The snap general election could delay a consultation on a new Greenwich to Woolwich cycle route – including plans to revamp the lethal Woolwich Road roundabout. Work is already well under way on Cycleway 4, which will link Tower Bridge with Deptford Creek Bridge by providing a safer, segregated cycle route. The route had initially […]
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News about Catford, London SE6, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Bakerloo Line to Lewisham returns – with Catford route revived
Transport for London’s plans for a Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham inched forward today with the release of a new consultation into the proposal, which revives the original plan to take the line onto Catford, Beckenham and Hayes. Today’s consultation, which is open until 22 December, seeks the public’s views on the exact route of […]
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Beckenham Place Park: SE London’s new wild swimming lake revealed
SE Londoners will be able to enjoy the £6.8 million regeneration of the area’s largest park from next weekend – including a much-anticipated new lake for wild swimming. Lewisham Council is putting the final touches to Beckenham Place Park ahead of a launch event on Saturday, with the restored Georgian lake the centrepiece of the three-and-a-half-year project. The […]
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Lewisham Labour councillor Alan Smith quits party in Corbyn protest
A Lewisham Labour councillor has quit the party in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – but says he will still support the local party in the town hall. Alan Smith, the councillor for Catford South, will sit as an independent at Lewisham Town Hall after resigning from the party this week. He served […]
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Extinction Rebellion to hold People’s Assembly in Greenwich
Extinction Rebellion, the group set up to highlight government inaction on climate change, is holding a People’s Assembly in Greenwich on Saturday to discuss solutions to pollution and other issues with local people. The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook will be among the speakers at the event, which takes place from 11am-6pm at the […]
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South Circular air pollution: Crowdfund for new Ella inquest hearing hits £25,000 target
A crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 for a High Court hearing into the death of a nine-year-old asthmatic girl who lived next to the polluted South Circular Road at Hither Green has hit its target. The success means Rosamund Kissi-Debrah will be able to make a case to the High Court to grant a new […]
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£11k needed for hearing into South Circular air pollution death after legal aid refusal
Hither Green mother and clean air campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is one step closer to a new inquest into her daughter’s death – but needs to raise £11,000 in four weeks to apply to the High Court. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 from acute respiratory failure after years of coughing fits and seizures, and 27 […]
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Police called as Lewisham Council meeting descends into chaos
A Lewisham Council meeting descended into chaos last night, with all members of the public kicked out and police called. Angry residents were not satisfied with councillors’ responses to questions relating to chief executive Ian Thomas, who has left the council after just a few months in charge; the Tidemill development, which saw the council spend […]
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