Labour have won all four by-elections to Greenwich Council, retaining their seats in Kidbrooke with Hornfair, Greenwich West, Shooters Hill and Glyndon wards, while Len Duvall has been elected London Assembly member for Greenwich and Lewisham for a sixth time. The council results mean Labour returns to having 42 seats on the council, with nine […]
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Kevin Clarke: Lewisham mayor backs new memorial to man who died after police restraint
Lewisham’s elected mayor Damien Egan says he supports a new memorial to a black man who died after being restrained by police in Catford three years ago. Kevin Clarke, who had schizophrenia, died in March 2018 after being restrained by officers in the playing fields of St Dunstan’s College. Southwark Coroner’s Court heard last year that […]
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Lewisham Council ‘considering options’ for Deptford’s Wavelengths leisure pool
Lewisham Council says it is “considering the options” for the future of the leisure pool at the Wavelengths leisure centre in Deptford because it needs major repair works. The leisure centre is a favourite with families from both Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs, and its gym recently reopened after the coronavirus lockdown. But both its pools […]
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Controversial plan for 63 flats on Blackheath Hill gets green light from Sadiq Khan
London mayor Sadiq Khan has declined to intervene in plans for a controversial development of 63 flats on Blackheath Hill, on the border of Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs. Developers GS8 and Vabel plan to demolish the Blackheath Business Estate to build two blocks of nine and seven storeys, along with a four-storey workspace building. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – its equivalent […]
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South Row: Blackheath rat-run saga could end with Greenwich Council cameras
The saga of making a notorious Blackheath rat-run safer for walkers and cyclists could be about to come to an end, with Greenwich Council preparing to stop through traffic from using Kidbrooke Gardens and South Row to reach Blackheath Village. Last summer Greenwich complained that it had not been consulted after neighbouring Lewisham Council placed […]
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Get involved with £500m Catford redevelopment plans, locals urged
A senior Lewisham councillor has urged local people join online consultation events about plans for a major redevelopment of Catford town centre. Paul Bell, the cabinet member for housing and planning, spoke after residents raised concerns about a lack of publicity around the events. Lewisham Council plans to revamp the area as part of a […]
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Online memorial service marks 40 years since New Cross fire disaster
An online memorial service will take place today to mark 40 years since the New Cross fire disaster, which led to the deaths of 14 young people. Thirteen people died in the early hours of 18 January 1981 when the fire broke out at a 16th birthday in a house on New Cross Road. The […]
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South Row’s planters go, but Lewisham Council still wants to cut Blackheath rat-run
Lewisham Council says it still wants to stop traffic from using a Blackheath rat-run, six months after suspending the scheme because of problems faced by nearby almshouses. Planters and a bollard were placed in South Row in June as part of a programme to make it easier for people to walk and cycle while capacity […]
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