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COUNCIL APPROVES 300 HOMES AND A PRIMARY SCHOOL OFF THE OLD KENT ROAD

By Issy Clarke

PLANNING PERMISSION has been granted for Phase Two of the Tustin Estate redevelopment in Peckham.

The scheme, which is being led by developer Bouygues UK, will provide 295 homes at the eastern part of the Estate and will include a mixture of maisonettes and one, two and three-bedroom flats spread across four buildings.

Planned in four phases, the entire redevelopment includes 250 replacement council homes and shared equity properties for returning leaseholders, 220 additional council homes for social rent and keyworker homes, along with 220 homes for sale. The whole project is planned to be done in 2030.

When completed, the masterplan will also include a central park, over 1,800 sqm of commercial space, and a replacement building for Pilgrims Way Primary School.

Collaborative design workshops between Bouygues UK, dRMM Studio Architects and members of the local community helped inform the design of the development.

Cllr Helen Dennis, Southwark Council Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development, said: “I’m thrilled that plans have been given the go-ahead for the next exciting phase of development at Tustin Estate, bringing us one step closer to the transformation envisaged in the Tustin Masterplan.

“As part of our vision for Southwark in 2030,

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will be another major progress milestone for this community to celebrate.

“I look forward to seeing residents moving into their new homes and the continued improvements to this estate and the surrounding area as the renewal continues to progress.”

Southwark also made a start on the secondhighest number of social rent homes in the capital, commencing work on 363 properties last year – 12 per cent of the total started in London.

The GLA data counts homes funded under the Mayor of London’s affordable homes programme, which financed a total of 3,991 new affordable homes starts last year.

Responding to the new data, Councillor Helen

Dennis, Southwark Labour spokesperson for New Homes & Sustainable Development, said: “We are proud of our record of building genuinely affordable homes for local people in our borough.

“It is clear that Labour are the only party serious about tackling the housing crisis – building new social rent homes to help our residents off the waiting list and into brand new, quality homes.”

Southwark Council completed more social rent homes than any other London borough last year

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we believe everyone has the right to live in a decent home. That’s why we are building more homes than any other area, including in major estate renewal projects such as this one.

“Residents are already excited to see the brand-new homes in Phase 1 becoming reality and the start of the next phase of works here

SOUTHWARK COUNCIL completed more social rent homes than any other borough in London last year, according to new data published by the Greater London Authority (GLA).

The local authority finished 581 social rent homes in 2024, more than second-placed Haringey (547) and Greenwich (440).

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Oliver Campbell, the Managing Director of Bouygues UK said: “As we near completion of Phase One, securing planning permission for Phase Two represents a significant milestone in our journey with the Tustin Estate community.

“This approval allows us to maintain our momentum and continue the transformation we’ve begun together. At Bouygues UK, we’re Building for Life - creating homes that foster community connections and stand the test of time. The collaborative approach with residents has been instrumental in shaping a development that truly reflects local aspirations, and we’re excited to build on these strong foundations as we move forward with Phase Two.”

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TWO PECKHAM PARKS SEPARATED BY A ROAD HAVE NOW BEEN JOINED TOGETHER

By Issy Clarke TWO PARKS in Peckham, Consort Park and Harold Moody Park, have been joined together as part of a wider package of improvements being carried out

by Southwark Council.

Previously separated by Sturdy Road, the two parks are now connected, offering even more green space for the community.

The £640,000 project was paid for by money from the Mayor of London’s Green and Resilience Spaces scheme, Southwark Council’s Greener Cleaner Safer spaces fund and money generated by Section 106 agreements (paid by developers to the council as a condition of obtaining planning permission).

The completion of the scheme comes after the approval of a detailed masterplan in March 2024, which was prepared in consultation with local residents.

The council carried out three public consultations on the design proposals.

A local Friends group has since been formed to support the development of the parks, and a community planting day is being planned for the winter.

To mark the milestone, Southwark Council will host a celebratory event on 12 June from 5:30 to 7.30pm, featuring games, family activities, and opportunities to learn more about the park’s future plans.

Subject to securing further funding, the second phase could include a refreshed play area, a new pump (cycling) track, an outdoor chess table

and a tennis table.

Previously, the council signed off £420K to upgrade to Ellen Brown Adventure Playground in Bermondsey, as well as £1,050,000 to refresh Victory Community Park in Walworth.

Councillor Portia Mwangangye, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks and Young People, said: “This is a fantastic moment for the people of Peckham. Connecting these two parks not only improves the landscape but strengthens the sense of community.

“We’ve worked closely with local people to bring their vision to life, and I’m delighted with what we’ve achieved so far. There’s more to come and I look forward to seeing the parks continue to evolve as spaces for play, relaxation and connection.”

A FULL SCALE REPLICA OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS’ SANTA MARIA WILL BE COMING TO ST. KATHARINE’S DOCKS

By Evie Flynn

A FULL-SCALE replica of the Nao Santa María, the ship from Christopher Columbus’ historic 1492 voyage, will be docking at St. Katharine’s Docks in London for public visits from 29th May to 8th June.

Originally setting sail from the port of Palos de la Frontera in Spain in 1492, the nao Santa Maria ship was one of three ships in Colmbus’ fleet that crossed the Atlantic to the Americas.

A life size replica has been designed to reflect the exact ship from the 15th century.

The replica has toured all over the world and St.Katherine’s Dock will be its first visit to England. After its stop at St. Katherine Docks, the ship will make its entrance to London later in the year, crossing Tower Bridge on September 28th.

There will be guided tours at St. Katharine Docks Marina from 10am to 8pm on May 29th and 30th, and daily between 2nd to 6th June. It is priced at £10 per ticket (£5 for students). There are also family tickets (two adults and three children) available for £25.

The full scale replica has visited numerous ports around the world, including crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 2018 from Spain, just as Columbus once did. It has been to numerous destinations: New York, Bay City, Panama City, Puerto Rico and an extended tour of the Great Lakes in 2019.

The replica was built over fourteen months by the Nao Victoria Foundation based in Huelva in Spain. The construction involved nearly 100

Papers belonging to WW2 codebreaker Alan Turing discovered in a Bermondsey loft

By Issy Clarke

PAPERS BELONGING to World War Two codebreaker Sir Alan Turing that were discovered over a decade ago in a Bermondsey loft and saved from the shredder are to be sold at auction, where they are expected to reach tens of thousands of pounds.

professionals from various disciplines and the ship was launched in March 2018.

Location: St. Katharine Dock Date: 29th May – 8th June Price: Tours are priced at £10 per ticket and £5 for students (under 5s are free). Family tickets are available for

£25 (two adults and three children).

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Alan Turing cracked the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War Two, shortening the war by several years and saving countless lives.

The collection, which dates to the 1930s, was discovered in a house in Bermondsey belonging to a friend of Turing’s, fellow mathematician Norman Routledge, after he died in 2013. One of Routledge’s sisters removed the papers from the house, but they remained untouched for several more years until she moved into a care home.

Her daughter came across the papers and initially, not realising their true value, was about to cast them aside to be shredded. But when she ran the decision past Routledge’s other nieces and nephews, they were shocked to discover the true historical importance of the collection.

The papers include a copy of Turing’s pHD dissertation, and are expected to sell for tens of thousands

of pounds when they go to auction in Staffordshire next month.

The niece said the family were “bowled over by the valuations and level of enthusiasm” after the collection was inspected by Rare Book Auctions.

The value of Turing’s PhD dissertation was put at between £40,000 to £60,000. Another paper containing early ideas of a computer was also valued at £40,000 to £60,000.

Jim Spencer, director of Rare Book Auctions, described the collection as “the most important archive” he had ever handled.

“These seemingly plain papers – perfectly preserved in the muted colours of their unadorned, academic wrappers – represent the foundations of computer science and modern digital computing,” he said.

Turing invented one of the first electronic computers, creating a machine that was able to translate and decode any symbols.

Despite his critical role in Britain’s war effort, he was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts and was chemically castrated. He died two years later from cyanide posioning, which an inquest later concluding had been suicide.

He was eventually pardoned in 2013

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By Evie Flynn WITH A new headquarters at Spa Terminus in Bermondsey, this award-winning Chinese heritage food brand is back in London and they open their site to the public every Saturday.

