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general election 2024: councillors from south london standing for Parliament

By Robert Firth

Local Democracy Reporter

wiTh PollS predicting labour are on track for a big win in the general election on July 4, westminster is expected to welcome a huge number of new faces. Among those hoping to be sitting in the house of Commons in a month’s time are councillors with the party from across inner South london.

No less than seven sitting Labour councillors in Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark have been announced as parliamentary candidates. They join a few other candidates who recently stepped down from their positions as councillors in inner South London to focus on their parliamentary ambitions.

Here’s a round-up of current or recently departed local councillors who come July 4 could be crossing the River Thames and taking their seats in Westminster.

LAMBETH

Cllr Jim dickson

The former Lambeth Council leader and member for Herne Hill for over 30 years is standing as Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Dartford. Cllr Dickson, who currently serves as cabinet member for healthier communities with Cllr Jacqui Dyer, would be the Kent town’s first Labour MP for almost two decades if he is elected in July.

Cllr nanda manley-Browne

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Jim Dickson is standing as Labour's candidate in Dartford

standing for Labour in the new Oxfordshire constituency of Henley and Thames. The area is traditionally a Conservative stronghold.

NHS worker Manley-Browne has been a councillor in Lambeth since 2019.

Cllr mariana masters

A councillor in Streatham since 2018, Cllr Masters is Labour’s parliamentary candidate for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire. The new seat includes much of the now abolished South Cambridgeshire constituency where Labour finished a distant third to the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in 2019.

SOUTHWARK

Cllr evelyn Akoto

Southwark Council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing was announced as

Labour’s candidate in South West Wiltshire in May. Her selection came 18 months after she lost out on her bid to become Labour’s new MP in the safe seat of Peckham.

Cllr Akoto will have her work cut out trying to win in the constituency, which is over 100 miles away from Southwark. When voters last went to the polls in South West Wiltshire, the Conservatives picked up over 60 per cent of the vote.

LEWISHAM:

Cllr ese erheriene

The former journalist is running as Labour’s candidate in Woking, Surrey. The constituency has only ever returned Conservative MPs since its creation in 1950. Cllr Erheriene has represented Lee Green on Lewisham Council since 2022.

Cllr eva Kestner

Cllr Kestner is another Labour councillor in Lee Green with Westminster ambitions. Like Cllr Erheriene she has represented the area on Lewisham Council since 2022. Kestner is standing to be Labour’s candidate in the Scottish Highlands, representing Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Labour finished third there behind the Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party the last time voters went to the polls in 2019.

Cllr oana olaru-holmes

Also elected to the council in 2022 to represent Downham, Cllr Olaru-Holmes is hoping to win for Labour in Bromley and Biggin Hill. The new seat is formed from three constituencies which all currently have Conservative MPs.

AND THOSE WHO’VE ALREADY JUMPED SHIP…

Juliet Campbell

The former Blackheath councillor resigned ahead of the election to focus her efforts on winning for Labour in Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire. In 2019, Labour finished second there with 38.5 per cent of the vote, compared to the Conservative’s 48.1 per cent. Campbell would be the area’s first Labour MP since 2005 if elected.

Tom rutland

Rutland, who was only elected to Lambeth Council in 2022, resigned to focus on his campaign to become Labour MP for East Worthing and Shoreham in Sussex earlier this year.

Alice macdonald

Former Southwark Labour councillor Alice Macdonald stood down as a cabinet member when selected as parliamentary candidate for Norwich North in 2023.

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trader went from a building to a van and is now a success

Toby started Plantain Kitchen with his mum in 2019

EXCLUSIVE

By Isabel Ramirez

A Food trader from rotherhithe, who almost closed his business after he was struggling to pay rent, is now doing ‘great’ since he moved from a building to a van.

Up until a few months ago, Toby Oladokun had a food stall at Peckham Levels and was trading Monday-Sunday. But now he says he makes more money selling his food at markets and festivalsout of a van.

Toby started Plantain Kitchen with his mum in 2019 to bring West African cuisine to the masses.

The 31-year-old told us: “I would go out with my friends to venues like Box Park and we would never see West African food there.

“It was being represented in restaurants but not in casual street food.

“So we wanted to change that.”

Toby grew up on the Old Kent Road and now lives in Rotherhithe.

He blended his heritage (half-Nigerianhalf-Ghanaian) with simpler versions of what he grew up eating to create his menu.

All his dishes - chicken, oxtail stew and vegan red bean stew - are served on a bed of Jollof, which is rice cooked in a flavourful sauce of tomatoes, onions and aromatic spices.

Asked which Jollof he makes (alluding to the age-old debate between Ghana and Nigeria on who cooks the best version of the dish) Toby said: “We make Nigerian Jollof,” referring to the recipe that uses long-grain rice, as opposed to basmati.

He joked: “Everyone is happy - apart from the Ghanaians. Until they taste it.”

In 2021, he began trading at Peckham Levels - a gig he thought would elevate his brand to new heights.

However, business there was ‘not good’ which he claimed was due to a lack of

regular footfall in the building.

He said the lack of business meant he was unable to pay rent, which led him into some arrears. In February he was evicted from the building.

Peckham Levels said they were unable to comment on Toby’s situation, but wished him the best for his future.

On the issue of footfall, a spokesperson stated: “There is currently a national crisis in the arts and hospitality, with venues closing all around the country on a worryingly regular basis.

“Despite this, our monthly footfall figures so far this year compared to 2023 are 58% higher month on month.”

What was a stressful time for Toby and his partner, who was pregnant, he now says it was a ‘blessing in disguise.’

The dad-of-one is now urging other independent traders not to rush into ‘bricks and mortar.’

“I was really excited about getting a unit at Peckham Levels because being in a building is often associated with success - but that’s not always the case.”

He said he gets more business trading at Canada Water Market every Sunday, commenting: “It would take us three to four days to make the same money at Peckham Levels.

“You can put your business in a van and not have the other costs weighing you down.”

Customers who know and love Plantain Kitchen can catch them every Sunday now at Canada Water Market and on Thursdays at Tower Hill from 16 June.

He will also trade all summer at UK festivals - including Wireless, Pride London, KISStory and Uptown Festival in Blackheath, and Rally in Southwark Park.

“We’re coming back stronger and better than ever,” he added.

People can also �ind him on Deliveroo, where they deliver their food out of a kitchen space in Bermondsey.

Follow @plantainkitchen on Instagram for more.

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Toby Oladokun, owner of Plantain Kitchen, His delicious Jollof bowls (Inset)

eberechi eze’s whole family visit mural on the uK’s most Patrotic estate in bermondsey

By Isabel Ramirez

A murAl of england’s eberechi eze, which was painted on the country’s ‘most patriotic estate,’ was visited by the footballer’s whole family.

Residents on the Kirby Estate in Bermondsey had the tribute done after the local hero, who plays for Crystal Palace, was called up for the Euro 2024 squad.

Chris Dowse, who lives there, said they were elated when his family surprised them with a visit on Friday (14 June.)

He told the News, “His mum and dad, his sister, his brother, his wife, some of his cousins and then a lot of his friends came down.”

“At one point there were about 40 cars parked on the estate.”

Although Eze couldn’t be there in person, they were able to speak to him from Germany.

“We Facetimed him,” he said, “it was pretty special.”

Residents of the Kirby beam with Eze’s family and friends.

A video posted online showed the humble 25-year-old midfielder reacting to the mural, commenting:

“This is insane man. This is insane. Your picture is painted on a wall somewhere.

“Someone’s painted you. It’s in the ends as well! So that’s huge. My family are going to be out there taking a picture soon.

“Nah, grateful man. I feel like I’m representing the whole of south! That’s what it feels like, probably not, but it feels like I am, man.

“Glory to God, man, glory to God.”

The new artwork, done by street artist Mr Meana in conjunction with Murwalls, is framed by an estate of hundreds of England flags.

Chris added that their long-time tradition of putting up flags was nearly

scuppered by the cost of living crisis.

“We used to pay 33p for flags - now they’re £3 each.

“We were always gonna do something but we didn’t know if it could be the same this year.”

Hospital cyber attack: over 800 operations postponed

They are also raising money to get their park reopened. “We need £500 for the flags and any extra will go towards getting our park back. It’s been closed for 3 years.”

“I’m not expecting a penny from anyone.

But anything we do get is amazing.”

The estate has never been the same since a video went viral of their sea of England flags in 2018. That video has over 6.5 million views.

“We were doing it long before the fame

came along,” Chris added. Chris said ‘when’ England gets to the final, they plan to have a big screen out and BBQs.

Search ‘Kirby Estate’ on gofundme.com to donate to their fundraiser.

Eric Cantona spotted walking goat outside old school Bermondsey

Cantona,

By Isabel Ramirez

over 800 operations, including 97 cancer treatments, had to be postponed following the cyber attack on Southwark’s hospital trusts.

On Monday 3 June, a ransomware cyber attack was perpetrated, primarily affecting King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Qilin, a Russian group of cyber criminals, is understood to be behind the attack.

As well as the operations, data for the first week after the attack (3-9 June) showed that across these two trusts, 700 outpatient appointments had to be rearranged.

Despite this, the majority of planned activity has continued to go ahead, with some specialities impacted more than others.

Trusts are adding weekend clinics in an attempt to ensure any procedures are rearranged as quickly as possible, including by adding extra weekend clinics.

The attack was perpetrated against Synnovis, a pathology laboratory which processes blood tests on behalf of several NHS organisations, mostly in Southeast London.

Gracefield Gardens, the Tessa Jowell Health Centre and Evelina London’s Children’s Hospital are also affected.

The government’s National Cyber Security Centre and NHS England’s

Cyber Operations team continue to work towards a solution.

Patients will be kept informed about any changes to their treatment by the NHS organisation caring for them. This will be through the usual contact routes including texts, phone and letters.

Any patient with a planned appointment at these Trusts, who has not been contacted, should attend their appointment as normal.

All unplanned services, including A&E services, are open as normal.

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is currently calling for O-positive and O-negative blood donors to book appointments in one of the 25 NHS Blood Donor Centres in England.

EXCLUSIVE

By Herbie Russell

eriC CAnTonA was spotted walking a goat outside an old-school Bermondsey boozer.

The former Manchester United striker was doing filming at The Victoria on Pages Walk on Thursday, June 13.

Eric is believed to have been participating in an advert that is hitting screens during the Euro 2024 tournament.

The pub is just a stone’s throw away from Millwall’s home ground, The Den. The towering French forward, turned

actor, enjoyed a glittering career in English football.

He scored 70 goals and bagged 56 assists in 156 appearances for Manchester United and Leeds.

Cantona’s charismatic presence and distinctive style on the pitch made him a fan favorite, earning him the nickname “King Eric.”

After retiring from football in 1997, Cantona transitioned to a successful acting career, starring in numerous films and television series.

His contributions to football were recognised in 2002 when he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame.

Eberechi Eze’s family at the Kirby

Eric

pictured, doing fi lming around Pages Walk

photoCreative Commons

weeKend of fun Borough businesses to host free family event

By Isabel Ramirez

A Free family fun day, featuring wacky races, choir performances and human tower stunts, is coming to Se1 this weekend.

Now in its eighth year, the Great Get Together is part of a nationwide series of weekend activities inspired by the memory of the late Jo Cox MP – who was shot and stabbed by a man who “did not share her political views.”

The events are an attempt to bring the community together and prove what Jo famously said to be true, that ‘we have more in common than that which divides us.’

Taking place on Saturday 22 June from 11am, it will see several businesses in Borough link up for an all-day celebration.

“While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we

are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us,” the late Jo Cox MP said.

This year the event will also feature Pride in Southwark to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and heritage in the area.

Festivities will include an array of music from local groups, performances like the human tower stunt group (Castellers of London), as well as an afternoon of children’s activities.

The event will be officially opened by local resident Joyce who will be celebrating her 100th birthday this month and has lived all her life in Southwark.

Living Bankside, the official host, is working with local partners including Borough Market, Golden Hinde, Shakespeare’s Globe, Southwark Cathedral, Tate Modern and many more.

The event programme can be found online at: www. thegreatgettogetherSE1.org

Okinawa Day in Bermondsey

By Isabel Ramirez

A Free Japanese festival will return to Bermondsey, with eisa dance, music and cultural food celebrating the unique okinawa islands.

Okinawa Day, a yearly celebration of Japan’s southernmost region, is coming to The Blue Market on Saturday 22 June from

11am to 5pm.

The Okinawa island cluster once formed part of the Ryukyu Kingdom – which used to be its own country Karate originated in the region and visitors will witness a spell-binding demonstration of the famous martial art. Attendees can also expect musical performances from the London Okinawa Sanshinkai, guest performers from Europe and Japan, and craft stalls.

Mini-beach in Elephant

Venue to pump ‘smell of cut grass’ into crowds at Euro 2024 screening

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By Isabel Ramirez

A Free family event in elephant and Castle will include a minibeach, a penalty shoot-out with Fulham FC and the chance to win a laptop.

Ark Globe Academy will host its annual summer fair this Saturday 22 June. From 11am-2pm, there will be a range

of fun activities for kids and young people - like a cup and saucer ride, a planetarium, archery and a mini-beach to play on.

Kids can learn about wild science by interacting with a range of mammals, reptiles and amphibians, along with birds of prey. Plus visitors could get their hands on some high-ticket prizes in the raffle, including a bike, a laptop and a flat screen tv, along with up to £100 cash.

Pride March in Borough

By Herbie Russell

SouThwArK’S lGBTQ+ community will stage speeches, drag shows and performances following a march in celebration of Pride month this Saturday.

Southwark’s Pride March will go from the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre, on Hopton Street, to Borough Yards, Stoney Street on Saturday, June 22.

People are invited to meet at 12pm, 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, The official Pride in Southwark After-Party: Saturday, June 22, at The Rising SE1, a new queer focused pub in Elephant on Harper Road, SE1.

