Southwark News - December 5th 2024

millwall

Issue 1714

Established: 1987

barKing parKing

50p

December 5 2024

southwarknews.co.uk

Page 5

fire eXit parKing could force Jobless employer to leave

See sport

interview with lions under 21 ace raees See page 6

double diversion maKes shopping impossible for 92-year-old

‘come forward' Jesse Lloyd-Smith family appeals for See page 4

help as sixth person is charged in connection with murder in Peckham

See page 8

tfl chief hopeful over baKerloo line eXtension

2 NEWS Contents NEWS Pages 2-17

leader apologises after social housing watchdog uncovers ‘serious failings’

opinion Pages 18-19 arts Page 21 Classified Page 24 Public notices Pages 25-28 SPORT Pages 29-32

L: Tooley St HQ of Southwark Council; R: Cllr Kieron Williams

Cllr Victor Chamberlain

By Robert Firth

Contact us if you have a story on editor@ southwarknews .co.uk

We are a London Living Wage employer Do you have a story

for our news team?

Call 0207 231 5258 You can WhatsApp us on 07494 070 863.

‘Serious failings’ in the service provided by Southwark - London’s biggest council landlord - were uncovered by the government’s social housing watchdog.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) gave Southwark Council, which owns around 36,800 council houses, a grading of C3 (the second worst rating) for consumer standards and said the local authority needed to make ‘significant improvements’.

Cllr Kieron Williams, Labour leader of Southwark, said: “I want to apologise to tenants who have been let down. We will continue to drive up the quality of our services and homes for you. Whilst we have made progress we know there is much more to do.”

Cllr Victor Chamberlain, leader of Southwark’s Liberal Democrat opposition, called for Cllr Williams to resign – accusing

him of ‘losing control’ of the council’s housing department.

He said: “Housing officers have been apologising unreservedly and resigning in droves but it’s the Labour leadership’s position that is no longer tenable. We need to see political accountability now.”

The inspection was the first time that Southwark has been judged under the watchdog’s new standards programme which came into place on April 1. The regulator said it had found evidence that the council was failing to meet legal requirements for health and safety in tenants’ homes and communal areas.

In June, Southwark referred itself to the regulator after finding it hadn’t completed electrical safety tests on all of its properties.

The watchdog said that at the time of its inspection, over 50 per cent of the council’s homes had not had an electrical condition test for over five years.

The RSH said that more than 50 per cent of See Sport

WALK THE WALK WITH LIONS' STAR Issue 1713

Editor: Kevin Quinn Deputy Editor: Herbie Russell Reporter: Isabel Ramirez Sports Editor: John Kelly Sports reporter: Will Scott Arts Correspondent: Michael Holland Digital Transformation Editor: Katherine Johnston Media Partnerships: Anthony Phillips Advertising: Clarry Frewin Design: Dan Martin, Ann Gravesen Finance: Em Zeki - Tel: 0779 883 3758 Subscriptions/Announcements: Katie Boyd Managing & Commercial Director: Chris Mullany Managing & Editorial Director: Kevin Quinn Published weekly on a Thursday at: Community Matters Media Ltd Unit A202, The Biscuit Factory, Drummond Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 4DG. News and Sport: 020 7231 5258 Advertising: 020 7232 1639 News: news@southwarknews.co.uk Advertising: hello@cm-media.co.uk Finance: em@cm-media.co.uk Printed by Iliffe Print. Tel: 01223 656500 www.iliffeprint.co.uk

Established: 1987

See Pages 3

EXCLUSIVE

50p

November 28th 2024

southwarknews.co.uk

Royals charge Guy's & St Thomas' £11.4 Million to store ambulances on their duchy land in Bermondsey See page 5

72-year-old caught up in bizarre 'hospital mix-up'

'IT'S NOT MY BABY' See page 4

COUNCIL SPENDS OVER £15 MILLION ON BLOCK - ONLY TO BULLDOZE IT

See Pages 16-17

WHY THE DELAY WITH PECKHAM RYE SQUARE?

EXCLUSIVE

See page 2

Southwark’s properties were also without smoke alarms, but noted that the council hadn’t alerted it of this problem. Despite this, it noted that the council had developed a programme to complete the overdue electrical safety checks and install smoke alarms in all its homes.

The RSH added that there were almost 2,000 overdue fire safety issues in properties, of which 100 were categorised as high risk. The council said it had put in place mitigations to manage the problems, but the watchdog said the late actions remained a ‘regulatory concern’.

The inspection was also highly critical of Southwark’s now suspended ‘Annual Lettings Plan’ approved by Cllr Sarah King, cabinet member for housing, in May, which allowed the local authority to make direct offers of properties to households in temporary accommodation—outside of the published choice based lettings system.

The RSH said the policy amounted to a ‘serious failure in the delivery of the tenancy standard’ and prevented prospective tenants from bidding on some available homes.’

Despite this, the RSH praised the council for ‘dealing effectively’ with anti-social behaviour in line with its policy and procedures and in partnership with relevant groups.

Cllr Williams said Southwark was investing over £250 million into its housing stock over the next three years and was improving its approach to repairs, complaints and housing allocation through a new housing management board, which included tenants.

He added: “We’ll also be continuing our work with the government and councils across the country to tackle the £2.2 billion black hole in our national council housing finances, so together we can secure the long-term funding settlement needed to fully lift council homes across the country up to modern safe, healthy and green standards.”

The Southwark News is proud to be the only independent, paid for newspaper in London

Southwark News started life as the Bermondsey News in 1987, as an A-4 photocopied sheet of paper and rapidly grew to cover the entire borough and the surrounding area. As the borough grew, so did the newspaper.

It is owned and run by Chris Mullany and Kevin Quinn.

Former reporters for Southwark News, they bought the title in 2002, after the founder Dave Clark died suddenly from cancer four years earlier.

A dedicated team of staff work tirelessly to cover as much of what is going on as possible and strive to ensure that a community-led, independent newspaper can survive and excel in a market dominated by national and multinational media groups.

Follow our social media to be updated on local news

southwark-news

@southwark_news

Southwark News is a member of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (which regulates the UK’s magazine and newspaper industry).

We abide by the Editors’ Code of Practice and are committed to upholding the highest standards of journalism. If you think that we have not met those standards and want to make a complaint, please contact 0207 231 5258.

If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or if you would like more information about IPSO or the Editors’ Code, contact IPSO on 0300 123 2220 or visit www.ipso.co.uk

NEWS 3

it's time for christmas concerts in south banK, borough and pecKham By isabel Ramirez

it'S deceMBer so the countdown to christmas has begun. here are three christmas concerts to get you in the mood...

PECKham

Listen to carols in this gothic Peckham chapel, whilst raising money for a good cause.

Join Concern Worldwide on 5 December at Asylum Chapel for a magical acoustic concert featuring Fiona Bevan, The Ganda Boys, and Limpopo Groove.

Enjoy festive tunes, mulled drinks, and mince pies in a stunning candlelit setting, while supporting Concern’s vital work in vulnerable communities worldwide.

All profits will go towards Concern Worldwide, a charity supporting people in the most vulnerable countries around the world including Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. when: Thursday 5 December, from 7pm where: The Asylum Chapel, Caroline Gardens, Asylum Rd, SE15 2SQ admission: Tickets for £25 (https://candlelit-concert.concern. org.uk)

SOUTh BaNK

DANIELLE & JIMMY INVITE LOCAL BERMONDSEY PENSIONERS TO ENJOY A COMPLIMENTARY XMAS DINNER

Adult only panto doesn't hold back Arts Page 21

Perfect for the entire family, you can sing along to a selection of traditional carols alongside popular contemporary Christmas favourites.

Getting you into the Christmas spirit is the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the London

17TH DECEMBER 12-2 PM

BOrOUGh

Board the 16th-century ship docked in Borough to hear timeless carols sung by a renowned choir.

On the Golden Hinde on Sunday 15 December, the Borough Welsh Choir will be singing some classic Christmas carols to get you into the festive mood.

The group is a mixed four-part choir with a history of singing at Buckingham Palace, The Shard, and more.

Sip on mulled cider, wine, or hot chocolate as their harmonies fill the historic Tudor galleon. All ages are welcome for this festive treat. where: The Golden Hinde, St Mary Overie Dock, Cathedral Street, SE1 9DE when: Sunday 15 December, 3pm admission: Tickets are £6 and can be booked or bought at the door. (goldenhinde.co.uk) Entry includes access to all museum areas of the ship.

There is no step-free access to the event space, please contact The Golden Hinde for more detailed access information.

Community Christmas event to be held on Camberwell Green

By Melina Block Local Democracy Reporter charitieS and volunteers are holding a camberwell community christmas event on Saturday 7 december.

AT THE OLD BANK

Philharmonic Choir (Saturday 14), and the Philharmonia Orchestra with the Philharmonia Chorus (Sunday 15), conducted by Michael England. where: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX when: Saturday 14 December – Sunday 15 December Admission: Tickets from £30.00 (southbankcentre.co.uk) Run time 2 hours and 15 minutes (approx)

The free event will take place on Camberwell Green, with festive activities and performances organised for the day.

Camberwell Community Choir will be singing carols and Theatre Peckham will perform their show PAN! Peter’s Come Out to Play.

Mr and Mrs Santa are scheduled to arrive at midday on the green in a cargo bike sleigh from bike company Pedal Me. People can also decorate gingerbread and fairy cakes, or head to the craft tent for seasonal arts and crafts and gifts with Black Stock Media.

Camberwell Society and other local charities will have stalls for the event.

Amuru Children’s charity is organising live music and children’s games, whilst Salvation Army will be hosting baby activities, kids’ crafts

and face painting.

Free treats will also be available from food charity and crisis support service Spring Community Hub. Other community support stalls will be present, offering free hygiene products and a clothes bank from Excel and energy saving and costof-living advice from Southwark Pensioners Centre.

SE5 Forum have teamed up with Theatre Peckham and multiple other charities and volunteers to organise the celebrations.

The event will run from 12pm3pm on Camberwell Green, with an evening performance of PAN! Scheduled for 5pm at Theatre Peckham.

L: Tooley St HQ of Southwark Council; R: Cllr Kieron Williams

4 NEWS

siXth person charged in connection with murder of Jesse lloyd-smith in pecKham By isabel Ramirez

a SiXth person has been charged in connection with the murder of Jesse lloyd-Smith in Peckham.

The 19-year-old was charged on Thursday, 28 November and will appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 29 November.

A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder on Friday, 2 August, while four other people have been charged with perverting the course of justice.

Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, was shot in East Surrey Grove, SE15 shortly before 17:00hrs on Wednesday, 10 July. Emergency services rushed to the scene and Jesse was taken to hospital – however, despite the best efforts of medical staff, he tragically died the following day.

Detectives continue to appeal for the public’s help and want to hear from anyone, who may have any further information.

Detective Chief Inspector Alex Gammampila, whose team is leading the investigation, said: “Our team remains resolute in securing justice and we need the public’s help to do so.

“I am grateful to all those who have come forward so far but would ask anyone with information – no matter how insignificant you think it might be – to get in contact as this could prove to be crucial.

“We believe that the answers to this shooting remain within the community in Peckham and whilst I appreciate it may be difficult, now is the time to do the right thing.

By Herbie Russelll five PeoPle have been hospitalised after a fire tore through a disused block of flats in borough.

“Anyone who doesn’t want to speak directly can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously.”

Jesse’s sister Chaise and Godmother Sam, said: “It’s been over four months without Jesse and we believe that there are still people living within this community who are sitting on the truth.

“Now is the time to come forward.

“Our family has continued to grieve Jesse and we are appealing for your help to give us answers.

“Please, if you know anything or remember anything from the evening of 10 July, no matter how small the information may seem, contact the police or Crimestoppers.

Information can be provided via an online portal here: Public Portal (mipp. police.uk)

Rotherhithe. Andrew Cunningham, 61 has since been charged with murder.

He has been remanded into custody and was due to appear at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “A man has been charged with murder as part of an investigation into the death of a woman in Greenland Quay.

“Police were called to an address shortly before 15:00hrs on Friday, 29 November following reports of a woman with stab wounds.

“The victim was taken to hospital, where she sadly died later that evening.

“She has since been identified as 57-year-old Margaret Cunningham.

“Officers arrested a man in Rotherhithe. Andrew Cunningham, 61 has since been charged with murder in connection with this investigation.

“He has been remanded into custody and will appear at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday, 2 December.”

Man charged with murder after woman was fatally stabbed in Surrey Quays By isabel Ramirezl

Police were called to an address in Greenland Quay following reports of a woman suffering stab wounds shortly before 3pm on Friday, November 29.

The victim, 57-year-old Margaret Cunningham, was taken to hospital where she died later that evening.

Officers arrested a man in

Alternatively, if you would prefer to speak to a police officer regarding this incident, please call 020 7175 2206. Alternatively, anyone who has information or footage can call 101 or post on X @MetCC quoting CAD 6886/10Jul. To remain 100 per cent anonymous call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit Crimestoppers-uk.org.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) was called to Newcomen Street shortly after 4am on Tuesday, December 3.

Five people had to be rescued from the roof level, the second floor and a basement.

London Ambulance Service took five people to hospital, LFB said.

Twelve fire engines and around 80 firefighters were deployed from Dowgate, Whitechapel, Old Kent Road, Dockhead, Lambeth, Soho, Peckham and surrounding fire stations.

Half of the ground floor, part of the first floor, and the staircase from the ground to the first floor were destroyed by fire.

LFB’s 999 control centre operators received the first of around ten calls alerting them to the fire at 4.07pm which was under control by 5.07pm.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police and the Brigade's fire investigation team.

Brixton girl, 16, charged with King's Cross murder of 'homeless man' By isabel Ramirez

a sIXTeen-year-oLd girl from Brixton has been charged with the murder of a 'homeless man' reportedly killed while sheltering in a bin shed.

Anthony Marks, 51, died after being attacked on Cromer Street, near King’s Cross St Pancras station, on Saturday, August 10.

The girl cannot be identified because of her age. She is due to appear at

Croydon Magistrates' Court today (Friday, November 29).

A 17-year-old boy has previously been charged and remanded in custody to face trial next year.

Officers still want to hear from any witnesses who have not yet spoken to them, as well as any of Anthony’s next of kin, who so far remain unidentified.

Anyone with information should contact the incident room direct on 0208 358 0300, dial 101 or post on X @ MetCC quoting CAD 1428/10AUG24.

Anthony Marks reportedly died after being attacked near King's Cross St Pancras station.

Greenland Quay, Surrey Quays

© Met Police

© Google

a Man has been charged with murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in Surrey Quays.

Disused block of flats in Borough catches fire

NEWS 5

southwarK's largest employer of Jobless 'may be forced to leave borough' over fire eXit parKing

By Herbie Russell SouthwarK’S largeSt employer of the long-term unemployed has threatened to leave the borough because the council has failed to remove a parked car from its fire exit.

Homewood Group, a Bermondsey-based business helping long-term unemployed back into work, has begged Southwark Council to sort out the “hazardous” vehicle for three months.

The company, which trains vulnerable people to work across London’s rail network, has operated in Southwark since 2016.

The council’s inaction could now force the business to relocate next month, taking its 800 employees and reported £4.2 million local economic contribution with it.

Founder Daniele Lucia, who recently moved the company to Bermondsey’s Blue Market with hopes of reviving the barren high street, described the situation as “ludicrous”.

The car has partially blocked the fire exit since Homewood Group moved from the Biscuit Factory site to its new office in September.

Senior staff are concerned that, in the event of a fire, there would be a “bottleneck” of people leaving.

Southwark Council has now put parking tickets on cars on the other side of the road but failed to ticket the offending vehicle.

Moses Orekoya, operations director, said: “We have a lot of people in here and if something happens they are trapped. It’s a hazard and they [the council] are shirking their responsibilities."

The company says it has already scaled down its daily training by 50 per cent over health and safety concerns.

Homewood Group's departure would be a blow to some of Southwark’s most vulnerable residents.

The company had promised to share the space with the Citizens Advice Bureau, which was

forced to close last year.

It also plays a vital role in getting the long-term unemployed, including care leavers, mental sufferers, and the homeless, many living locally, back into work.

Mr Lucia said: “Last year we employed over 440 people. We’re the largest employer in Southwark of long term unemployed.

“If you see someone on a railway track wearing orange in London they probably work for us.”

He continued: “We were looking to increase footfall in the area. When we look at the projected numbers, we could have anywhere between 200 and 300 people coming in, some of which would use local shops and facilities.”

“My mind’s blown that it has come to this,” he added.

After the News contacted the council, police got the car removed but another vehicle has since appeared in its place.

Cllr John Batteson, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Jobs and Business, has said Southwark Council is "reviewing options to prohibit parking in this area, including the potential installation of double yellow lines, to prevent similar incidents in the future".

He added: "Our enforcement team will ensure compliance with any new restrictions. We are committed to working closely with Homewood Group to resolve this matter.”

The latest statistics show that about 25 per cent of the UK’s working age population - those aged sixteen to 64 - are jobless. That is roughly 11 million people.

That figure is only slightly lower in Southwark where 21.6 per cent are jobless - around 52,000 people.

On Tuesday, November 26, Sir Keir Starmer declared that Britain “simply isn’t working” and unveiled plans to bring more people into work and slash the country’s spiralling benefits bill.

Southwark Council was approached for comment but failed to come back with an answer.

Homewood Group has struggled to operate since moving to The Blue Market in September

Moses Orekoya, operations director (left) and Peter Sosanya, operative manager (right) outside the blocked fire exit

6 NEWS

92-year-old's short trip to shops now impossible due to double bus diversion

By Herbie Russell

By issy clarke

a 92-year-oLd Bermondsey resident is struggling to shop and collect her pension since changes to a local bus route drastically disrupted her routine.

