In the run up to the Moscow Olympics, city officials are preparing for their international guests by, amongst other things, tightening up on prostitution.
A joint policing operation aimed at reducing robberies at Elephant & Castle's overground railway station began this week.
Crowds lined Bedale Street in Borough Market to watch a fiercely contested pancake race marking Shrove Tuesday.
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