Rt Hon Simon Hughes

Simon Hughes MP

Bermondsey & Old Southwark MP 1983 to 2015.

Web: www.simonhughes.org.uk

News & features mentioning Simon Hughes

Cecil Belfield Clarke: Newington Causeway plaque honours Blitz GP (12 Apr 2023)
Waterloo boy returns to SE1 as Dean of St George's Cathedral (12 Oct 2022)
Wreath-laying at Soviet War Memorial cancelled over Ukraine war (26 Mar 2022)
Tributes paid to former Southwark mayor Denise Capstick (7 Feb 2021)
Bankside's Great Get Together reinvented as marathon radio show (29 Jun 2020)
VE Day: Red Arrows fly over Bankside & South Bank (8 May 2020)
Vauxhall's Kate Hoey MP won't seek reelection to Parliament (8 Jul 2019)
Lib Dems pick Humaira Ali to take on Neil Coyle at next election (17 Jun 2019)
1983 Bermondsey by-election to be explored in new play (3 Dec 2018)
Rings from Zeebrugge Harbour added to Albert McKenzie VC memorial (27 Nov 2018)
Sir Simon Hughes installed as LSBU chancellor (1 Nov 2018)
Tessa Jowell remembered at Southwark memorial service (19 Oct 2018)
Sir Simon Hughes to be chancellor of LSBU (15 Aug 2018)
Simon Hughes: I won't be Lib Dem candidate at next election (12 Jul 2018)
Lib Dems win London Bridge & West Bermondsey election (15 Jun 2018)
Interview: Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, Southwark Lib Dem leader (1 May 2018)
Simon Hughes leads Lib Dem debate on gun and knife crime (25 Sep 2017)
Bermondsey & Old Southwark: Labour's Neil Coyle re-elected (9 Jun 2017)
Interview: Sir Simon Hughes, Lib Dem, Bermondsey & Old Southwark (5 Jun 2017)
Audio: Bermondsey & Old Southwark general election hustings #2 (21 May 2017)
72 years on: wreaths laid at Soviet War Memorial on Victory Day (9 May 2017)
URC's Crossway Christian Centre opened at Elephant & Castle (26 Apr 2017)
Bricklayers Arms station petition continues as consultation ends (23 Apr 2017)
General election 2017: Neil Coyle vs Simon Hughes - round 2 (18 Apr 2017)
Nick Clegg warns of Brexit jeopardy in speech to Lib Dems in SE1 (4 Apr 2017)
Stephen Humphrey: tributes to Southwark historian at cathedral funeral (19 Jan 2017)
Dockhead Fire Station reopened after PFI rebuild project (30 Nov 2016)
Bermondsey and Waterloo to share MP in constituency shakeup (13 Sep 2016)
Former Bermondsey MP Sir Simon Hughes joins Open University (15 Feb 2016)
Remembrance Sunday 2015 at the Soviet War Memorial (8 Nov 2015)
Southwark Council celebrates first 50 years (26 Oct 2015)
Neil Coyle makes maiden speech in House of Commons (1 Jul 2015)
Requiem Mass for Barry Albin-Dyer at St George's Cathedral (17 Jun 2015)
Sir Simon Hughes - knighthood for former Bermondsey MP (12 Jun 2015)
Jonathan Dimbleby leads 50km walk to raise funds for cancer charity (8 Jun 2015)
Simon Hughes endorses Tim Farron's Lib Dem leadership bid (21 May 2015)
Southwark fire training centre shuts as school plan progresses (21 May 2015)
Peter Tatchell congratulates Neil Coyle and wishes Simon Hughes well (11 May 2015)
Victory Day: 70th anniversary marked at Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2015)
Labour's Neil Coyle defeats Simon Hughes in Bermondsey (8 May 2015)
The Sun urges readers to vote for Simon Hughes (5 May 2015)
Migrant communities gather for Mass at St George's Cathedral (4 May 2015)
Interview: Simon Hughes, Lib Dem candidate for Bermondsey & Old Southwark (3 May 2015)
Interview: Neil Coyle, Labour candidate for Bermondsey & Old Southwark (3 May 2015)
St George's Day celebrated in Southwark (30 Apr 2015)
Ticino Bakery building in Bermondsey Street up for sale for £4.5m (30 Apr 2015)
Albert McKenzie: Tower Bridge Road memorial to war hero takes shape (28 Apr 2015)
My shoplifting shame - by Labour candidate Neil Coyle (25 Apr 2015)
Housing clash at Young Vic election hustings (18 Apr 2015)
Tory policy would 'torpedo' Southwark's 11,000 new council homes (16 Apr 2015)
Eddie Izzard joins Labour's Neil Coyle at Elephant & Castle (14 Apr 2015)
Nick Clegg visits Elephant & Castle with Simon Hughes (14 Apr 2015)
Alan Titchmarsh and Rowan Williams unveil Guy's Hospital artwork (8 Apr 2015)
Labour and Lib Dems name Chaucer ward by-election candidates (2 Apr 2015)
Latin Americans stage 'celebratory takeover' of Elephant & Castle (31 Mar 2015)
Bermondsey bomb made safe after two days of drama (24 Mar 2015)
Harriet Harman brings Labour's pink bus to Guy's Hospital (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas a Becket pub up for sale after licence is revoked (16 Mar 2015)
Hughes: let public challenge councils which fail on affordable homes (11 Mar 2015)
Guy's Hospital cancer centre 'topped out' (11 Mar 2015)
Archbishop of Canterbury visits St Saviour's & St Olave's School (10 Mar 2015)
Criticism mounts over 'chaos' at London Bridge Station (4 Mar 2015)
300+ homes to be built above Southwark Underground Station (2 Mar 2015)
Bakerloo line extension: chancellor asks for detailed plans (20 Feb 2015)
Ex Labour cllr Kingsley Abrams could be TUSC Bermondsey candidate (8 Feb 2015)
Holocaust memorial could be built at Potters Fields Park or IWM (28 Jan 2015)
Tories and Greens name Bermondsey general election candidates (20 Jan 2015)
