Southwark-born football star Rio Ferdinand came to the Elephant & Castle on Tuesday to launch the borough's Community Games.
Local residents taking part in the SE1 Postal Service Campaign have stepped up their efforts to highlight the serious deficiencies in the area's delivery service.
"I am strongly of the view that it should not happen" said Simon Hughes MP when declaring his opposition to the Berkeley Homes development plan for Potters Fields.
North Southwark's Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes toured London in an open-top bus on Monday to launch his manifesto for the forthcoming mayoral election.
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