Anne Davis, who lives on Barkworth Road, SE16, has long relied on the P12 bus to travel between her home and The Blue high street.

The journey, which once took her just fifteen minutes each way, became a logistical ordeal lasting over an hour after roadworks meant the P12 was diverted in November.

Although spritely for her age, Anne says she would struggle to make it all the way by foot, especially when she is laden with bags of shopping.

As of last week, a second diversion means she can no longer visit The Blue by bus at all, leaving her to rely entirely on lifts from family.

The exasperated pensioner said: “Whose brilliant idea was it to stop those buses?

Nobody on Ilderton Road can get anywhere.

“They’re spending five days a week fixing the road. They should be spending seven days a week.

The exasperated pensioner said: “Whose brilliant idea was it to stop those buses?

Nobody on Ilderton Road can get anywhere.

“They’re spending five days a week fixing the road. They should be spending seven days a week.”

She recounts how last week, hordes of

Southwark's slowest bus routes revealed SouthwarK’S SloweSt bus routes have been revealed in the latest TfL figures.

Anne Davis says a routine bus trip has become a logistical nightmare bewildered people were left stranded at a stop on Ilderton Road for 45 minutes.

After giving up and calling TfL, she learned they had been waiting for a bus that would never come.

For most of her recent life, she got the P12 bus from Ilderton Road - Millwall Football Ground [Stop IB] - to Southwark Park Road.

Then, she simply hopped back on the P12 going in the opposite direction to get home.

On September 16, the southbound P12 was diverted far away from her home’s nearest bus stop.

This was due to bridge works on Old Kent Road and the installation of district heating on Ilderton Road for new developments.

As a result, to get home from The Blue

with all her shopping, she had to get the 381 all the way down to the Peckham Bus Garage.

Only then, from the Peckham Bus Garage, could she get back on the P12 to return home. Her journey time had gone from 30 minutes all round to 1 hour 10 minutes in total.

On Monday, November 18, things got worse. Due to roadworks on Galleywall Road, the P12 ceased to stop at her local bus stop on its way to The Blue.

This disruption is set to last until April 14, with a short period of resuming normal service between December 20 and January 2, 2025.

Anne said: “I have to phone my son to

take me to The Blue after work. I can barely get out the door. It’s not just me. There are lots of other flats in Ilderton Road that use the same bus stop.”

A TfL spokesperson said: “Our buses form a vital part of London’s transport network, providing millions of Londoners with affordable, green, and accessible ways to travel around the capital every day.

“Essential works on the road network are unavoidable, and we are working with Southwark Council to ensure that the P12 provides the best possible service for all, and that any disruption is minimised.

“We’re sorry for the inconvenience caused to Ms. Davis’ journey due to the roadworks in Southwark.”

New artwork for 40th Tube map designed

by Brixton woman

Ever been on a bus and felt you could have reached your destination faster if you had simply walked? These rage-inducing routes are so sluggish you might have been correct.

The Number 1 bus from Hampstead to Rotherhithe was the worst offender, clocking in at just 6.62 miles per hour on average. A fraction behind was the 35, which goes to Clapham Junction via Walworth and Camberwell, averaging 6.65 mph.

In the UK, average running speed is around 6.5 mph according to the running app Strava – practically the same speed as both these routes.

The 453, from Baker Street down to Deptford, was the third slowest, running at a tortoise pace of 6.87mph. Meanwhile, the 68 from Camden to Norwood, the fifth worst offender, crawls to its finish line at an average 6.90 mph.

In fifth place was the 12, travelling from Soho through Camberwell, Peckham and Dulwich, with a 6.93mph average speed.

Across the borough as a whole, bus speeds were around 8mph, down 6 per cent compared to 2013/2014.

In July of this year an analysis from environmental coalition Healthy Streets revealed that City Hall was on track to miss several of the targets set in Sadiq Khan's strategy, including speeding up bus journeys.

City Hall had anticipated that “bus speeds will improve by approximately 5-15 per cent London-wide, with particular improvements expected in inner London”, in order to make buses "an attractive alternative to the car".

But according to Healthy Streets' research research, bus speeds between April 2023 and March 2024 were on average no faster than during the equivalent twelve month period prior to the pandemic; between April 2019 and March 2020. Both periods saw an average bus speed recorded of about 9.27mph, including time spent stopping.

Healthy Streets, which includes the groups Future Transport London and London Cycling Campaign, revealed Khan is falling behind on several other aims including eliminating road deaths and achieving net zero carbon emissions in London by 2030.

LONdON'S FiVE SLOWEST BUS rOUTES

Rita Keegan, ‘The Fabric of Time’, 2024 – Pocket Tube map

By Melina Block art inSPired by london underground seats' fabric has been designed by Brixton art gallery founder rita Keegan for the 40th pocket tube map’s cover.

The South London-based artist drew on her photographs of London from the 1980s and the history of Tube seat fabrics to create ‘The Fabric of Time’.

The piece layers ten seat designs with a photo of the artist in her 30s at Brixton station, where Keegan first lived after moving to London.

A range of artists have designed covers for pocket Tube maps, issued every six months, for more than twenty years.

Keegan's design for the pocket map is the first to contain the new names and colours for the six London Overground lines.

The new names - Liberty, Lioness,

Rita Keegan's artwork for the Tube map Mildmay, Suffragette, Weaver and Windrush - mark a historic change for London's transport network.

Like previous iterations, the map will also show all available toilets on the network.

Keegan’s work also celebrates the numerous tube seat moquette designers, many of them women and who were not all credited in archives at the time.

She said: “Being invited to do a piece for Art on the Underground was a

great privilege.

“It has a long tradition and having been a person that has ridden the Underground most of their life seeing art in stations was always the most exciting thing, coming to Britain and finding just the nature of the Tube map is gorgeous.

“So yes, this has been a great experience.”

The new map launched on Tuesday, November 26, and can be found in most underground stations.

∙ Number 1 bus from: Royal Free Hospital to: Canada Water Bus Station - 6.62mph ∙ Number 35 bus from: Clapham Junction Station / Falcon Road to: Shoreditch - 6.65mph ∙ Number 453 bus from: Deptford Bridge Station to: Great Central Street - 6.87mph ∙ Number 68 bus from: Therapia Road to: King's Cross Station / York Way 6.90mph ∙ Number 12 bus from: Oxford Circus Stn / Margaret Street to: Dulwich Library - 6.93mph

NEWS 7

disabled man 'denied right to buy' council flat because of home's disabled adaptations

Steven Weems, pictured at his home, says: '“Why can I not have the same opportunity as everyone else?"

Henrietta Onyema by the food donation boxes outside her home

Henrietta can’t get into her front room because it’s piled high with food donations

A walk-in shower is among the adaptations Southwark Council has cited as making a Right to Buy inviable

By Herbie Russell a diSaBled man says he has been refused the right to Buy his council home because his home has too many disabled adaptations.

Steven Weems nearly died after plummeting six storeys while window cleaning a building on Oxford Street.

The 52-year-old, now a wheelchair user, claims Southwark Council is “discriminating" against him.

Cllr Sarah King, cabinet member for council homes, said she understood Mr Weems' "frustration", saying he could "further appeal" the council's decision.

Speaking from his Borough council flat, the father-of-two said: “I don't know why I’m being treated so unfairly.

“Why can I not have the same opportunity as everyone else? It’s mindblowing that they’ve fobbed me off. I think the Right to Buy scheme should apply to everyone.

“This is my sanctuary, and I want to make it my forever home, and I haven’t

got enough to buy anywhere else. I haven’t got a great deal of money.”

He added: “This means, because I’m disabled, I’ll never be able to buy my own home. How can that be right?”

Steven, a father-of-two from Walworth, saw his life change forever on November 14, 2017.

While working 65ft high, he says his two ropes tore after snagging on a piece of metal jutting from the building.

Steven, whose son witnessed the horrific accident, was in a coma for three weeks and said the impact broke “nearly every bone" in his body.

He has been given a life expectancy of 67 due to multiple organ damage and had injuries including a shattered pelvis and a broken back in three different places.

He has undergone 33 operations since the accident, including an arm surgery that doctors botched, causing him to lose its use.

Once discharged after eighteen months in hospital, Steven says the council put him in a second-floor flat “without a lift”,

leaving him trapped indoors for days on end.

“I went through a stage of depression, mainly when I was stuck in that flat,” he says.

Steven was moved into a ground-floor flat in Borough in 2021 and, earlier this year, asked to buy the flat off Southwark Council.

Right to Buy allows council tenants to purchase their homes from a local authority for a discounted rate after living in it for three years.

However, Steven was astonished to receive a letter saying his request had been rejected because of disabled adaptations to his home, making it “substantially different” from “ordinary dwelling houses”.

Southwark Council wrote to him: “It is the policy of the council not to sell such properties in order to offer it to another person who might be in need of such property.”

According to Southwark Council, people cannot purchase their council

Steven Weems with his sons

homes if it has "features that are substantially different from those of an ordinary dwelling".

Southwark Council claimed his adaptations included a walk-in shower, a backdoor wheelchair ramp, and a kitchen cupboard.

Steven says the walk-in shower was already installed on his arrival and that he does not even have a rear ramp.

Steven said: “As for the cupboard, that’s just ridiculous. I just wanted one cupboard at head height where I can’t bend down when I’m using my walking frame.”

More importantly, Steven claims these adaptations do not make his home "substantially different" from others.

He claims neighbours' properties are near-identical and that his bathroom could only possibly accommodate a shower - rather than a bath - because of its small size.

Southwark Council also says, to be denied the Right to Buy, the dwelling must be "on [sic] of a group of dwellings

which it is the practice of the landlord to let for occupation by people who are physically disabled".

Steven does not believe his property meets this criteria, nor the criteria that the property be "near a social service or special facility provided wholly or partly for the purpose of assisting the occupants".

He claims Southwark Council, which appears to have an incorrect record of what his adaptations are, has not sent anybody round to inspect the property.

Steven appealed the decision, but it was once again rejected by Southwark Council this month.

Councillor Sarah King, cabinet member for council homes, said : “I understand Mr. Weems’ frustration with being refused the Right to Buy – he is able to further appeal the decision if he wishes.

"The council follows a very strict criteria of legislation in assessing eligibility for the Right to Buy and a large proportion of people are not able to buy their council homes, for many reasons.”

Developer rejigs Aylesbury Estate plans after legal challenge

By Robert Firth Local Democracy Reporter a develoPer has rejigged its plans for the next stage in the redevelopment of the aylesbury estate, almost a year since the rebuild stalled due to a legal challenge from housing campaigners led by a former

resident.

Notting Hill Genesis’s (NHG) updated proposals for the sprawling estate in Walworth would see the total number of new flats increased from 614 to 640 and the number of the cheapest social rent homes upped from 163 to 173.

In January, the latest instalment in the estate’s redevelopment (phase 2b) faced a setback after housing campaigners led by ex-Aylesbury resident Aysen Dennis won a high court case against the local council over its decision to amend the wording of outline planning permission for the estate’s regeneration.

The council had tried to make the changes to remove legal obstacles to detailed plans for phase 2b submitted in 2022 by NHG, which included a 26-floor tower, and deviated from the

outline (in principle) permission.

NHG’s re-jigged proposals for phase 2b are an update to the controversial 2022 plans, which were submitted outside the remit of the outline permission, and could still face potential legal obstacles.

Second staircases have been added to some of the blocks in NHG’s updated proposals, due to new fire safety regulations which came into force in March. Additional floors have been added to four blocks to accommodate the updated fire safety requirements.

Two seven-storey blocks now each have eight storeys and two nine-storey blocks are now both 10-storeys in height.

This phase of the Aylesbury’s redevelopment involves the demolition of 241-471 Wendover, Padbury,

Winslow and Ravensbourne, with the loss of 373 homes, of which 327 are social rent homes.

The 35 per cent campaign, a local group which advocates for affordable housing, branded the updated proposals ‘a significant departure’ from the original plans for the estate.

It pointed to the absence of homes (as opposed to flats) in the plans and the loss of 154 social homes when Southwark’s housing waiting list has over 17,500 families on it.

In planning documents, NHG said the updated proposals resulted in more social rented housing than anticipated in the outline permission—adding that analysis had shown it couldn’t make the redevelopment make financial sense with any additional social housing.

8 NEWS

'planets are aligning' for government to release funding to eXtend the baKerloo line, says tfl chief the “PlanetS are aligning” for the government to release funding to extend the Bakerloo line into southeast london, possibly as early as the spring of next year, business leaders have been told.

pointed out that the Labour Government has made house-building a central focus, and has given London a mandatory target of constructing 81,000 new homes per year.

“You aren’t going to get anywhere near that [target], unless you invest in infrastructure – and this is a great project for that,” Mr Williams said.

He revealed that ahead of the Chancellor’s ‘comprehensive spending review’ in the spring of next year, which is expected to outline Government spending over the next few years, TfL will be submitting a specific request for money to pay for the Bakerloo line extension and upgrade.

“But to get it over the line, we absolutely do need business support for that, and that coalition of the private and public sector,” he said, pointing out that the development of the Elizabeth line, formerly known as

Crossrail, “went through some really difficult times”.

He added: “But it got to a stage, in the early 2000s, where it became kind of unstoppable.

It was unstoppable because the business community was so much behind it, and I think in some ways what we need to do for the Bakerloo is make it unstoppable…

“So I’m much more optimistic about the scheme now. There’s a lot of hurdles to overcome, but if the money is made available, we can absolutely deliver this.”

Mr Dance, the deputy mayor for transport, said the project is “imperative” and stressed the urgency of securing modern trains to replace the current fleet, which dates from 1972. “It’s quite astonishing, frankly, that they still run. They’re very built,” he said.

“But there are increasingly fewer people who know how to fix them. Unfortunately,

the number of people we are relying upon to fix these trains, as and when they fall out of service, is reducing.

"We cannot go on in a situation running the oldest trains in western Europe on our network. We have to upgrade it.”

He added that in terms of seeking funding from the Government, it was not simply a case of “putting a begging bowl out”, as the scheme will deliver substantial economic rewards. He concluded: “This project is a nobrainer – back it.”

Deputy Mayor for Transport, Seb Dance

Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham

Advertorial

From Norse Gods to Penguin Dads at the Unicorn As the weather outside gets colder, join the heart-warming festive fun at Unicorn Theatre.

From Asgard to the Arctic, Unicorn Theatre has an exciting selection of shows for this Christmas season.

Odd and the Frost Giants is the perfect play for ages 7+ this winter. Follow unlikely hero Odd on a journey to defeat the most dangerous of all the Frost Giants and rescue the mighty Gods! It’s going to take a very special kind of boy to stop the invading Frost Giants from plunging the world into endless winter. Odd will need to use all his cunning to save Odin, Loki and Thor, stuck in animal form in the human world. Every performance uses creative captions that are integrated into the style of the set, and are projected and animated so they are clear and easy to follow. This is not a show to be missed this festive season, combining extraordinary magic and humour, this spectacular tale is about finding friends in unlikely places, and the courage you never

knew you had. Embark on an epic adventure full of Norse myths and magical beasts from November 19th to December 31st.

Returning to the Unicorn Theatre following a sold out run in 2018, Huddle is a beautiful tale about a child and parent learning how to thrive despite all the

odds. From the warmth of your seat, join Mr Penguin in the Arctic as he carefully guards his egg. As a new dad, Mr Penguin needs to look after his chick but he isn’t feeling confident. Combining playful and innovative projections and sound, Filskit Theatre’s gorgeous, engaging and highly visual performance shows how father

and baby work it out together. Slide into Christmas from November 22nd to December 31st with this show for ages 2-5.

147 Tooley St, London, SE1 2HZ Box Office: 020 7645 0560 Email: boxoffice@unicorntheatre.com

© Greater London Authority

Speaking at the launch of a new businessled campaign to get the line extended to Hayes via Lewisham, a senior Transport for London official said the Government’s focus on getting more homes built has boosted the project’s prospects.

The ‘Biz4Bakerloo’ launch on Tuesday night was also attended by Sadiq Khan’s transport deputy, Seb Dance, who stressed the importance of replacing the line’s 52-year-old trains – saying it was “quite astonishing” that they were even still working.

The project would involve building a new tunnel south from the line’s current terminus at Elephant and Castle, with new stations built at Burgess Park and on the Old Kent Road. The line would then call in at New Cross Gate and at Lewisham, with a further extension made possible using existing rail links down to Hayes and Beckenham Junction.

The bulk of the project will require funding from the Government, TfL has said.

Two years ago, the cost of the extension as far as Lewisham was estimated at between £5.2bn and £8.7bn at 2021 prices. Going beyond Lewisham was thought to require a further £800m to £1.9bn.

Alex Williams, TfL’s chief customer and strategy officer, told the event there are “peaks and troughs” when it comes to planning any major rail project, as the certainty of whether it will be built rises and falls. It feels to me, in that peaks and troughs thing, that it’s on the way up, that there’s some good planets aligning to make sure that we are going to proceed with the scheme,” he said.

Plans for the project are already “very clearly defined”, Mr Williams pointed out, adding that the case for replacing the “ancient” trains is “compelling”.

The tunnel route from Elephant and Castle down to Lewisham has been “safeguarded”, he said, and there is “very strong support” for the project both from local borough councils and from the private sector.

As well as the scheme creating jobs, he

© Transport for London

By noah Vickers

Welcoming new residents at Tower Bridge Care Home Tower Bridge Care Home, now under new management by Agincare, is proud to welcome new residents into its vibrant community!

Conveniently located in the heart of Southwark, just a short walk from the iconic Tower Bridge, our purpose-built care home offers exceptional residential and nursing care with 122 comfortable rooms for people living there.

At Tower Bridge Care Home, residents have plenty of spaces to relax and enjoy their day. With nine sitting rooms, five dining areas, and a cozy on-site café, there are plenty of opportunities to unwind or spend time with family. The enclosed garden, complete with a vibrant conservatory, offers a peaceful place to take in the outdoors.