Motorcyclist killed in Borough High Street crash (12 Jan 2015)
Man dies in Old Kent Road crash fireball (12 Jan 2015)
MP calls for Charlie Chaplin memorial at Elephant & Castle (3 Jan 2015)
Remembrance Sunday 2014: pictures & audio (10 Nov 2014)
Revd Jonathan Sedgwick is new St George the Martyr parish priest (20 Oct 2014)
Southwark Chamber of Commerce & Industry celebrates 90 years (7 Oct 2014)
Morley College celebrates 125th anniversary (2 Oct 2014)
Labour declares Bermondsey a 'target election seat' (23 Sep 2014)
Queensborough Centre marks 30 years (19 Sep 2014)
Mayor of London opens News Building (17 Sep 2014)
Government backing for Thames 'super sewer' (12 Sep 2014)
SE1 councillor starts advice surgery for Latin American community (10 Sep 2014)
New rector for Christ Church Southwark (6 Sep 2014)
Royal British Legion opens Borough High Street 'pop in centre' (2 Sep 2014)
Elephant & Castle: roundabout gone by 2016; tube upgrade 2020 (28 Aug 2014)
World War I hero Frederick Holmes VC commemorated in Abbey Street (28 Aug 2014)
25 years on: Marchioness river disaster victims remembered (20 Aug 2014)
Car rally and church services recall declaration of Great War (4 Aug 2014)
Cameron and Clegg at Walworth Academy for Girl Summit (22 Jul 2014)
Bakerloo line extension: Southwark councillors want two branches (22 Jul 2014)
Prince William opens new-look Imperial War Museum (17 Jul 2014)
MP welcomes News UK's commitment to training young journalists (9 Jul 2014)
Simon Hughes takes up tennis at Tanner Street (24 Jun 2014)
Union backs SE1 hospital chaplain facing jail in Rangoon (20 Jun 2014)
Beating the bounds of Southwark Cathedral's parish (15 Jun 2014)
New first aid training centre opened in Borough High Street (14 Jun 2014)
Honours for Zandra Rhodes, David Lan and Philip Sturrock (13 Jun 2014)
Hospital chaplain arrested in Burma: MP calls for 'urgent action' (13 Jun 2014)
Anti-rough-sleeper spikes removed from Southwark Bridge Road (13 Jun 2014)
Anti-rough-sleeper spikes: Simon Hughes calls meeting with residents (11 Jun 2014)
Light sculpture installed on roof of Guy's Hospital tower (29 May 2014)
SE1 local election results 2014 (23 May 2014)
Interview: Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, leader of Southwark Lib Dems (20 May 2014)
Beating the bounds of Waterloo: MPs and councillors join St John's congregation (15 May 2014)
Ukraine tensions overshadow Southwark Anglo-Russian Victory Day (10 May 2014)
Shangri-La hotel opens at The Shard (6 May 2014)
BOST celebrates Sumner Street Garden and Bankside food-growing (5 Apr 2014)
SE1 meat processing firm says UK must remain in the EU (28 Mar 2014)
Ted Bowman - Borough Market, Coin St & Labour stalwart - has died (25 Mar 2014)
New owners of Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court plan luxury hotel (18 Mar 2014)
New world record set in Bermondsey ... for eating baked beans (17 Mar 2014)
Simon Hughes welcomes Boris concordat on foreign investors (13 Mar 2014)
2 years living behind scaffolding: Draper House residents protest (5 Mar 2014)
C10 bus route reliability needs to improve, Mayor admits (4 Mar 2014)
Southwark holds Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony (27 Jan 2014)
New swimming pools at Castle centre put to the test (25 Jan 2014)
Homeless Londoners 'denied basic human rights' (19 Jan 2014)
Styles House residents set up tenant management organisation (13 Jan 2014)
Southwark Fire Station closes after 135 years (9 Jan 2014)
Simon Hughes invites young social entrepreneurs to Parliament (22 Dec 2013)
'Lampedusa boat' comes to Thames to highlight plight of migrants (18 Dec 2013)
Simon Hughes joins Government as justice minister (18 Dec 2013)
Princess Royal opens Blackfriars Settlement's new centre (11 Dec 2013)
20 years since Princess Diana opened St Matthew's-at-the-Elephant (9 Dec 2013)
New St Hugh's church dedicated by Bishop of Southwark (8 Dec 2013)
Robes sponsored sleepout raises £52,000 for winter night shelter (2 Dec 2013)
London Bridge and Waterloo tube ticket office closures 'step too far' (24 Nov 2013)
Southwark Playhouse celebrates 20th birthday (20 Nov 2013)
Actionplus Foundation calls on church leaders to host HIV testing clinics (18 Nov 2013)
Mastermind champion is new foreman of Southwark's Court Leet (14 Nov 2013)
Theo Paphitis launches Lib Dem plan for Southwark's high streets (12 Nov 2013)
Simon Hughes makes Commons apology over handling of donations (12 Nov 2013)
Remembrance Sunday in SE1: pictures and audio (10 Nov 2013)
Choir With No Name to perform at sponsored sleep-out for winter shelter (5 Nov 2013)
Simon Hughes hosts round-table discussion with local businesses (4 Nov 2013)
Vince Cable visits Bermondsey building site to launch housing report (21 Oct 2013)
Simon Hughes reselected as Lib Dem candidate for Bermondsey & Old Southwark (8 Oct 2013)
Southwark Lib Dems call for tax hike for foreign property investors (17 Sep 2013)
The Mayor's Thames Festival relaunches as 10-day event (9 Sep 2013)
Bermondsey tenants protest against rent rises of up to 40 per cent (23 Aug 2013)
