Wednesday 25 January 2023
News & features published on 25 January 2023
Labour Party HQ relocates to Blackfriars Road
The Labour Party's headquarters has returned to Southwark, 26 years after it left the borough for Westminster.
Lambeth's council house-building arm spends £1m on WeWork offices
A company set up by Lambeth Council to build new council homes in the borough has run up a £1 million bill on swanky WeWork serviced offices in the Southbank Place development in Waterloo.
Police launch crackdown on 'organised begging' at London Bridge
British Transport Police are carrying out a two-month operation to combat "organised begging" around London Bridge Station and people selling packets of tissues on board trains.
'Big brands' vying to open at redeveloped Elephant shopping centre
With three years to go until the opening of the new shops on the site of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, the developer says that "very big brands" are already queueing up to open stores in the complex.
Tweets on 25 January 2023
se1 Great work from #LDReporter @robjfirth forcing Lambeth Council to reveal how much it had spent on WeWork offices on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
MPSBishops Whilst out on foot patrol we have just taken a report of a bag theft from a licensed premises in Waterloo
Please e… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"A representative from Southwark Council said she had never heard such positive feedback from Ofsted in her whole c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Boss of Southeastern trains on tonight’s scenes at London Bridge station. https://t.co/Sh26Cc50dh
khaiyamckenzie the state of london bridge station this evening, I love commuting x pic.twitter.com/jDQYljVQ7X
PhoebePhairy .@Se_Railway remind me again how your new timetable is so much better? Never once experienced this under the old sy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
853london Yet more problems with Southeastern’s stripped-back new timetable tonight twitter.com/courty40/statu…
RT @Martin_Abrams: We need to talk about Trams ?? https://t.co/3IBGTmxqNa
se1 Tomorrow @GSTTnhs publishes report on data centre failure during last summer's heatwave.
@LawrenceTallon tells tru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Will political journalists start hanging around in Pret and Costa in Blackfriars Road in the hope of picking up the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
MPSBishops The team has responded to a report of a bag theft in the South Bank area. A quick response and enquiries allowed th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Staff at the HSBC offices in Park Street #bankside are getting a bit fed up with people mistaking it for a bank bra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tomorrow @GSTTnhs publishes report on data centre failure during last summer's heatwave.
@LawrenceTallon tells tru… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A 17th-century drawing by Wenceslaus Hollar showing the view across the rooftops of Lambeth Palace from the tower o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Tidal_Thames95 Only one shade of grey along Lambeth Reach this morning. pic.twitter.com/0KFQ2rc7MB
26 years after leaving Walworth Road, the Labour Party's headquarters has returned to Southwark.
You'll find it a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The King is going to visit @TheAfricaCentre in Great Suffolk Street on Thursday africacentre.org.uk/blog/king-char…
This leak on Great Suffolk Street reported to @thameswater on 2 January still hasn’t been fixed… https://t.co/RhyO19Av0a
@grossmission Strikes by drivers working for @AbellioLondon
Less than a week till Blackfriars Road Post Office closes down … but you’d hardly know it from the two notices on d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Which shops will open at the Elephant & Castle in 2026?
Developer says "we're getting enquiries right now from som… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
British Transport Police are carrying out a two-month operation to combat "organised begging" around London Bridge… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Also: "Route 40 will have a new timetable on all days of the week with journey times revised to better reflect current traffic levels."
From Saturday - bus route 188 - a temporary timetable will be introduced will widen the frequency to a bus every 9… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
OnLondon NEW. @claredelamr interviews #London public health chief @ProfKevinFenton about building good health & wellbeing in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Leathermarket Gardens Community Hub design development consultation closes tomorrow (Thursday) consultations.southwark.gov.uk/planning-and-r…
MPSSouthwark At 09:00hrs on Wednesday, 25 January police were called to London Bridge Street after concerns were raised about a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Great work from #LDReporter @robjfirth forcing Lambeth Council to reveal how much it had spent on WeWork offices on… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"Retail has to adapt. You can't just do shopping any more. It has to be an experience."
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The public inquiry into the redevelopment of the ITV / LWT site on the South Bank is hearing closing submissions fr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
frankkiely Today’s sketch is from 24/1/23 of #Landmarks & #Icons is K4 #telephonebox on #NewKentRoad #SE1 @se1
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