Five candidates will vie to replace Danny Thorpe as Shooters Hill councillor when the by-election is held on November 14. The former Labour council leader announced three weeks ago that he was standing down after 20 years as a councillor. He led the council for four years until 2022. Labour will be hoping that Raja […]
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News stories about Plumstead, London SE18 from The Greenwich Wire.
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Vandalism blamed for Greenwich Council’s decision to sell car park
Greenwich Council’s cabinet has approved plans to sell three car parks – with repeated vandalism partly blamed for the decision to put one of them on the market. The car parks – in Old Dover Road, Blackheath; Charlton Village and Abery Street, Plumstead – are being put on the market by the cash-strapped council as […]
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£8m Plumstead film studio project collapses after council pulls out
An £8 million plan to bring a special effects film studio to Plumstead has collapsed after Greenwich Council pulled out of the project. Greenwich would have paid up to £4.2 million to bring Mo-Sys Engineering, which provides camera and special effects services for film and TV, to a Grade II-listed former power station off White […]
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Cheers! Beer lovers raise a glass to SE London Camra’s 50th anniversary
Beer lovers from across southeast London have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the local Campaign for Real Ale in fine style. MARIA FREEMAN raises a glass to our locals. Members and supporters gathered at The Great Harry – the Wetherspoon pub in Woolwich – to get the party started before heading to Plumstead to […]
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Children centres to go as Greenwich Council’s £33m cuts start to bite
Children’s centres in 13 locations across Greenwich borough face closure as part of the cash-strapped council’s plans to save £33.7 million. There are currently 23 centres in the borough, which offer early years education and childcare, healthcare services, early identification of children with special needs, family support and careers services . Four of the centres […]
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Plumstead Make Merry is back – but Greenwich’s oldest festival needs your help
Greenwich borough’s longest-running community festival is preparing to return next month – but it needs locals to step up and volunteer for the event. The Plumstead Make Merry, which has run most years since 1975, will take place again on Saturday June 8 after taking a break last year. Thousands normally attend the festival, which […]
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Plumstead ‘ghetto’ block approved, but Greenwich planning chief admits ‘we could do better’
Plans for new council homes on the Barnfield Estate in Plumstead were approved on Tuesday night, two weeks after one of the area’s local councillors said the block would look like a “ghetto”. Labour’s Ivis Williams, who represents Shooters Hill, had objected to the plans when they first came before Greenwich Council’s planning board last […]
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Greenwich Council planning ‘ghetto’ flats in Plumstead, Labour councillor claims
A Greenwich councillor has condemned her own town hall’s plans for new housing on a Plumstead estate, saying the new block would look like a “ghetto”. The Greenwich Builds proposal for 24 flats at the edge of the Barnfield Estate was deferred on Tuesday night so councillors can visit the site. The six-storey block would […]
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