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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Meet the Charlton chess king sharing his skills in schools
Half-term might be over, but kids at Charlton Manor primary have one reason to look forward to going back to school. MERCURY MAN meets Richard Weekes, who teaches children there and across London the joys of playing chess. I needed a quick lie down before this one because the very thought of the subject – […]
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Tesco tower campaigners appeal to council for more social housing in Woolwich
Wednesday night at the council: A 1,407-signature petition against plans for a 27-storey tower block in front of Woolwich Tesco was presented to Greenwich Council on Wednesday night, with protesters appealing to councillors to deliver more social rented homes in Woolwich. Woolwich Common councillor and cabinet member David Gardner presented the petition, gathered by campaign […]
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Greenwich Conservative councillor predicts Tory losses in 2018’s election
A senior Greenwich Conservative councillor has predicted his party will lose seats in May’s council election because their Labour rivals will “promise gifts for everyone”. Former leader Spencer Drury was speaking during last week’s full council meeting, where he said the government’s austerity programme had “failed” and that the public sector pay cap had “gone […]
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Greenwich Council not objecting to Eltham police station closure
Greenwich Council has not objected to the closure of Eltham police station, which is set to be sold off as part of cutbacks at the Metropolitan Police. The council’s response to a consultation on plans to reduce the number of police front counters in London asks for “more detail” about how the Met would address […]
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