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News & features published on 10 December 2013
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Fire authority ditches Native Land from Albert Embankment scheme

The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority has voted to terminate its 6-year-old agreement with Native Land for the redevelopment of the former fire brigade headquarters on Albert Embankment.

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Kuwaitis buy back More London after 15 years for reported £1.7 bn

The St Martins Property Corporation - controlled by the State of Kuwait - has spent £1.7 billion to buy back a plot of land between Tooley Street and the River Thames it sold 15 years ago.

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Pedestrian 'critical' after Tower Bridge motorcycle collision

A pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision with a motorbike on the southern approach to Tower Bridge on Tuesday afternoon.

Tweets on 10 December 2013

Tuesday recap: man injured in collision @ Tower Bridge + More London sold to Kuwait for £1.7bn + old Fire HQ latestse1.info/1hLdKsWp

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Just published - Fire authority ditches Native Land from Albert Embankment scheme goo.gl/fb/zDg7S

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danfellows Need your help @se1 lost our beloved Monty please retweet! Get in touch please pic.twitter.com/TppAJvphj6

via Twitter for Windows Phone (retweeted on 9:45 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Just published - Kuwaitis buy back More London site after 15 years in reported £1.7 billion dealgoo.gl/fb/NyUprG

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TfLBusAlerts Routes 42, 78, 343 and RV1 are back to line of route following a road traffic accident closing Tower Bridge, SE1 earlier. CLEARED

via HootSuite (retweeted on 7:27 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Just published - Pedestrian 'critical' after Tower Bridge motorcycle collision; police appeal for witnesses goo.gl/fb/Ym3xd

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BBCTravelAlert Tower Bridge - TfL estimate it'll be shut til at least 7:30pm. Delays remain around Southwark Bdg, London Bdg and the R'hithe / B'wall Tnls

via web (retweeted on 5:51 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Praise for @CoinStreet community builders from @GarethThomasMP in House of Commons debate re housing cooperatives just now

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@lizziewiggle serious collision on South side - see earlier tweets and retweets on se1 twitter account

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to lizziewiggle

Breaking news: Fire authority votes unanimously to terminate agreement with Native Land for former HQ at 8 Albert Embankment site

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"There's no such thing as a cuddly developer" - @ValShawcross

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"it's time we tested the market seriously again ... [8 Albert Embankment] is a fantastic asset" says @ValShawcross

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Likely that value of 8 Albert Embankment site has increased over last few years, @ValShawcross tells LFEPA

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Labour's @ValShawcross says whole Vauxhall Nine Elms project has changed context of Albert Embankment development

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(LFEPA chairman @JamesCleverly's motion to continue with Native Land was defeated 9-8)

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Cllr Peter Truesdale says it's in "fiduciary best interests" of fire authority to start new process to find developer for Albert Embankment

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Fire authority now voting on whether or not to continue with Native Land deal on Albert Embankment

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Father Christmas in a horse drawn carriage in Southwark Street pic.twitter.com/X3YVI1aRab

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Fire Authority moving into closed session to discuss what to do with 8 Albert Embankment site

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plgmorris Whole of TowerBridge shut. Tons of Police! pic.twitter.com/tvDn0qCDxB

via Twitter for Windows Phone (retweeted on 3:44 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

MPSFaradaySgt Local Police Team officers being drafted in to assist #999 response officers at the accident on

via web (retweeted on 3:44 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

ShaunAdam79 @se1 drove past the accident a minute after it happened! Involves a motorcycle and a male pedestrian - looked very very serious!! Poor man!

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:37 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

LFEPA finance chief Sue Budden says the decision on whether or not to drop Native Land is "finely balanced"

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Cllr Peter Truesdale (LD) and @ValShawcross (Lab) moving a motion calling on LFEPA to drop Native Land as its Albert Embankment developer

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Michael Ball of @WCDG1 calling on to restart developer selection process for 8 Albert Embankment

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At LFEPA @DavidAmosSE11 says that consultation must be recognised by the public as being authentic

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Now @JSimpsonLambeth telling LFEPA that they could get a better deal on Albert Embankment by working with developer other than Native Land

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Accident on Tower Bridge south approach "involving what seems like a motorbike and a cyclist" according to someone near scene

