853 exclusive: An 18-metre high Damien Hirst artwork will be unveiled next to the London Cable Car if Greenwich planners give it the go-ahead. The giant, headless Demon with Bowl was first exhibited in Venice five years ago, but is set to come to the Greenwich Peninsula courtesy of the developer Knight Dragon, which is […]
March 2022
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Shambles as Greenwich Council finally calls for Silvertown Tunnel to be halted
Greenwich Council finally called on Sadiq Khan to pause work on the Silvertown Tunnel last night – weeks before tunnelling is due to start and nine years after the town hall launched a campaign to see the river crossing built. The vote took place amid shambolic scenes with Labour and Conservative councillors yelling at each […]
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Greenwich Council may fund free Covid tests as government criticised
Greenwich Council may have to fund lateral flow tests for residents, a senior councillor said last night as her colleagues voted to condemn the government for scrapping free Covid testing from next month. Linda Perks, the cabinet member for finance, was responding to a Conservative call for the council to use unused Covid funds given […]
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First details of plan to convert historic East Greenwich Library into church revealed
The controversial church that now owns the former East Greenwich Library has revealed its plans to refurbish the Grade II listed landmark. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) bought the closed-down library from Greenwich Council for £1.8 million in 2019; however, the sale did not become public knowledge until last December when it was […]
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Send me abuse, planning chair tells critics as he backs first 1,200 Charlton Riverside homes
A plan to approve more than 1,200 homes by the Thames Barrier was approved by Greenwich Council last night on the casting vote of its controversial chair of planning, Stephen Brain. The Labour councillor, who is standing down after the elections in May, goaded objectors by inviting them to send abusive emails as he broke […]
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Greenwich Council finally set to discuss Silvertown Tunnel – nine years late
Greenwich councillors are poised to overturn their town hall’s support for the Silvertown Tunnel – nine years after launching a campaign to get the road crossing built, and weeks before tunnelling work is due to begin. A motion to be put before the council next week calls on London mayor Sadiq Khan to pause work […]
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‘I don’t live in never-never land’: Sadiq Khan’s jibe at Silvertown Tunnel critics
London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has accused opponents of the Silvertown Tunnel of “living in never-never land” – days after one of his senior party colleagues in the capital branded the project “madness”. Khan made the jibe in an interview about his planned expansion of the ultra-low emission zone to cover most of the capital, […]
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‘We’re going backwards’: Greenwich councillors call for proper transport strategy
Greenwich councillors have said their town hall needs to have a proper transport strategy in place – with one saying the borough is “going backwards” after losing its only low-traffic neighbourhood. The transport scrutiny committee recommended that Greenwich become a 20mph borough, set out detailed plans to boost walking and cycling and focus on creating […]
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