The election doesn’t stop Greenwich Time – it just removes councillors from its pages for a few weeks. But the weekly paper remains to subtly associate the council with Good Things in the area, and to drone on about “royal borough” this and “royal borough” that. This week’s Good Thing is the rescuing of Kidbrooke’s […]
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Greenwich Time: Council leader mocks ‘shut it down’ petition
Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland has mocked the the number of signatures on a petition calling for the closure of its weekly newspaper Greenwich Time, saying: “I didn’t know the Tories and Liberal Democrats had so many members.” Hyland also predicted other boroughs would join Greenwich’s judicial review into communities secretary Eric Pickles’ order demanding […]
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How the Greenwich Time row could be ended tomorrow
One thing that was notable about Tuesday’s Greenwich Council decision to go to court to fight for the future of its weekly paper, Greenwich Time, was the response on Twitter that evening – it was unanimously hostile. The justification for Greenwich Time that appeals the most to its Labour defenders is that it allows the […]
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The battle begins: A brief history of Greenwich Time
Greenwich Council’s cabinet will challenge Eric Pickles’ decision to outlaw its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, it confirmed after a meeting yesterday. Greenwich remains the only Labour council in the country to print a weekly paper – and yet has decided to seek a judicial review of a direction by the communities secretary telling the council […]
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Eric Pickles’ last stand? Greenwich Council told to close Greenwich Time… or else
Communities secretary Eric Pickles stepped up his battle to axe Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper Greenwich Time today by formally demanding it ceases publication by the end of this month. In January, the council was given two weeks to respond to Pickles’ decision to tell it to close the paper, one of only two council weeklies […]
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Revealed: Greenwich Time freezing truth over council tax
Greenwich is the only Labour council in the country to run its own weekly newspaper. It’s hard work knocking this stuff out week after week, when nearly everyone else does it monthly or quarterly. So when Greenwich Time is wheeled into action to promote another council tax freeze, it ends up taking inspiration from last […]
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Greenwich Time: Eric Pickles turns up the heat on Greenwich Council’s weekly paper
Greenwich Council has been given 14 days to respond to a demand from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to close its weekly newspaper Greenwich Time, MPs have been told. A written statement from junior minister Kris Hopkins says the council has been told it’ll be directed to close the controversial freesheet by 31 March. Greenwich Time […]
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Greenwich Time ads go out to tender: Is this really the end?
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has put its advertising contract out to tender – spelling the end for council newspaper Greenwich Time in its current format. A tender notice has been placed on the council website and on the official journal of the European Union seeking a provider that can “exclusively host our statutory notices and […]
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