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PArtS oF london’s green belt must be opened up to allow home-building if the capital’s housing crisis is to be solved, politicians were warned at a summit last week.

Experts at the Centre for London think tank argue that while increasing the density of homes in the inner city and suburbs is crucial, the crisis can only be fixed by building on sections of the city’s rural ring.

They were joined by Tory Lord Shaun Bailey, who said “a politician, somewhere, is going to have to be brave about where we build”.

But Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy, Tom Copley, played down the idea, saying the mayor favours a “brownfield first” approach, while acknowledging that Labour have promised if they form the next Government to allow building on “low quality” parts of the green belt.

Established in 1938 to prevent uncontrolled urban sprawl, the capital’s green belt has grown to cover an area three times larger than London itself.

Speaking at the London Housing Summit, researcher Jon Tabbush said the green belt “comes from an era when we had different policies to deal with housing demand”, such as through building New Towns like Stevenage and Harlow.

“We don’t have that any more, so we have this restrictive policy framework, without outlets for growth,” he said.

He added that this is causing a “structural unfairness” for Londoners, who are being

lumped with higher housing costs and are therefore likelier to be living in poverty than in most other English regions.

It is “not plausible”, Mr Tabbush said, to close the yawning gap between the supply and demand of homes by only building more housing within London’s existing boundaries.

While there is still “a role” for the green belt in providing a “more planned approach” for containing growth, he pointed to Denmark as a way of reforming it.

“In Copenhagen, they have what is called the ‘green fingers’ approach. They have a belt, but then they make sustainable, rail-led ‘incursions’ [of housing] outside the belt,” he said.

“That would be a perfectly reasonable way of doing it. If we centred it [new development] on rail [lines], it would end up looking like that anyway, with some gaps in the middle.”

Lord Bailey, a London Assembly member who stood for mayor in 2021, made similar remarks at the summit, saying there was a need to be “realistic” about the supply of land in London.

“When you say ‘green belt’ to the public, they imagine the rolling hills or the Yorkshire Downs or whatever it is,” he said. “Lots of it, particularly round big cities like London, don’t look like that.

“I think, as a group of professionals, we’re going to have to start having that conversation with people. What do you want? Do you want a park, or do you want a house for some of the most vulnerable people in London?”

But Mr Copley, the deputy mayor for housing, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “In London we’re quite clear

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But Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy, Tom Copley, played down the idea, saying the mayor favours a “brownfield first” approach

about being ‘brownfield first’. We absolutely have to prioritise building on brownfield land.”

Pressed on whether that would solve the housing crisis on its own, he said: “Brownfield land is a recyclable resource. We’ve got to be looking at building on vacant brownfield sites, intensifying areas that are already built on, as well as looking at how tall buildings should be.”

On the wider question of liberalising building restrictions in the green belt, the deputy mayor said planning laws were ultimately set by the Government, adding: “It is no secret that the Labour party has been talking about what they are calling the ‘grey belt’.

“Should the Labour party win the next election, we would obviously have to understand what that would mean for London, but this is a national planning policy designation.”

The mayor was criticised by Lord Bailey for the slow rate of progress in London’s latest affordable housing programme, which has a minimum target of starting construction on

23,900 homes by March 2026.

“He has £4bn [of Government funding] for his affordable housing programme between 2021 and 2026,” said Lord Bailey.

“He’s halfway through, and he’s only built [started work on] 1,700 of those homes. He needs to get on that.”

The programme was meant to begin in 2021 – but City Hall said “no homes could start [construction] until the second half of last year” due to Government delays in signing off the funding for the programme, which took until July last year.

They said “delivery is now underway and will ramp up as in previous programmes”, with Mr Copley telling the LDRS he is “very confident” of hitting the target.

According to a survey by Savanta, 62 per cent of Londoners say the capital’s housing market does not work for people like them, compared with 22 per cent who say it does. Some 50 per cent are supportive of the Centre for London’s proposals to build on parts of the green belt, while 19 per cent are opposed.

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Simon Cowell says meeting record producer Pete waterman at his studio in Borough was ‘the most important day of his career.’

This comes just as Pete’s group Stock Aitken Waterman has won a Blue Plaque for the trio’s contributions to British pop music.

Britain’s Got Talent boss Simon Cowell appeared on The Diary of a CEO podcast, hosted by businessman and Dragon’s Den star Steven Bartlett.

On the episode, which aired on Monday 10 June, Cowell talks about how meeting Pete Waterman changed his life.

Steven Bartlett references Cowell’s book ‘I Don’t Mean to be Rude But...’, where he writes: “The day I met Peter Waterman was easily the most important day of my career.”

Cowell, who has only done a handful of podcast interviews before, explains: “It was - because I realised very very quickly that it was unlikely I was going to be able to sign or find singer-songwriters.

“I was going to have to find artists who needed songs written for them. So I needed to find the best pop writers ...in the world.”

He describes hearing a Stock Aitken Waterman record on the radio and thinking it was ‘brilliantly made,’ commenting: “No one had heard of them at this point.”

According to Cowell, who would later become one of the world’s biggest music moguls himself, he met Waterman at the

studio, on Sanctuary Street in Borough, and asked him to produce a track for his talent, Sinitta.

“He said ‘No, I’m too busy’, and I asked doing what?” Cowell continued, “Then he gave me this awful wink and said ‘You’ll see.’

Within six months Stock Aitken and Waterman exploded “out of nowhere.” The trio churned out number one after number one from their studio in Sanctuary Street in Borough, nicknamed ‘The Hit Factory’

and launched the careers of major artists, including Kylie Minogue and Rick Astley.

Following this success, Cowell said he waited in their studio every day ‘making tea’ trying to convince them to work with him until Pete agreed to write the track he wanted.

The 64-year-old said: “I just used to turn up at his studio, literally every single day and make tea, sit in the studios. They were so busy they didn’t really notice me.”

He said this happened for about ‘a year and a half.’

Then one day a few months later, Pete presented Simon with the follow-up - the demo of ‘Toy Boy’ - the 1987 hit that scaled the charts both in the UK and internationally.

Cowell described Pete as ‘the best DJ in the world.’ “He could go to any city in England at one in the morning and he would know instinctively what records to play to the audience.

“He made everything simple.”

In the past, what former Pop Idol Pete has said about Simon Cowell has been equally as complimentary - with him claiming his friend and business partner was ‘the only star’ of The X Factor.

He reportedly still resides on the site of the former studio in Borough.

The Diary of a CEO podcast is on all major streaming platforms and is available to watch on YouTube.

Left: Simon Cowell on The Diary of a CEO podcast; Right: Pete Waterman

By Herbie Russell

o Blood-tyPe donors are “urgently” needed after a ransomware attack struck Southwark hospitals.

The IT attack means hospitals cannot match patients’ blood as easily as usual.

King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’, including subsidiary sites like Evelina Children’s Hospital and Royal Brompton, have been affected.

NHS England confirmed the cyber attack on Tuesday, June 4, after patients received texts cancelling blood tests and transfusions.

Qilin, a Russian group of cyber criminals, is understood to be behind the attack. The ransomware has struck services provided by private pathology firm Synvosis.

Now NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is calling for O positive and O negative blood donors to book appointments in one of the 25 NHS Blood Donor Centres in England. O negative is the type that can be given to anyone which makes it vital in emergencies or when a patient’s blood type is unknown.

Four injured at Country Show ride

By Herbie Russell

An eleven-yeAr-old girl and a man in his 50s who were injured after a ride ‘malfunctioned’ in Brockwell Park have been discharged from hospital.

Two other adults are not believed to be in life-threatening or life-changing conditions.

Police had previously said the pair, both in their 40s, had “life-threatening” or “potentially life-changing injuries”.

The incident happened at Lambeth Country Show at about 6.20pm on Saturday, June 8.

The Met Police and the Health and Safety Executive are investigating what happened.

Additional safety checks were carried out on all rides and attractions at the show, according to Lambeth Council. Rides were closed on Sunday.

Helen Hayes, the Labour parliamentary candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood, posted on X on Saturday evening: “I’m shocked to learn of the failure of a fairground ride at Lambeth country show earlier this evening.

“My thoughts are with those who were injured and all who witnessed this horrific event. Thank you to the emergency services who attended.

There must now be an urgent investigation.”

“Officers have attended the scene on Sunday alongside the Health and Safety Executive as enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances,” a Met Police spokesperson said.

EXCLUSIVE

By Herbie Russell

VolUnteerS UPSet by festivals

“trashing” Brockwell Park have called for a Glastonbury-style break year.

Friends of Brockwell Park say holding four consecutive events on Brixton’s historic green space has created flood risks and affected wildlife.

Peter Bradley, chair of Friends of Brockwell Park, said: “The damage to this park is horrendous. They have covered the park in board and chipping but that is on top of wet muddy ground so when it is lifted after the Lambeth Country Show I think it will look appalling which we think is unconscionable.

“When you hold these events in public parks the damage is significant but that is compounded when it’s trashed in wet weather. At Glastonbury, they regularly rest the ground. I would say rest the park next year.”

Glastonbury, the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. usually takes a break every five years, otherwise known as a ‘fallow year’.

This year, roughly 130,000 revellers descended on Brockwell Park for six days of festivals in just ten days

But City Splash Festival, which occurred alongside heavy rainfall, saw the ground churned up into what locals described as a mud bath.

Mighty Hoopla narrowly escaped cancellation but only after organisers laid additional ground covers and layers of wood chips.

Lambeth Council maintains that holding ticketed events allows it to keep Lambeth Country Show free, which enjoyed its 50th anniversary last weekend.

The Labour council also says events bring a variety of cultural and economic benefits to the area.

Locals also fear that “astonishingly high-volume music” has disrupted

‘trashed

O positive is the most common blood type – 35 per cent of donors have it – and can be given to anybody with any positive blood type.

The National Cyber Security Centre and NHS England’s Cyber Operations are working towards a solution to the attack.

Meanwhile, staff on wards are using paper-based methods and signing blood transfusion bags. Medical students are being drafted in to volunteer for ten or twelve hours as managers try to get on top of the fallout, according to the BBC.

An NHSBT spokesperson said: “We urgently need O Negative and O Positive donors to book appointments to give blood in London. We currently need to prioritise donors who know they are type O but also welcome new donors who don’t yet know their blood type.

“Please book an appointment at one of donor centres which currently have good appointment availability.”

There are more than 6,000 appointments available in London this week and next week.

Go to www.blood.co.uk or call 0300 123 23 23.

local wildlife, including birds during nesting season.

Last month, a row erupted after people discovered Lambeth Council’s plans to destroy or prune 44 trees

Some feared Lambeth Council wasn’t properly checking for birds after staff were reportedly stopped moments before hacking down a tree containing a Great Tit family.

Mr Bradley said: “This is nesting season so the birds and other wildlife have this astonishingly high-volume music during the day and then by night all the lighting that goes with major events.”

He also believes compounding the ground could lead to flood risks, a worry also raised by Giles Gibson, chair of the Herne Hill Forum.

“Brockwell Park is a hilly park so water runs off and settles in hollows,” he explained.

Herne Hill, the neighbourhood around Brockwell Park, is already renowned for its regular flooding.

In 2013, 36 properties flooded after a main burst near Herne Hill station, hurting local businesses’ finances

years later. Lambeth Council was approached for comment.

Damage to the park pictured after City Splash Festival. Photo from @richardwillq

The NHS has made an urgent appeal for O type blood donors

A BrAnd-new 1000-capacity venue is set to open in Brixton, with three open-air bars, an outdoor BBQ and events.

Opening this July, Freight Brixton will be London’s largest open-air rooftop destination.

Situated right next to Brixton train and underground stations, the venue will host a diverse programme of events, from

themed brunches and live jazz nights to night markets and wine tastings.

From Friday 5 July, guests can also expect regular DJ sets, performances from local artists and more. There will also be live football screenings, starting with the upcoming Euro 2024 games.

The company behind it is Freight Islandwhich already runs a successful venue like this one up in Manchester

In terms of food, there will be an open grill and BBQ occupied by different food

traders on a seasonal rotation.

As well as the resident traders, like Rice Paddy (Thai), Breddos Tacos (Mexican) and Darby’s BBQ, the space will be offered as a platform for local food vendors too There will be three ‘unique’ open-air bars.

Freight Brixton opens on Friday 5 July. Follow @freightbrixton on Instagram for the latest updates.

The team are open to local initiatives and invites them to get involved with the space.

By Isabel Ramirez

one oF this year’s love island contestants used to play for dulwich hamlet fC and was born in Greenwich.

The hit reality show, now in its eleventh series, returned to screens on 3rd June on ITV2. It sees a group of singles compete in couples to win a £50,000 prize fund.

Ronnie Vint is on the original lineup of contestants, introducing himself as being from southeast London.

The 27-year-old, who hails from Greenwich, appeared to catch the eyes of more than one girl - suggesting he may be one to watch

After it seems he has spent most of his life so far dedicated to playing football, Vint is now looking for the woman of his dreams.

From 2020-2022 he was on loan for three seasons as a defender for Dulwich Hamlet FC. He also played for Dartford for the first ten years of his football career

Last year he transferred to Lewes FC as a centre-back, but Vint has now hung up his boots for sliders as he is set to spend the summer in a Mallorcan villa.

And it turns out he’s close to a wellknown reality star who has been on the show before

Heatworld revealed he was the best man at ex-Love Islander Olivia Atwood’s wedding when she tied the knot with Sunderland player Bradley Dack, who is also originally from Greenwich and is ‘best friends’ with Vint.

Catch new episodes of Love Island on ITVX or every night (except Saturdays) at 9pm on ITV2.

By Isabel Ramirez

Applications are now open for people over the age of 70 who are reasonably active and mobile and able to live independently but in need of companionship, support and healthy home-cooked food in a friendly community.

• Independent living within a secure setting

• Six comfortable 2-room flats and one studio flat, all with en-suite facilities

• Affordable, all-inclusive fees

• Pleasant communal dining area with large well-tended garden

• Optional programme of activities and events

• Strong links to the local community

Hungerford Bridge. Credit: Wally Gobetz (Creative Commons)

poliCe Shooting of mentally ill knife-wielding man waS ‘lawful’ watChdog SayS

By Herbie Russell

PoliCe hAve been cleared of wrongdoing after a knife-wielding man was shot dead outside Scotland yard in 2020.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found that the officer who fired the fatal bullet ‘feared for his life’ when Hassan Yahya ran toward him.

Officers initially attempted non-lethal means of restraint and Mr Yahya was ‘lawfully killed’, investigators found.

At 11.20pm on March 8, 2020, two Ministry of Defence Police (MODP) officers were conducting mobile patrols in a marked police vehicle.

They spotted Mr Yahya while driving along Upper Ground. Believing he might be lost, they left the vehicle to speak to him.

Mr Yahya, who police later discovered suffered from mental health problems, produced two knives, the IOPC said.

Both officers discharged their Tasers but they were ineffective. One officer then activated their emergency button, alerting Met Police and City of London Police (CoLP) officers.

Mr Yahya ran away over Hungerford Bridge and onto Northumberland Avenue where he encountered Met officers.

