Wednesday 27 June 2012
News & features published on 27 June 2012
22 arrested in Westminster Bridge gaming clampdown
Nearly two dozen people have been arrested in a police clampdown on illegal gaming on Westminster Bridge.
NHS staff step up campaign against Sainsbury's pharmacy takeover
Staff from Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust held a protest outside the Sainsbury's Local store in Borough High Street on Wednesday lunchtime as part of a campaign against pharmacy privatisation.
Nick Clegg visits Southwark's new Premier Inn
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg dropped in at the new Premier Inn hotel in Great Suffolk Street on Wednesday morning as he prepared to give a speech about youth unemployment.
Giant red ball appears on Golden Jubilee Bridge
Commuters and tourists crossing one of the Golden Jubilee footbridges alongside Hungerford Bridge on Wednesday found a 15-foot inflatable red ball wedged into the structure of the bridge.
No Jubilee flags at Tate Modern: Lord Lamont demands answers
Former chancellor of the exchequer Lord Lamont of Lerwick has tabled a parliamentary question in the House of Lords querying the lack of decoration at Tate Modern for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Olympic rings unveiled at Tower Bridge
With one month to go until the start of the 2012 games, the Olympic rings were lowered into position on Tower Bridge on Wednesday morning.
Forum discussions active on 27 June 2012
Tweets on 27 June 2012
Wednesday recap: Tower Bridge Olympic Rings; RedBall at South Bank & Tate Modern jubilee flags controversy http://t.co/3H5eE7g9
RT @bottleofmilk: Photos of the descended Olympic Rings and the technicolor-swap-shop-light-show on Tower Bridge http://t.co/x17icZnA
Qatar nurtures its City assets: from the Shard to Glencore shares http://t.co/7eo03fWW via @guardian
North Lambeth Parish Fete this Saturday in the grounds of Lambeth Palace http://t.co/aM5BvIVf
IPC Media to trial home-working at three titles during Olympics http://t.co/U5ZnccWy via @mediaguardian
Tomorrow and Friday @thestockmkt night market returns to Bermondsey Square http://t.co/iqqUsQBd
MT @stchfundraising: Combined Chorus from the US Gala Concert @ Southwark Cathedral this Thursday is now FREE http://t.co/MjwlAvW1
Just published - 22 arrested in Westminster Bridge gaming clampdown http://t.co/pkQwdHiW
RT @51_pct Birds in the nest! Great Tits have hijacked one of our woodcrete house sparrow blocks @ St George the Martyr http://t.co/aFTAtrV4
RT @swklibdems: Cllr Cathy Bowman blogs about @lb_southwark Chief Exec recruitment process http://t.co/5BPfwlzH
@dankarran 9ish iirc
[Forum] Bikes stolen outside Tate Modern. http://t.co/yJW0oRni
Work has started on new Nando's near Southwark tube http://t.co/aIl53tGg
Screening of forthcoming Reverdy Road #secretstreets documentary tonight at St Anne's in Thorburn Square http://t.co/49NP4Qsd
Just published - NHS staff step up campaign against Sainsbury's takeover of hospital pharmacies http://t.co/nRtLH66n
Just published - Nick Clegg visits Southwark's new @PremierInn; hotels forms partnership with @BlackfriarsSett http://t.co/t7EeJMk3
Topping out ceremony for extension to St Saviour's & St Olave's School at Bricklayers Arms: http://t.co/Rcjn3E7q via @deansouthwark
We're going to knock Lord Archer off his penthouse perch: new starchitect towers for Albert Embankment http://t.co/91bXiYES
Tower Bridge will lift at 7.30pm and 8.15pm for the Chinese junk Huan Tian http://t.co/1x17TB0p (pic via @vickieflores)
Southwark Olympic torchbearer @richard_001 http://t.co/OhZSkjvS
Just published - Giant red ball appears on Golden Jubilee Bridge @redballuk http://t.co/AHKUZvUA
Future careers & open day at @southwarkcolleg in The Cut this afternoon with @southwarkworks @EmploySE1 et al http://t.co/oog6DDcu
@amwt Yes, please email [email protected]
The Curious Mr Dickens - meet Flat Iron Square 2.30pm for a walk round #Bankside http://t.co/d55Vo90y
Audioboo: Kurt Perschke talks about @redballuk http://t.co/rAQX6KVs
Gangs of con artists target tourists with illegal games set up on Westminster Bridge http://t.co/pQrQSP7O via @standardnews
Another demo at Sainsbury's Borough High Street this lunchtime against privatisation of local hospital pharmacies http://t.co/2VmXYjIU
RT @UKPowerNetworks: we're aware of the powercut affecting the #SE1 area, we're just in the process of organising our engineers to attend.
RT @LordTodWadley: #se1 power cut. Anyone else affected?
Just published - No Jubilee flags at Tate Modern: Lord Lamont demands answers http://t.co/l5jjTlT5
The Dance of the Buses at Elephant & Castle http://t.co/pdaOIIWJ via @zefrog
Just published - Olympic rings unveiled at Tower Bridge - pics / video http://t.co/bkN7IJDf
Video - Olympic rings lowered into position at Tower Bridge: http://t.co/A9apt3Jy
Olympic rings at Tower Bridge http://t.co/mzJGtPPT
5 mins till Tower Bridge Olympic rings are unveiled
Kurt Perschke's @RedBallUK arrives in London today http://t.co/fFl5dUsC
Tweet with #bankside hashtag today and your words could be printed & posted up in Union Street: http://t.co/BMyqBxFZ
Demo outside Mandela Way bus depot http://t.co/uwYuralY via @Willo31
The Shard: "a monument to the 0.01 per cent" http://t.co/jLoPNlEp via @felixsalmon at @reuters
@TreasureLondon Yes!
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