Greenwich’s spectacular Painted Hall will reopen to visitors on Saturday 23 March – but bosses at the Old Royal Naval College have not yet decided whether or not the historic site will be changing its name. The Painted Hall has recently undergone a two-year, £8.5 million restoration project to preserve and maintain Sir James Thornhill’s […]
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You were wrong, Greenwich councillors told as Thorpe overrules them on ‘undelivered’ freesheet
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has opted to continue publishing its fortnightly freesheet Greenwich Info – even though a scrutiny panel of councillors threw out a £1.3m deal for its printing and distribution at the end of last year. The three councillors have even been told they were wrong to say they did not receive […]
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Greenwich Council close to deal to save Avery Hill Winter Garden
853 exclusive: Eltham’s much-loved Winter Garden is likely to be transferred to Greenwich Council, with the University of Greenwich providing £4.75 million to secure the historic site’s future, 853 can reveal. The university announced it was putting its Avery Hill campus up for sale in 2014, sparking an outcry from neighbours who feared for the […]
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Greenwich councillors lead Tory push for People’s Vote on EU departure
Two Greenwich Conservative councillors have signed an open letter asking MPs to allow a new referendum on the UK’s relationship with the European Union. Eltham South councillor Matt Clare started the initiative, signed by 47 councillors and local Conservative representatives, mostly from the south of England. The letter was released before Theresa May’s unprecedented defeat […]
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Former Charlton Triangle Homes chair Mark Adams jailed for rape
Former Charlton Triangle Homes chair Mark Adams has been jailed for seven years after raping a woman at his house in Blackheath. The 56-year-old was found guilty after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court. The BBC reports that his victim, in her 20s, woke up on his sofa, found her trousers pulled down and Adams […]
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Shooters Hill Shot is shot down – Ford’s Chariot minibus service is closing
Car giant Ford’s Chariot bus service, which has two routes in south-east London, is to close this month after bosses decided it was “not sustainable”. The firm’s London routes, including the Shooters Hill Shot to North Greenwich and Nuxley Navigator to Abbey Wood station, will run their final journeys on Friday 25 January, almost a […]
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Greenwich councillor pleads not guilty to housing fraud charges
A Greenwich councillor has pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and perverting the course of justice. Tonia Ashikodi appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court today alongside her father, Tony Ashikodi. The Glyndon ward representative is charged with two counts of fraud by misrepresentation in applications to Greenwich Council for housing in October 2008 and May […]
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Eltham MP Efford piles into £600,000 Plumstead Slade toilet cafe row
Eltham MP Clive Efford has piled into the controversy over the £600,000 conversion of a public toilet in Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe’s ward after confusion at the council’s press office led to 853 publishing an inaccurate story about extra work having to be done. The website ran a story last week about £44,000 being […]
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