Arts & culture
The Arzner: LGBTQ+ cinema proposed for Bermondsey Square
This week councillors will decide on a licence application to reopen the former cinema in Bermondsey Square as a venue with a focus on LGBTQ+ film.
Food & drink
Food & drink
The Sun Wharf: Wetherspoon's plans London Bridge Station pub
London Bridge Station could soon gain a Wetherspoon's pub, with the chain planning a new boozer in part of the former London Dungeon premises on Tooley Street.
Planning & Development
Waterloo phone box can become coffee kiosk, planning inspector rules
A Government-appointed planning inspector has ruled that a defunct red phone box outside the Waterloo Action Centre can be used as a coffee kiosk, overturning Lambeth Council's decision to veto the proposal.
Business
Asda Express to replace Tower Bridge Road's Planet Organic
An Asda Express convenience store is in line to replace the short-lived Planet Organic shop in Bermondsey's Tower Bridge Road.
Planning & Development
Stoney Street: Lib Dems call for rethink of closure plan
Borough & Bankside councillors have called for a rethink of plans for a permanent traffic ban on Stoney Street in Borough Market.
Planning & Development
Berkeley Homes reveals latest Borough Triangle plans
Updated plans for 900 homes in buildings up to 44 storeys high in Newington Causeway and Borough Road have been revealed by Berkeley Homes.
Politics & local government
Tooley Street: council considers cafe conversion for closed canteen
The former staff canteen at Southwark Council's Tooley Street headquarters could be opened to the public as a cafe to help the local authority raise more revenue from the building.
Business
Tower Bridge Road Co-op reopens as 'Welcome' franchise
The Co-op food store in Tower Bridge Road - which closed last year - has reopened as a franchise store linked a different part of the co-operative movement.
Food & drink
Rockingham Arms reopens after £1.5m revamp
The Rockingham Arms pub at the Elephant & Castle has reopened after a £1.5 million revamp by owners JD Wetherspoon.
Waterloo
Battle of the Waterloo boozers as FIVE pubs set up in rail station
Rail passengers at Waterloo will soon be able to conduct a lengthy pub crawl without leaving the station as three more pubs and bars prepare to join the two existing hostelries.
Food & drink
Prince William Henry: Blackfriars Road pub closes for redevelopment
The Prince William Henry pub in Blackfriars Road closes this week to make way for a new office block and almshouse development.
Food & drink
The Lion & The Unicorn: Wetherspoons plans Waterloo Station pub
Waterloo Station is to gain a Wetherspoons pub, according to a licensing application lodged with Lambeth Council.
Food & drink
Harry and Meghan’s Waterloo pub sign to be removed
A portrait of Harry and Meghan is to be removed from the Duke of Sussex pub in Waterloo, the hostelry's owners have confirmed.
Police & crime
Southwark pizza restaurants suffer third vandal attack
The owners of pizza restaurants in Elephant & Castle and Camberwell have gone public on their upset and bewilderment after their eateries were vandalised for the third time in less than two months.
Southwark
The Ship pub in Borough Road has closed down
The Ship pub at the junction of Borough Road and Borough High Street has closed down after more than two centuries.
Planning & Development
Pizza Hut vetoed by council for being too close to primary school
Plans to open a Pizza Hut in Great Suffolk Street have been rejected by Southwark Council because they would breach a planning policy ban on the opening of hot food takeaways near schools.
