A developer behind rejected plans to build a trailer park for “key workers” has blocked safe access to woodland used by schoolchildren for outdoor learning in Grove Park. Two weeks ago it emerged the gates to the Lewisham Council-owned Ringway Community Centre were padlocked, while a sign was erected saying “private land, unauthorised access not permitted”. Local primary school […]
September 2020
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TfL to ask government for £800m for Thamesmead DLR – but Bakerloo extension goes on back burner
Transport for London is asking the government for £800m to build a Docklands Light Railway route to Thamesmead – but the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham appears to have been deferred. London mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans to run the DLR to Thamesmead four years ago when approving the Silvertown Tunnel, but no funding has […]
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Mayor drops legal challenge against new Belvedere incinerator
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has made the “difficult decision” to abandon a legal challenge against controversial plans for a new waste-burning incinerator by the Thames at Belvedere, with the cash-strapped office citing “substantial costs” of continuing with the case as the reason. Mr Khan’s office confirmed on Wednesday the judicial review, which had been due to […]
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Eltham’s TSB to close as bank slashes its branch network
Eltham’s TSB branch will close next May as the bank shuts down a third of its branches across Great Britain. The loss of the Eltham branch will leave the bank with just four branches in south-east London: Bermondsey, Bromley, Greenwich and Peckham. A branch in Sidcup closed earlier this year. Nationally, 164 branches are going […]
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Greenwich’s George & Dragon gets LGBT venue funding from London mayor
A Greenwich pub has been given a grant from City Hall as part of a scheme to help lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) venues a survive the coronavirus pandemic. The George & Dragon on Blackheath Road is one of 11 bars and clubs have been handed grants totalling almost £130,000 to weather the latest […]
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Boys’ school at Avery Hill Mansion set for approval despite neighbours’ opposition
Greenwich Council planners are recommending councillors back a new 1,150-pupil school at the University of Greenwich’s Mansion Site next to Avery Hill Park – despite a 4,000-signature petition against the scheme and TfL raising concerns about transport. The Harris academy chain plans to build a boys’ school on the former teacher training college at the […]
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Scott-McDonald is Greenwich Council’s new deputy leader by one vote
Denise Scott-McDonald has been confirmed as Greenwich Council’s new deputy leader by one vote – just months after losing her place on the town hall’s ruling cabinet. The Peninsula ward councillor, who is currently acting deputy leader, beat Averil Lekau, a former social care cabinet member, by 20 votes to 19 in an election held […]
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From Shooters Hill to the United Nations: A musician’s pandemic journey
You’d better put the kettle on for tea and toast before I launch into this one about an incredibly bright young spark from Shooters Hill who, among many other things, is helping the United Nations celebrate its 75th birthday in October. Right, if you’re comfy, I’ll begin. Tom Powell, a 25-year-old creative powerhouse from the […]
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