Greater London Authority
Rockingham Estate to share in City Hall fund to tackle violence
The Rockingham Estate near the Elephant & Castle is to share in a £6 million project launched by City Hall's Violence Reduction Unit.
Politics & local government
In our politics coverage we keep an eye on Southwark Council, Lambeth Council and the Greater London Authority (Mayor and Assembly)
Health
COVID-19 testing centres open at London Bridge and Waterloo
Essential workers and others who can't work from home can now have free COVID-19 lateral flow tests at Waterloo and London Bridge.
Health
Lambeth’s first COVID-19 case was detected at Waterloo hotel
The first reported case of COVID-19 in Lambeth was at a hotel in Waterloo, the borough's director of public health has revealed.
Waterloo
House of Commons paperwork to be printed in Waterloo rail arch
House of Commons order papers will be printed in a railway arch below Waterloo East Station after Lambeth councillors agreed controversial plans to allow early-morning van pickups to ferry documents to Westminster.
Planning & Development
Green light for new council homes next to Southwark Tube station
Plans to build a block of 25 new council homes in The Cut have been approved by Southwark Council's planning committee.
Southwark
Southwark housing boss quits after anon Twitter account exposed
Southwark's cabinet member for housing has resigned after it emerged he was using an anonymous Twitter account to criticise community groups.
Obituaries
Tributes paid to former Southwark mayor Denise Capstick
Former Mayor of Southwark Denise Capstick has died. Tributes have been paid to an "energetic, effective and charismatic" Bermondsey councillor.
History
London Necropolis Railway Station could be turned into flats
The surviving building of the railway which once carried the coffins of dead Londoners from Waterloo to a Surrey cemetery could soon be converted into flats.
Old Kent Road
City to keep ‘no dogs’ rule in SE1 social housing
More than 1,000 SE1 households whose landlord is the City of London Corporation will continue to be barred from keeping dogs in their homes after a Guildhall committee decided to maintain the current cats-only policy.
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.
Planning & Development
Chicken Cottage cashpoint cancelled over conservation area clash
Southwark Council's decision to veto the installation of a cash machine at a branch of Chicken Cottage just yards from the authority's own Tooley Street offices has been upheld by a Government-appointed planning inspector.
Old Kent Road
Government pledges £10m funding for Old Kent Road
The Government has announced that the Old Kent Road will receive nearly £10 million in funding from the Future High Streets Fund.
