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News, events & trivia for Bankside, Borough, Bermondsey, Elephant & Castle, South Bank and Waterloo since 1998.

Covering the northernmost bits of Southwark and Lambeth.
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adityadubey.bsky.social
It’s all rain and sleet today, but managed to capture this beautiful morning light a couple days ago.
A picture of London looking East from Blackfriars station. The Thames makes up most of the foreground with the Shard and the Tate Modern on the right and the office buildings of the City of London on the left. The sky is a gorgeous light blue with light scattered clouds on the left and a pale yellow morning sunlight glow coming from the right even though the sun cannot be seen.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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ldn-planning.bsky.social
The Deputy Mayor has resolved that he is satisfied for Southwark Council to determine the application for New City Court, 4-26 St Thomas Street itself (grant consent) ✅🏡🏨👇 #GLAPlanning #GoodGrowth
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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citybridgefndn.bsky.social
🎟️ Join Cecilia Knapp at the Tate Modern: we're giving away 30 FREE tickets to our live Bridging London poetry event on Wed 26 Nov (first come, first served). 

✨ Claim your ticket: tap the link in bio 
📍 Starr Cinema, Tate Modern
📅 Wednesday 26 November 2025 | 6.30–9.30pm
Promotional graphic for a free event featuring poet-in-resident Cecilia Knapp at the Tate Modern on November 26. Includes image of a smiling individual holding tickets.
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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lb-southwark.bsky.social
Get advice and help at the Cost of Living Support Roadshow on Thursday 20 November from 10am at Rockingham Community Centre, Falmouth Road, SE1
November 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Bundle of straw to be hung from Hungerford Bridge in line with long-running Thames tradition, indicating reduced headroom for vessels. Once spoke to workers at Millennium Bridge who'd had to make a detour to Pets at Home en route to site to obtain necessary straw. pla.co.uk/notices/M145...
Kings Reach - Charing Cross Railway Bridge & Golden Jubilee Footbridges: Arch Restrictions | Port of London Authority
Life-threatening emergencies on the river:Call 999 and ask for the Coastguard
pla.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Popeyes will open its 100th restaurant in London Bridge Station this 25 November.
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Popeyes reaches 100th restaurant milestone in the UK
Popeyes will open its 100th restaurant in London Bridge Station this 25 November.
qsrmedia.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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andrewahala.bsky.social
Classic cars Lower Marsh, Waterloo. A regular event so it's quite usual to see classics in this part of London but never dull. Well-deserved pride in ownership and restorations.
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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badvertising.bsky.social
This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.

Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Though more of an intersection, Britain's first roundabout was at St George's Circus, built in 1771, between Waterloo and Elephant and Castle.

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November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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💸 This #LondonLivingWageWeek, check out early findings from Dr Kirstie Hewlett & @marypazventura.bsky.social's new study, which follows the lives of 15 Londoners – earning the #LondonLivingWage or below – to ask what earning a real living wage means in practice.

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Living the London Living Wage: A month in the life of 15 Southwark Residents | King's College London
New research tracks how Londoners balance rising costs on and below the Living Wage
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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macfarlaneassocs.bsky.social
It’s awards night!

We’ll be at the Hilton London Bankside, tonight for the Property Week ESG Edge Awards.

Our Holyrood Kiosk project is shortlisted for Outstanding Placemaking – Small Scheme.

Fingers crossed!

#ESGEdgeAwards #Sustainability #HiltonBankside
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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#OnThisDay in radical herstory, 1909: Suffragette Alice Chapin, member of the Women’s Freedom League, is in the dock at the Old Bailey charged with spoiling ballot papers with a noxious liquid at a polling station in the 1909 #Bermondsey by-election.
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Bermondsey suffragettes 100 years ago!
Contemporary UK Feminism
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Never noticed this until I wanted to use the branch on a Tuesday. I guess this little known backwater can't support a bank branch five days a week. www.se1.news/lloyds-bank-...
Lloyds Bank to close on Tuesdays
From July, the last remaining Lloyds Bank branch in SE1 will only be open four days a week.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Resonance FM is hiring a Studio Coordinator to help keep our Southwark studios running smoothly, creatively, and sustainably.

📅 Applications close 9 a.m. Monday 24 November 2025.
🎧 Start date Monday 5 January 2026.
💰 Salary £28,000
Find out more and apply here 👉
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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"Rights for Residents: Putting people first"

Southwark Council Assembly
Tooley Street SE1

Watch live this evening (12 November) from 7pm on our Youtube channel

www.youtube.com/@southwarkco...
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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ldn-planning.bsky.social
The Mayor has resolved that he is satisfied for Southwark Council to determine the application for Rich Industrial Estate itself (grant consent) ✅🏡🏨👇 #GLAPlanning #GoodGrowth
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November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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More than 1500 primary-school children and teachers will experience the #nativity story though interactive workshops at #LambethPalace this week.

#Christmas #Christmasstory
Lambeth Palace hosts interactive nativity workshops for children
Wintershall Education presents its ‘Travelling Crib’ to children in the Palace gardens
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The Indian-born artist said he was sent the image by a friend who lives in the US city on Tuesday morning in a conversation about his show at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, which will open next year.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture
Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next year
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Tate staff vote to strike over pay after union members reject ‘inadequate’ offer
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Tate staff vote to strike over pay after union members reject ‘inadequate’ offer
Exclusive: Over 150 workers to strike from 26 November to 2 December, raising possibility of disruption to major shows
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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lampallib.bsky.social
At Lambeth Palace Library we are celebrating National Corduroy Day in style!

Why today? It’s the date that most closely resembles the corded pattern, 11/11.

#CorduroyDay #LambethPalaceLibrary
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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If you're a passenger on bus routes 148 or 159, from this weekend you'll have to wait longer for your bus due to congestion related to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park tfl.gov.uk/modes/buses/...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social

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Image of lower concourse at Southwark tube station, London, showing the 'ships prow' illuminated central feature in the staircases looking up from platform level towards the lower escalator landing. Pic by Luke Agbaimoni (Tubemapper)
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Free the 15: Release of penguins ‘trapped in basement’ of London Aquarium demanded by MPs www.lbc.co.uk/article/peng...
Free the 15: Release of penguins ‘trapped in basement’ of London Aquarium demanded by MPs | LBC
A petition by campaign group Freedom For Animals calling for the penguins to be moved into a better facility has received more than 37,000 signatures
www.lbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Architect Benedict O’Looney explores the design and legacy of Old London Bridge — from its Beaux Arts beauty to its lasting influence on London’s architecture.
Nov 13 | 7:15–9pm GMT
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#Heritage #Architecture #London
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Basingstoke man's chance encounter at veteran can run
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/2560662...
Sherborne St John man hitches a ride in famous London to Brighton veteran car run
A Sherborne St John man ended up taking part in one of the world’s most famous motoring events after a chance encounter at Westminster Bridge
www.basingstokegazette.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM