Bermondsey Wall East: councillors approve extension to conservation area
Southwark’s planning committee has given the green light to plans to extend the Edward III’s Rotherhithe Conservation Area to include all of Bermondsey Wall East. The council consulted local residents...
View Article1982 – Peter Tatchell occupies Corbett’s Wharf at Bermondsey Wall East
Earlier this week Corbett’s Wharf on Bermondsey Wall East was declared to be part of a conservation area. By coincidence, the owners of the Thames News (ITV regional news) archive have just published...
View ArticleMassive new road tunnel at Canada Water suggested by Boris Johnson
The prospect of a massive new underground motorway linking Canada Water with Clapham was raised by Boris Johnson at Mayor’s Question Time on Wednesday. Listen to the full exchange between the Mayor and...
View ArticleMore on the future location of Canada Water’s leisure centre
Last week the vexed question of where a new leisure centre to replace Seven Islands should be located was the topic of a further lengthy session at Southwark’s overview & scrutiny committee. Cllr...
View ArticleNeil Coyle warns of police cuts and highlights drugs crisis in Rotherhithe
Neil Coyle MP has told Parliament that Southwark Police were “unable or under-resourced” to tackle a problem with drug dealing and heroin use on an estate in Rotherhithe. Speaking in a Commons debate...
View ArticleCanada Water: council paves the way for British Land deal
On Tuesday Southwark’s cabinet agreed the basis of an agreement with British Land for the redevelopment of Surrey Quays Shopping Centre and Harmsworth Quays. In his foreword to the cabinet report, Cllr...
View Article£7.80 return ferry fare from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf ‘not unduly high’...
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said that the recent increase in the return fare on the ferry between Nelson Dock and Canary Wharf from £5.94 to £7.80 – a hike of 31 per cent – is “not unduly high”....
View ArticleBrunel Bridge – update from Boris Johnson
Labour London Assembly member (and directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets) John Biggs tabled a formal question to Mayor of London Boris Johnson seeking an update on the proposed ‘Brunel Bridge’ for...
View ArticleMayflower Community Hall demolition controversy aired at council meeting
Plans to redevelop the Mayflower Community Hall in Neptune Street were discussed at Southwark’s overview & scrutiny committee on Monday night. Members of the Mayflower Estate Tenants’ &...
View ArticleRevised Canada Water Area Action Plan approved
At last week’s Council Assembly, Southwark’s councillors of all parties unanimously endorsed the revised Canada Water Area Action Plan (CWAAP). Listen to the speeches from Cllr Mark Williams, Cllr Lisa...
View ArticleLord Livermore: new Labour peer takes Rotherhithe title
Local resident Spencer Livermore – a former aide to Gordon Brown – took his seat in the House of Lords on Monday. He has chosen ‘Baron Livermore, of Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark’ as...
View ArticleBermondsey tube: should it be given zone 1 / 2 boundary status?
The question of whether Bermondsey Underground Station should be in zone 2, zone 1 (or both) comes up from time to time. The controversy has been revived by Liberal Democrat London Assembly member...
View ArticleBermondsey Spa Medical Practice placed under ‘special measures’ by inspectors
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Dr Shabir Bhatti of the Bermondsey Spa Medical Practice in Old Jamaica Road as inadequate and has placed the practice into special measures following an...
View ArticleBT fined for Jamaica Road works
BT has been fined £2,620 and ordered to pay costs of £3,500 for a number of offences including carrying out roadworks in Jamaica Road without obtaining a permit from Transport for London. News of the...
View ArticleBroadband speeds: Neil Coyle signs Telegraph letter
Bermondsey & Old Southwark Labour MP Neil Coyle was one of 120 parliamentarians to put his name to a letter to the Daily Telegraph last Saturday highlighting problems with broadband speeds and...
View ArticleTransport in Rotherhithe – councillors unanimously back motion
This motion was unanimously agreed by Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors in Southwark on Tuesday night: Transport in Rotherhithe Council assembly recognises that there are...
View ArticleNew ‘bus network plan’ for SE16 to be drawn up this summer
Transport for London is to draw up a bus network plan for Rotherhithe by the summer of this year, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has said. Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon recently...
View ArticleRotherhithe broadband update from Southwark Council
It’s nearly two years since the last local elections. The Southwark Labour manifesto included a pledge to “bring superfast broadband to the Rotherhithe peninsula” and next week the Borough’s cabinet...
View ArticleSouthwark Park Road Day Centre to move to East Dulwich
Southwark Council has launched a consultation on proposals to close Southwark Park Road Day centre for elderly people with dementia and complex needs Details at...
View ArticleDavid Cameron visits Harris Academy Bermondsey
Bermondsey might not be normally be associated with its love of Tory politicians, but prime minister David Cameron certainly received a rapturous response from Harris Academy Bermondsey pupils when he...
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