The Greenwich Winter Night Shelter is gearing up for its second Christmas – and this weekend, donations are being matched as part of The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge campaign, so if you give £5, the centre receives £10. But what goes on inside? DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN had a look around to find out why your contributions […]
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AFC Greenwich Borough win go-ahead for New Eltham sports centre
Plans to create a new base for a community football club along with a padel centre in New Eltham have been approved by Greenwich councillors – but the expansion of the facilities angered neighbours. GB10 Sports plans to build two 11-a-side artificial football pitches, five grass pitches, a children’s play area and new clubhouse at […]
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‘Full regeneration’ coming for Greenwich Foot Tunnel after councils reach truce
A festive truce has broken out over the Greenwich Foot Tunnel – with the two councils that own it finally agreeing to work together on “full tunnel regeneration”. Representatives of Greenwich and Tower Hamlets councils met last month and agreed to work on detailed designs, including introducing new lifts with dual shafts so when one […]
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Woolwich to get another 930 student homes on derelict school site
Plans for a major housing development behind Woolwich’s main shopping street breezed through Greenwich Council’s planning board, four years after another plan for the site was thrown out. Some 930 student rooms, 425 co-living homes, 90 flats and three houses are set to be built behind shops on Powis Street as part of the Electric […]
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Fundraising campaign to buy Charlton’s White Swan pub launches
A fundraising drive to buy Charlton’s closed White Swan pub has been launched – with campaigners hoping to raise £360,000 towards a deposit. Among the incentives on offer for donors are tickets to an intimate gig from Squeeze singer Glenn Tilbrook, who made the offer just days after announcing his band’s biggest-ever tour, which includes […]
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Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to the Royal Docks
Smithfield and Billingsgate markets could move to a site across the river from west Thamesmead under plans being considered by the City of London. The site at Albert Island, just north of North Woolwich and between Royal Albert Dock and the Thames, would be a “win-win for traders and Londoners”, according to Chris Hayward, the […]
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Woolwich Waves leisure centre to open on New Year’s Day
The new Woolwich Waves leisure centre will open its doors for the first time on New Year’s Day, Greenwich Council has confirmed. Council officials handed over the new centre to its leisure contractor, Better, on Tuesday, marking the start of a four-week countdown to its launch. The new centre, which will replace the Waterfront Leisure […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market to return after five years away
Lewisham’s Model Market will be reopening in the spring, five years after the street food area last traded. LandSec, the developer which in October won permission to rebuild Lewisham Shopping Centre with 1,700 new homes, is promising “a hub for independent kitchens, local makers and creative spaces”. The company is asking local independent traders to […]
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