An officer discharged their Taser but, like the previous two, it was also ineffective, according to an expert’s report.

Mr Yahya then ran onto Great Scotland Yard in Westminster. CCTV footage showed Mr Yahya stepping towards officers, holding a knife, when he was

By Isabel Ramirez

trAnSPort For london (tfl) is offering free and unlimited rides on Santander e-bikes every Sunday in June.

Londoners can simply use a code to get a free 30-minute ride, in a bid to get more people cycling.

The offer comes to celebrate the launch of TfL Cycle Sundays - a new programme of leisurely cycle routes that aims to encourage Londoners who are new to cycling to explore the capital by cycling on Sundays.

More than 1,400 e-bikes will be added to the fleet later this summer, increasing the number from 600 to 2,000.

The TfL Cycle Sundays offer can be claimed by downloading the Santander Cycles app or heading to a docking station terminal, choosing a Day Pass, and using the code CYCLESUNDAYS.

Santander e-bikes will be available to app users for an additional £1 per half-hour journey. Hires longer than 30 minutes incur an extra £1.65 for each additional 30 minutes for pedal bikes, and £3.30 for e-bikes.

t fl iS offering free Santander e-bike rideS eVery Sunday in

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then fatally shot, the IOPC said.

He was placed in handcuffs and given emergency first aid by the officers.

Sadly, Mr Yahya was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.16am. Two knives were recovered from the scene.

The IOPC regional director, Charmaine Arbouin, said fatal police shootings are “fortunately rare”, adding that shooting Mr Yahya was “reasonable in the circumstances”.

She said: “Our thoughts remain with the family and loved ones of Hassan Yahya and everyone affected by his death.

“Fatal police shootings are fortunately rare and lethal force must only be used when absolutely necessary. When such incidents happen, it’s vital that the circumstances surrounding the shooting are thoroughly and independently examined.

“During the course of the officers’ interactions with Mr Yahya, they made numerous attempts to apprehend him using non-lethal force – including multiple discharges of Taser over a five-minute period, which proved ineffective.

“The officer who shot Mr Yahya said he feared for his life as Mr Yahya moved toward him while holding two knives. Our investigation reviewed all available CCTV footage which showed Mr Yahya stepping towards officers, holding a knife, when he was fatally shot.

“Based on the available evidence, we found that the decision to shoot Mr Yahya was reasonable in the circumstances, due to the threat the officer perceived to his life.”

A full list of routes can be found on the TfL Cycle Sundays website, which also offers cycling discounts, links to cycling organisations and their events and access to our free online Cycle Skills course for new cyclists or anyone who needs a

Council issues over £1.1m in bus lane fines

By Isabel Ramirez

SouthwArk CounCil has issued a staggering 17,160 bus lane �ines to motorists in the last 12 months, raking in more than £1.1million

The council has doled out some of the highest numbers of fines out of all London Boroughs to drivers who illegally enter bus lanes.

There are a whopping 24 bus lanes in the area, with the majority of fines (2,557) being handed out on Lower Road near the junction with Culling Road.

Figures obtained in an FOI by Personal Injury Claims UK revealed the number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued by

Southwark Council amounts to at least £1,115,400 - providing drivers pay the minimum amount of £65.

The standard bus lane in the borough is £130, but it is halved if the charge is paid within 14 days

Southwark Council revealed that between April 6 2023 and April 5 2024, 6,519 drivers failed to pay within the allotted time - therefore, likely paid the hiked £130 fine. If that is the case, then the council would have collected £1,539,135 during that period.

This list was collated by Personal Injury Claims UK.

Lambeth issued the highest number of fines last year at 38,491, followed by Greenwich at 24,887.

WHERE ARE ALL THE BUS LANES IN SOUTHWARK?

Here is the list to watch out for, along with the number of PCNs issued within the last year: Bush Road (Northbound) Towards Rotherhithe New Road - 1,254

Camberwell Road Junction Bethwin Road (Northbound)

person per day on Sundays in June.

ViC torian SChool

faC e S ruin amid £1.5m repair bill

By Herbie Russell

A ViCtori A n school building

described as a ‘building of romance and fantasy’ risks ruin without vital repairs worth £1.5 million.

The grand old Kennington Boys’ School, overlooking Myatt’s Field Park in Brixton, is famous for its ‘splendid architecture’ and being a major hospital during WWI.

The Victorian Society has named it among the ten most endangered buildings after Lambeth Council suggested it could not afford the £1.5 million fixes.

The council has said it will search for other ways of funding the pricey renovation.

James Hughes, director of the Victorian Society, said: “London has a rich heritage of Victorian and Edwardian schools, and this example by the prolific T. J. Bailey is especially splendid.

“Aptly described as a building of ‘romance and fantasy’, its sweeping spirelets, towers, dormers and Dutch gables combine to entertaining, kaleidoscopic effect.

“This is a building of enormous historic and architectural significance, and is a landmark in the Minet conservation area in a pleasant and desirable part of London, within striking distance of the centre of town.

“It is one, too, of enormous potential for reuse, which the local authority must make an absolute priority.”

During WWI, the 127-year-old building served as the 1st London General Hospital alongside the adjacent St Gabriel’s teacher training college

Acclaimed writer Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth, was a nurse there.

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ride m ar C h i S June 22 and there i S plenty more to en J oy

By Herbie Russell

SouthwA rk’S lGBtQ+ will stage speeches, drag shows and performances following a march in celebration of Pride month.

Southwark’s Pride March will go from the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre, on Hopton Street, to Borough Yards, Stoney Street on Saturday, June 2022. People are invited to meet at 12pm,

The author’s brother, who was injured in the Battle of the Somme, was among the thousands of soldiers treated on the site.

After the war, the building was renamed the Kennington Boys’ School and later, the Charles Edward Brooke Girls’ School.

In 2012, the building became vacant after the girls’ school was relocated to nearby premises.

The building has been on the Historic England at Risk Register since 2016, when its condition was recorded as poor.

Its condition has deteriorated to “Very Bad”, according to the 2023 Historic England Heritage at Risk Register.

A survey commissioned by Lambeth council, in March 2016, found water ingress had caused significant internal damage.

Remedial work was reportedly set for 2023 but no action has been taken.

A Lambeth Council spokesman said:

“The building was handed to the council three years ago in a very poor condition, and in need of very extensive restoration work.

“The council initially looked at a temporary fix, including mending the roof, but even just this would have cost £1.5million.

“Considering the cost of this work and pressures on our budget we are now looking at the feasibility of securing funding for the much needed renovation, and will consult with the local community before any decisions about its future use are taken.”

A petition has been launched appealing to the council to repair the building and put it to new use: https://www.change.org/

bringing their placards and banners, with the one-hour march scheduled to begin at 1pm.

Throughout Pride Month, a variety of LGBTQ+ centred events will be held across Southwark, including: Pre-Pride Placard-Making Workshop: Saturday, June 15, at the LGBTQ+ Community Centre.

Official Pride in Southwark AfterParty: Saturday, June 22, at The Rising SE1, a new queer-focused

pub in Elephant and Castle, and our proud sponsor.

Various LGBTQ+ and Pride-Themed Events: Hosted at local community spaces, cultural institutions, and venues.

Southwark Pride is a communitydriven event celebrating the diverse LGBTQ+ community in Southwark. Organised by volunteers, it aims to foster inclusivity, visibility, and pride within the local community.

By Herbie Russell

A 99-ye A r-old woman has returned to the walworth primary school she attended as a child in the 1920s.

Olive Bailey, who now lives in Kent, was a student at English Martyrs RC

Primary School, back when it was known as Flint Street School.

Accompanied by her daughter Su and other family members, she spent the afternoon touring the school, on Monday, May 20. Students and teachers got to meet Olive, who shared memories of school life, uniform and the local area, during an assembly. Pupils and staff then presented her with cards and flowers before singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Olive.

A school spokesperson said: “We all look forward to seeing her again next year for an even bigger welcome on her 100th birthday!”

Council Leader Kieron Williams (far right) and Leader of the Opposition Victor Chamberlain (centre)

The building has been on the Historic England at Risk Register since 2016.

Credit: Connor McNeill

Olive Bailey, who now lives in Kent, was a student at English Martyrs RC Primary School, back when it was known as Flint Street School.

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Smuggler worked with Corrupt border forCe worker

By Herbie Russell

A BriXton woman has been jailed for seven years after smuggling 15kg of MdMA into the uk with help from a corrupt Border Force worker.

Caprice Thompson, 46, stuffed £400,000 worth of drugs into a rental car, having arrived on a ferry from France.

She collaborated with Border Force worker Kevin Smith, 38, who was jailed for two years.

Two other members of the crime group, ringleader David Johnson, 51, and Sinan Baki, 49 both from Clapham, were jailed for twelve and eight years respectively.

While working as a prison officer, Smith struck up a relationship with Johnson who was doing time for drug importation.

Kingston Crown Court heard how officers established that Smith was working with the criminal network. His job made him responsible for searching vehicles and checking passports.

Detectives started observing the routes taken by gang members, including Thompson, who was picking up MDMA

batches from France.

On August 26, 2023, Smith allowed her to pass through a Border Force booth at Portsmouth port.

Police intercepted Thompson on her way back to London and found her car packed with drugs

Officers arrested Baki and Johnson on the same night where further significant quantities of drugs were found hidden in their addresses and vehicle.

NCA officers also recovered a mobile phone which Smith had used to exchange encrypted messages with Johnson

Johnson pleaded guilty to importing class A drugs, and Baki admitted possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.

Smith admitted a charge of misconduct in a public office. He was cleared of drug smuggling charges during a trial at Kingston Crown Court that also saw Thompson convicted of the same offence on April 4, 2024.

On Friday, June 7, a judge at the same court sentenced Smith to two years in prison.

Ringleader Johnson was given a twelveyear jail term, Baki got eight years, and

smuggler Thompson was handed a sevenyear sentence.

Dave Rock from the NCA’s AntiCorruption Unit said: “Fortunately this type of corruption is relatively rare but it does present a real threat to the security of the public, which is why we treat it as a priority.

“People like Kevin Smith are invaluable to organised crime groups, as they can use their access and knowledge to aid their criminal endeavours.

“This operation demonstrated the excellent co-operation between the NCA, Met Police and Border Force who worked together to stop this gang in their tracks and prevent class A drugs reaching the streets.”

Festival where you ‘taste as many wines as you like’

By Isabel Ramirez

A FeStiVAl in south london, where you can ‘taste as many wines as you like’ in two hours, will take place this summer.

Following a successful event last year, the South London Wine Fair will return to Crystal Palace Park on August 31.

The event brings together 20 exhibitors including winemakers and importers, who will showcase more than 100 wines on the Crystal Palace Park Bowl ‘laptop’ stage.

A ticket allows you to taste as many wines as you like - in an allotted time of just under two hours. It also offers 50 per cent off your first drink at the all-day popup bar, which includes wines, draft beers and cocktails.

In the morning, there will be a free entry session for local drinks or food trade

running 10am-12pm. Anyone interested should email southlondonwinefair@ gmail.com the Fair with your place of work and job title to request access. There will also be street food from the likes of fried chicken stall Chuckling Wings, as well as Greek gyros and souvlaki makers Smashing Plates.

Wine Fair is presented by Crystal Palace Wine Club, a new south London wine brand looking to remove the pretentiousness from enjoying good wine - their slogan is wine without the bullsh*t. As well as operating their popular wine bar on Anerley Hill where they hold weekly tastings, they also run an events business, an online store, and a wholesale distribution company.

Tickets are now on sale at £40 for the Fair, with an allotted time of 1 hour 50 minutes. The event runs from 12pm8pm. Please check the time on your ticket.

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Caprice Thompson (left) Kevin Smith (centre) and illicit drugs seized by police.

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By Herbie Russell

A mAn has been arrested after another man was stabbed in rotherhithe.

Police were called to Neptune Street at 11.59am yesterday (Wednesday, June 5) following reports of a stabbing.

Officers found a male suffering from stab injuries. His condition is neither life-threatening nor life-changing.

Another man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm.

Paramedics treated two patients at the scene and took one to hospital.

EXCLUSIVE

By Herbie Russell

A StUnninG Camberwell house with twelve bedrooms and a spiral staircase is on sale for £4.25 million Built around 1871, Brunswick House sits in a secluded plot overlooking picturesque Myatt’s Field Park.

The Victorian property features an outdoor heated swimming pool, six bathrooms, and an annex converted from an old horse and coach house.

Actor William Chubb, who has starred in National Theatre Live productions, bought the house 25 years ago with his late wife.

The detached home is within the Minet Conservation Area, a distinct architectural neighbourhood kick-started by a French

Huguenot-descended family in the 1800s.

An advert for the property says: ‘The ground floor is the real hub of the house, being of grand proportions, filled with space and light courtesy of superb ceiling height and large windows.

‘However, it is at once homely, relaxing and well lived in, with the beautiful kitchen providing dreamy views towards the park.’

There is also a ‘peaceful study room’ overlooking an ‘exceptionally large garden’, and French doors leading onto a ‘huge terrace’.

Mr Chubb, also known for starring in the Vampire Academy series, purchased the property with his late wife Cassandra Jardine, a Telegraph features writer, in 1998. In an article written for the same paper in 2023, her daughter Christabel wrote of the ‘heartbreak’ of selling their

‘happy family home’. The Land Registry lists Mr Chubb as the current owner.

Rumours have swirled that a former Oasis band manager has expressed interest in the property although this has not been confirmed.

The Minet Conservation area has its roots in the Minet family. Descended from French Huguenots, they settled in Camberwell in the late 18th century.

Hughes Minet bought 118 acres in Camberwell from the Tory politician Sir Edward Knatchbull in 1770, using a family fortune made trade and shipping.

The low, flat terrain of Myatt’s Field struggled to attract prosperous house buyers throughout the first half of the 19th century. But when railways were built into Camberwell in the 1860s, it stimulated a demand for housing.

Statues and engravings of kittens adorn many of the houses in the area - a reference to the French translation of ‘Minet’, meaning kitten.

By 1871, under James Lewis Minet, houses on Paulet Road, Knatchbull Road, and the connecting streets were being built.

Man charged with Deptford murder

By Herbie Russell

A mAn has been charged with murder after another man was fatally stabbed in deptford.

Local man Robert Robinson, 21, died after suffering multiple stab injuries on Carteret Way on Thursday, June 6.

Dalziell Wedderburn, 44, also from Deptford, was charged with murder on Sunday, June 9. A second man, aged 50, was also arrested on suspicion of murder and bailed to a date in early September.

Police rushed to the scene at 10.35pm on Thursday after reports of a stabbing

They attended alongside paramedics but, despite their best efforts, Robert tragically died at the scene.

Police have said the local community could “hold the key to solving” the crime

Detective Inspector Neil Tovey said: “A young man has died in brutal

circumstances and his family are grieving. We need to piece together the events which led to the attack on Robert. The incident took place on a residential street, Carteret Way, at a time when many people are likely to have been at home.

