Renzo Piano, architect of the Shard at London Bridge, has been appointed to the Italian senate.
A seven-storey ad banner promoting the regeneration of Elephant & Castle has been installed on the side of one of the blocks of the Heygate Estate.
Experts from the Natural History Museum were called to Tower Bridge this week when a harbour porpoise became stranded on the Thames foreshore.
Borough Market is to add an extra trading day to its schedule with the full market operating from Wednesday to Saturday each week.
Plans for a partial closure of London Bridge Station for nine days in August 2014 have been announced by Network Rail.
Just published - Shard architect Renzo Piano named senator for life by Italian president goo.gl/fb/MY9GP
Penultimate night of this year's free open-air theatre season at The Scoop next to City Hall: http://t.co/HCGtatrHSf
Live music in Bermondsey Square from 6pm #bringit2bermondsey @marikarauscher @B2Hotel http://t.co/EX0cNljbKd
Just published - Elephant & Castle "transformation starts now" - 7-storey advertising banner at Heygate Estate goo.gl/fb/L4iKD
Just published - Porpoise stranded by Tower Bridge could be used for museum research goo.gl/fb/AdZ06
Tower Bridge will lift at 7.45am and 8.15am tomorrow morning for this solar-powered boat: http://t.co/rCyMYvnGSh
Grab a PDF of the September issue of our monthly printed what's on guide: se1.info/inSE1 - LOADS of great events coming up
[Job vacancy] Business and Community Assistant, @BetterBankside se1.info/145i6FQ
Just published - @boroughmarket to open fully on Wednesdays goo.gl/fb/SbXPg
Just published - London Bridge rail passengers given year's notice of major disruption in August 2014 goo.gl/fb/5H6g7
New youth choir in Bermondsey bermondseyyoungvoices.co.uk
Simon Hughes on Syria: "turning the other way when terrible things happen is not the right response" http://t.co/rfU2kwERdF
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will visit South Bank on 22 October as part of @NationalTheatre #nt50 celebrations
Irvine Sellar's new residential tower next to the Shard could be as tall as Millbank Tower
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