Local election contest begins as Southwark Labour picks candidates (18 Aug 2013)
Pickles rules out cap on sales of London homes to foreign buyers (8 Aug 2013)
For-sale Grange pub listed as community asset (7 Aug 2013)
Simon Hughes calls for mentors for the next generation (31 Jul 2013)
Firefighters march on Union Street against cuts (18 Jul 2013)
Southwark to make it more difficult to open a payday loan shop (14 Jul 2013)
Saving Southwark Fire Station: fight goes on says council leader (11 Jul 2013)
Councillors claim Southwark Fire Station closure is property-driven (25 Jun 2013)
Simon Hughes presses minister over sale of new homes to foreign buyers (23 Jun 2013)
Fire at King's College Franklin-Wilkins Building in Stamford Street (17 Jun 2013)
Borough's top volunteers recognised at 'Southwark Stars' (11 Jun 2013)
Simon Hughes: we must stop foreign investors buying London homes (11 Jun 2013)
Simon Hughes says "support our local pubs" (10 Jun 2013)
Neil Coyle selected as Labour's Bermondsey candidate for 2015 election (8 Jun 2013)
Local Lib Dems' "anger" over Simon Hughes gay marriage abstention (31 May 2013)
Lucy Brown House: residents celebrate 25 years of sheltered housing (23 May 2013)
Five in the running for Labour nomination to take on Simon Hughes (21 May 2013)
24 years on: film of campaign rally to save Rose Theatre Bankside (15 May 2013)
Simon Hughes opens new dementia unit at Tower Bridge Care Home (14 May 2013)
Victory Day commemorated at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2013)
Name streets after fallen soldiers, says councillor (22 Apr 2013)
Campaign launched to save Union Theatre and rail arch businesses (13 Apr 2013)
Thatcher and SE1: GLC, Lambeth Palace, Rose Theatre and LDDC (11 Apr 2013)
Camberwell war memorials rededicated in Tooley Street ceremony (27 Mar 2013)
Simon Hughes celebrates 30 years in Parliament (27 Mar 2013)
Massive fire at Walworth Town Hall; fears for Cuming Museum collection (25 Mar 2013)
Workfare doesn't work, Simon Hughes tells Parliament (20 Mar 2013)
Archbishop of Canterbury at Borough Market & Southwark Cathedral (16 Mar 2013)
Kate Hoey "furious" about plans to merge local hospitals (15 Mar 2013)
Simon Hughes "100%" opposed to Southwark Fire Station closure (4 Mar 2013)
St Philip's Church in Avondale Square celebrates 50th anniversary (4 Feb 2013)
Elephant & Castle: council accidentally publishes details of Lend Lease deal (4 Feb 2013)
Bricklayers Arms subways to be filled in (23 Jan 2013)
Simon Hughes: icy pavements in Southwark "appalling" (22 Jan 2013)
Tributes to Tabard Gardens Estate's Nell Western (20 Jan 2013)
Bermondsey battle hots up as Simon Hughes hires campaign chief (16 Jan 2013)
After 30 years of Simon Hughes, Labour names Bermondsey as target (8 Jan 2013)
End of the South London Line: campaigners gather at London Bridge (9 Dec 2012)
Southwark Council tables bid to buy its 160 Tooley Street offices (4 Dec 2012)
Sponsored sleepout raises more than £30,000 for winter night shelter (2 Dec 2012)
MPs call for Guy's, King's and St Thomas' merger to be put on hold (29 Nov 2012)
Women bishops: Simon Hughes MP and Bishop of Southwark speak out (23 Nov 2012)
Dozens of SE1 families to be hit by housing benefit cap (19 Nov 2012)
Downside Centre's Training for Life charity in administration (17 Nov 2012)
Rose Theatre project wins Heritage Lottery Fund development grant (15 Nov 2012)
Actionplus Foundation celebrates 15 years with Commons reception (14 Nov 2012)
Remembrance Sunday 2012 in SE1 (12 Nov 2012)
First nine sites for new council homes in Southwark revealed (24 Oct 2012)
Lollipop patrol to be introduced in St George's Road (18 Oct 2012)
Octavia Hill remembered at Southwark Cathedral a century after her death (9 Oct 2012)
Boy killed in St George's Road collision named as Hichame Bouadimi (5 Oct 2012)
Cathedral to host second charity sleepout in aid of night shelter (3 Oct 2012)
Simon Hughes opens Guy's Hospital urgent care centre (17 Sep 2012)
Plan to spend £44.5 million from luxury SE1 developments on new council homes (20 Aug 2012)
Vince Cable: put start-up businesses in the Shard's empty offices (7 Aug 2012)
Southwark Festival of Music and the Arts relaunched (1 Aug 2012)
Southwark College takeover by Lewisham College takes effect (1 Aug 2012)
Postal minister "very concerned" by Mandela Way delivery office complaints (21 Jul 2012)
Practical Law Company helps Lambeth and Southwark students onto career ladder (17 Jul 2012)
Simon Hughes cuts ribbon as Guy's Tower cladding work begins in earnest (11 Jul 2012)
Mayor questioned on access to More London for Jubilee Pageant (11 Jul 2012)
Pop-up Mini Olympics opens at Marlborough Playground (8 Jul 2012)
Council offers £40,000 to help revive Tower Bridge Road (8 Jul 2012)
All mail for SE1 addresses to be processed in Croydon (6 Jul 2012)
Shard: royal inauguration for Europe's tallest building (6 Jul 2012)
Mayor and Tibetan Buddhist abbot plant evergreen shrub in Spa Gardens (1 Jul 2012)
Southwark College quiz raises £3000 for FareShare charity (26 Jun 2012)
Simon Hughes at premiere of play putting pressure on coalition (18 Jun 2012)
