If you’re the kind of odd person who writes about local issues, and then you suffer a broken ankle, it means you miss some things. It means that you miss the complete disappearance of one of the area’s best-known buildings while you’re propped up not able to do very much. So, where the “eco” Sainsbury’s […]
Greenwich SE10 news
News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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All change: 108 bus to link SE London with Olympic Park from October
Greenwich and Lewisham’s only bus service to east London, the 108, will be re-routed to run via the Olympic Park from October. The current service runs through the Blackwall Tunnel to Stratford bus station, via the A12, Bow Flyover and Stratford High Street. From 1 October, it will run via Chrisp Street in Poplar and […]
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Greenwich cruise liner terminal pollution: A warning from Sydney
7pm update: A High Court judge today allowed the judicial review against Greenwich Council’s decision to proceed. Greenwich Council said it was “disappointed at the further delay“. On Tuesday morning, a High Court judge will hear an application to hold a judicial review into Greenwich Council’s decision to allow the London City Cruise Port to […]
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‘Affordable’ housing on Greenwich Peninsula: The Channel 4 News investigation
Long-suffering readers will be aware that this website was the first to raise the issue of the diminishing amount of “affordable” and social housing on Greenwich Peninsula, back in April 2013. A year back, Greenwich Council lost a legal battle to keep secret the “viability assessment” council officers used to persuade councillors to increase the […]
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Route 108 set for bigger buses and switch to Olympic Park
Greenwich, Blackheath and Lewisham could soon have a direct bus link to the Olympic Park under plans revealed by Transport for London today. The 108 service through the Blackwall Tunnel would have its route altered north of the river so it runs via Stratford City bus station, beside the Westfield shopping centre, to Stratford International […]
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What next for the cable car? It still has no Oyster card commuters…
Last year, this website told you there were no Oyster card commuters. Guess what? There still aren’t any. There’s more in this story I’ve written for Londonist: Cable car still has no regular users. It’s the fourth year I’ve surveyed cable car usage in a typical October week. In 2012 and 2013 I did it […]
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‘Green Trafalgar Road’ scheme wins City Hall cash for Greenwich
Congratulations to the East Greenwich Residents Association, whose scheme to “green” Trafalgar Road has won an £18,000 grant from City Hall. The neighbourhood group recently raised over £6,000 in a crowdfunding exercise to promote the plan to improve the environment along the main route through the area. EGRA wants to see street barriers covered with […]
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Greenwich Peninsula: 22.7% of new homes set to be ‘affordable’
Less than a quarter of homes on the new phase of Greenwich Peninsula development will be “affordable”, according to planning documents released by Greenwich Council last night. Greenwich planners are recommending councillors approve the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday 8 September. Just 22.7% of homes of the 12,678 won’t be sold at full rate, […]
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