As you may have noticed, it was rather hard to get home to south-east London last night. A fire in signalling equipment at London Bridge saw all trains through the station cancelled at the beginning of the evening rush hour. The delays lasted beyond the rush hour and right to the end of the day. […]
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Woolwich Grand under threat – and Greenwich Theatre too?
The campaign is on to save the Woolwich Grand Theatre, which faces demolition after being open for less than two years. But it’s not the only arts venue in the area with a shadow on the horizon, with concerns being raised over the long-term future of Greenwich Theatre too. While the news about Woolwich Grand […]
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Leader has final say on Greenwich Time, council finally admits
Greenwich Council has finally come clean and admitted its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, is signed off by leader Chris Roberts… “to ensure political neutrality and to protect the borough’s reputation”. Last week, this website revealed how the council’s press office intervened to change the tone of a promotion for the council’s employment agency, despite Roberts […]
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Greenwich Time: ‘Cut unflattering content or we’ll get our P45s’
An ad for street wardens in Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper removed references to shoplifting and rough sleeping in Woolwich for fear they would prove embarrassing, it has emerged. The promotion for the council’s in-house recruitment agency also cut a reference to a recruit’s six children because the council’s chief executive was apparently “nervous” about mentioning […]
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Ikea Greenwich exhibition: Greenwash and wishful thinking
So, if you saw the ad in Greenwich Council’s propaganda weekly announcing Ikea’s plans to build a new superstore, or if you got a letter through your door, you’d have expected to have learned something new from Saturday’s exhibition at Greenwich’s Forum. But Ikea was remarkably short of detail on its plan to build a […]
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Greenwich Council bullying: A night in denial at the town hall
Fans of dark comedy would have been richly rewarded by Wednesday night’s torturous meeting of Greenwich Council. In fact, it’s hard to know where to start. But running through the meeting were themes common to anyone who’s read this website over the past couple of years – the lack of transparency and an unwillingness to […]
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Why did the Independent’s Andy ignore Labour’s Annie?
With a second councillor standing down over the bullying culture in Greenwich Council’s Labour group, the battle to be the party’s parliamentary candidate for Greenwich & Woolwich is, in truth, a bit of a sideshow. But for those involved, the chance to succeed Nick Raynsford in what should be a safe seat for years to […]
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Locals win Lovells Wharf fight – but council bullying goes on…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa-iC4uAl4&w=640&h=480%5D Fantastic news from Woolwich Town Hall last night, as Greenwich Council’s planning board unanimously rejected developer London & Regional Properties’ proposals to pack an extra 246 homes onto the Lovell’s Wharf development, increasing the height of the buildings from 10 to 13 stories. Council leader Chris Roberts was the first on the panel […]
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