11pm update: The church says it now has enough clothes but could do with nappies and volunteers – read on for the story as it was this morning. A church in east Greenwich is appealing for clothes to help refugees from Afghanistan who have just arrived in southeast London. Christ Church on Trafalgar Road is […]
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20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised Ikea car park plans
Two 20-storey blocks could replace Greenwich’s B&Q under revised plans to build housing on the Ikea car park. In March, developer London Square revealed plans to build up to 1,400 homes on the site next to the Blackwall Tunnel approach, with car parking for the furniture store going beneath the new development. Following feedback from […]
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I won’t cancel the Silvertown Tunnel, mayor Sadiq Khan insists
London mayor Sadiq Khan has insisted he will not cancel the Silvertown Tunnel – and accused opponents of wanting to “do nothing” about persistent queues at the Blackwall Tunnel. Work has begun on the £2 billion road crossing between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which the mayor says will eliminate the congestion which blights […]
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TfL ‘pays £10m’ to settle Silvertown Tunnel dispute as opponents plan new protest
Transport for London has paid £10 million to settle a legal dispute over the building of the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, it was reported at the weekend. Two years ago TfL awarded the contract to build the £2bn tunnel to Riverlinx, a consortium which includes Ferrovial, the owner of Heathrow Airport. Riverlinx will build and operate […]
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Morden Wharf: Our towers won’t be a blot on Greenwich landscape, developer insists
The developer behind plans for 1,500 homes next to the Blackwall Tunnel has said its proposals will be in keeping with the local area after local MP Matt Pennycook criticised its application to build towers of up to 36 storeys. U+I plans to redevelop Morden Wharf into housing and business space in a development including […]
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Think again on Silvertown Tunnel, local MPs urge victorious Sadiq Khan
The Labour MPs representing communities at both ends of the Silvertown Tunnel appealed to Sadiq Khan to think again about the controversial new road, just hours after the mayor pledged that he would never ignore voters’ worries. Khan was confirmed as the winner of last week’s mayoral election on Saturday night after securing 55.2 per […]
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More protests threatened as anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan jet-washed onto embankment
Protesters have jet-washed an anti-Silvertown Tunnel slogan onto a Thames embankment facing the Greenwich Peninsula – and are promising more protests as construction steps up. Activists in hi-viz jackets clambered onto the foreshore close to Peruvian Wharf in Silvertown at low tide to write “Stop the tunnel” on the river wall. Construction work began earlier […]
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Riverside brewery and taproom to come to Greenwich Peninsula’s Morden Wharf
One of London’s best-known craft breweries has signed up to move into the 1,500-home Morden Wharf development next to the Blackwall Tunnel. Brew By Numbers will open a taproom and brewery in a refurbished warehouse on the site of an old pub, The Sea Witch, which was destroyed in the Second World War. A planning […]
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