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London's authenticity is its superpower and the South Bank shows it at its best

London needs to be clear-eyed about what makes places succeed

Evening Standard

High Court gives green light to former ITV Studios redevelopment on South Bank

Campaigners have said the plan's approval is a ‘devastating decision for the community’

Evening Standard

Court clears way for ‘the Slab’ office block to be built on London’s South Bank

Judge dismisses challenge that argued development failed to provide housing and could damage London landmarks

The Guardian - UK

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‘Almost 23,000 young people’ in England could face homelessness this Christmas

Centrepoint said its snow globe installation on London’s South Bank is intended to be a ‘powerful’ reminder of homeless young people’s struggles.

The Independent UK

Build a 500-metre tower in London as a backdrop to ‘the Slab’ on the South Bank

Letters: Bringing Europe’s tallest building back to London would be an inspiring and visionary project, says Frank DM Wilson, while Francis Bown says ‘the Slab’ will further blight the cityscape

The Guardian - UK

Traitors presenter Alan Cumming's My London: The Rosewood, Duckie & Barbara Windsor

Actor and presenter Alan Cumming heads to South Bank for a first date, would open up Buckingham Palace to homeless people and gets to grips with our glorious capital on foot

Evening Standard

London's best skyscraper and rooftop restaurants for New Year's Eve, from Seabird to Sushisamba

Watch the New Year's Eve fireworks from the comfort of a restaurant table then party afterwards, says Ben McCormack

Evening Standard

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London photographer captures the ‘beauty in every smile’ for cleft charity exhibition

The exhibition on the South Bank will run until October 7

Evening Standard

Lasdun, London SE1: ‘I would not book anywhere else on the South Bank’ – restaurant review

This is careful, modern British cooking with the general vibe of a mother trying to feed you up on a visit home

The Guardian - UK

Londoners without gardens can book a free barbecue on the South Bank this summer

The garden will be open on three dates in June, and guests will be provided with a free Sainsbury’s food hamper

Evening Standard

On my radar: Jordan Gray’s cultural highlights

The comedian on her favourite thing on TV, Alan Partridge’s adventures in podcasting, and getting into the Christmas spirit on London’s South Bank

The Guardian - UK

400 luxury flats to be built in Holbeck in £100million Leeds 'South Bank' development

The development is part of one of the largest inner city regeneration projects in Europe

Leeds Live

'I didn't want to leave' Mourners recall passing the Queen's coffin in Westminster Hall

A constant procession of mourners is filing past the Queen as she lies in state, after they queued for hours with the line stretching along the South Bank.

Daily Mirror

Thousands queue for more than two miles to say their personal goodbyes to the Queen as she lies in state

Britons are expected to pour into London and queue along the South Bank over the next four days

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Pair injured in horrific homophobic attack near London’s South Bank

A man was repeatedly kicked in the head in a homophobic attack that saw his friend also beaten

Evening Standard

Square Mile to transform for open air street festival

The Square Mile will be transformed into an open air festival as part of the city’s bid to become a cultural destination to rival the south bank.

Evening Standard

Ben Ainslie interview: GB sailing legend talks Mo Farah, London 2012 legacy, new race approach and more

Ben Ainslie is sat on the rooftop of London’s Sea Containers building, a rather agricultural name which undersells what is these days a fairly swanky hotel and restaurant on the South Bank of the Thames.

ABC News

Brisbane's South Bank celebrates 30 years since its opening. And Donna Smith has been working there the whole time

At the South Bank Parklands you could ride a boat or visit Gondwana Land when it opened 30 years ago this week.

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Daily Mirror

Inside Corgi Cafe that bakes dog-friendly treats for Queen's favourite breed

The Corgi cafe, exclusively for the Queen’s favourite breed, was staged in London to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee

The Guardian - UK

Fake views of Shot Tower in Constable’s painting of Waterloo Bridge

Letters: Nick Rampley on the anachronistic appearance of a former South Bank landmark in the artist’s 1817 Thames skyline

The Guardian - UK

Let me introduce you to the plan for London’s latest eyesore – the slab

For 15 years outsize developments have been making a mess of the Thames – and this South Bank scheme is among the worst, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Will this brute of a building herald a new assault on London’s skyline?

Developers swoop on areas like the south bank. The onus is on planning officers to reject ugly schemes

Leeds Live

New Leeds city centre offices will give workers 360 degree views of the city

Work on the Vastint UK building is set to start next year as part of the Aire Park development at Leeds' South Bank

The Independent UK

Westminster and Waterloo bridges closed over ‘unattended item’ at South Bank

Waterloo station also evacuated as police investigate

Evening Standard

South Bank’s ‘secret’ Victorian arches restored in £2.5bn hotel and office plan

A “secret” row of mid-Victorian brick railway arches sealed off from the public for more than a 150 years are to be the centrepiece of a new £2.5 billion office, homes, hotel and cultural development on the South Bank.

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