Town centre wardens are set to return to Eltham for the first time in over 18 months after being moved to Plumstead, it has been confirmed. The twice-a-week patrols come as the council reviews the best way to manage “limited resources”. Town centre wardens had patrolled Eltham until 2017, when services were scaled back so Plumstead […]
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Greenwich Council issues record 1,300 parking tickets in a week
Greenwich Council has handed out its highest ever number of parking tickets in a week as the deadline looms to balance its budget. The council has had problems recruiting staff and filing the gap in the parking enforcement budget in recent months. Parking income remains below its target – with a budget gap expected to […]
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Senior Greenwich councillor promises crackdown on illegal parking
A senior Greenwich councillor has pledged to beat the rash of illegal parking blighting the borough and is planning to recruit an army of temporary wardens to do it. Community safety cabinet member Jackie Smith admitted the borough’s parking enforcement was “not good enough” and told last week’s full council meeting that new measures such […]
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Help us look for dumped knives, Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley’s top policeman says
Greenwich borough’s top policeman has appealed for communities’ help in dealing with knife crime – including helping officers look for weapons hidden in bushes. Metropolitan Police Commander Simon Dobinson, who controls the police service in Greenwich, Lewisham and Bexley, told a Greenwich Council-convened community meeting held in Woolwich on Tuesday that the public needed to […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Labour candidates criticise Greenwich Council’s Woolwich consultation
Greenwich Council’s consultation around a scheme to demolish part of Woolwich town centre and replace it with a new retail, housing and leisure development was criticised by Labour candidates at a hustings meeting on Friday evening. Developers plan to knock down shops – including scores of businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority […]
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‘Sugar smart’ Greenwich Council’s flagship sports centre flouting sugar tax
Greenwich Council’s new flagship leisure centre is selling sugary soft drinks without the new sugar tax applied – while it is urging local football clubs to “kick out junk food”. Children using the new Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre in Eltham can buy a 500ml classic Coca-Cola – containing 53g, over 10.5 teaspoonfuls, of sugar – […]
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Dirty borough: Greenwich’s street sweeping boss leaves council after complaints
The man in charge of Greenwich Council’s street sweeping has parted company with the authority after streets in some parts of the borough were left unswept for weeks. Matthew Norwell, Greenwich’s director of community services, left before Christmas “by mutual agreement”, the council has confirmed. Councillors were frustrated at the failure of his department to […]
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Greenwich Tories’ tall ships scrap scheme scuttled by Labour
Proposals by Greenwich Council’s Conservatives to cancel 2017’s return of the tall ships were thrown out last night as councillors passed the borough’s annual budget. There was very little detail to last night’s budget – much of it had been decided last year as part of a plan to freeze council tax for two years […]
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