Troubled community centre Shrewsbury House is to get a new lease of life as the base for community radio station Maritime Radio, which will launch on 1 September. The station, which has broadcast on two temporary licences in recent years, was given a full-time FM licence last year by broadcast regulator Ofcom. The station says […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff strike again over new pay row
Staff at the National Maritime Museum went on strike this lunchtime in a fresh row over pay and conditions – nearly three months after Royal Museums Greenwich offered to pay staff the London Living Wage from 2022. Front-of-house staff who are members of the Prospect union walked off the job between 11am and 2pm, claiming […]
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Cabinet members kicked off Greenwich Council planning board – but chief whip joins it
Five new councillors have been given seats on Greenwich Council’s main planning committee after new leader Danny Thorpe carried out his pledge to remove cabinet members from the Planning Board – but chief whip Angela Cornforth has joined it. Thorpe had pledged to take cabinet members out of planning after complaints that his predecessor, Denise […]
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‘Do the right thing’ on Enderby Wharf cruise port, Sadiq Khan tells new Greenwich leader
London mayor Sadiq Khan is to talk to new Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe about the future of the planned cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, urging him to “do the right thing” about cutting pollution from the scheme. The London City Cruise Port, which is backed by the council, would allow berthed […]
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New Capital Quay: Developer should pay for fire-proof cladding, Housing Secretary says
The developer behind Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development should be paying for its flammable cladding to be replaced, the Housing Secretary has told Parliament. James Brokenshire was responding to to a question from Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook, who raised the plight of New Capital Quay’s 2,000 residents in the House of Commons on […]
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Cyclist killed at Greenwich A102 junction where Sadiq Khan cancelled safety improvements
A cyclist has died this morning after a collision at the Woolwich Road roundabout in east Greenwich where mayor Sadiq Khan cancelled plans to improve road safety. The rider is reported to have been hit at about 8.20am at the A102/A206 junction, where the Blackwall Tunnel approach and Woolwich Road meet. Khan removed the junction […]
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New Woolwich Ferry vessels take to the water for the first time
The two new boats that will run the Woolwich Ferry from 2019 have been successfully launched for the first time at their shipyard in Poland. Dame Vera Lynn and Ben Woollacott took to the water at the Rementowa shipyard in Gdansk earlier this week, ahead of the two-month closure of the ferry service this autumn, […]
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Sizwe James takes on regeneration role in Greenwich Council’s new cabinet
Thamesmead Moorings councillor Sizwe James has been handed the regeneration portfolio in new Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe’s first cabinet – putting him in charge of Woolwich’s controversial Spray Street development scheme, proposals for thousands of homes at Charlton Riverside, and other major planning issues. James takes over from Thorpe in the new role, now […]
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