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11 Sep The Arzner: LGBTQ+ cinema proposed for Bermondsey Square

11 Sep The Sun Wharf: Wetherspoon's plans London Bridge Station pub

21 Jul Bakerloo line extension: new Government urged to bring tube to Old Kent Road

20 Jul Neo Bankside: council vetoes attempt to curb evening public access

09 Jul Hotel conversion plan for Borough High Street office block

08 Jul Waterloo phone box can become coffee kiosk, planning inspector rules

05 Jul Florence Eshalomi elected as Labour MP for Vauxhall & Camberwell Green

05 Jul Labour's Neil Coyle returned as Bermondsey & Old Southwark MP

04 Jul Southwark: £1.1m council house up for auction

27 Jun Student accommodation could be built above Southwark Tube Station

16 Jun Royal Mail changes postbox collection times in SE1

12 Jun Waterloo station gains community piano

12 Jun Lambeth North hotel approved by planning inspector

12 Jun St George's Cathedral Primary School plans to join academy trust

12 Jun Lower Marsh: do you have photos from the 50s, 60s or 70s?

12 Jun Golden Hinde's mizzen mast craned into place

12 Jun Union warns LSBU cuts would 'hollow out' university

12 Jun Sainsbury's founder born in Waterloo 180 years ago

11 Jun Bus route 211 to no longer serve Waterloo

03 Jun 52 Elephant & Castle homes could lie empty for another two years

02 Jun Necropolis Railway station up for sale

31 May Lloyds Bank to close on Tuesdays

29 May Long Lane zebra crossing plan approved

29 May Merger of Elephant & Castle primary schools abandoned

29 May 'HS2' cash used to patch up SE1 roads and pavements

01 May Winning design picked for LSE's Bankside House development

01 May Time capsule buried under Old Vic's new Backstage building

24 Apr Sprinklers put out chip pan fire in Avondale Square towerblock

24 Apr 'Hedgehog care homes' to be installed next to Old Kent Road logistics hub

24 Apr Asda Express to replace Tower Bridge Road's Planet Organic

02 Apr Bakerloop: Sadiq Khan pledges express bus for Old Kent Road

28 Feb Devon Mansions: council took TWO YEARS to answer FOI request

28 Feb Stoney Street: Lib Dems call for rethink of closure plan

28 Feb Defibrillator installed outside John Harvard Library

28 Feb Elephant & Castle Rail Station in line for £18m makeover

21 Feb 8 Albert Embankment: new planning application 'by end of year'

21 Feb Cardboard City heritage project gains Historic England funding

21 Feb 'Visual clutter': another Waterloo billboard vetoed

21 Feb Bakerloo line extension 'could open in 2040'

14 Feb Waterloo billboard 'harmful to public safety'

14 Feb Lower Marsh 'parklets' to be made permanent

14 Feb 600 sign petition against school merger

14 Feb Government kick-starts Old Kent Road development with Berkeley Homes loan

13 Feb Pedestrian hit by C10 bus dies two weeks after collision

07 Feb Berkeley Homes reveals latest Borough Triangle plans

07 Feb 15-storey hotel at Lambeth North: developer to appeal

07 Feb NHS crisis as 20,000 patients served by GPs without buildings

07 Feb Gove gives green light to South Bank ITV site development

31 Jan Green light for plans to showcase Roman mausoleum and mosaics

31 Jan 1970s SE1 social action chronicled in app-based tour

31 Jan Mint Street neurodiversity hub among groups backed by council youth fund

30 Jan Council plans to buy Tower Bridge Care Home from HC-One

29 Jan London Nautical School to become a City of London academy

29 Jan Update: RAAC concrete not used at Guy's Hospital, checks confirm

24 Jan Two primary schools set to merge as pupil numbers drop

24 Jan Half-finished '£15m' Lambeth mansion back on market for just £6m

22 Jan Tooley Street: council considers cafe conversion for closed canteen

21 Jan Waterloo rat-run: Lambeth consults on plans for Frazier Street and Pearman Street

21 Jan Bermondsey Square cinema: planners force climbdown on change of use

21 Jan Bricklayers Arms rail workers' convictions quashed, 47 years on

21 Jan University plans to block alcove to keep rough sleepers out

17 Jan Elephant & Castle: council prepares updated CPO

17 Jan Grange Primary School consults on reduction from two forms to one

17 Jan GLC-era South Bank signage added to Lambeth's 'local list'

17 Jan New Kent Road hotel developer given green light to cram in 30% more rooms

09 Jan Old Kent Road: murder investigation launched

29 Dec Bankside House: LSE plans to more than double student rooms

28 Dec Planners veto 'inappropriate' advert behind Borough war memorial

27 Dec Neo Bankside owners apply to change pedestrian access hours

26 Dec Tapi Carpets to replace Halfords in Old Kent Road

19 Dec Avoid St Thomas' A&E this week if you can, say NHS bosses

19 Dec 381 bus route: TfL cuts frequency

18 Dec 20 mph speed limit introduced on Old Kent Road

