Londoners are being asked to withhold part of their council tax in protest at Sadiq Khan’s plans to continue building the Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters from Extinction Rebellion have gathered outside City Hall this evening to launch the protest, which asking Londoners to not pay 22% of one month’s council tax – the portion that goes […]
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Greenwich’s air pollution chief ‘slightly optimistic’ about ULEZ effect on Woolwich
The Greenwich councillor in charge of air quality is “slightly optimistic” that Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone will not damage air quality in Woolwich, she said last night. Denise Scott-McDonald, whose portfolio covers both transport and air quality, said she had been reassured by reports that 74 per cent of vehicles inside the current […]
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Kidbrooke Station Square: Greenwich councillors reject 20-storey TfL housing scheme
Greenwich councillors risked a clash with Sadiq Khan on Tuesday night after throwing out a scheme for 619 new homes at Kidbrooke station backed by Transport for London. TfL, which is chaired by the mayor, and the housing association Notting Hill Genesis want to build on land next to the station as part of a […]
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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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Hop Stuff Brewery sells out to Carling owner and leaves local investors with nothing
Woolwich’s Hop Stuff Brewery has gone into administration and been sold to beer giant Molson Coors, leaving local drinkers who invested in the company in its early days out of pocket. The company, which was founded in the Royal Arsenal in 2013, hit financial problems earlier this year after it failed to declare a move […]
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Football’s coming home? Greenwich Park set to host Euro 2020 fan zone
Greenwich Park could be hosting a “family-friendly” Euro 2020 fan zone next year as part of London’s co-hosting of Europe’s international football tournament. Part of the park could be closed in June and July next year as part of the plans, the first major event to be held there since the Olympic Games in 2012. […]
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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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Morris Walk developer Lovell ‘let down’ Greenwich Council, housing chief says
Greenwich Council has been “badly let down” by the developer in charge of rebuilding the crumbling Morris Walk Estate, its senior councillor in charge of housing said last night as it approved plans to knock down the 1960s estate. The council entered into a 12-year deal with Lovell in 2012 to redevelop the Connaught Estate […]
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