Southwark's first Latin American forum was officially launched last week at La Distriandina in Elephant Road - one of the most popular meeting places for Latin American communities in South London.
The Mayor of London, Southwark Council and Lend Lease have given a show of unity over the future of the Elephant & Castle at a City Hall summit on Monday morning.
"Shakespeare is alive and well and living in Southwark," Globe Education director Patrick Spottiswoode told a cheering audience of young people in Shakespeare's Globe.
At least eight fire engines were called to a major fire in a derelict building on New Kent Road late on Sunday night.
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