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Week of Monday 6 April 2020
Local news

Mayor of London: Government softens City Hall scrutiny rules
Assembly members pledge to keep up oversight [read more]

Borough Market launches campaign to give fruit & veg to NHS staff
St Thomas' staff among the beneficiaries [read more]

Sainsbury's launches bicycle delivery service to most of SE1
Blackfriars Bridge at centre of new distribution operation [read more]

Bakerloo line extension in jeopardy due to COVID-19 crisis
Peter John says UK must retain ambition post-coronavirus [read more]

Royal Mail cuts Mandela Way public opening hours by 85 per cent
You'll have to pick up your parcels before 9am [read more]

Garden Bridge boss unrepentant after running up £43m bill
I've "nothing but pride" says Lord Davies [read more]

College offers to display posters to boost NHS morale
Boarding school has windows facing St Thomas' [read more]

KCL funds study of COVID-19 patients at St Thomas'
Among 30 projects backed by college [read more]

Scientists at St Thomas' identify rapid COVID-19 testing method
"A cost effective and efficient diagnostic tool would be a game changer" [read more]

Man jailed for stealing PPE from ambulance near Guy's Hospital
He also pleaded guilty to assaulting a security guard [read more]

WHSmith at St Thomas' Hospital now stocks Sainsbury's groceries
Expanded range to help health workers keep their cupboards full [read more]

St Thomas' researchers launch COVID-19 symptom-tracking app
An evolving UK map showing where symptoms are occurring [read more]

Dockhead 'co-living' accommodation offered to NHS workers
The Italian Building was built as a biscuit factory [read more]

Shake-up for Southwark and Lambeth's NHS governance
Six bodies became one on 1 April [read more]

Southwark Community Relief Fund launched
Local charities join forces [read more]

Two jailed for shooting man who drove to SE1 and called for help
Man's shout for help answered by Waterloo local [read more]

Co-op shuts Bankside shop to send staff and stock to busier areas
Sumner Street store's shelves cleared [read more]

Local social worker and street cleaner among COVID-19 victims
Southwark Council mourns colleagues [read more]

Southwark: deliveries of new bins and recycling bags suspended
Due to staff taking sick leave [read more]

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What's on - virtual events

Check out our new culture map to find SE1 cultural venues offering exhibitions / plays / recitals etc online.
 

Tuesday 7 April

  • 1pm Join Morley College on Facebook for a piano recital with works by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven performed by tutor Nikos Stavlas
  • 4pm Southwark Council cabinet virtual meeting - including important decisions re Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. We'll tweet the live link on @SE1 when it's available

Thursday 9 April

  • 7pm Sally Cookson’s stage adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre will be streamed live (+ on demand for seven days) by National Theatre

Holy Week & Easter - SE1 churches webcasting

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