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Car drivers using the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels face paying 20p more to use the crossings during the rush hour, according to Transport for London papers.
The 4.4 per cent increase would be lower than that imposed on Tube users earlier this year.
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Scores of firefighters tackle major blaze at south London recycling centre
1972: Moving to a "Town of the 21st Century" | Scene | BBC Archive
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Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked fees to use an access road to reach the shopping centre.
Councillors were told that TfL is considering reducing services but not scrapping them altogether.
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Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked fees to use an access road to reach the shopping centre.
Councillors were told that TfL is considering reducing services but not scrapping them altogether.
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Fire officials are investigating after Monday night’s blaze at a recycling yard in Bermondsey that halted rail services and produced smoke that could be seen across London.
About 100 officers worked to put out the fire at the yard next to the SELCHP incinerator
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Danson Park will get a Go Ape high ropes course after Bexley councillors approved plans to shouts and groans from the public gallery.
Over 2,000 people had signed a petition while 650 people lodged objections to the plan for a woodland adventure park.
UPDATE: Following our story yesterday about TfL reviewing buses to Bluewater and Darent Valley Hospital - including the 96 from Woolwich - because of an increase in charges from Kent County Council, three MPs have written to Kent's Reform leader to protest.
A century-old panorama of Greenwich featuring some of the town centre’s long-lost landmarks is going up for sale.
The Flowing River Winds Past Palace, Park, and the Homes of Toiling Millions by William Lionel Wyllie captures a view from Greenwich Park in 1924.
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Fire in Bermondsey sends huge plumes rising high over the city and disrupts train travel in the area
Fifteen fire engines and about 100 firefighters have been called to tackle a major fire at a recycling centre in south London.
Fire control officers were first called just after 5.30pm on Monday to the centre on Landmann Way in Bermondsey. Continue reading...
Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked charges to use an access road to reach the shopping centre.
Car drivers using the Blackwall and Silvertown tunnels face paying 20p more to use the crossings during the rush hour, according to Transport for London papers.
Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked charges to use an access road to reach the shopping centre.
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"A brand new home in a brand new town: Thamesmead, the place people have called 'the town of the 21st Century.' "
Michael Rodd narrates this schools programme, looking at life in the brand new community at Thamesmead. Thamesmead is a "new town" in South-East London, like Harlow and Cumbernauld before it, it features modernist housing and planning.
What is it like to actually live in Thamesmead? Scene follows the Foy family as they move in to their new home, speaks to residents who have lived there for a few years, and to the architect that designed it.
Clip taken from Scene: The More We Are Together, originally broadcast on BBC One, 10 December, 1972.
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Buses linking Woolwich and Bluewater are being reviewed after the Reform-run Kent County Council hiked charges to use an access road to reach the shopping centre.
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Fire officials are investigating after Monday night’s blaze at a recycling yard in Bermondsey that halted rail services and produced smoke that could be seen across London.
A century-old panorama of Greenwich featuring some of the town centre’s long-lost landmarks is going up for auction next week. The Flowing River Winds Past Palace, Park, and the Homes of Toiling…
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