Tuesday 17 January 2012
News & features published on 17 January 2012
- Bakerloo line extension south of Elephant "not high up TfL priority list"
A senior Transport for London official has told a City Hall committee that plans to extend the Bakerloo line south of Elephant & Castle are "not high up the priority list" despite the idea being mentioned in the Mayor's official transport strategy.
- Potters Fields Park to host £850k Olympics and Paralympics big screen
Details of the proposed big screen in Potters Fields Park during this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games have been revealed in a planning application to Southwark Council.
- Council to oppose Thames Water plans for Shad Thames Pumping Station
Southwark Council is likely to oppose plans by Thames Water to extend its Shad Thames Pumping Station in Maguire Street as part of its 'super sewer' project.
Tweets on 17 January 2012
- 6.56pm Wonder which Michelin star restaurant in the West End is looking for premises in London Bridge area? [permalink]
- 5.05pm Blackfriars Road's @LaugingGravyUK is in @OK_Magazine http://t.co/d5GLoYgt [permalink]
- 4.38pm Roupell Street house with original external toilet on the market for £895k http://t.co/ttenfJ11 via @frankharrisuk [permalink]
- 4.12pm Tomorrow morning: get involved with a new community gardening project http://t.co/TGSqT7jQ [permalink]
- 3.00pm Cyclists: Tomorrow morning you can sit in the cab of a tipper truck outside @Tate Modern courtesy of @BetterBankside http://t.co/Rb3bsWK4 [permalink]
- 2.30pm Appeal for witnesses to New Year's Eve attack on two American tourists near Blackfriars Bridge http://t.co/JtdqhXz7 via @citypolice [permalink]
- 2.00pm Take a place at the table alongside the performers as Southwark Cathedral hosts an immersive theatre production http://t.co/R5SX6I7p [permalink]
- 1.15pm Private security guards will be deployed on Thames Path next to Tower Bridge to stop tourists dawdling during Olympics http://t.co/DelJJxPl [permalink]
- 12.24pm Worrying that author of job description 4 Olympic security guards at Potters Fields doesn't understand diff between "vigilant" & "vigilante" [permalink]
- 11.58am In Bermondsey & Old Southwark "we probably have about a 25% turnover of electorate every year" says Simon Hughes http://t.co/xBbIMkNf [permalink]
- 10.57am Our report on the redevelopment of London Bridge Station is picked up by @HuffPostUK http://t.co/Awae7wBy [permalink]
- 10.29am Pupils from Charles Dickens School on @ITV1 Alan Titchmarsh Show yesterday to launch Big Schools Birdwatch http://t.co/HLCzjxZ9 @urbanbirder [permalink]
- 10.21am At City Hall @carolinepidgeon & @LondonAssembly transport cttee are questioning @thamesclippers & others about passenger boats on the Thames [permalink]
- 10.08am A new swimming pool at Elephant & Castle? Final day of public exhibition - open till 8 tonight http://t.co/gMqG5Akv [permalink]
- 9.18am RT @robtelford: black motor scooter down. TBR is closed southbound between Druid St and Abbey Street. Practical standstill northbound [permalink]
- 9.18am Tower Bridge Road update RT @jimniod: Looks like a moped involved between Tanner and Purbrook st, nothing more than that. [permalink]
- 8.33am Anyone know about the accident on Tower Bridge Road at Tanner Street junction being reported on the radio travel news? [permalink]