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Cameron Blackshaw

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Local Democracy Reporter covering Greenwich, Bromley and Bexley in SE London | Got a story? email [email protected] | All views my own

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Excerpts of my interview with @reformparty_uk leader @Nigel_Farage two weeks ago in which he suggested Bromley residents might want to split from the GLA. @LiamConlon2 has now launched his 'Keep Bromley in London' campaign in reaction. Story to follow soon 🗞️
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Greenwich councillors will vote to increase their pay by 42 per cent in a hike that will cost taxpayers up to £800,000 every year mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Councillors set to increase pay by 42 per cent - will cost taxpayers up to £800k

Councillors set to increase pay by 42 per cent - will cost taxpayers up to £800k

The move—which would see the basic annual allowance of councillors rise from £11,906 to £16,882—is backed by the Labour administration and the Green opposition

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A derelict social club that's been unused for over a decade and a half-finished tower block have sparked concerns about building safety in Bromley town centre mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
'Dangerous' empty buildings in Bromley 'creating an eyesore'

'Dangerous' empty buildings in Bromley 'creating an eyesore'

A 61-home affordable housing project has stalled for over two years while a dilapidated social club continues to tempt urban explorers

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Bexleyheath Golf Pod plans withdrawn after complaints about 'repetitive noise' of balls being hit mylondon.news/whats-on/whats…
Bexley Golf Pod plan withdrawn after complaints about 'repetitive noise'

Bexley Golf Pod plan withdrawn after complaints about 'repetitive noise'

Local Conservative and Reform UK politicians had pressed Bexley Council to scrap the plans

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🚨 NEW: The battle for MOTH Club's future appears to have been won - Hackney's iconic music and comedy venue has declared victory after the council blocked a second planning application for a 6-storey building nearby. 🧵(1/4)
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Beckenham campaigners fighting to save the town's historic art deco cinema from becoming a church are still hopeful a new operator will come forward, despite the current owners saying no cinema companies have expressed interest mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Beckenham residents' fight to save 96-year-old cinema from becoming church

Beckenham residents' fight to save 96-year-old cinema from becoming church

Friends of Beckenham Cinema believe there's still hope the nearly 100-year-old building can remain as a movie theatre

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A planning application to transform David Bowie’s childhood home into a tourist attraction has been withdrawn but project leaders have insisted the proposal is not dead mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
David Bowie's childhood home plans withdrawn but project still on

David Bowie's childhood home plans withdrawn but project still on

Heritage of London Trust confirmed that a new planning application would be submitted soon

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Monkey kept in bird cage rescued from South London home mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Monkey kept in bird cage rescued from home

Monkey kept in bird cage rescued from home

The marmoset's owner was unlicensed and hadn't been feeding the primate the correct diet

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Surveys at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich have discovered combustible materials in its walls that have the potential for "rapid fire spread" mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Fire could 'spread rapidly' at hospital because combustible materials in walls

Fire could 'spread rapidly' at hospital because combustible materials in walls

The Trust said it had “robust fire safety arrangements in place” in spite of the surveys

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Plans to build three high-rise tower blocks containing hundreds of student rooms on the site of a former gasworks on the Greenwich Peninsula have been revealed mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

3 new Greenwich tower blocks would mimic design of gas holder

The three tower blocks would contain 834 student accommodation bed spaces, 420 shared living bed spaces and 72 affordable flats

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Plans to open a 24-hour gambling centre on Sidcup High Street have been slammed by those living nearby with one councillor proclaiming: “We must protect Sidcup.” mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
'We must protect Sidcup': 24-hour gambling centre branded 'outrageous'

'We must protect Sidcup': 24-hour gambling centre branded 'outrageous'

One nearby resident suggested the majority of gamblers attracted to such venues had "many complex mental/psychological problems"

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A man has been paid £1,000 by Greenwich Council after his car was trapped on his driveway for five days during dropped kerb extension works mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Council pays man £1k after trapping car on driveway for 5 days

Council pays man £1k after trapping car on driveway for 5 days

The council took eight months to carry out dropped kerb extension works that were shorter than what was originally agreed

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A South London chicken shop has been handed a food hygiene rating of one out of five after mouse droppings and flies were found throughout the premises mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
South London Morley's had mouse droppings throughout restaurant

South London Morley's had mouse droppings throughout restaurant

Staff at the Eltham branch were found to be rinsing knives, chopping boards and utensils instead of properly washing them, even if they had come into contact with raw meat

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Bromley Council has asked the Government to raise its council tax above the usual 5 per cent in the face of its "biggest ever financial challenge" mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Bromley asks Government for permission for major council tax rise

Bromley asks Government for permission for major council tax rise

Council Leader Colin Smith said last year’s Fair Funding Review which reduced Bromley’s grant by £22.2m was "punishing endeavour and rewarding waste"

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Greenwich Council has announced plans to introduce a borough-wide 20mph speed limit to “save lives and create safer, more welcoming streets” mylondon.news/news/transport…
Another London borough announces blanket 20mph speed limit

Another London borough announces blanket 20mph speed limit

The South East London authority said 72 per cent of Greenwich roads already have 20mph speed limits

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5,000 capacity Charlton open air concert venue approved - residents 'will complain straight away' mylondon.news/whats-on/whats…
5,000-capacity outdoor venue approved - residents 'will complain straight away'

5,000-capacity outdoor venue approved - residents 'will complain straight away'

A Greenwich Council noise officer said he did not think the new events space could achieve the authority's desired noise levels

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Plans to restore David Bowie’s childhood home in Bromley and turn it into a tourist attraction have been slammed as “horrendous, naïve and sloppy” by locals mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
'Turning David Bowie's old home into attraction will ruin our peace'

'Turning David Bowie's old home into attraction will ruin our peace'

Residents of Plaistow Grove in Bromley—where Bowie spent 12 years of his early life—fear the plans to turn the music icon's home into a tourist attraction are too extensive for their street

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The new owner of the Bromley site said the local population of the protected legless lizard species had fallen mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Slow worms stopped 8-house scheme but now they'd get their own home

Slow worms stopped 8-house scheme but now they'd get their own home

A survey commissioned by the new owner of the Bromley site suggests the local population of the protected legless lizard species have fallen

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24-hour Sidcup gym, mosque reopening and Traveller site expansion - new Bexley planning applications mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
24-hour gym, flats and mosque among new Bexley planning applications

24-hour gym, flats and mosque among new Bexley planning applications

Anytime Fitness wants to open a new gym in the former Poundland unit on Sidcup High Street

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Greenwich Council is bringing its controversial Sustainable Streets proposals to Woolwich later this year mylondon.news/news/transport…
Woolwich to see Sunday parking restrictions and CPZ expansion

Woolwich to see Sunday parking restrictions and CPZ expansion

Greenwich Council is bringing its controversial Sustainable Streets proposals to Woolwich later this year

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Plumstead residents have complained their area is becoming a “ghetto” following a rapid increase of HMOs. They are concerned about a rise in crime and the loss of family homes. Full story below ⬇️ mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
Residents fear HMOs are turning area into 'ghetto' but council hits back

Residents fear HMOs are turning area into 'ghetto' but council hits back

Greenwich Council is bringing in new measures to crackdown on HMO conversions but many residents feel they're not going far enough

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