Southwark News - December 4th 2025

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December 4 2025

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'35 TO 3%'

Mayor calls in Canada Water Masterplan - as developers say they could only build as little as three per cent affordable housing

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CANADA WATER COULD NOW CONTAIN JUST 3% AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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By Issy Clarke JUST 3 per cent of homes in the Canada Water Masterplan could be now affordable, after the developer opted to override the council's planning processes and applied to the Mayor for a decision.

In a letter to the Mayor dated 27 November, British Land said their viability assessment showed that "3% is the maximum viable affordable housing at this stage, with the potential for public funding to increase this with delivery in the next phases."

It added: "This will be considered further should the Mayor decide to call in the application for his own determination."

The £4 billion regeneration of the area includes a new town centre, with more than 3,000 homes, 40 new buildings, and three clusters of high-rise towers.

The developer had submitted a Section 73 application to Southwark Council, asking to amend parts of the planning application in January in order to comply with new building safety laws.

British Land wrote to the Mayor on 27 November asking him to 'call-in' the decision one day after a 13-week determination window for the council to consider the planning application expired. The Mayor then agreed to call-in the application on Monday 1 December.

The paltry 3 per cent offer is down from the 35 per cent British Land promised to build when outline permission was granted back in 2020, and less than the 10 per cent they suggested would be 'viable' back in January of this year.

That means that of the 3,000 homes to be built across the site, only around 100-150 would be affordable - defined as socially rented properties (council rent) and intermediate (halfway between council and market rent).

However, British Land calculates affordable housing by habitable room - such as bedrooms and living rooms - rather than per unit, making it hard to estimate an exact figure.

Essentially it means that from the original promise of around 1,000 affordable homes British Land is now claiming they can only currently build as little as 100.

We will publish more details on what they are now proposing in terms of affordable as soon as they are revealed to us.

Responding to our initial enquiries on this latest turn of events a spokesperson for British Land said the revised application was a "reflection of major regulatory changes and ongoing viability challenges triggered by

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macroeconomic circumstances."

The revised plans under the S73 application include proposals for 70 additional storeys built across the site, to comply with new laws requiring buildings more than seven storeys high to have two staircases.

British Land said to make up for the loss of floorspace by adding additional staircases they needed to make several buildings taller.

And at the time they also said the maximum viable number of affordable homes that would be financially viable on the site was just 10 per cent.

Back in the summer we reported how the head of the project Roger Madelin told a podcast that progress on the site had ground to a complete halt due to construction costs, building safety laws and affordable housing regulations Southwark still requires developers to build 35 per cent affordable housing - which private developers make a loss on - if they want to secure planning permission.

That policy used to be shared by the Greater London Authority, but last month the Mayor, with the support of the government's Housing Secretary Steve Reed, said they would be slashing that requirement to 20 per

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cent due to a slump in housebuilding across the capital.

The development plans drawn up by local authorities technically must be compliant with the London Plan. However when we previously asked the council about the future of its own target they suggested they would be standing firm by 35 per cent.

British Land did not respond directly when we asked if the lower affordable housing requirement demanded by the Mayor was a reason they had opted to bypass the council's planning processes. A spokesperson said: “We are proud of our progress to date at Canada Water, which has seen the provision of both private and affordable homes, a substantial contribution to local transport improvements, plus the creation of amenities including a new leisure centre for Southwark, as well as hundreds of jobs for local people.

"To continue this positive local contribution and the ongoing transformation of the area, we submitted a Section 73 application in January 2025 which we are now asking the Mayor of London to determine.

“Our revised application is a reflection of major regulatory changes and ongoing viability challenges triggered by

macroeconomic circumstances. Approval of our application will enable additional benefits of the Canada Water masterplan to be realised, including thousands more new homes, modern workspaces, open spaces including a town square and 3.5-acre park, local school funding and space for a new health centre.”

“We will now work closely with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to secure the future of the masterplan’s revised permission.”

Cllr Helen Dennis, Southwark Council’s Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development, said: "We will continue working at Canada Water with the GLA and all parties to get the best deal possible for the people of Southwark.

"We’re committed to creating more social and affordable housing, building on the new council homes already delivered at Roberts Close.

"The ambition at Canada Water is equivalent to that of a ‘New Town’, to create a brand new town centre, new jobs, excellent facilities for local residents like the new leisure centre, a new and improved cultural destination in Printworks, and 3,000 new homes contributing to the housing that Southwark needs.”

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NEWS 3

BERMONDSEY ADVENT LAUNCHES

Festive window trail this December

210-212 SE16 3RW

Appleby Blue (1 December)

Applebly Blue Almshouse, a social housing project for older people.

94-116 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3RD

Provision Homewares (2 December)

A lifestyle store based in Maltby Street, specialising in flooring, furniture, apparel, lighting and homeware.

Arch 53, Ropewalk, Maltby Street, SE1 3PA

Elite Fish Bar (3rd December)

A family-run fish bar with locally sourced ingredients just off Southwark Park Road.

Ambrose Street, SE16 3NY

Drawing Room (4 December)

A not-for-profit art gallery that emphasises the power of drawing to help us understand ourselves, each other and the world around us.

Unit 1b, New Tannery Way, SE1 5WS

St James of Bermondsey (5 December)

A traditional boozer on St James' Road , with pies, pints and other pub grub on offer.

72 St James's Road, SE16, 4QZ

St James' Church (6 December)

On the same road, the Church of England church is a place where children, families and individuals can explore their spirituality and find a like-minded community.

St James' Church, Thurland Road, SE16 4AA

School House Cafe (7 December)

The School House Café was set up by Spa School to provide work experience for pupils, all of whom have a diagnosis of autism.

Spa School, Bermondsey, Monnow Road, SE1 5RN

Kernel Brewery (8 December)

A local brewery and bar serving an everchanging selection of brewed beers, wine, cider, gin and soft drinks.

132 Spa Road, SE16 3AE

Road,

Community Southwark is the umbrella body for the voluntary and community sector, supporting charities and community groups in the area with support and training.

11 Market Place, SE16 3UQ

THROUGHOUT ADVENT, twenty-five windows in Bermondsey will be lit up every day to form a festive trail you can follow through SE16 and parts of SE1.

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Community Southwark (21 December)

By Evie Flynn

Bermondsey Festive Windows 2025 is a brand-new Christmas event launched by local charity Big Local Works and Bermondsey Business Improvement District (BID).

The chosen businesses will have their windows decorated by local organisations, schools or artists, which will be unveiled on each day of advent.

Window displays will be under this year's theme - "The Larder of London", which explores Bermondsey's past as a place that once supplied London's tea, coffee, spices, dairy and meat.

Each day, a window will be unveiled on the organiser's Instagram (@biglocalworks and @bermondsey.london).

For a chance to win a £25 voucher to spend in Bermondsey, share your photos from the trail using #FestiveBermondsey and tag @bermondsey.london.

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My Hiro (22 December)

An affordable, healthy fast-food cafe providing Japanese meals like sushi rolls and katsu curry.

289 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3TP

Big Local Works (23 December)

Bede House (9 December)

Blue Anchor Library (17 December)

Little Bread Peddler (19 December)

A leading Southwark charity since 1938, The local library, just off the Blue market Bede House creates opportunities for square in Bermondsey, offering a range of young people with learning disabilities and children's activities, books to loan and six those experiencing domestic abuse. study spaces.

351 Southwark Park Road, SE16 2JW Market Place, London, SE16 3UQ

A bakery providing artisan bread and buns, plus sweet and savoury pastries to take away.

Arch 4-6, Spa Business Park, Dockley Road, SE16 3FJ

The News is the local newspaper A local, family-run florist catering for all based in Bermondsey Square, above events, such as funerals, tributes, weddings the newly opened Vine Bar. We are the and corporate flowers. only independent, paid for newspaper in 137 Jamaica Road, SE16 4SH London.

1 Bermondsey Square, SE1 3UN

An inclusive and family-run hobby store and cafe specialising in Trading Card Games, hosting weekly tournaments and casual activities.

Southwark News (10 December)

Greens Florist (18 December)

"The Blue" / Bermondsey's Town Square (11 December)

Bermondsey's town square and home to several local businesses like Bermondsey Blend, Glow Tanning Salon, Bell and Sons Butchers.

Market Place, SE16 3UQ

Blue 1 (12 December)

An independent clothes shop offering casual and formal men's wear, specialising in plus sizes up to 6XL. 240 Southwark Park Road, SE16 3RN

South Park Road- Bermondsey's High Street (13 December)

Bermondsey's original high street and town centre with lots of independently owned local shops selling everything from games to hair products to DIY equipment.

Kagyu Samye Dzong- London Tibetan Buddhist (14 December)

Kagyu Samye Dzong is a buddhist community in the heart of London, aiming to make the teachings of Buddhism accessible to all.

15 Spa Road, SE16 3SA

Morocco Bound (15 December)

A unique bookshop in the day with a coworking space and bar by night, serving beers from the nearby Bermondsey Beer Mile.There's a co-working space and they hold regular events, such as music, poetry open mic nights, workshops and a book club.

11A Morocco Street, SE1 3HB

Neals Yard Dairy (16 December)

A local cheese manufacturer in Spa Terminus business space. They aim to improve the quality of British and Irish cheese by sharing information, fostering community and prioritising sustainability.

Arch 1-11, Apollo Business Park, St James's Road, SE16 4ET

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The Brotherhood Games (20 December)

A local economic and regeneration charity working to improve the lives of people in the area by building their economic resilience. They offer welfare benefits support and employment support.

4 Market Place, SE16 3UQ

Bell and Sons Butchers (24 December)

A traditional butchers in the heart of Bermondsey offering free range and grassfed meat and poultry.

13A Market Place, SE16 3UQ

Bermondsey Tube Station (25 December)

The 'gateway to Bermondsey' will be lighting up on the last day of the trail.

142- 154 Jamaica Road, SE16 4RX

4 NEWS

By Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter TWO DOZEN First World War heroes who were buried in unmarked graves for over a century are set to be honoured for their contributions to the war effort and finally receive their own headstones.

The 23 servicemen, and one woman who served in the Women’s Royal Air Force, all died shortly after returning home from battle and were all buried in “pauper’s graves” at Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery in Lewisham.

Pauper’s graves are unmarked, public burial plots which were common at the time because of the large number of casualties after the war and families who were unable to afford their own memorial for a loved one.

Researchers at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) have been working with Bereavement Services at Lewisham Council to look into death records, widows’ pension records and old maps of the cemetery layout to help track down the exact locations of the unmarked graves.

The Friends of Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery (FoLBC), a group of around 300 dedicated volunteers who work hard to maintain and preserve the cemeteries, have also been involved in the efforts to uncover the forgotten lives of those who are buried there. CWGC researchers had contacted the council as they were initially researching four soldiers from World War One. Council staff from Bereavement Services then worked to look through grave and death records and shared information with CWGC to help with research.

After figuring out where the graves were based using markers and old plot maps of the cemetery, they discovered there were even more soldiers in one of the areas under study.

Cllr Oana Olaru-Holmes, Cabinet Member for Safer Lewisham, Refugees and Equalities at Lewisham Council, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “We are always happy to work with CWGC and are proud to support their work by giving our officers’ time to support the research.

“This is an ongoing project over the next 12 months. We now have approval for [24] war graves. We will also be working with CWGC to plan the installation of the graves.

The speaker will then be in attendance to officially mark the memorials of these forgotten and fallen.”

During their research, the council and CWGC discovered that two sets of soldiers share a grave. They will be commemorated and will share memorials.

THE TEAM HAS ‘WORKED TIRELESSLY’

Cllr Olaru-Holmes said once the new headstones are installed, the names of the located soldiers will be removed from the wall memorial at Hero’s Corner, in line with CWGC guidance that individuals cannot be commemorated twice.

She added: “Restoration of the existing wall memorial will take place at the same time, ensuring that all soldiers, including those still without known graves, continue to be remembered. It’s been a collaborative effort, our Bereavement Services team, FoLBC and the CWGC have worked tirelessly to uncover these forgotten histories.

“Bereavement Services will use the new collaboration channels to support future requests and will ensure there is always room for soldier searches beyond this project. We work hard to remember and commemorate our heroes.”

Lewisham Council has shared the names

FORGOTTEN WORLD WAR I HEROES

Unmarked graves found in South London finally receive their own headstones of the soldiers with the LDRS. They were first publicly read out by Deputy Mayor of Lewisham, Cllr Louise Krupski, during the Remembrance Sunday Service on November 9.

Using CWGC’s online records and information from websites including the Imperial War Museum, London Remembers and Lewisham’s Local History and Archives Centre, the LDRS has tracked down further details for most of the soldiers who are set to be commemorated, including their regiment, ranks and the exact date they died. Three of them had significantly more information available.

PHYLLIS PURDY

Phyllis Purdy was born in 1893 in Hastings and was the eldest of nine children. According to the 1911 census, Phyllis was working as a “needlewoman” in Anerley in Penge.

She became a member of the Women’s Royal Air Force when it formed in 1918.

On December 8, 1918, Phyllis died at the age of 25 from pneumonia and exhaustion at the Union Infirmary in Greenwich.

At the time of her death, Phyllis’ home address was registered in Brockley. She was buried on December 13, 1918 in Plot Z, Grave 313 in Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery.

WILLIAM JACKSON

William Jackson was born in 1883. He married Mary Ann Gould in Camberwell in 1905 and together they had five children.

He was recorded in the 1911 census as living in Brockley with his wife and two of

their eldest children. At the time he was working as a carman.

William joined the army on July 29, 1916 where he served as a Private with the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment and later transferred to the Labour Corps.

According to the Local History and Archives Centre, William was discharged on April 24, 1919 because he was no longer physically fit for service, having suffered from rheumatic fever and a dilated heart.

He died on June 3, 1920 at the 4th London General Hospital at the age of 37.

He was buried in Plot Z, Grave 331 at Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery.

CHARLES GERHARDT

Before World War One, Charles Gerhardt had previously served in the 3rd Battalion of the East Surreys.

Lewisham’s Local History and Archives Centre states that he joined the regular army and was posted to the Royal Garrison Artillery.

He was discharged in February 1913 but re-enlisted when the war broke out, where he served as a Private in the Royal Defence Corps.

Charles was married to Winifred Gerhardt and they lived in South Bermondsey.

Before World War One he reportedly worked as a stevedore, a labourer who loads and unloads cargo from ships.

He died on April 5, 1921 at the age of 37.

He is buried in Plot Z, Grave 390 at Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery.

