Long-delayed refurbishment works at Greenwich Foot Tunnel could finally be finished by next March, the inaugural meeting of a pressure group on the issue was told last week. About 50 people filled the first gathering of the Friends of Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels, which aims to protect and promote the two cross-river links, both […]
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Run to the Beat organisers sorry after course cock-up
If they’d listened to local people, who’ve consistently said that Run to the Beat’s circular course is a bad idea, then perhaps they wouldn’t be apologising. But the controversial half-marathon’s organisers have been left red-faced this evening after runners found themselves stuck at bottlenecks on the 13.1-mile route, caused by their insistence on holding running […]
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Run to the Beat 2013: The public consultation which wasn’t
On Sunday, up to 19,000 runners will pound through Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich on the Run to the Beat half-marathon. The forecast is set for mild weather, and you never know, it may actually be a success. Indeed, you’re probably reading this after the event and will know how it went. Many of those […]
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Greenwich Time editor thrown out of council HQ
The editor of Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper Greenwich Time has been thrown out of the council’s Woolwich HQ following the sacking last week of the paper’s chief reporter, Peter Cordwell. Hilary Bryan and assistant editor Rod Kitson were turfed out of the Woolwich Centre today after they refused to attend a meeting with council director […]
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Double your money: Run To The Beat’s £20,000 council sweetener
Organisers of the controversial Run To The Beat race are already planning to give Greenwich Council £20,000 to host next year’s event – even though this year’s half-marathon still hasn’t been given licences by the authority. Objections from residents, who face being shut in by the race’s circular route via Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich […]
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‘We’ve had enough’: Foot tunnels’ friends fight back
In case you haven’t seen this elsewhere, a friends group is being set up for the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels, badly damaged by a botched Greenwich Council attempt to refurbish them. For more than a century the people of London have crossed the River Thames through foot tunnels at Greenwich and Woolwich which owe […]
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Greenwich Council’s pavement tax ‘could be illegal’
New Greenwich Council charges for small businesses which use pavements outside their premises could be illegal, opposition politicians are warning. But while the council is defending the policy, the cabinet member in charge of it has ducked out of defending it herself – leaving it to the council’s legal executive instead. Conservative leader Spencer Drury […]
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Greenwich Council ‘in new Charlton Athletic stadium talks’
This is over a week old, but oddly, nobody has followed up a story which could have massive ramifications for both Charlton and Greenwich. According to Sky News’ City editor, Mark Kleinman, Greenwich Council is in talks with Charlton Athletic about the possibility of building a new stadium, believed to on the Greenwich Peninsula, and […]
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