Thursday 18 August 2016
News & features published on 18 August 2016
Grange Road: volunteers with speed guns catch 40 drivers
Volunteers armed with speed guns recorded 40 drivers breaking the 20 mph speed limit in Bermondsey's Grange Road in just two hours.
'Magical' Garden Bridge delayed by a year as costs rise by £10m
The Garden Bridge will cost an extra £10 million to build and will be at least a year late, the chairman of the charity backing the scheme has confirmed.
Forum discussions active on 18 August 2016
Tweets on 18 August 2016
james_hatts Disappointing that @TheGardenBridge Trust has lifted a photo from @se1 website
#gardenbridge pic.twitter.com/JfMvDz6ffs
@miroirdufou @hannahsbee Depends who you ask ... Sadiq took credit ... but leader of Lambeth Council said he wasn't involved.
@miroirdufou @hannahsbee That one's easy: George Osborne and Boris Johnson.
Thursday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2016-08-18
#newsnight's @hannahsbee said Government sources emphatic that no more Whitehall cash will be given to #gardenbridge beyond existing £30m
@follyforlondon see latest tweet.
#gardenbridge - "We're not in the business of backing white elephants" Government source tells #newsnight's @hannahsbee
Follow-up re #gardenbridge on #newsnight tonight. "Whitehall sources" reject notion that fate of project is in Dept for Transport hands.
Local vicar @giles_fraser writes in praise of @richard_001's guerrilla gardening at the Elephant & Castle https://t.co/pfYa4Ld4UY
"The #gardenbridge is a line that should not be crossed" writes @kennington/@se17 vicar @giles_fraser in @guardian https://t.co/pfYa4Ld4UY
RT @giles_fraser: Garden Bridge. A bit like Peter Kay's Garlic Bread and Cheese Cake. And £60 million of public funds for a corporate party…
Interactive art installations for dogs.
Coming to SE1 tomorrow.
https://t.co/Yzr2JSm21h
"Swarms of fake Buddhist monks" badgering tourists for cash on SE1 riverside, reports @TheSun: https://t.co/5dpJTzdP64
RT @Egrocott: @StolenRide @MPSSouthwark Stolen from Bankside, London. Please RT and see previous tweet. https://t.co/Okmmy64aTi
RT @Egrocott: @StolenRide @MPSSouthwark Stolen: Red Pinerolo Mekk Road Bike. Between 6.30-9pm. Please contact 07854264786 and leave a messa…
Moon and the Shard pic.twitter.com/z8TB40kSa4
WalterMenteth tonight 18Aug #BBCLondon cover new #gardenbridge revelations, business case flaws, enlarged shortfall, cost increases, funders withdrawing..
Heatherwick says that #gardenbridge sponsorship meeting with Boris et al in California has been misrepresented https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
Heatherwick says Qs re. #gardenbridge procurement should be directed to TfL and GBT, not him: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
#gardenbridge mustn't be defeated by "whingers" and "fear", says Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
#gardenbridge is something that "will bring us all together" - Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
Heatherwick: Government backed #GardenBridge because it represented "all of us here together": https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
Heatherwick: #GardenBridge Trust is "philanthropic org. whose only goal is to give a free garden for all of us" https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
#gardenbridge "will stitch in to the borough of Lambeth and the south of London" - Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
Section of South Bank where #gardenbridge will be built is "a bit dead and vulnerable" claims Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ
BBCNewsnight YouTube bonus! The full, extended, interview with Garden Bridge designer Thomas Heatherwick bbc.in/2b6RevT pic.twitter.com/zmWgFVQAZP
RT @JamieBullenES: Northern line: Person dies at London Bridge Tube station after being struck by train https://t.co/P3pBNXOiQo https://t.c…
Former TfL board member Steve Norris says public £££ shouldn't be "squandered" on #gardenbridge https://t.co/MsMrlyWBxy
@cathedralsdavid @jamiewallace work seems to have resumed today
BTP We're at London Bridge station after a person was struck by a @northernline train. Incident is non suspicious. Thank you for your patience.
RT @dzuidijk: This is the call for Inspector Sands that could be heard outside London Bridge station until a few moments ago https://t.co/V…
RT @dzuidijk: Police and fire engines seen outside of London Bridge station. Tanoy playing an automatic call for "Inspector Sands" https://…
jubileeline London Bridge: services are now stopping at the station.
