Santander is to close its branches in Eltham, Sidcup and the Surrey Quays shopping centre as the bank continues its retreat from the high street. The branches are among 95 that will close across the UK, with Santander saying there had been “a rapid movement of customers choosing to do their banking digitally”. About 750 […]
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Surrey Quays shopping centre to get 2,000-capacity jazz music venue
A new 2,000 capacity music venue has been given permission to open in the Surrey Quays Shopping Centre for five years. Corner Corner will be based in the former branch of The Range in the 1980s shopping centre, which is set to eventually be demolished as part of larger plans to redevelop the area near […]
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Millwall set to be given green light to build homes around The Den
Plans to allow Millwall Football Club to develop housing around The Den are set to be signed off by Lewisham Council next week. (Update: this was confirmed on May 8.) Lewisham plans to give the Championship club a 999-year lease on both The Den and the adjacent Lions Centre, which is used by the club’s […]
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The Big Half 2023: Mo Farah to finish last London race in Greenwich
Olympic gold medallist Sir Mo Farah will finish his last London race in Greenwich next month when he joins thousands of others in The Big Half. Farah, who has won four Olympic gold medals – including two at the London Games in 2012 – is the most decorated athlete in British track and field history. […]
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Rotherhithe Tunnel could face year-long closure for £120m repair work, TfL warns
The Rotherhithe Tunnel could close for a year to carry out essential repairs, Transport for London has warned. More than 12 million vehicles use the 114-year-old tunnel between Rotherhithe and Limehouse every year, but it is in desperate need of essential maintenance. Repairing the tunnel is expected to cost £120 million if it closes for […]
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Covid jabs: Mass vaccination centre comes to Millwall’s Den as case rates jump
Millwall’s stadium will host a mass vaccination clinic for over-18s on Saturday as the push to get all SE Londoners inoculated against coronavirus continues. The pop-up clinic at The Den in Bermondsey follows similar events held at The Valley in recent weeks, which saw hundreds get their jabs at the home of Charlton Athletic. The […]
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Farewell Quietway 1 – TfL’s backstreet cycle route is given a new name
The Quietway 1 cycle route, which links Greenwich and Deptford with the South Bank, is getting a new name as part of a plan to rebrand London’s cycleways. Signs have appeared along the route bearing the name Cycleway 10, which will be what the route will be known as in future. When Quietway 1 opened […]
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Council could back Santander Cycles expansion to Greenwich and Charlton
Greenwich Council has signalled it could back an expansion of London’s cycle hire scheme to the borough along the route of the new Cycleway 4. Southeast London was mostly not included in the London Cycle Hire network when it launched under Boris Johnson in 2010, although an extension into east London in 2012 brought the […]
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