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MET POLICE TO SCRAP ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
OFFICERS TO BOOST NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING
By Kumail Jaffer
Local Democracy Reporter
THE METROPOLITAN Police will redeploy officers dedicated to tackling antisocial behaviour (ASB) to neighbourhood policing teams, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has learned.
The staff work with local authorities across London and have specialist knowledge and experience with serial drug users and consistently problematic families and individuals within boroughs.
They also take part in Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) to help implement bespoke safety plans based on shared local information.
Members on the London Assembly were informed that the role will be axed, however, with their responsibilities to be handled by ward officers instead.
Sources within City Hall have indicated concerns that persistent ASB will now be less effectively resourced. Lib Dem assembly member Gareth Roberts told the LDRS: “These specialist officers work closely with councils and other partners to deal with known individual offenders who are responsible for
disproportionately high numbers of crimes on our streets. Unless he steps in, then axing these officers will send a clear signal that tackling antisocial behaviour in our communities isn’t a priority for the Mayor.”
It is understood that the move is part of a wider plan to boost visible policing in neighbourhoods, rather than to save money.
Earlier this year the Met announced plans to shut almost half of the capital’s police station front counters in a bid to save £7million amid a £260million budget shortfall. The move would also free up officers currently stationed behind desks that the force say are used less and less each year to report crimes.
In May, the Met also decided to remove 371 specialist Safer School Officers stationed within designated facilities and instead assign them to a specific neighbourhood policing ward instead.
A Met Police source told the LDRS: “This shift is not to do with the Met budget gaps – it’s a decision to move resources to a smarter place.”
In April ministers announced the launch of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, which aims to recruit 13,000 extra officers to patrol communities. Six months on, every force now has a dedicated antisocial behaviour (ASB) lead to work directly with communities to
develop action plans to tackle local concerns.
A Met spokesperson told the LDRS: “Current antisocial behaviour officers will join our dedicated Neighbourhood Policing teams. These local teams will receive enhanced training to tackle antisocial behaviour, be more visible and proactively fight the crimes that matter most to local communities.
“Key town centres across London will also see an officer uplift, to drive a reduction
in antisocial behaviour and local crime in hotspot areas.”
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London told the LDRS: “The Mayor supports the Met’s ongoing work to prioritise and boost high visibility policing at the heart of London’s communities which includes moving antisocial behaviour officers to front line, neighbourhood policing roles to fight crime and keep everyone in the capital safe.”
Allow Tourism Tax or poorer Londoners could be taxed more
By Kumail Jaffer Local Democracy Reporter
FAILING TO give the Mayor of London more powers to raise revenue from tourism will lead to “ugly” tax decisions being taken from City Hall to fund the capital’s infrastructure, ministers have been warned.
The current Mayoral precept – the council tax bill that goes to funding London-wide services controlled by City Hall – stands at £490.38 for a Band D property. It represents one of the only ways the Mayor can raise money to fund projects and improve existing services in the capital.
However, with ambitions such as the DLR and Bakerloo Line extension needing a funding boost to become reality, politicians at all levels in London have raised the need for
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Ministers have already been warned that London could lose out in the Fairer Funding Review, which analyses the ways that local authorities are handed cash settlements, from next April.
The Government has repeatedly been pressured to allow City Hall to impose a tourist tax which would see visitors charged a fee for staying overnight in London. Such a scheme already exists in New York and Paris, but ministers say there are no plans to introduce one in England – even though it is backed by Sir Sadiq Khan and many London boroughs.
During a fringe event at this year’s Labour Party Conference, ministers were accused of treating London “like a pinata” and that transferring money away from the capital
was a “lazy” option for politicians.
Cllr Adam Hug, Leader of Westminster City Council, said: “Vastly more money leaves London to pay for services and infrastructure in the rest of the country than is reinvested into London. There is occasionally some slightly performative kicking in London when the reality is, come actually visit, not just the centre of town – come to visit our communities and see the real challenges that we face.
“The tourist economy is being subsidised by local taxpayers and at the moment we’re not getting anything to show for that,”
Joe Dromey, General Secretary of the Fabian Society think tank, told the event, hosted by Central London Forward: “If the Government doesn’t want to invest in London, they should let London do it. The Mayor does have some powers to raise revenues, but they are largely based on council tax, they’re pretty ugly
powers.
“So the mayoral precept is referred to as a regrettable necessity, because it just puts extra money on top of council tax, which is highly recessive in itself, because they’re the richest Londoners are paying the same proportion of their income as the poorest.
“So that puts him in the sort of unenviable choice of having to sort of not have enough resources to tackle London’s problems or having to tax poorer Londoners more.”
A Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: “There are currently no plans to introduce a tourism tax in England, but we are open to hearing views from local leaders on this. Places including London can already choose to introduce a levy on overnight stays through the Accommodation Business Improvement District model.”
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PECKHAM CHEF WHO WENT FROM PRISON TO SOCIAL MEDIA STARDOM IS OPENING HIS FIRST RESTAURANT
By Issy Clarke
he grew up in Peckham.
A PECKHAM chef who went from drugdealing and prison to finding fame on social media for his culinary talents is now about to open his own restaurant in Herne Hill.
2210 by Nathaniel Mortley is opening on 22 October and will specialise in Caribbean fine dining, following on from his hugely successful run as the head chef at the Greyhound pub in Peckham last year.
Nathaniel – known as Natty Can Cook on social media – was locked up in HMP Brixton in 2019 where he was serving time for drug offences. Whilst inside, he quickly got a job at the prisoner-run restaurant The Clink after they saw what he could do.
Since his release four years ago, Nathaniel, who was Michelin-trained before going to prison and had worked in some of London’s top restaurants, has found viral fame on social media with an Instagram following of more than 53,000.
For seven months he ran the kitchen of the Greyhound pub in Peckham, which led to him being tipped as “One to Watch” in Condé Nast Traveller’s 2025 UK Top New Restaurant Awards.
At the Greyhound Nathaniel specialised in Caribbean fine-dining which will also be the focus of 2210, serving pan-Caribbean food drawing on Bajan, Jamaican, and Guyanese traditions and inspired by French techniques.
Signature dishes include Ackee & Saltfish Spring Rolls, Jerk Chicken Supreme, and Wiri Wiri Lamb Rump, with prices varying from around £11 for most starters to between £2234 for a main course.
“I want to create a space that’s welcoming to all, and that also celebrates Caribbean food on the same level as the best fine-dining cuisines in the world,” said Mortley.
He described feeling “really excited” to be opening his first restaurant so close to where
“It represents coming full circle for me. I’m thrilled to have a permanent home to share my vision of Caribbean gastronomy, and to challenge people’s perceptions and stereotypes of Caribbean cuisine, while also honouring my grandmother who was so important in my journey to being a chef.”
The 30-year-old was imprisoned back in 2019 for drug offences and served two and a half years inside. “I was dealing drugs – party drugs, on the side whilst I was working in hospitality,” he told us in a 2024 interview, claiming that it was due to discrimination at one of the restaurants he worked at that he lost his passion for cooking and fell into crime.
Nathaniel trained at Lewisham College and his first job at 18 was cheffing at Oblix at The Shard. He had been encouraged to go into hospitality by his mum after he was stabbed at the age of just 16. She was worried about his future and wanted him to pursue cooking to keep him out of trouble.
He explained to us at the time that many people mistakenly believed he learned how to cook in prison – an incorrect assumption, as he had already been Michelin trained and worked for some of London’s top restaurants.
Beyond the food, 2210 will continue Mortley’s commitment to social impact through his work with The Clink helping ex-offenders gain careers in hospitality.
He claims prison “saved his life” by reminding him of his talents, and is committed to helping other young men coming out of prison to get on the right path.
Address: 75 Norwood Road, London SE24 9AA
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'LOCKED OUT' TRADERS PROTEST AT CASTLE SQUARE AFTER DISPUTE OVER ELECTRICITY BILLS
By Evie Fylnn
THE FOUR traders who were locked out of their Castle Square restaurants last Wednesday (1 October) have returned in protest, saying they were forced out after being hit with huge electricity bills they could not afford to pay.
The charity Latin Elephant organised a demonstration in solidarity for the traders, who said they had been ‘locked out’ when they turned up for work on Wednesday morning.
"I lost customers every single day," Diana said. "When the design was done it was totally wrong. We should have been facing the other way. People don't even know that we are here, they thought that it was apartments for years."
Olajide from Daddy O's, a Nigerian restaurant that started in 2004, says that he thought electricity was paid monthly as part of his service charge. He said: "When I came on Monday I was so surprised I was locked out the shop, despite me having a payment plan to pay the electricity bill and I don't owe any rent."
"We make people happy," said Faye from Guayanese restaurant Kaieteur Kitchen Originals. "I say to the students, 'call me Mum or call me Auntie Faye', it's a family thing.
"I am one of the faces of this mall and I've always been here for the management. You cannot expect to rent someone a premises and not give them the electricity bill alongside the rent. I tried my best to pay, but it wasn't enough."
The future remains uncertain for the traders, who have been given 14 days' notice to clear their possessions from the units.
Kaieteur Kitchen, Original Caribbean Spice, El Guambra and Daddy O’s are said to have been hit with huge electricity payment arrears, which owners said they could not pay due to a drop in business since moving to the recently developed Castle Square.
This follows the eviction of Diana Sach from Latin American café Como y Beba in July this year, who was also hit with a large bill.
Members of the Elephant and Castle community and loyal customers of the restaurants gathered in the square to make placards and signs.
All of the traders were relocated to the temporary Castle Square site in 2020, after the old shopping centre was demolished, with the promise of moving into a new town centre five years later.
Castle Square, run by Get Living and management agents Savills, is located just off the New Kent Road on Elephant Road opposite the railway station.
But the company running Castle Square says this was a "last resort" after offering payment plans and after all other "reasonable alternatives were exhausted.”
"I couldn't believe how much hard work went into building my business in this new environment", Diana added. "We're not young people anymore. We've been working and working our whole lives and I really thought one day I would be in the town centre."
Some of the evicted traders spent nearly twenty years in the Elephant and Castle shopping centre and spoke nostalgically about their time there before the redevelopment started.
"Before, Elephant and Castle was full of love," Olijade told us. "There were people, there was an integration of different communities. None of that integration is here now, we see a particular kind of person living in this area."
"It's not just losing the business, it's starting all over again," Faye admitted. "Where would we find a well-stocked restaurant in 14 days?"
The development, which is owned by and will be operated by Get Living, with Delancey acting as the appointed development manager, will feature three residential towers with 485 new homes, 135,000 sq. ft of retail space, 56,000 sq. ft of office space, a cinema, and a new building for the London College of Communication.
A spokesperson for the Elephant and Castle Town Centre said: “From the outset, our strong preference has been to resolve outstanding payments through open and constructive dialogue with market traders.
However, speaking to us, traders say they have struggled with business in their new location. The site, which was once the sprawling Heygate Estate, offers little visibility and passers by often don't notice the building.
Traders say their restaurants meant more to them than just the food and they have built a community over the years in Elephant and Castle.
"I run an African restaurant," said Olajide. "But it's not meant for just Africans. We get Caribbeans, British White, and Chinese."
"We deeply regret that, despite eighteen months of intensive engagement, the traders concerned have not been able to clear their arrears or agree to reasonable payment plans.
”We recognise the sensitivities of this situation and enforcement action is never our desired course of action – this has only been pursued as a last resort after all reasonable alternatives were exhausted.”
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Diana outside her now empty cafe
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Millions in funding was pledged to make London's transport system more accessible. So why do only half of Southwark's stations have step-free access?
EXCLUSIVE
By Issy Clarke
JUST OVER half of Southwark's rail and tube stations have disabled access, leaving the elderly and wheelchair-bound stuck at home or forced to embark on unnecessarily long and convoluted journeys.
Of the borough's 22 stations - eight tube stations and 14 rail stations - only 12 are fully step-free. Two are partly accessible: Borough, which has a lift to the northbound platform, and Elephant and Castle, with lifts to the southbound Northern line platform but not the northbound platform or the Thameslink station.
