Waterloo
Cardboard City heritage project gains Historic England funding
A project to explore the history of 'Cardboard City' at Waterloo is one of 56 schemes to share in funding from Historic England's Everyday Heritage Grant programme.
Homelessness
Health
University plans to block alcove to keep rough sleepers out
King's College London has applied to Southwark Council for permission to build an extension to the Greenwood Theatre near London Bridge to prevent rough sleepers and drug users from gathering outside a fire exit.
Charities & voluntary sector
London Bridge day centre for homeless appeals for help to meet £75k deficit
A London Bridge day centre for homeless people has launched a Christmas appeal as it faces a £75,000 deficit.
Waterloo
Cecil House: housing association sells former Waterloo women's hostel
When Cecil House in Waterloo Road opened in 1934, it offered homeless women "a good bed, hot bath, hot tea or soup at night and tea and bread and butter in the morning" for one shilling.
Parliament
Increase in rough sleeping at Waterloo raised in House of Lords
The rising number of rough sleepers living in tents near Waterloo Station has been raised in the House of Lords by Labour housing spokesman Lord Kennedy of Southwark.
Politics & local government
'Homes not Spikes' protest outside Southwark Bridge Road flats
Southwark Council leader Peter John joined a small group of protesters outside a block of flats in Southwark Bridge Road which has been at the centre of an international media storm after spikes to deter rough sleepers were installed at the entrance.
