Tuesday 18 October 2011
News & features published on 18 October 2011
Action group warns of 'heritage carnage' at London Bridge Station
Bermondsey Village Action Group has opened an information office in Crucifix Lane to draw attention to the rebuilding of London Bridge Station and other local planning issues.
My Borough High Street roadworks were badly managed, admits Boris
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London and chairman of Transport for London, has admitted that TfL's own scheme to resurface Borough High Street was "badly managed".
Maltby Street wins Observer Food Monthly award
The group of food producers trading from railway arches in Bermondsey on a Saturday morning has been named 'best newcomer' at the Observer Food Monthly Awards.
Waterloo will be marginalised by boundary changes, warns Coin Street boss
Iain Tuckett, group director of Coin Street Community Builders, has warned that Waterloo and the South Bank face marginalisation if proposed changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries go ahead.
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Tweets on 18 October 2011
@cicom There's a low-res version of the map in the council report here: http://t.co/JXuL9jQT a slightly clearer version was available @ mtg
Tuesday recap: Maltby Street; boundary changes; 'heritage carnage' at London Bridge; Borough High Street roadworks http://t.co/i6bSxeph
RT @TimeOutLondon: North and south London divide?! @FreeSouthLondon certainly thinks so... http://t.co/qSrgSvFq
Rushed to get to @lambethtownhall for planning committee only to find Albert Embankment application deferred.
@cicom sheets with part of the map were available at meeting. Will tweet link when I find one. (I mean proficiency with a small P)
Plans for redevelopment of former @LondonFire HQ on Albert Embankment will be considered by Lambeth councillors tonight
Cllr Richard Livingstone argues that new Elephant & Castle Leisure Centre should be regarded as part of borough's Olympic legacy
Tonight Southwark planning committee will consider plans for new block of flats on site of The Bell pub in Webber Street
Cllr Hargrove seems to be saying that if more people start cycling then the cycling target can be revised upwards
Southwark Council rejects @southwarkcycle call for target of 20% mode share for cycling rather than 5% (existing is 3%)
So far as I can see only roads in Bermondsey & Rotherhithe classed as "bike unfriendly" are Bricklayers Arms Flyover & Rotherhithe Tunnel
Cllr Hargrove unveils new map of Southwark roads classified according to
level of cycling proficiency required to negotiate them
Southwark cabinet now discussing cycling policy after @southwarkcycle and others asked for a rethink back in the summer
Southwark leader @peterjohn6: "I'd be surprised if there aren't library closures in Lambeth"
Could Southwark Council be poised to take over Lambeth's libraries? Remarks at Southwark cabinet suggest that discussions are under way.
Cllr Veronica Ward says plans for volunteers in libraries are not about replacing professional staff and not about community management
Southwark cabinet now considering review of libraries
Just published - Action group warns of 'heritage carnage' at London Bridge Station; @peterjohn6 opens new exhibition http://t.co/6n5f2OK3
Photoshoot of woman carrying a Christmas tree has been going on for hours in Burrell Street
RT @helen_nicola: @se1 can you recommend a good cafe for a breakfast meeting near Southwark tube?
Just published - My Borough High Street roadworks were badly managed admits @mayoroflondon http://t.co/V7SQVHVj
HMS Sutherland - Royal Navy type 23 frigate - will pass under @TowerBridge at 6.55pm tonight http://t.co/2WeX1KRm
Just published - Maltby Street wins Observer Food Monthly @ObsFood award http://t.co/8DA7g2jF
New parliamentary constituency should be called 'Bermondsey & South Bank' not 'Bermondsey & Waterloo' say Lib Dems http://t.co/wK38pYrY
Just published - Waterloo will be marginalised by parliamentary boundary changes, warns @CoinStreet boss http://t.co/yXYVRHBY
Long-awaited Velo restaurant in Tooley Street should be open by end of November http://t.co/DTqgEVf9
Too many news stories to write today … and more meetings tonight that will lead to more stories. Wish the news would stop for a few hours.
Charlie Chaplin's London - free guided walk meet 7pm at Lambeth North tube http://t.co/FEeXU8a9
RT @EGiOnlineEditor: Elephant planning struggles rumble on: Part 2 http://t.co/LfmjwZjI
Lambeth Palace Road closed northbound due to an accident
Watching @londonassembly planning committee where Michael Ball of Waterloo Community Development Group is speaking re neighbourhood plans
Southwark Free School public meeting 11am at St George the Martyr crypt
Cyclist's lucky escape in London Bridge HGV collision http://t.co/W2b0Wb6r via @lfgss
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