“I believe the local community hold the key to solving this crime, and any information, it doesn’t matter how small, may assist us in obtaining justice for Robert’s family. If you captured any footage of the attack or the precursor events, we have opened an online portal where you can upload videos or imagesand this can be completed anonymously if you wish.”

Call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD8733/6June. Footage and images can be uploaded, anonymously if you wish, to: mipp. police.uk/operation/01MPS24W58-PO1\ You can also provide information Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

London Ambulance Service deployed an air ambulance which landed by the Southwark Park bandstand

An incident response officer, and members of the tactical response unit also rushed to the scene.

The first paramedic arrived on the scene in under six minutes.

Police enquiries are ongoing.

By Herbie Russell

ViCtimS were spat on and assaulted in a homophobic attack on a tube from Brixton station, police say.

Detectives are appealing for victims and witnesses following the incident on Saturday, June 1.

Officers were called to the scene at around 9.55pm following reports of a man shouting homophobic abuse at passengers on board a train.

Police intercepted the service at Victoria and arrested a man. He was later further arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and criminal damage.

A British Transport Police spokesperson said: “Officers are appealing for victims and witnesses to an assault on board a Victoria line underground service between Brixton and Victoria.

“At around 9.55pm on Saturday 1 June, officers were called to a report of a man shouting homophobic abuse at passengers on board the tube. The man then assaulted a man and spat at another. This incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

“The service was met at Victoria and a man was arrested in connection. He was also further arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and criminal damage.

“If you witnessed the incident, or it happened to you, please contact British Transport Police. Your report will be taken seriously.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 with the reference 859 of 01/06/24 Alternatively, people can contact Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555 111.

Police received reports of a stabbing on Carteret Way, Deptford. Google Image

House sits in a secluded patch next to Myatt’s Field Park.

Postcard of Myatt’s Fields Park, London General view of path in park Nigel Temple (Image date range 1900-1907) Image Historic England

14 NEWS

By Joe Coughlan

Local Democracy Reporter

BeXley loCAlS have thrown their support behind potential plans to extend the dlr to Belvedere, with one resident claiming they currently have to pay for taxis into Central london.

Belvedere sits in Bexley borough, with trains taking just under 40 minutes to reach central stations such as Cannon Street or Bank.

However, the Mayor of London suggested last month that the area could potentially benefit from DLR services in future.

The news came after Conservative London Assembly Member Thomas Turrell asked during Mayor’s Question Time on May 23 for a meeting between the Mayor and Bexley Council to be held to discuss the extension.

The Mayor said: “I’m more than happy to arrange for the deputy mayor to meet with you and the leader of the council as well. You’ll be aware of the difference it could make to your community. I’m also well aware of the paucity of TfL services currently to your borough. So I’m really keen to do whatever we can to assist.”

The news follows a public consultation from earlier this year on a project to extend the DLR network from Gallions Reach to Thamesmead via Beckton Riverside.

Greg Pisente, 56, thinks the DLR extension would improve the Belvedere area as he finds the current train service unreliable. He said he sometimes has to pay for a taxi into Central London to be able to visit family members due to trains being cancelled or not running late enough on weekends.

Mr Pisente told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “It’s not nice because if you don’t have a car you have to pay for a taxi to go to London and after they stop the trains, when you’re coming back, you pay for a taxi again. The transport is OK but the problem is the weekends. I don’t know why they put the ticket prices up. It’s something that people are upset about because we’re stuck here all the time.”

He added: “That’s a problem because I work here but I have my family in [Central] London. When you come on a Sunday the trains could be shut. Sometimes I don’t go to visit my family because you need to pay for a taxi.”

Train services for Belvedere station are operated by Southeastern Railway. A spokesperson told the LDRS that the company operated more than 1,700 trains a day and its punctuality was among the best in the country, with less than one per cent of weekend services at Belvedere being cancelled this year.

They added: “Our June timetable has improved the spacing of trains to reduce the time between services – and from December there will be direct services linking Belvedere with stations including Bexley and Sidcup.”

Doug Osborne, 58, has lived in Belvedere for over 25 years. He said he works near Stratford and currently cycles back using the Woolwich Foot Tunnel, but the DLR would help his commute home as well as allowing locals to make use of the Westfield Shopping Centre.

He told the LDRS: “If they had the DLR here, it would help serve Thamesmead most likely, which is underserved [by transport]. There is a big population there and it’s mainly just buses.”

He added: “I think it would be more for people to travel out because there’s nothing really here for people to come

how likely iS an extenSion of dlr to belVedere?

Bexley locals throw their support behind the potential plans

to… There’s a bit of a village mentality around here, but it’s a progression.”

Transport for London has previously claimed that up to 30,000 new homes could be provided across Newham and Greenwich through the Thamesmead DLR extension, along with 10,000 more jobs.

Bexley Council documents from April stated that the authority asked TfL to ensure the currently planned project is designed in such a way as to allow future possible extensions.

Nina, who did not wish to give her surname, said she felt the DLR extension could improve Belvedere in a similar way that the Elizabeth line did for Abbey Wood. She said some residents are blocked from using the Elizabeth line due to needing a connecting bus or train service to use it.

Regarding this she said: “You’ve got

© Sharon Telfer

the Elizabeth line, but you still have to get from Belvedere over to Abbey Wood to actually use that service, so if [the DLR] came over this way it means there’s no changing.” She added: “You can get straight into Canning Town or even Canary Wharf a lot quicker so I think it would be beneficial.”

The resident said she often notices a huge number of people getting off the train before Belvedere at Abbey Wood station to use the Elizabeth line. She said she felt the attractive new transport link could help draw more attention to local businesses in the area.

Esther Olownfeni, 38, has lived in the area for just under a year. She cited convenience as a main draw to the new plans, such as by providing an extra link to Lewisham for commuters.

She added: “When I want to get my native food I prefer to go to Lewisham

so coming back home is going to be very easy. Currently I’m sitting on the bus for a very long time, so you get tired.”

She added: “It’s going to be a benefit to this area and everyone in it. If you ask people, I believe that they are going to say they want it.”

Matthew Norwell, Bexley Council’s director of place, told the LDRS that the council was delighted that the Mayor of London agreed on the importance of the Belvedere extension, which has been targeted as an area of development

He added that Bexley borough was poorly served by public transport and more routes were needed to provide greater connectivity, as well as job and leisure opportunities, to residents.

He added: “The borough’s transport strategy for growth is based on the principle of public transport-orientated

development, where new growth is focused in the most well-connected areas. Being relatively poorly served by public transport means opportunities for growth are modest. Projects such as DLR to Belvedere are key to unlocking the borough’s potential for growth, enhancing travel options, increasing land values and improving development viability.”

A Mayor of London spokesperson told the LDRS: “A further DLR extension to Belvedere has been considered and would bring additional benefits in terms of housing, jobs and connectivity. Given funding constraints, the extension to Thamesmead must be delivered first, and this is our current focus.”

They added: “However, it will be designed in such a way as to provide opportunity for a further extension in the future.”

Doug Osborne, 58, said South East London was currently 'underserved' by transport

© Joe Coughlan

Esther Olownfeni, 38, said the DLR would make getting to and from Lewisham much easier.

Belvedere train station is run by Southeastern Railway. Belvedere is based in Bexley borough.

‘moSt eye-opening experienCe of my life’

By Herbie Russell

unSuSPeCtinG ByStAnderS

gawp as roughly one thousand naked bike riders pedal through Southwark’s streets last Satuday.

This yearly event may seem strange to some, but these wild wheelers insist bearing all can have amazing benefits.

Among them is Keon, a social psychologist and professor living in south London. Ten years ago, wanting to mark turning 30 by trying something new, he did his first bike ride. “I thought it would be a silly thing but it was one of the most eye-opening experiences of my life,” he says.

The 40-year-old’s interest in nakedness is both personal and professional. The academic has published numerous papers on the benefits of nudity with titles ranging from ‘I feel better naked’ and ‘Naked and unashamed’, all published in peerreviewed journals.

Keon’s research has found a variety of benefits are associated with nakedness.

“I’d bumped into the naturists and they said this thing has wonderful effects like an increase in body positivity but there was no research to back it up,” Keon says. “They were 100 per cent right!”

He says there are some instances where riders get hassled. Women, he says, can sometimes get unwanted attention. “Portly, middle-aged men”, on the other hand, are usually okay. But for the most part, he says the public’s

reaction is positive. “People cheer and take photographs but not in a weird way. It’s just a big celebration!” Police, prewarned of the event each year, never intervene.

Sophie V is the organiser behind the route starting in Deptford. A life model who has lived in an “arty commune”, she was already comfortable with nudity but wanted to open up the event to more people.

She said: “When you see the ride go past it is a male-dominated protest and I was very keen to try to contribute to an atmosphere that celebrated the inclusion of non-men so women, genderfluid people, non-binary people.”

There are some practical concerns. Some riders may want to bring sunblock and not having pockets can cause problems when it comes to keys and phones. “Put your money in your socks and, if you’re very clever you can put your phone in between your head a head and a hat,” Keon advises.

Keon says there is a “growing body of evidence” that naturism has a variety of health benefits. One online study, led by Keon, found that those who spent time naked or partially naked around others, also liked their own bodies more, thought better of themselves, and were more satisfied with their lives overall.

People might say that people who get their kit off are more likely to be confident already. But Keon says lots of research that even nakedness among first timers has similar positive benefits.

Why naked people are cycling through south London

By Isabel Ramirez

london’S iConiC bridges now have their own poet after �illing a ‘one of its kind’ job vacancy.

Cecilia Knapp, has been appointed poet-in-residence for Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge.

The role, offered by the City Bridge Foundation, owner of the five Thames crossings, will earn her £10,000 for sixteen days’ work, according to the job advert.

The 31-year-old, who had her

first collection of poems, Peach Pig, published two years ago, was selected from over 170 applicants.

The former Young Person’s Laureate for London said: “It’s really exciting and creatively fulfilling to be able to take on a completely new role and to work with the foundation to design what the job is and what it can do for London.

“It’s inspiring to see how many amazing initiatives the charity funds across the capital and I’m looking forward to using poetry to connect with and celebrate those communities.”

She will hold the position for one year, supported by the foundation and

Sophie V says: ‘Look we all have bodies and isn’t that fi ne?

He added: “The bodies we see, often on social media, are buffed and scrubbed and gorgeous. We just don’t look like that. Your idea of how you look compared to the average person is skewed.”

The riders often gather for post-cycle events. This year, there will be a naked cabaret but in years gone by, everyone has piled into the pub. Keon said: “The pub didn’t close for naked bike ride people and then a naked person would

Thames bridges appoint their own poet

its partner The Poetry Society – the leading voice for UK poetry.

Giles Shilson, City Bridge Foundation chairman, said: “A bridge is a poetic concept – the idea of connecting people – and poetry is a great connector, so using poetry to talk about bridges, and the people that use them, feels like a natural fit.”

“Apart from the power of her poetry and her years of experience, what greatly impressed us was Cecilia’s strong vision for the role and how her poetry could reflect our work in bridging London and connecting communities.”

sidle up beside everyone else at the bar.

“It showed how arbitrary the ideas around nakedness are. There’s an idea that naked people would be harassed in some way but people just continued having a drink! Nothing of interest happened!”

Sophie said: “For me, it’s about celebrating the body, celebrating bodily freedom and advocating for body

positivity… look we all have bodies and isn’t that fine?”

The WNBR last Saturday, June 8, was a global protest movement holding rides in cities worldwide.

It raises awareness of issues such as the safety of cyclists on the road, reducing oil dependence, and saving the planet.

Their of�icial website is wnbrlondon.uk

Hackney-based Cecilia Knapp emerged from a fi eld of over 170 applicants.

© Keon

© City Bridge Foundation

Keon’s research has found a variety of benefi ts are associated with nakedness.

Sophie V (right) with fellow naked bike riders at London’s World Naked Bike Ride

© Sophie

Nudists cycle through London for World Naked Bike Ride every year.

16 NEWS

By Harrison Galliven

Local Democracy Reporter

r eSidentS of norbury are desperate to stop the proposed closure of their natwest branch.

The possible closure would leave the area without a single bank. The bank is relied upon by the area’s large elderly population, as well as charities and small business owners.

The community opposition to the closure attracted the support of Labour’s Croydon North candidate Steve Reed, who subsequently set up a petition that attracted 471 signatories.

Residents across the area believe this potential closure demonstrates a ‘decline’ of high streets in general and across the borough.

At an event organised by Steve Reed, residents explained why they decided to show their opposition to the proposed closure. One such resident was Shirley, who has lived only a few hundred metres from the bank since 1994.

Shirely said: “When I first moved to Norbury I think there were seven banks and they have just slowly been evaporating and our high street has died along with it. It’s a real pity.

“There are still shops but you don’t get that healthy variety and community feeling, so people are going elsewhere. Banks are important for the community, you bump into people at the bank.”

NatWest is the last remaining bank branch on the high street, with Lloyds and Barclays pulling out their branches from Norbury last year. For this reason, it has been relied on by many in the local area, not just for financial management but for simple cash access.

Many of the closest remaining branches are either in Streatham, Croydon or Tooting. While bus services serve these routes, many people who cannot either afford or make long journeys have said they will be ‘punished’ if the bank is to close.

Labour councillor Matt Griffiths, who represents the Norbury and Pollards Hill ward, said: “These banks think we can take away the bank there, what does it matter when Streatham is up the road?

"Yes, Streatham is up the road but for a lot of people that is inconvenient or even impossible if you’re someone who has a mobility impairment.

“What we also see is places like the old Barclays have planning applications going for slot machine places, so people are seeing their access to places that will look after their money replaced by places that want to take it.

“It really distils that sense of a steady decline of the high street. There are many reasons why we want NatWest to keep it open, it almost becomes a moral responsibility really.”

Cash access on Norbury High Street, or a lack thereof, was a particular concern for people at the demonstration last Friday (May 31). The closure of the bank would mean the high street would have no indoor cash machines, which many locals see as a pressing security concern

Resident Damian said: “I know we are moving towards a cashless society but I always end up needing cash, and this is where I get my cash.”

“If this was closed I would have to walk all the way to the other end of the road to the one remaining cash point on the high street, and I can’t imagine what the queues would be like outside of that.”

Shirley shared these concerns and added that her fear of the anti-social behaviour that often centres around high street cash machines.

She said: “At some, there’s people hanging around, and you can only assume

norbury reSident S fear bank

loSS would lead to 'further deCline' of their high Street

people are up to no good. It’s just a matter of personal security and I never use the cash machine at night any more.”

The bank is also used by several voluntary organisations that operate in the area. The Cassandra Centre, a domestic violence charity, has accounts with NatWest as it is the last remaining bank near its base.

As a charity, they have suffered from previous closures. They used to operate some of their services out of the old Lloyd’s bank premises before it closed down in recent years, and they have since not been able to find a permanent home.

