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Behind the scenes at Charing Cross. Big engineering site replacing nearly 2km of rails & other projects. Block closure for 22 days including Waterloo East.

HMS President at the breakers at Erith today. It appears work has begun with a small section removed from the bow Photos by Fraser Gray

Someone working for The Sun went down to the basement of their building to buy a greetings card but found the shop was closed thesun.co.uk/money/39885045…

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From midday - an afternoon of steel band performances in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank, part of the Festival of Britain 75th anniversary celebrations #sunday-26-july-2026" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">se1.news/whatson/#sunda…

Tonight - free open-air screening of National Theatre's Hamlet in Lower Marsh #saturday-25-july-2026" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">se1.news/whatson/#satur…

“Mariners are advised that on Saturday 25 July, a single stand-up personal watercraft (jet ski) will undertake a transit of the Thames between Gravesend to Tower Bridge.“ pla.co.uk/notices/M66-26

Five police officers have been injured after a number had to be recovered from the River Thames when their boat hit Westminster Bridge, the Metropolitan Police said. l-bc.co/LBCNews

Westminster Bridge closed to traffic as a result of this incident - TfL says buses diverted via Lambeth Bridge

Charing Cross and Waterloo East closure: We are replacing track installed 36 years ago, completing platform and drainage work and giving some TLC to the 175 year old Hungerford Bridge. Posters, radio, announcements, social media and 80,000 leaflets given out by @Se_Railway 👇

The former Spit & Sawdust (previously Beehive) pub in Bartholomew Street is up for rent loopnet.co.uk/listing/21-bar…

Blackfriars Road - advance warning of closure for crane operation

@se1 It was still pouring out this morning. Water supply is back in my block and others nearby, but pressure is still a bit patchy. Obviously traffic is being diverted.

Burst water main on Tooley Street last night

This morning, Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme featured XO Barbers, the social enterprise which trainers prisoners to cut hair and repair bikes. Find them in the former Sons of Temperance Friendly Society building in Blackfriars Road bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00… #bbcbh

This afternoon - free jazz and salsa in Bermondsey Square #sunday-19-july-2026" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">se1.news/whatson/#sunda…

@ironjawcannon Part of it is that the developer had to make a big contribution to the cost of building escalators to the tube station, so that squeezed what was available for affordable housing. Also this being build to rent rather than homes for sale the economics stack up differently.

@se1 Only 3 social rent . How did they let that one pass!?

Developers have told Southwark Council that first residents could move in to the flats on the old Shopping Centre site at Elephant & Castle next month. Scheme has 485 homes inc 313 Build to Rent, 124 Discounted Market Rent, 45 London Living Rent and 3 Social Rent Equivalent.

Sad to see the HMS President (1918) arrive at the breakers yard at Erith this afternoon. She left her mooring in London in 2016 after being forced to vacate due to Thames Tideway Tunnel works and sat neglected in Chatham dock for the past 10 years Photos by Fraser Gray

Deadly Skies Over Lambeth: The night a V-2 fell on Lambeth Baths vauxhallhistory.org/deadly-skies-o…

Postcard from London: a blimp’s eye view of the city ft.com/content/413bd6…