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 […]
Deptford news
News about Deptford, London SE8, from The Greenwich Wire.
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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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Deptford Bird’s Nest pub developer ‘can only afford two flats for people on waiting lists’
Developers behind plans to build 31 flats around The Bird’s Nest pub in Deptford say they can only afford to include two flats for people on housing waiting lists. Artworks Creekside wants to keep the facade of the much-loved pub on Deptford Church Street while rebuilding and extending the venue, and building the flats on […]
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Sun Wharf: 19-storey tower next to Deptford Creek set for approval
Update – July 14: This meeting was cancelled, as was a rearranged meeting on 15 March. In early May, a new consultation began on the scheme, following concerns about the new buildings blocking sunlight to Kent Wharf. The development was finally approved by five votes to four on July 13. A 19-storey tower block next […]
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Creek Road’s £4.2m Cycleway 4 will open over a year late, Greenwich Council admits
Greenwich Council has admitted that a £4.2m stretch of segregated cycle lane in Deptford will not open until the summer – despite works having finished in May. The stretch of Cycleway 4 along Creek Road has remained fenced off because of delays to work to replace the decking on Deptford Creek Bridge, which marks the […]
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We Are Lewisham: Borough’s year of culture promises sun, sand and sounds
Lewisham’s London Borough of Culture 2022 programme We Are Lewisham launches on Friday. Proud borough resident NIKKI SPENCER looks forward to the year ahead. After being postponed for 12 months due to the pandemic, Lewisham is finally set to have its year in the cultural spotlight with an array of events that will put the […]
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