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News & features published on 31 December 2014
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Honours for chief nurse, Southbank Centre boss and IWM director

The chief nurse of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust has been made a dame in the New Year Honours List.

Tweets on 31 December 2014

Ldn_Ambulance Three of our directors out tonight in the central London event area & visiting our Waterloo control room pic.twitter.com/EuEoicYhiH

via iOS (retweeted on 11:50 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

SW_Trains It's nearly time for fireworks! Queuing systems will be in place at London Waterloo and Vauxhall southwesttrains.co.uk/alerts.aspx

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 11:46 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

5 minutes till the countdown starts (western side of the Shard only)

via Twitter for Mac

CanonOakley The shard tonight from the top of St. Paul's pic.twitter.com/SC3mMUh8YI

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 11:42 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

juancarlosfarah El Shard y como 12 millones de personas. @ Blackfriars Bridge instagram.com/p/xSi1yIRPvW/

via Instagram (retweeted on 11:37 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

Alex_Screech Blackfriars Bridge London New Years Eve pic.twitter.com/xcXNnFbtT9

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 11:30 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

In half an hour's time make sure you're looking at the western side of the Shard

via Twitter for Mac

TomIrvine57 London Eye looking great with 50 mins to go. @LagavulinWhisky 16yo is going down a treat pic.twitter.com/McYJ50IeMf

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 11:13 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

primalamusica So many people being (I assume) diverted along The Cut but why are they there in the first place? @se1 do you know?

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:10 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

primalamusica Dear man outside with vuvuzela. SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP IT IS ONLY 11 SHUT UP.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:10 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

primalamusica Crowds processing down The Cut but my street, which points riverwards, is closed to all but residents. Feeling smug.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 11:10 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

RT @FNocher: Crowds getting pretty excited at London Bridge. More on Demotix: http://t.co/LuOFzqHqNj http://t.co/nWcjv5eBfd

via Twitter for Mac

SueHomeyard The Shard is lit up like a giant Dalek. Always knew I didn't trust it.

via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 10:48 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

adrian_ellison Not sure that selling tickets for has helped. Huge crowds now on Lambeth Bri. pic.twitter.com/6NF2fUPeOL

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:47 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

MPSinthesky We are covering . Here is Waterloo Bridge and Embankment on four levels of thermal imaging! @MetPoliceEvents pic.twitter.com/D70InljsGh

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:40 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

adhiwie Woohoo, London Eye is beautiful! pic.twitter.com/RIubYnsheu

via iOS (retweeted on 10:36 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

RT @zefrog: It seems quite a few people didn’t get the memo that the fireworks weren’t free access this year. Lots walking in the “wrong” d…

via Twitter for Mac

SW_Trains A queuing system will be in place at Vauxhall and Waterloo. Please obey the instructions of staff and stewards southwesttrains.co.uk/alerts.aspx

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 10:33 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

@PandaElijah No, but the actual display will be on BBC One

via Twitter for Mac in reply to PandaElijah

classicbecca 10pm chimes! The eye changes colour! pic.twitter.com/OFjYsZwqMY

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:13 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

classicbecca And yellow.... pic.twitter.com/KYsPVs4Awb

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:12 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

LondonPortAuth London Eye beautifully lit tonight ahead of fireworks pic.twitter.com/BCysyhBre1

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:12 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

RT @joetidy: This is the best view of the London Eye fireworks you'll get without a ticket. The £10 tickets sold to 100... https://t.co/ys…

via Twitter for Mac

joetidy In London for first ever ticketed fireworks. Has it been advertised enough? One met police officer just told me he didn't know until today..

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:56 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

TowerRNLI First call of the night to a person collapsed on a boat. We assessed & it was decided she needed to go to hospital. Handed to @Ldn_Ambulance

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:49 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

PropPersonnel Heading home on the 21:20 out of - is something going on in tonight? pic.twitter.com/uRGho9Vyux

via Twitter for BlackBerry (retweeted on 9:31 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

Martin_Hoscik Based on Twitter reports, the London New Year's Eve queuing event that replaced the fireworks is going spectacularly well.

