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Borough & Bankside Community Council has resolved to grant planning permission for a new building to house Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum in Calvert's Buildings off Borough High Street - on condition it opens to the public on weekdays only.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson came to Belvedere Road on the South Bank on Friday morning for the official launch of the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme.

Itinerant ice cream selling is to be prohibited by Southwark Council along the SE1 riverside from the Oxo Tower to Shad Thames.

Home secretary Theresa May visited Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre on Wednesday to make a major speech on new measures to tackle antisocial behaviour.

Latest food & drink review

Situations vacant

• Bar/Waiting on Staff Required at The Laughing Gravy

Local Business News

Hannibal House, the office block above the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, is now 100 per cent occupied as negotiations about the redevelopment of the site continue.

Features

Akai, winner of Sky 1's Got to Dance, joined the cast of the hip-hop show Into the Hoods in the South Bank's Queen Elizabeth Hall undercroft on Wednesday afternoon.

Amelia Suarez, who founded and ran the Cafe Nova Interchange social enterprise at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, is retiring to Spain.

Friday's hot topics

• General questions about Southwark
• Ice cream vans
• Kate Hoey - Double response!
• Food hygiene in restaurants etc.
• Restaurants/'doggie-bags'

Restaurant deals

• 2 course fixed price menu (Pre-Theatre) for £21.95 at Mezzanine Restaurant
• Monday Steak Night - All steaks half price from 5pm to 10pm every Monday at Locale

Small offices & desk space for rent

• Desk Space in Creative Environment at Forster

Arts Reviews

The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a 1996 piece written by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh is being revived at the Young Vic this summer.

The Maria at the Young Vic is playing host to this show devised by Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence.

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Latest news & links via Twitter

• 4.50pm RT @RTAN_London: #Lambeth want #London Cycle Hire maintenance vehicles to be exempt from parking restrictions — http://bit.ly/aH6t23
• 4.39pm RT @GreenJennyJones: In case you missed my (very balanced) critique of (finally) London's very own cycle hire scheme: http://bit.ly/9jCFgu
• 3.50pm Summer Fair & African Market at St George's Cathedral tomorrow http://se1.info/a0PVLz
• 3.30pm Family Fun Day at Long Lane Park tomorrow http://se1.info/bwZAjY

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