Wednesday 1 April 2015
News & features published on 1 April 2015
'Inadequate' Lewisham Southwark College faces 'daunting' challenges
Ofsted inspectors have published another damning report on Lewisham Southwark College, the further education institution with campuses in Waterloo and Lewisham.
News UK hosts election conference for young journalists at SE1 school
Dozens of aspiring young journalists from south London schools took part in a special pre-election conference at ARK Globe Academy on Wednesday.
TfL: rumours of road closure were greatly exaggerated
Despite flashing signs displayed since last weekend, Westminster Bridge Road failed to close to traffic from midnight on 1 April.
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Tweets on 1 April 2015
Wednesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2015-04-01
The latest from the @lambethpalace gift shop: https://t.co/B81d90KTAK via @JulesRambler
RT @Save_IWMLibrary: #Research Room hours cut &telephone enquiry service disappearing-update on #cuts at Imperial War #Museum: https://t.co…
standardnews Amazing pictures show central London plunged into darkness after fire in Holborn bit.ly/1BNvOHG pic.twitter.com/sCMABDTvQ3
Blueskizid London blackout - the view from Waterloo bridge. Large chunks totally in the dark! pic.twitter.com/AhPkGOeCp6
TfLTrafficNews Holborn Fire- full closure remains on Kingsway & Waterloo Bridge (n/bound). Kingsway likely to stay closed until tommorow. Q's on diversion.
faisalislam Social media tells me that there are massive generator lorries just driving over Waterloo bridge to deal with this London blackout.
@urbanshepherd Tweet referred to Co-op in Southwark *Bridge* Road
@urbanshepherd The college? No. Waterloo campus in The Cut opposite Southwark tube. They've sold the Bermondsey one to developers.
Just published - 'Inadequate' Lewisham Southwark College faces 'daunting' challenges - Ofsted goo.gl/fb/Htxypu
RT @CathedralsTom: Either he has a doppelgänger, or I just saw Christopher "9th doctor" Eccleston buying 8 Staropramen in the co-op on Sout…
Just published - News UK @the_newsacademy hosts election conference for young journalists at @ARKGlobeAcademy goo.gl/fb/Jol7BL
MPSonthewater Look closely at approx 6am at Tower Bridge there will be a replica of Thunderbird 4 on her way. No strings attached.. pic.twitter.com/rmB0uNOqmB
Small London Bridge-based charity @TeensandTodds is looking for runners for the BUPA London 10,000: http://t.co/iRbh4SHxMW
The minutes of the board of Tate galleries are always V V heavily redacted to take out anything remotely interesting pic.twitter.com/pJtr8Acr2u
James Braidwood - fire superintendent killed in Tooley Street 1861 - gets lengthy writeup in US firefighters journal: http://t.co/dDQjdMy4Ei
Bike hangar coming to Leathermarket Street http://t.co/2X74OfUKkC
peterjohn6 Roxy licence suspended by @lb_southwark Licensing Cttee following weekend brawl.
TfLTrafficNews Holborn Fire- closures remain on Kingsway & Waterloo Bridge (n/bound). Southampton Row also now closed s/b from Vernon Place to Kingsway.
bbc5livetravel #HolbornFire Central London severe congestion, Trafalgar Sq, Waterloo Bridge, The strand Underpass is closed, 10 bus routes are on diversion
TfLBusAlerts Routes 1 59 68 X68 171 188 are cutting short to Waterloo from ongoing building fire on Kingsway, WC2
RT @TfLBusAlerts: Holborn Fire – 4 & 26 diverting via Blackfriars Bridge, Stamford St. Route 6 & 9 curtailing to Trafalgar Sq. RV1 curtail…
TfLBusAlerts Holborn Fire - Route 168 is currently operating a split service from Hampstead heath to Russell Sq & Old Kent Rd to Waterloo.
mishamura #london #fire @ Waterloo Bridge instagram.com/p/08AfHiJR-V/
LBLDemocracy Temporary consent for the 'Udderbelly' touring theatre structure was APPROVED last night by #Lambeth PAC. #Bishops Ward
Is Chris Dercon leaving Tate Modern for Berlin theatre?https://t.co/ZFTHN5qmNw
spode Can just about see the electrical fire from the restaurant i'm in at the shard. pic.twitter.com/a4vVpKanf9
AndrewPotterNZ Fire in Holborn as seen from @TheShardLondon pic.twitter.com/MgxNx1z788
SE1 resident jailed for 42 months for possessing bomb making manual: http://t.co/6UlZ82NCK9
Smoke from #kingswayfire as seen from the Shard
https://t.co/eSHV5Ytiw4
Perched on a chimney at Hopton's Almshouses, Bankside pic.twitter.com/cWTsmOqQvd
chelle_83 @se1 Do you know what's being filmed near #roupellstreet today?
Great to meet the @OpenStreetsLDN team and hear about their exciting plans
Borough High Street brawl - councillors are meeting this afternoon to decide whether to suspend Roxy's licence
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8174
Marie Curie Field of Hope at Elephant & Castle dug up as roundabout removal starts pic.twitter.com/J6hOkk6FP2
Chavender Seen in Elephant & Castle underpass pic.twitter.com/vHuIrXB4x1
rachelvbray Sad to see that local @se1 restaurant, The Great Wall, has shut down and is being replaced by a chain restaurant @Chilango_uk
Crucifix Lane Nightclub To Close After Easter: http://t.co/LiBAdVRh3T
The lovely @LambethPalace garden is open to the public between 12 and 3 this afternoon: http://t.co/QuxgA4Ot2A http://t.co/lkWmRUv8ki
Just published - Phantom road closure - a TfL April fool? goo.gl/fb/GyZnrA
2 of the developers who sponsored Lambeth trip to Cannes signed Telegraph 'vote Tory' letter: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8140 pic.twitter.com/3YDCvoHibz
Today's first day of expanded @BetterBankside BID - south to Webber Street and west to Hatfields: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7988
19 per cent probability of Labour gain in Bermondsey & Old Southwark #ge2015 says @Election4castUK: electionforecast.co.uk
RT @se17: Tory cllr @harryph on Elephant regeneration: "just the replacement of one awful scheme with another" - @conhome http://t.co/irNr…
RT @scouts: The world’s tallest climbing wall is being built in the UK-on The Shard! Want to go? http://t.co/x6vrYyQuN9 http://t.co/6jTKfPYâ€...
Today's the 50th anniversary of the shakeup of London local government that gave us the present day boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth.
deansouthwark Great new development proposal @Southwarkcathed will re-establish our place on the London and ecclesiastical skyline. pic.twitter.com/9g18BTfAg7
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