Major rail works will wipe out train services through Lewisham, Hither Green, New Eltham and Sidcup over the Christmas holiday and into the new year. An £8 million upgrade programme will see points replaced south of Lewisham, hitting rail services on the Sidcup, Hayes and Orpington lines for eight days between 27 December and 3 […]
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James Brokenshire: ‘Kind and courteous’ Old Bexley & Sidcup MP mourned
Tributes have been paid across SE London to the Old Bexley & Sidcup MP James Brokenshire, who died last night aged 53. Brokenshire, a former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and reported that a tumour on his right lung had reappeared earlier this year. The 53-year-old […]
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Do you have a coronavirus story to tell SE London? Let us know
We’re delighted and thrilled to announce that Flyover Media, the publisher of 853, has been awarded a grant to help us report on the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic in SE London. The €5,000 grant comes from the European Journalism Covid-19 Support Fund, which has been set up to support independent reporting across the […]
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Nine-day rail closure coming at Hither Green because of virus restrictions
Railway lines through Hither Green will be closed for nine days from 25 July to allow Network Rail to finish work on a new signalling system that has been delayed because of the coronavirus. Engineers had hoped to finish work replacing the old 1970s signalling system through the station over Easter, but because of social […]
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Bexley residents form 700-strong volunteer army within weeks
More than 700 Bexley residents have mobilised to help hundreds of the borough’s most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus emergency – just a month after the group formed on social media. Isolation Help Bexley began after seven strangers began discussing how they could help older and more vulnerable people who have been told to stay […]
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MPs on the move? How proposed boundary changes will (or won’t) affect Greenwich borough
Your MP might change at the next general election – and it won’t be down to your votes. A new map of parliamentary boundaries has been published this week after two years of consultations. Even though they don’t directly affect locals councils, these changes will have a big impact on the way the area is […]
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The Bexley bulletin: Will Tories be punished over parks and CCTV?
Local politics in Bexley is in some ways a mirror image of Greenwich – but tomorrow’s local elections there have an element of surprise about them. Will the Conservative council be punished for selling off parks and cutting back on CCTV coverage? 853’s DA-postcode correspondent STEVE KEENE explains what’s at stake the other side of […]
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