Street food operator Street Feast will not be reopening in Woolwich Public Market in 2019 because of the electrical work carried out incorrectly in the Grade II-listed building and the ongoing delay to Crossrail. The firm, which has run Lewisham’s Model Market as a summer street food arena since 2015, had planned to run the […]
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South Circular air pollution: Crowdfund for new Ella inquest hearing hits £25,000 target
A crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 for a High Court hearing into the death of a nine-year-old asthmatic girl who lived next to the polluted South Circular Road at Hither Green has hit its target. The success means Rosamund Kissi-Debrah will be able to make a case to the High Court to grant a new […]
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Greenwich Ikea: Pedestrian improvements will come in the spring, council says
Greenwich Council says promised improvements to make it easier to walk to east Greenwich’s controversial new Ikea, which opens on Thursday, will be completed in the spring. The council has come under sharp criticism for not installing two pedestrian crossings on Bugsby’s Way, behind the store, or signage to nearby railway stations ahead of the […]
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Greenwich councillors unite to condemn anti-Semitism
Greenwich councillors put politics and town hall drama aside for a short while on Wednesday night to unanimously condemn hate crimes and anti-Semitic violence in Greenwich. Just days following Holocaust Memorial Day, Greenwich Council voted – like many other authorities – to make the statement of adopting the internationally recognised definition of anti-Semitism. The term is defined […]
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Council meeting ends in shambles as Greenwich Info debate talked out
Last night’s Greenwich Council meeting ended in shambolic fashion as a motion on council freesheet Greenwich Info, which is due to cost the council £300,000 next year, was effectively talked out by Labour councillors. The fortnightly paper was criticised by a cross-party scrutiny panel in December, with all three rejecting a £1.3m contract to print […]
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Greenwich Ikea: We’ll ‘aggressively’ watch traffic impacts, senior councillor says
Greenwich Council will “aggressively” monitor the impact of traffic from east Greenwich’s new Ikea, which opens to the public in a week’s time, its cabinet member for transport has promised. The controversial store, approved by the council in 2014, opens its doors next Thursday, and has been hosting a series of preview days this week. […]
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Greenwich Council asks residents to help with its budget – as leader warns it is at ‘end of line’ with cuts
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has launched a consultation into how the council should spend its money next year – warning the council is now “at the end of the line” in protecting vital services. The consultation is the first time since the government’s austerity policies began that the council has asked residents what its […]
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When will the Woolwich Ferry reopen? Greenwich councillor criticises ‘uncooperative’ TfL
A senior Greenwich councillor has criticised TfL over continuing delays in the reopening of the Woolwich Ferry, branding the mayor’s transport agency “uncooperative” in its handling of the refurbishment of the ferry. The service has been closed since October so it can be adapted for new vessels, Ben Woollacott and Dame Vera Lynn, which arrived […]
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