What sets us apart? We’ve got something for everyone: from a cinema room and sensory space to an in-house bar and a professional hairdressing salon. There’s even an activities room where residents can enjoy a full calendar of entertainment.

Brought to you by Agincare —one of England’s leading family-owned care providers— you can trust us to deliver high-quality, compassionate care. Agincare has already earned the trust of thousands across South London, with four other homes in the area providing exceptional care.

Whether it's round-the-clock nursing care or personalised residential care, our highly trained teams are trained to ensure every resident receives the right level of care while feeling comfortable and safe.

Now accepting new residents! Experience exceptional care and comfort at Tower Bridge Care Home, right in the heart of Southwark.

Get in touch today!

02033 940461 1 Aberdour St, London SE1 4SH agincare.com

10 NEWS Advertorial

Entrepreneurs. Reinvention through Innovator and Business work programs As we draw close to 2024, the UK Home Office have made changes to help both entrepreneurs, skilled workers and businesses.

Sometimes this involves pursuing a remedy through internal agency appellate bodies, while in other cases, it may be more effective to proceed directly to the tribunal or the administrative court.

• Stay connected with all our latest changes here - https://icslegal.com/blog/.

We can assist in selecting the most appropriate venue to challenge government decisions and help you secure the immigration benefits you rightfully deserve, whether you are an individual or an enterprise.

Powering the future through reinvention • Innovator Founder Visa.

The immigration program allows an entrepreneur to invest £50,000 and be endorsed by an agency, to set-up an innovative, scalable business in the UK.

To consult and take counsel from ICS Legal https://icslegal.com/legal-advice-and-consulting.

• Visa is granted for 3 years.

• Allows you to set-up a UK business in the UK. • Apply for indefinite leave to remain after 3 years on the immigration program.

• The ability to bring family members including partner and children.

Take advice as early as possible to ensure you prepare for the legal challenge.

Get help

Lawyers

Your Lawyer can advise whether to appeal or apply for the visa again.

Find more information at https://icslegal.com/ innovator-founder-visas.

Footnote: UKVI stats from UK Home Office – dated 24th Sep 2024

UK Gov statistics related to work- and businessrelated visas

Value creation: achieving success through the meaningful value we create in every direction.

241,719 Innovator founder, Global Talent, Graduate & Skilled worker program.

At ICS Legal, we help entrepreneurs, high-valued skilled workers, investors and business in various immigration programs, including Sponsor Licence applications.

77,719 Creative, sporting, & temporary work visa programs.

Setting up a UK business through Global Mobility or UK Expansion Programs

400,302 Extensions into UK work rates increased by 35%.

UK is becoming a strong position for those looking to start or scale-up their business. It builds consumer trusts, with strong governance in trade and consumer laws.

1. If you are looking to set-up or start your UK venture, then the Global Mobility immigration program can be applied for.

2. Initial visa program is for 12 months, and this can be extended in the UK for a further 12 months.

3. To extend your stay in the UK with a route to settle in 5 years, you can apply and switch your immigration program to the skilled worker visa.

Immigration Litigation Services ICS Legal can guide you in determining the best course of action when faced with a wrong decision made by the Home Office, whether due to overlooked evidence or misinterpretation of immigration & nationality laws.

Box office 020 8463 0100 • blackheathhalls.com •

Apply for visa

Ensure you submit both information and documents relevant to the visa program.

Take immigration advice • Speak to us on 020 7237 3388 and find more information on www.icslegal.com.

About the author ICS Legal have been helping clients on immigration and nationality matters for 18 years. Our work involves us assisting individuals, entrepreneurs, investors, and businesses on both strategy and applications to the UK Home Office.

What's On

Blackheath Goes Gospel Sat 14 Dec, 7.30pm

Sun Sun 22 22 Dec Dec 1.30pm 1.30pm & & 4pm 4pm Mon Mon 23 23 Dec Dec 11am 11am & & 1.30pm 1.30pm

Justin Moorhouse Sun 2 Feb 8pm

Christmas Concert Sun 15 Dec, 7.30pm

Sat 22 - Sun 23 Feb

NEWS 11

mp coyle calls for 'respect orders' pilot in southwarK to tacKle anti-social behaviour

By Herbie Russell

neIL CoyLe MP has called for new ‘respect orders’, aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour, to be trialled in Southwark.

© UK Parliament

Police and councils would apply to ban persistent offenders from loitering and drinking in town centres and high streets under the new powers.

Speaking in the Commons yesterday (Wednesday, November 27), Mr Coyle said he, Southwark Police and Southwark Council had requested the borough be made a “pilot test area” for the scheme.

“Southwark faces a significant challenge of anti-social behaviour but fewer police today than in 2010 due to Tory cuts in coalition with the Lib Dems,” he said.

“As the Prime Minister fixes the postcode lottery in law and order will he consider the request from Southwark Police, Southwark Council and myself, for our community to be a pilot test area for the new respect orders to address this serious problem?”

Sir Keir Starmer responded saying public trust in police was “badly eroded under the last government”.

The Prime Minister promised a "major program of reform" including puting 13,000 police officers into neighbourhood teams and "tough new respect orders”.

Breaching ‘respect orders’ will be a criminal offence, carrying a prison sentence of up to two years.

Courts will also able to issue unlimited fines or order offenders to carry out unpaid work.

Offenders could also be forced to attend drug or alcohol treatment services, or anger management

Neil Coyle speaking in the House of Commons

courses, to address the root cause of their behaviour.

Shadow Home Office minister Matt Vickers claimed the Government was rebranding the “failed” Asbo system - anti-social behaviour orders introduced during Tony Blair’s premiership.

Asbos were scrapped in England and

Wales by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government.

Then-Home Secretary Theresa May argued they were too bureaucratic and criminalised young people without rehabilitating offenders.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the orders are "effectively a modernised version" of the Asbo.

Pressed over the difference between the two, she said police would get stronger powers to respond to antisocial behaviour with officers able to arrest persistent offenders.

She also said respect orders would not apply to children as "that didn't work" in the past.

Among London boroughs,

Southwark is ranked around eighth for crimes including drug, public order and miscellaneous ‘crimes against society’ offences, according to police data.

'Respect orders' will be introduced as part of an upcoming Crime and Policing Bill.

19th-century policeman who is reputed to be the first Black police officer in London.

Cllr Helen Dennis, Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable

Development, said, “We want everyone in Southwark to live in decent, safe and well-maintained homes, and building more affordable homes, especially council homes is at the heart of this ambition.

“I’m so proud to be completing these brand new homes for local people, despite all the economic challenges over recent years. There is a housing crisis and it is vital that we continue to build new homes in response.

“Located in the heart of Peckham, close to local facilities including schools, the library and leisure centre, this 100% affordable housing development will provide wonderful new homes for local people, and I look forward to celebrating with residents when they start to move in.”

Jennifer, a local business owner who attended the celebration event, said, “Council flats are good for the community because there are lots of people on the waiting lists. The homes look nice and they are affordable.”

Ishmel Brady, Flaxyard Project

Manager, added, “Having grown up in Peckham, it has always been my dream to build something meaningful in the area. This project is a testament to the dedication and hard work of everyone involved, and I am incredibly proud to see it come to fruition.”

Southwark Council requires all their building contractors to give back to the local community as part of their new home projects. Bouygues UK has contributed over £6m worth of social value projects, including over 300 hours of volunteering in the local area and donations of over £40,000 to local charities. They also spent more than £10,000 on small local businesses and helped over 50 local unemployed residents benefit from training and employment sessions.

Southwark is one of the largest local authority home builders in the country, having already built 1,740 new council homes and with 1,317 more council homes under construction. The council says it is making every effort to start 1,000 new council homes by 2026.

Council celebrates the completion of 'wonderful' affordable home Flaxyard development in Peckham Town Centre

By isabel Ramirez

one hundred and twenty affordable homes are now complete in Peckham town centre, Southwark council has announced.

Located on Sumner Road, the Flaxyard development provides 96 new council homes and 24 shared-ownership homes.

There is also a new commercial space on the ground floor, a roof terrace with views of the London skyline, play areas, cycle storage and disabled parking.

This week, Southwark Council, local residents and builders Bouygues UK celebrated its completion, with children from St James the Great Primary giving a brass band performance to commemorate the occasion.

The development is made up of three separate blocks, named Annie Brewster, George Roberts and Robert Branford.

Annie Brewster is named after one of the first African-Caribbean nurses to work in Britain who became a leader in eye care.

George Roberts is named after the Trinidadian soldier, firefighter and community leader who fought for Britain in the Second World War. Robert Branford is named after the

The Southwark Civic Awards 2025 schemes such as Housing Heroes or Southwark Stars may be nominated for Southwark Civic Awards.

Nominations for Civic Awards cannot be considered posthumously, unless the nominee died during 2024 and the work or project they are nominated for also occurred during 2024.

Closing date for receipt of nominations is Friday 31 January 2025. We cannot consider entries received after this date.

Awards enquiry line: 020 7525 7303, or email mayoral.events@southwark.gov.uk Eligibility and exclusions The council welcomes nominations for any individual whose unpaid voluntary activity is unrelated to, or is additional to, the nominee’s current employment. We also welcome nominations for any community group, organisation or business which is based in and/ or benefits the Southwark community.

Serving elected members of Southwark Council may not be nominated but they may freely nominate others. Employees of Southwark Council are also excluded from being nominated, unless it is for unpaid voluntary activity, which is unrelated to or is additional to their current employment. Council employees may also nominate individuals, projects or organisations.

As the Southwark Civic Awards 2025 does not supersede any earlier scheme, previous recipients of equal or greater awards in the scheme may not be nominated. Those who received a Letter of Commendations in the past may, however be nominated.

Recipients of awards in other council-operated or supported award

What are we looking for?

With this awards scheme, the keywords are ‘active citizenship’ and ‘exceptional achievement’. We are in search of people, projects, organisations and businesses worthy of being singled out and publicly recognised for their generous use of time, ideas, energy and resources for the betterment of others.

We are also looking for shining examples of civic mindedness, personal courage, or service to family or community that is above and beyond the ordinary. In support of Southwark Council’s delivery of the Public Sector Equality Duty, we encourage nominations of people from diverse backgrounds.

We want the recipients of these awards to know that the difference they have made to the lives of others, or indeed the life of the borough, is recognised at the highest level. Examples may include, but are not restricted to: • Outstanding personal service to the young or the elderly.

• A community organisation or individual that has improved the lives of many.

• A project or event that has helped to build bridges between cultures and communities.

• An act of personal courage or generosity.

• Innovation in business or the improvement of the local economy.

• Enhancement of the borough’s culture, heritage and reputation.

Online nominations can be submitted: www.southwark.gov.uk/civicawards Alternatively please request a copy of the nomination form by contacting the awards enquiry line on 020 7525 7303 or email mayoral.events@southwark.gov.uk

14 NEWS

Dulwich woman recounts mum's 'horrendous' final days: 'we watched her starve instead of having a peaceful death' Monica Ferman pictured with her daughter Lucy. (Family handout)

Monica Ferman passed away in 2012. (Family handout)

By Herbie Russell Monica would have rather died sitting beneath her favourite tree, surrounded by loved ones, with a glass of red wine in her hand. Instead, her family watched as she starved to death in hospital.

“The mother I loved and knew was a really feisty, proud, achieving role model,” her daughter Lucy recalls. “She died in the most horrible way. I’m haunted by that.

When I think of her, I think of her death more than her life.”

On Friday, MPs MPs supported the assisted dying bill by 330 to 275, a majority of 55.

Lucy Ferman-Moore, a cycling instructor and parkrun ambassador from East Dulwich, supports MyDeath, MyDecision, a group campaigning for assisted dying reform. In a call for MPs to vote the bill through last week, she recounted her mother’s death.

As a child, she remembers being hoisted atop her mother’s shoulders on protests

and marches. Her mother — a “remarkable woman” — was a strident activist on everything from housing to nuclear disarmament.

“She was passionate about causes. She wouldn’t just talk about it, she’d be out and be on the street and support campaigns in every way she could,” Lucy says.

During World War Two, her mother was an air raid warden. In her spare time, she was a voracious reader of literary fiction and an enthusiastic actress in amateur dramatics near her home in North London.

By 2011, then in her 80s, having suffered serious spinal problems, her health was deteriorating. She became isolated and her poor hearing meant she started turning down social invitations.

She later started displaying other symptoms like jaundice. She was regularly throwing up and at times looked “bright yellow”. Within a year, she was doubly incontinent and, by the following year, was effectively bedridden and constantly in and out of hospital.

Lucy says: “[She was] reliant on carers

coming into her home for personal care.

She couldn’t move around and she was doubly incontinent — the indignity of wearing nappies and being turned over to be cleaned up was horrible and she didn’t want us around when they [the carers] were there and she was getting very depressed by it all.”

Lucy remembers her asking: “Can’t I just be able to go? I’ve had a great life. I just don’t want to be like this anymore.”

Around July 2012, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, by which time she was being fed via tubes. “She said, ‘That’s it.

The tubes are coming out. I’m not having surgery. Get me into a hospice,’” Lucy says.

She remembers her mother pulling out her tubes, meaning the distraught family watched as the beloved matriarch “starved to death”.

The assisted dying bill considered by MPs would have helped her mother, Lucy says. The law would allow adults, who have mental capacity, to request assistance from a doctor to die if they are in the final six months of their life. The prognosis was so

bleak for Monica after the cancer diagnosis that she would have almost certainly met these conditions.

Monica would not allow her grandchildren to visit towards the end, such was her “horrendous” state of being.

“The last thing [my mum] Monica wanted was for her immediate family to witness what she was going through,” Lucy says.

“It was really frightening to watch. You knew that in time she was going to die. But she had to go through this awful process where all they could do was offer her painkillers or fluids through tubes that she’d bring up… She was like a skeleton at the end of it.”

In 2015, three years after Monica’s death, Lucy scattered her mother’s ashes by a river she loved. Coincidentally, she did so on the same day the votes were announced for the 2015 assisted dying bill.

Like this bill, it would have allowed those with fewer than six months to live the

possibility of choosing assisted dying, with a high court judge’s approval. MPs voted overwhelmingly against it with 330 votes to 118. This time, MPs were convinced the bill was right.

Lucy is married to Trevor Moore, Chair of MyDeath, MyDecision. He said: "Our key message to MPs is that if they reject the Leadbeater Bill they will force many to suffer unnecessarily, because we know that palliative care cannot help many thousands of suffering people.

"Beyond that, they have choices that are harrowing not only for them, but also for their loved ones. Can you look those people in the eye and tell them you don’t support a compassionate choice that will allow them a calm and dignified death?”

Lucy says: “To be able to choose to die quickly with a glass of red wine under her favourite tree, with all her family and any close friends, she would have had a much, much better experience.”

palliative care instead.

In 2015, she said: "I am concerned that in a context of severe cuts to our public services, it will become even harder for services to join up in the way that is necessary to support terminally ill people, and in that context, the pressure

to take the option of an assisted death may grow."

Florence Eshalomi, MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green, was a teller for the against side, meaning her vote did not count.

A teller's job is to count and verify the votes made by parliamentary colleagues and they are not entitled to a vote themselves.

However, if she had voted, it would have been against the bill.

In the Commons, her voice cracked with emotion as she recounted her mother's excruciating pain with sickle cell anaemia and the inadequate care she received.

"We should be helping people to live comfortable pain-free lives on their own terms before we think about making it easier for them to die," she said.

Ellie Reeves, MP for Lewisham West and Dulwich, was among the 45 MPs who did not record a vote.

How did Southwark's five MPs vote on the assisted dying bill?

By Herbie Russell

MPs have backed proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales in a historic vote ushering in a change to the law.

Under draft legislation being considered by Parliament, terminally ill adults expected to die within six months could seek help to end their lives.

In the first Commons vote on the issue since 2015, MPs supported the bill by 330 to 275, a majority of 55.

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, voted against the bill. He had told the News the bill was “badly timed” given the cash-strapped NHS would have to fund an “additional ‘service’” with “more costs”.

“The Bill also risks fundamentally switching the purpose of the NHS away from sustaining life,” he added before the vote.

Miatta Fahnbulleh, MP for Peckham,

Left to right: Neil Coyle, Florence Eshalomi, Helen Hayes, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Ellie Reeves voted in favour having said she would support the bill if it “contains the adequate protections”.

“I believe we should explore ways to give terminally ill people facing a painful death some autonomy and the right to choose when to die with dignity, on their

own terms,” she had said.

Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, who voted against the 2015 bill on assisted dying, did the same this time round.

The education committee chair wrote that year that the NHS needed better

Community. Craft. Creativity.

Celebrate the season with festive fun, creativity and a sprinkle of nostalgia.

With a Winter Carousel and Market Quarter brimming with mulled wine, bratwurst, and churros, discover the magic of Greenwich Peninsula.

Nostalgic Fun

What's on at NOW Gallery

Festive Experiences

Winter Carousel & Market Quarter (Nov – Jan)

Socks: The Art of Care & Repair

by Celia Pym

Workshops, Holiday Postcards, Live Music & More

Open daily 11am – 9pm

6 December – 9 March

7 December

FIND OUT MORE Some festive experiences are drop-in, others are bookable

@greenwich.peninsula

16 NEWS

Silwood Estate community centre 'putting profit before residents' since £120 million regeneration, locals claim Jaqueline Willis and Doreen Dower outside the Lewington Centre

Doreen Dower, former secretary of the Silwood Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TRA)

Elderly residents enjoying activities on a Friday afternoon at the Lewington Centre

Elaine attended tai chi classes before they had to stop running

By Herbie Russell Rotherhithe housing estate residents claim a housing provider has turned their local community centre into a cash cow since the estate's £120 million regeneration.

