An antique Chinese carpet has returned to its original home at Eltham Palace after 80 years and will go on show to visitors from Saturday. The carpet was donated to English Heritage by the estate of Mrs MR Bernard, the niece of Stephen Courtauld, who lived with his wife Virginia in the art deco mansion […]
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Liz Truss’s husband among Greenwich Council election candidates
The husband of former prime minister Liz Truss is among the candidates in the most unpredictable Greenwich Council election for more than half a century. Hugh O’Leary is standing for the Conservatives in Woolwich Arsenal ward on May 7, nearly four years after his wife began her short but calamitous spell in Downing Street. Greenwich […]
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More Charing Cross trains on the way for Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham
Rail passengers in southeast London will get a “turn up and go service” on most routes on Mondays to Saturdays from December, Southeastern has said, as it confirmed plans to reverse many of the service cuts made after the pandemic. Blackheath, Kidbrooke and Eltham stations are due to get more trains to Charing Cross from […]
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‘Missed opportunity’ as TfL rejects Eltham to Woolwich Superloop bus
Transport for London has rejected calls to extend Eltham’s new Superloop bus to Woolwich, despite campaigns for a fast link between the two town centres. Greenwich Council’s Labour leadership and Conservative councillors both said it was a “missed opportunity” to provide a limited-stop service from Eltham to the Elizabeth Line. TfL said that providing new links […]
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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts
Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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‘Turquoise monstrosity’ flats near Oxleas Wood to change colour and lose floor
A new block of flats to be built close to Oxleas Wood will lose its distinctive colouring and have a floor lopped off under updated plans submitted to Greenwich Council. Meridian Home Start, a company spun off from the council nearly a decade ago, won permission in 2024 for a seven-storey block with 63 rented […]
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Worries for Winter Garden as plans for Avery Hill boys’ school set to be axed
Plans to convert the University of Greenwich’s old Mansion site at Avery Hill into a school look set to be scrapped – throwing plans to refurbish one of southeast London’s hidden gems into uncertainty. The historic mansion and adjoining buildings next to Avery Hill Park in Eltham, once used as a teacher training college, was […]
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Can you help The Greenwich Winter Night Shelter this Christmas?
The Greenwich Winter Night Shelter is gearing up for its second Christmas – and this weekend, donations are being matched as part of The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge campaign, so if you give £5, the centre receives £10. But what goes on inside? DARRYL CHAMBERLAIN had a look around to find out why your contributions […]
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