Education
Union warns LSBU cuts would 'hollow out' university
A union leader has warned that London South Bank University would be left as "a shell of its former self" if proposed job cuts go ahead.
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History
Sainsbury's founder born in Waterloo 180 years ago
Wednesday 12 June is the 180th anniversary of the birth in Waterloo of John James Sainsbury, founder of one of the UK's best-known supermarket chains.
Transport
Bus route 211 to no longer serve Waterloo
Transport for London has confirmed that bus route 211 will be rerouted from Saturday 29 June and will no longer serve the current route between Waterloo Station and Sloane Square via Westminster Bridge.
Elephant & Castle
52 Elephant & Castle homes could lie empty for another two years
52 homes built as part of the Elephant & Castle regeneration programme have been empty for the last five years – and it could be two years or more until residents can move back in.
History
Necropolis Railway station up for sale
An historic building - the last remaining element of a railway station where coffins and mourners left London for a Surrey cemetery - is up for sale with a £4.2 million asking price.
Southwark
Lloyds Bank to close on Tuesdays
From July, the last remaining Lloyds Bank branch in SE1 will only be open four days a week.
Bermondsey
Long Lane zebra crossing plan approved
Long Lane is to get a new zebra crossing at the junction with Wild's Rents under new Southwark Council proposals recently given formal approval.
Southwark
Merger of Elephant & Castle primary schools abandoned
Plans to merge two Southwark primary schools near Elephant & Castle have been called off after the proposals faced opposition from staff and parents.
Southwark
'HS2' cash used to patch up SE1 roads and pavements
Government funds notionally reallocated from the cancelled second phase of the High Speed 2 rail line north of Birmingham have been used to repair road surfaces and pavements in three streets north of the Old Kent Road, Southwark Council said this week.
Planning & Development
Winning design picked for LSE's Bankside House development
The winners of design competition to draw up plans for the London School of Economics' massive new halls of residence next to Tate Modern have been announced.
Waterloo
Time capsule buried under Old Vic's new Backstage building
A time capsule has been buried in Waterloo Road as part of the foundations of The Old Vic's new Backstage building.
Politics & local government
Sprinklers put out chip pan fire in Avondale Square towerblock
Six years after the City of London Corporation decided to fit sprinklers in its three high-rise towers on the Avondale Square Estate, the new system has successfully extinguished a chip pan fire.
