Greenwich is among the London boroughs worst affected by the capital’s building safety crisis, with just two boroughs having more unsafe tower blocks. The London Fire Brigade revealed last month that there were more than 1,000 buildings in the capital which require residents to evacuate in the event of a fire rather than stay put […]
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City Hall’s ‘ridiculous’ move to Royal Docks panned as building work drags on
Doubts have been cast over whether the Greater London Authority will be able to move into The Crystal building in the Royal Docks before Christmas after pictures showed the extent of work still to be done. Sadiq Khan announced plans last year to end the lease at City Hall and move the GLA to Greenwich’s […]
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Sadiq Khan accused of ignoring Silvertown Tunnel’s impact on air quality
Sadiq Khan has been accused of “blatantly ignoring his own contribution” to worsening air quality in parts of London by campaigners against his Silvertown Tunnel project. It comes following new analysis from City Hall that revealed 98 per cent of schools in London are in areas that exceed World Health Organisation limits for PM2.5 pollution, […]
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Vote could help Railway Children ‘national park’ come to Grove Park
An “urban national park” inspired by The Railway Children, linking the South Circular Road with Elmstead Woods, could be on its way if campaigners in Grove Park get their way. The Railway Children Urban National Park would honour the author Edith Nesbit, who lived off Baring Road in a home that backed onto woodland by […]
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Lewisham Council could install extra Silvertown Tunnel pollution monitoring
Lewisham Council is considering installing more pollution monitors on streets threatened by Silvertown Tunnel traffic. The news comes as London Labour party representatives rebuked their mayor, Sadiq Khan, to call for the controversial £2 billion toll road between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks to be scrapped. Transport for London, which is chaired by […]
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Blackwall Yard: 39-storey block and 900 homes to be built across the Thames from the O2
By Alastair Lockhart, Local Democracy Reporter for Tower Hamlets A 39-storey tower block will be built across the Thames from the O2 after Tower Hamlets Council approved nearly 900 new homes at Blackwall Yard. The five buildings in the Poplar scheme, designed by three different architecture firms, will range between nine and 39 storeys tall, […]
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More than 900 London buildings need special fire safety measures – and number is growing
More than 900 buildings across London currently require a waking watch or other fire safety measures because of defects such as flammable cladding, the capital’s fire chief has said. Waking watches involve 24-hour patrols of buildings that are known to contain fire safety defects so that residents can be warned and evacuated in the event […]
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Government review of London’s buses postponed after fears of service cuts
A planned review that business and transport groups warned would lead to bus service cuts in London has been postponed until September, the government has confirmed. The Department for Transport (DfT) had required Transport for London to undertake a review into bus service demand in July and September as part of the £1.08 billion emergency […]
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