Skateboarders have been left out in the cold after an indoor facility designed to inspire future Olympic champions closed after just five years. The skate park at Sutcliffe Park in Eltham closed last month despite a 397-signature petition against the plans. It will now be replaced by a gymnastics centre after GLL, the council’s leisure […]
February 2023
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Greenwich’s council tax set for 5% hike – but cleaner streets are promised
Greenwich’s council tax bills will be going up by 5 per cent from April – with the town hall putting in the highest possible increase. Senior councillors will be asked to sign off on the plans next week, along with the council’s financial strategy for the next four years. A boost in town centre street […]
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Council leader attacks Home Office after refugees taken from Greenwich hotel
Greenwich Council’s leader has angrily criticised the Home Office after it removed 130 refugees and asylum seekers who had been living in the borough. Anthony Okereke spoke out after reports of a protest in a hotel near Greenwich town centre after officials told the asylum seekers that they were being forcibly moved to Bedfordshire with […]
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Eltham park left waterlogged after Greenwich Council ‘improvement’ works
A park in Eltham has been left waterlogged with a flooded paddling pool after Greenwich Council “improvement” works to turn it into a wildlife pond. Queenscroft Park, on the Middle Park Estate, has been left like “a paddy field” according to one resident who contacted this website about the issue. The work was carried out […]
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More Saturday afternoon flights could come to London City Airport
Revised plans to introduce thousands of flights at London City Airport on Saturday afternoons have been filed to Newham Council – which is looking for Londoners’ views on the proposals. The airport, in the Royal Docks, does not currently operate after 1pm on Saturdays. It now wants to open until 6:30pm all year round. The […]
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Morden Wharf willows get stay of execution to fix ‘pathetic’ Thames Path plan
The cherished willow trees on Greenwich’s Thames Path should stay in place a little longer after a decision on rebuilding flood defences at Morden Wharf was deferred last night. Landsec, the developer which owns the site, had submitted plans to fell the 11 trees and replace them with six new ones as part of plans […]
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Maydew House: Empty tower block close to rail lines will finally be demolished
A 26-storey tower block close to rail lines to London Bridge will finally be demolished after sitting empty for more than seven years. Thousands of SE London commuters pass the stripped-out Maydew House, in Bermondsey, each day. Southwark Council had spent £15.2 million refurbishing the block after moving residents out in 2015 following the discovery […]
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Greenwich’s black bin collections to go fortnightly from February 27
Fortnightly collections of non-recyclable waste will begin on February 27, Greenwich Council has confirmed – bringing it into line with its neighbouring SE London boroughs. There will be three more weekly collections from black bins before the new system starts. Full details of the new dates have not yet been confirmed, but calendars will be […]
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