Police & crime
Man stabbed to death at Elephant & Castle
A 23-year-old man has died after being stabbed at the Elephant & Castle on Tuesday night.
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Planning & Development
City Hall confirms £10m for Elephant & Castle affordable housing
The Mayor of London will provide nearly £10 million in public funding to the developers of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site to part-subsidise the building of new affordable housing.
Lambeth
Residents launch petition against ‘dark kitchens’ in rail arches
People living opposite so-called 'dark kitchens' supplying hot food for home delivery say their lives are being made hell by delivery drivers who defecate outside their flats and shout abuse at them.
Southwark
Peabody 'sorry' for series of ceiling collapses on local estate
Residents of a Peabody estate in Southwark have spoken of their fear after at least seven ceilings collapsed in four homes.
Elephant & Castle
Optical illusions at Elephant axed to protect neurodiverse people
The designs for hoardings around the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site have been updated to remove optical illusions after concerns were raised about the impact on "people with neurodiverse conditions".
Parliament
Government quizzed in Commons on future of COVID memorial wall
A minister has given a non-committal answer to a question tabled by a Labour front bencher asking what the Government has done to secure the future of the COVID memorial wall on the South Bank.
Politics & local government
Florence Eshalomi backs calls for pedicab regulation
Vauxhall MP Florence Eshalomi has backed calls for pedicabs to be regulated, telling Parliament that patients leaving St Thomas' Hospital have been "harrassed" by unscrupulous rickshaw riders.
Old Kent Road
Bakerloo line extension 'completely out of reach' - Sadiq
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has given his most pessimistic assessment yet of the prospects for a Bakerloo line extension beyond Elephant & Castle, declaring the scheme "completely out of reach".
River Thames
New Year’s Eve: terror threat prompts Thames pleasure boat alert
Pleasure boats navigating on the Thames in central London on New Year's Eve will have to undergo a special risk assessment due to a heightened threat of a terrorist attack.
Transport
Westminster Bridge: work to start on barriers and cycle lanes
Work will start this month on the installation of permanent anti-terrorist bollards to protect pedestrians and cyclists on Westminster Bridge.
Transport
Old Kent Road cycle lanes: Mayor non-committal on timescale
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that better facilities for cyclists on the Old Kent Road "remains a key objective" but has not put a timescale on the introduction of segregated cycle lanes.
Parks & green spaces
Day of the Dead: image of La Catrina presented to Crossbones
A La Catrina figure has been presented to Crossbones Graveyard by the Mexican ambassador.
