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The circumstances around Southwark Council’s reversal of cuts to the borough’s library services were questioned by the overview and scrutiny committee. The proposals were announced alongside a raft of ...

The hero that is Dolly Parton is making Southwark a better place by encouraging more kids to read. She’s helping launch the Imagination Library scheme, which began in 1995, and is driven by the ...

A south London council has opened what it describes as a "super library". The £14m Canada Water Library, opened by Southwark Council, will hold 40,000 books, CDs and films. It will also be host to ...

A fire has broken out in a building in Southwark which houses a library, a museum and the council "one stop shop". Almost 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines tackled the blaze in the four-storey ...

On October 31st 1995, John Jones, a building shop steward, and Terry Mason, a fellow worker at Southwark Council were sacked. They had refused to transfer over to Botes, a contractor more fitted to ...

These brand-new developments are some of the recently completed schemes as part of Southwark Council’s Heygate re-housing programme.Library Street and Brandon Street will complete in June with a ...

As an international country music superstar, Dolly Parton has travelled the world. Now she's injected a bit of razzle dazzle into Southwark, the south London borough home to Elephant and Castle, ...

A fire has broken out in a building in Southwark which houses a library, a museum and the council "one stop shop". Almost 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines tackled the blaze in the four-storey ...