Poon’s has taken a shift away from its roots as a restaurant into the wholesale business and from their new home in Bermondsey, they bring their signature sauces, freshly made wontons, wind-dried meats and Chinese fine goods to London.

Spa Terminus is a section of railway arches in Dockley Road in Bermondsey and is home to like-minded food production businesses. Amy Poon, who inherited her family’s Michelin Star culinary legacy in 2018, moved her team there last May. Amy said: “I always said I would never go into the family business and for over twenty years, I have succeeded in staying away - but maybe food is in my blood so what chance does one stand against kismet?”

You can pre-order and collect their signature pork wontons every Saturday from 10am until 2pm. They are made using British meat sourced from their new Spa Terminus neighbour, Farmer Tom Jones, and the orders are sold raw to be cooked simply at home.

Amy brought the family legacy back to life after a successful corporate career in Public Relations and advertising in Japan and Singapore. She returned back to London in 2016 and hosted a series of popular Poon’s pop-ups and collaborations, such as Wontoneria in Portobello. Amy describes this new venture as her “bringing you my Chinese kitchen from the depths of my heart and my family’s heart.

“It is, at times, quite daunting and finding a home at Spa Terminus is one of the best things that has happened for us. We have been itinerant for so long – a pop-up here, residency there, working out of shared spaces and storage units. I feel immensely privileged to be in a community of such brilliant food businesses who share our values and outlook.”

Her father, Bill Poon, came to London in the 1960s but was disappointed by the quality of Chinese food. He subsequently opened the first Poon’s restaurant in Chinatown alongside his wife Cecilia in 1973.

The Poon family then opened the iconic Poon’s in Covent Garden and were awarded a Michelin Star before going international with a restaurant in Geneva and three further London locations. Poon’s restaurants caught the attention of stars such as Mick Jagger, Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra, who enjoyed what was considered real, traditional Chinese food.

Adam, the Operations Director at Poon’s, said: “Many of our customers who buy our sauces and wontons share such fond memories of visiting Poon’s restaurants. For them it stood out as something truly special, a distinctive and memorable part of London’s Chinese food scene.”

Like her father, who still lives in Surrey Quays, Amy believes that using good high-quality ingredients is crucial. She began her return to Chinese cuisine by importing good quality soya sauce and realised she could use her father’s chilli oil recipe to bring authentic Chinese flavours to London. Her father’s wind-dried meats side of the business has been non-stop running since the 1970s.

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POON’S CHINESE WONTONS FROM A RICH FAMILY LEGACY HAVE SET UP HQ IN BERMONDSEY Poon’s signature sauces

Amy Poon set up her HQ in the disused railway arch last year

Oil, Soy Sauce, and WO Sauce are now stocked in Selfridges and in 180 different stores across the country.

Bermondsey stockists include: Greensmiths Deli & Grocery, NoNo Bermondsey and Natoora.

Poon’s first visited their new space in Spa Terminus in May 2024 and

Bill and Cecilia Poon opened Poon’s and Co. at 27 Lisle Street in Chinatown

were moved in by June and have been making their signature sauces ever since. Their head office is based upstairs and the food production happens below.

“Monmouth Coffee and Neals Yard Dairy were both in Covent Garden in the eighties when my parents had

Poon’s of Covent Garden on King Street. At Spa Terminus, our arch sits between the two and it feels like coming home – a bit like a prodigal return! Bermondsey is extremely convenient and home to so many interesting businesses, we love being here.”

You can pre-order a portion of 16 of their much-loved wontons for £20 on their website: www.poonslondon.com Poon’s Pantry Ltd, Arch 18 Discovery Business Park, Spa Terminus, London, Se16 4RA

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LACK OF STEP-FREE ACCESS AT STATION CAUSING MISERY FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED Barbara Richardson

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By Issy Clarke THE LACK of step-free access at North Dulwich Station has left elderly and disabled residents feeling incarcerated in the leafy south London suburb.

Barbara Richardson, 80, spent decades bounding up and down the stairs of North Dulwich station effortlessly. But since being diagnosed with a heart condition a few years ago, she struggles to manage the imposing climb, and now avoids using the station altogether.

The station has two platforms – both of which can only be accessed via a steep flight of stairs.

“I used to go up them two at a time”, said Barbara, a retired social worker. She has lived in Dulwich for most of her adult life and used to commute into central London several times a week.

“It isn’t something I ever really thought about until suddenly it started to affect me”, she said. “But it is a pain for people in wheelchairs, and parents with pushchairs.”

Another resident in her eighties, Linda Bird, said she avoids using the station, particularly at night when it is dark and unmanned.

North Dulwich is a small station, but a key one. It is just two stops from Peckham Rye, which in turn acts as a portal into central London via the Overground.

Barbara recently raised the issue with her local Dulwich Village ward councillor, Richard Leeming. “He said they looked at installing a lift, but it was going to cost £10 million. But why won’t they try a bit harder?”

North Dulwich Station Station accessibility falls under the remit of Network Rail, which owns the majority of Britain’s stations and leases them out to train operating companies.

Network Rail selects a certain number of stations each year for accessibility upgrades using money allocated by the Department for Transport, and operating companies have to bid for funding.

Southern Rail, which manages North Dulwich Station, told the News they had previously put forward the station for an upgrade, but this was unsuccessful.

The council also sometimes pays for station upgrades rather than waiting for Network Rail to allocate funding – the renovation of Peckham Rye station received £1 million from the council using money generated by the Community Infrastructure Levy (a charge paid to local authorities by developers as a condition of planning permission).

Jenny Saunders, Customer Services Director for Thameslink and Great Northern, said: “Sadly, while North

Dulwich is a beautiful Grade II listed station, when it was built, in 1868, stepfree access was not a consideration.

“Step-free schemes, such as lifts, cost many millions of pounds, which is why they are financed by central government through a limited fund called ‘Access for All’.

“We do everything we can to make our train services accessible, which is why we listened to the community and put Dulwich forward for a slice of this fund.

“Unfortunately, our bid was unsuccessful. We would certainly support another bid in future rounds.

This would stand a much better chance of success if there was third party funding.”

Access is not just a problem in North Dulwich station – several others in the area also have platforms which can only be reached by a steep flight of stairs.

The London-bound platform of West Dulwich station has no step-free access, while both platforms at Sydenham Hill station can only be reached by steep

flights of stairs.

West Dulwich was also nominated but not selected for the most recent round of funding under the ‘Access for All’ scheme.

For Barbara, the situation could be worse. Instead of travelling from North Dulwich station, a 10-minute walk from her house, she can take a 20-minute bus to East Dulwich, which has a lift.

This paper was told of one elderly resident who had to drive from her home in North Dulwich to Lordship Lane, before getting a bus to East Dulwich, followed by another train to get to Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital for her cancer treatment.

Speaking for the SoutheasternNetwork Rail Alliance, Andrew Wood, Senior Commercial Scheme Sponsor at Network Rail, said: “Everyone should be able to travel by train with ease and confidence. We recognise that the lack of step-free access at West Dulwich and Sydenham Hill is deeply frustrating, and we’re committed to working with

partners to improve this.

“Across our network of 181 stations, we’ve made significant progress- since 2019, we’ve delivered eight ‘Access for All’ schemes worth more than £50 million. But we know there is still more to do.

“While funding for these improvements is provided by the Department for Transport, and prioritised based on criteria like footfall, local need and thirdparty funding, we continue to make the case for stations like West Dulwich and Sydenham Hill.

“In the meantime, customers can complete their journeys using nearby step-free stations, including Herne Hill and we offer a free taxi service via our Passenger Assist scheme where needed.

We remain determined to improve accessibility and will continue working with local authorities to strengthen future bids.”

Southwark Council declined to comment.

Have you tried free Arts Sunday at Dulwich Picture Gallery?

By Eliza Frost

GET INSPIRED to make art together as a family in these free monthly creative activities in the Art Studio at Dulwich Picture Gallery.

You’ll experiment with colour and make artworks inspired by paintings in the gallery’s collection or “Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious”.

