A key bus route serving North Greenwich and Queen Elizabeth Hospital is being reduced in frequency by Transport for London – but the council says it was not consulted and has protested about the decision. The 486 service, which runs through Charlton, Woolwich Common and Shooters Hill to Bexleyheath, will be reduced from six buses […]
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Halifax branches in Woolwich and Eltham to close in October
Halifax branches in Woolwich, Eltham and Bexleyheath will close in October as part of a round of cutbacks at Lloyds Banking Group. In total, 136 branches of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland will close, with the company saying this was because more of its customers were using apps and online banking rather than visiting […]
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Woolwich’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital gains a new night bus from tonight
North Greenwich station, Charlton and Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be linked by bus 24 hours a day, seven days a week from tonight, with all-night buses being introduced on route 486. Buses will now run between Bexleyheath town centre and North Greenwich seven nights a week, providing the hospital on Woolwich Common with its first […]
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Abena Oppong-Asare: Coping with a pandemic in your first year as an MP
Abena Oppong-Asare, the Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead, has had a start to her parliamentary career unlike any other. SAM DAVIES spoke to her about a turbulent year. “This sounds really cheesy and probably like a politician’s answer,” says Abena Oppong-Asare, asked why the plight of homeless people in her constituency is so important […]
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Lewisham Covid-19 test centre joins growing list of SE London facilities
A new walk-in Covid-19 test centre has opened in Lewisham town centre, Lewisham Council announced at the weekend, increasing the number of testing facilities in south-east London. The new centre is in a car park on Molesworth Street, behind the Lewisham Centre, and is open from 8am to 8pm every day. However, tests are only […]
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Takeaways, deliveries and free beer: Bexley’s micropubs still thriving despite pandemic
Bexley borough’s growing community of micropubs – small bars specialising in real ale – is aiming to bring cheer to residents before the sun sets on summer, after their premises began to re-open following lockdown. IAN McCAWLEY found out how these much-loved boozers survived. The number of micropubs in Bexley borough has now reached double […]
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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 closure planned for Eltham and Bexleyheath rail line to fix Barnehurst landslips
A key SE London rail line will be closed for nine days during February in an attempt to end landslips that have crippled services four times in the past decade. The Bexleyheath line will be closed between Blackheath and Dartford between 15 and 23 February so engineers can remove thousands of tonnes of soil and […]
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