We’re delighted and thrilled to announce that Flyover Media, the publisher of 853, has been awarded a grant to help us report on the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic in SE London. The €5,000 grant comes from the European Journalism Covid-19 Support Fund, which has been set up to support independent reporting across the […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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TfL cash crisis: DLR to Thamesmead in doubt but Greenwich and Lewisham cycle schemes go ahead
Plans to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead have been cast into doubt by Transport for London’s financial crisis, with the authority’s finance chiefs warning that it may not be able to afford to build the £800 million transport link. TfL’s board will be told next week that it cannot afford to build all […]
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Thames Path to stay closed in Woolwich – sending cyclists and walkers onto dual carriageway
A section of the Thames Path is to stay closed in Woolwich despite transport bosses wanting more people to walk and cycle while capacity is reduced on public transport. The path through Mast Pond Wharf, just west of the Woolwich Ferry, was closed for a year in November 2019 after work started on a site […]
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Inspector criticises ‘terrible mistake’ of Woolwich Tesco as 27-storey tower rejected
Controversial plans to build a 27-storey tower block in front of Woolwich’s Tesco store have been thrown out by the communities secretary Robert Jenrick, 18 months after Greenwich Council rejected a proposal for an 804-home scheme. Jenrick’s decision follows a planning inspector’s report which heavily criticised the eight-year-old Tesco store and the council’s Woolwich Centre […]
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Extinction Rebellion hold ‘build back better’ protest in Woolwich
A small number of Extinction Rebellion demonstrators held a socially-distanced protest outside outside the Greenwich Council’s headquarters in Woolwich to tell it to “build back better” after the coronavirus emergency has passed. The 14 demonstrators, with masks and placards, each stood two metres apart on the steps of the Woolwich Centre in Wellington Street for […]
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Pandemic delays work on new Leigh Academy Blackheath school buildings
Plans to open new school buildings in Blackheath have been hit by the coronavirus emergency, forcing an academy group to put up pupils in an old military building for a second time. A groundbreaking ceremony took place at Leigh Academy Blackheath in Old Dover Road in July 2019, eight months after a new free school […]
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Woolwich landlord threatens to sue locked-down businesses over rent
Small businesses in Woolwich have been threatened with legal action over non-payment of rent during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving some tenants being prescribed sleeping pills due to the stress. Citibase, which manages serviced offices at Gunnery House in the the Royal Arsenal development, suspended services and threatened court action if tenants couldn’t pay their rent. According […]
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Greenwich Council ‘concerned’ after housing site workers ignore social distancing
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has said it is “concerned” after workers on a site in Charlton that is part of its home-building programme were seen ignoring guidelines telling people to keep more than two metres apart during the coronavirus emergency. Pairs of workers building 32 houses at Sandpit Place for Meridian Home Start, a company […]
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