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News & features published on 18 August 2016
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Grange Road: volunteers with speed guns catch 40 drivers

Volunteers armed with speed guns recorded 40 drivers breaking the 20 mph speed limit in Bermondsey's Grange Road in just two hours.

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'Magical' Garden Bridge delayed by a year as costs rise by £10m

The Garden Bridge will cost an extra £10 million to build and will be at least a year late, the chairman of the charity backing the scheme has confirmed.

Tweets on 18 August 2016

james_hatts Disappointing that @TheGardenBridge Trust has lifted a photo from @se1 website

pic.twitter.com/JfMvDz6ffs

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 11:40 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Twitter for Mac)

@miroirdufou @hannahsbee Depends who you ask ... Sadiq took credit ... but leader of Lambeth Council said he wasn't involved.

via Twitter for Mac in reply to miroirdufou

@miroirdufou @hannahsbee That one's easy: George Osborne and Boris Johnson.

via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to miroirdufou

's @hannahsbee said Government sources emphatic that no more Whitehall cash will be given to beyond existing £30m

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- "We're not in the business of backing white elephants" Government source tells 's @hannahsbee

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Follow-up re on tonight. "Whitehall sources" reject notion that fate of project is in Dept for Transport hands.

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Local vicar @giles_fraser writes in praise of @richard_001's guerrilla gardening at the Elephant & Castle https://t.co/pfYa4Ld4UY

via Twitter for Mac

"The #gardenbridge is a line that should not be crossed" writes @kennington/@se17 vicar @giles_fraser in @guardian https://t.co/pfYa4Ld4UY

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RT @giles_fraser: Garden Bridge. A bit like Peter Kay's Garlic Bread and Cheese Cake. And £60 million of public funds for a corporate party…

via Twitter for Mac

Interactive art installations for dogs.

Coming to SE1 tomorrow.

https://t.co/Yzr2JSm21h

via Twitter for Mac

"Swarms of fake Buddhist monks" badgering tourists for cash on SE1 riverside, reports @TheSun: https://t.co/5dpJTzdP64

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RT @Egrocott: @StolenRide @MPSSouthwark Stolen from Bankside, London. Please RT and see previous tweet. https://t.co/Okmmy64aTi

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RT @Egrocott: @StolenRide @MPSSouthwark Stolen: Red Pinerolo Mekk Road Bike. Between 6.30-9pm. Please contact 07854264786 and leave a messa…

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WalterMenteth tonight 18Aug cover new revelations, business case flaws, enlarged shortfall, cost increases, funders withdrawing..

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 6:11 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Twitter for iPhone)

Heatherwick says that #gardenbridge sponsorship meeting with Boris et al in California has been misrepresented https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

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Heatherwick says Qs re. #gardenbridge procurement should be directed to TfL and GBT, not him: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

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#gardenbridge mustn't be defeated by "whingers" and "fear", says Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

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#gardenbridge is something that "will bring us all together" - Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

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Heatherwick: Government backed #GardenBridge because it represented "all of us here together": https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

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Heatherwick: #GardenBridge Trust is "philanthropic org. whose only goal is to give a free garden for all of us" https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

via Twitter for Mac

#gardenbridge "will stitch in to the borough of Lambeth and the south of London" - Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

via Twitter for Mac

Section of South Bank where #gardenbridge will be built is "a bit dead and vulnerable" claims Thomas Heatherwick: https://t.co/EnehQS3xfZ

via Twitter for Mac

BBCNewsnight YouTube bonus! The full, extended, interview with Garden Bridge designer Thomas Heatherwick bbc.in/2b6RevT pic.twitter.com/zmWgFVQAZP

via SocialFlow (retweeted on 4:33 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

RT @JamieBullenES: Northern line: Person dies at London Bridge Tube station after being struck by train https://t.co/P3pBNXOiQo https://t.c…

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Former TfL board member Steve Norris says public £££ shouldn't be "squandered" on #gardenbridge https://t.co/MsMrlyWBxy

via Twitter for iPhone

BTP We're at London Bridge station after a person was struck by a @northernline train. Incident is non suspicious. Thank you for your patience.

via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 3:38 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

RT @dzuidijk: This is the call for Inspector Sands that could be heard outside London Bridge station until a few moments ago https://t.co/V…

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RT @dzuidijk: Police and fire engines seen outside of London Bridge station. Tanoy playing an automatic call for "Inspector Sands" https://…

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jubileeline London Bridge: services are now stopping at the station.

