The founder of troubled beer firm Hop Stuff has appealed to customers to keep visiting its bars in Woolwich and Deptford after its Thamesmead brewery was repossessed by its landlord. Hop Stuff’s troubles made national headlines at the weekend when The Sunday Times reported that a construction company had taken a winding-up order against it […]
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News about Thamesmead, SE2 and SE28, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Council cools on London Overground to Thamesmead
Greenwich Council’s top transport officer has downplayed hopes that the London Overground could be extended to Thamesmead – telling a scrutiny meeting that the borough would prefer to see the Docklands Light Railway run to the area. Graham Nash told councillors on Tuesday that Thamesmead would need a new bus rapid transit system – a […]
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Bexley councillor quits Labour Party – but won’t be calling a Thamesmead by-election
A councillor who joined Labour when he was still taking his GCSEs has quit the party amid the national fallout over bullying and anti-Semitism. Now-independent councillor Danny Hackett says he will not be calling a by-election after he defected from Labour over the weekend. The councillor – who stood for Parliament in the last election […]
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TfL lifts lid on possible Thamesmead DLR extension
Greenwich councillors got their first look tonight of what a possible Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead could look like when transport representatives made their annual appearance before a scrutiny committee. The mayor’s transport agency is currently investigating different routes across the Thames between Beckton and Thamesmead. An extension to Thamesmead has been demanded since […]
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TfL confirms steep cut in buses between Greenwich and Woolwich – and rejects Eltham Crossrail express
Transport for London has confirmed plans to sharply cut bus services between Greenwich and Woolwich by diverting route 180 so it starts at North Greenwich station. It has also rejected calls for an express version of the 161 between Woolwich and Eltham, claiming demand for the route “is not expected to increase significantly” when Crossrail […]
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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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Greenwich Labour councillor owned a house while living in a council flat
A Greenwich Labour councillor lived in a council flat in Plumstead while being named as the owner of a house in Thamesmead which was not declared on her register of interests, an 853 investigation has found. Tonia Ashikodi, who was re-elected in Glyndon ward in last month’s elections, was named as the owner of the […]
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Greenwich councillors defy officers to back Thamesmead dialysis clinic
Greenwich councillors have snubbed their own planning officers by giving permission for a new unit for kidney patients to open in Thamesmead – despite being advised to to turn the scheme down. The unit, which will be operated for Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, will be sited on Nathan Way. Council officers said the area […]
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