Wednesday 12 October 2011
News & features published on 12 October 2011
Elephant & Castle skyscraper vetoed by Southwark planning committee
Southwark Council's planning committee has voted to reject Oakmayne's controversial planning application for a 41-storey tower on the Eileen House site on Newington Causeway at Elephant & Castle.
91-year-old pedestrian dies after Waterloo Bridge taxi collision
A 91-year-old woman has died in hospital after she was hit by a taxi on Waterloo Bridge during the evening rush hour on Monday 3 October.
Police seek 'flasher' who exposed himself to children in SE1 streets
Detectives in Southwark are appealing for information following a number of incidents where a man has exposed himself to children aged as young as 6.
Council leader's fury as Michael Gove approves two Southwark free schools
Southwark Council leader Peter John has accused education secretary Michael Gove of "fundamentally undermining community local governance" by approving two new free schools in Southwark.
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Wednesday recap: Ministry of Sound; free schools approved; flasher in Bermondsey; woman dies after Waterloo crash http://t.co/UZWZnRyp
RT @councilassembly: Cllr @ChaucerClaire says her ward sees a lot of development all around it but rarely gets any direct benefit.
RT @CllrJamesBarber: Phew. Have obtained agreement to not ban people wheeling cycles through markets. Mad it reached council assembly.
RT @zefrog: pics of tonight's #Flashride with @greenjennyjones, @CarolinePidgeon, @ValShawcross, @brianpaddick http://t.co/hGAohNhz
RT @Riverside_Nick: Would be great for E&C regeneration to celebrate Bolivar's visit to Southwark to study Joseph Lancaster education ideas
RT @councilassembly: Delegation wants Elephant & Castle officially recognised as a Latin American district
@martgro John Harvard Library has a monthly early evening Scrabble club
Follow @councilassembly for updates from Southwark Council meeting. Agenda includes deputation from Bermondsey Street residents
#flashride at Blackfriars Bridge led by @greenjennyjones @ValShawcross @CarolinePidgeon and Brian Paddick
Queue of cyclists stretches from Doggetts to @oxotowerwharf #flashride
Huge #flashride of cyclists assembling in Upper Ground ready to cross Blackfriars Bridge
Southwark's full council meeting (theme: 'State of the Borough') starts 7pm at Harris Academy in @SE15 - follow @councilassembly for reports
Borough High Street will be closed northbound overnight for next 3 nights for resurfacing http://t.co/FCEu65BH
Less than an hour until cyclists converge on Blackfriars Bridge for another #flashride http://t.co/X7YenzdZ
Maltby Street hits the @nytimes http://t.co/jYx5dmkG
@zefrog thanks - it has been a long day
Time for lunch!
Just published - Elephant & Castle skyscraper vetoed by Southwark planning committee; round 1 to @ministryofsound http://t.co/S9XLIl7W
Just published - 91-year-old pedestrian dies in Waterloo Bridge taxi collision: police appeal for witnesses http://t.co/q6CvE5RY
Background piece in @Telegraph on the burglary at Liam Fox's SE1 home http://t.co/3Wagm1ly 17-yr-old was sentenced to 12m youth rehab order
Free theatre in a caravan at Bankside Mix this afternoon http://t.co/T5dTgRc6
A car has overturned on Old Kent Road near the Albany Road junction - two lanes blocked westbound
Labour's @Len_Duvall calls for @LondonAssembly to carry out scrutiny of Mayor's handling of London River Park
Just published - Police seek 'flasher' who exposed himself to children in SE1 streets http://t.co/ZC0nVqC8
London Assembly's @Len_Duvall highlighting inconsistency of Mayor's position re London River Park: claims not involved yet signs agreement
What a farce: nearly all of Evening Standard's "16 reasons to visit @SE16" are in SE1 http://t.co/tNe2qUTE
Boris tells @LondonAssembly that GLA has "no financial exposure" to London River Park project
CPS case worker kept drugs in a rucksack under his desk at Southwark Bridge Road http://t.co/TkfueW0h via @standardnews
@Teddington_Town Absolutely Starving in Tooley Street (Hay's Galleria) sells that sort of thing
Just published - New primary free school to be located near Great Dover Street; "Crazy!" says @peterjohn6 http://t.co/UTaytrFJ
Tonight: South Bank #lff 'Films on Foot' Walk with @metwalkers & @RamblersGB http://t.co/yMoat74V
Jay Jopling: Big space, big art, big ego http://t.co/o0E0chxe
RT @SaveLambthLibs: southwark to replace professional staff with volunteers? http://t.co/lYliSnEw £120,000 cuts mean jobs will go
RT @_mishy: The man at London bridge trying to break the record for silent disco looked very lonely at 6am today
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