MP: plans to speed up Old Kent Road traffic could hit local shops (13 Jun 2012)
Youths join hands round City Hall to launch 100 Days of Peace (11 Jun 2012)
Funeral for unknown man as bodies dug up for rail viaduct are reburied (10 Jun 2012)
Princess Alexandra at Southwark Cathedral for jubilee civic service (10 Jun 2012)
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Weekend in SE1: Monday 4 June 2012 (4 Jun 2012)
Tower Bridge Road businesses pull together to seek improvements (19 May 2012)
Southwark Civic Awards for volunteers, MPs, war hero and actor (12 May 2012)
Victory Day commemorations at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2012)
Bankside Open Spaces Trust launches EcoHouse in Ayres Street (3 May 2012)
Tower Bridge Road junction safety improvements start this week (2 May 2012)
Giles Fraser welcomed to Elephant & Castle parish (26 Apr 2012)
A parish council for Borough & Bankside? (26 Apr 2012)
St George celebrations in Southwark: Catalan, Ethiopian and Somali-style (22 Apr 2012)
Bermondsey's St Mary Magdalen Churchyard reopened after six month closure (14 Apr 2012)
Will new national planning policy affect Elephant tower decision? (28 Mar 2012)
Simon Hughes could face election challenge from NHS staff (18 Mar 2012)
London Fire Brigade Museum wins temporary reprieve (15 Mar 2012)
Mental health day centre at Elephant & Castle faces closure (2 Mar 2012)
Dormant Elephant & Castle Trust could be revived (1 Mar 2012)
Community councils: Labour 'punishing' voters in Lib Dem wards claims MP (29 Jan 2012)
Very Revd Andrew Nunn installed as Dean of Southwark (22 Jan 2012)
Southwark's community councils: political row over cuts to local meetings (22 Jan 2012)
"Inadequate" Southwark College to merge with Lewisham College (21 Jan 2012)
Simon Hughes joins 'Lorries for Savvy Cyclists' event at Bankside (18 Jan 2012)
Mandela Way parking and loading arrangements to be reviewed (28 Dec 2011)
Midnight Mass from St George's Cathedral broadcast live on BBC One (25 Dec 2011)
Ellie Carey: dozens gather for vigil at Bermondsey junction (14 Dec 2011)
Bishop and MP sleep out in Southwark Cathedral churchyard for homelessness charity (9 Dec 2011)
Blackfriars Station's Bankside entrance now open (5 Dec 2011)
Tories seek rich benefactor to save London Fire Brigade Museum (27 Nov 2011)
Honorary doctorates for Peter Tatchell, David Adjaye and Maggi Hambling at LSBU (16 Nov 2011)
Blackfriars station signs to include 'Bankside and South Bank' (14 Nov 2011)
The comedian, the bishop and the MP: Southwark Cathedral to host sponsored sleepout (8 Nov 2011)
'Waterloo needs a Lambeth MP': pensioners launch petition to Boundary Commission (7 Nov 2011)
Waterloo risks becoming "orphan ward", Simon Hughes tells Boundary Commission (2 Nov 2011)
Hopton's Almshouses: residents win fight for transfer to Southwark charity (19 Oct 2011)
Southwark's new primary 'free school' reveals plans (19 Oct 2011)
Waterloo will be marginalised by boundary changes, warns Coin Street boss (18 Oct 2011)
Spa School's new building opened by Simon Hughes MP (13 Oct 2011)
Council leader's fury as Michael Gove approves two Southwark free schools (12 Oct 2011)
Simon Hughes MP opens Volunteer Centre Southwark's new Elephant & Castle base (28 Sep 2011)
Simon Hughes MP abseils down Guy's Hospital tower (27 Sep 2011)
Southwark Cathedral hosts memorial service for victims of Norway bomb and shootings (23 Sep 2011)
Climate Rush campaigners call on TfL to put people before cars (22 Sep 2011)
Simon Hughes urges Thames Water to pick Shad Thames 'super sewer' option (19 Sep 2011)
Proposed Bermondsey & Waterloo constituency will span Southwark-Lambeth border (13 Sep 2011)
Blackfriars Station: Network Rail invites views on name and signs (14 Aug 2011)
RIOTS: Precautions in Southwark (9 Aug 2011)
New-look Guy's Hospital entrance opened by Simon Hughes MP (16 Jul 2011)
Ireland's deputy PM visits Southwark Irish Pensioners Project (16 Jul 2011)
Bankside residents 'unaware' of London Bridge phone mast appeal (14 Jul 2011)
Will Guy's Hospital get the country's first 24-hour GP clinic? (13 Jul 2011)
David Idowu mosaic bench unveiled in Tabard Gardens (9 Jul 2011)
Simon Hughes: Ofcom should block "disreputable" News Corp's BSkyB takeover (8 Jul 2011)
Farewell to Canon James Cronin at St George's Cathedral (7 Jul 2011)
Colin Slee: memorial service at Southwark Cathedral (26 Jun 2011)
Southwark's star volunteers honoured at awards ceremony (15 Jun 2011)
Cameron, Clegg and Lansley at Guy's Hospital for NHS policy relaunch (14 Jun 2011)
Ministry of Sound fails to block 22-storey Newington Causeway tower (8 Jun 2011)
SE1 councillor highlights proliferation of bookies on local high streets (3 Jun 2011)
Cathedral packed for funeral of Mayor of Southwark Tayo Situ (23 May 2011)
Simon Hughes opens Cambian Churchill mental health hospital (23 May 2011)
Cathedral funeral for Southwark Mayor Tayo Situ (14 May 2011)
Victory Day commemorations at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2011)
London South Bank University to charge up to £8,450 tuition fee (6 Apr 2011)
