Simon Hughes MP was at the Millennium Bridge to help send off George Ruston, director of Southwark-based charity Hope UK, as he cycles from London to Edinburgh the long way round.
The Countess of Wessex spent several hours in Southwark on Monday morning visiting a hostel in Borough Road and on a guided tour of Southwark Cathedral.
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