853 exclusive: Eltham’s much-loved Winter Garden is likely to be transferred to Greenwich Council, with the University of Greenwich providing £4.75 million to secure the historic site’s future, 853 can reveal. The university announced it was putting its Avery Hill campus up for sale in 2014, sparking an outcry from neighbours who feared for the […]
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New TfL bus cut to hit Greenwich and Eltham route 286
853 exclusive: Transport for London is planning to cut evening and weekend services on one of Greenwich borough’s few north-south bus routes – making it harder to reach some of its most popular tourist and nightlife attractions. Route 286, which runs from Sidcup to Greenwich via Eltham, Kidbrooke and Blackheath, currently runs every 15 minutes […]
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Buying Erith’s Wickes store isn’t a property gamble, Bexley Council says
Bexley Council has played down figures showing it is among the top 10 councils making property investments, insisting all its land buys are for local regeneration projects. Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which has been shared with 853, found the council has bought 10 properties in the past three years. They range from […]
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Greenwich School Streets: Car bans delayed after council blunder
Greenwich Council has postponed the start of a scheme banning cars around four schools after it gave residents just few days’ notice of the plan. Two schools in Eltham and one each in Abbey Wood and Greenwich were due to be covered by the programme, which aims to cut pollution levels and make streets safer. […]
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MPs on the move? How proposed boundary changes will (or won’t) affect Greenwich borough
Your MP might change at the next general election – and it won’t be down to your votes. A new map of parliamentary boundaries has been published this week after two years of consultations. Even though they don’t directly affect locals councils, these changes will have a big impact on the way the area is […]
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Children’s charity Wide Horizons set to close amid war of words with Greenwich Council
Updated story: Troubled children’s charity Wide Horizons has announced its closure, accusing Greenwich Council on going back on a pledge to lend it £200,000 to allow it to continue as well as “four months of timewasting” on the issue. The Eltham-based organisation, which operates in both Greenwich and Lewisham boroughs, had already launched a £100,000 […]
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‘Save Wide Horizons’: Eltham outdoor education charity appeals to public for £100,000
Eltham’s Wide Horizons children’s activity charity has launched an appeal to fight for its future after school cuts led to it announcing plans to pull out of its main centre on Bexley Road. The charity, which can date its heritage back to the founding of a outdoor centre in Swanage, Dorset in 1929, was spun […]
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‘Sugar smart’ Greenwich Council’s flagship sports centre flouting sugar tax
Greenwich Council’s new flagship leisure centre is selling sugary soft drinks without the new sugar tax applied – while it is urging local football clubs to “kick out junk food”. Children using the new Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre in Eltham can buy a 500ml classic Coca-Cola – containing 53g, over 10.5 teaspoonfuls, of sugar – […]
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