Windrush Day in Peckham

By Isabel Ramirez

A GAllery is hosting a day of activities to mark the anniversary of windrush, with cooking classes and a film screening.

This Saturday (22 June) will be 76 years since the Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury in 1948, bringing Afro-Caribbean immigrants to the UK. Windrush Day is celebrated annually to honour the legacy

of the Windrush Generation and how they helped shape Britain.

At South London Gallery there will be a full day of events between 2pm-5pm for all ages, with cooking workshops, the chance to hear real stories from the time, family activities and a film screening curated by the SLG’s youth collective, the Art Assassins. There will also be a drop-in advice service open by Windrush Justice Clinic throughout the afternoon.

who is niKo omilana and is the hit you tuber actually standing to be mP in bermondsey?

By Isabel Ramirez

A youTuBe prankster has confused the nation after his name appeared on the ballot to be running for mP in multiple places, including Bermondsey and old Southwark.

It is unclear whether it is the same candidate or different ones who have legally changed their names, but who is he and what does he want?

WHO IS NIKO OMILANA?

The YouTuber soared to fame online with his elaborate prank videos, which have included setting up fake restaurants to rival McDonald’s (Not McDonald’s), as well as Subway, Apple and Asda and recently sneaking into a banned country.

Aside from the fact he alone has nearly 10 million subscribers across his YouTube channels, he is a member of the creator group, Beta Squad, which also has 10 million.

He is known for finding loopholes in the system, for entertainment value.

In 2021 he ran as an independent candidate for London Mayor and impressively came 5th, collecting 2 per cent of the vote.

IS HE RUNNING AS AN MP FOR BERMONDSEY?

The name Niko Omilana was listed on the ballot as an independent MP in Bermondsey and Old Southwark, as well as in 10 other constituencies.

In a campaign video, Niko explained he chose to run in the current Prime Minister’s constituency of Richmond and Northallerton ‘to get Rishi out.’

He said he wanted to ‘completely remove him from the political world,’ commenting: “Rishi Sunak wants to send young people to war, so I’ve decided to declare war on the system,” referring to

the Tory pledge to introduce national service for 18-year-olds.

The 26-year-old went on to say in a video posted on X: “We attempted to run Niko Omilana in multiple places across the country, and somehow we managed to make it happen.”

As well as Bermondsey and Old Southwark and Richmond and Northallerton, a Niko Omilana is standing in Leeds South, Leeds East, Coventry South, North West Essex, Greenwich and Woolwich, Birmingham Perry Barr, Dundee Central, Stockton West and Ealing Southall.

He addressed his followers in the clip

by saying: “I need everyone to register to vote.”

There is even a website encouraging people to vote for Niko Omilana to be ‘the greatest Prime Minister of all time.’

In light of the news, a local MP candidate here in Bermondsey is not happy.

Councillor Rachel Bentley, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark responded: “Niko Omilana is clearly seeking publicity. This is Niko taking the Micko!

“I am not a spoilsport - but electoral law - only allows each individual to stand in one seat.

doggy daycare is giving jobs to people in recovery

By Isabel Ramirez

A doGGy daycare centre in Peckham is giving jobs to people in recovery from addiction and mental illness.

Paws & Pause has offered 47 trainee placements to date through its community employment programme.

Based in Brixton and Peckham, the organisation is crowdfunding to raise £6,000 so it can keep helping people get back into work after falling on hard times.

Paws & Pause founders, Jodie and Grace, started the business after working at a homeless charity.

They told us: “We started Paws & Pause with a vision to combine community care with dog care, inspired by our time working at St-Mungo’s

homelessness charity - where we saw first-hand how the presence of an animal could increase a person’s ability to connect, learn and feel confident.

They explained the benefits of working with the animals to people who have suffered from mental illness and feel ‘socially excluded.’

“Dogs can be a catalyst to engaging people living with mental health difficulties and substance use challenges as part of their recovery journey.

“We believe that the connection between dogs and humans is powerful and can act as a great motivator for engagement, change and self-reflection, enabling access to employment and further education for those too often socially excluded.”

Paws & Pause provides a place for

trainees to build on how to build and maintain employability within the daycare setting, alongside the dogs and professional team. The six-month programme combines hands-on experience in the doggy day care supported by 1-1 mentoring, employability and personal development workshops, team activities and the completion of a Workbook to complement each placement.

Those who give to the Crowdfunder will be entered into a raffle to win prizes such as two months’ free dog daycare, online dog training sessions, or organic doggy treat hampers. Find the Crowdfunder online and give today, at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/ paws-and-pause.

they had received the information and were ‘liaising with the relevant authorities.’

Similarly, the North Yorkshire Police said “We have been made aware of a potential electoral matter”, which is being looked into.

Mr Omilana has been contacted for comment.

HOW WAS THIS (ALLEGEDLY) ABLE TO HAPPEN?

Each candidacy is registered under a different address and different people signed the nomination papers.

The Electoral Commission, which oversees elections in the UK, said: “We are aware that the same person has been nominated as a candidate in a number of constituencies at the general election.

“Candidates must confirm in their nomination papers that they are not standing in any other constituency.

“It is an offence for an individual to provide false information on nomination papers when applying to stand as a candidate, including to falsely confirm that they are not standing in another constituency.

“If that has occurred, it would be a matter for the police to consider.”

Adding that if he has registered to stand in more than one constituency: “He cannot be allowed to get away with this.

“I am fighting hard to win this seat for the Liberal Democrats and back from Labour. I want every vote cast here to change our MP to count - not to random publicity seekers or others.

“And clearly,” she said that if he has breached electoral rules and “remains on the ballot paper, there will be a very strong case for a successful election petition after July 4th to require the election in this seat to be re-run - without Mr Omilana on the ballot.”

The West Midlands Police have said

Under electoral law, Returning Officers must take the details provided in candidate nomination forms at face value, and accept the nomination if it meets the requirements. They do not have the power to investigate or research the information provided by the candidate. Candidates do not need to show ID when submitting their nomination papers. The Commission added that whilst people can use ‘commonly used names,’ they must ensure it is a forename or surname that they commonly use.

It is an offence to give a false statement on a nomination form. The penalty could be a fine or a prison term of no more than six months.

Niko Omilana (Twitter)

© Paws and Pause

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The 2024 General Election

The UK Parliamentary General Election takes place on Thursday 4 July 2024. Register to vote by midnight, Tuesday 18 June.

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Apply for a postal vote by 5pm, Wednesday 19 June. Go to gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

Plans for 500 flat complex in Sutton to replace old office building

By Harrison Galliven Local Democracy Reporter

Around 500 new flats could be coming to the area around Sutton station soon.

Developers revealed the plans to replace the existing office block unit. Under the plans, Quadrant House will be replaced by a ‘highly sustainable build-to-rent and coliving project’ opposite the station.

Amro, the developers, acquired the 200,000 sq ft of empty office space in 2022, with intentions to develop on the site.

Opened in 1980, the office block towers over the station’s southerly access point on Brighton Road and has become a familiar site to many locals and commuters alike.

The plans state that of the 500 flats, 35 per cent would be affordable and 25 per cent would be designed to accommodate families. The flats will be a mix of co-living and build to rent.

They have also committed to working with Network Rail to improve safety for pedestrians and potential residents by increasing CCTV coverage and improving paving and street lighting around the site entrance.

This news follows the news that 970 new flats will be built on the site of the current B&Q store, which is due to close its doors for the last time this Saturday. Despite their approval, the plans drew great concern from residents that feel the new developments will place a great strain on Sutton’s stretched public services.

While a planning application has not yet been submitted, it is expected to come through later this summer, with construction expected to commence at the end of 2025. It is so far unclear how tall the

new development could be, or whether it will eclipse Quadrant House’s 19-storeys.

Amro has stressed how it will work with Sutton Women’s Centre, a local charity, to address anti-social behaviour around the station. With them, they plan to install new public art and create a ‘new public realm where local residents can feel safe and secure’.

In their plans, Amro said: “Following

early consultation work with the charity, and in collaboration with Network Rail and Sutton Highways Department, Amro has already committed to significantly improving the journey of pedestrians moving between the secondary train station access point, Quadrant House and Brighton Road.”

Amro have also announced they will sponsor the charity for a three-year period,

realm, improving the safety of people using the area around the train station and, in particular, women walking home. We value the insight and expertise provided by Sutton Women’s Centre and look forward to working closely with them to make these plans a reality.”

Heather Smiles, counselling and outreach lead at Sutton Women’s Centre, said: “We are delighted to be working with Amro to improve the safety of women and girls in Sutton through education, training and making physical changes to our environment.

“We were delighted to attend Amro’s recent workshop where we consulted on their vision for Quadrant House and after listening to our opinions, plans are underway to transform an alleyway that felt unsafe for women into an attractive route connecting the development with the station.

which they hope will help ‘develop the ‘building a Safer Sutton’ campaign, which will provide training, education and raise awareness of safety for women throughout the borough’.

Abigail Heraty, development manager at Amro Partners, said: “We intend for the redevelopment of Quadrant House to be a catalyst for significant and lasting improvements to the surrounding public

“The development will be one of Europe’s most sustainable residential buildings on completion in 2027. Taking a retrofit-first approach, around 65 per cent of the existing office building structure will be retained, delivering significant carbon savings. Co-working spaces will be available to all local people via a membership scheme, in addition to a brand new community hub.”

Opening date announced for Sutton’s newest cinema

By Harrison Galliven Local Democracy Reporter

The Thowley yard independent cinema is due to open its doors later this month and will replace the long-dormant Chicago’s nightclub plot.

Alongside a wide offering of mainstream and independent films, the cinema will also contain a food hall and open space which community groups can use.

Throwley Yard announced on June 12

that it will open its doors to the public on June 21.

The cinema has been a joint venture of Sutton Council and The Really Local Group and comes as part of the Council’s wider plan to redevelop the high street.

The Council won £11.35m from the government’s Future High Streets Fund in 2021. A year later they announced his funding they planned to build four new community projects including Throwley Yard.

On the other side of the high street, the St Nicholas Centre is also undergoing a massive redevelopment, which could

see it house a new civic centre after the Council moved from the current St Nicholas Way site. Sutton has also ringfenced £30m of its budget for further spending on the high street in the coming year.

The Council has already transformed the previously empty Market House building at the bottom of the high street into an upmarket retail unit, which now houses the popular Sound Lounge music venue. The hope is that Throwley Yard will attract a similar response near the top of the high street.

The cinema will sit on the site of the

old Chicago’s nightclub, which closed to punters in 2013. After sitting dormant for the past 10 years, the familiar plantadorned building which also housed Wilko, will house one of the area’s newest community spaces.

The Really Local Group hope the public will use the cinema’s flexible indoor space alongside the cinema, which is offering £6 tickets all day for the first month. Alongside the four cinema screens, the public will be able to access a flexible performance space, DJ school in partnership with the Dixon Brothers and quiet areas for study.

Following the announcement of the

Cinema in March 2022, Councillor Jayne McCoy, former Deputy Leader of Sutton Council, said: “This is a really exciting moment. By working with Really Local Group we’ll be bringing a Sutton landmark back into use after nearly 10 years, transforming the old Chicago’s into a hub of daytime and evening activity that will bring a new buzz to the town centre.

“We were impressed by Really Local Group’s approach because it aligns with our own commitment to boosting our economy and culture by creating spaces for community, business and artists to grow. We’ve got big plans for Sutton Town Centre and Throwley Yard is a key part of them. I can’t wait to see this site come to life again.”

Preston Benson, Founder of Really Local Group, added: “Really Local Group creates multi-use social and entertainment hubs by repurposing original venues, and we’re incredibly excited to be working with Sutton Council on this project. The repurposing of the site of this former nightclub aims to bring local businesses, jobs and lifestyle opportunities to the local area, offering a place for the community to enjoy live performances, arts classes and much more.”

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Storey Quadrant House is one of the biggest buildings in Sutton

Throwley Yard cinema will be offering £6 all day tickets for it's opening month

The familiar green walled building on Sutton's upper high street had become a familiar site to many

The new development, named 'The Quadrant', will sit opposite the station's southerly entrance

Summer at the Southbank Centre

This year’s summer season at the Southbank Centre, You BelongHere , from Saturday 29 June – Sunday 8 September, is a beacon of welcome for everyone, packed with vibrant and diverse performance, poetry, talks, art, music and family fun.

e season is inspired by the unsung explorers and cultural trailblazers celebrated in the Hayward Gallery exhibition Tavares Strachan: ere Is Light Somewhere, and takes its name from one of Strachan’s text-based neon sculptures. e exhibition, from Tuesday 18 June – Sunday 1 September, is the rst mid-career survey of the New York-based, Bahamian artist. Don’t forget, under-12s go free, and under-30s can get tickets for just £8 Tuesdays –Fridays and after 5pm on Saturdays. Outside the gallery, discover spectacular free public art inside and outside the venues, each connected to the theme of the summer season and ready to welcome you to the site. Plus, don’t miss the return of everyone’s favourite interactive summer fountainJeppe Hein's Appearing Rooms.

On weekends, the outdoor Riverside Stage hosts free events with some of our city’s most exciting artists and collectives representing local and global communities, including AZEEMA, Counterpoints Arts, ESEA unseen, FLAWA, Just Vibez and SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS curating live music, performance, dance, fashion and more. Kicking things o is NAZAR on Saturday 29 June, a joyous party celebrating Pride in London featuring DJs from the SWANA and South Asian communities. JAZZ RE:FEST also returns to the Southbank Centre on Saturday 20 July. Come and join in as our artists and collectives create spaces for conversation, connection and community-building throughout the summer

A summer celebration

SAT 29 JUN – SUN 8 SEP

months.

Fantastic performances will entertain the whole family, from the joyous circus show Afrique en Cirque from Wednesday 24 – Sunday 28 July, spectacular new musical Frankie Goes to Bollywood from Wednesday 31 July – Sunday 18 August, and the enchanting show Home for little ones on Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 July. is production is inspired by creator Anastasiia Liubchenko’s personal story. She left her house in Ukraine to nd a new home in the Netherlands.

