Sunday 8 March 2015
News & features published on 8 March 2015
54 weeks of roadworks while new cycle superhighway is built
Work starts this week on the construction of a new segregated cycle route between Elephant & Castle and Farringdon via Blackfriars Road - but there will be more than a year of disruption.
Female street artists take over Leake Street tunnel
The graffiti tunnel under Waterloo Station was taken over by female artists on Sunday to celebrate International Women's Day
Pankhursts lead International Women's Day walk along SE1 riverside
Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline - and her 20-year-old daughter Laura - led a mass walk along Bankside and the South Bank on Sunday to mark International Women's Day.
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Sunday recap: #IWD2015 + major roadworks begin tomorrow London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-03-08
@joeltaylormetro Lumley told Lambeth's planning committee that their omission was down to her: https://t.co/Q0y4c1NdDx
Read Joanna Lumley's hand-written letter to Boris pitching the Garden Bridge proposal: http://t.co/mpWUphLeDV
There are plans for a "trendy and healthy" Moroccan restaurant and takeaway on Old Kent Road
Bermondsey Street Festival 2015 date announced: http://t.co/QJKZP5IbIk
Just published - TfL warns of 54 weeks of roadworks while new Elephant to Farringdon cycle superhighway is built goo.gl/fb/laSrS0
Contraflow bus lane on London Road closed from midnight tonight till 15 April. Northbound buses diverted non-stop via St George's Road.
Just published - Female street artists take over Leake Street tunnel for #IWD2015 @FemmeFierceUK goo.gl/fb/iv2VQi
PlutoPress 'People's Power in Bermondsey' #RebelMaps from #RebelFootprints buff.ly/1F0ypBM @BrilliantMaps pic.twitter.com/HRfjSdwigF
TfLBusAlerts @kheume Route 68 will divert along St Georges Road from E&C but are requested not to stop at stops on the diversion due to congestion
kheume @TfLBusAlerts How will the North-South cycle superhighway impact buses 68, 171 and 176 (northbound) tomorrow? Thank you!
Just published - Pankhursts lead International Women's Day walk along SE1 riverside #WIHS goo.gl/fb/nUFbZS
@PeckhamRyeEats crowd funding appeal to create a garden london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8029
Cross Bones Garden launch pic.twitter.com/NK3e6LjrZD
#iwd2015 photo of women involved with @BOSTSE1 Cross Bones Garden project pic.twitter.com/WjazR632xv
From 2.30pm today - launch of crowdfunding appeal for community garden on site of Cross Bones Graveyard Redcross Way london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8029
New @Puliauk deli/cafe/restaurant/shop in Stoney Street is having a soft opening this weekend: http://t.co/6vGtmMZu0a
From next month, surgeons at Guy's and St Thomas' @GSTTnhs will turn to robots to perform keyhole kidney transplants: http://t.co/04XQgtTQdS
Christ Church Garden pic.twitter.com/OFjPWZ135N
Christ Church Garden, Blackfriars Road pic.twitter.com/8p37WBNkO7
The Economist will shortly be serving free coffee outside Waterloo Station (when the machine has warmed up) pic.twitter.com/AH39zH9K5V
audioBoom #IWD2015 Not at the #WIHS event this morning? @se1 were - and you can hear it right here: bit.ly/1MjZvrP pic.twitter.com/sx7j85poHx
Female artists take over Leake Street Tunnel at Waterloo for #IWD2015 @FemmeFierceUK pic.twitter.com/tCYWYTEfUT
Free concert by orchestra and jazz band from Luxembourg at Hay's Galleria 1pm http://t.co/0hn5eRlzcv
Former Starbucks in Clink Street now Red Bus souvenirs. Wills n Kate face masks 3.99 each. pic.twitter.com/gJdXkG0dsH
The photo the More London security guard didn't want you to see: @AnnieLennox @HelenPankhurst leading #WIHS walk pic.twitter.com/J9bouWgMx5
Samba band at #wihs vine.co/v/OEg9TTJdM9M
Speech by @HelenPankhurst - great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst - at #iwd2015 #WIHS https://t.co/hU6ZtQ2U9i via @audioBoom
Speech by @AnnieLennox at #iwd2015 #WIHS https://t.co/OPXezTIXTZ via @audioBoom
Laura Bates of @EverydaySexism speaking at #iwd2015 #WIHS https://t.co/LlAJzUXgEv via @audioBoom
@gemcairn speaking at #wihs #iwd2015 https://t.co/plBVgfV82H via @audioBoom
Justine Greening MP speaking at #WIHS #IWD2015 @ScoopMoreLondon pic.twitter.com/A0Pwm7iys6
Annie Lennox at #WIHS #IWD2015 @ScoopMoreLondon pic.twitter.com/VWFeRAf8KQ
Warming up for #wihs International Women's Day walk along Bankside and South Bank at @ScoopMoreLondon pic.twitter.com/L1TZfGZ7JK
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