Wednesday 25 March 2015
News & features published on 25 March 2015
Bermondsey bomb: controlled explosion in North Kent
The World War II bomb that brought much of Bermondsey to a standstill for two days this week was destroyed by the Army in a controlled explosion in North Kent on Wednesday morning.
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Wednesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-03-25
Old Kent Road down to a single lane westbound at Thomas a Becket / Tesco due to roadworks
drbenjohnson No one knows where the Southwark Civic Mace has gone! Please keep yours eyes peeled @councilassembly
Big mystery in Southwark: the mayoral chain, the mace and mace bearer unaccounted for at tonight's meeting https://t.co/HiiwoWkaFw
councilassembly London Bridge motion passed by council also called on cabinet to work with @TeamLondonBdg on plans to improve environment around the station
Interesting that Southwark Tories out of step with Boris Johnson who called 4 devolution of rail franchises at #MQT https://t.co/tVBM1lpBh1
councilassembly Lab & Lib cllrs vote in favour of motion re London Bridge chaos that TfL should take over SE London commuter rail lines. Tories against.
RT @councilassembly: Cllr @cathedralsdavid highlights work of orgs such as @blackfriarssett and @TheDragonCafe on mental health in Southwark
councilassembly Cllr @hamishmccallum questions @peterjohn6 re council's use of off-site affordable housing deals in North Southwark
Cllr @peterjohn6 gives undertaking that Styles House residents will have to approve any deal re including their homes in tube station dev't
Coming up: LIVE audio mixlr.com/se1 of Southwark Council leader answering question re Southwark Tube Station development scheme
@WaterlooFB Thanks. As a general rule, best to email events info to us for inclusion in our what's on guide, email newsletter etc.
LIVE audio of question time to @peterjohn6 mixlr.com/se1 - @cathedralsdavid Q re Southwark Tube / Styles House coming up
Waterloo Foodbanquet - three-course meal made entirely of ingredients from a Foodbank parcel: http://t.co/8VWhtlO4Rc in aid of @waterloofb
councilassembly LIVE audio stream of Southwark councillors debating welfare reform continues at mixlr.com/se1
councilassembly More than 10,000 unemployed users of London Bridge and Peckham Jobcentres have been sanctioned in last 2 years says @FionaColley
Southwark says it won't use shipping containers for vulnerable families temp accomm but "high specification modern demountable units"
councilassembly The @SouthwarkCAB has got funding from @UnitedStSaviour to do home visits to isolated older people in North Southwark
councilassembly LIVE audio of tonight's Council Assembly - mixlr.com/se1
RMT will be protesting against tube ticket office closures at Elephant & Castle on Friday (4pm-6pm)
councilassembly Cllr @drbenjohnson: it's important we're all properly prepared in case more UXB found in Bermondsey
councilassembly Cllr @drbenjohnson making his own statement re "surreal two days" of #bermondseybomb - thanks police, council, Army, Red Cross, and @se1
councilassembly Cllr @peterjohn thanks @MichaelSitu, @drbenjohnson and @LordLucas for their hard work during #bermondseybomb
james_hatts Thanks to @peterjohn6 for kind words re @se1 website during #bermondseybomb at @councilassembly this evening
councilassembly Cllr @peterjohn6 thanks all staff & volunteers for"excellent and surefooted response" to #bermondseybomb
councilassembly Cllr @peterjohn6 making statement re #bermondseybomb - live audio mixlr.com/se1
councilassembly Live audio from council assembly here: mixlr.com/se1
Southwark full council meeting - LIVE audio mixlr.com/se1 and live tweets @councilassembly
CBethell_photo Students chanting to be let in as lectures cancelled and LCC shuts for the day. pic.twitter.com/BFLLlo13XE
Police at @LCCLondon Elephant & Castle due to @OccupyUAL student protest against cuts pic.twitter.com/AHx6QmhKaK
Tune in to @itvlondon now to see @RagsMartel report on general election in Bermondsey & Old Southwark #GE2015
@RuseBarLondon Protest by @OccupyUAL against cuts etc
London Bridge Station: @LondonFire has "requested a further review of ... fire risk assessment and an update to the management strategy"
aladyinlondon Amazing sky over #London Bridge right now!
