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News & features published on 20 October 2015
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Teenager stabbed at Elephant & Castle

A teenage boy was taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds on Tuesday night after an incident at Elephant & Castle.

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Leake Street Pocket Park now open

A scrap of wasteland at the junction of Lower Marsh and Leake Street has been turned into a small garden in a £90,000 project.

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Gladstone Arms doesn't merit listed status says Historic England

Culture secretary John Whittingdale has decided that the Gladstone Arms in Lant Street does not merit listed building status.

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Violent attack in Harper Road: police appeal for witnesses

Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a young woman was violently assaulted in the early hours of Sunday 4 October.

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Now you can choose to have Amazon parcels sent to Mandela Way

SE1 residents are used to involuntary trips to Mandela Way to collect parcels, but now Amazon customers can choose to have purchases sent to the Southwark & Rotherhithe delivery office without waiting for the postman to put a card through the letterbox.

Tweets on 20 October 2015

Just published - Teenager stabbed at Elephant & Castle goo.gl/fb/0QTYNm

via Google

St Mary's Churchyard at Elephant & Castle is taped off by police. Lots of police cars around.

via Twitter for Mac

aliciajgreen Incident at elephant and castle @se1 slow traffic travelling along London Road

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 10:43 PM, Oct 20th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

Westminster councillors have tonight approved the Site Environmental Management Plan for their half of the

via Twitter for iPhone

Southwark Volunteering Fair tomorrow at Elephant & Castle: https://t.co/qG0TaajOck

via Twitter for iPhone

Letter in today's Times suggests replica of old London Bridge instead of #gardenbridge https://t.co/CxIoQgjbbs

via Twitter for iPhone

Would you voluntarily choose to pick up your parcels at Mandela Way? london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8489

via Twitter for iPhone

New 'pocket park' in Lower Marsh goo.gl/fb/fw7RhF

via Twitter for iPhone

Not sure whether lengthy declaration of interest by Westminster planning chair at start of meeting is admirable or terrifying.

via Twitter for iPhone

Tonight @CityWestminster's planning applications committee is discussing the & some of the conditions attached

via Twitter for Mac

LondonMzFitz @se1 Bermondsey Street full of Assassin's Creed people in an orderly queue. I would have expected bloodshed

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 5:27 PM, Oct 20th, 2015 via Twitter Web Client)

Ooh - Southwark regeneration director Steve Platts has let slip what's going on with the Castle Leisure Centre - full story soon ....

via Twitter for Mac

Long-awaited Castle leisure centre at E&C will open 'very shortly', cllr @markwilliams84 tells cabinet

via Twitter for Mac

Gladstone Arms - Government says 'no' lo listed status: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8491

via Twitter for Mac

Worth adding that a lot of the protesters at Lambeth cabinet last week pointed to Southwark as an example of a good library service

via Twitter for Mac in reply to se1

Southwark's deputy leaders @riwingfield makes a veiled dig at Lambeth Council for their library closures, in contrast to Southwark's record.

via Twitter for Mac

Cllr @markwilliams84 is telling Southwark cabinet about plans to move East Street Library from SE1 to SE17: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8433

via Twitter for Mac

Cllr @Livingstone_RJ points out at Southwark cabinet that 'Old Kent Road Area Action Plan' has an unfortunate acronym ...

via Twitter for Mac

Cllr @markwilliams84 tells Southwark cabinet abt proposal to improve planning policy protection for pubs w 'asset of community value' status

via Twitter for Mac

Christmas Market @DraperEstate Elephant & Castle - opportunities for stallholders: https://t.co/iiQXK6PiMf

via Twitter for Mac

Bankside Ghosts and Monsters Walk: https://t.co/3whomJ9v9d

via Twitter for Mac

Just published - Leake Street Pocket Park now open goo.gl/fb/fw7RhF

via Google

RT @LBC: £1bn little brother to The Shard planned for Paddington https://t.co/4ape9ykSZI https://t.co/L2CB61CJOa

via Twitter for Mac

MirandaKeeling Woman in Elephant and Castle: They've closed the 99p shop.
Man: Oh no! What's it now?
Woman: A pound shop.
Man: Not as good.
Woman: No.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 4:13 PM, Oct 20th, 2015 via Tweetbot for Mac)

ICYMI - police appeal after violent attack in Harper Road goo.gl/fb/I4FFIe

via Twitter for Mac

james_hatts First time I've seen a train on the new Borough Viaduct - track has only recently been laid. pic.twitter.com/n9FmAKAUom

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 2:53 PM, Oct 20th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

@TonyGirling that is almost a relief to hear - feared it was my dodgy code causing MySQL to fall over again.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to TonyGirling

SE1 website seems to be down. Hope @posipeople will have the problem sorted very soon.

via Twitter for iPhone

Deb Nagan @debnagan talks about Leake Street pocket park https://t.co/YnjL1tUkVT via @audioBoom

via audioBoom from Lambeth, London

Official opening of Leake Street pocket park pic.twitter.com/zRQmexTDS8

via Twitter for iPhone

RT @MartinHoscik: Careful what you Tweet! @se1 and I have found our way into the pages of the @EveningStandard https://t.co/ZDhHg3ZhcM ;-)

via Twitter for iPhone

The first #Quietway bike route (Waterloo-Greenwich) won't be finished till next February, Andrew Gilligan tells SE1 https://t.co/GNqRqM9SGB

via Twitter for Mac

Andrew Gilligan talks Cycle Superhighways and Quietways at St George's Circus https://t.co/GNqRqM9SGB via @audioBoom

via audioBoom

Tesco replaces chocolates with Pot Noodles at 'sweet-free checkout' in E&C Shopping Centre store https://t.co/CfF2VdTvg8

via Tweetbot for Mac

Just published - Gladstone Arms doesn't merit listed status says Historic England @SavetheGlad goo.gl/fb/TwlMty

via Google

Just published - Violent attack in Harper Road: police appeal for witnesses goo.gl/fb/I4FFIe

via Google

Just published - Now you can choose to have Amazon parcels sent to Mandela Way goo.gl/fb/ZXZ8YE

via Google

RT @LoveWapping: Nothing personal @se1 - but sometimes we just like firing artillery in your direction from our local fort. https://t.co/o…

via Twitter for Mac

2pm - opening of new 'pocket park' in Lower Marsh. Here's what it looked like before: pic.twitter.com/NsbM7lJ4pp

via Twitter for Mac

The wraps are coming off the new Co-op at Neo Bankside. Opens to public tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/orB4PQL4bp

via Twitter for iPhone

@bomielke the apart hotel upstairs is planning a revamp. Wondered whether there would be a future for Zucchini when I saw the plans

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to bomielke

bomielke Just got an email that @ZuccaBermondsey is going to be closing at the end of the year. This is not good news for the neighbourhood. @se1

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 9:44 AM, Oct 20th, 2015 via Twitter for iPhone)

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