L&Q received £3 million in council grants to establish and run the Silwood Estate's Lewington Centre, in collaboration with residents, on the condition it remain “a thriving and sustainable community facility”.

But Silwood residetnts have complained that, eighteen years on, L&Q requires them to pay if they want to rent the space for community activities.

In response, L&Q stated the centre remains "accessible" and "inclusive" with local community groups given five hours of free usage each month.

The housing provider also said it had "worked hard" with those complaining but that some of the organisers in question were "in significant arrears" over centre usage.

"We’re happy to work with all local groups, as long as there are no outstanding debts and the hire agreement we put in place is adhered to," L&Q said.

A youth club, Zumba, tai chi, and karate classes for the elderly, once organised by Silwood Estate residents on the Lewington Centre Management Committee, have since collapsed.

The Lewington Centre still hosts numerous events, many free of charge for residents and the wider community, including a food bank, crafts workshops, and children’s clubs.

While many service users have praised L&Q’s management, a contingent of longtime residents say the regeneration has worsened their experience.

Jacqueline Willis, member of the Lewington Centre Management Committee, said: “Basically, they want the money, and they want people who are using the space to be paying for it.”

Doreen Dower, former secretary of the Silwood Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TRA), said: “It’s a very difficult position we’re in. They don’t seem to understand what community is. What we’ve been trying to do is make bridges so that we can work with them but it’s got to the stage where we can’t."

The story begins around the year 2000, when the Silwood, a large counil estate in Rotherhithe, started undergoing regeneration.

650 flats were demolished and replaced with over 1,300 new apartments, as well as a new community facility—the Lewington Centre.

The Lewington Centre was built to replace the Silwood Tenants’ Hall, which was demolished.

L&Q received Lewisham Council grants worth over £3.3 million to build the centre, including 25 intermediate rent flats above it.

In an agreement signed with Lewisham Council, L&Q promised to use “all reasonable endeavours” to establish “a thriving and sustainable Community Facility”.

The new centre was a welcome addition to the estate, although discontent has been bubbling over its usage for several years.

For example, in January 2020, police were called to a residents’ sit-in protest in a community centre on the Silwood Estate after their Zumba class was cancelled by L&Q. The TRA claimed that their activities were being interfered with by L&Q and are cancelled at short notice, while events being run by private groups in the space are left to go ahead.

Nevertheless, it was reportedly wellused by local residents organising events until around March 2020 when the pandemic struck.

Jacqueline Willis, a Silwood resident who was running a youth club with free use of the centre, says she had to stop the club due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Jacqueline said: “The youth club had been really successful, with over 50 children attending.”

After lockdown, she claims L&Q took over running the youth club without notifying her. The youth club has since been disbanded, she claims.

Keen to keep running community activities, Jacqueline continued organising tai chi, karate, and Zumba classes, mainly for elderly Silwood residents.

She charged residents just £2 for sessions, which was used to pay class instructors. L&Q continued to let her use the space for free for those activities, she says.

But since March, L&Q has been demanding payments of £81 for fourhour slots to use the centre, Jacqueline says.

The housing provider had reportedly lost Sport England funding, meaning it

now had to charge Silwood residents organising events.

Desperate not to let people down, she claims the TRA spent £1,200 on hall usage over a two-month period.

Now the TRA has run out of money, and tai chi, karate, and Zumba classes have collapsed, she said.

Elaine who used to attend tai chi classes, said: “When they did this hall, it was supposed to be for the community, but it’s not for the community.”

An estate resident for fifty years, she said: “So many of the activities have to be paid for, and there was none of that before.”

The Lewington Centre is still well attended by Silwood residents and people from the wider area.

Activities include Parent Skills 2 Go, a food bank feeding hundreds of people, an elderly person’s club and much more.

While some activities are organised

by L&Q, others are run by Community Interest Companies (CICs), many of which reportedly pay for hall usage.

All activity organisers are charged the same amount for centre usage based on square footage, although charges vary according to operational and out of hours usage.

It reportedly costs L&Q £1million per year to keep the centre open for the community.

Maya Naidoo, an estate resident, said: “I’ve been coming here with my kids for the last five or six years.

“From my side, I would say 80 per cent positive experience. We’ve been coming here for all the activities they offer.

“Families and kids come here all the

time for the after-school club activities.

It’s great. It’s free, the kids get to do physical activities and arts and crafts, and it’s a warm place to come after school.”

Jennifer, 64, a food bank user, said: “I’ve been coming for three months. You get lovely bits and pieces. You never just get tins from here—mainly fresh produce.”

Matthew Corbett, Director of the L&Q Foundation, said, “The Lewington Centre is an accessible, inclusive space where all residents of the Silwood Estate are welcome. With a wide range of activities taking place for residents of all ages and abilities, it’s a much-used hive of activity for local people.

"Our foyer and welfare areas are open to all from Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm and local community groups have access to five hours of free usage each month. Groups that use it beyond this time pay for the space. These charges are in line with similar local facilities, and we do our best to keep charges to a minimum while covering the cost of running the centre.

"We have worked hard with the Lewington Centre Management Committee to try and find them funding, but unfortunately, they haven’t been able to find a solution and are in significant arrears. We’re happy to work with all local groups, as long as there are no outstanding debts and the hire agreement we put in place is adhered to.

"We continue to engage with the local community to make sure that the services provided at the Lewington Centre meet their needs, and feedback from the vast majority of users has been positive.”

NEWS 17

camberwell man Jailed for fifteen years for raping underage girl thirty years ago

By Herbie Russell

a caMBerwell man has been jailed for fifteen years after raping an underage girl almost 30 years ago.

Colin Moore, 58, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Friday, November 22.

His offences were four counts of rape and five of indecent assault against the same girl, now aged 41, between 1995 and 1999.

The victim-survivor, in a statement, said “the innocence” was “taken from my childhood” by Moore.

She added: “I wasn’t satisfied my abuser lived without consequence while I suffered the aftermath of his actions.

"I hope my story can inspire others to stand up against their abusers no matter the obstacles.”

The woman, aged under sixteen when the abuse began, reported it to police in 2020.

During the trial, jurors heard how Moore abused the girl at locations in west and central London, including her mother’s flat and Victoria Station.

With the help of witnesses who gave vital statements, Moore was arrested and subsequently charged with numerous offences.

He was found guilty on Friday, May 24 following a trial at Isleworth Crown Court.

F.A.A.

Detective Constable Laura Harcombe, who led the investigation, said: “Colin Moore is a sexual predator who manipulated and abused a vulnerable young girl he knew, as well as lying to the police.

"We were able to build a comprehensive investigation - from so many years ago - to bring justice to an innocent young woman.

“This woman has shown incredible courage to report the abuse she suffered over a prolonged period of time to police and we thank her for coming forward - as well as the witnesses for the time they gave us to provide key evidence.

“We hope this sentence brings a semblance of peace to the woman at the centre of the case and allows a level of freedom to move forward with her life now she knows her abuser is behind bars.”

The victim-survivor in the case said: “I’m elated to say that justice has been served. I overcame mental turmoil to fight for what is right.

"I’m very grateful to everyone who has supported this process and the network that has fed me motivation and courage throughout.

"After years of trying to forget the innocence that had been taken from my childhood, I wasn’t satisfied my abuser lived without consequence while I suffered the aftermath of his actions.

"I hope my story can inspire others to stand up against their abusers no matter the obstacles.

"Every woman deserves a voice; to speak up without fear and stand up against

F A ALBIN & SONS

abuse”.

"Police are working hard to identify and tackle the most dangerous and prolific perpetrators of violence against women and girls, identifying high risk and high Convicted: Colin Moore

harm offenders and locations.

"The Met is committed to radically improving how it protects the public from harm, especially the violence women and girls suffer, as part of its New Met for London strategy.

"We are putting more officers and staff into specialist teams to prioritise this critical work and target offenders, with officers and staff working more closely with partners across London to protect victim-survivors and bring offenders to justice."

Find out more on how to report a rape or sexual assault https://www.met.police.uk/advice/ advice-and-information/rsa/rapeand-sexual-assault/how-to-reportrape-and-sexual-assault Always call 999 in an emergency.

If you’ve been a victim of rape or sexual assault, charities and support agencies can offer help and guidance: rape crisis: 08085002222 national rape and Sexual abuse helpline: 0808 802 9999 Survivors uK: 0203 598 3898 info@survivorsuk.org Samaritans: 116 123 jo@samaritans.org

020 7237 3637

Family Run Funeral Directors

RotheRhithe 52 Culling Road, London, SE16 2TN OuR OThER bRaNCh addRESSES aRE: welling 4 Welling Way, Welling, KENT, da16 2Rj T: 020 8856 7514

deptfoRd 164 deptford high Street, LONdON, SE8 3dP T: 020 8694 1384

sidcup 163 Station Road, Sidcup, KENT, da15 7aa T: 020 8308 0015

eAst london 378 barking Road, Plaistow LONdON, E13 8hL T: 020 7476 1861

MottinghAM 54-56 Mottingham Road, London, SE9 4QZ T: 020 8857 0330 cRAYfoRd 30-32 Crayford high Street, Crayford, KENT, da1 4hG T: 01322 533012

wAlwoRth 88 brandon Street, LONdON, SE17 1Nd T: 020 7313 6990

Serving the people of Bermondsey & Rotherhithe for over 200 years

www.albins.co.uk

18 OPINION

E

verybody in Southwark deserves the right to live in a home that is warm, well insulated and where their bills are affordable.

But for too long, that has been out of reach for far too many people who have been left with draughty homes and sky-high bills.

Families have paid the price of the energy bill crisis, driven by our over-reliance on international gas markets and the Conservatives’ failure to insulate homes and invest in green energy.

This Labour Government is taking immediate action to make cleaner, cheaper heating available to more households in Southwark and across the country.

Our Warm Homes Plan, announced this week, will help people save money on energy bills and deliver warmer, cleaner-to-heat homes, with hundreds of thousands of homes across the country to benefit from upgrades next year.

The idea at the heart of our Warm Homes Plan is a simple one – all families deserve the security of a home they can afford to heat.

Our plans, alongside the immediate support for families this winter, will put an end to the short-term approach that failed our community under the Conservatives.

Miatta fahnbulleh

MP for Peckham

‘Our Warm Home Plans will help people save money' Next year will see a total investment of £3bn from government, social housing providers and obligations on suppliers. Plans announced include grants for heat pumps, support for renters and low-income households, and new investment in British manufacturing.

This is in addition to the £500m package we’ve pushed energy providers to fund to help support vulnerable people through this winter.

This government aims to lift one million households out of fuel poverty by boosting minimum energy efficiency standards for all renters by

2030 and insulating more homes.

Up to 300,000 households across the UK will benefit from home upgrades in the next year, with new funding to help households of every kind in Southwark take up measures that can help save money on their bills and deliver cleaner heating.

This includes boosting the budget for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to support more households to switch to a heat pump – which can save families around £100 a year compared to a gas boiler by using a smart tariff effectively, and insulating more homes across the country – potentially saving

and thanks to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s’, life changing universal free school meals initiative, children across London are able to learn on full stomachs. A report from Child Poverty Action Group published last month set this out plainly: 84% of parents surveyed across the income spectrum said the availability of universal primary free school meals (UPFSM) helped or significantly helped household finances. Parents receiving Universal Credit were more likely to say the policy was ‘significantly helping’ household finances. Here in Southwark, 6,965 of children are enjoying free, nutritious lunches every school day. These meals aren’t just about food—they are about giving every child the best possible chance to succeed,

both in and out of the classroom.

Of course, Southwark Council provides healthy free school meals to all children in primary schools and has done so for ten years. Southwark was one of only four London boroughs to offer this prior to Sadiq’s funding package to fund free school meals for all primary school children in London.

Additional funding from City Hall has enabled the council to fund meals for secondary school children whose parents receive Universal Credit, meaning more children are being fed than if we relied on the £7,400 annual income limit set by the then national government.

Elsewhere at City Hall, you may have seen the Mayor and TfL announce bold new action to deal with the e-bikes and e-scooters that are parked dangerously

homeowners around £200 per year.

Social housing residents, lower income householders and renters will receive funded energy efficiency upgrades - including insulation and low-carbon heating - through the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund and Warm Homes: Local Grant respectively.

And homeowners will get a £7,500 heat pump grant through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which had the highest number of applications ever in October.

This Labour Government was elected on a proud promise to deliver warmer homes with lower energy bills for families across the country.

‘I'm passionate about ending childhood hunger’

A

s we approach Christmas and the end of the year, I want to reflect on the responsibility government has to support all of its citizens.

Nowhere is this support more keenly felt than in providing food for those that need it.

Ending childhood hunger is something I’m passionate about. In October 2022, in my first term as an Assembly Member, I released a report on Childhood Hunger in London, which set out recommendations to tackle poverty and food insecurity after work I had undertaken with superb charities such as the Trust for London, Child Poverty Action Group, 4 in 10, Trussell Trust, Coram and Gingerbread.

The transformative power of a nutritious meal cannot be overstated,

N

ot long ago, I called out the new Labour government over their first big mistake: cutting Winter Fuel Payments.

Ed Davey sounded the alarm, Martin Lewis and Carol Vorderman joined the outcry, and even former Southwark Labour MP Harriet Harman expressed concern.

Now, the consequences are clear.

Last week, the BBC confirmed these cuts will plunge 50,000 pensioners across the country into relative poverty. Here in Southwark, almost 17,000 pensioners will lose out— 4,500 of them over 80 years old.

I spoke to one pensioner in Borough who lives opposite Labour’s swanky offices and lives without central heating in a grade 2 listed block.

She's had to move her TV next to her bed just to stay warm at night, and is worried how she’s going to stay warm this weekend, let alone this winter.

Decent homes are the foundation of decent lives - that’s what we are striving every day to deliver.

UK Parliament Disclaimer: this e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. This e-mail has been checked for viruses, but no liability is accepted for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. This e-mail address is not secure, is not encrypted and should not be used for sensitive data.

marina ahmAd

GLA Member for Southwark & Lambeth in the middle of the pavement. TfL’s new approach for dockless rental e-bike and e-scooter parking on its roads will help schemes continue to operate, while ensuring streets remain safe and accessible to everyone.

I welcome this action and in the meantime, I would urge constituents in Southwark to contact me about any recuring issues that particularly older and disabled people in the borough are having with this form of street clutter.

'50,000 pensioners have been plunged into relative poverty by cutting winter fuel payments' Victor Chamberlain

Leader of the Southwark Lib Dems Months ago, we challenged the council to support people like her.

Initially, the Labour-run council refused. But thanks to pressure from the Liberal Democrats—and the example set by Lib Dem councils like Sutton and Portsmouth—they’ve now introduced a programme to help those who fall just outside the threshold.

This is what a strong, progressive

opposition can achieve.

But at last week’s Council Assembly, Labour showed their true colours.

Their motion made no mention of why these cuts are happening. They want you to think this crisis is unavoidable.

It’s not.

These cuts are a deliberate choice by a Labour government that promised better. Instead of taxing big tech

companies and energy giants, they’re penny-pinching from pensioners. And when we asked how they’d explain this to an 80-year-old pensioner struggling to stay warm, their response? A joke about Mick Jagger.

Tone-deaf doesn’t even cover it.

Six in ten Brits think these cuts are wrong, but Labour is too busy spinning excuses to face reality.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats are stepping up. We’re fighting for pensioners, for the vulnerable in Southwark, and for a government that prioritises fairness.

Labour may want to sweep this crisis under the rug, but we won’t let them.

When politicians refuse to tell the truth, it’s up to us to stand up and fight for what’s right..

OPINION 19

Anti-social behaviour is a police numbers game

P

eople across the borough agree we are facing a crisis in anti-social behaviour.

While it is good to hear Neil Coyle MP call for new ‘respect orders’ to be trialled in Southwark, this must be backed up by an increase in police numbers.

‘Respect orders’, which have been compared to the defunct Asbo, could see police and councils apply to ban persistent offenders from loitering and drinking in town centres and high streets under the new powers.

It is no secret that Southwark, South London and the UK as a whole, are struggling with a wave of petty crime and public disorder. But the fact that local resident-led groups are springing up to tackle it - Action on ASB in Brixton and Burgess Park Put A Stop To Crime - shows there is little faith that police have got a handle on it.

Something police must do is, surely, get more and better-trained officers on the street. The Met Police’s recruitment crisis is common knowledge, with potential new starters thought to be put off by the organisation’s various scandals in recent years. There is also the problem that large-scale protests draw safer neighbourhood officers away from their beats.

‘Respect Orders’ could prove a useful tool for police and local authorities. But without more eyes and ears on the street, the antisocial behaviour problem is here to stay.

Denying a disabled man Right to Buy seems unfair

W

hether you agree with the Right to Buy or not, the same rules should apply to everyone. The fact that a disabled man is being denied the chance to purchase his council home, simply because his home is disabled-adapted, seems grievously unfair.

Steven Weems has been a wheelchair user ever since he plummeted six storeys while working as a window cleaner along Oxford Street. But thanks to his years of hard work, he has saved up just enough to buy his council flat in Borough.

Southwark Council says its policy is not to sell off adapted homes that are ‘substantially different’ from normal dwellings. This, it says, is because there is a lack of adapted homes and it does not want to lose them from the housing stock.

The system of Right to Buy is a nightmare for local housing. It has been compared to taking the plug out of the bath while trying to fill it up. But denying potentially vulnerable residents the same right gifted to others is wrong.

cryptic Puzzle Clues Across

4 A friendly round? (6) 8 Was the hill damaged by the excessive rainfall?

10 Exaggerate how he can be put out after a printing measure (7) 11 I shut the door on religion (5) 12 Raise what is in hot surroundings (5) 13 Monkey allowed back before your extrasensory communication (9) 16 It's concerning the sheriffs' men to the south who occupy the place again (9) 19 Go after the beat of the dance (5) 20 Plundering part of the space below (5) 22 Preparing the sunburnt fruit? (?)

