So, last week, Chris Roberts said his farewells as Dear Leader. I’m told he was still in his office at Woolwich Town Hall as the minutes ticked down until the end of his reign at 7pm last Wednesday. And as the effective editor of the council’s weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, he got to pen his […]
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Double your money: Run To The Beat’s £20,000 council sweetener
Organisers of the controversial Run To The Beat race are already planning to give Greenwich Council £20,000 to host next year’s event – even though this year’s half-marathon still hasn’t been given licences by the authority. Objections from residents, who face being shut in by the race’s circular route via Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich […]
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Greenwich Council’s pavement tax ‘could be illegal’
New Greenwich Council charges for small businesses which use pavements outside their premises could be illegal, opposition politicians are warning. But while the council is defending the policy, the cabinet member in charge of it has ducked out of defending it herself – leaving it to the council’s legal executive instead. Conservative leader Spencer Drury […]
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Greenwich Council admits Run To The Beat ‘errors’
The Greenwich councillor in charge of overseeing last Sunday’s Run To The Beat half-marathon has admitted “errors” were made in the way the event, which closed off great swathes of Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton and Woolwich, had been handled. Environment cabinet member Maureen O’Mara told a full meeting of Greenwich Council that “things could have been […]
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