THE 20 OTHER SOLDIERS Other soldiers who will receive their own headstones include: • B Davis, Plot Z, Grave 44 – Served as a Sapper for the Royal Engineers who died on October 12, 1920, age unknown • Thomas B Wright, Plot Z, Grave 368 – Served as a Driver for the Royal Engineers who died on July 27, 1919, aged 24 • Henry Charles Winder, Plot Z, Grave 198 – Served as a Private in the London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers who died on October 22, 1916 at the age of 24 • Owen Stanley Curtis, Plot Z, Grave 360 – Served as a leading telegraphist in the Royal Navy, HMS Victory who died on June 4, 1920, aged 26 • T Fung / Funge, Plot Z, Grave 245 – Served as a Private for the Northamptonshire Regiment and later transferred to the Labour Corps who died on October 21, 1917, age unknown • L G Sheldrake, Plot Z, Grave 387 – Served as a Private in the Royal Sussex Regiment who died on October 22, 1920, aged 40 • Reuben Harvey, Plot Z, Grave 331 – Served as a Private in the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, Third Battalion who died on May 15, 1920, aged 49 • Alfred James Hoare, Plot Z, Grave 19 Served as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery who died on December 1, 1919, aged 27 • William Smith, Plot Z, Grave 261 –

Served as a Private in the Royal Army Service Corps who died on December 2, 1919, aged 48 • Arthur Robert Whithead, Plot Z, Grave 261 – Served as a Private in the 14th Battalion Welsh Regiment who died on December 7, 1919, aged 30 • Walter Lake, Plot Z, Grave 188 – Served as a Gunner for the Royal Garrison Artillery who died on July 13, 1916 aged 38 • Harold T Mann, Plot Z, Grave 361 – Served as a Private for the County Yeomanry and then the Middlesex Hussars who died on May 16, 1920, age unknown • Edward Smith, Plot Z, Grave 369 – Served as a Gunner in the Royal Field Artillery who died on June 6, 1919, aged 27 • W J Franklin, Plot Z, Grave 260 – Served as a Private in the Royal Defence Corps who died on January 16, 1920, aged 41 • E Southwood, Plot Z, Grave 291 – Served as a Bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery who died on February 10, 1918, aged 25

The following soldiers will also receive their own headstones, however there is little information about where they served online: • D Bruce, Plot Z, Grave 320 • J French, Plot Z, Grave 284 • J Hoare, Plot Z, Grave 210 • W W Rawson, Plot Z, Grave 307 • Edward Charles Winder, Plot Z, Grave 316

NEWS 5 The 23 servicemen and one woman who have been located in Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery will be commemorated with their own headstones. Pictured is Colin Burgess, Bureavement Services Manager.

Lewisham Council's Bereavement Services have been working closely with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to track down World War One heroes

The council told the LDRS that one of the graves, Plot Z, Grave 101, has two other soldiers buried in it. This grave contains a World War One soldier listed as Foxwell, and another soldier called Leslie Charles Foxwell, who served as a Sergeant in the Royal Air Force during World War Two – he currently has his own headstone.

Leslie Charles Foxwell died on September

7, 1942, aged 20 when his Spitfire aircraft accidentally collided over the English Channel in mid-air with another Spitfire which was being flown by Pilot Officer Horace Harwood, who also died in the incident.

Leslie Charles Foxwell is the only one of the 25 names not on the screen wall because he served in the Second World War and has his own headstone. The LDRS understands the

two Foxwell soldiers will be commemorated under the same memorial when the changes are made.

I THINK I MAY BE RELATED, HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH?

If someone believes they may be related to any of the names, they can visit the CWGC website appeals page and can email enquiries@cwgc.org A spokesperson for CWGC said: “The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a world leader in commemoration and in the UK alone, there are Commonwealth War Graves at around 12,500 sites.

“We work closely with local authorities and landowners up and down the country to care for the graves of the fallen. At Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery, we have commemorated 23 casualties on a screen wall for many years, as their individual graves have been inaccessible.”

They added: “Therefore we are delighted to be working with Lewisham Council on this project and, though this is still in the early stages, we look forward to being able to mark these casualties’ individual graves once more.”

A spokesperson for the Friends of Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery said: “The FoBLC Committee is delighted to have been able to work with Bereavement Services and the CWCG on this issue.

“Our charity is dedicated to caring for and improving all aspects of the two cemeteries. We are pleased that our views on how to develop and care for this area of Brockley Cemetery have been taken fully in to account and our members will contribute to maintaining the area around the new headstones as a wildflower meadow to be enjoyed by all in the future."

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By Issy Clarke DULWICH VILLAGE residents are calling on TfL to improve public transport in the area, where cars were banned six years ago and there is only one bus.

Only the P4 bus goes through Dulwich Village, which locals say is “terrible” and always delayed.

Fed-up residents have launched a petition calling for another bus in the area to be re-routed, which has received more than 1,000 signatures.

They want to re-route the 201 bus so it links West and North Dulwich stations, skipping a “barely used” stretch of the route up Croxted Road.

Under the revised plan, the bus would continue straight on to West Dulwich, follow the P4 route up Dulwich Village to North Dulwich Station, then on towards Herne Hill.

The decision lies with Transport for London, who previously said it was too expensive when the same idea was pitched in 2019.

But residents believe the time is ripe for a reconsideration of the plans, six years after cars were effectively banned from going through Dulwich Village in a bid to encourage more cycling and walking.

They have managed to get the Dulwich MP Helen Hayes on board, local councillors and the Dulwich Estate. The question is whether TfL will come around.

“THEY WANT TO LIMIT THE USE OF PRIVATE TRANSPORT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT”

Six years ago, Southwark Council installed a Low Traffic Neighbourhood covering the junction in Dulwich Village when the world was in the depths of the Covid pandemic.

It meant residents in the affluent south London suburb could no longer drive their cars between certain hours of the day without incurring a fine.

It remains contentious among some residents today, partly because some claim that the council took away the option of driving - but nothing was done to address the lack of public transport in the area.

“Historically, there has not been much public transport here because we have always been seen as a wealthy area where everyone had cars,” said local resident Barbara Richardson, one of the residents behind the Dulwich Bus Campaign. “But they took away the cars from the junction and did not improve the public transport.”

Currently, the only bus that goes through Dulwich Village is the P4 from Brixton to Lewisham.

The other main route in the area is the 37, which goes up East Dulwich Grove towards Herne Hill.

However, there is not a bus that goes from North Dulwich to Herne Hill, or between West Dulwich and North Dulwich.

And the P4 is only a single-decker and is the fourth-worst bus for delays in Southwark, according to TfL. Barbara says she can't easily get from her home in East Dulwich to West Dulwich, where many of her friends live, because she doesn't ride a bike.

Cycling and walking are the main modes of transport that LTNs are designed to encourage. But Barbara can't cycle because she is 80 and has a heart condition.

There are other elderly residents and parents with small children in the area who cannot easily hop on a bike to get

Residents supporting the campaign: Barbara Richardson, Patty Harper and Nigel Thorpe

DULWICH VILLAGE RESIDENTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW BUS ROUTE

around.

Patty Harper, who is 58, drives to work in the winter when it is too cold to get on her bike. “My journey time has doubled since the junction was closed because I have to go around it.

“The P13 bus would take me to work, but it takes longer than it does to walk.

Having that extra bus route would stop me from using my car.”

IT WOULD ALSO MEAN LINK NORTH DULWICH HAS A BUS LINK TO HERNE HILL, THE NEAREST STATION WITH STEP-FREE ACCESS

This would address another issue in Dulwich: the limited number of accessible stations in the area.

Currently, the nearest station with step-free access that can be reached by bus from North Dulwich is Brixton Tube station, a 25 minute journey away on the P4.

There are also three buses that go to Denmark Hill station, which has stepfree access..

Re-routing the 201 would create a direct bus link between North Dulwich and Herne Hill, the nearest station with

lifts to both platforms.

“That would help the elderly people who live here but also parents with buggies,” said Barbara, adding that “40 per cent of people who live in Dulwich are families”, while the area has the highest proportion of residents over 65 in the borough (15 per cent).

TFL ARE YET TO BE PERSUADED THAT THE PROPOSAL MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE

It is not the first time proposals to re-route the 201 have been put before Transport for London. The idea was suggested back in 2019.

TfL has consistently said it would require 500 additional bus journeys a day to make re-routing the 201 financially worthwhile.

Local residents claim, however, that times have moved on and the argument for a new bus is more persuasive than ever.

Barbara said: “Life is different now compared to six years ago. Back then you could easily drive to West Dulwich."

The proposals are supported by the Dulwich Estate and the two councillors

for Dulwich Village, along with the local MP Helen Hayes and GLA member Marina Ahmad.

Margy Newens, a councillor for Dulwich Village ward, said: “Supporting improvements to public transport is a pillar of the Council’s Streets for People strategy. There is strong local demand for a regular bus service linking Dulwich Village and West Dulwich.

“We will continue to support this campaign, working with local residents, Helen Hayes MP and GLA member Marina Ahmad to make that case to TfL.” TfL also claims that re-routing the 201 would mean that passengers who use the bus to get from West Dulwich to Herne Hill would experience longer journey times.

Residents dispute this, saying that the part of the route between West Dulwich and Herne Hill is under-used because the number 3 bus already goes the same way.

The campaigners had hoped that a recent ten million pound cash boost awarded to Southwark Council to

improve buses could be spent on rerouting the 201.

However, the council has said this money will be spent on improving existing bus infrastructure rather than adding new routes, which they do not have any power over.

It will be used to improve the bus corridor from London Bridge through Elephant and Castle, Walworth Road, Camberwell Green, Denmark Hill and Lordship Lane down to the South Circular.

Geoff Hobbs, TfL’s Director of Public Transport Service Planning, said: “We know buses are an important lifeline for millions of Londoners and we are determined to ensure that people can rely on London’s bus network.

“Feedback is hugely important to us to help understand local issues.

We regularly review our services according to customer demand and continue to engage with local residents to explore how we can ensure the bus network remains fit for purpose for residents in the Dulwich area, while also providing value for money for Londoners.”

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Curl up and try Curling Club at Vinegar Yard

By Evie Flynn THE CURLING Club is back at Vinegar Yard this winter, in its purpose-built arena located directly opposite London Bridge station.

Following last season’s success, the Curling Club is back for a second year and is bringing an après-ski vibe to London Bridge, where you can try your hand at the unusual sport with friends or colleagues.

Vinegar Yard has been transformed, with curling lanes, festive decorations and food and drink vendors.

Curling is played on a long ice rink, where two teams slide a large granite stone down the ice towards a target, known as a ‘house’. Once all eight stones have been pushed, points are scored based on where the stones are left in relation to the target.

Don’t worry if you have never ‘curled’ before, the ice-free curling at Vinegar Yard is ideal for beginners. Members of the Curling Club team are also be on hand to provide tips and advice.

The event is suitable for all group sizes, from intimate gatherings of between 2-4 people to large corporate events. Each group is split into Red and Blue teams, with up to 10 players per rink.

Cherrie Keene, Managing Director at The Curling Club, said: “It’s fast, fun, and easy to get competitive – perfect for

groups looking to challenge their friends, colleagues, or even make new friends, or connections on the ice.”

For smaller groups of 2-4, they offer ‘Pay and Play’, which includes 30 minutes of curling time on a private sheet and priced at £15 per person.

Their bespoke packages start from six people but they can accommodate much bigger parties, depending on needs. Prices for corporate packages start at £47.95 per person.

Their ‘House’ package provides a private area for four hours, a drink on arrival, a small plate from their street food traders, an hour of curling and a group photo to remember the day.

For those who are looking to tighten their curling skills, the ‘Curls of Wisdom’ package adds two additional drinks, a larger meal, an hour of curling with a coach, a tabletop curling game to keep and your own host, who will keep an eye on the action and score.

For refreshments in the rink, there is plenty of seasonal cocktails on offer.

If you’re feeling peckish, a selection of fresh street food from local vendors is available, with refreshments delivered straight to your curling rink.

These include indulgent burgers and sides from Nanny Bill’s, tacos from Taco Bills and fluffy bao buns from Nik’s Kitchen. There will also be fresh Japanese

bites from Japanese Kitchen Shop, and slices from Bad Boy Pizza.

To bring the party atmosphere, there is live entertainment whilst groups are playing. On peak dates, like the weekend or celebrations, there’s a live DJ who spins downstairs and sets are streamed into the mezzanine upstairs.

Once the session wraps up, guests are welcome to stay in the arena, grab a drink and soak up the atmosphere, with social spaces designed for guests to linger and catch up.

This season runs until 28 February and there are two mini ‘seasons’ within that time frame left.

Seasons and opening times: 22nd November – 21st December 2025 Sun & Mon: closed, Tue–Fri: 12 noon – 10 pm Sat: 12 noon – 10 pm 28th January – 28th February 2026 Sun, Mon, Tue: closed, Wed–Fri: 5 pm – 10 pm Sat: 12 noon – 10 pm Vinegar Yard, 72-82 St Thomas St, London SE1 3QX thecurlingclub.com/location/vinegar-yard

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SOUTH BANK WINTER MARKET

On the promenade underneath Hungerford Bridge from the Royal Festival Hall to Jubilee Gardens the annual winter market brings pop up bars, lights, chalet-style food stalls and Christmas shopping to the South Bank for the entire festive season.

Date: Now until 4 Jan 2026, closed for 25 and 31 December Time: Daily 11am to 10pm, with craft traders until 9pm.

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FINNISH MARKET, ROTHERHITHE

Time: 11am to 5pm each day Location: Yingar Yard, St Thomas Street, SE1 3QU. Tickets: Walk in facebook.com/flealondon

FESTIVE FRIDAYS AT MALTBY STREET MARKET, LONDON BRIDGE

Maltby Street’s festive night market is back and on Fridays it will be staying open until 9:30pm.

There will be street food stalls with festive specials, mulled wine and Christmas gifts from independent makers. There will also be live choirs.

Dates: Friday, 5 December, 12 December, 19 December Time: 5:30 - 9:30pm Location: Arch 46, Ropewalk, Maltby St, London SE1 3PA Tickets: Walk in

Date: Friday Friday 5 to Sunday 7 December Time: Friday 12pm to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 6pm Location: 33 Albion Street, SE16 7HZ Tickets: Walk in - but preorder bakery items to collect via tinyurl. com/ys8fhn54

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Date: Every December weekend before Christmas, from Saturday 6 to Sunday 21st

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Date: Friday 5 December, and Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 December Time: Friday, 6.30pm to 9.30pm.

Saturday & Sunday: 11am to 6pm.

Location: Peacock Yard (SE17 3LH) Illife Yard (SE17 3QA) & Clements Yard (SE17 3LJ) Tickets: Free entry.

Rotherhithe’s Finnish Church’s annual Finnish Christmas Fair returns with gifts, food and drink from Finland throughout the last weekend in November and 5-7 December.

A treasure trove of Christmas gifts including vintage and handmade watches and jewellery, accessories, clothes, toys, homeware and art are on offer at Vinegar Yard’s festive flea markets, with mulled wine and food on sale too.

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CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS AT PULLENS YARDS, WALWORTH

The beautiful and largely unknown creative district between Elephant and Castle and Kennington is opening its doors for one weekend in December in the run up to Christmas. The workshops, built in the late 1800s,

Support black business at this indoor face-to-face event bringing emerging entrepreneurs of African and Caribbean descent to a new audience.

