Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has lashed out at critics who say his authority should be spending more money from developers on parks and public realm. Thorpe blamed nine years of government austerity after senior councillors approved a report detailing how much had been received from developers and spent by the council via two mechanisms, […]
December 2019
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Parkrun could come to Sutcliffe Park after council leader steps in
Parkrun could be coming to Sutcliffe Park in Eltham after Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe intervened to help volunteers with their attempt to host the weekly free five-kilometre run. Greenwich borough has just one Parkrun event – in Avery Hill Park, also in Eltham – compared with three in neighbouring Lewisham, two in Bexley and […]
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General election 2019: Greenwich borough sticks with Labour as Britain swings right
6.30am update: Both Clive Efford and Matt Pennycook have been re-elected as MPs for Eltham and Greenwich & Woolwich – but neither would be drawn on the future of their party as Labour slumped to a humiliating defeat in the general election. The borough also has a new MP in Abena Oppong-Asare, who succeeds Teresa […]
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Council officers back Greenwich Magistrates Court hotel plan
Council planning officers are backing a plan to turn the old Greenwich Magistrates Court and adjacent former school offices into part of a 293-room hotel. The listed courthouse, on Blackheath Road, was closed in 2016 and sold for £12 million. Cases from the area are now heard in Bexleyheath or Bromley. Now developers plan to […]
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Government spent £766,000 on doomed free school planning application
The government’s Department for Education spent more than three quarters of a million pounds on the doomed planning application for the International Academy of Greenwich free school – taking the total bill for the controversial school so far to over £7 million. The school announced its closure in October after the Greenwich Council refused planning […]
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VIDEO: Watch Greenwich & Woolwich’s election candidates at Charlton hustings
Five of the general candidates for Greenwich & Woolwich took took questions from voters at a hustings event in Charlton on Saturday morning – the last such event before Thursday’s poll. Here is (slightly wobbly) video of the entire event, which was held at Charlton Assembly Rooms. Part one: Opening remarks (3.16), housing (14.11), tax […]
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London Living Wage strike to halt Woolwich Ferry again
Woolwich Ferry workers will hold another one-day strike on 19 December in a dispute over pay. Transport for London (TfL) is responsible for the service, which carries 20,000 cars and 50,000 passengers each week between Woolwich and North Woolwich, but it is currently run by contractor Briggs Marine. The service has already been halted by […]
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Lewisham Council refused London City Airport sponsorship for Blackheath fireworks
853 exclusive: Lewisham Council refused an offer of sponsorship from London City Airport to fund the annual Blackheath fireworks display – an offer which came via neighbouring Greenwich Council, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal. Finances have been tight for the £121,000 display, which attracts tens of thousands of people to Blackheath […]
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