Blocks of flats, residential streets and town centres could be hit with local lockdowns if a spike in coronavirus cases are linked to them, meetings at Greenwich and Bexley councils have been told. The neighbouring councils have both held health and wellbeing board meetings in recent days to discuss their roles in the government’s “test […]
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Stop dumping goods outside our shops, under-pressure hospice charity pleads
Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice has appealed to people to stop dumping items outside its 17 charity shops, as it is having to pay for the cost of clearing the rubbish up. The hospice, which is based in Abbey Wood, is already having to deal with a loss of funding due to the coronavirus shutdown […]
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MPs and councillors turn up heat after new Belvedere incinerator approved
An MP and local councillors have criticised the government’s approval of a new incinerator by the River Thames at Belvedere. Alok Sharma, the secretary of state for business, has approved the “energy park” development by Cory Riverside Energy, which will also feature an anaerobic digestion facility for food and green waste, solar power generation and […]
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What’s happening with Easter bin collections in Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley?
This is an old story, written during the first lockdown. For up-to-date details on bin collections, visit Greenwich Council, Lewisham Council or Bexley Council. If you’re that interested in what happened in 2020, read on… Greenwich Council’s bin collections are staying on their normal days over Easter, with refuse crews collecting recycling and rubbish as […]
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10-storey development on site of Abbey Wood pub set for approval
Bexley councillors are poised to approve a 10-storey block of flats on the site of the old Harrow Inn pub, two months after their counterparts in Greenwich approved a five-storey development across the road. Members of Bexley’s planning committee will vote on whether to allow the housing association Peabody to build 66 flats on the […]
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Eltham Tory candidate backing building private homes on Erith park
The Conservative candidate for Eltham in next month’s general election has backed controversial plans to build private housing on a public park in his role as a senior Bexley councillor. Louie French, who is taking on Labour’s Clive Efford in the seat, supported the plans to build on West Street Small Park in Erith in […]
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Greenwich Council could start charging £30 for garden waste collection
Greenwich Council could follow its neighbouring boroughs in charging residents for collecting their garden waste – six weeks after denying it had any plans to bring in such a scheme. A updated waste strategy to come before the council’s cabinet next week proposes introducing fortnightly collection of general waste, charging £30 per year for garden […]
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Revealed: (Some of) the words you can’t say to Greenwich councillors by email
Hundreds of words are banned from being sent to Greenwich councillors and officers to avoid abuse and harassment, it can be revealed. The authority has become the latest to release its list of barred words and phrases, following investigations by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Birmingham City Council was the first to reveal its list […]
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