Food & drink
Plan to add extra floor to Founder’s Arms Bankside pub
A popular riverside pub could gain an extra floor under plans submitted to Southwark Council by Young's & Co.
Southwark
Business
Baxter Hoare: Borough business ceases trading after 138 years
A travel agent with its roots in Victorian Southwark has become the latest victim of the COVID-19 crisis.
Transport
TfL to trial extended bus lane in Tower Bridge Road
Plans to add an extra 130 metres of northbound bus lane in Tower Bridge Road have been announced by Transport for London.
Southwark
Berkeley Homes could pack 1,000 homes into Borough Triangle
The new owners of the block of land that includes Mercato Metropolitano in Newington Causeway hope to cram in as many as 1,000 homes to the site.
Education
Council 'putting Tate Modern view before student housing' - LSE
A new Southwark planning policy to protect the view of Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge could deprive 500 students a year of affordable accommodation, according to the London School of Economics.
Greater London Authority
Bakerloo line extension? Not in next decade - TfL finance chief
Plans to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham and beyond - via the Old Kent Road - won't become a reality in the next 10 years, Transport for London's finance boss has said.
Planning & Development
15-storey 'lifestyle hotel' proposed in St George's Road
Plans for a 15-storey hotel next to a popular pocket park at the Elephant & Castle have been revealed by developers.
Business
Local firms give Team London Bridge another five-year mandate
Firms in the area between London Bridge and Tower Bridge have given their local business improvement district another five-year mandate to raise a levy on business rates to spend on local projects.
Business
WeAreWaterloo BID wins fourth five-year term
Firms in Waterloo have voted to give the WeAreWaterloo business improvement district a fourth five-year term, generating around £700,000 a year to spend on local projects.
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.
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
Southwark NHS GP surgery sold to US corporation
An NHS GP practice in SE1 has been taken over by an American corporation based in St Louis, Missouri.