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 9:27 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

LAS_TacAdvisor Lovely clear view tonight... Big Ben will bring in the new year at midnight pic.twitter.com/IEJDdHmTBW

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:27 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

[Forum] Three card monte on Tower Bridge: http://t.co/2yk2XHSzJj

via Twitter for Mac

Ldn_Ambulance We're already responding to patients who've had too much to drink. This woman collapsed in central London pic.twitter.com/VNjIRZJKKa

via iOS (retweeted on 9:25 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

DecorByDelali When they say they're closing the bridges they're not joking. The size of the barrier they've put across Blackfriars is no joke!

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:18 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

dradamnicholls Waterloo station bearing more than a passing resemblance to a refugee camp tonight. Utter chaos to escape from work.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:17 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

ChickyBoilUps If you hear of any studios to let, I need one. Mine & 119 others will be demolished to make way for luxury flats. pic.twitter.com/OW4b1Mc6Fg

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 9:10 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

RT @Rossy_smith: Pmsl people crammed onto Lambeth Bridge that've paid, then 50 yards back people plotted up on Albert embankment FREE and n…

via Twitter for Mac

Police vans parked across southern approach to Blackfriars Bridge pic.twitter.com/mceuMr2rj7

via Twitter for Mac

paulgroganeu Ready to rock for the count down! @ Westminster Bridge instagram.com/p/xSQkkxEoCR/

via Instagram (retweeted on 9:03 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

JohnRedding180 At or going to London for the fireworks? Good luck IMO your bloody mad, better view on bbc1.

via Echofon (retweeted on 9:02 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

JohnRedding180 Come out of Blackfriars Stn and tell them your going home and you need a ticket? Wtf sort it out!!!

via Echofon (retweeted on 9:02 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

massive_gannet @TfL Waterloo station was a nightmare to get into with all those fences and men in high-vis telling me where not to go. @SW_Trains

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 8:49 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

A lot of spectators on Lambeth Bridge already pic.twitter.com/Ts5gpdGX2t

via Twitter for Mac

faisalirshaid People started arriving already to Lambeth Bridge to watch the fireworks. pic.twitter.com/ICGuqPmswb

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 8:47 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

Entrance to the ticketed viewing area on Westminster Bridge on the TfL traffic camera pic.twitter.com/vAxCHO9etR

via Twitter for Mac

WhyAlwaysT Front row for the fireworks on Westminster Bridge @ Westminster Bridge instagram.com/p/xSJbM8QUkJ/

via Instagram (retweeted on 8:27 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

TfLTrafficNews NYE cont...(2/2) in the east of Central LDN, from Oxford St in the north to Elephant and Castle south of the river. ow.ly/GEmyF

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 8:25 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

TfLTrafficNews NYE- 8pm the remaining road closures are being implemented. Vauxhall Bridge Rd in the west of LDN to London Bridge ...(1/2)

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 8:25 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

The countdown to 2015 begins at ten to midnight

via TweetDeck

SE1_BARD Blackfriars Road closed for traffic at 8pm - drivers directed to Union Street pic.twitter.com/xpUQJ5oY6d

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:09 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

AmandaThow42 How can a sophisticated restaurant put an apostrophe in 'lots' in the window. Despairing pedant. pic.twitter.com/fT1InZYcUg

via iOS (retweeted on 8:09 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

TfLTrafficNews Tower Bridge will be closed to traffic between 2330hrs and 0100hrs to facilitate bridge lifts.

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 8:09 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

ChaucerVijay Shameful two fingered salute to by @MayorofLondon by making people pay to see fireworks.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 7:55 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

LDN_gov Remember, only officially printed tickets with a hologram will be accepted. Tickets printed at home will not permit entry

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 7:55 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Tweetbot for Mac)

_duncanhall SE1 is covered with police and stewards already, a lot more than last year's non-ticketed public area.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 7:48 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via TweetDeck)