17 Dec Tower Bridge Road Co-op reopens as 'Welcome' franchise

14 Dec Drones to shuttle medical samples between Guy's and St Thomas'

13 Dec Elephant & Castle: boost for tube station upgrade

13 Dec Southwark Street: new office block approved

12 Dec Waterloo Health Centre: date set for GPs to move to Lower Marsh prefab

11 Dec Young reporter challenges council on overcrowding and repairs in BBC TV feature

10 Dec Old Kent Road development 'stalling' without Bakerloo extension - deputy mayor

10 Dec Call for drone display to replace cancelled Lord Mayor’s Show fireworks

08 Dec Did you see people fighting on the South Bank on Friday 1 December?

07 Dec Cyclist killed in Old Kent Road lorry collision: police appeal for witnesses

06 Dec Private equity firm set to buy SE1 NHS GP surgery from US conglomerate

06 Dec Hundreds of SE1 buildings added to Southwark's local list

05 Dec Rockingham Arms reopens after £1.5m revamp

04 Dec Southwark to turn car parking spaces into bays for dockless hire bikes

03 Dec Elephant & Castle office block: Lendlease wins appeal

03 Dec Mark Oakley installed as Southwark Cathedral dean

29 Nov Devon Mansions: probe into works to council flats as costs spiral by 70%

29 Nov Battle of the Waterloo boozers as FIVE pubs set up in rail station

28 Nov Fire Brigade plans move from Union Street HQ

28 Nov London Bridge day centre for homeless appeals for help to meet £75k deficit

28 Nov Waterloo kids' Winter Windows light up South Bank this Christmas

28 Nov Labour Party HQ moves 125 metres to Rushworth Street

26 Nov Cecil House: housing association sells former Waterloo women's hostel

26 Nov Case for Bakerloo line extension 'really positive' - council leader

24 Nov Former City Hall: plans revealed for makeover

22 Nov 'Save Kintore Way' - nursery petition presented to council

22 Nov Bermondsey Square cinema could become gym or restaurant

22 Nov Prince William Henry: Blackfriars Road pub closes for redevelopment

19 Nov The Lion & The Unicorn: Wetherspoons plans Waterloo Station pub

18 Nov Just Stop Oil hold march on South Bank

11 Nov East Street Library closes ahead of move

09 Nov Amazon Fresh: you no longer need app to shop at Bankside store

08 Nov Through motor traffic banned from two South Bank streets

08 Nov Ad billboard proposed behind Borough war memorial

08 Nov Prince Edward opens Haberdashers' Borough Academy

08 Nov Harper Road: more crossings, wider pavements and traffic calming

08 Nov Benedict Birnberg

07 Nov Lambeth Road junction named as one of capital's most dangerous for cyclists

06 Nov Sexual assault on London Bridge - police appeal for victims to come forward

06 Nov Blackfriars Road bus service goes all-electric

05 Nov Millennium Bridge reopens after three-week closure

05 Nov Southwark Street stabbing: man in life-threatening condition

18 Oct South Bank comedy club is no laughing matter, say neighbours

22 Jul Royal Mail cuts Mandela Way opening hours by two thirds

23 Jun Waterloo and Bankside regain Stansted Airport coach link

06 Jun Bear Lane: green light for new office block alongside rail line

03 Jun Minerva House: riverside offices to be extended

03 Jun Pared-down Post Office to open at Flat Iron Square

10 May Six years on, still no cash for anti-terror barriers on bridges

24 Apr Rockingham Street: 24-storey student block approved

24 Apr Bermondsey Yards: 11-storey block and warehouse extension approved

13 Apr Former gay sauna to become 'immersive spaceship experience'

12 Apr Cecil Belfield Clarke: Newington Causeway plaque honours Blitz GP

07 Apr Murder investigation launched after woman dies at Elephant & Castle

29 Mar Elephant & Castle: 15-storey hotel approved in St George’s Road

08 Mar Blackfriars Road: green light for updated Motel One hotel plans

08 Mar Plans for 11-storey office block next to Anchor Bankside approved

07 Mar St George’s Cathedral: plans to add height to unfinished tower

07 Mar Harry and Meghan’s Waterloo pub sign to be removed

03 Mar Violent robbery just off Union Street: police appeal for witnesses

03 Mar Bermondsey MP Neil Coyle faces five-day Commons suspension

03 Mar Boris aide: Covid Memorial Wall created by 'left-wing activists'

01 Mar Waterloo Health Centre seeking new home

01 Mar Lambeth urged to take action on Westminster Bridge gambling

01 Mar Lucky Voice karaoke venue planned for Waterloo Station

27 Feb TfL proposes to reroute bus route 344 away from Southwark Bridge

25 Feb Developer drops affordable housing from Grange Road scheme

24 Feb Sainsbury’s Local store now open at Waterloo Station

24 Feb Artist’s house in a skip could face council enforcement action

22 Feb Thomas Guy statue: Historic England backs charity's plans