23 Dwarfed by the acrobatics display? (7) 24 Followed that one could sue in the end (6)

Clues Down

1 Restricted to the grass? No, to be precise, without it (6) 2 Spoken from the floor a lot (4) 3 It leaves the hermit and Venus with the characteristics of both exes (13) 5 Your hat is such a change from a prehistoric relic (13) 6 A hymn that is able to give pleasure, we hear (8) 7 Chooses a select move (6) 9 It makes no difference if you reverse this principle (5) 14 Washes below in surroundings that last endlessly (8) 15 Fasten the major product (6) 17 Spasms of unhesitating anger in the postscript (5) 18 I'd be among the rest, anyhow, and walk (6) 21 A customary obligation, for example (4)

Quick Puzzle Clues Across

4 Extend (6) 8 Cry out (7) 10 Fence in (7) 11 From end to end of (5) 12 Encouraged (5) 13 Alien (9) 16 Criminals (9) 19 Listens (5) 20 Combination (5) 22 Large guns (7) 23 Curve (7) 24 Hit (6)

Clues Down

1 In the interest of (6) 2 Repeat (4) 3 Object of ridicule (8,5) 5 In an attractive way (13) 6 Lengthen (8) 7 Fears (5) 9 Fruit (5) 14 Advance fee (8) 15 Horrifies (6) 17 Tend (5) 18 Feels (6) 21 Demons (4)

Solutions to last week’s crossword Cryptic

Across: Anchor 7 Diehard 8 Prattle 9 Stray 10 Sentiment 12 Sin 13 Ural 15 Lessons 17 Edge 19 Eel 21 Devouring 22 Diver 23 Largest 24 Merrily 25 Player Down: 1 Apposite 2 Chains 3 Outline 4 Beast 5 Fairer 6 Eddy 7 Defensively 11 Tile 13 User 14 Laughter 16 Neutral 18 Govern 20 Lively 21 Drain 22 Dome

Quick PUZZLE

Across: 1 Entity 7 Service 8 Portent 9 Inapt 10 Uncertain 12 Eve 13 Beam 15 Immense 17 Sell 19 Hem 21 Dignities 22 Tower 23 Nailing 24 Precede 25 Agents Down: 1 Expounds 2 Thrice 3 Theorem 4 Train 5 Pirate 6 Sent 7 Steam engine 11 Evil 13 Beet 14 Messages 16 Shining 18 Lawyer 20 Minion 21 Dried 22 Type

20 NEWS

NEWS 13 ADVERTORIAL ADVERTORIAL

Stop smoking support during pregnancy

A WOMAN who was supported by Guy’s and St Thomas’ to stop smoking during her pregnancy is encouraging other pregnant women to quit.

Sandra had been smoking for many years and had successfully become smoke free during her first pregnancy. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, after finishing breastfeeding, she started to smoke again. When she became pregnant with her second baby in 2023, she wanted to be smoke free and received help from her midwife to achieve this.

When Sandra attended her first appointment with Guy’s and St Thomas’ maternity service, her midwife referred her to the Phoenix team, an in-house service that offers support to stop smoking.

Sandra said: “During my pregnancy with my second baby, my smoke free pregnancy midwife, Sofia, did an incredible job helping me recognise my strengths and ultimately stop smoking completely while I was pregnant. Thanks to her guidance and support, I am now smoke free and healthier than ever.”

Sofia Benajeh, a smoke free midwife at Guy’s and St Thomas’ said: “Protecting your baby from tobacco smoke is one of the best things you can do to give your child a healthy start in life.

“While becoming smoke free can feel daunting or even impossible, Sandra’s story shows that it is possible. If you smoke and we’re providing your antenatal care, please talk to your midwife about the support that’s available. The sooner you quit, the better.”

Guy’s and St Thomas’ maternity service can support pregnant women under their care, and others in their household, to become smoke free. Contact: PhoenixTeam@ gstt.nhs.uk Support is also available from Stop Smoking London’s free helpline at 0300 123 1044.

Andy Lapthorne with Evelina London’s community paediatric physiotherapy team

Paralympian inspires next generation to take up sport

WHEELCHAIR TENNIS champion Andy Lapthorne has encouraged young patients with disabilities to follow their dreams at a sports day packed with inclusive sports.

15 children and young people attended the fun-filled day at Brixton Recreation Centre.

Funded by Evelina London Children’s Charity and hosted by Evelina London’s community paediatric physiotherapy team, the event encourages patients aged 5 to 17 to try new sports, which support their

Become a governor at Guy’s and St Thomas’

fitness and strength, whilst building their confidence.

Alongside trialling sports such as tennis, cricket, and yoga, British wheelchair tennis player Andy inspired the young patients to pursue their passion. The 17-time grand slam winner, who has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user, recently competed in the 2024 Paris Paralympics, taking home a silver medal.

He said: “When you grow up with a disability, it is so important to have events

like this, to show children and young people what is possible, and how inclusive sports can be.”

Evelina London’s community paediatric physiotherapy team give specialist assessment, advice and treatment for babies, children, and young people across Lambeth and Southwark. They support with a range of areas including mobility and motor support, along with access to play, sports, and learning.

32 staff celebrate over 800 years of service at Guy’s and St Thomas’

GUY’S AND St Thomas’ are encouraging people to join an online governor awareness session on Thursday 16 January at 5.30pm to 7pm to find out what it means to be a governor at the Trust.

At the session you will: • learn about the election process • hear from governors about their experiences

Elections will be held in Spring 2025.

To register for the event, please contact members@gstt.nhs.uk

STAFF FROM across Guy’s and St Thomas’ have been honoured in a special awards ceremony to thank them for dedicating the majority of their working lives to the NHS.

Funded by Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, the long service awards celebrated and recognised 32 colleagues who have each contributed more than 25 years of service to the Trust.

Staff given the award have varied roles across Guy’s and St Thomas’, including housekeeping assistants, medical secretaries, nurses, patient coordinators, scientists and doctors.

Amelia Kidd is an associate specialist in the sexual and reproductive health team who received a long service award. She has provided high quality, complex contraception and reproductive healthcare for women across south London for over 25 years. She has also trained multiple groups of GPs to deliver contraception and give sexual health advice.

Amelia said: “The NHS constantly changes but what doesn’t change is the patients, so I try to focus on that, as that’s what is important. As well as being kind in our day to day interactions with both other staff and patients.”

ARTS 21

what’s on

in Southwark

The best play I’ve ever seen!

Woody was scooped from school, bundled into his winter parka, thrust through underground passages and jostled onto tube trains. Within minutes we were hurtling along a freezing Waterloo Road to the welcoming lights of the Old Vic to enjoy A Christmas Carol, writes Ed and Woody Gray.

Much of the light we are about to bathe in owes its warmth to writer Jack Thorne who has taken on the task of adapting Charles Dickens’ classic tale of miserly misanthrope Ebenezer Scrooge’s hauntings, premonitions, redemption and reformation. Playwright, television and screen writer Thorne is the right man for the job with so many glowing productions and five BAFTAs lighting his path.

It gets better. ‘It’s the Master!’ declares Woody triumphantly as he peruses the programme. He’s referring to John Simm of course, who also happens to play The Master in Dr Who. We take our seats to some fine reels and jigs performed by tophatted Victorian gents. Mince Pies and tangerines are handed out to the excited crowd as the house lights go down.

The minimal set in the round, consisting of used doorframes and chests, is quickly brought to life with dramatic lighting.

The cast mime bolting and unbolting the locks that trap the emotional trauma locked away deep in Scrooge’s psyche as he lives his life ‘as solitary as an oyster’.

Thorne includes much of Dickens’ wonderfully incisive wordplay, perfectly crafted to tickle the ribs and prick the conscience as he prises open this great literary creation. We revel in Ebenezer’s back-story, his debtor father’s cruelty towards him, his failed relationship with Belle and his love for deceased sister Fan. The bones of the man are fleshed out

Adult Only Panto doesn’t hold back Panto season is starting up across the nation. After great success last year with Tinderella: Two Big Balls, One Happy Ending, Happy Ending Pantomimes now introduce Sleeping with Beauty (One Little Prick) to the festive lineup.

Pantomimes are a traditional telling of children’s fairytales as family entertainment in a form and style of theatre that hasn’t changed much in 100 years. Certain tropes and character types are needed and celebrated from cross-dressing, evil villains, audience call and response and the pantomime Dame.

In years gone by the humour for adults in the audience came in most part from the performance of the dame with the

Greenwich panto Anthony Spargo as Ratticous

use of double entendre and innuendo, and this Adult Only Panto doesn’t hold back with the filth and crude humour.

Sleeping with Beauty (One Little Prick), as you could probably tell, is a bastardised telling of the tale of Sleeping Beauty with Princess Rose looking to find her Prince Charming and live happily ever after.

With a jump in and out of Jack the Beanstalk, plus various twists of fortune, Maleficent tries to curse the young prince. The story is a bit here and there and everywhere, but that's not what you come to this style of show for.

Queen Gertrude is every bit as rude as a dame can get and revelled in it. Charlie Mackay played Ham the young orphan and did a great turn getting the audience on board and setting up the call and response that sets pantomimes apart

from other shows. With original lyrics to well known songs, what really stood out is the whole cast's superb vocal and dancing talent.

The performance space was very tight and as a production it is not as slick as other pantomimes you may see this season. But that doesn’t really matter because you are kept laughing throughout. The whole show, in fact, does a great job of laughing at itself; tech cues are messed up, lines dropped and the performers quite literally stumble on the stage. Sleeping with Beauty (One Little Prick) is certainly a raucous, filthy night of fun.

Union Theatre, Old Union Arches, 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR until 22nd December.

Booking: http://uniontheatre.biz/

Jokes and innuendos land at every level

And before we know it Christmas has come round again but rather than worry about any shopping that needs to be done we can rejoice in the knowledge that

the legendary Greenwich Theatre Panto is once more upon us, writes Michael Holland.

A quick glance through the programme tells us that most of the regular team

Photo by Danny With A Camera

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is, writes Christopher Peacock.

are back for this year’s offering - Dick Whittington and His Cat: Louise Cielecki is playing Muffy the mouse masquerading as a rat; Inés Ruiz will be Tommie the Cat, and once again Trinity Laban are

providing the young ensemble with their students getting a chance in a professional production.

And where would Greenwich Panto be without Steve Marwick directing the music and making up the trio of extremely good musicians(Chris Wyles - Drums and Gordon Parrish - Guitar). And because the panto is set in the 1960s they have every opportunity to show off their Beatles and Kinks expertise, as well as a little Led Zeppelin dropped in for good measure.

James Haddrell directs and Anthony Spargo - The Best Baddie in Town - shows that he can write Panto as well as get a crowd to boo him.

King Rat (Spargo)is not happy when he hears that a Cat is in town so he sets about framing its owner, Dick Whittington (Samuel Bailey), for theft and chased out of town, leaving him and his ilk unbothered by this feline foe.

Dick, though, has fallen in love with Alice(Jasmine Jules Andrews), daughter of Meggs the Baker(Phil Yarrow) so needs to find out who set him up.

Conveniently, there is a time machine that can take him back to just before the dastardly deed was done so he can change the future.

What can go wrong? Well, just about everything, actually. Especially as King Rat

in the production to ultimately reveal a warm, beating heart.

Melodrama is drained and Simm’s performance is filled to the brim with humanity as Scrooge is forced to confront his midlife crisis. After his visitations Ebenezer’s subsequent epiphany brings a tear to the eye as he hugs his troubled younger self atop his own coffin.

Director Matthew Warchus’ Scrooge brings to mind Simm’s namesake Alistair Sim and his tenderly jovial Scrooge from the 1951 film version. But this is so much more than a reheated Victorian leftover. There’s much of the old music hall here as the audience is treated to singing and dancing, and a delightful finale that invites the whole house to share Christmas dinner with sausages, puddings and a giant turkey. Woody is on the edge of his seat, wide-eyed with wonder as the snowflakes fill the theatre.

In a nod to the societal reformation that Dickens desired to inspire by writing A Christmas Carol, the audience is encouraged to donate to the Waterloo Foodbank as we exit the theatre - all aglow, one and all. This request is rightly fitting as we head to the station past people begging in the very cold streets that a restless Dickens himself would have strode on his many night walks through the city.

‘The best play I’ve ever seen!’ says the boy delightedly. ‘At first I didn’t like him, and by the end I wanted him to be my best friend. That’s the sign of a very good story.’ I imagine a ghost of writer striding past us, with a wink and a nod. Scrooge is in rude health and warm, safe hands at the Old Vic. Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 8NB until January 4th. Admission: £15 - £95.

Booking: www.oldvictheatre.com

wants to return to 1666 and change the course of rat history!

With a Mr Watt and a Mrs Hoo involved along the line a whole skit was played out on who was what and what was who?

And much fun was to be had with Dick, of course, but Pantos are for the whole family so jokes and innuendos hit at every level.

Spargo is generous in his writing inasmuch as everyone gets good lines and it is not all about him. In fact, with a good proportion of the audience there specifically for his Baddie performance, I’m sure they would have liked a lot more of him. Instead we see a team effort where everyone from the musicians to the chorus line to the whole auditorium get in on the act.

And why not? It’s Christmas and everyone wants to have a good time.

I doff my party hat to the multitalented Inés Ruiz for giving us just about everything she has while leaving us wanting more.

Myself and Team Pinnock are already looking forward to next year’s Peter Pan. Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill. SE10 until January 5th 2025. Times vary.

Admission: £15.50 - £34.

Booking: www,greenwichtheatre.org.uk

24 CLASSIFIED / FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

WANTED RECORDS

Southwark Pensioners’ Centre

ROCK, POP, PUNK, INDIE, REGGAE, SOUL...

LPS AND SINGLES - WHOLE COLLECTIONS WELCOME

Call: 07956 832314 / 020 8677 6907 Or Email: vinylwanted@aol.com

Supporting older people in Southwark for over 35 years.

ALSO INTERESTED IN NON CHART CD COLLECTIONS

Offering advice, support, activities, rooms for hire and a voice for older people.

ScotsCare is here to help and support Scots and their families in Greater London

Contact us on 020 7708 4556 or info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk

Our services include: Financial Support | Advocacy | Counselling | Sheltered Housing | Homelessness | Job Coaching | Social Events | Volunteering or call 0800 652 2989

to speak with a case worker to see how we can assist you.

For our services, scan here Registered Charity No.207326.

Registered in Scotland No. SC052739.

To book an advert on this page, please call 020 7232 1639 or email: hello@cm-media.co.uk

WINTER MARKET PLACE

WANTED

CARS + VANS ANY CONDITION ANY AREA PROMPT & POLITE SERVICE TELEPHONE

020 8659 8988 ANY DAY, ANY TIME, 7 DAYS MOBILE

07850 323 508 CLASSIC & UNSUAL CARS ALSO WANTED

CASH / CASH / CASH / CASH / CASH

Visit www.scotscare.com

CASH / CASH / CASH / CASH / CASH

Or pop into 305 -307 Camberwell rd, Camberwell Green, SE5 0HQ

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December 10.30am - 4pm

Adult Learning Lewisham Brockley Rise Centre 2 Brockley Rise SE23 1PR

Lewisham School of Arts and Design brings

together a group of designers, artists and learners selling jewellery, pottery, artwork, prints, glass, upholstery, cushions, decorative textiles, seasonal cards, artisan bread and floral designs.

A fantastic opportunity to enjoy, browse, purchase and commission a bespoke piece and even join a class with Adult Learning Lewisham.

For more information visit: www.lewisham.gov.uk/adultlearning Adult Learning Lewisham ALL TOGETHER WE FLOURISH

ALL

PUBLIC NOTICES 25

Thursday, December 5th 2024

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website.

How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of a listed building;

BOROUGH TRIANGLE SITE AT 18-54 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY 69 BOROUGH ROAD 82-83 BOROUGH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6DR (Ref: 24/AP/1958) Phased mixed-use redevelopment of the site comprising: - Demolition of all existing buildings/structures and site clearance, except 82 and (part) 83 Borough Road which are to be retained, altered and refurbished for Flexible Commercial, Business and Service, and Learning and Non-Residential Institution Uses (Class E/F1 / F2(b)); - Construction of basement structure and vehicular access; - Construction of buildings to provide Dwellings (Class C3), Flexible Commercial, Business and Service and mixed food and drink and leisure uses (including drinking establishments with expanded food provision, hot food takeaways, live music performance venue and cinema) (Class E / Sui Generis) and public toilets; and - Provision of associated car and cycle parking, open space and landscaping, means of access and highway alterations, installation of plant and utilities and all other associated ancillary works incidental to the development For information: - proposed Building A is 38 storeys with mezzanine level and additional rooftop plant/enclosure (142.5m AOD, 138.6m above ground), proposed Building B is 44 storeys with mezzanine level and additional rooftop lift overrun/enclosure (161.6m AOD, 157.9m above ground), proposed Building C is 10/14 storeys mezzanine level and additional rooftop lift overrun/enclosure (61.7m AOD, 58.1m above ground) and proposed Building D is 18 storeys with mezzanine level and additional rooftop enclosure (75.5m AOD, 71.9m above ground). Building E, as altered, is to remain at its existing maximum height (20.5m AOD, 17.2m above ground). The development as a whole comprises: - 892 dwellings, comprising 45 studios, 310 one-beds, 419 twobeds, 109 three beds and 9 four-beds (Class C3); - 480 sq.m GIA of flexible commercial, business, service and learning and non-

residential institution floorspace (Class E / F1/F2(b)); - 2,128 sq.m GIA of commercial, business and service floorspace (Class E); 3,980 sq.m GIA of flexible commercial, business, service and mixed food/drink/leisure floorspace (Class E / Sui Generis); and - a two-storey sitewide basement (with lift underrun) containing 8,908.8 sq.m GIA of floorspace ancillary to the aforementioned uses. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES) in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended). This can be viewed on Southwark Council's Public Access for Planning Register. Hard copies of the ES are available for inspection at the John Harvard Library, 211 Borough High St, London SE1 1JA (Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm, Saturday 9am5pm). Hard copies can also be purchased from AECOM, Sunley House, 4 Bedford Park, Croydon CR0 2AP, Surrey; for further details contact AECOM on +44 (0)20 7061 7000.

