Bexley Council has played down figures showing it is among the top 10 councils making property investments, insisting all its land buys are for local regeneration projects. Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which has been shared with 853, found the council has bought 10 properties in the past three years. They range from […]
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Cray Wanderers: London’s oldest football club finally gets go-ahead for Flamingo Park ground
London’s oldest football club has finally been given the go-ahead to build a new stadium and 40 homes at Flamingo Park, off the Sidcup by-pass. Cray Wanderers are celebrating after London Mayor Sadiq Khan backed their scheme to move to the site close to the borders of Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich boroughs. Bromley councillors voted 11-3 […]
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The Bexley bulletin: Will Tories be punished over parks and CCTV?
Local politics in Bexley is in some ways a mirror image of Greenwich – but tomorrow’s local elections there have an element of surprise about them. Will the Conservative council be punished for selling off parks and cutting back on CCTV coverage? 853’s DA-postcode correspondent STEVE KEENE explains what’s at stake the other side of […]
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Greenwich Council urged 286 bus cut to fund gyratory
Greenwich Council suggested cutting the frequency of one of the borough’s few north-south bus links to help pay for its plans to pedestrianise Greenwich town centre, according to documents released by Transport for London. The scheme was shelved after objections from Transport for London, and the documents outline TfL’s worries – including its estimate that […]
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