21 Feb Green light for 11-storey office building on Long Lane

19 Feb Blackfriars Road Jobcentre to shut down in March

18 Feb Fire boss talks tough about 15-year Albert Embankment debacle

18 Feb Southwark pizza restaurants suffer third vandal attack

18 Feb Is an upgrade for Elephant & Castle rail station on the cards?

16 Feb South Bank art installation highlights city's air quality problem

15 Feb Lower Marsh casino given all-night gambling licence

15 Feb TfL sets 2025 start date for Southwark Tube Station office block

15 Feb Turin Shroud replica on display in Southwark

04 Feb 'Polar bear sanctuary' next to Tower Bridge proposed by GLA?

01 Feb Lambeth in line for £3.8m payout from Farage TV studio landlord

01 Feb Supreme Court: Tate Modern visitors did cause nuisance to Neo Bankside flats

25 Jan Labour Party HQ relocates to Blackfriars Road

25 Jan Lambeth’s council house-building arm spends £1m on WeWork offices

25 Jan Police launch crackdown on ‘organised begging’ at London Bridge

25 Jan 'Big brands' vying to open at redeveloped Elephant shopping centre

24 Jan Bermondsey Square's Kino cinema is closing down

18 Jan Barclays to close Tower Bridge Road bank branch

17 Jan Riverside office block plan next to Blackfriars Bridge approved

04 Jan The Ship pub in Borough Road has closed down

04 Jan Lower Marsh murder: police renew appeal for information

04 Jan Blackfriars Road Post Office to close at end of January

13 Dec Royal Street: big development next to Archbishop's Park approved

30 Nov 'Ayers Rock' block at Elephant Park: Mayor won’t overrule council

29 Nov Green light for 14-storey student block off Newington Causeway

22 Nov Nearly 900 hotel rooms approved in two Albert Embankment towers

09 Nov Channel 4 to make reality TV show in South Bank Tower penthouse

06 Nov Guy’s Cancer Centre: cladding removed five years after concerns raised

06 Nov Thomas Guy statue uncovered for first time in two years

03 Nov Man jailed for nine years for causing death by dangerous driving

30 Oct Lower Marsh murder victim named as Adrian Keise

29 Oct Police: 24-hour off-licence 'would add to crime and disorder'

29 Oct Druid Street cycle lanes - council asks for comments

29 Oct Lower Marsh: man stabbed to death in Waterloo

29 Oct Coffee kiosk plan for Waterloo phone box rejected by council

29 Oct Care home residents 'not safe' and 'at risk of avoidable harm'

27 Oct Pizza Hut vetoed by council for being too close to primary school

19 Oct Fears that E&C's new tube station could become 'white elephant'

19 Oct From Lourdes to Lambeth Road: relics of St Bernadette come to SE1

14 Oct London Eye will be centrepiece of city’s New Year 2023 fireworks

14 Oct Post Office to open in Bartholomew Street

12 Oct Borough Market: plan to make Stoney Street traffic ban permanent

12 Oct Shakespeare’s Globe drops Sackler name from rehearsal studios

12 Oct Bermondsey Horror - notorious murder case featured in exhibition

12 Oct Waterloo boy returns to SE1 as Dean of St George's Cathedral

11 Oct 0 out of 5 for food hygiene at Bermondsey Square restaurant

05 Oct Asian supermarket Tian Tian Market plans South Bank store

05 Oct St Thomas' plans Southwark Bridge Road clinic to clear A&E space

05 Oct Routemaster buses return to South Bank on new daily service

05 Oct St John’s Waterloo: Archbishop of Canterbury rededicates church

05 Oct Fire brigade makes third attempt at Albert Embankment development

05 Oct TfL tests new real-time bus information screens on 63 route

04 Oct Elephant & Castle: office block and health centre plans rejected

03 Oct Pizza Hut would 'detract from experience' of Tate Modern visitors

01 Oct Council clears wildlife garden to deter vermin and drug users

20 Sep Waterloo Hub Hotel redevelopment approved by Lambeth councillors

14 Sep Colechurch House: Foster plans for London Bridge site approved

07 Sep Coffee and ice cream to be sold from Waterloo phone box

07 Sep Pizza Hut puts Southwark ban on takeaways near schools to test

07 Sep Tooley Street temporary cycle lanes to be made permanent

07 Sep Shard restaurant: nearby tower could ‘fatally undermine’ eatery

07 Sep Waterloo tops the Lambeth league for robbery and knife crime

04 Sep Lidl plans expansion of Old Kent Road store

04 Sep Fire boat named after Bermondsey Blitz heroine

04 Sep London Assembly to debate anti-terror barriers on Thames bridges

04 Sep Redevelopment of ITV South Bank site: minister orders inquiry

04 Sep Buses could be barred from crossing Tower Bridge, City warns

31 Jul Elephant & Castle buses could be cut by more than a quarter

31 Jul 14 local SE1 clips from the BBC's new Rewind archive site

31 Jul Digital billboard on Blackfriars Road rail bridge vetoed

31 Jul Lambeth picks Grimshaw for Waterloo Station masterplan

