Tuesday 10 December 2013
News & features published on 10 December 2013
Fire authority ditches Native Land from Albert Embankment scheme
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority has voted to terminate its 6-year-old agreement with Native Land for the redevelopment of the former fire brigade headquarters on Albert Embankment.
Kuwaitis buy back More London after 15 years for reported £1.7 bn
The St Martins Property Corporation - controlled by the State of Kuwait - has spent £1.7 billion to buy back a plot of land between Tooley Street and the River Thames it sold 15 years ago.
Pedestrian 'critical' after Tower Bridge motorcycle collision
A pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision with a motorbike on the southern approach to Tower Bridge on Tuesday afternoon.
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Tweets on 10 December 2013
Tuesday recap: man injured in collision @ Tower Bridge + More London sold to Kuwait for £1.7bn + old Fire HQ latestse1.info/1hLdKsWp
Just published - Fire authority ditches Native Land from Albert Embankment scheme goo.gl/fb/zDg7S
danfellows Need your help @se1 lost our beloved Monty #Cat please retweet! Get in touch please pic.twitter.com/TppAJvphj6
Just published - Kuwaitis buy back More London site after 15 years in reported £1.7 billion dealgoo.gl/fb/NyUprG
TfLBusAlerts Routes 42, 78, 343 and RV1 are back to line of route following a road traffic accident closing Tower Bridge, SE1 earlier. CLEARED
Just published - Pedestrian 'critical' after Tower Bridge motorcycle collision; police appeal for witnesses goo.gl/fb/Ym3xd
BBCTravelAlert Tower Bridge - TfL estimate it'll be shut til at least 7:30pm. Delays remain around Southwark Bdg, London Bdg and the R'hithe / B'wall Tnls
Praise for @CoinStreet community builders from @GarethThomasMP in House of Commons debate re housing cooperatives just now
@lizziewiggle serious collision on South side - see earlier tweets and retweets on se1 twitter account
Breaking news: Fire authority votes unanimously to terminate agreement with Native Land for former HQ at 8 Albert Embankment site
"There's no such thing as a cuddly developer" - @ValShawcross
"it's time we tested the market seriously again ... [8 Albert Embankment] is a fantastic asset" says @ValShawcross
Likely that value of 8 Albert Embankment site has increased over last few years, @ValShawcross tells LFEPA
Labour's @ValShawcross says whole Vauxhall Nine Elms project has changed context of Albert Embankment development
(LFEPA chairman @JamesCleverly's motion to continue with Native Land was defeated 9-8)
Cllr Peter Truesdale says it's in "fiduciary best interests" of fire authority to start new process to find developer for Albert Embankment
Fire authority now voting on whether or not to continue with Native Land deal on Albert Embankment
Father Christmas in a horse drawn carriage in Southwark Street pic.twitter.com/X3YVI1aRab
Fire Authority moving into closed session to discuss what to do with 8 Albert Embankment site
plgmorris Whole of TowerBridge shut. Tons of Police! pic.twitter.com/tvDn0qCDxB
MPSFaradaySgt Local Police Team officers being drafted in to assist #999 response officers at the accident on #TowerBridge #TeamWork
ShaunAdam79 @se1 drove past the accident a minute after it happened! Involves a motorcycle and a male pedestrian - looked very very serious!! Poor man!
LFEPA finance chief Sue Budden says the decision on whether or not to drop Native Land is "finely balanced"
Cllr Peter Truesdale (LD) and @ValShawcross (Lab) moving a motion calling on LFEPA to drop Native Land as its Albert Embankment developer
Michael Ball of @WCDG1 calling on #LFEPA to restart developer selection process for 8 Albert Embankment
At LFEPA @DavidAmosSE11 says that consultation must be recognised by the public as being authentic
Now @JSimpsonLambeth telling LFEPA that they could get a better deal on Albert Embankment by working with developer other than Native Land
Accident on Tower Bridge south approach "involving what seems like a motorbike and a cyclist" according to someone near scene
katydurrans Policeman at Tower Bridge has confirmed the accident involved a motorbike & "something else". Wouldn't say if it was a bicycle.
