Councillors and traders gathered in Great Suffolk Street on Wednesday to celebrate the new-look parade of shops near the Southwark Bridge Road junction.
The much-anticipated improvements to the long railway tunnel which separates the southern section of Bermondsey Street from Tooley Street and the Thames have been completed.
It's no surprise that Belt Up Theatre's current double-bill at the Southwark Playhouse had a sell-out run at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
WHSmith this week opened a new branch at the Bankside Mix development on Southwark Street but we can reveal that NatWest has abandoned its plan to open a branch.
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