A walk-in coronavirus testing centre is to be set up in the car park of a Greenwich town centre hotel, bringing the number of units in the borough to five. The new centre, at the De Vere Devonport Hotel off King William Walk, was confirmed by council leader Danny Thorpe in a council newsletter. It […]
October 2020
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Bexley Labour members raise £6,000 for half-term meals after council refuses to step in
A push by Bexley Labour party members to raise funds to provide the borough’s hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days. The Feed Bexley Kids campaign is the latest local initiative stepping in after the government turned down a motion to extend free school meals into […]
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No big tie for Cray Valley PM but Eltham’s FA Cup side hopeful of first-round upset
Eltham’s Cray Valley PM football club may not have landed a big name in their first ever FA Cup first round match – but they are still hopeful of causing an upset when they play Havant & Waterlooville next month. The Millers, who play in the eighth tier of English football, made history on Saturday […]
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Cray Valley PM: Eltham’s FA Cup heroes get set for first round draw
A football club from Eltham is dreaming of FA Cup glory after getting through to the competition’s first round – potentially setting up a clash with neighbours Charlton Athletic. Cray Valley PM, of the Isthmian League South East Division – seven tiers below the Premier League – beat National League side Maidenhead United 3-2 on […]
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Greenwich Council’s half-term meals get Marcus Rashford’s backing
England footballer Marcus Rashford lent his support to Greenwich Council’s scheme to offer free meals to children in need this half term by promoting it on social media this morning. The council has offered free meals during school holidays for two years, and is doing so again next week at Woolwich library, Woolwich adventure play […]
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Walk-in Covid-19 test centre to open off Plumstead High Street
Greenwich borough is to get its second walk-in coronavirus test centre next week when one opens on on a temporary car park off Plumstead High Street. The news was confirmed by council leader Danny Thorpe in a council newsletter. Plans for the facility, on the Abery Street car park, follow the opening of the borough’s […]
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Councillors stay silent as Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall goes up for sale
Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to put the historic Borough Hall on the market tonight without discussing the issue in public. The planned sale of the Grade II-listed building comes after plans to lease it to the theatre company Selladoor collapsed without agreement. Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across the UK, had planned to add a […]
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Council meeting off as Greenwich grapples with Tier 2 Covid-19 restrictions
Wednesday’s full meeting of Greenwich Council has been cancelled at short notice after London moved into Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions last week. All 49 councillors had been meant to gather by their webcams for the virtual meeting, which residents had submitted questions to. But the meeting was cancelled on Tuesday, shortly before its agenda was […]
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