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☀️ Good morning, Croydon!
It's a sunny Saturday -- high of 20°C with sunny intervals and a gentle easterly breeze. Perfect weather to get outside and digest the biggest local political news in years. Because last night, Croydon got its answer. Scroll to the bottom we need your help
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🗓️ Upcoming Events
What's on in Croydon today and this week:
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🧸 Pollock's Toy Museum Pop-Up -- Whitgift Centre, today 11am-4pm. Free entry, family-friendly. Local toy-making heritage celebration.
🥊 Wardley vs Dubois Live Screening -- BOXPARK Croydon, tonight from 8pm. WBO heavyweight title fight on the big screen. Over-18s, free registration, arrive early.
Surprised! Culture Festival -- Whitgift Centre/North End, 16-17 May. Free Asian arts, food & culture festival. Family-friendly.
🧠 Mental Health Awareness Week -- starts Sunday 11 May. Look out for events across Croydon all week, including events at Fairfield Halls.
⚽ Crystal Palace vs Everton
🛍️ The Kiosk -- open 9am to 2pm today, Saturday 9 May.
📰 MORNING PULSE
PERRY HOLDS ON -- SECOND TERM SECURED
Jason Perry re-elected as Executive Mayor of Croydon, declared at 5:15pm on Friday 8 May. Final margin: 35,871 (Perry) vs 34,758 (Labour's Rowenna Davis) -- a gap of just 1,113 votes.
Green Party's Peter Underwood took 14,404 votes. Turnout was 40.99%. Perry's second term begins immediately.
COUNCIL RESULTS: THE FULL PICTURE
Alongside the mayoral vote, 70 councillors were elected across Croydon's 28 wards -- with results being declared today, Saturday 9 May.
Watch the official Croydon Council page for the full ward-by-ward breakdown as declarations come in throughout the day: croydon.gov.uk
FREE CULTURE FESTIVAL COMING TO CROYDON
Surprised! -- a free two-day Asian arts, culture and food festival -- is coming to the Whitgift Centre/North End area on 16-17 May. Sri Lankan masked dance, Flamenco-Bharatanatyam fusion, origami, henna and more. 12-6pm Saturday, 12-5pm Sunday. Free entry, family-friendly.
TRINITY SCHOOL GOES CO-ED
Croydon's Trinity School has received planning approval to expand and become fully co-educational by 2031. Girls will join from Year 6 and Year 7 from 2027, with pupil numbers rising from 1,050 to around 1,398. Two new three-storey blocks planned.
💛 HEARTBEAT
🎧 ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH: FAIRFIELD HALLS MAKES THE CASE
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week (11-17 May), Fairfield Halls' charity BH Live is spotlighting the link between arts and wellbeing.
WHO research shows live cultural experiences reduce stress, combat isolation, and lift mood. Croydon's cultural venues are community infrastructure.
Check the Fairfield Halls programme for upcoming shows: fairfield.co.uk
Mental Health Awareness Week starts Sunday 11 May -- look out for events across Croydon all week.
🏆 HIDDEN GEMS SATURDAY
🧸 Pollock's Toy Museum Pop-Up -- Whitgift Centre, today only 11am-4pm. Locally made toys, live toy theatre, interactive stories. Free, family-friendly. Find it next to Turf Projects.
🏺 Antique, Vintage & Collectables Fair -- Hayes, today. Browse vintage finds and collectables at today's fair.
⚽ Crystal Palace vs Everton -- Selhurst Park, 3pm today.
🏺 Pottery Wheel Taster -- ClayKilnCraft, 20 Church Road, 10:30am-12:45pm. Small class (max 6), £80 all-in.
🌿 Wild Moon Afternoon -- Heartwood Woodland Wellness, Featherbed Lane, 2-4pm. Women's campfire gathering, crafts, journaling. Free-£12.50.
🏆 ONLY IN CROYDON
Eight candidates. One of London's tightest ever mayoral races. A result that kept the whole borough guessing until 5:15pm on a Friday. Whatever your politics -- that's democracy doing its thing.
🤔 DID YOU KNOW? Croydon's 2026 mayoral race was decided by just 1,113 votes out of over 85,000 cast. That's a margin of 1.3%. In a borough of 400,000 people, every single vote genuinely counted.
👋 That's your Saturday sorted, Croydon. Big week, big result, big boxing tonight. Whether you're heading to Selhurst, BOXPARK, or just enjoying the sunshine -- have a good one.
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