In the literature and talks programme, celebrate the 100th birthday of iconic writer James Baldwin with an entire day of conversations on Sunday 21 July. Plus, there will also be thought-provoking events from celebrated writers David Olusoga, Kelechi

Okafor, Sathnam Sanghera and more. While you’re here, there’s a feast of food and drink pop-ups to enjoy, and why not also visit London’s very own secret garden on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall to soak up the sunshine. It’s set to be a summer to remember, celebrating what makes all of us belong at the one-of-a-kind Southbank Centre.

 Tavares Strachan, Inner Elder (Nina Simone as Queen of Sheba), 2023. Courtesy the artist. Photo by Jonty Wilde

 Riverside Stage. Photo by Paul Gilbey

 Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden. Photo by Cesare De Giglio

 HOME. Photo by Hans Boddeke

fourth Primary school in two years is set to shut its doors in southwarK

By Robert Firth Local Democracy Reporter

The FourTh Southwark school in two years will shut its doors due to a drop in demand for places.

Councillors rubber stamped the closure of Comber Grove Primary School in Camberwell at a cabinet meeting today Monday, June 17.

Labour-led Southwark Council took the decision to close the school after falling pupil numbers left the school with 100 spaces to fill.

If the school on Comber Grove had remained open, 42 per cent of places would have been empty.

Southwark, like other inner London boroughs, is suffering from a crisis of falling pupil numbers and has identified at least 16 schools at risk of closure. The capital is predicted to experience a fall in demand of about 7,900 places for the first years of primary and secondary over the next four years.

Last year, Coburg Primary School in Walworth closed and merged with Camelot Primary School

Townsend Primary School, also in Walworth, closed its doors at the end of the 2023/24 academic year.

A third school in the borough, St Francesca Cabrini Primary School in Forest Hill, shut at the end of the 2022

school year.

Councillor Jasmine Ali, cabinet member for education, said Southwark was suffering from a ‘demographic toxic shock’ due to the plummeting number of school-age kids in the borough.

She said: “It started with the issue of Brexit and as we’ve seen, the increase in house prices, the dramatic fall in birth rate, means we just don’t have enough children to fill our schools.

“Last year we had 30 per cent of families leaving London. Today it’s 35 per cent.”

Neither the head teacher, chair of governors nor any parents from the school attended the cabinet meeting at the council’s Tooley Street headquarters where the closure was approved. Cllr Ali said their absence didn’t mean they hadn’t been ‘completely engaged’ by the council about the proposals

Parents had previously set up a petition against the school’s closure and held a rally opposing the plans outside the council’s offices.

The council said all pupils at Comber Grove Primary School will be able to secure a place at a good or outstanding local school. A decision on the future of the school building has yet to be made.

Cllr Kieron Williams, leader of Southwark Council, said: “Obviously

it’s something we take very seriously. The proposal, we take it with a very heavy heart. We’ve seen a large reduction in the number of young children in our city over recent years and that’s led to us having more

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primary school places than we needed.

“I know the team has been working very hard to ensure we keep all of our schools strong and to work out the best way to do that. These proposals are part of that work.””

By Isabel Ramirez

PenSionerS in Southwark have the chance to ask hopeful mPs how they will help them if elected on July 4th.

The General Election Hustings is being hosted by Southwark Pensioners’ Action Group (SPAG) in Camberwell.

There will be representatives present from the five largest parties - Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Greens and Reform - to answer people’s burning questions.

The aim is to help older people in Southwark make an informed vote on Thursday 4 July.

SPAG is an established group, raising awareness and campaigning on issues that affect the health and independence of older people.

When: Friday 21 June, from 2pm4.30pm

Where: Denmark Hill Community Centre, Blanchedowne, SE5 8HL Register your attendance on 02077084556 or at info@ southwarkpensioners.org.uk

Parents gathered with placards outside Comber Grove Primary School in November last year

Historic tunnels used by Londoners to shelter in during Blitz set to become brand new cultural attraction - with James Bond-themed exhibitions

By Ben Lynch

Local Democracy Reporter

h i SToriC T unnel S beneath the City of london and Camden are a step closer to becoming the capital’s latest ‘cultural destination’, with James Bondthemed exhibitions among the experiences in the pipeline.

The City of London Corporation on Tuesday June 11 approved plans to reimagine the Kingsway Tunnels, which run under High Holborn and were originally built in 1942 as an air raid shelter to provide protection from the Blitz.

Over the years, the 8,000 square metres of tunnels were put to uses including providing a home to the British spy organisation Special Operations Executive, becoming a Public Record Office, and serving a protected telephone exchange during the Cold War, with the ‘hot line’ between the White House and the Kremlin running through. They were decommissioned in 1990.

Planning documents, filed by applicant The London Tunnels, lay out plans to turn the site into a space delivering a combination of permanent educational facilities and exhibition spaces, plus an

underground bar.

The submission details how a ‘History and Heritage’ section would “curate the history of the site through a historic timeline by displaying the retained and restored telecommunications equipment alongside other findings and historical assets, engaging visitors in their exploration”.

It adds the tunnels may also be used to host medium term exhibitions on themes ‘such as James Bond’, due to author Ian Fleming referencing the

tunnels in the series’ first book.

If realised, the space is expected to be able to accommodate hundreds of people at a time, with an estimated £60-£80 million of additional expenditure in the area per year. Free visits are also to be offered to London schools, with a minimum of 40 children expected each week.

At yesterday’s meeting, Angus Murray, Chief Executive at The London Tunnels, described the proposal as “a restoration of an existing asset, saving this particular asset, and that was part

of our inspiration four years ago”.

He added the site has a ‘tremendous story’ to be told through the revamp, including that of the London Blitz, which would deliver financial benefits and align with the City’s local plans, such as the City Plan 2040 and Destination City.

Concerns about potential bottlenecking due to the expected visitor numbers and the impact of transport were among those raised by members. The applicant’s team however assured the committee the visits are intended to be staggered with timed tickets, and that modelling has shown the estimated two million customers a year across the City and Camden to be appropriate.

The minimum of 40 free tickets for children per week was quizzed by Deputy Marianne Fredericks, who proposed a motion in a bid to push the applicant to commit to more places.

Committee Chair Deputy Shravan Joshi was among those to say he would not back the motion, with Deputy John Edwards also saying: “This is absolutely ridiculous. It’s not the function of this committee to do that. I don’t like this motion, I don’t like any of these kinds of motions.”

Deputy Fredericks however defended the benefits for young

people, telling members: “It is about education. And the only way we can educate is to ensure that people get these trips free. For the majority of people, they won’t be able to enjoy these visits unless there are free spaces, and for children at school that’s really important.”

The motion was split when put to members, though failed following Deputy Joshi casting the deciding vote. The proposed application was approved unanimously.

Following the meeting, Deputy Joshi said: “I am incredibly excited by these plans and hope that LB Camden feels the same way. At the City of London, we are delivering a thriving, sustainable Square Mile, through a combination of business growth and celebration of our local heritage. The new and exciting heritage, arts and culture activity that this scheme has the potential to deliver, will enliven the local streets and venues.

“As we work to transform the Square Mile into a seven-day-a-week destination, developments like the one proposed for the Kingsway Tunnel site will become global attractions for a variety of visitors, which are projected to rise substantially.”

Camden Council is due to hear the application in July.

The Kingsway Tunnels were originally built to provide protection from the Blitz

The plans include a new underground bar @ WilkinsonEyre

By Herbie Russell

A m A n who secretly removed his condom during sex has been jailed for four years and three months.

Guy Mukendi, from Stockwell, was having consensual sex but took off the condom without his victim’s knowledge.

Non-consensual condom removal is sometimes referred to as ‘stealthing’ and is classified as rape under English and Welsh law.

The 39-year-old was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on Thursday, June 13.

A report of sexual assault against a young woman in Brixton was first made on May 9, 2023.

Met Police officers worked closely with the victim to secure the conviction, described as a “milestone case”.

Officers obtained screenshots of messages from Mukendi in which he apologised for removing the condom.

He explained it was because he had not had sex in a long. Police said Mukendi later deleted the messages.

Officers also gathered forensic evidence with the help of the victim which helped to secure the conviction of Mukendi, who was found guilty by a jury on April 2.

DC Jack Earl, who led the investigation, said: “Throughout this investigation Mukendi denied any wrongdoing, but our officers built a compelling case against him to leave no doubt in the jury’s mind.

jailed for secretly removing condom during sex

“We were dedicated to securing justice for the victim and will continue to raise awareness that this crime is a form of rape.

“The victim did the right thing to call the police straight away and her bravery should not be overshadowed.

If you have been a victim of sexual violence and not yet reported it – please contact your local police service and we will do all that we can to help and bring you justice.”

The Met said prosecutions for stealthing were “very rare due to under-reporting”.

Killed over an e-biKe: teenager convicted of the ‘senseless’ murder of young father in PecKham

Teachers at £24,000-a-year Dulwich private school suspend strike action

By Herbie Russell

TeACherS AT a £24,000-a-year dulwich private school have suspended strike action pending a currently “unknown” offer.

James Allen’s Girls School (JAGS), winner of The Sunday Times’ London Independent School of the Year 2024, has faced four days of pickets since May 22.

The dispute has been over ‘low pay awards’ and changes to teachers’ pensions.

Roughly 50 teachers and some support staff staged strikes on May 22 and June 5 and 6.

But a teacher today (Wednesday, June 12) told Southwark News that teachers had paused industrial action.

By Herbie Russell

A m A n who killed a young father for his e-bike in Peckham has been convicted of murder.

Yusuf Kallon, nineteen, stabbed Rohan Trotman to death in a “senseless attack” in June last year.

The self-confessed “career criminal”, who is from Peckham, planned to escape to Sierra Leone after the murder.

Kallon was convicted of murder and two counts of robbery on Monday, June 3.

Detectives say a second man involved in the killing fled the UK before police could arrest him.

The court heard how Rohan, 26, was

cycling home from Croydon on his new electric bike on the evening of Sunday, June 25.

Kallon and another man attacked him on Gordon Road, leaving Rohan bleeding from multiple wounds on the street. He died the next day in hospital.

A jury heard how detectives proved Kallon dumped his phone shortly after the murder.

Officers also spent hundreds of hours trawling through CCTV footage to identify him as a suspect.

Detectives also revealed that Kallon had made desperate plans to flee the country.

He made credit card payments to a holiday company in Spain, booked a flight to Sierra Leone and paid for a

new fast-tracked passport.

Officers arrested and charged Kallon with murder, two counts of robbery and possession of an offensive weapon within two weeks of the murder.

The court heard that Kallon’s accomplice fled the UK before police could link him to the murder and make an arrest.

Both had committed a robbery earlier that day, shortly before the murder, stealing a motorbike from the Waterloo area, police said.

Kallon was found guilty of murder and two counts of robbery but found not guilty of possession of an offensive weapon. He will be sentenced on June 28.

Detective Chief Inspector Laurence

Smith, who led the investigation, said: “Rohan was a much loved son, partner, and brother. Put simply, he was killed by Kallon for his new electric bike in a senseless attack that has devastated a family.

“I am glad that the jury saw through Kallon’s lies, and I would like to thank my team for their diligent work which allowed clear and incontrovertible evidence to be shown in court.

“My thoughts and condolences remain with Rohan’s family, and I hope they can find some small measure of comfort in Kallon’s conviction.”

Rohan’s mother, Debra, said: “I would like to thank the exemplary efforts of the police in bringing Kallon to justice.”

The National Education Union (NEU), representing staff, previously said its members had “had enough” of being offered “second-class” conditions.

The NEU and teachers have declined to say how much JAGS teachers earn, saying they do not have information regarding median salaries.

But they say pay awards have been 10 per cent below inflation since 2019 – significantly less than the school’s top earners.

Staff also claim they have been asked to “subsidise” their employer’s contributions.

Teachers wishing to stay in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) are reportedly being offered a 1.3 per cent pay award – 3.7 per cent lower than those agreeing to join an alternative scheme.

Some have also questioned how JAGS can afford to build a brand new pre-preparatory facility but not give better pay awards.

Defending the school, a JAGS spokesperson said: “In recent years, the spiralling costs of the TPS have been a growing concern in the independent sector.

“Following the last valuation, the employer’s contribution rate leapt from 23.68 per cent to 28.68 per cent and this increase poses a significant financial risk to the school.

“In our efforts to reflect the high esteem in which we hold our staff members we have offered a generous alternative pension scheme as well as offering teaching staff the opportunity to remain in the TPS going forwards if they wish to do so.”

Convicted: Guy Mukendi

Rohan Trotman was killed for his e-bike

Convicted: Yusuf Kallon

Teachers have been gathering outside the school in protest

hundreds of ribbons to go uP in honour of loved ones who have died in south london

By Isabel Ramirez

hundredS oF ribbons will go up to honour loved ones who have died in south london.

Every year, St Christopher’s Hospice invites anyone who has lost someone to join the celebration - which will take place over two days this July.

The Sydenham-based hospice provides end-of-life care to people from five boroughs including Southwark.

Each ribbon, with the name of a loved one, represents a life loved and fondly remembered.

They are then hung on the tree in the hospice’s gardens - either at the Caritas House site in Orpington on 10 July or at the Sydenham site on 11 July.

Christine Davies, Head of Fundraising at St Christopher’s Hospice, said: “Our colourful and vibrant Remembering with Ribbons events are always so heartwarming as hundreds of people from across South London come into our beautiful gardens to celebrate loved ones who have died.”

“By remembering your loved one you are also supporting the hospice and helping us

to provide care for someone else and their family and friends at the end of life.”

Anyone wishing to dedicate a ribbon can do so online here.

