BUSINESSES closed early today across the News Shopper area due to fears of another night of rioting.
Shops and other businesses were locking up and pulling the shutters down this afternoon in Eltham, Thamesmead, Bexley, Lewisham, Deptford and Woolwich.
Greenwich market did not open at all today, and buses are being diverted around Woolwich town centre.
Stores in Bromley, Petts Wood, Dartford, Gravesend and Bluewater shopping centre in Greenwich were open as usual.
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