St John Ambulance has treatment centres at Waterloo Station, Concert Hall Approach & Belvedere Road for

via Twitter for Mac

#LondonNYE - Road closures across a large part of SE1 come into force at 8pm:
http://t.co/ckFCKFeAyc http://t.co/CkkN6eqQC5

via Twitter for Mac

Details of #LondonNYE queueing system for entry/exit at Waterloo Station: http://t.co/0yPUNmYMJ4

via TweetDeck

For there are 30 tonnes of equipment on the three fireworks barges on the river near the London Eye

via TweetDeck

Duke of Wellington has died. 5 years ago he unveiled a memorial to SOE agents on South Bank: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/4133 pic.twitter.com/Lx0b2OEZEL

via Twitter for Mac

Tonight's event involves 12,000 fireworks producing 50,000 projectiles

via Twitter for Mac

A-Z of 2014 in SE1 (26 of 26)

Z is for Zambia: destination for fake footwear seized at E&C

Full list: http://t.co/NTymKVy3Cg

via TweetDeck

@WoodSamsung47p @MacarthurAnna precaution against new year revellers in Waterloo Road

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to WoodSamsung47p

@LonelyJoeParker @MacarthurAnna precaution against new year revellers in Waterloo Road

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to LonelyJoeParker

@tim_rolls @scottpalmerx @RickGlanvill The road closures happen every year. The ticketed spectator zones are much smaller.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to tim_rolls

MacarthurAnna Baricades going up outside ambulance HQ in central London. pic.twitter.com/GjR03jVYVa

via iOS (retweeted on 4:34 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

SE1_BARD What is the point of this fireworks advice when it is placed on the road to Elephant? Maybe it will be moved? @se1 pic.twitter.com/tx8ha1S8Xs

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 4:26 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for iPhone)

Access to the Golden Jubilee Bridges is due to be restricted from 4pm

via Twitter for Mac

A-Z of 2014 in SE1 (25 of 26)

Y is for yellow bridges during Tour de France

Full list: http://t.co/NTymKVy3Cg http://t.co/Woc6DuNBRk

via TweetDeck

A-Z of 2014 in SE1 (24 of 26)

X is for pioneering X-ray guided surgery @GSTTnhs

Full list: http://t.co/NTymKVy3Cg http://t.co/LO4vVXFjEA

via TweetDeck

Which local people have been included in the New Year Honours list? london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8022

via TweetDeck

Just published - New Year Honours for @GSTTnhs chief nurse, @southbankcentre boss and @I_W_M director goo.gl/fb/DdbzhY

via Google

LAS_TacAdvisor Road closures start to go in from 2pm for fireworks, with the majority at 8pm. Please avoid these areas pic.twitter.com/7QY7Q1G6MH

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:09 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

Monsi2011 'Managed Access Pass' wrist bands to enter central tonight!

We truly a theme park now!! pic.twitter.com/nJJKiMWuAO

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:09 PM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

@George_C1986 The road closures are not the same thing as the ticketed viewing areas. If going to home or work you may be asked for ID etc.

via Twitter for Mac in reply to George_C1986

: stay away from South Bank if you don’t have tickets for fireworks tonightlondon-se1.co.uk/news/view/80148T

via Twitter for Mac

A-Z of 2014 in SE1 (23 of 26)

W is for William Blake @AshmoleanMuseum

Full list: http://t.co/NTymKVy3Cg http://t.co/5in69QbET3

via TweetDeck

Guy's & St Thomas' @GSTTnhs has asked us to point out that London Health Commission claim re staff food bank was incorrect (cc @chunkymark)

via Twitter for Mac

tmc1911 @se1 Not very impressive now! Wait 12 hours!!!! pic.twitter.com/ukGv5B2EV0

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 11:24 AM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for Mac)

rutheclements86 Delighted to glimpse this sight this morning. Many a portaloo. pic.twitter.com/320rBwN5fa

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 11:02 AM, Dec 31st, 2014 via Twitter for iPhone)

RT @chunkymark: Guys and St. Thomas' have set up a foodbank for staff??
Here http://t.co/ID0cMXogc0 here page 89 http://t.co/vfOqAyseMr @mr…

via Tweetbot for Mac

#LondonNYE - Major road closures this evening across a large part of SE1
http://t.co/ckFCKFeAyc http://t.co/CkkN6eqQC5

via Twitter for Mac

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