110 people from 41 voluntary groups were last week given a Southwark Stars award by Volunteer Centre Southwark at a ceremony held in the Shunt Lounge at London Bridge.
Residents around Bermondsey Street, Tower Bridge Road and the Rockingham Estate are now eligible to apply to the Mayor of London have a new tree planted in their street thanks to an expansion of the Borough street tree priority area.
More than 60 people worked in 11 teams for 54 hours over the weekend to create new technology-based business ideas at the London Startup Weekend held at the IBM building on the South Bank.
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