Greenwich Council spent £10,000 on fencing off part of Woolwich town centre to stop people throwing fireworks – and has insisted that the outlay was worth it. General Gordon Square was closed for two weeks from October 24 after disorder broke out around Halloween and Bonfire Night last year. Fencing was also erected last year […]
November 2022
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Don’t lecture us on women’s safety, Greenwich Labour councillors tell party colleague
A Greenwich Labour councillor has been criticised by two of his colleagues after they accused him of trying to lecture women on their personal safety at night. The extraordinary exchange came as a committee of three councillors voted not to halt plans to expand a controlled parking zone (CPZ) in Eltham, despite warnings that the […]
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Eltham’s MP set to represent Chislehurst as well under boundary changes
Eltham MP Clive Efford is set to see his constituency expand to take in Chislehurst in a long-awaited shake-up of parliamentary seats. Both Labour and the Conservatives had opposed proposals to create a new Eltham & Chislehurst seat, which would stretch south to include Chislehurst and the part of Mottingham that is in Bromley borough. […]
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£100 for each child on free school meals in Greenwich’s cost of living package
Families in Greenwich borough with children on free school meals will get at least £100 each to help them through the cost of living crisis, councillors agreed yesterday. About 12,000 children are on free school meals, and the council will pay £100 per child to help pay bills as inflation and soaring energy bills bite. […]
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Morden Wharf’s willows face the chop in works to Greenwich’s Thames Path
Much-loved willow trees on the Greenwich Peninsula could be felled as part of plans to improve flood defences and widen the Thames Path. The 11 willow trees, which sit by a small sandy beach on the river, have formed a local landmark for years. But proposals submitted to Greenwich Council propose felling the willows and […]
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Southeastern cuts: We didn’t snub Lewisham to go to Tunbridge Wells, rail bosses say
Southeastern has insisted it did not snub Lewisham councillors by not turning up at a meeting to discuss the company’s rail cuts last night – because its representatives could not make the event in the first place. The company’s managing director and another senior executive sat through a three-hour grilling by councillors in neighbouring Greenwich […]
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Quiet Hallowe’en in fenced-off Woolwich – but firework fights hit Greenwich Peninsula
Hallowe’en passed off quietly in Woolwich last night – a year after the worst disorder seen in the town centre since the riots of 2011. But while all eyes were on the area after the installation of a fence to seal off General Gordon Square last week, trouble broke out three miles away on the […]
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Eltham’s £40,000 ‘Hollywood’ sign is used as a public toilet, councillor says
A £40,000 “Hollywood-style” sign which was meant to create a sense of civic pride in Eltham is being used as a toilet, one of the area’s local councillors has said. The illuminated wooden sign was installed five years ago as part of a £6m project to revamp the area’s high street. But the lights have […]
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