853 exclusive: Transport for London is planning to make a huge swathe of cuts to bus routes in the centre of the capital – including stopping three of south-east London’s most important bus routes short of their current terminals. Route 53, which runs from Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton and Blackheath through Deptford, the Old Kent Road […]
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News about Woolwich, London SE18, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Heritage Centre: Users’ group set up to lobby for reopened archives
A users’ group has been set up to lobby for the reopening of Greenwich borough’s local history archive, which closed suddenly last month. The doors were locked at the Greenwich Heritage Centre on 21 July, with a number of staff redundancies, after the building – a former ammunition factory in the Royal Arsenal complex – […]
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Spray Street demolitions: We’ll look again at effect on BME community, council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says the authority will look again at how Woolwich’s controversial Spray Street redevelopment scheme will affect black and minority ethnic communities. Developers St Modwen and Notting Hill Housing plan to knock down shops as well as the old covered market, replacing them with 742 new homes, shops, offices, a cinema […]
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Woolwich Common fire: Ministry of Defence ignored council demands to remove travellers’ rubbish
853 exclusive: The Ministry of Defence failed to clear up rubbish left behind by travellers for six weeks on a part of Woolwich Common devastated by a grass fire on Monday – despite being told to by Greenwich Council. Travellers set up camp on the common in early June and stayed for a week, abusing […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Woolwich campaigners confirm new public meeting
Local pressure group Speak Out Woolwich is to hold a public meeting on Monday 30 July to discuss controversial plans to demolish Woolwich’s covered market and the buildings around it, displacing scores of small businesses. Developers plan to knock down shops – mainly businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – and […]
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Spray Street demolitions: England’s World Cup success halts Woolwich public meeting
The England football team’s World Cup success mean local pressure group Speak Out Woolwich has cancelled holding a public meeting on Wednesday about the controversial Spray Street development. Developers plan to knock down shops – mainly businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority communities – and the old Woolwich Public Market and replace them […]
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Historians fear for Greenwich archives as Heritage Centre announces closure
Users of Greenwich borough’s local history archive fear they will lose easy access to its collections after it suddenly announced plans to close its doors on 21 July. A number of staff are being made redundant as part of the closure of the Woolwich facility, 853 understands from multiple sources, but the trust that runs […]
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Cycle deaths: Greenwich town centre improvements to come before Woolwich Road roundabout
Safety improvements in Greenwich town centre are to come before any scheme to change the notorious Woolwich Road roundabout, which has seen two cyclists killed in nine years, London’s walking and cycling commissioner has told 853. Software engineer Edgaras Cepura was killed on his bike at the notorious junction last month, while fashion website supervisor […]
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