Many residents mentioned that Norbury often feels ‘left behind’ and ‘forgotten’, and said this latest incident was a symptom of that. Geographically, it sits in the far north of Croydon and is passed while en route to its larger neighbour Streatham

This was a view shared by Steve Reed, who held a talk outside the branch to a crowd of Labour activists and residents. Reed, who has served as the MP for Croydon North since a by-election in 2012, was also previously the head of

Lambeth Council.

When asked about why Norbury residents feel like the high street is dying, Mr Reed said: “It’s very interesting as it’s all on the same road, from Streatham to Croydon, and not that long ago this was the most prosperous part and Streatham wasn’t.

“We put a lot of investment into Streatham, negotiated with Tesco to build the superstore they also built the leisure centre as part of that. That all attracted more money and regenerated it.

“If Croydon Council were doing the same kind of things we were doing in Streatham, there’s no reason that Norbury couldn’t be thriving like Streatham is thriving.

“The council is not good enough, they don’t think about regenerating the district centres. People just need to look at the wasteland that is the town centre in Croydon, that isn’t the same in the neighbouring borough.”

Councillor Leila Ben-Hassel, who represents the Norbury and Pollards Hill ward alongside Griffiths, believes the Tory-run Council could take more

responsibility for the regeneration of the high street, but admitted change was needed at the national level.

“The council has got powers with its local plans, but planning is too much down to national legislation. We need more powers to be given to local authorities, so they can then be able to shape their high streets and environment and have their say.”

She added: “This is very personal to me because my mum has Alzheimer’s. It takes her ages to get ready and the branch closes at three so we’re never able to get her there.

“Instead we have to phone, but she gets so confused on the phone so I have to answer questions. Then we get referred to fraud because we have answered the questions too many times and my mum has answered the questions too badly.”

NatWest announced that closure could happen as early as July 23. In his letter to NatWest, Mr Reed wrote:

“While I appreciate the trend in banking for some has been toward online, I am highly concerned about residents and

businesses who are unable to do this, particularly the many local businesses on London Road who depend on in-person banking to operate.”

Anthony Boutall, his Conservative competitor for the seat, has also launched his own campaign in the run-up to the campaign. In anticipation of the closure, he is supporting the growth of banking hubs in Croydon.

He said: “In Croydon South with Conservative representation, a new banking hub is arriving soon. It is being set up by an exciting new organisation called Cash Access UK, with the active support of their local Conservative representative, Chris Philp.

“I am already in contact with this exciting organisation, and I am asking for residents’ votes so I have a mandate as their local MP to introduce a new banking hub to our area. With Labour representation locally, high street banks have been closing for months and they’ve done nothing about it – except set up petitions to collect data in the run-up to an election.”

Norbury's Nat West branch is the last remaining bank in the high street.

Shirley (centre) feels banks are important for the community.

Steve Reed is standing to be re-elected as the MP for Croydon North.

By Joe Coughlan

Local Democracy Reporter

fundraiSer to Challenge planS to build Carbon Capture plantS

South eASt london locals have started a campaign against plans to build a pair of carbon capture plants on a nearby nature reserve.

The residents have started a fundraiser to challenge the plans, which they claim would affect Crossness Nature Reserve.

The project, led by the Cory Group, would see two carbon capture plants being built on the Bexley site to offset the carbon dioxide from two nearby waste processing facilities that the group run in the area.

Planning documents for the project claimed that the new plants could capture 1.3 million tonnes of carbon waste a year, with the waste processing facilities processing 1.5 million tonnes of nonrecyclable waste themselves

Laurence Pinturault, 62, started the fundraiser alongside the Save Crossness Nature Reserve campaign group and said the money raised would be spent on legal aid from Southwark Law Centre and to attract expert witnesses while making a

representation. She said the site is known amongst locals for hosting a large variety of wildlife including the rare shrill carder bee and water voles, as well as breeding skylarks and barn owls.

She said: “This is one of the last remnants of grazing marsh in South East London. The grazing paddocks, which Cory is proposing to make a compulsory purchase order on is a piece of land that has never been built on.”

She added: “We are very angry because there are alternative sites. We are talking about a massive, industrial development on a nature reserve, and Cory could develop on the Belvedere Industrial Estate, which is just next door.”

A petition against the scheme has also attracted 2,790 signatures from residents.

Ms Pinturault said people would like Cory to consider building the plants in the neighbouring industrial estate where businesses could be moved to areas with vacant sites such as Crayford.

She added that people were worried about the local Traveller community, which uses the site to graze their horses, and feared they would be pushed out by

the new development. Planning documents on the project from the Cory Group claimed the scheme would result in the area of Crossness Nature Reserve being increased by six hectares of green space.

A spokesperson for the group said that all issues raised by the Save the Crossness Nature Reserve project would be responded to fully while the project was being examined by the Planning Inspectorate.

The spokesperson said: “Because of the significance of this project, and the role it will play in decarbonising the UK’s waste, we have applied for a Development Consent Order (DCO), which was recently accepted for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. This examination will give all our stakeholders the opportunity to submit evidence and raise questions about our plans – Cory’s responses will then be assessed by the Inspectorate before a decision is made by the Secretary of State.”

Jed Holloway, planning solicitor from Southwark Law Centre, said he believes the Cory Group have not given enough

consideration to avoiding and reducing environmental harm in the project. He said this could be done by building the scheme on industrial land on the other side of the site.

He said: “The site is not only designated as a nature reserve, it’s also Metropolitan Open Land, which has the same level of protection as Green Belt, and a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. So in planning terms, it has some of the highest protections possible to recognise its biodiversity value and importance as open green space. We’re concerned that Cory are trying to overlook this context and get around the duty to avoid harm to this land as far as possible.”

A Cory Group spokesperson said that the group welcomed input on its proposals and has been engaging with residents and businesses, including the Friends of Crossness Nature Reserve, for over a year on the scheme. They added that energy from waste (EfW) played an important role in the UK’s waste hierarchy by generating power for the UK grid using non-recyclable waste.

The spokesperson said: “Carbon capture

and storage is recognised as the best option for decarbonising the EfW process, and Cory is proposing to install carbon capture technology at our current and inconstruction EfW facilities in Belvedere as part of our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment around us.

“This project has the potential to capture around 1.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, which will not only decarbonise the waste produced by the communities we serve but will also contribute to the UK’s net zero emissions target by delivering negative carbon emissions.”

They added: “We look forward to continuing our engagement with all local groups during the examination period and beyond.”

The decarbonisation project proposed by the Cory Group is currently in its preexamination stage, with interested parties being able to register to comment on the project until June 16.

The scheme will then be examined by the Planning Inspectorate before a recommendation and final decision is made.

Transport discounts to help Richmond drivers expanded to all residents

By Charlotte Lillywhite

Local Democracy Reporter

trAnSPort diSCountS introduced to help richmond drivers with the expansion of the Ultra low emission Zone (UleZ) have been extended to include all residents

Richmond Council originally launched the ‘good move’ scheme to provide discounts on public transport, bikes and car sharing to drivers considering replacing their non-compliant cars due to the ULEZ expanding to cover the whole of London on August 29.

The council’s transport committee agreed to add more options to the scheme and extend it to all Richmond residents on a first-come-first-served basis on June 10.

The offer now includes up to £50 riding credit for new members of e-bike company Lime and a 50 per cent discount on the first year of renting a cycle hangar to slash the cost from £72 to £36, along with offering £48 for a first-year membership of electric vehicle charging network Source London.

Most of the options provided in the original scheme will be offered to all

residents – including a one-year free membership and £50 driving credit at car-sharing clubs Enterprise and Zipcar, along with a free trial with cycle loan scheme Peddle My Wheels and a discount if a bike is bought after the trial. However, the £50 Oyster cards offered in the original scheme are no longer available. A report by council officers said 168 households applied to the original scheme, with 149 applications successfully processed. A survey of the applicants revealed around 127 households have already got rid of their non-compliant vehicles, while all

respondents said they use their cars less or no longer drive at all.

One respondent said: “The prospect of one year’s free car club membership was material in my decision to scrap my little Peugeot.”

Another added: “I’m really pleased to have given up my car. I now cycle and use public transport and have, on three occasions, rented a Zipcar, which worked well. I didn’t use my car a lot before I decided to get rid of it but I did use it.”

The report said the discounts will be available ‘as resources allow’ and the council can amend or discontinue any

options if there are a ‘disproportionate number of applications for a single service’. The authority will provide the offers directly through the suppliers

The report added: “The discounts… are intended to provide a broad cross section of offers that support sustainable travel, including more sustainable car travel.”

The council set aside a budget of £135,000 in February last year to fund the scheme.

A total of £28,900 was spent on the scheme in the 2023/24 financial year, which means there is £106,100 to continue to fund it.

what’s on

PLayhouse No Love Songs (2024) . (L-R) Anna RussellMartin, Gavin

highlighting the StruggleS of loVe

every yeAr the edinburgh Fringe throws up new shows and productions that have brilliant successful runs during the festival and that is where they stay. others have more life breathed into them and are developed into longer pieces. yet no love Songs, presented by dundee rep, comes to london hardly changed from its sold out run at last summer’s edinburgh Fringe and the Southwark Playhouse gets to play host, writes Christopher Peacock.

From an original idea from Kyle Falconer and Laura Wilde, No Love Songs as a musical is styled as a playlist of life rather than a musical theatre show. Gig theatre is a rather fitting term for the production.

The stage has no set apart from gig cases and musical instruments. A twohander (with musical accompaniment and the occasional nod from musician Gavin Whitworth), you can see how effective this stripped-back storytelling

By the time i saw the blood-red gravel strewn across the thrust stage at Southwark Playhouse i already knew the premise of Angus Cerini’s the Bleeding tree. But had i not, this simple, but deeply impactful, set piece would have been a good indication of the macabre events that were about to unfold writes Caitlin Odell.

Bar a distressed grey backdrop and three wooden crates sitting on the gritty floor

can be.

It is essentially a boy meets girl relationship story with Lana (Anna Russell-Martin) falling for musician Jessie (John McLarnon) who she spots at one of his gigs. Romance quickly blossoms and immediately after the arrival of their child, Jessie has the opportunity to tour America and earn good money for their nascent family. This is where things turn for Lana.

The pressures of motherhood and the physical absence of her partner leaves Lana struggling and her mental health spirals. She swiftly reaches the nadir of her mental health as she attempts to take her own life.

In between songs we get a few scenes of the two as a couple but most of the work is soliloquy that borders on stand up comedy at times.

The performances are flawless, both McLarnon and Russell-Martin get to show off their musical prowess and when given moments of comedy they handle it with such ease that laughs

do ripple around the room. That is not to say that it was all kept lighthearted. The middle third of the show is heavy and powerful in its telling of the postnatal depression Lana suffers. Difficult to know how else to tackle the deep drama of depression, but the sharp running time of 75 minutes at least meant as an audience we were not all pulled too far down.

Directors Tashi Gore and Andrew Panton say in the programme notes that they ‘hope the show highlights the struggles that some parents go through’, and I can certainly say that No Love Songs does exactly that.

Southwark Playhouse Elephant, 1 Dante Place, London, SE11 4RX until Saturday 15 June 2024. Mon - Sat, 2.30pm & 7.45pm.

Tickets: £10 Pioneers’ Preview, £16 Previews, £26 Standard, £21 Concession.

Booking: www.southwarkplayhouse. co.uk.

a Creepy Satire of toxiC maSCulinity

elle w hile’S production of richard iii at Shakespeare’s Globe is a frantic, creepy, modernday satire of toxic masculinity, spearheaded by michelle terry (Globe Artistic director) in the titular role, writes Mary Bradshaw. Long before its opening night, the production was already the eye of a media and internet-storm around the decision to cast an able-bodied actor as a character who describes himself as ‘deformed, unfinished’ in Shakespeare’s play. Most, if not all, of the textual references to his physique have also been cut.

Over the years, the consensus has been that Richard’s supposed disability (now proven to be scoliosis by archaeologists) was an outward sign of, and reason for, his inner evil. Elle While refreshingly shifts this narrative. While encourages the audience to find signs of a domineering, abusive, corrupt personality not in somebody’s innate physique, but in what they do with their body.

Here, Michelle Terry’s Richard is defined by his lecherousness, not his disability. He dominates through body language: invading women’s personal space, grinding up against them, positioning himself centre-stage where possible, and moving with a sickening groin-first swagger, bare chest puffed out.

He takes up space with the libidinous clothing of pompous, wealth-dripping celebrity: a silky bedroom kimono, a wide-shouldered and green-furred leather jacket, and hideous leather codpieces, bejewelled and then spiked.

If this reminds you of any infamous sex offenders that hide in plain sight from atop a monied power hierarchy, you are not alone. At first I think of Jimmy Saville (perhaps Terry’s fringed peroxide wig has something to do with it), but as the play speeds along, Trumpism after Trumpism (including visual references to his ‘merch’ of gold trainers and baseball caps), makes the true object of caricature abundantly clear.

In a creepy, smooth drawl, Terry will quote Trump verbatim, like: “I just start kissing them… I just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.”

It’s an apt comparison: parts of the original script could easily have been uttered by Trump, Saville, and many other sexual predators both on the world stage or in the audience’s own lives. Richard’s justification to Lady Anne for killing her husband and her fatherin-law, for instance, is: “Your beauty was the cause of that effect…” It all seems to respect the play’s origins as a history play written under Tudor monarch Elizabeth I to bolster her reputation by demonising and satirising previous dynasties.

Of course it is important that presentday predatory males are made a mockery of by this entirely female and non-binary identifying cast, by the riotous jazz music with humorously sudden stops and starts, and by modern, irreverent choreography.

However, the production risks labouring the point.

The audience is breathlessly whisked along by this frazzled satire. More space should be allowed to enable us to make our own connections between Richard and a scarily timeless toxic masculinity.

We become a little too distanced, in satire-mode, to be emotionally moved by the play. It is refreshing and empowering to laugh in the face of abusers who got away with things for far too long, to shove their artifice under the headlights, but not, perhaps, to look on apathetically at the abused. We begin to look as unflinchingly as Richard himself at the dead bodies of his many victims, thrown through a blood-splattered trap door.

The focus, here, is on laughing at the predator, not on identification with his victims.

Globe Theatre until 3 August

there was very little else in Jasmine Swan’s decidedly sparse set. But this is a great example of when less is more, because aside from being visually dramatic, and perhaps indicative of the domestic landscape in which our protagonists live, any more may have risked detracting from their captivating, larger-than-life performances.

As the lights come up, we are immediately made complicit in a murder, as a weary mother (Maria Gale), who is also a victim of

longstanding domestic abuse, stands over the body of her husband. With her two daughters Ida (Elizabeth Dulau and Ada (Alexandra Jensen) at either side, they all stare at the empty space where the corpse is supposed to lie, frantically disputing what is to be done next.

One of the play’s most defining features is the dialogue, which is almost lyrical in style. The three women deliver short, staccato lines, often interjecting to finish each other’s, which has the double effect of building tension whilst adding an element of dark humour. Instead of feeling

sensationalist, their morbid fascination and fixation on the gruesome details of the incident (such as the gaping wound in the deceased’s neck), feels more like a nod to their humanness.

