Sunday 21 May 2017
News & features published on 21 May 2017
10-year-old boy with autism missing from Elephant & Castle
Police are concerned for the welfare of a ten-year-old autistic boy who is missing from the Elephant & Castle area.
Audio: Bermondsey & Old Southwark general election hustings #2
Listen as the six candidates to be Bermondsey & Old Southwark's next member of parliament take questions from the public at the church of St Mary Newington.
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@BenClover_ @sohocub The shop next to Iceland was being refurbed today. They were ripping the old fridges / freezers apart.
@sohocub @BenClover_ All seems to be over now.
BenClover_ @se1 LFB said there was a "chemical incident" at the shopping centre pic.twitter.com/JjJyagVWcm
Sunday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2017-05-21
A full (amplified!) audio recording of tonight's #BOShustings is now available at london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9223 pic.twitter.com/JWSkK9On6L
@MiggyMoglet @bridgewithout Yes
If you struggled with the sound quality of #BOShustings live stream we're working on an audio-only version which should be online soon.
The 10-year-old boy missing from Southwark has been found safe & well.
Thank you to @KPRRANW and @giles_fraser for allowing us to livestream tonight's #BOShustings
Just published - 10-year-old boy with autism missing from Elephant & Castle dlvr.it/PCCPpP
We're now hearing closing remarks from the six candidates
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Considerable support from the floor for raising income tax to pay for public services #BOShustings
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RT @HugoBaron: I wrote this for a print journal of uncertain future date. But here it is now. #williamblake #lambeth #london https://t.co/V…
Lab @coyleneil says one local school spent £100k recruiting teachers last year#BOShustingsslondon-se1.co.uk/news/view/9223#9
MISSING - 10-year-old boy last seen at Elephant & Castle tube station london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9224
Next Q is about underperforming schools #BOShustings
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Clear majority of audience against Heathrow expansion
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Next Q is on aircraft noise - what is candidates' position on Heathrow third runway?
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Indy @clarkeind2017 has worked around the world - says it wld be churlish to pretend he's not globalist #BOShustings
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"Globalisation needs its own PR agency" says @Siobhan_Baillie - highlights the benefits it has brought
#BOShustings
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Government's help to buy scheme doesn't work in London says @coyleneil
#BOShustings
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If elected @SimonHughes pledges to hold public debate on globalisation with @giles_fraser. Highlights Fraser pro #brexit stance #BOShustings
Now @EvanHD presses candidates to address @giles_fraser Q on interplay between globalisation + local #BOShustings
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Next Q is about Delancey development of Elephant & Shopping Centre #BOShustings
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Lady on floor says people working in Southwark public services have to commute huge distances due to housing crisis #BOShustings
Lady from the floor calls on the leading candidates to stop slagging each other off - gets applause #BOShustings
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Now @giles_fraser challenging candidates re impact of globalisation on Southwark + housing
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Sir @SimonHughes is defending coalition record - country in better economic situation after 5 years
#BOShustings
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Homelessness doubled during the coalition govt says @coyleneil
#BOShustings
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Chair @EvanHD presses @coyleneil on Southwark Labour record on planning + regen #BOShustings
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UKIP @joneselizab says scandal of empty homes in London "criminal disgrace"
#BOShustings
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Green @JohnnyTyson
says council can't be short of money if it found £1m for Tate Modern
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Tory @Siobhan_Baillie "intuitively in favour of markets" but new homes should be advertised 1st in UK
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Tory @Siobhan_Baillie cites @35percent_EAN
revelations of developers' failure to build promised affordable housing @ B'sey Spa
#BOShustings
Indy @clarkeind2017 admits his housing policy not fully fleshed out
#BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes: Southwark "probably has worst record in London" for "sweetheart deals w developers" #BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes "very angry" with Southwark Labour deal with Lendlease at the Elephant
#BOShustings
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Twice at hustings @coyleneil has mentioned new council homes next to Tower Bridge - surely not taking credit for @cityoflondon flats?
