Thursday 6 November 2008
News & features published on 6 November 2008
Barack Obama invited to visit Southwark
Barack Obama, president-elect of the United States of America, is to be invited to visit Southwark next time he comes to the United Kingdom.
Downside Fisher Youth Club celebrates 100 years in Bermondsey
There is no reason why Downside Fisher Youth Club - which has achieved a century - should not last for 500 years, said the Abbot of Downside during a visit to Bermondsey.
17-year-old jailed for Old Kent Road 'knife in skull' attack
17-year-old Yassin Elmansouri has been sentenced to an indeterminate life sentence for attempted murder outside Tesco in the Old Kent Road.
Wheatsheaf book published as pub makes way for Thameslink
A photographic book capturing images of the people often found in a Borough Market pub has been published by its regulars.
Boris Johnson axes Cross River Tram
Proposals for a tram linking Camden Town with Brixton and Peckham via Waterloo and the Elephant & Castle have been shelved by Transport for London, even though Boris Johnson admits that the scheme has "much merit".
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