Please join them and tie your ribbon any time between 11am and 7pm

When: Wednesday 10 July + Thursday 11 July

Where: Caritas House, Tregony Road, Orpington, BR6 9XA (10 July); 51-59 Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6DZ

‘south london’s best roti sPot’ still fighting to get telecom boxes removed twelve

years on

Brixton venue to pump ‘smell of cut grass’ into crowds at Euro 2024 screenings

By Isabel Ramirez

A venue in Brixton will be pumping the ‘smell of cut grass’ at its screenings of the euros, so people feel like they’re at the real games.

For those who can’t get tickets to Germany, where this summer’s European championship is being held, Electric Brixton has ‘the next best thing.’ They will show every England game

By Isabel Ramirez

ownerS oF a Caribbean restaurant in herne hill, once dubbed ‘south london’s best roti spot’, say since five telecom boxes were put up right outside 12 years ago, their business has ‘never recovered.’

Umana Yana, on Croxted Road, has been in the shadow of the boxes since 2012, which completely block the view of the restaurant from the street.

Restaurant owner, Debbie Monfries

(pictured) has campaigned for years to get the boxes removed, claiming their business has ‘suffered’ because people driving by can’t see their shop.

“We don’t have footfall here as you’d see up in other parts of London,” Debbie told us.

“So, we depend on the passing trade which is mainly the cars, buses and lorries.”

She explained that before the boxes were erected, people would pass ‘blow their horn and place an order’ and then go around the block and collect it.

“Even the bus drivers would do that,” she said.

“But now, no one sees us – unless you’re on top of a double-decker bus.”

As her sales shot down, ‘South London’s best roti place’, ran into financial struggle.

The boxes were installed by media giants Virgin Media, O2 and Vodafone, who have all refused to move them.

Local MP Helen Hayes has supported her throughout the campaign. Two years ago, she wrote to Virgin Media appealing to relocate the boxes. Virgin Media responded that it would be ‘too expensive’ to do.

She has promised to raise the issue in

with a twist: a 4D viewing experience complete with pre and post-game DJs and Bratwurst.

Scent machines with diffusion technology will mist ‘bespoke, longlasting fragrances like freshly cut grass’ into the watch zone.

The live music venue has room for over 1700 fans.

Where: Electric Brixton, Town Hall Parade, Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RJ Book tickets online at electricbrixton. uk.com

Parliament if re-elected on July 4th.

It is thanks to some loyal customers who have been won over by Debbie’s smile and tenacity, that she has been able to stay afloat this long.

They have helped her hold fundraisers to help get her legal help and pay her skyhigh electricity bills.

“But now that cost of living is getting higher – we can’t keep up anymore,” she said.

As the business straddles two boroughs, Lambeth and Southwark councils have shifted responsibility to the other, leaving Debbie and her

Junior on their own.

Now Debbie says she worries for their futures. “I don’t have a pension or anything. This is all my investment, for me and my family.”

“That’s why we need everyone to help us to get these people to move these boxes.”

For now, she is raising money for new cooking equipment to ‘halve her electricity bills.’

You can help Debbie by donating to her crowdfunder by searching ‘Help offset our carbon footprint and help a local business’.

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Umana Yana in the shadow of the telecom boxes

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By Joe Coughlan

Local Democracy Reporter

homeleSS PeoPle in South london have reportedly been given emergency accommodation at an abandoned pub in Charlton where a cannabis factory was found by police last year.

Croydon Council has reportedly placed individuals in rooms at the White Swan pub in Charlton, which has sat empty since March 2020, though the authority has said it is investigating this and is ‘reviewing its property procurement processes’.

The pub now appears to have a house number painted on the side of the building and wheelie bins outside the front, though it’s unclear if Croydon Council was aware it was placing people in a derelict pub.

An individual living on the site confirmed to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) last week that they had been placed in emergency accommodation there by Croydon Council.

The pub closed just before the pandemic, with council documents stating the building dates back to the 19th century when it was reconstructed to be used as a hotel.

Local resident Bridget Duffy, 55, claimed neighbours noticed squatters occupying the pub for a period of time since its closure, which has ‘wrecked’ the structure.

She told the LDRS: “It’s a nice family pub and it had been done up really nice. But I think they put the rent up so high that people can’t afford to run a business.” She called the pub ‘a real asset to the village’ but said it had been run down.

Ms Duffy said the dilapidated state of the building has made her worried about the behaviour it may attract. She said the bottom portion of the building was used as a cannabis factory last year. She said: “There was a weed farm set up in it that was there for ages. It was reported to the police, but nothing happened. I walked past it one morning and I saw people actually taking huge plants and stuff over to it and I reported it. I think it was about five weeks until anything was done.”

She added: “It obviously must have been there for a long time as it was well established… A few days later I saw people coming out and taking their equipment with them in broad daylight.”

A Met Police spokesperson told the LDRS that officers were called to the pub in September 2023 and found a disused cannabis factory including electrical equipment, plant pots and soil left behind. They said no arrests were made and there were no ongoing investigations into the matter.

A Croydon Council spokesperson told the LDRS: “This matter is being investigated and we will work closely with our local authority partner and take actions as needed.”

They added: “We are reviewing our property procurement processes to ensure that we continue to offer our residents properties that are good quality and compliant with current standards and legal requirements.”

A Greenwich Council spokesperson said the authority wants to ensure that everyone living in Greenwich has a safe and secure home. They said the authority is investigating to ensure the use of the building complies with planning and environmental health legislation.

Bardan Pradhan, 41, opened the local

croydon council has rePortedly Placed homeless PeoPle in charlton Pub

greengrocer seven years ago, shortly after he moved to Charlton. He said he and other local businesses used to supply goods to the White Swan while it was still open.

He told the LDRS: “It’s had a very severe impact on the local economy for sure. We’re still surviving but having said that, it is one of the big hindrances stopping this local area from thriving.”

He added: “I have found there’s a lot of potential business owners that wanted to set up a business in Charlton, but then a derelict building like the White Swan is a big deterrent.”

A petition asking Greenwich Council to restore the White Swan into a working pub with function rooms

was presented to the authority this year, after being signed by over 1,200 residents.

Labour Councillor Jo van den Broek said at a meeting last December that the building’s first-floor function rooms had been previously destroyed by workmen without the council’s permission.

The request followed an application last year from the pub’s owner, Mendoza Limited, to convert the building into a set of seven flats with space for a shop on the ground floor.

Planning documents from Jenkins Law, on behalf of the applicant, said that it was ‘unrealistic’ for the property to continue as a pub due to the ‘poor level of interest’ locally, and

said that Tesco had sent a proposal to use the ground floor space after viewing the site in December 2022.

The conversion is to be decided by a planning inspector after the applicant made an appeal due to the council taking too long to make a decision on the scheme. The authority claimed this was because the applicant and agent had delayed providing the appropriate information for the proposal.

Greenwich Council maintained that it would have rejected the proposal based on the ‘unsympathetic design’ and lack of sufficient evidence to support the loss of the pub.

The authority also claimed the internal works on the function rooms in the building did not require

planning permission and it was aware of the damage done to the structure from squatting and the cannabis farm.

The Greenwich Council spokesperson added: “We sympathise with residents that have been affected by the White Swan’s closure, but as this is a live investigation, it’s not possible to comment further.

"We’re also in communication with officers from Croydon Council to discuss this. If neighbours have any concerns about the site, they can be reported to planning-enforcement@ royalgreenwich.gov.uk.”

Mendoza Limited and Jenkins Law were approached for comment, but had not responded at the time of publication.

The pub building has become damaged from squatting and being used as a cannabis factory © Joe Coughlan

Joe Coughlan

Bardan Pradhan, 41, said the closed pub is a 'big hindrance' stopping the local area from thriving

The White Swan pub closed in March 2020

new craft beer Pub gets the nod in bexley's eastside Quarter

By Joe Coughlan

Local Democracy Reporter

PlAnS For a new craft beer pub off a Bexley high street have been approved, despite neighbours fearing punters would ‘puke’ outside their homes.

The new bar, called Good Space Tap, will be based in Eastside Quarter, a set of 518 modern flats across six blocks in Bexleyheath town centre.

The bar will be just off Broadway high street and allowed to open from 8am to 11pm each day, with outside seating available along the front of the space. Speciality coffee, cakes and sandwiches are also planned to be offered alongside takeaway beers.

The topic was discussed at a licensing meeting for Bexley Council on June 11. Over 40 objections to the scheme were sent by locals. Neighbour Vishal

Teli said he was concerned about his privacy due to living so close to the proposed pub, and claimed the bar would make his young family’s life ‘hell’.

Local resident Amol Kulthe added:

“It would compromise my privacy because I’m going to live right above the outside seating area where anyone can just sneak in through my window and they can see what my bedroom looks like and my living room as well.”

Other neighbours cited concerns about noise pollution from the site given the design of the surrounding buildings. Local resident Upendra Kulkarni also said he was worried about the health and safety issues that could arise from a pub in the area.

Mr Kulkarni said at the meeting:

“The sweetness from the cakes might attract rodents and rats which is not so good for the residents staying in

the apartments. The other objection is because of the alcohol. I’ve seen enough nuisances on high streets to know that after drinking sometimes people puke which is not so comforting at all, especially around my house.”

Jacek Wolfart proposed the development after establishing No Frills Joe Brewing in Greenhithe, Kent. He said that the outside area of the pub would fit approximately 20 people and be fenced off with barriers to keep the space restricted. He added that he was happy for residents to contact him at any time if they were concerned about issues arising from the venue.

Mr Wolfart said at the meeting: “It’s not going to be Wetherspoon’s and it’s not going to be a cheap sports bar or club. I have no intention of running a business that will cause more headache than pleasure and

benefits. The only reason I am getting into the taproom space is because my background is brewing beer and producing it.”

Labour Councillor Wendy Perfect said she felt any antisocial behaviour originating from the pub would be limited due to the older profile of customers similar businesses typically attract. However, the councillor did raise concerns on the noise pollution that may arise from drinkers at the space.

Cllr Perfect said at the meeting: “I think a lot of the residents’ concerns are unfounded but I think they might have a point that even if a bunch of 40 to 70-years-olds have had a nice time, they’re not going to be violent. They are either going to come and have a few bites or a cup of coffee. But if your business is successful, which I’m sure you hope it is, I’m concerned about the

noise from those businesses and the impact on the flats.”

Mr Wolfart said in response that the front door of the bar would be kept closed to minimise the potential for noise travelling from the space. He said he was asked by Bellway, the developer behind Eastside Quarter, to limit the hours of outside seating to until 8pm in order to reduce the impact on residents. He added that the developer had also requested that the seating be restricted to the shortest side of the building.

The licensing sub-committee decided to grant the application for Good Space Tap. Conditions for the licence included no customers being permitted to be outside the pub after 8pm apart from for smoking, as well as the sale of alcohol ending at 10.30pm for drinking in the pub and 11pm for takeaway beers.

Plans to demolish old New Malden care home for school expansion

By Charlotte Lillywhite Local Democracy Reporter

PlAnS hAve been submitted to demolish a former care home and physiotherapy practice in South london to accomodate the expansion of a junior school.

Hobkirk House and Noble Centre, in New Malden, would be bulldozed to provide extra play space needed for Burlington Junior School.

Kingston Council has submitted an application for prior approval to demolish

both buildings on Blagdon Road, to the north of the school, which are no longer in use.

Hobkirk House was a care home, while the Noble Centre was a physiotherapy practice. The rest of the wider Noble Hobkirk site is set to be sold off.

It comes after the council approved plans to extend the school in 2022 by bulldozing the main building for a new teaching block and sports hall, along with adding two new multi-use games areas and a playground. The scheme will expand the school from four to five forms of entry.

The Department for Education (DfE) has advised the extended school will need an extra 8 per cent of play space to meet the existing provision. The council explored different options to allow this and chose demolishing Hobkirk House and the Noble Centre as the preferred option.

A report with the application said

the DfE has set December 31 as the deadline for the completion of the extra play space. It added: “Additionally, there is a prospective buyer for the northern portion of the site. If the site is unavailable to the prospective buyer by the same date of December 31 2024, with all buildings demolished and the site cleared, then the buyer will have the option to terminate the deal to purchase the land.

“Therefore, this presents a financial risk to the council and a risk to the school in delivering the additional play space required. This application for the prior approval of demolition works is intended to move the scheme and development process forward to meet these important deadlines.”

Kingston Council will decide on the application in due course. A separate planning application for the proposed works to create extra play space for the school is expected to be submitted in summer.

The new bar will be based in a ground

oor unit of the Eastside Quarter development in Bexleyheath

The topic was discussed at a licensing meeting for Bexley Council on June 11

© Joe Coughlan

Former Noble Centre, Blagdon Road, New Malden

Former Hobkirk House, Blagdon Road, New Malden

what’s on

outsider not offsider - ed gray at the euros

A S SCoTl A nd and england both hope for success in the ueFA euro 24 competition so the art exhibition Shut up and Stick to Football opens in Covent Garden, writes Michael Holland...

This group show is not to glamourise the ‘Beautiful Game’ but to look beyond the goal celebrations and bling of overpaid footballers and scrape the mud from the studs and reveal the connection between politics and our national game.

The show’s title comes from when the England team took the knee as a show of solidarity against racism but were booed by those purporting to be England fans. Then, instead of getting behind the players, right-wing politicians said they should ‘shut up and stick to football’.

Eleven artists have been picked to portray their take on football; a diverse team who can all bring something different to the arena: Darren Cullen, Emmely Elgersma, Jamie Holman, Dion Kitson, Dominic from Luton, Conor Rogers, Janette Parris, Mark Wallinger, Foka Wolf, and Wankers of the World.

A squad that includes a Turner Prize winner and subversive street artists, as well as those who will always portray the current political landscape in their art if there is a need. And there usually is. But I was there to see Southwark artist Ed Gray, whose ‘Still Dreaming: Olympic Way Wembley Euro 2021’ is in the exhibition.

