Friday 27 March 2015

Friday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-03-27

11:00 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via TweetDeck

Secondhand books and bric a brac in Trinity Church Square http://t.co/1vABDqMaMd

9:35 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone

Eric Pickles raps 'poor doors' in London apartment blocks & speaks up for mixed developments http://t.co/F3JIfLraWl

8:57 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Mobile Web

Phased introduction of New Routemasters (aka Boris buses) on route 12 starts tomorrow.

8:38 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

St Saviour's & St Olave's headteacher "astonished" by call from @boutchercofe re #BermondseyBomb evacuation pic.twitter.com/7uClUkpz8D

8:07 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Treasury evasive over cost of giant banner George Osborne and Boris Johnson used at Tate Modern last month http://t.co/qE5WNdhPAL

7:54 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Justice minister @SimonHughes has accused his Tory boss Chris Grayling of "absurd" behaviour gu.com/p/473e7/stw

7:47 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter Web Client

A @SantanderCycles rebranded bike at E&C pic.twitter.com/iBiibEXRJR

6:23 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone

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6:05 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone

Just published - Pedestrian hit by night bus on London Bridge: @CityPolice appeal for witnesses goo.gl/fb/rVIkeq

5:14 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Google

Lib Dem @CarolinePidgeon asks how lessons from #LondonBridge will be applied to forthcoming major works at Waterloo Station

5:04 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Tory @SteveO_Connell - there's been a "catastrophic loss of confidence" in rail industry due to #LondonBridge problems @LondonAssembly

4:54 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Govia man: It's"absolutely wrong" to compare £3.2m compensation to train operators re#LondonBridgee to £0.5m passed on to passengers

4:52 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Network Rail has paid £3.2m compensation to train operators due to problems at#LondonBridgee so far

4:49 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge "This compensation scheme is inadequate" says @tomcopley @LondonAssembly

4:48 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge "Surely the decent thing to do is to offer further compensation to passengers?" asks @tomcopley.

No plans - @SouthernRailUK

4:46 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

19,000 @SouthernRailUK passengers claim #DelayRepay compensation every month, says Charles Horton #LondonBridge

4:42 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Network Rail admits that #LondonBridge works mean Jubilee line is extra busy - NR rep says sometimes difficult to get on train at Southwark

4:40 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Hope to write up the #LondonBridge story tomorrow. This week SE1 has interviewed @SimonHughes, @HarrietHarman & @Ed_Miliband on this issue.

4:36 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge "The modelling is fine" says @networkrail's Phil Hufton - variable demand (i.e. too many passengers) is the problem

4:18 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge "Would you all agree that your modelling is defective?" asks @SteveO_Connell

4:17 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Computer system for live train running updates is "one version of the truth" admits rail boss Charles Horton @LondonAssembly #LondonBridge

4:07 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Another 3 months till all measures to improve #LondonBridge passenger information are in place, rail bosses tell @LondonAssembly

4:05 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge @CarolinePidgeon put staff in raspberry tabards to the test yesterday but they couldn't answer her question.

4:02 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Staff at #LondonBridge given "raspberry-coloured" tabards so passengers can find them to ask questions.

4:01 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge information for passengers "totally incompetent" says Tory @rdicktracey.

Staff now issued with iPads to get latest info.

4:01 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge some discrepancy between what transport secretary said last week + what Network Rail saying today teased out by @rdicktracey Q

3:52 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge passengers "very good-humoured and very patient in the circumstances" says Govia boss Charles Horton

3:51 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge @MuradQureshiAM draws contrast with Marylebone where station + trains are run by same company.

3:48 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Platform 15 at #LondonBridge "unbearable" says @CarolinePidgeon. Passengers say they've been reduced to tears.

3:47 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

"No-one has been hurt" during the recent #LondonBridge disruption - Hufton tells @LondonAssembly

3:46 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge Station "is not unsafe ... it is well-managed" @networkrail's Phil Hufton tells @LondonAssembly

3:45 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Govia Thameslink Rail's Charles Horton says he expects things to steadily get better for #LondonBridge passengers over coming weeks/months

3:42 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

London Assembly member @ValShawcross is VERY angry about #LondonBridge

3:39 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge: no prospect of significant improvements till 2016 says @networkrail's Phil Hufton @LondonAssembly

3:38 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

"Our confidence [in @networkrail] has crashed to rock-bottom" after #LondonBridge debacle says @ValShawcross

3:36 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge - staff from different companies given radios on the same frequencies to improve comms says @networkrail's Phil Hufton

3:36 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Story re new secondary school in Southwark Bridge Road updated with comment from @se1parents campaign: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8162

3:32 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

"Network Rail is accountable for #LondonBridge Station - no question whatsoever" says Phil Hufton. @LondonAssembly

3:28 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Phil Hufton promises better wifi for #LondonBridge Station passengers and staff within next few weeks @LondonAssembly

3:28 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge: "I totally empathise with passengers [and] understand why they are frustrated and annoyed" says @GTRailUK man @LondonAssembly

3:24 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge: @ValShawcross says there's a "culture of secrecy within @networkrail". Phil Hufton replies that things will change.

3:19 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

There have been "distressing amounts of secrecy" during the last "12 weeks of misery" for #LondonBridge rail passengers says @ValShawcross

3:17 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge: "I'm a fare-paying passenger ... and it's just not good enough" man from @networkrail tells @LondonAssembly transport cttee

3:06 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Watch @LondonAssembly webcast re #LondonBridge Station disruption here: http://t.co/1pEGlldl9F

3:02 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

#LondonBridge rail chaos - watch @LondonAssembly members grill @networkrail and @TLRailUK reps from 3pm - webcast: http://t.co/gtpaG2WrYt

2:57 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Boris wants to sell Southwark Fire Station to @Hadston_ run by @Jeff_Thomas42 + @Jeremy_Sanders_ london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8162 (TY @LoveWapping)

12:59 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

This is one of the directors of the company buying Southwark Fire Station & training centre: https://t.co/19sjfiCPiA

12:46 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Just published - Boris pushes through sale of Southwark Fire Station for free school and homes goo.gl/fb/Jxe4sE

12:26 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Google

Anyone able to track down info on Hadston, mysterious developer buying Southwark Fire Station? london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8162

12:23 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

London Fire Brigade Museum latest: likely buyer of Southwark Fire Station "proposes to retain a museum" london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8162

12:20 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

BREAKING NEWS: Boris confirms plan for 1,100-place secondary school at Southwark Fire Station site: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8162

12:20 PM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

Barclays branding replaced by @SantanderCycles on one side of road but not the other pic.twitter.com/iXkGlxUPx5

11:57 AM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone

Will Self on the meaning of skyscrapers – from the Tower of Babel to the Shargu.com/p/4724m/stwUp vi@guardianan

11:33 AM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter Web Client

Just published - #BermondseyBomb beer goes on sale at @southwarkbeer and @grange_pub goo.gl/fb/fOjWjD

11:26 AM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Google

Tonight - Bach's St John Passion with @morleycollege musicians at @StGeorgesCath http://t.co/114yBvWUFn

9:24 AM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac

[Job vacancy] Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover), @BetterBankside: http://t.co/kHWlC61hLd

8:37 AM, Mar 27th, 2015 via Twitter for Mac