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Council housing and student flats above major Tube station approved again

Southwark Council’s Planning Committee has approved the development on top of Southwark Tube station

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault and indecent assault charges

Former Radio 1 DJ pleads not guilty to a total of 15 charges at Southwark crown court

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025

Southwark Council approves plans for major refurbishment to Dulwich's Champion Hill stadium

Alongside the sporting improvements, the broader redevelopment will deliver 219 new homes in the surrounding area

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025

Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2025

Everything we know about Rachel Reeves' rental law breach

The Chancellor admitted mistakenly breaching Southwark Council’s housing rules when renting out her family home

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

Fury Over Rental Slip: What Made Rachel Reeves' Agent Miss Southwark Licence Deadline?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces backlash over a missed rental licence, agent error, and looming tenant refunds amid Budget scrutiny.

International Business Times UK · Oct 31, 2025

No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser saw proof Reeves’s rental breach was ‘inadvertent’

Pressure mounts on chancellor over failing to get a licence to rent out her south London home

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain

Between 2007 and 2010 Southwark council licensed 76 films to be shot on the high-rise Heygate estate in London’s Walworth area, providing a gritty backdrop for dramas of poverty and crime. This “theatre of stigma”, a term coined by historian of modern Britain Holly Smith, had come to dominate the…

The Conversation · Oct 14, 2025

Man charged with manslaughter following fatal assault in Southwark

Michael John Edwards, 43, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire was rushed to hospital but died on September 17

Evening Standard · Oct 13, 2025

Kaieteur Kitchen: Council offers evicted Castle Square restaurant owners a lifeline amid electricity row

Southwark Council is offering Castle Square businesses a payment plan to settle their arrears

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025