Elephant & Castle
Sainsbury’s Local now open at Elephant & Castle
A new Sainsbury's Local convenience store opened last week at the Elephant & Castle, on the ground floor of the One The Elephant development.
Southwark
Health
Tower Bridge Care Home apologises to resident stuck in cupboard
A dementia patient was stuck in a locked cupboard and staff at her Southwark care home didn't report her missing for more than two hours after she was last seen.
Business
Amazon Fresh just-walk-out food store opens in Southwark Street
Amazon this week opened a checkout-less convenience food store in Bankside's Blue Fin Building in Southwark Street.
Planning & Development
Elephant & Castle developer asks to drop on-site affordable homes
16 newly built flats at the Elephant & Castle intended as affordable housing could be sold or rented on the open market after a developer told Southwark Council it couldn't find a housing association prepared to take them on.
History
Roman mosaic floor found at Southwark Street development site
Archaeologists working on a site in Southwark Street have uncovered the largest area of Roman mosaic to be discovered in London for half a century.
Police & crime
Man stabbed to death at Elephant & Castle
A 23-year-old man has died after being stabbed at the Elephant & Castle on Tuesday night.
Planning & Development
City Hall confirms £10m for Elephant & Castle affordable housing
The Mayor of London will provide nearly £10 million in public funding to the developers of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site to part-subsidise the building of new affordable housing.
Southwark
Peabody 'sorry' for series of ceiling collapses on local estate
Residents of a Peabody estate in Southwark have spoken of their fear after at least seven ceilings collapsed in four homes.
Elephant & Castle
Optical illusions at Elephant axed to protect neurodiverse people
The designs for hoardings around the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre site have been updated to remove optical illusions after concerns were raised about the impact on "people with neurodiverse conditions".
Old Kent Road
Bakerloo line extension 'completely out of reach' - Sadiq
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has given his most pessimistic assessment yet of the prospects for a Bakerloo line extension beyond Elephant & Castle, declaring the scheme "completely out of reach".
Transport
Old Kent Road cycle lanes: Mayor non-committal on timescale
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that better facilities for cyclists on the Old Kent Road "remains a key objective" but has not put a timescale on the introduction of segregated cycle lanes.
Parks & green spaces
Day of the Dead: image of La Catrina presented to Crossbones
A La Catrina figure has been presented to Crossbones Graveyard by the Mexican ambassador.
