Tuesday 24 March 2015
News & features published on 24 March 2015
Bermondsey bomb made safe after two days of drama
The streets of Bermondsey returned to normality just after 6pm on Tuesday when the World War II bomb found on a local demolition site the previous day was driven away to Kent.
Protests as council leader speaks at £90-a-head developers' breakfast
Housing activists staged a protest outside the London Marriott Hotel at County Hall as Lambeth Council's leader arrived to speak at a £90-a-head breakfast briefing on 'the politics of planning'.
Harriet Harman brings Labour's pink bus to Guy's Hospital
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman met NHS workers at Guy's Hospital when she brought the party's 'Woman to Woman' pink bus tour to London Bridge.
Week-long 'Occupy Murdoch' camp set up at the News Building
Former Southwark Liberal Democrat councillor Donnachadh McCarthy served a mock 'arrest warrant' on Rupert Murdoch at London Bridge on Monday morning.
Fr Richard Hearn installed as dean of St George's Cathedral
Fr Richard Hearn has been installed as dean of St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Southwark.
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Tweets on 24 March 2015
TCOSLondon @se1 @CarolinePidgeon Lumley's 2004 book. And still no word of consulting residents in Coin Street pic.twitter.com/3t145Zek1v
Tuesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-03-24
Just published - Bermondsey bomb made safe after two days of drama goo.gl/fb/L1p1Jt
@SMGreenArts It's not a permanent thing - just for a year or two
Planning permission granted yesterday for street food market in Bermondsey Street tobacco warehouse.
Story from Jan: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8031
LordLucas Reminder how awful blitz must have been. Worth celebrating the number of people who survived because #bermondseybomb didn't go off in 1941
KintorewayNS Spa School were fantastic yesterday and took great care of us. Our chicks were also safely evacuated to a warm spots with Spa School hens.
KintorewayNS Kintore Way Nursery School and Children's Centre will be open as normal on Wednesday 25th March.
Live video stream of Southwark housing boss @Livingstone_RJ being questioned by #southwarkscrutiny at johnpophamlive.co.uk
RT @cllrharrington: Very impressed with #LocalGov #SocialMedia Guru @johnpopham live streaming from #SouthwarkScrutiny. View here -->> http…
@zefrog A quarry somewhere in Kent for controlled explosion
6pm today - the #bermondseybomb at Humphrey Street / Old Kent Road junction pic.twitter.com/lgZF5z8jdS
BinaTomes Rain over the shard this evening pic.twitter.com/jR0hAE6Pdu
Met: "The army's intention is to transport the device by road to a military leased quarry in Kent where it will be safely detonated"
@__ShirMcC__ yes that's it
@BStudios100 yep
Westbound traffic very slow on Tooley Street
@BStudios100 here you go pic.twitter.com/nSe5DOS84W
@BStudios100 all clear now
Today's tweets have been fuelled by coffee from @WatchHouseSE1, @machinecc and @HEJCoffee
@BStudios100 just went past and took photo of closure notice. Will publish news item 2moro. Bit busy today due to bomb drama...
Simon Hughes "asking the police, army, and local authority to carry out a full review" to see what lessons can be learned from last 2 days
@danob84 sorry I'm up at Jamaica road now
Welcome to all new followers who've joined us during #bermondseybomb drama - and thanks to everyone whose said they found coverage useful.
Recap: Bermondsey bomb drama is over. All roads reopened.
