A football club from Eltham is dreaming of FA Cup glory after getting through to the competition’s first round – potentially setting up a clash with neighbours Charlton Athletic. Cray Valley PM, of the Isthmian League South East Division – seven tiers below the Premier League – beat National League side Maidenhead United 3-2 on […]
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TfL bailout: ‘First Manchester, now Tories are coming for us’, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has accused Boris Johnson’s government of “bringing a sledgehammer” to negotiations with cash-strapped Transport for London – saying the Conservatives had “finished with Manchester” and were “coming for us”. The Financial Times revealed last night that the government had threaten to take direct control of Transport for London unless Labour […]
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‘This isn’t ghettoisation’: Planning chair’s U-turn as revamped Kidbrooke Village scheme passes
Altered plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development were passed by Greenwich councillors last night – with the chair of planning taking back his comments made three months ago that the scheme represented “backdoor ghettoisation”. Proposals to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on land formerly occupied […]
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Walk-in coronavirus testing centre coming to Avery Hill
Greenwich Council has confirmed that a walk-in coronavirus testing centre will open at the University of Greenwich campus at Avery Hill next Tuesday. People with Covid-19 symptoms who want to use the centre will have to book via gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test – they will not be able to just turn up and get tested. The centre’s opening […]
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Councillors criticise new homes’ design as 20 Greenwich Council flats approved
Greenwich councillors backed plans for new council homes in Eltham last night, but with both Labour and Conservative members criticising the design of their council’s own new block. The borough’s planning board endorsed proposals for 20 flats on the site of garages on Well Hall Road. But councillors said they were unhappy because of the […]
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Avery Hill Mansion Site: 1,150-pupil boys’ school approved despite transport worries
Plans to convert the University of Greenwich’s Mansion site in Eltham into a “flagship” school for 1,150 boys were passed by Greenwich councillors last night, despite worries about parents’ cars bringing the local area to a standstill. The historic mansion and adjoining buildings next to Avery Hill Park will be refurbished and turned into a […]
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Eltham’s TSB to close as bank slashes its branch network
Eltham’s TSB branch will close next May as the bank shuts down a third of its branches across Great Britain. The loss of the Eltham branch will leave the bank with just four branches in south-east London: Bermondsey, Bromley, Greenwich and Peckham. A branch in Sidcup closed earlier this year. Nationally, 164 branches are going […]
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Boys’ school at Avery Hill Mansion set for approval despite neighbours’ opposition
Greenwich Council planners are recommending councillors back a new 1,150-pupil school at the University of Greenwich’s Mansion Site next to Avery Hill Park – despite a 4,000-signature petition against the scheme and TfL raising concerns about transport. The Harris academy chain plans to build a boys’ school on the former teacher training college at the […]
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