Greenwich’s only Liberal Democrat councillor, Chris Lloyd, has announced his resignation – prompting the borough’s fourth by-election of the year in West Thamesmead. Lloyd had been a councillor for a decade after first being elected in the old Peninsula ward for Labour in 2014. He switched to West Thamesmead in 2022, but quit Labour last […]
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News about Thamesmead, SE2 and SE28, from The Greenwich Wire.
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New boilers to keep Thamesmead’s swimming pool afloat
Thamesmead’s only public swimming pool is to get new boilers to save the facility from closure. The Thamesmere Leisure Centre will get a new combined heat and power system to replace old gas boilers after Greenwich Council won a grant of up to £500,000 from Sport England. Ann-Marie Cousins, the cabinet member for equality, culture […]
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Greenwich Labour ‘blocked’ call to help cladding row residents
Greenwich Labour has been accused of blocking a call for stronger fire safety protection at a riverside housing development after a councillor withdrew her support at the last minute. Chris Lloyd, the Liberal Democrat councillor for West Thamesmead, had hoped that the council would pass a motion criticising the developer that built Royal Artillery Quays. […]
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Chris Lloyd: Greenwich councillor who quit Labour joins Liberal Democrats
A Greenwich councillor who quit the Labour Party last year after accusing a colleague of homophobia has joined the Liberal Democrats. Chris Lloyd, who represents West Thamesmead, becomes the party’s first councillor at Woolwich Town Hall since 2010, the last time more than two parties were represented on Greenwich Council. Lloyd, who had sat as […]
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Thamesmead residents protest against Peabody’s plans to demolish estate
Residents in Thamesmead are occupying an empty house to protest against plans to knock down their estate to build 1,950 homes. Peabody housing association’s plans for the estate won outline planning permission from Bexley Council for the project in October 2022. The Lesnes Estate, off Yarnton Way, would be demolished as part of the proposals. […]
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Thamesmead’s community café here to stay as it marks its first birthday
A community café with a difference is celebrating its first anniversary this month – dispelling the doubts of locals who feared that it might not last. The Camouflage Café in Thamesmead served its first customers in April last year, making use of an old social club that had been closed for 17 years. After many […]
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Thamesmead’s first craft beer bar gets green light — but council blunder gives it a 6pm curfew
Thamesmead’s first microbrewery and craft beer pub has won planning permission – but was nearly scuppered from the start by a council mistake. Rock Leopard Brewery applied last year for permission to open up in Cygnet Square, a new development a few minutes’ walk from Abbey Wood station. It had raised over £15,000 in crowdfunding […]
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DLR to Thamesmead — and beyond? TfL launches consultation into extension
Transport for London is asking for the public’s views on a Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead – and has hinted that the line could eventually be extended further, towards Belvedere. A consultation into the proposals was launched on Monday morning, although it is light on detail on the exact route it would take to […]
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