@se1clothing @metpoliceuk all clear now.
drbenjohnson The bomb has gone! Cordon lifted - everyone can return home. #bermondseybomb pic.twitter.com/1fcmpKMPBv
lb_southwark #UXB 6.15pm: affected residents are now able to return to their homes and local transport can resume the use of roads ow.ly/KKvQi
coyleneil Will be meeting Purbrook #se1 residents with @LordLucas at 7pm to discuss local concerns - & happy to field Qs on #bermondseybomb
metpoliceuk WWII Bomb #Bermondsey being transported to quarry for safe detonation - cordons removed - Thanks to all partners & public for support
RT @Jason_Cobb: Coco Pops on the pavement - stuff the £90 Politics of Planning breakfast http://t.co/HQEfEqFxAi via @se1 #housing
More views of the site at the centre of the drama. pic.twitter.com/juShzshziK
This is where the #bermondseybomb was found pic.twitter.com/z6kDcZbU5K
All clear at the site in Grange Walk where bomb was found pic.twitter.com/ldVxracpLy
Spa Gardens pic.twitter.com/FFU22fM42B
Grange Road fully open to traffic and pedestrians
Police tape being removed at Grange Road / Dunton Road junction. Police still waiting for 'all clear'.
@sirventes still other army vehicles etc in the area that need to leave.
LordLucas I have just been assured that the Army and police are still confident that everyone can get home tonight #bermondseybomb
libdemtimmcn Bermondsey bomb just gone past Asda Old Kent Road with huge police escort
@BStudios100 Yes we will cover it. Is OKR fire station now open then?
lucia_adams The #WWIIbomb heads down the old kent rd @se1 pic.twitter.com/kTfQCMz9em
Army convoy heading towards Tesco then down Old Kent Road
KyleEBurt86 Moving towards grange road end (dunton road) @se1 pic.twitter.com/zZsgFFturn
Army trucks heading down Dunton Road with police motorcycle escort. Stuck in traffic. pic.twitter.com/qpi8lntjAQ
BritishArmy Royal Engineers, of 33 EOD, build bunker for Royal Logistic Corp #bomb disposal experts to defuse device in #London pic.twitter.com/0r46UO0Lfa
@KyleEBurt86 which way are the army trucks heading?
KyleEBurt86 Movement on Grange road @se1 #UXB pic.twitter.com/ZHxGIJKMMR
Site manager of the demolition site where the bomb was found is now being allowed back through the cordon.
@mitchell_ckc situation not clear. People being allowed up Alscot Road. Beyond that can't say
Large number of police motorcyclists going towards the UXB site. Presumably to escort the bomb away from the scene.
Pedestrians now being allowed along Grange Road from Dunton Road junction pic.twitter.com/2XYiswAsFL
@maxinewarren no idea.
Bomb disposal truck went up Southwark Park Road with siren pic.twitter.com/1rtqXOth7J
This Royal Logistics Corps van just left Bermondsey pic.twitter.com/I1oBNFrQJY
@jessflood56 all the signs are it will be this evening but no confirmed timetable yet
New council homes in Willow Walk nearing completion. Part funded by Neo Bankside £££ flats next to Tate Moderpic.twitter.com/whJFnvViXaiXa
LordLucas 200m corden still closed and surrounding roads v heavy traffic. Dunton Road gridlocked. #bermondseybomb
steviecryan Full of admiration for @BritishRedCross working flat out to help residents evacuated due to #UXB in Bermondsey.
There is no point getting irate with the police officers on the cordon! Yes it's frustrating but bombs are unpredictable.
lb_southwark #UXB 4.30pm update: work is currently going according to plan and in line with the expected timescales ow.ly/KKaJG
@soph_t_smith see tweet just now
Council: "we have been advised that all is still on track for the device to be removed from the site today" - times not confirmed yet
@jadelmartin nothing official yet
@Louise_GP89 awaiting further news. Nothing to report at present.
boutchercofe School will resume normal service tomorrow providing our school caretaker is allowed back home to school. The bomb is going to Kent!
