A company owned by Amstrad boss Alan Sugar has bought the IBM building on the South Bank. The site ripe for development when IBM's lease ends in 2014.
North Southwark and Bermondsey MP Simon Hughes has been re-elected unopposed to serve another two-year term as president of the Liberal Democrats.
Pete Waterman has revealed his ambition to turn parts of County Hall unused since the GLC was abolished in 1986 into a media and entertainment village.
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