Labour’s candidate for the Shooters Hill by-election boycotted community hustings held over the weekend, claiming campaigns to stop council land sales in the ward had attracted little support. Jummy Dawodu also used a letter sent to residents’ homes to accuse the ward’s former councillor, Ivis Williams, of “siding with the Conservatives” in speaking up for […]
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Labour councillor quits after facing sanction for defending residents
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. Ivis Williams, who had been a councillor since 2018, spoke out in March about the disposal of the Greenwich Equestrian Centre, as well as the sale […]
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Bid to halt sale of Greenwich’s Olympic equestrian centre thrown out
Plans to sell the Greenwich Equestrian Centre were given the green light by a panel of councillors on Wednesday after a challenge to the decision led to a party political row. Last month Greenwich Council’s cabinet approved a proposal to sell the centre on Shooters Hill, as well as a house next to the nearby […]
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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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