31 Jul Hotel and offices to replace Salvation Army Elephant & Castle HQ

15 May Northern line Bank branch reopens a day early

11 May Southwark Labour takes London Bridge & West Bermondsey

11 May New Waterloo & South Bank ward elects two Labour councillors

11 May Elephant & Castle gains new direct rail link to Finsbury Park

11 May Michael Gove intervenes in ITV redevelopment controversy

11 May TfL says it can’t afford anti-terror barriers on Thames bridges

11 May South Bank music 'so loud that neighbours could Shazam tracks'

08 May Cyclist fatally injured in Lambeth collision named as Oswald Mapp

30 Mar Could your London Bridge business help a local charity?

30 Mar Avonmouth Street: plans for 16-storey student accommodation block

30 Mar Project to bring goods by river to Butler's Wharf wins Govt backing

30 Mar Clink Street souvenir shop sign can stay, says planning inspector

30 Mar 'Life after Covid': Blackfriars Settlement makes crowdfund appeal

30 Mar Elephant & Castle rail bridge to be decorated with hand-painted ads

29 Mar Green light for office block at ITV’s old South Bank site

27 Mar Lambeth responds to Waterloo ‘community tensions’ with £4m fund

26 Mar St Thomas' Hospital puts up tent for patients to queue for A&E

26 Mar Tate Modern chimney: ‘remedial works’ under way

26 Mar Last chance to comment on changes to constituency boundaries

26 Mar Blackfriars and Elephant gain new rail link with Maidstone

26 Mar TfL to press ahead with shake-up of bus routes 1, 168 and 188

26 Mar Captain Bligh’s tomb: Lambeth asks for views on slavery link

26 Mar Waterloo Victory Arch rededicated a century after Queen Mary visit

26 Mar Waterloo & South Bank crime returns to pre-pandemic levels

26 Mar Borough High Street’s ‘Nightingale Court’ to stay open till 2023

26 Mar Wreath-laying at Soviet War Memorial cancelled over Ukraine war

16 Mar Elephant & Castle murder: police appeal on BBC’s Crimewatch Live

16 Mar Westminster Bridge: plaque installed to honour terror victims

16 Mar Old Kent Road: limited-stop buses could be tube consolation prize

09 Mar Sainsbury’s Local now open at Elephant & Castle

09 Mar Tower Bridge Care Home apologises to resident stuck in cupboard

09 Mar 17th century Southwark panorama at centre of archive exhibition

02 Mar Amazon Fresh just-walk-out food store opens in Southwark Street

02 Mar Elephant & Castle developer asks to drop on-site affordable homes

22 Feb Roman mosaic floor found at Southwark Street development site

14 Dec Man stabbed to death at Elephant & Castle

09 Dec City Hall confirms £10m for Elephant & Castle affordable housing

09 Dec Residents launch petition against ‘dark kitchens’ in rail arches

09 Dec Peabody 'sorry' for series of ceiling collapses on local estate

09 Dec Optical illusions at Elephant axed to protect neurodiverse people

17 Nov Government quizzed in Commons on future of COVID memorial wall

17 Nov Florence Eshalomi backs calls for pedicab regulation

17 Nov Bakerloo line extension 'completely out of reach' - Sadiq

10 Nov New Year’s Eve: terror threat prompts Thames pleasure boat alert

10 Nov Westminster Bridge: work to start on barriers and cycle lanes

31 Oct Old Kent Road cycle lanes: Mayor non-committal on timescale

31 Oct Day of the Dead: image of La Catrina presented to Crossbones

31 Oct Council drops Blackfriars Road area Low Traffic Neighbourhood

31 Oct Old Lambeth rectory turned into £15 million mansion

24 Oct TfL cuts another 5 buses an hour from Waterloo Bridge

23 Oct Marion's Way: Gambia Street Garden named after Marion Marples

20 Oct Hospital plans to chop down tree to avoid ‘unsightly’ pruning

19 Oct Green light for expansion of Bankside’s Hilton hotel

08 Oct St George's Cathedral dean Richard Hearn has died

07 Oct Elephant & Castle: new tube station might be left unfinished

06 Oct Dover Castle boosts security after reports of drinks being spiked

06 Oct Gordon Ramsay burgers to replace One Tower Bridge vegan eatery

06 Oct NatWest criticised for patching up Victorian bank with concrete blocks

28 Sep New GLA building won't be ready when Mayor and Assembly leave City Hall

28 Sep Elephant & Castle: tube station damaged by shopping centre demolition

22 Sep Sainsbury’s to open where locals petitioned for Waitrose or M&S

18 Sep Waterloo & South Bank: plan for two-councillor ward confirmed

09 Sep SE1's newest school drops Aske from name over slavery link

08 Sep Post Office to open at St Thomas' Hospital

05 Sep St Saviour’s Dock footbridge closure: Thames Path diversion

03 Sep Lambeth North: Point A hotel plans extension into Horse & Stables

01 Sep Waterloo Station: masterplan for development to be drawn up

01 Sep Major office block planned for BFI IMAX site at Waterloo

01 Sep TfL cuts service on Waterloo’s electric commuter buses 507 & 521