In the warm up I asked the artist how he got involved: ‘I was asked by the curator, Wankers of the World, to submit a painting about football for an exhibition exploring the relationship between politics and football, to coincide with Euro 2024.’

His painting is a scene from the Euro 2020 final between England & Italy (played post-lockdown in 2021). Gray sketched and chatted with an

exuberant crowd making their way to Wembley and hoping the trophy was ‘coming home’. He realised that he was more interested in the moment of anticipation than the result and this is what the finished painting depicts. The day didn’t end well. Italy won the match and fans stormed the stadium, but Ed Gray had his theme and tells me, ‘the painting is about nostalgia, nationalism, identity, passion, hope

and post-Brexit paralysis.’

Gray is no stranger to paintings of this genre: ‘This is my fourth large football-related painting, including a FIFA commission I made for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa after a residency there.

‘I like to play football but I don’t follow a team,’ he says, ‘I’m an outsider, as an artist you are by nature an outsider. I’m also an obsessive when it comes to my

halamar m a K e it a n ight t o r emember

i h Ave been waiting with intense anticipation for this night to come along so that i could see Shalamar perform - one of my favourite bands - and they did not disappoint, writes Michael Holland...

But before Howard Hewett, Carolyn Griffey and Jeffrey Daniel hit the stage we were treated to a guest appearance by Gwen Dickey - The Voice of Rose Royce! And what a treat she was, her vocals are just as great as they were in the mid to late 70s when going to the Car Wash was fun, when we wished upon a star and when I did wanna get next to her.

Trapped in a wheelchair by paralysis after a freak accident at home, Gwen still had all our hips moving and hands clapping as we grooved in our seats

and sang along. Ooh boy, I love you so, she crooned, and we all swooned like teenagers. Is it love we were after or just a good time? Both, and she delivered on all counts.

And then the main attraction came on to a medley of intros from their most famous tracks and cheers from an eager crowd who were already up and dancing.

A tight band of drums guitars, keyboards and backing singers created a wall of sound that our three heroes had to rise above. Hit after hit after hit came at us like a wrecking ball of funk that crashed into us and knocked us into states of ecstasy.

At one point the stage was invaded by a woman in the throes of that ecstasy and just as she grabbed Jeffery Daniel’s microphone to belt out a few

bars to make us feel good, two meaty arms enveloped her, lifted her off her feet and took her away to more cheers. Shalamar showered us with money when they took us to the bank, they made us remember the first time when they sang a perfect version of Second Time Around, and they took us right back to when we were young. As well as great harmonies, each of the trio had their own time in the spotlight singing solo as they shared the spoils of their numerous Top Ten tracks, and Jeffrey continually teased us with a few sneak body popping moves before the big finale where he slipped his white gloves on and showed he can still Moonwalk.

Shalamar put on a fantastic, nonstop show, backed by a superb bunch of musicians who can pull out great

work. You have to be. I live with a cycle of hope and despair in the studio much like the fans I paint. So I love that sense of theatre that sport provides. I feel a sense of camaraderie with the fans I sketch. I also feel a sense of common purpose with my late father who was a sports journalist. I’m drawn to the drama and the madness of the crowds much like he was. He never took me to a match, as I was too young when he

died, but I read his words and in some ways, perhaps, I like to think I see all this through his eyes sometimes.’ Also in the exhibition were some very good thought-provokers. ‘Who Do You Support?

Half-and-Half Scarves Are for Wankers!’ by the show’s curator, is a mock-up of the pop-up scarf stalls outside grounds on match day that sell half-and-half scarves for the neutral fan. Except these scarves symbolise the polar opposites where nobody wants to linger in the no man’s land of the middle ground: Palestine v Israel, Cyclists v Motorists; Vaccine v Anti-Vax… ‘Occupation’ reimagines Subbuteo but there is an unfair advantage of the Palestinian players on crutches and in wheelchairs trying to negotiate a pitch full of bomb craters against Israeli Defence Force soldiers with guns. There is also a construction of Israeli settlements on the playing field itself. Shut Up and Stick to Football kicks Saudi Sports-washing into touch along with human rights violations and public executions in football grounds. You don’t have to be at the exhibition for long before you begin to feel unclean at how football is being used and abused by people who have no love for it. Large bookmakers feel the crunch of a tough tackle in midfield, as do the kit manufacturers who see every one of their products sold as a victory and those who do the winning while wearing their brand as a commodity to sell more. And that is what makes Shut Up and Stick to Football such a relevant and necessary exhibition. It is educational; parents should be taking their kids to see the reality behind the 90 minutes, as well as to give their own eyes and mind a chance.

The Bomb Factory , 99-103 Long Acre, Covent Garden, WC2E 9NR until 14th July Thursday - Sunday | 12-6pm

Ed Gray

Heading south - our pick of upcoming Summer events

Sing that tune

If you like singing in the shower, then you’ll love sharing songs with the Kender Singers – a small group of like-minded music enthusiasts. The group sing two- and three-part songs from around the world, learning by ear, so you don’t have to read music (words and music also provided). Join the Kender Singers at Deptford Lounge and experience the joy of singing together. There are no auditions so visit for a free taster session.

Tuesdays at 7:30pm 9 Giffin Street, Deptford SE8 4RJ deptfordlounge.org.uk/whats-on/ event/kender-singers-acapella/

Have a giggle

Garry Essendine is a charismatic actor and playboy that everyone wants a piece of. His talent and magnetic personality have brought him success and fame, but as he prepares to embark on another world tour, Garry is struck by an identity crisis where his desire for fame crashes against his genuine personality.

Present Laughter is Noel Coward’s razor-sharp commentary on the ups and downs of celebrity brought into the modern age. Join Changeling Theatre in the grounds of Eltham Palace for this fast-paced satire about a fame-obsessed world.

Date: Friday 5 July 2024, 7pm

Tickets: Adults, £25, 10-18, £15 Court Yard, Eltham, Greenwich, SE9 5NP www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/

Summer Lates

As the sun sets later, enjoy more of the summer feeling at Royal Arsenal Summer Lates – featuring a medley of munchies, music and merriment. On the first Saturday of each month until September, you’ll find live music, DJs, street food and drinks bars at the market, ready for you to enjoy from afternoon to evening.

Date: Saturday 6 July 2024, 12pm-7pm Tickets: Free Royal Arsenal, Artillery Square, No.1 Street, Woolwich, SE18 6NG www.enjoyroyalgreenwich.org.uk/whats-on

All’s Well That Ends Well

Join Charlton House for an outdoor production of All’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare’s comedy with a twist – and swing music. Bring your picnic, wine, sunnies, pac-a-mac and participatory spirit to make a fairytale wish. The production, directed by Sioned Jones, will begin at 7pm. You can picnic before the show from 5:30pm, too.

Date: Friday 28 June 2024, 7pm Tickets: Adult from £20, child from £14

Charlton House, Charlton Road, SE7 8RE www.greenwichheritage.org/ events/shakespeare-in-thesquares-alls-well-that-ends-well

Peninsula Summer

From 18 July, London’s only peninsula neighbourhood offers a packed programme of events for all, from Wild Swing mini golf and cinema under the stars to a free global music festival and a tasty mash-up of beats and eats.

The riverside walkways will also be dressed in technicolour installations by Kitty Joseph. Take a walk on the peninsula side, and visit the website below for the full event listings.

Dates, times and prices vary www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whats-on/peninsula-summer

Youth Festival

Part of Summer in the Park produced by Arts Trust, the community gathering is a place where families can enjoy a plethora of activities, performances and workshops, designed to entertain, educate and inspire our youth. From interactive art installations to live

Finding Nemo, the Musical

Follow Nemo and Marlin on their epic journey across the ocean to be reunited. As father and son become separated, Marlin does all he can to find Nemo – meeting some interesting characters along the way. Join Broadway Theatre as the children of Kilmorie show what can be done if we truly believe in ourselves and just how powerful friendship can be.

Dates: Tuesday 9 July to Wednesday 10 July 2024, Tickets: £6 Broadway Theatre, Rushey Green, Catford, SE6 4RU www.broadwaytheatre.org.uk/events/

music and dance performances, there’s something to captivate every member of the family.

Dates: Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 July 2024

Tickets: Free Greenwich Park, SE10 8QY www.artstrust.co.uk/events/greenwich-parkyouth-festival

Humphreys

History

‘the Kirby has always been Patriotic’ war baby remembers the englandloving estate’s Post-blitz Party

By Herbie Russell

‘Bri TA in’S moST patriotic’ council estate, has once again decorated its balconies and windows with fluttering England flags to support the national side at this year’s european Championship. it is a tradition that goes back to the Blitz, according to 85-year-old Peter wisby.

Organising the display was not easy this year. The flags’ prices have risen from 33p to £3 due to the cost-of-living crisis meaning fewer flags are flying than usual. In 1946, residents on the same estate, living in the same flats, hosted a party in even more trying circumstances.

The above photo shows the estate nearly eighty years ago. It was previously believed to have been taken on VE Day, 1945. But Mr Wisby, born in January 1939, says it was taken in the summer of 1946 when he was six years old. A year had passed since the Allies celebrated victory over the Axis but much of Bermondsey remained in ruins. Amidst the rubble, Kirby Estate residents organised a Kiddies Party to celebrate a year of peace. Mr Wisby who still lives locally, remembers it well.

“It was all about celebrating the end of the war and recognising the fact we were so badly bombed,” he says. The

party was funded by the local dockers working on Rotherhithe’s harbour which Peter says employed “99 out of 100” adults. “All the mums and dads on the estate were around. We had trestles right down the way between the washing poles. It was fantastic,” he said.

The Kiddies Party would have been a bitter-sweet occasion for residents. While it was a celebration, the nation had barely started dragging itself up after the thumping trauma of war. Peter is glad its distinct national spirit lives on today. “I don’t know why but the Kirby has always been patriotic,” he said.

The Kirby Estate was built shortly before WW2 and was part of a drive to provide families with safe, dry housing. Constructed on the site of terraced housing, it was a godsend for people who’d grown used to ramshackle conditions. Peter, born in Flat 39, believes he was the estate’s first newborn. His first son would be born in that same flat 25 years later. Peter says his childhood was filled with memories of a happy community teeming with “40 or 50” playful youngsters. But there were hard times too. In 1927, local MP, doctor and philanthropist Dr Alfred Salter foretold the coming of another world war with bleak premonitions of “smashed buildings, wrecked factories, devastated houses,

mangled corpses and bodies of helpless men”. With Hitler’s rise to power and the beginning of the Blitz in September 1940, such stark images were realised.

“I remember the bombing,” Peter says. “At that age, you wonder what on Earth is going on. To this day I can see the flashes from the window.” While hop-picking in Kent one summer, Peter vividly remembers a Dornier bomber going down.

Peter stayed on the Kirby with his mum throughout the German bombing campaign. Once the war was over, he and his friends were reunited on the estate. They enjoyed playing amongst the surrounding rubble despite their parents’ protests, forgetting that unexploded bombs might lay just below the ground. “As a boy, you don’t know the danger. All you’re doing is enjoying yourself,” Peter said. His dad always “swore blind” that an unexploded bomb lay where Southwark Park Road meets Jamaica Road. “My old man never missed a trick,” Peter said.

On one occasion, Peter’s thirst for adventure did run him into trouble when he got trapped in the air raid shelter directly beneath his family’s flat. Peter recalls: “My mum said don’t you dare go down there. It was quite cavernous and the door shut on me and I couldn’t get out. It was pitch black. All of a sudden, the trap door opened and it was filled with light. My sister

said she knew I’d be down there. Mum knocked the living sh*te out of me!” You could say the Kiddies Party in the summer of 1946 encaptured the national spirit of the time. A community of families had pitched together to put on a show of solidarity despite the tough circumstances. In traditional English fashion, beers were flowing. Last weekend, Three Lions supporter downed two months’ worth of beer at a bar in Gelsenkirchen before England’s clash with Serbia. Kirby residents could enjoy similar indulgences with The George, The Jamaica Tavern and

The Swan all within twenty yards of the estate. “My dad was in heaven because he was a drunk,” Peter said.

On his return, Peter bumped into Chris Dowse, one of the residents behind the estate’s biannual football celebrations. “I so appreciate what you’ve done,” Peter said. But what is it about the Kirby that produces such flag-waving fever? Even Peter, a sparkly pensioner with a well-informed answer and anecdote for just about anything, can’t put his finger on it. “Why? I don’t know! Your guess is as good as mine, son!”

Peter is unsure but believes this young lad might be him. Kiddies’ Party on the Kirby Estate 1946,

Peter returned to the estate to tell the story of the post-Blitz Kiddies Party (inset) of 1946

Courtesy of Southwark History Library

A photo of mothers with their babies at the Kiddies Party in 1946

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is holding a husting at the Denmark Hill Community Centre, Blanchedowne London SE5 8HL, on 21st of June, 2:00-4:30pm. The 5 largest parties are invited. Please register if you want to attend by phoning 020 7708 4556 or emailing info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk The Southwark Pensioners Centre can support any older person who is not yet registered to register to vote or who is unsure about voter ID requirements.

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

DAVID JOSEPH DUFFY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER;

and

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

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

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.

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £77,319,200.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

DAVID JOSEPH DUFFY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER; and

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

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £142,468,800.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

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.

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £139,041,600.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

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. Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £86,451,600.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

JOHN DAVID STUART, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HSBC UK BANK PLC, 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 1HQ; and

HSBC UK BANK PLC, 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 1HQ.