Reason(s) for publicity: EIA AFFECT EIA MAJ AFFECT (Contact: Wing Lau 020 7525 5729) 18 COURT LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7DR(Ref: 24/AP/3083) Alterations to a roof to create a loft conversion using a rear 'L' shaped dormer roof extension, extending over part of the rear outrigger, plus two roof lights to the side slope, to provide additional residential accommodation. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465) 13-14 BERMONDSEY SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3UN (Ref: 24/AP/3400) Display of 2no. internally illuminated fascia signs, 1no. projecting illuminated sign and 1no.

ATM surround detail (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646)

191 GRANGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3AA (Ref: 24/AP/3243) Replacement of windows with timber double glazed units to the front elevation and rear elevations. Replacement of external doors in Timber. Replacement of pitched roof coverings.

(Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam 020 7525 2876)

Dated: 03 Dec 2024 comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

STEPHEN PLATTS Director of Planning and Growth

ARCHES 222 AND 223 BLENHEIM GROVE AND ARCH 188 DOVEDALE ROAD LONDON SE15 4QL (Ref: 24/AP/3479) Change of use to Class E (including (a) (retail), (b) (sale of food and drink), (d) indoor sport, recreation and fitness and (g)iii (any industrial process which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenity)), demolition of interconnecting warehouse between Arches 222 and 188, partial demolition of front lean-to extensions to arches 222 & 223 together with external alterations and associated works. (Within: Rye Lane Peckham Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Emily Williams 020 7525 1249) 22 CAMBERWELL CHURCH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8QU(Ref: 24/AP/3319) Retrospective planning application for the provision of a new external building with a connecting canopy and; the cessation of the shisha (sui generis) use. (Within: Camberwell Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5840) 9 KING EDWARD THE THIRD MEWS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 4QH(Ref: 24/AP/3472) Construction of a rear dormer loft conversion, addition of solar panels to the rear roof slope and 3No. of velux windows to the front roof slope. (Within: Multiple CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646)

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HORSELYDOWN LANE) TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable development works to be carried out by Willmott Dixon Ltd, it intends to make an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time on Horselydown Lane, between Shad Thames and Gainsford Street.

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be shown by the signs displayed.

4.

Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.

5.

The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

6.

The closure will take place at the following times: Monday to Friday 11:00 to 16:30, Saturday 11:00 to 14:00, until the 25th of April 2025.

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

NOTIFICATION OF ARTICLE 4 DIRECTION On the 26th of November 2024, Southwark Council introduced a non-immediate Article 4 Direction to protect the Ancient Woodland and its 15m Buffer Zone. This means that planning permission will be required for certain operations relating to Schedule 2, Part 1 (Classes A, E, F), Part 2 (Class A), Part 4 (Class A), Part 6 (Class E), Part 9 (Class A (b)), Part 14 (Classes C, L) and Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) in the area shown on the map which accompanies the Article 4 Direction.

Development of the descriptions set out above should not be carried out on the land shown edged red on the map annexed to the Directions, unless planning permission is granted on an application made under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended.

A copy of the Article 4 Directions and the maps can be downloaded from the Council’s website: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy-and-transport-policy/article4-directions They can also be viewed on the Planning Register under case 24/AP/3487 Comment on a planning application | Southwark Council or, by appointment at the council offices at 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH, between the following hours: 9am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday. Telephone 0207 525 5471.

Representations concerning the Article 4 Direction can be made between 03 December 2024 and 14 January 2025.

You can comment by: • Visiting the Planning Register Comment on a planning application | Southwark Council for case 24/AP/3487 • Emailing designconservation@southwark.gov.uk; or • In writing to Urban Forester, Design & Conservation, 5th Floor, Hub C, Southwark Council, 160 Tooley Street, PO BOX 64529, London SE1P 5LX

Dated this 5th of December 2024 Ian Law Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Ref: 7122

To place a public notice, please email em@cm‐media.co.uk

26 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, December 5th 2024

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK DULWICH VILLAGE AND SURROUNDING AREA CONTROLLED PARKING ZONE 'DV' The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (CPZ 'DV') Order 2024 The London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (CPZ 'DV' and surrounding area) Order 2024 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 5 December 2024 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Orders, as part of the provision of the new Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) ‘DV’ in the Dulwich Village area are:(a) to provide permit holders' parking places, for vehicles which have been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit, between the hours of 8.00 am to 9.30 am and 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- CALTON AVENUE and TOWNLEY ROAD; (b) to provide 'shared-use' parking places in which either:- (i) vehicles which have paid the parking charge of (currently) £5.10 per hour or £8.30 per hour for diesel vehicles (using 'Pay by Phone') may be left for up to 1 hour (provided no same vehicle may return to a parking place on that same day), or (ii) vehicles which have been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit which may be left without time limit, between the hours of 8.00 am to 9.30 am and 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- CALTON AVENUE, GILKES CRESCENT, and TOWNLEY ROAD; (c) to provide 'permit holders past this point' parking in which vehicles which have been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit may be left at any unmarked part of the kerbside (providing this does not cause an obstruction to the passage of other vehicles) between the hours of 8.00 am to 9.30 am and 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- CALTON AVENUE (between a point 25.5 metres north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 97 and 99 Calton Avenue and a point 3 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 33 and 35 Calton Avenue) and the entire length of GILKES CRESCENT; (d) to provide ‘pay’ parking places in which vehicles which have paid the parking charge of (currently) £5.10 per hour or £8.30 per hour for diesel vehicles (using 'Pay by Phone') may be left for up to 1 hour (provided no vehicle may return to a parking place on that same day), between the hours of 8.00 am to 9.30 am and 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in TOWNLEY ROAD north-west side outside Townley Road Health Clinic (9.5 metres) and south-east side outside No. 1 Townley Road (5.5 metres); (e) to add the provision for the additional ‘stop and shop’ parking places to the London Borough of Southwark (Charged-For Parking Places) (Map-based) Order 2021, in which either (i) vehicles may be left free of charge for up to 1 hour, or (ii) vehicles which have paid the parking charge may be left up to the maximum stay indicated on the traffic sign in relation to that parking place, the first hour of which parking session would be free of charge; provided no same vehicle may return to a parking place within the period indicated on the traffic sign in relation to that parking place, between the operating hours indicated on the traffic sign in relation to that parking place; (f) to provide ‘stop and shop’ parking places in which vehicles may either be left free of charge for up to 1 hour, or vehicles which have paid the parking charge may be left for up to 3 hours, the first hour of which parking session would be free of charge; provided no same vehicle may return to a parking place within 2 hours (Monday to Saturday 8.30 am - 6.30 pm):- (i) in DULWICH VILLAGE (inset bays) north-east side outside Nos. 31 to 39 Dulwich Village (to replace 18 trial echelon ‘stop and shop’ parking places that would be removed) which would each be 2 metres in width 5.5 metres in length and aligned parallel to the kerb, and (ii) in GILKES PLACE on both sides (a total of 14 bays that are each 5.5 metres in length); (g) relocate an existing Car Club parking place in CALTON AVENUE south-east side, north-eastward by 2 metres to a location opposite No. 7 Calton Avenue and increase the length to 6 metres; (h) in DULWICH VILLAGE north-east side outside Nos. 27 to 43 Dulwich Village (i) remove existing trial echelon Disabled Persons’ parking places (‘DPPPs’) and free ‘short stay’ parking places and (ii) install 2 new inset ‘unlimited stay’ DPPPs which would each be 2 metres in width 6 metres in length and aligned parallel to the kerb (total length 12 metres); (i) in CALTON AVENUE south-east side install a new ‘unlimited stay’ DPPP 6 metres in length opposite No. 9 Calton Avenue; (j) install a new electric vehicle only re-charging point in CALTON AVENUE (6.5 metres in length) south-east side, outside No. 20 Calton Avenue, which may be used by electric vehicles for re-charging only either for a max stay of 4 hours, no return within 2 hours between the hours of 7 am to 10 pm Monday to Saturday, or without time limit for the remaining hours in the week; (k) install new loading places (each 10 metres in length), which may be used ‘at any time’ for the purpose of loading only in DULWICH VILLAGE (which will be inset bay) north-east side outside Nos. 41 and 43 Dulwich Village (without time limit) and GILKES PLACE south-east side, on the side of No. 25 Dulwich Village (max stay 40 minutes, no return within 2 hours); (l) amend the widths of existing free ‘short stay’ parking for the use of buses and coaches - to 3 metres each (note that this is an administrative exercise to match the records more closely, and that there will be no physical changes of the widths at these locations) - also amend the lengths (for each as described):- (i) change the operating hours to between the hours of 8.00 am to 10.00 am and 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm on Monday to Saturday inclusive (max stay 30 minutes, no return within 2 hours) in EAST DULWICH GROVE north-west side opposite No. 197 East Dulwich Grove (31 metres in length) and outside James Allen’s Girls’ School (22 metres in length), and TOWNLEY ROAD north-east side outside Alleyn’s School (41.5 metres in length), and (ii) in TOWNLEY ROAD south-west side outside the Sports Ground (76 metres in length), note that the operating hours will remain between the hours of 8.00 am to 10.00 am and 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive (without a time limit); (m) in EAST DULWICH GROVE (i) north-west side in the vicinity of James Allen’s Girls’ School introduce new ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) operating between the hours of 8.00 am to 9.30 am and 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, covering the full length at each location of existing School Keep Clear markings (a total of 51 metres), and (ii) convert existing ‘SYLs’ south-east side opposite James Allen’s Girls’ School (46 metres) to match the operating hours as listed in (i) above; (n) in TOWNLEY ROAD (i) north-east side outside Alleyn’s School reduce in length by 13 metres existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) and contiguous ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’), and (ii) south-west side outside the Sports Ground convert 5.5 metres of existing ‘SYLs’ to ‘DYLs’; (o) to introduce ‘DYLs’ at road junctions, footway and vehicle crossovers, and between kerbside designated as parking places in the above-mentioned streets (in so much as is public highway), apart from where there are existing ‘SYLs’ and School Keep Clear markings. Loading or unloading to or from attended vehicles would be permitted for a maximum of 40 minutes at any single location on ‘DYLs’; (p) the Council will (i) remove all ‘DYLs’ on GREAT SPILMANS which is not public highway that were added to the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule in error (note that this is an administrative exercise to match the records more closely, and that there will be no physical changes at this location), and (ii) increase existing or add new ‘DYLs’ for junction protection in the roads outside the new Controlled Parking Zone ‘DV’ in the surrounding area in:- BEAUVAL ROAD at its junction with Woodwarde Road, south-west side outside No. 110 Beauval Road (19 metres) and north-east side outside No. 97 Beauval Road (12.5 metres), DEKKER ROAD south-east side outside No. 24 Dekker Road (10.5 metres) and on both sides at its junction with Woodwarde Road (19.5 metres in total), DESENFANS ROAD on both sides at its junction with Woodwarde Road (20.5 metres in total), DOVERCOURT ROAD on both sides and either side of its junction with Woodwarde Road (36 metres in total), west and north-west side outside No. 66a Dovercourt Road (18.5 metres) and south-east side outside No. 61 Dovercourt Road (12.5 metres), DRUCE ROAD on both sides at its junction with Woodwarde Road (17.5 metres in total), and WOODWARDE ROAD (113.5 metres in total): south-west side either side of its junction with Dekker Road (20.5 metres in total), either side of its junction with Desenfans Road (18 metres in total), either side of its junction with Druce Road (18.5 metres in total), either side north of its junction with Dovercourt Road (18 metres in total), either side south of its junction with Dovercourt Road (17 metres in total), north-east side north-west of its junction with Beauval Road (5.5 metres) and south-east of its junction with Beauval Road (8 metres), and south-west side outside No. 1 Woodwarde Road (8 metres); and (q) the Council will convert a length of existing ‘SYLs’ to ‘DYLs’ in DULWICH VILLAGE east side outside No. 111 and 113 Dulwich Village (33 metres) to prevent vehicles parking or waiting at a main junction.

Existing DPPPs, electric vehicles only parking places in the above streets and the trial ‘e-scooter & cycle hire’ bay located in Calton Avenue would not be affected by the proposals.

Notes: (1) ‘at any time’ means at all hours on every day of the week. (2) ‘stop and shop’ parking place sessions must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 1 hour free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (3) ‘DPPP’ refers to Disabled Persons’ parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge'. (4) All measurements are in metres and are approximate.

3. Residents’ permits, business permits and visitors’ permits would be available to residents and businesses located at qualifying addresses located within the parking zone boundary, which are not subject to a planning obligation or agreement restricting the grant of permits.

4. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 9 December 2024, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

5. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 5 December 2024 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we S Lyons LTD have made application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of Vine, 126 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3TX The proposed variation is as follows: Private tastings and pairings, along with the sale of beverages by the glass, both the indoor and outdoor seated areas. Sale of alcohol and playing recorded background music. Start time for off-sale alcohol on Saturdays changed to 10:00 AM. Days

Start time

Finish time

The retail sale of alcohol:

Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday

11:00 10:00 11:00

22:30 22:30 22:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Monday to Saturday Sunday

08:30 08:30

22:30 22:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday Sunday

08:30 08:30

22:30 22:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives.

Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 29th November 2024

To place a public notice, please email em@cm‐media.co.uk or call 020 7232 1639 Deadline is 3pm on Wednesdays

PUBLIC NOTICES 27

Thursday, December 5th 2024

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK DULWICH VILLAGE STREETS FOR PEOPLE The London Borough of Southwark (e-scooter & cycle hire parking places) (Dulwich Village Streets for People) Order 2024 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Dulwich Village Streets for People) Traffic Order 2024 The London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Dulwich Village Streets for People) Order 2024 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 5 December 2024 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effects of the (e-scooter & cycle hire parking places) Order, are to provide permanent parking places on the carriageway for the use of e-scooter & cycle hire providers (who are participating in the panLondon e-scooter & cycle hire trails) only, each 2 metres (‘m’) in width 5.5m in length and aligned parallel to the kerb in:- (a) CALTON AVENUE north-east side, south-west of its junction with Gilkes Crescent, and (b) COURT LANE north-east side, north-west of its junction with Dekker Road.

3. The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Traffic Order are to consolidate and make amendments to certain Dulwich Village area prescribed route restrictions to introduce a two-way cycle route for the use of cycles only throughout the entirety of an existing ‘no motor vehicles’ restriction, and to slightly amend the extent of this restriction to account for kerb-line adjustments, which lies in (i) that part of CALTON AVENUE which lies between the north-eastern kerb-line of Dulwich Village and a point 4m north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 1c and 1d Calton Avenue (there will continue to be no access for vehicles, except for pedal cycles, from Dulwich Village into Calton Avenue), and (ii) that part of COURT LANE which lies between the south-eastern kerb-line of Calton Avenue and a point 3m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 1b and 1c Court Lane.

The amended ‘no motor vehicles’ restriction mentioned above would be operational ‘at any time’ and during every day of the week. Exemptions would be provided for emergency services vehicles only. The restrictions would be indicated by traffic signs.

4. The effects of the (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Order, are to:(a) in CALTON AVENUE (i) north-west side (south-west of its junction with Gilkes Crescent) remove an existing 10m loading place and install a new pedal cycle parking place on the carriageway which would be 3m in width 5m in length and aligned parallel to the kerb, for the purpose of pedal cycle parking only ‘at any time’; (b) install new ‘unlimited stay’ Disabled Persons’ parking places (‘DPPPs’) 6m in length, in (i) DEKKER ROAD north-west side outside Nos. 25/26 Dekker Road, and (ii) DULWICH VILLAGE north-west side outside Nos. 74 and 76 Dulwich Village (note that this new DPPP is repositioned slightly from the original proposal); (c) relocate an existing ‘unlimited stay’ DPPP in GILKES CRESCENT north-westward by 2m to a new location south-west side (north-west of its junction with Calton Avenue) and amend existing 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) at the location to accommodate; (d) remove existing 'at any time' loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) on both sides in (i) CALTON AVENUE (12m on each side a total of 24m) south-west of its junction with Gilkes Crescent, and (ii) COURT LANE (42m on each side a total of 84m) south-east of its junction with Calton Avenue; (e) amend existing ‘DYLs’ on both sides of the following streets to accommodate kerb-line build-outs, the implementation of the two-way cycle route in CALTON AVENUE and COURT LANE at the location described in item 3 above (in which any existing ‘DYLs’ would be removed), and any parking changes:- (i) CALTON AVENUE between its junctions with Dulwich Village and Gilkes Crescent, (ii) COURT LANE between its junctions with Calton Avenue and Dekker Road, and (iii) DULWICH VILLAGE between its junctions with Gilkes Place and Calton Avenue; (f) add new ‘DYLs’ in (i) DULWICH VILLAGE south-west and north-west side between its junction with Turney Road and a point 1m north-east of the northernmost boundary wall of No. 70 Dulwich Village (88m, note that this a reduced length by 23m from the original proposal), north-east side outside No. 57 Dulwich Village (26m), and east side outside Nos. 61 and 63 Dulwich Village (10m), and (ii) TURNEY ROAD south-east side opposite Dulwich Village C of E Infants School; and (g) add new 'timed' loading restrictions (single kerb blips ‘SKBs’) on both sides of the following streets (operating between the hours of 7 am to 10 am and 4 pm to 7 pm every day of the week) on existing ‘DYLs’ wherever there are no parking restrictions existing or proposed, in:- (i) CALTON AVENUE between a point 6m south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Gilkes Crescent and a point 36m south-west of that kerbline, (ii) COURT LANE between a point 3m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 1b and 1c Court Lane and a point 5.5m north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Dekker Road, and (iii) DULWICH VILLAGE north-east side, north-west of its junction with Calton Avenue (20m) and outside Nos. 57 to 65 Dulwich Village (57m), south-west side opposite No. 49 Dulwich Village (18.5m), and south-west and northwest side outside Nos. 60 to 70 Dulwich Village (41m, note that this a reduced length by 23m from the original proposal), (iv) TURNEY ROAD north-west side outside Dulwich Village C of E Infants School (14m) and south-east side opposite Dulwich Village C of E Infants School (67.5m).

