Vauxhall
Vauxhall to host one of Mayor's Brexit business advice hubs
The Mayor of London will provide face-to-face support to help small businesses prepare for Brexit - and one of the advice centres will be located on the Albert Embankment.
Politics & local government
In our politics coverage we keep an eye on Southwark Council, Lambeth Council and the Greater London Authority (Mayor and Assembly)
City of London
Avondale Square Estate to be offered to movie-makers
The Avondale Square Estate off the Old Kent Road is one of the venues owned by the City of London Corporation to be touted to movie location scouts to help the Square Mile authority raise its income.
Politics & local government
Southwark bans junk food and alcohol ads from council billboards
Advertisements for foods with a high fat, salt or sugar content - and alcoholic drinks - will be banned from billboard sites owned by Southwark Council after a decision by the borough's cabinet on Tuesday.
Old Kent Road
TfL: we’ll have to curb OKR development without Bakerloo line
Transport for London has warned that only 9,000 of the 25,000 new homes planned for the Old Kent Road area can be built unless or until the Bakerloo line extension is in place.
Health
Patients ‘not significantly harmed’ by Nexus GP clinic failures
"Patients have not been significantly harmed" as a result of failures by the Nexus Health Group GP practice, councillors have been told. The practice is currently in special measures after being rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.
City of London
Tower Bridge: further crackdown on illegal traders
The City of London Corporation has reached agreement with Tower Hamlets to work together to prevent illegal street trading on Tower Bridge. The Square Mile authority already has arrangements with Southwark Council.
Lambeth
SE1 restaurateur Ibrahim Dogus to be Mayor of Lambeth
South Bank restaurateur and businessman Ibrahim Dogus is to be the next Mayor of Lambeth.
Old Kent Road
Green light for 1,100 homes at B&Q Old Kent Road site
A development of more than 1,100 homes in buildings up to 48 storeys high - on the Old Kent Road site occupied by B&Q, Halfords and Pets at Home - has been approved by Southwark councillors.
Food & drink
Southwark plans late night levy on post-midnight alcohol sales
Pubs, bars and clubs in Southwark which serve alcohol between midnight and 6am could face extra charges of up to £4,400 a year to help meet the costs of policing and regulating the borough's late night economy.
Transport
Waterloo trees felled despite 700 petition signatures
Lambeth Council has felled the three silver birch trees outside the Waterloo Action Centre which won a temporary reprieve from the axe before last year's local elections.
Planning & Development
35 homes for TfL Southwark Street site where Sadiq pledged 120
A mere 35 homes - eight of them for social rent - are now proposed for the Transport for London-owned site in Southwark Street where Mayor of London Sadiq Khan once claimed that 120 homes could be built.
Politics & local government
Was a foreign government behind Southwark Council ‘cyber-attack’?
A 'foreign government' could have been responsible for an attack on the Southwark Council website that left residents unable to access online services, a senior official at the authority has said.