01 Sep Charity seeks to move Thomas Guy statue to ‘less prominent’ site

25 Aug Mark Ball named as Southbank Centre artistic director

25 Aug Founder's Arms: Bankside pub extension vetoed over noise fears

11 Aug Elephant & Castle bar’s licence revoked after ‘machete’ incident

07 Aug Man jailed following violent robbery on the South Bank

01 Aug Is Amazon Fresh opening a till-free grocery store in Bankside?

01 Aug Bakerloo line extension ‘not in my lifetime’ - TfL board member

22 Jul Marlborough Sports Garden: BOST reveals plans for new building

22 Jul COVID Memorial Wall: councillors back calls to make it permanent

21 Jul Green light for 27-storey office block by London Bridge Station

18 Jul Three men stabbed on South Bank: police appeal for witnesses

14 Jul Route 63 to be testbed for TfL's ideas about future of buses

10 Jul Elephant & Castle alleyway shut after 'man struck with bottle'

06 Jul Elephant & Castle: changes to shopping centre site scheme approved

04 Jul St John’s Waterloo: work starts on major restoration

04 Jul Visitor information kiosk opened at London Bridge Station

30 Jun Tate Modern to host pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic

28 Jun Elephant & Castle: fire in arches shuts roads and railway

27 Jun Sadiq Khan declares Borough to be 'the best market in the world'

26 Jun COVID measures stepped up in Southwark and Lambeth as cases rise

26 Jun Much-loved elephant statue returns to Elephant & Castle

23 Jun Have your say on the future of Waterloo’s Emma Cons Gardens

23 Jun Borough Market to open on Sundays for ingredients not street food

23 Jun Rust-stained Blackfriars Bridge to be repainted

23 Jun Bankside bollards given grade II listed status

23 Jun Albert Embankment: Government vetoes fire brigade HQ development

09 Jun Southwark Bridge gets special light show for 100th birthday

09 Jun Old LWT building given Thames TV makeover for Danny Boyle series

09 Jun First detox unit for homeless people opens at St Thomas' Hospital

09 Jun We’ll extend the Bakerloo line ‘when the time is right’ - Sadiq

09 Jun Face coverings could be reintroduced in Southwark schools

08 Jun New boundaries for parliamentary constituencies proposed

29 May Elephant & Castle housing: campaigners lose appeal court fight

28 May Stabbing at More London: police renew appeal for witnesses

26 May Waterloo phone box sold at auction for £25,000

26 May Lambeth Labour picks Claire Holland as next council leader

26 May Planet Organic supermarket to open in Tower Bridge Road

19 May Tower Bridge: man injured in ‘vicious attack’ - police appeal

19 May TfL: Elephant & Castle tube station revamp at risk

18 May Police turf 60 people out of rave in basement of former pub

16 May Temporary jobcentre to open in Blackfriars Road

16 May Westminster Bridge: green light for segregated cycle lanes

16 May Bakerloo line: off-peak tube frequency cut by 15 per cent

10 May Jack Hopkins steps down as Lambeth Council leader

09 May City Hall included on campaign group’s ‘buildings at risk’ list

09 May Vodafone’s ‘obtrusive’ neon logo vetoed in Great Suffolk Street

09 May Should Mermaid Court be closed to through motor traffic?

09 May Waterloo phone boxes up for auction

03 May Four artists shortlisted for Waterloo Station’s Windrush Monument

03 May Florence Nightingale Museum will open its doors in 2021 after all

03 May City Walk leaseholders in 'David and Goliath' fire safety dispute

03 May Month-long pop-up lawn bowls event planned for GMH Park

27 Apr Friars Bridge Court office block to be turned into pathology lab

26 Apr Barkham Terrace lodge gets grade II listed status

26 Apr Cllr Hamish McCallum takes over as Southwark Lib Dem leader

26 Apr Nearly one third of Southwark residents have had a COVID-19 jab

25 Apr Guy’s & St Thomas' boss: NHS COVID-19 recovery will take 'years'

25 Apr 1970s former council house on the market for £1.25 million

24 Apr Lambeth: final call for residents and workers to have COVID test

20 Apr Wallball court opened at Marlborough Sports Garden

20 Apr Waterloo Action Centre warns rent rise could threaten future

12 Apr All Lambeth residents asked to take COVID-19 test

11 Apr Teenager stabbed at More London: police appeal for witnesses

06 Apr South African variant of COVID-19 found in South Bermondsey

28 Mar NatWest makes Lambeth North branch closure permanent

28 Mar Recycling bins for electrical appliances now on Southwark streets

28 Mar TfL introduces eastbound bus lane in New Kent Road

27 Mar Co-op plans new food store in Crimscott Street

27 Mar Asda sets up COVID-19 vaccination centre in Old Kent Road store

25 Mar Santander to shut London Bridge branch in Southwark Street

24 Mar Time Out drops plan for food market at Waterloo International

