Lewisham Council has pledged to “deliver lasting social change” after being declared the London borough of culture for 2021. The award comes with £1.35 million to stage a 12 month-long programme of cultural events across the borough next year. Lewisham fought off competition from seven other shortlisted London boroughs – including a bid from Greenwich […]
February 2020
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Greenwich councillor and father not guilty of perverting course of justice
A Greenwich councillor and her father have been found not guilty of perverting the course of justice, a week into a housing fraud trial. Judge Benedict Kelleher directed the jury at Inner London Crown Court to acquit Tonia Ashikodi, 30, and her father Tony, 50. He told the jury there was insufficient evidence to continue […]
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33-storey New Cross development could thwart TfL’s Bakerloo plans
Plans that could thwart current proposals to build the Bakerloo Line extension through New Cross have been published by developers. Transport for London is planning to extend the Tube line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate. But A2Dominion and Mount Anvil, along with Sainsbury’s, have applied to build a new superstore and […]
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TfL to take Woolwich Ferry service in-house after year of disruption
Transport for London is to take over the operation of the Woolwich Ferry, after “unacceptable” delays over the past year. The free river crossing, which carried an estimated two million passengers each year between Woolwich and North Woolwich, is currently run by the Scottish contractor Briggs Marine on behalf of TfL. It has been run […]
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Greenwich councillor ‘let out rat-infested house while a council tenant’
A Greenwich Labour councillor was the landlord of a house which was “infested by rats” while occupying a council home in Plumstead, a jury heard today. Tonia Ashikodi wrote to a tenant requesting possession of the home in Nickleby Close, Thamesmead, from 1 October 2014 to enable repairs to be carried out, the prosecution said. […]
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Fraud trial councillor’s father ‘kept kidney disease from daughter’
The father of a Greenwich councillor accused of housing fraud said he transferred property to her because he was suffering from kidney disease – and did not tell her about it because the knowledge would “kill her”, a court heard today. Tony Ashikodi said in an email to Greenwich’s head of legal, John Scarborough, that […]
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Greenwich Council boss ‘sought to protect fraud trial councillor from press’
Greenwich Council’s most senior officer has said her job was to “protect” a councillor accused of owning property while living in a council home from a media inquiry, a fraud trial heard today. Debbie Warren, the council’s chief executive, told a jury at Inner London Crown Court that she met Tonia Ashikodi three times on […]
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Ikea sorry after claiming to have helped create Greenwich ecology park
Ikea has apologised after a display in its east Greenwich store wrongly claimed that it had assisted in created the nearby Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park, which has been a popular community feature for 18 years. The display claimed the Swedish retailer played a role in establishing the park, a haven for wildlife next to the […]
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