Greenwich Council planners have backed demolishing four terraced houses in Woolwich so 31 flats and three houses can be built in their place. The council’s former deputy leader, David Gardner, had criticised the plans last year when the developer, Lita Homes, had only planned to build 23 flats and three houses on the site. “I […]
December 2020
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Fast, free Covid-19 tests now available for Greenwich borough residents without symptoms
Greenwich borough residents who are not showing coronavirus symptoms can now book fast, free tests to see if they have Covid-19. The community testing scheme is operating out of the borough’s two University of Greenwich campuses; in Greenwich town centre and at Avery Hill. People without symptoms can book a test at the Greenwich Council […]
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DLR to Thamesmead: Councils and developers stump up £1m to push project on
Councils and developers have paid £1m to fund further work on developing a DLR extension to Thamesmead, which TfL says could support up to 15,000 new homes in the area. Greenwich and Newham councils, together with Aberdeen Standard Investments, Peabody, Lendlease, Berkeley Homes and National Grid have stumped up the cash to help develop plans […]
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Woolwich’s WSUP has battled austerity – now it needs to survive coronavirus
They’ve suffered funding cuts, lost their home and been forced to limit their service. But the team behind Woolwich Service User Project — or WSUP — have kept going during the coronavirus crisis. Mark Osborn, one of its most dedicated volunteers, told SAM DAVIES how. When Mark Osborn first came to WSUP around 2013, it […]
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Lesnes Abbey Woods looking for new volunteers as historic landmark looks to the future
Perched above Abbey Wood, Lesnes Abbey may be a 12th century landmark, but it has had to spend 2020 dealing with a modern-day pandemic. HUGO GREENHALGH found out how the staff and volunteers who run the site have coped. Lesnes Abbey, which gives Abbey Wood its name, may have been built in the 1170s, but […]
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TfL to look again at traffic impact of Silvertown Tunnel
Transport for London is to re-examine the impact the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will have on south-east and east London’s traffic because of the extension of the central London congestion charge. Detailed studies into traffic were done ahead of the public hearings into the new road, which were held in 2016 and 2017, ahead of it […]
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Stop charging migrants for care, schoolchildren ask Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust for Christmas
School children sent 60 hand-drawn Christmas cards to the chief executive of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust calling for an end to migrant charges. More than sixty pupils from years five and six at St Mary’s CE Primary School in Lewisham decided to campaign on the issue after seeing the effects of the charging policy […]
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Mercury Man: Telling the story of Uncle Bob and the First World War
853‘s special correspondent, MERCURY MAN, is back with a family history story from the trenches of wartime France. Contacts is the name of the game. You find ‘em, you write ‘em up and you put ‘em – you’ve guessed it – in your contacts book. Which, more often than not, is little and black. Take […]
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