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £170,319,200.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

DAVID JOSEPH DUFFY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER; and

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

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £214,164,000.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

Perfected Lien Security Interest –

Stephen William Rudman

I, a man, Stephen William Rudman, hold a perfected Lien Security Interest in and over the public indemnity insurance policy(s) and all real and moveable property of the following:

DAVID JOSEPH DUFFY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CLYDESDALE BANK PLC, 177 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7ER; and

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

Lien Debtors are jointly and severally liable for the total sum certain of £174,844,400.00. Interested parties should contact Stephen William Rudman, privately, via email swr@tidc1.com

LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE

Mr. Rezene Abadi has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a premises licence, in respect of the following premises:

RHODA Cafe and Restaurant 56 Brixton Road, London SW9 6BS

which would authorise the following licensable activities: Provision of late night refreshment Friday - Saturday 23:00 - 00:00

Supply of Alcohol

Sunday - Thursday 13:00 - 23:00 Friday - Saturday 13:00 - 00:00

The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd floor Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG, or via the licensingauthority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing

A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 12/07/2024

It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

LICENSING ACT 2003

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT Sloane Gardens Hotel Limited has applied to The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea on 12 June 2024 to vary the premises licence at 1 Sloane Gardens London SW1W 8EA so as to extend late night refreshment and the sale of alcohol in the lower ground floor bar and 6th floor restaurant until 1am thereby mirroring the granted planning permission PP/22/02419, as more particularly set out in the application. A register of licensing applications is held by the Licensing Authority and can be inspected at www.rbkc.gov.uk/ environmentandtransport/ licensing.aspx or at Council Offices, 37 Pembroke Road, W8 6PW, by appointment with the Licensing Team between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday. Any person wishing to submit representations must give notice in writing to Licensing Authority address shown above, giving in detail the grounds of objection by no later than 10 July 2024. It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application for a premises licence and the Maximum Fine on Summary Conviction (Level 5 on the Standard Scale) is unlimited. Thomas & Thomas Partners LLP 38a Monmouth Street, London WC2H 9EP www.tandtp.com MICHAEL GEORGE HAUGHTY (Deceased)

Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the above named, late of 132 Faraday Road London, SW19 8PB , who died on 24/08/2023, are required to send written particulars thereof to the undersigned on or before 22/08/2024, after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to the claims and interests of which they have had notice.

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Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A205 GLA ROAD SUNDERLAND ROAD (LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM) (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 gas works to take place at A205 Sunderland Road.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on either side of Sunderland Road between its junctions with Waldram Park Road and Stanstead Road.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 7.00 AM on the 24th June 2024 until 7.00 PM on the 19th July 2024 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 21st day of June 2024

Claire Wright

Coordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A40 GLA ROAD (TYBURN WAY, CITY OF WESTMINSTER) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make 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 water maintenance works to take place at Tyburn Way.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering, exiting, proceeding or stopping on Tyburn Way between its junctions with Cumberland Gate and Marble Arch.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 10.00 PM on the 12th July 2024 until 5.00 AM on the 20th July 2024 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 21st day of June 2024

Paul Matthews

Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS GRESHAM ROAD, WESTERN ROAD AND WILTSHIRE ROAD FOR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT WORKS

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable water main replacement works to be carried out safely, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth have made an Order the effect of which will be to temporarily ban vehicles:-

(a) from entering that length of Wiltshire Road which lies between Gresham Road and the south-eastern kerb-line of Sisulu Place;

(b) from entering or proceeding in that length of the south-east bound traffic lane (towards Coldharbour Lane) on Gresham Road which lies between a point 8 metres west of Wiltshire Road and a point 14 metres east of Wiltshire Road;

(c) from entering or exiting that length of Western Road which lies between Gresham Road and the common boundary of the rear of Nos. 3 and 4 Sisulu Place;

(d) from entering or proceeding in that length of the south-east bound traffic lane (towards Coldharbour Lane) on Gresham Road which lies between a point 6 metres east of Wiltshire Road and a point 25 metres south-east of Western Road.

2. Alternative routes for vehicles affected by the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1(a) and 1(b) above will be available via: (i) Gresham Road, Stockwell Road, Stockwell Park Walk, Brixton Road and Villa Road; and (ii) Gresham Road, Western Road, St James’s Crescent and Fyfield Road.

3. Alternative routes for vehicles affected by the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1(c) and 1(d) above will be available via: (i) Gresham Road, Wiltshire Road, Fyfield Road and St James’s Crescent; and (ii) Gresham Road, Brixton Station Road, Barrington Road and St James’s Crescent.

4. The road and traffic lane closures will only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs and whenever the restrictions referred to in paragraph 1(b) and 1(d) above apply

5. Whenever the restrictions in paragraph 1(c) and 1(d)

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD

TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (SUTTON) RED ROUTE TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 A217 AND A24 GLA ROADS (ST DUNSTANS HILL AND LONDON ROAD) (ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS) VARIATION ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London, hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Order under section 6 of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984.

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

(1) remove the parking and disabled persons vehicles bay outside the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill;

(2) remove the parking and disabled persons vehicles bay opposite the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill;

(3) reduce the length of the existing parking and disabled persons vehicles bay outside Nos.524-530 London Road by 7 metres from its southwestern end and 6 metres from it's north eastern end;

(4) introduce an electric vehicles charging bay with a length of 10 metres outside the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill;

(5) introduce an electric vehicles charging bay with a length of 6.5 metres opposite the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill;

(6) formalise the electric vehicles charging bay with a length of 6 metres outside Nos.528-530 London Road;

(7) introduce a 7 metres electric vehicle charging bay outside Nos.522-524 London Road;

(8) formalise the 13 metres loading and disabled persons vehicles bay outside Nos.530-534 London Road;

(9) introduce 7 metres on No stopping at Any Time double red lines outside No.524 London Road;

(10) introduce 12 metres of No stopping at Any Time double red lines opposite the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill.

(11) introduce 9 metres of No stopping at Any Time double red lines opposite the Gander Inn Public House, St Dunstans Hill.

(12) introduce 6 metres of No Stopping at Any Time restriction outside No.524 London Road.

3. The roads which would be affected by the Order are A217 St Dunstans Hill and A24 London Road.

4. A copy of the Order, a statement of Transport for London’s reasons for the proposals, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order 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/RC/TRO, GLA/2024/0249

• Transport for London Streets Trafc Order Team (NMR/REGULATION/STOT) Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London, SE1 8NJ

5. All objections and other representations to the proposed Order must be made in writing and must specify the grounds on which they are made. Objections and representations must be sent to Transport for London, Streets Trafc Order Team, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ or by emailing trafcordersection@t.gov.uk quoting reference NMR/REGULATION/STOT/RC/TRO, GLA/2024/0249, to arrive before 12th July 2024. Please note due to hybrid working access to post is restricted and requests for documents and conrmation of your objections or representations may be delayed. Objections and other representations may be communicated to other persons who may be affected.

Dated this 21st day of June 2024

Andrew Rogers Planning & Performance Manager (South) Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable the installation of high voltage connection works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth, subject to the agreement of Transport for London, intend to make an Order the effect of which would be to temporarily ban vehicles proceeding in a northerly

2.

4.

In practice, it is anticipated that the works would take place between 8th and 10th July 2024, but if the works cannot be carried out or completed during that time then the Order may also have effect on subsequent dates within the maximum period of 1 month.

Dated 21st June 2024 Ben Stevens Highways Network Manager LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14 TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE KELLET ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable gas main connection 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 entering in that length of Kellet Road which lies between Nos. 9 and 11 Kellet Road and Nos. 13 and 15 Kellet Road.

2. Alternative routes for affected

3.

traffic signs.

4. The Order would come into force on 8th July 2024 for a maximum duration of 1 month (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed, whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the Order would only have effect between 8th and 12th July 2024, but if the works cannot be carried out or completed during this time then the Order may also have effect on subsequent days within the maximum duration of 1 month.

Dated 21st June 2024 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 16A TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE VOLTAIRE ROAD FOR BIG SHIFT SOCIAL EVENTS

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable social events in connection with the “Big Shift” car free events to take place in Voltaire Road, 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 or waiting (including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle) in that length of Voltaire Road which lies between Clapham

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Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A24 GLA SIDE ROAD (WOODBURY STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF 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 pit lane operation works to take place on Woodbury Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on Woodbury Street between its junction with A24 Tooting High Street and the extended north-western property boundary of Nos.1 - 3 Woodbury Street.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 7:00 AM on 25th June 2024 until 7:00 PM on 25th December 2025 or until the works has been completed. 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 prohibition 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 21st day of June 2024

Paul Matthews

Co-ordination and Permitting Area Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (CROYDON) RED ROUTE CONSOLIDATION TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 A23 GLA ROAD (BANSTEAD ROAD) VARIATION ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London, hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Order under section 6 of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984.

2. The general nature and effect of the Order will introduce an inset 13 metre Loading and Disabled Persons’ Vehicles bay on the southwestern kerb line of Banstead Road 12 metres south of No.11 Banstead Road, operating No Stopping Mon-Sat 7am-7pm except 10am-4pm Loading 20 minutes maximum, Disabled Persons’ Vehicles 3 hours maximum.

3. The road which would be affected by the Order is the A23 GLA Road –Banstead Road in the London Borough of Croydon.

4. A copy of the Order, a statement of Transport for London’s reasons for the proposals, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order 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/BS/TRO, GLA/2024/0484.

• Transport for London Streets Trafc Order Team (NMR/REGULATION/STOT) Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London, SE1 8NJ

5. All objections and other representations to the proposed Order must be made in writing and must specify the grounds on which they are made. Objections and representations must be sent to Transport for London, Streets Trafc Order Team, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ or by emailing trafcordersection@t.gov.uk quoting reference NMR/REGULATION/STOT/BS/TRO, GLA/2024/0484, to arrive before 12th July 2024. Please note due to hybrid working access to post is restricted and requests for documents and conrmation of your objections or representations may be delayed. Objections and other representations may be communicated to other persons who may be affected.

Dated this 21st day of June 2024

Jennifer Melbourne

Planning and Performance Manager

Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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;

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.

Royal Festival Hall South Bank London SE1 8XX Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission Ref: (Refurbishment of the box office, cafe, bar and shop on level 2.) granted on 21/12/2023 24/01702/VOC

New Testament Church Of God Lambert Road London SW2 5BB Internal modifications to the rear of the church hall comprising the insertion of an intermediate mezzanine floor, together with relocation of the existing toilets located at the front of the church towards the rear of the church. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 24/01708/LB, but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01707/FUL) 24/01708/LB

2 Robsart Street London Lambeth SW9 0DJ Variation of conditions 2(Approved Plans), 4(Balustrade Details), 5(External Construction Details) and 6(Materials) of planning permission 22/03359/FUL (Refurbishment and replacement of single-glazed windows, improvements to security and fire escape arrangements, including new shutters and an entrance canopy. Alteration of the existing third floor space to improve thermal performance, daylighting, and acoustics, and maximise the usable floor space for affordable workspace) granted on 15.11.2022. Variation sought: wall material at third floor changed to vertical fibre cement boards; external condenser units removed from north wall and relocated to roof enclosure; windows in south wall at ground floor to consist of 4 panes

24/01488/LB

33 Evandale Road London Lambeth SW9 6SU Erection of a single storey rear extension to the lower ground floor and replacement of windows with double glazed sash windows. 24/01619/FUL

Convent Of The Holy Family 35 - 36 Albert Square London SW8 1BZ Conversion of 35 Albert Square into 5 self-contained residential apartments. and retention of 36 Albert Square as a convent, together with associated external works to the rear of the property replacement of two existing windows with doors, installation of solar panels onto the flat roofs at the rear, and associated interior alterations including the erection of stud partition walls and installation of new kitchens and bathrooms. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 24/01685/LB, but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 24/01724/FUL) 24/01685/LB

Rear Of 126 Kennington Park Road London Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and removal of condition 3 (existing and proposed section drawings) of appeal decision APP/N5660/W/23/3324797 (LPA ref: 22/04168/FUL) (Erection of a new single storey 2 bedroom dwelling.), granted on 12/02/2024.

Variation sought: Condition 2: To vary the list of approved plans to reflect amendments associated with a change in the height of the development and to provide the details required by condition 3. 24/01693/VOC

Royal Festival Hall South Bank London Lambeth SE1 8XX Refurbishment of the heritage WCs at the Royal Festival Hall. 24/01679/LB

Dated this Friday 21/06/2024

Rob Bristow

Director - Planning, Transport & Sustainability Climate and Inclusive Growth Directorate

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

EXTENSION OF THE PROHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ENTERING PART OF WINDMILL DRIVE AND CHANGES TO THE PARKING PLACES AND WAITING RESTRICTIONS IN WINDMILL DRIVE

[NOTE: This Notice is about changes to the parking places, waiting restrictions and the extension of the prohibition of motor vehicles entering part of Windmill Drive. The wider elements of this scheme also included the construction of a flat top road hump known as a “speed table” in Windmill Drive.]

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth, on 19th June 2024, made the Lambeth (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 43) Order 2024, the Lambeth (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. 39) Order 2024 and the Lambeth (Moving Traffic Restrictions) (Amendment No. 1) Order 2024, under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Orders will come into force on 1st July 2024.

2. The general effect of the Orders will be to:(a) extend the prohibition on motor vehicles entering part of Windmill Drive between the borough boundary with Wandsworth Council and the west side of the vehicular entrance adjacent to “The Spinney” Clapham Common; (b) remove the two free limited time parking places in Windmill Drive west of the vehicular entrance to “The Spinney”; and (c) reduce the length of an existing shared use residents’ and pay by phone parking place east of the vehicular entrance to “The Spinney” by 14.2 metres and replace it with 1 metre of double yellow line and provide two new disabled persons’ parking places.

3. The changes are necessary to reduce the conflict between pedal cyclists and other moving vehicles, to improve safety and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists and to enable the transformation into a naturally landscaped walking and cycling route.

4. If you have any enquiries, please contact Lambeth Council’s Transport Strategy Team by email: transportstrategy@lambeth.gov.uk quoting reference Windmill Drive Modal Filters.

