Locals out for a Sunday stroll were greeted by the sight of bungee jumpers throwing themselves from the top of a crane in a St Thomas' Street car park.
The Park Plaza County Hall hotel in Waterloo's Addington Street opened for business last week.
Tate's plans to turn its warehouse in Mandela Way into a new National Art Collections Centre have been rebuffed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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