Animals
Missing Maida Vale moggie turns up in Waterloo after 14 years
A 20-year-old cat called Charlotte living a semi-feral existence on the streets of Waterloo was been reunited with her owner 14 years after disappearing from her Maida Vale home.
Waterloo
Waterloo
Lambeth drops plan for new council homes in Waterloo
Lambeth has effectively dropped plans for Waterloo's first new council homes in decades, with any new affordable homes on council land in Wootton Street expected to be managed instead by a housing association.
Planning & Development
Waterloo phone box can become coffee kiosk, planning inspector rules
A Government-appointed planning inspector has ruled that a defunct red phone box outside the Waterloo Action Centre can be used as a coffee kiosk, overturning Lambeth Council's decision to veto the proposal.
Politics & local government
Florence Eshalomi elected as Labour MP for Vauxhall & Camberwell Green
Labour's Florence Eshalomi has been re-elected - after four and a half years in Parliament - as MP for the new Vauxhall and Camberwell Green constituency.
Waterloo
Waterloo station gains community piano
A community piano for commuters and local residents to play has been installed at Waterloo Station.
Lambeth
Lambeth North hotel approved by planning inspector
A Government-appointed planning inspector has overturned Lambeth Council's decision to reject plans for an 186-bedroom hotel opposite Lambeth North Station.
History
Lower Marsh: do you have photos from the 50s, 60s or 70s?
The organisers of a community photography project are keen to hear from anyone with photos or memories of Lower Marsh and The Cut in the 1950s, 1960s or 1970s.
History
Sainsbury's founder born in Waterloo 180 years ago
Wednesday 12 June is the 180th anniversary of the birth in Waterloo of John James Sainsbury, founder of one of the UK's best-known supermarket chains.
Transport
Bus route 211 to no longer serve Waterloo
Transport for London has confirmed that bus route 211 will be rerouted from Saturday 29 June and will no longer serve the current route between Waterloo Station and Sloane Square via Westminster Bridge.
History
Necropolis Railway station up for sale
An historic building - the last remaining element of a railway station where coffins and mourners left London for a Surrey cemetery - is up for sale with a £4.2 million asking price.
Waterloo
Time capsule buried under Old Vic's new Backstage building
A time capsule has been buried in Waterloo Road as part of the foundations of The Old Vic's new Backstage building.
Waterloo
Cardboard City heritage project gains Historic England funding
A project to explore the history of 'Cardboard City' at Waterloo is one of 56 schemes to share in funding from Historic England's Everyday Heritage Grant programme.
Waterloo
'Visual clutter': another Waterloo billboard vetoed
An illuminated billboard near the Waterloo bus stops at Tenison Way can't be reinstated because it would represent "visual clutter," a Government planning inspector has ruled.
Waterloo
Waterloo billboard 'harmful to public safety'
An illuminated digital advertising billboard next to Waterloo Station is "substantially harmful to public safety," a planning inspector has ruled.
Waterloo
Lower Marsh 'parklets' to be made permanent
An experimental scheme to convert parking bays in Lower Marsh into mini-gardens with seating is to be made permanent.
Transport
Pedestrian hit by C10 bus dies two weeks after collision
A pedestrian hit by a C10 bus near St George's Circus in the early days of January 2024 died two weeks later, Transport for London has revealed.
