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• Southwark to turn car parking spaces into bays for dockless hire bikes

  04-12-2023 23:17 via se1.news
  
  Cllr James McAsh, Southwark's cabinet member for climate emergency, clean air & streets, this week signed off a decision to approve an experimental traffic management order which will create 147 new in-carriageway e-scooter & cycle hire parking bays across the borough.The borough currently has 82 parking bays for e-scooters and e-bikes on both the pavement and road.The council says the £200,000 cost of creating the new e-scooter and bike bays will be met from parking service revenu
  
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• Elephant & Castle office block: Lendlease wins appeal

  03-12-2023 21:29 via se1.news
  
  The site at the corner of Walworth Road and Elephant Road - just yards from Elephant & Castle Railway Station - was previously green open space attached to the Heygate Estate.More recently it has been used for 'The Artworks' temporary shops, restaurants and library. Part of the site is currently used by the 'Crate to Plate' urban farm.Whilst Lendlease's 2013 outline planning permission for the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate as Elephant Park envisaged residential use of the corner site,
  
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• Mark Oakley installed as Southwark Cathedral dean

  03-12-2023 20:49 via se1.news
  
  The Dean is the most senior priest at Southwark Cathedral, the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark.The Bishop of Southwark, Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, presided at the service of Choral Evensong on Sunday afternoon that included the installation of Dr Oakley as Dean and rector of the cathedral parish and St Hugh's Bermondsey.Dr Oakley succeeds the Very Revd Andrew Nunn who retired earlier this year after 11 years as dean.In his sermon Dr Oakley drew on words of 17th century bisho
  
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• Lambeth activates its Severe Weather Emergency Protocol (SWEP) for rough sleepers - BrixtonBuzz

  02-12-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Devon Mansions: probe into works to council flats as costs spiral by 70%

  29-11-2023 22:02 via se1.news
  
  London Bridge and West Bermondsey councillors Emily Hickson and Sam Dalton asked the borough's overview & scrutiny committee to probe the major works project at Devon Mansions at a meeting on Wednesday night.Devon Mansions is a collection of five Victorian mansion blocks along Tooley Street - adjacent to the council's headquarters.The blocks are council-owned and are run by the Fair Community Housing Services tenant management organisation.Many of the flats were sold under the 'right to buy'
  
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• Battle of the Waterloo boozers as FIVE pubs set up in rail station

  29-11-2023 18:11 via se1.news
  
  We reported earlier this month on plans by JD Wetherspoon to open a new pub called The Lion & the Unicorn alongside the massive Brewdog bar in The Sidings, the shopping complex below the former Eurostar platforms.Last month Urban Pubs & Bars opened The Victory,a pub at the northern end of the balcony above the main Waterloo Station concourse.Now rail and airport catering conglomerate SSP has announced that the Beer House, its subterranean pub opposite the low numbered platforms, is to re
  
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• Fire Brigade plans move from Union Street HQ

  28-11-2023 18:28 via se1.news
  
  The LFB moved in to the former Royal Mail parcels sorting office in Union Street in 2007, with the Queen performing the official opening the following February.A report on options for the brigade's future HQ was signed off by London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe in August this year but has only been made public this month. Whilst the LFB does have the option of renewing the lease in 2027, the brigade says the building is too big for its needs, and difficult to share with private sector businesses d
  
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• London Bridge day centre for homeless appeals for help to meet £75k deficit

  28-11-2023 15:27 via se1.news
  
  The Manna Centre in Melior Street - yards away from London Bridge Station - welcomes around 130 homeless and vulnerable people each weekday.The centre operates from premises provided by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark and the charity is supported by many local churches of all denominations.In its Christmas newsletter the Manna Society reports that its monthly expenditure has risen from £40,000 in 2022-23 to approximately £45,000 in 2023-24. For the first six months o
  
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• Waterloo kids' Winter Windows light up South Bank this Christmas

  28-11-2023 15:00 via se1.news
  
  For the past six years, designers and model makers from Squire & Partners architects have teamed up with children from Lambeth schools for the annual Winter Windows challenge to design neon lights to be displayed in the windows of the firm's offices at The Department Store in Brixton.This year the Southbank Centre commissioned Squire & Partners to create a Winter Windows installation for the Queen Elizabeth Hall as well.Ideas and drawings produced by Year 6 students from Oasis Academy Jo
  
