Britain's 240,000 homeless.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 21h

Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/f... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #Westfield @retailweek.bsky.social

Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up

The number of empty retail units in the Whitgift Centre has increased by more than 50% in the past year, according to recent research. Now under the management of Westfield, the Whitgift Centre was…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 22h

Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/v... #Croydon #LondontoBrighton #VeteranCarRun #Coulsdon #Norbury @brixtonbuzz.bsky.social

Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures

Organisers of the 2025 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run have altered the route through central Croydon when the event takes place early on the morning of Sunday November 2. The 400-or-so road-wor…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 23h

Ecology volunteers at Heathfield House share the apple harvest insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/e... #Croydon #Apples #Harvest #Volunteers

Ecology volunteers at Heathfield House share the apple harvest

The Croydon Ecology Centre, at the (still) council-owned Heathfield House, off Gravel Hill, held its annual Apple Day celebrations at the weekend. The good turnout of locals had a massive choice of…

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Croydon goes conkers, Royal Standard, Sheldon St, Sat Oct 11 insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/c... #Croydon #Conkers #RoyalStandard @camraofficial.bsky.social

Croydon goes conkers, Royal Standard, Sheldon St, Sat Oct 11

Visit the post for more.

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

Jazz at the Croydon Clocktower Café, every Thursday, 12-2pm insidecroydon.com/2025/10/08/j... #Croydon #Jazz #Music #WhatsOn

Jazz at the Croydon Clocktower Café, every Thursday, 12-2pm

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Inside Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social · 1d

£3,000-a-ticket for Tory conference event and Philp turns up late insidecroydon.com/2025/10/07/3... #Croydon #Tories #Conservative #Philp

£3,000-a-ticket for Tory conference event and Philp turns up late

WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on what has been a difficult few days for Croydon’s Conservatives at their party’s poorly attended conference More problems for Croydon’s top T…

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