habprincipal HAB will be open to Year 11 girls only on Wednesday 25 March. Full information at harrisbermondsey.org.uk
BBC in Enid Street pic.twitter.com/shLSKfeyGq
All quiet in Abbey Street pic.twitter.com/MlByajsSnn
@lisa300 I think it's unlikely but you can always ask the police I guess
Just published - Protesters picket Peck's planning politics presentation goo.gl/fb/eJIU9h
LordLucas I have already been asked by the local Tenants Association if they can keep the bomb and use it as a sculpture in their garden #UXB #detente
tom4camberwell We'll be streaming the interview with @Livingstone_RJ so you can watch at home. #SouthwarkScrutiny @johnpopham @se1
The Garden Bridge - Coin Street Community Builders sets out its position: http://t.co/UB8p9sOR9B
Lazy pigeon risks commuter chaos to board rush-hour train at London Bridge http://t.co/35L1HF6QY3
BermondseySt @se1 Re: Bomb - ...how about taking it straight to the @I_W_M once it's safe..
svenringling "@se1 they evacuated Shaun the Sheep. Wasn't aware he lived near the bomb site #Bermondsey pic.twitter.com/9FuT1Z1hUW
Developers pay £90 a head for "politics of planning" breakfast with council leader:london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8158I
"In the face of disruption and genuine concern for some, I am proud to call Bermondsey home." - @SimonHughes
"I have been reminded of how close to each other the residents of our community are during the last day and a half." - @SimonHughes
riccardomalfano @evanoid smuggling @Tesco delivery through the cordon!
#housearrest
#refugee #WWIIbomb @se1 @lb_southwark pic.twitter.com/VX8LOmF5NO
RuthZorko Bomb disposal teams have had to excavate it, to reach the fuse underneath. pic.twitter.com/gobSa71e96
RuthZorko Engineers are also building an 'igloo' over it to limit the affect of any explosion. pic.twitter.com/zj18mBh2Av
wtfiata News just in. #bermondsey #bomb to be moved by 'tea time' @se1 #newsinlego pic.twitter.com/mzPUUErGsT
@dulwichonview Sorry, missed this in the blizzard of tweets. Yes, you can use pics with credit & link to london-se1.co.uk
The Shard in cake: https://t.co/yRXLmAm7MS via @sopeachydesigns
Council - "We hope to be able to inform people whether they can return home before 5pm ..." http://t.co/kwRErSvKIO
Bomb - "Once it has been made safe, the device should be leaving the site late this afternoon" http://t.co/kwRErSvKIO
MichaelSitu @lb_southwark @MPSSouthwark, @LondonFire and Army still working hard to try to get all residents back home today. #UXB
LordLucas The Bermondsey #UXB update at 2pm is that the Army work is going to plan and the MoD hope to move the device to Kent via the A2 later today
ArmyInLondon @Rupert_Frere A protective @HESCOGroup wall has been erected around the UXB to protect the neighbouring buildings pic.twitter.com/r1JaO5pXdc
@jadelmartin @SimonHughes no
peterjohn6 Signing up for a bike with @lb_southwark cycle scheme - available to all residents and staff
SimonHughes Thank u 2 members of the Armed Forces & all involved in moving the #UXB 2 Kent today & grateful 2 local #Bermondsey residents 4 patience.
lb_southwark #UXB We understand frustrations, but cannot confirm timescales for residents returning home as everything is dependent on the MoD operation.
