Tuesday 10 March 2015
News & features published on 10 March 2015
Archbishop of Canterbury visits St Saviour's & St Olave's School
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby made the short journey from Lambeth Palace to Bricklayers Arms on Tuesday morning to visit St Saviour's and St Olave's School.
Plans for new Crossway Church at Elephant & Castle approved
Plans for a new United Reformed Church building at Elephant & Castle to replace the Crossway church on the Heygate Estate have been approved by councillors.
50 years of Southwark & Borough Market millennium celebrated
The 50th anniversary of the modern London Borough of Southwark and the 1,000th anniversary of Borough Market were celebrated at a civic service held on Saturday at Southwark Cathedral.
Boris digs a hole to start work on cycle superhighway
Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited St George's Circus on Tuesday to mark the official start of more than a year of roadworks to create a new north-south cycle superhighway.
London Bridge Station staff 'assaulted by angry passengers'
The general secretary of the RMT union has claimed that station staff at London Bridge have been "threatened, spat on and assaulted with hot coffee" by passengers furious at the recent disruption to train services.
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Tuesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-03-10
markwilliams84 Work now started on Blackfriairs Rd cycle superhighway - great to see & will help increase cycling in Southwark london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8123 @se1
se17 Lend Lease already dropping the prices of the new homes on the Heygate Estate site it put on sale last week. pic.twitter.com/COZHrB6bHq
Developer of SE1 riverside homes will provide equivalent of £12.9m for new council homes almost in Battersea.#Lambethh
nomis1066 Hmmm - Evening Standard tells us "Travel champions" will be in place at London Bridge to assist passengers. Who dreams up these job titles?
St James Homes will pay a penalty if more residents of the luxury flats than expected actually drive their cars.
Lambeth @CllrJSimpson says building underground car parking spaces (which r not expected to be used) "goes against most things I believe in"
The proposed 30-storey block of luxury flats on Albert Embankment will be the tallest building on the street at 99 metres
cathedralsdavid Residents concerns centred around design, the lack of consultation & the details about how the security doors & entryphones would be fitted
cathedralsdavid Residents not opposed to the security doors but the council must improve pre-application consultation & information on its own applications
cathedralsdavid Spoke at planning committee tonight with @kalliljas on behalf of Amigo Hse residents about their concerns about the proposed security doors
LambethMPS Lambeth & Southwark Cadets helping the Commissioner at tonight's Road Show @MPSSouthwark @MPSCadets pic.twitter.com/IcX0W0ClK2
Lambeth: on-site riverside affordable housing would have been at 80% of market rent, so putting it 1.6 miles away means much cheaper rents
Lambeth Council: letting developers build underground car parks below luxury flats = more valuable homes = more £££ for affordable housing
Developer St James is proposing 30 storeys of luxury riverside flats with the affordable housing 1.6 miles away on Lambeth/Wandsworth border
Tonight Lambeth councillors are considering plans for a 30-storey tower on Albert Embankment pic.twitter.com/URNu96iqMi
MichaelSitu Just asked MET Commissioner how he can have confidence in policing Southwark with so much reduction in numbers of sergeants.
