History
Waterloo phone boxes up for auction
Two grade II listed red phone boxes in Waterloo are up for auction later this month, with guide prices ranging from £35,000 to £45,000.
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Arts & culture
Four artists shortlisted for Waterloo Station’s Windrush Monument
The four artists in the running to design a national Windrush Monument at Waterloo Station have been announced.
History
Florence Nightingale Museum will open its doors in 2021 after all
The Florence Nightingale Museum at St Thomas' Hospital - which earlier this year announced it would remain mothballed after lockdown - is to stage a series of monthly open weekends starting next month.
Parks & green spaces
Month-long pop-up lawn bowls event planned for GMH Park
Part of Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park could host a month-long lawn bowls-themed event this summer.
Health
Friars Bridge Court office block to be turned into pathology lab
A newly refurbished office building in Blackfriars Road is to be turned into a pathology laboratory for local healthcare providers including Guy's and St Thomas' hospitals.
History
Barkham Terrace lodge gets grade II listed status
A Victorian house built in connection with the Bethlem Hospital has been given grade II listed status by the Government.
Politics & local government
Cllr Hamish McCallum takes over as Southwark Lib Dem leader
Southwark's Lib Dem opposition group has a new leader - North Bermondsey's Cllr Hamish McCallum - who takes over from Nick Johnson after his short 10-month tenure.
Health
Guy’s & St Thomas' boss: NHS COVID-19 recovery will take 'years'
The boss of Guy's and St Thomas' says that attending to patients whose treatment was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic is the "biggest challenge" facing the hospitals - and warns that it will take "years" for the NHS to recover from the last year.
Southwark
1970s former council house on the market for £1.25 million
A house on a 1970s-built council estate in Southwark has gone on the market for £1.25 million.
Health
Lambeth: final call for residents and workers to have COVID test
Fewer than one in six Lambeth residents have heeded a call for everyone who lives and works in the borough to have a PCR test for COVID-19.
Bankside
Wallball court opened at Marlborough Sports Garden
The Marlborough Sports Garden in Union Street has a new addition: a wallball court.
Waterloo
Waterloo Action Centre warns rent rise could threaten future
The charity which runs Waterloo's main community centre has urged local residents to respond to a Lambeth Council consultation which could see the venue face a sharp increase in the rent it pays to the town hall.
Health
All Lambeth residents asked to take COVID-19 test
Everyone over the age of 11 who lives or works in Lambeth is being asked to take a PCR test for COVID-19 after new cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were found in the borough.
Police & crime
Teenager stabbed at More London: police appeal for witnesses
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a 19-year-old was stabbed in the More London complex near Tower Bridge.
Health
South African variant of COVID-19 found in South Bermondsey
2,000 households in South Bermondsey are receiving letters from Southwark Council alerting them to to the discovery of a case of the so-called South African variant of COVID-19.
Business
NatWest makes Lambeth North branch closure permanent
The Lambeth North branch of NatWest - closed for several months during the COVID-19 pandemic - is to shut permanently this summer after more than 150 years.