But from the dialogue to the stage direction, everything that unfolds from thereon after does so with timing so airtight that a synergy is formed between this dynamic trio. As the only cast members, they take it in turns to seamlessly morph into other characters, to depict vignettes, fraught with tension and humour, of unwanted visitation from prying members

of the community. And it’s the unexpected turns of events in these visits that change the course of the narrative entirely. But despite offering an uplifting alternative to what feels like a sealed fate, it is far from a neat resolution. This reclaimed story of domestic abuse urges by-standing communities to take the opportunity for redemption, by offering their support before the situation escalates irreparably.

Southwark Playhouse Borough until June 22nd. Admission: £22, £18. Booking: www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk

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GLOBE Michelle Terry as Richard, Duke of Gloucester

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the forgotten Child ViC timS of a ww2 bomb in elephant and CaStle finally haVe a graVeStone – 80 yearS later

EXCLUSIVE

By Herbie Russell

when An unexploded nazi bomb detonated in elephant and Castle in 1942, eighteen people were killed, including six children under ten. their families were too poor to afford proper burials and the victims were left buried in an unmarked grave – until now.

Among the dead was Tommy Bishop, a five-year-old whose life was cut short while playing cricket amid the rubble of bombed-out houses. Over 80 years later, his half-sister, Pamela Bishop, who now lives in Bromley, has persuaded Streatham Park Cemetery to give him and his friends, who are buried together, a proper gravestone.

Pamela, aged 64, said: “The cemetery has been so kind to donate my brother a gravestone. It was horrible, so sad to think all those children were in that grave with nothing to remember them by.”

Growing up she remembers how her dad, Thomas Edward Bishop, became teary and emotional whenever he discussed the death of his son. He used to have a tiny bible with Tommy’s photo inside, which he would often look at to remember his son. Pamela still has the bible, with the photo inside.

“I’m over the moon now,” Pamela said. “I feel so pleased because I feel like I’ve done

it for my dad because he was absolutely heartbroken”

On June 6, 1942, a group of children were on Gurney Street, called New Lion Way today. The area had been pounded during the blitz and the battered ruins of old houses had become exciting play areas for local kids. At around 9.30pm, as crowds of cinema-goers were leaving the Trocadero Cinema, an almighty boom rang out. The explosion was heard up to five miles away.

People were confused at first. No air raid warning had sounded, nor had any enemy aircraft been reported. It quickly became clear that an undetonated bomb must have gone off. Anger would later be directed towards the Civil Defence Services for their failure to identify the danger, which an official enquiry later recorded as being a 1000kg G type parachute mine. The bomb had previously pierced the wall of 6 Gurney Street without exploding. However, air raid wardens at the time believed that a smaller, 50kg high explosive bomb had exploded.

Distraught locals dug through the rubble with their bare hands. Among those carried away from the wreckage, in a white sheet, was young Thomas Bishop.

Born in 1937, the five-year-old was laid to rest in Streatham Park Cemetery, buried in the same grave as the seven children he was playing with. Their final resting place would be largely

forgotten over the following decades. But in 1960, Tommy’s half-sister, Pamela, was born. Hers and Tommy’s father, Thomas Edward, had remarried. After having five children with Tommy’s mum, Mary, he had another five with Pamela’s mother Lilian.

Growing up Pamela was often told about the brother she’d never met. But her dad always struggled to talk about it. He passed away in 1976, aged 72. But a few years ago, Pamela’s niece Hazel felt an urge to find out more about her family’s history, particularly the story of young Tommy.

She learned some amazing things about her family. It turned out that her father, a private in the army at the time, was very poor and struggled to support his five children. “I was surprised because my Dad never stopped working,” Pamela said. “When he had our family he worked at the New Cross railway and there was always enough money and food on the table. It must have been very hard back then.”

She also discovered that a local family, the Garretts, were preparing to adopt Tommy. Among the dead from the explosion were several young members of the Garrett family including David, 2, Ivy, 6 and Charles, 9. They, along with Ellen Moyse, aged 23 months and Walter Ernest Usher, aged 4, were all buried together in the cemetery.

Five years ago, Pamela’s niece Hazel tracked Tommy down to the cemetery.

But when Pamela visited the site, she was upset to find there was no gravestone or plinth to mark where he lay. Instead, she had to use a brush stuck in the ground to identify the spot when she returned.

But cemetery staff were so moved by her story, that they decided to pay for a gravestone. It was erected last year, displaying all the children’s names, in the order in which they were buried on top of each other. It is adorned with the heartbreaking message: ‘We Played Together, We Stayed Together, We Lay Together. Friends. Forever.’

The exact location of the blast is now an

Indian restaurant called Kachori on Ash Avenue. For the last two years, on June 6, the anniversary of the blast, Pamela returns to the area with a set of balloons to commemorate the tragic event. But her quest for answers isn’t over. Most of Tommy’s siblings have passed away. His sister Julia, died at just one-year-old, while his other sister, Mary, died in 1986. But Pamela believes there is a chance that two of Tommy’s siblings – Betty, born in 1934, and Henry Brian, born in 1940, could still be alive. If they are, she would love to let them know that Tommy is truly resting in peace.

Pamela and her grandaughter at the grave of Thomas Bishop and the five other children killed in 1942 Pamela believes there is a chance that two of Tommy’s siblings – Betty, born in 1934 (left), and Henry Brian, born in 1940 (right), could still be alive

© Pamela Bishop

From the Ministry of Home Security’s Research and Experiments Department report into the Gurney Street explosion. Printed courtesy of National Archives

Tommy Bishop, 1937 – 1942

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CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER.

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £97,319,600.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

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JULIE-ANN HAINES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY, Principality House, The Friary, Cardiff, CF10 3FA; and

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JULIE-ANN HAINES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY, Principality House, The Friary, Cardiff, CF10 3FA; and

PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY, Principality House, The Friary, Cardiff, CF10 3FA.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

London Borough of Lambeth

NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR SELECTIVE LICENSING

Section 80, Housing Act 2004

1. The London Borough of Lambeth (“The Council”) in exercise of its powers under section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 ("the Act") hereby designates for selective licensing the areas described in paragraph 5 CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION

2. This Designation shall be known as the “London Borough of Lambeth Designations 1 of an Area for Selective Licensing 2024”. All privately rented residential accommodation situated within the designated areas must be licensed with the Council unless subject to statutory exemption as set out in paragraph 6.

3. The Designation is made on 22nd May 2024. The Designation fall within a description of designations for which confirmation is not required by Secretary of State, and come into force on 2nd September 2024

4. The Designation shall cease to have effect on 1st September 2029 (not more than 5 years) or earlier if the Council revokes the scheme under section 84 of the Act. AREA TO WHICH THE DESIGNATION APPLIES

5. This designation shall apply to the following areas of the London Borough of Lambeth. The Designation covers the area coloured green on the map in annex A below. The following wards are included:

• Knights Hill • Streatham Common & Vale • Streatham Hill East • Streatham St Leonards

APPLICATION OF THE DESIGNATION

6. This designation applies to any house1 which is let or occupied under a tenancy or licence within the area described in paragraph 5 unless:

a. the house is a house in multiple occupation [HMO] that falls within the nationally prescribed category of HMO that is required to be licensed as a ‘mandatory HMO’ under section 55(2)(a) Part 2 of the Act2;

b. the house is a house in multiple occupation that falls within the prescribed category of HMO that is required to be licensed under the London Borough of Lambeth Designation of an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses of Multiple Occupation made on 9th December 2023 under Section 56 of the Housing Act 20043;

c. the tenancy or licence of the house has been granted by a registered social landlord4;

d. the house is subject to an Interim or Final Management Order under Part 4 of the Act;

e. the house is subject to a temporary exemption under section 86 of the Act; or f. the house is occupied under a tenancy or licence which is exempt under the Act or the occupation is of a building or part of a building so exempt as defined in Paragraph 5(f): Exempted tenancies or licences, Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006 SI 370/2006.

EFFECT OF THE DESIGNATION

7. Subject to sub paragraphs 6(a) to (f) every house in the area specified in paragraph 5 that is occupied under a tenancy or licence shall be required to be licensed under section 85 of the Act.6

8. The London Borough of Lambeth will comply with the notification requirements contained in section 83 of the Act and shall maintain a register of all houses registered under this designation, as required under section 232 of the Act.5

If you are a landlord, managing agent or a tenant, or if you require information regarding this designation, or to apply for a licence, further information and assistance is available from the Council’s Private Rented Property Licensing Team by telephone on 020 7926 8591 or by email to PRSlicensing@lambeth.gov.uk, or by writing to Private Sector Enforcement and Regulation Service, PO Box 80771, London, SW2 9QQ

The Designation may be inspected at the above address during office hours. All landlords, managing agents or tenants within the designated area should obtain advice to ascertain whether their property is affected by the Designation by contacting the Council’s Private Rented Property Licensing Team.

Upon the Designation coming into force any person having control of or who manages a licensable property without a licence or allows a licensed property to be occupied by more households or persons other than as authorised by a licence, is liable to prosecution and upon summary conviction is liable to an unlimited fine pursuant to the provisions of section 95 of the Housing Act 2004. A person who breaches a condition of a licence is liable upon summary conviction to an unlimited fine. The Council, as an alternative to initiating a prosecution, may pursue one or more of a range of other enforcement actions including the imposition of a financial penalty of up to £30,000 and/or taking management control of the unlicensed property. Further, where an offence has been committed an application may also be made by the Council and/or tenant under the provisions of section 96 and 97 of the Housing Act 2004 for a Rent Repayment Order to pay back up to 12 months’ rent, Housing Benefit or Universal Credit. No notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 may be given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of the whole or part of an unlicensed house so long as it remains an unlicensed house.

Signed:

Venetia Reid-Baptiste, Corporate Director, Resident and Enabling Services on behalf of London Borough of Lambeth on 22nd May 2024

1 For the definition of "house" see sections 79 and 99 of the Act

2 Section 55 of the Act defines which Houses in Multiple Occupation are required to be licensed under the Act. See also The Lic ensing of Houses.in

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

Notice Under The Town and Country Planning Acts

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council is considering applications as set out below under the following categories;

ADV = ADVERTISEMENT CONSENT

FUL = FULL PLANNING PERMISSION

LB = LISTED BUILDING CONSENT

VOC = VARIATION OF CONDITIONS

Written representations should be made within three weeks of the date of this advertisement to the Director of Planning, PO Box 734, Winchester SO23 5DG. Any comments made are open to inspection by the public and in the event of an appeal may be referred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Confidential comments cannot be taken into account in determining an application. Application plans can be viewed online at www.lambeth.gov.uk/searchplanningapps – search using the reference number at the end of each application listing.

287 Rosendale Road London Lambeth SE24 9EJ Erection of a ground floor single storey rear infill extension. 24/01535/FUL Gasholder Station Kennington Oval London SE11 5SG Variation of Condition 4 (method statement and programme for the repair and restoration), Condition 6 (finishes to the iron work to Gasholder 1), Condition 7 (final colour scheme to Gasholder 1) and Condition 8 (cross-bracing and balustrade between columns 23 and 24) of planning permission 22/00417/VOC [Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of listed building consent: 20/01136/LB (Variation of conditions 4 (Method Statement), 5(Footings) 6(Iron Work) and 7(Colour Scheme) of Listed building consent ref : 19/02282/LB (Temporary dismantling of ground tier cross-bracing and balustrade between columns 23 and 24 to facilitate construction. Restoration of No. 1 Gasholder including cleaning and restoration of the guide frame components and hand rail, fabrication of replacement components where the original components are missing or degraded beyond repair, re-painting and other alterations to surround residential building within its circumference in association with planning permission 17/05772/EIAFUL) granted on 17/06/2020. Variation sought: Partial removal of perimeter handrail and clarification of removal of ladders and extraneous equipment from the Gasholder frame.] granted on 30/06/2022 24/01424/VOC

68 Josephine Avenue London SW2 2LA Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension; alteration to fenestration including the replacement of existing ground floor front bay windows with UPVC windows and existing door with a window at ground floor side elevation. Erection of a single storey outbuilding in rear garden - Flat A. 24/01188/FUL 12 Heathdene Road London SW16 3PD Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension.

7 Glasshouse Walk London SE11 5ES Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a

(Class

dormer roof extensions together with the installation of 4 front and 2 rear rooflights. 24/01512/FUL

51 Courtenay Street London Lambeth SE11 5PH Erection of a single storey rear infill extension, with the installation of new like-for-like sash windows

(Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 24/01282/LB but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01281/FUL) 24/01282/LB Brixton Fire Station 84 Gresham Road London SW9 7NP Reconfiguration of existing communal dormitories and shower areas on first, second and third floors to form single use dorm rooms and shower rooms for use by operational firefighters based at Brixton fire station. 24/01509/LB

The Queen's Walk South Bank London SE1 Creation of a market with 16 10x8t wooden cabins and one 20x8ft wooden cabin. Each unit will have a height of around 2413mm.

(Please note: The reference number for this Advertisement Consent application is 24/01459/ADV but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01458/FUL). 24/01459/ADV

2 & 3 Astoria Walk London SW9 7AX Installation of 4 front and 2 rear rooflights. 24/01516/FUL

321 Railton Road London Lambeth SE24 0JN Installation of powder coated aluminium signage with new façade illumination and the installation of a serving hatch at the front elevation.

(Please note: The reference number for this Advertisement Consent application is 24/01559/ADV but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01558/FUL) 24/01559/ADV

2 Roupell Street London SE1 8SP Installation of a new 6 panel door with matching detailing to that which was removed, fitted within the existing frame. 24/01631/LB Lambeth College Vauxhall Centre Belmore Street London Lambeth SW8 2JY Installation of a three storey temporary modular building to provide education facilities. 24/01300/FUL

The Queen's Walk South Bank London SE1 Creation of a market with 16 10x8t wooden cabins and one 20x8ft wooden cabin. Each unit will have a height of around 2413mm.

(Please note: The reference number for this Advertisement Consent application is 24/01459/ADV but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01458/FUL). 24/01458/FUL

56 Southwell Road London Lambeth SE5 9PG Replacement of the concrete tiles with natural slate tiles to the main roof and to ground floor rear lean-to roof, including the installation of a roof light. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 24/01344/LB but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01343/FUL). 24/01344/LB

262A Brixton Hill London Lambeth SW2 1HP Change of use of the office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to the rear into a residential unit (Use Class C3). 24/01452/FUL

446 - 450 Brixton Road London SW9 8ED Refurbishment, alterations and improvements to the existing elevations and the display of 3 x internally illuminated fascia sign and 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign [Associated Town Planning consent: 24/01591/FUL] 24/01592/ADV 10 Cedarville Gardens London SW16 3DA Erection of a single storey ground floor rear extension. 24/01671/FUL 1, 3-11 Wellfit Street, 7-9 Hinton Road & Units 1-4 Hardess Street London SE24 0HN The demolition of all existing buildings and construction of a phased, mixed use, co-living scheme (comprising a co-living building (Sui Generis) with all associated amenity and ancillary spaces) and separately contained light industrial building (Use Class E(g)(iii)) and associated access, parking, amenity, public realm (including associated highway works) and landscaping. This is a re-consultation (14 Days) due to revised plans and details received clarifying the proposed public realm works alongside the arches and the wider vision. This includes amendments and technical detail responses to officer and consultee comments. Revised details have been received regarding the following: Landuse Design Landscape/Public realm Transport/Highways Environmental Health Energy and sustainability Information for the purpose of consultation: The proposed development would provide 320 co-living units in a building of maximum height of 47.85m above ground level; and 1,421.2sqm GIA of light industrial floorspace in a building of maximum height of 10.1m above ground level. 24/00073/FUL Dated this Friday 14th June 2024

Alternative routes will be available for affected vehicles via (a) Westminster Bridge Road, Baylis Road, and Waterloo Road; and (b) Baylis Road, Waterloo Road, York Road, Addington Street and Westminster Bridge Road.

