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[ SE1 Direct ]     Issue 732

Monday 17 November 2014                       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 }

* No booze or bacon as Bermondsey Square Hotel changes hands
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7951

* Garden Bridge gets green light from Lambeth councillors
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7960

* Man stabbed in neck at Elephant & Castle: police appeal
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7949

* Blackfriars abortion clinic controversy reaches Parliament
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7954

* Bermondsey Street could be shut to through traffic
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7939

* Tesco Express to join Premier Inn in Borough High Street
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7958

* (Another) Tesco Express planned in Queen Elizabeth Street
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7955

* How has fire station closure affected response times?
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7953

* Two more 25-storey towers proposed for Albert Embankment
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7957

* Trinity St: council could use ANPR to fine motorcyclists
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7956

* Three jailed for 'savage' attack at York Road Premier Inn
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7950

* Al Jazeera's evening news programmes now live from Shard
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7940

* Coin Street Community Builders celebrates 30 years
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7947

* Canon John O'Toole to leave St George's Cathedral
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7952

* Thousands sign petition against Imperial War Museum cuts
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7959

* How can you help older people in SE1? 
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7946

* Diocese of Southwark adopts London Living Wage
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7945

* WWI hero honoured with plaque on South Bank walkway
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7943

* Bomb scare at IWM mars local Armistice Day events
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7942

* Memorial tree planted for cyclist killed in Druid Street
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7941

* Remembrance Sunday 2014: pictures & audio
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7938

* Lord Mayor's Show features Bermondsey choir
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7937

* Former Lord Mayor is Southwark's Guildable Manor foreman
Read more at: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/news/view/7948

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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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Get your ad here: http://www.se1direct.co.uk/advertising.php
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{ What's on this week }

HIDDEN TREASURE: DAUMIER TO EMIN, SOUTHWARK ART COLLECTION
Tuesday 18 November
6.30pm-7.30pm  at John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High
Street; free
Like most Museums and Art Galleries, Southwark has an
extensive collection in store to draw upon for its
exhibitions and to lend elsewhere. In this illustrated talk
Chris Jordan will look at the origins of the collection,
which includes Fine Art, Print, Craft, Ceramics, Sculpture
and Numismatics as well as numerous pictures of local places
by local artists. 
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16376


RIVERSIDE SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD PANEL MEETING
Wednesday 19 November
7pm at St James of Bermondsey pub, St James's Road SE16
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. The venue is near the railway bridge in St James's
Road, just a few minutes walk from the Gregorian pub at the
junction with Jamaica Road. For more information contact
Colin Hartridge-Price, 0779 509 3631, [email protected] 
Info & map: http://www.se16.com/event/riverside-panel


DR CHRISTOPHER RAMSEY: 600 YEARS OF VENEREAL DISEASE IN ART
Wednesday 19 November
7pm at The Old King's Head, Kings Head Yard, 45-49 Borough
High Street; free; collection to cover expenses
A PubSci event. Dr Christopher Ramsey talks about
representations of venereal disease in art. Chris studied
malaria immunology for his PhD before qualifying as a medic
in Bristol, where he now works as a medical microbiologist. 
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16468


LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Thursday 20 November
1pm-1.45pm  at St George the Martyr,  Borough High Street;
free
Frances Israel (soprano), and Rebecca Cohen (piano). Songs
by Poulenc, Mozart, Ravel, R Strauss, Britten and Debussy.
Followed by refreshments.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16400


THE HOME FRONT PHARMACY
Thursday 20 November
6.30pm-7.30pm  at Garden Museum,  Lambeth Palace Road; �15
Led by medical herbalist and artist Maria Vlotides learn
about how to use herbs for winter remedies. What is herbal
medicine? How was herbal medicine used both on the
battlefield and at home in World War I?� Maria Vlotides will
explore these questions and take a closer look at three
herbs critical to the period of the Great War. The talk will
also reveal some home remedies, with a particular focus on
coughs and colds. If you live in Princes or Bishop's Ward,
then you are entitled to a 'Neighbours' Card' which gives
you free entry to the museum and this event.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16444


TEA AND CAKE AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
Friday 21 November
11am-1pm  at Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway;
free
To celebrate its 21st birthday, Southwark Playhouse is
inviting friends and neighbours to drop in for free tea and
cake. There will be an opportunity meet the team, learn more
about the theatre and enjoy some birthday cake.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16461


LA CLEMENZA DI TITO - MIDSUMMER OPERA
Friday 21 & Sunday 23 November
Fri 7pm; Sun 4.30pm at St John's Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road;
�19-23 in advance; �22-26 on the door
Midsummer Opera present a semi-staged performance of
Mozart's final opera in the original Italian.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16283


OPEN STUDIOS
Saturday 22 November
11am-5pm  at Make Space Studios,  Newnham Terrace; free
A chance to buy unusual gifts from the our artists/designers
who occupy the colourful studios alongside the railway line
into Waterloo Station. Mince pies and mulled wine available.
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16446


SOUTHWARK I-WITNESS
Saturday 22 November
11am-4pm at 160 Tooley Street; free
The Mayor of Southwark hosts Southwark i-Witness for UK
Interfaith Week with guest speaker Lord (Indarjit) Singh
CBE. Programme from 11am to 12 noon at 160 Tooley Street,
SE1, followed by interfaith coach tour of four Southwark
faith centres from 12 noon to 3pm - Christian, Muslim,
Hindu, and Buddhist. Closing programme from 3pm to 4pm at
Tooley Street. Bookings: Ambrose Omoma on 020 7525 3982 or
[email protected]
Info & map: http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/whatson/event/16448

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{ Local job vacancies }

* Payroll Assistant (Fixed Term), Morley College
* Fundraising assistant, World Development Movement

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 }

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 }

* Food and drink in Waterloo
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/188097
* Del Aziz Canvey Street closed
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/188002
* Street clutter on Bermondsey Street
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/187862
* iPad repairs
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/1/187799

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 }

* Anyone got space to work during the day!
    http://www.London-SE1.co.uk/forum/read/7/187543

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

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