Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced plans to commission a "world-class artist" to design a new lighting scheme for Thames bridges in central London.
The park at Dickens Square is to be upgraded in a £1.5 million project announced by Southwark Council this week.
The Shard may be the capital's tallest building but it holds second place in the affections of Londoners to the Gherkin across the river in the City.
@lambeth_council Thursday recap: Dickens Square + Thames bridge lighting + Lido + Shard beaten in skyscraper poll london-se1.co.uk/date/2014-03-27
Cluttons Our #commercial agency team have just purchased this 6,000 sq ft freehold office building in #Southwark for a client pic.twitter.com/FefA6M1Fym
southbanksinf Period bows & gut strings for tonight's #free Rush Hour concert - Baroque style. 6pm, St John's Waterloo @se1 pic.twitter.com/AIwCKXjTUw
CityPolice Southbound carriageway on #LondonBridge has been reopened
OhShaun @se1 Guys, do you know what the gorillas with arrows spray painted on Borough High St/Southwark St are pointing to?
se16 New post: Vitalijs Janovics murder: was he killed at Bermondsey Wall East? goo.gl/65ueZn
Blackfriars Road developments: @cathedralsdavid seeks assurances for residents from @peterjohn6 https://t.co/mH29lcRKEt via @audioboo
CityPolice Southbound carriageway on #LondonBridge is currently closed following a collision between a motorbike and a bus
TfLTrafficNews London Bridge S/B - road blocked due to a road traffic collision. N/b reduced to one lane. Seek other routes. Expect delays.
_Lucia01 #LondonBridge south bound, guy been knocked off his bike, ambulance and police on scene take another route traffic is crazy already...
TfLBusAlerts Buses heading southbound on London Bridge, EC3 are subject to diversion and delays due to a road traffic collision.
More details of "innovative and daring" floating Thames lido ('Boris baths') here: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7493 will be Olympic-size mobile pool
Just published - Boris wants artist to design lighting scheme for Thames bridges; new details of 'daring' London Lido goo.gl/fb/7nM25
Just published - Dickens Square to get £1.5 million revamp as part of Elephant & Castle parks projectgoo.gl/fb/0cRITi
Just published - Shard is Londoners' second-favourite skyscraper (and Strata comes fifth) in @nlalondon poll goo.gl/fb/K6iSf
RT @councilassembly: Southwark luxury homes 'scandal' - Cllr Anood Al-Samerai https://t.co/rvZ3xrQwlt via @audioboo
RT @councilassembly: Cllr Peter John's 'future vision for Southwark' speech https://t.co/0S83dUoLfR via @audioboo
RT @Riverside_Nick: Jimmy Saville alleged to have attacked children in care in Southwark in 70s and 80s https://t.co/1aLZMqh2Bx
turnertownsend "By 2050 many things will be different in London - I predict there will be a tower higher than the Shard and a Crossrail 5" @MayorofLondon
MPSCathedralSgt #Southwark OSU just executed a drugs warrant on Webber Row #SE1 #Cathedrals 1 arrest. In custody at #Walworth pic.twitter.com/0l0xwGEepm
Riverside_Nick RT @Tate: Here's what the Turbine Hall looked like before it became #TateModern! #BehindTheArt pic.twitter.com/BIANiw6r4i
New cycle hire docking station in Upper Ground outside Sea Containers House - planning permission granted
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