Southwark's Globe Academy "is really going places" says Nick Clegg (5 Apr 2011)
'For sale' sign goes up at St Thomas' Hospital as UNISON attacks NHS reforms (1 Apr 2011)
Southwark environment boss faces angry residents over park cuts (29 Mar 2011)
Octavia Hill Estates sale is "end of affordable housing in Waterloo" says MP (24 Mar 2011)
Christopher Chessun enthroned as tenth Bishop of Southwark (6 Mar 2011)
Simon Hughes: "a privilege" to be made a privy counsellor (18 Feb 2011)
Borough High Street improvements still top priority for locals (7 Feb 2011)
Management shakeup for Royal Mail in SE1 after weeks of disruption (28 Jan 2011)
Southwark Lib Dems warn of "socially segregated borough" (19 Jan 2011)
Government confirms PFI deal to rebuild Dockhead and Old Kent Road fire stations (11 Jan 2011)
Val Shawcross urges Lambeth and Southwark residents to join credit union (11 Jan 2011)
Simon Hughes appointed as Advocate for Access to Education (29 Dec 2010)
Free internet access at new IT suite in Bermondsey tenants' hall (12 Dec 2010)
Bermondsey Lib Dems hold crisis meeting after tuition fees vote (12 Dec 2010)
Simon Hughes: I "regret" Government's new tuition fees regime (10 Dec 2010)
Simon Hughes urged by Bermondsey Lib Dems to rebel on tuition fees (8 Dec 2010)
Funeral of Colin Slee at Southwark Cathedral (4 Dec 2010)
Obituary: The Very Revd Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark (28 Nov 2010)
51-hour occupation at London South Bank University (27 Nov 2010)
Simon Hughes blasts council's "soulless" Tooley Street HQ as town halls are put up for sale (24 Nov 2010)
Albert McKenzie memorial: Simon Hughes leads Zeebrugge delegation (17 Nov 2010)
Remembrance Sunday at Borough High Street and Soviet War Memorial (14 Nov 2010)
Standing Up for Southwark: fight violence with love, says Boateng (8 Nov 2010)
Southwark public services preparing for industrial action (5 Nov 2010)
Southwark at the centre of London Fire Brigade strike contingency plans (1 Nov 2010)
Borough High Street pedestrianisation petition presented at City Hall (20 Oct 2010)
Blackfriars Station name-change proposal: Boris keeping open mind (2 Oct 2010)
Peter Tatchell blue plaque unveiled by Sir Ian McKellen (29 Sep 2010)
Winning image chosen in Blackfriars Bridge art competition (13 Sep 2010)
Woolfson & Tay bookshop, cafe and gallery opens in Bermondsey Square (11 Sep 2010)
Bermondsey Abbey blue plaque unveiled (11 Sep 2010)
Hundreds gather for funeral of Hilary Wines, past Mayor of Southwark (4 Sep 2010)
Calls for Blackfriars Station to be renamed to include Bankside (23 Aug 2010)
All Hallows Garden closed by Southwark Cathedral (16 Aug 2010)
Former Southwark Mayor Hilary Wines dies (12 Aug 2010)
£100,000 appeal target for Albert McKenzie memorial (11 Aug 2010)
Cafe Nova Interchange boss Amelia Suarez retires to Spain (28 Jul 2010)
Borough Welsh Chapel appoints Eiri Jones as leader (13 Jun 2010)
Peter Smith installed as Archbishop of Southwark (10 Jun 2010)
Simon Hughes chosen as Lib Dem deputy leader (9 Jun 2010)
Simon Hughes bids for Lib Dem deputy job (28 May 2010)
Redcross Way improvements unveiled (24 May 2010)
Mayor of Southwark: I based my speech on Vladimir Putin (20 May 2010)
Cllr Anood Al-Samerai is new Southwark Lib Dem leader (18 May 2010)
65 years on: Victory Day celebrations at Southwark's Soviet War Memorial (9 May 2010)
Simon Hughes retains Bermondsey & Old Southwark (7 May 2010)
Interview: Simon Hughes, Lib Dem candidate in Bermondsey & Old Southwark (4 May 2010)
Interview: Loanna Morrison, Conservative candidate in Bermondsey & Old Southwark (4 May 2010)
Interview: Nick Stanton, Southwark Liberal Democrat leader (3 May 2010)
Lib Dem victory in mock election at Bermondsey youth hustings (29 Apr 2010)
Voters quiz Bishop's ward and Cathedrals ward candidates at Waterloo hustings (28 Apr 2010)
Lib Dems promise 'Latin American corridor' from Elephant to Stockwell (26 Apr 2010)
Albert McKenzie: memorial to local war hero planned for Tower Bridge Road (26 Apr 2010)
Southwark Mysteries: a once-in-a-decade experience (23 Apr 2010)
Network Rail chooses Thames barges over lorries for Blackfriars project (20 Apr 2010)
Loanna Morrison unveils Conservative pledges for Bermondsey & Old Southwark (15 Apr 2010)
Southwark Liberal Democrats launch election manifesto (15 Apr 2010)
Simon Hughes unveils biodiesel taxi at Uptown Oil (7 Apr 2010)
Labour's Val Shawcross sets out vision for Bermondsey & Old Southwark (6 Apr 2010)
Theo Paphitis launches Simon Hughes' election campaign (1 Apr 2010)
Housing minister John Healey visits Tabard Gardens Estate (29 Mar 2010)
The Great Suffolk Street Shopping Experience (28 Mar 2010)
Behind the scenes at the new Blackfriars Thameslink station (25 Mar 2010)
New London Bridge Bus Station could be ready by mid-2012 (24 Mar 2010)
Boris: Bricklayers Arms subways could be eliminated by 2012 (24 Mar 2010)
London Eye celebrates 10th birthday (10 Mar 2010)
Guy's Hospital minor injuries unit now closing at 4pm (9 Mar 2010)
Sarah Brown and Annie Lennox at Millennium Bridge for International Women's Day (8 Mar 2010)
