Food & drink
Borough Market’s latest beer now on sale
Drinkers at the Globe Tavern in Borough Market can now enjoy a beer produced from hops grown just a few yards away in the Market Hall and flavoured with tea from a nearby trader.
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History
Astley’s Amphitheatre: Zippo’s Circus installs plaque
A commemorative paving stone marking the location of the world's first modern circus building has been unveiled in the gardens of St Thomas' Hospital.
Transport
Snap: Elephant & Castle to Birmingham by coach for ÂŁ5
A daily coach service from London to Birmingham - picking up at Elephant & Castle and Waterloo - has been launched by Snap, a new demand-responsive coach travel firm.
Waterloo
Royal Mail issues special stamps for Old Vic bicentenary
Royal Mail is to issue a set of eight special stamps to mark the bicentenary of The Old Vic.
Waterloo
John Calder, founder of Waterloo’s Calder Bookshop, dies aged 91
John Calder, who opened the Calder Bookshop in The Cut, has died at the age of 91.
Transport
Network Rail boss predicted Thameslink chaos three years ago
Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy predicted three years ago that the new Thameslink rail timetable introduced last month was "implausible" and would have to be cut back.
Obituaries
Obituary: David Edwards, former Provost of Southwark
Former Southwark Cathedral Provost David Edwards has died at the age of 89.
Obituaries
Death of Toby Eckersley halts London Bridge & West Bermondsey poll
This week's local election in Southwark's newly created London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward has been halted after the death of Conservative Party candidate Toby Eckersley MBE.
History
Borough High Street War Memorial: listed status upgraded
The Government has upgraded the listed status of the war memorial in Borough High Street on the recommendation of Historic England.
Southwark
Explosion in Chancel Street as engineers probe electrical fault
A manhole cover was blasted into the air on Tuesday night as flames emerged from an underground electrical cable.
History
80 years since Bermondsey stood up to the Blackshirts
Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of a confrontation on the streets of Bermondsey between Oswald Mosley's fascist Blackshirts and local Labour and Communist groups.
River Thames
Apple 'wanted to open store' on Garden Bridge
Computer and phone company Apple was interested in sponsoring the Garden Bridge if it could open a retail store on the river crossing, according to Boris Johnson's former deputy mayor.