Southwark's deal with Lendlease at the Elephant - could have got more from them with hindsight
#BOShustings
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Lab @coyleneil: Heygate / Lendlease / Elephant Park "the best deal in very bad circumstances"
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Lab @coyleneil highlights @SouthwarkLabour's massive programme of new council homes #BOShustings
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Lab @coyleneil points out that Heygate Estate redevelopment began under Lib Dem / Tory regime
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Next Q is about estate demolitions - eg Heygate / Elephant Park
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Housing is next topic at #BOShustings
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UKIP @joneselizab complains about "downgrading of Britain's greatness" by remainers - EU holds us back
#BOShustings
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UKIP candidate distances herself from Nigel Farage's "off the cuff" policymaking
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Sir @SimonHughes defends 2nd referendum: "I trust the people more than I trust the Tory party" #BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes: "I do not believe that the Tory party should decide the future of my country for next 50 years"
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Lab @coyleneil: stampede of unicorns in Kennington more likely than £350m extra for NHS post#Brexitt#BOShustingsslondon-se1.co.uk/news/view/9223#9
abigailfrymann Church is full tonight #BOShustings pic.twitter.com/VSHJtFu8WH
Questioner on the floor accuses candidates of anti-democratic view towards #brexit
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Tory @Siobhan_Baillie being pressed by @EvanHD on customs union
#BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes says rights of EU citizens in UK and UK citizens in EU are top of the list
#BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes accuses UKIP candidate of "naive" view; challenges N Coyle remarks too
#BOShustings
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Indy @clarkeind2017 - "it ain't over yet" - plenty of room for agitation during #brexit negotiations
#BOShustings
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abigailfrymann Ukip's Elizabeth Jones says she'd potentially back more immigration from India post Brexit #boshustings
Green candidate @JohnnyTyson says he only joined the Green Party last year because of #EUref
#BOShustings
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Chair @EvanHD bringing a touch of #newsnight to #BOShustings with his follow-up Qs to candidates
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UKIP's @joneselizab says Britain has a "rosy future" outside the EU if we embrace the Commonwealth
#BOShustings
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UKIP's @joneselizab says Theresa May should call a Commonwealth Summit in the wake of #brexit #BOShustings
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"I will never vote to leave the European Union" says @coyleneil
- would also support 2nd #euref
#BOShustings
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Lab @coyleneil says businesses already closing and moving out because of #brexit
#BOShustings
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RT @SimonCalder: New definition for "Elephant & Castle": a pincer movement in London SE1 deployed by TfL to capture Mercedes drivers in bus…
First "strong and stable" only 24 mins into tonight's #BOShustings courtesy of @Siobhan_Baillie
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abigailfrymann Show of hands says 90pc of audience are Remainers #boshustings
Tory @Siobhan_Baillie says there's no appetite for 2nd #EUref on the doorsteps
#BOShustings
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First #BOShustings question is about #brexit - what will candidates do to ensure best deal?
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Labour @coyleneil says Simon Hughes "let community down" by voting for bedroom tax and legal aid cuts #BOShustings
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Last opening statement is @coyleneil who describes his local Newington / Walworth connections
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Sir @SimonHughes describes the #gardenbridge as " a nonsense"
#BOShustings
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Sir @SimonHughes says the people should have final say on the terms of #brexit
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Sir @SimonHughes says he's in the Lloyd George and Beveridge trasdition of social liberals #BOShustings
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Tory @Siobhan_Baillie - "I am a free school meals kid with divorced parents" #BOShustings
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Tory @Siobhan_Baillie says Bermondsey has been "the Lib Dem and Labour show for far too long #BOShustings
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UKIP @joneselizab says public services "stretched to breaking point" by "uncontrolled immigration" #BOShustings
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Next @joneselizab (UKIP) says big issues for #GE2017 are #brexit and the state of public services #BOShustings
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Green @JohnnyTyson begins by talking about penal reformer Elizabeth Fry (see £5 note) #BOShustingsslondon-se1.co.uk/news/view/9223V
Indy @clarkeind2017 says he is pro-Europe, pro-Business, pro-London. Wants religion out of primary schs #BOShustings
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The independent candidate @clarkeind2017 is now introducing himself. Motivated by #EUref and Corbyn #BOShustings
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Tonight's panel at #BOShustings
@Siobhan_Baillie
@clarkeind2017
@coyleneil
@SimonHughes
@JohnnyTyson
@joneselizab
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Watch @EvanHD introducing #BOShustings Bermondsey & Old Southwark hustings
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Tonight's Bermondsey & Old Southwark #BOShustings will be chaired by #Newsnight's @EvanHD - watch live from 7pm
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@aps_axa Have they all gone now? There were two left until recently
Live stream of #BOShustings begins 7pm - follow this link:
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Getting ready for #BOShustings at St Mary Newington with @KPRRANW @EvanHD @giles_fraser pic.twitter.com/Q6wJjihP2a
Tomorrow: Community Film Club at Tate Modern https://t.co/LGyZxXD4TO
RT @Nick_Louras: A photograph of The Tabard Inn, Southwark, where the pilgrims began their journey in Chaucer's ‘Canterbury Tales.’ Demolis…
The NatWest Tower Bridge branch shuts down this week after 117 years. pic.twitter.com/f53L37HeqC
Just published - LIVE from 7pm: Bermondsey & Old Southwark hustings #BOShustings @KPRRANW #GE2017 dlvr.it/PC8G28
RT @KenningtonPOB: The new fountains, seating and playground by the Castle leisure centre at E&C are wildly popular on a sunny Sunday after…
craddock1970 Southwark Cathedral beating the bounds @Southwarkcathed @deansouthwark #BeatingtheBounds pic.twitter.com/AqYMZM2JTO
Charging all the electric buses at Waterloo garage is posing a challenge for power supplies in SE1 https://t.co/8uC1H3OP5n via @FT
RT @Peston: Here 's Boris stealing and copying my homework (ie reading questions I planned for him, while I interviewed @NSoames & @jessph…
RT @se1: Visit the lovely floating gardens at Downings Roads moorings this afternoon @TowrBridgMoor https://t.co/8rIcyanve0
Beating the bounds of @Southwarkcathed parish pic.twitter.com/yzL4ao7oBE
Live video of Bermondsey & Old Southwark @KPRRANW #BOShustings from 7pm at facebook.com/londonse1
From 12.30pm clergy + congregation will be beating the bounds of @Southwarkcathed parish #Bankside #LondonBridge
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Visit the lovely floating gardens at Downings Roads moorings this afternoon @TowrBridgMoor https://t.co/8rIcyanve0
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