“You have got to plan quite a lot and even the stations which say they are wheelchair accessible often are not," said Ray Kelly, 50, who has used a wheelchair since becoming disabled five years ago.
Ray regularly travels from his nearest station Canada Water, which has a lift, to New Cross Gate which is "quite accessible because it's overground so you can just drive on." At Canada Water he tells station staff at the gate that he requires wheelchair assistance, and they then guide him to a specific carriage and arrange a ramp to meet him at the other end.
This system generally gets Ray where he needs to be – until the lift at Canada Water breaks down, which happens "three or four times a year".
When this happens, Ray can use Bermondsey station, which has a (similarly temperamental) lift, but not Rotherhithe – which is served by the
WILL SOUTHWARK'S STATIONS EVER BECOME STEP FREE?
Windrush Overground Line - or Surrey Quays. This will change next summer, when Surrey Quays will be fitted with two new lifts for the first time.
"Sometimes I could get a bus or a taxi but that’s more stressful. Although the new electric buses have more space to turn around on so they're easier," he said.
Ray said Dial-A-Ride, a TfL bookable bus service for the disabled, which he uses once a week to travel from Canada Water to Walworth, is "good but still difficult. You can only travel five miles on it, so you can't use it for long journeys."
The picture across London when it comes to step-free access is mixed. Just 33 per cent of the Tube network and 60 out of 113 Overground stations are fully stepfree, which means they either have lifts or ramps linking from the street to the train.
"The tubes are pretty much inaccessible unless you get on at the right and get off at the right station," said Jonathan Bartley, former co-leader of the Green Party and ex-Lambeth councillor, whose 22-year-old son has been in a wheelchair all his life.
“My son has never been on a tube train in his life, simply because there are so few stations where you can get level access from the tube via a lift."
Bartley had to campaign for “years” before a lift was finally installed in his nearest station, Streatham, in 2023.
“That leaves you with trains. It's very frustrating because whenever you travel anywhere you have to make sure that stations are given advance warning that there will be a disabled person and that they need to put a ramp in place."
He admitted he tends now to just drive his son instead of relying on trains or
other alternatives like buses (which can often be too cramped to manoeuvre a wheelchair onto) and Dial-A-Ride. "DialA-Ride does work but there isn’t much flexibility. Most of us want flexibility when we go to places. If you miss the bus you can get another one six minutes later, but with Dial-A-Ride it is more rigid."
The government allocates funding to rail stations for step-free access via a national scheme called Access for All. Rail operating companies can bid for funding and stations are chosen based on indicators such as footfall, and whether the bid has the backing of the local MP.
But progress of the scheme has stalled in recent years. Last year, it was revealed by the Disability News Service that Network Rail had underspent by £65 million in the five years to 2024.
A spokesperson said this was because the complexity of some schemes meant that upgrades had taken "longer than expected".
Closer to home, Peckham Rye had its scheduled upgrade postponed earlier this year due to a lack of funding –despite being the busiest interchange station in the country without step free access.
A group of Southwark Labour councillors have called on the Government to fund the upgrade of Peckham Rye train station and improve its accessibility and overcrowding issues after the plans were shelved earlier this summer.
Local Rye Lane councillors have launched a petition and are urging the government to reconsider funding the redevelopment of the station, which
would have seen lifts installed at platforms.
The upgrade was also set to deliver accessible toilets, wider platforms, new staircases and larger gate lines and entrances.
Cllr Esmé Dobson said the current station was a “real barrier” for residents with disabilities, parents with buggies, as well as older people and shoppers.
Cllr Dobson said: “As a Labour council we have already put our money where our mouth is, granting planning permission for the upgrade and committing £1million to start the works. It was extremely disappointing to see funding from the Government paused in the spending review.
“We are launching our petition with our residents to make sure local voices are heard, and to encourage the Government to deliver this vital upgrade to our local station.”
Speaking in Parliament in early September, the MP for Dulwich and West Norwood Helen Hayes threw her weight behind calls urgently to improve the accessibility of stations in her constituency.
"The lack of step-free access at our local railway stations causes major problems for many of my constituents," she said. "Wheelchair users are effectively locked out of rail travel entirely at inaccessible stations. Parents and carers for small children may or may not manage to carry or drag their buggy up and down flights of stairs at their station.
"Even if they can, it is neither safe nor comfortable. Frail and elderly passengers are confronted with impossibly difficult climbs; there are
really long flights of stairs at several stations. Loughborough Junction and West Dulwich in particular have long, steep flights of stairs that can be difficult and daunting for many passengers."
She said that of the ten stations in her patch, only three were step-free – Herne Hill, East Dulwich and West Norwood, and that only Herne Hill has lifts to all platforms.
Dulwich Village resident Richard Aldwinckle, whose nearest station North Dulwich can only be accessed via a steep flight of stairs, said station accessibility was "a real issue" because of the demographics of the area.
"We have a high percentage of elderly and disabled people living in Dulwich.
"It’s fine for me at the moment," added the pensioner, "because I can walk up and down – even run up and down the stairs. But in a few years that won’t be the case and I don’t know what I’ll do.
“My next-door neighbour used to have to drive to Lordship Lane and park her car there to avoid the Low Traffic Neighbourhood - and then take a bus to East Dulwich and take a train from there to get to her cancer treatment at Guy’s Hospital.”
Earlier this year, we reported that the cost of installing lifts in North Dulwich Station had been pegged at £10 million. Thameslink and Great Northern said at the time that North Dulwich had been put forward for the latest round of Access for All funding but that the bid had been unsuccessful. "We do everything we can to make our train services accessible, which is why we listened to the community and put Dulwich forward for a slice of this fund,"
Artist's impression of proposed Peckham Rye Station. Credit: Network Rail
a spokesperson said in May.
“Unfortunately, our bid was unsuccessful. We would certainly support another bid in future rounds. This would stand a much better chance of success if there was third party funding.”
Meanwhile, Sadiq Khan has admitted that some of London's 272 tube stations may never become fully accessible because of their Victorian design, making retrofitting lifts either impossible or too expensive.
“Generally, it can be done,” countered Bartley. “Think of places like Paris where you often have flats with lifts in the middle that have been there hundreds of years. Quite often you get the argument that it isn’t possible – it is. But you just need the investment and a bit of creative thinking.”
"These services are supposed to be open to the entire community to use them – it's unacceptable that they are accessible to only a certain portion of the public." He continued that the argument for improving disabled access was "not just about a small group of people.
"Everyone at some point in their life will be disabled, either by a broken leg or old age or whatever it might be.
"There was this battle with shops many years ago and owners said this will be hugely expensive for us, but the law changed and there is now a requirement for shops to put in place reasonable adjustments for wheelchair users," he said, referencing the 2010 Equality Act.
"It's about putting in the place the expectation that everywhere should be accessible. If anything, the onus should be on places to explain why they don’t have disabled access."
A Network Rail spokesperson said:
“This year, Network Rail has delivered step-free lift schemes at several stations in the London area on behalf of the Department for Transport’s ‘Access for All’ programme. While the decision over which schemes receive funding is made by the DfT, we will continue to work with our partners including train operating companies and local authorities to make the case for investment in stations on our network.
“Our recent Access for All lift projects in London have ranged from £3.7 million to £10.8 million, depending on the constraints and complexities of the site.”
Emma Strain, TfL’s Director of Customer, said: “Being able to get around London safely and comfortably is crucial for everyone to be able to live their lives fully, and we understand the frustration and inconvenience that customers experience on the occasions that our lifts are out of service.
"This is why we prioritise repairing lifts as quickly as possible and are working hard to ensure that real-time lift information becomes available on our free TfL Go App.
“Introducing step-free access to more stations is a major part of making our network more accessible. Currently we have step-free access at more than a third of London Underground stations and we’re working to the Mayor of London’s ambitious goal of getting this up to half of Tube stations by 2030.
"Progress on this will depend on deliverability and our future funding position, with deliverable schemes prioritised where we have third party funding.”
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PLANS TO TURN ALLOTMENT INTO GRAVEYARD SLAMMED
By Charlotte Lillywhite Local Democracy Reporter
RESIDENTS HAVE slammed council plans to turn their neighbourhood’s only allotments into a graveyard.
Richmond Council wants to extend Teddington Cemetery onto Shacklegate Lane allotments to meet urgent demand for more burial spaces in the borough. But residents have urged the authority to “prioritise the living over the dead” in letters opposing the application, as they said people rely on the allotments to grow food cheaply and for their mental health. They stressed that demand for allotments in the borough was high with long waiting lists, as they argued for better long-term plans to provide burial spaces in Richmond without sacrificing the allotments.
The council told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) there was an “urgent need” to reclaim the land for burial space and it would support allotment holders through the transition. The authority said it was committed to maintaining an open dialogue with residents and stakeholders as the plans developed.
A total of 33 objection letters have been submitted to the plans. One objector wrote: “The allotments are a space for people to meet and can bring people, communities and families together. They provide great support with mental health, can reduce isolation, can reduce stress and can support physical health with exercise.
“An allotment is a source of homegrown produce which promotes healthy living and can reduce grocery bills. They are a great sense of achievement and also a great learning environment for both adults and children. Allotments are an all-round positive benefit for so many people.”
Another resident commented: “Prioritise the living over the dead. Removing green space used by living humans in the community to make room for the dead is backwards thinking.”
A third resident similarly argued: “I believe the priority should be given to the living to be able to grow their own food at a time of cost of living and food insecurity rather than the dead. A grave plot is only affordable to the wealthy.”
A fourth objector added: “They are the last remaining allotments in Teddington and provide an important resource for the local community including the charities that use it. We will always need more burial space which requires long-term planning, and it seems like a short-sighted plan to take our last remaining allotments to provide it.”
The council’s application would change the use of the land into a cemetery to allow Teddington Cemetery to extend, if it was granted. Planning documents said the borough has an increasing and ageing population, while only Teddington, Twickenham and Richmond cemeteries accept new burials.
The documents said Teddington Cemetery was due to reach capacity in
By Issy Clarke
TWO TEENAGERS have been sentenced for a combined total of 32 years in prison after they were found guilty of killing 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell in Woolwich.
Marko Balaz, 19, and Imri Doue, 18, appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 October where they were sentenced for killing Daejaun Campbell.
Daejaun was just 15-years-old when he was fatally stabbed on Eglington Road, SE18 on Sunday, 22 September 2024.
On August 5, following a six-week trial which concluded on 30 July, Balaz was found guilty of manslaughter and Doue,
the next year, which meant extending it was “required imminently”. It is estimated the extension could provide burial space for another 30 years.
The documents added: “This proposed burial provision would therefore support the community, which will be increasingly transforming by an increasing and ageing population, by providing an important community facility into the medium-term future.”
A Richmond Council spokesperson told the LDRS: “Richmond Council understands how important the allotments are to our community and to those who have cared for them over the years. While there is an urgent need to reclaim this land for burial space, we will be working closely with all plot holders to support them through this transition.
“We realise this is disruptive and we are helping allotment holders find suitable alternative plots at other sites wherever possible, following the guidance of the National Allotment Society to ensure fairness and support.
“We value the community spirit that allotments foster, and we are exploring ways to maintain growing opportunities within the reclaimed area, such as community raised beds, to continue supporting local gardeners and groups. Our goal is to provide a range of large and small planters throughout the site and enhance biodiversity of the site.”
The council will make a decision on the plans by October 28. You can still comment on the plans on the council website.
Norwood Junction unveils a new wellbeing garden
By Jessica Khan
A NEW wellbeing garden has opened at Norwood Junction Overground station, turning an underused space into a sanctuary for passengers, staff, and the local community.
The project was spearheaded by Arriva Rail London train dispatcher Grace-Anne Stephenson. Her close ties with residents and charities helped shape the garden
The garden features six themed areas, including an edible garden that supports a local community kitchen, a global greenhouse celebrating biodiversity, and a music garden where children craft instruments from recycled materials.
