Salter Statues Campaign & other SE16 locals celebrated at Southwark Civic Awards
The Salter Statues Campaign – which led the efforts to restore the stolen statue of Dr Alfred Salter and commission a new statue of Ada Salter on Bermondsey Wall East – was named ‘organisation of the...
View ArticleNew roles for Rotherhithe councillors
Rotherhithe councillor Kath Whittam was appointed as Southwark’s Deputy Mayor at the annual council meeting held at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday. She will deputise for the Mayor – Cllr Dora...
View ArticleCanada Water parking zone consultation
The council has launched a consultation on possible new parking controls in three areas north, west and east of Canada Water. Details here.
View ArticleGarden Bridge cash ‘better spent on Rotherhithe’s Brunel Bridge’
London Assembly members Caroline Pidgeon (Lib Dem) and Val Shawcross (Labour) said today that the £60 million of public money to be spent on the Garden Bridge between the South Bank and Victoria...
View ArticleNeil Coyle raises Rotherhithe broadband problem in Parliament
In one of his first written parliamentary questions, new local MP Neil Coyle has asked the Government about what it plans to do to help boost slow broadband in former dockyard areas like Rotherhithe....
View Article27 families use ‘Help to Buy’ schemes in Bermondsey & Old Southwark
In response to a parliamentary question from Neil Coyle MP, the Government revealed that just 27 families in Bermondsey & Old Southwark have made use of the ‘Help to Buy’ scheme to buy a home. Read...
View ArticleCouncil to ban bookies, amusements and payday lenders from its shopping parades
Southwark Council is preparing to approve a definitive policy statement that makes clear it will no longer rent retail premises in its own buildings to bookmakers, payday lenders or amusement arcades....
View ArticleC10 bus route petition delivered to City Hall
Rotherhithe councillors have delivered a 300-signature petition to City Hall highlighting local concern about the performance of the C10 bus route. Councillors Stephanie Cryan, Kath Whittam and Bill...
View ArticleCanada Water Culture Space: new operator sought
The contract to run the Canada Water Culture Space – currently held by the Albany Deptford – is up for grabs. Details on the Southwark Council website.
View ArticleBermondsey Wall East conservation area hold-up sparks cross-party protest
Councillors in Bermondsey & Rotherhithe have lodged a cross-party protest against the failure of the council to proceed with plans to extend the Edward III’s Rotherhithe Conservation Area to...
View ArticleThe Clipper: councillors reject redevelopment plan
Councillors have turned down plans by McCulloch Homes to knock down The Clipper pub in Rotherhithe Street and replace it with a four-storey block of flats. Southwark’s planning sub-committee B first...
View ArticleBT trials new broadband technology in Rotherhithe
BT’s Openreach division, is conducting a trial of new Fibre-to-the-Remote-Node (FTTrN) broadband technology in Rotherhithe – bringing download speeds of up to 80Mbps to an area that was previously...
View ArticleRotherhithe Primary School expansion plan revealed
Southwark Council’s cabinet has agreed to launch a formal consultation on the expansion of Rotherhithe Primary School in Rotherhithe New Road from two to three forms of entry. The expansion is to be...
View ArticleHot coals from BBQ blamed for Rotherhithe fire
‘Cool your coals’ is the advice from firefighters as a bag of hot coals was to blame for a garden shed blaze on Timber Pond Road in Rotherhithe on Wednesday morning. The brigade believes that coals...
View ArticleTributes to former Bermondsey vicar Ted Roberts
Canon Ted Roberts – vicar of St James’s and St Anne’s churches in Bermondsey during the 1980s – has died aged 86. Adrian Greenwood, licensed reader at St James’s, has written a tribute which can be...
View ArticleBermondsey in Bloom 2015 – call for entries
If you have a garden or window box in Bermondsey (Grange, Riverside and South Bermondsey wards) you are eligible to enter the Bermondsey in Bloom competition. Details at www.salmoncentre.org/bloom2015
View ArticleWhere should SE16’s new leisure centre be located?
Southwark’s cross-party overview & scrutiny committee spent nearly two hours debating the future location of a leisure centre to replace the current Seven Islands centre on Monday night. The...
View ArticleRevised Canada Water Area Action Plan approved by cabinet
Last week Southwark’s cabinet approved the revised Canada Water Area Action Plan to take into account the pending redevelopment of Harmsworth Quays. Listen to the audio below and read the related...
View ArticleSE16 postal service ‘ slower than a tortoise’
Bermondsey vicar Canon Gary Jenkins blogs about a letter that took 24 days to get from SE1 to SE16.
View ArticleSouthwark Park fireworks – ticketing system introduced
Southwark Council has confirmed that it will stage the usual 5 November fireworks display in Southwark Park – and it will remain free of charge – but this year for the first time visitors will need to...
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