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg at Elephant & Castle for education launch (1 Mar 2010)
Muggings at Bricklayers Arms: MP calls for closure of subways (22 Feb 2010)
Standing ovation for Bishop Tom Butler at Southwark Cathedral (14 Feb 2010)
TfL boss to experience C10 bus overcrowding for himself (4 Feb 2010)
Simon Hughes: Government was 'foolish' to block my housing bill (2 Feb 2010)
Knife crime: "it's time to take charge" says mother of David Idowu (29 Jan 2010)
Southwark's Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony (27 Jan 2010)
Bells ring out at funeral of Southwark town crier Peter Moore (18 Jan 2010)
"Westminster rubbish for Westminster people" say Mandela Way protesters (19 Dec 2009)
"War of words" over Jubilee line closures must end (7 Dec 2009)
Simon Hughes opens new Glass & Glazing Federation HQ (5 Dec 2009)
Calls for greater transparency over Elephant & Castle regeneration deal (1 Dec 2009)
Elephant & Castle Lend Lease deal 'excellent value for money' says Southwark leader (30 Nov 2009)
C10 is second most complained about bus route in London (25 Nov 2009)
3-year-old boy stabbed to death in Lynton Road (24 Nov 2009)
The Jubilee Line Extension and Southwark Tube Station 10 years on (23 Nov 2009)
Bermondsey's David Haye: Simon Hughes tables Commons motion (10 Nov 2009)
Pictures & video: Remembrance Sunday in SE1 (8 Nov 2009)
Bermondsey councillor Denise Capstick heads to Afghanistan (14 Oct 2009)
John Constable's Southwark Mysteries drama to be revived in 2010 (25 Sep 2009)
Canon Giles Goddard is Waterloo's new parish priest (3 Sep 2009)
10:10 climate change campaign launched on Bankside (2 Sep 2009)
Marchioness river disaster victims remembered 20 years on (22 Aug 2009)
Simon Hughes takes part in local talent show (16 Aug 2009)
Labour selects Val Shawcross to fight Simon Hughes in Bermondsey & Old Southwark (2 Aug 2009)
Lord Rothermere unveils lost plaque at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (19 Jul 2009)
Stormy reception for latest All Hallows development plans (18 Jun 2009)
Strata SE1 43-storey tower at Elephant & Castle 'topped out' (8 Jun 2009)
Bill Clinton to visit Elephant & Castle as scheme chosen for climate initiative (19 May 2009)
Deputy Mayor of London opens Remploy's Waterloo branch (17 May 2009)
10 years of Southwark's memorial to the Soviet war dead (10 May 2009)
St George the Martyr Community Centre launched at thanksgiving for church restoration (26 Apr 2009)
London Christian School could take over ex-Charterhouse-in-Southwark building (17 Apr 2009)
From Bankside to Bootle: Simon Hughes presents petition against HSE relocation (9 Apr 2009)
Look under 25? You'll need to show ID to buy alcohol at Costcutter (5 Apr 2009)
Soft play sessions for under-5s at Training for Life Downside (5 Apr 2009)
Cheers for Jade Goody as funeral cortege passes through Bermondsey (4 Apr 2009)
Anne Worsley: tributes paid to woman of "impatient and purposeful energy" (17 Mar 2009)
Locals will be "robbed" by Elephant & Castle regeneration warns Peter Tatchell (6 Mar 2009)
How Waterloo's summer radio station cut youth crime in SE1 (2 Mar 2009)
Queen opens Royal British Legion HQ in Borough High Street (27 Feb 2009)
Holocaust Memorial Day in Southwark: Stand up to hatred (29 Jan 2009)
Murdered Jimmy Mizen commemorated by Leathermarket JMB apprenticeships (25 Jan 2009)
Tower Bridge closure: London Bridge C-charge will be waived (23 Jan 2009)
Elephant & Castle artist shocked by 'terror' arrest (5 Jan 2009)
OBE for Southwark council leader Nick Stanton (31 Dec 2008)
David Idowu death: 16-year-old guilty of Tabard Gardens murder (9 Dec 2008)
Bermondsey and Vauxhall Tories select parliamentary candidates (7 Dec 2008)
Borough & Bankside "Celebrating Our Community" report launched (23 Nov 2008)
Pictures: Remembrance Sunday in SE1 (9 Nov 2008)
Cross River Tram banner plan for Tooley Street hits conservation area snag (29 Oct 2008)
Enough! campaign seeks volunteer army to tackle youth violence (25 Oct 2008)
Hundreds at St John's Waterloo for farewell to Canon Richard Truss (13 Oct 2008)
Gordon Brown visits Beormund Community Centre to reassure families about economy (9 Oct 2008)
David Idowu: CCTV released as police seek witnesses to Tabard Gardens murder (7 Oct 2008)
seOne club murder victim named as Errol Davis (7 Oct 2008)
Southwark Mayor celebrates 'unity in diversity' at Civic Service (25 Sep 2008)
The Mayor's Thames Festival - pictures (15 Sep 2008)
Sir Henry Cooper unveils his own blue plaque in Old Kent Road (11 Sep 2008)
New era for Southwark and Deptford Methodists (7 Sep 2008)
David Idowu: funeral for murdered Tabard Gardens teenager (20 Aug 2008)
Tower Bridge repainting work delayed (17 Aug 2008)
Princess Anne visits Training for Life Downside (25 Jul 2008)
Borough's Crown Post Office closes as Costcutter takes over (24 Jul 2008)
David Idowu's family lead march from Great Dover Street to Downing Street (22 Jul 2008)
Jean Love says farewell to Charterhouse after 32 years (9 Jul 2008)
David Idowu's parents: "Our lives can never be the same again" (9 Jul 2008)
Tabard Gardens stabbing victim dies in hospital (7 Jul 2008)
