Cutty Sark funding secured, restoration to finish by 2012

Further funding has been announced for the Cutty Sark restoration project which should see the famous tea clipper open to the public again by 2012. Greenwich Council has agreed to donate £3million, central... 

Planning permission sought for new 450 bedroom hotel on Greenwich Peninsula

A planning application has been lodged with Greenwich Council for the construction of a 452 bedroom hotel next to the O2 arena. The large development, on what is known as plot NO301, would also include... 

Council apologises for café blunder

GREENWICH Council has apologised to a café in Greenwich after wrongly listing them as having failed to receive a Food Hygiene Award. The owners of Baba’s Sandwich Bar in Greenwich South Street were... 

LOCOG: Greenwich Park “most suitable and cost effective venue for the Equestrian Events”

Following last week’s column by Andrew Gilligan (”Locog admits Windsor is a better venue“), London 2012 organisers have asked us to publish their response. Andrew Gilligan is wrong to... 

“Supermodern Aesthetic” For All-New Foot Tunnels - And No More Staff in the Lifts

It’s tunnel week in Greenwich. Many people are just finding out about Transport for London’s plans to close the Blackwall Tunnel to all southbound traffic between 9pm and 5am, five days a week,... 

Andrew Gilligan: Locog Admits Windsor Is a Better Venue

TODAY is the official deadline to object to the stupidest planning application since somebody tried to build a life-sized copy of Buckingham Palace out of processed cheese. The Olympics want to come to... 

Andrew Gilligan: Railways’ Snow Failures Show Need for the Riverbus

Yesterday, Boris Johnson and I launched a new pamphlet for the Policy Exchange think-tank, At A Rate of Knots, advocating a dramatic expansion of the Thames Clipper commuter riverboat service. I confess... 

East Greenwich: The home of communication

How an east Greenwich factory enabled world wide electronic interaction - and how it became the central part of a local network of communication based industries. In 1999 the ‘Dome’ was nearing completion,... 

The Cost of Love: Greenwich.co.uk meets Carl Medland

It’s not uncommon to see film crews in Greenwich but usually they are here mainly to capture the historic buildings of the Old Royal Naval College and create a perfect period setting. Seeing Greenwich... 

Greenwich.co.uk Guide To… The New Train Timetables

It’s the biggest change to hit Greenwich commuters since the DLR and Tube came to town a decade ago. From 13 December, Southeastern rips up its train timetables and starts again, promising a better...