Flippin outrageous… how many own goals can you score #greenwich

Greenwich Council’s Labour leadership plans to clamp down on scrutiny from the public and opposition councillors in a move branded “an attack on democracy”. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/11/s...

Transport for London has rejected calls to extend Eltham’s new Superloop bus to Woolwich, despite campaigns for a fast link between the two town centres. TfL said that the SL15 providing new links in Clapham "offered more benefit”. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/10/s...

The Woolwich Ferry will be running a reduced service until the beginning of next month for engine replacement work, with only one boat in service at any one time, Transport for London has warned. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/09/w...

One of southeast London’s best-known pubs is planning to extend into a nearby shop unit. The Fox and Firkin in Lewisham High Street has taken over a closed-down antiques shop two doors along the road, and hopes to open a food court and café. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/05/f...

Plans to fill in a gap between houses in one of Greenwich’s most distinctive streets have been refused because they would remove a unique Georgian architectural feature. The council's chair of planning compared losing this feature to “eating the last dodo egg”. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/04/g...

Another key bus service serving Greenwich is set to be reduced in frequency – despite efforts to persuade residents to switch away from driving. The 286, which runs through the low-traffic neighbourhood, faces a cut to four buses per hour from July. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/04/r...

Greenwich Council has apologised after town hall security staff banned people from bringing in copies of a leaflet criticising its decision to press on with a low-traffic neighbourhood. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/03/g...

Plans to close three of Greenwich Council’s adventure play centres will go ahead after a challenge was thrown out. One attendee suggested the only centre to remain in its current form was saved because residents said they would not vote Labour if it closed. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/03/g...

I’ve been obsessed with the “school wars” meme, what it says about London, the very real fears of parents, algorithmic school rumours… and why almost no other news outlets have just sent people to stand and see what happened. Here’s where we’ve ended up. www.londoncentric.media/p/school-war...

Plans for a 20-storey tower behind Greenwich’s Ikea store have been approved by councillors, despite complaints from neighbours that the development would replace what was previously planned to be green space. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/02/g...

A pub in Lewisham that had been at the centre of a campaign to turn it into a community music venue could become a ten-room HMO if a developer is successful. The Ravensbourne Arms closed in 2016 after the pub company Antic sold the building. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/03/02/r...

£1,500 feels like a shocking rent for "a small, ensuite room with shared facilities". And approved with zero affordable housing units.

A long-closed pub in Charlton could be snuffed out for good after developers applied to turn it into commercial premises. Pure Let Greenwich Ltd claims that The Pickwick has been “marketed extensively” since 2019 and is no longer viable.

The Poundstretcher store in Woolwich is set to be knocked down and replaced with a six-storey block containing 156 co-living homes – and work could start this year.

Breaking: *Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON *Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord *Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation *Questions over legality of paperwork www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Greenwich councillors signed off a 4.99 per cent council tax increase on Thursday – but Labour representatives were accused of laughing when the fate of the borough’s adventure play centres were raised. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/27/g...

New Docklands Light Railway trains will finally return to service by late summer, Transport for London has announced - but parts of the network will need to be closed at times so further tests can take place.  greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/27/n...

Plans for nearly 600 student rooms on Deptford Creek would cause serious harm to views from Greenwich town centre, a planning inspector has ruled, rejecting an appeal. But the same developer won approval this week for new blocks 400 metres down the creek.

Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including a bringing back all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood.

Greenwich councillors have deferred a decision on revised plans for the 36-storey Morden Wharf development after the new owner said it wanted to cut the proportion of affordable homes on the site. The 1,500 home-scheme was originally approved in 2021. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/26/m...

Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will be closed for 22 days during the summer holidays so engineers can replace “increasingly unreliable” old track. Trains will either terminate at London Bridge or be diverted to Victoria, Cannon Street or Blackfriars. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/26/c...

Southeastern Metro trains in Greenwich and Bexley boroughs could mostly return to pre-Covid service levels by the end of the year – including a bringing back all-day direct link to the Elizabeth Line at Abbey Wood.

Why does the argument have to be about reducing crime? Why not aboit the amount of joy they bring or the positive experience in poorer areas?

