Tuesday 1 April 2014
News & features published on 1 April 2014
Boris slammed for 'unwise' intervention in Albert Embankment sale
The Conservative chair of the London fire authority has been forced to write a strongly worded letter to his Tory colleague Sir Edward Lister as a row between Union Street and City Hall over plans to sell valuable land on Albert Embankment deepens.
Transport minister visits Waterloo to check out rail upgrade plan
Transport minister Baroness Kramer visited Waterloo Station on Monday to get a preview of plans to upgrade the station to cope with expanding passenger numbers.
Tower Bridge Road: TfL announces £1.5 million makeover
The southern end of Tower Bridge Road is to get a £1.5 million makeover under plans announced by Transport for London this week.
London Live TV channel launches with South Bank outside broadcast
London's new local television channel launched on Monday night with a live outside broadcast from the South Bank.
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Tweets on 1 April 2014
Tuesday recap: Tower Bridge Road, Albert Embankment, @LondonLive and Waterloo Station london-se1.co.uk/date/2014-04-01
Monet Painting of Waterloo Bridge Found in Nazi-Looted Art Trove: http://t.co/owFOimPNom
Date confirmed for @OpenStreetsLDN in Southwark Street: busy road given over to people rather than traffic for 5 hrs http://t.co/oSRfZo6FqG
@darryl1974 Seen this? https://t.co/aIDvYfILLS
Paul_McMack No need for a gym membership, just walk up the Elephant & Castle tube staircase once a day. Just climbed Everest. #londonunderground #london
Southwark planning sub-committee B will also consider plans for new social housing on the @cityoflondon's Avondale Square Estate
Tonight Southwark councillors will consider a planning application for the Food4U restaurant in Grange Road http://t.co/RbEM2Quzyb
MPSCathedralSgt Overnight crime of note on #Cathedrals ward. 1 attempted no res burglary on Lant Street. 1 theft from motor vehicle on Garden Row #se1
lambethpalace Archbishop of Canterbury @JustinWelby met with actor @russellcrowe at Lambeth Palace today: bit.ly/1gYonbS pic.twitter.com/S31MzLtdjj
Proposed changes to Old Kent Road loading bays: https://t.co/9mvekSWovb
Shrek's Far Far Away Adventure - new South Bank attraction due to be approved tonight by Lambeth councillors: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7503
@MayorWatch I've added another sentence about the defeated Tory motion for greater clarity
@MayorWatch Indeed - hence 'forced to write' in the intro to the story
Just published - Boris slammed for 'discourteous and unwise' intervention in fire authority's Albert Embankment sale goo.gl/fb/5ehEC
Strongly worded letters have been flying between Union St & City Hall over Boris threat to fire authority re Albert Embankment. More follows
Diagonal pedestrian crossing for @TowerBridgeRd - london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7508
Just published - Transport minister Baroness Kramer visits Waterloo to check out rail station upgrade plan goo.gl/fb/Ig2Yw
Just published - Tower Bridge Road: TfL announces £1.5 million makeovergoo.gl/fb/oJW5Q1
Southwark leader @peterjohn6 emptying bins at Elephant & Castle raising £ @SupportEvelinaajustgiving.com/Peter-JohnCflic.kr/p/mEeaNro
Just published - @LondonLive TV channel launches with South Bank outside broadcast @MaleenaPone #londongo @ntSHED goo.gl/fb/ahWNe
[Job vacancy] Sales Assistants for a new childrens' clothing shop in SE1: http://t.co/yNVnD8c0Ph
Thatcher abolishes GLC (from @guardian archive, 1 April 1986) gu.com/p/3z2fz/tw << describes farewell party on Jubilee Gardens
cmdhindle London SE1 Pothole, outside John Harvard Library, Borough High St, SE1 - cause of dangerous bike accident last night! pic.twitter.com/TXsrckQJzK
Mark Hix is opening a @hixter restaurant just off Southwark Street (at @WSMetalbox) this summer: http://t.co/g9LtBIdBv5
mindserenade The sun reflecting off the Shard and striping the morning mist #Photography #London #SPL #StreetPhotography #SE1 pic.twitter.com/wOboNyZZFE
Thanks to @Tim_Dickens of @brixtonblog for kind words about SE1 website on this weeks @slhc podcast http://t.co/HUYyqSAyWR #hyperlocal
The April issue of our monthly printed what's on guide is now available as a PDF at inse1.co.uk pic.twitter.com/UQkhcaOHkG
From this week's Southwark Cathedral newsletter pic.twitter.com/qONtMrBRIf
SouthwarkCofE Images from the Rededication of the St Saviour's First World War Memorial, which took place on Sunday 30 March: flic.kr/s/aHsjVUV9eX
TheBreadWelders @se1 @LostandFoundLDN @LostboxLON I found these last night on corner of S'wark Bridge Rd and Gt. Guildford st pic.twitter.com/jwJ3pasbWZ
JollyJourno BREAKING NEWS: Battersea & Bankside power stations will burn coal again in last-ditch bid to keep Britain's lights on - SLP exclusive
@SaferLambeth Thanks - unfortunately I'm away next week so unable to attend
Plans for giant advertising billboards at Bricklayers Arms - london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7386 - have been withdrawn
aesheppard @TfLOfficial many of us extremely unhappy and angry. We also could not top up our Oyster cards after so could not get a bus back for ages
aesheppard @TfLOfficial twice with us to update us when we persisted to ask. What if there was a fire or security risk? This incompetence has left
aesheppard @TfLOfficial please explain what your procedures are? It took over an hour for emergency services to arrive and your staff only communicated
aesheppard @TfLOfficial when questioned your staff informed us that there is no protocol on what to do when the elevator doors will not open
aesheppard @TfLOfficial 20 of us have only just been Released after being stuck in an underground lift at elephant & castle for over 1 hour...
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