Thursday 8 August 2013
News & features published on 8 August 2013
Union holds 'living wage' demo outside Tower Bridge Hilton hotel
Activists from the Unite trade union have held a demonstration outside the Hilton London Tower Bridge hotel calling on employers in the hospitality industry to pay their staff the London living wage of £8.55 an hour.
Patient breaks new ground for cancer centre at Guy's Hospital
Breast cancer survivor Diana Crawshaw carried out the official ground-breaking ceremony to signal the start of construction work on the new £160 million cancer centre at Guy's Hospital last week.
Tesco Express to open new stores in The Cut and Baylis Road
Tesco has revealed plans to open small supermarkets close to Southwark and Lambeth North tube stations.
Pickles rules out cap on sales of London homes to foreign buyers
A campaign by Simon Hughes MP for restrictions on the purchase of new-build properties in central London by overseas investors suffered a blow when communities secretary Eric Pickles ruled out Government intervention.
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Thursday recap: Tesco Express to open 2 new SE1 stores + setback for MP's campaign against foreign property investors se1.info/16x3L1z
Just published - Union holds 'living wage' demo outside Tower Bridge Hilton hotel goo.gl/fb/h9QcJ
RT @jimmyjamesorr: Anyone else got a power cut? @se1 #oldkentroad
@se1 a park using the pillars of the old bridge
Whitesmiths Arms in Crosby Row on the market for £1.2 million http://t.co/9ijhf4kQlz
Just published - Patient breaks new ground for @kingshealth cancer centre at Guy's Hospital @GSTTnhs goo.gl/fb/VAYgX
@RichTWarms Yes when the 1 Blackfriars tower finally gets going
Naming Monsters: Hannah Eaton investigates the psychological and social functions of migratory legends + creepy tales se1.info/178GGSQ
Tesco to open two new stores just 600m apart (and one of them's 300m from an existing Tesco Express) london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7010
Just published - Tesco Express to open new stores in The Cut and Baylis Road goo.gl/fb/RGvqN
Looks like Boris Johnson really is serious about creating a "pillar park" on the columns of old Blackfriars rail bridge
Just published - Blow to Simon Hughes' campaign on foreign property investors as @EricPickles rules out cap @IainDale goo.gl/fb/xT5tD
[Forum] Was anyone in Mint Street Park or Marshalsea Road on Fri 3 Aug at 6pm? se1.info/1cMk13k
Restaurant review: Aqua Shard is a towering disappointment http://t.co/ekrp6Q5Ygv via @MetroUK
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