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• Labour Party HQ moves 125 metres to Rushworth Street

  28-11-2023 14:40 via se1.news
  
  Earlier this year we reported that the Labour Party had returned its headquarters to Southwark, moving from Victoria to Blackfriars Road.This autumn the party upped sticks again and swapped the busy Blackfriars Road for the quieter back streets of Southwark.The party's headquarters is now in the Southworks building in Rushworth Street.The new offices are a mere 125 metres due east of the old ones, on the opposite side of the Friars Primary School site.Luke Akehurst, a member of Labour's national
  
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• Cecil House: housing association sells former Waterloo women's hostel

  26-11-2023 14:11 via se1.news
  The Central & Cecil housing association was founded by journalist Ada Chesterton who established a network of 'Cecil Houses' for vulnerable women in memory of her husband Cecil who died in the First World War.The first Cecil House opened in Holborn in 1927. The Waterloo Road property was the fifth in the network and opened in 1934 with capacity for 49 women and two babies.The Lord Mayor of London performed the opening ceremony on 14 March 1934 A report in the London Mercury on the opening of
  
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• Case for Bakerloo line extension 'really positive' - council leader

  26-11-2023 13:06 via se1.news
  
  Council leader Kieron Williams was responding to a question from Old Kent Road ward councillor Richard Livingstone at Wednesday's Southwark council assembly meeting."I think it is absolutely a question of 'when', not 'if'," said Cllr Williams."I'm delighted to say that work is currently under way to put together the detailed updated business case for the Bakerloo line that will be coming out next month and it's looking really positive, having seen an early copy of it."And I'm also delighted to s
  
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• Green Talks - Ending fossil fuels and fast tracking the energy transition: how do we get there?

  24-11-2023 15:31 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Lambeth aims to tackle road danger inequality with new strategy - BrixtonBuzz

  24-11-2023 13:30 via news.google.com
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• Former City Hall: plans revealed for makeover

  24-11-2023 11:24 via se1.news
  
  The former City Hall has been empty for nearly two years since the Greater London Authority moved to the Royal Docks.The building - which dates from 2002 - was turned down for listed status in 2022 with Historic England concluding that "although a striking geometric design of clear technical sophistication for a landmark London building, City Hall does not rank amongst the very best examples of the work of Foster & Partners in this period".The heritage watchdog's assessment added that "the b
  
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• 'Save Kintore Way' - nursery petition presented to council

  22-11-2023 20:37 via se1.news
  
  Council-run Kintore Way nursery in Grange Road - which was rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted earlier this year - faces having to make 15 staff redundant.Members of the Southwark UNISON union presented a petition at Southwark's council assembly on Wednesday evening, having held a protest outside the council's Tooley Street offices in the hour before the meeting.Susan Catten, schools organiser for Southwark UNISON, told councillors that the loss of 15 jobs "represents a catastrophic and deva
  
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• Prince William Henry: Blackfriars Road pub closes for redevelopment

  22-11-2023 11:15 via se1.news
  
  The pub at the corner of Blackfriars Road and Nicholson Street has existed in its current form for 48 years, but its history goes back nearly two centuries.Prior to the 1970s development the wider site had two pubs - the Noah's Ark and the Prince William Henry - with the latter name being chosen for the new pub that opened in 1975."Prince William Henry will close permanently at end of business on Friday 24 November due to the redevelopment which will provide more local housing and a new pub," sa
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes The King and UK faith leaders ... - The Archbishop of Canterbury

  16-11-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
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• East Street Library closes ahead of move

  11-11-2023 10:00 via se1.news
  The new Una Marson Library - half a kilometre away from the current site - is due to open by the end of the year.East Street Library opened in 1967 to replace a much grander Edwardian building knocked down to make way for the Bricklayers Arms flyover.The closure of East Street Library brings to an end Old Kent Road's 133-year history of public libraries: industrialist George Livesey founded a library on the road in 1890.The relocation of the library further into Walworth means that the SE1 posta
  
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• Amazon Fresh: you no longer need app to shop at Bankside store

  09-11-2023 09:44 via se1.news
  
  Amazon Fresh opened in March 2022 at the Blue Fin Building in Southwark Street.The products customers take from the shelves are tracked by cameras and sensors, enabling a customer's card to be charged after they have left the shop.When the store first opened, customers had to scan a barcode displayed in the Amazon app to gain entry to the shop. This autumn the shop's technology has been updated to mean no app is now required, and customers can use any credit or debit card at the exit gate instea
  
