Goalkeeper Sophie Whitehouse was the hero as Charlton Athletic won promotion to the Women’s Super League on Saturday – nearly two decades after the team was almost closed down. Whitehouse saved four out of the five penalties after a tense play-off at The Valley against Leicester City finished 0-0 after extra time. The Foxes were […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
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Plan to cut down Greenwich trees halted after council steps in
Plans to cut down much-loved trees in a small street near Greenwich station have been halted after council officers intervened to place a protection order on them. Hyde Housing had applied to the council to fell the trees in Straightsmouth, and in a nearby courtyard, claiming that they were a threat to the railway line […]
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Greenwich Council’s chief executive Debbie Warren to retire
Greenwich Council’s chief executive Debbie Warren is to retire this year after nine years in the top job. Warren began working for the council’s finance department in 1980 and became its director of finance in 2009. She became acting chief executive in 2017, and was confirmed in the role the following year. While the council […]
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Greenwich Market ‘not for sale’ as naval charity set to sell properties
The naval charity that owns much of Greenwich town centre is planning to sell some of the properties there it has owned for centuries – but says it is holding on to Greenwich Market. Greenwich Hospital is looking for £80 million from the sale, according to the property industry website CoStar, which first reported the […]
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Greenwich street trees still face cutback – despite residents’ campaign
Much-loved trees in a street near Greenwich station still face being cut back after residents began a campaign to stop them being chopped down. Hyde Housing applied to Greenwich Council for permission to fell the trees in Straightsmouth and in a nearby courtyard last month. The housing association said the trees were damaging a boundary […]
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Weekend Hopper: Pay one fare, get all day free on TfL buses this summer
London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan is offering unlimited daily bus journeys for the cost of one fare over six weekends during the school summer holidays. The Weekend Hopper promotion, which will run from July 25 until August 31, means that once a passenger pays for one trip on a bus or tram, all the other […]
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Labour wins Greenwich Council election after ‘bruising’ losses to Greens and Tories
Labour has kept hold of Greenwich Council after the most dramatic council election in many years – but its majority was slashed in what the party leader admitted was a “bruising day”. The Greens won 13 seats and the Tories went from four to six councillors. Reform UK won just one seat, in Eltham Page, […]
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As it happened: Greens surge, Tories gain but Labour win majority in Greenwich
It’s all over in Woolwich after the most dramatic Greenwich Council election count for some years. DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN and RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL were live from the count providing updates on what happened. The final results were declared at about 7pm after counts for 23 wards and 55 seats. A party needs 28 seats to win […]
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