Tuesday 3 July 2018
News & features published on 3 July 2018
Bikes stolen from Blackfriars Road flats: police appeal
Detectives investigating a number of burglaries at a block of flats in Blackfriars Road have released an image of a man they wish to identify.
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Tweets on 3 July 2018
Heading home through the shopping centre at Elephant & Castle, which could close in 9 months’ time after tonight’s… https://t.co/xeCsQtgbn3
Is there a #Fatberg under Borough High Street? Seen @LanesForDrains and @thameswater working here several nights re… https://t.co/0bJxQ2yEad
RT @thedailygrowl: It's been a really bad night for the Colombians of Elephant and Castle https://t.co/Kg6pqSJrha
Update: they’re letting people in again.
KFC in Borough High Street has closed early and people are banging on the door to get in.
RT @drbenjohnson: I know it isn’t whipped, but for only 2/6 Labour councillors to vote for their flagship regen scheme doesn’t inspire conf…
This may not be a vain hope on their part as @SadiqKhan has achieved increases in affordable housing contributions… https://t.co/rNlQ2FHhWZ
Labour councillors around the Elephant & Castle are urging Mayor of London to wring a better deal from Delancey https://t.co/X8ZtVgUUuE
RT @rebeccalury: In light of the decision taken at tonight’s planning committee, myself and fellow councillors @MerrillDarren @cllrmseaton…
Cllrs Lauder, McCallum, Salmon and Soanes voted in favour of the Delancey scheme.
Cllrs McAsh, Whittam and Ochere v… https://t.co/nHxvtq1lB2
Delancey's scheme for the Elephant - 979 homes and a new LCC etc- has been approved. Still several hoops though, in… https://t.co/gkEjvet4Z6
Elephant & Castle planning application approved by 4 votes to 3 with one abstention
Watch the council's live webcast of the decision on the massive Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre / LCC planning ap… https://t.co/9Y6TYcgHDa
RT @georginafstubbs: Despite Colombia’s loss there’s a party atmosphere around Elephant and Castle station. Had some fireworks, music, and…
"Wow. Bloody Liberal!" says a Labour councillor in the public gallery as Cllr McCallum speaks in support of the pla… https://t.co/4mWgX6bjWT
Cllr McCallum welcomes the changes made since January, with the caveat that there are still many details to be resolved.
Elephant & Castle planning committee now moving to a decision.
No Labour councillors moving a motion to approve.… https://t.co/b9szKOW5TQ
RT @AmanTsays: Just got off the tube at London Bridge and greeted by absolute scenes #ENGCOL #ItsComingHome https://t.co/h7lFPBuM5F
The committee is now receiving advice on the public sector equality duty from legal officer Jon Gorst
RT @ESPNUK: London Bridge right now 🎉
#itscomighome #ENGCOL https://t.co/ntGNWyrOpy
RT @curlytastick: When you’re trying to do a serious report in Southwark but England have just won #ENGCOL 😂😂😂ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿ðŸ´ó §ó ¢ó ¥ó ®ó §ó ¿ https:/…
GrahamNeale #ElephantAndCastle planning decision could go to penalties
This is a scheme that will shape a huge central London junction and transport interchange for 50 or 100 years. So m… https://t.co/kfufKM4jIW
4 hours talking about E&C development and there's been very little mention of design/massing of new buildings, impa… https://t.co/KJJpm9qKAS
RT @RichTWarms: Optimistic announcement at London Bridge Station @NetworkRailLBG "This is a passenger announcement: football is coming home…
JamesyStreet Announcement at London bridge. "Football's coming home" which is fab. But I'm not. Train is cancelled. #cominghome
RT @amyelizgray: "While most of us have spent the evening glued to the football, councillors in Southwark have been debating plans for the…
RT @robtdaly: Completely rational reaction in London Bridge to that narrow penalty shoot out win.. (they’ve had to shut all the roads) http…
Cllr McCallum asks what happens in Delancey E&C scheme if someone earning £88k who qualifies for Discounted Market… https://t.co/1kFmTOTxX9
TfLTrafficNews Update on #itscominghome celebrations - Borough High Street is now open both ways. Southwark Street is still blocked at the eastern end.
