Transport
Waterloo’s Lower Marsh pedestrianised during market hours
Traffic has been banned from Lower Marsh at lunchtimes and during the evening to create more space for market stalls and open-air dining during the COVID-19 crisis.
London SE1 website team
Churches
Cathedral invites visitors to pose for selfies with Shakespeare
Southwark Cathedral has reopened to tourists - and this summer there's a chance to view a life-size bronze statue of William Shakespeare.
Southwark
Tooley Street Triangle unveiled opposite London Bridge Station
The Tooley Street Triangle – a new 'wayfinding beacon' - has been unveiled outside London Bridge Station.
Transport
Rail bosses seek new use for redundant London Bridge signal box
The 1970s signal box that sits above the arches where Bermondsey Street passes below London Bridge Station has closed, and Network Rail is seeking new uses for the redundant structure.
History
Jeremy Corbyn on South Bank for Spanish Civil War commemoration
Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank on Saturday to lay a wreath at the memorial to the Brits who fought against fascism during the Spanish Civil War.
Churches
Southwark Cathedral prepares to reopen its doors
Southwark's Anglican cathedral reopens for private prayer on Saturday 4 July, with the Sunday morning Eucharist to be held in the presence of a congregation from 19 July onwards.
Planning & Development
The changing face of St Thomas Street - interactive map
With councillors due to decide on two major planning applications for developments on St Thomas Street on Monday evening, we look at the five big schemes currently in the works.
Transport
Baylis Road segregated cycle lanes completed
600 metres of segregated cycle lane on Baylis Road in Waterloo have been completed.
Planning & Development
Harper Road’s Rising Sun pub facing demolition
Harper Road could lose the last of its pubs under plans submitted to Southwark Council for a six-storey block of flats on the site of the Rising Sun pub.
Thames Water
Water-less in Waterloo after Leake Street leak
Some Waterloo residents were left without water on Wednesday whilst Thames Water engineers made repairs to a pipe in the Leake Street tunnel.
Health
SE1 landmarks join ‘light it blue’ salute to NHS and care workers
The Shard, the London Eye, the Oxo Tower and the National Theatre were among the SE1 landmarks that were bathed in blue light on Thursday night to coincide with the national ripple of applause for NHS staff and care workers dealing with COVID-19.
Waterloo
Lower Marsh: Lambeth vetoes bedsits for 'dynamic professionals'
Plans to convert an office building in Lower Marsh into 17 bedsits targeted at "young dynamic professionals" have been knocked back by Lambeth Council for a second time.
