Transport
Northern line Bank branch reopens a day early
London Bridge, Borough and Elephant & Castle stations regained their Northern line service on Sunday afternoon, a day before the advertised end of the 17-week closure of the line's Bank branch.
Southwark
Politics & local government
Southwark Labour takes London Bridge & West Bermondsey
All three seats in London Bridge & West Bermondsey ward changing hands from Lib Dem to Labour was the main story of the 2022 local elections in Southwark.
Business
Could your London Bridge business help a local charity?
London Bridge City - landlords of Hay's Galleria and More London - are on a mission to pair up charities and voluntary groups with businesses in the area offering pro-bono support.
Planning & Development
Avonmouth Street: plans for 16-storey student accommodation block
Plans for a 16-storey block of student accommodation just off Newington Causeway near Elephant & Castle have been submitted to Southwark Council.
Planning & Development
Clink Street souvenir shop sign can stay, says planning inspector
A souvenir shop in Clink Street can keep its projecting sign after a planning inspector overturned Southwark Council's decision to veto the application.
Southwark
'Life after Covid': Blackfriars Settlement makes crowdfund appeal
Blackfriars Settlement has launched a ÂŁ10,000 crowdfund appeal to help it keep on supporting older people and those with mental health challenges after the charity's earned income was hit by the Covid pandemic.
Planning & Development
Elephant & Castle rail bridge to be decorated with hand-painted ads
The abutment of the railway bridge above the New Kent Road at the Elephant & Castle is to be decorated with hand-painted advertiser-funded murals under plans approved by Southwark Council.
Bankside
Tate Modern chimney: âremedial worksâ 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.
Parliament
Last chance to comment on changes to constituency boundaries
This week is the last chance to comment on plans to redraw the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies with SE1 split between new Bermondsey & Borough and Vauxhall & Camberwell seats.
Law
Borough High Streetâs âNightingale Courtâ to stay open till 2023
A temporary crown court opened in a Borough High Street conference centre during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended for a further year.
Southwark
Wreath-laying at Soviet War Memorial cancelled over Ukraine war
The annual Victory Day commemoration held each May at the Soviet War Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park - and usually supported by the Russian Embassy - has been cancelled amid controversy over the invasion of Ukraine.
Elephant & Castle
Elephant & Castle murder: police appeal on BBCâs Crimewatch Live
Detectives investigating the murder of a 23-year-old man in an Elephant & Castle restaurant have used the BBC's Crimewatch Live programme to share CCTV images of two men they would like to trace.