It is aimed at 7- to 12-year-olds and their families Art Sunday activities are aimed at 7- to 12-year-olds and their families, siblings of all ages are welcome. No experience is needed, just come along and join in.

When selecting your tickets, there are three sessions at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm that last for 45 minutes. A maximum of 5 tickets per family per timeslot is

allowed.

Drop-in spaces on the day are subject to availability.

Dates: Sunday 1 June 2025, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm Tickets: Free but booking required Dulwich Picture Gallery, College Road, SE21 7AD dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

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By Issy Clarke LOCAL RESIDENTS fear a developer’s plans to build offices on a multi-storey car park next to Guys and St Thomas’ could mean the seriously ill are unable to access medical treatment, claiming that two-thirds of its users are hospital patients.

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The £350 million development, which is being led by the Snowsfields Quarter Partnership and is currently being consulted on by Southwark Council, would see the south side of Snowsfields from Weston Street to Crosby Row transformed into a new life science quarter spread across three buildings.

The plans, if approved, would involve the demolition of the Miller Pub at 96 Snowsfields as well as the NCP car park at the junction of Weston Street and Kipling Street, which residents claim is mainly used by patients of Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital receiving treatment for conditions such as cancer and kidney failure.

A spokesperson for Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Trust said hospital users would continue to be eligible for patient transport services, and added they were working with the developer to improve access to the hospital.

The We Love Snowsfields group also worries that large lorries involved in building the new development would clog the area’s narrow streets, saying they’ve already experienced ‘gridlock chaos’ when long vehicles have previously got stuck.

In 2012, a young cyclist died after colliding with a lorry at the junction of Weston Street and Snowsfields, which prompted then-Mayor Boris Johnson’s decision to bring in a Cycle Safety Action Plan.

Cllr Emily Hickson, who represents London Bridge and West Bermondsey, told the News she and Labour’s other two local ward councillors “shared many of the concerns” raised by local residents.

She criticised the “lack of a clear plan for traffic and parking - including how vulnerable patients will continue to have access to the hospital once the car park is demolished, and how the developer will ensure the surrounding roads will not become choked up with construction traffic, creating considerable health and safety issues.”

FEARS THAT PLANS TO BUILD OFFICES ON CAR PARK NEAR GUY’S COULD MEAN THE SERIOUSLY ILL CAN’T GET TO HOSPITAL

An HGV attempting a tricky manoeuvre near Snowsfields The site plan She called for “at least £3 million” in Section 106 payments - a sum paid by developers to the council as a condition of obtaining planning permission adding: “otherwise, this development starts to look like all pain, no gain for our residents.”

Consultation ends on Sunday, March 26, which is the deadline for the public to comment on the planning application.

Cllr Hickson added: “We need to see a strong Section 106 agreement which brings clear community benefits, including to Guy’s Park and local estates like Hamilton Square.

“The life sciences element of the proposal needs to be embedded in the planning application, so we can ensure

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the building is used for this important purpose. We will also urge developers and planners to consider this building in light of at least four other significant developments likely to also be under construction in the same period. We as the local ward councillors will continue pushing for these crucial improvements to this scheme.”

A spokesperson for the Snowsfields Quarter Partnership said the developer had undertaken “over two years of engagement with the community and local stakeholders” before submitting the planning application in April.

They continued: “We have considered the full range of community views and perspectives and are continuing this

positive dialogue as we look forward to the application being determined by the London Borough of Southwark later this year. By working with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to ensuring that patients will continue to be able to access services safely in line with national NHS guidelines.

“There are a number of options currently being progressed that will allow us to achieve this. Road safety is a top priority for the Snowsfields Quarter Partnership. Access to the site for vehicles has been thoroughly assessed in our planning application and we continue to work with the council’s Highways team and ensure the safety of

everyone.

“The Snowsfields Quarter Partnership remains in close communication with Southwark Council, local communities, neighbouring institutions, and businesses to understand the impact of any changes and ensure minimal disruption to the local road network.

“Our proposals aim to support pioneering research in fields such as medical technology, genetics, and neuroscience by creating a thriving life sciences ecosystem in Southwark, improve local infrastructure and provide training and skills opportunities for residents and Londoners, while bringing almost 900 new ongoing science related jobs to the area once operational.”

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and wayfinding around the Tidal Lakes and Italian Terraces. Sustainable drainage systems are being introduced to key areas of the park to improve water management as well.

The entire project, which is being jointly delivered by Bromley Council and Crystal Palace Park Trust, is expected to be completed by autumn 2026 with various park improvements delivered sooner. The park will remain open to all visitors throughout the duration of the works.

Bromley Council’s executive councillor for renewal, recreation and housing Yvonne Bear said: “The new future for this park will start to unfold as we begin to breathe fresh life into prominent and beloved sites that capture the distinguished history of this incredible park.

“We have already had many successes for our regeneration plan, including the award-winning restoration of the subway and establishing the trust as

custodians of the park.

“Sustained efforts, working with partners over a number of years have led to these upcoming works, as we secure the park’s history for generations to come.”

Crystal Palace Park Trust’s chief executive Victoria Pinnington said: “We can all look forward to a revitalised park, with its much-loved heritage features restored and protected, with better accessibility and improved information about the park’s history.

We couldn’t be more pleased that this vital work is about to begin, to deliver all of this and more for our visitors.”

Last month, Bromley Council announced it had sold two plots of land adjacent to the park to housing association Clarion Housing Group for nearly £21.8 million. The two sites will be used to deliver 210 affordable homes, with all the money from the land sale going into the park regeneration project.

Local Democracy Reporter WORK ON the multi-million pound regeneration of Crystal Palace Park has begun.

The large-scale project includes the restoration of the 30 famous Grade-I listed dinosaur sculptures and their setting, the Tidal Lakes, as well as and the creation of a new dinosaur-themed playground, a new visitor centre and a new community centre and café.

It will also see the restoration of the Grade II-listed Italian Terraces, a new feature entrance at Penge Gate and new meadows which will feature paleo-inspired planting and wildlife friendly shrubs, helping to create new habitats.

Accessibility in the park is also being improved with the creation of two new step-free routes from the centre of the park to the top near Crystal Palace Parade, improved footpaths, lighting

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CHILDREN ARE SPENDING THEIR ENTIRE CHILDHOODS IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION

By Noah Vickers Local Democracy Reporter HOMELESS CHILDREN are in some cases spending their entire childhoods in temporary accommodation (TA) across London, and are even living alongside pensioners well into their 90s, according to a new report.

Research by the community organising charity Citizens UK has also found that people living in TA often “cannot access basic amenities – a toilet, washing machine, somewhere to cook a nutritious meal – because of the barriers imposed on them”.

More than 70,000 homeless households in London are currently living in TA provided by their local council, Government data shows – with the largest numbers found

in Newham (6,667 households), Lambeth (4,657) and Southwark (3,828). Often, this will take the form of a hostel or budget hotel room with limited facilities.

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the capital’s councils show that one family with children has been living in TA in Croydon since 1998. The same is true of another family with children in Brent since 2000. Meanwhile, some single-person households have been staying in TA even longer, including one person in Haringey who has been officially homeless since at least 1983 – a period of more than 40 years.

“The median household in TA is a parent in their twenties, thirties or forties with one or two children,” the report states. Yet “behind these medians are young children at one end of the spectrum and vulnerable elderly people in their 90s at the other,” it

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adds. “In all cases of TA, but particularly in those cases, they are denied their dignity.”

The FOI data shows that Brent and Tower Hamlets are each supporting at least one homeless 97-year-old in TA, while the oldest TA resident in Newham is 96, and in Kingston-upon-Thames is 95.

Where a local authority is unable to accommodate a family, they are sent outside of the borough, and sometimes out of London altogether. Citizens UK’s research found that the city’s councils place on average 43 per cent of households outside of their boundaries, but some of London’s most affluent authorities place significantly higher percentages.

“Bromley, Richmond-upon-Thames and Merton are among the least disadvantaged, but place some of the highest percentages of their residents outside of their boundaries

Map showing number of London households living in temporary accommodation

at over 75 per cent,” the report states. It adds that households in Ealing are sent as far as Newcastle, families in Redbridge as far as Wakefield, and Wandsworth residents as far as Gwynedd.

