Greenwich’s Labour councillors burned the midnight oil on Wednesday to pass new rules restricting public questions at council meetings, just 50 days before the next election. Lengthy tributes to and from departing councillors and attempts to talk out the controversial measures by opposition councillors meant that the meeting lasted more than five and half hours, […]
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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The Green Goddess in Blackheath is the best city pub in the land – it’s official
The Green Goddess in Blackheath has been named the best city pub in the country – less than four years after it opened its doors. Stephen and Maryann O’Connor took on the former Barclays Bank branch at the Royal Standard shortly after it closed, transforming it into a bar with space for brewing. After opening […]
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Greenwich college student ‘recovering well’ after contracting meningitis
A student at a specialist video and special-effects college on the Greenwich Peninsula is “recovering well” after contracting meningitis following the outbreak in Kent, the college has said. Escape Studios, which is based in Mitre Passage, by the O2, said it had been working with public health teams after the individual had been admitted to […]
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Bigger planes could come to London City Airport
London City Airport has opened a consultation into allowing larger planes to take off and land – saying it will result in a smaller increase in flights as the airport expands. The airport, in the Royal Docks, is proposing to slightly lower the landing path for planes as they approach the runway. Take-offs and landings […]
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Plans to knock down Woolwich’s ‘arson risk’ Anglesea Arms refused again
Plans to demolish the 176-year-old Anglesea Arms in Woolwich and replace it with flats have been rejected for a second time by Greenwich Council. Previous plans to knock down the locally-listed pub were refused in April last year, three months after it had closed, when council planners said that insufficient information had been provided to […]
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Cutty Sark DLR station will reopen next week, TfL confirms
Cutty Sark DLR station will reopen next week after a ten-month closure to replace its worn-out escalators, Transport for London has confirmed. The completion of the £5.2 million project means the station will be back in operation when the London Marathon takes place on April 26. A new lift has also been installed to replace […]
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Woolwich Barracks could house Greenwich’s archives after all
Woolwich Barracks could be used as a home for Greenwich’s archives after all – after the council ruled out the main building being used as a home for the borough’s heritage centre. But developers will have to find a location and ensure a proposal works among demands for cheaper housing and other issues. Since the […]
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‘Shameless’: Greenwich Council plans clampdown on public scrutiny
Greenwich Council’s Labour leadership plans to clamp down on scrutiny from the public and opposition councillors in a move branded “an attack on democracy”. The public will be told to ask shorter questions at council meetings and will have to submit them earlier, leaving them unable to react to items on that day’s agenda. While […]
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