Dated 14th June 2024 Ben Stevens Highways Network Manager Schedule 1 Street Markets Saturdays between 9 am and 5 pm (i) June 22nd and 29th; (ii) July 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th; (iii) August 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st; (iv) September 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th; (v) October 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th; (vi) November 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th; (vii) December 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th, 2024;

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (LAMBETH) RED ROUTE CONSOLIDATION TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 A23 GLA ROAD (BRIXTON HILL) VARIATION ORDER 2024

THE A23 GLA ROAD (ST SAVIOUR’S ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH) PRESCRIBED ROUTE TRAFFIC ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London in consultation with the London Borough of Lambeth hereby gives notice that on 7th June 2024 it made the above named Orders, under section 6 of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984. The Orders will come into force on 21st June 2024.

2. The general nature and the effect of the Orders will be to:

(a) Remove the existing Loading and Disabled persons vehicles bays outside Nos.96-98 Brixton Hill (13 metres), operation No stopping Mon-Sat 7am-7pm, except 10am-4pm Loading max 20 mins, Disabled parking 3 hours, and replace with No Stopping at Any Time zig zag lines for a new Toucan Pedestrian Crossing (27.5 metres);

(b) Remove the existing Parking and Disabled persons vehicles bay outside Nos. 101-109 Brixton Hill (25 metres) operating No Stopping, Mon-Sat 7am - 7pm, except 10am-4pm parking 20 mins No return within 40 minutes and replace with No Stopping at Any Time zig zag lines for a new Toucan Pedestrian Crossing (23.5 metres);

(c) Introduce a new Disabled persons vehicles bay outside Nos 101-103 Brixton Hill (6.6 metres) operating No stopping Mon-Sat 7am-7pm, except 10am-4pm disabled persons' vehicles max 3 hours;

(d) Remove the existing Loading and Disabled persons vehicles bay outside Nos. 91-99 Brixton Hill (21 metres) operating No Stopping, Mon-Sat 7am - 7pm, Except 10am-4pm loading max 20 mins and disabled persons' vehicles max 3 hours and replace with Loading Only bay operating No Stopping, Mon-Sat 7am - 7pm, Except 10am-4pm loading max 20 mins outside Nos. 97-99 Brixton Hill (8 metres);

(e) Extend the existing No Stopping At Any Time restrictions outside Nos. 91-95 Brixton Hill southwards (14.5 metres);

(f) Prescribe that all vehicles only travel in a westward’s direction on St Saviours Road between its junctions with Brixton Hill and Halliwell Road, except Pedal Cycles.

3. The roads which would be affected by the Orders are the A23 GLA Road –Brixton Hill and St Saviour’s Road in the London Borough of Lambeth.

4. A copy of the Orders, a map indicating the location and effect of the Orders and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Orders can be inspected by visiting our website at https://haveyoursay.t.gov.uk/tro and selecting the relevant borough and reference the Trafc Order relates to or by appointment during normal ofce hours at our ofce at the address below. To arrange an appointment please email trafcordersection@t,gov.uk. Copies of the documents may be requested via email at trafcordersection@t,gov.uk, or by post at the following address quoting reference NMR/REGULATION/STOT/JW/TRO/GLA/2024/0240:

•Transport for London Streets Trafc Order Team (NP/REGULATION/STOT)

Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London, SE1 8NJ

Please note due to Hybrid working access to post is restricted and requests for documents may be delayed.

5. Any person wishing to question the validity of the Orders or of any of its provisions on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers conferred by the Act or that any requirement of the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated this 14th day of June 2024

Andrew Rogers Planning and Performance Manager Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE SHRUBBERY ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable new water main connection works to be carried out, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth with the agreement of Transport for London, have made an order the effect of which will be to temporarily ban vehicles from entering that length of Shrubbery Road which lies between Streatham High Road and the party wall of Nos. 9 and 11 Shrubbery Road.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via (i) Streatham High Road and Gleneldon Road; (ii) Streatham High Road, Pinfold Road, Farm Avenue, Sunnyhill Road, Streatham High Road and Gleneldon Road and (iii) Gleneldon Road, Valley Road, Sunnyhill Road and Streatham High Road.

3. The ban will only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. The order will come into force on 24th June 2024 and will continue for a maximum duration of 3 months (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice it is anticipated that the works will be carried out between 24th and 27th June 2024, but if the works cannot be carried out or completed during that time, the Order may

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A24 GLA ROAD (HIGH STREET COLLIERS WOOD, TOOTING HIGH STREET, BALHAM HIGH ROAD, AND SIDE ROADS, LONDON BOROUGHS OF MERTON AND WANDSWORTH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STOPPING) ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above-named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable drainage investigation works to take place on High Street Colliers Wood, Tooting High Street and Balham High Road.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from:

(1) stopping on High Street Colliers Wood between its junctions with Waterfall Road/Robinson Road and Christchurch Road;

(2) stopping on Tooting High Street between its junction with Aldis Street and the extended common boundary of Nos. 179 and 181 to 193 Tooting High Street;

(3) stopping on Balham High Road between its junctions with Rinaldo Road/Ravenswood Road and Caister Road/Old Devonshire Road;

(4) stopping on Balham High Road between its junctions with Oakmead Road and Elmeld Road;

(5) stopping on Waterfall Road between its junction with High Street Colliers Wood and the extended common boundary of Nos. 6 and 8 Waterfall Road;

(6) stopping on Robinson Road between its junction with High Street Colliers Wood and the extended south-eastern building line of Nos. 5 to 7 Robinson Road;

(7) stopping on Briscoe Road between its junction with High Street Colliers Wood and the extended common boundary of Nos. 2a and 2b Briscoe Road;

(8) stopping on Walpole Road between its junction with High Street Colliers Wood and a point 6 metres north-west of the extended north-western building line of No. 46a High Street Collier's Wood;

(9) stopping on Aldis Street between its junction with Tooting High Street and the extended common boundary of Nos. 4 and 6 Aldis Road;

(10) stopping on Balham Park Road between its junctions with Balham High Road and a point 10 metres north-west of the extended south easternmost building line of No. 222 Balham High Road;

This Order will also:

(11) close the cycle lanes on both sides of High Street Colliers Wood between its junction with Waterfall Road/Robinson Road and the extended common boundary of Nos. 32 and 34 High Street Colliers Wood;

(12) close the north-eastern bound cycle lane of High Street Colliers Wood between outside of Cavendish House, 105 to 109 High Street Colliers Wood and its junction with Christchurch Road;

(13) close the cycle lanes on both sides of High Street Colliers Wood between outside No 38 High Street Colliers Wood and the extended common boundary of Nos. 52A and 52B High Street Colliers Wood;

(14) close the south-western bound bus lane of Tooting High Street between the extended common boundary of Nos. 179 and 181 to 193 Tooting High Street and Trevelyan Road;

(15) close the north-eastern bound cycle lane of Balham High Road between its junctions with Rinaldo Road/Ravenswood Road and Caister Road/Old Devonshire Road;

(16) close the cycle lanes on both sides of Balham High Road between its junctions with Ravenstones Street and Elmeld Road;

(17) close the north-eastern bound cycle and bus lane of Balham High Road between the extended common boundary of No. 218 Balham High Road and St Mary and St John Divine Church, Balham High Road and the extended north-easternmost building line of No. 212 Balham High Road.

Works will be phased such that some restrictions will apply only at certain times.

The Order will be effective between 17th June 2024 and 31st August 2024 every night 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM, or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 14th day of June 2024

Carl Eddleston Director Network Management and Resilience Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A2 GLA ROAD (ROCHESTER WAY RELIEF ROAD AND EAST ROCHESTER WAY, THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC, STOPPING AND 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT) (NO.2) ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above-named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable highway maintenance works to take place on the A2 East Rochester Way.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from:

(1) entering, proceeding or stopping on the eastbound carriage way of the A2 Rochester Way Relief Road and East Rochester Way between its junctions with the unnamed off-slip road connecting the Eastbound carriageway of Rochester Way Relief Road with Westhorne Avenue and the administrative boundary of the London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council;

(2) entering or proceeding on the Unnamed on slip road connecting Westhorne Avenue to the Eastbound carriageway of the A2 East Rochester Way Relief Road;

(3) entering or proceeding on the Unnamed on slip road connecting Rochester Way and Rieeld Road to the Eastbound carriageway of the A2 East Rochester Way;

(4) entering or proceeding from the Lodge Lane on slip road connecting Lodge Lane to the Eastbound carriageway of the A2 East Rochester Way;

(5) entering or proceeding from the Bourne Road on slip road connecting Bourne Road/Southwold Road to the Eastbound carriageway of the A2 East Rochester Way; (Black Prince Interchange);

(6) entering or proceeding on the Unnamed on slip road connecting Upton Road to the Eastbound carriageway of the A2 East Rochester Way;

(7) entering or proceeding on the westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way between the administrative boundary of the London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council and its junction with the Unnamed Off Slip Road connecting the north-westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way with Blendon Road and The Drive;

(8) entering or proceeding on the Unnamed On Slip Road connecting Blendon Road to the westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way;

(9) entering or proceeding from the Unnamed Off Slip Road connecting Blendon Road to the westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way;

(10) entering or proceeding on the Unnamed Off Slip Road connecting Southwold Road to the westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way;

(11) entering or proceeding from the Unnamed On Slip Road connecting Southwold Road to the westbound carriageway of East Rochester Way;

(12) exceeding a speed of 40 MPH on East Rochester Way between the extended common boundary of Nos. 12 and 13 Lakeside Close, East Rochester Way and the administrative boundary of the London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council.

Works will be phased such that some restrictions will apply only at certain times. The Order will be effective at certain times between 16th June 2024 and 15th June 2025, every night from 10:00 PM until 5:00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by trafc signs. for southbound trafc from A205 interchange; A205, A20, M25/ A2 junction 2 to normal route of travel. for southbound trafc from Falconwood; Rieeld Road, Bexley Road, A205, A20, M25/A2 junction 2 to normal route of travel. for northbound trafc from Falconwood; Rochester Way, A205, A20, M25/A2 junction 2 to normal route of travel. for southbound trafc from Danson Interchange; A221, A207, Albion Road, A220, Black Prince Interchange, A2, A205, A20, A2/M25 junction 2 to normal route of travel. for southbound trafc from Black Prince Interchange; A2, A205, A20, A2/M25 junction 2 to normal route of travel. for southbound trafc from Upton Road; Townley Road, Albion Road, A220, Black Prince Interchange, A2, A205, A20, A2/M25 junction 2 to normal route of travel.

Dated this 14th day of June 2024

Claire

Wright

Co-ordination

Manager

Transport for London

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that,

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS ON OLD PARADISE STREET

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to facilitate deliveries and a Pit Lane for development related works the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth made an Order, the general effect of which is to temporarily: (1) ban vehicles between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday from entering Old Paradise Street between the junctions of Newport Street and Norfolk Row. (2) impose a 7.5T weight limit on Old Paradise Street between the junctions of Lambeth High Street and Newport Street.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Lambeth High Street, Black Prince Road, Newport Street and Old Paradise Street and vice versa as indicated by traffic signs.

3. The bans would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall, from time to time, be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. The Order comes into force on 17 June 2024 and continues for a maximum duration of 12 months, or until the works have been completed whichever is sooner.

Dated 14 June 2024 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

26 PUBLIC NOTICES

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

PROPOSED INTRODUCTION OF BICYCLE PARKING HANGARS IN VARIOUS ROADS ACROSS THE BOROUGH AND REMOVAL OF EXISTING PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE HANGARS

[NOTE: This Notice is about the introduction of secure bicycle parking hangars at each of the locations specified

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metres of any existing parking space at these locations will be removed to accommodate new parking places in which the hangars would be situated.]

