Greenwich Council’s cabinet voted to axe three of the borough’s five staffed adventure play centres – but the decision has been challenged by opposition councillors and will now go to a scrutiny hearing. A staffed play centre in Woolwich is to be closed altogether and replaced with an unstaffed playground nearby, while one on the […]
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Greenwich Council to close three adventure playgrounds despite police concerns
Greenwich Council has confirmed plans to close three of its five staffed adventure playgrounds to save £600,000 per year – despite concerns from police and charities about young people’s safety. The five centres – Coldharbour, Glyndon, Meridian, Plumstead and Woolwich – offer supervised activities for young people for 30 hours a week. But only the […]
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Fears for adventure play centres after council consultation delayed
A consultation on the future of Greenwich Council’s adventure playcentres has been delayed — after promises that it would begin in the summer. The council approved plans in February to review the future of the five centres, which include activities such as ropeswings, zipwires and table tennis. It had hoped to save £400,000 from the […]
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Five candidates to contest close by-election for Greenwich Council seat
Five candidates are standing in next month’s by-election to find a new councillor in Motttingham, Coldharbour & New Eltham ward in what is likely to be a closely-fought contest. The election was called after John Hills, a long-serving Conservative councillor, died last month at the age of 86. Roger Tester, a former councillor, will be […]
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Andy Murray company brings padel courts to Mottingham leisure centre
People in Mottingham can try their hand at the fast-growing sport of padel after a company backed by Andy Murray opened courts at the Coldharbour Leisure Centre. The doubles game, which combines elements of tennis, squash and badminton, uses a smaller court and a lighter ball. Tennis champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play the […]
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Council by-election means Greenwich LTN hearing is on hold
A forthcoming council by-election has put a hearing into plans for a part-time low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath on hold. Conservative leader Matt Hartley and a number of Labour councillors had all challenged the decision to implement the LTN on streets either side of Greenwich Park, which would stop through traffic from using those […]
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New Greenwich traffic plans due in September – but councillors hostile to LTN return
Plans for a new scheme to deal with traffic in back streets in west Greenwich will be revealed this September, officials revealed last night – but two of the borough’s new councillors said they would not want to see a return to the low-traffic neighbourhood that was scrapped earlier this year. Locals in Crooms Hill […]
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Christmas rail works hit Lewisham, New Eltham and Sidcup trains
Major rail works will wipe out train services through Lewisham, Hither Green, New Eltham and Sidcup over the Christmas holiday and into the new year. An £8 million upgrade programme will see points replaced south of Lewisham, hitting rail services on the Sidcup, Hayes and Orpington lines for eight days between 27 December and 3 […]
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