The Peninsula Festival‘s organisers revealed their plans to local residents yesterday with a couple of meetings in the swish new office blocks next to the Dome. From the 11th floor, it’s easy to see where boss Frank Dekker gets his enthusiasm from – just look down at the vast empty spaces that remain on the […]
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Greenwich Council cuts £63m without a whimper
A newspaper journalist I chatted to took a camera along specially. I hid a little video camera just in case. But in the end, Greenwich Council cut £63m from its budget – said to be 30% of its outgoings – without a murmur of protest at Woolwich Town Hall on Wednesday night. In fact, when […]
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Greenwich cuts tonight: It’s all about the priorities
In just over an hour, Greenwich’s councillors will meet and rubber-stamp millions of pounds in cuts to local services, probably the steepest package of cuts since the borough was formed in the mid-1960s. The only thing that’s clear is that the cuts will be passed – with only two parties on the council, and no […]
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On Blackheath festival: Greenwich councillors object
Six Greenwich councillors have joined forces to object to September’s planned On Blackheath music festival going ahead. The two Conservative and four Labour representatives, from Blackheath Westcombe and Greenwich West wards, are sending a submission to Bromley Magistrates Court in support of action being taken by the Blackheath Society, which says the event will cause […]
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‘Olympics’ festivals gained, fireworks lost council cash
A final (well, maybe) postscript to the farrago that was Greenwich Council pulling out of this year’s Blackheath fireworks display came in a council scrutiny meeting earlier this month. You’ll recall deputy leader Peter Brooks claiming this was down to “strict control over all expenditure”, implying government-imposed cuts were to blame. Indeed, there have been […]
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To Greenwich via Belarus – a £5,700 iPhone app
So we know Greenwich Council is happy to spend money on a mayoral booze-up instead of contributing its rightful sum to a fireworks party which attracts 100,000 people to the area. We also know that its councillors, both Labour and Conservative, failed to question these priorities when they had the chance last month. But sooner […]
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Greenwich cable car inches forward
Not entirely new news, but the application for the Greenwich cable car has now made its way onto both Greenwich Council and Newham Council‘s websites, should you want to take a look and respond to it. In planning terms, it’s the “erection of a cable car, extending for a length of 1,100m over the River […]
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Greenwich ‘had two days to decide on Blackheath fireworks’
Greenwich Council’s deputy leader Peter Brooks came out fighting when quizzed about Blackheath fireworks last night – claiming he was only given two days by Lewisham Council to make a decision on funding the event, and that the £37,000 saved by cutting cash from the display would save “a job and a bit”. Lewisham is […]
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