UPDATE: The Chariot application to run down Westcombe Hill was refused in October. Commuters in Blackheath and Charlton who are tired of crowded and unreliable buses to North Greenwich could be able to get a new service to the Jubilee Line hub – if they pay a little more. Car giant Ford, which launched its […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Lewisham East by-election: The stats behind the political story
The Westminster circus is parking its caravans in south-east London ahead of the Lewisham East by-election on 14 June, caused by the departure of Labour MP Heidi Alexander. Yet many of the statistics about the area spouted in the early stages of the poll have been misleading or just plain wrong. 853‘s resident stats geek […]
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I’ll defy leadership on ‘toxic’ Greenwich cruise port and Silvertown Tunnel, Labour candidate pledges
Labour candidate Leo Fletcher pledged to defy his council’s leadership last night and vote against plans for the Silvertown Tunnel and London City Cruise Port. Fletcher, who is standing in Blackheath Westcombe ward for 3 May’s Greenwich Council election, told the audience at the Westcombe Society’s hustings: “If I feel strongly about something, I will […]
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Greenwich Council can’t revamp Blackheath Standard toilets – because it can’t prove it owns them
Greenwich Council is unable to sell or convert disused public toilets at the Royal Standard in Blackheath – because it cannot confirm it owns the facility. The underground loos at the Standard have been closed for about a decade, but legal problems mean it can’t reopen them or do something new with them. Other underground […]
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Call this the home of time? Let’s get Blackheath’s memorial clock fixed
853’s special correspondent MERCURY MAN turns back the clock to revisit one of his best-known campaigns – to fix Greenwich borough’s public timepieces. Public clocks not working. Thought I’d get straight to the point because the Ed’s been complaining upstairs that he’s fed up with me going on more digressions than Holden Caulfield. I tried […]
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The Artful Pelican: Lee Road’s art gallery that helps the homeless
Fresh from revealing Greenwich Council’s push to become an organ donor borough, 853’s special columnist MERCURY MAN shines a light on a very special art gallery on the Lee Road… I’ve always been a big believer in the Dalai Lama’s aphorism that, loosely translated, says: “Always try and feed your soul at the same time […]
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Greenwich Council ups 2017 Blackheath fireworks funding to £15,000 ‘to keep A2 open’
Two weeks after this website revealed Greenwich Council was refusing to increase its funding for Blackheath fireworks, it has now decided to give an extra £5,000 to the annual event, which takes place this year on Saturday 4 November. The costs of the event, which takes place on the border between Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, […]
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Blackheath fireworks 2017: Greenwich Council refuses to pay more to help Lewisham with costs
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has turned down a new request from Lewisham Council to increase its funding for the annual Blackheath fireworks display. The event used to be jointly-funded, but Greenwich pulled out in 2010, claiming it could no longer afford to pay its £37,000 share of the costs. Since then, Lewisham has sought public […]
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