Visitors can also enjoy a sensory-rich relaxation zone, a mental health shed with emotional resources, and a tea garden where herbs can be brewed on the spot.
“This garden is more than a green space
- it’s a symbol of what’s possible when we reimagine our stations as places of healing and connection,”said Shivani Hill, Head of Environment, Social Value and Governance at ARL. “It shows that even the busiest stations can offer a sanctuary for those who need a place to pause and breathe.”
The project was backed by £10,000 from Network Rail’s Green Fund, alongside further contributions from ARL and the Bee Friendly Trust.
Additionally, Carlisle Support Services donated £14,000 worth of professional services and hands-on support to help bring the space to life.
Grace-Anne’s efforts have earned her a nomination for the Social Value Champion Award – her third such honour in the past year. Her work reflects a broader vision for transport hubs as places of care, connection and positive social impact.
Two teenagers sentenced for the killing of 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell
The murder investigation was launched on Sunday, 22 September last year after police were called to reports of the stabbing of a boy on Eglington Road at 6.30pm. Witnesses said they heard a boy screaming for help and being chased down the street before being attacked with what looked like a machete. Brave members of the public ran to help Daejaun, who was lying on the floor after sustaining multiple stab wounds.
London Ambulance Service and HEMS attended the scene but sadly Daejaun died a short time later in the road where he had been stabbed.
who previously could not be named due to his age, was found guilty of murder. A third teenager was found not guilty.
They appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6 October, where Doue was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years in prison and Balaz was sentenced to 11 years.
Detective Chief Inspector Kate Blackburn, who led the investigation said: “Today’s sentencing concludes an emotional investigation into the murder of Daejaun.
“I commend the courage of Daejuan’s family, who have spoken out following Daejaun’s death around the devastation that knife violence causes.”
A murder investigation commenced, quickly identifying a car which had been used to bring the defendants to the scene. CCTV footage including doorbell camera footage was identified which showed the teenagers leaving a property to attack Daejaun. The identities of the group were soon established, said police.
The court heard that Losiewicz was arrested the following day with the distinctive top he was wearing during the murder being recovered on his bedroom floor, but his tracksuit bottoms and sliders were missing. During his interview, Losiewicz denied being involved in Daejaun’s murder and claimed to be a witness who ran from the scene after being scared. He claimed to have been unable to stop the attack.
Balaz was arrested at his home address on 25 September where he denied any involvement, claimed to have been at home during the offence and denied any prior knowledge of Daejaun or his murder. Balaz was, however wearing an electronically monitored tag which demonstrated he was lying and had travelled to Eglinton Road at the time of the murder.
Further searches found that Balaz had repeatedly read online news articles relating to Daejaun’s death Doue was arrested on 27 September.
His phone was analysed and messages were found which showed he was worried about spending 20 years in prison after killing someone and joking with friends that his life was “about to take a massive turn”.
DCI Kate Blackburn added: “These two young men were willing to carry a machete and use it to attack and kill Daejaun, a 15-year-old boy. Nothing can bring Daejaun back and his family have to now face the reality of life without him.
“This entirely avoidable situation has ruined the lives of three young men.”
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Victim 15-year-old Daejaun Campbell
By Evie Flynn
BIANCA ROAD Brew Co, an independent brewery on Bermondsey’s much-loved Beer Mile, got new owners and an expanded taproom this summer, thanks to donations from punters.
The brewery, a recognisable name on one of Bermondsey’s most iconic streets, migrated from Bianca Road in Peckham in 2019, before finding their home on Enid Street.
After a rewards-based crowdfunding initiative under new ownership, the space transformed this summer, with a new taproom space and comfortable outdoor seating.
The venture is now run by five friends and long-term colleagues, who took over the brewery in May this year after its founder, Reece Wood, decided to move on to pastures new.
Three of the owners, Matt Simpson, Terry Staples and Jordan Fancy, were original Bianca Road workers with significant experience in the brewing industry, who decided to take the reins from Reece.
Matt runs all things operations, Terry heads up sales and Jordan takes care of the beer as head brewer. The three friends brought in reinforcements, with Denis Ratliff and Andrew Fleming also co-owners in advisory roles.
Terry said: “We have all worked in beer for a long time, so when we got the opportunity to take it on, we wanted to make it our own, but also keep all the good things it already stands for.”
The Bianca Road team wanted to mark the new era with something big. Experiencing rapid expansion and community support, they were readily outgrowing their arches, and a new taproom space was needed.
In July this year, the team took to social media to announce their crowdfunding initiative, a donation-based scheme to raise both funds and awareness for their new taproom space.
BIANCA ROAD BREW CO’S TAPROOM EXPANSION AND THE BERMONDSEY BEER MILE COMMUNITY
However, their approach was unique. Punters could pledge their support, but unlike traditional fundraising, the money would then be doubled to be spent in beer when the new space opened.
Aiming for £20,000 to redesign the empty railway arch, credit could be spent either in the taproom or in their online shop. For example, if you gave £20, you would get £40 back to spend.
Terry said: “The crowdfunding really helped, it was a great way to engage with people and bring attention to the new taproom and whatever we could
raise was so helpful.”
The new taproom had a quick turnaround and was open for a soft launch by the end of August.
“The old taproom had served its purpose,” said Terry. “We’ve reorganised the bar, the furniture is so much nicer, with no more picnic benches.”
There’s a few finishing touches left for Terry and the team, but the brewery now occupies three arches and the outdoor space has also doubled. So far, they have received great feedback on the transformed space,
particularly the new comfortable space inside, ready for winter evenings.
Bianca Road have found what Terry described as their “forever home” in Bermondsey, nestled on Enid Street.
The beer mile is now home to a range of businesses, not just breweries. Terry says: “I have been on the beer mile scene for a long time, when it started just three or four of us popped up and there was a lot of sharing ingredients.”
He says that collaborative spirit has remained, even as the businesses and beer mile itself continues to expand.
“Everyone helps each other,” he said.
“It’s not just beer, there’s Borough cheese, bakeries and wine bars. We feel a bit like it’s us against the world.”
We asked Terry what the future holds for Bianca Road. He said: “We want to expand the options for people and let them know it’s not just a brewery.
“You don’t have to like beer to come, we want it to be a space for everyone whatever you enjoy.”
Long term, they want to grow the brand to get in more pubs and bars and explore new retail spaces. 82 Enid Street, London, SE16
NEW WEIGHT-LOSS TREATMENT AT KING'S
By Issy Clarke
A KING’S College Hospital patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new weight-loss treatment, which a drug company claims has helped people lose up to a quarter of their body weight. The surgery works by changing the amount of food the stomach can absorb and how the gut signals hunger to the body.
Unlike a bariatric bypass, which involves an incision, the sleeve is inserted into the stomach through the throat. The sleeve then lines the upper part of the intestine for nine months.
The whole procedure takes just 30 minutes with no surgery necessary, and patients are free to return home the same day.
The King’s procedure, carried out on September 19, marks the first time that the treatment has been used on a patient in the UK outside of a clinical trial.
It has been developed by a medical
device company Morphic Medical which specialises in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Over one in five adults across Europe are living with obesity, with the figure rising to one in four in the UK. In addition, diabetes costs the NHS almost £14 billion a year.
Research carried out by Morphic
Medical found that patients who received the treatment across Europe – known as RESET – lost nearly 20 per cent of their total body weight, while their blood sugar levels fell on average by 1.3 percentage points. 77 per cent of patients maintained their weight loss three years after the sleeve was taken out.
The treatment has recently been registered for sale by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), an important legal requirement for UK sales.
Professor Bu’Hussain Hayee, Clinical Director for Liver, Endoscopy and Gastroenterology at King’s who carried out the treatment, commented:
“RESET represents an important new option for people living with obesity and type 2 diabetes. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that can be done in 30 minutes, with patients going home the same day, and no alteration to anatomy.
“We also know that the benefits last well beyond the removal of the device. King’s has a distinguished history of care for patients with diabetes and being able to perform the first commercial RESET procedure here in the UK is a proud milestone. I look forward to offering this exciting therapy to more patients.”
Mike Gutteridge, President & Chief Executive Officer of Morphic Medical,
said: “Treating our first commercial patient with RESET is a defining moment for Morphic.
“It shows that what began as pioneering clinical research is now becoming a reality in everyday medical practice. RESET delivers substantial, durable improvements in both weight and blood sugar control, and does so through a safe, minimally invasive and fully reversible procedure that takes under thirty minutes to perform.
“With CE Mark approval, MHRA registration and now the first UK patient treated, we are moving quickly to bring RESET to the people and health systems that need it most. Obesity and type 2 diabetes are among the greatest healthcare challenges of our time, costing billions each year and reducing quality of life for millions of people.
“RESET offers a proven alternative to lifelong medication or invasive surgery – one that can make a lasting difference to patients and relieve the pressure on overstretched healthcare budgets.”
The Bianca Road Brew Co team
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By Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter
FOR ALMOST 20 years, a group of dedicated volunteers have been working hard to look after and preserve the history of two of South East London’s Victorian cemeteries, and they have also taken on an important role in connecting families.
The Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries (FOBLC) formed in July 2007 and is now made up of around 300 volunteers who each play an important part to help improve and protect the cemeteries.
Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, formerly known as Deptford and Lewisham Cemeteries, opened one month after one another in 1858 and today mark the resting place of thousands of local people.
Some of the cemeteries’ most famous burials include David Jones, a Great War poet, soldier and artist, and Elizabeth Watkins, who is known as the last survivor of the Battle of Waterloo.
Elizabeth Colgate, a local anti-war and anti-slavery activist from the Victorian era is also buried there.
The cemeteries are home to around 500 Commonwealth War Graves.
For the past seven years, FOBLC members, Phill Barnes-Warden and Mick Martin have been meeting there every Tuesday as they work together to retrace the lives of those who are buried there.
“We are bringing them back to life,” Phill says while taking the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) out on a tour of the cemeteries.
“It’s a privilege to work for the dead”, Mick adds.
Together with Mick, who has been the Friends’ Great War Coordinator for the last 18 years, the pair are able to paint a colourful picture of a person’s life and provide an impressive amount of detail on how they came to die. This includes being able to recall the final poignant moments of a soldier’s life, or knowing the intricate details of a detective who was part of the Jack the Ripper investigations team.
Mick added: “I like telling stories and trying to build pictures in people’s minds so they’ve actually got an idea of what I’m saying. If they can remember 40per cent of what I’ve said then that’s job done.”
Since joining the FOBLC seven years ago, Phill has been reconnecting families with
“IT’S A PRIVILEGE TO WORK FOR THE DEAD”
The men at South London cemeteries connecting families with their ancestors
loved ones through his dedicated ancestry research. Once he takes a photo of a grave, Phill will upload the burial details onto a database which he has created on Ancestry and other genealogy sites which can be accessed by the public.
Phill said: “I came in and started research seven years ago and I haven’t stopped; Mick constantly goes round looking for war graves and he’ll come across some good ones.”
Mick added: “We just want the public to know we’re here, we’re here all year round. It’s so pleasant to walk round during the winter with the snow and the summer, it’s fantastic.”
Phill’s work also involves finding out and sharing the details of those who are buried in graves with other people through Deceased Online, which is a national database containing burial and cremation records.
Dozens of families who are based locally and as far as Canada have got in touch with Phill to thank him for his work and for reuniting them with relatives they did not know were buried at the cemeteries.
Phill’s research has also led him to discover that his own great-great grandfather is buried in a common grave nearby.He told the LDRS: “At the end of the month, we’ve got an Australian family coming over for a grave which I only just
found when I was here last. It’s been on Ancestry for a little while but they’re so chuffed to come over, they’ll be making their way round to take us and we’ll take them to the grave.
“These people are not forgotten, you can see it from all the thank you notices we get from so many people.”
