Lewisham Council is asking for ideas for improving its streets for walkers, cyclists and public transport users by asking residents and visitors to submit suggestions on an interactive map. The Lewisham Streets map invites users to make as many comments as they like by placing pins on a map of the borough. Council officers will […]
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Historians fear for Greenwich archives as Heritage Centre announces closure
Users of Greenwich borough’s local history archive fear they will lose easy access to its collections after it suddenly announced plans to close its doors on 21 July. A number of staff are being made redundant as part of the closure of the Woolwich facility, 853 understands from multiple sources, but the trust that runs […]
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Deptford’s 999 Club hits summer shelter target thanks to 200 donors
More than 200 donors have helped the 999 Club on Deptford Broadway raise £20,000 to open its first-ever summer shelter for homeless people. The project, which opens its doors tonight, will be one of just three summer shelters in London and will have 20 spaces for rough sleepers to escape the streets and find help […]
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Stuff Jumbo: Greenwich Labour refuses to back threatened gasholder
Greenwich Labour councillors have voted down a motion opposing the proposed demolition of East Greenwich’s historic gasholder, which has stood on the peninsula for over 130 years. Plans by the gasholder’s owner, SGN, to take down the structure next to the Blackwall Tunnel were given the go-ahead by council officers earlier this year. A motion […]
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Greenwich Council refusing to say who was invited to £50-per-head mayor’s junket
Greenwich Council is refusing to reveal who attended last month’s invite-only private mayor-making ceremony, despite spending nearly £50 per head on the bash. Leader Danny Thorpe used this spring’s event – which has played host to property developers and other businesspeople in the past – to announce that it would be the last to be […]
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‘Save Wide Horizons’: Eltham outdoor education charity appeals to public for £100,000
Eltham’s Wide Horizons children’s activity charity has launched an appeal to fight for its future after school cuts led to it announcing plans to pull out of its main centre on Bexley Road. The charity, which can date its heritage back to the founding of a outdoor centre in Swanage, Dorset in 1929, was spun […]
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Greenwich Labour councillor owned a house while living in a council flat
A Greenwich Labour councillor lived in a council flat in Plumstead while being named as the owner of a house in Thamesmead which was not declared on her register of interests, an 853 investigation has found. Tonia Ashikodi, who was re-elected in Glyndon ward in last month’s elections, was named as the owner of the […]
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Cycle deaths: Greenwich town centre improvements to come before Woolwich Road roundabout
Safety improvements in Greenwich town centre are to come before any scheme to change the notorious Woolwich Road roundabout, which has seen two cyclists killed in nine years, London’s walking and cycling commissioner has told 853. Software engineer Edgaras Cepura was killed on his bike at the notorious junction last month, while fashion website supervisor […]
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