Government minister Bob Neill visited Woolwich this afternoon to see clean-up efforts for himself, and to thank emergency services as the area battles back to normality after Monday’s riot. The communities minister was joined by Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts and chief executive Mary Ney as they toured the battered town centre, where most businesses […]
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Pride in Woolwich: The young people cleaning up
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocDKX3qCro&w=480&h=390%5D “They blame the social media, but we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the social media.” Thanks to Michelle Goulding for putting this on YouTube. There’s life in Woolwich yet.
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Riots: Woolwich sweeps up, Greenwich locks down
Tottenham lost Carpetright, and Croydon lost House of Reeves. In Woolwich, it’s the blackened shell of The Great Harry that’s the symbol of Monday night’s destruction of parts of the town centre. There’s now little left of what was a regularly packed pub. Now, thanks to the looters captured on video here, a whole heap […]
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The night the looters stole from us all
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4pcbiO4flY&w=640&h=390%5D “It’s just a bunch of bored children who saw the riot in Tottenham, saw there were no police, and decided to see what free stuff they could get from JD Sports.” – a caller on LBC just now. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YqehyXF5KM&w=640&h=390%5D I was in Greenwich on Monday night, starting in a west Greenwich pub […]
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Labour campaigns against Tesco – except in Woolwich…
Saturday’s Guardian contained this interesting tale… Tesco has become “an almighty conglomerate” abusing its unfettered market power to dominate towns at the expense of small retailers, Labour claimed as it called on the government to confront the chain. The shadow local government minister, Jack Dromey, said: “Tesco want to rule retail, in particular the southern […]
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On Blackheath music festival gets court go-ahead
Plans for a two-day music festival on Blackheath have been upheld by magistrates, who threw out an appeal against it being granted a licence. Bromley magistrates dismissed the appeal brought by the Blackheath Society against Lewisham Council, which granted a 10-year licence to Nimby Events Ltd last year. The society now faces an £80,000 legal […]
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‘Cuts-ravaged’ council bails out Greenwich Festival with £100,000
Remember last year, when Greenwich Council was too poor to fund its share of the Blackheath fireworks, but was happy to dole out cash to a select group of large festivals it could tie in with the Olympics? Well, it’s happened again, with Greenwich & Docklands International Festival turning up at the town hall with […]
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Greenwich Council fuming over Bryan Ferry gig claim
Over on The Scoop right now, you can read probably the strangest Greenwich Council story I’ve ever come across – the mystery of who offered to pay Bryan Ferry £60,000 to perform at the Dome. One of Boris Johnson’s aides, marketing director Dan Ritterband, made the claim at a London Assembly scrutiny meeting last week. […]
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