Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed by Transport for London after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked charges to use an access road to reach the shopping centre. Councillors in Dartford have been told that TfL is considering reducing the number of its buses that run east of the town to Darent Valley […]
Plumstead news
News stories about Plumstead, London SE18 from The Greenwich Wire.
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Only one HMO grant handed out in three years, Greenwich Council says
A scheme offering grants of up to £50,000 to HMO landlords has only been used once in the past three years, Greenwich Council has said, after parties in Thursday’s election pushed for the handouts to be scrapped or paused. Landlords who own a house in multiple occupation and allow the council to use them as […]
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Liz Truss’s husband among Greenwich Council election candidates
The husband of former prime minister Liz Truss is among the candidates in the most unpredictable Greenwich Council election for more than half a century. Hugh O’Leary is standing for the Conservatives in Woolwich Arsenal ward on May 7, nearly four years after his wife began her short but calamitous spell in Downing Street. Greenwich […]
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‘I found comfort in boxing’: Meet the nurse from Plumstead who’s staying strong
After a long shift, how would you expect a nurse at Lewisham Hospital relax? Shennoy Edge, from Plumstead, dons a pair of boxing gloves to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Joshua. The Greenwich Wire‘s special correspondent, MERCURY MAN, returns to tell us more. What I’ve always liked to do – I suppose it must […]
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Children will feel unsafe when play centre is closed, councillors told
Plans to close three of Greenwich Council’s staffed adventure play centres will go ahead after a challenge to the decision was thrown out – despite councillors being told of pleas from children to keep one of the venues. Users of the Coldharbour centre in Mottingham said they would feel unsafe without the centre, a scrutiny […]
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Southeastern set to restore all-day link to Elizabeth Line in plan to reverse train cuts
Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including bringing back an all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood. “Rounder” services that linked the Greenwich and Sidcup lines on Mondays to Saturdays could be reintroduced as soon as […]
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Woolwich murders: Panorama film came as no surprise, says former councillor
The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor in the area, what she saw came as no surprise. In the hour-long programme, which was broadcast on Monday, Daejaun Campbell’s mother accused Greenwich Council social services of failing to help the […]
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Greenwich Council must back pubs in new Local Plan, campaigners say
Greenwich Council’s blueprint for the borough’s future should be strengthened to provide more protection for pubs, campaigners who want to reopen Charlton’s White Swan say. The consultation on Greenwich’s Local Plan closes on Sunday, and the chair of White Swan Music & Arts, Suzanne Hunt, wants residents to write to the council to ensure policies […]
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