Held in the heart of Brixton over two days, there will be unique cards, African art, jewellery, books, male grooming gifts, skincare, clothes and beautiful accessories from more than 40 traders, with food and cakes on offer too.

Date: Saturday 6 December and Sunday 7 December Time: 11am to 5pm Location: downstairs at The Department Store, SW9 8FR Tickets: Free, book at

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SO LAST CENTURY

So Last Century’s festive vintage fairs are coming to New Cross, Dulwich and Beckenham in the run up to Christmas, featuring a huge offering of quality and affordable furniture, lighting, glasswork, homeware, maps, art, records, fashion and much more throughout November and December.

Date: Various weekends throughout December Time: Various, usually all-day Location: Goldsmiths, University of London, Dulwich Picture Gallery and Beckenham Place Mansion.

Tickets: £3 on the door or buy in advance online. Accompanied under 16s free. Step-free entry and level access throughout. No dogs other than assistance dogs. solastcenturyfair.co.uk

PEXMAS AT COPELAND PARK

It’s the return of the original, flagship Pexmas event of the year. Priding itself on championing small businesses and local entrepreneurship, 2025’s festive

market is coming to Copeland park over the weekend of December 6. The last two years events hosted 150 traders each day, and welcomed over 10,000 visitors.

Date: Saturday 6 December - Sunday 7 December Time: 11am to 6pm Location: Unit 8, Copeland Gallery & Copeland Square Copeland Park, SE15 3SN Tickets: Free, just turn up pexmas.com

WINTER AT BOROUGH MARKET, BOROUGH

Winter will be taking over Borough Market with markets offering festive produce and meals.

Through the winter months, they will be featuring brassicas and white roots, apples and citrus fruits, slow-cooking meat joints and hard cheeses. They will also be running a series of celebrations, like their free-to-attend Evening of Cheese on December 10 - a cheese-themed shopping extravaganza led by their community of cheesemongers.

Date: December 10 / Time: 6pm

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What’s on for families this winter

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Dates: Saturday 6 December, Friday 12 December, Saturday 13 December, Saturday 20 December and Sunday 21 December Time: 17:30 - 20:30 Price: £18.95 adult, £16.95 children Location: Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ batterseaparkzoo.co.uk

STORYTELLING WITH MRS CLAUS, CHARLTON HOUSE

Charlton House will be hosting Storytelling with Mrs Claus, who will be joined by her mischievous elves. You can expect a meet and greet session, alongside crafts and stories to entertain the little ones for 45 minutes per session.

Decorate a unique masterpiece to take home to add to your Christmas tree and an iced festive biscuit.

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BAUBLE MAKING FUN DAY AT THE VICTORIA INN, PECKHAM

Head down to the Victoria Inn, a boutique pub in the heart of Peckham, on either the 5 or 12 December for a bauble making fun day, suitable for the whole family.

Enjoy mulled wine whilst your kids make festive ornaments and decorations.

It is free to attend but any donations given will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.

RSVP by calling +44 20 7639 5052.

Date: Saturday 6 December Time: Each 45-minute session begins at 11:00am, 11:30am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 1:30pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm Price: £10 per child, one free adult per child (additional adults are £5) Location: Charlton House, Charlton Road, London, SE7 8RE www.tinyurl.com/3ujhpmep

Date: Friday 5 or 12 December Time: 16:00 onwards Location: The Victoria Inn, 77 Choumert Road, London, SE15 4AR Price: Free to attend

WINTER NIGHTS AT BATTERSEA PARK ZOO

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Experience the magic of Battersea Park Children’s Zoo throughout December in a once-per-year opportunity to access the zoo after dark.

Meet and feed the animals by lantern light and led by an experienced zoo keeper. Take part in Christmas carols, enjoy browsing the local craft and gift stalls and indulge in festive food and seasonal beverages to help keep you warm.

Brixton House are hosting a festive celebration for local families, offering a chance to come together, enjoy free activities and festive refreshments.

There will be crafts, games and a chance for parents to mingle.

Entry is free and you simply need to turn up on the day.

Date: Sunday 21 December Time: 14:00 - 18:00 Price: Free Location: Brixton House, Brixton House, 385 Coldharbour Ln, London SW9 8GL brixtonhouse.co.uk

FATHER CHRISTMAS MEET WITH LUNCH OR BREAKFAST, CORNER CORNER

This Christmas, enjoy the festive cheer with a breakfast or lunch with Santa Claus in Canada Water’s new cultural venue, Corner Corner.

Tickets include a meet with Santa to share their Christmas wish list, a small gift to take home, a photo with Santa, craft activities, and either breakfast or lunch, depending on ticket choice.

Date: Sunday 14 December Time: Choose between breakfast 9:30 - 12 or lunch 12:30 - 14:00 Price: Adult £20, child £16 Location: Maritime St, London SE16 7LL tinyurl.com/mr4auatk

SANTA’S MAGICAL WORKSHOP, SURREY QUAYS SHOPPING CENTRE

Join Santa and his elves at their free Merry Magical Workshop in Surrey Quays Shopping Centre.

Little ones can dress up, meet Santa and become Elves-In-Training in a fun and interactive workshop.

Dates: 5-7 and 12-24 December Times: 11:00 - 13:00 and 13:30 - 16:00

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BABY DRAG BINGO AT THE ROSY HUE, ELEPHANT AND CASTLE The Rosy Hue are hosting the ‘campest Bring Baby event in town!’ with comedy, live music, singing, dancing and sensory activities for babies.

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The ‘night out but during the day’ will feature lots of bingo and silly prizes up for grabs.

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By Issy Clarke IT’S BEEN just over eighteen months since Miatta Fahnbulleh cruised to victory in Peckham in last summer’s general election. In the short period since, she has already held two roles in the government and is even seen by some MPs as a future Labour leader.

The former economist has held positions in Ed Miliband's Department for Energy and Net Zero and the Ministry for Housing, under ex-Lambeth Council chief Steve Reed.

Now, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s beleaguered Labour administration on the ropes, talk within the party has turned to the question of who could replace him as leader, were there to be a leadership challenge.

Naturally, speculation has centred around senior Labour figures like the Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham – but surprisingly, the name of Peckham’s relatively fresh-faced MP is also one which has been mentioned.

It isn't bad going for a Westminster ‘newbie’ with just a year and a half of political experience under her belt - although Fahnbulleh declined to respond when we asked if she would ever consider running either for that job or Chancellor given her economics background - and given that she has still only held junior ministerial roles any potential leadership bid would likely be a few years into the future.

Unlike her Southwark colleagues - Neil Coyle, Florence Eshalomi, Helen Hayes and Ellie Reeves - Fahnbulleh didn’t cut her teeth in local government before running for Parliament.

However she is spoken of as being intellectually capable and highly politically ambitious, recently profiled in the Guardian among a handful of new MPs to watch.

Before becoming Peckham's MP, Fahnbulleh spent two years as a civil servant in the Cabinet Office followed by eight years as the head of the New Economics Foundation [NEF], a leftwing think tank.

Fahnbulleh joined the febrile race to become Peckham’s parliamentary candidate in 2022, despite not having strong links to the area or previous political experience.

Yet she still managed to come up on top against three other candidates - Evelyn Akoto, Jonathan Situ and Peter Babudu - all local councillors, all from Peckham.

Those familiar with the selection suggest that at the time, Fahnbulleh’s pitch was that she was someone who would go the whole way and who would champion Peckham from the Cabinet.

COULD PECKHAM MP MIATTA FAHNBULLEH LEAD LABOUR ONE DAY? And just days after becoming MP, she was appointed a Junior Minister in Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy and Net Zero – the first steps towards a potential Cabinet role.

Yet amid her rapid rise in Westminster, questions have been asked about Fahnbulleh's accessibility as a local MP, while it has been suggested she is reluctant to stick her head above the parapet for fear of ruffling feathers among Labour high command.

Eighteen months after being elected she still hadn't opened a constituency office in the area, despite making this a pledge in her manifesto and a campaign by this newspaper pushing her to make good on that promise. However, she recently told she has identified a place and will be opening it shortly.

In political circles she is described as being a well-liked figure within the Southwark Labour Party, with good links to the regional party.

But while Fahnbulleh’s ambition has helped catapult her to two junior ministerial roles, her willingness to toe the government's line and back unpopular policies has drawn criticism from some within the local party.

As a minister, Fahnbulleh is bound by

the strictures of collective responsibility - the parliamentary convention that prevents ministers from speaking out publicly against the government.

She recently used this argument to avoid responding to our request for comment on government proposals to remove licensing requirements in local newspapers.

But one Labour source said she had expected Fahnbulleh to adopt a more left-wing platform based on her campaign in Peckham and the policies endorsed by the NEF while she was in charge.

Under Fahnbulleh’s tenure, the NEF pushed for a four-day working week, a universal basic income - where every adult in the UK gets a weekly payment from the government - and autoenrolling everyone in the country onto the universal credit system.

The source added Fahnbulleh had been “relatively good on local issues” but that “the policy positions she’s taken up in government do not really reflect the needs of the people she represents.

“She’s a new MP, so it makes sense that she is a bit timid and doesn’t want to stick her neck out too much.

“But for me she hasn’t spoken out as

in Canada Water, an area undergoing extensive redevelopment as part of British Land's Canada Water Masterplan.

The shopping centre has been earmarked for demolition with the intention of creating 1 million sqt ft of new shops, restaurants and cultural destinations.

A new Tesco has already been approved on the site to replace the existing one in Surrey Quays shopping centre.

There are also areas across south east and south west London on the list, such as Blackheath, Forest Hill,

Greenwich, Balham and Wandsworth.

M&S says it wants to double the size of its food business with car parks, bigger shopping trolleys and wider aisles.

This announcement follows last week's opening of a new Food Hall by Clapham Common.

much as we would have expected her to, based on the campaign she led."

Fahnbulleh has voted for three particularly controversial measures - the removal of the winter fuel payment for pensioners and cuts to universal credit.

She also voted against an SNP amendment last July to scrap the twochild benefit cap which prevents parents from claiming Universal Credit on more than two children; although the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in last week’s Autumn Budget that the government will now abandon that limit.

“I was recently at a Labour Party meeting about the winter fuel allowance," added the source. "Every single member there was really annoyed that she had voted the way she did. Even the members who were on the right of the party were frustrated.”

Locally, she has championed policies such as the Community Right to Buy initiative, which would give communities the chance to buy up local buildings before they go on sale.

She is also passionate about improving the provision of youth clubs in Peckham, with the goal of creating one within walking distance of every child in the area.

But on one of the biggest issues in Peckham right now - the Berkeley Homes redevelopment of the Aylesham centre her intervention has been more cautious.

She came out in April against the planning application after the developer reduced the number of affordable homes to just 12 per cent.

But she hasn't been seen in public alongside protesting campaigners, and her position is complicated by the fact she now works in the Department for Housing under Steve Reed, who is pushing a 'build baby build' agenda and recently slashed the number of affordable homes developers need to build to get planning permission in London.

When we interviewed her on her campaign to become an MP Fahnbulleh told us: “When we [Labour] win, we have to win for big change and, if we don’t, I don’t think the country will forgive us.”

The MP for Peckham and Camberwell didn't comment when we asked her to confirm or rule out a bid for the leadership – but some believe she may well have the self-belief and ambition to consider her options in the future, should her country decide not to forgive its current Labour leader.

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Gipsy Hill, Morden, Lower Morden, Nine Elms, Surbiton, Tooting Bec, Vauxhall, Wandsworth, Wimbledon Chase, Wimbledon Village.

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By Evie Flynn MARKS & Spencers has earmarked locations like Surrey Quays, Camberwell, Dulwich, and Herne Hill on its "wish list" for food store sites.

The retailer is searching for sites with over 18,000 sq ft in an attempt to double the size of its food business in London.

Possibles in Southwark include Surrey Quays / Canada Water, Camberwell, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, and Herne Hill.

A major opportunity appears to be

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Comment 'How we benefit from the budget - and come along to my event!'

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UR COUNTRY endured 14 years of austerity and chaos under the Tories (5 in Coalition with the LibDems).

No one thought we could turn the country around overnight, but Labour have been in office just over 14 months and are trying to fix the country.

The Budget announced a raft of policies to help get the UK back on track and I’m pleased that the markets reacted positively.

Independent forecasts now suggest rising growth and falling inflation which I hope we can all feel positively soon!

Some announcements to help people in Southwark include pensions rising by 4.8% next year under the triple-lock scheme.

This initiative guarantees pension growth but is threatened by both the Tories and Reform, whose policies and people seem largely interchangeable. If elected, both would repeat the Truss fiasco: crashing the markets, driving inflation through the roof and causing bills and mortgages to soar again.

Additionally, most families

will get £150 off energy bills and the minimum wage will rise by over 4% next April, helping hundreds of working people across our community.

Fuel duty is also frozen to help motorists, prescription costs are frozen below £10, and rail fares are frozen to help local commuters too.

Labour is trying to help everyone manage costs and see a rise in income.

A massive 3,000 children in our community will also be lifted out of poverty, alongside over half a million nationally, through abolishing the two-child benefit cap.

Child poverty measures were scrapped by Cameron and Clegg, who knew their Coalition policies caused poverty to soar.

The rise in foodbank demand since 2010 was an appalling legacy. I’m proud that demand for emergency food packages dropped 8% in Labour’s first year in office and our anti-poverty measures will help further.

Southwark properties valued over £2 million will now pay an extra £2,500 in council tax as Labour ask

NEIL COYLE

MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark a little more from those with the broadest shoulders to help continue turning around our public services, like the NHS, which is providing more appointments already under Labour’s improvement programme.

I’m grateful to Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, who have provided hundreds of extra operations per week in their 300th year of operating in our community!

Other measures set out by the Chancellor will help local

businesses, including changing business rates to help Southwark’s amazing hospitality sector.

I’m glad the Budget has received a positive reception and hope everyone feels the positives after too many years of damage and decay.

Locally, I’m also hoping to inject some positivity after recent diatribes against London and a rise in division.

I’m staging a celebration of our community in Southwark Cathedral on Monday, 8th December

from 7 pm: Southwark Stands Together. It’s about uniting our area, giving local people the chance to raise any issues I can help with, and about celebrating our whole community.

There will be some brilliant speakers, as well as Southwark schools and organisations involved with delicious nibbles from great local firms!

You can reserve free tickets by going to eventbrite.com/e/ southwark-stands-together

'Labour is supporting households in Peckham where they need it most'

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PEAKING TO people across Peckham, I hear time and again that the economy is not working for them.

Households are struggling to make ends meet however hard they work, and people's standard of living has stagnated over the last fourteen years. No family should be put in the position where they struggle to afford to pay their bills and buy essentials.

Above all, no child should be forced to grow up in poverty, denied fair opportunities and a good start in life. But yet, under the Conservatives child poverty sky-rocketed, leaving more than 4.5 million children across the UK living in poverty. As a Labour MP, I won’t stand for this.

