Sunday 13 February 2011
News & features published on 13 February 2011
Blackfriars Settlement: cuts "could have a very dramatic effect"
Julie Corbett-Bird and Jenny Hinds of Blackfriars Settlement told Southwark's cabinet on Tuesday night that the planned cuts to community services are more severe and more wide-ranging than feared.
Bankside Open Spaces Trust urges council to rethink 78 per cent cut to ecology grants
Helen Firminger, director of Bankside Open Spaces Trust, this week addressed Southwark's cabinet on behalf of groups whose work is likely to be hit by swinging cuts to the borough's environment and ecology programme.
Man injured in collision with bus outside Lambeth North Station
A man, believed to be in his 60s, is in a stable condition in an east London hospital after he was injured in a collision with a double-decker bus outside Lambeth North Underground Station.
Forum discussions active on 13 February 2011
Tweets on 13 February 2011
Sunday recap: today's news, tweets and discussions at a glance http://se1.info/fWz8Rh
Just published - Blackfriars Settlement services under threat as council cuts loom http://goo.gl/fb/kn44S
Council leader @peterjohn6 admits that Southwark budget proposals look "bleak" for green groups like BOST http://se1.info/heA8Ox
Just published - Bankside Open Spaces Trust urges council to rethink 78 per cent cut to ecology grants http://goo.gl/fb/ypomh
Photo of London Air Ambulance landing on Waterloo Millennium Green this morning http://se1.info/ih0EPW
This week - drop-in events to help to shape transport policy in Lambeth: http://se1.info/fBMLZS & Southwark: http://se1.info/f8m5FI
[Forum] Tesco in Tooley Street? http://se1.info/fo89qd
Do you yearn for a slower pace of life? http://se1.info/fCTVW4
Bankside Bridge Society launches on Tuesday http://se1.info/ekRgAv
Next Sunday the London Gay Symphony Orchestra @lsgorch performs a night of German romantic classics @stjohnswaterloo http://se1.info/hZ25YI
Next Saturday: free open day for children & young people at @spiketheunicorn in Tooley Street http://se1.info/fp0v0z
Coming soon to @londbridgehotel - Quarter Bar & Lounge to open in the former Georgetown restaurant in LB Street http://se1.info/fJ90N1
Photo: Railway lines in the street, Waterloo http://se1.info/ff5swb
@simon_macl If the air ambulance was involved he will have been taken to the Royal London which is where the copter is based
Just published - Man injured in collision with bus outside Lambeth North Station http://goo.gl/fb/7QX3p
@zefrog Yes, seems to be man hit by 148 bus - see earlier tweets. Just about to confirm details with Scotland Yard
@TreasureLondon Your Bankside Murder Mystery Trail is EXCELLENT, BTW - really impressed by attention to detail. Will post write-up soon.
RT @julesb77: Brand new Tesco on Borough Rd. Excitement is palpable & queues r long, but still no fresh carrots, & no sign of space for them
Looks like collision between pedestrian and 148 bus outside Lambeth North tube station.
Simon Hughes: Labour-run Southwark Council is making budget choices that are "blatantly unfair"
Simon Hughes on @BBCPoliticsShow talks about intrinsic tension between small state Tories and strong state Lib Dems
[Forum] Air ambulance lands in Waterloo Road http://se1.info/dEeU0y
Lambeth North Station "closed at police request due to an accident outside the station"
Adam_Arnold Archbishop of Southwark the Most Reverend Peter Smith: Has been too much emphasis on central govt and state, over legislated. #murnaghan
Simon Hughes @LibDemSimon is on @BBCPoliticsShow on BBC1 at 12 noon
[Forum] Is it a dog? Is it a bird? Is it a Pterodactyl? http://se1.info/gqTBBr
Be aware that if you catch a westbound RV1 or 381 bus from Tower Bridge today, it will be diverted via Bricklayers Arms!
If you are catching a bus to, from or via London Bridge today, think again. Major diversions due to Borough High Street closure
Restaurant reviews
- An excellent no-frills Italian
boroughpaul on Pizzeria La Lanterna
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