Wednesday 12 June 2013
News & features published on 12 June 2013
Hops planted in Borough's new market hall
Pupils from Notre Dame School last month visited Borough Market where they helped to plant hops which will be grown in the new glazed hall at the corner of Borough High Street and Bedale Street.
Mayor's Thames Festival to become 10-day event
The Mayor's Thames Festival has announced plans to expand from a weekend event to a 10-day programme over a wider geographic area.
Leathermarket JMB scoops national award for pioneering work
Leathermarket JMB, Southwark's largest tenant management organisation, has won a national award in recognition of its pioneering work gaining self-financing status.
Extra floors for South Bank skyscraper: 30 to 36 to 41 storeys
The developers converting Richard Siefert's King's Reach Tower into luxury flats have applied to Southwark Council to add eleven floors to the top of the 30-storey building.
Three new cycle hire docking stations coming to London Bridge
Three new Barclays Cycle Hire docking stations are to be installed in the London Bridge area.
Ed Miliband and David Miliband at Tate Modern: but did they meet?
Labour leader Ed Miliband and his brother David both gave speeches under the same roof on Tuesday night - in separate rooms.
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Tweets on 12 June 2013
Wednesday recap: King's Reach Tower to sprout 11 more floors; more #borisbikes at London Bridge and other local news se1.info/ZJqYwB
RT @martin_dixon: The Shard Shadow http://t.co/2i7itaeWbG #shardshadow
Just published - Hops planted in Borough's new market hall goo.gl/fb/qiE1G
The @GeorgianGroup has objected to demolition of @imbibebar in Blackfriars Road: http://t.co/VexrGR4fo1
Just published - @ThamesFestival to become 10-day event goo.gl/fb/HqsM4
Boris still comparing Shard's energy use with Colchester even though his dodgy stats debunked ages ago nickbarlow.com/blog/?p=2318
RT @chrisdeerin: Those human statues on the South Bank etc - fascinating interview with the daddy of them all http://t.co/K9qsimAlvq
ONECampaign In #London? Come to @Tate today til 11pm & watch @DavidGray_Music @rizmc @crowdermusic perform #protestsongs pic.twitter.com/BFXnlzGpPa
Biffy Clyro to play open-air Bankside gig outside Tate Modern, tonight 8pm http://t.co/6D2JljvcHK #agit8 #protestsongs via @gigwise
joshfarrington ... and everything seems to be over as soon as it began. Southwark St reopened, police moving off.
CJSR89 Suspect package at the menier. Southwark Street on lockdown...
joshfarrington Police officer has told colleague there will be a controlled explosion of a device on Southwark Street.
BBCTravelAlert SE1 Southwark St is closed btn Southwark Bridge Rd and Borough High St because of an 'incident'. Unsure as to what it is, but expect delays
@FionaColley thanks for clarification. Come to think of it I Dedring may have used same phrase or v similar in SE1 interview last week too
FionaColley @se1 coined by Dep Mayor Isabel Dedring. Part of her effort to convince TfL that E&C and Blackfriars Rd are places not just roads.
FionaColley @se1 actually it was the other Fiona (Fletcher Smith of GLA) on the panel. But I support the sentiment.
RT @jessica_siegel: Overheard at London Bridge: American man to wife, 'But honey, we can't take the Northern Line! We want to go south!'
@CareTradeUK Corrected
RT @VictorianLondon: Another post on stillborn children and (lack of) funerals, a Bermondsey scandal http://t.co/EBXfiKbTfs
Just published - @LeathermktJMB tenant management organisation scoops national award for pioneering work goo.gl/fb/GQ36r
@MayorWatch Are you going to produce buzzword bingo cards?
Southwark's @FionaColley told #LREF delegates that post-regeneration Elephant & Castle will be a "placey place" (via @paulkaz)
Oswin Street SE11 RT @hotwaterfactory: People queuing to see a flat for sale by auction in Elephant & Castle... pic.twitter.com/C43GtPrTlH
Charity #zumbathon this Friday at @hiltontbridge in aid of @CareTradeUK se1.info/17H83HR
RT @thetablecafe: Onions. Ordinary onions. From an allotment just under the Shard. Run by Iain of St Mungo's, tended by… http://t.co/43gkO9…
Just published - Extra floors for South Bank skyscraper as developers add more luxury flats: 30 to 36 to 41 storeys goo.gl/fb/AoZu3
Just published - Three new cycle hire docking stations coming to London Bridge - up to 76 docking points goo.gl/fb/TZ3yY
Will the rain stay away for first night of @ThePantaloons Sherlock Holmes open-air play at The Scoop? http://t.co/nRDDSn9bLQ
Kristine3108 @se1 Power cut in Borough High St - told it may last several hours.
[Forum] No More Grey - Bermondsey Street se1.info/11yBDaU
RT @RichHeap: Rafael Vinoly urges Irvine Sellar to make Shard viewing platform accessible to public for free on some days. Whaddaya reckon?
Simon Hughes MP talk + Q&A http://t.co/8vKWrrnVoF
The joys of SE1 http://t.co/0KapdqGiUM via @ShentonStage
RT @CarolinePidgeon: Visiting Southwark Fire Station w Simon Hughes MP to talk to firefighters about Boris' proposed fire station closures
Just published - Ed Miliband and David Miliband at Tate Modern last night - but did they meet? #agit8 #protestsongs goo.gl/fb/3yvCf
Live music by Cuban guitarist at Guy's Hospital this lunchtime se1.info/11GmZ4y @BreatheAHR
Photographs of the South Bank skate park gu.com/p/3gfma/tw via @guardian
#bermondseyfeast in aid of @magic_breakfast joint effort by @VillageEastSE1 @TheGarrisonSE1 @Tanner_Co @Jose_Pizarro http://t.co/GtB42gfzBn
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- terrible service :(
negrita27 on Leños & Carbón - Not worth the expense
froggy on Roast
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