We’ve come a long way since the election last year, with the roll out of free childcare, free school meals and breakfast clubs to help give all children the start they deserve in life, a once in a generation investment in affordable and social housing to tackle the housing crisis, the Renters Rights Bill empowering tenants in England to challenge unreasonable rent increases and an increase in wages for those workers who need it most, just few of the changes that this Government

has brought in to lift people out of the pressures that they face.

Yet, too many children across Peckham continue to live in poverty, and too many families struggle with the cost of day-to-day essentials.

If you take one message away from the budget last week it’s this: our Labour government understands the pressure that people are facing, and we are committed to changing this. That’s why at the heart of this budget were measures to tackle child poverty and the cost-of-living crisis.

Firstly, we scrapped the Tories’ cruel two child benefit cap. This one step will lift half a million children out of poverty. Because no child should be forced to live in poverty, denied the right to an equal start in life, because of the circumstances of their parents. This means more than 3,300 children in Peckham who will no longer be growing up in poverty, instead able to go to school with food in their stomachs ready to learn, do homework at home in a warm space that parents can afford to heat, and able to afford essentials such as school books and uniform. This is life changing for these children.

The government also announced an increase in the National Living

MIATTA FAHNBULLEH

MP for Peckham

wage, because good work must pay well. So, if you are one of more than 250,000 people in London receiving the National Living Wage, you will be on average £900 better off per year. We are also raising the National Minimum Wage for all those between the ages of 18 and 20, because young people deserve well paid employment.

We also increased the state pension by 4.8%. This is money directly into people’s pockets, helping tackle the cost-of-living squeeze directly.

We are also tackling the everyday

costs that so many people struggle with. At the heart of that, is a reduction to energy bills for every household of £150 on average by next April. In addition to the £150 Warm Homes Discount rolled out this winter, that means £300 off energy bills for six million households.

This will be so important for the countless families across Peckham who tell me that they are struggling to pay their bills.

Alongside this, we introduced freezes to everyday essentials: freezes on rail fares and fuel duty,

to help people afford their daily commute, and freezes to prescription charges for those unwell.

These measures go to the heart of the challenges that people in Peckham face day-to-day.

This is what a Labour Government in power can do. Real action to improve the living standards of thousands across Peckham.

Making work pay for hard working people.

And lifting half a million children out of poverty, giving them the best start in life.

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'Build baby build' sends the wrong message

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ast week we suggested that only cash, not regulations, would solve London's affordable housing crisis. And as we went to press this week, we learned that British Land's enormous Canada Water Masterplan could now only contain a shocking 3 per cent affordable homes.

That would mean 900 fewer homes for affordable rent than would have been built had the developer complied with Southwark's 35 per cent target.

It's disappointing but unsurprising that developers feel emboldened to slash their affordable housing provision to such paltry levels when we have a Housing Secretary urging developers to 'build baby build'.

The Mayor and Steve Reed believe that turbocharging construction alone - regardless of whether the homes being built are luxury penthouses or council flats - will solve London's housing crisis. They have therefore watered down the number of affordable homes developers need to provide to 20 per cent down from 35.

But since making that announcement we've now seen two of London's biggest developers - Berkeley Homes and British Land - claim that they can only afford to build their schemes with 12 per cent and 3 per cent affordable housing respectively, on the Old Kent Road and in Canada Water. Both said they would be able to build more than that if they were given a grant.

How many times will this happen until the government wakes up to the reality that a complete rewiring of the system is needed to solve London's housing crisis - one where local authorities are given the cash to build their own houses, rather than nervously crossing their fingers that huge private developers will play ball?

Closing roads to cars without extra transport

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ulwich residents are calling on TFL to improve public transport in the area.

They’re asking for the 201 bus to be rerouted so that instead of going up Croxted Road it would continue along the South Circular, linking West and North Dulwich stations before heading through Dulwich Village and then on towards Herne Hill.

The issue in Dulwich is that historically there wasn’t such a great need for public transport because it was seen as a wealthy area where most residents drove their own cars. Six years ago that all changed when the council effectively banned cars in Dulwich Village by implementing a low traffic neighbourhood. But when cars were banned, there wasn’t a corresponding effort to improve public transport which would have addressed some of the concerns about the LTN. Part of the problem is that responsibility is split: the council is in charge of LTNs, but TFL are responsible for adding bus routes.

LTNs have often been divisive where they have been introduced, but in Dulwich Village the tensions have been particularly acute because there are lots of families and elderly residents who can’t simply hop on a bike or walk, the main modes of transport which LTNs are designed to promote.

Flyer_A5.pdf Just the P4 bus serves1the12/10/2021 area at the22:35 moment, but it is slow, often delayed and only has one level. TfL haven't ruled out re-routing the 201, but have said there would need to be 500 extra journeys to make it cost-efficient. But with local councillors, the Dulwich Estate and the local MP Helen Hayes on board, TfL may hopefully come around to the idea too.

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The next webinar is: Lipoprotein Apheresis and the role of cholesterol in health This seminar explores the science, treatment options and personal experiences around cholesterol management and lipoprotein apheresis.

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EVELINA LONDON Children’s Charity are asking supporters to make a donation this Christmas to help it open its future cancer centre for children.

Evelina London Children’s Hospital, who treat over 100,000

children every year, is building a specialist cancer centre for children in south London and much of South East England. This centre will offer specialist treatment for toddlers, children and young people with complex or rare cancers.

Rose Abbott’s daughter, Molly,

Free programme for diabetes patients GUY’S AND St Thomas’ is calling on Black African and Black Caribbean people with type 2 diabetes to join a free healthy eating and exercise programme specially tailored to their needs.

The 7-week online HEAL-D programme gives people living in south London advice on managing their diabetes, and shares healthier ways of cooking traditional foods, based on recipes from local people.

The 2-hour weekly sessions over 7 weeks explore a range of topics including: • understanding diabetes and blood glucose • how to improve heart health by reducing blood pressure and cholesterol levels • tips for managing weight Most classes also include a light to moderate exercise class with a physiotherapist. The

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sessions are currently available online on Monday evenings and Wednesday afternoons, and people can refer themselves or can be referred by a health professional such as a GP. Ingrid Hamilton, 59, from

Tooting, took part in HEAL-D in 2024, and saw a significant drop in her blood glucose levels. She said: “Programmes like this are brilliant, they are so needed!”

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received life-saving treatment at Evelina London in 2021. Born 10 weeks premature, she had developed a rare virus and sepsis and needed pioneering care.

Molly was placed on a temporary life support system called ECMO, part-funded by donations to Evelina

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Rose said: “If it wasn’t for the treatment and the amazing team at Evelina London, Molly would not be here today. What Evelina London did for Molly, and our family was nothing short of a miracle.”

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of other organisations that can offer further support Katrina Galvin’s son Jake, aged 5, lives with hemiplegia. She said: “I know how important early intervention is for children like my son but I also understand all too well how hard these therapies can be to access. The guide will be an invaluable resource to parents who are in the same situation as we were.”

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ARTS 19

This is like a love letter to the stage

Photo by Marc Brenner

A special kind of show

Photo by Manuel Harlan

what’s on

WITH WARM mince pies handed out as the audience found their seats it was already beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Old Vic for the ninth outing of Jack Thorne's version of A Christmas Carol, writes Michael Holland.

Cast members ambled about the stage in the round, greeting all and wishing us Merry Christmas as market folk threw satsumas into the audience. The atmosphere became one of giving and of being jolly. Musicians struck up a tune and bells were rung. We Wish You A Merry Christmas was sung. I wanted to stay right there in the moment and await a turkey dinner delivered to my seat to create the Heaven on Earth so many carols promise.

But the mood changed. The lights darkened and Ebenezer Scrooge appeared to spoil all the goodwill that had permeated the theatre. He sent carol singers packing, advising them to die and ease the pressure on the population; he made Bob Cratchit work late on Christmas Eve and sucked every piece of geniality out of the air.

Nephew Fred came a-knocking with an invite to Christmas Dinner but was given the same treatment as the unfortunate

carol singers. And while Scrooge revelled in his miserliness the first ghost appeared.

You thought it would have been a rapid downward spiral for the moneygrabbing financier but his greed seemed able to ward off the spectral warnings.

He even enjoyed looking back at his life. He was able to see how, with all the debts incurred by a spendthrift father impacting on the Scrooges' lives, he turned out the way he did, but did not see any good reason to change. He was still of a mind that money was an answer to everything and happiness should not be factored into the equation.

The first half ends with Scrooge having a meltdown while the musicians and singers deliver a mournful, yet beautiful, O Holy Night.

Eventually, when Scrooge was shown the future he had to deal with those he had been bad to still showing compassion and a love for him around his coffin. Some of those who had known Scrooge as a young man, just felt sorry that he turned out that way. These responses were incomprehensible to this once good man gone bad.

Great costumes, great characters and a great sense of benevolence overcoming all in this production that really sets you

A sleigh ride of non-stop festive fun IT WAS after I'd booked the tickets that I realised the Brick Lane Music Hall was nowhere near Brick Lane but in the middle of the old Royal Docks amongst the new high-rise apartments. I imagined a tourist trap in a soulless warehouse with fake Cockneys greeting punters with 'Alright darling' as they pulled their braces out and did a little knees up move. How wrong was I, writes Michael Holland.

The Brick Lane Music Hall was founded in the 80s by Vincent Hayes MBE, in a pub just off Brick Lane. As the clientele grew, Vincent relocated to the Trumans Brewery in Brick Lane.

After a few years there a permanent home was found in St Mark's Church, a Victorian Gothic beauty in Silvertown where it enjoys Grade II* status. And that is where I took myself this week for their annual Magic of Christmas Show.

Firstly it was the Grotto-like entrance and foyer, twinkling lights, Christmas trees and helpful staff - I couldn't help complimenting them on how they had decorated the place.

We were then shown to a table with great views of the stage. Next up was the threecourse Christmas Lunch, served by a team with military precision but with the smiles of Santa's little helpers. And very nice it was too. When that was out the way, Vincent came on to get us warmed up with a few

up for being benevolent at Christmas and seeking out good deeds to do.

Paul Hilton commands the stage almost throughout, looking like a man who doesn't eat well, ravaged by his own hateful mind and seeing only bad in everyone. It makes his transition into a world of decency difficult for the audience to believe at first but he gets us all there in the end, and when Tiny Tim utters the immortal line, 'God bless everyone' there was a huge 'Awww'.

But Hilton was not alone. Just like Ebenezer Scrooge, he needed the help of others, and that came with a wonderful cast, magical musicians, and the creative team backstage.

Hats doffed for Stuart Neal doing some heavy lifting as Marley. I heard it whispered in Row J that some see him as the finest actor of his generation. And a glass of mulled wine needs to be raised for Lauren Jones taking on the difficult role of Scrooge's sister Little Fan. She is a star.

This is a special time of year and Matthew Warchus' A Christmas Carol is a special kind of show.

Old Vic until January 10th. Booking and full details: https://www.oldvictheatre. com/stage/a-christmas-carol-2025/

jokes and an introduction to the threepiece 'orchestra'.

Vincent is the compere, a role he has been perfecting over many years and performances; he definitely hit my funny bone a few times as he worked the crowd.

This veteran knows his audience and that audience are coach loads of people from Canvey Island, Epping, Maidstone and other large towns where London expats moved out to.

He received his MBE for services to British Music Hall and spends his life getting the word out to everyone and anyone who wants to know the tradition of Music Hall.

Now a charity, they take their shows out to care homes and schools to entertain and spread the word to those that can't get to the venue. But it is the shows in the former church that is what I came for and I will

Before Dancemoms there was Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild’s (much more) charming 1936 children’s novel, following the lives of three young, adopted sisters as they navigate growing up in stage school and scraping together a living as theatre performers. Returning to the National Theatre as a live production, this moving story excels on every level, writes Melina Block.

Ballet prodigy Posy (Scarlett Monahan), mechanics enthusiast Petrova (Sienna Arif-Knights), and eldest actress Pauline (Nina Cassells) successfully overcome my usual apprehension towards adults playing children, bringing such energy and heart to their roles as the Fossil sisters that you can’t help but root for them - even through the occasional diva meltdown.

Justin Salinger is also spectacular, enthralling the audience every time he appears in one of the many eccentric roles he takes on throughout the show; whether he’s the kooky geologist who takes the start by saying how impressed I was.

As soon as I heard the group of top class singers do their stuff I looked round at my partner with raised eyebrows! 'They're great, ain't they?' I said. And that is how the show continued. Andrew Robley, a BLMH stalwart, did a medley of Christmas favourites we could singalong to, followed

by Victoria Yellop an acclaimed violinist who was a resident musician for the Queen for many years. Victoria performed a mixup of classical and well known tunes that included carols and Highland Flings.

The show was a sleigh ride of nonstop familiar and festive fun as the performers interchanged with each other for different songs and comedy skits. Each turn accompanied by a change in costume in this very Christmassy and glittery production. Yes, it is cheesy,

girls in or their velvet-and-fur-clad Russian ballet teacher, Salinger’s charisma and stage presence is irresistible.

The intricately crafted details of the sets, costumes and lights provide even more warmth and magic. Every corner of this production appears thoughtfully conceived, expertly constructed, and confidently displayed. This technical proficiency extends to the cast’s dancing as well, creating a show that really does feel like a love letter to the stage.

From the first scene to the last, the world of Ballet Shoes is a nostalgic, comforting escape. As we were leaving the theatre, my friend (half) jokingly said that she wished she had a child just so she could take them to see this show: if that isn’t a good enough incentive to grab tickets for Ballet Shoes, I don’t know what is.

National Theatre until 21st February.

Booking and full details: https://www.nationaltheatre.org. uk/productions/ballet-shoes/

Quattro Formaggio cheesy, but that is what is we want for a Christmas show.

This time of year is when we can get away with wearing silly jumpers, sing carols in the street, and watch White Christmas with Bing Crosby. It is a time for enjoyment and BLMH provides that 100%. This year my Christmas started in November when I laughed a lot and sang along to well-known songs and had the time of my life with not one fake Cockney in sight.

Joke of the day? 'The next act does not need any introduction... Because he didn't turn up!'

Brick Lane Music Hall, 443 North Woolwich Road, London, E16 2DA. Booking and Full details of the history: https://www.bricklanemusichall.co.uk/

20 EVENTS

Events Rumpelstiltskin Pantomime at Charlton House: Transport to a world of wonder and imagination with an interactive pantomime at Charlton House. The 45-minute production of Rumpelstiltskin is perfect for all, including those with special educational needs and disabilities.

Date: Thursday 14 December.

Time: 13:30 - 14:15 Location: Charlton House & Gardens, Charlton Road, Charlton, London, SE7 8RE Tickets: £8 per ticket, available here: https://www.greenwichheritage.org/events/ rumpelstiltskin-pantomime-send-friendly/

Museum by Candlelight at the Fan Museum: The Fan Museum will be opening later than usual for Museum

by Candlelight, where visitors are invited to experience the exhibition space in the candlelight. Visitors can enjoy a complimentary drink of mulled wine, cider or juice.

