Long-delayed refurbishment works at Greenwich Foot Tunnel could finally be finished by next March, the inaugural meeting of a pressure group on the issue was told last week. About 50 people filled the first gathering of the Friends of Greenwich and Woolwich Foot Tunnels, which aims to protect and promote the two cross-river links, both […]
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Run to the Beat 2013: The public consultation which wasn’t
On Sunday, up to 19,000 runners will pound through Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich on the Run to the Beat half-marathon. The forecast is set for mild weather, and you never know, it may actually be a success. Indeed, you’re probably reading this after the event and will know how it went. Many of those […]
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Greenwich Time editor thrown out of council HQ
The editor of Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper Greenwich Time has been thrown out of the council’s Woolwich HQ following the sacking last week of the paper’s chief reporter, Peter Cordwell. Hilary Bryan and assistant editor Rod Kitson were turfed out of the Woolwich Centre today after they refused to attend a meeting with council director […]
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Double your money: Run To The Beat’s £20,000 council sweetener
Organisers of the controversial Run To The Beat race are already planning to give Greenwich Council £20,000 to host next year’s event – even though this year’s half-marathon still hasn’t been given licences by the authority. Objections from residents, who face being shut in by the race’s circular route via Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich […]
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Greenwich Council’s pavement tax ‘could be illegal’
New Greenwich Council charges for small businesses which use pavements outside their premises could be illegal, opposition politicians are warning. But while the council is defending the policy, the cabinet member in charge of it has ducked out of defending it herself – leaving it to the council’s legal executive instead. Conservative leader Spencer Drury […]
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Greenwich Council ‘in new Charlton Athletic stadium talks’
This is over a week old, but oddly, nobody has followed up a story which could have massive ramifications for both Charlton and Greenwich. According to Sky News’ City editor, Mark Kleinman, Greenwich Council is in talks with Charlton Athletic about the possibility of building a new stadium, believed to on the Greenwich Peninsula, and […]
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The night the wheels fell off at Greenwich Council
The main highlight of Wednesday night’s Greenwich Council meeting was meant to be the motion about Greenwich Council’s refusal to deal with Andrew Gilligan, London mayor Boris Johnson’s cycling ambassador. But it ended up being a bad-tempered farce of a meeting, which somehow managed to drag on for three-and-a-half long hours, partisanly chaired by new […]
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Greenwich councillors leap on Lewisham Hospital bandwagon
There’ll be a few sore heads around Lewisham this morning after the government’s plans to downgrade the accident and emergency department at Lewisham Hospital were quashed by the High Court. While Jeremy Hunt’s Department of Health has been given leave to appeal, even this brief pause in the battle is one that’s worth celebrating. It’s […]
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