22 Mar Bermondsey Street restaurants propose Soho-style al fresco dining

18 Mar Council leader 'deeply worried' about US takeover of Southwark GPs

18 Mar Tabard Gardens teen jailed for attempted GBH

17 Mar New orthopaedic building at Guy’s Hospital gets planning approval

17 Mar Green light for 17-storey office block above Southwark Tube

17 Mar Waterloo & City line back in 'May or June' after year's closure

17 Mar Appeal court considers Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre case

17 Mar Low Traffic Neighbourhood: no through motor traffic in Webber Street

16 Mar Proposed ban on new hotels in Waterloo struck out by inspector

16 Mar Crime in Waterloo drops 70% - but serious youth violence is up

15 Mar Plan to add extra floor to Founder’s Arms Bankside pub

15 Mar Westminster Bridge plaque will honour victims of terror attack

14 Mar 30 of 36 ‘senior living’ homes in affordable housing block unsold

14 Mar Baxter Hoare: Borough business ceases trading after 138 years

14 Mar TfL to trial extended bus lane in Tower Bridge Road

14 Mar Berkeley Homes could pack 1,000 homes into Borough Triangle

14 Mar Unlicensed COVID-19 drug offered for sale at Elephant & Castle

11 Mar Council 'putting Tate Modern view before student housing' - LSE

10 Mar Bakerloo line extension? Not in next decade - TfL finance chief

09 Mar 15-storey 'lifestyle hotel' proposed in St George's Road

09 Mar Roupell Street goes back to the 50s for murder mystery movie

09 Mar Lambeth Council brings COVID-19 contract tracing in-house

09 Mar Westminster, Lambeth & Vauxhall bridges could need £130m repairs

09 Mar Police appeal over 'homophobic abuse' on Jubilee line train

09 Mar Deputy mayor questions why Primark can reopen before Tate Modern

28 Feb Local firms give Team London Bridge another five-year mandate

28 Feb WeAreWaterloo BID wins fourth five-year term

28 Feb Rockingham Estate to share in City Hall fund to tackle violence

28 Feb COVID-19 testing centres open at London Bridge and Waterloo

28 Feb Southwark NHS GP surgery sold to US corporation

26 Feb Scenes for spy drama filmed at Elephant & Castle

24 Feb Lambeth’s first COVID-19 case was detected at Waterloo hotel

23 Feb House of Commons paperwork to be printed in Waterloo rail arch

23 Feb Fire and explosion at South Bank convenience store

23 Feb All the Old Knives: scenes for new movie thriller shot in SE1

23 Feb Why Southwark is at the centre of John Keats' story

22 Feb Tesco Express opens at The Dumont on Albert Embankment

22 Feb Green light for new council homes next to Southwark Tube station

18 Feb COVID-19 testing launched at Southwark Crown Court

18 Feb Southwark housing boss quits after anon Twitter account exposed

07 Feb Tributes paid to former Southwark mayor Denise Capstick

07 Feb Francois Kablan killing: two teens found guilty of manslaughter

07 Feb Royal Brompton & Harefield join Guy’s & St Thomas' NHS Trust

07 Feb Tooley Street bike lanes to fill gap between C4 and London Bridge

07 Feb Thameslink could stay on tube map permanently, says Mayor

19 Jan London Necropolis Railway Station could be turned into flats

18 Jan Elephant & Castle statue leaves its perch outside shopping centre

17 Jan TfL: Vauxhall Bridge 'could face restrictions' without repairs

17 Jan Borough Market uses bylaws to enforce wearing of face coverings

17 Jan City to keep ‘no dogs’ rule in SE1 social housing

17 Jan 18-storey tower proposed on St James's Road

17 Jan Waterloo’s wooden WHSmith kiosk to be restored by railway museum

17 Jan Increase in rough sleeping at Waterloo raised in House of Lords

17 Jan Apple TV+ sci-fi series ‘Ray James’ filming in Borough Road

04 Jan Florence Nightingale Museum to be mothballed

27 Dec Bakerloo line facing service cuts as TfL tackles financial crisis

27 Dec Chicken Cottage cashpoint cancelled over conservation area clash

26 Dec Government pledges £10m funding for Old Kent Road

25 Dec Webber Street fire on Christmas morning: four taken to hospital

24 Dec Obituary: Graham Gibberd, Waterloo & South Bank historian

24 Dec Empty rooms at Bankside student halls to be filled with tourists

18 Dec Police impose dispersal zone on South Bank & Waterloo

18 Dec 'Long COVID' centre opened at St Thomas' Hospital

17 Dec Man jailed for South Bank handbag snatches

14 Dec Government loans £36 million to SE1 arts venues

14 Dec Bankside firms and workers crowdfund for Christmas gifts for elderly and vulnerable

13 Dec Guy’s Hospital gearing up to give 1,800 COVID-19 jabs each day

13 Dec Justin Welby’s Southwark visit 850 years after Thomas Becket

13 Dec Borough Market traders stockpiling amid fears of no-deal Brexit

10 Dec Waterloo & City line closure likely to last more than a year

