Thursday 5 June 2014
News & features published on 5 June 2014
Bathrooms for new Elephant & Castle homes prefabricated in Dubai
Prefabricated bathroom pods for a new housing development at Elephant & Castle are being assembled 3,400 miles away in Dubai.
Hundreds evacuated from Shard after basement fire alert
Hotel guests, tourists, restaurant diners and office workers were evacuated from Western Europe's tallest building on Thursday morning after smoke was reported in the basement.
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Thursday recap: Elephant & Castle bathrooms built in Dubai + drama at the Shard london-se1.co.uk/date/2014-06-05
According to @itvlondon, the baby who died from blood poisoning at St Thomas' Hospital on Sunday was from a family living near London Bridge
shardview We are now open again as usual, guests affected earlier are welcome to come back today or can re-book on [email protected]
Tonight: Poetry Parlour at @WaterlooLib in Lower Marsh as part of @lamlibs @ReadersWritersF: http://t.co/CP0uB0taew
Just published - Bathrooms for new Elephant & Castle homes prefabricated in Dubai goo.gl/fb/iMAZt
Lucky the quail has gone missing from a local primary school: charlesdickens.southwark.sch.uk/blog/?p=7435 via @CDPS_Southwark
Staff from @shardview now being let back into building
Shard fire latest: building will reopen soon. Fire brigade disconnecting their hoses.
Emergency services having another meeting/briefing outside the Shard pic.twitter.com/rIVntpbcqd
Almost 3 hours now since Shard was evacuated
aquashard 2/2 Because of this we regret that we will not be able to open for lunch today. All guests are being contacted to reschedule their bookings.
shardview Guests booked for this afternoon are recommended to call +44 (0) 844 499 7111 to re-arrange their visit for this evening or a later date
Fire brigade still looking for signs of smoke at the Shard after 2.5 hours pic.twitter.com/HsNrWJzP0e
Policeman at Shard fire cordon is doing good sales job for @boroughmarket encouraging ppl to go there for cup of tea while Shard is shut
NextGenLab Big group of @theRCN & @unisontweets nurses at St Thomas' today to demand fair #NHSpay pic.twitter.com/k6PlX1zxtx via @BernellRCN
Was that James Sellar who was just let through the police cordon at the Shard?
@zefrog See http://t.co/gGYpPfG7rQ - detail is in covering letter in documents section
Just published - Hundreds evacuated from Shard after basement fire alert goo.gl/fb/RujfD
@zefrog will send you the link later.
@zefrog planning app for yoga studio claims that residents asked for health related use
Will Little Waitrose open next door to Sainsbury's and Tesco in Waterloo...? http://t.co/kWt9hkKykD
_draught_punk_ @se1 Boom! instagram.com/p/o3CYqymi5k/ bit of a surprise out of the window!
@antoniabance @GrahamNeale sadly also rare to see some cllrs engage their critical faculties, ask awkward questions etc
Manhole covers outside Shard being lifted in search of fire hydrants pic.twitter.com/8GzXxHFkTs
Emergency services conferring at Starbucks coffee tables next tot the Shard pic.twitter.com/jfs9JyowsX
SilvioDeeJay Van crashes bike from behind today #Elephant&Castle @Southwark_News @se1 @LDN_SE5 @se5 pic.twitter.com/88bIkHTm79
@hollieastman ok with credit to 'SE1 community website'
Fire engine from Dockhead fire station being used to pump water into Shard basement pic.twitter.com/BYSVvhdUqz
Shard fire pic.twitter.com/3NEQDv8CVl
Fire investigation unit at the Shard pic.twitter.com/3SsKLhs427
St Thomas Street now completely taped off pic.twitter.com/X2D24gvVYj
Police cordon in St Thomas Street due to Shard fire alert pic.twitter.com/jbqIAAhwD3
Area around the Shard being taped off by police. Hoses being laid by fire brigade.
Police officers from Lambeth now arriving at Shard fire alert. Fire brigade command unit from Barking here too pic.twitter.com/JWuIIgkQWt
Ambulance now arriving at Shard. Lots more police here now too.
Firefighters are investigating smoke in the basement of the Shard. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have gone in.
Southwark Police have now arrived at the Shard
Not sure that @OKRFire's turntable ladder is much of a match for the Shard pic.twitter.com/e1jxZEO31k
Fire engines from Whitehapel, Shoreditch, OKR, Soho, Lambeth at the Shard
Shard evacuated due to fire alert
paulfisher @se1 ten fire engines outside the Shard. What's going down? pic.twitter.com/ADS9f9Boqj
Steel band at London Bridge to raise awareness of @TLProgramme engineering works this summer vine.co/v/MDajlZrlFQY
@datainadequate Not yet
South Bank Forum meeting tonight with @hoeykateMP and @SimonHughesMP: http://t.co/HfD2OBK99M meet your new Waterloo councillors
KelvinJRobbins Traffic congestion round Elephant & Castle due to RTC. Vehicles now cleared, @LondonFire now clearing spilt fuel. Fully reopen shortly
zefrog Van/car thingy mounted the back of a motorbike in the middle of Elephant and Castle northern roundabout. Bike standing upright!
Pops1978 Accident at E&C roundabout. Police directing traffic @se1 @TfLBusAlerts @TfLOfficial
@1queer1 Yes, separate establishments
Kevin Spacey told off Old Vic audience member after phone rang during 'Clarence Darrow' http://t.co/LtO9F39SWE via @independent
Plans for restaurant and yoga studio to open on ground floor of Strata tower at Elephant & Castle
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