It may be summer, but Greenwich Foodbank is in increasing need of help as the rollout of Universal Credit causes a huge jump in demand for its services. Local Democracy Reporter TOM BULL visited its Eltham base to talk to its volunteers. If Greenwich Foodbank could close tomorrow, it would. But as demand grows, there’s […]
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Abbey Wood toy library faces closure after Greenwich Council rent hike
Devastated parents of vulnerable children are pleading for a charity in Abbey Wood to be kept open because a council-imposed rent hike means it could be forced to close. Greenwich Toy and Leisure Library is a vital lifeline for families whose children have special needs, offering them somewhere safe to play. The charity has been […]
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Beckenham Place Park: SE London’s new wild swimming lake revealed
SE Londoners will be able to enjoy the £6.8 million regeneration of the area’s largest park from next weekend – including a much-anticipated new lake for wild swimming. Lewisham Council is putting the final touches to Beckenham Place Park ahead of a launch event on Saturday, with the restored Georgian lake the centrepiece of the three-and-a-half-year project. The […]
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Anger at five-year wait for outer London bus improvements
A review of outer London buses will take five years to complete, prompting outrage from politicians across the party divide. The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has now been accused of a “broken promise” for failing to prioritise transport in the outer boroughs. With bus use falling across the capital, Transport for London (TfL) recently reviewed central […]
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Greenwich Council poised to approve 20-storey Kidbrooke development
A huge development of 619 new homes on land next to Kidbrooke station is set to be signed off despite conflicting with a council masterplan. Transport for London has partnered up with the housing association Notting Hill Genesis under the Kidbrooke Partnership for the major regeneration project, dubbed Kidbrooke Station Square. The developers propose 619 homes in […]
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Greenwich Council considering new bid to be borough of culture
Council chiefs have revealed that Greenwich is looking into bidding to be London’s borough of culture in 2021. The capital’s current pick is Waltham Forest, in east London, but Greenwich Council is considering putting the borough forward for the next round. At a regeneration scrutiny meeting on Thursday night, councillors were told that the authority […]
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You don’t represent us, John Roan parents tell anti-academy campaigners
Concerned parents have called for stability at a 340-year-old school at the centre of an ongoing row over becoming an academy. John Roan School in Blackheath was hit with an academisation order after a damning Ofsted report found it to be inadequate last year. The government has said that United Learning will take the school […]
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Schoolchildren plead with Sadiq Khan to scrap Silvertown Tunnel
Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
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