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.
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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.
River Thames
Westminster Bridge: plaque installed to honour terror victims
Five years after the terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge, a plaque has been installed in the centre of the river crossing bearing the names of the five people who were fatally injured.