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katydurrans Policeman at Tower Bridge has confirmed the accident involved a motorbike & "something else". Wouldn't say if it was a bicycle.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:18 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Cllr @srm1977 is calling on the London Fire Authority to be more transparent re its dealings with developers re 8 Albert Embankment site

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Capt_Dude And now just landed here.
bridge
pic.twitter.com/GSUNblrSc0

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:15 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Squarehighways Police attending to a serious accident at ; closures in both directions, please use alternative route

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 3:14 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

dougrowley Just seen an land next to and tower bridge is closed.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:14 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

TfLBusAlerts Routes 42, 78 and RV1 are subject to delays and diversion due to a road traffic accident closing Tower Bridge, SE1. Bothways.

via HootSuite (retweeted on 3:14 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

katydurrans Tower Bridge cordoned off. Accident on south side according to police pic.twitter.com/m2tF6jYAQ0

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:11 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Boy_Hughes @se1 Air ambulance landing in Potters Field Park...

via web (retweeted on 3:11 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via web)

leggyhooolio Serious accident at tower bridge!

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:10 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

SebSheiky Accident at Tower Bridge. Helicopter in action. Tower Bridge shut. @margeri

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:09 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

TfLTrafficNews Tower Bridge- is closed in both directions due to a serious collision on Tower Bridge Rd near the j/w Tooley St. Expect long delays.

via HootSuite (retweeted on 3:08 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Off to meeting of Fire Authority where members are due to make a decision on future of former HQ at Albert Embankment

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New @BarclaysCycle hire docking station in Tooley Street (west end - by southern foot of London Bridge) is now open

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SupportGSTT Christmas Greetings from St Thomas' - in 1888! What do you think of how the hospital looked back then? pic.twitter.com/IPk45LSWhV

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 12:22 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

sparkyscrum @railwaygazette first image of the production for Thameslink. pic.twitter.com/M02zzNSqOA

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 12:01 PM, Dec 10th, 2013 via Twitter for Mac)

Last summer, 300 bags of rubbish a day were removed from Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank

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inquiry now hearing from Michael Ball, director of @WCDG1 Waterloo Community Development Group

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proposals amount to building "Canary Wharf in a conservation area" says local resident Raewyn Sprinz - "too dense and too high"

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"This is an inquiry, not the theatre" - planning inspector reprimands residents for applauding evidence

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Local resident Michael Rubinstein tells inquiry that approval of scheme would be a "travesty"

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Father Christmas will be on board a @FirstCC train calling at Blackfriars and London Bridge this Saturday: http://t.co/XuVtyc5t73

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Local resident Robin Dahlberg criticises @soundingsoffice consultation - 'designed to tell developer what they wished to here'

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Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank has running costs of about £350k a year, says Don Weighton of Friends of Jubilee Gardens

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Now inquiry is hearing from opponents, starting with Don Weighton, veteran Jubilee Gardens campaigner

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Chris Clements of @Oasis_UK is welcoming the development at the public inquiry. @soundingsoffice consultation "exemplary"

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Clarke - as member of @stjohnswaterloo PCC - says scheme will "extend the parish in a very exciting way"

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Chris Clarke - chair of @Waterloofestiv - is speaking at inquiry in support of scheme. Praises @soundingsoffice consultation.

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Concerns about impact of development on Parliament Square are "incomprehensible" says Ted Inman of South Bank Employers' Group

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Plans for South Bank decentralised energy network are moving forward, Ted Inman tells inquiry. potential 15-20% carbon savings

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Ted Inman (South Bank Employers' Group) tells inquiry that parts of area now busier @ weekend lunchtimes than weekday rush hour

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Representative of @London_First tells inquiry that the redevelopment scheme is of strategic importance to the capital

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Helen Santer of @waterlooquarter tells inquiry that Shell development will help Lower Marsh - "shops need footfall"

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@southbankcentre's Alan Bishop confirms £10 million deal with Shell Centre developers for sale of Hungerford Car Park

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ValShawcross Receiving the 38 degrees cycling petition at City Hall pic.twitter.com/R0xUqtLwoZ

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 9:38 AM, Dec 10th, 2013 via TweetDeck)

inquiry - @southbankcentre boss Alan Bishop says SbC strongly supports the redevelopment plans for Shell Centre

via Twitter for Mac

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