Thamesmead may have been declared a new town this week – but the government rejected a suggestion that Charlton Riverside should be given the same status, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The new-town status for Thamesmead – some 60 years after work started on the first phase of housing in the area – provides a […]
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Woolwich Works gets longer to pay back its £2 million council loan
The trust that runs Woolwich Works has been given 15 more years to repay a £2 million council loan that bailed out the arts venue four years ago. Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke authorised the payment to the Woolwich Creative District Trust in July 2022, despite concerns from Labour councillors, who raised concerns about how […]
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Greenwich Council accused of snubbing equestrian centre campaigners
Greenwich Council and its leader Anthony Okereke have been accused of breaking a pledge to consider selling its Olympic legacy equestrian centre to a community group. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre, in Shooters Hill was opened by Princess Anne a year after Greenwich Park was used for horse-riding events in the London Games. But the centre […]
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Secret Cinema set to open long-term home on Greenwich Peninsula
Secret Cinema is planning to move into the Greenwich Peninsula after 18 years of staging immersive film shows at different locations across London. The company hopes to open the doors of its new home by the Thames by the end of year. Secret Cinema has produced shows for up to 1.5 million people around the […]
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Tributes to Greenwich Council leader who took on far-right protesters
A former Greenwich Council leader who faced down far-right protesters at Woolwich Town Hall was praised by colleagues as she prepared to stand down after 20 years. Denise Hyland, who held senior roles through most of her career and led the Labour council from 2014 to 2018, is among 19 councillors standing down at the election […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors sit up late to restrict public scrutiny
Greenwich’s Labour councillors burned the midnight oil on Wednesday to pass new rules restricting public questions at council meetings, just 50 days before the next election. Lengthy tributes to and from departing councillors and attempts to talk out the controversial measures by opposition councillors meant that the meeting lasted more than five and half hours, […]
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The Green Goddess in Blackheath is the best city pub in the land – it’s official
The Green Goddess in Blackheath has been named the best city pub in the country – less than four years after it opened its doors. Stephen and Maryann O’Connor took on the former Barclays Bank branch at the Royal Standard shortly after it closed, transforming it into a bar with space for brewing. After opening […]
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Greenwich college student ‘recovering well’ after contracting meningitis
A student at a specialist video and special-effects college on the Greenwich Peninsula is “recovering well” after contracting meningitis following the outbreak in Kent, the college has said. Escape Studios, which is based in Mitre Passage, by the O2, said it had been working with public health teams after the individual had been admitted to […]
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