drbenjohnson Latest news from the rest centre at Seven Islands is that the bomb should be removed from Grange Walk by "tea time" #bermondseybomb
Funny smell at Tesco Old Kent Road - Tesco blames council. pic.twitter.com/N8835h3SaU
Work in progress at Lynton Road for new Waterloo to Greenwich Quietway cycle route pic.twitter.com/eK3QBdtJki
GrahamNeale Details of the type of SC 250 bomb found in Bermondsey @se1 yesterday (Sprengbombe Cylindrisch 250) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC250_bomb #BermondseyBomb
bermondseyarts We're open as normal tonight in spite of all the closures in our area. Hopefully everything in Bermondsey back to normal soon. #WW2bomb
Proud_Sappers REBD and other experts called in to defuse WW2 bomb in Bermondsey London
bit.ly/1NawOw7 #RoyalEngineers pic.twitter.com/W79zgQtp7J
AmishaRestauran Today the restaurant will be close cause WWEXB
@iggle_ Abbey Street is shut from the Enid Street junction to Tower Bridge Road
RT @drbenjohnson: Bermondsey bomb - update for residents http://t.co/C8PsxK31Bv #bermondseybomb http://t.co/41mo4s68An
Police from Kensington & Chelsea on the Abbey Street cordon pic.twitter.com/8kWlIdLfBu
Just published - Harriet Harman brings Labour's pink bus to Guy's Hospital goo.gl/fb/wrt8UY
lb_southwark Southwark Council would like to thank residents for their continued patience while the MoD makes the unexploded WW2 bomb safe
Just published - Fr Richard Hearn installed as dean of St George's Cathedral @StGeorgesCath goo.gl/fb/sW6S0l
Just published - Week-long @occupy_murdoch camp set up at the News Building in London Bridge goo.gl/fb/etPbQ4
RT @Emily_R05E: On my way to help out at one of the rest centres, hope this situation gets resolved soon!â˜ºï¸ #Bermondsey
KeltieLLP A flock of Shaun the Sheep spotted on London Bridge heading north #shauninthecity @TeamLondonBdg pic.twitter.com/9tyxLj5T8r
earlyyearscop Yesterday my team and I secured the 100m cordon at UXB. Evacuating people and making the area safe was a duty we were all proud to perform
drbenjohnson Still major disruption on Southwark Park Rd - buses 1, 78, C10 diverted #bermondseybomb pic.twitter.com/vsihL99gKH
LordLucas BREAKING: the Kintore Way Nursery chicks are safe #dontpanic @KintorewayNS
25% off your food bill at PizzaExpress London Bridge http://t.co/DpiBLPas1q
Latin and Flamenco Cabaret at @morleycollege: http://t.co/zqlV8DSAzf
RT @se16: Riverside Ward Safer Neighbourhoods Panel Meeting at @salmonyouth this evening: http://t.co/YLPMNf19KS
LordLucas Best find so far today has been an old school Nokia. Tip for emergency planning depts: carry big box of lost property phone chargers
LordLucas Evacuees of 2015 showing blitz spirit via mass phone charger swap in Rest Centre. The modern day cup of sugar #UXB #Bermondsey
Refuelling at @HEJCoffee pic.twitter.com/E2MEBQqHpA
@Legs__Akimbo from Abbey Street In the north to Enid street in the east to Grange road in the south to Tower Bridge Road in the west
Sign at Bricklayers Arms still says Tower Bridge Road is shut. It is not. pic.twitter.com/fQKWaadBTA
SMJwithPips Evacuee cat safe and sound at @HEJCoffee @se1 #Bermondseybomb pic.twitter.com/R6YPDILGUu
@tahiritahiri its impossible to say.
RedCrossSouth We have 22 volunteers and staff running 2 rest centres in Bermondsey this morn for people evacuated from their homes due to the WW2 bomb
RT @AysheaBuksh: One elderly lady says to me near the cordon ‘I was evacuated during the war I’m not doing it again.’ #Bermondsey
drbenjohnson At the command centre with police, council, fire brigade, army, TfL, ambulance & Red Cross. Amazing coordinated response to #bermondseybomb
SimonConway #Bermondsey local: "I survived the war, I'll survive this", ignoring advice to leave home following discovery of unexploded WW2 bomb. @LBC
SimonConway Local leisure centre being used as an emergency rest centre, hot meals and drinks provided. #bermondseybomb @LBC pic.twitter.com/gMn61s389g
simonharrisitv Boris: Bermondsey bomb is being taken to Kent. @itvlondon
lizziedearden Boris on the Bermondsey bomb: "Envisage a Nazi munition the size of Nick Ferrari...we can't take any risks with it." ind.pn/1LRK7pI
KeithWalkerNews Boris reckons the unexploded WWll bomb in Bermondsey weighs the equivalent of two Nick Ferraris #AskBoris pic.twitter.com/8o9Xp422Yo
SimonConway .@lb_southwark say #Bermondsey residents hopefully able to go home by 6pm following WW2 bomb discovery. MoD working to make it safe. @LBC
murray_liz Mary the Bermondsey Bomb cat evacuee has been safely airlifted to her Aunt in the countryside of SE3. pic.twitter.com/V4fcrmTUDK
lb_southwark #UXB: If you have mobility issues, small children or need help to get to centres, transport is available from The Fort pub on Grange Road
@roowilliams 4pm has been mentioned but it will take as long as it takes
drbenjohnson Map shows those who couldn't return home last night (red) and those evacuated today (blue) due to UXB on Grange Walk pic.twitter.com/cqiXNjkAtp
Cllr @drbenjohnson tells us how the council found accommodation last night for all Bermondsey bomb evacuees audioboom.com/boos/3017990
PottersFieldsPa Tower Bridge Primary School pupils plant holm oak at Potters Fields Park @tbprimary @PottersFieldsPa london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8152 via @se1
@FNielk 4pm has been mentioned. But it will take as long as it takes. Can't really ask them to hurry the job.