“Temporary accommodation should be a lifeline for those who need it, not a trap,” said Emmanuel Gotora, assistant director at Citizens UK. “This research sheds light on the harsh realities that people living in temporary accommodation face daily. Families spend years, and even decades, in accommodation that is supposed to act as a springboard into a stable home.

“For many, basic necessities such as access to cooking facilities, washing and drying clothes, and storing belongings are not being met. No one should have to live this way, and no child should be growing up

without the security of a home that meets all of their needs.

“We need urgent action to deal with this crisis. The Government must step up and set national standards to ensure people can live with dignity across the country.”

Responding, a Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government spokesman said: “The Government inherited a serious housing crisis which is why we are taking urgent and decisive action to end homelessness, fix the foundations of local government and drive forward our Plan for Change.

“We are providing £1bn for crucial homelessness services this year so councils can support families faster, including an extra £78 million for London than the previous Government.

“Alongside this we are also tackling the root causes by building 1.5m new homes and boosting social and affordable housing, as well as delivering safe housing for temporary accommodation tenants and abolishing section 21’no fault evictions through the Renters’ Rights Bill.”

The Government adds that it has also launched a series of ‘Emergency Accommodation Reduction Pilots’, backed by £8m, and is working with 20 councils with the highest levels of B&B use for temporary accommodation, to support them move families into “more suitable accommodation”.

Grace Williams, London Councils’ executive member for housing, pointed out: “London is the epicentre of the worsening homelessness emergency, with the capital accounting for over half of all households in temporary accommodation in England.

“Boroughs are seeking urgent Government action to tackle the fundamental factors behind homelessness – particularly through investing far more in affordable housing.”

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CLAIMS THAT ‘15,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN SOUTHWARK COULD SOON LOSE BENEFITS’ DISPUTED BY GOVERNMENT

EXCLUSIVE

By Issy Clarke CLAIMS THAT more than 15,000 people in Southwark will be impacted by changes to the benefits system have been dismissed by the government.

A spokesperson for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said the government “did not recognise” figures cited by the Southwark Lib Dems suggesting that thousands of people in the borough could be impacted by cuts to personal independence payments (PIP) and changes to eligibility for universal credit.

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, also rejected the number as “simply untrue”, adding: “There are different levels of support under PIP depending on levels of need and only the very lowest level is affected.”

The study, published by Policy In Practice, predicted that 3,515 households in Southwark could lose PIP and a further 9,190 impacted by a freezing in the health component of universal credit under the government’s plans to reform the benefits system, aimed at slashing £5 billion from the welfare spending bill by 2030.

But when the News approached the government about the statistics, a spokesperson for the DWP said they did “not recognise these figures and they don’t reflect the fact that the majority of people who are currently getting PIP will continue to receive it.”

WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO CHANGE?

Sweeping changes to the benefits system were announced by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall, on March 18.

The measures include cuts to personal independence payments (PIP) - an allowance given to people needing support with every day living.

PIP is split into two sections - a daily living allowance and a mobility allowance.

The daily living component is paid to

people who need help with everyday tasks like washing themselves and getting dressed. The mobility allowance is for people who struggle with physically moving around.

In both cases, those who qualify are either awarded a lower (£73.90 for daily living and £29.20 for mobility) or a higher (£110.40/ £77.05) monthly rate based on level of need.

The government has proposed making it more difficult to qualify for the standard rate of the daily living allowance, which is paid to around 3,000 people in Southwark.

Eligibility is calculated using a pointsbased system. Claimants have to rank out of ten the level of difficulty they experience performing a variety of daily tasks, such as eating or getting dressed.

The points are tallied up, and a person will either be awarded the standard or the enhanced rate based on their overall score.

The government is reforming the system so that claimants will now have to score at least four points from a single activity to qualify for the standard allowance. These changes will apply to new claims and reviews from November 2026.

The other big headline change is to the way the health element of universal credit is calculated. The benefit will be frozen at £97 per week, and won’t rise in line with inflation until 2029.

New claimants will only be able to claim £50 a week - and those under 22 won’t be able to claim it at all.

The government hopes that the reforms will cut £5 billion from the welfare spending bill by 2030 - but the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an anti-poverty charity, has warned that the measures represent the biggest cuts to disability benefits since 2020.

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTHWARK WILL BE IMPACTED?

The Lib Dems have claimed 15,000 households in the borough will be impacted by the cuts in some way.

The figure is drawn from a report produced by the Policy in Practice think tank, which scaled down the number estimated to be affected by the cuts nationally based on the number of claimants in each local authority.

They projected that in Southwark, 3,515 households will lose their eligibility for PIP and 12,829 stand to be impacted by changes to the health element of universal credit.

The latter number includes nine thousand households who will receive a lower amount of universal credit once the reforms are implemented, and two thousand future claimants who will no longer be eligible.

A further 1,251 could lose their eligibility for the health top-up in addition to losing PIP. But Neil Coyle described the figures as “utter nonsense.” He told the News that the number of people who currently claim the daily living component of PIP in his constituency, Bermondsey and Old Southwark, stands at 1,000 - the majority of whom would ‘retain their eligibility’ under the new system.

He said this is because it is only the lowest tier of help being slashed - those who receive the standard daily living allowance. Neither the higher rate nor the mobility allowance will be affected.

He claimed: “The [3,515] figure is probably all the people on the standard daily living allowance across the borough - but most of those people will qualify for more than four points.”

When the News asked about the bigger chunk of the 15,000 figure - the number set to lose the health top-up to universal

credit - Coyle reiterated that he ‘rejected’ the study’s findings, and emphasised that the reforms to universal credit were aimed at reducing the number of people classed as long-term sick.

The number of people in Britain classed as economically inactive due to long-term sickness has soared in recent years - with young people nearly five times more likely to be put out of work because of ill health.

Currently there are 8.7 million people in the UK with a health condition that limits their ability to work - a 41 per cent increase over the last decade.

A spokesperson for the DWP said: “We don’t recognise these figures and they don’t reflect the fact that the majority of people who are currently getting PIP will continue to receive it.”

“We are determined to support more people back to work and at the heart of our reforms is a £1billion package to help disabled people and those who are longterm sick find secure, stable jobs.

“Alongside this, as part of our Plan for Change we’ve increased the national living wage, uprated benefits, and are helping over one million households by introducing a fair repayment rate on Universal Credit deductions which will help boost financial security up and down the country.”

WHAT HAVE SOUTHWARK’S MPS SAID?

When the News approached our five MPs to gauge their stance on the reforms earlier this year, we were met with a wall of silence.

Only Neil Coyle was willing to raise his head above the parapet and share with us how he intends to vote when the measures come before Parliament, expected to be some time in June.

In an exclusive conversation with the News in April, he defended the measures,

claiming there were “huge gains” in some places and could in “no way” be compared to austerity.

None of our other MPs - Miatta Fahnbulleh (Peckham), Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green), Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) and Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and East Dulwich) - responded to our requests.

Nor have any of them added their names to the 42 Labour MPs who have publicly resolved to vote against the bill when it appears before Parliament.

However during a debate in Parliament on the measures in March, Florence Eshalomi expressed reservations with the bill, stating: “I agree with the Secretary of State that many disabled and sick people want to work, but the reality is that reality is that cutting PIP will not address the reasons why they do not.”

In the same debate, Helen Hayes asked the Secretary of State for assurance that “these reforms will not make child poverty worse for any child living in a family where their parents or carers are in receipt of benefits”.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

The next step will be a parliamentary vote on the the bill, expected to take place in the coming months.

But the stage has already been set for a showdown. Last week, it was reported more than 100 Labour MPs had added their names to a letter warning Keir Starmer they would not support the government’s plans to cut welfare spending.

Separately, 41 MPs have publicly signed a letter declaring their intention to vote against the measures when they appear before Parliament - among them, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, who represents Clapham and Brixton Hill.

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SHOPLIFTER BANNED FROM GREENWICH AND SUPERMARKETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

By Kevin Quinn

A LEWISHAM shoplifter has been banned both from entering the borough of Greenwich for three years and from every Sainsbury’s, Boots. Co-op in England and Wales after a police crackdown.

