The Blackheath fireworks display – which was due to take place tonight – may not return until at least 2023 because of budget cuts at Lewisham Council. The council says it needs to make cuts of at least £40 million by April 2024, with £24m in cutbacks needed next year. The Covid-19 pandemic has left Lewisham with a […]
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Royal Artillery Quays: ‘Nightmare’ for Thamesmead residents facing £13m cladding bill
Hundreds of Thamesmead residents fear they’ll be lumped with a £13m bill to remove potentially-disastrous flammable cladding from their tower block homes, with one describing the situation as an ongoing “nightmare”. Occupants in the Royal Artillery Quays development fear bankruptcy after being served a Section 20 notice – the first step in being charged with […]
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City Hall’s move to ‘amazing’ Royal Docks is confirmed by mayor
The home of London’s government will move from City Hall to the Royal Docks by the end of next year, Sadiq Khan has confirmed today. London’s mayor said the new base at the Crystal – an events centre next to the Royal Victoria Dock – will save the Greater London Authority £61 million over five […]
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Bexley Labour members raise £6,000 for half-term meals after council refuses to step in
A push by Bexley Labour party members to raise funds to provide the borough’s hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days. The Feed Bexley Kids campaign is the latest local initiative stepping in after the government turned down a motion to extend free school meals into […]
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TfL bailout: ‘First Manchester, now Tories are coming for us’, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has accused Boris Johnson’s government of “bringing a sledgehammer” to negotiations with cash-strapped Transport for London – saying the Conservatives had “finished with Manchester” and were “coming for us”. The Financial Times revealed last night that the government had threaten to take direct control of Transport for London unless Labour […]
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Drivers fined £3m for breaking Lewisham Council’s low-traffic neighbourhood rules
Lewisham Council has handed out more than £3 million in fines to drivers ignoring its controversial “low traffic neighbourhood” in Lee Green and Hither Green. The scheme, which set out to stop rat-running in residential roads between the A20 and the South Circular Road, was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures in June. It has […]
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Lidl’s plans for supermarket at Mottingham’s Porcupine pub rejected
Councillors in Bromley have rejected plans to knock down the Porcupine pub in Mottingham and build a Lidl supermarket on the site. It is the second time the retail giant has tried to build a store on Mottingham Road, on the border with Greenwich borough, but it failed to convince councillors that enough had been […]
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Lee Green’s low traffic neighbourhood to be partly rolled back to ease jams
Lewisham Council has set out changes to its first low traffic neighbourhood, in Lee Green and Hither Green, to help relieve traffic congestion in neighbouring areas. The changes include allowing vehicles, except HGVs, through the camera-enforced barrier in Manor Lane and adjusting the existing cameras on Ennersdale Road and Dermody Road to allow vehicles to travel one-way west to east. It’s also […]
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