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News & features published on 2 June 2015
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Elephant & Castle a 'problem area' for sex crimes, says top cop

Police in Southwark are planning to take measures to tackle a recent spate of sexual attacks around the Elephant & Castle.

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Tanner Street's Victorian tin box factory to be knocked down

Southwark councillors have approved plans to demolish a Victorian factory in Bermondsey and replace it with an eight-storey block of flats.

Tweets on 2 June 2015

NatalieMcGarry Signalling failures outside London Bridge. Means all trains delayed heading toward Greenwich. Random ANGRY man. Chill. Not staff fault.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 11:47 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Se_Railway SERVICE UPDATE Multiple signal failures at London Bridge are causing delays in both directions ^CH

via Hootsuite (retweeted on 11:41 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

"The opposition to the Garden Bridge ... sounds spiteful and jealous" says Evening Standard editor: http://t.co/kdqDiBBQR3

via Twitter for Mac

'Boris buses' coming to route 159 - and Abellio is taking over: http://t.co/UqWovPj9ML

via Twitter for Mac

Giles Coren - #gardenbridge will "spoil the last decent view of St Paul’s, and be dead within a decade": http://t.co/E3eT5WrwDC

via Twitter for Mac

On Newsnight now: @SimonHughes talking about Charles Kennedy

via Twitter for Mac

Article about the Gloucestershire-based @BritishArmy team that dealt with the #bermondseybomb: http://t.co/Oc6w2L4xs7

via Twitter for Mac

Late plea by @thevicsoc to save "characterful historic building" in Tanner Street london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8301 pic.twitter.com/Xz12SjPWjE

via Twitter for Mac

@thevicsoc Here's the outcome: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8301 - planning officer quoted your objection but committee unmoved by it

via Twitter for Mac in reply to thevicsoc

thevicsoc @se1 indeed it was how we found out about it.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:12 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for Mac)

Just published - Elephant & Castle a 'problem area' for sexual attacks by strangers, says Southwark's top cop goo.gl/fb/ePzgTu

via Google

Railwaypast Exterior of the Terminus of the South Eastern Railways at London Bridge pic.twitter.com/p5X5ZL0T9f

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:32 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Just published - Tanner Street's Victorian tin box factory to be knocked down - cllrs unanimously approve scheme goo.gl/fb/IQ7Naj

via Google

LatinElephant After 250 years, The Pub (corner of New Kent Road & Newington Causeway) gives way to a Foxtons
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:49 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

federilli We have an O2 academy in in @se1 tonight! pic.twitter.com/wr24vZbGdP

via iOS (retweeted on 8:31 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

james_hatts Bermondsey Village Hall. The apostrophe annoys me every time I pass by. pic.twitter.com/nIS8sjaaRf

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:24 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

"There are other buildings in the area of better merit" says Southwark head of development management Gary Rice pic.twitter.com/6aX3r4b3JC

via Twitter for Mac

Cllr @AdeleCathedrals queries progressive loss of characterful industrial buildings in N Southwark. LIVE audio mixlr.com/se1

via Twitter for Mac

Old and new - the proposed Tanner Street development. LIVE audio mixlr.com/se1 pic.twitter.com/hPXNMewL1p

via Twitter for Mac

This 1872 factory will be replaced by 8-storey bronze and zinc-clad block of 9 flats pic.twitter.com/dDAXTLeNeA

via Twitter for Mac in reply to se1

Planning officer: "some townscape merit [but] not considered to be of such significance to justify its retention pic.twitter.com/dDAXTLeNeA

via Twitter for Mac

Victorian Society @thevicsoc have submitted late objection to demolition of this building (a result of SE1 tweet?) http://t.co/dDAXTLeNeAâ...

