Twenty years ago, the Golden Jubilee Bridge helped transform the South Bank. Now the team who came up with that idea want to do the same for Charlton and Woolwich, connecting them with communities and transport links north of the Thames. ALEX LIFSCHUTZ of the architecture firm Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands explains why you should support […]
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News stories about Charlton, London SE7, from The Greenwich Wire.
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From Charlton to the world: How Global Fusion Music and Arts keeps providing a lifeline
You might have heard of its local gigs around Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs, but the pandemic has seen Global Fusion Music and Arts reach far beyond southeast London, as NIKKI SPENCER found out. Putting on events via Zoom isn’t how Global Fusion Music and Arts was expecting to be marking its 20th birthday this month. […]
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London Labour members stage late revolt against Sadiq Khan’s Silvertown Tunnel
Labour members on both sides of the Thames have united to condemn Sadiq Khan’s plans to build the Silvertown Tunnel, with just weeks to go until the mayor stands for re-election. Constituency parties in Greenwich & Woolwich and West Ham, covering each end of the proposed road crossing, have passed motions calling on the Labour […]
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Council could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London Cycle Hire network when it launched under Boris Johnson in 2010, although an extension into east London in 2012 brought the […]
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SE London Gurkha veterans’ battle with the pandemic – and slum landlords
Gurkhas fought for the British army – but many veterans have been effectively abandoned by the government they served, with poor pensions and living in sub-standard housing. SAM DAVIES heard about the tragedies that southeast London’s Nepalese community has had to face during the coronavirus pandemic. Some months ago, an elderly man was found wandering […]
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Pocket Living ‘micro flats’ on Charlton estate passed by Greenwich councillors
Plans for 48 “micro flats” on a council car park on an estate in Charlton were approved by Greenwich councillors last night, two-and-a-half years after the proposal to sell the land to a private developer caused a political storm. Developer Pocket Living plans to build 45 one-bedroom flats and 3 two-bedroom flats on the contaminated […]
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Blackwall Tunnel approach slip road will still be closed for cycle route
Plans to cut access to the Blackwall Tunnel approach from the Angerstein roundabout are still going ahead as part of a scheme to make the A206 safer for cyclists to use, Transport for London has said. The northbound slip road from the Woolwich Road was due to be closed to most traffic with the opening […]
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Use volunteers to get food, Greenwich Council tells shielding tenant cut off by building works
A disabled woman living in a Greenwich Council flat has been told to rely on volunteers to bring in food because her usual access route to her home has been cut off by contractors building new homes. Louise Noyce lives in a block of flats in Charlton next door to where Meridian Home Start, a […]
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