A pub sign from the Boar's Head Tavern on Eastcheap - the setting for Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 - is now on display in the foyer of Shakespeare's Globe on Bankside.
A planning application for nine family homes on Alice Street off Tower Bridge Road was refused this week.
The eastern end of Southwark Street was closed to traffic and pedestrians on Sunday after a 34-year-old man was assaulted in the early hours of the morning.
Transport for London has given nine of the new Barclays Cycle Hire bicycles to Southwark and Lambeth so that local residents can take part in training before the scheme launches next month.
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