Nearly 800 people have signed a petition demanding Greenwich Council restore its museum and archive – five years after it was thrown out of its home in Woolwich. The Greenwich Heritage Centre, which was based in the Royal Arsenal, closed suddenly in 2018 and the space given over for the Woolwich Works arts hub, which […]
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Call for a Gaza ceasefire, three Greenwich Labour councillors tell Keir Starmer
Three of Greenwich’s 51 Labour councillors were among 330 to sign a petition calling for the party to back a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Majella Anning, Issy Cooke and John Fahy said that ““the Labour Party’s failure to call for an end to violence is causing hurt in our communities”. Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s […]
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1,700 homes and high-level park could replace Lewisham shopping centre
The owner of Lewisham’s shopping centre is preparing to reveal its plans to redevelop the 1970s mall – and says that it could build 1,700 homes on the land. Landsec-U+I will unveil its proposals next weekend in an exhibition in a shop unit inside the Lewisham Centre. A website set up to promote the scheme, […]
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Matchday parking clampdown could cost Charlton Athletic £1 million, fans’ group warns
Matchday parking restrictions could cost Charlton Athletic £1 million in lost support from fans no longer able to drive to games, the club’s main fans’ group has estimated. Greenwich Council wants to stop fans parking in most streets near The Valley until 9pm on all matchdays – even though attendances have fallen in recent years […]
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‘You were warned’:Greenwich Council says it will now act to fix wall that collapsed by bus stop
Greenwich Council says it will work to ensure “long-term improvements” are made at a crumbling wall next to a bus stop which partially collapsed last week. The Greenwich Wire has seen complaints from residents going back more than two years about the wall opposite St Nicholas’ Gardens, on Plumstead High Street. While fencing was put […]
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Docklands Light Railway strike set to hit travel next week
Two days of strikes are expected to close down the Docklands Light Railway next week after union members rejected a below-inflation pay offer. The whole network is expected to grind to a halt next Tuesday and Wednesday, with early services next Thursday also expected to be disrupted. If a service can run on November 7 […]
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Greenwich councillor puts herself forward to be Labour candidate in Beckenham
Greenwich councillor Lauren Dingsdale has put herself forward to be Labour’s candidate in Beckenham & Penge at the next general election – going up against the son of “partygate” report author Sue Gray. Dingsdale put her name forward on social media yesterday morning, less than 18 months after she topped the poll in the Eltham […]
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Think again about matchday parking curbs, Charlton Athletic tell Greenwich Council
Charlton Athletic have urged Greenwich Council to rethink its plans to introduce new parking controls around The Valley, which would mean only permit holders being allowed to park before 9pm on matchdays. The plans emerged earlier this month after Greenwich confirmed plans to extend restrictions to several new streets in the Charlton area, stopping free […]
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