853 exclusive: The manager of Blackheath Tea Hut is working with Lewisham Council on plans to rebuild the SE London institution – but has said it would be a “dream” to be able to move his business into a disused toilet block across the road that has sat derelict for years. A driver destroyed the […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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OnBlackheath off this summer to avoid Euro 2020 fan zone clash
This year’s OnBlackheath festival will not be taking place because of a clash with the Euro 2020 fanzone in Greenwich Park, local residents were told last night. Last year’s event brought Jamiroquai and Grace Jones to Blackheath, but event organisers – who have moved the festival from September to July to try to attract bigger […]
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Greenwich Park’s Euro 2020 fan zone gets green light despite transport worries
Greenwich councillors have approved plans to host a Euro 2020 fan zone for 30,000 people in Greenwich Park this summer – despite worries over whether the area’s transport infrastructure will be able to cope. Up to 12 matches will be shown on big screens in the park in June and July at the north end […]
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‘Pity the racists’: Greenwich councillors unite to condemn antisemitic attacks
Greenwich councillors united last night to condemn an outbreak of racist and antisemitic graffti targeting businesses in Blackheath and Charlton last weekend. Attackers scrawled fascist insignia and antisemitic messages on the Barclays Bank branch at the Royal Standard in Blackheath, while graffti was also daubed on a takeaway in nearby Bramshot Avenue, Charlton. Trees in […]
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Blackheath Society would support rebuilding tea hut destroyed in crash
853 exclusive: The Blackheath Society has said it would support the reinstatement of the heath’s famous tea hut, which was destroyed last week in a car crash. Two people were taken to hospital after a driver ploughed into the hut, which has been a local fixture for decades, serving drivers, bikers and passers-by around the […]
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Blackheath Tea Hut: Replacement café would need council permission
A replacement for the Blackheath Tea Hut, which was destroyed in a traffic collision on Tuesday night, would need planning permission before it could be built, Lewisham Council has said. Two people were taken to hospital after the driver of a Mercedes ploughed into the hut, which has served locals, drivers and bikers around the […]
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Free school refused permission to build on sports ground to close
A controversial free school which was refused permission to build on a sports ground in Lee is to be closed down by the government. The International Academy of Greenwich, which had hoped to build a school for 765 pupils on the Bowring Sports Ground, off Eltham Road, will begin winding down in summer 2020 after […]
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Passengers asked for ideas for reopened £220,000 Thameslink fund
Rail passengers are being asked for ideas for what can be done to improve their journeys from six Greenwich and Woolwich line stations after local MP Matt Pennycook successfully fought to have a little-publicised scheme reopened for suggestions. As part of its apology for the botched introduction of May 2018’s timetable – which saw a […]
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