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Outrage as council plans to ban ice cream vans due to 'nuisance' trading

Greenwich Council is to discuss the possible ban of ice cream vans on several of its roads owing to the "nuisance" caused on pavements" as well emissions from idle engines

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Greenwich Council to ban ice cream vans from more than 30 streets

Greenwich Council has revealed plans to ban ice cream vans from more than 30 roads across the borough after council officials complained that traders were causing a “nuisance”.

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Greenwich: Plans for 1,200 new homes on IKEA car park withdrawn by developer

Plans to build more than 1,200 homes around the Ikea store in Greenwich have been withdrawn by a developer due to “spiralling costs” of construction and building materials.

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New art to be added to East London’s The Line this summer, including work by Yinka Ilori and Mahtab Hussain

The trail, which runs from Stratford to the Greenwich Peninsula, aims to ‘democratise access to art’

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Hero teen, 16, headbutted and kicked down door of burning house to save neighbour's life

Jerry Supple kicked down a man's door and rushed inside - with no thought for her own safety - during a huge fire in Greenwich, London, and ultimately saved the man's life

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Greenwich Market is ‘losing its identity’ amid decline in handcrafted wares, traders say

Local businesses say the ‘personal touch’ has gone as handmade gifts are replaced by cheaply-made imports

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Comment: ‘we need greener cities, let council estate residents garden’

The Greenwich residents’ garden fight shows we don’t treat council residents and leaseholders with the same respect as other homeowners

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Council sends 'enforcers' into estate to seize plant pots from residents' gardens

Residents of a estate in London say they have been left frightened after Greenwich Council sent men to remove 'fire risk' potted plants decorating the front of their flats

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Best way to get to the London Marathon start line during Sunday's tube and road closures

The London Marathon begins in Greenwich and Blackheath this morning and organisers have advised travellers to use public transport due to several road closures put in place for the annual event

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Man, 22, convicted of fatal stabbing in Greenwich after ‘petty argument’

Robbie Munoz had ‘no qualms’ about using a knife, police said

Evening Standard

Eamonn Holmes and Karren Brady lead mourners at Jacqueline Gold's funeral as tributes pour in

Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold has been laid to rest in a funeral service at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, South London yesterday as celebrity mourners attended the service

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Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and democracy?

They’ve been portrayed as toothless, wooden-legged cut-throats. But a new exhibition in Cornwall shows there were queer pirates, female pirates, pirates of colour – and they all got a vote (and an equal share of the grog)

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McDonald’s staff trained to save lives under Greenwich council initiative

Safehaven Superhubs are opening in some Greenwich McDonald’s restaurants with more to follow

Evening Standard

Hunt for prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released by mistake

Rayon Newby, 20, was being held at HMP Thameside in Greenwich and was serving a sentence for assault, harassment and burglary offences

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Family hit with £18,000 gas bill following false readings living with 'unreal stress'

Greenwich woman Fardusa said OVO had made "huge errors" with her parents' gas billings, including logging inaccurate gas readings that saw their account placed £18,000 in debit

Evening Standard

Greenwich Labour warned to stop raising cash by raffling off tea dates with mayor

The party is accused of ‘inadvertent blurring of the boundaries’

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Tributes to ‘hugely respected’ south London GP who died suddenly aged 42

Dr Rizwan Irshad oversaw care for 45,000 patients at six practices in Croydon and Greenwich

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TfL to slap 20mph limit on 65km more of London roads in September

Transport chiefs have announced plans to bring a 20mph speed limit to more of the capital’s roads in September.

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London councils tell Suella Braverman to fix ‘appalling’ asylum hotel system

Two-thirds of London’s councils raise concerns after Home Office removes 100 asylum seekers from hotel in Greenwich

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Blackwall tunnel to be partially closed to allow footbridge installation in north Greenwich

The northbound Blackwall tunnel will remain open but there will be diversions

The Guardian - UK

London councils urge Home Office to rethink hotels policy for asylum seekers

Joint action comes after 100 asylum seekers removed from Greenwich hotel against their will last month

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers in Bedfordshire ‘afraid to leave hotel’ because of being filmed

Dunstable residents said to be taking videos of those staying at hotel that has been focus of protests and far-right leafleting

The Guardian - UK

Refugees protest against plan to move them from London to Bedfordshire

More than 130 asylum seekers were living in Greenwich hotel and were given just a few hours’ notice

Reason

Wealthy Connecticut Residents Received Millions in Federal Dollars After Hurricane Sandy

It shouldn't be the federal government's responsibility to protect wealthy homeowners from the inevitable.

The Guardian - UK

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