It emerges through questioning by committee that tenants who rent a home in new Elephant & Castle development under… https://t.co/A6meAxsYbi
RT @MrSammyJames: London Bridge is actual chaos. https://t.co/RjhKBijbOe
RT @EconomicCurator: Kids from 'A Rowdy Neighbourhood', around Union Street, Southwark, 1890s. Photo found in one of @LSELibrary's Booth no…
Jackanovic Scenes in London bridge #itscominghome pic.twitter.com/WoK5TmX8xf
RT @jamesanstee: In Elephant and Castle, the football is only the second most tense result of the night. Follow the excellent @se1 for upda…
EdwardCronan Leaving the London bridge area fairly swiftly now pic.twitter.com/lMZB4RbLtn
Even if the Delancey scheme is approved tonight there is a lot to sort out in negotiations between the council and… https://t.co/Lj2v6w8UtP
RT @TfLTrafficNews: Borough High Street is now effectively blocked both ways after the Southwark Street junction. Southwark Street is also…
RT @emerpatten: South side of London Bridge blocked to traffic because some kind of spontaneous party broke out? #idunno #footballiscomingh…
RT @sukh_ss: Absolute scenes at London Bridge Borough Market as fans block the road partying — football’s caaaaamin home https://t.co/nGDac…
RT @dbirchtweets: If you are a police officer in Elephant and Castle, I wish you the best of luck. It’s Colombia central here and the Engli…
RT @owen_sheppard: Shout to everyone at Southwark Council's planning committee RN. This lot at La Bodeguita have a lot to say about plannin…
RT @TfLTrafficNews: Southwark Street is currently blocked at Borough High Street, which is itself blocked northbound by a large group of ce…
We're now in the phase of the meeting where planning committee members ask questions of officers and expert advisor… https://t.co/Xv1CmgwsAD
Council's advisor on viability matters points out that given it took £11m GLA funding to 'convert' c 40 London Livi… https://t.co/KWXIsKFkq6
RT @MrTimDunn: Chants of "Three Lions" and cheering from pubs are reverberating across the streets of London Bridge, Borough and @SE1 right…
RT @rebeccalury: @se1 @cllrmseaton @MerrillDarren @mariaadderley I did also say that whilst welcome it was a shame it was at the expense of…
amirriz1 Joyful scenes here in Elephant & Castle. Penalties here we come!
#ENGCOL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/SR1yTaVSNQ
Blondell_S I can confirm that SE1 is a suburb of #Colombia
Cllr @mariaadderley points out that Delancey wants to close the Shopping Centre in March 2019 but the space suggest… https://t.co/kPuNhjkMWJ
North Walworth's Cllr Darren Merrill on Delancey's build-to-rent homes at Elephant & Castle:
"Who are these homes… https://t.co/E2W19YfwQ7
RT @HugoBebb: At least the people of Elephant and Castle are relaxed during extra time 🙄 #ENGvCOL https://t.co/oURWPzoNPs
One of the problems - highlighted by cllrs Lury and Seaton - is that the council doesn't have a fully approved poli… https://t.co/6F6khX8muh
@willjennings80 Battery packs and emergency Mars bars too.
Can't remember an occasion in recent Southwark history where the chair of planning has appeared in ward councillor… https://t.co/OeFdoBoEoU
Next up: @rebeccalury welcomes extra social rented homes
Displacement of existing business community would be "de… https://t.co/npOndfYUWY
The planning committee has unanimously agreed to defer the application for new shops in the garages below Perronet… https://t.co/eOX1dlxlQn
Elephant & Castle session has now been going on 2.5 hours. Next we will be hearing from councillors from St George'… https://t.co/IKjt1GMalW
Architect Artur Carulla @alliesmorrison is now addressing the committee on entertaintament venues. He says that ide… https://t.co/jpZ48vbeRP
se1 A reminder that you can watch tonight's Elephant & Castle meeting live on YouTube here, courtesy of @lb_southwark: youtu.be/jHlK5JibLAY
Delancey talking about their idea for a cluster of Latin American businesses (and LA community centre) on reinstate… https://t.co/emTjJ9dglW
RT @CityFed: So pleased that @CityPoliceCops first responders to London Bridge Attack are being recognised for their brave actions. Selfles…
Cllr Lauder is asking Delancey for an update on the situation with the bingo hall at the Elephant.