Queer Cabaret at Woolwich Works: Drag the Halls is a spectacular queer cabaret variety show with something for everyone to enjoy. The night showcases drag queens and kings with show-stopping burlesque performances, clown acts, comedy and live singing.

Dates: Numerous dates in December: Thursday 11, Friday 12, Saturday 13, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18.

Times: 16:30 - 19:00 Location: The Fan Museum, 12 Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ER Tickets: £10 per ticket, available here: https://www.thefanmuseum.org.uk/ events/museum-by-candlelight

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Date: Thursday 11 December Time: 19:30 Location: The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD Tickets: £13.75, available here: https://www.woolwich.works/ events/drag-the-halls-2025

A Christmas Crafternoon at Woolwich Works: Woolwich Works are hosting a Kitschmas afternoon to create decorations oozing with colour glitter and charm. Kitschmas is vintagevibes,boldcolours,tinselandsparkle and the whole family is welcome to take part in the afternoon. Make your own Christmas cards, complete with googly eyes and glitter or try making a tree decoration. Suitable for ages 2+ and all abilities.

Date: Sunday 14, Sunday 21 and Monday 22 December Time: Sessions at 14:30 and 15:30 Location: Workers’ Bar, Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal, SE18 6HD Tickets: Free but donations are welcome, available here: https://www.woolwich.works/ events/christmas-crafternoon

The Gingerbread Man at the Tramshed: Celebrate the magic of Christmas at Blackheath Halls with performances from Blackheath Halls Youth Choir, Greenvale School, Blackheath Goes Gospel signers and the Blackheath Halls Orchestra.

There will be sing-along moments for the audience and the evening is sure to be an enjoyableeventforthewholefamilytosee in the festive season.

Date: Sunday 14 December.

Time: 19:30 Location: Blackheath Halls (Great Hall), 23 Lee Road, Blackheath, London, SE3 9RQ Tickets: £10 children and £19 adults, availablehere:https://www.blackheathhalls. com/whats-on/blackheath-halls-christmasconcert-2025/

HISTORY ARTS 21

History

© Debra Gosling 2020

BERMONDSEY'S BREAD AND JAM WARS Pink's factory in Staple Street

Staple Street contained a big engineering works that closed in 1870 and made room for Edward Pink's jam.

Born in 1827 in Hampshire, Edward had been an apprentice grocer in Holborn, but he had bigger things in mind when he established his jam factory. The place was huge, overlooking all the little residential streets and houses. It gave work to those living thereabouts and, most of the time, it spewed out lovely fruity aromas.

During the fruit season Pink employed an additional 600 employees, with the majority women workers.

Besides the warm smell of jam, there was the noise of a huge and modern steam pump. Yet, in 1877 the medical officer for health in St George's parish had complaints from residents regarding Pink's yard, which had a pit filled with horse dung and rotting fruit. The firm boasted it was the largest maker of marmalade, so you can imagine the stench of rotten oranges. They were told to take away the horse poo more frequently and have a separate pit for the rotten fruit.

Pink's agreed, but it was just the start of much discord in its history.

© TUC Library collection

IN THE nineteenth century Bermondsey hosted the largest jam producer in the world. No, it wasn't Hartley's, nor Southwells. Liptons?

Nope. It was Pink's. I'd never heard of them until I bought a rather lovely old twisty bottle, which I think was used for fruit syrups.

© Debra Gosling

Pink’s workers take action

By Debra Gosling

In 1890 Pink's son Thomas took over the running of the things - and that's when the jam really hit the fan. He was headstrong and wanted to make his mark. Thomas went onto the factory floor and completely reorganised it. He liked new technology and had a telephone.

Instead of a secretary, he dictated onto a phonograph machine and had it typed up.

Two years later the company made the headlines when Frederick Weeks, a carman, was charged with animal cruelty by working a horse in an unfit state.

Pinks' horse keeper was also summoned for allowing this to happen. The horse was lame and in great pain. But all the horse keeper got was a fine and Weeks was discharged. It was the cruelty meted out on horses by Victorian carmen that caused the RSPCA to come about.

The company was back in the news in 1895 when Eliza Wright, aged 52,

Thomas Pink Jnr died after falling backwards into a vat of boiling apples. Her workmate, Emily Godfrey, was wheeling a pan of the apples across the factory floor and shouted for Eliza to get out of the way. Eliza moved her own trolley away but caught her leg on yet another trolley and fell backwards into the boiling fruit. Godfrey was too shocked to do anything but other workers pulled Eliza out and called for the factory nurse. Eliza, scalded all over her body, was transported to Guy's but died of her injuries. At the inquest the jury recommended that Pink's tighten their health and safety rules and use covered pans.

Thomas Pink was getting a name for himself but for all the wrong reasons. He was very strict and had a poor reputation as a boss, but it was when he reduced the women's wages that things got ugly. The women had a union and went on strike,

A Pink’s Jam bottle so he sacked them and brought in new people.

Working conditions were also bad.

Workers were not allowed to leave the building during their lunch break but there was nowhere for them to eat, other than the factory floor. In 1894 MP John Burns got to hear about it and spoke directly to Pink, who built a four storey canteen of sorts. Pink stated he wanted his staff to be happy, but only to increase productivity.

In 1911 more trouble brewed when the women striked again for more pay and were given an extra two shillings a week.

It started a domino effect and factories across Bermondsey workers downed tools and walked out for more money. A lot of women were the bread (or bread and jam) winners of the family, at a time when their husbands had to queue for a day's work.

Three years later the staff walked out again. The whole workforce wanted the minimum wage as recommended by the trade board. Pinks had no choice but to agree.

In 1919 the company's glory days were over after a huge fire affected production.

Add to this the constant pilfering of the goods by the workforce and it was curtains for Thomas. The business was sold and merged with East End jam producers Plaistowe.

Thomas Snr died in 1926 of heart failure, purportedly due to his indulgence of smoking, drinking and overconsumption of meat. Hardly the lifestyle of his two shillings a week workforce. Thomas Jnr emigrated to Canada and was never heard from again! Plaistowe was bought out by Crosse & Blackwell. The Staple street factory was demolished in 1930 and replaced by the Tabard Gardens Estate.

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (SOUTHWARK) RED ROUTE CONSOLIDATION TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 VARIOUS ROADS (E-SCOOTER AND CYCLE BAYS) VARIATION ORDER 2026 1. Transport for London, hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Order under section 6 of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984.

2. The general nature and effect of the Order will be to: (1) introduce an at any time hireable e-scooter and cycle only bay at the back of the north-eastern footway of the A2 Great Dover Street between the extended north-western building line of Pallant House, Tabard Street and a point 9 9 metres south-eastwards, the bay will be 2 metres wide; (2) introduce an at any time hireable e-scooter and cycle only bay on a section of the western footway of the A201 Blackfriars Road separating the segregated bi-directional cycle track from the carriage outside No. 40 Blackfriars Road. The bay will be 5.5 metres long and 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 of a metre from the edge of the carriageway; (3) introduce an at any time hireable e-scooter and cycle only bay on a section of the western footway of the A201 Blackfriars Road separating the segregated bi-directional cycle track from the carriage outside No. 100 Blackfriars Road. The bay will be 5.5 metres long and 1.5 metres wide and 0.5 of a metre from the edge of the carriageway; (4) relocate the Monday to Saturday 7 am to 7 pm loading, unloading 20 max and disabled persons’ vehicles 3 hours bay on the unnamed service Road fronting Nos. 108 to 114 Tower Bridge Road, outside Nos. 104 to 108 Tower Bridge Road 1.25 metres southwards. The adjacent Double Red Lines (No Stopping at Any Time) restriction will be altered to reect the change; (5) replace the 6 metre long Monday to Saturday 7 am to 7 pm 20 minute parking and disabled persons’ vehicles bay on the unnamed service Road fronting Nos. 108 to 114 Tower Bridge Road, outside Nos. 104 to 108 and 110 Tower Bridge Road with a 5.5 metre long at any time hireable e-scooter and cycle only bay. The adjacent Double Red Lines (No Stopping at Any Time) restriction will be altered to reect the change; (6) shorten the Mon to Sat Monday to Saturday 7 am to 7 pm loading, unloading 20 max and disabled persons’ vehicles 3 hours bay outside Nos. 76 to 80 Southwark Street by 11 metres at its eastern end to accommodate at any time hireable e-scooter and cycle only bay and a 1 metre trafc island with bollard at western end of the bay. The adjacent Double Red Lines (No Stopping at Any Time) restriction will be altered to reect the changes.

3. The roads which would be affected by the Order are the A2 Great Dover Street, A201 Blackfriars Road, A100 Tower Bridge Road and A3200 Southwark Street.

4. A copy of the Order, a statement of Transport for London’s reasons for the proposals, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order can be inspected by visiting our website at https://haveyoursay.t.gov.uk/tro and selecting the relevant borough and reference the Trafc Order relates to or by appointment during normal ofce hours at our ofce at the address below. To arrange an appointment please email trafcordersection@t.gov.uk. Copies of the documents may be requested via email at trafcordersection@t.gov.uk, or by post at the following address quoting reference SNO/REGULATION/STOT/JW/TRO/GLA/2026/0015: • Transport for London Streets Trafc Order Team (SNO/REGULATION/STOT) Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London, SE1 8NJ 5. All objections and other representations to the proposed Order must be made in writing and must specify the grounds on which they are made. Objections and representations must be sent to Transport for London, Streets Trafc Order Team, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ or by emailing trafcordersection@t.gov.uk quoting reference SNOREGULATION/STOT/JW/TRO/GLA/2026/0015, to arrive before 5th January 2026. Please note due to hybrid working access to post is restricted and requests for documents and conrmation of your objections or representations may be delayed. Objections and other representations may be communicated to other persons who may be affected.

Dated this 4th day of December 2026 Adam Duff, Network Performance Delivery Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC (LINDEN GROVE) & TEMPORARY WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS (ASYLUM ROAD) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice, that, it made, an order, the effect of which would be to prohibit vehicles and to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions as detailed below.

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Whilst the restriction is in place, and whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to wait, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading at any time in: (a) Linden Grove, will be closed between Limes Walk and Water Mews (b) Asylum Road, ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced, between No’s 98 and No’s 68 on both sides of the carriageway.

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The alternative route will be: (2a) Linden Grove, Nunhead Grove, Nunhead Lane (2b) not applicable

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The restriction will come into force for (2a) 12th – 13th & 19th – 20th December (2b) 12th – 15th December.

7.

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

Dated this 4th December 2025 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) LBSCR14181-2/ LBSCR14181-3 (2b) SLS/000811560650045/thames AFRIKIKO RESTAURANT & NIGHT CLUB PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE LICENSING ACT 2003 Notice is hereby given that: AFRIKIKO Restaurant and Night Club Ltd has applied to the Southwark Council Licensing Authority for a Premises Licence for: AFRIKIKO Restaurant and Night Club, 871 Old Kent Road, SE15 1NX PROPOSED LICENSABLE ACTIVITIES AND HOURS: - Late Night Refreshment: Friday to Sunday, 22:00–03:00 - Sale of Alcohol (on and off the premises): • Monday to Thursday, 13:00–23:00 • Friday to Sunday, 13:00–03:00 - Opening Hours of the Premises: • Monday to Thursday, 13:00–23:00 • Friday to Sunday, 13:00–03:00 A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

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

Date of application: 28th November 2025

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that Shrimp and Wings Ltd have made an application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Shrimp and Wings, 127 Queen’s Road, SE15 2ND.

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New Premises Licence Application Name of applicant: Jadhusha Ravindran Premises: Old Kent Café & Bar, 8 Dunton Road, Bermondsey, London SE1 5TJ. Licensable Activities: Retail Sale of alcohol on the premises Monday to Sunday 11.00 to 00.00 Hours, late night refreshments 23.00 to 00.00 hours. Licensing authority: Southwark Council. The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH e-mail: licensing@southwark.gov.uk A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000, or on website at https://app.southwark.gov.uk/ Any person or responsible authority may make representations to the above address no later than 23rd December 2025. Any representations must be in writing. It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with this application. The maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for this offence is unlimited.

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The relevant licensable activities proposed to be carried on, or from the premises are: The retail sale of alcohol:

Days Monday to Sunday

Start time 07:00

Finish time 00:00

Provision of regulated entertainment:

Monday to Sunday

07:00

00:00

Provision of late night refreshment:

Monday to Sunday

23:00

00:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Sunday

07:00

00:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000, details are also available on our website at https://app.southwark.gov.uk/ It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

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

Date of application: 26th November 2025

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that we: Tesco Stores Limited have made an application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of: Tesco Express, 562 Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 5EX. The relevant licensable activities proposed to be carried on, or from the premises are: The provision of latenight refreshment (indoors) on the following days: Monday-Sunday, 23:00-00:00. The sale by retail of alcohol for consumption off the premises on the following days: Monday-Sunday, 06:00-00:00.

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

Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov. uk) and be received by the Licensing Unit 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 not exceeding level 5 onthe standard scale.

Date of application: 26/11/2025

Notice of application to vary a Premises Licence under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Notice is hereby given that Corsica Studios in respect of Premises known as The Carpet Shop, Railway Arch 164 to 166 Rear of 115 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4ST applied to Southwark Council for a Variation of a Premises Licence. The proposed variation is: 1. To vary the premises layout in accordance with layout plans submitted with the application. No change in the extent of the licensable area. 2. To remove and replace conditions at Annex 2 of the premises licence. Please see the application for details. Any representations regarding the above-mentioned application must be received in writing by The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk no later than 24/12/2025 stating the grounds for representation.The register of Southwark Council Licensing Authority and the record of the application may be inspected at the address of the council, given above, during normal business hours or on the council’s website www.southwark.gov.uk It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person is liable to an unlimited fine on conviction should such a false statement be made.

Poppleson Allen The Stanley Building, 7 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that we Background Bars Limited have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of The Clock Tower, 1a Rye Lane, London, SE15 5EW. The relevant licensable activities proposed to be carried on, or from the premises are Sale of alcohol and late night refreshment – Monday: 19:00–00:30; Tuesday: 17:00–00:30; Wednesday: 17:00–01:30; Thursday: 17:00–02:30: Friday: 17:00–05:30; Saturday: 15:00– 05:30; Sunday: 15:00–04:30 – Regulated entertainment - Monday: 19:00–01:00; Tuesday: 17:00–01:00; Wednesday: 17:00–02:00; Thursday: 17:00–03:00; Friday: 17:00–06:00; Saturday: 15:00– 06:00; Sunday: 15:00–05:00 A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000, details are also available on our website at https://app.southwark.gov.uk/ It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Licensing Unit by no later than 29 December 2025.

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 not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Thursday, December 4th 2025

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

How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link.

Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; PIP - application is for Permission in Principle; S106 ; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of a listed building;

NOTICE UNDER THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS 2017 (“EIA REGULATIONS”) AND THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (‘DMPO’) PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT: LAND BOUNDED BY ST THOMAS STREET, FENNING STREET, VINEGAR YARD & SNOWSFIELDS, INCLUDING 1-7 & 9 FENNING STREET On 15 April 2019, planning application (Council reference 18/AP/4171) (‘the Application’) was submitted to the London Borough of Southwark by St Thomas Bermondsey Ltd (‘the Applicant’). The Application was accompanied by an Environmental Statement in accordance with the EIA Regulations.

On 24 August 2020, the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration & Skills, acting under delegated authority, issued a direction under Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2008 that the Mayor will act as the Local Planning Authority (City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE) for the purposes of determining the Application (GLA reference GLA/6665/S3). The proposed development is described as follows: “Redevelopment of the site to include the demolition of existing buildings, retention, refurbishment and use of the warehouse as a retail and community space and the erection of a ground, mezzanine and 18 storey building (with plant at roof) and 3 basement levels, comprising new office space, a medical or research and development space, flexible retail at ground floor and affordable workspace, alongside cycle parking, servicing, refuse and plant areas, soft and hard landscaping, highway improvements and all other associated works” At a Representation Hearing on the 27 May 2022 the Mayor resolved to grant conditional planning permission in respect of the Application subject to the prior completion of a Section 106 legal agreement. Since the Representation Hearing slow progress was made with negotiations on the Section 106 agreement and the Applicant has further considered environmental impacts, changes to policy and guidance since that date.

The Applicant has submitted other information under Regulation 25 of the EIA Regulations in the form of an Environmental Statement Review Report dated June 2025. The Applicant has also submitted a Policy Update letter dated 25 November 2025.

56-60 COMBER GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0LD (Ref: 25/AP/3183) Demolition of existing buildings and the redevelopment of the site to provide 39 dwellings (Use Class C3) in a six-storey building, along with associated landscaping, dedicated plant and storage facilities, and other associated works. Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Lara Sharpe 020 7525 7595)

BRAMAH HOUSE 65 - 71 BERMONDSEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3XF (Ref: 25/AP/3410) Removal of plant at first floor roof level and the installation of plant, acoustic screening and guard rail at roof level. (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Holmes 020 7525 0803)

Hard copies of the documents detailed above can be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours between 10am and 4pm on Mondays to Fridays and by prior appointment outside these hours if this can be facilitated between 4 December 2025 and 17 January 2026 at 169 Union Street, London SE1 0LL. If you wish to view the hard copy documents by prior appointment, please contact us on planningsupport@london.gov.uk or by phone 07702 825 054 to arrange an appointment.

Copies of these documents are also available online at:

38 STRADELLA ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE24 9HA (Ref: 25/AP/3352) Replacement of all windows, two flat zinc roofs, four roof lights, installation of an air source heat pump to the rear garden, two PV panels to roof, external insulation to family bathroom on the first floor, with the existing brickwork replaced by brick slips to match the existing facade, along with upgrades to the boundary fencing and the roof of the existing bike storage area (Within: Stradella Road Stradella Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465)

Dated: 02 Dec 2025 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date (or 14 days for Permission in Principle, 30 days for EIA development).

• GLA website at: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-anddecisions/public-hearings/vinegar-yard-public-hearing

STEPHEN PLATTS Director of Planning and Growth

SOUTH LOCK CONTROL OFFICE SOUTH DOCK MARINA PLOUGH WAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 7SZ (Ref: 25/AP/3406) Listed Building Consent for Construction of new fire escape stair case from First floor office to ground floor and new external postal boxes Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) 131 COURT LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7EE (Ref: 25/AP/3310) Front and rear garden improvements including landscaping, parking, storage and new fencing.

(Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Gabriel Neri 020 7525 2707) 11 WOODHALL DRIVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7HJ (Ref: 25/AP/3389) Retain the replacement patio and decking finishes and the replacement of pond (retrospective application). (Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148)

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• London Borough of Southwark website at: https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ (using ref: 18/AP/4171).

Representations about the additional information highlighted above should be submitted in writing by post, email or online by 17 January 2026: • Online via: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/planning-applications-anddecisions/public-hearings/vinegar-yard-public-hearing • Email: vinegaryard@london.gov.uk • By post: The Planning Team, Greater London Authority, City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE. Please note that if you do not submit your comments by 17 January 2026 your views may not be able to be taken into account. The consultation length has been extended to allow for the Christmas period.

If you have already submitted comments to the GLA these will be taken into account. If you submitted a hard copy letter by post to the GLA we would suggest you check whether your hard copy letter was received by emailing us on planningsupport@london.gov.uk with your details and we can confirm.

Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A3200 GLA ROAD (SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STOPPING) 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 Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable railway bridge inspection works to take place at A3200 Southwark Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on Southwark Street between the westernmost extent of the West Wing- the Hop Exchange, No.26 Southwark Street to its junction with Redcross Way. The Order will be effective at certain times from 10.00 PM on the 15th December 2025 until 6.00 AM on the 16th December 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 4th day of December 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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Thursday, December 4th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (GRIGGS PLACE)

SCHOOL STREETS PROGRAMME: DULWICH HILL AREA GOODRICH COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ST ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (Goodrich Community Primary School) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (St Anthony’s RC Primary School) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Friern Road) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 4 December 2025 it has made the above Orders under sections 6 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effects of the (Pedestrian and cycle zones) Orders are:(a)

(b)

to extend an existing ‘School Street’ timed pedestrian and cycle zone in the vicinity Goodrich Community Primary School in which all motor vehicles except ‘SC8’ permit holders would be prohibited from entering or proceeding within the existing ‘school street’ (operating between the part of DUNSTANS ROAD which lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and a point 6.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Mount Adon Park) and also (i) in that part of GOODRICH ROAD that lies between the north-western kerb-line of Dunstans Road and a point 2 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line build-out of Upland Road, and (ii) in that part of UPLAND ROAD that lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and a point 1.5 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 336 and 338 Upland Road (as measured from the north-western kerb-line of Upland Road) between 8.30 am and 9.15 am and between 3.15 pm and 4.00 pm (Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by Goodrich Community Primary School); and to introduce a new ‘School Street’ timed pedestrian and cycle zone in the vicinity of St Anthony’s RC Primary School in which all motor vehicles except ‘SC29’ permit holders would be prohibited from entering or proceeding (i) in that part of FRIERN ROAD that lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and the north-eastern kerb-line of Lordship Lane, and (ii) in the entirety of ETHEROW STREET (which has an existing north-westward ‘one-way’ working) between 8.00 am and 9.00 am and between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm (Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by St Anthony’s RC Primary School).

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable development works to be carried out by Daniel David James Ltd or it’s appointed contractor, it intends, to make an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in Griggs Place, between Grange Walk and No’s 5.

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be Grange Road, Tower Bridge Road, Grange Walk as applicable.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

7.

The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Order are to introduce a timed ‘bus gate’ restriction in FRIERN ROAD at its junction with Lordship Lane, operating between 8.00 am and 9.00 am and between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm of every Monday to Friday throughout the year, which would prohibit all vehicles entering from Lordship Lane into the north-westbound lane of Friern Road except for buses, cycles, taxis (black cabs only) and any ‘authorised vehicles’ (vehicles that have previously arranged access from Southwark Council via submitting their licence and vehicle registration details).

4.

Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 8 December 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

5.

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

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK WESTON STREET AREA IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (Weston Street area improvements) Order 2025 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 4 December 2025 it has made the above Order under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effects of the Order are: -

3.

Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Hiver Beers have made application to Southwark Council to Vary the Premises Licence in respect of Hiver Taproom, London, 56 Stanworth Street, SE1 3NY The Proposed variation is as follows: We wish to extend our hours on Thursdays and Fridays so that we can serve alcohol until 11pm and close at 11:30pm. We also wish to add a live music licence until 10pm on Thursday and Fridays, until 11pm on Saturdays and 8pm on Sundays The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be varied: Start Time

Finish Time

The retail sale of alcohol:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 Sunday 11:00

22:00 23:00 20:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 Sunday 11:00

22:30 23:30 20:30

Opening hours:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 11:00 Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 Sunday 11:00

22:30 23:30 20:30

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

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

Date of application: 12/11/25

(a)

in MELIOR STREET north-east side opposite No. 16 Melior Street (i) remove 11 metres of existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) and install a new inset loading bay 11 metres in length and 2.7 metres in width, for the purpose of loading and unloading only, which will operate Monday to Saturday between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm (40 minutes maximum stay, no return within 2 hours), and (ii) change existing ‘SYLs’ to new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) 9.5 metres between its junction with Weston Street and the location of the new inset loading bay, and 5.5 metres south-east of the new inset loading bay; and

(b)

in WESTON STREET south-east side change 6.5 metres existing ‘SYLs’ to new ‘DYLs’ north-east of its junction with Melior Street.

Notes: (1) ‘at any time’ means at all hours on every day of the week. (2) ‘SYLs’ refer to ‘timed’ waiting restrictions also known as single yellow lines, and ‘DYLs’ refer to ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions also known as double yellow lines. (3) All measurements are in metres and are approximate.

Dated 4 December 2025 Polyvios Polyviou Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

Days

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

Dated this 4th December 2025 Ian Law Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Ref: 65004068/DanielDJ/LBSnetworkdevelopment

Permits allowing vehicles to enter the ‘School Streets’ timed pedestrian and cycle zones would be available to residents of premises located within each zone, to registered carers or residents of premises located within each zone, to disabled person’s blue badge holders who are school staff to the schools within each zone, carers or dropping off and/ or collecting pupils to the school within that zone and to SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) vehicles, by application to the Council. Exemptions would also apply in respect of emergency service vehicles.

3.

The restrictions will take place between during the following dates and times: (a) Intermittent closure: 5th January 2026 – 20th June 2026, Monday to Friday 10:00hrs to 14:00hrs

Copies of the Order, which will come into force on 8 December 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

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

Dated 4 December 2025 Polyvios Polyviou Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

Thursday, December 4th 2025

PUBLIC NOTICES 27

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK LOWER ROAD CONGESTION RELIEF

The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Lower Road congestion relief) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (Lower Road congestion relief) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Lower Road congestion relief) Traffic Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Width restriction) (Lower Road congestion relief) Traffic Order 2025 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 4 December 2025 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Order are to:-

3.

4.

5.

(a)

remake an existing prescribed route Order to amend the existing north-eastbound one-way operation for motor vehicles in COPE STREET to include a corresponding 'no entry' from its junction with LOWER ROAD (with 'except cycles' plates to permit cycles to enter using the new mandatory segregated south-westbound contraflow cycle lane); and

(b)

implement a mandatory segregated south-westbound contraflow cycle lane in COPE STREET extending the entire north-west side bounded 1.5 metres south-east of, and parallel to, the existing kerb-line for the use of cycles only travelling in a south-westbound direction in Cope Street. There would be limited exemptions and no exemptions for emergency services vehicles for either of the above restrictions.

The effects of the (Width restriction) Order are to implement a width restriction of 2 metres (6.6 feet) in that part of COPE STREET which lies between a point 39 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road and a point 44 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Lower Road. This restriction would be effective on the entirety of COPE STREET as there would be a physical width restriction (with no turning points) and so there would only be exemptions for emergency vehicles travelling in a north-eastbound direction and of a certain width.

The effects of the (Charged-for parking places) Order are in existing Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) 'N':(a)

in COPE STREET (i) north-west side 22 metres (‘m’) north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road remove 10m in length existing permit-holders’ only parking ('permit'), (ii) north-west side 22m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road add 16.5m new 'shared-use' (permit-holders’ only and ‘Pay by Phone’) parking that operates Monday – Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:30 pm (‘Pay by Phone’ parking will have a max stay of 4 hours), and (iii) add a total of 66.5m of new ‘stop and shop’ parking in which vehicles may either be left free of charge for up to 30 minutes, or vehicles which have paid the parking charge via ‘Pay by Phone’ may be left for up to 4 hours, the first 30 minutes of each parking session would be free of charge provided no same vehicle may return to a parking place within the same day (Monday to Friday 8.00 am - 6.30 pm) on the north-west side 11m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road (11m) and 47m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road (11m) and on the south-east side 10m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road (5.5m), 24m north-east of that kerb-line (16.5m) 47m north-east of that kerb-line (11m) and 64.5m north-east of that kerb-line (11m) – all parking on the north-west side of COPE STREET will be relocated 1.5m south-eastward, parallel to the existing kerb-line, to accommodate the new segregated contraflow cycle lane;

(b)

in LOWER ROAD south-west side remove a total of 115m existing ‘Pay by Phone’ parking (to be relocated to Cope Street and Rotherhithe Old Road) o/s Nos. 142 – 160 Lower Road (48m) and o/s Nos. 166 – 194 Lower Road (67m); and

(c)

in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD north-east side add a total of 45.5m new 'shared-use' parking that operates Monday – Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 6:30 pm (‘Pay by Phone’ parking will have a max stay of 4 hours) o/s Nos. 41 to 55 Rotherhithe Old Road (23m), o/s No. 33 Rotherhithe Old Road (5.5m), o/s site known as Nos. 17 to 21 Rotherhithe Old Road (11.5m and 5.5m these bays will be an increased 2.5m in width).