SamCRakes BTP truck has just gone shooting over London Bridge towards station. More sirens outside as well.
Northern line - no service between Camden Town and Kennington southbound via Bank due to a person on the track at London Bridge
alanaanderson_ Absolute chaos at London Bridge station. Everyone has been evacuated. pic.twitter.com/kqlOH9flMB
phil_harman Incident at London Bridge station. Staff saying it's due to a person on the track. I've counted 3 fire engines and 3 ambulances arrive. Hmm
jubileeline London Bridge: trains are not stopping at the station. This is due to a person on the track on the @northernline. Updates to follow.
chattycoley Just been #evacuated from London Bridge tube station, 3 fire engines and armed police have now descended. #northernline
CherriGilham London bridge stn. 25 police charged in. Smbulances, fire engines cop cars screaming by.
BenKellyMusic Incident at London Bridge tube. Told to leave Northern Line platform immediately. Now fire engines arriving.
40 motorists found to be breaking speed limit in Grange Road in just two hours.
32 got warning letters in post:
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8871
Free family fun day in SE1 this Saturday to celebrate 150 years of @LondonFire: https://t.co/THcdoVRYuS #LFB150 https://t.co/vg8S9aWzSS
@reddeviljp We weren't quoting it in an approving way...
Ballot open for tickets to visit Guy's Cancer Centre as part of #openhouselondon next month https://t.co/fjNRs9JKkT https://t.co/UhkOYJNpWT
"A free garden that's open longer than any of the Royal Parks - for all of us - is a thrilling thing" - T Heatherwick on @BBCLondonNews
Tory member of Lambeth planning committee calls for #gardenbridge to be put on hold https://t.co/58EzTsbMGS
CllrBGentry With major projects under review I have come to the conclusion that Garden Bridge should at very least be put on hold until after Brexit
Looking for Zipcar VW van in Paris Garden? Council has picked it up and moved it to Meymott Street pic.twitter.com/kvXH2AMcK8
Photo taken exactly 5 years ago today ... the Shard under construction seen from One New Change. pic.twitter.com/vuVTZMmg4Z
Mulberry picking session in GMH Park tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/tiNA80l4Sa
@Mavrie12 the police.
sonjawithaj1 I'll have latest from @BBCLondonNews 130pm: funding fears for #gardenbridge- and Kings College Maths College celebrate 1st #alevelresults
@Mavrie12 they don't. The police send the letters. The volunteers just stand there with the speed gun.
Just published - Grange Road: volunteers with speed guns catch 40 drivers goo.gl/fb/Yl3B0u
Just published - 'Magical' #GardenBridge delayed by a year as costs rise by £10m; charity pleads with Govtgoo.gl/fb/TBD20ky
#GardenBridge chair wrote to Chris Grayling last month offering him meeting with Thomas Heatherwick + Joanna Lumley london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8870
#GardenBridge - video of @evanhd #newsnight interview with Lord Davies now online: https://t.co/UBYDf8vuhI
RT @TelegraphLuxury: Straight Up: @HutongShard offers 'cocktails for people who don't like cocktails' https://t.co/vFFrdagTfN https://t.co/…
Just in from #gardenbridge chairman: "It would be a tragedy if the government withdrew their support now" - sounds like they are worried
South Bank Forum with @katehoeymp and @coyleneil - date of next meeting announced: https://t.co/Jk4T6vOgGO
Before 9am @VanessaOnAir called for #gardenbridge supporters to call in. Since then just one caller on air re GB - opponent @follyforlondon
#gardenbridge will be a multimillion pound boost to the local retail, food and beverage market, claims GB Trust pic.twitter.com/08YwptdtC2
Vanessa Feltz having trouble finding callers to support #gardenbridge on @BBCRadioLondon phone-in: "For heaven's sake, phone up!"
mardison The first of many runner bean harvests to come from the Bernie Spain gorgeous garden @CoinStreet #GYO pic.twitter.com/utoOCtGS1g
RT @VanessaOnAir: On the breakfast show @BBCRadioLondon are you for or against the #gardenbridge https://t.co/HNUEwixLUO
KateHoeyMP Getting ready for the cycle super highway @LambethCyclists pic.twitter.com/4mUrCWhjsJ
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