The closed-down payday loan shop in Tower Bridge Road pic.twitter.com/wT0yMlJqmd
LordLucas We are all tired and a bit bored of being evacuated but just really grateful now to the Army who put their lives at risk to make us safe
LordLucas Seven Islands leisure centre Rest Centre open all day with teas, coffees, refreshments for those in today's 200m exclusion zone
@ElllieS no that area is fine
@Tmckinnin builders dug it up
9am update on Bermondsey bomb with Cllr Ben Johnson https://t.co/ANB88SRQ52 via @audioBoom
@Tmckinnin unexploded WWII bomb
Army on Southwark Park Road pic.twitter.com/im7sKhtE0c
@lucyannamoore if the police haven't knocked on your door you're probably ok.
@lemonjell0h no. But traffic may be heavier.
KintorewayNS Kintore Way Nursery School and Children's Centre remains closed today.
@tashagowood map here https://t.co/TdtPL8e91p
CamberwellKevin @se1 #Bermondsey Abbey Street facing west at neckinger junction. No traffic at rush hour, very quiet and pleasant. pic.twitter.com/xsretWUUJl
Abbey Street pic.twitter.com/MYgFBlMPFc
MichaelSitu Canada Water Library ready & open to receive people affected by #UXB. Hotline still -02075250593. pic.twitter.com/qvSh9P4i55
MPSSouthwark @se1 #UXB BOCU Com:Sorry if the leaflet was a bit blunt but we wanted 2be honest&persuade ppl that it's in their interest2leave (some don't)
MPSSouthwark @se1 #UXB from BOCU Commander:Thanku 4 every1s support&cooperation.Our primary aim is2keep ppl safe and minimise disruption2the Residents
People sauntering along Abbey Street being told to get a move on and leave the cordon
drbenjohnson Grange Rd closed as WWII bomb refused - all residents within 200m evacuated. Head to rest centre at Seven Islands pic.twitter.com/HkiPas2k6Q
MPSEastWalworth All residents around the ww2 bomb should have left by now. Pls speak to an officer #UXB
Still people wandering about in their onesies on the edge of the 200m zone.
Amazing how many people just duck underneath the police tape and carry on regardless, usually with earphones in.
KyleEBurt86 Got a 5am wake up call from the police and was told we had to be out by 8am and can't return till 4pm @se1 #UXB
LordLucas Police telling residents within the 200m exclusion zone that the Army hope to have removed and disposed of the UXB by 4pm today
Officers from @LambethMPS now looking after the Abbey Street cordon in Bermondsey
@Gert the UXB most assuredly has an SE1 postcode
fbateallthepies @se1 my outlaws live just outside the evacuation area and they've had the knock at the door this morning !! They live on the neckinger !!
