Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah will finish his last London race in Greenwich next month when he joins thousands of others in The Big Half. Farah, who has won four Olympic gold medals – including two at the London Games in 2012 – is the most decorated athlete in British track and field history. […]
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TfL can’t afford Santander Cycles extension to Deptford, Lewisham Council says
Transport for London does not have the money to fund an extension of its cycle hire scheme into Deptford, Lewisham Council has warned. Lewisham and neighbouring Greenwich have both long wanted Santander Cycles to be available in their boroughs, particularly along the route of Cycleway 4 close to the Thames. But with TfL still in […]
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Sun Wharf: 19-storey Deptford Creek tower approved despite neighbours’ light fears
People living next to Deptford Creek fear they will be left living in “near complete darkness” after Lewisham Council approved a 19-storey tower block close to their homes. Councillors on Lewisham’s strategic development committee narrowly blacked plans to knock down a warehouse at Sun Wharf in Deptford, next to the Greenwich railway line, to make […]
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Nelson and Drake to stay in New Cross as Goldsmiths keeps statues
Statues of Lord Nelson and Sir Francis Drake will stay in place on New Cross Road after local residents said they wanted them to stay. Student campaigners at Goldsmiths University had demanded that four figures – Nelson, Drake, the 17th century admiral Robert Blake and an anonymous naval figure – should be removed from the […]
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Five years on from Grenfell Tower fire, 73 Greenwich buildings still have safety defects
Five years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, 73 buildings in Greenwich borough still have serious fire safety defects such as flammable cladding, combustible balconies or missing fire breaks, according to data released by City Hall. Events have been taking place across London to mark the anniversary of the fire, which killed 72 people in […]
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Mercury Man: Help Deptford’s 999 Club campaign for women escaping violence
853‘s special correspondent MERCURY MAN asks for your help with an important cause. With this one I think we need to get down to business straight away, if you don’t mind. No messing. I’d like as many of you as poss to click on to change.org/999Club-PreventingHomelessness and bring some help to what has for too […]
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Levelling down: Route 53 to be cut back to Elephant under TfL bus cuts
Government cuts mean bus route 53 is set to be cut back again so it no longer runs beyond Elephant & Castle, Transport for London has announced today. The one-time trunk route from Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton, Blackheath, west Greenwich and Deptford is one of a number of victims of a swathe of cuts which are […]
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Deptford fire: Victims’ flats looted after blaze wrecked Creek Road block
Residents who had to evacuate their homes after a huge fire in Deptford have had their flats plundered in the aftermath of the blaze. Bank cards, TVs, laptops and jewellery were among the items stolen from Meridian Point on Creek Road, which was seriously damaged in the fire on April 26. Staff at a shop […]
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