Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland has called its plan to build a cinema in Eltham “bold” as senior councillors approved spending an extra £6.8 million on the scheme. Costs of the scheme have shot up from £14million to £20.8million because of construction issues and operator Vue doubling the fit-out costs. The council sees the scheme […]
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Blockbuster £20.8million bill hits council’s Eltham cinema scheme
Greenwich Council’s flagship scheme to build a cinema in Eltham High Street has seen its costs rocket by nearly half after contractors demanded another £6.8 million to finish the job. The scheme, which was originally costed at £14million, is now set to cost £20.8 million, according to papers for next week’s meeting of the council’s […]
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Greenwich Council to review civic awards after giving prize to church which calls homosexuality ‘darkness’
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council is to review its civic awards scheme after it gave a community prize to a Woolwich-based church whose sermons are critical of homosexuality. New Wine Church – which advertises in the council’s media – was a winner at March’s Civic Awards for “organisations and activities which support the local community and […]
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Save Avery Hill Winter Garden: Campaigners start petition to protect Eltham landmark
Eltham residents have set up a petition to demand Greenwich University and Greenwich Council secure the future of the historic Winter Garden in Avery Hill Park. The petition comes days after the council’s deputy leader accused one of the area’s local councillors of playing politics in questioning its attitude to the building. Built for Victorian […]
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Six thoughts after June 2017’s general election in Greenwich borough
The dust may never settle on the 2017 general election until the next one comes along. But the result was clear-cut in this part of south-east London – a big “up yours” to the woman currently barricading herself inside 10 Downing Street with the help of strange men in bowler hats. So, only a few […]
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Dead cat on the line: How the Cannon Street train ‘plan’ distracts from the real issue of who runs our rail
In political campaigning there’s a tactic known as the “dead cat strategy“. It’s best associated with the Conservatives’ campaign manager, Lynton Crosby. Boris Johnson, no less, once explained it: “Let us suppose you are losing an argument… Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as ‘throwing […]
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Election 2017: Greens drop out of Eltham fight to stop Conservatives
Greenwich borough’s Green Party has withdrawn plans to stand candidate against Labour’s Clive Efford in Eltham at the general election “to protect a marginal seat from falling into Conservative hands”. Efford is defending a slim 2,693 majority in the highly marginal constituency, which is 29th on the Tories’ national target list. Council opposition leader Matt […]
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Labour Party gets ‘flytipping’ warning after Greenwich councillor’s documents found in Eltham street
Eltham Labour Party has been given a warning over flytipping after a councillor’s personal documents were found dumped by the side of its offices on Westmount Road. Election posters and personal documents in the name of Peninsula ward councillor Chris Lloyd were found dumped on Greenvale Road, Eltham, by the side gate of the party’s […]
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