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I grew up believing there was a pathway to success: work hard, get a degree and build a career. The reality is very different
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (654+ words) CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week, a review commissioned by the government warned of "a lost generation" of young adults facing long-term unemployment. Here, NEELAM AHMED, pictured right, explains the heartbreak of life as an out-of-work graduate in 2026 A friend recently sent…...
Young refugees" art exhibition to open at Museum of Croydon
1+ week, 1+ day ago (443+ words) A multimedia exhibition created by young refugees and asylum seekers is opening at the Museum of Croydon tomorrow to mark 10 years of the charity Play for Progress. The exhibition launch is in the atrium of the Museum of Croydon on…...
30m refurb is underway at century-old Selsdon Park Hotel
2+ week, 4+ day ago (500+ words) More than 150 jobs to be created amid the rolling North Downs, as new owners seek to create one of the country's 'leading resorts' One hundred years since the Selsdon Park estate first opened its doors as a luxury hotel, the…...
Cycle Carnival saw thousands lining the streets for good cause
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (1529+ words) Motoring into the future: the Ormonde Tri-Car, which "will climb any hill with two up" cost more than a year"s average wages at the turn of the 19th Century CROYDON CHRONICLES: There was a time when the town"s streets…...
Bounce into 2026 with special family party at Oxygen play park
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (320+ words) Families can jump into the New Year together at Oxygen trampoline park at the Colonnades, off the Purley Way, with games, dancing, tasty food and a special countdown to 2026, without ruining the kids" bedtime Jump to it: Oxygen, in the…...
Free travel for a week " on Tf L's new electric Bakerloop buses
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (691+ words) Fair fares: journeys on the Bakerloop will be free for its first week of service Transport for London is offering a week's worth of free bus travel on the Bakerloop, a new express service connecting Waterloo to Lewisham. From Saturday…...
It's a red-letter day for our "covid generation' of school pupils
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (565+ words) Jumping for joy: some newspapers, especially the Torygraph, seem to run virtually the same hackneyed A-level results story, and pictures, every year. And note the absence of working-class boys from most of the images CROYDON COMMENTARY: Secondary school teacher KEN…...