Sunday 15 July 2012
News & features published on 15 July 2012
Paris comes to Park Street as Borough celebrates Bastille Day
Torrential rain didn't dampen enthusiasm at Saturday's Bastille Day celebrations in and around Borough Market.
London Bridge escalator won't be fixed till end of Olympics
The 'skywalk' across Tooley Street from Hay's Galleria to London Bridge Station is likely to remain shut during the Olympic Games after one of the escalators broke down.
Four years on: David Idowu remembered at Tabard Gardens peace day
Tabard Gardens was filled with young people and families on Saturday for the annual peace day held in memory of David Idowu and other victims of violent crime.
County Street Urban Garden gives SE1's fourth plinth a green setting
A new 'urban garden' has been created at the end of a dead-end street just yards from the busy New Kent Road.
Prince Andrew and Ffion Hague to abseil down the Shard
The Duke of York and the wife of the foreign secretary are among a select group who will abseil down the Shard on Monday 3 September to raise funds for The Outward Bound Trust and the Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund.
Waterloo Carnival 2012: pictures, video, audio
The streets of Waterloo were filled with superheroes on Friday lunchtime as the Waterloo Carnival made its way from Lower Marsh to Waterloo Millennium Green.
'Extreme dancers' leap from Millennium Bridge to launch Surprises: Streb
Seven 'extreme action dancers' led and choreographed by Elizabeth Streb leapt from the Millennium Bridge at 7.30am on Sunday morning to launch a day-long programme of extraordinary spectacles at landmark locations around London.
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Sunday recap: a bumper crop of news stories today... http://t.co/BbmElMEZ
@GavinEdwards77 You do realise that the Queen's Park parish council is supported by Labour in Westminster?
RT @RowennaDavis: Bloody hell. Dancers are climbing down the London Eye (red dots in bottom right) http://t.co/Xxvqtl53 #surprisesstreb
Final #surprisesSTREB spectacular is 10.30pm at @TheLondonEye
Preparing tomorrow's edition of our weekly email newsletter http://t.co/EdU2Dfjy
Just published - Paris comes to Park Street as Borough celebrates Bastille Day; video of @bastillefest waiters race http://t.co/pYUc1i7a
Yesterday - assembling the international media platform at More London http://t.co/ZnbNfJQr
All Change at Waterloo guided walk tomorrow #waterloofestival http://t.co/gGK642jL @waterloofestiv
Just published - London Bridge Station escalator won't be fixed till end of Olympics http://t.co/8GxSn5ml
Just published - David @idowufoundation Peace Day at Tabard Gardens @ReleasethePeace http://t.co/QM5fwjsR
Just published - County Street Urban Garden gives SE1's fourth plinth a green setting http://t.co/fGWiVwBD
Waterloo parish priest @gilesgoddard wows the crowd #waterloofestival fete with 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' http://t.co/6uQq4OV1
[Forum] 'Mack & Mabel' @swkplay http://t.co/qnBKyr2Q
Tug of war (and peace) #waterloofestival http://t.co/i1yexaEg
RT @GrahamNeale: #SouthwarkCouncil misplaces Major Road Junction http://t.co/Ebn8HLBA
#waterloofestival fete is on till 5 http://t.co/R0oeGzWo
The annual @RSPBLondon peregrine watch has resumed on Bankside outside @Tate Modern http://t.co/BvKtTLOy
Today: a celebration of the act of walking at @siobhandavies Studios near Elephant & Castle http://t.co/NMxLfdZZ #SDDFootfall
@hackneytours they've been doing that for years. Personally not a fan of their so-called humorous signs/notices.
Ginger cat missing from Roupell Street, Waterloo http://t.co/LBItb2sO
Green swap shop: bring along something you don't want and take home something you do at the #waterloofestival fete http://t.co/RjmDOmCA
Just published - If you can raise £25,000 you can abseil down the Shard with Prince Andrew and Ffion Hague http://t.co/VDG5CoSe
Al Jazeera Sports Channel has taken up residence on the @coinstreet riverside for the Olympics http://t.co/1U731gml
Just published - Waterloo Carnival 2012: pictures, video, audio @WaterlooCarn @OasisJohanna http://t.co/li0TQjQR
RT @Riverside_Nick: Do NOT try this at home http://t.co/KTdu3JIF #surprisesSTREB
The Millennium Bridge anchors itself as a 3D sound system http://t.co/Ql0KgoWG via @Telegraph
Second and final day of this year's @TapasFantastica at Potters Fields Park http://t.co/gH8i6pL4
Visit SE1's floating gardens this afternoon with @LondonNGS http://t.co/Rgh0lX28
Community Fete this afternoon in Waterloo http://t.co/RjmDOmCA #waterloofestival
Added a video of #surprisesSTREB at Millennium Bridge http://t.co/5o01rmZ1 (probably best viewed full-screen to see the dancers)
If you want to be a volunteer steward for Olympic torch relay in Southwark, you need to apply by 9am tomorrow http://t.co/Rh0tDZaU
Just published - 'Extreme dancers' leap from Millennium Bridge to launch #surprisesSTREB day http://t.co/SGmpFVb9
#surprisesSTREB dancers on the roof of City Hall at 10am
10 years ago today, the @mayoroflondon and @londonassembly moved in to the new City Hall building http://t.co/wDloUMdg
RT @coyleneil: @SouthwarkLabour now has 6 members living in Strata tower. Guess this means we have friends in high places...
Review of local restaurant posted on SE1 site was identical to review of Indian restaurant in Quebec posted on TripAdvisor four years ago.
#surprisesSTREB in front of @the_globe at Bankside http://t.co/mDyi2k3e
#surprisesSTREB at Millennium Bridge http://t.co/ExNm7Y5B
Millennium Bridge #surprisesSTREB http://t.co/HIhbp53u
First @SurprisesSTREB performance 7.30 Millennium Bridge
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