Tuesday 1 November 2005
News & features published on 1 November 2005
Hit and run in New Kent Road
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a hit and run collision in New Kent Road on Tuesday night.
Residents' anger over rose garden
Kate Hoey MP joined local residents in Archbishops Park on Monday to protest against the destruction of the park's much-loved rose garden to make way for an education zone.
CABE gives qualified thumbs-up to Coin Street skyscraper
The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - the government-funded architecture watchdog - has delivered its verdict on Coin Street Community Builders' planned 48-storey tower.
Evelina Children's Hospital opens
The £60 million Evelina Children's Hospital opened this week at St Thomas', bringing the majority of Guy's and St Thomas' children's services together under one roof.
Local projects compete for Lottery funding
London Tonight viewers are voting this week on whether to award up to £50,000 to improve the churchyard of St John's Waterloo or to back Victim Support Southwark. Meanwhile Shakespeare's Globe is through to the final of the National Lottery Awards.
Energy Saving Week in Southwark
Southwark celebrated Energy Saving Week in style this week, as Asda Old Kent Road and the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre saw kids become tigers, fairies and Spiderman.
Local attractions up for tourism awards
Local organisations have been shortlisted in a number of categories in the Visit London Awards. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony later this month.
Police looking for red Ford Fiesta on SE1 streets
People living south of the Thames between Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge are being urged by Bedfordshire Police to check their streets, parking bays and garage areas for a red Ford Fiesta.
Man injured at Vauxhall Cross
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Vauxhall at approx 8.30pm on Sunday 30 October.
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