Work is about to begin on making the notorious Angerstein roundabout in east Greenwich safer for cyclists – eleven years after rider Adrianna Skyrzpiec died at the traffic troublespot, sparking demands for the junction to be improved. Preparatory work is to begin this week on making the junction safe as part of a new route […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich café refused government help sees business boom again
A park café owner who was told by a government helpline to get a job in a supermarket has reopened her business and given it a makeover after her customers rallied round to raise money. Pistachios In The Park, in East Greenwich Pleasaunce, opened up for business five weeks ago following its enforced closure. The […]
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Bianco 43: How the Greenwich pizza restaurant got through the coronavirus crisis
Bianco 43 is the brainchild of two passionate Italians, Massimo Parodi and Fabrizio Margarita who have two restaurants in Greenwich and Blackheath. Fabrizio worked at his father’s cheese factory supplying top restaurants around the world with buffalo mozzarella while Massimo came from a recruitment background. “We gave the restaurant the name Bianco, meaning white in […]
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Do you have a coronavirus story to tell SE London? Let us know
We’re delighted and thrilled to announce that Flyover Media, the publisher of 853, has been awarded a grant to help us report on the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic in SE London. The €5,000 grant comes from the European Journalism Covid-19 Support Fund, which has been set up to support independent reporting across the […]
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TfL cash crisis: DLR to Thamesmead in doubt but Greenwich and Lewisham cycle schemes go ahead
Plans to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead have been cast into doubt by Transport for London’s financial crisis, with the authority’s finance chiefs warning that it may not be able to afford to build the £800 million transport link. TfL’s board will be told next week that it cannot afford to build all […]
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Selfish visitors dumped 36 tonnes of rubbish in Greenwich Park in June
Greenwich Park bosses are appealing to visitors to bin their litter or take it home after picking up 36 tonnes of rubbish in June – more than treble the amount left behind in the same month last year. Cleaning teams spent 1,000 hours cleaning up after careless visitors last month, with the total weight of […]
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Greenwich Park car parking to return – but through traffic stays banned
Greenwich Park will reopen to cars next week when its parking spaces are reopened – but through traffic will still be banned. The park gates were closed to all vehicles at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis and have stayed closed as businesses begin to open up again. Over 2,800 people have signed a petition […]
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2,000 sign petition calling for cars to stay out of Greenwich Park
A petition calling for cars to be restricted from using Greenwich Park and the other Royal Parks passed 2,000 signatures yesterday. Car parking was banned in all Royal Parks from the start of the coronavirus crisis, but resumed in Regent’s Park on Saturday and in Hyde Park today. Roads in Greenwich Park remain closed, along […]
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