Planning & Development
Avonmouth Street: plans for 16-storey student accommodation block
Plans for a 16-storey block of student accommodation just off Newington Causeway near Elephant & Castle have been submitted to Southwark Council.
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River Thames
Project to bring goods by river to Butler's Wharf wins Govt backing
A project to move more freight from road to river - involving the landing of goods at Butler's Wharf Pier near Tower Bridge - has received £1 million in Government funding.
Planning & Development
Clink Street souvenir shop sign can stay, says planning inspector
A souvenir shop in Clink Street can keep its projecting sign after a planning inspector overturned Southwark Council's decision to veto the application.
Planning & Development
Elephant & Castle rail bridge to be decorated with hand-painted ads
The abutment of the railway bridge above the New Kent Road at the Elephant & Castle is to be decorated with hand-painted advertiser-funded murals under plans approved by Southwark Council.
Lambeth
Lambeth responds to Waterloo ‘community tensions’ with £4m fund
Lambeth Council is inviting groups and businesses in Waterloo to apply for a share of a £4 million 'Community Connections Fund' in recognition of the impact the pace of development has had on the area.
Health
St Thomas' Hospital puts up tent for patients to queue for A&E
A marquee has been installed outside St Thomas' Hospital so that patients queuing in the open air to get in to the emergency department can keep out of the rain.
Bankside
Tate Modern chimney: ‘remedial works’ under way
Tate Modern's chimney is being covered in scaffolding and netting for 'remedial works' that are expected to take 'a number of years' to complete.
Parliament
Last chance to comment on changes to constituency boundaries
This week is the last chance to comment on plans to redraw the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies with SE1 split between new Bermondsey & Borough and Vauxhall & Camberwell seats.
Transport
Blackfriars and Elephant gain new rail link with Maidstone
A new off-peak weekday train service between Blackfriars and Maidstone began last month.
Transport
TfL to press ahead with shake-up of bus routes 1, 168 and 188
Transport for London has confirmed it intends to go ahead with plans to merge bus routes 1 and 168 to create a single service linking Hampstead Heath with Canada Water via Waterloo and Elephant & Castle.
History
Captain Bligh’s tomb: Lambeth asks for views on slavery link
The tomb of Captain William Bligh of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' fame is one of the monuments featured in a Lambeth Council consultation on statues, memorials and street names with potential links to the transatlantic slave trade.
Transport
Waterloo Victory Arch rededicated a century after Queen Mary visit
A century ago, less than four years after the end of the First World War, Waterloo Station's Victory Arch was opened to pay tribute to the railway staff who fought and died for their country.
South Bank
Waterloo & South Bank crime returns to pre-pandemic levels
Tourism and hospitality on the South Bank may not have recovered from the COVID crisis, but crime levels around Waterloo have returned to pre-pandemic levels according to new statistics published this month.
Law
Borough High Street’s ‘Nightingale Court’ to stay open till 2023
A temporary crown court opened in a Borough High Street conference centre during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended for a further year.
Southwark
Wreath-laying at Soviet War Memorial cancelled over Ukraine war
The annual Victory Day commemoration held each May at the Soviet War Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park - and usually supported by the Russian Embassy - has been cancelled amid controversy over the invasion of Ukraine.
Elephant & Castle
Elephant & Castle murder: police appeal on BBC’s Crimewatch Live
Detectives investigating the murder of a 23-year-old man in an Elephant & Castle restaurant have used the BBC's Crimewatch Live programme to share CCTV images of two men they would like to trace.