Guy's and St Thomas' doctors, nurses and managers to provide 'buddy' support to troubled Medway Maritime Hospital: http://t.co/58i77VDDfA
Lambeth Council planning officers seem to have have their job titles changed to 'area delivery lead' #lambethcoop
Discussion re introduction of fees at Tanner Street Park tennis courts http://t.co/dghbYdPsDj
Just published - Archbishop of Canterbury @justinwelby visits St Saviour's & St Olave's School at Bricklayers Arms http://t.co/FSPkFcVO5l
ARKGlobeAcademy The Junior volunteer police cadets are ready to welcome the Commissioner.Come and have your say. @se1 pic.twitter.com/XdwBEekO4K
1991 - @katehoeymp campaigning to protect Lower Marsh Market when Waterloo International was built: https://t.co/05juZYsckp
RT @lambethpalace: .@JustinWelby speaks about reconciliation with students at St Saviour's & St Olave's School http://t.co/mteNTWxocp http:…
1985 Thames TV report about the restoration of @OxoTowerWharf: https://t.co/cnupkswrKS featuring @CoinStreet's Iain Tuckett
Another 1989 TV report - office block above @RoseTheatreSE1 'a monument to philistinism': https://t.co/N0IFSVmDjB
Police appeal for witnesses to collision at Elephant & Castle pic.twitter.com/g5SEwzWhD1
Date set for works to remove Elephant & Castle roundabout pic.twitter.com/fzZpP2DjNq
1981 - @PeterTatchell accused of being 'more left wing than the Communists' in Bermondsey Labour Party row: https://t.co/URSp4wlDTa
Just published - Plans for new Crossway Church at Elephant & Castle approved @DraperEstate goo.gl/fb/fdexfh
Met Police boss Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe hosting meeting for Lambeth/Southwark residents today
http://t.co/fnvKc5tVl4 http://t.co/a3skMkMehN
£5 notes given away on London Bridge: http://t.co/6fxkI2HOSy via @lbc
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PICTURE: The Shard turned into 'strange rocket' by morning sun http://t.co/OHl1M9BvsN
Just published - 50 years of @lb_southwark & @boroughmarket's 1st millennium celebrated at @Southwarkcathed service goo.gl/fb/1pkMLj
ScottRice_SE1 Upper Ground reopened and staff returning to @ITV and @IBM
Still large police presence @se1
Stamford Street reopening now following security alert on South Bank.
ScottRice_SE1 Full evacuation on upper ground due to suspicious vehicle. Police advising residents to stay away from windows @se1 pic.twitter.com/ZAU2PhXcpQ
zefrog "The early superhighways were largely paint on the roads" says Andrew Gilligan bit.ly/1E2Eziy Good of him to finally notice!
RT @deansouthwark: @JustinWelby with some of the students at St Saviours after assembly. http://t.co/nhEa9ipWWs
Just published - Boris Johnson digs a hole at St George's Circus to start work on cycle superhighway goo.gl/fb/hxeFc4
The South London Pottery Industry - talk by Brian Bloice this evening in Waterloo http://t.co/mQXMluDxSC
Just published - London Bridge Station staff assaulted by angry passengers, claims RMT union goo.gl/fb/YIwHXd
£3.6m home next to Tower Bridge advertised in Farmers Weekly http://t.co/NsFljxqDI9
Andrew Gilligan tells us why Boris's original cycle superhighways weren't good enough https://t.co/3DcGIaV1MB
Boris Johnson and @AmandaFaul of @waterlooquarter at St George's Circus pic.twitter.com/9Q2V5OxFtC
Andrew Gilligan talks about the North South Cycle Superhighway https://t.co/3DcGIaV1MB via @audioBoom
Boris @MayorofLondon speaking live to @NickFerrariLBC @LBC from St George's Circus pic.twitter.com/WWDh1ej3ek
Tonight the Met Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is hosting a public meeting at @ARKGlobeAcademy: http://t.co/fnvKc5LwcC
"It will be worth it in the end" - Boris message to those affected by St George's Circus roadworks for cycle route pic.twitter.com/L4sWaSqOvz
CllrJamesBarber @TfL continues war on cyclists closing London Rd @se1 cycle contraflow 4 no reason on top St.G rd works with @metpoliceuk enforcing it why?
Mischievous contractors have stuck an L plate on the digger driven by @MayorofLondon at St George's Circus pic.twitter.com/JwgMz4NusT
Boris Johnson digs a hole at St George's Circus to start cycle superhighway work vine.co/v/OEYE996eZMJ
Final day of the Mexican exhibition at Potters Fields Park http://t.co/fTe8qWQRqZ http://t.co/AXuIAH0T5K
AlanJonesPA Rail staff at London Bridge spat at and had hot coffee thrown at them by passengers caught up in delays, said RMT.
Big shakeup of council ward boundaries in Southwark in the offing: http://t.co/pZ7q6rH0ZP may return to 1 and 2 member wards
fuelcellinsider FC buses to stay on London RV1 route till 2020; Mayor says 2 more buses will join current 8. @StephenKnight1 london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8121 via @se1
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