#sunset pic.twitter.com/FJGp7Cc0sE
Steven_Ball occupiers inside LCC while police keep everyone else outside #OccupyUAL @OccupyUAL pic.twitter.com/NbRyzP5YBv
@TheRealJimShady I was there at 9.30 and didn't see a crowd though apparently there was a problem/fire at shopping centre this morning
London Bridge rail chaos compensation - "I cannot make any guarantees at this point" minister tells @HarrietHarman: http://t.co/NZt9CZESWH
VerPap #OccupyUAL a proper protest at Lcc now. Students r out because of fire alarm Protesters r in the university space pic.twitter.com/oJfLBq47mE
JoanaRamiroUK Meanwhile LCC management has called the police and the fire brigades @OccupyUAL
CBethell_photo Police are now on the entrance LCC #OccupyUAL
JoanaRamiroUK Some seriously cool scenes over here of people jumping walls and barriers to get into the LCC building @OccupyUAL
TomMcliasElias Students have found a way in to LCC despite heave security presence. #OccupyUAL pic.twitter.com/EY0UckRyyz
JayElHaych Evacuated but there's a group atmosphere of unwillingness to move because it's in aid of the #LCC foundation protest. pic.twitter.com/EO8aamO0ZJ
CBethell_photo Fire brigade now at LCC due to the fire alarm being pulled #OccupyUAL
OccupyUAL OCCUPY UAL ARE IN LCC NOW #freeeducation #occupyUAL pic.twitter.com/d7wG3ex5fV
CBethell_photo Stuck inside @LCCLondon due to the protest against UAL foundation cuts. pic.twitter.com/R4sFw9ZhZd
CBethell_photo The occupation continues at @LCCLondon pic.twitter.com/DVikVdlLcA
CBethell_photo So @LCCLondon has been occupied. Fire alarms have been pulled so they gained access. pic.twitter.com/sB7yzisCOc
Pops1978 Something's going on at the London college of printing @se1 pic.twitter.com/6AIMCfKArD
Several matters of SE1 interest on the agenda at Southwark Council Assembly tonight - follow @councilassembly for updates.
See the official Ministry of Defence video of the #BermondseyBomb being detonated http://t.co/BUJNlwxtzJ via @DailyMirror
Very dramatic photo of the #Bermondseybomb being detonated this morning: http://t.co/8YvFYyCCJf
GavinJonesLtd School pupils learn about Holm Oak from GJ Head Gardener & help with planting @PottersFieldsPa ow.ly/KMCt2 pic.twitter.com/uxXUeNMLT5
@LizIxer @CroydonCyclists @MayorofLondon @LCCinMerton public gallery had large contingent of taxi drivers
Just published - Bermondsey bomb: controlled explosion in North Kent goo.gl/fb/iQl7K8
Boris Johnson accuses others (e.g. @CarolinePidgeon) of turning serious meetings into "public pieces of theatre" - a bit rich! #mqt
Video showing the blast from the #BermondseyBomb in North Kent this morning: https://t.co/qEcg83JTgf via @Kent_Online
CarolinePidgeon Garden Bridge procurement process needs a full and independent audit. Mayor won't agree. It looks very murky.
DarrenJohnsonAM There WAS a robust procurement process for Garden Bridge. Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg and Joanna Lumley all asked to submit rival designs.
Boris: "silver lining" of London Bridge disruption is that it will lead to further devolution of London commuter rail from DfT to TfL.
London Bridge Station: "There was frankly a cock-up" says Boris Johnson at #mqt
@kayaburgess Context was re Garden Bridge & cycle hire public funding. It was designed to get reaction from cabbies, not a serious point.
Boris: No clear political accountability re London Bridge chaos. If it happened at a TfL stn "my ass would be grass unless we fixed it" #mqt
#MQT Boris says Phil Hufton - in charge of sorting London Bridge disruption - is being paid "top dollar" by @networkrail
Boris Johnson says he has had "abundant meetings" with transport secretary and Network Rail re London Bridge rail chaos #mqt
@kayaburgess Pretty sure gallery is full of taxi drivers this morning
#MQT @ValShawcross bumped into @networkrail's Mark Carne at London Bridge this morning and gave him "full account" of passenger frustrations
LDNcomms .@MayorofLondon has announced @RogerEvansAM as the new Deputy Mayor for London, replacing Victoria Borwick #MQT
#mqt Boris: "The chaos at London Bridge is an overwhelming argument for further devolution" of rail services
Boris at #MQT - "if you hate cyclists clap your hands" - applause from public gallery at City Hall. @RogerEvansAM bangs his gavel.
