Greenwich Council has asked all the borough’s schools to close this week as the coronavirus spreads among the borough’s teenagers. Council leader Danny Thorpe announced this afternoon that he had asked schools to move to online learning from Tuesday, except for vulnerable children and those of key workers, because on “exponential growth that demands immediate […]
December 2020
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Hills and Vales: Use cameras, not planters, to close roads, ambulance chiefs told Greenwich Council
The London Ambulance Service called for Greenwich Council to use cameras rather than planters for its low-traffic neighbourhood in some of the borough’s most affluent streets, correspondence between the two bodies reveals. Documents revealed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that neither the ambulance service nor the London Fire Brigade objected to the closure […]
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Covid-19 vaccine could come to Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas
Stocks of coronavirus vaccine should reach Queen Elizabeth and Lewisham hospitals by Christmas, south-east London’s health service said earlier this week. The first people in the world were given the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine on Tuesday morning when the UK became the first country to start issuing the jab; the first patient to receive the treatment in […]
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50 council homes planned for 500-home Woolwich Leisure Centre development
Fifty council homes are planned for the new Woolwich leisure centre development, which Greenwich Council hopes to open by the end of 2024. Shops including Wilko and the Troy Court council block are to be demolished for the new development, which the town hall hopes will help revitalise a town centre battered by decades of […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors have public row during planning meeting
Tensions in Greenwich Council’s Labour group boiled over in public last night when two councillors rowed during a normally quiet planning meeting. Councillors on the Greenwich area planning committee were deciding on an application to put lights on the roof of a house in Blackheath when the chair of planning, Peninsula councillor Stephen Brain, shook […]
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40 jobs could go as GLL seeks another £1.1m loan from Greenwich Council
Greenwich Council’s leisure centre and library contractor could make 40 staff redundant after asking for another £1.1m loan to support it through the coronavirus crisis. GLL, which trades as Better, received £810,000 from the council in July after its facilities were forced to close by the first lockdown in March. Four months and another lockdown […]
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Bakerloo line to Lewisham inches forward with protection order
Plans for a Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham have been given a boost after the government agreed to begin the process of protecting the route from development. Transport secretary Grant Shapps plans to “safeguard” the route from Lambeth North to Lewisham, including a new Elephant & Castle station, two stations on the Old Kent Road, […]
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Brook Estate: Greenwich councillors urged to back 80 council homes on green space
Plans for 80 Greenwich Council homes on green space between Kidbrooke and Eltham are set for approval next week. Councillors on the planning board will discuss plans to build next to the Brook Estate as part of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme to begin 750 new council homes by 2022, with planning officers recommending they […]
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