Southwark News

Southwark Archdeacon Michael Ipgrave named as new Bishop of Woolwich
The Bishop of Woolwich is one of three area bishops under the leadership of the Bishop of Southwark. The Woolwich episcopal area covers the boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich.

Dickens in Southwark
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens the cathedral is hosting a day of special events. A selection of Charles Dickens' letters first editions and other artefacts from the collection of Lord Harris of Peckham will be on display all day.

Southwark
Feeder school for sixth-form centres/consortia. New institution. Results will be published as N/A (Not Applicable). Statistics based on 10 or fewer candidates are suppressed.

Call for better road crossings for visually impaired in Lambeth
Southwark and Lambeth have some of the highest numbers of road crossing unsafe for the visually impaired in London, research has revealed.

Borough Market blue plaque unveiled by Mayor of Southwark
The new plaque is part of Southwark's scheme which enables residents to vote for the local people and institutions they think deserve recognition. The plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Southwark, Cllr Lorraine Lauder, at a ceremony in the market's Middle Road on Thursday morning.

Next at NBC Sports: The Olympics...And Baseball?
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Maria Sharapova sets sights on London Olympics
Maria Sharapova is making the London Olympics one of her top priorities this year after missing the Beijing Games with an injury.

Olympic sport this week
Jess Ennis set to defend pentathlon title in UK trials, plus cycling's Tour of Qatar and archery's World Indoor Championships

Egypt Football Riots a Reminder that Sport Isn't Life
Football isn't life. No sport is life. Nothing is life except, of course, life . 74 people are dead, and that number may very well go up sooner than later, after the post-match violence that occurred in a football stadium located in Port Said, Egypt.

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate. The rate of decay and dilapidation in just eight years provides a visual clue to the Greek scenario, one as effective as any economist's report or politician's ...