Greenwich Council’s cabinet is poised to rubber-stamp plans to turn John Roan School into an academy at its meeting next week. The council is compelled to assist the process by law, and next Wednesday’s decision will allow officers to make arrangements for the switch to happen on 1 February. The school, in Blackheath, is due […]
November 2018
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‘We don’t want gentrification in Greenwich borough’, council leader says
Fears of social cleansing in Greenwich borough have been played down by council leader Danny Thorpe, who says gentrification is “not wanted”. Hundreds of new homes are planned for the borough and controversial developments such as Rockwell’s Charlton Riverside scheme have sparked campaigns across the area. Huge towers in Woolwich as well as Rockwell’s proposals […]
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Senior Greenwich councillor promises crackdown on illegal parking
A senior Greenwich councillor has pledged to beat the rash of illegal parking blighting the borough and is planning to recruit an army of temporary wardens to do it. Community safety cabinet member Jackie Smith admitted the borough’s parking enforcement was “not good enough” and told last week’s full council meeting that new measures such […]
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Blackheath fireworks under threat because of cutbacks, Lewisham Council says
853 exclusive: Lewisham Council says it is considering the future funding of Blackheath fireworks because of continuing government cutbacks. The future of the display, which brings up to 100,000 people to the heath every year, has had a question mark over it ever since Greenwich Council cut its half-share of the funding eight years ago. […]
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