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Greenwich Strikes Gold At Visit London Awards

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Greenwich was the star of the show at last night’s BT Visit London Awards 2009 ceremony.

The National Maritime Musuem picked up Gold in the prestigious Visitor Attraction of the Year category. It was Gold again in the Best Tourism Experience category for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival took first place in the Best Consumer Event category.

It has also just been announced that Greenwich has been named as the “New Capital of Industry” representing Tourism in a new list produced by the Association of Colleges (AoC) ahead of Colleges Week (9-15 November), a national celebration of the role colleges play in providing opportunities for communities, businesses and individuals.

NOGOE Go To Downing Street

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Representatives of the campaign to halt the events from the 2012 Olympic Games taking place in Greenwich Park have visited 10 Downing Street to deliver their petition to the Prime Minister.

NOGOE (No to Greenwich Olympic Equestrian Events) delivered the box containing 13,200 signatures last Friday and cheekily included a packet of biscuits.

The petition signatures were collected at the gates of Greenwich Park during the summer, and NOGOE say that postcode analysis showed that 80% of the signatories were from south-east London, 10% were from other parts of London and the remaining 10% were from the rest of the country and abroad.

Another box of signatures will be delivered to London Mayor, Boris Johnson, and Green Party assembly member, Jenny Jones, today at City Hall.

Last Day To Visit London 2012 “Shop”

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London 2012 Shop

Tomorrow is the last chance for local residents to visit the London 2012 exhibition in College Approach.

The temporary pop-up shop has a model of how Greenwich Park might look with the temporary stadium erected, and has staff on hand to answer questions. You can also give your feedback by completing a written form in there.

The spurt of consultation activity – there’s also a dedicated website and earlier this week, London 2012 equestrian chief, Tim Hadaway, penned an article for Greenwich.co.uk – comes as LOCOG prepare to put forward a formal planning application to Greenwich Council.

Have you already been to the London 2012 shop? Do you think it has been a worthwhile exercise? Should it have been there for longer and were the staff able to answer your questions? Post your comments below.

London 2012 Shop

Daily Photo 30/10/09: Pumpkins

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Pumpkins in Royal Hill

The Greenwich.co.uk Daily Photo returns from today! Here’s a photo of the lovely looking Pumpkins outside The Creaky Shed on Royal Hill.

Your contributions for the Daily Photo section would be gratefully received – just email rob@greenwich.co.uk

New Greenwich Community Radio Station Debated

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A public consultation meeting was held at Woolwich Public Hall on Saturday to discuss the possible creation of a new radio station based in Greenwich.

It is proposed that Greenwich Kasapah (meaning good or decent talk in a Ghanaian language) Community Radio will be based in central Greenwich and broadcast a mix of 50% English language and 50% other community language content. The possible new station also has plans to reach out into the community by targetting older people, those with disabilities, and young people to train them and let them create programming for the station.

The station, proposed in response to a call by Ofcom for new community radio license applications in the Greater London area, would serve Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark and surrounding areas.

Ofcom is set to make a decision by Spring 2010.

Does the new station sound like a good idea to you? Post your comments and thoughts below…