Greenwich councillors backed plans for new council homes in Eltham last night, but with both Labour and Conservative members criticising the design of their council’s own new block. The borough’s planning board endorsed proposals for 20 flats on the site of garages on Well Hall Road. But councillors said they were unhappy because of the […]
October 2020
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Silvertown Tunnel: Londoners ‘would prefer public transport, walking and cycling boost’, poll finds
A majority of Londoners would prefer to see rather improvements to public transport and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists rather than a new tunnel under the Thames for cars, a survey released this morning suggests. The Survation poll of 1,017 residents of Greater London found 60 per cent of respondents would rather see investment go […]
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Avery Hill Mansion Site: 1,150-pupil boys’ school approved despite transport worries
Plans to convert the University of Greenwich’s Mansion site in Eltham into a “flagship” school for 1,150 boys were passed by Greenwich councillors last night, despite worries about parents’ cars bringing the local area to a standstill. The historic mansion and adjoining buildings next to Avery Hill Park will be refurbished and turned into a […]
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Lewisham Council housing families in crime-hit Harlow ‘human warehouse’
Lewisham Council houses homeless families in a block dubbed a “human warehouse” that police received 600 calls from in three years. The details of the temporary accommodation in Harlow, Essex, leased by the council from property developer Caridon, have been published in and alongside a review of how living in temporary accommodation affects children and young people. The […]
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Labour unimpressed as Tories start Bakerloo Line extension petition
Greenwich and Lewisham’s Tory candidate for the London Assembly has started a petition to push TfL into progressing with the Bakerloo Line extension – but his Labour rival says the government should get on with safeguarding the route. Charlie Davis, who is also a Greenwich councillor for Eltham North, launched the petition yesterday after TfL […]
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Ragtime to Grime: Olympic choreographer brings dance show to Greenwich doorsteps
Covid-19 has already brought singers and musicians to perform on the streets of SE London. Now Greenwich Dance is facing up to the challenge of social distancing by offering residents the chance to have a bite-sized dance-theatre show take place right on their doorstop. NIKKI SPENCER found out more. Starting this Saturday in Abbey Wood […]
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Scrapping free children’s travel delayed to spring while TfL boss says cut not needed
Free bus travel for London secondary school children will not be cut until next spring, the head of Transport for London has revealed. The scheme was due to be suspended after the October half term, but TfL’s new commissioner Andy Byford said it would be pushed back to 2021. The Government ordered Sadiq Khan to […]
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Bakerloo Line: Stop playing games with TfL funding, Lewisham mayor tells government
Lewisham’s elected mayor and the leader of Southwark Council have accused the government of “game-playing” over Transport for London’s finances after it emerged that TfL did not prioritise the Bakerloo line extension when asking for Whitehall funding this week. TfL is proposing to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham via two new stops on the Old Kent […]
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