Walworth children explore Charlie Chaplin's London (3 Jul 2008)
Zandra Rhodes cooks up support for second Bermondsey Street Festival (8 Jun 2008)
Denis Norden unveils Elephant Trocadero cinema plaque (5 Jun 2008)
Healthier lunches mean healthier kids at Borough primary school (1 Jun 2008)
Woman killed as bus hits tree in Tower Bridge Road (20 May 2008)
"Save Borough Post Office" say trade unionists and pensioners (12 May 2008)
VE Day act of remembrance at Soviet War Memorial (11 May 2008)
Dockhead Post Office closure confirmed (7 May 2008)
Tooley Street reopens eastbound after 7 million litre flood (28 Apr 2008)
Boris and Brian seek Latin American vote at Elephant & Castle (27 Apr 2008)
St George in Southwark Festival 2008 in pictures (25 Apr 2008)
Calls for rethink of Charterhouse-in-Southwark sell-off (24 Apr 2008)
Brian Paddick at Waterloo to back Cross River Tram (22 Apr 2008)
Simon Hughes slams Guinness Trust and Peabody in Commons debate (2 Apr 2008)
Dockhead Post Office closure consultation period ends (1 Apr 2008)
Borough Post Office moving to Costcutter Southwark Bridge Road (19 Mar 2008)
Extra buses on routes 381 and C10 (17 Mar 2008)
Chinese medicine institute opens at London South Bank University (27 Feb 2008)
Simon Hughes's Leasehold Reform Bill reaches second reading in Commons (24 Feb 2008)
Paul Noblet to take on Southwark regeneration brief (20 Feb 2008)
Dockhead Post Office to close (19 Feb 2008)
Holocaust Memorial Day at Soviet War Memorial (27 Jan 2008)
Tributes to war veteran 'Scotch Bill' Fraser (23 Jan 2008)
Lib Dems win Riverside by-election (14 Dec 2007)
St Olave's School: Southwark in new legal tussle with Berkeley Homes (12 Dec 2007)
Southwark school in dance collaboration (6 Dec 2007)
Memorial service for 'Paddy' Hughes (3 Dec 2007)
UKIP enters the fray in Riverside ward by-election (20 Nov 2007)
Southwark Credit Union launches current account (14 Nov 2007)
Remembrance weekend in SE1 (12 Nov 2007)
Celebrity congratulations for Southwark's young ambassadors (11 Nov 2007)
Labour names Cormac Hollingsworth as Riverside ward candidate (9 Nov 2007)
Anood Al-Samerai to be Lib Dem candidate in Riverside (9 Nov 2007)
Paul Baichoo to resign; Riverside ward by-election imminent (1 Nov 2007)
Thameslink work begins at last (24 Oct 2007)
Potters Fields: Southwark receives new bids for its land (17 Oct 2007)
The Queen attends Royal Festival Hall gala concert (9 Oct 2007)
New university admissions centre at Technopark (5 Oct 2007)
Potters Fields: Mayor gives Southwark a month to sign Berkeley Homes deal (26 Sep 2007)
Mayor: Trams in Waterloo after 2010; north of the river 2020 (23 Sep 2007)
Tory mayoral hopefuls at Albert Embankment hustings (11 Sep 2007)
Boutique hotel in Tooley Street former school: decision delayed (5 Sep 2007)
Southside FM provides platform for local young people (22 Aug 2007)
Thameslink: Borough Market disruption postponed (24 Jul 2007)
Lend Lease chosen as Elephant & Castle development partner (24 Jul 2007)
Amanda Penfold selected as Green parliamentary candidate (18 Jul 2007)
Tribute to community activist Keib Thomas (15 Jul 2007)
Julian Lloyd Webber opens Kintore Way Children's Centre (10 Jul 2007)
Kirsty McNeill reselected as Labour candidate (2 Jul 2007)
Blackfriars Settlement says 'thank you' to volunteers (8 Jun 2007)
Ken Livingstone at launch of South Bank manifesto for action (21 May 2007)
Borough Post Office controversy reaches the Commons (19 May 2007)
Save Borough Post Office say Lib Dems (14 May 2007)
Make 23 April a public holiday says Simon Hughes (24 Apr 2007)
St George's Day celebrations 2007 in pictures (23 Apr 2007)
Simon Hughes reselected as Lib Dem candidate (15 Apr 2007)
Talking CCTV cameras coming to Southwark (4 Apr 2007)
St George the Martyr church reopens (1 Apr 2007)
SE1 pupil wins Southwark public speaking contest (28 Mar 2007)
Waterloo Buddhist community opens new centre in Walworth (19 Mar 2007)
15-year-old stabbed in New Kent Road (15 Feb 2007)
Europe's biggest public speaking event comes to Southwark (7 Feb 2007)
Night shelter project launched by local churches (5 Feb 2007)
Fears for affordable housing as Octavia Hill homes are sold (20 Dec 2006)
War Museum visits up 12 per cent since free admission (4 Dec 2006)
Simon Hughes: voicemail hacking "unacceptable" (29 Nov 2006)
Hughes and Hoey register protest over Octavia Hill sell-off (9 Nov 2006)
Lynton Road school wins Prime Minister's award (31 Oct 2006)
Campaigners burn models of Berkeley Homes' towers (25 Oct 2006)
Lib Dems launch Green Switch Week at Bermondsey Spa (25 Oct 2006)
Borough Market hosts birthday celebration (25 Oct 2006)
Thameslink "a tragedy for the Borough" says MP (18 Oct 2006)
Potters Fields coach park: 3 towers will be built (3 Oct 2006)
Simon Hughes confirmed as Lib Dem president (28 Sep 2006)
Councillors fight NHS budget cuts (24 Sep 2006)
Simon Hughes to fight next general election (20 Sep 2006)
Trees honour victims of Chilean dictatorship (17 Jul 2006)
Turn Potters Fields into multi-storey car park says top Tory (2 Jun 2006)
Putting Bermondsey on the map (30 May 2006)
