853 exclusive: Transport for London is planning to make a huge swathe of cuts to bus routes in the centre of the capital – including stopping three of south-east London’s most important bus routes short of their current terminals. Route 53, which runs from Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton and Blackheath through Deptford, the Old Kent Road […]
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News stories about Plumstead, London SE18 from The Greenwich Wire.
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Cheap start-up rent for operator of £600,000 Plumstead Slade toilet cafe
The operator of a new cafe in Plumstead which Greenwich Council is spending over £600,000 converting from a public toilet will get a discounted rent for the first five years, papers released on Friday evening reveal. Plans to convert the closed convieniences at The Slade, near Plumstead Common, caused uproar among backbench Labour councillors last […]
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Greenwich Labour councillor owned a house while living in a council flat
A Greenwich Labour councillor lived in a council flat in Plumstead while being named as the owner of a house in Thamesmead which was not declared on her register of interests, an 853 investigation has found. Tonia Ashikodi, who was re-elected in Glyndon ward in last month’s elections, was named as the owner of the […]
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Greenwich councillors defy officers to back Thamesmead dialysis clinic
Greenwich councillors have snubbed their own planning officers by giving permission for a new unit for kidney patients to open in Thamesmead – despite being advised to to turn the scheme down. The unit, which will be operated for Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, will be sited on Nathan Way. Council officers said the area […]
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Hustings highlights: Plumstead councillor joins ‘toxic’ Greenwich cruise port rebellion
Plumstead councillor Matt Morrow added his voice to the growing rebellion against his own council’s endorsement of the planned London City Cruise Port in east Greenwich – backing calls for the terminal to force ships berthed at the terminal to use power from the National Grid instead of highly polluting marine fuel. The cruise port […]
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Meet the Charlton chess king sharing his skills in schools
Half-term might be over, but kids at Charlton Manor primary have one reason to look forward to going back to school. MERCURY MAN meets Richard Weekes, who teaches children there and across London the joys of playing chess. I needed a quick lie down before this one because the very thought of the subject – […]
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Bill for Plumstead’s new library and gym leaps 48% to £16.6m
Plans to redevelop Plumstead Library to include a leisure centre are set to cost Greenwich Council £16.6 million – over £5 million more than first planned two years ago. The 115-year-old building is being revamped as the centrepiece of a scheme to revive the fortunes of the area’s high street. In February 2016, council officers […]
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Storm in a toilet bowl: Councillors row over £600,000 Plumstead café plan
853 exclusive: A row has blown up inside Greenwich Council’s ruling Labour party after the borough’s deputy leader appeared to sign off over £600,000 in funding to convert a disused toilet in his ward into a café and community facility. Councillors received an email last month telling them that Danny Thorpe had approved the £580,000 […]
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