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£9,000 a month to rent a penthouse at Elephant Park onthemarket.com/details/191617…

Strike action is taking place at our hospitals from 7am on Tuesday 7 April until 7am on Monday 13 April. We'll continue to provide key emergency and urgent services, and will contact you if your care or your child's care is affected to rearrange your appointment.

'London Bridge landlord lied his dad had died to scam my deposit' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"An apartment in Southwark bought for £2.4 million in 2017 fell to £1.8 million when it was sold in July 2025." dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

BTP appeal: "At around 9.40pm on Tuesday 10 March a man boarded a train at Blackfriars station and sat next to a woman. The man then sexually assaulted the woman. "The man then left the service at London Bridge." btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/…

Crane operation in Pearman Street (Waterloo) this week - road closure

Today's the final day to tell Southwark Council how bus services between London Bridge and Elephant & Castle (and beyond) could be improved engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projects…

🚨 Sunday Times reports that a Chinese citizen wanted for running illegal casinos spent tens of millions of pounds buying 85 luxury properties in London – including 15 flats (~£20m) at Triptych Bankside near Tate Modern + 19 flats (£14m) at Elephant Park thetimes.com/uk/law/article…

"I have been tracking the minute-by-minute usage of TfL's 8,000 active bikes to see where the major bottlenecks are. Waterloo is by far the busiest cluster, with all 3 stations averaging 50 bikes arriving + departing every hour." reddit.com/r/londoncyclin…

Former Government advisor calls for the rebuilding of Old London Bridge: "Just imagine we did it. This drab load of nothing would instantly become of the most iconic tourist sites in the country, if not Europe." benjudah0.substack.com/p/london-bridg…

A story from the latest newsletter of the Manna Centre, which feeds and supports homeless people at London Bridge mannasociety.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

London's only dedicated drug and alcohol detox unit for homeless people is to close, St Thomas' Hospital has confirmed. The Govt said the decision had been taken due to "rising costs", adding that the service was "no longer affordable". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A new theme park in Navi Mumbai, India, features a rather flimsy looking recreation of Tower Bridge (inevitably described as 'London Bridge') - and an extremely poor replica red phone box freepressjournal.in/lifestyle/lond…

The Lord Mayor of Westminster marked the ninth anniversary of the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack at a small gathering on Sunday. westminsterextra.co.uk/article/markin…

Today’s #sketch from 27/2/26 of #Marker #Pen #Drawing 21.5 x 13.5 cms on paper More sketches instagram.com/frankkiely/

👣 New Research > Hollowing Out London?: Families and Neighbourhood Change in the Capital London is changing. The number of families has grown. But where these families live has dramatically changed. Read our report now ⏬ centreforlondon.org/publication/ho…

These unusual photos of London are certainly striking – but do you think they’re art? A new set of images by the art photographer Simon Roberts encourages us to think differently about familiar sights amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-n…

3 break-ins in a month at Great Dover Street student residence: "...in one instance, the perpetrator was able to enter undetected by claiming to be maintenance, while in the latest break-in, the perpetrator broke in through a flat window facing the street" roarnews.co.uk/2026/three-bre…

@ricster71 Elephant Square is the bit where the roundabout used to be. This is the middle of the old shopping centre

@se1 FGS. Just call it Elephant Square (and put the pink elephant back there).

A preview of the new square on the former site of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, officially named today after Cecil Belfield Clarke, local GP during WWII.