via Twitter for Mac

Demolition of Victorian tin box factory in Tanner Street - LIVE audio stream of Southwark planning committee pic.twitter.com/dDAXTLeNeA

via Twitter for Mac

Live audio from Southwark planning committee mixlr.com/se1

via Twitter for Mac

SheldonKGoodman The pub HAS to be kept. We have enough estate agents, let's not mess up Elephant and Castle's redevelopment AGAIN london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 6:48 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

roundaboutnews The successor of the 18th century pub that gave this roundabout and district its name is to become Foxtons estate... fb.me/6Dpp1MHSu

via Facebook (retweeted on 6:39 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

dogwinters It's not fair to blame Foxton's for London's problems, but bloody hell they're really good at getting up one's nose. london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 6:39 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

Simonhinde The fate of the Elephant & Castle pub. The sort of thing angry writers put in didactic agitprop plays, but true. london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:47 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

The @London_Riviera pop up bar is at More London all summer pic.twitter.com/cIPovQMO3p

via Twitter for iPhone

The Evening Standard has followed up our story about Foxtons at Elephant & Castle http://t.co/ZpPLGULB9z

via Twitter for iPhone

Free stone sculpting workshops in Tanner Street Park every weekend in June with @austintemery: http://t.co/0rRut0bfSh

via Twitter for Mac

Cllr @MerrillDarren says Southwark wants to encourage residents aged 2 to 80 to cycle

via Twitter for Mac

LIVE audio - Southwark Council adopts its new cycling strategy - mixlr.com/se1

via Twitter for Mac

In case you hadn't noticed, this year's #FreeCycle on 1 August will include a loop across Waterloo Bridge: http://t.co/YGBl5UjWiq

via Twitter for Mac

LIVE audio from Southwark cabinet meeting - mixlr.com/se1

via Twitter for Mac

JolyonMaugham It's through scrutiny of this quality that our architectural heritage is lost. pic.twitter.com/ldvZI1kpVN

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 3:28 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for Mac)

1987 TV report about the building of new family homes at @coinstreet on South Bank: https://t.co/rGO4cHCMtf

via Twitter for Mac

(A personal favorite)

What Waterloo Station concourse looked like in 1988: https://t.co/RnagDbBfPG

via Twitter for Mac

robtelford @se1 :-(

I always rather enjoyed the Beefeaters outside the old furniture place

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via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 1:53 PM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for Mac)

Tonight cllrs likely to approve demolition of this Victorian warehouse in Tanner Street for 8-storey block of flats pic.twitter.com/dDAXTLeNeA

via Twitter for Mac

1pm - listen out for Coronation Day gun salute from Tower of London pic.twitter.com/2FvY5jmsxK

via Twitter for Mac

Mike_Fabricant They are discussing the proposed Garden Bridge on @BBCr4today I think the scheme is MARVELLOUS! Let's get on with it!

via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 11:12 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for Mac)

BanksideForest Join us on Hopton Street from noon today for some guerrilla gardening action as part of @ChelseaFringe @BetterBankside

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:52 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Future of River Thames #ThamesVision public meeting this evening hosted by @LondonPortAuth at @southbankcentre: http://t.co/EJ7gY2qS0f

via Twitter for Mac

The @MPSSouthwark borough commander is speaking tonight at Southwark Safer Neighbourhoods Board at Beormund Centre: http://t.co/gFGvBjanMi

via Twitter for Mac

WarwickBSchool All set for official opening of WBS London by the @MayorofLondon pic.twitter.com/AfXAzLAxyk

via iOS (retweeted on 9:47 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

PamelaPinski @WarwickBSchool prints up @TheShardLondon ready for @MayorofLondon to officially open our base! pic.twitter.com/nPT91nGHFp

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:47 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

ICYMI - Foxtons to open at Elephant & Castle roundabout london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter for Mac

WarwickBSchool Looking forward to our official launch event @TheShardLondon today.

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:51 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

mattstocker Looking forward to the official opening of @WarwickBSchool at The Shard this morning with @BorisJohnson.

via Buffer (retweeted on 8:51 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

respros Elephant & Castle to be renamed Foxtons. london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8300

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 8:14 AM, Jun 2nd, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

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