Better Bankside will no doubt be pleased to hear that traders in Kingston-upon-Thames have voted in favour of a Business Improvement District (aka a 1 per cent levy on business rates to fund local improvements).
The results of Bankside's ballot will be announced in mid-January.
In Waterloo, Circle Waterloo is operating a pilot BID and now the Pool of London Partnership is considering a BID
Transport for London has launched a public consultation on plans for a limited-stop bus service between Waterloo and Lewisham via the Old Kent Road along the proposed route of the Bakerloo line extension.
Scenes for an ITV crime thriller series are being filmed this week on the Lancaster Estate in Southwark.
Mystery surrounds a 'sinkhole' that appeared more than a week ago alongside a construction site just yards from London Bridge Station.
Half a decade after it was last open, the Blue Eyed Maid pub in Borough High Street is set to make a comeback.
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