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News & features published on 8 February 2017
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Mayor joins SE1 children selling home-made soup at Borough Market

Mayor of Southwark Cllr Kath Whittam visited Borough Market on Tuesday where local school children were selling home-made soup in aid of charity.

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Lambeth vetoes plan to cut size of Camel & Artichoke pub

Lambeth planners have refused a planning application to reduce the size of the Camel & Artichoke pub in Lower Marsh.

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Garden Bridge: all-party pressure on Sadiq not to sign guarantee

Members of the London Assembly have backed a motion by 16 votes to one calling on Sadiq Khan not to sign a guarantee to meet the maintenance cost of the Garden Bridge in the event that private fundraising falls short.

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Singaporeans sell Rose Theatre site to Guernsey firm for £94.5m

The office block above the remains of Bankside's original Elizabethan playhouse - the Rose Theatre - has been sold by its Singaporean owners for £94.5 million.

Tweets on 8 February 2017

RT @se1: Police appeal for witnesses to Southwark Bridge Road collision last December in which cyclist was hit by Tesco van https://t.co/Lk…

via TweetDeck

Livingstone_RJ . @Kath59 making pasta at Mercato Metropolitano community kitchen
@SouthwarkMayor pic.twitter.com/t3lCrE0NGC

via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 6:57 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via TweetDeck)

@Jen_Hol unplanned intermission just after Christmas due to illness. Next one will be in the post v soon.

via Twitter for iPhone in reply to Jen_Hol

se1 Southwark considering action against Airbnb hosts on council estates in the borough london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9066

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 5:21 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

@hhrca to be fair Cllr Hargrove did acknowledge it wasn't in his remit, but he does cover private landlord licensing etc.

via Tweetbot for Mac in reply to hhrca

The 1977 forerunner to @SowNeighbours plan - from SE1 paper 40 years ago pic.twitter.com/wwvT7ySNzb

via Twitter for iPhone

40 years ago - @boroughmarket @Southwarkcathed in the snow - Feb 1977 edition of SE1 community paper pic.twitter.com/p03jRGIJmi

via Twitter for iPhone

Police appeal for witnesses to Southwark Bridge Road collision last December in which cyclist was hit by Tesco van… https://t.co/5LOY3DutZC

via Twitter for iPhone

RT @MusicTeacherMag: Darius Khwaja, principal and co-founder of the @lccmlondon, on the huge possibilities of LCCM’s next home https://t.co…

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se1 Just published - Lambeth vetoes plan to cut size of Lower Marsh's Camel & Artichoke pub dlvr.it/NKKp4V

via dlvr.it (retweeted on 4:10 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

Just published - @SouthwarkMayor joins local schoolchildren selling home-made soup at @boroughmarket dlvr.it/NKN4kp

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Southwark considering action against Airbnb hosts on council estates in the borough london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9066

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se1 Lambeth North tube station (shut since July for lift replacement) will reopen early next week, TfL boss Mike Brown told board meeting today.

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 3:44 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

Chavender @blackcowboyc at Elephant & Castle @se1 pic.twitter.com/DbbTxh2aUr

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:33 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via TweetDeck)

RT @se1: Just published - Singaporeans sell Rose Theatre site to Guernsey firm for £94.5m https://t.co/foeNLfjOGY

via Twitter for iPhone

Worker removed from London Bridge station job for racist slur https://t.co/kGlulHEee3

via Twitter Web Client

Just published - Lambeth vetoes plan to cut size of Lower Marsh's Camel & Artichoke pub dlvr.it/NKKp4V

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RT @LSBU: Here's Lucy Cale's winning entry to our #DoodleDay Elephant & Castle drawing competition! 🐘 https://t.co/w1T8JNjBtA

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RT @BowenBBC: A small piece of British brewing history. Watneys Red Barrel. Once ubiquitous. Now rarely spotted, but still haunting the Ele…

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Lambeth North tube station (shut since July for lift replacement) will reopen early next week, TfL boss Mike Brown told board meeting today.

via Twitter for Mac

BBCTimDonovan City Hall say @MayorofLondon officials still 'reviewing documentation' on . Had that for sometime - wonder why taking so long?

via Twitter Web Client (retweeted on 1:55 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

Just published - : @LondonAssembly members of all parties put pressure on Sadiq not to sign guarantee dlvr.it/NKK2Vx

via dlvr.it

Just published - Singaporeans sell Rose Theatre site to Guernsey firm for £94.5mdlvr.it/NKJM0vY

via dlvr.it

BREAKING: London Assembly votes 16 to 1 to back motion calling on Sadiq Khan not to sign maintenance funding guarantee

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Tory @AndrewBoff says is "a truly wonderful project unless you want to use it, live near it, or pay for it"

via Twitter for Mac

FloEshalomi Fully support @KeithPrinceAM on the need for additional bridges in other parts of London & not this 'folly' @follyforlondon @se1

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 12:15 PM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

Tory @KeithPrinceAM agrees that public money has been wasted on and other places have much more pressing need for new bridges

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UKIP's @davidkurten AM calls for public inquiry into - "huge and profilgate waste of public money" ... "a white elephant"

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UKIP's @davidkurten AM says his group will back anti- motion - highlights number of trees to be chopped down + loss of views

via Twitter for Mac

Green AM @CarolineRussell: "The case for the doesn't add up"

via Twitter for Mac

Tory @GarethBaconAM says he won't support motion calling on Sadiq not to sign maintenance guarantee

via Twitter for Mac

It's "far-fetched" to think that trust will raise enough money to cover maintenance costs, @CarolinePidgeon tells Assembly

via Twitter for Mac

Now @CarolinePidgeon adds Lib Dem support to Lab motion re guarantee motion

via Twitter for Mac

AM @FloEshalomi reiterates here belief that is a "vanity project" not a transport project. "Not in the interests of Londoners"

via Twitter for Mac

AM @tomcopley to Sadiq: "Mr Mayor, please don't sign the guarantee ... don't associate yourself with this white elephant"

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London shouldn't "throw good money after bad" by signing maintenance guarantee says @tomcopley

via Twitter for Mac

an example of "cocktail-party cronyism" @tomcopley tells @LondonAssembly

via Twitter for Mac

On cycle superhighway 6 @ChristChurchSE1 now has themed signage to welcome visitors. pic.twitter.com/8dx0XZvXyb

via Twitter for iPhone

se1 Just published - Southwark considers action against AirBnB lets on council estates dlvr.it/NJzf4G

via dlvr.it (retweeted on 8:53 AM, Feb 8th, 2017 via Twitter for iPhone)

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