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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.

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.

Business

The Body Shop to move headquarters to Tooley Street

Cosmetics chain The Body Shop is to relocate its headquarters to Tooley Street, moving in to the terrace of buildings vacated last year by Red Bull Studios.

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.

Police & crime

Police object to 24-hour opening for McDonald’s at London Bridge

The Metropolitan Police and the British Transport Police are seeking to curb the opening hours of the new McDonald's in Tooley Street, claiming that it could become a hub for crime and antisocial behaviour.

Food & drink

Borough Market’s latest beer now on sale

Drinkers at the Globe Tavern in Borough Market can now enjoy a beer produced from hops grown just a few yards away in the Market Hall and flavoured with tea from a nearby trader.

Obituaries

Obituary: David Edwards, former Provost of Southwark

Former Southwark Cathedral Provost David Edwards has died at the age of 89.

Obituaries

Death of Toby Eckersley halts London Bridge & West Bermondsey poll

This week's local election in Southwark's newly created London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward has been halted after the death of Conservative Party candidate Toby Eckersley MBE.

History

Borough High Street War Memorial: listed status upgraded

The Government has upgraded the listed status of the war memorial in Borough High Street on the recommendation of Historic England.

Southwark

Explosion in Chancel Street as engineers probe electrical fault

A manhole cover was blasted into the air on Tuesday night as flames emerged from an underground electrical cable.

History

80 years since Bermondsey stood up to the Blackshirts

Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of a confrontation on the streets of Bermondsey between Oswald Mosley's fascist Blackshirts and local Labour and Communist groups.

Southwark

'What does Brexit mean for Southwark?' - councillors hold debate

SE1 restaurants and hotels are finding it harder to recruit staff since Britain voted to leave the European Union and businesses are putting off decisions due to political and economic uncertainty, business representatives told councillors this week.