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[ SE1 Direct ]     Issue 742

Monday 26 January 2015                        ISSN 1750-0656

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IN THIS BULLETIN
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* Local news & features from the London SE1 website
* Advert: Language classes at London Bridge
* What's on this week
* Local job vacancies
* Small offices & desk spaces for rent
* Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum
* Business forum in association with Better Bankside

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{ Local news & features from the London SE1 website }

* Climbing shop burgled just days after opening
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8060

* MPs: Coca-Cola sponsorship of London Eye 'irresponsible'
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8058

* English Heritage: new tower will harm views of St Paul's
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8052

* Stolen laptop recovered thanks to tracking software
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8049

* TfL to review Waterloo & London Bridge tube ticket offices
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8059

* Old Kent Road fatal collision 'not suspicious' say cops
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8057

* Man jailed for 16 months for London Bridge bomb hoax
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8056

* Deputy mayor: Tooley St 'appalling' but Boris disagrees
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8055

* Principal pledges to make LeSoCo 'beacon of excellence'
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8054

* Tories and Greens name Bermondsey candidates
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8051

* National Bakery School creates cake for Parliament
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8050

* KCL abandons plans to drop 'college' from name
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/8048

* Call for entrants for SE1 pancake race on Shrove Tuesday
Read more: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16639

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{ Advert }

Language classes at London Bridge, Barbican and Canary Wharf
in French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Portuguese. 

New term starts January 2015

Contact [email protected]
http://www.languages2000.co.uk

The price is �140 for returning students and �170 for new
students.

Students come from City firms including Norton Rose,
Addleshaw Goddards, Linklaters, PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Simmons and Simmons, HSBC and the Bank of England.

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{ What's on this week }


HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
Tuesday 27 January
From 10am at Soviet War Memorial, Geraldine Mary Harmsworth
Park,  Lambeth Road
Refreshments in the Imperial War Museum cinema from 10am,
followed by indoor ceremony from 10.30am and wreath laying
at the Soviet War Memorial and the Holocaust Memorial Tree
in GMH Park from 11.30am. Guests will include civic and
diplomatic dignitaries, and Avram and Vera Schaufeld,
Holocaust survivors. This year�s theme, Keep The Memory
Alive, will be reflected in song by students of Notre Dame
RC Girls' School, a film narrated by Imelda Staunton OBE,
and memorial prayers led by Rabbi Dr Moshe Freedman. There
will also be music by members of Southbank Sinfonia.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16303


COSMIC QUEST: FROM BABYLON TO THE BIG BANG
PENNY LECTURE AT MORLEY COLLEGE
Wednesday 28 January
6.30pm at Emma Cons Hall, Morley College, 61 Westminster
Bridge Road; penny lecture - 1p on the door
For thousands of years humankind has sought to find our
place in the Cosmos. Starting with superstition, astronomy
has flourished into the most all-embracing of the sciences.
Join Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest in this stunningly
illustrated lecture to explore the people and personalities
who have asked questions about the Cosmos over the
millennia. 
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16380


BERMONDSEY & ROTHERHITHE COMMUNITY COUNCIL
Wednesday 28 January
7pm at Links Community Centre, 353 Rotherhithe New Road
Meeting for residents of Meeting for Grange, Riverside,
South Bermondsey, Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe and Livesey
wards. The meeting will focus on local transport issues and
will also include a Southwark Plan consultation session. 
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/15791


RIVERSIDE SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS PANEL MEETING & AGM
Wednesday 28 January
7pm at Room G02C, Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street
Come and discuss with the Police and Panel members your
safety and security issues and concerns in the Riverside
Ward (the area bordered by the Thames in the North, the
railway line in the South, Southwark Park Road in the East
and London Bridge in the West). Everyone very welcome; just
turn up. For more information contact Colin Hartridge-Price,
0779 509 3631, [email protected]
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16600


FILM LOCATIONS IN BOROUGH - GUIDED WALK
Thursday 29 January
Meet 12.30pm at John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High
Street; free
Lights! Camera! Action! You�ve seen the film and got the DVD
� now join CoolTan Arts CoolWalks on a free guided walk to
get up close and personal with the streets and buildings of
Borough and Bankside that many familiar films have used as
their backdrop. Start at John Harvard Library at 12:30pm and
finish at Tate Modern at 3pm. The walk is approximately 1.5
miles and participants are asked to wear sensible walking
footwear and weather appropriate clothing. 
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16597


RUSH HOUR CONCERT
Thursday 29 January
6pm-7pm  at St John's Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road; free
Southbank Sinfonia presents a free programme including
Beethoven's Symphony No 5.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16556


COMEDY NIGHT
Thursday 29 January
7pm at Boundary Row Coffeehouse, Kitchen & Bar, 2-6 Boundary
Row; �10
First comedy night in new coffeehouse just off Blackfriars
Road.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16642


SLAM FRIDAYS LATE OPENING AT LSBU'S BOROUGH ROAD GALLERY
Friday 30 January
6pm-8pm  at Borough Road Gallery, 103 Borough Road; free;
book online http://se1.info/1yHcBKA
For this event, Emily Beber and Daphne de Sonneville create
new art writing in response to the display of works from A
David Bomberg Legacy � The Sarah Rose Collection selected
for Three Floors Down by Artist in Residence, Susan
Sluglett, and Borough Road Gallery. Part of South London Art
Map's 'Last Fridays'.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16641

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{ Local job vacancies }

* Restaurant Supervisor, Tanner and Co
* Office Administrator Apprentice, Better Bankside
* Bench Joiner, M&D Joinery Ltd

See http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs

Why not advertise your job vacancy here? Only �9.99:
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/jobs/add-a-job

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{ Small offices & desk spaces for rent }

* Lovely office to rent for 3 - 11

See http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices

Why not advertise your office space here? Only �9.99:
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/classifieds/offices/post-advert

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{ Hot topics from the London SE1 Forum }

* Marquis of Wellington pub, Druid Street
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/189881
* Plumber- help! Bermondsey Spa
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/189861
* Shared ownership solicitor recommendation?
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/8/189827
* Bermondsey Methodist Central Hall: memories please!
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/189813
* Fruit juice drums - Waterloo
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/189809
* Looking for a piano teacher
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/189772

To see all the current active forum topics, go to:
http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/1

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{ Business forum in association with Better Bankside }

* Desk space wanted
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/189010
* Office chairs needed
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/188677
* Office space for local charity
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/188539

To see all the current active forum topics, go to:
http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/list/7

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