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News published January 2012

Former fast food restaurant manager pleads guilty to six hygiene breaches

Published: 31 January 2012

The former owner and manager of a fast food restaurant in Southwark has pleaded guilty to a series of food safety offences after a cockroach was found in a takeaway Chinese meal ordered for a meeting of company directors

Music signals the opening of Phoenix Primary School

Published: 30 January 2012

Staff and pupils expressed themselves musically, to mark the opening of Phoenix Primary School on Tuesday 10 January.

Southwark stockpiles grit for cold weather

Published: 30 January 2012

Southwark Council has stockpiled a mountain of grit to help keep the borough moving as temperatures tumble across the country.

Ambitions project to help Southwark's most talented young people

Published: 30 January 2012

Pembroke and St Catherine’s Colleges at Cambridge University, University College of London (UCL) and Excellence in Southwark, launched their ‘Ambitions’ project on Tuesday 17 January.

Southwark Council Leader aiming to raise thousands for hospital charity

Published: 27 January 2012

The leader of Southwark Council will be pounding the capital's streets to raise thousands of pounds for charity at the London Marathon, it was announced this week.

First new trees for Burgess Park

Published: 23 January 2012

The first of dozens of new trees have been planted at Burgess Park as part of its ongoing multimillion pound makeover, council chiefs have anounced.

2010/11 Annual Monitoring Report

Published: 20 January 2012

The document reports on whether our planning policies are achieving their objectives and makes sure our planning policies are up to date. The 2010-11 report covers the year April 2010 to March 2011.

Further details on London's biggest low carbon district heating system unveiled

Published: 18 January 2012

Further details of London's biggest low carbon district heating system to provide cheap and clean energy to thousands of homes have been unveiled this week, with no works now scheduled to take place.

High take up of free school meals spells success for Southwark

Published: 17 January 2012

The vast majority of reception and year one pupils in Southwark are benefitting from the council's pioneering free health healthy school meals programme, it was revealed today.

Approach to affordable rent clarified

Published: 16 January 2012

We took a report to the 20 December meeting of our Planning Committee which clarified our affordable housing policies, including how we will deal with the new affordable rent tenure.