Local officers worked with retailers in Greenwich to identify and arrest Winston Wright who stole more than £2,500 worth of goods from stores in the area over four months.

In a separate investigation, officers in Haringey secured an order to ban Patrick Verry from every Greggs store in England and Wales after he targeted a store seven times.

They also released a video completion of arrests for shoplifting across London The Met says it is prioritising neighbourhood policing by putting more officers into local teams to tackle shoplifting.

Officers are working with business owners to target the most prolific offenders.

Winston Wright, 44 (08.04.81), of Lewisham, pleaded guilty to eight counts of shoplifting and one count of commercial burglary at Croydon Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 6 May 2025.

As well as being given a Criminal Behaviour Order which bans him from entering any Sainsbury’s, Boots and Co-op in England and Wales for three years, he’s also been banned from entering the Royal Borough of Greenwich for three years, jailed for three months and fined £200.

During the course of the investigation officers gathered CCTV from various stores which helped identify Wright as

the offender. As a result he was stopped in Deptford High Street on Thursday, 20 March by a PCSO who recognised him.

Patrick Verry, 33 (02.04.92), of no fixed address, was caught in the act by officers at the store in Wood Green High Road on Thursday, 15 May. He pleaded guilty to six counts of theft from the same store at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 16 May. In January the Met reported how they carried out a targeted sting operation in Waterloo. Derick Bell, 36, (29.02.88) and of no fixed address, was caught

© Met Police

Sex offender caught in Denmark Hill thanks to facial recognition cameras

David Cheneler

shoplifting from Lower Marsh Co-op while attempting to stuff the contents of the meat-chiller section into a plastic bag. He was unaware that police were waiting in the back-office monitoring CCTV footage after several reports of theft from the store. He received an eight week prison sentence.

Chief Inspector Rav Pathania, the Met’s lead for tackling retail crime, said: “The Met is focused on tackling the most prolific shoplifters like Wright and Verry. They cause fear to retail workers and their offending has a negative impact on communities.

“We continue to work with local

business owners to investigate reports of shoplifting, understand concerns and use different tactics to crackdown, including targeted operations and regular patrols.”

The rate of shoplifting has continued to accelerate over recent months.

New data revealed that offences increased 54 per cent last year, compared with 2023.

The latest ONS statistics showed that almost 90,000 shoplifting offences were recorded in the capital in 2024, up from roughly 58,000 the previous year.

The figures suggest that the city’s

By Issy Clarke

and compare their faces against a database of wanted offenders.

If a match is detected, the system generates an alert. An officer will then review the match and decide if they wish to speak with the individual.

Detective Constable Adam Pearce of the Met’s local policing team in south-east London, who led the investigation, said: “This is a prime example of how the Met is using technology to remove dangerous offenders from our streets, and Live Facial Recognition remains an important tool in protecting Londoners.

“Although there were no allegations made towards David Cheneler on this occasion, it’s possible if he hadn’t been identified using this technology, he could have gone on to abuse this child.

“Her mother was completely unaware of his offending history, and along with her young daughter, were both taken advantage of by Cheneler who abused their trust.”

Lindsey Chiswick, the Met’s lead for Live Facial Recognition, said: “The Met is committed to making London safer, using data and technology to identify offenders that pose a risk to our communities.

“This is a prime example of the variety of uses for LFR. The tool is

A CONVICTED sex offender has been placed behind bars for two years after officers found him alone with a six-year-old girl, in breach of his sentence.

73-year-old David Cheneler, from Lewisham, (pictured) was caught in January in Denmark Hill after his face was identified by Live Facial Recognition cameras attached to the back of a van, alerting officers to his presence.

When he was stopped by officers, he was found to be with a six-yearold girl, who he had picked up from school as a favour for her mother, who was unaware of his offending history.

Police said he had picked up the child on two previous occasions after building a relationship with the mother and child over the course of a year.

Further checks confirmed he was in breach of his Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO), which prevented him from being alone with a child under the age of 14. He was also in possession of a lock knife that was hidden in the buckle of his belt. He was arrested and taken into custody.

Facial recognition cameras capture live footage of people passing by

explosion in shoplifting since the pandemic is showing no sign of slowing down and is in fact only increasing at a greater pace.

In addition, the data demonstrates that the capital is out of step with other regions, as shoplifting offences across the rest of England – excluding London – increased only 15 per cent in the last year.

However, the Met are upping their game even targeting retailers buying from shoplifters. Officers made fifteen arrests in April in an operation to disrupt an organised shoplifting gang operating in South London.

Eight shops were raided after they were suspected of buying items such as food and alcohol that had been stolen from major retailers and selling them on at lower prices.

After marking 5,000 items with synthetic DNA officers were able to identify and recover around £150,000 worth of stolen goods.

In a first for the Met, officers marked the most commonly stolen items, such as alcohol and chocolates, with SelectaDNA. Each mark is unique and can be traced back to the original store which means officers can return to gather more evidence, such as CCTV and victim impact statements to help bring prosecutions.

SEARCHES WERE CARRIED OUT AT SHOPS IN: • • • • • • •

Fernlea Road, Mitcham Balham High Road Kingston Road, Wimbledon London Road, Tooting (x2) Christchurch Road, Wimbledon Church Road, Mitcham Tooting High Street

not only used to find those wanted, but also to stop people on a watch list who have conditions they must adhere to.

“These interventions are crucial.

Without this technology, Cheneler may have had the opportunity to cause further harm.”

He appeared at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday, 20 May, where he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

He pleaded guilty at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 13 January to breaching the conditions of his SOPO, as well as possessing an offensive weapon.

The SOPO was originally imposed in 2019 by the courts, following a previous conviction in 2010 for 15 counts of indecent assault on a female under 16 and five counts of gross indecency with a child between 1968 and 1993, for which he served a nineyear prison term.

Live Facial Recognition enables the Met to take a more precise, intelligence-led approach to tackling crime.

Each deployment is carefully planned based on operational needs and is guided by data to ensure resources are directed at offenders who pose the greatest threat to our communities.

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Canada Water comes to life As we head into summer, things are really warming up at Canada Water. A new cultural hotspot is forming around Canada Dock, welcoming everyone to relax by the water, listen to live music, eat locally grown food and immerse themselves in the Minecraft experience. All this in a location overlooking the revitalised wetland habitat.

Corner Corner is a venue with many faces. Looking for a spot to meet friends, work remotely or simply take some time to yourself? Drop in and find your spot.

There’s plenty of open-plan seating and free WiFi – available whether or not you choose to grab a coffee from the Armenian café Sireli.

Hungry? Check out the options on offer at the food hall, with offerings from London-based independent operators including fried chicken from legendary Chick N Sours, Taiwanese rice bowls & bao from Jou Jou’s Bites and a taste of Mexico from Masa Tacos.

The food hall is supplied with ultra-fresh herbs and salads from the on-site vertical farm. The farm is run by Harvest London, who are on a mission to get people thinking about the future of food production and how it fits into our rapidly changing cityscapes. The rows of crops, growing in nutrient-rich solution under LED lights, can be seen through the glass by people dining in the food hall.

This not only makes the local produce story very real, but guarantees ultimate freshness.

Corner Corner’s music programme, curated by Broadwick (of Printworks London fame) features an eclectic mix of jazz, funk and world music, with both live acts and DJs. No tickets are needed, all are welcome to come and enjoy. Anyone living within a one-mile radius of Corner Corner can sign up for a 10% discount on food and drink at cornercorner.com.

Canada Dock This piece of the local landscape hums with history of the working docks. Now it’s been given a new lease of life as a haven for wildlife. In partnership with London Wildlife Trust and contractors Galldris, British Land created three wetland habitats and 1km of shallow edges that provide ideal nesting conditions for birds. People can get close to the wildlife by taking a stroll along the 170m Rafter Walk. Designed by award-winning local architect Asif Khan, the boardwalk is named for the dock

Corner Corner viewed from Rafter Walk

workers who manoeuvred timber around the dock. It passes by the restored Deal Porters sculpture, helping to make it a celebration of both the area’s history and nature. The southern edge’s new amphitheatre-style seating is a great place to stop and enjoy the ambience, and has proved a popular spot during the recent sunny weather.