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth made The Lambeth (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No.42) Order 2024 and The Lambeth (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No.38) Order 2024 under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Orders which comes into effect on 3 June 2024 is to designate parking places for bicycle parking hangars at each of the following locations:(1)Andalus Road, the south-east side, outside No. 66 Andalus Road; (2)Appach Road, the north-east side, outside No. 12 Appach Road; (3)Ashmere Grove, the south side, adjacent to No. 19 Ashmere Grove; (4)Ballater Road, the south-west side, outside No. 86 Ballater Road; (5)Bournevale Road, the east side, adjacent to No. 14 Gleneldon Road; (6)Carson Road, the north-west side, opposite Nos. 51 and 53 Carson Road; (7)Casewick Road, the south-east side, outside Nos. 93 and 95 Casewick Road; (8)Chapel Road, the north side, opposite No. 18 Chapel Road; (9)Chaucer Road, the south-east side, outside No. 54 Chaucer Road; (10)Chelsham Road, the south-east side, adjacent to No. 33 Union Road; (11)Chestnut Road, the north-west side, opposite No. 68 Chestnut Road; (12)Clapham Manor Street, the north-east side, outside No. 113 Clapham Manor Street; (13)Claverdale Road, the north-west side, opposite the side of No. 79 Upper Tulse Hill; (14)Conyer’s Road, the west side, opposite No. 43b Conyer’s Road; (15)Corrance Road, the south-west side, outside No. 48 Corrance Road; (16)Courtenay Street, the south-west side, outside Nos. 44 and 46 Courtenay Street; (17)Crimsworth Road, the north-west side, outside Nos. 78 and 80 Crimsworth Road; (18)Dalkeith Road, the north side, adjacent to No. 4 Turney Road; (19)Deerbrook Road, the north-east side, opposite No. 10 Deerbrook Road; (20)Doverfield Road, the east side, adjacent to Nos. 47 and 49 Dumbarton Road; (21)Dulwich Road, the north-east side, outside Meath House, Dulwich Road; (22)Eastlake Road, the north-east side, outside No. 31 Eastlake Road; (23)Eastmearn Road, the north-west side, adjacent to No. 56 Dalmore Road; (24)Edgeley Road, the south-west side, outside nos. 121 to 126 Edgeley Road; (25)Edgington Road, the south-west side, outside Nos. 30 and 32 Edgington Road; (26)Emmanuel Road, the north side, outside No. 30 Emmanuel Road; (27)Fawnbrake Avenue, the south-east side, outside No. 80 Fawnbrake Avenue; (28)Faygate Road, the south-east side, adjacent to No. 196 Amesbury Avenue; (29)Fentiman Road, the north-east side, outside No. 34 Fentiman Road; (30)Fitzwilliam Road, the north side, outside No. 38 Fitzwilliam Road; (31)Gipsy Hill, the east side, outside No. 68 Gipsy Hill; (32)Gleneagle Road, the south-east side, outside No. 101 Gleneagle Road; (33)Haverhill Road, the south-west side, outside Nos. 35 and 37 Haverhill Road; (34)Hayter Road, the north side, outside No 54 Hayter Road; (35)Helix Road, the south-east side, outside Nos. 79 and 81 Helix Road; (36)High Trees, the south-west side, outside Nos. 18 to 28 High Trees; (37)Hubbard Road, the east side, adjacent to No. 109 Durban Road; (38)Idmiston Road, the north-west side, opposite No. 55 Idmiston Road; (39)Jeffrey’s Road, the north-east side, opposite No. 33 Jeffrey’s Road; (40)Kemerton Road, the north-west side, adjacent to No. 31 Cambria Road; (41)Kingscourt Road, the north side, outside No. 7 Kingscourt Road; (42)Kingswood Road, the south-west side, outside No. 138 Kingswood Road; (43)Knolly’s Road, the south-east side, outside No. 24 Knolly’s Road; (44)Landor Road, the north-west side, outside No. 73 Landor Road; (45)Leander Road, the south-west side, outside No. 44 Leander Road; (46)Leigham Avenue, the north side, opposite No. 46 Leigham Avenue; (47)Lilford Road, the south-west side, outside No. 120 Lilford Road; (48)Liston Road, the south-west side, outside Nos. 6 and 8 Liston Road; (49)Martell Road, the east side, outside No. 35 Martell Road; (50)Milkwood Road, the south-east side, outside Nos. 161 and 163 Milkwood Road; (51)Milverton Street, the south-east side, opposite the side of No. 365 Kennington Road; (52)Narbonne Avenue, the south side, outside No. 76 Narbonne Avenue; (53)Norfolk House Road, the north side, outside No. 73 Norfolk Hose Road; (54)Newburn Street, the south-east side, opposite No. 28 Newburn Street; (55)Newby Street, the south-west side, adjacent to No. 560 Wandsworth Road; (56)Normanhurst Road, the north-west side, adjacent to No. 87 Wyatt Park Road; (57)Nuthurst Avenue, the north-west side, outside No. 1 Nuthurst Avenue; (58)Ockley Road, the north-west side, adjacent to No. 15 Woodbourne Avenue; (59)Paulet Road, the north-west side, opposite Nos. 49 and 51; (60)Penford Street, the north side, adjacent to No. 111 Knatchbull Road; (61)Prima Road, the south side, outside No. 5 Prima Road; (62)Riggindale Road, the east side, opposite No. 62 Riggindale Road; (63)Roupell Road, the south-east side, opposite The Bungalow, Roupell Road; (64)Shrubbery Road, the west side, adjacent to No. 55 Gleneldon Road; (65)St Faith’s Road, the south-west side, adjacent to No. 27 Norwood Road; (66)St John’s Crescent, the south side, outside No. 12 St John’s Crescent; (67)St Julian’s Farm Road, the north side, adjacent to No. 289 Leigham Court Road; (68)St Julian’s Farm Road, the south-east side, outside No. 38 St Julain’s Farm Road; (69)St Saviour’s Road, the north side, outside No. 4 St Saviour’s Road; (70)Steep Hill, the north-east side, adjacent to No. 23 Beacmead Avenue; (71)Spenser Road, the north-west side, outside Nos. 57 to 63 Spenser Road; (72)Telford Avenue, the north side, outside No. 51 Telford Avenue; (73)Thirlmere Road, the west side, outside No. 3 Thirlmere Road; (74)Thornlaw Road, the south-east side, outside No. 118 Thornlaw Road; (75)Tredwell Road, the south-west side, adjacent to No. 86 Cheviot Road; (76)Triangle Place, the north-west side, outside Nos. 16 to 23 Triangle Place; (77)Vauxhall Grove, the north side, outside Nos. 1 to 6 Pippin Court; (78)Victoria Crescent, the north-west side, outside Nos. 34 Victoria Crescent; (79)Victoria Rise, the south-west side, adjacent to No. 38 Clapham Common North Side; (80)Woodbourne Avenue, the south side, opposite the side of No. 7 Garrad’s Road; (81)Wyatt Park Road, the south-west side, outside Nos. 72 and 74 Wyatt Park Road; 3. The changes are necessary to provide secure parking space for residents who do not have the space and/or ability to park bicycles in their homes. Hangars aim to reduce theft, improve the street scene and encourage people to choose cycling as a safe and secure method of transport over the private car. The use of more sustainable modes of transport will also contribute to improved air quality in the borough in line with council cleaner air policies.

4. If you have any enquiries, please contact Lambeth Council’s Active Travel Team via email at: cycleparking@lambeth.gov.uk quoting reference Phase 8 Cycle Hangers.

5. A copy of each of the Orders and documents giving more details about them are available for inspection online at: www.lambeth.gov.uk/traffic-management-orders or from 9.30 am until 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except bank/public holidays) until the last day of a period of six weeks beginning with the date on which the Orders are made, at the offices of Lambeth Council’s Highways Team, 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1EG. To arrange inspection please telephone 020 7926 0179 or email: Trafficorders@lambeth.gov.uk

6. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 14 June 2024

Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 16A

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONSLOWER MARSH FOR A SPECIAL EVENT

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable a special event to take place in Lower Marsh, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth have made an Order the effect of which will be to temporarily ban vehicles from entering or waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading the vehicle) in Lower Marsh on Saturday 15th June 2024.

2. The bans will only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

3. Alternative routes will be available for affected vehicles via (a) Westminster Bridge Road, Baylis Road, and Waterloo Road; and (b) Baylis Road, Waterloo Road, York Road, Addington Street and Westminster Bridge Road.

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY STOPPING, PARKING, WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS FOR CYCLE HANGAR INSTALLATIONS

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable cycle hangar installation works to be carried out, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order the effect of which would be to temporarily ban vehicles from parking, waiting and loading (including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading a vehicle), in the roads or lengths of roads specified in the Schedule to this notice.

2. Alternative routes for vehicles are not applicable.

3. The bans would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. The Order would come into force on 24th June 2024 and would continue for a maximum duration of 6 months (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the earlier.

Dated 14th June 2024

2:30am on Sunday 23rd June 2024. Dated 14 June 2024 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

Dated 14 June 2024 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

(xxix) St Julian’s Farm Road, the south-east side, from a point 4.55 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 38 and 40 St Julian’s Farm Road north-eastward for a distance of 15 metres; (xxx) Thornlaw

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS – ELM PARK, LEANDER ROAD AND OSTADE ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable public realm improvement works to be carried out, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order the effect of which would be:-

(a) at certain times to temporarily ban vehicles from entering, parking or waiting (including waiting for the purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle) in that length of:-

(i) Elm Park, which lies between No. 52 Elm Park and Ostade Road (alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Brixton Hill, Upper Tulse Hill and Ostade Road and vice versa); (ii) Leander Road between Elm Park and a point 10 metres north-east of Elm Park (alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Medora Road and Craster Road and vice versa); and (b) at certain other times to temporarily ban vehicles from entering or waiting (including waiting for the purpose of loading or unloading a vehicle) that length of:-

(i) Ostade Road, which lies between Elm Park and No. 2 Ostade Road (alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Brading Road, Craster Road, Elm Park, Craster Road, Medora Road and Leander Road and vice versa); (ii) Elm Park which lies between Leander Road and No. 84 Elm Park (alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Craster Road, Medora Road and Leander Road and vice versa).

2. The bans would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

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By Bruce Talbot

Surrey were handed their �irst defeat in this season’s Vitality Blast as Sussex Sharks claimed an impressive 36-run success at the kia oval last weekend.

Tom Alsop’s 36-ball 68 and 65 off 42 deliveries by left-hander Daniel Hughes helped power Sussex to 213-7 after they had been put in – their biggest score in the format against Surrey.

Skipper Ollie Pope led Surrey’s response with an unbeaten 99 in a total of 177-7, but Sussex bowled with more discipline on a used pitch. Their spinners sent down eight overs and both Archie Lenham and James Coles picked up important wickets while Australian seamer Nathan McAndrew took 3-32.

It was an excellent performance by Sussex, whose decision to shunt Alsop down from three to six in their order paid off handsomely.

He added 47 in four overs with Hughes when the Australian fell for 65 in the 12th over to a well-judged running catch by Jason Roy.

But Alsop maintained Sussex’s momentum with McAndrew as they thrashed 68 in six overs for the sixth wicket.

Alsop passed 50 in T20 for only the eighth time in his career as all of the Surrey seamers struggled with the exception of Tom Curran, who finished with 3-23 despite conceding 17 off his final over.

Hughes helped himself to four boundaries in one over from Gus Atkinson while at the start of the innings Coles, promoted to No.3, had taken Jordan Clark for three successive fours before walking across his stumps to Clark’s leg-stump yorker.

It was one of three wickets Sussex lost in the powerplay, but they were still progressing at more than ten an over and even when Curran picked up John Simpson in the eighth over to leave them 68-4 they kept on swinging.

Hughes played proper shots on both sides of the wicket in a controlled display while the outstanding Alsop hit eight fours and three sixes, the second of which – a pull from outside off stump off Gus Atkinson - took the left-hander to a 25-ball fifty.

McAndrew’s cameo at the end of 29 from 15 propelled Sussex past 200 and the question then was whether their varied attack could blunt Surrey’s quality batting unit.

Both openers had gone inside four overs. Ollie Robinson’s nip-backer was too good for Laurie Evans and Dan Lawrence was well caught by the diving Fynn Hudson-Prentice at deep third off a thick outside edge.

Roy and Pope rebuilt in a stand of 73 but Sussex were more disciplined with the ball as Coles, 20, and 19-yearold Lenham prevented Surrey from accelerating.

The required rate had climbed to 15 an over when Roy, starved of the strike, holed out to long-on off Lenham in the 13th over. The leg-spinner was then taken for three sixes off the next four balls, but he’d made a crucial breakthrough.

Smith briefly threatened before toeending a drive to wide long-on and 77 off the final five overs proved beyond even

Pope’s capabilities, although his careerbest off 59 balls with ten four and three sixes was a fine effort. Sussex, though, thoroughly deserved their second win from three games.

Pope was in no mood to talk up his career-best T20 score.

“It doesn’t really mean that much when you lose,” Pope said “It was a bit frustrating because 99 was showing on the scoreboard and I took the single for the hundred. It’s not the end of the world. You’re never going to celebrate an hundred after a loss but we were in the changing room and Laurie Evans came

Surrey Suffer againSt SharkS

By Fred Atkins

South eASt Stars lost to Central Sparks by three wickets as emily

Arlott took a hat-trick and then hit the winning runs in a Charlotte edwards Cup thriller at Canterbury last weekend.

Arlott took four for 21 and Katie George two for 31 as the Stars were limited to 122-8, Sophia Dunkley, the top scorer with 58 from 49 balls.

Sixteen-year-old spinner Tilly CorteenColeman then took 3-14 the Stars, but Sparks skipper Eve Jones looked to have taken the game away from the Stars with a crucial stand of 59 with Courtney Webb.

First Blast defeat of season for Kia Oval side

up to me, shook my hand and said ‘well done on your 99!’ Obviously if I’d known I would have tried to get two more but it’s not a big deal.

“The pitch was really good and Tom Curran and Dan Lawrence bowled well. We were under par but Sussex played really well, particularly Hughes and Alsop. They probably got 15 above par. We lost a couple of early wickets and when that happens the run rate can go up quite quickly.”

Sussex’s Alsop said: “We came here knowing if we were going to beat a top side like Surrey we wouldn’t do it by

being conservative. We needed to throw some punches and give it a go.

“We knew it would be a good test and to win should give us a lot of confidence. I was going to come in at five or six to give us the left and right-handed combination. Dan Hughes was brilliant and for me it was trying to gauge the pace of the wicket and then expand.

“We want to take this competition on and be positive and it was good that it paid off tonight.”

Surrey host Gloucestershire at the Kia Oval this Friday (June 14) at 6.30pm.

Stars lose Charlotte Edwards Cup thriller as Arlott provides Sparks

Two late wickets from Ryana MacDonald-Gay left the Sparks needing eight from the last over, but Arlott hit Tash Farrant’s first two balls for fours to seal the win with four balls to spare, the Sparks finishing on 123 for seven.

It was a poignant occasion for a crowd of 1,277, with six Kent-raised players representing the Stars in their final scheduled appearance at the Spitfire Ground.

The hosts chose to bat but struggled to score early on and collapsed late in the innings when five wickets fell for four runs in the space of nine balls.

Bryony Smith was run out for seven, when Katie George deflected a violent drive from Sophia Dunkley on to the

stumps at the non-strikers end.

Paige Scholfield had made a run-a-ball 27 when she tried to pull Charis Pavely and was brilliantly caught by a forward diving George at deep-midwicket. Dunkley, who might have been run out for four, played the anchor role, pulling Arlott through cow corner to reach her 50 and bring up the Stars 100 in the 16th over. It was 107 for two at the end of the 17th, but Arlott’s treble dashed any hopes of a surge in the death overs. Dunkley was caught at mid-off by Courtney Webb, Tash Farrant snared by Eve Jones at midon and she completed the hat-trick when she bowled Ryana McDonald-Gay.

George then twisted the knife with two

wickets in as many balls, bowling Phoebe Franklin for 12 and then bowling Chloe Hill for a golden duck.

Arlott claimed her fourth wicket when she had Alexa Stonehouse caught for three by Davina Perrin off the final ball of the innings.

The target looked low, but CorteenColeman, playing at the ground next door to the hospital she was born in, removed both openers in the third over, bowling Perrin for one and Abigail Baker middle stump for 12 four balls later.

Farrant removed Abbey Freeborn for three, caught by Corteen-Coleman and George was stumped by Chloe Hill off Kalea Moore for six, when she mistakenly thought the keeper hadn’t gathered the

ball and charged down the wicket. At 41-4, the Stars were well in the game, but Jones was dropped on 17 and with the run rate never rising above eight she and Webb were able to play cautiously. Corteen-Coleman revived the Stars when she bowled Webb for 31 and although her final delivery, to Jones was dropped by Stonehouse, the batter went at the start of the 19th, caught by Scholfield off MacDonald-Gay for 43. When MacDonald-Gay then bowled Pavely for a duck the Sparks were left needing eight off the final over, but Arlott drove Farrant’s first ball for four and then brilliantly scooped the second over Hill’s head to clinch the victory and finish on 19 not out.

Surrey’s Tom Curran

By John Kelly

CryStAl PAlACe attacker eberechi eze is set to attract transfer attention again this summer - and reportedly has a £60million release clause in his contract.

While Eze is focusing on Euro 2024 after being named in Gareth Southgate’s final 26-man squad last week, clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur - who have previous interest in him - are considering moves again this summer.