Cllr @srm1977 is calling on the London Fire Authority to be more transparent re its dealings with developers re 8 Albert Embankment site
Capt_Dude And now just landed here.
#tower bridge
#london pic.twitter.com/GSUNblrSc0
Squarehighways Police attending to a serious accident at #TowerBridge; closures in both directions, please use alternative route
dougrowley Just seen an #airambulance land next to #towerbridge and tower bridge is closed.
TfLBusAlerts Routes 42, 78 and RV1 are subject to delays and diversion due to a road traffic accident closing Tower Bridge, SE1. Bothways.
katydurrans Tower Bridge cordoned off. Accident on south side according to police pic.twitter.com/m2tF6jYAQ0
Boy_Hughes @se1 Air ambulance landing in Potters Field Park...
leggyhooolio Serious accident at tower bridge!
TfLTrafficNews Tower Bridge- is closed in both directions due to a serious collision on Tower Bridge Rd near the j/w Tooley St. Expect long delays.
Off to meeting of Fire Authority where members are due to make a decision on future of former HQ at Albert Embankment
Bermondsey and Beyond http://t.co/0WI30SRDrg
New @BarclaysCycle hire docking station in Tooley Street (west end - by southern foot of London Bridge) is now open
SupportGSTT Christmas Greetings from St Thomas' - in 1888! What do you think of how the hospital looked back then? pic.twitter.com/IPk45LSWhV
sparkyscrum @railwaygazette first image of the production #desirocity for Thameslink. pic.twitter.com/M02zzNSqOA
Last summer, 300 bags of rubbish a day were removed from Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank
#shellcentre inquiry now hearing from Michael Ball, director of @WCDG1 Waterloo Community Development Group
#shellcentre proposals amount to building "Canary Wharf in a conservation area" says local resident Raewyn Sprinz - "too dense and too high"
"This is an inquiry, not the theatre" - #shellcentre planning inspector reprimands residents for applauding evidence
Local resident Michael Rubinstein tells inquiry that approval of #shellcentre scheme would be a "travesty"
Father Christmas will be on board a @FirstCC train calling at Blackfriars and London Bridge this Saturday: http://t.co/XuVtyc5t73
#shellcentre Local resident Robin Dahlberg criticises @soundingsoffice consultation - 'designed to tell developer what they wished to here'
Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank has running costs of about £350k a year, says Don Weighton of Friends of Jubilee Gardens
Now #shellcentre inquiry is hearing from opponents, starting with Don Weighton, veteran Jubilee Gardens campaigner
Chris Clements of @Oasis_UK is welcoming the #shellcentre development at the public inquiry. @soundingsoffice consultation "exemplary"
Clarke - as member of @stjohnswaterloo PCC - says #shellcentre scheme will "extend the parish in a very exciting way"
Chris Clarke - chair of @Waterloofestiv - is speaking at #shellcentre inquiry in support of scheme. Praises @soundingsoffice consultation.
Concerns about impact of #shellcentre development on Parliament Square are "incomprehensible" says Ted Inman of South Bank Employers' Group
Plans for South Bank decentralised energy network are moving forward, Ted Inman tells #shellcentre inquiry. potential 15-20% carbon savings
Ted Inman (South Bank Employers' Group) tells #shellcentre inquiry that parts of area now busier @ weekend lunchtimes than weekday rush hour
Representative of @London_First tells #shellcentre inquiry that the redevelopment scheme is of strategic importance to the capital
Helen Santer of @waterlooquarter tells #shellcentre inquiry that Shell development will help Lower Marsh - "shops need footfall"
#shellcentre @southbankcentre's Alan Bishop confirms £10 million deal with Shell Centre developers for sale of Hungerford Car Park
ValShawcross Receiving the 38 degrees cycling petition at City Hall pic.twitter.com/R0xUqtLwoZ
#shellcentre inquiry - @southbankcentre boss Alan Bishop says SbC strongly supports the redevelopment plans for Shell Centre
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