Planning & Development
South Bank comedy club is no laughing matter, say neighbours
Plans for a new comedy club on the South Bank have been approved by Southwark councillors.
Arts & culture
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Planning & Development
Former gay sauna to become 'immersive spaceship experience'
Proposals for an 'immersive spaceship experience' in Vauxhall railway arches previously occupied by a gay sauna have been submitted to Lambeth Council.
Planning & Development
Artist’s house in a skip could face council enforcement action
An artist who has taken up residence in a skip on a patch of waste ground in Mandela Way could face enforcement action from Southwark Council for failing to obtain planning permission.
Arts & culture
Supreme Court: Tate Modern visitors did cause nuisance to Neo Bankside flats
The presence of thousands of Tate Modern Visitors looking into the glass-walled homes of Neo Bankside residents from the art gallery's top-floor viewing platform did constitute a nuisance in law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Arts & culture
Bermondsey Square's Kino cinema is closing down
The Kino Bermondsey cinema is closing down this week, marking the end of a decade and a half of movie screenings at Bermondsey Square.
Arts & culture
Channel 4 to make reality TV show in South Bank Tower penthouse
Three unoccupied penthouse apartments at the top of a South Bank skyscraper could be the setting for a new Channel 4 Big Brother-style reality TV show next spring.
Arts & culture
Shakespeare’s Globe drops Sackler name from rehearsal studios
Shakespeare's Globe has renamed its education and rehearsal building on Bear Gardens, dropping its association with the controversial Sackler family.
Lambeth
South Bank music 'so loud that neighbours could Shazam tracks'
A South Bank festival was so loud a local man could use a music identification app to look up tracks from his bedroom in a nearby 10th floor flat, Lambeth councillors were told on Tuesday night.
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.
Lambeth
Major office block planned for BFI IMAX site at Waterloo
Two years after Lambeth Council and TfL spent £500,000 exploring proposals to redevelop the BFI IMAX cinema site at Waterloo, the council is set to allocate a further £150,000 for a feasibility study for an 'office-led' scheme.
Arts & culture
Mark Ball named as Southbank Centre artistic director
Mark Ball has been appointed as artistic director of the Southbank Centre with responsibility for the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Hayward Gallery.
Transport
Visitor information kiosk opened at London Bridge Station
For the first time in more than a decade visitors to SE1 can find out about local attractions and services at a fixed information point with the launch of a new kiosk at London Bridge Station.
