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 […]
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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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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Cutty Sark DLR closure ‘has hit Greenwich town centre footfall’
Footfall in Greenwich town centre has decreased as a result of the closure of Cutty Sark DLR station, councillors will hear next week. The station closed its doors at the end of May after four years of disruption caused by its worn-out escalators breaking down. New escalators were delivered to the station by rail two […]
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Woolwich murders: Panorama film came as no surprise, says former councillor
The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor in the area, what she saw came as no surprise. In the hour-long programme, which was broadcast on Monday, Daejaun Campbell’s mother accused Greenwich Council social services of failing to help the […]
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Greenwich Council must back pubs in new Local Plan, campaigners say
Greenwich Council’s blueprint for the borough’s future should be strengthened to provide more protection for pubs, campaigners who want to reopen Charlton’s White Swan say. The consultation on Greenwich’s Local Plan closes on Sunday, and the chair of White Swan Music & Arts, Suzanne Hunt, wants residents to write to the council to ensure policies […]
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