A student at a specialist video and special-effects college on the Greenwich Peninsula is “recovering well” after contracting meningitis following the outbreak in Kent, the college has said. Escape Studios, which is based in Mitre Passage, by the O2, said it had been working with public health teams after the individual had been admitted to […]
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Bigger planes could come to London City Airport
London City Airport has opened a consultation into allowing larger planes to take off and land – saying it will result in a smaller increase in flights as the airport expands. The airport, in the Royal Docks, is proposing to slightly lower the landing path for planes as they approach the runway. Take-offs and landings […]
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Plan for 20-storey tower behind Greenwich Ikea given go-ahead
Plans for a 20-storey tower behind Greenwich’s Ikea store have been approved by councillors, despite complaints from neighbours that the development would replace what was previously planned to be green space. The tower, which would be part of the final phase of Greenwich Millennium Village, replaces a plan for a six-storey commercial building that was […]
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New plans for Morden Wharf deferred over plan to cut affordable housing
Greenwich councillors have deferred a decision on revised plans for the 36-storey Morden Wharf development after the company behind it said it wanted to cut the proportion of affordable homes on the site. The 1,500-home scheme, on the old Tunnel Refineries site on the west side of the Greenwich Peninsula, caused a furore when it […]
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Councillors back ‘our own National Theatre’ for Greenwich Peninsula
Plans for a 3,000-seat theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula have been given the go-ahead by councillors, with one saying it would be “our own National Theatre”. The Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula will be next to the cable car terminal on a site facing the Thames which is currently occupied by a coach park and site offices […]
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Noise complaints hit Greenwich Peninsula theatre – before it is built
A new theatre on the Greenwich Peninsula has attracted complaints about noise – before its stages and auditoriums have even been built. Councillors are due to make a decision on whether the Troubadour Greenwich Peninsula can go ahead at a meeting next week. Planning officers have recommended approving the scheme. Branded “London’s boldest new theatre”, […]
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Jubilee Line closed at North Greenwich for Charlton v Chelsea FA Cup match
There will be no Jubilee Line service through North Greenwich this weekend – affecting fans heading to Charlton Athletic’s FA Cup match against Chelsea and people going to the O2 Arena. On Southeastern Metro, the Bexleyheath line will also be closed all weekend, along with Lewisham station, adding to the disruption for travellers in SE […]
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Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower as a neighbour
Greenwich’s Ikea store could get a 20-storey tower for a neighbour after the developers of the Millennium Village submitted new plans for the final phase of the site. But neighbours are unhappy because a planned green space would be built upon as part of the scheme. They say the development’s slogan of “village life in […]
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