Old Kent Road

'Landmark' gasholder may host wild swimming pond

A wild swimming pond in the gasholder is part of wider regeneration plans from Southwark Council.

A boy has been charged with the murder of Yeray Sanchez-Morales, 17, who was stabbed last month.

Yeray Sanchez-Morales, 17, was stabbed in Old Kent Road on 27 August and died a week later.

It provides the first physical proof sections of the Roman road survive beneath the modern road.

A BBC reporter’s voiceover is hijacked by Pearly King Bill Nicklin who helps explain the tradition.

A man and woman are in custody after a man died from stab wounds in Southwark, police say.