Wednesday 18 December 2013
News & features published on 18 December 2013
'Lampedusa boat' comes to Thames to highlight plight of migrants
A boat which had last year sailed from North Africa to Italy crammed with migrants made a special journey up the Thames on Wednesday to mark International Migrants Day.
Electric buses introduced on routes 507 and 521
Two electric buses are to be trialled on routes 507 and 521 for the next two years.
The streets of London really are paved with gold
Visitors to Shad Thames on Wednesday found the street covered in gold 'cobbles'.
Simon Hughes joins Government as justice minister
Bermondsey and Old Southwark Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes has been appointed to the Government as minister of state at the Department for Justice.
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Wednesday recap: Simon Hughes joins Government + electric buses launched + Shad Thames paved with gold se1.info/1kiQsKF
BBC News - London homes popular in Hong Kong http://t.co/ikzO6CcaSw
Time and Talents, Bermondsey: http://t.co/attWyJtfVT via @CarolineLD
Just published - MPs and bishops board 'Lampedusa boat' on the Thames to highlight plight of migrants goo.gl/fb/Fzlzi
Just published - Electric buses introduced on routes 507 and 521 goo.gl/fb/MdCkE
Only yesterday @SimonHughesMP was asking questions to @MoJGovUK ministers http://t.co/HKn74yJ0wL next time he'll be answering them
LabourHistory New minister Simon Hughes' Labour opponent in Southwark & Bermondsey in 1992 is now a government backbencher in the Lords - Richard Balfe
Dear PR people I couldn't care less about your "yuletide infographic"
Just published - The streets of London really are paved with gold goo.gl/fb/Qn7zO
lewis_baston Somewhere in the Ministry of Justice, right now, a civil service diary secretary will be reenacting that famous Edvard Munch painting.
Just published - Simon Hughes joins Government as justice minister goo.gl/fb/qlhfp
paulwaugh Shock news Simon Hughes is a minister! Replaces McNally as Justice Minister, Lib Dems announce.
RT @BrunelMuseum: Special for Christmas for @alexissuccess gig tonight http://t.co/YxHACT8G2N : @se16 on door discount (£10) extended to @s…
RT @se16: Choir of Clare College Cambridge is coming to Rotherhithe tonight to sing Advent Carols at St Mary's http://t.co/hfe437tS75 @bede…
£4 million flat for sale in same building as @Jeffrey_Archer's Albert Embankment penthouse: http://t.co/bFFE1Qafjo
ScottyABme @se1 Shad Thames is gold today. Any idea what this is about? pic.twitter.com/3IdKXAXYuQ
"How Ministry of Sound's Battle With Boris Is Screwing Over A London Housing Estate" http://t.co/5QRPQeGO23 via @thumpthump
South Bank seagull pic.twitter.com/32xYH3msnU
Here's @SimonHughesMP, @BishopofCroydon et al on the Thames on boat which carried migrants across Med from Africa pic.twitter.com/zzbqz3iOfw
ICN_UK At Westminster Pier with the refugee boat pic.twitter.com/aCoWuDRZCm
Guess this giant tree at Doon Street has something to do with @ITV #TextSanta pic.twitter.com/GMfYp6UYk1
The @deansouthwark begins his #demokitchen session at @boroughmarket - star shaped Christmas biscuits pic.twitter.com/sAVx3VYGUV
@rachelguthrie8 going be there for a year or more
Filming in Roupell Street pic.twitter.com/gLeUfGhyDM
At Waterloo bus garage for the launch of London's new electric buses pic.twitter.com/d9XEhl1mzq
Southwark Cathedral's @MerbeckeChoir will be singing carols in atrium 3 at Guy's Hospital this lunchtime http://t.co/HLWDW0NUHn @BreatheAHR
Cardinal's Wharf: A survivor of 18th century Bankside amidst two London landmarks: http://t.co/nJY3LxO8kJ via @memoirsofametro
12 noon: @southwarkcathed's @deansouthwark Andrew Nunn is giving a cookery demonstration in @boroughmarket: http://t.co/FhDqvGKc3r
Local scenes feature on 2014 calendars: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7284
j0e_m @se1 Filming on the South Bank today? Riverside lane of bankside between Waterloo bridge and ITV taped off..
Vivid description of an 1867 temperance meeting in Blackfriars Road from the South London Press http://t.co/ZVOKe16HcA via @LondonSounds
BenjaminThomas9 @se1 Southwhark Station. pic.twitter.com/bDAjsLr5RC
2 bishops, 4 MPs and a nun to sail past Houses of Parliament in a tiny migrant boat at lunchtime se1.info/1fCFgFG via @indcatholicnews
TfLBusAlerts Routes 381 and RV1 are subject to diversion and delays on Southwark St, SE1 due to a road traffic collision.
CabbieBill909 Oh dear, looks like a serious one on junction of southwark st and borough high street
Just published - Bermondsey schoolgirl designs Southwark Council's Christmas card goo.gl/fb/o5O34
Restaurant reviews
- Do us all a favour and close this place
graham on Giuseppe's Ristorante Italiano
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