Greenwich councillors faced threats earlier this week from someone saying they would shoot them, leader Danny Thorpe has revealed. Last night’s full council meeting saw a minute’s silence for Sir David Amess, the Conservative MP who was killed in his Southend West constituency earlier this month, as well as James Brokenshire, the late MP for […]
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James Brokenshire: ‘Kind and courteous’ Old Bexley & Sidcup MP mourned
Tributes have been paid across SE London to the Old Bexley & Sidcup MP James Brokenshire, who died last night aged 53. Brokenshire, a former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and reported that a tumour on his right lung had reappeared earlier this year. The 53-year-old […]
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Silvertown Tunnel work due to start in late 2019, TfL says
Work will begin on the controversial Silvertown Tunnel late next year, Transport for London has announced in its latest business plan. The £1 billion tunnel, which was approved by transport secretary Chris Grayling in May, will run alongside the Blackwall Tunnel to link the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal Docks. Despite the scheme getting the green […]
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New Capital Quay: Developer should pay for fire-proof cladding, Housing Secretary says
The developer behind Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development should be paying for its flammable cladding to be replaced, the Housing Secretary has told Parliament. James Brokenshire was responding to to a question from Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook, who raised the plight of New Capital Quay’s 2,000 residents in the House of Commons on […]
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