Seacole memorial a step closer - The Times
THE target of raising £475,000 for a memorial to Mary Seacole, the Jamaican Crimean War nurse, is to be substantially reduced after St Thomas’ Hospital in London recently promised to provide a site on its grounds and the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine offered to build the monument at cost price.
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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