All Bexley Council’s children’s centres could be closed as town hall chiefs try to pay off the cost of steering the borough through the coronavirus pandemic. The Conservative council needs to save £14 million over the next two years, its senior councillors heard last night. David Leaf, Bexley’s cabinet member for resources, said he was […]
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Lewisham faces essential services cuts to pay for costs of coronavirus
Lewisham Council will have to cut essential services if the Government does not cover the full cost of Covid-19, senior councillors have been warned. A report due to be presented to elected mayor Damien Egan and his cabinet tomorrow forecasts an overspend for this year of £25.6 million, mostly on services for children and young […]
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Balcony shows and online gigs: How SE London’s musicians adapted to lockdown
Summer is usually the busiest season for The Kimberleys, a folk duo from Blackheath. This year was looking to be no different with a packed tour diary and gigs planned in all corners of the country. But when the government imposed a lockdown on March 23 following the spread of Covid-19, the couple dutifully retreated […]
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Upwood Road: Greenwich and Lewisham councils divided by another Streetspace scheme
Greenwich Council says it is “disappointed” with the lack of consultation from Lewisham Council on another scheme to stop rat-running across the boundary between the two boroughs. Upwood Road in Lee has been sliced in two to stop streams of drivers trying to avoid the South Circular Road and A20 and to make it easier […]
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Uncertain future for Greenwich & Bexley hospice as it adapts to life after lockdown
The world has been on pause for most of us since we were plunged into lockdown all those months ago. But for Greenwich and Bexley Community Hospice, the world has gone on – and the work it does is more important than ever. Carers have spent the last three months trying to provide a little […]
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Streets and blocks of flats could face local lockdowns, councils are told
Blocks of flats, residential streets and town centres could be hit with local lockdowns if a spike in coronavirus cases are linked to them, meetings at Greenwich and Bexley councils have been told. The neighbouring councils have both held health and wellbeing board meetings in recent days to discuss their roles in the government’s “test […]
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Notorious Blackheath rat-run is among first to be opened to walking and cycling
An infamous rat-run in Blackheath is to be blocked by Lewisham Council in its first package of measures to make streets safer for walking and cycling. South Row, which runs across the south-east side of the heath, will be blocked with planters outside the Princess of Wales pub from next week to stop drivers using […]
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That’s enough Streetspace: Limited reopening for Greenwich’s Naval College path
Pedestrians and cyclists trying to escape the busy A206 in Greenwich town centre now have some limited relief with the reopening of the pathway through the Old Royal Naval College yesterday. The charity that runs the college grounds closed its gates when the coronavirus lockdown began. With the narrow riverside path also closed, walkers had […]
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