Canada Water Leisure Centre Opening its doors to the public soon, the state-of-the-art leisure centre will feature an eight-lane swimming pool, learner pool, multi-court sports hall, world-class gym and studios for fitness, yoga and more. It will have something for everyone, and the facilities are designed to be accessible to all abilities.

Public realm Marker Way is opening soon as a pedestrian and cycle route linking Canada Dock to Lower Road, enabling people to get to Southwark Park more quickly. The new cut-through will also provide access to the newly created green escape at Dock Office Gardens, the leisure centre and the new restaurants (see below), forming part of a network of routes designed to help people move through the area under their own steam.

New restaurants Also coming soon to the dock area will be new eating spots – the first to open in the new spaces being built within phase 1 of the development. Sushi Revolution, from hospitality expert and Rotherhithe resident Aidan Bryan and sushi chef Tom Blackshaw, will bring al fresco dining to the new Dock Office Gardens. The Village Tree, from the team behind local favourite The Pear Tree, will offer signature coffee perfect for the morning commute, and an evening menu to enjoy as the sun sets.

Visitors to Canada Dock view the wetlands from Rafter Walk

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DEVASTATED PARENTS AND TEACHERS’ LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOL

EXCLUSIVE

One of the latest redevelopment plans for Elephant & castle

By Issy Clarke DEVASTATED PARENTS and teachers gathered outside Charlotte Sharman Primary School on Tuesday, May 20, to protest against Southwark Council’s decision to close the school.

In a protest organised by Unite, the teachers’ union, parents and teachers called on the council to “save our schools”, while others held a sign urging motorists to “Honk in Support” as they passed by.

The council recently confirmed that Charlotte Sharman and St Mary Magdalene schools will close on August 31, taking the number of primaries to have closed in the borough since 2022 up to eight.

The council begun consulting on the closure of Charlotte Sharman in February.

Last month, desperate parents made a last-ditch attempt to save the school, launching a petition which gained 800 signatures.

One teacher of 28 years, whose father also taught at the school, said: “It’s a family, we all take care of each other. It’s not just a school – it is an actual community. It’s not just bums on seats.”

Moshiur Kabiri, a father of two girls aged eight and ten who started the petition to save the school from closure, said: “My daughters have been asking me: what is going to happen, where are we going to go, how are we going to meet new friends.

All of their friends are going to different places.

“Starting all over again is not good for them. We had Brexit, we had the pandemic, and now we are going through this.”

The closure comes a year after a proposed merger between Charlotte Sharman, a no fixed faith school with an 80 per cent Muslim pupil roll, and St Jude’s, a Church of England school, fell through.

One teacher at the protest said the governors of Charlotte Sharman “hadn’t wanted to merge because they’re a church school and we’re a non-faith school.

“But nobody said to us that if you don’t amalgamate with St Jude’s, you will close next year. Because I think, had we known that, maybe it would have changed our minds.”

Another teacher told us the closure of the school was a “shock to everyone.

“We were really hoping that we could find another way of working with other schools or joining an academy, which would help to keep our school open – but we just haven’t been given any other viable options to explore, and suddenly it was just closure.”

Primary school closures across London have been driven by plummeting pupil numbers, caused by a combination of falling birth rates and rising house prices. This creates problems for primary schools, which receive funding on a perpupil basis.

But there are few parts of the capital where this trend has been more pronounced than in Elephant and Castle, where Charlotte Sharman is located.

The area is currently in the middle of a 15-year regeneration programme, which has seen entire estates demolished to

make way for new housing and office developments such as Elephant Park, which was built on the site of the former Heygate Estate.

Many of the new units are catered towards young professionals, who constitute the fastest-growing demographic in Southwark. In 2021, the average age of residents in Southwark was 32, two years younger than the London average, while two-thirds of the borough’s population were unmarried.

Meanwhile, according to Rightmove data from 2021, house prices in Elephant and Castle shot up by 103 per cent between 2010 and 2020.

Liberal Democrat Cllr Graham Neale, who represents St George’s Ward and attended the protest, said: “I’m proud to

be standing with teachers and families to protest this closure – we won’t stand by whilst the heart is ripped out of our communities by this Labour council. We’ll keep fighting for homes that local families can afford to stay in, and to keep our schools open.”

Cllr Jasmine Ali, Southwark Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Refugees, said: “Southwark’s schools are one of our borough’s greatest successes and we are determined to keep standards high. Having full schools is vital to this as national school funding is per pupil, which means that after they have paid for the teacher and building, schools with half-empty classrooms simply can’t afford all the extras needed to provide a great education.

“That’s why, with the number of children in our country declining, we, like other councils across London, have had to make the difficult decision to reduce the number of primary schools in our borough. We work closely with all of our schools and parents to get those decisions right. Even during a closure consultation, other options may still emerge.

“Our priority is making sure children continue to receive a high-quality education in strong, sustainable schools.

St. Mary Magdalene’s and Charlotte Sharman’s pupils and families will be fully supported through this process.”

council.

NHG’s updated proposals, presented in December last year, increased the number of new flats from 614 to 640

and the number of the cheapest social rent homes upped from 163 to 173.

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

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

This phase of the Aylesbury’s redevelopment involves the demolition of 241-471 Wendover, Padbury, Winslow and Ravensbourne, with the loss of 373 homes, of which 327 are social rent homes.

Southwark Council granted NHG outline planning permission to demolish and redevelop the 2,700-apartment council estate in 2015.

Council sets date for decision on second phase of Aylesbury Estate redevelopment

By Issy Clarke COUNCILLORS WILL make a decision on whether to grant planning permission for the second phase of a developer’s plans to transform the Aylesbury Estate at a planning committee meeting on Wednesday, June 4.

Notting Hill Genesis (NHG) is developing the sprawling Walworth estate and has submitted plans to build 640 flats across five buildings ranging up to 26 storeys in height.

50 per cent of properties in the redevlelopment will be set at affordable rents, split between 75 per cent social rent (50 per cent of market rents) and 25 per cent intermediate (between social and market rents).

The majority of units in the development – 84 per cent – will be 1and 2-bedroom flats.

Phase two of the plans to redevelop the Aylesbury, initially submitted in 2022, were revised last year after former resident Aysen Dennis mounted a legal challenge against the council over its decision to amend the wording

of outline planning permission for the estate’s regeneration.

This related to wording in the planning application which would have made it easier to amend the proposals without obtaining permission from the

14 NEWS

Cloud X and Reggaeton festivals in Southwark Park are called off EXCLUSIVE

By Issy Clarke TWO FESTIVALS due to take place in Southwark Park this summer have been called off, Southwark Council has confirmed.

The organisers behind the events submitted a licensing application to hold Cloud X and Reggaeton festivals in Southwark Park on the first weekend of July, but have since rescinded the request.

It is understood that RALLY festival, scheduled for August 23, will still be going ahead.

Southwark Council had been due to make a decision in May about whether to grant an events license to Cloud X Sound Ltd, the organisers behined Cloud X and Reggaeton.

The festivals would have seen the southern side of the park closed off for ten days.

A consultation was carried out by the council earlier this year, with letters sent out to residents of 3,572 properties around the park.

The use of public parks for commercial festivals are a bone of contention across the capital as residents complain that the lack of access during the events and on the days before and after are unacceptable.

Some residents shared their concerns with the News about the closure of sections of the park to locals, with others claiming it would damage the Southwark Park Cricket Club Oval which recently benefited from a £25,000 investment.

However, Cloud X festival and Reggaeton had received more responses in favour of it going ahead than against, making the decision by organisers to withdraw the application for event particularly suprising. Of forty-four responses received online, 15 indicated they did not want the event to go ahead with 22 saying that they did.

It marked a contrast with Brockwell Park, where furious residents crowdfunded a successful legal challenge to get the fetivals cancelled.

Cloud X had not responded to our request for comment by the time we went to press.

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BROCKWELL PARK CAMPAIGNERS TO LAUNCH FRESH LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST LAMBETH COUNCIL

By Issy Clarke CAMPAIGNERS FIGHTING to prevent large-scale festivals from taking place in Brockwell Park have launched a fresh legal challenge after Lambeth Council issued a new certificate meaning the events can still go ahead as planned.

