Greenwich Council has collected £2.5 million from penalty notices issued in its low-traffic neighbourhood, councillors have been told. The council had issued 47,836 notices between January and the end of May, bringing in £2,495,000. Most drivers are barred from making north-south through trips on weekdays between 3pm and 7pm on a number of roads across […]
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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Green Party’s Tamasin Rhymes wins Shooters Hill by-election
The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election. The result, which was announced just after midnight, is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and a rare humiliation for Labour, whose candidate Jummy Dawodu boycotted local hustings, claiming they would not be impartial, […]
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Greenwich Foot Tunnel cyclists could face ‘substantial’ fines after council U-turn
Cyclists riding through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel could face “substantial” fines if an agreement can be reached with Tower Hamlets, Greenwich councillors have been told. Dangerous riding through the tunnel has irritated users for years – and has been a source of friction between the two boroughs on opposite sides of the Thames. Cycling in […]
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Labour by-election candidate made ‘untrue’ asbestos claim about land sale
Labour’s candidate in the Shooters Hill by-election has made “demonstrably untrue” claims about asbestos in a building Greenwich Council plans to sell, according to a community association that wants to take on the site. Jummy Dawodu claimed in a letter to residents that Green Garth, an empty bungalow next to the Shrewsbury House community centre, […]
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Plans submitted to formally change Plumstead micropub to beauty salon
Plans have been submitted to Greenwich Council to officially turn a much-loved micropub into a beauty salon. The Plum Tree, on Plumstead Common Road, opened in 2019 and quickly became a local institution, winning the Campaign for Real Ale’s Greenwich pub of the year in 2023. But after the owners opened a delicatessen next door, the […]
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New hope for Thamesmead DLR as second consultation begins
New details about the planned Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead have been released by Transport for London – days after the government suggested it may be willing to fund the rail link after all. A new consultation was launched on Monday morning into the scheme, which was costed at up to £1.7 billion two […]
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Armed Forces Day to bring a parade, bands and funfair to Woolwich
Armed Forces Day celebrations will return to Woolwich Barracks this Saturday, with organisers promising a military parade, live bands, a football tournament, funfair and classic car show. The event in Barrack Field, off Woolwich Common, was a fixture of the borough’s calendar for a decade, with Greenwich Council hosting its old Great Get Together jamboree […]
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Elizabeth Line and Thameslink works to hit Woolwich travel on Sunday
Update: The Elizabeth Line will now be running from 10am on Sunday from Abbey Wood and Woolwich, rather than being closed all day as previously indicated by TfL. Maintenance works will mean no Elizabeth Line services at Woolwich and Abbey Wood this Sunday morning – while separate work on lines used by Thameslink mean fewer […]
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