5. A copy of the Orders and other documents giving detailed particulars about them are available for inspection online at: https://streets.appyway.com/lambeth or www.lambeth.gov.uk/traffic-management-orders

with the date on which the Orders are made. To arrange inspection please

or email: Trafficorders@lambeth.gov.uk

6. If any person wishes to question the validity of the

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

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS – PLAY STREET DAYS

CHALFORD ROAD, EGREMONT ROAD, HAWARDEN GROVE, ROMMANY ROAD, ROLLSCOURT AVENUE AND THE CHASE

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable local residents/communities to hold special events (Play Street Days), the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order the effect of which would be to ban vehicles from entering:-

(a) Chalford Road, the whole length, on Sunday 21st July 2024, between 4pm and 7pm (an alternative route would not be applicable);

(b) Egremont Road, between No. 1 Egremont Road and the party wall of No. 62 Egremont Road on (i) Friday 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th July 2024; and (ii) Friday 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th August 2024, between 4pm and 7pm, (an alternative route would be available for affected vehicles via Chartham Grove and Ivymount Road);

(c) Hawarden Grove, the whole length, on (i) Sunday 4th and Friday 30th August 2024; and (ii) Sunday 8th and 29th September 2024, between 4pm and 7pm, (alternative routes would be available for affected vehicles via Croxted Road, Guernsey Grove and Rosendale Road and vice versa);

(d) Rommany Road, between No.1 Rommany Road and No. 106 Rommany Road, on (i) Saturday13th July 2024; (ii) Saturday 24th August 2024; (iii) Saturday 19th October 2024; (iv) Saturday 7th December 2024; (v) Saturday 5th April 2025; (vi) Friday 16th May 2025; and (vii) Friday 11th July 2025, between 4pm and 7pm, (alternative routes would be available for affected vehicles via St Louis Road, St Gothard Road and Gipsy Road and vice versa);

(e) Rollscourt Avenue, between Kestrel Avenue and Cosbycote Avenue on Sunday 4th August 2024, between 2pm and 5pm; (alternative routes would be available for affected vehicles via Cosbycote Avenue and Kestrel Avenue and vice versa); (f) The Chase, between No. 4 The Chase and No. 80 The Chase on (i)

August 2024, between 4pm and 7pm, (iii) 8th

2024, (vii) 5th January 2025, (viii) 2nd February

and

June 2025 between 10am and 1pm; (alternative routes would be available for affected vehicles via (i) Clapham Common North Side, Orlando Road, Lillieshall Road, Lambourn Road and Hannington Road; and (ii) Wandsworth Road, Victoria Rise and Clapham Common North Side).

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 on the dates and times specified above. Dated 21st June 2024 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 ACRE LANE, BUCKNER ROAD AND PORDEN ROAD - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE GENERAL ELECTION

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth subject to the agreement of Transport for London, intend to make an Order, the effect of which would be to temporarily:-

(a) ban vehicles entering or waiting (including the parking places) in: (i) Buckner Road; and (ii) Porden Road, provided that the ban on vehicles entering or waiting in Buckner Road and Porden Road would not affect vehicles collecting or delivering ballot boxes to The Lambeth Civic Centre as directed by a traffic marshall or a police constable in uniform;

(b) ban waiting at any time in Acre Lane, both sides (including the parking places) between Ballater Road and that length which for the time being is GLA Red Route side road;

(c) suspend the existing south-westerly one-way system in Buckner Road and impose a one-way system in a north-westerly direction (towards Acre Lane) instead;

(d) impose a one-way system in Porden Road, in a south-easterly direction (towards Buckner Road and Brixton Hill);

(e) ban vehicles exiting Porden Road at its junction with Brixton Hill from turning right into Brixton Hill. All vehicles exiting Porden Road at its junction with Brixton Hill shall turn left onto Brixton Hill;

(f) suspend the north-east bound bus lane on Acre Lane which lies between a point 18 metres north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 52 and 54 Acre Lane and the party wall of Nos. 4 and 6a Acre Lane.

2. Whenever the ban referred to in paragraph 1(a)(ii) and 1(d) above applies the Order that imposes the ban on motor vehicles entering that length of Porden Road which lies between a point 13.2 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Buckner Road and its junction with Brixton Hill would be suspended in so far as it affects those roads.

3. The restrictions are necessary because of the likelihood of danger to the public caused by an increase in traffic in the vicinity as a result of the safe transit and collection and unloading of ballot boxes for the General Election.

4. The one-way systems, banned turn, road closures, suspension and waiting and loading restrictions would only apply at such time and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing and covering of the appropriate traffic signs.

5. The Order would come into force on 4th July 2024 and would continue in force for a maximum duration of 2 days. In practice it is anticipated that the Order would only have effect from approximately 4 pm on Thursday 4th July until approximately 9 am on Friday 5th July 2024, but if it is deemed necessary in the interest of public safety the order may also have effect at other times during that maximum duration of 2 days.

Dated 21st June 2024

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A202 GLA ROAD (NEATHOUSE PLACE, CITY OF WESTMINSTER) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING AND TEMPORARY BANNED TURN) ORDER 2024

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make 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 water main repair works to take place on the A202 Neathouse Place.

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

(1) turning left from Neathouse Place into Wilton Road; (2) entering or exiting Hudson’s Place at its junction with Wilton Road

(3) stopping in Licensed Taxi Cabs Only on Wilton Road between its junctions with Neathouse Place and Terminus Place

The Order will be effective at certain times from 7:00 AM on 2nd July 2024 until 7:00 PM on 17th September 2024 or when the works have been completed whichever is 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.

5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by trafc signs via Bridge Place, Eccleston Square, Buckingham Palace Road, Elizabeth Street, Elizabeth Bridge, St George’s Drive, Eccleston Square, Belgrave Road, Gillingham Street to normal route of travel.

Dated this 21st day of June 2024

Paul Matthews

Co-ordination Manager

Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A2 GLA ROAD (EAST ROCHESTER WAY, LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY) (TEMPORARY 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT) 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 to exceed a speed of 40 MPH on:

(1) eastbound – A2 East Rochester Way from a point 2 metres northwest of the south-eastern building line of No.27 Lakeside Close to a point 390 metres southeast of the A2 on-slip road from Black Prince Interchange; and (2) westbound – A2 East Rochester Way from the administrative boundary of the London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council to the extended common boundary of Nos. 12 and 13 Lakeside Close, East Rochester Way.

This Order suspends the provision of article 3(1) of GLA/2024/0328 for the duration of this Order.

The Order will be effective from 12:01 AM on the 23rd of June 2024 until 5:00 AM on the 15th of June 2025 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.

Dated this 21st day of June 2024

Claire Wright Co-ordination Manager Transport for London

By Bruce Talbot

ruThleSS Surrey replaced Sussex Sharks at the top of the vitality Blast South Group after an impressive 54-run win at hove last weekend.

Sussex came into the contest on the back of a four-match winning streak including a 36-run victory at the Kia Oval last week.

But they never recovered after losing three wickets in the first four overs and were bowled out for 130 in 18.1 overs chasing 185 by a highly effective Surrey attack.

Australian Spencer Johnson removed Harrison Ward and James Coles in the opening over of a quality new-ball spell and when Sean Abbott accounted for Daniel Hughes, who came into the contest with 224 runs in his previous five Blast games, Sussex were 24-3 and up against it.

John Simpson made 25, Jack Carson 24 and Fynn Hudson-Prentice 23 but this was a reality check for Sussex against a Surrey team who have four wins and a tie from their first six matches.

In front of a 4,800 full house Surrey had been put in and their 184-8 was dominated by Lawrie Evans’ 41 and Jamie Smith’s 45. It always looked a competitive score on a pitch at the 1st Central County Ground which offered movement for the seamers throughout.

Evans took charge against his old county after Ollie Robinson had Dan Lawrence caught at short third off the fourth ball of the innings, sharing 67 in 37 balls alongside Dom Sibley with nineteen runs coming off successive overs by Fynn Hudson-Prentice and Nathan McAndrew in a power play that yielded 66.

Both fell in successive overs with Evans held at deep backward-square in Sussex skipper Tymal Mills’ first over as three wickets fell in nine balls in the middle of the innings.

Only 22 runs were scored between the eighth and eleventh overs but Smith picked up the tempo again after Ollie Pope, who made an unbeaten 99 in a losing cause when the teams met last Friday, was caught behind for a duck attempting to ramp Robinson.

Smith and Rory Burns, deputising for Jason Roy who had a calf injury, put on 69 off 37 balls for the fifth wicket with Smith muscling the ball over the rope four times in his 45 from 28 deliveries before he was caught trying to clear long on. Danny Lamb, who mixed up his pace and lengths effectively, finished with 3-36.

Ward had made 68 on Friday in

Sussex’ win over Essex but here he spliced a pull off the second ball of the match before Johnson bowled Coles through the gate with a nipbacker. When Hughes got a thin edge to Abbott’s lifter Surrey’s celebrations reflected the importance of his wicket. Simpson and Tom Alsop put on 32 but Gus Atkinson picked up Simpson with

his second ball and Lawrence removed Alsop with his first. When Tom Curran struck off successive deliveries in his second over Sussex’s race was run, although Robinson and Jack Carson at least added 34 for the ninth wicket to restrict the damage to their net run rate.

Surrey fast bowler Johnson said: “It’s

ruthless surrey gain revenge

Kia Oval side replace Sharks at the top

always nice to start well. Taking the first over and new ball in a T20 is a fair bit of responsibility so to contribute is good. It was quite a tricky wicket and we finished our innings thinking we had 15-20 over par. It nipped around a bit and Sussex have some handy bowlers so credit to our batters for getting us to the total we did. It felt

like our best all-round performance so far and after last night’s tie against Gloucestershire it was good to get two points and go back to the top of the table. We’ve got Middlesex in our next game which will be my first time at Lord’s so I’m looking forward to that.” Surrey’s next home game is Friday (June 21) at 6.30pm

South East Stars make statement as they Blaze to victory

The two could meet again in next Saturday’s Final on the same ground, both having already qualified for the semi-finals, to be played on the same day.

By Jon Culley

SouTh eAST Stars will fancy themselves to lift the Charlotte edwards Cup for a second time after an emphatic five-wicket victory over erstwhile favourites The Blaze at derby.

Bryony Smith’s 2021 champions shot out the East Midlands team - runners-up last year - for just 84, a first defeat in 16 points-table matches in the competition for Kirstie Gordon’s team since they changed their name from Lightning to The Blaze two years ago.

On a used pitch, left-arm seamer Alexa Stonehouse took three for 13, with Ryana MacDonald-Gay and spinners

Dani Gregory and Tilly Corteen-Coleman claiming two wickets each, England’s Sarah Glenn top-scoring for The Blaze with 21 from 24 balls.

Leg-spinner Glenn took three for 14 with the ball but with Emma Jones striking an unbeaten 30 from just 25 balls, the Stars were home and dry with 29 balls to spare.

After skipper Gordon had opted to bat first, The Blaze innings could hardly have started less auspiciously, with three

wickets lost in the first two overs and a fourth in the fifth after skipper Kirstie Gordon had opted to bat first.

Corteen-Coleman, the Stars’ 16-yearold left-arm spinner, had England opener Tammy Beaumont leg before with her fourth ball, before Stonehouse hit Marie Kelly in front and had Sarah Bryce caught behind in a double-wicket maiden.

Three for three became 12 for four in the fifth over as Australian international Heather Graham was bowled off an inside edge.

Kathryn Bryce missed a straight one from Jones and Ella Claridge hit a Gregory full toss straight to deep midwicket, leaving The Blaze 40 for six just past the halfway stage, after which a mini-recovery ended with leg-spinner

Gregory catching a skied leading edge to dismiss Josie Groves off her own bowling to make it 66 for seven.

Glenn, playing on her home ground, stuck around long enough to drag the total into the 80s before she was bowled by Corteen-Coleman, having lost two more partners in Gordon and Lucy Higham, who both holed out to mid-on.

The Blaze have a good record defending small totals, but even with leading run-getters Paige Scholfield and Sophia Dunkley missing, it never seemed likely that the Stars would miss out.

They lost Smith caught at mid-on as left-armer Grace Ballinger opened with a wicket-maiden and were two down in the powerplay after Phoebe Franklin cut

Glenn straight to backward point, with Aylish Cranstone caught at mid-off in the 10th.

Yet they were always comfortably up with the required rate and after Jones hit Kathryn Bryce for three boundaries in the 14th over, just nine were needed in 36 balls.

Glenn picked up her second wicket with a fine return catch to deny Georgia Redmayne (23) the chance to be there at the finish and a third when Alice Davidson-Richards drove to mid-off for a two-ball duck, but Jones hammered the ball back over bowler Gordon’s head to win the match with a six in the next over.

Stars were in action against Southern Vipers on Wednesday (June 19).

Surrey’s Jamie Smith

South East Stars 89-5 beat The Blaze 84 all out by five wickets.

By John Kelly

luKe Berry admitted he thought nathan Jones was “crazy” when he joined luton Town in league Two in 2017.

Berry, 31, has linked up with Jones at Charlton Athletic again after signing a two-year deal following his release by the Hatters this summer.

Midfielder Berry helped Jones’s side win promotion to League One in 2018. Jones returned to Luton in 2020 after a spell in charge of Stoke City and led the side to the Championship play-offs in 2022.

Luton were promoted to the Premier League under Rob Edwards in 2023 and Berry became the first Hatters player to score in all four of the top divisions when he netted in a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest in March. Berry was unveiled by the Addicks this week as they aim for a promotion challenge next season.

“He’s got an intensity about him that gets the best out of me,” Berry said. “And I feel like he gets the best out of players and teams. He’s just a great person as well as a great manager.

“I signed for him in League Two and he was saying things [about getting to the Premier League]. You’re thinking, ‘this guy, he’s crazy’. But eventually he was right. You’ve just got to believe in yourself.

“This Charlton team is a really good team, we just need to believe in ourselves and put in the hard work, and I can see us doing something special.”

Berry explained how the move came about.