Find out more at Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries website www. foblc.org.uk
By Evie Flynn
THE ICONIC club Corsica Studios, located across two Elephant and Castle railway arches, will be shutting its doors in March 2026 after two decades of dance and electronic music.
The club announced the news on Instagram last week (Wednesday 1 October), writing: “Nothing lasts forever…operating a late-night venue has become increasingly difficultespecially in the midst of a huge new development”.
Corsica Studios has sat opposite rapid gentrification with the development of Elephant Park. However, the venue made it clear that the reason for closing is not due to noise complaints from local residents or being “forced out by
developers”.
The team emphasised that they have been working constructively with Southwark Council, the Greater London Authority and the Music Venue Trust to see if they can secure a future in the area.
The 500-capacity club was opened in 2002 by Amanda Moss and Adrian Jones and is known for welcoming some of the biggest names in dance music. The arches are divided into a main room for live music and a smaller studio next to it.
“We understand that many of you may not be happy about this- and we too have been conflicted,” their Instagram post said. “Without evolving, the venue faces an almost impossible task, but we are now in a position where we can future-proof the premises to allow a music and arts-focused cultural space to co-exist with neighbours and remain in
Elephant & Castle.”
The club was given £125,000 by Delancey for sound proofing in 2023, the real estate company involved in the Elephant and Castle Town Centre development.
From 31st December 2025 until 29th March 2026, the venue will be running a series of events to celebrate the last two and a half decades.
The venue added: “When the doors finally close and we say goodbye, we will do so with the utmost gratitude to everyone who has been part of our journey so far.
“We leave with our heads held high, a huge amount of pride in what we have all created together, and countless amazing memories (at least the bits that we can actually remember).”
Creator: David Jones
Mick Martin and Phill Barnes-Warden, who are part of the Friends of Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries
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By Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter
EVER SINCE she first heard about her housing association’s plans to demolish her home over two years ago, Tasha Waugh says her life has been in limbo.
The 42-year-old recalls how she received a letter from her neighbour, John Farley, which said “Hyde wants to destroy your home”.
“John put them all in of our letterboxes, if it wasn’t for him we would’ve known later rather than sooner,” she tells the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).
Tasha has lived in her home at Bellevue Garden Mansions, a block of 10 Victorian terraces in Stockwell which date back to 1839, for the last 22 years. The homes are known locally as “the heart of Old Stockwell”.
She said: “I live here by myself but I’ve got memories of my family coming here, and my friends. My dad, who’s been gone for eight years, my nan who’s been gone for three years, they’ve been to my house and had dinner, there’s memories in my home that I can’t necessarily make somewhere else with people, especially people that I’ve lost.”
However Tasha now faces a lifechanging decision, whether she votes ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the demolition of her home as part of a resident ballot issued by Hyde, her housing association. The ballot opened this week and will run until October 23.
IF IT’S A YES VOTE 62 HOMES WILL BE REPLACED BY 450 NEW FLATS, 150 AT SOCIAL RENT
If the resident ballot returns with a yes majority vote, all 62 homes at Bellevue Garden Mansions will be flattened to make way for Hyde’s new development which is set to provide around 450 new flats in the form of low and mid-rise blocks and one tower block.
A spokesperson for Hyde said: “Subject to the consultation with local residents, these proposals would help hundreds of families on the local housing waiting list, as well as delivering modern and energyefficient homes for existing tenants.”
Under its plans, Hyde is proposing to make at least 50 per cent of the new homes ‘affordable’, while the other half would be entirely private. Of the affordable homes, the housing association has said 70 per cent will be social rent, while the remainder will be shared ownership.
Residents told the LDRS they have seen plans for a 10-storey ‘affordable’ housing block and a 31-storey tower block which would be entirely private. When the LDRS asked Hyde for further clarification on the types of tenure in each of the blocks
These 62 homes would be replaced with 450 new flats in
By Cameron Blackshaw Local Democracy Reporter
THE GOVERNMENT’S plan to build up to 15,000 homes in Thamesmead as part of its ‘New Towns’ housing project has been hailed as “fantastic news” for the area.
Thamesmead is one of 12 shortlisted locations across the country that the Government hopes can collectively deliver up to 300,000 new homes over the coming decades and Greenwich Council has given its backing to the idea.
Thamesmead is one of two London areas on the list, the other being
RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON DEMOLISHING THEIR OWN VICTORIAN HOMES
and proposed heights of the buildings, a spokesperson said it was subject to planning approval.
“Me voting to stay is not just because I love my home and the community we have and my neighbours, I’m voting for the older people who live here, who are independent and like living here,” Tasha said.
“It’s not just about me, it’s also about people that, you know, have bought their homes within Bellevue Garden Mansions and have kids here. I’m not just voting for myself, I’m voting for everyone else here as well.”
She added: “Two years ago, it wasn’t like this. You only had to worry about paying your bills, your rent and stuff but now the sad thing is you have to worry about your housing association basically fighting you so they can take your home.
“[Hyde] just cares about money, not people. It’s just bricks and mortar to them. They don’t care about the people in these homes and the memories they’ve made.”
Thamesmead
IT WILL SEE A NURSERY AND PLAYGROUND GO REPLACED BY NEW ONES
Voting yes would also result in the loss of a communal garden used by Tasha and her neighbours, a local nursery and Rhodesia Road Playground, a valuable green space which contains basketball courts and is used by the wider Stockwell community.
A spokesperson for the local group, the Stockwell Community Association, said: “For local youth that is the only place they can use and it’s very heavily used by them, it’s also the service charges which residents living in three nearby tower blocks pay for.
“They have not been consulted at all by Hyde nor any of the local residents at all, so when we heard about it we were genuinely shocked, not only because we haven’t been informed or consulted but because this is a local green area – this would be the obliteration of the only green space for about 1,500 residents.”
As part of the proposals, a Hyde spokesperson said the landlord will reprovide the green space, the games court and play areas. They also said they will build a new nursery.
The housing association has told tenants like Tasha that they will have the right to move into a flat, they will only have to move once, and their homes will be built first.
Tasha would also receive a £15,000 ‘oneoff home loss payment’ to compensate her for the move and would see her moving costs covered. Hyde has told residents they will be able to move into a new flat with the same number of bedrooms they have now.
However if it was to go ahead, residents fear they could be subjected to living next to a building site for several years. Tasha said: “I like living here because as much as I live on my own, I know if anything ever happened to me or if I needed help I could get help from my neighbours.
“I can’t imagine my life living somewhere
else, especially being 42 years old. If they want this to go ahead and it’s not going to be finished until 2030 or 2031, I’ll be nearly 50 then.”
HOMES HAVE BEEN ‘ALLOWED TO DETERIORATE’ CLAIMS ONE RESIDENT
Hyde has pledged to buy leaseholders’ homes at full market value and up to 15 per cent premium added, as well as all associated moving costs, including stamp duty on an onward purchase.
Leaseholders who want to buy a home as part of the new development can either do this through shared ownership or an open market purchase.
However leaseholders like Sonia Pillay have accused Hyde of allowing the homes to fall into disrepair. She believes she will be bought out at a market rate which she fears is much less than her property’s true value.
Hyde has said it carries out essential repairs to the buildings, communal
on list of 12 new towns with 15,000 homes
Crews Hill in Enfield. Crews Hill was picked alongside Leeds South Bank and Tempsford in Bedfordshire as one of three “priority” sites that the Government hopes it will break ground on before the next General Election.
Greenwich Council Leader Anthony Okereke said: “This is fantastic news for Thamesmead and the borough. We have consistently demonstrated our ability to deliver quality affordable housing developments.
“This recognition shows the confidence the Government has in our track record of tackling the housing crisis and getting things done for residents.”
As one of its first actions, the Labour
administration commissioned an independent New Towns Taskforce to identify potential locations for the next generation of new towns. The Government believes “the delivery of large-scale, well-designed places is essential to tackling the housing crisis facing this country as well as delivering economic growth”.
The taskforce revealed its 12 location shortlist on September 28. It backed the creation of a riverside settlement in Thamesmead “unlocking inaccessible land in the city and improving connectivity if the proposed extension of the Docklands Light Railway can be delivered to enable the development.”
The Thamesmead Waterfront project is a joint venture between housing association Peabody and developer Lendlease. It is a 100-hectare development site on the southern bank of the Thames in West Thamesmead and one of the few remaining undeveloped waterfront sites in London.
Cllr Majid Rahman, Greenwich Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning, Estate Renewal and Development, added: “We know how much potential there is waiting to be unlocked in Thamesmead, and we’re thrilled the Government also recognises what a key role it could play in delivering up to 15,000 new homes.
“Earlier this year, the council welcomed fresh investment for our long-championed campaign to extend the Docklands Light Railway to Thamesmead. The New Town regeneration and potential rail link would create new jobs, new housing and boost business to an area that benefits from better transport links.
“Thamesmead represents one of the largest regeneration areas in London and we will continue to work together with our partners the Greater London Authority, Transport for London, Peabody and Lendlease, to realise its full potential for existing and new communities.”
areas and tenants’ homes and said if the ballot returns with a majority ‘no’ to its proposals, the homes will stay and they will continue to manage and maintain them.
However, Sonia told the LDRS: “They can’t give me enough money to cover the
losses I am going to feel. Over the last 30 years, they’ve allowed the properties to fall, they’re trying to make them fall into disrepair, dilapidation, in order to push our prices down for our properties.
“I’ve got things piled all over my apartment because we want to fix it, we
want to make good but we can’t. So we live in limbo and we’re just sitting down waiting which means we are struggling and we can’t live. I can’t live and I know others can’t as well.”
John, who is also a leaseholder, added:
“We’re not against new houses but why would you want to destroy the Old Stockwell? This is one of the last remaining buildings in Old Stockwell. History must have a future as well.”
THERE ARE CLAIMS OTHER HOUSES ‘WOULD ALSO BE DEMOLISHED’
Residents who are part of Lambeth Self Help, a co-operatively run housing association who live in nearby Victorian terraces on Grantham Road, claim that even though Hyde is not their landlord, their homes could also be demolished. Hyde has not responded to this point.
Locals report that Hyde confirmed to a local councillor that their homes are included in the redevelopment plans despite being owned by Lambeth Self Help. The residents claim they were asked to join the ballot but they declined as Greater London Authority rules dictate only their landlord can make such an offer.
A resident who didn’t want to be named claimed that at one meeting with Hyde, they were told by a representative if they don’t like the designs, “not to worry because we’ll just CPO you –so they could just slap a Compulsory
Purchase Order on the houses”. Hyde did not respond to the CPO claim.
On Sunday September 28 dozens of residents gathered to protest against Hyde’s plans and held placards which read “save our park” and “save our homes”.
HYDE SAID IT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT ‘THE BEHAVIOUR OF A MINORITY OF THOSE OPPOSED TO THE SCHEME’
A spokesperson for Hyde said: “Lambeth faces a desperate housing crisis, with too many people not having a permanent home. Councils across the capital are spending £5.5million every day on temporary accommodation, up over 40 per cent in the last year.
“It’s in this context that we’re engaging with local residents about plans to deliver more than 150 new homes for social rent, as part of a development in which the majority of homes [or at least half] will be affordable.”
They added: “We’ve engaged extensively with local residents and will continue to engage with them and respond to any questions they may have during the ballot process.
“We understand some people have strong views about these proposals. However, we’ve received concerns from a number of people about the behaviour of a minority of those opposed to the scheme.
“We take our duty of care to our customers, including those with vulnerabilities, extremely seriously and will not tolerate intimidation or misinformation. All residents must be able to vote on the proposals without intimidation or coercion.”
Aldgate to Blackfriars cycleway.
Bellevue Garden Mansion leaseholders, John Farley and Sonia Pillay
Residents living at Bellevue Garden Mansions currently share a communal garden
The proposed area for the Thamesmead Waterfront project.
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EVAN PLACEY'S Lifers is a play I've been looking forward to and a story close to my heart, writes Michael Holland...