The Mail report that Eze’s contract includes a £60million release clause as well as £8million in add-ons.

Eze has just finished a fine, albeit injury-affected, season, scoring eleven goals and getting four assists in 27 Premier League games.

Meanwhile, Eze came on as a 77th-minute substitute for Cole Palmer but couldn’t help England avoid slumping to a 1-0 defeat to Iceland at Wembley in their last game before the tournament in Germany.

Palace defender Marc Guehi played the full game, while Dean Henderson and Adam Wharton were on the bench.

England were booed off the pitch at the end of the game, after Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson scored the only goal in the twelfth minute.

"I completely understand [the boos]. We didn’t play well enough to keep them excited within the game,” Southgate said.

"We had some very, very good chances which normally would be finished which could have given a different complexion to the game and of course would have affected the confidence of the opponent.

"But that would have masked some flaws that were apparent tonight. From my perspective, I’ve learned a lot from the game.

"It does focus the mind that any sort of complacency that talent is going to get us this trophy and that we only have to stroll in… football is not like that.

"You’ve got to be spot on in every aspect of the game to win any game at this level and we were a long way short of that tonight and Iceland deserved their win."

addiCkS get their mann

‘majority’ of business done before June 27

By John Kelly

nAthAn JoneS wants the majority of his squad in place by the return to pre-season training - after Charlton Athletic unveiled goalkeeper will Mannion as their �irst signing of the summer.

Mannion, 26, is joining on a free transfer from Cambridge United on a three-year deal with an option of a further twelve months.

Jones explained why Mannion was a transfer target.

“He’s an experienced goalkeeper and we’re looking to improve every department over the summer in what is a big recruitment window for us," Jones said. "We identified Will as a real good goalkeeper who has done fantastically well at Cambridge and he did well against us in the game that he played.

He’s someone that’s a real good profile in terms of size, he’s on his way up, he’s really hungry and he wants to get to and play at a higher level. That’s what attracted us to him.

“He’ll provide real good competition to those who we bring into that department

and obviously he brings a real talent to it.

“We want to improve the department. We’re looking to bring in two goalkeepers to have a real competitive edge to them and two we believe can play at not just this level, but also can play at the level above.”

Jones added:

“We’d like to get the squad completed by our return date of June 27. We’ve worked tirelessly for the last three to four weeks in terms of arranging meetings with players.

We’re trying to be bold in our recruitment.

“I’m sure that by the time that we do get to the first day of pre-season, we’ll have the majority, if not all, of our squad in place. That’s so important because pre-season is a real big time, an important time to gel the squad and lay down certain things.

“We believe we’ve agreed with a few, so they should be announced in due course. But we try to keep everything in-house and quiet because all of the signings and all of the people we're speaking to will have vast competition from higher leagues and a lot of the teams in our division.”

Charlton also expect to complete deals

for Luke Berry and Josh Edwards. Jones expects a busy few weeks, but insists it is part of the long-term plan.

He said: “What we don’t want to do is a big recruitment drive every year. We believe we’re going in a certain direction and those players we bring in now have to be able to not only do well for Charlton now, but be able to have the capacity to play at a higher level as well.

“It’s important to have a rest and do our due diligence now in terms of shaping the squad. It’s probably the toughest timeapart from results and stuff. For a manager it’s the busiest time. This last month has been manic, it’s been crazy in terms of the amount of meetings. I’ve been all over the country, I’ve been back and forth, I spend most of the time on the phone trying to get these meetings done.

“But once you see the squad taking shape, once you see the significant improvement of the squad, then those are real good times and then the excitement starts to build to get back for those days when you can start working.”

Mannion, who is from Hillingdon, revealed it was difficult to turn down the move after he received a call from Jones.

“It feels great to be here,” Mannion said. "When the manager called me, it definitely perked my ears up.

“I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago and he sold the vision of the club and the vision for myself in terms of being involved. I’m excited for what may be this season.

“Coming back home [to London] and being with the family, it will be a proud moment to be stepping out at that stadium in front of them,” he explained.

“It’s obviously a proud fanbase, and full of voice. So I really can’t wait to get out at The Valley and see them all.

“It’s obviously a massive club - definitely not a club that should be in this league.

“Collectively, the goal is to push for promotion. That was made clear when I spoke to the gaffer, and that’s something that drew me to the club, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can do this season.”

By John Kelly

SteVe moriSon is excited by the potential of nana Boateng after Sutton United signed the winger on a free transfer following his release by millwall.

Boateng, 21, signed a two-year deal with the U’s, who were relegated from League Two to the National League last season.

Boateng had been with the Lions from the age of seven. He made one senior appearance, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2022.

Boateng played eight times on loan for Woking last season before another loan spell in the National League when he joined Solihull Moors in January.

The versatile attacker, who can play out wide or through the middle, helped Solihull into the play-offs, coming on as a substitute in the eliminator round and semi-final.

Boateng came on in the final and scored in the penalty shootout, but with the next spot-kick, U’s manager Morison’s former Millwall team-mate Byron Webster clinched promotion

with his now-iconic penalty.

''We've had our eye on Nana for a while and we're delighted to give him the platform to push on in his career after a great time at Solihull last season,” Morison said.

“He's a tricky winger who likes to get the ball in to the box and we are looking forward to seeing his pace and seeing him torment opposition defences.''

Nathan Jones has been busy during the closed season

Inset: New goalkeeper Will Mannion © Action Plus

Stuart Nethercott spent six years at

netherCott openS up on health SCare

By Kiro Evans

Former

millwAll defender

Stuart nethercott has bravely opened up on his cancer scare after the discovery of a mole last summer.

The 51-year-old, who captained Millwall to the Division Two title in 2001, said he was left in a ‘blur’ after the diagnosis.

The cancerous mole was removed but Nethercott then faced further health complications after the treatment.

He received the all-clear in January this year and has urged others to be vigilant when it comes to their health.

Nethercott told the Wall Talk podcast: “Back in June or July 2023, I was playing a few charity games. I had a massage with a physio and [he spotted] the mole

on my leg and asked if I’ve had it looked at.

“I was going ‘nah, don’t be silly, it’s just there.’ He told me that he would get it checked, so I did it. Went through the system with the doctors, had it removed and then it’s a waiting game for the results.

“And then you’re called in and the results were cancerous. I was in the room with my wife and I was just in a blur. I was fazed, bleary-eyed, not even listening. It was one of those things where I thought ‘I’m going to fight this’.

“I went in for the operation on December 20, they done a biopsy on the area where the mole was and had an incision near my groin. It all went well.

I had the operation on the Wednesday, was out by the Thursday and then back home recuperating.”

Unfortunately for Nethercott, his ordeal was not over and he was left feeling “really rough” over Christmas while preparing the roast dinner. A rash had appeared near where the mole had been removed and by Boxing Day he was left with no choice but to check himself back into hospital, where he was put on antibiotics.

He said: “The staff there was really scarce and, I’m not going to knock the NHS, but it’s only when you go in there that you understand it’s a mess, it’s an absolute mess.

“The rash was getting worst and I was going ‘I’m in so much pain that something needs to be done’. Eight hours later they went in where the incision was and flushed this rash out.

“This is now the 29th of December and I’m stuck in hospital over New

Year’s. I’m getting all the WhatsApp messages from all the boys saying ‘Happy New Year’ and I was in hospital.

I didn’t want to ruin anyone’s Christmas or be a burden on anybody.

“I got out on January 2nd and now I was waiting for the results. On the 18th they came through and it was all clear. I’ve got a few scars, more now then when I was playing.”

Nethercott, who made 227 appearances with Millwall over six years at The Den, said he wanted to share his story to remind others to prioritise their health.

He added: “If you see a mole or anything you think is not right, get it done. If it wasn’t for the physio and Mark Falco, the ex-Spurs player who played here who was pushing me… they’ve done me a right favour.”

Contract joy for Elijah at QPR

By John Kelly

eliJAh diXon-Bonner praised Queens Park rangers fans for their support after agreeing a new deal at loftus road.

Dixon-Bonner, 23, made 26 appearances in all competitions last season.

The midfielder joined the R’s in 2022 after spells in Arsenal’s academy before a move to Liverpool in 2025. He made one senior substitute appearance at Anfield, in an FA Cup tie against Shrewsbury Town in 2020.

“I’m really happy,” he said. “I am

very settled here. I have a good relationship with everyone, and most importantly I have a good relationship with the fans, so I am very happy to extend my stay.

“The relationship with the supporters is very important to me.

“I have had some tough times, and in those tough times they have stuck by me. Even in the midst of us having a very difficult season, they have taken the time to praise me for the things I have done well.

“When I have needed a bit of help, they have always been there with their support. I thank them so much

for what they have done for me.”

Meanwhile, QPR have also triggered a one-year extension option in Harry Murphy’s contract.

The 20-year-old midfielder signed his first professional deal with the club last summer.

“I’m delighted,” Murphy said.

“There is a great atmosphere around the place and the direction the club is going in is really exciting.

“The next year is a big one. I am looking to get as much experience as possible with the first team.

“It has been great to train with them for the last year or so, and now is the

All square in friendly affair

By Kiro Evans

AidoMo eMAkhu and ireland Under-21s drew 2-2 with romain esse’s england Under-20s as the two young millwall stars went head-tohead.

While their teammates continue to enjoy time off, both players have been in international action over the last week.

In a 2-2 friendly draw in Zagreb, Emakhu came off the bench as a second half sub after Ireland took an early lead.

But England roared back with a goal at the end of the first half before they scored again early in the second half.

A late equaliser by Ireland’s Armstrong Oxo-Flex saw the game end 2-2.

Last week, Emakhu scored during a 3-2 friendly win for Ireland over Croatia’s youth side. It is his fourth goal for his country in the last year. They are targeting European Championship qualification in the autumn.

Meanwhile, Esse came off the bench for the final 25 minutes of England U20s’ 2-1 friendly victory over Sweden last week.

Eagles close on Kam

By John Kelly

CryStAl PAlACe are set to sign

Japan mid�ielder daichi kamada on a free transfer from italian side lazio.

time for me to really push on.”

Chief executive Christian Nourry added: “Harry has had a number of opportunities to train with the first team, particularly since the turn of the year, and we have all been impressed with his diligence, commitment and technical improvements during this period.”

In more contract news at the Championship club, 20-year old leftback Casey Shann and goalkeeper Joe Walsh, 22, have agreed new contracts.

Midfielder Alfie Tuck, 18, has signed his first professional deal.

Kamada, 27, was having his medical this week ahead of the deal. Kamada is a versatile attacker who can play in midfield or up front. He has scored seven goals in 32 games for Japan.

The former Sagan Tosu player joined German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt in 2017 and played for two seasons under Eagles boss Oliver Glasner. He scored in the shootout to help Frankfurt beat Glasgow Rangers 5-4 on penalties in the 2022 Europa League final. He scored two goals in 38 games in all competitions for Lazio last season.

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Romain Esse and Aidomo Emakhu have been in international action

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Boss could be gone after Euro 2024

laSt ChanCe Sou -loon

By John Kelly

enGlAnd BoSS Gareth Southgate has admitted it will probably be the end of his reign if the three lions don’t win euro 2024.

England are the favourites for the tournament, which starts this Friday (June 14) when Scotland face hosts Germany in Munich in Group A. Southgate took over following the disastrous Euro 2016 campaign under Roy Hodgson, when England were knocked out by Iceland in the last sixteen, and after Sam Allardyce’s infamous one-game spell.

Southgate’s side reached the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley where they lost to Italy on penalties.

England also reached the semifinals of the World Cup in 2018 and quarter-finals in 2022.

England start their tournament on Sunday against Serbia in

Gelsenkirchin in Group B.

“If we don’t win, I probably won’t be here anymore. Then it might be the last chance,” Southgate said.

“I think about half the national team coaches leave after a tournament - that’s the nature of international football.

“I’ve been here for almost eight years now and we’ve been close. So I know that you can’t keep standing in front of the public and saying, ‘A little bit more please’, because at some point, people lose faith in your message. If we want to be a great team and I want to be a top coach, then you have to deliver in the big moments.”

Southgate was reportedly considered by Manchester United for their manager job this summer, but they are now expected to keep Erik Ten Hag.

Southgate was asked why he didn’t

sign a new contract before the tournament.

He said: "The reason is that there would have been more criticism, which would have put more pressure on the team.

"England did that once before with Fabio Capello and there was a big drama before the tournament. It's better to check yourself after the tournament."

Meanwhile, former England international Paul Merson is backing Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze to be a breakout star at the tournament.

Eze is one of four Crystal Palace players in the squad, alongside Dean Henderson, Marc Guehi and Adam Wharton.

“Going forward England have so many options. The problem for Southgate will be getting those options right. If he doesn't get them right, England will be up against it,”

Gareth Southgate gives instructions to Eberechi Eze as he sends him on in the friendly against Iceland at Wembley

Silas is goal-den for Cottagers

By John Kelly

fulhAM Are interested in signing versatile £15 million-rated Stuttgart forward Silas katompa Mvumpa. Silas, 26, scored seven goals in 30 appearances in all competitions last season and helped the side finish second in the Bundesliga, behind unbeaten Bayer Lverkusen.

DR Congo international Silas joined Stuttgart from Paris FC in 2019 and scored seven league goals the following promotion season.

The Cottagers were interested in a January deal for the attacker and reportedly offered £13million.

Stuttgart’s former director of football Sven Mislintat has compared Silas to exArsenal and Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

“He is quieter [than Aubameyang] but very focused,” Mislintat said. “He listens, he learns a lot. He knows exactly what he is. He’s aggressive. He is a winner.”

“Silas has become better and better and improved quite a lot.”

Colwill set to snub interest

By John Kelly

ChelSeA’S levi Colwill is attracting the interest of Bayern munich - but the defender is reportedly happy at Stamford Bridge.

Colwill, 21, played 32 times in all competitions for the Blues last season and made his England debut against Australia last October.

He also scored his first Chelsea goal in their 3-2 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in December.

Merson said.

“It's hard to pick the forward line.

“[Bukayao] Saka never lets his country down when he plays. Eze just glides past players and looks like the X-factor.

“At tournaments, you always get a player who comes out of the blue and becomes a superstar. We've seen it at World Cups and Euros over the years.

“For me, Eze could be that player.

“But Southgate has to find a solution to get his key attackers on the ball. There's no point in playing these games and [John] Stones and Guehi are touching the ball more times than players like [Phil] Foden, Saka, Eze, [Cole] Palmer or [Jude] Bellingham.

“England have to find solutions to get these players on the ball. Hopefully they can find a way to do that because I believe they can win the Euros.”

Colwill was set to be in contention to make Gareth Southgate’s squad for Euro 2024 but a toe injury kept him out from March for the rest of the season.

Despite interest from Bayern - who already have Harry Kane and Eric Dier in their squad - and other clubs, Colwill is reportedly focused on impressing new Blues boss Enzo Maresca.

Chelsea have already added to their defence this summer with the signing of Tosin Adarabioyo from Fulham. He has replaced Thiago Silva who has returned to Fluminese in Brazil.