“He’s been trying to get hold of me for a while, just saying how great the club is. When I finished up at Luton, I rang him straight away and wanted to get it going,” Berry said.

“To get promoted is the first thing I want to achieve with the team. And I want to contribute as many goals as I possibly can. If I can contribute ten to fifteen goals and assists as well then I’ll be delighted.”

Berry has won four promotions in his career and knows what it takes.

He said: “Consistency, really. Just being consistent with what we do. Working hard and just a bit of quality here and there. And I think we can do that as well.

“It’s not easy getting out of leagues, especially League One. It’s a tricky league, so hopefully I can bring a bit of experience, help some of the younger lads to try and do that.”

Berry is pleased he will be on the right side of The Valley backing next season.

“There’s no real good memories, to be honest, because we’ve always had a tricky time here!” he said. “The last one

Addicks' Luke is in

Midfielder reunites with ‘crazy’ Jones

was 3-1. Luton went 1-0 up early doors and then the atmosphere got going and then next thing we’re 3-1 down. Not great memories but you can tell if you’re a home player here that the fans get behind you and it’s great.

“It makes a massive difference. It energises the boys when you’re feeling tired. When we make The Valley a real fortress to come to it will be intimidating for other teams as well. So I’m looking forward to playing here.”

Berry added: “I’ve seen a couple of the lads [after his signing was officially confirmed]. When you’re around it and even in the gym you just want to get out

and start training again.”

Jones added: “Luke’s someone that I signed for Luton in 2017. He’s one of the best goal-scoring midfielders outside of the Premier League in recent years in terms of his outputs and we’re really delighted to have him.

“He’s a player I know very well as a character, athlete and footballer. It’s a significant signing for us with the track record that he’s got of promotions. He’s obviously had three promotions with Luton and that’s exactly what we’ve brought him in for. We’ve fought off a lot of competition to get him and I’m just pleased that our club and my relationship

with him has enabled us to get the signing over the line. I’m sure he’s going to be a significant signing for the club.

“His last appearance was in the Premier League and his next appearance is going to be for Charlton Athletic, so that’s the type of calibre that we want to attract. We’ve fought off a lot of Championship interest for Luke.

“He’s similar to me in terms of wanting to be part of another project and wanting somewhere where he can be for a while and get his teeth stuck into. He’s someone that I absolutely love working with on a day-to-day basis and that’s going to continue.”

Technical director Andy Scott said: “As part of this summer’s recruitment strategy we want to add quality, experience and a winning mentality to the young talent we have in our squad. We’re delighted to sign Luke, a player who ticks all those boxes and who has an excellent track record working under Nathan.

“Having played most recently in the Premier League and achieved three promotions in seven seasons, we’re really pleased to bring Luke to Charlton to be reunited with Nathan, a manager who knows how to get the best out of him."

By John Kelly

AFC wimBledon have completed the permanent signing of JohnJoe o’Toole after his release by Mansfield Town.

O’Toole, 35, made fourteen appearances for Johnnie Jackson’s side last season as the Dons fell just short of reaching the League Two play-offs.

“I’m delighted to sign for a club that’s going in the right direction,” O’Toole said.

“I’m pleased to be a part of it. I’m looking forward to getting a full season under my belt - we’ll be giving it everything we have to get promoted.”

Jackson added: “John-Joe was

outstanding when he joined us at the back end of last season. He’s versatile, can play in defence, can play in midfield and has a wealth of experience.

“His professionalism and the way he trains every day is something our young lads can learn a lot from and he will have a big role to play both on and off the pitch.”

Head of football operations Craig Cope added: “We are delighted to welcome John-Joe back to Wimbledon. He has been a key part of the team since his arrival and we are pleased that is going to continue into the new season.”

The Dons have also completed the signing of 26-year-old Solihull Moors midfielder Callum Maycock.

By John Kelly

new CrySTAl Palace defender Chadi riad believes he is the perfect fit for the Eagles after joining from Spanish side real Betis.

Moroccan international Riad, 20, signed a contract until the summer of 2029 in a deal worth around £15million.

“I was interested in coming here because of the history of the club, and the league in which it plays,” Riad said.

“They have been telling me how they played this year and I think it

complements perfectly the way I play.

“[It is also] because of the fans, especially because of the interest they showed in me from the beginning. They made me feel at home and that’s why I am here.

“I have dreamt of playing in the Premier League since I was a kid. As you can see, it’s is the best league in the world with excellent players, and I'm really looking forward to playing [here].”

Riad added: “I haven’t spoken to the coach about this [move], but he has given me 100 per cent support for coming to this new adventure.

“It’s true that I have spoken to my team-mates like Pablo Fornals, who played in the Premier League with Marc Roca. They have told me that I'm going to enjoy this league and I hope [I will].”

Eagles chairman Steve Parish added: “As a full international at just 20-years-old, Chadi is an exciting young player who we are delighted to be able to welcome to the club.

"His arrival adds quality to a squad already packed with talent and potential, and I look forward to seeing him contribute to the team this season and beyond.”

Luke Berry in action for Luton Town against Manchester City in April © Action Plus

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Defender earns plaudits for display in England win

By John Kelly

mArC Guehi was pleased with how his first-ever start at a major tournament went as he was showered with praise following his performance in england’s 1-0 win over Serbia last weekend.

Guehi, 23, delivered a nearfaultless display alongside centreback partner John Stones as Jude Bellingham’s thirteenth-minute header was enough for all three points in the Group C opener.

Guehi was up against the might of former Fulham forward Aleksandar Mitrovic and Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic but didn’t give the pair an inch as Serbia had just one shot on target.

“It went well, it’s always very tough in the first game of any tournament,” Guehi said. “Both teams are always at it and want to get their first three points.

“We did really well in defending long balls and defending our box. They are a good side and it was a tough test, but I’m really proud of the boys.

“When you’ve got Vlahovic and Mitrovic up front and a team full of six-foot giants, it is always going to be physical.

“They can play as well, so they are always going to cause threats, but we dealt with that well.”

Guehi added: “I’ve always said it helps so much to have so many experienced players around me.

[Kieran] Trippier has got four or five tournaments under his belt, Stones the same, [Kyle] Walker the same, [Jordan] Pickford the same.

“Coming into a back-line with so much experience, and the players in front of me having so much experience, helps a lot for me.

“I have settled in well. I don’t really like talking too much about myself, it’s about the team, but

everyone here makes everyone feel welcome.

“It’s a good spirit in the camp, and I'm glad to be here.

“You’re playing against good players, and a tough system to play against as well, to get pressure on,” he said. “You’re always worrying about that ball in behind and the physical threat.

“These games you just have to make sure you are as solid as possible. You are not always going to play in the way you want to play, but it’s important to adapt and I think we adapted well.”

Gareth Southgate’s side play their second game on Thursday (June 20) when they take on Denmark, who drew 1-1 against Slovenia in their opener.

Guehi said: “We can always improve, and we will definitely look to improve. We will look at areas we can get better, but it’s a good start.

“On to the next one.”

QPR stopper has big ambition

By john Kelly

GoAlKeePer murPhy mahoney said it was “massive for me” after he signed a new contract at Queens Park rangers.

Mahoney, 22, signed on loan at League Two Swindon Town last season. He made 25 appearances and kept four clean sheets.

“This is massive for me,” Murphy said. “I am really happy. I have been here since I was ten and my plan is to be here as long as possible and eventually become the No.1.

“I love it here, it is home to me and long may it continue.”

An injury in December forced his return to QPR.

He said: “The loan was pivotal for me.

“It was about getting out and playing men’s football. Everyone here knew how well I was training but it is different doing it in games.

“So, the loan was good for me because it showed what I can do. It was obviously frustrating to get the injury halfway through the season because coming back with a full season would have been great, but I feel I showed in that half season that I am capable.

“I am really pleased with the progress I’ve made.

“If you had said to me twelve months ago that I would get 25 games under my belt, 23 in League Two, I would have snatched your hand off.

“Now I am focused on getting fit and strong for the new season. I am going to work hard in pre-season and see what happens.”

Hoops chief executive Christian Nourry added: “Murphy's ballplaying capacities are really exciting and his loan spell with Swindon was really productive, with progression last season stopped only by an unfortunate injury. I was personally very impressed by his attitude towards his recovery.”

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By John Kelly

FulhAm hAve been linked with a move for their former defender ryan Sessegnon.

Sessegnon, 24, is available on a free transfer after his release by Tottenham Hotspur this summer.

Sessegnon moved to Spurs for £25million in 2019 but made only 41 starts in all competitions in five seasons.

Sessegnon’s time in North London was blighted by injuries and he played only seven minutes last season, in Tottenham’s 1-0 win over Burnley in the FA Cup.

Sessegnon’s last league start was in a 2-0 defat against Arsenal in January 2023. West Ham United are also reportedly considering a move for Sessegnon.

Rio: Give Palmer and Eze their chances

By John Kelly

Former enGlAnd captain rio Ferdinand wants to see the “arrogance and confidence” of Cole Palmer in the team at the euros after Gareth Southgate’s side made a shaky start to the tournament last weekend.

England beat Serbia 1-0 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s goal but were unimpressive for large parts of the encounter. Southgate brought on Palmer’s Chelsea team-mate Conor Gallagher and Jarrod Bowen in a right-wing role as the Three Lions were put under pressure defending their lead. Bowen set up Harry Kane with a cross for what looked certain to be a second goal but Predrag Rajkovic brilliantly tipped the captain’s header on to the crossbar.

Bukayo Saka started on the right of the attack in a 4-2-3-1 formation and was taken off for Bowen as Palmer stayed on the bench.

Ferdinand would also like to see Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Eberechi Eze get a chance.

“I’d have brought Palmer on,” Ferdinand said. “Because he’s got that arrogance and confidence to go get on the ball and say, ‘give it to me, I’m going to start ticking us’. What he does at Chelsea is the same thing.

“The only problem is if Gareth brought on Palmer he wouldn’t have said that. He wouldn’t have said go and get loose and be why I brought you in.

“I’ve watched him at Luton for Chelsea, he’s picking the ball up off Thiago Silva. No one can pick him up because the person meant to be marking him is playing left-back 70 yards away so can’t get near him. England needed a bit of that. ‘Go on off the cuff and get us the ball back, we’ve lost a bit of rhythm’. Where is that talk? ‘Eze, you go on there.’

“This is what they do for their clubs. That’s why they’re here. Go let them do it.”

Marc Guehi has seamlessly stepped into defence

Southgate and Eberechi Eze

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By Kiro Evans

millwAll Are mourning matija Sarkic after the goalkeeper tragically passed away at the age of just 26.

The club said they were ‘completely devastated’ to announce his death.

Sarkic arrived at The Den last August from Wolverhampton Wanderers and was installed as the Lions’ first-choice goalkeeper throughout the course of last season.

He made 33 appearances for Millwall having previously been at Aston Villa for five years before his arrival at Wolves.

His final outing for the Lions saw him keep a clean sheet and save a penalty against Swansea City on the final day of last season. Since the end of the campaign he has appeared for Montenegro on international duty and attended his brother’s wedding.

A club statement from Millwall said: “Millwall Football Club is completely devastated to announce that Matija Sarkic has passed away at the age of 26.

“A Montenegro international, Matija proudly represented his country on numerous occasions.

“Everyone at the club sends their love and condolences to Matija’s family and friends at this immensely sad time.”

On Monday, Neil Harris paid his respects in a video released on Millwall’s website.

He said: “First thoughts have to go with Mati’s parents and his brothers. A wonderful son and a wonderful brother who was a really caring, good man.

“Getting the call at seven o’clock first thing on the weekend, you know it’s not going to be positive news but you can never imagine the devastation in the moment you find out that such a good man, at such a tender age, has lost his life.

“It’s hard to find the words to explain how you feel. I have a 22-year-old son myself, Mati was only a few years older. Any human being or fan or anybody in life can relate to something like that.

Devastating news for the family and for our football club.”

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Neil Harris leads the tributes after goalkeeper’s tragic death

The Millwall boss said that goalkeeping coach Andy Marshall has been in touch with the family and was the person who told him the tragic news over the phone.

On Sarkic’s character, Harris said: “What a bloke. There’s no surprise when you read obituaries on social media or hear people close to him speak so fondly. They talk about his radiant smile, his human nature and his good will.

“I only worked with Mati over a three-month period and was with him last Thursday at the training ground. A huge smile on his face and so excited to go and see the family in Montenegro.

“He had a great summer and performed so well for his nation against Belgium and been to his brother’s wedding.

“As a character at the training ground, everyday he came in, win, lose or draw, with a smile on his face and just wanted to be better and be the best version of himself.

“People shouldn’t think of him as a laid-back goalkeeper. He was very driven and you could see he had high

aspirations for himself, he wanted to build his caps up for his country but also perform really well for us and drag us forward. I can’t praise him highly enough as a human being in the time I knew him but also as a professional as well.

“It doesn’t always feel right to talk about work in moments like this but in Mati’s case it does because he loved the game, he loved the job.”

Matija’s twin brother, Oliver, said “life won’t be the same” after his sibling’s passing.

Oliver is also a professional football player and posted a message of thanks to fans on social media after thousands of tributes were paid to his brother.

He wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “Thank you everyone for the love and support shown to Matija and our family. Really shows the amazing person he was.

“I wish he was still here with us I but couldn’t be more proud to say he was my twin brother. Life won’t be the same without you. Rest in peace, we love you.”

Sarkic’s former clubs have also been

paying tribute to his life.

Wolves wrote on X: “Matija was someone who had time for anybody at the football club, no matter who they were.

“He was smart, bright, warm and funny, and gave everything to his profession and the people around him.”

Aston Villa tweeted: “Everyone at Aston Villa is deeply saddened by news of the passing of our former goalkeeper Matija Sarkic.

“The thoughts and condolences of all at the club are with his family and friends at this incredibly sad time.”

Fans have been paying tribute to Matij a Sarkic over the last few days