Lifers tells the tale of Lenny, an elderly man serving a life sentence in HMP Drummond, where his fellow inmates realise he is becoming forgetful. Mark, the wing officer, has also noticed. The inmates are not his friends, they cheat him out of his winnings at cards. Mark, on the other hand, tries to help the prisoner, assisting him in getting dressed in the mornings, not shouting at him when he asks where he is and looks confused when told 'You're in prison', and when Lenny thinks Mark is his son Simian, he plays along and talks about when he was young and Lenny was home being a father to him.
Lenny knows he is ill and tries to get medical help but the NHS in prison is in far more trouble than the NHS outside. Ibuprofen is the prescribed drug of choice for the overwhelmed prison doctor, whose unspoken rules are to keep costs down, so when Lenny tells her about terrible pains in the head and is offered Ibuprofen instead of a referral to see a consultant, his temper flares.
Mark pulls in a favour and gets the doctor to refer Lenny but she explains that it will cost £960 out of the prison budget, itemising each element of the bill. Eventually, after a long wait, Lenny gets
THIS HAS A REAL FEEL OF AUTHENTICITY
to go out to a hospital and the diagnosis is not good.
Placey has done his research for this play. He visited lifers in jail and got feedback on his script, which they read out and discussed. That has given Lifers a real feel of authenticity and
This is Camptastic!
BEFORE THE stage curtain went up it was held together by the legendary handbag - A stroke of genius, writes Michael Holland... After that, however, traditionalists may want to watch much of Max Webster's production of Wilde's classic through their fingers, as its original sugar-coated, slightly homoerotic frolic now has Camp written all the way through it.
We open with a spot-lit Olly Alexander (Algernon) randomly posing atop a shiny black piano in a very frothy and frilly outfit that his silhouetted minions in black tie and tails slowly peel off.
While I and several others recover from shock he then appears fullyclothed in his London townhouse with Jack (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), discussing their alter-egos: Algernon, a cross-dressing gadabout, becomes Bunbury to amuse himself in the country, while countryman Jack turns himself out as Earnest, the visiting man about London town who has desires for Gwendolen Fairfax (Kitty Hawthorne), whose mother, Lady Bracknell (Stephen Fry) is very careful about who her daughter marries. So when mother and
daughter arrive to visit her nephew Algy and she sees Jack and Gwendolen making eyes at each other, she pulls out her checklist for potential son-in-laws. He does not pass the test as he is not Lady B's list of marriageable men.
Of course, the farce kicks in later when Algy turns up uninvited at Jack's country pile and tells Jack's young ward
Cecily Cardew (Jessica Whitehurst) he is Jack's never-seen before brother Earnest, before they very quickly fall in love. All is looking good until Gwendolen appears and recognises Earnest as Algy, who will reveal the lies of Jack, and then I was as confused as I possibly could be. Thank Christ for Canon Chasuble (Hugh Dennis) emerging to continue his celibate yearning for the man-hungry Miss Prism (Shobna Gulati), Miss Cardew's tutor.
And while all this is going on, Hayley Carmichael as the butler Lane, in town, and Merriman, in a similar role in the country, fumbles about like an inebriated Julie Walters in Mrs Overall's Two Soups mode, garnering laughs aplenty.
The plot now moves on to both men being christened Earnest by Canon
the characters a proper long-termer attitude: Norton is only happy when he's moaning, always quoting the rules and always complaining about something; Baxter is quite chilled, he knows how long he has to do and he wants to do it easy. Lenny is a big man who has used
Chasuble in order not to lie to their fiancées at the altar, as well as expose their individual deviousness... What fun when the confusion comes to a head!
Stephen Fry as Lady Bracknell has all the best lines and delivers them wellHer first scene with Algernon and Jack is one of the great scenes in theatre and loses none of its esteem here in the hands of Fry.
But my favourite performance was from Kitty Hawthorne as Gwendolen. According to the programme a relative newcomer, though this experience will serve her very well. Her part in the beautifully bitchy tea and cake scene with Jessica Whitehurst was exceptional.
In fact, almost every line in the script is perfect. And as much as this production is loyal to Wilde's intentions it also takes liberties. There are comedic inklings of Gwendolen and Cecily becoming more than friends, and Algy and Jack have a hand-in-hand frolic among the flowers, but the irrelevant, out and out drag race finale closes the case for the prosecution - This is Camptastic and there is no hiding from it. We can't go on watching the same old Importance of Being Earnest for another 130 years, so bravo for Max Webster making eyepopping changes.
Oscar Wilde's anarchic satire against the mores of the Victorian upper classes is now our comedy. Yes, the conservative will look aghast at such outlandish impudence at its treatment here but the majority will have to say this is a lot of fun.
Noël Coward Theatre, St Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4AU until January 10th 2026.
Booking and full details: www. noelcowardtheatre.co.uk/
prison officers become beaten down by the system when they realise it is just an Us and Them world behind those walls. This play will open people's eyes to life in jail - If they don't already know... The audience was an interesting blend of the usual theatregoers and those with lived experience.
Ultimately, Lifers is about people and humanity.There are poignant moments in this piece, moments that make us question our own ability for compassion. Can we be kind to someone your heart and mind is telling you to despise? Not everyone has to make such a difficult decision, but when you do it is not easy.
This is a Synergy Theatre Project whose sole purpose is to break down those prison walls and give inmates a chance to get involved with theatre. Their involvement behind the scenes on Lifers has made it the great piece of work that it is for the actors on the stage who truly open themselves up for this - especially Peter Wight as Lenny.
his size to intimidate in the past and that bully outlook appears occasionally along with a short temper.
Mark is the screw who comes into the job with idealistic views to help prisoners and make them better people and society a better place. In due course, however,
Mark- James Backway; Norton - Sam Cox; Baxter - Ricky Fearon; DoctorMona Goodwin; Lenny - Peter Wight. Directed by Esther Baker.
Southwark Playhouse until 25th October.
Booking and full details: www. southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ productions/lifers/
A powerful and ambitious concept
MARIE-CLAIRE MESSOUMA
Manlabien’s first solo-UK exhibition promises to take visitors on a journey to heal generational trauma, through transporting them into their embodied memories, writes Aneela Aslam Textiles are an important part of African history and culture and it’s no surprises that the giant, divine tapestries, full of colour and life, are used by the artist to confront painful memories and resist ideas of French colonialism. They capture the entire energy of the show as you enter, with the central message of the beautifully stitched artworks being that women are the centre of the universe, at least it seems that way for Marie Claire.
The bright hues of blue and orange reflect an idealistic universe with a uterus at its centre, surrounded by stars, moons and planets. The uterus becomes a representation of womanhood and made the central gravitational force of artist's cosmos.
Additionally, Mémoires des corps particularly shines due to the delicately selected details. The faces on the handcrafted talismans found hanging off the tapestries and across the exhibition, tell the story of a deep-rooted trauma; their glum looks contrast with the optimistic colours of the hangings, suggesting to us that despite a dazzling exterior, there is pain deeply embedded in the art. Generational trauma and grief come to life through her artistic expression.
For many women - especially women of colour - staring at these haunting faces from Akan mythology, inspired by the artist's Ivory Coast heritage, reflects the burden of the modern woman: The unique
opportunity to choose our own paths and live a life based on our own rules.
The show is also vibrant and logistically impressive. Structured and methodical strings filled with stones hang around the gallery. Glimmering, and there to ward off negative energy, the stones craft a space of reverie and tranquillity, and mimic the structure of a tapestry. Dried flowers, strategically placed around the space in hand-thrown ceramics, act as a testament to traditional healing cultures.
Marie-Claire should be applauded for her mastery of multiple artistic mediums. Her pottery is especially classic and beautiful, an unappreciated aspect of her art that might be missed if you don’t glance down and pay attention whilst visiting.
However, the display is let down by some poor staging choices; the pale coral walls drain the energy of the art and clash with the powerful colours on show. White walls might have done more to balance the brightness of the tapestries.
The show was also let down by the presentation of some items, especially the necklaces which just seemed anchored to the wall. A different method of showcasing the magnificently crafted jewellery would have elevated them. Dimmer lighting could have also been considered.
Nevertheless, Marie-Claire’s artistic power lies in her ability to weave delicate symbolism into the intricately placed details. You must look closely at her work and with purpose, to understand the embodied memories at the centre this exhibition.
Gasworks, 155 Vauxhall Street, SE11 5RH until December 14th. Full details: www.gasworks.org.uk
Elim House Community Association Southwark (ECAS) runs a Community Centre in Southwark.
ECAS runs a Day Centre for Elderly People and provides other community activities for the local community.
The organisation is seeking to increase and strengthen its Board of Trustees. ECAS Trustee’s minimum commitments are attending Board Meetings once every 8 week and an annual all day organisation review and forward planning event.
We would welcome people who are able to work collaborately in positive ways in delivering community activities and social welfare services to vulnerable communities.
Please get in touch by calling 07976 42 82 01 or 0207 358 9502 or email: elimhousecas@gail.com
Southwark Pensioners’ Centre
Supporting older people in Southwark for over 35 years.
Offering advice, support, activities, rooms for hire and a voice for older people
Contact us on 020 7708 4556 or info@southwarkpensioners.org.uk
Or pop into 305 -307 Camberwell rd, Camberwell Green, SE5 0HQ
Transport for London Public Notice
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A3 AND A24 GLA SIDE ROADS (VARIOUS SIDE ROADS, LONDON BOROUGHS OF LAMBETH AND WANDSWORTH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) ORDER 2025
1. Transport for London in consultation with the London Boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2. The purpose of the Order is to enable cycle lane remarking works to take place on the A3 Clapham High Street, Clapham Road and A24 Balham High Road.
3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from:
(1) entering exiting or proceeding on St Luke’s Avenue between its junction with Clapham High Street and a point 13 metres north-west of the extended south-eastern building line of No. 95 Clapham High Street;
(2) entering exiting or proceeding on Tremadoc Road between its junction with Clapham High Street and a point 5 metres north-west of the extended north-western building line of No. 51 Clapham High Street;
(3) entering exiting proceeding or stopping on Edgeley Road between its junction with Clapham High Street and a point 3.5 m north-west of the extended south-eastern building line of No. 50 Clapham High Street;
(4) entering exiting or proceeding on Gauden Road between its junction with Clapham High Street and a point 3 metres north-west of a point opposite the extended south-eastern building line of No. 16 Clapham High Street;
(5) entering exiting or proceeding on Lendal Terrace between its junction with Clapham High Street and a point 9.5 metres north-west of the extended common boundary of Nos. 1 and 2 Lendal Terrace;
(6) entering or exiting Bedford Road at junctions with Clapham High Street/Clapham Road;
(7) entering exiting or proceeding on Fentiman Road between its junction with Clapham Road and the extended south-eastern building line of Nos. 60 to 62 Clapham Road;
(8) entering exiting or proceeding on Marius Road between its junction with Balham High Road and the extended western building line of No. 4 Marius Road;
(9) stopping at the north-western kerb-line of Balham High Road between its junctions with Upper Tooting Park and Marius Road;
(10) stopping on the at the northern kerb-line of Clapham High Street between the extended common boundary of Nos. 130 to 136 Clapham High Street to its junction with Prescott Place;
(11) stopping in the Parking and Disabled Persons Vehicles Bay outside of Nos. 21 Clapham High Street;
(12) stopping on Marius Road between its junction with Balham High Road and the extended western building line of Nos. 260 to 264 Balham High Road.
Works will be phased such that some restrictions will apply only at certain times.
