Most-read news stories of 2011

January

  1. Blackfriars Station reopens to passengers [17 January]
  2. Bermondsey Square named London's best new public space [21 January]
  3. Southwark pulls the plug on Elephant & Castle green energy project [18 January]

February

  1. Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre could be here to stay [8 February]
  2. Tesco Express opens in Great Suffolk Street and Borough Road [9 February]
  3. Simon Schama clashes with opponents of Potters Fields Park 9/11 artwork [22 February]

March

  1. Cyclist killed in Tanner Street collision [22 March]
  2. Boris and Arnie take a bike ride through Potters Fields Park [31 March]
  3. Lambeth sees red over London Eye's orange capsule [20 March]

April

  1. London Bridge Station redevelopment plans announced [20 April]
  2. 72-metre Borough High Street rail bridge to be moved into position [28 April]
  3. Waterloo Station: work starts on �10 million 'St Pancras-style' makeover [15 April]

May

  1. Borough Market evicts eight traders in spat over Maltby Street [9 May]
  2. Barack Obama visits Southwark's Globe Academy [24 May]
  3. Thameslink railway bridge installed above Borough High Street [3 May]

June

  1. Air ambulance at London Bridge after motorcycle and pedestrian collide [2 June]
  2. Cycle campaigner Barry Mason dies on holiday in Spain [5 June]
  3. Early images of proposed Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre development [2 June]

July

  1. Fire at Salamanca Tower near Albert Embankment [15 July]
  2. Council approves conversion of King's Reach Tower to luxury flats [20 July]
  3. Lend Lease begins to set out its vision for Elephant & Castle [17 July]

August

  1. SE1 shops feature in 'Shit London' book [16 August]
  2. Blackfriars Station: Network Rail invites views on name and signs [14 August]
  3. Tesco Metro supermarket to open in Tooley Street [23 August]

September

  1. Remains of Roman bath house found on Borough High Street [15 September]
  2. White Cube announces opening date for Bermondsey Street gallery [26 September]
  3. Tooley Street shut as English Defence League demo is dispersed from Tower Bridge [3 September]

October

  1. Southwark Street shut as firefighters clean up chemical spill [20 October]
  2. Latest Elephant & Castle masterplan published [29 October]
  3. Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland to sail under Tower Bridge [14 October]

November

  1. HMS Belfast gangway collapses [29 November]
  2. Keeping South Eastern Railway building 'would be terrorism risk' [17 November]
  3. Tesco Metro opens in Tooley Street [14 November]

December

  1. Cyclist killed in lorry collision at Tower Bridge Road Abbey Street junction [2 December]
  2. Blackfriars Station's Bankside entrance now open [5 December]
  3. London Bridge Station redevelopment gets green light from Southwark councillors [21 December]

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