The effects of the (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) Order are to:(a)

remove an existing 10m in length loading only bay from the south-west side of LOWER ROAD o/s Nos. 162 – 166 Lower Road and relocate this by adding a new loading only place 10m in length in COPE STREET south-east side 6m south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Lower Road which would operate ‘at any time’ every day of the week (no maximum stay restriction);

(b)

(i) remove an existing 6.5m in length 'unlimited stay' Disabled Persons' parking place ('DPPP') in COPE STREET north-west side o/s Surdoc Social Club and relocate this by adding a new 6.5m in length 'unlimited stay' ‘DPPP’ opposite Surdoc Social Club, and (ii) in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD north-east side increase the bay length by 1m an existing 'unlimited stay' ‘DPPP’ o/s Nos. 41 to 55 Rotherhithe Old Road (new length 6.6m) and relocate an existing 'unlimited stay' ‘DPPP’ north-westward by 2m and increase the bay length by 1.5m and width by 0.5m (new length 6.6m and new width 2.5m) and located o/s site known as Nos. 17 to 21 Rotherhithe Old Road;

(c)

in COPE STREET north-west side on the side of No. 160 Lower Road (i) relocate an existing 6m in length free ‘solo motorcycles only’ parking place north-eastward by 8.5m and (ii) relocate an existing 8.5m in length free ‘short stay’ parking place south-westward by 6m – effectively swapping the locations of these two existing parking places – these bays will be relocated 1.5m southeastward, parallel to the existing kerb-line, to accommodate the new segregated contraflow cycle lane;

(d)

in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD (i) remove a total of 47m existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) on the north-east side to accommodate new parking, and (ii) add 4.5m new SYLs (operating Monday – Friday 8.00 am to 6.30 pm) south-west side o/s Nos. 46/80 and 48/82 Rotherhithe Old Road;

(e)

convert existing SYLs to new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD north-east side 5m opposite Nos. 44/78 and 46/80 Rotherhithe Old Road and 10m o/s No. 33 Rotherhithe Old Road;

(f)

add 5m of new DYLs in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD north-east side opposite Nos. 46/80 and 48/82 Rotherhithe Old Road;

(g)

add new 'at any time' loading restrictions (double kerb blips ‘DKBs’) on existing DYLs at the junction of COPE STREET and ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD - a total on both sides of 13m in COPE STREET and a total of 11m in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD on the north-east side;

(h)

in COPE STREET (i) on the north-west side remove a total of 12m existing DYLs, and remove a total of 70m of existing DYLs with contiguous DKBs on the north-west side (9.5m) and on the southeast side (60.5m) to accommodate all the parking changes, and (ii) south-east side remove a total of 14.5m existing DKBs (leaving just the existing DYLs) 15.5m and 25m north-east of the northeastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road (8.5m and 6m respectively);

(i)

add new DYLs with contiguous DKBs in LOWER ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 140 – 146 Lower Road (15m), o/s Nos. 156 – 160 Lower Road (15m), o/s Nos. 162 – 168 Lower Road (14.5m), and o/s Nos. 192 – 194 Lower Road (5m);

(j)

add new DYLs with contiguous ‘timed' loading restrictions (single kerb blips ‘SKBs’) which would prohibit loading between Monday – Friday 7.00 am to 10.00 am and 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm in LOWER ROAD south-west side o/s Nos. 148 – 156 Lower Road (20m) and o/s Nos. 170 – 192 Lower Road (59.5m);

(k)

amend existing DYLs with contiguous DKBs at the junction of COPE STREET and LOWER ROAD to accommodate a new kerb-line build-out in COPE STREET at this junction;

(l)

in COPE STREET on the north-west side between a point 4m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rotherhithe Old Road and a point 21.5m south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Lower Road relocate any existing DYLs and DYLs with contiguous DKBs (3 separate lengths) 1.5m south-eastward, parallel to the existing kerb-line, to accommodate the new segregated contraflow cycle lane; and

(m)

the Council will also make a change to existing ‘SYLs’ on both sides of ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD in the map-based schedule of the Traffic Management Orders as an administrative exercise to set the operating hours to match the existing CPZ ‘N’ (Monday – Friday 8.00 am to 6.30 pm) - please note that there will be no physical changes to the street for this change.

NOTES: (1) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed; ‘pay’ refers to parking where ‘Pay by Phone’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. (2) ‘at any time’ means at all hours on every day of the week. (3) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions, and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (4) ‘stop and shop’ parking place sessions must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 30 mins free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (5) ‘DPPP’ refers to Disabled Persons’ parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid Disabled Persons’ 'blue badge'. (6) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (6) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 6.

Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 8 December 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

7.

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

Dated 4 December 2025 Polyvios Polyviou Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

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28 PUBLIC NOTICES Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A3200 GLA ROAD (SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) (NO.2) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable water disconnection works to take place at A3200 Southwark Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle except pedal cycles from entering or proceeding in an easterly direction on Southwark Street between its junctions with Blackfriars Road and Hopton Street.

The Order will be effective at certain times between 20th December 2025 and 11th January 2026 every Saturday at 8.00 AM until Sunday at 4.00 PM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs for trafc travelling in an easterly direction via Blackfriars Road, Borough Road and Borough High Street to normal route of travel. For trafc travelling in a northerly direction via, Blackfriars Bridge, Upper Thames Street, Queen Street Place, Southwark Bridge and Southwark Bridge Road to normal route of travel.

Dated this 4th day of December 2025 Andrew Ulph 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.3) 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 Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable telecom frame repair and replacement works to take place at A201 Blackfriars Road.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering, exiting, proceeding or stopping on Colombo Street between its junctions with Paris Garden and Blackfriars Road. local access will be maintained at its junction with Paris Garden.

The Order will also permit two-way working on Colombo Street between its junctions with Blackfriars Road and Paris Garden.

The Order will be effective at certain times between the 5th January 2026 and 14th January 2026 every night from 9.00 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 trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

5. At such times as the prohibition is in force an alternative route will be indicated by trafc signs for trafc travelling in a northerly direction via Paris Garden and Stamford Street to normal route of travel. for trafc travelling in a southerly direction via Meymott Street, Hatelds and The Cut to normal route of travel.

Dated this 4th day of December 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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LYNN HAVE TWO WINNERS AT NATIONAL CHAMPS

From left: Terry Pearson, Rasheed Odumosu, David Fabunmi, Micah Paul and Jimmy Moore

By John Kelly LYNN ABC had two winners at the Alliance England Amateur boxing nationals last weekend.

David Fabunmi was in action first, competing at light welterweight against Charlie O'Keefe from TKO ABC. Fabunmi delivered an impressive performance, securing a stoppage victory in the third

Carp hero for Fish

round.

“After a challenging season last year, David has completely turned things around, his skills have improved significantly, and he’s going from strength to strength,” Lynn coach Terry Pearson said.

Rasheed Odumosu was next into the ring to face Jack Jones from Champs Camp ABC at cruiserweight.

Odumosu

By John Kelly FISHER PREVAILED 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Snodland Town in the second round of the Kent Senior Trophy last weekend.

Goalkeeper Dan Carpanini was the hero in the penalty shootout after Festos Kamara

dominated the bout, earning a unanimous points win.

Pearson said: “He’s had a fantastic start to the season, adding a national title to his achievements after claiming the Golden Belt competition in Bristol back in September.”

Finally, Micah Paul took on Danny Ball, another Champs Camp ABC fighter, in the light heavyweight

and Alex Kozak had scored in either half in normal time.

Carpanini saved a spot-kick in the 90 minutes only for the Fish to concede two goals, the second four minutes into addedtime.

Donald Macaulay scored Fisher’s first penalty before Carpanini saved and Kamara

division. The bout was in the Class B Novice category (under 20 bouts).

Despite a strong start, with Paul appearing to edge the first two rounds, he was narrowly defeated on points after his opponent rallied in the final rounds. Paul will be back in action this weekend at the South London Belt competition in Balham, aiming to secure a win.

made it 2-0. It was 3-1 after Michael Sarpong’s penalty before Snodland replied and then Kozak made it 4-2. The hosts had to score their next one but sent it over the bar and Fisher into the last eight in January.

Ajay Ashanike’s side are back at St Paul’s in Rotherhithe this Saturday against Fleet Town in the FA Vase third round at 3pm.

Dulwich suffer Darts pain

By John Kelly

DULWICH HAMLET boss Mark Dacey feels the club’s “ridiculous” run of fixtures is impeding their attempts to get back to winning ways after their 1-0 defeat to Dartford at Princes Park last weekend.

Dacey admitted his side were poor in the first half against the Darts and they trailed at the break following Sam Smith’s 32nd-minute goal.

The Hamlet improved in the second half but couldn’t rescue anything from the game and it is now just one Isthmian League Premier Division win in their last fourteen matches.

Dulwich played two games a week last month.

“Warranted [after the] first-half performance,” Dacey said when asked about the result. “I thought we were poor, very poor. I’ll have to watch it back to nail down why that possibly is, it might be the ridiculous run of games that we’ve had. The injuries - the team changed three times in the last 24 hours because of a sickness bug going round. We even picked up another injury in the warm-up.

“Then the second half I’m devastated we haven’t walked away with at least a point. Don’t get me wrong I think Dartford at time defended well but we’ve carved open so many chances.

There’s having shots and there’s having chances, they’re two different things - shots can go wayward - but we’ve had [real] chances.

“What’s happened a lot at Champion Hill recently is we’ve been 1-0 up and a team’s equalised to knock the stuffing out of the ground. Had we done that here that would have switched momentum.

“On the flip-side from the first half to the second half I’m proud of the performance and the boys in there have flipped their mood from being annoyed to really disappointed and gutted.

“There’s enough in that dressing room to start to put winning runs together.”

Dulwich are ninth in the table and travel to Billericay Town, who are eighth, above them on goal difference, this Saturday (3pm).

Surrey get early clash with Champs Benn ‘obsessed’ with

By Sport Reporter SURREY BEGIN their Rothesay County Championship campaign with a trip to Edgbaston to face Warwickshire over the Easter weekend.

The Kia Oval’s 2026 summer kicks off with the visit of newly promoted Leicestershire from Friday, April 10, before they welcome Essex from Friday, April 24.

Sussex visit London next over the first weekend of May to complete three home games on the bounce for the Three Feathers.

Surrey then head up the M1 to face defending champions

Nottinghamshire from Friday, May 8, which will be followed by their first red-ball match at Headingley since the 2017 season, when Rory Burns’s team face Yorkshire from Friday, May 15.

Hampshire visit the Kia Oval from Sunday, June 7 before the Three Feathers are on the road to South Wales to take on Glamorgan from Friday, June 19 – Surrey’s first Championship clash against the Welsh outfit since the 2021 season.

The Championship returns on Thursday, August 20, with the final six matches of the season played out over a mouth-watering six weeks of redball cricket.

Surrey’s run-in will start with the

Festival of Red Ball Cricket for the visit of Nottinghamshire from Thursday, August 20.

The Three Feathers will then make the short trip to Chelmsford over the August Bank Holiday weekend before Yorkshire visit the Kia Oval from Wednesday, September 2.

Burns’s side will travel to the south coast to face Sussex from Tuesday, September 8 before Glamorgan make the journey to The Oval for Surrey’s last home match of the season from Tuesday, September 15.

The red-ball season culminates with a trip to the West Country to go up against Somerset from Thursday, September 24.

belt dad Nigel won

By John Kelly

CONOR BENN could be set for a major fight in the United States next year.

Greenwich’s Benn, 29, gained revenge with a unanimous points win over Chris Eubank Jr at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month. Eubank Jr had won a unanimous decision against Benn at the same venue last April.

Those fights were at middleweight, with Benn now dropping back down to welterweight.

Benn’s promotor Eddie Hearn outlined

plans for 2026.

He said: "Conor is obsessed with the WBC title because he grew up with that belt on his wall in his house. His father won that belt. In his gym he's got a WBC belt.

It's something that's very personal to him.

"There's a big fight that looks like it's going to happen between Ryan Garcia and Mario Barrios, and His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] told me and Conor in Riyadh that he likes the idea of Ryan Garcia, if he wins that fight, versus Conor Benn on Cinco de Mayo potentially in Las Vegas.

"That would be a huge event. We'd sell that out just from Brits travelling alone."

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Neil: wild celebrations were merited

MILLWALL WIN THRILLER Tristan Crama scores late winner in goalfest at The Den

By Will Scott ALEX NEIL thought Caleb Taylor's 30-yard screamer in his side's 3-2 win over Southampton merited joining in on the celebrations - the first time he can recall doing that in his coaching career.

Neil sprinted over to celebrate with his players after Taylor’s strike rippled the net, and would do so again sixteen minutes later when Tristan Crama scored a late winner.

Millwall's head coach was issued a yellow card for running down the touchline, but Neil thought the goals merited it.

"I don't think I've ever run down a touchline as a coach," Neil said. "But I thought it was certainly one of those moments that merit it.

“A young centre-back playing his fourth start, putting the ball in the top corner with his right foot from 30 yards.

Unfortunately, I got carried away myself there."

Neil added: “I thought the game itself was a brilliant game. The game deserved an ending like it got.

"I felt we merited that across the 90 minutes. Scored two brilliant goals in the one game. Tristan's was the most important, but the other two goals were excellent in terms of the manner of them.

"I'm just really so proud of the players, so delighted for everybody connected with the club. You look at the lineup, we've got a lot of younger lads in there that haven't played a lot of football. To be fair to them, I thought they did brilliantly today as a group. We kept going, we kept pushing, and we played against a really good side today.”

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Millwall - 3 Azeez 72', Taylor 81', Crama 90'+7 Southampton - 2 Armstrong 55' pen, Azaz 87' Date: Satuday 29 November 2025 Man of the match: Tristan Crama Referee: Ben Toner Attendance: 18,732 (2,988 away)

By Will Scott TRISTAN CRAMA scored a dramatic last-minute goal as Millwall beat Southampton in a thrilling back-andforth encounter

All five goals were scored in the second half as the two teams traded blows before Crama had the last say with the final kick of the game.

The Saints took the lead when they were awarded a penalty for a tug in the box, and Adam Armstrong buried it in the corner.

Femi Azeez responded with a fine strike from the edge of the box with 20 minutes left, before Taylor topped that with an even better hit to give the Lions the lead.

Finn Azaz scrambled in a goal in the 87th minute, and it looked like both sides would be leaving Bermondsey with a point before Crama tapped in Thierno Ballo's cross in the 97th minute to give Millwall a muchdeserved win.

It was a particularly impressive result considering the context of the match. They had won four on the bounce, and Luke Cundle's addition to the injury list meant Millwall were on bare bones, especially in the centre of the park.

Aidomo Emakhu was the bright spark for the Lions early on, firing one over from a set-piece and flashing an effort past the post after Millwall turned the ball over high up the pitch.

Southampton put together some crisp passing moves in response, but aside from

Millwall’s jubilant celebrations after Tristan Crama’s late winner Jay Robinson's effort from a tight angle that Crocombe had to get down low to in the ninth minute, were not matching it with quality in the final third.

Millwall, meanwhile, grew into the match after some initial struggles with the out-ofpossession structure.

Azeez had a good chance from a corner in the fifteenth minute, fired one just past the post in the 20th minute from long range, and Ivanovic had the best opportunity so far one minute later when Ra'ees BanguraWilliams squared it to him in the box, but his flick was soft, and his follow-up was blocked.

The Serbian striker nearly got on the scoresheet again in the 26th minute, getting a late touch on Dan Kelly's long-range effort that looked heading for the bottom-left corner before Gavin Bazunu pushed it past the post.

The game continued to entertain for the rest of the half, although the chances started to dry up. Robinson got in behind in the 29th minute, but Tristan Crama did enough to delay him, and Crocombe got out quickly enough to smother his eventual effort.

Ivanovic had another header go wide shortly before half-time, and the Lions headed down the tunnel having been the better side for the first 45 minutes.

They continued to threaten in the second half.

Only a minute into resumption of play, Emakhu picked the ball up near his own box, burst forward into the Saints' half, and was eventually brought down by Armstrong. Crama picked up the loose ball

and found Azeez on the right wing, who cut inside and forced a low save from Bazunu.

Millwall recycled possession, and a minute later, Emakhu got to the byline before uncorking a fierce effort that Bazunu did well to keep out.

The Lions had Southampton mostly pinned in their own box, but capitalised on the rare occasion they broke through the press. Azeez conceded a free kick that was headed clear for a corner. From the ensuing set-piece, Jake Cooper was deemed to have dragged down Taylor Harwood-Bellis despite Ryan Manning's corner not clearing the first man.

Armstrong was handed the ball and confidently converted the resultant spotkick despite a concerted effort from Millwall fans to distract him.

The Saints enjoyed a bright spell after their goal as they attacked the away end. In the 64th minute, Finn Azaz spun and forced out a save from Crocombe with an effort that was heading for the far corner.

