TRUNK CALL
Issue 1360
Established: 1987
Protests and 7 hour meeting end with no approval for controversial shopping centre plans, but vote will be held again this month
50p
January 18 2018
www.southwarknews.co.uk
INSIDE:
Rotherhithe residents ‘living in fear’ after fire
PAGE 4
By Chiara Giordano
chiara@southwarknews.co.uk
CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to redevelop Elephant and Castle shopping centre failed to get approval by a council committee after a tense, packed-out sevenhour meeting on Tuesday evening. Protestors demonstrated outside the council’s Tooley Street HQ, and
POST 16 ENROLMENT FEATURE INSIDE
managed to get in to the foyer, as the meeting began on Tuesday evening. Councillors voted four against and three in favour of passing developer Delancey’s plans, while one abstained, prompting many campaigners to celebrate – but the following morning the council confirmed the decision did not mean the plans had been rejected. Full story on page 8
PAGES 32 - 37
24 HOUR MINI CABS
E XCL USIV E: 'Moro reveals Holloway snub
+ Cahill back to Den?
PAGE 55 & BACK PAGE
CASH FREE PHONES AT VERY BUSY HOSPITALS
SE1 BASED
0207 403 0303
PCO Drivers Urgently Wanted