Local news headlines for Woolwich & nearby. Some headlines collected automatically, so please fact-check. Updates at: https://www.newsfst.co.uk/woolwich/
On 13 December we took the difficult decision to request that for the majority of pupils, apart from vulnerable children and children of keyworkers that schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, move to remote education, due to the sharp increase…
Gavin Williamson's claim that “none of us knew” about the new variant of Covid-19 when he issued a legal direction to a council to keep schools open is “simply not true”, a council leader has said today. Danny Thorpe…
The COVID-19 situation in London is the most serious it has ever been. Our NHS services are now close to breaking point, as the current surge in cases threatens to overwhelm London hospitals in a matter of days. While everyone is already doing…
As many as one in three people who have the virus don't show symptoms and could be spreading the virus without knowing it. To find positive cases more quickly and help save lives, we have set up a community testing programme which provides rapid…
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Jamie Bennett-Ness
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Police officers from MPS Bexley, MPS Welling and Southeastern Railway joined the British Transport Police's Proactive Metro Team at Woolwich DLR across last week. The clampdown on criminal activity on the transport network, known as Operation…
