Extinction Rebellion activists have dismissed Greenwich Council’s plan to declare a climate emergency at next week’s council meeting as “business as usual”. The group, which is holding a “people’s assembly” at the University of Greenwich on Saturday, has been campaigning for the council to recognise the seriousness of the global warming threat and met councillors, […]
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‘Don’t park your bike at Greenwich Ikea’, customers warn after CCTV misses theft
An angry customer has criticised Ikea after it could not provide CCTV of her bike being stolen outside the store – despite the furniture giant encouraging customers to cycle to what it calls its “most sustainable” store. Dominika Hopper, from Charlton, discovered that surveillance cameras did not cover all the store’s bike racks after her […]
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Brooklands Primary parents told their campaigning is ‘harassment’
A parents’ group protesting at cuts at a primary school in Blackheath has been banned from contacting the academy trust which runs the school except under the terms of a policy designed to deal with harassment, 853 has discovered. Parents began a campaign after two office staff at Brooklands Primary School were threatened with redundancy […]
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Lewisham Labour councillor Alan Smith quits party in Corbyn protest
A Lewisham Labour councillor has quit the party in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – but says he will still support the local party in the town hall. Alan Smith, the councillor for Catford South, will sit as an independent at Lewisham Town Hall after resigning from the party this week. He served […]
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Extinction Rebellion to hold People’s Assembly in Greenwich
Extinction Rebellion, the group set up to highlight government inaction on climate change, is holding a People’s Assembly in Greenwich on Saturday to discuss solutions to pollution and other issues with local people. The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook will be among the speakers at the event, which takes place from 11am-6pm at the […]
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Theatre company plans rooftop bar for Greenwich’s Borough Hall
A leading theatre company plans to take over the Borough Hall in west Greenwich and install a rooftop bar, according to a report to be discussed by a Greenwich Council scrutiny committee next week. 853 understands from multiple sources that the council is close to striking a deal with Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across […]
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Silvertown Tunnel will cut local HGV traffic, TfL insists as protesters call figures ‘fiction’
Transport for London has insisted the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will cut HGV use on its approach roads by five per cent, after campaigners questioned Sadiq Khan’s transport boss’s assertion that neighbourhoods near the tunnel would see fewer lorries on their roads. Heidi Alexander, the deputy mayor for transport and the former MP for Lewisham East, […]
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Activists disrupt meeting as Greenwich Council nods through John Roan academy order
Greenwich Council has rubber-stamped the takeover of John Roan School by the United Learning academies trust amid angry scenes at Woolwich Town Hall, effectively ending a bitter struggle over the future of the historic Blackheath school. Last night’s meeting was suspended after disruption by activists from the John Roan Resists campaign, which has opposed the […]
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