Protect Brockwell Park declared victory in the High Court on Friday, May 16, with the judge ruling that Lambeth Council had acted unlawfully by allowing large sections of the park to be walled off for weeks each summer for events.

Lambeth Council has since granted Brockwell Live a fresh certificate of lawfulness, which it claims means the festivals can legally take place this summer.

In a statement released last week, Brockwell Live, the company behind Mighty Hoopla and City Splash downplayed the court’s findings, claiming the ruling only concerned ” “a particular point of law and whether an administrative process had been carried out correctly.

“We wish to make it clear that no event will be cancelled as a result of the High Court’s decision.”

Protect Brockwell Park has said today they intend to challenge the new certificate in the courts, accusing Lambeth Council and Brockwell Live of using “legal manoeuvres and certificates to silence concerned community voices”.

They continued that the council’s actions “undermine public trust in the justice system when a clear court ruling can be so brazenly disregarded.”

The crux of the legal challenge concerned the number of days each summer the festival is walled off for.

Planning rules allow for the temporary use of land or buildings for up to 28 days in a calendar year without the need to make an application.

Campaigners from Protect Brockwell Park, which crowdfunded the case, claimed that the time spent assembling and dismantling the festival meant parts of Brockwell Park were rendered out of action for several weeks each summer.

On Friday, 16 May High Court judge Mr Justice Mould said Lambeth Council had acted unlawfully by permitting parts of the park to be used as events space for 37 days of the summer without obtaining planning permission.

In a statement confirming the group’s intention to push ahead with the legal challenge, Protect Brockwell Park said: “We received confirmation yesterday evening that Lambeth has issued a new Certificate of Lawfulness. We have this morning begun our legal challenge to that, as promised.

“We will also be opposing the appeal of old certificate, if it proceeds. As festivals take place this weekend, we hope everyone enjoys them. Meanwhile, we’ll be preparing to face Lambeth in court. We remain open to dialogue and would welcome the opportunity to sit down with industry representatives and Lambeth Council to find a constructive way forward.

“We have repeatedly conveyed our concerns to Lambeth and Brockwell Live but our voices have fallen on deaf ears.

Using legal manoeuvres and certificates to silence concerned community voices – as Lambeth and Brockwell Live are doing – is not the answer.

“It undermines public trust in the justice system when a clear court ruling can be so brazenly disregarded. We have a strong judgment, we are confident, and we will keep fighting.”

A Lambeth Council spokesperson said: “We have approved a certificate of lawfulness for an existing use or development applied for by Summer Events Limited for events in Brockwell Park.

“People were able to comment on the application, with the opportunity to make representations during this week.

“This certificate confirms that the use of part of the park for the summer events is lawful. The events in Brockwell Park are proceeding.

“The application for the new certificate of lawfulness follows the High Court ruling last week on the previous certificate which was submitted in a different context and format.”

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By Lily Erwood A TRULY transformational study by Southwark’s two hospital may have found the answer to those suffering with a peanut allergy.

In a joint study between Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College, 67% of participants were able to eat the equivalent of five peanuts by the end of the three-year-long trial. And some adults reduced their sensitivity to a level that is ‘no longer life threatening’.

Chris Brookes-Smith, who has been allergic to peanuts for his whole life, successfully took part in the Grown Up Peanut Immunotherapy trial, and can now eat four peanuts a day.

Prior to the study he worried about the life-threatening situation that would occur if he were to accidentally eat part of a peanut.

“I’m so proud to have been part of this trial”, he said. “I’m so happy to say that I used to be allergic to peanuts but thanks to this trial, this is no longer a concern.”

Immunotherapy has been used successfully in trials for babies and children, but it has never been used in a trial on a group of adults.

The trial tested whether daily doses of peanuts, taken under strict supervision, can be tolerated in adults with severe allergies.

“It was an interesting experience”, Chris continued. “All of my life I had associated the taste and smell of peanuts with fear and death.”

Chris started by taking 0.8mg of peanut protein in flour with his yoghurt – around the same weight as an eyelash – and is now able to eat four peanuts every day, so that immunity remains.

‘TRANSFORMATIONAL’ STUDY FOR THOSE WITH A PEANUT ALLERGY

The amount was gradually increased for participants throughout the trial. Those who tolerated the first dose continued taking doses at home, returning to hospital every two weeks to increase their intake.

Then, if they were able to tolerate between 50 and 100mg, participants were switched to eating actual peanuts, peanut butter, or products containing peanuts.

Hannah Hunter, specialist allergy dietitian at Guy’s and St Thomas’s, lead the study. She said: “Living with peanut allergy is a huge burden due to the need for constant vigilance and the risk of accidental exposures.

“Everyday situations such as eating in restaurants and social events are anxiety provoking and our patients tell us that the condition also affects travel choices and career options.

“We found that quality of life significantly improved after oral immunotherapy and fear of food also decreased. Many participants who completed the trial told us that the treatment had been lifechanging and they were no longer living in fear.”

Ashley Dalton, Minister for Public Health, said that the groundbreaking research offers hope to thousands living with peanut allergies: “For too long, people have navigated daily life in fear of accidental exposure that could be lifethreatening,” she said.

“I’m proud the UK is leading this vital work through National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funding.

“These results show how we’re transforming lives through science, potentially changing care standards for adults with peanut allergies worldwide.”

28-year-old Chris Brookes-Smith was one of 25 adult participants.

Credit: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

The UK’s first exhibition on sexual violence in conflict is coming to the Imperial War Museum this month

By Evie Flynn THE IMPERIAL War Museum (IWM) is opening the UK’s first major exhibition on sexual violence in conflict, a topic that has been largely ignored in British museums.

Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict has been six years in the making. The exhibition will be free and will shed light on the experience of sexual violence in war.

There will be case from the First World War, spanning all the way to the present day. The exhibition will ask a why sexual violence exists in conflict and also its impact on victims and survivors.

There will be 162 objects on display, including never-seen-before items, alongside testimonies and interviews with

experts. For example, there will be a talk from journalist and author Christian Lamb, who wrote Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women.

Unsilenced will also explore statesanctioned sexual violence due ton the power imbalances that conflict creates and how sexual humiliation was used to assert dominance and break morale.

Wartime propaganda, gender stereotypes and protection of soldiers all created circumstances where sexual violence could occur.

It will look at the ongoing legal challenges of children born from sexual violence and how it took until 2022 for Bosnia and Herzegovina to acknowledge children born as a result of sexual violence during the Bosnian War 1992–1995 as civilian

victims of war.

SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: • • • • • •

Sexual slavery of the ‘Comfort Women Corps in the Second World War Sexual slavery of Yazidi women and girls by ISIS in 2014 Sexual abuse against evacuees during the Second World War Violence of the Soviet Red Army in Berlin in 1945 The treatment of Les Tondues, French women accused of having sexual relationships with German soldiers during the Second World War The treatment of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghrain at the hands of US service personnel in 2004

The exhibition is in collaboration with four NGOs: Women for Women International, All Survivors Project, Free Yezidi Foundation and waging Peace.

Sara Bowcutt, Managing Director of Women for Women International – UK, said: “Wherever conflict erupts, sexual violence is present – but no statistics will ever capture the true scale of this horrific crime. For each rape reported in connection with a conflict, the UN estimates that ten to twenty cases go undocumented.”

The exhibition will be on display between 23rd May until 2nd November 2025.

For more information, visit: www. iwm.org.uk/events/unsilenced-sexualviolence-in-conflict

Free exhibition in Southwark Park launches to showcase work from adults with learning disabilities

By Evie Flynn A BERMONDSEY charity, Bede House, is putting on an exhibition in partnership with Southwark Park Galleries, which is free to enter and features the work of adults with learning disabilities.

The exhibition, titled Pink! I have the Power, is centered around the theme of “alter ego”.

The artists were tasked with

envisioning larger, more powerful versions of themselves.

The art is from multiple different disciplines, from vibrant paintings to sculptural pieces, exploring selfexpression and their own personal artistic styles.

The project has taken 10 weeks to put together and Bede House have worked closely with the team at Southwark Park Galleries. The adults and staff have been learning new skills

and making things for the exhibition, which will be shown in the Cafe Gallery Area.

