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Wednesday 18 January 2012

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News & features published on 18 January 2012
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Simon Hughes joins 'Lorries for Savvy Cyclists' event at Bankside

Cyclists in the Bankside area were able to experience what it's like to sit in the cab of a heavy goods vehicle on Wednesday morning outside Tate Modern.

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Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas visits Lambeth Palace

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas has visited the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace.

Tweets on 18 January 2012

[Forum] Amusing post on the "188: bus route of misery" thread http://t.co/hrwGeuOH

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Wednesday recap: news, tweets, @anticolondon restaurant review & 20+ active forum discussions http://t.co/XjMhYeBc

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RT @ClaudiaMRedmond: looking forward to filming with Edward Petherbridge tomorrow in Southwark walking in the footsteps of Dickens

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Show of hands re potential community council merger. Only cllr Livingstone & 1 other in support

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Is there an equivalent of Godwin's law for mentions of Stalin? #BermondseyCommunityCouncil

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Cllr Livingstone says that universal free school meals policy has improved uptake among those previously entitled due to removal of stigma

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@BrockleyMarket no. Was very brief mention. Not much detail but think mostly an organisational/financial merger

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Cllr Livingstone being called on to defend Labour's free school meals policy in light of wider cuts.

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Cllr Richard Livingstone explains Labour plans to cut wage bill for senior officers in Southwark by £1 million

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Simon Hughes accuses @southwarklabour of "Stalinist old Labour" tactics to push through community council cuts

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Simon Hughes says no council officer should be paid more than the prime minister

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Simon Hughes says Southwark council should cut senior officers' pay in order to retain all 8 community councils

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@BrockleyMarket Simon Hughes says govt likely to approve merger in next few days

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Member of public asks if @theshardlondon developers can sponsor community councils. Not sure good for democracy!

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more heat than light re future of community councils at Bermondsey meeting

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Lots of discontent at Bermondsey Community Council re prospect of merger with Rotherhithe. Cllr Livingstone defending Democracy Commission.

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Cllr Livingstone says treasury officials have said informally that deeper cuts to local gov funding likely in years ahead

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Now cllr Richard Livingstone of @southwarklabour is talking to Bermondsey CC re @lb_southwark budget for next year.

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Simon Hughes asks Bermondsey Community Council to ask @lb_southwark to organise an event like http://t.co/RyMnFkd2 in Tower Bridge Road

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Simon Hughes talking at Bermondsey community council about potential merger of @southwarkcolleg & @lewishamcollege

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Cllr @markgettleson says residents must watch @networkrail like hawks to ensure promises kept re traffic impact of London Bridge development

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Cllr Anood Al-Samerai @swklibdems says she is disgusted & genuinely upset by proposed merger of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe community councils

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Cllr @markgettleson says he has asked for cycle racks outside @_whitecube to be unwrapped while the matter is reviewed

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RT @cowellcom: FUSE1. Property people based/working in SE1-join us on Feb 17. To join sponsors email [email protected] for info.

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RT @ceejayorama: Best eg of customer service I've seen for a while - staff to enquirer at London Bridge station: 'Ahh go away.'

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Final speaker on domestic violence panel is from @hatehurts Bede House in @se16

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@duncr new one just heard from 'third sector' rep - red-carpetted

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Speaker from @brokenrainbow talking about LGBT domestic violence at Bermondsey Community Council meeting. Lots of reports via social media.

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@duncr stakeholders, commissioning, refreshed, strategic, outcomes, impacts ...

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Government cuts mean that Southwark domestic violence unit has been reduced from 50 to 37 staff

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RT @Riverside_Nick: Presentation by Southwark Link appeared to be rather short of actual achievement #BermondseyCommunityCouncil

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Removal of bicycle racks on Bermondsey Street outside @_WhiteCube http://t.co/374S5w6S topic raised at community council by @bermondseybill

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Main business tonight at Bermondsey community council is panel discussion on domestic violence

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Wish we had buzzword bingo cards for the current presentation at Bermondsey Community Council.

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Officer reminds residents that Manor Place depot @se17 has now closed

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Next: update on the council's new waste/recycling centre on Old Kent Road @se15

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Now at Bermondsey CC a council officer is talking about draft planning policy for Elephant & Castle http://t.co/4rS4rFAh

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First up at Bermondsey Community Council - Gary Magold with call for nominations for Southwark Civic Awards http://t.co/V0rNBsVQ

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Lib Dem cllrs handing out 'save your community council' letters at Bermondsey CC meeting.

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New short-term parking bays outside @RoyalMail Mandela Way office on Bermondsey Community Council agenda tonight http://t.co/qpKiHAGE

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Just interviewed @GreenJennyJones at City Hall. Now checking out @thameswater #supersewer exhibition http://t.co/OUi1Vppi

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The newish @elliotscafe in Borough Market is open on Sundays from February http://t.co/Z1pCEfiU - first 100 covers get 50% off food

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£5 off lunch or £10 off dinner at @BrigadeSE1 http://t.co/Ch07Hwhh

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LSE students could be surcharged after vandals caused c. £10k damage to basement of Bankside House http://t.co/ebr0Xu7B via @beaveronline

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Did you know that @boroughmarket is running a recipe competition? http://t.co/zsRjeIgP

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Still time to enter our competition to win a facial or a massage at @StressExchange http://t.co/pz85SQJY

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RT @DEBNAGAN: http://t.co/pjqRATNZ
Help stop the demolition of 21 Webber Street and look after Waterloo's lovely industrial heritage.

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@yelplondon yes. Wouldn't have tweeted it otherwise

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Bermondsey Community Council tonight at 6pm just off Tower Bridge Road http://t.co/qpKiHAGE Theme: domestic violence

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Konditor & Cook @kc_cakehq to bake 3,120 cakes for the Queen's Jubilee @riverpageant http://t.co/RjLVOw48 via @standardnews

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BenJourno I'm a BBC journalist, doing some camera training at the mo. Any businesses in @se1 kind enough to let me film them at work tomorrow morning?

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Tessa Jowell @jowellt raises concerns re cuts to @MaudsleyNHS mental health clinics at St Thomas' Hospital http://t.co/8Buk6QyM

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Just published - Simon Hughes joins 'Lorries for Savvy Cyclists' event with @BetterBankside http://t.co/GQLIM7ZI

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Find out about the #supersewer and what it means for Southwark at @ThamesWater exhibition at City Hall this afternoon http://t.co/EmeIIWit

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Just published - Palestinian oresident Mahmoud Abbas visits @lambethpalace http://t.co/n7oiZe2m

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Next week's @councilassembly could be lively: ex-cllr Donnachadh McCarthy is organising a 'Cycling Die-In Protest' http://t.co/DflcBN3S

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New cycle contraflow to be created at @boroughmarket end of Park Street - details on @lb_southwark website http://t.co/W8GSGqVz

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Audioboo: Simon Hughes speaking at HGV - cyclist awareness event outside Tate Modern http://t.co/Oodfo6o9

via Audioboo from Southwark, London

Al Jazeera: London's Shard divides opinions and skyline
http://t.co/tWVtI8xK via @AJEnglish

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Photos from behind the hoardings at Blackfriars Station http://t.co/IwIyhuf9 via @ianvisits

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[Forum] Pick-pocketed on Tooley Street http://t.co/LAIqq7Qr

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Race to finish Shard before Olympics @constructionenq http://t.co/kax8Xs38

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Lorries for Savvy Cyclists at @Tate Modern http://t.co/700AQQ4K

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