Greenwich’s Labour council has confirmed plans to privatise the borough’s traffic wardens to cope with possible growth in parking zones across the borough. Outsourcing parking enforcement would run contradict promises from Sir Keir Starmer’s government, made as recently as last month, to bring public services in-house, instead of contracting them out to private businesses. A […]
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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Silvertown Tunnel buses will be free until May, TfL confirms
The three buses that run through the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels will remain free until May 27, Transport for London has said. The concession was introduced in April last year to promote the Silvertown Tunnel and the two routes running through it – the 129 between Lewisham and Great Eastern Quay and the SL4 between […]
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Kidbrooke council housing project shortlisted for architecture award
A development of council homes in Kidbrooke is on the shortlist foir a prestigious architecture prize alongside the new Sadlers Wells theatre and luxury housing in Chelsea. The 122-home development at Kidbrooke Park Road North, built by Greenwich Council, is one of 72 that have been nominated for the Royal Institute of British Architects London […]
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Greenwich Council rejects scrutiny call and permanently imposes LTN
Greenwich Council has blocked a final attempt to challenge its controversial low-traffic neighbourhood – just days after denying it had airbrushed opposition to the project. Conservative deputy leader Charlie Davis had attempted to “call in” the final decision to approve the scheme after a statutory consultation which ended last month. This would have resulted in […]
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Castle Cinema to reopen Catford Mews site 15 months after closure
An independent cinema operator from Hackney is to take over the former Catford Mews site – 15 months after the previous operator was evicted over rent arrears. Castle Cinema will take over the site at 32 Winslade Way in the Catford shopping centre, which will now be known as Castle Catford. The site was previously […]
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Greenwich Council protests about latest cut to hospital bus services
A key bus route serving North Greenwich and Queen Elizabeth Hospital is being reduced in frequency by Transport for London – but the council says it was not consulted and has protested about the decision. The 486 service, which runs through Charlton, Woolwich Common and Shooters Hill to Bexleyheath, will be reduced from six buses […]
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Lewisham’s nine-screen cinema to finally open next year
An operator for the cinema in the Lewisham Gateway development has finally been confirmed – bringing movies back to the town centre for the first time in 40 years. Lewisham Council announced on social media that the Irish movie chain Arc Cinemas will take on the nine-screen cinema in the troubled development between Lewisham station […]
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We haven’t airbrushed LTN opposition, Greenwich Council insists
Greenwich Council has denied airbrushing evidence of public opposition in reports about its low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath, insisting that the consultation was not “biased, undemocratic or secretive.” The scheme, which began as a trial in November 2024, uses camera-enforced filters to bar most through traffic during weekday rush hours. It was the latest […]
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