• Millennium Bridge reopens after three-week closure

    Millennium Bridge reopens after three-week closure
    The bridge opened on Sunday at 6pm, following a project to replace the synthetic membrane between the aluminium bridge deck and steel structure underneath.Contractors also used the closure as an opportunity to give the 23-year-old structure a deep clean.The bridge is owned and maintained by 900-year-old charity City Bridge Foundation (previously known as Bridge House Estates).While abseilers worked on the bridge a bundle of straw was displayed - in line with long-standing custom enshrined in Por
  • Southwark Street stabbing: man in life-threatening condition

    Southwark Street stabbing: man in life-threatening condition
    Police were called to Southwark Street at about 2.27am on Sunday 5 November following what the Metropolitan Police described as "reports of a fight involving a number of individuals"."Officers attended and located two males with serious injuries. One suffering with stab wounds and the other suffering with a head injury," said a Met spokeswoman. "They were both taken to hospital for treatment."According to the Met, the stab victim remains in a life-threatening condition. The second male

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