Bexley Council has asked Thameslink to stop its trains at Belvedere and Erith stations to provide a much-needed boost to public transport in the area. The north-south rail link began running on the Greenwich and North Kent lines two years ago – but skips stops at Woolwich Dockyard, Belvedere and Erith on its route between […]
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TfL cash crisis: Action needed to save DLR to Thamesmead, Greenwich councillor says
Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport has called for “concrete action” to secure the future of a Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead, which is in doubt because of Transport for London’s financial crisis. Sizwe James, who represents Thamesmead Moorings on the council, also accused the government of playing “political football” with TfL’s finances, which […]
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All children’s centres could go as Bexley Council faces huge coronavirus cuts
All Bexley Council’s children’s centres could be closed as town hall chiefs try to pay off the cost of steering the borough through the coronavirus pandemic. The Conservative council needs to save £14 million over the next two years, its senior councillors heard last night. David Leaf, Bexley’s cabinet member for resources, said he was […]
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Streets and blocks of flats could face local lockdowns, councils are told
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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