What are you doing tonight? There’s a pub quiz at the Crown in east Greenwich; comedy at the White Swan in Charlton; or a talk about researching local history in west Greenwich. And of course, it’s the Brit Awards tonight up at the Dome. Or you could make history and watch the first meeting of […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: City Hall sides with council despite pollution fears
Mayor Boris Johnson’s deputy has backed Greenwich Council’s decision to allow a cruise liner terminal to be built at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, despite residents’ fears that it will increase air pollution in the area. The Conservative administration at City Hall sided with the Labour council on last month’s go-ahead for the scheme, even though […]
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Stand down Denise: Residents call on Greenwich Council leader to quit her planning role
Local residents in east Greenwich are demanding council leader Denise Hyland stands down from the borough’s main planning committee after it was revealed she is the only council leader in London who is regularly directly involved in taking decisions about major new developments. The East Greenwich Residents Association has made the call following Hyland’s role […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal: The night Greenwich councillors ignored air pollution – again
Hugely controversial plans for a cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf, east Greenwich, were approved on Tuesday night after a marathon four-hour session of Greenwich Council’s planning board – with councillors dismissing fears of air pollution from the ships. I couldn’t be at Woolwich Town Hall, so have to leave you in the hands of […]
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Greenwich Time: Council leader mocks ‘shut it down’ petition
Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland has mocked the the number of signatures on a petition calling for the closure of its weekly newspaper Greenwich Time, saying: “I didn’t know the Tories and Liberal Democrats had so many members.” Hyland also predicted other boroughs would join Greenwich’s judicial review into communities secretary Eric Pickles’ order demanding […]
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Greenwich Tories’ tall ships scrap scheme scuttled by Labour
Proposals by Greenwich Council’s Conservatives to cancel 2017’s return of the tall ships were thrown out last night as councillors passed the borough’s annual budget. There was very little detail to last night’s budget – much of it had been decided last year as part of a plan to freeze council tax for two years […]
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Silvertown Tunnel: The perils of the path of least resistance
As with most propaganda, it’s not what they tell you that matters – it’s what they’re not telling you. So it’s striking that Greenwich Council’s weekly Pravda, Greenwich Time, has neglected to tell readers about leader Denise Hyland’s trip to Westminster last month to lobby MPs for the Silvertown Tunnel. Think the Bridge The Gap […]
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Greenwich Time: Eric Pickles turns up the heat on Greenwich Council’s weekly paper
Greenwich Council has been given 14 days to respond to a demand from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to close its weekly newspaper Greenwich Time, MPs have been told. A written statement from junior minister Kris Hopkins says the council has been told it’ll be directed to close the controversial freesheet by 31 March. Greenwich Time […]
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