The humble and much-maligned Greenwich Council bollard now has a new friend – the authority’s deputy leader David Gardner has become the cabinet member for public realm. Formerly the cabinet member for children’s services, Gardner’s new role is the biggest change in Danny Thorpe’s first cabinet reshuffle as council leader. With the poor state of […]
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Climate protesters stage Silvertown Tunnel protest at City Hall
Climate change activists have protested outside City Hall this morning as part of a new campaign against the planned Silvertown Tunnel. Protesters met London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem) and Caroline Russell (Green) and handed in a letter for mayor Sadiq Khan asking him to scrap the £1 billion project to build a new […]
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Abbey Wood businesses being ‘crucified’ by Crossrail delays
Struggling Abbey Wood businesses say they are being “crucified” by the ongoing delays to the opening of Crossrail. The major transport link was supposed to be up and running from December last year, but a series of controversial pushbacks have seen it delayed until spring 2020 at the earliest – and maybe as late as […]
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TfL unveils cycle route from Greenwich foot tunnel to Canary Wharf and Hackney
Transport for London has outlined its plans for a new cycle route from the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to Canary Wharf and Hackney. Detailed proposals have been unveiled for the northern part of the route – from Westferry DLR station to Lyme Grove in Hackney – with a proposed route sketched out from the foot tunnel […]
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Government fund to remove cladding ‘will lead to lottery’, campaigners warn
Vital funding announced by the Government today to replace flammable lining wrapped around more then 170 buildings will lead to a “cladding lottery”, an action group has warned. Nearly two years after 72 people died in a fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, 28 buildings in Greenwich borough still have combustible cladding. New Capital […]
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Greenwich borough to enjoy ‘adequate’ parks under new sports strategy
Greenwich borough residents can look forward to a future of “adequate” parks under a new strategy for getting people fitter and healthier to be approved by senior councillors next week. The underwhelming ambition accompanies a physical activity and sports strategy, which aims to address the health risks caused by having one in four adult residents […]
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Cut Greenwich Council’s cabinet members – but pay them more, councillor says
Greenwich Council’s ruling cabinet should have fewer members – but they should be better-paid, one of the borough’s Conservative councillors says. Spencer Drury’s suggestion comes five weeks after councillors handed themselves a 2 per cent rise in their allowances – their first in seven years – amid shambolic scenes after the papers recommending the rise […]
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Keep visiting our bars, Hop Stuff founder asks as landlord seizes brewery
The founder of troubled beer firm Hop Stuff has appealed to customers to keep visiting its bars in Woolwich and Deptford after its Thamesmead brewery was repossessed by its landlord. Hop Stuff’s troubles made national headlines at the weekend when The Sunday Times reported that a construction company had taken a winding-up order against it […]
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