The Elephant & Castle is one of 30 transport hubs across London to be allocated its own police team of one sergeant, one police constable and seven PCSOs with extra funding from Transport for London.
Plans for a 13-storey development including a ballet school and student accommodation for nearly 300 people in Hatfields were rejected by Southwark councillors on Tuesday.
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