COMMENT: The London Cycling Campaign is launching its Climate Safe Streets campaign today, ahead of May’s council elections in the capital. CHRIS KING of Greenwich Cyclists explains why he wants local politicians to commit to change when they ask for our votes. We have record temperatures in Antarctica. Fuel prices are at all-time highs. High […]
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‘Men, you all need to step up’: Greenwich councillor’s candid speech on violence against women
Too often, Greenwich Council meetings are used by men to trade personal insults rather than discussing policy and the issues that affect people’s lives. But for 50 minutes last Wednesday, things were different. As part of a motion about violence against women and girls, female councillors spoke candidly about their experiences of harassment and abuse […]
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Thank you for your support: 853’s top 21 stories of 2021
COMMENT: It’s been another grim year, but before we finally throw 2021 out with the rubbish, site editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN looks back at the past 12 months, lets off some steam, and reveals the most-read stories. It’s the last day of the year – although it feels more like the 731st day of 2020. At […]
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Take a step into the future: Support proposals for a Thames Barrier Bridge
Twenty years ago, the Golden Jubilee Bridge helped transform the South Bank. Now the team who came up with that idea want to do the same for Charlton and Woolwich, connecting them with communities and transport links north of the Thames. ALEX LIFSCHUTZ of the architecture firm Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands explains why you should support […]
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Thank you for your support: Twenty stories from a 2020 to forget
With hours to go until we punt 2020 into the dustbin of history, 853 site editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN looks back on a difficult 12 months. It’s been a year none of us will forget, mostly for the wrong reasons, and I hope this update on 853 in 2020 finds you and your loved ones safe […]
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Government excludes 853 readers from new public health campaign
Yesterday, the government launched a public health campaign that will not reach you. It won’t reach you because the government has not included independently-owned community news outlets like 853 in its campaign. The All in, All together campaign is a welcome response from the government to provide essential information at this time. It is also […]
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Covid-19 appeal: Help us raise £5,000 for staff and patients at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Just across the river, the new NHS Nightingale Hospital created inside the Excel centre will take its first coronavirus patients this week. But in Woolwich and Lewisham, the fight goes on to treat people who have been laid low by the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, 853 is launching an appeal to help the staff at Queen […]
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Thanks a million for your support: 853’s top stories of 2019
It’s been a busy 2019 for 853 – and you, our reader, made it happen. Site editor DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN gives an update on how the site is going a the end of another year… That’s another year done. Scarily, another decade done, too. It is 10 years since I first went to a Greenwich Council […]
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