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• Through motor traffic banned from two South Bank streets

  08-11-2023 16:10 via se1.news
  
  The new measures were introduced on Wednesday afternoon when contractors uncovered the new signs that had been installed last week.The experimental changes have been introduced as part of the £8 million South Bank Spine Route project to improve the state of Belvedere Road and Upper Ground.In Upper Ground, motor traffic can now travel eastbound only on the section between Duchy Street and Broadwall (between the two halves of Bernie Spain Gardens), with cyclists able to use a contraflow.Belo
  
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• Ad billboard proposed behind Borough war memorial

  08-11-2023 11:00 via se1.news
  
  Advertising firm blowUP Media has applied to Southwark Council to display commercial images on a scaffolding shroud on the south side of Town Hall Chambers in Borough High Street, which forms the backdrop to the St Saviour's War Memorial.The giant advert would be in place for six months whilst works are carried out to the facade of Town Hall Chambers, the flats above The Bridge Tap pub.According to the heritage statement submitted with the application: "The scheme is supported by the Town Hall C
  
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• Prince Edward opens Haberdashers' Borough Academy

  08-11-2023 10:36 via se1.news
  
  Haberdashers' Borough Academy is now established in its permanent home at the former London Fire Brigade training centre in Southwark Bridge Road.The school first opened in 2019 in temporary accommodation whilst construction work continued.The academy now has almost 900 pupils across years 7 to 11 and will have pupils sitting GCSEs for the first time this academic year."We were thrilled to welcome the Duke of Edinburgh to officially open Borough Academy," said principal Declan Jones."It was wond
  
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• Harper Road: more crossings, wider pavements and traffic calming

  08-11-2023 10:19 via se1.news
  
  Plans for Harper Road are due to be signed off this month by Cllr James McAsh, Southwark's cabinet member for climate emergency, clean air & streets.The Harper Road scheme is part of the Southwark Spine, a route linking Borough and Dulwich first announced by the council eight years ago but to date still incomplete.The latest project includes new pedestrian crossings, speed humps and wider pavements.The Streets for People scheme was the subject of public consultation in April and May this yea
  
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• Benedict Birnberg

  08-11-2023 07:48 via se1.news
  
  One of his clients said to have meant more to him than any other was Southwark-born Iris Bentley, sister of Derek Bentley who was hanged for the murder of a policeman.When, after a long and controversial campaign, Derek was exonerated his sister had died a few months earlier. However, she had often spoken to her solicitor of a commemorative service at Southwark Cathedral once justice had been done. On 28 January 1999, the 46th anniversary of Bentley's hanging, the service was held at the ca
  
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• Lambeth Road junction named as one of capital's most dangerous for cyclists

  07-11-2023 14:16 via se1.news
  
  London Cycling Campaign's new interactive map uses the latest five years of emergency services response data to collisions (2018-2022) to ‘cluster’ collisions by location. By identifying these junction systems, weighting data according to both collision severity and recency, and factoring in multi-victim collisions, LCC says it has identified the junctions that most need fixing across every London borough.Official data shows that between 2018 and 2022 there was one fatal collision, t
  
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• Sexual assault on London Bridge - police appeal for victims to come forward

  06-11-2023 20:25 via se1.news
  
  City of London Police is urgently appealing for victims linked to a series of alleged sexual assaults to come forward.Detectives have viewed CCTV footage and identified a number of victims they would like to speak to.The incidents happened on Monday 16 October between 12 noon and 1pm on London Bridge and in Arthur Street, Cannon Street and King William Street.A suspect is currently in custody.“These incidents might have been seen as relatively minor to some of the victims or those who witn
  
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• Lambeth invites residents’ feedback on plans to tackle the housing crisis - BrixtonBuzz

  06-11-2023 13:23 via news.google.com
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• Blackfriars Road bus service goes all-electric

  06-11-2023 08:42 via se1.news
  
  Abellio London's route 63 has been operated by electric buses since spring 2022 as part of a flagship Transport for London project to examine the features passengers will want on the vehicles and bus stops of the future.TfL's headquarters at the Palestra building on Blackfriars Road now boats promotional vinyls for the sights that can be visited using the 63 route.Since late September the other daytime route on Blackfriars Road and Blackfriars Bridge - route 40 - is also run using electric vehic
  
