New Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has pledged to stop having mayor-making ceremonies at the Old Royal Naval College and plans to move them back to Woolwich Town Hall. While most councils make do with modest events at their own town halls, but since 2006 Greenwich has regularly blown a five-figure sum on a lavish […]
May 2018
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Greenwich cyclist deaths: New council leader invites City Hall chiefs to lethal junction
New Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has invited new London transport chief Heidi Alexander to come and see the road where two cyclists were killed earlier this month after mayor Sadiq Khan cancelled planned safety improvements. Thorpe has asked Alexander, the new deputy mayor for transport, along with walking and cycling commissioner Will Norman to […]
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Can you help Deptford’s 999 Club raise funds for a summer shelter?
The 999 Club in Deptford will, for the first time, open a night shelter for homeless people this summer, and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £20,000. The club’s LESLEY WALKER explains why a summer shelter is so badly needed, and how you can help. The 20-bed facility on Deptford Broadway will be one […]
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Community station Maritime Radio to launch in September from Shrewsbury House
Troubled community centre Shrewsbury House is to get a new lease of life as the base for community radio station Maritime Radio, which will launch on 1 September. The station, which has broadcast on two temporary licences in recent years, was given a full-time FM licence last year by broadcast regulator Ofcom. The station says […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff strike again over new pay row
Staff at the National Maritime Museum went on strike this lunchtime in a fresh row over pay and conditions – nearly three months after Royal Museums Greenwich offered to pay staff the London Living Wage from 2022. Front-of-house staff who are members of the Prospect union walked off the job between 11am and 2pm, claiming […]
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Cabinet members kicked off Greenwich Council planning board – but chief whip joins it
Five new councillors have been given seats on Greenwich Council’s main planning committee after new leader Danny Thorpe carried out his pledge to remove cabinet members from the Planning Board – but chief whip Angela Cornforth has joined it. Thorpe had pledged to take cabinet members out of planning after complaints that his predecessor, Denise […]
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‘Do the right thing’ on Enderby Wharf cruise port, Sadiq Khan tells new Greenwich leader
London mayor Sadiq Khan is to talk to new Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe about the future of the planned cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, urging him to “do the right thing” about cutting pollution from the scheme. The London City Cruise Port, which is backed by the council, would allow berthed […]
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New Capital Quay: Developer should pay for fire-proof cladding, Housing Secretary says
The developer behind Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development should be paying for its flammable cladding to be replaced, the Housing Secretary has told Parliament. James Brokenshire was responding to to a question from Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook, who raised the plight of New Capital Quay’s 2,000 residents in the House of Commons on […]
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