Home secretary Jacqui Smith paid an early-morning visit to Asda on the Old Kent Road on Thursday morning to launch a new scheme to prevent the sale of knives to under-18s.
Southwark's planning committee this week backed plans by the owners of Vinopolis to create a new restaurant and shopping boulevard alongside derelict railway arches between Park Street and Stoney Street.
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