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Local News

Boris Johnson visits Elephant for knife crime "fight back"
Mayor of London Boris Johnson visited Elephant & Castle on Thursday to see at first hand the Metropolitan Police's new knife crime operation, Operation Blunt 2.
Gordon Brown visits Beormund Community Centre
The Prime Minister and five cabinet ministers visited the Beormund Community Centre in Abbey Street on Wednesday to launch the Government's draft legislative programme.
Kate Hoey takes new City Hall sport job
Vauxhall Labour MP Kate Hoey is to serve as unpaid commissioner for sport in the City Hall administration of Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson, it was confirmed on Thursday.
Go-ahead for new Walworth Academy
A new school will be built in Shorncliffe Road off the Old Kent Road after Southwark councillors resolved to grant planning permission.

Situations vacant

  • Globe Education Assistant: Southwark Community Projects at Shakespeare's Globe

Friday's hot topics

Restaurant deals

  • Two a la carte (2 courses) menus for the price of one at Tentazioni
  • 2 course fixed price menu (Sunday Lunch) for £12.95 at Village East

Local Business News

New NHS dental clinic in the Borough
A new dental clinic accepting NHS patients has opened in the Borough.

What's on

Table Top Sale
Fri Lunchtime charity event in Waterloo
Sheep Shearing
Fri in The Scoop
Little Miss Sunshine
Sat Launch of new Film Club
Family Day
Sat Family activities at Design Museum
BBC Choir of the Year Showcase
Sun

Latest food & drink review

Bar and Grill section recommended for lunch
JD Morris on Skylon, Belvedere Road

Features

Stag scaffolding sculpture appears on Elephant building site
A 35-foot sculpture of a stag made entirely of scaffolding has been installed on a building site at the Elephant and Castle.
VE Day act of remembrance at Soviet War Memorial
The Russian Ambassador, the Mayor of Southwark and Simon Hughes MP were among those who gathered with war veterans at the Soviet War Memorial on Friday to mark the 63rd anniversary of VE Day.
First interfaith youth arts event at Southwark Cathedral
On Bank Holiday Monday Southwark Cathedral hosted its first interfaith youth arts event with Christian, Muslim and Jewish young people.

Arts Reviews

The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic
The Young Vic has been transformed for The Good Soul of Szechuan starring Jane Horrocks.
The Flying Machine at the Unicorn Theatre
In this new play by Phil Porter, three children dream of escape from a crumbling eye hospital where patients arrive but never leave and the children's ward seems to be run for the benefit of the dictatorial Nurse Cakebread.
King Lear at Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe's new season begins with a persuasive production of King Lear by Dominic Dromgoole.