'George Dobson’s exceptional services are surely worth a little persuasive negotiation.'

Kevin Nolan's take on Charlton's draw with Shrewsbury at The Valley. #cafc #salop

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Turquoise monstrosity or much needed new homes? The saga about building flats close to Oxleas Woods came to an end this week buff.ly/3W4WMii

Superloop buses could be coming to Woolwich and Eltham - but a fast link between the two town centres was missing from Sadiq Khan’s announcement today buff.ly/3U3D2sN

Woolwich and Eltham could join the Superloop network of express bus services if Sadiq Khan wins next month’s election, the Labour mayor has said. buff.ly/4aCLNRV

Plans for discounted-rent flats close to Oxleas Woods have been approved at the second time of asking after the developer lopped two storeys off the proposed building. One critic called the block a 'turquoise monstrosity'. buff.ly/3U6IRFN

New on Substack, my post on Woolwich Metropolitan Borough Council's interwar Page Estate:
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Despite Sadiq Khan’s manifesto launch being on our doorstep, it seems our invite got lost in the post…

Strangely, no mention of the Silvertown Tunnel in his manifesto - it passes the venue - we’d have asked what happened to that bus network.

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Specially-trained fire officers rescued a man who was trapped in a collapsed trench on a construction site by the Blackwall Tunnel approach in Charlton.

A developer has permission to build flats on the site, which has been vacant since the late 1960s.

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A developer is hoping to build giant tower blocks next to the site of east Greenwich’s old gasholder – the first indication of what the area will look like after the Silvertown Tunnel opens. buff.ly/4aW2Bmx

A developer is hoping to build giant tower blocks next to the site of east Greenwich’s old gasholder – the first indication of what the area will look like after the Silvertown Tunnel opens. buff.ly/4aW2Bmx

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Kidbrooke Village is to get a police base for up to 25 officers, two-and-a-half years after the murder of Sabina Nessa in a nearby park buff.ly/4awctDR

The Greenwich Wire If public assets have to be sold it should be done by public auction to maintain some semblance of transparency

Anyone else actually bother to read the article and realise that the main bit being turned into flats, and which people keep using a picture of, was sold in 1973?

Need to get across the Thames this weekend? Plan carefully...

❌ The southbound Blackwall Tunnel will be closed again

❌ There will be no service on much of the DLR, including to Lewisham, Greenwich, Canary Wharf and Bank

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Not quite sure where to start with this, other than it pays to read news stories before tweeting about them.

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(The main town hall was sold 51 years ago. This is the public hall, which the council kept, that has now been sold.)

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There are a dozen individual homes nearby on the market for c £2million & more. Did Royal Borough of Greenwich get anywhere near the right price?

Why not ‘routinely make public announcements when an asset is sold’? If it sells a publicly owned asset it must make a public announcement!

Greenwich Council has confirmed that it sold the Grade II-listed Borough Hall to a developer for £2.475 million three months ago - only making the fact public after an enquiry from The Greenwich Wire.

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Greenwich Council has confirmed that it sold the Grade II-listed Borough Hall for £2.475 million three months ago - only making the fact public after an enquiry from The Greenwich Wire buff.ly/4atusul