Boris re Garden Bridge at #mqt: "unless we get this thing moving it simply won't happen" due to #supersewer
Boris says his "temporary undertaking" re Garden Bridge is "purely to speed things up" #mqt
#mqt @JohnBiggsAM puts it to Boris that he was "dishonest" when he said taxpayers wouldn't underwrite Garden Bridge maintenance
Cost of repairing Garden Bridge after maritime disaster or terrorist attack would fall to taxpayer, says Boris #mqt
#mqt Boris says he won't release the £30m towards capital cost until there's a guarantee that Mayor's maintenance guarantee won't be needed
#mqt Boris says GLA/TfL has given "temporary undertaking" re Garden Bridge maintenance to get through planning till trust has firm funding
#mqt Boris - "it would be totally ludicrous" for public sector to pay for maintenance of Garden Bridge
#MQT Boris: "We are determined not to pay more than £30m" towards Garden Bridge
#MQT Boris: "I don't want us to be contributing more than £30m" to Garden Bridge
ValShawcross .@JohnBiggsAM about to criticise @MayorofLondon for misleading Londoners 'up the garden bridge' wasting transport money without transparency
MuradQureshiAM @MayorofLondon not willing to admit that Joanna Lumley pulled the wool over his eyes on the #GardenBridge @LondonAssembly
AdamBienkov Boris Johnson compares critics of the garden bridge to the Taliban. #mqt
Danny Alexander and Simon Hughes talk Bakerloo line extension https://t.co/X4RfgbgiLl via @audioBoom
RT @Kent_Online: People have described hearing an "almighty boom" as the bomb went off just after 9am http://t.co/oScK0h8XaC http://t.co/7P…
habprincipal HAB will reopen to all girls from 8.25-4.00 on Thursday and 8.25-3.00 on Friday. Further details at harrisbermondsey.org.uk
GoGravesham Yes! We all jumped in the office, whole room vibrated. @Kent_Online
RT @MedwayMessenger: If you just heard a loud band, it was the German Second World War bomb found in London being detonated in Cliffe! http…
ThamesPics Well that was a fairly unmistakeable huge bang and thud just heard in Gravesend
Joe_Stannard Well that was a pretty huge bang. #Gravesend
edmiller73 @Kent_Online Sounded like something big had landed on my roof in Gravesend!
ThamesPics @se1 Judging by the massive bang and thud just then in Kent, I'd say the #bermondseybomb is no more!
RT @Kent_Online: Did you hear it? The bomb has just been detonated http://t.co/oScK0h8XaC http://t.co/72iRZBjGs2
From 10am Boris Johnson will face questions at #MQT about the Garden Bridge and London Bridge Station
CityAM Bermondsey MP calls for London-wide bomb-proof plan dlvr.it/969N1z
RT @Kent_Online: ...Nothing yet. We're keeping our ears out. The detonation was due at 8.30am but the MoD said this could still change http…
Kent_Online @FleurEloise @Recurvirostrida @Kent_999s that's correct. Cliffe residents received letters informing them, and the area's been cordoned off
RT @Kent_Online: Brace yourselves. A huge WW2 bomb is due to be detonated in Cliffe near #Rochester at 8.30am http://t.co/oScK0h8XaC http:/…
RT @GreenFlyFlowers: …and this is what they are building there…joy!…Next time DO A SURVEY! #bermondseybomb http://t.co/jZGetcFjtn
So they've taken the #bermondseybomb to the Isle of Grain, where @MayorofLondon wants his 'Boris Island' airport
https://t.co/fQ8RWLOaCT
sheernessnews Bomb due to be detonated on the Isle of Grain at 0830.
RT @Kent_Online: Get set for a big bang! Huge bomb found in London is due to be detonated in Kent this morning http://t.co/oScK0h8XaC http:…
RT @Cibele_Porto: So... £1950 monthly #rent for a two bedrooms flat at Old Kent Road?! Is this for real?! #SE1 #abusiveprices http://t.co/C…
PeterPannier Peter Pannier picks "Just published" @se1 piece - "Protesters picket Peck's planning politics presentation" - peruse: goo.gl/fb/eJIU9h
Video of the #bermondseybomb convoy somewhere on the A2 last night youtu.be/l4LO5fX8ckE
@GreenwichHour Too late - it went down the A2 last night
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