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Most-read news stories of 2015

See also the lists for 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

January

1. Cyclist 'crushed' by skip lorry at Elephant & Castle roundabout [16 January]
2. Man dies in Old Kent Road crash fireball [12 January]
3. Police shut down Carriage 34 bar in Lower Marsh after stabbing [13 January]

February

1. Social housing tenants banned from luxury garden [4 February]
2. Victim stabbed in head with pen at Elephant & Castle pub [4 February]
3. Bakerloo line extension: chancellor asks for detailed plans [20 February]

March

1. Unexploded bomb found on Bermondsey building site [23 March]
2. 9 in hospital after fight in Borough High Street [29 March]
3. Thomas a Becket pub up for sale after licence is revoked [16 March]

April

1. Work begins on removal of Elephant & Castle roundabout [12 April]
2. Roman bath house under Pret a Manger made a 'scheduled monument' [30 April]
3. Garden Bridge drilling starts in Thames as judicial review looms [27 April]

May

1. Labour's Neil Coyle defeats Simon Hughes in Bermondsey [8 May]
2. New skyscraper planned close to the Shard [30 May]
3. Cops pledge crackdown on 'aimless loitering' at Elephant & Castle [31 May]

June

1. Tommy Blackmore: Queen Elizabeth Street murder victim named [14 June]
2. After 250 years, Elephant & Castle pub makes way for Foxtons [1 June]
3. Hundreds turn out for funeral of Barry Albin-Dyer [21 June]

July

1. Special trains to the seaside from Elephant & Castle [30 July]
2. Yes, it's true: Waitrose is coming to SE1 [31 July]
3. New Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre redevelopment plans on show [9 July]

August

1. Gladstone pub could be replaced with 10-storey tower [11 August]
2. easyBus adds Waterloo to Heathrow £2 bus link [27 August]
3. 900-seat theatre to open at One Tower Bridge [20 August]

September

1. 450 homes planned for Skipton House site at Elephant & Castle [30 September]
2. Former SE1 pub landlord sentenced for tax fraud [8 September]
3. The Quill: council OKs switch from student halls to luxury flats [8 September]

October

1. Teenager stabbed at Elephant & Castle [20 October]
2. 22-storey tower proposed for Lavington Street [29 October]
3. Giant poppy sculpture unveiled at Waterloo Station [29 October]

November

1. Riot in Lambeth as police block entry to Halloween rave [1 November]
2. Coronet licence restricted after stabbing and 'gun' incident [15 November]
3. Security alert shuts Blackfriars Road [21 November]

December

1. Bakerloo line extension: TfL favours Lewisham via Old Kent Road [10 December]
2. Elephant & Castle roundabout becomes two-way junction [6 December]
3. Former CofE housing in Waterloo to be knocked down [1 December]