Residents have the chance to help a special-needs academy slash its expensive gas bills by buying community shares in a fund for a heat pump. South East London Community Energy (Selce) has launched the appeal for £70,000 to buy the 60kW pump for Charlton Park Academy. If successful, the pump will power the hydrotherapy centre, […]
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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Thameslink abandons plans to cut rail services on Fridays
Plans to cut the frequency of Thameslink services every Friday have been scrapped, the state-run train company has said after the proposals were made public by a freedom of information request. Off-peak Thameslink trains through Greenwich are already being cut to hourly during the summer school holidays, which begin next week. The summer cuts to […]
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Campaigners want council to halt Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment
Campaigners hoping to halt the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre want the borough’s new Green council to stop a potential compulsory purchase of the old Citibank tower. Save Lewisham Shopping Centre wants more affordable housing added to the £1.5 billion redevelopment. Councillors approved the scheme in October, and that decision was rubber-stamped by the council’s […]
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Plan to build houses on New Eltham’s STC Sports Ground could be rejected
Plans to build 205 new homes on a sports ground in New Eltham could be thrown out on the recommendation of Greenwich Council officers. Sigma Strategic Land, a developer, has applied to build on three football pitches at the STC Sports Ground on Ivor Grove, and knock down changing rooms, a boxing club and a […]
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Greenwich line rail cuts could be repeated in October, Thameslink warns
This summer’s timetable cuts to Greenwich line train services could be repeated in October, Thameslink has warned, as passengers prepare for a reduced service to and from central London at the height of the tourist season. Thameslink trains through Greenwich will be cut to hourly off-peak and on Saturdays from July 18 to August 29 […]
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Greenwich Council’s debt passes £900 million mark after doubling in two years
Greenwich Council’s debt has more than doubled over the past two years and now stands at nearly £908 million – meaning it now owes over £3,000 for every resident in the borough. The council says that it is “financially stable” and that its borrowings are “carefully planned and affordable”. Last year it was revealed that […]
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Wheelie bin shortage will be over soon, Greenwich Council tells residents
Residents waiting for a bin from Greenwich Council have been asked to share with their neighbours or use black sacks until the council gets a new delivery of wheelies. Supply shortages since the spring have held up deliveries of green garden waste bins and larger black wheelie bins. Greenwich operates a colour-coded system for waste […]
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Bus fare freeze to continue until November, TfL confirms
London bus fares are to stay frozen at £1.75 for another four months – before going up by 10p in November, TfL has announced. Bus fares were temporarily frozen by London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan in March as a measure to help with the cost of living, while Tube, DLR, Elizabeth Line and Overground fares […]
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