Wednesday 2 March 2011
News & features published on 2 March 2011
- Potters Fields Park confirmed as London 2012 big screen site
Londoners will be able to watch the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games on big screens in Potters Fields Park next to City Hall, Mayor of London Boris Johnson confirmed last week.
- Lambeth councillor joins dustcart crew on South Bank round
Cllr Lorna Campbell rolled up her sleeves and leant an extra pair of helping hands to a Veolia waste and recycling crew as they went about their round in Kennington, Waterloo and the South Bank last week.
- Councillors seek extra cash from Blackfriars Road tower developer
Southwark Council's planning committee has deferred a decision on proposals for a 20-storey office block at the northern end of Blackfriars Road amid concerns about the level of section 106 payments proposed by the developer.
- Waterloo Quarter BID wins second term
Waterloo Quarter Business Improvement District (BID) is to continue for another five years in an extended area after receiving strong support from the local business community.
Tweets on 2 March 2011
- 9.19pm SE1 author Lionel Shriver "so sorry to have to decline" @WorldBookNight invitation to John Harvard Library http://se1.info/hMm6jr [permalink]
- 3.54pm New @thamesclippers timetable starts 1 April with all-day Bankside Pier service & 2 extra late night sailings http://se1.info/i2QnAi [pdf] [permalink]
- 3.29pm Before and after: new signs show Lambeth Council's change of heart on South Bank cycling policy http://se1.info/hLAJlf [permalink]
- 3.25pm Another award for @MuseumofLondon book on archaeology of Bankside's @The_Globe and @RoseTheatreSE1 http://t.co/4e0RQDr [permalink]
- 3.07pm Is this the most inappropriately named street in SE1? http://se1.info/fsWmXq [permalink]
- 2.58pm Latest plans for extension & redevelopment of King's Reach Tower are on public show in Milroy Walk till 5pm http://se1.info/gUMYX4 [permalink]
- 1.14pm Potters Fields Berkeley Homes development - "so unimaginatively dull it is offensive" http://se1.info/hG8atT (via @EGi_research) [permalink]
- 12.44pm "If you want to do business in Southwark then we welcome you with open arms, but you must pay the appropriate tariff" http://se1.info/fXEnnB [permalink]
- 11.13am "It is imperative that #southeastern becomes more responsive to its customers" says transport minister http://se1.info/hO4Akb [permalink]
- 10.55am MPs condemn Southeastern rail company's handling of the snow disruption at Westminster Hall debate http://se1.info/hO4Akb [permalink]
- 9.16am Simon Hughes "is to Lib Demmery what Ayatollah Khomeini was to Tehran in the 1970s" says Quentin Letts http://se1.info/fBK3fw [permalink]