Stalemate in Southwark after dramatic election night (5 May 2006)
Royal visit for Waterloo's new church (26 Apr 2006)
Lib Dems launch bid to take full control of Southwark (11 Apr 2006)
Election countdown gets under way (7 Apr 2006)
Simon Hughes fails in Lib Dem leadership bid (2 Mar 2006)
Livingstone suspended for City Hall Nazi comments (25 Feb 2006)
Potters Fields: Prescott backs Berkeley Homes (15 Feb 2006)
Octavia Hill sale: Commissioners refuse to reconsider (8 Feb 2006)
Simon Hughes in media storm over sexuality revelations (26 Jan 2006)
Simon Hughes joins Lib Dem leadership race (12 Jan 2006)
Sir Ian McKellen unveils Rose Theatre blue plaque (12 Jan 2006)
The World in SE1 at Blackfriars Settlement (22 Dec 2005)
Final Routemaster south of the river (9 Dec 2005)
Potters Fields: residents prepare last minute plea to Prescott (11 Nov 2005)
Thameslink 2000 "a joke" admits transport secretary (10 Nov 2005)
VAT controversy overshadows City Academy opening (9 Nov 2005)
Save the Routemaster protest at City Hall (24 Oct 2005)
Residents propose re-routing of Thameslink to save Borough Market (18 Oct 2005)
Bermondsey red diesel leak spreads upstream (5 Oct 2005)
Planning inspector to back Potters Fields towers (22 Sep 2005)
MP joins credit union (22 Aug 2005)
STEP Festival gets under way (4 Jul 2005)
London's best designed buildings rewarded by the RIBA (21 Jun 2005)
Cyclists brave the rain for Bankside's Bike Week breakfast (15 Jun 2005)
Concern over Cathedral's plan to build alongside community garden (8 Jun 2005)
130 Waterloo homes sold by Church Commissioners (10 May 2005)
Hughes and Hoey returned to Westminster (6 May 2005)
Cherie Booth launches Victim Support London appeal (18 Apr 2005)
Commemorating Pinochet's victims at St George's Circus (11 Apr 2005)
Colombo Centre's Hatfields sports pitches opened (11 Apr 2005)
Social enterprise manifesto launched (11 Apr 2005)
Salvation Army celebrates new Community Church (4 Apr 2005)
Dockhead will lose a fire engine (17 Mar 2005)
Hughes raises Abbey Street post office at PMQs (16 Mar 2005)
Abbey Street Post Office closes its doors (8 Mar 2005)
60 years on: Holocaust recalled at Soviet War Memorial (27 Jan 2005)
Jubilee Gardens consultation events (19 Jan 2005)
Red Cross Garden restoration gets under way (17 Jan 2005)
Hughes: too many complaints about postal service (11 Jan 2005)
BBC One's Midnight Mass live from Southwark (25 Dec 2004)
Drug awareness project at Charterhouse-in-Southwark (21 Dec 2004)
Pinochet's victims remembered in SE1 park (10 Nov 2004)
"South Bank is safe" say MPs and police (5 Nov 2004)
New rector for Christ Church (9 Oct 2004)
Saved: Downings Roads moorings (15 Sep 2004)
Last call for Bermondsey post office petition (15 Sep 2004)
Simon Hughes elected Lib Dem president (1 Sep 2004)
Downings Roads houseboat petition has 1600 signatures (9 Jul 2004)
Potters Fields beach plan halted (25 Jun 2004)
Drug charity director cycles London to Edinburgh via Dublin (21 Jun 2004)
Countess of Wessex visits Southwark (21 Jun 2004)
Bermondsey beach: locals fear repeat of Blaine fiasco (14 Jun 2004)
Lawrence Dallaglio names Thames lifeboat (27 May 2004)
Tower-top singing for Ascension Day at Southwark Cathedral (20 May 2004)
SE1's postal service: 'incompetent at best; criminal at worst' (28 Apr 2004)
Inquiry into Berkeley Homes' plan for Potters Fields opens (28 Apr 2004)
Simon Hughes launches mayoral manifesto (28 Apr 2004)
Labour chooses Kirsty McNeill to oppose Simon Hughes (15 Apr 2004)
Barge row: riverside residents hit out at Simon Hughes (8 Mar 2004)
Tower Bridge barges: inquiry adjourned (4 Mar 2004)
MP agrees to investigate complaints about SE1 postal deliveries (23 Jan 2004)
MP joins SE1 forum's postal service campaign (20 Jan 2004)
More trees for Great Dover Street (20 Jan 2004)
Terry Jones unveils Chaucer plaque at Copyprints (23 Nov 2003)
Elephant Angels changing people's lives for the better (22 Nov 2003)
Simon Hughes to speak at Shakespeare's Globe (13 Nov 2003)
Bankside Restaurant Ball raises £8,000 for charity (6 Oct 2003)
Thousands flock to Thames Festival (15 Sep 2003)
GM public debate comes to the Borough (13 Jul 2003)
Christ Church Flower Festival (21 Jun 2003)
Bankside's first Community Council meets (8 May 2003)
Simon Hughes is London Mayor candidate (6 Mar 2003)
Twenty years with Simon Hughes (25 Feb 2003)
Park lights the way (9 Dec 2002)
Simon Hughes joins mayoral race (3 Dec 2002)
Petition calls for Southwark police boost (30 Nov 2002)
Elephant Angels celebrate early success (29 Oct 2002)
Southwark launch for Strolls (22 Oct 2002)
Skyscraper inquiry next April (27 Sep 2002)
In My Backyard book launch (17 Sep 2002)
Arrival of the Elephant Angels (15 Sep 2002)
600 sign Bermondsey Square petition (29 Jul 2002)
Bike Week in SE1 (17 Jun 2002)
Charterhouse looking for volunteers for Guy's Hospital sponsored abseil (12 Jun 2002)
Southwark Jubliation (10 Jun 2002)
Morley College lift opened (18 May 2002)
Election 2001: no change for SE1 (8 Jun 2001)
General Election 2001 (3 Jun 2001)
Protest at Octavia Hill estate plans (1 May 2001)

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