Mixed messages from Boris over SE16 slow broadband
This month our local London Assembly member Val Shawcross (Labour, Southwark & Lambeth) tabled the following question to Mayor of London Boris Johnson: Are you prepared to take steps as Mayor of...
View ArticleSouthwark children pass Olympic flag to Rio representatives
The event – held at Canada Water Library – was devised by torchbearer Kevin Steward and past Mayor of Southwark Cllr Althea Smith (who served as the borough’s first citizen during London 2012)....
View Article20,000 watch Southwark Park fireworks
“We were really pleased to see so many turning out to see last night’s fireworks display at Southwark Park,” said Cllr Veronica Ward, Southwark’s cabinet member for culture, leisure, sport and...
View ArticleSE16 slow broadband: latest from BT and Simon Hughes
Two updates this week on the ongoing saga of SE16′s painfully slow broadband. Firstly, Andrew Campling of BT has posted a detailed response to the recent blog post by Val Shawcross AM: As you may be...
View ArticleSimon Hughes sorry for failure to register interests and declare donations
Bermondsey & Old Southwark MP Simon Hughes apologised to the House of Commons last week after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The investigation by the commissioner...
View ArticleBermondsey’s Grace Jones – UK’s oldest resident – dies aged 113
Grace Jones, the UK’s oldest resident, has died just short of her 114th birthday. Grace Jones, born on 7 December 1899 and the only surviving Briton to have lived for the whole of the 20th century,...
View ArticleCouncillors ask TfL to tackle Rotherhithe ‘gridlock’
Local Liberal Democrats held discussions with Transport for London at City Hall last week to ask for action to tackle what they describe as “daily gridlock” on Jamaica Road and the Rotherhithe...
View ArticleHarmsworth Quays: university campus, homes and a new leisure centre for...
listen to ‘Southwark Cabinet discusses Harmsworth Quays development’ on Audioboo Southwark’s cabinet has agreed to enter a cooperation agreement with British Land and King’s College London to work...
View ArticleAlbion Street ‘sustainability centre’ idea debated by Southwark cabinet
Last month we reported on a controversial proposal to turn the former Rotherhithe Library in Albion Street into a ‘sustainability centre’. Sublime Magazine attracted more than 500 signatures on its...
View ArticleSupersewer: residents urged to turn out on Friday to oppose Chambers Wharf plans
Southwark Council and the the Save Your Riverside campaign are urging residents and Londoners to voice their opinions on the super sewer at the Planning Inspectorate’s open floor hearings on Thames...
View ArticleBoris: I understand Rotherhithe slow broadband frustration
“I understand how frustrating it must be for the residents of Rotherhithe to have slower broadband areas than they rightly expect to receive,” said Mayor of London Boris Johnson this week. The Mayor...
View ArticleSouthwark Council approves Canada Water Area Action Plan
The revisions to Southwark’s planning policy for Canada Water to take into account the impact of the closure of the Harmsworth Quays print works were approved last night by a meeting of the full...
View ArticleMayor approves 19-storey tower in Rotherhithe New Road
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has approved a planning application for a 19-storey tower in Rotherhithe New Road despite his “concerns” about the scheme’s design. The development – designed by HLM...
View ArticleFire at Ann & Lac Chinese takeaway
Southwark park road is burning @LondonFire quelling the blaze. pic.twitter.com/743Gsf7plq — laura munday (@mundaylaura) December 20, 2013 Fire at the Blue on Friday morning. From the London Fire...
View ArticleBarry Duckett BEM
Congratulations to Barry Duckett – chair of the Canada Estate TRA, chair of the Rotherhithe Area Housing Forum and organiser of the Rotherhithe Festival – who received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in...
View ArticleTake the Rotherhithe Broadband Survey
The Canada Water Consultative Forum is working with Southwark Council, the London Assembly and others to find ways to improve the broadband speeds for many residents in the Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks...
View ArticleRotherhithe’s slow internet problem remains on council agenda
The long-running problem with slow broadband connections in the Rotherhithe area was raised once more at this week’s Southwark council assembly meeting. Cllr David Hubber (Lib Dem) tabled a question to...
View ArticleAlbion Street council housing development could include new GP surgery
The following question was tabled for this week’s council assembly by Cllr Lisa Rajan (Lib Dem) Does he believe it was appropriate for the consultation on the demolition of Albion Street Library and...
View ArticleNew plans for Rotherhithe roundabout ‘this autumn’
Cllr Eliza Mann (Lib Dem) tabled the following question at this week’s council assembly: What meetings has the cabinet member had with Transport for London (TfL) about reconfiguring Rotherhithe...
View ArticleAlbion Street regeneration update
Cllr Norma Gibbes asked this question at council assembly this week: What progress is the council making with plans for the regeneration of Albion Street? Cllr Fiona Colley, cabinet member for...
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