An underground wartime shelter that could hold up to 800 people was found during works to revamp Lewisham town centre, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The shelter managed to withstand a Nazi rocket attack on the high street that killed more than 50 people, but had been forgotten about over time – until work began […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market ‘set to reopen this year’ as shopping centre impasse goes on
Lewisham’s Model Market is on track to reopen later this year, its new operator has said, even though the site is still sitting empty months after it was first supposed to have opened its gates. The food and drink spot, which closed in 2021, is due to be revived as part of plans to redevelop […]
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Tenants in Carbuncle Cup-winning Lewisham flats face another year away from home
Hundreds of residents who were moved out of the Lewisham Gateway development face another 12 months away from their new homes following a flood that knocked out water and power supplies. More than 400 people had to move out of The Filigree, the development’s second phase, in February last year after a burst water pipe […]
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Report raises fire safety fears at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Combustible materials in the walls at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, have the potential for “rapid fire spread”, a survey found – but the trust in charge says it is confident that it has the measures in place to keep patients and staff safe. Papers from the last board meeting of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS […]
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Bill for Lewisham market and library revamp grows to £30 million
The bill for revamping Lewisham market and library has grown to over £30 million – with the council’s share of the cost growing sharply. Structural issues with the library, a wartime find at the market and tough economic conditions are among the reasons for the increase, according to a council report. Lewisham Council is part-way […]
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DLR’s new trains finally return to service on line to Woolwich
Long-awaited new trains for the Docklands Light Railway have returned to service, ten months after being withdrawn because one overshot a platform in wet weather. Three of the new B23 trains started running between Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal in September last year, but were quickly pulled after the incident in November. The first of […]
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Campaigners want council to halt Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment
Campaigners hoping to halt the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre want the borough’s new Green council to stop a potential compulsory purchase of the old Citibank tower. Save Lewisham Shopping Centre wants more affordable housing added to the £1.5 billion redevelopment. Councillors approved the scheme in October, and that decision was rubber-stamped by the council’s […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market to reopen in ‘late summer’ with German Kraft in charge
Lewisham’s revived Model Market will open in “late summer” with the German Kraft brewery in charge of the operation, its owners have announced. Plans to bring back the much-loved street food market were announced last year, with the developer LandSec, which owns the site and the shopping centre, pledging to open up this spring. But […]
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