A blue plaque on a house opposite Greenwich Park could mark the life of a former slave who campaigned to abolish the practice in the 18th century. Olaudah Equiano briefly stayed in the house on Maze Hill, owned by three sisters known as the Misses Guerin, in September 1767 after he had bought his freedom […]
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News about Blackheath, London SE3 – including Westcombe Park – from The Greenwich Wire.
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Mercury Man: Finding cricket’s new generation in Hervey Road
Been switched on to cricket by The Hundred? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN returns with the man who’s helping children from across Greenwich and Lewisham get to grips on the crease. I don’t like cricket. I love it. Especially compared to that game where all sorts of dastardly foul play are […]
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Parents threaten John Roan School with court action over 27 SEN job cuts
Parents are threatening the academy trust which runs a Blackheath school with legal action over plans to cut 27 jobs in its special educational needs department. United Learning wants to make 24 support staff and three teachers redundant at John Roan School’s SEN department. Only 12 posts will remain out of 32, with the 24 […]
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MumsAid: Blackheath-based mums’ mental health charity scoops national prize
A mental health charity based in Blackheath has won a national award for its work in supporting pregnant women and new mothers in southeast London. Since it was founded in 2012, MumsAid has supported over 2,000 mothers and given 15,000 counselling sessions. It offers counselling for individuals and couples, befriending, a group therapy programme with […]
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Controversial plan for 63 flats on Blackheath Hill gets green light from Sadiq Khan
London mayor Sadiq Khan has declined to intervene in plans for a controversial development of 63 flats on Blackheath Hill, on the border of Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs. Developers GS8 and Vabel plan to demolish the Blackheath Business Estate to build two blocks of nine and seven storeys, along with a four-storey workspace building. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – its equivalent […]
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Neighbourhood champions: How to look after your community in a pandemic
Evie Hoyte has been looking out for the people of Woodville Estate for 50 years. In the last of our series of features about how SE Londoners have dealt with the pandemic, she spoke to SAM DAVIES about the unique challenges she’s faced in the past 12 months. “Twenty-seven people live along here, but you […]
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Greenwich Conservatives to demand referendums on low-traffic neighbourhoods
Conservative councillors have demanded that referendums should be held before low-traffic neighbourhood schemes are introduced in Greenwich, and are calling for the extension of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone to the South Circular Road in October to be scrapped. A motion to be put before next Wednesday’s council meeting calls for plans for LTNs to […]
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South Row: Blackheath rat-run saga could end with Greenwich Council cameras
The saga of making a notorious Blackheath rat-run safer for walkers and cyclists could be about to come to an end, with Greenwich Council preparing to stop through traffic from using Kidbrooke Gardens and South Row to reach Blackheath Village. Last summer Greenwich complained that it had not been consulted after neighbouring Lewisham Council placed […]
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