Delancey has si… https://t.co/m53t7QG8o6
@jamesanstee @LondonAssembly Not the @LondonAssembly - they're a scrutiny body. Funding is from @MayorofLondon
E&C station - "It's a terrible train station" says Cllr Hamvas - thinks there's a real opportunity to improve thing… https://t.co/qVl84aP9cr
Good question from cllr Hamvas about how Elephant & Castle rail station will cope when shopping centre exit is clos… https://t.co/oNuLibxBke
Tenants of the new flats at the Elephant & Castle will have it written in to their agreements that deliveries can o… https://t.co/WKzEyrHplz
Cllr Ochere pressing Delancey on how much the funding gap is that would enable the E&C development to be fully poli… https://t.co/dEQ0O1JlT2
Delancey's Stafford Lancaster explaining how promise of £11m grant funding from GLA has enabled increase in propose… https://t.co/wMC7RZ1XVD
Existing @LCCLondon building "falling down around our ears" says Natalie Brett of UAL - says much of the building u… https://t.co/f9jZJFwQ4w
BlueEarthMngmnt Flatiron Square, London Bridge. #COLENG pic.twitter.com/u4MAtHnUYp
Cllr Whittam is pressing Delancey on the location of the social rented homes; all are proposed along Oswin Street,… https://t.co/0S7PSngWpf
Cllr Whittam suggests Delancey "trying to pull the wool over our eyes" re affordable housing.
She notes that the p… https://t.co/FgE1wfddvC
Delancey man: "We've been pushed very hard" by Southwark Council on viability vs affordable housing. Says scheme now "at breaking point".
"Change brings challenge and we have much, much to do to alleviate any hardship from that," says Delancey's Stafford Lancaster
Man from Delancey offers "right to return" to all independent traders at the shopping centre.
He says "an interest… https://t.co/qQguuaCqHf
Delancey's Stafford Lancaster says tonight's decision will affect people living and working at the Elephant "now an… https://t.co/aRbLoPlIPE
We are now going to hear from Delancey's Stafford Lancaster and Natalie Brett from the London College of Communication
RT @OwenPyleInsp: Hello all! I've been leading the policing for the Elephant and Castle protest. All good natured, now dispersed so I'm off…
Now @edrabkinreiter of @SouthwarkLawCen is talking about the public sector equality duty. Says that the council's l… https://t.co/Hb4LgttZiz
TfLBusAlerts Routes 47 343 381 RV1 have now returned to normal line of route following earlier Elephant protest. bit.ly/2tS9x1X
Jerry Flynn @35percent_EAN acknowledges that affordable housing proposal from Delancey has improved since January,… https://t.co/tNuAA9UJyu
Emad Megahed - who runs IT business - says that traders at the shopping centre still don't have clarity about the future options.
RT @journotommagill: Angry protestors outside @lb_southwark as the council are set to decide whether the redevelopment of Elephant and Cast…
"We oppose this mainly on equalities grounds" explains @patria_roman of @LatinElephant. Argues that Delancey propos… https://t.co/JLLSZK5Jbu
Next up: presentations from objectors:
- @Patria_Roman of @LatinElephant
- Emad Megahed of the traders association… https://t.co/Mc9EBkUXZm
Cllr Hamvas is concerned that the equalities implications of the closure of the bowling alley at the shopping centr… https://t.co/EDX9O9WJqT
Only three out of eight members of tonight's planning committee took part in the previous 8-hour session on the Ele… https://t.co/fnvTxHnW63
Starting 7.30 on @BBCRadio3 - A Britten Celebration - Michael Crawford joins the BBC Singers for the dramatic tale… https://t.co/I0WvS73EiB
Officer is reading out late objection from Distriandina in Elephant Road, who stand to lose their premises under De… https://t.co/sI0pnpKcjt
Ms Lewis sets out + and - factors re E&C development
Positives:
- new tube entrance
- LCC
- new shopping
- new ho… https://t.co/FSr4KFo83U
A reminder that you can watch tonight's Elephant & Castle meeting live on YouTube here, courtesy of @lb_southwark: youtu.be/jHlK5JibLAY
Victoria Lewis says that outcome of bid to have Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre listed may not be known for some… https://t.co/f5GvfIfg5b
Ms Lewis: Delancey schem offers "significant piece of urban fabric".
