Updated story: Poundland says it put hoardings up before Christmas to deter rough sleepers after being threatened with enforcement action by Greenwich Council. The discount store chain erected the hoardings on December 21 and they were still in place yesterday, covered in graffiti, some of it crude. The graffiti has been there since before Christmas […]
January 2023
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Too few people hit by cars to justify school speed camera, Greenwich Council says
Campaigners who want speed cameras introduced outside a primary school on Shooters Hill have been told not enough people have been hit by cars to justify having the safety measure installed. Parents and neighbours at Christ Church Primary School have been concerned for years over drivers coming down Shooters Hill at high speed, with two […]
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Greenwich Council to replace gritters that cost £30,000 in pollution charges
Greenwich Council has begun moves to replace its winter gritters after it was revealed that they do not meet pollution standards – costing the borough about £30,000 a year to keep them on the road. The five gritters, which saw heavy use during the cold spell before Christmas, do not meet the low-emissions zone (LEZ) […]
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Mayor helps restore memorial to 19 men who died in Woolwich explosions
A memorial to 19 men killed in two explosions on the Royal Arsenal more than a century ago has been restored thanks to the fundraising efforts of Greenwich’s ceremonial mayor, Leo Fletcher. The obelisk was unveiled by one of Fletcher’s predecessors, Lewis Jenkins Jones in 1904. The mayor of Woolwich had promised that “every care […]
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