Greenwich Council’s cabinet agreed to put the historic Borough Hall on the market tonight without discussing the issue in public. The planned sale of the Grade II-listed building comes after plans to lease it to the theatre company Selladoor collapsed without agreement. Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across the UK, had planned to add a […]
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News about Danny Thorpe, former council leader, from The Greenwich Wire.
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TfL bailout: ‘First Manchester, now Tories are coming for us’, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has accused Boris Johnson’s government of “bringing a sledgehammer” to negotiations with cash-strapped Transport for London – saying the Conservatives had “finished with Manchester” and were “coming for us”. The Financial Times revealed last night that the government had threaten to take direct control of Transport for London unless Labour […]
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It’s safe to go into hospital – my stay in Lewisham proves it, says Greenwich Council leader
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has urged south-east Londoners to start using their local hospitals again after a three-day stay in Lewisham Hospital. Thorpe took time off last week for an operation after an accident earlier in the year. Chairing a meeting of local healthcare leaders to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, he […]
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Coronavirus as widespread in London as it is in the north, Greenwich Council leader says
Coronavirus is as widespread in the capital as it is in the north of England, Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has warned as fears grow of new lockdown measures in the capital. Thorpe lambasted the failure of the government’s privatised test-and-trace scheme to keep up with demand, saying Boris Johnson’s administration had lost control of […]
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Let us take over coronavirus testing, Greenwich Council leader demands
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe is calling for the Westminster government to hand over the reins to coronavirus testing, citing “alarm and deep concern” after widespread reports of residents being directed to sites as far away as Wales and Leicester for testing. Thorpe and his deputy, Denise Scott-McDonald, will move a motion calling for control […]
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Greenwich Council makes new attempt to sell green space near Blackwall Tunnel
Greenwich Council is making a second attempt to sell green space close to the congested Blackwall Tunnel approach road – despite leader Danny Thorpe criticising Tories in Bexley for doing the same thing last year. The council plans to sell a small green space between Tunnel Avenue and Blackwall Lane in east Greenwich, according to […]
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Hills and Vales: Anti-rat run barriers vandalised, Greenwich Council says
Greenwich Council says it will not tolerate vandalism of traffic barriers installed to stop rat-running in streets west of Greenwich Park. Council leader Danny Thorpe has said police may be called in if staff are abused over the blocks, put in place to stop streams of traffic using narrow Crooms Hill, which runs alongside the […]
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Summer nights at Blackheath drive-in attacked by Greenwich councillor
A Greenwich councillor has criticised his own town hall’s decision to allow a drive-in cinema to pitch up on Blackheath – despite the borough not allowing car parking for circuses and other events there. At The Drive-In – which promotes the motor manufacturer Suzuki – screened Grease on Monday night, the first of 12 drive-in […]
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