A bus running through Greenwich and Blackheath’s controversial low-traffic neighbourhood has been reduced in frequency – reducing access to the borough’s only general hospital. The 386 service between Blackheath Village and Woolwich, which serves Queen Elizabeth Hospital, has only run with three buses an hour rather than four since November 29 – the worst level […]
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Santander branch closures: Banks in Eltham, Sidcup and Surrey Quays to go
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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Sidcup Storyteller cinema to stay open after Catford Mews firm pulls out
The company behind the ill-fated Catford Mews cinema has withdrawn from a second venue in southeast London – but the Sidcup Storyteller is staying open. Catford Mews closed in October after Really Local Group (RLG) was thrown out by its landlord, a Lewisham Council company charged with redeveloping the town centre. The closure led to […]
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How Avery Hill’s food bank serves up helpings of community spirit
“Good God, it’s working so well!” That was what our special correspondent, MERCURY MAN, explained after visiting a very special food bank on the Avery Hill Estate. He took tea and cake with the pastor and volunteers who keep it all going. Talk about God’s work — the church that turns itself into a food […]
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Mercury Man: Hey Joe, I heard you busking on Eltham High Street
Heard some familiar sounds in Eltham High Street recently? 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser MERCURY MAN has been talking to the man playing them… The chances of coming across a Portuguese guitarist playing in Eltham High Street, just outside Clinton’s, and asking him politely if he knows any Bert Jansch, only for him […]
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Christmas rail works hit Lewisham, New Eltham and Sidcup trains
Major rail works will wipe out train services through Lewisham, Hither Green, New Eltham and Sidcup over the Christmas holiday and into the new year. An £8 million upgrade programme will see points replaced south of Lewisham, hitting rail services on the Sidcup, Hayes and Orpington lines for eight days between 27 December and 3 […]
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Get a booster at The Valley this weekend – and help others get jabbed too
Charlton Athletic’s stadium is becoming a vaccination clinic this weekend as demand soars for Covid-19 booster jabs. Long queues have been seen outside hospitals and pharmacies this week after doses were made available to all adults in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. The most high-profile vaccination centre in south-east London will be […]
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James Brokenshire: ‘Kind and courteous’ Old Bexley & Sidcup MP mourned
Tributes have been paid across SE London to the Old Bexley & Sidcup MP James Brokenshire, who died last night aged 53. Brokenshire, a former secretary of state for Northern Ireland, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and reported that a tumour on his right lung had reappeared earlier this year. The 53-year-old […]
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