Some tree loss, but new ones to be planted.… https://t.co/vas1sD51iC
Ms Lewis explaining the composition of the 979 homes proposed by Delancey
Most will be rented out by Get Living Lo… https://t.co/RMYmCNWpuO
Ms Lewis is now explaining some of the measures that are proposed to assist existing traders at the Elephant if the scheme goes ahead.
georginafstubbs The scene inside Lost Rivers in Elephant and Castle as the Colombian side sang their national anthem pic.twitter.com/JSUqv4oY7Y
Case officer Victoria Lewis explaining that a number of equalities issues are raised by the demolition of the Eleph… https://t.co/vLC172JCgo
Case officer Victoria Lewis says that the current Northern line entrance at Elephant & Castle will remain open unti… https://t.co/BMeCgk5TjG
Senior planning officer Bridin O'Connor tells councillors: "there is clear weight in favour of granting planning pe… https://t.co/tcNNqivJel
O'Connor: "in this challenging context the affordable housing proposed is not far off our emerging policy..."
Coun… https://t.co/CGubXNYsvT
Ms O'Connor says congestion at Elephant & Castle tube station is "approaching a crisis" and the proposed new Northe… https://t.co/mbzyL5JrR4
Planning officer Bridin O'Connor is presenting the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre / London College of Communicat… https://t.co/8vKx4lv5QY
Cllr Renata Hamvas has now joined the planning committee lineup for this evening
RT @jennyeclair: Little Columbia ie The Elephant and Castle is awash with yellow tops - have fun y’all
The meeting has been adjourned to allow councillors to read the addendum report
The chair has issued a ruling that there are to be no spoilers re the football result during tonight's planning committee
Tonight's Southwark planning committee lineup for the Elephant decision:
- Lorraine Lauder (Lab - in chair)
- Jam… https://t.co/wNQx10o0PK
Here are the papers for tonight's planning committee re Elephant & Castle https://t.co/JzyXBUMUXF
Cllr Lorraine Lauder is in the chair for tonight's planning committee meeting re Elephant & Castle. pic.twitter.com/BPayL1dNWN
Southwark planning committee re Elephant & Castle about to start. Watch the official @LB_Southwark YouTube live str… https://t.co/5Tvmoba9GH
Frequency of bus route 78 to be reduced from Saturday 14 July pic.twitter.com/dwkbgIMJRd
Now @santuli23 is talking about the research he has done with and about the small traders at Elephant & Castle. pic.twitter.com/zojqVEuZcw
Tooley Street currently closed to westbound traffic due to Elephant & Castle protest outside Southwark council offices.
Lib Dem councillor @mariaadderley addressing Elephant & Castle protest. pic.twitter.com/LgDtXOPCoy
Speech by Jerry Flynn @35percent_EAN at Elephant & Castle protest. pic.twitter.com/z1AFni5f0Q
Speech by @patria_roman of @LatinElephant at Elephant & Castle planning committee protest. pic.twitter.com/cKrv2PucRW
According to @Piers_Corbyn, his brother @jeremycorbyn is “very concerned†about the Elephant & Castle developmpic.twitter.com/wNrdmVWcTJWcTJ
Emad Megahed, chair of Elephant & Castle traders association, addresses protest outside Southwark planning committee pic.twitter.com/ktEiYQ5hUo
“Homes for people not for profitpic.twitter.com/4bd4giGMLGGMLG
Tanya Murat of Southwark Defend Council Housing warns newbies to the Elephant “epic saga†that they may be here for some time
Protesters gathering outside Southwark HQ in Tooley Street ahead of tonight’s Elephant & Castle planning committee… https://t.co/kkjcLgyZG0
RT @TTRALondon: Next up for @TTRALondon is our Port of London Challenge #POL2018 09-07-18 from 1800HRS. With 15 Thames Waterman Cutters tak…
The Elephant & Castle development will require the erection of screens and extra trees to act as windbreaks to prot… https://t.co/qTK1wwoudP
There are several other minor errors of detail in the planning officers' report that are not picked up in this adde… https://t.co/9Afbm0fHdp
This is part of the newly published addendum to the planning officers' report re. the shopping centre and LCC schem… https://t.co/OQstZ4yg8n
On Wednesday from 11am, children from Southwark and neighbouring boroughs will be selling their school-grown fruit… https://t.co/jGEt5KaoDy