The Order will be effective at certain times between 13th October 2025 and 1st March 2026, every night 8:00 PM until 05:00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs for St Luke’s Avenue via Clapham High Street, Termadoc Road and Kenwyn Road or in reverse to normal route of travel. For Tremadoc Road southbound trafc via Clapham High Street, Cato Road and Kendoda Road to normal route of travel. For Tremadoc Road northbound trafc via Kenwyn Road and St Luke’s Avenue to normal route of travel. For Pedal cyclists only wanting Edgeley Road going southbound via Voltaire Road and Clapham Manor Street to normal route of travel. For Pedal cyclists only wanting Edgeley Road going northbound via Clapham High Street and Voltaire Road to normal route of travel For Gauden Road via Clapham Road, Union Road and Chelsham Road or in reverse to normal route of travel. Or for northbound via Clapham High Street, Clapham Manor Street and Larkhall Rise to normal route of travel. For Lendal Terrace via Bedford Road to normal route of travel. For Bedford Road via Clapham High Street, Long Road (westbound), Clapham Common North Side, Clapham Common, The Avenue, Long Road (eastbound) and Clapham Park Road to normal route of travel. Or via Clapham Road, South Lambeth Road, Parry Street, Wandsworth Road, Kennington Lane, Durham Street, Harleyford Street, Camberwell New Road, Brixton Road, Effra Road, Brixton Hill and Acre Lane to normal route of travel. For Landor Road via Clapham High Street, Clapham Park Road and Bedford Road or in reverse to normal route of travel. For Pedal Cyclists only wanting Fentiman Road via either Richborne Terrace or Claylands Road and Palfrey Place or in reverse to normal route of travel. For Marius Road via Balham High Road and Upper Tooting Park or in reverse to normal route of travel. Or via Balham High Road, Balham Park Road, Boundaries Road and Rowfant Road or in reverse to normal route of travel.
Dated this 10th day of October 2025
Matt Standell
Planning and Performance Manager
Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
Transport for London Public Notice
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A3 GLA ROAD (LONG ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2025
1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the abovenamed Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2. The purpose of the Order is to enable Thames Water repair works to take place on the A3 Long Road.
3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering, exiting or proceeding on the A3 Long Road between its junctions with The Pavement/Clapham Common South Side and Rookery Road.
The Order will be effective at certain times between 8:00 AM on 25th October 2025 and 6:00 PM on 3rd November 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs for eastbound trafc via Clapham Common North Side and The Pavement to normal route of travel. For westbound trafc via Clapham Common South Side and Rookery Road to normal route of trafc.
Dated this 10th day of October 2025
Andrew Ulph
Co-ordination Manager Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, SECTION 14
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS, ABBEVILLE ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out repair and maintenance works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order the effect of which will be to temporarily ban vehicles from entering a length of approximately 25 metres of Abbeville Road that lies between Nos. 88 and 94 Abbeville Road.
2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Caldervale Road, Elms Crescent and Franconia Road and vice versa.
3. The Order will come into force on 13 October 2025 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 2 months (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works would take 3 weeks to complete.
Dated 10 October 2025
Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS – RAILTON ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable a street event to take place, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intends to make an Order the effect of which would be to temporarily ban vehicles from entering that length of Railton Road which lies between Rymer Street and its south-eastern extremity.
2. The Order would come into force on 31 October 2025 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 1 day.
Dated 10 October 2025
Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, SECTION 14
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS, WANDSWORTH ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to facilitate statutory utility works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth, with the agreement of Transport for London (TfL) has made the above Order the effect of which will be to temporarily suspend the north-eastern bus lane in that length of Wandsworth Road that lies between No. 550 and its junction with Silverthorne Road.
2. The Order will come into force on 13 October 2025 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 2 months (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner.
Dated 10 October 2025
Ben Stevens
Highway Network Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, SECTION 14
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS, HARPENDEN ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out surveys for zonal metering, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order the effect of which will be to temporarily ban vehicles from entering that length of Harpenden Road from its junction with Norwood Road for a distance of 8.00 metres.
2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be via Ulverstone Road, Ullswater Road and Norwood Road and vice-versa.
3. The Order will come into force on 13 October 2025 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 1 month (to allow for contingencies) or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works would take 1 day to complete.
Dated 10 October 2025
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
Proposed development at: 9 Selway House, 272 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1UL
Take notice that application is being made by: Mr. Kausik Jethwa
For the intention to seek planning permission to: APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO SHORT TERM LET RESIDENTIAL
Local Planning Authority to whom the application is being submitted: LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
Local Planning Authority address: PLANNING LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH PO BOX 80771 LONDON, SW2 9QQ
Any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations about this prospective application, should write to the council within 21 days of the date of this notice.
Signatory: Mr. Kausik Jethwa
Signature K. Jethwa
Date: 24.9.2025
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 nonagricultural development may affect agricultural tenants' security of tenure. 'Owner' means a person having a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years. 'Tenant' means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO VARY A PREMISES LICENCE
Saqib Shahzad has applied to Wandsworth Council to vary the premises licence at: Pizza Da Vinci, 103D Lavender Hill SW11 5QL
As follows: The proposed variations seek to amend the hours for late night refreshment and closing time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night to extend to 04:00am the following morning.
Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing to: Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,Surrey, SM4 5DX or by email: licensing@merton.gov.uk
By 30/10/2025
The record of this application may be inspected Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays) by prior appointment at the offices of Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm. Information on all new and variation applications received by the Licensing Authority can be viewed on the Council’s website www.wandsworth.gov.uk
It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application, punishable upon conviction by an unlimited fine.
LICENSING ACT 2003
Notice of Application for a Variation of Premises Licence
Notice is hereby given that New Cross Inn Ltd has applied to the London Borough of Lewisham to vary the premises licence for: New Cross Inn, 323 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6AS Licence Number: PL 1085
The application is to vary the licence by: Removing the condition that prevents the admission or re-admission of customers after 01:30am.
All other licensed hours and conditions are to remain the same.
Anyone wishing to make a representation must do so in writing to: Licensing Services, London Borough of Lewisham, 2nd Floor, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU Or via email to: licensing@lewisham.gov.uk Representations must be made by: 1/11/25
Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager
A copy of the application may be viewed at the council offices or online at: https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/business/licences -and-street-trading/alcohol-and-entertainment-licence It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application. The penalty on summary conviction is an unlimited fine.
Dated: 3/10/25
Transport for London Public Notice
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A302 GLA ROAD (BRESSENDEN PLACE, CITY OF WESTMINSTER) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) ORDER 2025
1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2. The purpose of the Order is to enable telecoms installation works to take place at A3217 Bressenden Place.
3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering, exiting, proceeding or stopping on Bressenden Place between its junctions with Buckingham Palace Road and Victoria Street. Local access to be maintained between Buckingham Palace Road and Warwick Row.
The Order will be effective between 15th October 2025 and 31st October 2025 every night from 8:00 PM until 5.00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs via Buckingham Palace Road, Buckingham Gate, Victoria Street to normal route of travel.
Dated this 10th day of October 2025
Andrew Sherry
Co-Ordination Manager Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
Transport for London Public Notice
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE A201 GLA ROAD (BLACKFRIARS ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) (NO.2) ORDER 2025
1. Transport for London in consultation with the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.
2. The purpose of the Order is to enable crane operational works to take place at A201 Blackfriars Road in the London Borough of Southwark.
3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any:
(1) vehicle except pedal cycles from entering, exiting or proceeding on Blackfriars Road between its junction with Scoresby Street to a point 5 meters south of the extended common boundary of Nos.78 and 79 to 80 Blackfriars Road, local access to be maintained between its junctions with Southwark Street and Scoresby Street and between St George’s Circus and the northern vehicular access to Vaughan House, Nelson Square;
(2) vehicle from entering, exiting, proceeding or stopping on Union Street from its junction with Blackfriars Road to the eastern vehicular access point to Roland Hill House, Union Street;
(3) vehicle except pedal cycles from entering, exiting, proceeding or stopping on The Cut between its junctions with Blackfriars Road and Joan Street.
The Order will also allow:
(1) two way working on Union Street between its junctions with Gambia Street and the eastern vehicular access to Roland Hill House.
The Order will be effective between the dates of 18th October 2025 and 2nd November 2025 and 6th December 2025 and 7th December 2025 and 3rd January 2026 and 18th January 2026 every Saturday at 6.00 AM until Sunday at 8.00 PM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.
4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.
5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by trafc signs for southbound trafc on Blackfriars Road via Stamford Street, Waterloo Road and St George’s Circus to normal route of travel. for northbound trafc via Borough Road, Southwark Bridge Road and Southwark Street to normal route of travel.
Dated this 10th day of October 2025
Andrew Ulph
Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
Notice of Application to apply for a Premises Licence made under the Licensing Act 2003
Please take notice that SUWANTHONX LIMITED have made application to the London Borough of Merton to apply for a Premises Licence in respect of Chilli and Lime, 132 Kingston Road, Wimbledon, SW19 1LY
The application is for as follows: Sale by retail of Alcohol – Monday to Sunday 12:00 to 22:30
A register of all applications made with the London Borough of Merton is maintained by: LICENSING SECTION, LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON, 2ND FLOOR, CIVIC CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, MORDEN, SURREY, SM4 5DX
A record of this application may be inspected by appointment at Merton Civic Centre. Please email licensing@merton.gov.uk or telephone 020 8545 3969.
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 Section at the office or email address above and be received by the Merton’s Licensing Section within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.
Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
Date application given to the Council: 06/10/2025
Section 34 Licensing Act 2003
Licensing Act 2003: Full Variation of a Premises Licence
Notice is hereby given that HARRISON & ANGELILLI LTD has applied to the City of Westminster on 02/10/2025 to vary the premises licence for Harrison’s Coffee at Basement and Ground Floor, 3 Spring Street, London W2 3RA
The proposed variation is to: Extend the Sale of Alcohol Hours On and Off License on Fridays and Saturdays from 11:00 Am Until 00:00; Add Late Night Refreshment Fridays and Saturdays from 23:00 Until 00:00. To Updated the Plan of the Premises,and to include the outside seating area as a licensable area. Also to remove the Condition 20 and 21 on the Annex 2 of the Existing License Conditions
Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing of his/her representation by 30/10/2025 stating the g rounds for making said representation to: Licensing Service, Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5QP
The public register where applications are available to be viewed by members of the public can be accessed online by visiting at www.westminster.gov.uk/Licensing and following the link to the public register.
The Licensing Authority must receive representations by the date given above. The Licensing Authority will have regard to any such representation in considering the application. It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application for premises licence and the maximum fine on being convicted of such an offence is £5000.
LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
Notice Under The Town and Country Planning Acts
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council is considering applications as set out below under the following categories
FUL = FULL PLANNING PERMISSION
LB = LISTED BUILDING CONSENT
Written representations should be made within three weeks of the date of this advertisement to the Director of Planning, PO Box 734, Winchester SO23 5DG. Any comments made are open to inspection by the public and in the event of an appeal may be referred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Confidential comments cannot be taken into account in determining an application.
Application plans can be viewed online at www.lambeth.gov.uk/searchplanningapps – search using the reference number at the end of each application listing.
1 Cleaver Square London SE11 4DW Replacement of single glazed timber sash windows with a like for like double glazed timber sash window to the second floor and the demolition of the curved partition in the master bedroom. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 25/03038/LB but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 25/03037/FUL).