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• Millennium Bridge reopens after three-week closure

  05-11-2023 20:21 via se1.news
  
  The bridge opened on Sunday at 6pm, following a project to replace the synthetic membrane between the aluminium bridge deck and steel structure underneath.Contractors also used the closure as an opportunity to give the 23-year-old structure a deep clean.The bridge is owned and maintained by 900-year-old charity City Bridge Foundation (previously known as Bridge House Estates).While abseilers worked on the bridge a bundle of straw was displayed - in line with long-standing custom enshrined in Por
  
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• Southwark Street stabbing: man in life-threatening condition

  05-11-2023 17:48 via se1.news
  
  Police were called to Southwark Street at about 2.27am on Sunday 5 November following what the Metropolitan Police described as "reports of a fight involving a number of individuals"."Officers attended and located two males with serious injuries. One suffering with stab wounds and the other suffering with a head injury," said a Met spokeswoman. "They were both taken to hospital for treatment."According to the Met, the stab victim remains in a life-threatening condition. The second male
  
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• Lambeth Council announces events to mark Remembrance Sunday, 12th Nov 2023 - BrixtonBuzz

  04-11-2023 13:00 via news.google.com
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• Women in Lambeth earn less than men as gender pay gap widens ... - LondonWorld

  03-11-2023 14:01 via news.google.com
  
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• Book Launch at Lambeth Palace - Virginia Theological Seminary

  03-11-2023 13:42 via news.google.com
  
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• Brixton Rec welcomes Advocacy Academy to new workspace with Lambeth set to offer the organisation a ten year lease - BrixtonBuzz

  03-11-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  Brixton Rec welcomes Advocacy Academy to new workspace with Lambeth set to offer the organisation a ten year lease  BrixtonBuzz
  
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• Five Lambeth Labour Councillors join the call demanding that Keir Starmer backs an immediate ceasefire and ends the ‘complete siege of Gaza’ - BrixtonBuzz

  02-11-2023 13:56 via news.google.com
  Five Lambeth Labour Councillors join the call demanding that Keir Starmer backs an immediate ceasefire and ends the ‘complete siege of Gaza’  BrixtonBuzz
  
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• Covid-19 inquiry: How many people died in Lambeth during ... - LondonWorld

  02-11-2023 12:20 via news.google.com
  
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• Lambeth unveils plans for new landscaped green spaces that also help deal with storm rainwater - BrixtonBuzz

  02-11-2023 08:00 via news.google.com
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• Thousands of children in need in Lambeth - LondonWorld

  01-11-2023 18:13 via news.google.com
  
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• New Healthy Route set for Southbank - Love Lambeth - Love Lambeth

  31-10-2023 20:11 via news.google.com
  
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• Dozens of young people with criminal records in Lambeth ... - LondonWorld

  31-10-2023 17:39 via news.google.com
  
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• Vouchers for vegetables – a radical and simple solution - Love ... - Love Lambeth

  31-10-2023 12:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Lambeth explores additional Planning Controls on HMOs in ... - Love Lambeth

  31-10-2023 12:49 via news.google.com
  
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• Lambeth Allies programme creates LGBTQ+ safe spaces in Vauxhall and Clapham - BrixtonBuzz

  30-10-2023 18:09 via news.google.com
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• John Wayne Lambeth - Bluebonnet News

  30-10-2023 16:00 via news.google.com
  
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• Lambeth Allies programme creates LGBTQ+ safe spaces - Love ... - Love Lambeth

  30-10-2023 12:48 via news.google.com
  
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• Lambeth Council to tackle road danger with new strategy set to be discussed at Cabinet meeting - BrixtonBuzz

  29-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
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• Lambeth plans to grow Tree Planting Strategy with the borough ranked as the sixth worse in London for green canopy - BrixtonBuzz

  28-10-2023 13:12 via news.google.com
  Lambeth plans to grow Tree Planting Strategy with the borough ranked as the sixth worse in London for green canopy  BrixtonBuzz
  
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• Lambeth Libraries in November 2023 – book launches, kids’ events, human cannonball, markets and more - BrixtonBuzz

  28-10-2023 10:00 via news.google.com
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• Lambeth: Marking Remembrance Sunday - Love LambethLove ... - Love Lambeth

  28-10-2023 07:50 via news.google.com
  
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