Both Southwark and Lambeth councils have submitted bids for funding from the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI).
Commuters arriving at London Bridge station on Monday were surprised to find their journey less stressful than usual.
Chancellor Gordon Brown and education secretary Alan Johnson visited the offices of Hardy Group in Bermondsey Street last Wednesday to launch a new training scheme.
Up to half a million visitors came to SE1 this weekend for the Mayor's Thames Festival, two days of free events on and beside the River Thames.
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