Focus on Bermondsey: Take a walk on the south side April 9, 2015 Affordable housing in Zone One is becoming something of a rarity in London, but look just south of the river and you’ll find one area in particular that’s still a decent prospect for first-time buyers looking for a good investment. Paul Bent, sales manager at Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward’s London Bridge branch says young professionals [...]
Private View: On the market in Bermondsey this week April 9, 2015 FORT ROAD From £750,000 This three bedroom period house has character in abundance, with original features such as the newly-sanded wooden flooring throughout. The terraced house also features wooden decking in its south-facing garden. It’s available freehold and close to local shopping hotspots Bermondsey Street and Maltby Street Market. Contact Kinleigh, Folkard & Hayward’s London [...]
Southwark Council dismisses Simon Hughes MP’s calls for pan-London bomb strategy as “massive overreaction” March 25, 2015 Southwark Council has dismissed Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes' call for a London-wide strategy around unexploded bombs as “a massive overreaction”. Council leader Peter John told City A.M that across London emergency response plans were “well oiled and well drilled” – and that any further measures were “unncessary”. An unexploded Second World War bomb was [...]
Watch: The moment the WWII unexploded bomb found near Tower Bridge was detonated by the army March 25, 2015 The unexploded WWII bomb discovered at a building site near Tower Bridge has been safely destroyed by the army after being removed from Bermondsey by bomb disposal experts. The 5ft long, 1,000lb explosive was taken to the Isle of Grain in Kent, where the device was detonated at 7.30am today. The controlled explosion was filmed [...]
Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes calls for London-wide plan to deal with further bombs after WWII device removed March 25, 2015 Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes has called for a London-wide strategy to put together contingency plans in case more unexploded bombs are found. Hughes, who has been keeping residents informed of the bomb through his website, praised the work carried out by “hundreds” in disarming the bomb, which was found on a building site in Bermondsey, [...]
Suspected unexploded WWII bomb found near Tower Bridge March 23, 2015 A suspected unexploded bomb from the Second World War has been discovered at a building site near Tower Bridge. Police and fire crews are attending the incident in the area of Henley Drive and Grange Walk in Bermondsey around half a mile from Tower Bridge. LATEST: In pictures – The army is disarming the Tower [...]
London toasts boom in craft beer start-ups February 22, 2015 BUSINESS is booming for London’s micro-breweries, with 2014 emerging as yet another record year for start-ups entering the capital’s thriving artisan beer scene. Last year there were 30 applications to HMRC to launch breweries in London, a small increase of one on 2013’s record year and almost double that of two years earlier. London is [...]
Art review: Christian Marclay January 30, 2015 White Cube Bermondsey | ★★★★☆ This is Christian Marclay’s first solo London show since 2010’s legendary The Clock, the 24 hour video montage of film clips including clocks, watches and people telling a time perfectly synchronised with the real world. Though none of these works reach the dizzy heights of that masterpiece, there’s still plenty [...]
Labour leads in London but Greens could derail a Miliband victory January 26, 2015 Labour could be on course to win eight of its London target seats, according to a new poll released today. Historically a Labour city, a good performance in London is crucial to a Labour win in May. According to a YouGov poll conducted for the Evening Standard puts Labour 10 points ahead of the Tories [...]
London Bridge travel disruption: Everything Thameslink, Southeastern, Overground and Southern service commuters need to know December 2, 2014 Most commuters who travel to London Bridge are already used to stuffy train carriages, infuriating delays, slow trawls through crowded platforms and queues for ticket machines. Yet it could all be about to get even more stressful due to the next phase of a massive Network Rail rebuilding project at London Bridge mainline station [...]