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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Cyclists stage Woolwich Town Hall ‘die-in’ after Greenwich and Deptford bike deaths
Scores of cyclists staged a ‘die-in’ outside Woolwich Town Hall on Thursday evening after three riders were killed by motor vehicles in south-east London in less than a month. Campaigners demanded London mayor Sadiq Khan revive plans for a protected cycle superhighway between London Bridge and Woolwich at the protest, following two deaths on the […]
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New Woolwich Ferry vessels take to the water for the first time
The two new boats that will run the Woolwich Ferry from 2019 have been successfully launched for the first time at their shipyard in Poland. Dame Vera Lynn and Ben Woollacott took to the water at the Rementowa shipyard in Gdansk earlier this week, ahead of the two-month closure of the ferry service this autumn, […]
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