Wednesday 10 October 2018
News & features published on 10 October 2018
ITV abandons South Bank HQ plans and puts site up for sale
More than 40 years of television history have come to an end after ITV cancelled plans to build a new headquarters on the South Bank and its putting its riverside site up for sale.
Blackfriars Road hotel vetoed over fears of tourism saturation
Southwark councillors have turned down plans for a 220-room hotel in Blackfriars Road, arguing that the proposal didn't meet local planning policy and that visitor accommodation in the area had reached saturation point.
Forum discussions active on 10 October 2018
Tweets on 10 October 2018
Wednesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2018-10-10
RT @se1: Just published - Southwark councillors turn down Blackfriars Road hotel scheme as there are already c. 3,000 planned or existing h…
RT @C20Society: Interesting. We definitely didn’t like the (now abandoned) proposal as it interfered with the setting and views of the Sout…
Bernie Spain Gardens - Thursday 8 November - chance to learn about @CoinStreet plans - Iain Tuckett tells… https://t.co/5UIGYCvAEN
Illegal street gambling on bridges: Ch Supt Messinger will be talking to his @MPSWestminster counterpart #southbankforum
Ch Supt Messinger says @MPSSouthBank extra policing team for the South Bank will remain in place under new Lambeth/… https://t.co/uZMVpCycho
Police response teams in the combined Lambeth/Southwark operation will continue to work from Brixton and Peckham po… https://t.co/zyZBdzExm1
The formal merger of Southwark and Lambeth police into one basic command unit (BCU) is scheduled for January 2019 #southbankforum
Final speaker #southbankforum is Ch Supt Simon Messinger - commander of combined @MPSSouthwark @LambethMPS - giving… https://t.co/FUtnNaz1MX
Waterloo cllr @kevindcraig tells #southbankforum he first heard about his own council's backing for a skyscraper on… https://t.co/sDgHfCB092
RT @metpoliceuk: Can you help find Brian Cole, 13, #missing from #Southwark. Believed to be in #Luton @bedspolice. Any info call 101 quote…
RT @helendennis80: Really pleased that we’re starting to have proper conversation about hotel saturation - far too many hotel schemes comin…
Although the Greet Street TfL consultation officially ended yesterday, responses sent by email to consultations@tfl… https://t.co/XcMxIaJ6mm
Next item #SouthBankForum is about the proposed new entrance to Southwark tube (and Waterloo East) in Greet Street london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9707
Asked whether the hydrogen buses on the RV1 will be redeployed if the route is withdrawn, TfL rep tells… https://t.co/EPwfZ5ibEw
Cllr @VMMChamberlain underlines unique links provided by RV1 between hospitals, mainline rail stations, universities etc #southbankforum
Iain Tuckett @CoinStreet says RV1 withdrawal and related bus cuts show that TfL is "abandoning central London to Uber" #SOuthBankForum
Iain Tuckett of @CoinStreet is reminding #SouthBankForum of the origins of the RV1 as the EcoBus linking dozens of… https://t.co/3SLbwUCWem
Summary of TfL’s review 6 months after cutting RV1 bus frequency #southbankforum. Fares revenue only covers 20 per… https://t.co/X6tsyNgBID
TfL argues that RV1 is largely duplicated by 343 and 381 #southbankforum pic.twitter.com/txoYSTKQ3A
RV1 has 800k passengers a year. Down from 1.2 million in its heyday. #southbankforum. pic.twitter.com/lNjBglBo7f
Next item at #SouthBankForum is @TfL's Geoff Hobbs talking about plans to axe the RV1 and change 15 other bus route… https://t.co/vlywd7Wqim
"It's very sad that we're losing ITV from the area," says @KateHoeyMP #southbankforum
At #SouthBankForum @KateHoeyMP asks ITV if they've thought of offering their vacant South Bank building as a shelte… https://t.co/Ds665gtlek
Peter Copley - who has worked on ITV's South Bank redevelopment for 3 years - says decision is "incredibly disappoi… https://t.co/6kNEcabSLc
Peter Copley of @ITV is talking to #SouthBankForum about the company's decision to leave SE1. Says company needs fl… https://t.co/jZ94gVsCL3
At #SouthBankForum learning about latest plans for redevelopment of Elizabeth House at Waterloo. pic.twitter.com/IZQeXVUV8q
RT @sohocub: Has there been a fire somewhere in central or is this weird tasting haze smog? It’s seriously unpleasant. @se1 #smog #fire?
RT @james_hatts: I'll be talking about ITV and the South Bank on @BBCRadioLondon this evening with @JasonRosam https://t.co/rhIKoupXDq
Just published - ITV abandons South Bank HQ plans and puts site up for sale dlvr.it/QmwC64
#LondonBridge attack officer Wayne Marques to be honoured in Belfast: https://t.co/hWJqnIqZ5u
RT @TheGooseSez: Sat 13th 1pm, Brompton Cemetery Chapel SW10 9UG. Jelena Bekvalac tells of the excavation of the bones and John Constable r…
New boundaries for @ofo_bicycle service in Southwark pic.twitter.com/EwXxFBAPCP
RT @deansouthwark: What we need are truly affordable homes for people in SE1 and other parts of London. https://t.co/pZixfFGfvA
South Bank Forum tonight @KateHoeyMP @coyleneil - transport, planning and policing all on the agenda https://t.co/8Z3qGwFmQa
Just published - Southwark councillors turn down Blackfriars Road hotel scheme as there are already c. 3,000 planne… https://t.co/jY2pQ9JvRZ
Saxophone shop opening in Stamford Street pic.twitter.com/QGG7UK5rXq
Teacher at SE1 school banned for life after marrying 13-year-old girl https://t.co/1E0QObgUvU
Police appealing for witnesses to New Kent Road collision pic.twitter.com/EuXlOjgA2B
RT @james_hatts: I'm selling the domain name londonpolitics dot com - https://t.co/wcy5tzuGY4
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