25/03038/LB
78 Bromfelde Road London Lambeth SW4 6PR Demolition of existing rear extensions and shed, and erection of a single-storey ground floor side/rear infill extension, together with the installation of three front and two rear roof lights. 25/03010/FUL
58 Burnbury Road London Lambeth SW12 0EL Replacement of single glazed sash windows with double glazed sash windows.
25/00680/FUL
35 Stockwell Road London SW9 9QB Replacement of windows with double glazed timber sash windows to Flat B. 25/03025/FUL
4 St Michael's Road London SW9 0SL Erection of lower ground floor rear extension and installation of traditional painted timber French doors to ground floor rear elevation to access rear terrace. 25/03014/FUL
46 Barcombe Avenue London SW2 3AZ Replacement of 2 ground floor rear windows with doors; Replacement of existing ground floor side door with window; Installation of 2 rooflights to rear roof slope. 25/02774/FUL 33 Criffel Avenue London SW2 4AY Erection of single storey ground floor rear extension (to Flat 2). 25/02781/FUL
44 Clapham Common North Side London SW4 0AA Internal works to Flat 3, including the conversion of utility cupboard into a WC with sliding door; the enlargement of opening between hallway/kitchen; the removal of hallway cabinetry and creation of a new cupboard; the installation of sliding door to the bathroom with new sanitaryware; and the removal of radiators, along with the introduction of bespoke joinery and integrated bedroom storage. 25/02835/LB
53 Emmanuel Road London SW12 0HN Replacement of single glazed timber sash windows and external doors with double glazed timber sash windows and external doors to match originals. 25/02883/FUL Dated this Friday 10/10/2025
Rob Bristow Director - Planning, Transport & Sustainability Climate and Inclusive Growth Directorate
LICENCE
Name of applicant Signal Coalition Brewing Limited Postal address of premises: 5-8 Stirling Way, Croydon, CR0 4XN
Application Details: For the grant of a new premises licence for units 5, 6, 7 and 8 for the following licensable activities: Supply of alcohol (On/Off sales): Sun-Wed 07:00-22:00 Thrs-Sat 07:00-23:00 Recorded music: Sun-Wed 07:00-22:00 Thrs-Sat 07:00-23:00
Full details of the application can be inspected on the licensing register, online at www.sutton.gov.uk or in person at the address given below. Deadline for representations 27/10/2025
Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Authority by post: Licensing Team, London Borough of Sutton, Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton SM1 1EA or by email: licensing@sutton.gov.uk
It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. The maximum penalty on conviction of such an offence is an unlimited fine.
NOTICE OF TRUST EXISTENCE
Let it be known and Remembered:
A Private Common Law Trust styled HOLY TREE DIVINE TRUST, established under divine and natural law on 04, June 2014, exists and operates in perpetuity.
Said trust is non-statutory, irrevocable and outside public registration. This notice serves as lawful and peaceful publication of standing, and is not a submission to any foreign jurisdiction.
Dated this 9th day of September, 2025
By: Coral-Anne of the House Peace All Rights Reserved — Without Prejudice
PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT OF RECORD
Let it be known and remembered:
A Court of Record has been lawfully established by the living woman known publicly as PretiosaAnima, one of the Free-women of the Realm, proceeding under common law, natural law, and divine authority.
This Court stands in perpetual session until all matters brought forth are lawfully resolved.
This Court is not subject to statutes, codes, or corporate jurisdiction. All instruments issued stand as truth in law unless rebutted by verified evidence from a living man or woman under full liability.
Dated this 9th day of September 2025. By: Pretiosa-Anima
One of the free woman of Nottinghamshire
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Dated 10 October 2025 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 16A TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS –BIG SHIFT CAR FREE DAYS WILCOX ROAD
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable local residents/communities to hold special events (Big Shift Car Free Days), the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order the effect of which would be to ban vehicles from entering, waiting, loading or parking in Wilcox Road, between the common boundary of Nos. 18 and 20 Wilcox Road and the junction of Hartington Road on Saturday 25 October 2025, between 8am and 10pm.
2. Alternative routes would be available for affected vehicles via (A3036) Wandsworth Road, Thorncroft Street and Hartington
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MOORE THROUGH TO NATIONAL SEMIS
By John Kelly
CHISLEHURST’S
RACHEL
Moore claimed a London title and in the process is through to the England Boxing National Senior Development Championships semi-finals later this month.
Moore, boxing at 52kg, defeated Islington’s Camilla Perusi in a hard-fought contest.
Coached by former Fisher coaches Andrew and George Wadman at Lee Wilkins Buzzing Bodyshots Gym in Crayford, Moore recovered from a difficult first round to take the decision after the three-round bout.
Moore came out in the third and launched a thrilling late flurry to edge the contest.
Wiktoria Michalik, also coached
Golden glove Odumoso ‘credit’ to Lynn
by the Wadmans, was in action at the same event.
She fought at 57kg against Abigail Hallam, an awkward opponent from Uxbridge.
Michalik had a training camp with the international squad in Poland and was technically superior to her opponent. But after a scrappy contest Hallam got the decision, to the surprise of Andrew Wadman.
He said: “The opponent just kept spoiling and grabbing. It was a close fight but we thought Wiktoria won on cleaner work. They gave it to the other girl in a big upset, but she’ll be back.”
Moore got a bye into the semifinals, when she will be in action on October 18 with the final scheduled for the next day in Kettering.
By John Kelly
LYNN ABC’S Rasheed Odumoso claimed victory in his cruiserweight group at the South Bristol Golden Gloves Box Cup late last month.
Lynn took three fighters to the tournament, with Odumoso defeating Callum Mitchell from Skemers ABC, who are based in Bristol, to claim his golden gloves.
“Rasheed boxed with full composure from the first bell doing what he was instructed to do by his coach Jimmy Moore and got the victory by majority decision,” Lynn coach Terry Pearson said.
Spots of bother for the Hamlet
By John Kelly
DULWICH HAMLET missed two penalties as they were beaten 1-0 by Hendon in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy.
Goalkeeper Josh Strizovic was the visitors’ match-winner, denying Luke Wanadio and Sol Baugh from twelve yards.
It started badly for Mark Dacey’s hosts and only got worse. Hendon, a tier below the Hamlet, went in front in the fifth minute when Rohdell Gordon set up Keagan Cole from an indirect free-kick and the latter found the bottom corner. Anthony Jeffrey and Baugh were
denied by Greens stopper Strizovic in his dress-rehearsal to be the hero.
Dulwich kept up the sustained pressure and were handed the chance to level when Anthony Cook was fouled in the area. Wanadio, just back from suspension, stepped up but couldn’t beat Strizovic.
Strizovic then kept out Baugh’s shot before more drama followed in injurytime when Dulwich were awarded their second spot-kick with the same two men facing off. It was Strizovic again who came out on top as he denied Baugh.
It was a measure of revenge for Hendon who were relegated from the
Isthmian League Premier Division by Dulwich last season.
The Hamlet are back in league action this Saturday when they welcome Cray Wanderers to Champion Hill for a 3pm kick-off.
Tokei Judo Club heavyweight clinches silver
“For me, Rasheed won every round convincingly and I was shocked at a majority decision - but the right man got his hand raised.”
In their other two bouts, Micah Paul at light-heavyweight and light-welterweight Billy MacDonald both lost in the semifinals .
Pearson added: “They were very close bouts that could have gone either way.
“This was a pre pre-season tournament which we entered to ensure our boxers got some bouts before their Novice Championships which start in November.
I was very proud of all three boys - they are a credit to our club.”
Dulwich
book Robins tie
By John Kelly
DULWICH HAMLET Women have been drawn away to Swindon Town in the first round proper of the FA Cup.
The Hamlet won 2-0 at Leatherhead in the third qualifying round and will play the Robins, who are also in Division One of the National League, the fourth tier. Jordyn Galway scored her first goal for the club before Francis Weir added a late second.
The 56 first-round ties will be played on October 26.
Dulwich return to league action this Sunday when they host London Bees at Champion Hill at 2pm.
By Sport Reporter
TOKEI JUDO club’s top heavyweight Mustapha Obalanlege earned a likely move into the national top-ten rankings after his silver medal at the recent English Closed Championships at the University of East London Docklands campus last month.
The competition is one of the events used by the British Judo Association to rank the top players in the UK, with Obalanlege supported by Tokei coach Nicole Simpson.
Obalanlege’s first fight of the day was quick, lasting just over a minute before he managed to get a deep grip around his opponent’s back and throw him cleanly with a rear-sacrifice throw.
Obalanlege’s opponent in the next round was much more cautious and gripped very defensively but was eventually caught with a quick change of direction throw which secured a small score. Obalanlege then pinned him down to clinch the win.
Ahead of the semi-final, opponents were aware of his strengths and were adjusting their game plans. Simpson, however, had been watching their fights closely and Obalanlege also had a refined plan.
The contest went the full distance with tactical grip fighting and Obalanlege setting a furious pace. At full-time with the scores even, the fight went into the ‘golden score’ stage, meaning the first competitor to score anything was the winner.
Obalanlege’s opponent was visibly wilting and soon stumbled, allowing him to secure a pin to the ground and a win. In the final, Obalanlege quickly pushed forward aiming for a quick win, but was caught and countered for a small score. Now behind with three minutes left on the clock, Obalanlege attacked again throwing his opponent, who with great agility managed to twist in the air and avoid landing on his back.
The fight then became a cagey affair with Obalanlege’s opponent defending and seeking to hold on to his advantage. Obalanlege pushed forward but was caught with an excellent sacrifice throw (tomoe-nage) in the last minute of the contest
The silver medal was Obalanlege’s best result to date in such a high-level competition.
Tokei Judo Club train in a purposebuilt dojo off Tooley Street on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with Brazilian Ju Jitsu (BJJ) training on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. They are a club with a sizeable proportion of more mature male and female players returning to the sport. New players are always very welcome.
Rachel Moore and Andrew Wadman
© Mike Urban
Mustapha Obalanlege with coach
Nicole Simpson
Lynn ABC’s Rasheed Odumoso with coaches Terry Pearson, left, and Jimmy Moore
Josh Strizovic saves a penalty
Wharton
‘not crying’ about Tuchel snub
By John Kelly
ADAM WHARTON
revealed he received an encouraging message from England boss Thomas Tuchel after being left out of the latest Three Lions squad.
Despite his excellent form with Crystal Palace, Wharton will be sitting it out for the friendly against Wales and World Cup qualifier against Latvia.
But Wharton wasn’t dwelling on it and has another chance in the next international break in November.
"He just gave me a message saying I'm playing well, I'm close and I deserve to be there but he's going to stick with the same team," Wharton said.
"That's football, I'm not too fussed about that. I can take the time off, go see my grandparents, and it's not the end of the world as there's another camp next month.
"Nothing is expected. England have some top players and he's got a lot of players to choose from. No matter who he picks someone is not going to get in and there will be a fuss about it.
"I can't sit here and cry about it, this is football and I'm happy playing for Palace and getting minutes and trying to do as well as I can and improve and if I get picked, I get picked.
"If not I'll carry on playing for Palace and enjoying itthere's nothing else I can do really.
"Obviously everyone wants to play for their country if they get chosen but, like I said, this is football and he's got plenty of top players to choose from and that's what he gets paid to do, pick the team and help England do well.
"Hopefully they kick on and get the results they need to qualify for the World Cup. I'll keep knocking on the door and if I'm in, I'm in and if not I'll carry on."
GLASNER: GREALLY ‘PAINFUL AND UNNECESSARY’
On-loan City attacker scores injury-time winner to end Palace’s unbeaten run
By John Kelly
OLIVER GLASNER said Crystal Palace’s 2-1 defeat to Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium that ended their club-record unbeaten run was “very painful” and “completely unnecessary”.
Daniel Muniz put the Eagles ahead in the 37th minute as the visitors dominated the first half and looked well on course to make it 20 games without defeat in all competitions.
David Moyes’s Toffees improved after the break and were level when Iliman Ndiaye scored from the penalty spot after Maxence Lacroix’ awkward challenge on substitute Tim Iroegbunam.
It appeared Palace would settle for a draw until the 93rd minute when Dean Henderson saved Beto’s header and an
attempted clearance went in off Jack Grealish as Palace lost for the first time since April.
With Liverpool losing to Chelsea, it meant Glasner’s side missed the chance to go second in the Premier League table heading into the second international break of the season.
“It's disappointing and very painful because it's completely unnecessary,” Glasner said. “It's our fault, it's our responsibility. We played so well over 60 or 70 minutes with enough chances to decide the game.
“[Being tired] would be a cheap excuse. We're never looking for excuses. We could have decided it in the first 60 minutes, and we had then fresh legs on the pitch.
“That's the missing link to be a top team in the Premier League, to take the chances to decide the game when you
can decide it. We made one mistake in defence – we don't make many mistakes in our defence – we made one, they got the penalty and the game was open.
“Then it was, ‘okay, who gets the lucky punch and takes it’. Today it was Everton, last week we had the lucky punch, so that's football.