@GeorgieBoy1885 yes
You can just see one of the Army trucks from the Tower Bridge Road end of Grange Walk pic.twitter.com/Jt4Y4gFj0b
8.20am and there are still people leaving the closed area.
@katesfxmakeup Bermondsey!
MPSSouthwark Thank you to @BritishRedCross for providing drinks and snacks to those displaced from their homes and the officer's on the cordons
boutchercofe @lb_southwark Boutcher CE Primary is also closed today.
boutchercofe Thanks to SSSO school for their fantastic hospitality during yesterday's evacuation. (Re)living history!#bermondsey pic.twitter.com/cG9LWBbf5o
Rupert_Frere So here are my photos of what a 250kg 2nd world war bomb looks like up close #Bermondsey #bomb pic.twitter.com/17kRoqJ2HY
boutchercofe I hope our children are polishing their projects for Thursday, learning multiplication tables & reading! I'm tackling the budget...
People wheeling suitcases along Curtis Street pic.twitter.com/kGzZOzB57f
LukeJ_Sheppard The @se1 drama continues. Woken up by policemen at the door in the middle of the night telling us to evacuate from 6am. #WW2bomb
Grange Road pic.twitter.com/2PSeYICbT6
Still lots of people turning up at the Bermondsey cordons with no idea of what has happened.
Islington police officer is telling people that Bermondsey road closures expected to continue till 4pm
On a traffic light post in Grange Road pic.twitter.com/fxPtLYsV9f
Emergency vehicles at Harris Academy pic.twitter.com/We8XargJSk
Police from Lewisham on the Spa Road cordon pic.twitter.com/hOVh6OTtlq
C10 doing 3 point turn outside Beormund Centre. pic.twitter.com/Oc7Je5JFDL
This C10 bus driver didn't get the memo about the UXB pic.twitter.com/2XPKxv2Gzi
Recap: WWII UXB in Grange Walk. 200m evacuation by 8am. Then Army will try to make it safe.
MichaelSitu Thks Mike & @BritishRedCross volunteers who worked with @lb_southwark staffs to get SevenIslands Centre ready this AM pic.twitter.com/3XWIP6kgyI
Maltby Street / Abbey Street junction pic.twitter.com/tzcH16rzxs
Abbey Street pic.twitter.com/9TrO0aO8lR
Police from Greenwich and Redbridge guarding the cordon round the Bermondsey bomb.
People being allowed out of Grange Road but not in pic.twitter.com/zryFJ34fNB
Sign at Bricklayers Arms says TBR is shut. It isn't. At present. pic.twitter.com/Ja5py2STmF
LAS_TacAdvisor #Bermondsey: Residents in a 200m cordon are asked to leave their homes by 8am. Map approx area, helpline 02075250593 pic.twitter.com/B7UE9cbE04
SimonConway In #Bermondsey following discovery of unexploded WW2 bomb, residents within 200m told to leave homes by 8am. @LBC pic.twitter.com/O2wWjbY4DS
TfLBusAlerts Routes 1 78 C10 42 188 RV1 remain on diversion following earlier closure of Grange Road, SE1 due to a security alert.
ArmyInLondon @BritishArmy bomb disposal experts are working through the night to render safe massive #WW2 #bermondseybomb pic.twitter.com/DBlsTVf7kp
BexWills Properties near to unexploded #WW2 bomb in #SE1 being vacated as work begins at 8 to make it safe. @lb_southwark helpline 020 7525 0593
Good morning. Will keep you updated as best we can on today's events in Bermondsey re the WWII UXB.
bomielke Woke up in a hotel this morning as my home was evacuated yesterday. Looking to @se1 for updates on #Bermondsey #uxb.
LordLucas Just taken 3 generations of the same family to a B&B in Brockley. Seven Islands Rest Centre now empty but reopens at 6am
@cherylbone between 6am and 8am
MichaelSitu @lb_southwark has now offered home to all those who need one.Police remain#UXB site. Thk @steviecryan @BillWilliams01 @Kath59 @drbenjohnson
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