Tuesday 14 May 2019
News & features published on 14 May 2019
Elephant Shopping Centre: date set for High Court hearing
A crowdfunded legal challenge to Southwark Council's decision to approve the controversial redevelopment of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre will reach the High Court in July.
Landlord ordered to pay back more than £1m after illegal conversion of flats
Southwark Council has won one of London's largest proceeds of crime (confiscation order) claims from an unscrupulous landlord who chopped three flats in London Bridge into around 20 cramped studios and bedsits - putting profits before the quality of life
Southwark's Carole Wright joins Big Lunch community walk
Local gardener and beekeeper Carole Wright has been selected to join the 2019 England team who will lead a two week community walk across the nation between 17 May and 2 June.
Behind bars: teens who threatened Elephant & Castle estate agents
Two teenagers who threatened staff at an Elephant & Castle estate agent's office with a hunting knife and stole their phones have been sentenced to a total of eight years in custody.
2,928 food parcels issued by Waterloo Foodbank in past year
Waterloo Foodbank has reported a 77 per cent increase in the number of emergency food parcels given to local people, as it publishes statistics for the year to the end of March.
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Tuesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2019-05-14
@Blod_wen @lambeth_council @NationalTheatre @GabrielsWharf Might be one for @CoinStreet and @IBM_UK_news respective… https://t.co/f5tOkwFFXn
39 storey tower of high end student accommodation next to London Bridge Station approved by Southwark planning comm… https://t.co/TQHmsU2F5V
RT @feeflefifski: Is anyone in @se1 missing their cat? We seem to have a stray (very friendly!) in Henley Drive. https://t.co/csuWBG0sUZ
Decision on the 48-storey tower on the Old Kent Road deferred to a later Southwark planning committee, possibly on… https://t.co/s47ncEefcC
Rents in the proposed student accommodation at London Bridge will be up to £22,000 a year, points out… https://t.co/KGRSHy5z4u
A survivor of the London Bridge attack has told the inquest about his "personal mission" to get help after coming "… https://t.co/Z7WvHyQNCF
Workers at Richer Sounds will share a £3.5 million windfall after the founder of the retailer handed control of the… https://t.co/6IOcwUkE5H
This is how the new student tower on St Thomas Street would compare in height to the Shard pic.twitter.com/qfWOHmlCHi
The developer of the 905-room student residence next to London Bridge Station will pay Southwark Council £34 millio… https://t.co/EKQVkVwXs5
Plans for a 39 storey block of student accommodation on this site at the corner of St Thomas Street and Weston Stre… https://t.co/pcpKmg9E6i
Watch live - Southwark planning committee meeting dealing with high rise developments on St Thomas Street and Londo… https://t.co/jq1b3ufNpH
Interesting - row brewing about whether land in Old Kent Road owned by Strathclyde Pension Fund / Glasgow Council s… https://t.co/dvixTP6QaO
@MazHem_ @LambethLibDems The newer ones will be redeployed. The older ones withdrawn
These signs have gone up at RV1 bus stops but they don’t make plain the reality of the situation - the RV1 is due t… https://t.co/oL2Tj9zPc9
@ggabs86 Can’t happen till the temporary shops for small traders are open on Elephant Road.
A crowdfunded legal challenge to Southwark Council's decision to approve the controversial redevelopment of the Ele… https://t.co/uAVaHMYcp4
First homes in Blackfriars Road were marketed in Dubai
... and now homes in Dubai are marketed in Blackfriars Road pic.twitter.com/XUOXsqQMJE
Plans for a 48-storey tower on the Argos site in the Old Kent Road will be considered by Southwark councillors this… https://t.co/2JiY1U44Xe
Landlord ordered to pay back more than £1m after illegal conversion of three flats at London Bridge into around 20… https://t.co/LzYU9OywVW
RT @DoorkinsM: I was delighted to welcome some lovely visitors from @BBCTheOneShow this morning so watch out for me on @BBCOne tomorrow eve…
A 72-year-old woman has denied a public order offence related to last month's Extinction Rebellion protests.
Genev… https://t.co/907yRDNdjp
An exhibition of Emily South's panoramic drawings of UK cities opens this week @SouthwarkColl in The Cut https://t.co/ZFBEwqu2HR
The London Bridge attackers stabbed a man when he unknowingly went to check they were OK after their van crashed in… https://t.co/jwyWXrHuv8
All trains from Waterloo delayed and disrupted pic.twitter.com/LB3GbnuAQA
Southwark's Carole Wright @Blak_Outside joins #thebiglunch #communitywalk london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9912
RT @Southwarkcathed: Now in stock at the Cathedral Shop - exclusive Dean of Southwark @deansouthwark hanging decoration. Remember a Dean is…
RT @853london: Climate protesters stage Silvertown Tunnel protest at City Hall https://t.co/U28ytqFqnP https://t.co/C4bS6RXkuK
An interactive evening of medieval to classical birdsong music
Wednesday night at @southwarkcathed with… https://t.co/yFBNLxQP02
Two teenagers who threatened staff at an Elephant & Castle estate agent's office with a hunting knife and stole the… https://t.co/X9WTE1BzaB
Free lunchtime music with @boroughnewmusic in Borough High Street today https://t.co/Js2LfdGbnX
Waterloo Foodbank @WaterlooFB has reported a 77 per cent increase in the number of emergency food parcels given to… https://t.co/T20x2NeofO
One week to go till the London Region European Elections Hustings #EP2019 hosted by @LivingBankside at… https://t.co/kX9WiHsh0B
Tonight, @forteanlondon presents
Mermaids: Fish, Flesh or Fowl?
at @themillerpub in Snowsfields
https://t.co/NMZrtVG33Q
Tonight the Southwark & Lambeth Archaeological Society hosts a talk by Stella Bickelman from @MOLArchaeology on som… https://t.co/k04wx4GXtn
Picture shows 'The Sunbathers' sculpture installed at Waterloo Station for the Festival of Britain https://t.co/Cgz2D0m8zQ
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