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital halts mass eviction after London Centric uncovered what was going on. Hundreds of Londoners now receiving bizarre door-to-door visits blaming misinformation and being asked to record videos saying they don't want to be evicted. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Greenwich Council has said there is no evidence that its five staffed adventure play centres have reduced crime in the borough, as councillors prepare to challenge a decision to close three of them. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/24/g...

Plans to add an extra floor to a five-storey block of flats overlooking Greenwich have been approved despite objections from people already living there. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/23/w...

London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

Greenwich’s Labour council has confirmed plans to privatise the borough’s traffic wardens to cope with possible growth in parking zones across the borough.

The three buses that run through the Blackwall and Silvertown Tunnels will remain free until late May, Transport for London has said. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/20/s...

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A development of council homes in Kidbrooke is on the shortlist for a prestigious architecture prize alongside the new Sadlers Wells Theatre and luxury housing in Chelsea. An outdoor classroom in Lesnes Abbey Woods is also in the running.

Greenwich Council has blocked a final attempt to challenge its controversial low-traffic neighbourhood – just days after denying it had airbrushed opposition to the project. The scheme will now be made permanent without any further scrutiny. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/18/g...

An independent cinema operator from Hackney is to take over the former Catford Mews site – 15 months after the previous operator was evicted for non-payment of rent. Castle Cinema already operates another former Really Local Group site in Sidcup. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/17/c...

An independent cinema operator from Hackney is to take over the former Catford Mews site – 15 months after the previous operator was evicted for non-payment of rent. Castle Cinema already operates another former Really Local Group site in Sidcup. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/17/c...

A key bus route serving North Greenwich and Queen Elizabeth Hospital is being reduced in frequency by Transport for London – but the council says it was not consulted and has protested about the decision.

An operator for the cinema in the troubled Lewisham Gateway development has finally been confirmed - bringing movies back to the town centre for the first time in 45 years. The Irish chain Arc will take on the long-promised cinema, but there is no opening date. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/13/l...

Greenwich Council has denied airbrushing evidence of public opposition in reports about its low-traffic neighbourhood in Greenwich and Blackheath. The Greenwich Wire understands that the final go-ahead for the scheme will be challenged by councillors next week. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/12/g...

Footfall in Greenwich town centre has decreased as a result of the closure of Cutty Sark DLR station, councillors will hear next week. TfL is hoping to reopen the station this spring after it closed in May so its worn-out escalators can be replaced. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/12/c...

Shared ownership is becoming a “problematic” form of housing in London, Greenwich & Woolwich’s MP Matt Pennycook has said. The housing minister said he had seen issues locally with the tenure, which City Hall and Greenwich Council are looking to move away from. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/12/s...

The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor, what she saw came as no surprise. Ivis Williams said she had seen “so many similar experiences in my local community”.

The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor, what she saw came as no surprise. Ivis Williams said she had seen “so many similar experiences in my local community”.

The Panorama documentary about the murders of Kelyan Bokassa and Daejaun Campbell in Woolwich is now on BBC iPlayer. It is a very difficult and upsetting watch, but an important piece of reporting. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Tonight’s Panorama - on iPlayer now and BBC1 at 8pm - focuses on the victims of knife crime in Woolwich

"Hobbs brings up Putney a lot during our interview, with the kind of tone I imagine Vietnam War veterans use to talk about the Tet offensive." Since 2014, London's buses have lost a quarter of their passengers. What happened? And how is Putney to blame? Read @andrewkersley.bsky.social's deep dive

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

Vigil for cyclist Irene Leardini who was killed in a traffic collision on one of Lewisham's most dangerous roads. Pictures @tomilyn.bsky.social @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social salamandernews.org/irene-should...

Greenwich Council’s blueprint for the borough’s future should be strengthened to provide more protection for pubs, campaigners who want to reopen Charlton’s White Swan say. They want residents to respond to the Local Plan consultation, which closes on Sunday. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/06/g...

More than 250 homes could be built on a playing field between Blackheath and Kidbrooke that has been disused for nearly 30 years. The Huntsman ground has a 70-year-old covenant blocking the building of flats, but the developer hopes its plan will win approval. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/05/h...

Taking the train into Kent during half-term? No services will be running through Dartford to allow £10 million of works to take place. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/04/r...