ShapingElephant Statement issued by Delancey on behalf of the Elephant & Castle Town Centre Regeneration Project pic.twitter.com/lTctS0TRYR
As well as the main planning application for the shopping centre / Coronet / LCC sites, tonight's planning committe… https://t.co/fA4nJuoBvY
On the flip side, some future residents of Elephant Park have urged the council to approve the shopping centre rede… https://t.co/W4S6cZ8yX2
Another late submission from the Metropolitan Tabernacle on parking issues and concerns about the 35-storey tower p… https://t.co/adkEs4h0qp
Last-minute submission from Elephant & Castle Traders Association ahead of tonight's meeting, asking for £100,000 p… https://t.co/ccstqrjIlj
Just published - Bikes stolen from Blackfriars Road flats: police appeal dlvr.it/QZLCTW
RT @Hyslop45: Severe tree management #southwarkstreet @MarionMarples @BetterBankside @TfL @lb_southwark https://t.co/P9R9BXPGAw
RT @revkatebottley: We are quick to tell people when they’ve disappointed but not so quick when they’ve exceeded expectations, yesterday I…
ThamesPics Another look at the superyacht Aviva which is currently in London. pic.twitter.com/Wka8Wcy3uI
Sir @SimonHughes calls for 'Your Country Needs You' style recruitment campaign to tackle skills crisis in Britain's… https://t.co/0QjFML5Yy3
Tonight's Elephant & Castle planning committee meeting will be live-streamed by @lb_southwark. Meeting starts 6.30p… https://t.co/QsHdUtkSPT
@claireannsexton The live stream is at https://t.co/eB0J8b6iC6
The minutes of the defunct #GardenBridge Trust reveal a self-assured clique who believed the project was unstoppabl… https://t.co/ZUrcyLwoHx
@claireannsexton The council will be running their own official live-stream on YouTube. Will tweet the link when we know it.
Police and fire brigade are attending to an incident at Blackfriars Bridge. Bridge remains open to traffic and pedestrians
RT @HE_Archive: Blackfriars Bridge looking east along the River Thames towards Tower Bridge in the distance. Taken in August 2006. #HEAeria…
Police directing single alternate lane traffic in Southwark Street whilst fallen tree is dealt with. pic.twitter.com/32aWN5BWmE
Funeral cortège of Bernie Coot, Waterloo lad, WWII veteran and long-standing Borough resident, leaves… https://t.co/rZxUYmt3KD
This Spanish-language tour guide outside @Southwarkcathed has just regaled his customers with a potted history of t… https://t.co/DT5vB3NY3a
Colombia fans share World Cup tonic in Elephant & Castle amid fears for community - by @ed_aaarons in @guardian.… https://t.co/27fZLx4UZt
Hyslop45 Tree branch down #southwarkstreet and #sumnerstreet @se1 @BetterBankside pic.twitter.com/BCpnv58Bi2
A quick before and after view of the proposed development at Elephant & Castle pic.twitter.com/wxDvxQt1YT
othergeorge Tree down, hit a van in Southwark Street. Traffic chaos! No one injured. pic.twitter.com/LxYOcai7YQ
blerhgh BET TIME!
How long before I hear the first rendition of IT'S COMING HOME on Southwark street today?
oddshapeba @TfLTrafficNews Southwark Street snarled up - police on scene pic.twitter.com/dnNknXSd9S
SueyQP Police on scene and directing traffic which is keeping everything moving (fallen tree Southwark Street) pic.twitter.com/Swjmdn6W6P
SueyQP Traffic in Southwark Street busy as a tree has fallen into the road near junction with Blackfriars Road pic.twitter.com/Uicln52K6V
JonJWhite @se1 You might want to avoid #SouthwarkStreet this morning pic.twitter.com/qQc68l8WQ2
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre - the fight to protect south London's 'anti-Westfield' - by @danhancox in… https://t.co/d7jX7qmAAj
We’ll be covering tonight’s Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre / London College of Communication planning committee… https://t.co/3e0Nqw0Gdx
3pm @southwarkcathed - A visiting choir from Texas will perform an uplifting and inspiring concert of sacred music… https://t.co/dHRQkgVzBO
[Job ad] Catering Butcher, R S Ashby Ltd: https://t.co/IbAEai29We
Harry and Meghan to visit Nelson Mandela exhibition on the South Bank: aol.it/2MKVIZZ via @AOLdotUK
Job vacancies posted on 3 July 2018
- Catering Butcher at R S Ashby Ltd
- House Cleaner / Keeper at Mrs Mellis
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