06 Dec The Tide Line: Butler’s Wharf design competition winner named

06 Dec Guy’s and St Thomas' among first hospitals to offer COVID-19 jab

06 Dec Southwark Cathedral introduces Hodge the cat

06 Dec Bankside buskers asked to turn 180 degrees to curb noise nuisance

06 Dec Peabody sells Mercato Metropolitano site to Berkeley Group

06 Dec Anti-terrorism barriers on Thames bridges will cost £35 million

20 Nov Rockingham Estate murder victim named as Richard Obi

17 Nov Murder probe launched after man stabbed on Rockingham Estate

16 Nov Bermondsey Street now closed to through motor traffic

16 Nov Mayor plans City Hall job losses as GLA prepares to head east

15 Nov Sol Campbell inaugurates sports pitch at SE1 boarding school

15 Nov 'Sombre and shameful' - Southwark Archbishop responds to IICSA

15 Nov City to continue clampdown on illegal traders on Thames bridges

15 Nov Dozens sign petition for Waitrose or M&S at Elephant & Castle

15 Nov Tesco Express store planned for Albert Embankment luxury block

10 Nov Lambeth and Southwark to receive 20,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits

10 Nov Discovery of old tram track holds up Vauxhall Bridge reopening

08 Nov City Hall will relocate to Royal Docks, confirms Mayor

07 Nov More than 100 firefighters called to Southwark Bridge Road blaze

30 Oct No end in sight to Waterloo & City line closure

28 Oct New bar in old bank seeks ‘well-to-do’ customers

28 Oct Elephant shopping centre legal challenge heads for Appeal Court

28 Oct COVID-19 patients: ‘small but steady’ rise at Guy’s & St Thomas'

28 Oct Bankside footfall 'about half' of normal level says BID boss

28 Oct Thanksgiving service for Southwark Cathedral’s much-loved cat

28 Oct Tower Bridge: £6m electrical works so bascules don't get stuck

09 Oct Bakerloo line extension: work goes on, says TfL

09 Oct Eshalomi speaks up for South Bank culture venues and workers

30 Sep Great Suffolk Street Low Traffic Neighbourhood plan revealed

29 Sep DHL launches daily parcel delivery service by boat to Bankside

29 Sep Thameslink could soon be back on the tube map, says Mayor

25 Sep Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre closes after 55 years

20 Sep Ian Allan transport bookshop in Lower Marsh to close

17 Sep London Bridge: cycle lanes introduced

14 Sep 16 new council homes on St Saviour's Estate approved

14 Sep Tanner Street Travelodge gets green light from councillors

14 Sep Sir Terence Conran: tributes to man who transformed Shad Thames

10 Sep London Bridge: cars and vans to be banned weekdays 7am-7pm

10 Sep Mayor set to overrule Southwark on St Thomas Street office scheme

08 Sep Kieron Williams to be next Southwark Council leader

03 Sep Southwark public health chief’s 5-point plan to tackle COVID-19

02 Sep TfL staff to return to Palestra HQ 'from late September'

31 Aug Festival of Britain sculpture finds new home at Waterloo Station

29 Aug Green light for redevelopment of Great Dover Street's Black Horse

29 Aug COVID-19 death toll at Tower Bridge Care Home revealed

06 Aug Historic charity plans rebuild of Southwark almshouses

04 Aug Waterloo’s Lower Marsh pedestrianised during market hours

04 Aug Cathedral invites visitors to pose for selfies with Shakespeare

04 Aug Tooley Street Triangle unveiled opposite London Bridge Station

11 Jul Norman Foster objects to changes to Millennium Bridge 'ensemble'

07 Jul Bulk of GLA staff to remain in SE1 even if City Hall heads east

07 Jul Bermondsey Street to be closed to through motor traffic

05 Jul Jeremy Corbyn on South Bank for Spanish Civil War commemoration

30 Jun Southwark Cathedral prepares to reopen its doors

29 Jun St Thomas Street: 20-storey scheme at Vinegar Yard turned down

28 Jun The changing face of St Thomas Street - interactive map

23 Jun Baylis Road segregated cycle lanes completed

18 Jun TfL’s Southwark Street development gets the green light

11 Jun Lambeth to audit public art for slavery links

27 May Harper Road’s Rising Sun pub facing demolition

12 May Waterloo named as engine idling hotspot as Lambeth imposes fines

08 May VE Day: Red Arrows fly over Bankside & South Bank

23 Apr Builders working on SE1’s second tallest tower told to come by car

09 Apr Southwark facing legal challenge over COVID-19 home-schooling

02 Apr Bakerloo line extension in jeopardy due to COVID-19 crisis

27 Mar SE1 landmarks join ‘light it blue’ salute to NHS and care workers

19 Mar Mayor: ‘30-day antiviral disinfectant’ tested at Waterloo Tube

19 Mar "We can come out of this more united" - Mayor of London

29 Feb Coronavirus cancels council’s Cannes conflab

25 Feb Bakerloo line extension: OKR developers fund council Cannes trip

18 Feb Lower Marsh: Lambeth vetoes bedsits for 'dynamic professionals'

