East Greenwich’s segregated cycle route has finally opened today, two months after it was originally due to see its first riders. The route from Old Woolwich Road to Farmdale Road, including a crossing of the notorious Angerstein roundabout, had been due to open in early October after work began in August, but work took twice […]
December 2020
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‘One of the worst applications I’ve seen’: 63 flats approved for Blackheath Hill by Lewisham Council
A development on the Blackheath-Greenwich border that will see trees cut down and leave disabled residents in darkness was criticised in light of the conclusion of Ella Kissi-Debrah’s inquest. The nine-year-old, who lived near the South Circular in Catford, became the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of […]
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Objectors praised as Greenwich councillors defer plans for 80 council homes on Brook Estate
Local residents have persuaded Greenwich councillors to visit the site of 80 new council homes planned for green space in Kidbrooke after telling them they had their own plans for the land. Council officers had recommended the planning board rubber-stamp the new homes for the Brook Estate, planned as part of a pledge to start […]
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Sadiq Khan criticised over Silvertown Tunnel after coroner rules on air pollution death
London mayor Sadiq Khan has been criticised for his plans to build the Silvertown Tunnel after a coroner ruled that air pollution was a cause of death of Ella Kissi-Debrah, the nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack in 2013. Ella lived off the South Circular Road on the border of Catford and Hither […]
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Tribunal cancels Lee Green low-traffic neighbourhood fine because of poor signage
A tribunal has told Lewisham Council to cancel a penalty charge issued in Lee Green’s low-traffic neighbourhood because of indaquate signage. Local resident Oliver Du Sautoy was slapped with a fine for going through a camera-enforced barrier at the junction of Northbrook Road and Manor Park. He argued that the particular modal filter, where Northbrook […]
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Schools saga ends as Greenwich Council leader asks heads to open up again
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has ducked a legal battle with the government and asked the borough’s schools to open their doors again. Thorpe’s announcement ends 42 hours of disruption which began on Sunday afternoon when he asked schools to close from today because of increasing coronavirus cases. Heads complained they had been taken by […]
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Shambles as government and Greenwich Council squabble over school closures
Tens of thousands of schoolchildren and their families are caught in the middle of a row between Greenwich Council and the government this morning after education secretary Gavin Williamson tried to overturn leader Danny Thorpe’s attempt to close the borough’s schools to stop an alarming rise in coronavirus cases. Williamson sent a legal threat to […]
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We’ll stay open, academies say as heads learn about virus closures from Twitter
Updated story: Two academy schools will not be following Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe’s call for all the borough’s schools to close in light of increasing coronavirus cases among teenagers. Thorpe announced on social media on Sunday afternoon that he would be asking all the borough’s schools to switch to online learning from Tuesday, except […]
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