via Engagor (retweeted on 3:33 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

SamCRakes BTP truck has just gone shooting over London Bridge towards station. More sirens outside as well.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:29 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Northern line - no service between Camden Town and Kennington southbound via Bank due to a person on the track at London Bridge

via Twitter for Mac

alanaanderson_ Absolute chaos at London Bridge station. Everyone has been evacuated. pic.twitter.com/kqlOH9flMB

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:28 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

phil_harman Incident at London Bridge station. Staff saying it's due to a person on the track. I've counted 3 fire engines and 3 ambulances arrive. Hmm

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:28 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

jubileeline London Bridge: trains are not stopping at the station. This is due to a person on the track on the @northernline. Updates to follow.

via Engagor (retweeted on 3:19 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

chattycoley Just been from London Bridge tube station, 3 fire engines and armed police have now descended.

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 3:19 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

CherriGilham London bridge stn. 25 police charged in. Smbulances, fire engines cop cars screaming by.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:18 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

BenKellyMusic Incident at London Bridge tube. Told to leave Northern Line platform immediately. Now fire engines arriving.

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:18 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

40 motorists found to be breaking speed limit in Grange Road in just two hours.

32 got warning letters in post:

london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8871

via Twitter for Mac

Free family fun day in SE1 this Saturday to celebrate 150 years of @LondonFire: https://t.co/THcdoVRYuS #LFB150 https://t.co/vg8S9aWzSS

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@reddeviljp We weren't quoting it in an approving way...

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Ballot open for tickets to visit Guy's Cancer Centre as part of #openhouselondon next month https://t.co/fjNRs9JKkT https://t.co/UhkOYJNpWT

via Twitter for Mac

"A free garden that's open longer than any of the Royal Parks - for all of us - is a thrilling thing" - T Heatherwick on @BBCLondonNews

via Twitter for Mac

Tory member of Lambeth planning committee calls for #gardenbridge to be put on hold https://t.co/58EzTsbMGS

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CllrBGentry With major projects under review I have come to the conclusion that Garden Bridge should at very least be put on hold until after Brexit

via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 1:32 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Tweetbot for Mac)

Looking for Zipcar VW van in Paris Garden? Council has picked it up and moved it to Meymott Street pic.twitter.com/kvXH2AMcK8

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Photo taken exactly 5 years ago today ... the Shard under construction seen from One New Change. pic.twitter.com/vuVTZMmg4Z

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Mulberry picking session in GMH Park tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/tiNA80l4Sa

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sonjawithaj1 I'll have latest from @BBCLondonNews 130pm: funding fears for - and Kings College Maths College celebrate 1st

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:35 PM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Twitter for iPhone)

@Mavrie12 they don't. The police send the letters. The volunteers just stand there with the speed gun.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Mavrie12

Just published - Grange Road: volunteers with speed guns catch 40 drivers goo.gl/fb/Yl3B0u

via Google

Just published - 'Magical' delayed by a year as costs rise by £10m; charity pleads with Govtgoo.gl/fb/TBD20ky

via Google

chair wrote to Chris Grayling last month offering him meeting with Thomas Heatherwick + Joanna Lumley london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8870

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#GardenBridge - video of @evanhd #newsnight interview with Lord Davies now online: https://t.co/UBYDf8vuhI

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RT @TelegraphLuxury: Straight Up: @HutongShard offers 'cocktails for people who don't like cocktails' https://t.co/vFFrdagTfN https://t.co/…

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Just in from chairman: "It would be a tragedy if the government withdrew their support now" - sounds like they are worried

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South Bank Forum with @katehoeymp and @coyleneil - date of next meeting announced: https://t.co/Jk4T6vOgGO

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Before 9am @VanessaOnAir called for supporters to call in. Since then just one caller on air re GB - opponent @follyforlondon

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will be a multimillion pound boost to the local retail, food and beverage market, claims GB Trust pic.twitter.com/08YwptdtC2

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Vanessa Feltz having trouble finding callers to support on @BBCRadioLondon phone-in: "For heaven's sake, phone up!"

via Twitter for Mac

mardison The first of many runner bean harvests to come from the Bernie Spain gorgeous garden @CoinStreet pic.twitter.com/utoOCtGS1g

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:46 AM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Twitter for Mac)

KateHoeyMP Getting ready for the cycle super highway @LambethCyclists pic.twitter.com/4mUrCWhjsJ

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:12 AM, Aug 18th, 2016 via Twitter for Android)

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