Millwall soon wrested back momentum.

Ivanovic headed wide from Azeez's cross and then a corner as pressure built.

In the 72nd minute, Crama teed up Azeez on the edge of the box, who was given far too much time by Southampton and punished them with a fierce low drive into the bottom corner.

Alex Neil did not rest on his laurels and immediately made three attacking substitutions in the next seven minutes.

Emakhu had a volley ripple the sidenetting in the 75th minute before an unlikely source supplied the next goal.

Taylor was passed the ball on the edge of the box, and at The Den's urging unleashed a powerful strike that swerved into the top corner of the net past Bazunu's despairing dive.

The raucous celebrations that followed, which Neil joined, were well deserved, but Millwall only held onto the lead for six minutes.

Emakhu conceded a free kick near the halfway line that was sent into the box.

Crocombe kept out Harwood-Bellis' header, but it bounced to Azaz, who converted from a tight angle.

Neil again responded immediately, bringing on two more attacking substitutes.

Cooper and Ivanovic had headers saved in injury time before there was one final twist.

In the final minute of added time, Ballo chipped in a ball towards that back post that Crama finished to send The Den into hysterics.

but winning like 3-2 at the last minute, especially when you score, I think it's no better feeling,” Crama said after the game.

With the Lions pushing for a late goal, Crama pushed forward from right-back, and with defenders preoccupied with Mihailo Ivanovic and Zak Lovelace’s runs into the box, volleyed in Thierno Ballo’s cross from a tight angle.

“I was tired at this time of the game, but I thought it was worth it to gamble for

this ball," he said. “So I just went to the back post, and luckily the ball ended up with me.”

The goal sparked wild celebrations in the stands and on the pitch, which Millwall boss Alex Neil joined in on.

“Everyone's talking about this,” he said.

“We've never seen him do this before.

We scored some great goals last season, some important goals last minute, but I've never seen him do that.”

Crama was able to bound forward

because he started at right-back rather than at centre-back, where he has typically played this season.

“I've got legs,” he said. “That's why the gaffer put me there, because I've got legs to go up and down.

“With three games a week, I'm getting tired today, but I know it was one more game, then we've got a bit of rest, and we've got one week to prepare for the next game. So I just gave everything today.”

Millwall - 4-2-3-1: Crocombe; Crama, Taylor, Cooper, McNamara (Doughty 73); Kelly (Langstaff 88), De Norre; Emakhu (Lovelace 88), Bangura-Williams (Neghli 73), Azeez (Ballo 79); Ivanovic Substitutes: Benda, Grant, Matthews, Harding Southampton - 3-4-3: Bazunu; Stephens, Wood, Harwood-Bellis; Fellows (Fraser 76), Bragg (Romeu 76), Jander, Manning; Azaz, Armstrong, Robinson (Aribo 62) Substitutes: McCarthy, Edwards, Quarshie, Matsuki, Wellington, Oyekunle

Crama 'gambled' to score last-minute winner

By Will Scott

TRISTAN CRAMA does not think there is a better feeling than scoring a last-minute winner at home.

Alex Neil celebrates with Femi Azeez after the game

The 24-year-old Frenchman has been a standout performer since signing for Millwall in January and delivered another big moment when he scored a 97thminute goal in front of Cold Blow Lane to give them a 3-2 win over the Saints.

“You always prefer winning 3-0 or 4-0,

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‘IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD’

EXCLUSIVE

By Will Scott IT HAS been a long nine months for Danny McNamara.

Danny McNamara reflects on a tough nine months and excitement to be back

Danny McNamara in action against Portsmouth

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A cruel knee injury just five minutes into a substitute cameo against Cardiff in January forced him to miss the rest of the season.

Desperate to play, he had to watch as the Lions experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

The 26-year-old had to be a passenger for Millwall’s dramatic late dash for the playoffs which was foiled on the last day in a rollercoaster at Turf Moor.

McNamara was back in training in September, but again had to watch as an injury-riddled Lions swung between indifferent and automatic promotioncalibre form for the opening three and a half months of the season.

The defender finally returned to firstteam action in late November, starting against Portsmouth and providing a typically determined and consistent presence at right-back.

McNamara reflected on his recovery after coming out the other side.

“It's been a long road,” McNamara told this paper. “There's been plenty of ups and downs throughout the whole journey.

“I've had good people around me who supported me. The physio staff advised me how to go about things and to take it in stages as you go along the journey. It’s been tough.”

“I was actually quite slow getting out of recovery. My knee was really sore, and it was a bit delayed at the start.

“As the sort of stages went on, I got a little bit of time off as well with my family, which was nice to clear the head, and then back at it and just in the gym every day and on the grass and just grafting.”

McNamara was only able to make thirteen league appearances last season amid prior knee problems. It was the first time he had not exceeded 30 since he was a 21-year-old in the 2020-21 campaign.

He found not playing difficult.

“It's tough watching it, seeing the lads in the changing room after on a buzz,” he said.

“I was absolutely delighted for the lads, but also jealous as well because I wanted to be a part of it.

“I knew that there were going to be ups and downs and mixed emotions, but it's part of the journey, and I'm through it now.”

Throughout the process, Neil ensured he remained a part of the squad.

“The gaffer was in contact with me every day,” McNamara said. “I saw him every day.

He was giving me updates, and I was giving him updates. I was always in contact with Alex Neil, so I felt a part of it. I've never really felt not a part of it, which is good when you're injured.”

Updates on McNamara started to drip through as the Lions geared up for the current season.

He returned to light training to build up his aerobic fitness in the summer before rejoining full training in September.

McNamara remained in and around the squad and sat on the sidelines as Ra’ees Bangura-Williams rescued a late draw at

Bristol City's large pitch will lead to an 'open' game EXCLUSIVE

By Will Scott ALEX NEIL thinks Bristol City’s large pitch will contribute to an “open” game on Saturday.

The Lions travel to Ashton Gate this weekend to take on the sixthplaced Robins, having won their last two games on the bounce.

Bristol City have taken their playoff form from last season into the current campaign despite a coaching change over the summer, with Liam Manning leaving and being replaced

by Gerhard Struber.

The Austrian had guided them to eight wins, five draws and five losses

in their opening eighteen league games, and his side are two points off the third-placed Lions.

Neil outlined his expectations of the game.

“Tough game,” he told this paper.

“A lot of energy. I really like Bristol City, I like the way they play.

“I've watched a lot of their games this season. They’re dynamic and have good guys at the top end of the pitch who can score a goal.

“I feel the pitch at their ground is massive as well. So it's just really, really open.

“But I feel in the form that we are in at the moment, if we can try and take that into the game Saturday, then, yeah, it'll be a match.”

The Valley, to ensure Millwall remained unbeaten against south London rivals Charlton Athletic, stretching back to 1996.

During the game, an Addicks fan directed abuse at him, and the boyhood Millwall fan gave it as good as he got in a clip that quickly went viral on Lions social media.

“A lot of the lads wanted to go to that game because we haven't played Charlton in a while, and the rivalry,” he said. “Being a Millwall fan, I just wanted to be a part of it, and it was a good day, wasn't it? It was a good day.

“They didn't beat us, which was good. The

altercation in the stands after that was just a bit of banter, and it's just part and parcel, isn't it?”

McNamara started building up his match fitness by featuring for the under-21s in October, and at the time, Neil said he was “desperate to get going.”

“The last two months were probably the hardest because you feel like you're ready, so you're pushing your end,” he said.

“But the physios and the manager are just saying, ‘No, just be patient.’ That's probably the hardest part.

“In hindsight, it was obviously the right

Millwall charged by FA for crowd misconduct

By Will Scott MILLWALL HAVE been charged by The FA under Rule E21 for an alleged incident in the 80th minute of the Carabao Cup tie against Crystal Palace on September 16.

The FA have alleged that "Millwall FC failed to ensure its spectators and/or supporters (and anyone purporting to be supporters or followers) don't behave in an improper, offensive and/or abusive way; and that the club failed to ensure its spectators and/or supporters don't conduct themselves in a

discriminatory manner which included a reference - whether express or implied - to disability."

In a statement, Millwall said: "The club strongly disputes the claim that it failed to ensure appropriate supporter conduct or prevent discriminatory behaviour and will submit a robust response by the 4th December deadline."

Crystal Palace took the lead in the tie in the 72nd minute through Chris Richards, before Ryan Leonard scored a 91stminute equaliser to send it to penalties.

The Eagles won the shootout 4-2.

thing. They're the professionals, and that's what they get paid for.”

His patience was rewarded when Neil named him to the starting eleven at Fratton Park.

“It was a bit surreal,” he said. “I didn't think I would be starting straight off the bat, but I think with the injuries and the circumstances, the gaffer just said to me, 'Are you ready?' and I said, 'Yeah, I'm ready, I'm good to go.'

“That's the best thing to do rather than waiting around - getting thrown in the deep end. That's how I like it really. Go out there and try to perform.”

While the Lions would go on to lose 3-1, it was an important step for McNamara as he started to build some rhythm.

He came off the bench four days later as Millwall beat Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 at home, then started again in the dramatic 3-2 win over Southampton.

“I felt fine,” he said. “It literally just felt like I've been out for a couple of months and back in again. I felt like I adapted to it. You find your feet and go and just crack on.”

His longest stint on the pitch, 73 minutes, coincided with that famous win over the Saints.

“It was very good,” he said. “You could see from the celebrations on the side. The lads were just on such a high. It was a good day, and it's a day that we'll look back on hopefully in the future.”

Neil sprinted down the pitch to celebrate with his players after both the second and third goals.

Asked if he has ever seen his gaffer get so excited about a goal, McNamara said: “No, I haven't. I don't know if he pulled his calf or pulled his hamstring, maybe.

“I've never seen him run like that. It was good to see. It just shows the characters we've got in the changing room and the group we've got and how good we are together.”

The two home wins have Millwall back on the right track after a slight wobble in November.

The Lions are third in the table ahead of their trip to Bristol City this Saturday, and McNamara hopes they can bring their momentum to Ashton Gate.

“These results have been massive,” he said. “Beating Southampton, they're a top side in great form. But so are we.

“We believe in ourselves, and that's all that we can do. We've just got to try and pick up points and results.

“There's going to be ups and downs. We're going to lose games, we're going to win games, we're going to be crap, we're going

Cundle out for eight weeks

By Will Scott

LUKE CUNDLE is expected to be out for eight weeks, Alex Neil said.

The 23-year-old midfielder impressed in Millwall's 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday, but suffered a shoulder injury in a collision during the match.

Asked by this paper after the Lions' 3-2 win over Southampton how long he is expected to be out, Neil said: "Probably about eight weeks."

It leaves Neil with just two fit central midfielders, Dan Kelly and Casper De Norre, as his side head into a busy December.

Neil was asked if any of the injured midfielders would be back soon.

"The closest would be Billy [Mitchell], Neil said. "Probably for Blackburn [on December 20]."

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'HE WAS A TOP PERSON'

LYNN HAVE TWO WINNERS AT NATIONAL CHAMPS PAGE 29 Billy Bonds

By Will Scott

LUKAS JENSEN made his return from an eight-month injury lay-off this week by featuring for the under-21s, as Alex Neil said the goalkeeper is “ahead of schedule” in his recovery.

Ex-Millwall midfielder pays tribute to late Millwall boss Billy Bonds EXCLUSIVE

By Will Scott

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BILLY BONDS has been hailed as “a thoroughly top person” by his former player Bobby Bowry.

The former Millwall manager sadly passed away last weekend, aged 79.

Bonds, who made 799 appearances for West Ham United, was appointed Lions boss in May 1997 after four years as the Hammers’ manager between 1990-94.

He oversaw 53 games in the 97-98 season as Millwall finished eighteenth in Division Two, before parting ways with the club at the end of the campaign.

Bowry made 48 appearances in all competitions that season, scoring two goals.

The midfielder reflected on his time working under Bonds.

“He was an unbelievable person in terms of his attitude,” Bowry told

this paper. “I remember doing a preseason training session, and he was running with the boys, and he was 50 plus then.

“He had a seriously unbelievable mentality, him and his number two, Patsy Holland. Brought a real discipline to the club. It was great to be part of.

“As a person, his intensity in the training, he had a bit of an aura about him, in terms of he was one of the ones where you actually wanted to play for the man. Billy was just a thoroughly top person.

“His discipline and his understanding, and how he was to everybody as well.

He was the sort of person who had time for anybody, and I think that's very rare in football these days. He left quite an indelible mark on me.

“I thought I was a really good pro, but he brought a real professionalism in terms of making sure you were fit.

Training was always intense with Billy.

He used to try and join in sometimes in

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the five-a-sides on a Friday.”

“He'd like to come in here and play table tennis and that with the boys. But when it was work time, he was not a man to be messed about with.

“I thought he was good for a lot of players at the club at the time. He had that approach of when it's time to work, you're going to work with him.

And that was fantastic.”

Bowry was asked if Bonds’ status as a West Ham legend made his job trickier.

“He was just a strong character, and he always tried to deflect what was going on off the pitch with the fans,” Bowry said. “He always used to support the players.

“I remember at the time, I had a couple of clubs come in for me, and he made sure that I was in a good place in terms of playing. Whatever noise was going on at the club, in terms of him being a West Ham legend, he was doing the job for Millwall.”

Bonds signed several promising

youngsters who would grow into influential players for Millwall, including the Lions' record goalscorer Neil Harris, Tim Cahill and Robbie Ryan. All three were part of the squad that reached the 2001-02 Division One play-offs, losing to Birmingham City in the semi-finals.

Bowry thought he handled integrating young players into the squad well. “[He] didn’t overlook the younger players, which was fantastic for Millwall at the time,” Bowry said.

“Wasn't frightened to play them.

“I tell you what he was brilliant at - he'd be the first one in, and he'd be out there doing extras with the boys at half past nine to ten. He had the time to develop players and wanted to develop people as well, which I think is just a fantastic trait to have for someone who had such a great career.

It wasn't just coming in and taking his money; he was actually working to improve people.”

Jensen, 26, suffered an Achilles injury during training in April which ruled him out "indefinitely". The goalkeeper had previously made 43 appearances in all competitions in his first season with the Lions.

He returned to light training in September and full training last month.

Jensen played all 90 minutes as Kevin Nugent's side won 2-1 on Tuesday, his first game since midApril.

"He's been training with us now for weeks," Neil told this paper.

"But training and playing in a game, mentally, I think it's a bit different, certainly for him." "[He's] definitely ahead of schedule."

Neil was asked how many games he would need to play to come back into first-team consideration.

"We'd need a good few 90 minutes under his belt," Neil said. "It's a considerable injury he's had, so the last thing I'd want to do is rush him back and then it happens again.

"With Lukas, what I will say is his focus and determination to get himself back has been unwavering, in terms of how much work he's put in. He's an absolute animal at the moment; he's desperate to get back.

"We've put him in this game through him desperately wanting to be involved, us wanting to try and get him back involved, and all the metrics that he's hit to this point. So we're hoping that that can continue."

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