At last night’s council assembly Cllr Bill Williams was named chairman of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Community Council.

Cllr Williams is one of the new Labour councillors elected last month in Rotherhithe ward.

The community council’s next meeting is on Monday 21 July.

Meetings of the community council are for residents of Riverside, Grange, South Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Surrey Docks ward, as well as the northern half of Livesey ward.