"Again, I've seen over 60, 70 minutes, a fantastic performance from us."
Palace’s unbeaten run included their FA Cup victory, Community Shield win and a record twelve without defeat in the Premier League.
Glasner said: “It’s even more painful because we didn't have this feeling for now almost six months.
“And on the other side, I told the players right after the game that it's the next chapter in Crystal Palace's history, after winning two trophies, the longest unbeaten run, so they can be very
proud about it. Now it’s, ‘okay, we have to start another run’.”
Glasner had words of praise for Eagles supporters, who travelled in poor weather conditions, many of them after a trip to Poland to watch their full European debut, a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv in the Uefa Conference League league stage three days previously.
“Thank you very much for your fantastic support again,” Glasner said. “And also, at the end, they supported the team, they appreciated the effort and I think the performance.
“It's time for us also to deal with this negative emotion after defeat. I hope we don't have it too often, so we will give everything to start with a win after the international break.
“But thank you for your support – and we keep going.
Jones unhappy with officials’ call as unbeaten run ends
By John Kelly
NATHAN JONES said a wrong throwin call contributed to Charlton Athletic’s 2-0 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale last weekend.
Former Addick Thierry Small - booed by away fans after rejecting a contract offer in the summer to join the Lilywhites - opened the scoring in the 67th minute before Daniel Jebbison grabbed the second ten minutes from time.
Jones felt the officials got a “clear as day” decision incorrect before the first goal.
The defeat ended Charlton’s fourgame unbeaten run and was just their second defeat away from home in the Championship this season.
“It was a game of really fine margins,”
said Jones. “Both sides were honest, working hard, and you could tell the first goal was always going to be vital. The conditions made it difficult for either team to find fluency, it was a real secondball game, with things bouncing and bobbling all over.
“What disappoints me is the decision that led to their first goal. It’s clear as day, James Bree heads it out off their player, yet somehow the throw-in is given to Preston. From that, they go down the left, cross it in, and it ends up in the back of our net. That changed the whole game.”
Jones added: “I’ve got an honest group who give me absolutely everything. We’ve had two long away trips this week, and that takes a toll.
“We’re still in the top half of the Championship heading into the
international break, which is a positive. But I want us to take that next step, to start pushing those top-six boundaries.
If we’d won on Tuesday (a 1-1 draw at Derby County), we’d have been right up there.”
Charlton are back at The Valley to face Sheffield Wednesday after the international break.
“We’ll rest up a bit, do some good work on the training pitch, and get minutes into a few who need them,” Jones said.
“It’s not so much about bouncing back, but about starting another run again when we return.”
Addicks fans made up 1,100 of the 14,991 crowd after a long trip north in difficultconditions.
Jones said: “The fans were brilliant again. It was a massive journey for them,
especially with the storm and the train problems. We really appreciate their backing, and we’re gutted we couldn’t send them home happy. But we’ll learn from this, and we’ll be better for it.”
Meanwhile, Sonny was voted Charlton's player of the month for September.
The summer signing from Blackpool scored in back-to-back home games against Millwall and Blackburn Rovers. Carey produced a number of all-action displays throughout September, helping Jones’s side finish the month unbeaten having taken eight points from a possible twelve.
The midfielder claimed 44 per cent of supporters' votes, followed by James Bree in second with 37 per cent and captain Greg Docherty in third with 10 per cent.
© Keith Gillard
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner
Adam Wharton, left, challenges Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz
© Keith Gillard
MOISES PARTS REDS’ DEFENCE
By John Kelly
MOST PLAYERS dream of scoring screamers - but Mosies Caicedo wants to add more simple goals to his Chelsea collection.
Caicedo added to his reel of spectacular strikes when he blasted the Blues into the lead against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge last weekend. After dispossessing Alexis Mac Allister in midfield, Caicedo drove forward before arrowing a 22-yard shot past goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili into the top-left corner in the fourteenth minute.
Arnie Slot’s defending champions equalised through Cody Gakpo in the 62nd minute.
Chelsea’s chance to win it appeared to have gone when Enzo Fernandez hit the post with a header late on. But five minutes into stoppage-time, Estevao Willian slid in at the back post to finish Marc Cucurella’s cross and spark wild scenes, with boss Enzo Maresca sent off after sprinting to the corner to join the celebrations.
Caicedo scored a superb goal against Brentford this season, after previous brilliant strikes against Bournemouth, Manchester United and Real Betis.
“One day I am going to do it,”
Caicedo joked about getting an easier goal. “I play as a midfielder and I’m always outside the D, that’s it.
“When I hit it, for sure I knew the ball was going to go in. I ran to the corner to celebrate with the players and the fans.
“It was special for me because it was against a great opponent. For sure I want to score goals to help the team, and it was a great goal. I told myself I had to score a goal from outside the box, and I did it.”
Caicedo, 23, is having a storming season and has been compared to previous Blues midfield greats N’Golo Kante and Claude Makelele.
Caicedo said: “It’s so good the fans love me, but for sure I am very far from N’Golo Kante or Makelele.
“What they did here was a lot. I am going to keep working because I want to become a legend here and reach a lot of things with this amazing club.”
‘Underdog’
By John Kelly
Caicedo added: “It was a great feeling when Estevao scored. He is doing a great job here and we are so happy to have him here.
“You can see on the pitch he is so good, it’s the same in training. He is showing his quality. We try to help him because the Premier League is so difficult. He is having an impact.”
Maresca will serve a one-match suspension at Nottingham Forest after the international break. He will be allowed in the City Ground away dressing before the game, at halftime and at full-time.
Blues assistant coach Willy Caballero was on media duty after Maresca’s sending-off. Brazil
Dons are surprise packets
DANILO ORSI believes “underdogs” AFC Wimbledon are “surprising people” after their 2-0 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road lifted them into fifth place in League One. Orsi scored in either half against Steve Bruce’s side, his first league goals for the Dons after his summer switch from Burton Albion.
Johnnie Jackson’s side have won seven of their eleven league games this season, losing the other four, and are just four points off leaders Stevenage after cutting the gap to the secondplace Tangerines to three points.
It was only Orsi’s second league start of the season.
“I've just been waiting for my opportunity,” Orsi said. “He has been great with me, the whole staff have, and I just wanted to go out there and show everyone why the club fought so hard to bring me here in the summer.
“I like to think that was just a little snippet and hopefully from here I can kick on.”
Wimbledon have won five games in a row in all competitions, four in the league, and seven of their ten league games since their 1-0 opening-day defeat to Luton Town at Kenilworth Road.
“We spoke about what happened last week against Wycombe Wanderers. We held on to it there, but we didn't want to sink in and kind of invite the pressure
on,” Orsi said.
“So we tried to get pressure on high up to stop the initial ball forward and I thought we'd done well in the second half defending it, and then to get the second kind of gave us a bit more breathing room and the boys were fantastic to see it out at the end.
“We've had some good performances this season. I think we're surprising a few people and I think that's the mentality in the dressing room.
“We're the underdogs and we're just going to keep going about our work silently and just keep picking up points and putting in performances like that and see what can happen.”
The Dons host Port Vale at Plough Lane this Saturday at 3pm.
scores another spectacular goal - but wants a few easier ones
international Estevao, 18, joined the Blues this summer from Palmeiras and it was his first goal on his fourth league start.
"We know that a young player can suffer when he moves from another country to settle down here and to play for this club," Caballero said. "So the players, first of all, are
doing a great job to involve all the new players. And when we have the chance, we work.
"I can speak with him most of the time in Spanish because he understands. And he's a really good kid. And we are so happy for him because he needs it, we need it, and he needs a goal as well."
Stephan’s Hoops on a roll
By John Kelly
BOSS JULIEN Stephan said Queens Park Rangers have “positive momentum” after their 2-1 victory against Bristol City at Ashton Gate.
The Hoops trailed to Emil Riis’s first-half header, but Richard Kone and substitute Paul Smyth scored in the second half. The side sit sixth in the Championship ahead of a London derby against Millwall at Loftus Road on Saturday week.
"It's six games unbeaten, I hope we will continue after the international break," Stephan said. “When you win two, three games, the confidence increases and you can create positive
momentum.
"I'm very happy for the fans and the players because they deserved this win. They started the game well, the first 20 to 25 minutes we had our chances.
"Mentally after the goal the last fifteen minutes [of the first half] were more difficult but there was a big reaction and they did a great second half with character, intensity and good energy and quality with the ball.
"The starters and also the lads who came on the pitch in the second half did very well. Defensively we are able to reduce the danger from the opponents, the structure of the team is good. It's not only the defenders, it's the whole team."
Moises Caicedo celebrates his opener
Sport INSIDE
Coops: Baggies win vital for morale
By Will Scott
NO SOFT TUCH
Ruthless England boss ignores trio’s call-up claims
By John Kelly
ENGLAND BOSS Thomas
Tuchel insisted he had no issue with Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden or Jack Grealish after leaving them out of the squad for their friendly against Wales and World Cup qualifier against Latvia.
Bellingham has only started once for Real Madrid this season, their 5-2 defeat in the derby at Atletico Madrid last month.
Grealish has started the season in superb form on loan at Everton from Manchester City. He already has four assists and scored his first goal for the Toffees last weekend, an injury-time winner to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at home.
Foden, meanwhile, has two goals and two assists for City this season.
In-form Crystal Palace midfielder
Adam Wharton also missed out, but Bellingham was the most surprising absentee.
"He is a special player, and for special players there can always be special rules," Tuchel said.
“But we decided to keep with the straightforward decision of inviting the same group.
"Jude always deserves to be here.
There is also the situation that he has not quite gathered his full rhythm again at Real Madrid - he has not finished a full match.
"He wanted to be called up. We had a phone call."
Tuchel said last June that Bellingham’s on-pitch behaviour
“can be a bit repulsive”, but later clarified and said he had used the wrong word. Tuchel was asked if he had any problem with Bellingham. "No. There is also no problem with Phil Foden or Jack Grealish either,” Tuchel said.
He added: "This is the decision, if they like it or not. They know my appreciation, they know I clearly see and observe how good Phil is at the moment for Manchester City.
"Jack knows that I see how influential he is for Everton and is on the way to being the best version of himself. Jude knows he is a special player. He knows that I know he is a special player.
"So, they have to accept it and nothing changes this decision against them or for the other
players. It does not change my appreciation for their talent and personality."
England beat Andorra 2-0 in the last international break before the best performance of Tuchel’s reign, a 5-0 win away to Serbia.
The Three Lions are top of Group K with fifteen points from five games.
Tuchel said: "We had the best camp, the best performance and it was only three-and-a-half weeks ago. It wasn't half a year ago or many months ago, so a very tight decision went in the favour of the guys who were in camp.”
England faced Wales at Wembley on October 9 before travelling to Riga to take on Latvia on October 14.
JAKE COOPER thinks Millwall's 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion last Saturday, October 4, was "huge" for the Lions' morale.
Millwall secured their second league victory at The Den, only days after suffering a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Coventry City at the same ground.
The Lions now have a two-week break, ahead of a busy latter half of October where they face top-six sides Queens Park Rangers, Stoke City, and Leicester City in the space of a week.
Cooper felt it was vital to go into it with momentum.
"It's huge," Cooper said after the Baggies win. "You want to go into these breaks on a high. It makes the atmosphere at training a lot better over the next two weeks.
"Players are confident and will be able to prepare in a really positive manner now for the run of games that come after the international break."
Cooper was one of only four to play in both matches before the break, along with Tristan Crama, Steven Benda, and Billy Mitchell.
Cooper thought it was important to respond to that setback at home.
"It's massive," Cooper said. "I think we've been happy with some of our performances, but we've let ourselves down with the way we've defended our box and not been clinical in the other box.
"Today it was about going back to the basic bits of being hard to beat in our box and finishing the chances that we get. We just showed that we can be a really good team when we're clinical, like we were today."
Jake Cooper
Thomas Tuchel has made some big decisions in his Three Lions reign