Neither Greenwich nor Lewisham councils will be offering Zipcar free permits to help keep the car-sharing business in London – despite a call from neighbouring Southwark for other boroughs to help out. The American-owned company, which has about 550,000 customers in London, stopped accepting bookings in the capital on New Year’s Day as it consults […]
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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Greens gain second Greenwich councillor after ex-Labour member signs up
The Green Party has gained a second councillor in Greenwich after a former Labour member joined their ranks with four months to go until the next election. Lakshan Saldin will stand for the Greens in Charlton Hornfair ward, where he was elected for Labour in 2022. The chartered engineer has sat as an independent since […]
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Jubilee Line closed at North Greenwich for Charlton v Chelsea FA Cup match
There will be no Jubilee Line service through North Greenwich this weekend – affecting fans heading to Charlton Athletic’s FA Cup match against Chelsea and people going to the O2 Arena. On Southeastern Metro, the Bexleyheath line will also be closed all weekend, along with Lewisham station, adding to the disruption for travellers in SE […]
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London City Airport now charges drivers an £8 drop-off fee
London City Airport has introduced a minimum £8 drop-off charge in an attempt to cut the number of vehicles travelling to and from the airport. The charge, which came into force on Monday, allows drivers to wait up to five minutes outside the airport. Each extra minute will be charged at £1, up to a […]
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Tunnels, Ikea flats and council rows: The Greenwich Wire’s top 25 stories of 2025
Thank you for your support of The Greenwich Wire during a turbulent and busy 2025. Before we throw the old year into the bin, editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN has a personal look back at the past 12 months, and reveals our most-read stories. We’ve made it to the end of another year. To everyone who has […]
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Anthony Okereke tightens grip on Greenwich Council after reshuffle
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has tightened his grip on the town hall in a cabinet reshuffle less than five months before the next election. As well as being leader, Okereke will now also be cabinet member for planning and regeneration, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The deputy leader, Averil Lekau, has been effectively demoted […]
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Zipcar’s planned closure ‘is a failure by London’s transport authorities’
Zipcar’s withdrawal from London represents a failure by the capital’s transport authorities, politicians at City Hall have said, with just one week left until the service is set to close. The car-sharing platform has about 550,000 members in London, who rent cars and vans by the hour or for a day via an app, and […]
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Greenwich Council scraps most of its ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ schemes
Greenwich Council has scrapped most of its “sustainable streets” plans to introduce controlled parking zones across a whole swathe of the borough after five months of controversy. The scheme would have involved introducing permit parking and paid parking, as well as space for bikes and car club vehicles in residential streets across much of the […]
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