Notes: (1) ‘at any time’ means at all hours during every day of the week. (2) ‘DPPPs’ refers to Disabled Persons’ parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge'. (3) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions, ‘SKBs’ refer to timed loading restrictions and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (4) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (5) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 5. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 9 December 2024, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

6. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 5 December 2024 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION Proposed development at: Ilderton Wharf, 1-7 Rollins Street London Southwark SE15 1EP Take notice that an application is being made by: Fifth Rose Ilderton Limited To London Borough of Southwark for planning permission for: “Demolition of the existing buildings on Site and the construction of a linked building with three distinct elements, expressed as a tower housing Purpose Built Student Accommodation (Use Class Sui Generis), a shoulder element housing Affordable Residential Housing (Class C3) both with basement level, and an industrial building including affordable workspace at the southern element of the Site (Classes B2, B8, E(g)(iii), and Sui Generis), alongside the delivery of a flexible Class E unit at ground floor level, and a mixed community café and PBSA co-working space (Class E/Sui Generis) at ground floor level on the corner of Ilderton Road and Surrey Canal Road, in addition to the delivery of hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and vehicle access including the provision of a loading bay on Ilderton Road, cycle parking, blue badge car parking, wider public realm improvements including new public open space, with associated highway works and all other ancillary works associated with the development.”

Any owner* of the land or tenant** who wishes to make representations about this application should write to Southwark Council on the address below: Southwark Council Chief Executive's Department Planning Division Development Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX *‘owner’ means a person having a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years.

Consultation on admissions for the academic year of entry 2026-27 In accordance with the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012, Southwark Council is consulting on the admission arrangements for community primary schools and co-ordinated admission schemes for the academic year 2026-27.

The consultation period will run from 25 November 2024 and end on 6 January 2025 inclusive.

We would welcome your views and comments on Southwark Council's consultation on admissions 2026/27 which includes: • Proposed reductions to the Published Admission Numbers (PAN) at Crawford Primary School from 60 to 30 places, at Goodrich Primary School from 90 to 60 places and at Ivydale Primary School from 90 to 60 places for the September 2026 intake onwards • Southwark Council’s proposed admission arrangements for community primary schools in the borough in 2026-27 (no changes from the previous year, except dates) • Southwark Council’s proposed co-ordinated schemes for admission of children to Reception, Junior, Year 7 and Year 10 (no changes from the previous year, except dates) • Southwark Council’s ‘relevant area’ (no changes) Give your feedback To view the full consultation (including all documents) and to submit your comments: • Visit https://engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/school-admissions-26-27 ; or • Scan the QR code

Alternatively, you can submit your comments by email to schools.admissions@southwark.gov.uk with the title ‘Response to admissions consultation 2026-27’

**‘tenant’ means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land.

Submission Date: 29th November 2024 Signed: DP9 Ltd On behalf of: Fifth Rose Ilderton Limited Date: 27th November 2024 Statement of owners’ rights The grant of planning permission does not affect owners’ rights to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or lease.

Statement of agricultural tenants’ rights The grant of planning permission for non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants’ security of tenure.

To place a notice in this paper and online, please email em@cm‐media.co.uk or call 020 7232 1639 Deadline is 3pm on Wednesday

28 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, December 5th 2024

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – 24/25 Q1 The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (MTS 2425-Q1) Order 2024 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (MTS 2425-Q1) Order 2024 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Choumert Road) Traffic Order 2024 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 5 December 2024 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effects of the Orders are:(a) in CHOUMERT ROAD in CPZ 'B' (i) amend existing prescribed routes to remove 'no entry' and westbound 'one way' working in Choumert Road between its junctions with Alpha Street and Rye Lane and to correctly describe a prescribed ‘left only’ turn at the junction of Choumert Road and Alpha Street, (ii) south-east side o/s The Market remove a 19 metres (‘m’) existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) and 4m of existing ‘DYLs’ with contiguous ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) to accommodate a new loading place for the use of loading only (23m in length) operating every day of the week between 7 am and 7 pm (max stay 40 mins, and no return within 2 hours), and (iii) south-east side o/s Nos. 1-7 Choumert Road remove 23m existing DYLs and install a new 'stop and shop' parking in which either:- vehicles may be left free of charge for up to 30 mins, or vehicles which have paid the parking charge of (currently) £5.10 per hour or £8.30 per hour for diesel vehicles (using 'Pay by Phone') may be left for up to 2 hours, the first 30 mins of which parking session would be free of charge (provided no same vehicle may return to a parking place within 2 hours) between the hours of 8:30 am and 6:30 pm on Monday to Saturday inclusive; (b) in CPZ 'C2' (i) in BROOK DRIVE south-east side opposite its junction with Pastor Street reduce in length existing ‘Pay by Phone’ parking ('pay') by 5m (25m remain) and install 5m new car club only parking, and (ii) in TRUNDLE STREET south-east side, north-east of its junction with Lant Street add 10m new permit-holders only parking place ('permit') and remove 10m existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) to accommodate; (c) in SAM KING WALK in CPZ 'EC' to clarify the parking restrictions in the area by amending the Traffic Management Order map-based schedule (an administrative exercise to match the records more closely) (i) remove existing 'permit' (standing at 90° to the kerb) on the north-west side o/s No. 10 Sam King Walk, (ii) south-east side opposite No. 1 Sam King Walk reduce in length by 6.5m existing car club only parking (2 car club bays, each 5.5m in length remain) and add 6.5m 'unlimited stay' DPPP, and (iii) add ‘DYLs’ throughout the remaining kerbside on all sides not designated as parking; (d) in EMPRESS STREET in CPZ 'J' south-west side, south of its junction with Fielding Street (i) reduce existing 'permit' by 6m (13.5m remain), and (ii) install new electric vehicle only re-charging point 6m in length, which may be used by electric vehicles for re-charging only either for a max stay of 4 hours (no return within 2 hours) between the hours of 7 am to 10 pm Mondays – Saturdays, or without time limit for the remaining hours in the week; (e) in COMBER GROVE in CPZ 'K' east side o/s Comber House, increase existing 'permit' by 1m (new bay length 26.5m) and reduce existing ‘SYLs’ to accommodate; (f) in CPZ 'M2' (i) in AYLESBURY ROAD north-west side opposite Nos. 2/4 Aylesbury Road, reduce existing 'shared-use' parking (permit-holders for the CPZ listed and Pay by Phone) by 1.5m in length (83.5m remain) and replace with DYLs, (ii) in BRETTELL STREET on both sides, south-east of its junction with Aylesbury Road, reduce existing 'shared-use' and replace with ‘DYLs’ south-west side by 1m in length (56m remain), and north-east side by 1.5m in length (58m remain), and (iii) in VILLA STREET north-east side across its junction with Aylesbury Road, reduce existing 'shared-use' and replace with ‘DYLs’ by 1.5m in length o/s Nos. 5/7 Villa Street (9m remain), and by 1.5m in length opposite No. 6 Villa Street (66m remain); (g) in COPLESTON ROAD in CPZ 'PW' remove existing 'unlimited stay' DPPP east side o/s No. 111 Copleston Road and replace with 6m of extended 'permit' (new bay length 74.5m); (h) in GROVE HILL ROAD in CPZ 'Q' remove existing 'unlimited stay' DPPP north-west side o/s No. 81 Grove Hill Road and replace with 6m of extended 'permit' (new bay length 68m); (i) in CPZ 'T' (i) in BONAR ROAD south-west side, to the rear of No. 72 Peckham Hill Street remove 8.5m of existing ‘DYLs’ and increase existing 'shared-use' by 8.5m (new bay length 148.5m) to accommodate the removal of a redundant kerb-line build-out, (ii) in HOLBECK ROW remove existing 'unlimited stay' DPPP north-west side o/s No. 1 Holbeck Row and replace with 6m extended 'permit' (new bay length 66m), (iii) in MEETING HOUSE LANE north-west side o/s St John's Church increase existing 'shared-use' by 2.55m (new bay length 16m) to accommodate the removal of an existing cycle hangar (relocated to Springall Street), and (iv) in SPRINGALL STREET north-east side o/s St John's Church split and reduce existing 'shared-use' by 3.55m (new total bay length is 18.5m) to accommodate the relocation of an existing cycle hangar (relocated from Meeting House Lane) and the addition of a total of 1m ‘DYLs’ (0.5m either side of the new cycle hangar location); (j) in GROVE VALE change the operating hours of an existing loading only bay, south-west side o/s Nos. 18 to 22 Grove Vale (currently operating 'at any time') to loading only between 6 am and 8 pm every day of the week (max stay 40 mins, and no return within 2 hours); (k) convert existing ‘SYLs’ to new ‘DYLs’ in (i) BRISBANE STREET south-west side between its junction with Jago Walk and its junction with Lomond Grove (97m), and (ii) HAMPTON STREET south-west side, opposite its junction with Howell Walk (a total of 14.5m); (l) in HAWKSTONE ROAD south-east side o/s Rotherhithe Primary School extend existing ‘SYLs’ by 12m to accommodate full length of new 'School Keep Clear' markings; (m) add new ‘DYLs’ in (i) ALLEYN PARK north-east o/s Nos. 60 and 62 Alleyn Park (7m), (ii) BURBAGE ROAD south-west side o/s No. 55 Burbage Road (2.5m), (iii) COLYTON ROAD south-east side across its junctions with Scutari Road o/s No. 22 Colyton Road (7.5m) and o/s No. 23 Colyton Road (5m) and Shelbury Road o/s No. 9 Colyton Road (7.5m) and o/s No. 10 Colyton Road (6.5m), (iv) MELFORD ROAD northwest side on the side of No. 479 Lordship Lane (43m), (v) RYE ROAD on both sides north-west of its junction with Surrey Road (5m each side, a total of 10m), (vi) SCUTARI ROAD at its junction with Colyton Road south-west side (9m) and north-east side (6.5m), (vii) SHELBURY ROAD at its junction with Colyton Road (9m on each side, a total of 18m), and (viii) SURREY ROAD north-west side across its junction with Rye Road (6.5m either side, a total of 13m); and (n) add new ‘DKBs’ on existing ‘DYLs’ in (i) LYNDHURST GROVE north-west side, east of its junction with Vestry Road (7.5m), (ii) MCNEIL ROAD north-west side, south-west of its junction with Vestry Road (12.5m), and (iii) VESTRY ROAD on both sides north of its junction with Mcneil Road/Vestry Road (7.5m per side, a total of 15m).

NOTES: (1) ‘DPPP’ refers to Disabled Persons’ parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge'. (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed; ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. (3) In reference to 'stop and shop' pay parking mentioned in item 2(a), a parking session must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 30 minutes free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (4) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions, and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (5) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (6) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 9 December 2024, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 5 December 2024 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (UNION STREET, GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, EAST STREET)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (O’MEARA STREET)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it has made an order, the effect of which is to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a road closure, it has made an order, the effect of which is to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time on (a) Union Street, at the junction with O’Meara Street. (b) Great Suffolk Street, between Loman Street and Copperfield Street. (c) East Street, between Walworth Road and Dawes Street

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time on O’Meara Street, from the junction of Southwark Street to the rear of number 4 O’Meara Street.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic will be Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Union Street.

4.

Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.

5.

The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

6.

The road closure will be in place from the 12th of December 2024 until the 31st of March 2025.

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be shown by the signs displayed.

4.

Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.

5.

The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

6.

The works will be carried out on the following dates (a) 10th and 11th of December 2024 (b) 9th of December 2024 (c) 23rd of December 2024

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 5th of December 2024 Ian Law Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 7126 (b) 6916 (c) EM24

Dated this 5th of December 2024 Ian Law Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Ref: 7127

To place a public notice, please email em@cm‐media.co.uk

By Sports Reporter sUrrey WILL begin their bid for a fourth successive Men's rothesay county championship title at local rivals essex following release of the full 2025 county schedule.

The fixtures for the County Championship, which will be title sponsored by Rothesay for the next three years, and Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s and men’s competitions have been confirmed alongside dates for the Disability Premier League.

It follows confirmation last week of the fixtures for the Vitality Blast and new Vitality T20 Women’s County Cup, and completes a historic county schedule that will for the first time see women’s and men’s county teams play side-by-side in the Vitality Blast and Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Fans across England and Wales will have more access than ever before to high-quality domestic women’s and men’s county cricket, with matches to be played at a minimum of 38 venues across England and Wales, with seven trophies up for grabs across the professional county game and DPL. The Rothesay County Championship will begin on Friday, April 4 with eight rounds in April and May. The two rounds at the end of June and two rounds at the end of July will see Kookaburra balls used, before three rounds in September to finish the domestic summer.

Surrey will be looking to become the first county to claim four Rothesay County Championship titles in a row since their allconquering team from the 1950s won the trophy from 1952-58.

The first block of the new Metro Bank One-Day Cup women’s competition will be played in April and May before returning in July while the Metro Bank One-Day Cup men’s competition group stage will be held in August.

Defending men’s champions Glamorgan open their title defence at home to Hampshire in Neath. The finals of the men’s and women’s competitions will be held over the same weekend (September 20 and 21) at Trent Bridge and the Utilita Bowl respectively.

The Disability Premier League final will be one of six domestic trophies on offer in

© Mark Sandom

SPORT 29

derby first up for surrey Kia Oval side going for fourth successive County Championship

Surrey romped to the title last season September. The group stage will be played over three rounds – with the opening round at Loughborough on Sunday, August 24 - before the final is set to be staged on Tuesday, September 10.

Pirates won their first DPL title last year following an unbeaten run to the final at Sophia Gardens where they beat Tridents by 32 runs.

ECB Managing Director of Competitions and Major Events, Neil Snowball, said: “Fans can now start to plan out their domestic summer with so many options from the tradition of the Rothesay County Championship to the aligned men’s and women’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup and Vitality Blast competitions, as well as the Disability Premier League and the new and exciting Vitality Women’s County Cup. “The introduction of women’s county teams is a significant moment for the domestic game. I am sure we will see followers of county cricket also watching their women’s teams and accelerate the

growth and popularity of the women’s game which we have already seen in international cricket and The Hundred in recent years.”

ECB Director of the Women’s Professional Game, Beth Barrett-Wild, said: “This is the start of an exciting new era for domestic cricket and women’s cricket as we elevate and embed women’s teams in the county structure.

“We will see seven flagship finals days which will provide high-profile moments to increase scale and visibility. There will be more women’s professional players than ever before, more games at HQ venues and more women’s matches under lights as we further build the profile of women’s cricket across England and Wales.”

Rachel Bradshaw, Chief of Staff at Rothesay, the UK’s largest pensions insurance specialist and Official Partner of England Cricket, commented: “It is exciting to see the always-anticipated release of

Paul claims title - but blow for Shand

By John Kelly

Lynn abC were “gutted” after promising fighter ricardo Shand suffered a dislocated shoulder at the national novice event late last month.

Shand’s semi-final opponent pulled out of so he moved straight to the 57kg final later in the day.

Shand faced Harry Bell from Broad St ABC. “We knew this would be a tough contest as Bell beat Ricardo three weeks prior to the final on a club show,” Lynn coach Jimmy Moore said. “We had a new game plan to box Bell and it was working well until the second round when Ricardo dislocated his shoulder and the bout had to be stopped.

“We were gutted as Ricardo was boxing to plan and it looked like he would go on to win the contest. He will now have to have surgery before

he can box again as this has happened in sparring earlier in the season.”

Meanwhile, at the same event, Micah Paul faced Asadullah Alkhazaali from Honour and Glory ABC in the 86kg underten bout semi-final.

Moore said: “Micah put in a great boxing performance, keeping his opponent at range throughout the contest and went on to a unanimous points’ win.”

Paul was up against Zee Afzal from Poplar ABC in the final.

“Micah carried on from where he left off in the semi-final, boxing at range and catching his opponent with one-two combinations and he went on to win the title with another unanimous decision,” Moore said. “I am so pleased for Micah. He really has turned a corner. Since winning the belt competition last season his boxing has gone from strength to strength.”

the fixtures ahead of our first summer as the title sponsor of the historic County Championship. Rothesay is purpose-built to provide security for UK pensioners and we are delighted that we can also help to secure the future of cricket by inspiring all generations and making cricket a game for everyone.” rothesay county championship – division one: Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire. format: Each county plays fourteen Rothesay County Championship matches (seven home and seven away). The county that tops the table at the end of the fourteen matches is crowned champion, with the bottom two counties in the table relegated to Division Two. rothesay county championship – division two: Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent,

Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire. format: Each county plays fourteen Rothesay County Championship matches (seven home and seven away). The county that tops the table at the end of the fourteen matches is crowned champion and is promoted, along with the secondplaced county, to Division One.

