Tuesday 26 June 2012
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News & features published on 26 June 2012
- Poems rain down on Jubilee Gardens from helicopter
Spectators rushed to grab bookmarks printed with poems as they were dropped from a helicopter on to the South Bank's Jubilee Gardens on Tuesday night.
- City of London Academy proposes federation with Redriff Primary
The City of London Academy in Lynton Road is proposing to create a multi-academy trust with Redriff Primary School, with the City of London Corporation extending its sponsorship to include the Rotherhithe primary school.
- Southwark College quiz raises £3000 for FareShare charity
More than 200 representatives of local business took part in a charity quiz organised by Southwark College earlier this month.
- Banners unfurled at Jerwood Space
To mark the end of Jerwood Visual Arts' Assembly exhibition, artist Charlie Woolley led a banner making workshop on Sunday which concluded in a banner drop outside the Jerwood Space building.
- Armed Forces Day flags flying at City Hall and Southwark Council HQ
The Armed Forces Day flag is flying this week at City Hall and Southwark Council's Tooley Street offices.
Tweets on 26 June 2012
- 11.11pm #rainofpoems video http://t.co/Kf71Fazg [permalink]
- 10.42pm Poems rain down on the South Bank http://t.co/YcIMJiXJ [permalink]
- 9.51pm Fireworks above @nationaltheatre http://t.co/gcdBA1wb [permalink]
- 9.48pm And that's it. Belvedere Road reopened. RV1 buses moving again. [permalink]
- 9.38pm Watching poems flutter through the spokes of @thelondoneye http://t.co/tDej4LZI [permalink]
- 9.30pm Rain of Poems is mad but brilliant [permalink]
- 9.23pm Traffic halted while poems rain down http://t.co/FK99rGYq [permalink]
- 9.22pm Man shaking branches to dislodge poem stuck in tree [permalink]
- 9.17pm Wind blowing poems across Shell Centre to Waterloo and beyond. Crowd surging out of Jubilee Gardens. [permalink]
- 9.04pm No sign of the copter yet [permalink]
- 8.55pm Extra recycling bins in Jubilee Gardens to collect any unwanted poems http://t.co/9gNHqezg [permalink]
- 8.51pm 10 minutes to go http://t.co/cJ3Upbon [permalink]
- 8.38pm At 9pm a helicopter will drop 100000 poems on Jubilee Gardens [permalink]
- 5.47pm [Forum] Best butchers in SE1 http://t.co/gdBjhl1y [permalink]
- 4.49pm One Blackfriars - exhibition of plans for 50-storey tower - open till 8pm http://t.co/hP3mEFLO [permalink]
- 4.30pm Video demo of UK Broadband's 4G service in Southwark http://t.co/E3ftZroP via @V3_co_uk [permalink]
- 3.49pm Tomorrow @timabrahams is printing the best tweets tagged #bankside at Union Press http://t.co/hUz0LGJh & displaying them in Union Street [permalink]
- 3.36pm Tonight: Rain of Poems at Jubilee Gardens http://t.co/N3k5K3Oa [permalink]
- 3.24pm Next month there will be a "New Orleans style funeral procession" in Waterloo to remember jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson http://t.co/9MFXLpA0 [permalink]
- 3.11pm Inter Faith Walk starting at @southwarkcathed http://t.co/12eVQ32u [permalink]
- 1.18pm Tomorrow: @RedBallUK comes to the South Bank http://t.co/fFl5dUsC [permalink]
- 1.10pm Free ice cream for children - Thursday 5 July at Gelateria 3Bis in Park Street, @boroughmarket http://t.co/T9bObD45 [permalink]
- 10.53am [Forum] Century House development, Tanner Street http://t.co/iawvbGHK [permalink]
- 10.39am RT @NoellaPKivlehan: Shooting a Bollywood film outside Tate Modern. No title yet! http://t.co/W8cwadaP [permalink]
- 9.30am [Business forum] Need space for Real Mexican food http://t.co/kcULmD7U [permalink]
- 9.00am New @caffefratelli opens today in Clink Street http://t.co/C1S3TN3F (formerly Amano) [permalink]