Residents in Thamesmead are occupying an empty house to protest against plans to knock down their estate to build 1,950 homes. Peabody housing association’s plans for the estate won outline planning permission from Bexley Council for the project in October 2022. The Lesnes Estate, off Yarnton Way, would be demolished as part of the proposals. […]
Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter
Joe Coughlan is the Local Democracy Reporter for Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. He works for MyLondon as part of the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporting Service.
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Greenwich library workers vote for strike action over pay
Greenwich’s library workers have voted to strike, saying that they face a real-terms cut in their pay after having a below-inflation wage increase imposed on them. Some 70 staff employed by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) have agreed to take industrial action in the new year, which could result in widespread closures of libraries across the […]
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Campaigners fight plans for carbon capture plants at Crossness incinerators
Campaigners are fighting plans to build a pair of carbon capture plants on Crossness Nature Reserve in Belvedere, saying that the area cannot afford to lose any more natural marshland. Cory Group, a waste management company, wants to build the plants to capture carbon dioxide from their two nearby incinerators, which generate electricity. The plants […]
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We’ve been abandoned by Greenwich Council, say residents in crumbling estate
Residents in a dilapidated estate in east Greenwich say they have been abandoned by the council – and have given up reporting flytipping because the town hall never responds. The Woodland Grove estate, just off Trafalgar Road, has been left in a poor condition for years, with even local Labour councillors criticising the state of […]
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Thames Barrier bar told to shut for a month after gang accusations
A bar by the Thames Barrier has been told to close for a month after reports of violence and allegations that gang members were bribing door staff so they could bring in guns. Greenwich Council has suspended the licence of Hayatt Lounge, a shisha lounge with a bar and restaurant on industrial land at Westmoor […]
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Shaun Slator: Councillor who wrote Plumstead ‘prostitute’ tweet expelled by Tories
A Conservative councillor who suggested an alleged rape victim was likely to have been a sex worker has been thrown out of the party. Shaun Slator, who represents St Mary Cray ward on Bromley Council, was suspended from the party in January he replied to a tweet from a regional news outlet on New Year’s […]
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Smell of mould on Greenwich Council estate ‘takes your breath away’
A woman living with a kitchen that was damaged after a leak says residents in her Greenwich Council estate have been waiting up to ten years for repairs to homes that reek of mould. Sarah Saitch moved into Ellison House on the Orchard Estate with her husband 14 years ago. She says that for the […]
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Tory councillor Shaun Slator sorry for Plumstead ‘prostitute’ tweet
A councillor who suggested an alleged victim of a rape in Plumstead was “likely” to be a sex worker has apologised for his comments. Bromley Council voted to condemn the comments of Shaun Slator, who was elected as a Conservative in St Mary Cray ward last year, after he replied to a tweet from a […]
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