You’d better put the kettle on for tea and toast before I launch into this one about an incredibly bright young spark from Shooters Hill who, among many other things, is helping the United Nations celebrate its 75th birthday in October. Right, if you’re comfy, I’ll begin. Tom Powell, a 25-year-old creative powerhouse from the […]
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Pandemic delays work on new Leigh Academy Blackheath school buildings
Plans to open new school buildings in Blackheath have been hit by the coronavirus emergency, forcing an academy group to put up pupils in an old military building for a second time. A groundbreaking ceremony took place at Leigh Academy Blackheath in Old Dover Road in July 2019, eight months after a new free school […]
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Cash-strapped TfL spent £9,000 promoting Woolwich double-deckers
Transport for London has spent over £9,000 on advertisements promoting two Woolwich bus services becoming double deckers – even though other services are being cut back to save money. A total of £8,283 was spent on poster ads at bus stops at 21 locations along the route of the 178 service from Woolwich to Lewisham […]
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Pay more, skip the 108: Ford wants its Shooters Hill Shot buses to stop on Westcombe Hill
UPDATE: The Chariot application to run down Westcombe Hill was refused in October. Commuters in Blackheath and Charlton who are tired of crowded and unreliable buses to North Greenwich could be able to get a new service to the Jubilee Line hub – if they pay a little more. Car giant Ford, which launched its […]
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‘Save Wide Horizons’: Eltham outdoor education charity appeals to public for £100,000
Eltham’s Wide Horizons children’s activity charity has launched an appeal to fight for its future after school cuts led to it announcing plans to pull out of its main centre on Bexley Road. The charity, which can date its heritage back to the founding of a outdoor centre in Swanage, Dorset in 1929, was spun […]
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Community station Maritime Radio to launch in September from Shrewsbury House
Troubled community centre Shrewsbury House is to get a new lease of life as the base for community radio station Maritime Radio, which will launch on 1 September. The station, which has broadcast on two temporary licences in recent years, was given a full-time FM licence last year by broadcast regulator Ofcom. The station says […]
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Shooters Hill Shot gets green light as Ford starts Chariot bus to North Greenwich
Car giant Ford has started running its rush-hour commuter service linking Shooters Hill and Kidbrooke with North Greenwich station after being given the green light by transport bosses. The Shooters Hill Shot will see 14-seater shuttle buses run to and from the Jubilee Line station each rush hour from areas that are currently poorly-served by […]
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Shooters Hill Shot: Ford plans commuter Chariot service to North Greenwich
Car giant Ford is planning to launch an on-demand rush-hour commuter service linking Shooters Hill and Kidbrooke with North Greenwich station in January. The firm’s Chariot offshoot, which runs bus-like minivans in San Francisco, New York City, Seattle and Austin, Texas, is proposing to launch in London, its first non-US city, next year, with six […]
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