Metro Bank one-day cup Men’s group a: Notts Outlaws, Essex, Worcestershire, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Glamorgan, Hampshire, Leicestershire Foxes, Derbyshire Falcons. group B: Kent Spitfires, Yorkshire, Somerset, Lancashire, Durham, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Middlesex, Sussex Sharks. format: Each county plays the other eight counties in their group once (four home and four away games). The top county in each group at the end of the group stage progresses directly to the semi-finals. The second and third-placed counties at the end of the group stage progress to the quarter-finals.

Metro Bank one-day cup women’s group: Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Somerset, Surrey, The Blaze, Warwickshire. format: Each county plays the other seven counties home and away for a total of 14 group-stage matches. The top four counties at the end of the group stage progress to the semi-finals.

Metro Bank one-day cup women's league 2 group: Derbyshire Falcons, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire Foxes, Middlesex, Northamptonshire Steelbacks, Sussex Sharks, Worcestershire Rapids, Yorkshire. format: Each county plays the other nine counties once during the group stage. The top four counties at the end of the group stage progress to the semi-finals.

disability Premier league group: Black Cats, Hawks, Pirates, Tridents. format: Each team plays each other once during the group stage. The top two teams at the end of the group stage qualify for the final.

Lights, Camara, Action for Dubois

By John Kelly caroline duBoiS will defend her wBc interim lightweight title against Jessica Camara in sheffield next month.

The bill will be headlined by Callum Simpson who is defending his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles against Steed Woodall.

It will be 23-year-old Dubois’ first fight since she defeated Maira Moneo last August to claim the interim belt. That was at Oakwell in Barnsley when Tykes supporter Simpson beat Zak Chelli.

Camara is a Canadian former world title challenger who has won fourteen and lost four of her bouts.

Greenwich’s Dubois has a perfect 10-0

record.

Dubois wants an all-British fight with WBO lightweight champion Terri Harper and her dream bout would be against Ireland’s Katie Taylor.

"Caroline has a big future ahead of her," BOXXER founder and chief executive Ben Shalom said. "She has her sights set on world titles and unifications but will need to be at her best to overcome an experienced, world-level operator like Camara.

"What a start to the year. Two of the country's brightest stars back in action for an unmissable night of boxing in Sheffield.

Yorkshire has always been a hotbed for boxing talent."

The event will be on January 11 and live on Sky Sports.

Luke rescues point for Hamlet

By John Kelly

Ricardo Shand (left) Micah Paul (right)

luKe wanadio rescued a point for dulwich hamlet in their 1-1 draw against cheshunt in their isthmian league Premier division clash at the cheshunt Stadium last weekend.

Wanadio equalised on 61 minutes after

Tommy Wood’s 23rd-minute opener in front of a 466 attendance.

Hakan Hayrettin’s side dropped to twelfth in the table, five points off the payoffs.

They are back at Champion Hill this Saturday when they face Dover Athletic at 3pm.

30 SPORT Raees BanguraWilliams in action

'every time you play a club who's reJected you, you want to prove them wrong' Under-21 ace Raees Bangura-Williams on his journey from non-league to Millwall's academy

EXCLUSiVE

By Will Scott raees banGUra-WILLIaMs has had an unconventional path to Millwall’s academy.

While most teenage footballers develop their skills alongside players their own age, Bangura-Williams has been testing himself against adults since the age of sixteen.

Deemed too small for academy sides, the central midfielder turned to non-league football, where he quickly made his mark. Within two years, he earned a promotion to Tooting and Mitcham’s first team.

His precocious talents soon earned him trials at multiple category one and two academies, before he eventually landed at Millwall.

Bangura-Williams recently sat down with our paper to share the highs and lows of his journey to the Lions—and what comes next.

“I signed for Millwall last year in December,” Bangura-Williams said.

“I had a different route to get there because I played in non-league.

“I was at Tooting and Mitcham from sixteen to eighteen. My first year, that was the covid season, so the majority of the time I was with my own age group.

“The second year was when I started to really kick on and then I started making appearances. I made my debut when I was seventeen in

the first team.

“I think I got nine games in my second year as a scholar and then the season after that I was pretty much a consistent starter throughout that.

“Then I started the trial process. I went on trial to Brentford first, then I went to Middlesbrough and I went on trial with Millwall after that.

“At that point I didn't get in, but I came back on trial a season later and I was fortunate enough to get my pro contract then.”

Bangura-Williams tried to go down the traditional route of joining an academy, but could not quite find a permanent home.

“I was first at Chelsea pre-academy from around five to eight,” BanguraWilliams said.

“Then I was at Watford, I signed at Watford from when I was undernines. That was for a very short period.

“Then I left and from then I was in grassroots, I played for a team called Park Langley, which was like a local team that like my dad was the manager of. He was my manager till I was maybe fourteen. There I played up a year a lot to develop quicker.

“Then I was in development centres. I spent time at Tottenham Development Centre and Norwich and I went on trial to quite a few clubs, but I wasn't quite ready at the time. So I had to learn the game differently to others.”

Most clubs opted not to sign him as

a teenager due to his slight build.

“I was such a late bloomer compared to everybody else,” BanguraWilliams said.

“When I was about fourteen, fifteen I was still very small compared to a lot of players in my age group. My birthday is late in the year so I was almost like a year behind everybody else.

“When I was younger, I wasn't physically as able as everybody else.

“So everyone kind of peaked a bit earlier than me so I had to go down into non-league and play with a lot of men so I could speed up my development. It's helped me out a lot and it's made me the player I am today.”

Playing against and alongside grown men aged just seventeen is no mean feat, especially for a player who was a late bloomer physically.

However, Bangura-Williams had grown accustomed to it by the time he joined Tooting and Mitcham.

“I had played a lot of men's football from when I was young,” BanguraWilliams said. “So the jump from kids to playing with men, obviously I still had to adapt, but I think it was a bit more of an easier transition than for most.”

Moving from club-to-club at such a young age was mentally draining, but it also provided Bangura-Williams with plenty of motivation to prove his doubters wrong.

“It's always mentally tough because

you never really know if you're good enough,” Bangura-Williams said.

“Football is a tough game so no one might tell you the real reality, the real truth behind it. So for me it's made me understand the game a bit better.

“Being rejected also makes you want to do better because you want to prove people wrong. So every time you play the club who's rejected you, you want to prove them wrong.

“If you get an opportunity to play against them, you want them to be like, well we've missed out here on a player. So I really want to impress.”

Playing in non-league meant Bangura-Williams missed out on a ‘Millwall football’ education as a teenager. However, the physical demands of the league ensured he developed many of the same qualities.

“I think being a Millwall footballer you need passion and aggression,” Bangura-Williams said.

“I feel like the passion and aggression I got from non-league, because obviously non-league, it's not the greatest, it's not the prettiest side of things, “So I’ve got that aggression from quite young when I first started playing older and with men. Yeah, you miss out on coming through the academy and learning how to be a Millwall player, but I feel like that aggression and passion I've got that within my soul.

“So when I stepped into Millwall, it was almost like an easy transition to say, well now I'm here, I've got all the traits of a Millwall player and now I'm here as a Millwall player. I think the route I took has helped me come along a lot.”

Since signing for Millwall, BanguraWilliams has grown as a footballer, and has become an important part of Kevin Nugent’s under-21 side.

“Being under Kevin Nugent and Paul Robinson, they're always demanding,” Bangura-Williams said.

“Kevin Nugent especially, he can see things that he thinks I need in my game, so he's going to be demanding me to do certain things. Even if it's I need to be a bit more aggressive, he'll let me know and he'll take me to do things to improve my game.

“Robbo and Nug have really helped my game come on, especially with the defensive side. When I came in I wasn't as good defensively.

Now it's an area where I've really strengthened it and they've helped my game come along so much.

“When you've got two managers who are always pushing you on, they're not trying to hold you back or limit how you want to play, you're always in the right environment.

“Last year was a building year, just learning the game. But this year I'd say I've really pushed on and I'm improving every day, doing my extra training to just break into the first team. That's what I want to do.”

SPORT 31

millwall stumble against oXford

SKY BET ChamPiONShiP oxford united - 1 Goodrham 85’ Millwall - 1 Tanganga 45’ Date: Saturday 30 November 2024 Man of the match: Japhet Tanganga Attendance: 10,990 (1,497) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

By Will Scott

Wasteful Lions made to pay by late wonder goal

oXford united scored a late equaliser through a spectacular strike by tyler goodrham to snatch a point and deny Millwall victory at the Kassam Stadium last Saturday after the lions had led for much of the game.

Millwall opened the scoring at the end of the first half after Japhet Tanganga powered home Joe Bryan's corner, and looked set to take all three points after Oxford offered little in response. However, the U's mounted a late resurgence, and Goodrham's goal came after a period of sustained pressure around the Lions' box.

It was a disappointing collapse, especially considering how dominant Millwall were in the first half. They recorded ten shots to Oxford’s four, while enjoying 63.7 per cent possession.

In contrast, the Lions were sloppy and looked lifeless at times in the second half, only registering one off-target attempt on goal, and only completing 60.1 per cent of their passes.

To make matters worse for the Lions, Tanganga picked up his fifth yellow card of the season early in the match, ruling him out of Sunday’s clash with Coventry City.

The result meant that the Lions extended their unbeaten streak to nine games, but they will be frustrated not to have come away with more against a side that had lost their last three games, including a 6-2 thumping by Middlesbrough at home, and had lost five out of their last six fixtures.

Millwall headed into the game with a full week of rest after last Wednesday’s tie against Portsmouth was postponed due to power outage near Fratton Park, but did not look particularly energetic in a flat start to the game.

Oxford had the first chance, and it came from a Lions mistake. In the 18th minute, Joe Bryan misplaced a pass straight to Goodrham, who burst through on goal.

Casper De Norre made an excellent recovery run, forcing Goodrham to shoot early from outside the box, and his effort was well-saved by Lukas Jensen in the Lions' net.

Aside from that, it was a drab opening 30 minutes. Lions had plenty of possession but were lacking a cutting edge around the box, and were being held back by their

Tanganga heads the Lions in front propensity for committing stupid fouls in dangerous moments, especially getting caught offside. Despite being the home side, Oxford were more than happy to sit back and threaten on the counter.

Millwall were still clearly the better side, and exerted more and more control over the game as the half went on. Wingers Femi Azeez and Romain Esse looked dangerous every time they got on the ball, helping the Lions win corner after corner, and eventually Millwall broke through.

In the 45th minute, Bryan whipped in a corner to the back post. Tanganga lost his marker, ran around a group of Oxford defenders and headed the ball home from close range. It was poor defending by Oxford, but Tanganga was well positioned to punish the U's.

The Lions were cruising to a victory until a disastrous last ten minutes cost them both the three points, and their captain Shaun Hutchinson. Hutchinson limped off in the 80th minute, and was replaced by Murray Wallace, who was making his first league appearance of the season.

Hutchinson’s departure precipitated Oxford’s best period of the match. They put Millwall under serious pressure around their box, and did not have to wait long before it paid off.

In the 84th minute, Goodrham received the ball on the edge of the box, cut inside and uncorked a ferocious shot that flew past Jensen.

Harris threw on striker Macaulay Langstaff in the dying minutes of the game to try to rescue all three points, but

Millwall were only able to win a couple of corners, none of which led to a shot on target.

The final whistle blew to bring the Lions’ brief late game flurry to an end, and to resign them to their third 1-1 draw in a row.

appearance last Saturday.

Tanganga’s absence is further compounded by injuries to Jake Cooper and Hutchinson, both of whom will miss next Saturday’s game. Harris is disappointed to lose a player he views as one of the best in the Championship.

“He's been the best centre-half in the division by a mile in my opinion, but I might be a little bit biased because of my relationship working with him,” Harris said. “He's been outstanding, so we have to just adjust accordingly.

When asked how much of a loss Tanganga would be next weekend, Harris said: “You can see the loss today when we haven't got Josh Coburn on

the pitch. You can see the loss that we don't have an impact from the start of the bench that Duncan gives us.

“I'd say we've dealt admirably without Jake Cooper so far, but that's because I think Hutch and Japhet have done so well as a pair.

“So once you lose the next one, of course you become lighter in those areas. But that's what we have a squad for. That's why we have a recruitment department, to build a squad and there'll be opportunities for players next week, a few players are missing.

“Unfortunately, that's just the nature of the beast and where we're at during the season that you can have players missing because of

suspensions.”

Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Jensen; Leonard, Hutchinson (Wallace 80), Tanganga, Bryan; Saville, De Norre; Esse, Honeyman, Azeez (Langstaff 90); Coburn (Bradshaw 46) oxford: 4-3-3: Cumming; Leigh (Goodwin 84), Long, Moore, Brown; Goodrham, Vaulks (El Mizouni 46), Brannagan, Placheta (Rodrigues 61); Phillips (Dale 73); Scarlett (Harris 61)

Tanganga suspended for Coventry clash

By Will Scott CenTre-baCK JaPHeT tanganga is set to be suspended for Millwall’s clash with coventry city on Saturday after he picked up his fifth yellow card of the season during the lions’ 1-1 draw against oxford united.

Tanganga joined the Lions as a free agent after getting released by Tottenham

It was an excellently-timed goal, and one that likely changed the tenor of Neil Harris' half-time talk. The Lions were now 1-0 up against a team that had previously been content to sit back and hit Millwall on the counter.

Despite needing a goal, Oxford did not come out of the blocks after half-time .

U's boss Des Buckingham made three attacking subs within the first 16 minutes of the half, but his side did not have a shot until the 66th minute. Neither side really looked like scoring, which suited the leading Lions to a tee.

Millwall came close to doubling their lead after Romain Esse whipped in a low cross into the six-yard box in the 71st minute, but the ball was cleared before Tom Bradshaw could tap it in.

Tanganga, 25, has started Millwall’s last fifteen league games after missing the first two matches of the season through suspension. The Lions have conceded just eight goals in that stretch.

He is likely going to be replaced in the starting line-up by Murray Wallace, who made his second league

millwall VS Coventry

Championship Saturday, December 7 (3pm) Possible Millwall starting XI: 4-2-3-1 Jensen; Leonard, Wallace, Harding, Bryan; De Norre, Saville; Esse, Honeyman, Azeez; Bradshaw.

Last meeting: Championship (February 11, 2024): Coventry City 2-1 Millwall (Wright 67’, 70' ; Esse 12’) Match odds: Millwall 29/20 Draw 11/5 Coventry 19/10

INSIDE

Sport Southwark

DERBY FIRST UP FOR SURREY

page 29

‘there’s an opportunity for players to step into that position’ Lions’ defensive squad depth stretched to the limit for Coventry clash

EXCLUSiVE

By Will Scott neil harriS said he would have to rely on players to be ready to “step in” after three senior centrebacks were ruled out of Millwall’s clash with coventry city on Saturday.

Jake Cooper and Shaun Hutchinson are set to miss out through injury, while Japhet Tanganga is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season, leaving Murray Wallace and Wes Harding as Millwall’s only available first team centre-backs.

The duo have yet to start a league match this season.

“When you lose the quality of players like Japhet and Jake and Hutch then

there’s an opportunity for players to step into that position,” Harris told our paper.

“Players like Murray and Wes that haven't really been exposed in the last nine months.

“It’s an opportunity for them to show why they're at the football club, and to show the ability that we think they possess to be here.

“Also it’s not just about those players and how good those players have played, it's about the structure of the team and how organised we've been.

“We’ve conceded eight goals in the last fifteen games. That coincides with the players playing very well, but also the structure of our setup and how the whole team has played.

“So we have to rely on the structure and the discipline of the group, but

then also you have to trust in players that when they step in they're ready and they can perform at the level we require them to be at.”

While the Lions are short on numbers at the back, they will benefit from playing at The Den, a stadium where they have been excellent this season.

Millwall have won three out of their last four home games, only conceding one goal in that span.

“We’ve been so good at The Den for so long now,” Harris said. “The record over the last nine, ten months, it's quite phenomenal.

“We just want to continue that, the lads love playing there. At home we’re so comfortable in the environment and the fans turn up knowing what they're going to get.

“Against Sunderland, in the first half we didn't play very well, but the second half was exceptional. So we’ve got to try to be consistent over a 90-minute period.

“There’s certainly no lack of Millwall effort or commitment or desire for a Millwall team playing at the Den. So the fans turn up knowing that. Whether we've got the ability on the day to beat the opponent, that's the only thing that you never know what you're going to get.

“I’m looking forward to two home games in four days. The change for us when we're dealing with injuries and suspensions is to make sure we adapt and stand up to the opponent and still show our qualities. That's what I'm looking forward to, seeing the players respond.”

Coburn ruled out for eight weeks EXCLUSiVE

By Willl Scott StriKer JoSh coburn will be sidelined for at least eight weeks after suffering a broken metatarsal during Millwall's 1-1 draw with oxford united last Saturday.

The Middlesbrough loanee limped off at half-time after getting clattered late in the first half.

Captain Shaun Hutchinson also departed the game early after feeling discomfort in his hamstring, and is set to miss out on the Lions’ match against Coventry on Saturday, although Millwall boss Neil Harris confirmed there were no long-term concerns.

Duncan Watmore will likely make his return against the Sky Blues after missing the Lions' last two match-day squads through illness.

"I’ll start with the good news," Harris said "Hutch has a very low-level hamstring injury. It will very likely be a no for the weekend but will be much more positive for next week whether that's Sheffield United or Middlesbrough.

"Duncan Watmore is healthy again, he really struggled last week. We’re really thankful that Dunc is okay and he's back into training so should come back into the squad for the weekend.

"Josh Coburn has got a broken metatarsal, so he's going to be in a boot for a minimum of six weeks.

We're certainly not going to see him for the next eight weeks. We’ll be quite fortunate if he's on the same sort of time pathway as Jake Cooper. So we’re looking at January for both of them.

But realistically we’re not going to see Josh for at least eight weeks.”

Coburn has made seven league appearances for the Lions, scoring twice THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%