When schools and shops closed suddenly in March, many children were left without ways of accessing their lessons, while many older people found they did not have the technology needed to access services online. Two community appeals have helped bridge the gap for those who were left behind by the lockdown. Teachers, parents and students […]
Blackheath news
News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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TfL cash crisis: Give Lewisham its Bakerloo extension, Tory councillors tell government
Government minister Grant Shapps has been urged to guarantee the future of the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham, which is in jeopardy following the financial crisis at Transport for London. Greenwich councillor Charlie Davis, who is also standing as a Conservative candidate for the London Assembly, fellow councillor Matt Clare and Tory assembly candidate Hannah […]
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‘Backdoor ghettoisation’: Next phase of Kidbrooke Village thrown out by Greenwich councillors
Greenwich councillors have thrown out revised plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development after voicing worries about the lack of local transport capacity, density and placing all the homes for affordable rent in one block. Berkeley Homes had hoped to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on […]
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Greenwich Council asks for views on nearly 200 Kidbrooke council homes
Greenwich Council is consulting this weekend on plans to build 197 council homes in Kidbrooke – including on green space off Rochester Way and the old Thomas Tallis school site. The plans make up nearly a quarter of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme to start 750 new council homes by 2022. All homes will go […]
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Greenwich Park car parking to return – but through traffic stays banned
Greenwich Park will reopen to cars next week when its parking spaces are reopened – but through traffic will still be banned. The park gates were closed to all vehicles at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and have stayed closed as businesses begin to open up again. Over 2,800 people have signed a petition […]
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Summer nights at Blackheath drive-in attacked by Greenwich councillor
A Greenwich councillor has criticised his own town hall’s decision to allow a drive-in cinema to pitch up on Blackheath – despite the borough not allowing car parking for circuses and other events there. At The Drive-In – which promotes the motor manufacturer Suzuki – screened Grease on Monday night, the first of 12 drive-in […]
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South Row: Blackheath’s stop-start Streetspace scheme halted – but not because of fire brigade
A scheme to stop drivers using a notorious Blackheath rat-run and free it up for cycling and walking has been halted again because of problems for service vehicles accessing historic Morden College. Traffic on South Row on Blackheath had been slashed after Lewisham Council closed the road close to The Paragon, as part of a […]
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Balcony shows and online gigs: How SE London’s musicians adapted to lockdown
Summer is usually the busiest season for The Kimberleys, a folk duo from Blackheath. This year was looking to be no different with a packed tour diary and gigs planned in all corners of the country. But when the government imposed a lockdown on March 23 following the spread of Covid-19, the couple dutifully retreated […]
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