Researchers in the House of Commons are asking the public for help in naming areas on maps used by statisticians. As well as boroughs and wards, statisticians who work on census data also work on smaller areas – the smallest being output areas, which are generally based around individual postcodes. This enables them to compare […]
January 2019
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Army will work to improve neglected Woolwich Common, minister insists
A defence minister has told local MP Matt Pennycook that the Army will work to improve Woolwich Common, after locals raised concerns about the way the green space is looked after. Tobias Ellwood told Pennycook, the MP for Greenwich & Woolwich, that he appreciated the “strength of feeling” on the issue, which has prompted neighbours […]
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Greenwich Council set to back down on two Pocket Living sales after resident opposition
Greenwich Council is poised to drop a controversial scheme to sell land on two housing estates in Lewisham and Kidbrooke to “compact home” developer Pocket Living after residents objected to the plans. It had wanted to sell garages at Quince Road, off Lewisham Road – on the borough border – and two car park plots […]
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£11k needed for hearing into South Circular air pollution death after legal aid refusal
Hither Green mother and clean air campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is one step closer to a new inquest into her daughter’s death – but needs to raise £11,000 in four weeks to apply to the High Court. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 from acute respiratory failure after years of coughing fits and seizures, and 27 […]
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No decision on Naval College name change as Greenwich’s Painted Hall sets reopening date
Greenwich’s spectacular Painted Hall will reopen to visitors on Saturday 23 March – but bosses at the Old Royal Naval College have not yet decided whether or not the historic site will be changing its name. The Painted Hall has recently undergone a two-year, £8.5 million restoration project to preserve and maintain Sir James Thornhill’s […]
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You were wrong, Greenwich councillors told as Thorpe overrules them on ‘undelivered’ freesheet
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has opted to continue publishing its fortnightly freesheet Greenwich Info – even though a scrutiny panel of councillors threw out a £1.3m deal for its printing and distribution at the end of last year. The three councillors have even been told they were wrong to say they did not receive […]
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Greenwich Council close to deal to save Avery Hill Winter Garden
853 exclusive: Eltham’s much-loved Winter Garden is likely to be transferred to Greenwich Council, with the University of Greenwich providing £4.75 million to secure the historic site’s future, 853 can reveal. The university announced it was putting its Avery Hill campus up for sale in 2014, sparking an outcry from neighbours who feared for the […]
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Greenwich councillors lead Tory push for People’s Vote on EU departure
Two Greenwich Conservative councillors have signed an open letter asking MPs to allow a new referendum on the UK’s relationship with the European Union. Eltham South councillor Matt Clare started the initiative, signed by 47 councillors and local Conservative representatives, mostly from the south of England. The letter was released before Theresa May’s unprecedented defeat […]
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