Southwark
Council plans to buy Tower Bridge Care Home from HC-One
Tower Bridge Care Home at the Bricklayers Arms is in line to be acquired from its private owners by Southwark Council.
Southwark
Tower Bridge Care Home at the Bricklayers Arms is in line to be acquired from its private owners by Southwark Council.
Health
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Education
Plans for the amalgamation of two primary schools near Elephant & Castle have been published, as inner London boroughs like Southwark struggle with a declining number of school-age children.
Politics & local government
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.
Cinemas
A planning application to convert the former Kino cinema at Bermondsey Square into alternative commercial use has been withdrawn after Southwark Council advised it was unlikely to be approved.
Police & crime
The convictions of two men who worked at the Bricklayers Arms railway goods depot have been quashed posthumously after an investigation Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC).
Health
King's College London has applied to Southwark Council for permission to build an extension to the Greenwood Theatre near London Bridge to prevent rough sleepers and drug users from gathering outside a fire exit.
Elephant & Castle
Laminated copies of a 16-page legal document have appeared on lamp posts around the Elephant & Castle as Southwark Council prepares to seek a compulsory purchase order to enable the shopping centre development to be completed.
Education
A Bermondsey primary school rebuilt less than a decade ago to expand its capacity from 30 to 60 pupils a year is consulting on plans to halve its annual admissions number.
Planning & Development
The developers of a proposed hotel in the New Kent Road have been given permission to increase the number of bedrooms from 200 261.
Police & crime
Police have launched a murder investigation after a man died from knife injuries at the Bricklayers Arms Estate on the Old Kent Road.
Education
The London School of Economics has appointed development partners to replace its Bankside House residence next to Tate Modern with new accommodation for 2,000 students.
History
Southwark Council has rejected the latest proposal for a temporary advertising billboard on the southern facade of Town Hall Chambers in Borough High Street.
Planning & Development
The two public routes through the Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern could close an hour earlier in the evening as a response to an "increase in security-related issues".
Business
The former Halfords store in the Old Kent Road is to become a branch of the Tapi Carpets & Floors chain.
Transport
Transport for London has this month reduced the frequency of the 381 bus service from Waterloo to Peckham via London Bridge and Rotherhithe from six buses an hour to five.
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