Prime minister confirms plan for ‘free school’ in Galleywall Road
Plans to open a new primary school in the former Galleywall School building in South Bermondsey have been confirmed by the prime minister. From the official Government announcement: The City of London...
View ArticleEd Miliband visits Rotherhithe
Labour leader Ed Miliband visited the Silverlock Hall in Rotherhithe on Thursday for a Q&A session introduced by local prospective parliamentary candidate Neil Coyle. The invited audience included...
View Article‘Significant alterations’ to SE16 bus services in the pipeline
Each meeting of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Community Council chooses a formal question to ask of the leader of Southwark Council or one of the cabinet members. This was the question agreed at the...
View ArticleLabour’s Rachel Reeves visits Rotherhithe and meets Southwark charities
Labour’s shadow secretary of state for work and pensions Rachel Reeves visited Rotherhithe on Monday as the general election campaign got under way. She met Linda and Jan on the Canada Estate to learn...
View ArticleCampaign launched to save red crane at Odessa Street
We’ve twice written about the red crane on this website – firstly when Southwark Council revealed plans to redevelop the site with Hollybrook Homes and extend the Thames Path. Then we reported the...
View ArticleGreenland Dock and South Dock: 1985 planning controversy
30 years ago, Southwark Council was locked in dispute with the London Docklands Development Corporation about the future of South Dock and Greenland Dock. Earlier this year we highlighted a short clip...
View ArticleNick Clegg visits the Blue
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg visited the Blue on Tuesday in support of Simon Hughes’s campaign to be re-elected as MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark. After a brief visit to Elephant & Castle the...
View ArticleCouncillors to consider Clipper pub redevelopment as CAMRA objects
Next Tuesday (28 April) is decision day for the future of The Clipper pub on Rotherhithe Street. Councillors are likely to approve plans to knock down the 1934 pub and replace it with a four-storey...
View Article‘Wonder Woman’ Cllr Lisa Rajan to run London Marathon (again)
Surrey Docks councillor Lisa Rajan will join thousands of other runners in the London Marathon this Sunday. The marathon route passes through the borough starting at Lower Road and works its way around...
View ArticleBoris dampens hopes of cycle hire in SE16
Boris Johnson says there are “no plans” to extend the cycle hire scheme – despite recent comments by his cycling commissioner who said he had been holding discussions with Southwark Council about...
View ArticleParliamentary candidates quizzed on ‘super sewer’
At last night’s Bermondsey & Old Southwark hustings, five of the parliamentary candidates were asked whether they’d support a full review of the Thames Tideway Tunnel ‘supersewer’ project by an...
View ArticleThe Clipper: decision deferred after two hours of late-night debate
Councillors have deferred a decision on plans to demolish the Clipper pub in Rotherhithe Street and replace it with a four-storey block of flats . Planning officer David Cliff told the committee that...
View ArticleListen to Bermondsey & Old Southwark hustings in full
This evening St James’s Church – on behalf of Christians for Transformation in Bermondsey & Rotherhithe – hosted a hustings meeting for the Bermondsey & Old Southwark constituency. Chaired by...
View ArticleInterviews with Bermondsey & Old Southwark parliamentary candidates
Rotherhithe has only had two MPs since 1946 – Bob Mellish from 1946 to 1982 and Simon Hughes since 1983. This week the area faces its most momentous election in more than three decades when for the...
View ArticleNick Clegg addresses Lib Dem rally in Bermondsey
Nick Clegg visited Bermondsey on Sunday morning to address a gathering of Liberal Democrat activists at the Galleywall Road tenants’ hall. .@nick_clegg was in Bermondsey today with @SimonHughes and his...
View ArticleSteve Coogan campaigns for Labour at Canada Water
Steve Coogan addressed a rally of Labour activists at Canada Water on Bank Holiday afternoon as the general election campaign nears its end. Coogan is spending two days touring London constituencies...
View ArticleMillwall boss Neil Harris backs Simon Hughes
Millwall FC manager Neil Harris has endorsed Simon Hughes’s campaign for re-election in Bermondsey & Old Southwark. Neil Harris said: “Simon Hughes has been a great friend and supporter of Millwall...
View ArticleRedriff primary pupils help to launch Southwark savings account initiative
11-year-olds in Southwark will be given a helping hand with their finances, thanks to a new Southwark Council initiative, believed to be the first in England. This spring, every child aged 11 in the...
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