Greenwich, Charlton and Woolwich could get direct trains to Luton Airport under plans that are about to go out to consultation. The plans would see trains seven days a week from Luton to Rainham, Kent, via Blackfriars, London Bridge, Greenwich and Dartford. More services through London Bridge to north London and beyond will be possible […]
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News stories about Greenwich, London SE10, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Does the Allen key to Greenwich’s new Ikea lie in Birmingham?
One of Greenwich’s biggest recent planning battles is set to resurface this autumn, Remember Ikea? One of ex-leader Chris Roberts’ last legacies to the area, Greenwich Council rushed through outline planning permission for a new 350,000-sq ft store back in 2014, to replace the now-demolished “eco”-Sainsbury’s and adjacent former Comet store. Since then, attention has […]
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Fire wrecks home of the Tunnel Club, Greenwich’s alternative comedy shrine
That big fire you might have seen this lunchtime (if it wasn’t this one in Erith) was up by the Blackwall Tunnel, at the Studio 338 nightclub. It’s fair to say the place isn’t in a good way. Pictures from the @BBCNews helicopter show #Studio338 has been gutted following a fire that struck around midday. […]
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News Shopper slashed again: What’s the future for SE London journalism?
Another nail in the coffin for local journalism in south-east London has arrived this week, with the merger of the Greenwich and Lewisham editions of the News Shopper. In truth, it’s not a huge cutback – papers meant for Sydenham to Abbey Wood largely had the same content anyway. And the paper’s distribution is patchy […]
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Travellers set up camp at Greenwich’s Ikea site
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 […]
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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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