Schoolchildren from Kidbrooke have pleaded for the Silvertown Tunnel to be scrapped, as protesters hit City Hall for a second time this morning. Pupils and teachers from the Thomas Tallis school joined environmental campaigners from Extinction Rebellion and the Stop the Silvertown Tunnel Coalition to pressure London mayor Sadiq Khan to backtrack on the controversial […]
Greenwich SE10 news
News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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‘Don’t park your bike at Greenwich Ikea’, customers warn after CCTV misses theft
An angry customer has criticised Ikea after it could not provide CCTV of her bike being stolen outside the store – despite the furniture giant encouraging customers to cycle to what it calls its “most sustainable” store. Dominika Hopper, from Charlton, discovered that surveillance cameras did not cover all the store’s bike racks after her […]
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Extinction Rebellion to hold People’s Assembly in Greenwich
Extinction Rebellion, the group set up to highlight government inaction on climate change, is holding a People’s Assembly in Greenwich on Saturday to discuss solutions to pollution and other issues with local people. The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook will be among the speakers at the event, which takes place from 11am-6pm at the […]
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Theatre company plans rooftop bar for Greenwich’s Borough Hall
A leading theatre company plans to take over the Borough Hall in west Greenwich and install a rooftop bar, according to a report to be discussed by a Greenwich Council scrutiny committee next week. 853 understands from multiple sources that the council is close to striking a deal with Selladoor, which runs regional theatres across […]
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Silvertown Tunnel will cut local HGV traffic, TfL insists as protesters call figures ‘fiction’
Transport for London has insisted the controversial Silvertown Tunnel will cut HGV use on its approach roads by five per cent, after campaigners questioned Sadiq Khan’s transport boss’s assertion that neighbourhoods near the tunnel would see fewer lorries on their roads. Heidi Alexander, the deputy mayor for transport and the former MP for Lewisham East, […]
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Greenwich Park bosses ask: Should we ban rush-hour traffic?
Greenwich Park users are being asked if through traffic should be banned from travelling through the open space in the evening rush hour. Royal Parks, which runs the park along with seven other open spaces, is asking users for their views as part of a new “movement strategy” for its parks. Through traffic was banned […]
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Labour vote slumps in ward where councillors reneged on Silvertown Tunnel pledge
Voters have deserted the Labour party in the Greenwich Council ward where two councillors went back on their word and backed the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, internal figures from this weekend’s European election have suggested. Denise Scott McDonald, the council’s cabinet member for transport and air quality, and Stephen Brain aligned themselves with opposition to the […]
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Angerstein Wharf: Greenwich Council knew of rail crossing closure but did not tell residents
Greenwich Council knew about controversial plans to close a railway crossing a year before Network Rail made it public – but did not tell local residents, councillors or the local MP, 853 can reveal. Network Rail first told Greenwich Council about its plans for the Angerstein Wharf branch crossing, across a freight line on the […]
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