Greenwich Council should call for work on the Silvertown Tunnel to be halted, a scrutiny panel of councillors declared last night – as work gets under way to bring the new road’s tunnelling machine to London. In a rebuke to Danny Thorpe, the council’s Labour leader, the borough’s regeneration, transport and scrutiny panel called for […]
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TfL is open to extending DLR further from Thamesmead to Abbey Wood
Transport for London has said is open to extending the Docklands Light Railway to Abbey Wood once its route to Thamesmead is built. A long-awaited extension of the DLR’s Beckton branch across the river to Thamesmead is being planned by TfL to serve major new developments planned for Beckton Riverside and Thamesmead Waterfront. Last week, […]
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King’s Troop to stay in Woolwich but rest of barracks to be sold
The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery is to stay in Woolwich, but the rest of the barracks is to be sold by the Ministry of Defence, the government announced this morning, bringing mixed news for local politicians’ campaign to keep SE18’s link with the military. Jeremy Quin, the minister for defence procurement, said in a […]
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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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Greenwich deputy leaders to speak at Extinction Rebellion online meeting
The outgoing and incoming deputy leaders of Greenwich Council will speak at an online meeting of Extinction Rebellion next week to discuss the town hall’s plans to cut carbon emissions to net zero in 10 years. David Gardner, the current deputy leader, and Denise Scott-McDonald, who will replace him next Wednesday, will talk at Extinction […]
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Danny Thorpe trounces rival to stay as Greenwich Council leader – and has new deputy
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe will stay in his post for at least the next two years after winning a vote among its Labour councillors last night. Thorpe beat his rival, deputy leader David Gardner, by 27 votes to 13, at the Labour group’s annual general meeting last night. It was a doubly bad night […]
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Greenwich ‘must up recycling rates’ as it prepares to consult on bins
The Greenwich Council cabinet member in charge of its bin collections said last night that it was “imperative” that the borough dramatically increases its recycling rate to over 50%. Cabinet members backed launching a consultation into proposals which could see Greenwich cut its general waste collections from weekly to fortnightly – in line with most […]
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Activists disrupt meeting as Greenwich Council nods through John Roan academy order
Greenwich Council has rubber-stamped the takeover of John Roan School by the United Learning academies trust amid angry scenes at Woolwich Town Hall, effectively ending a bitter struggle over the future of the historic Blackheath school. Last night’s meeting was suspended after disruption by activists from the John Roan Resists campaign, which has opposed the […]
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