Anyone with information on slum landlords who throw Gurkha veterans out of their homes during the day should contact Greenwich Council, one of its cabinet members has said. Jackie Smith spoke out after 853 reported this week on the plight of many members of south-east London’s Nepalese community, who have struggled to cope amid the […]
February 2021
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Council could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London Cycle Hire network when it launched under Boris Johnson in 2010, although an extension into east London in 2012 brought the […]
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By-election in low-traffic neighbourhood as Greenwich West councillor steps down
Greenwich West councillor Mehboob Khan has confirmed that he is standing down, meaning there will be four council by-elections held alongside the mayoral poll in May. Khan’s resignation also means a by-election in the one council ward where a low-traffic neighbourhood has been introduced, causing strong disagreements among locals. While Khan has been a councillor […]
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Cheers! Greenwich follows Bexley and Bromley in offering pubs Covid-19 support
Pubs and other hospitality businesses will benefit from £3 million in help from Greenwich Council to help them recover from the pandemic. Greenwich is following in the footsteps of neighbouring Bexley and Bromley, who have also run similar schemes aimed at pubs, which have had to close during this lockdown and have faced a year […]
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New plans revealed for visitor centre as Greenwich Park revamp scaled back
Royal Parks has revealed new plans for a visitor centre and learning centre, six months after its plans to recreate “giant steps” by the Wolfe memorial were approved. The plans are part of its £8 million Greenwich Park Revealed project, which included creating a series of grass steps on the hill leading up to the […]
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Perks picks up finance job as Greenwich Council prepares for 5 per cent tax hike
Charlton councillor Linda Perks is to become Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for finance following the resignation of Chris Kirby. Perks will be in charge of controlling council finances that have been hit by a decade of austerity and the costs of the coronavirus pandemic. Plans to increase council tax by 4.99 per cent were approved […]
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Westcombe Park residents should be able to drive through traffic blocks, ward councillors say
Two councillors have called for local residents to be allowed to drive through proposed road closures planned for streets between Greenwich Park and the Blackwall Tunnel approach. Conservative Geoff Brighty and Labour’s Leo Fletcher, who both represent the Blackheath Westcombe ward, spoke as their colleagues on Greenwich Council’s highways committee recommended an existing low-traffic neighbourhood […]
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Podcast tale begins Woolwich’s high street heritage project
A short story about life in Woolwich has been released as a podcast to launch a project to help rejuvenate the area’s run-down town centre. In Between Days, by local writer Merrie Joy Williams, is one of seven stories about different English high streets being released by Historic England as part of its High Street […]
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