15 Feb Fire chiefs ‘miss emergency calls’ because office is in basement

15 Feb Home of Bounty’s Captain William Bligh for sale

31 Jan Southwark should cash in on Bankside tourism, says councillor

31 Jan Planners approve demolition of Tooley Street footbridge

30 Jan Coronavirus: Guy’s and St Thomas' ready to treat patients

29 Jan Borough Medical Centre to shut to make way for 13-storey hotel

24 Jan Bar plan for St Thomas' Church after Duddell’s closure

04 Dec Police say homes have been found for GMH Park rough sleepers

05 Nov Sculpture by Idris Khan unveiled at One Blackfriars

25 Oct South Bank & Waterloo neighbourhood plan approved in referendum

25 Oct Shared ownership residents barred from tower’s sky lounge and gym

23 Oct Doorkins the cathedral cat retires after a decade delighting visitors

17 Oct Bermondsey’s St Mary Magdalen church on heritage at risk register

15 Oct London Assembly calls on Parliament to probe Garden Bridge

08 Oct Vauxhall to host one of Mayor's Brexit business advice hubs

29 Aug Pop-up gardens in London Bridge’s Stainer Street tunnel

20 Aug Marchioness victims remembered 30 years after Thames tragedy

13 Aug Evans Cycles shuts The Cut shop, ending 98 years of local history

04 Jul Avondale Square Estate to be offered to movie-makers

28 Jun Co-op to replace Tesco Metro at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre

26 Jun Southwark moves towards levy on post-midnight alcohol sales

19 Jun Southwark bans junk food and alcohol ads from council billboards

18 Jun Jonathan Tyers plaque unveiled in Bermondsey

17 Jun Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary

21 May TfL: we’ll have to curb OKR development without Bakerloo line

07 May Marion Marples 1950-2019

09 Apr Patients ‘not significantly harmed’ by Nexus GP clinic failures

09 Apr Stamford Street Food Company: Sainsbury’s nods to SE1 history

08 Apr SE1 restaurateur Ibrahim Dogus to be Mayor of Lambeth

06 Mar Green light for 1,100 homes at B&Q Old Kent Road site

19 Feb Derek Jarman blue plaque unveiled at Butler's Wharf

16 Feb Southwark plans late night levy on post-midnight alcohol sales

15 Feb Waterloo trees felled despite 700 petition signatures

12 Feb 35 homes for TfL Southwark Street site where Sadiq pledged 120

06 Feb The Body Shop to move headquarters to Tooley Street

03 Feb Brexit casting ‘deepening shadow’ over Guy’s & St Thomas' - chair

22 Jan Was a foreign government behind Southwark Council ‘cyber-attack’?

03 Dec Police object to 24-hour opening for McDonald’s at London Bridge

15 Nov Borough Market’s latest beer now on sale

29 Sep Astley’s Amphitheatre: Zippo’s Circus installs plaque

16 Aug Royal Mail issues special stamps for Old Vic bicentenary

16 Aug John Calder, founder of Waterloo’s Calder Bookshop, dies aged 91

05 Jun Network Rail boss predicted Thameslink chaos three years ago

13 May Obituary: David Edwards, former Provost of Southwark

01 May Death of Toby Eckersley halts London Bridge & West Bermondsey poll

05 Apr Borough High Street War Memorial: listed status upgraded

31 Jan Explosion in Chancel Street as engineers probe electrical fault

03 Oct 80 years since Bermondsey stood up to the Blackshirts

16 Jul 'What does Brexit mean for Southwark?' - councillors hold debate

10 May LSBU to demolish Edwardian school and 1990s social housing block

20 Feb New book traces Harrods' Southwark roots

19 Jan Stephen Humphrey: tributes to Southwark historian at cathedral funeral

24 Nov Bicentenary of John Keats abandoning Guy’s Hospital training

26 Sep Lambeth drops Punch & Judy act after Jeremy Corbyn ‘devil’ claim

14 Sep The Old Vic: foundation stone laid 200 years ago

08 Sep Patricia Moberly, former Guy’s & St Thomas' chair, has died

15 Aug Nexus Health Group: launch of GP practice for 60,000 patients

17 Apr Destruction of Christ Church in the Blitz remembered 75 years on

05 Apr Qatar becomes part-owner of Elephant & Castle development

17 Jan Necropolitan Line: SE1 history inspires Leeds art installation

08 May Labour’s Helen Dennis wins Chaucer ward by-election

30 Apr Roman bath house under Pret a Manger made a 'scheduled monument'

25 Apr My shoplifting shame - by Labour candidate Neil Coyle

04 Nov Boris Johnson at odds with own officials on future of Coronet

10 Jun 'Homes not Spikes' protest outside Southwark Bridge Road flats

08 Dec New St Hugh’s church dedicated by Bishop of Southwark

19 Nov The Co-operative Food acquires four SE1 Costcutter stores

21 Feb Queen and Duke visit Union Street

01 Jan Mint Street Park opened

01 Jun MOMI to close

01 Jun Football comes to County Hall

01 Jun Exciting Excavations at London Bridge City

01 May IMAX Cinema opens

01 May Tibetan Peace Garden opens

01 Feb Work starts on Millennium Bridge & Wheel