The exhibition will take place in the Lake Gallery Salter Space from 21st May-29th June, Wednesday to Sunday Where: Lake Gallery Salter Space, 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 2UA When: 21st May-29th June, Wednesday to Sunday Admission: Free

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‘Enjoy Southwark’s brilliant parks - we can boasts of 30 Green Flags’

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S SPRING turns into summer, it’s great to see so many people making the most of our parks and green spaces as I walk and cycle between meetings in our borough.

Whether it’s family and friends enjoying outdoor cooking facilities at Burgess Park, or exploring the wildlife at Russia Dock Woodland, our parks are so varied and beloved by many.

Living in a busy inner-city borough, we know how essential these outdoor spaces are for recreation, and our physical and mental wellbeing.

That’s why we continue to invest in our parks: we have spent over £46 million over the last 10 years, maintaining and expanding our green spaces and upgrading parks facilities across the borough.

We’re proud that Southwark boasts 30 Green Flag parks and open

KIERON WILLIAMS

Southwark Council leader spaces, one of the highest numbers in the country. And they are all so different - from riverside King’s Stairs Gardens in Bermondsey, Burgess Park in the heart of our borough, through Peckham Rye Park to the spaces of Dulwich Park in the south.

National Green Flag recognition reflects the hard work of our dedicated parks teams, volunteers and Friends of Parks groups who help keep these spaces clean and safe. A huge thanks to all everyone who is part of this for their time and dedication.

We have more exciting improvements underway, including linking and expanding Dr Harold Moody and Consort Parks, a project funded by the Mayor of London, with contributions from developers and council funding.

The parks are now joined together, creating more parkland and also additional seating, new climbing

equipment in the shape of trees, new sensory gardens and meadows, 12 new trees and improvements to the footpath in Consort Park.

Soon, residents of Bermondsey will see more investment in Alexis Street Park utilising funds paid for by other developments in the area.

Families in Peckham Rye can enjoy the new play equipment and we’re also upgrading much loved play areas in Nursery Row Park, Little Dorrit Park, and Dulwich Park.

Our partner organisations play a key role in managing parks across Southwark. We work closely with them to enhance and protect these green spaces for everyone. For example Sydenham Hill Wood, which is managed by the London Wildlife Trust, is a wildlife haven and a much-loved escape for the local community. Another example is Stave

Hill Ecological Park - a bit of a hidden gem in the borough - offering great views over the Docklands and Russia Dock Woodland, and managed by The Conservation Volunteers (TCV).

Spending time in nature is one way to improve wellbeing. Going for a walk in one of our great, green spaces can help boost your mood.

So I’d really encourage everyone to visit their local park, whether it’s a quick lunchtime walk or a picnic with friends. We also have an exciting programme of events this summer, with something for everyone. There’s something for everyone from family friendly fun at Bermondsey Festival to Jazz Café Festival for music lovers.

Our parks teams work incredibly hard alongside local volunteers, schools and Friends of Parks groups to keep our green spaces looking their best through litter picking,

gardening, and so much more.

One thing that makes a big difference is if we all help to keep our parks in top shape. So please clean up after your picnic, put your litter in the bin or take it home with you. Please remember charcoal and disposable BBQs are banned in all parks, but the new outdoor cooking facilities at Burgess Park are now open for the summer offering a safe and greener way to enjoy social gatherings. For guidance on how to use the electric hotplates please visit the council’s website.

Please do enjoy our amazing green spaces, and thanks for doing your bit to look after them.

‘We must reject the politics of division’ VICTOR CHAMBERLAIN Leader of the Southwark Lib Dems

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OUTHWARK IS proudly one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain. Over 40% of our residents were born outside the UK – that’s a statistic that gives our borough its character and strength.

Walk through our streets, visit our schools, or pop into one of our bustling local markets and you’ll see it: people from every corner of the world living, working, and thriving together.

In Elephant and Castle, you’ll hear the rhythms of Latin America — music, food, family businesses that have transformed our high streets and breathed life into our local economy. In

Peckham, generations of African and Caribbean families have built strong, proud communities, shaping our culture, our politics, and our identity.

That is what migration looks like: vibrant, hopeful, resilient. It’s the reason our borough thrives. It’s also personal to me. Members of my own family came to the UK from abroad, to seek opportunity. They made this country their home — and in doing so, helped make it a better one.

So when the Prime Minister says Britain risks becoming an “island of strangers”, it isn’t just offensive – it’s dangerous. It fans the flames of division, scapegoats migrants, and undermines

the very values that make places like Southwark thrive. Keir Starmer’s language is the kind of language Enoch Powell used almost 60 years ago, and it belongs in the dustbin of history. It stokes fear, fuels division, and chips away at the very values that hold communities like ours together.

Let’s be clear: migrants are not strangers to us. They are our neighbours, friends, colleagues, and family.

I said it at the Council’s Annual Meeting on Saturday — and I’ll say it again here: in one of the most diverse boroughs in Britain, silence in the face of this kind of rhetoric is not an option.

We must all stand up and reject it.

Instead of celebrating our diversity, the Labour Government is trying to out-Farage Farage. They are pursuing policies that punish people for seeking safety or trying to build a better life.

Shamefully, Labour MPs joined the Conservatives and Reform to vote down a simple Liberal Democrat proposal to give asylum seekers the right to work while their claims are processed. That’s not leadership – it’s political cowardice.

Southwark has always stood for something better. We’ve passed motions backing the right to work, supported the right of everyone who lives here to have a voice, and celebrated the

contribution of every community that calls this borough home.

That’s why we wrote to all five Southwark Labour MPs, urging them to condemn this rhetoric and stand up for our communities. None have yet replied.

We need leaders who will stand for dignity, fairness, and evidence – not prejudice dressed up as policy. We need progressives who will speak out, not look away.

As Southwark’s only elected opposition, Liberal Democrats will continue to speak out – for fairness, for inclusion, and for a borough where everyone can feel safe, valued, and at home.

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Benefits system is a labyrinth

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ermondsey MP Neil Coyle and Southwark Lib Dems have been jostling over figures relating to the precise number of people in the borough likely to be impacted by the government’s planned cuts to disability benefits.

Much more than a narrow, technical dispute, their competing claims shed light on the fundamental ambiguity surrounding Britain’s hopelessly baffling benefits system - the complexity of which ultimately penalises the most vulnerable in society.

Scores of MPs have resolved to vote against the benefit cuts - so despite assurances from Coyle that “real gains” exist in the package of measures announced in March, it’s unlikely to be all sunlit uplands that lie ahead.

Put simply, the government wants to make it more difficult to qualify for the lowest rung of personal independence payments, which are given to people who need support with day-to-day tasks such as getting dressed and eating.

The government also wants to slash the component of universal credit given to those who are out of work for long-term sickness, in a bid to coax more people back into the workforce. The government’s own impact assessment warned the changes could push an extra 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.

Action is clearly needed on welfare - Britain’s spending on out-of-work payments to sick and disabled people is expected to hit £70bn by the end of the decade, with analysts warning that by 2030, one in every four pounds of income tax will be spent on sickness benefits.

But is pulling the rug out from under the disabled and very sick really the answer?

Obtaining a proper understanding of Britain’s labyrinthine benefits system would require several years of painstaking study, and gaining clarity on the implications of the cuts for ordinary people is made even more challenging when only one in five of our local MPs will tell us how they plan on voting.

One upside is that, given the current trajectory of national politics, the entire discussion could soon prove to be academic anyway, with Sir Keir Starmer rapidly abandoning pledges as he frantically attempts to fend off the challenge from Reform UK, following Labour’s poor performance in last month’s local elections.

Days after Nigel Farage pledged to restore winter fuel payments and scrap the two-child benefit cap, the government said it would be reinstating the fuel allowance for elderly pensioners.

Ministers have also hinted that the two-child benefit cap, which limits parents from claiming tax credits and universal credit payments for more than two children, and which the government previously refused to remove, could also be abandoned.

A vote on the welfare cuts is expected in the coming weeks, and given the size of the government’s majority, the measures are likely to pass - but given the current pace of national politics, it would be foolish to take too much for granted.

CRYPTIC PUZZLE Clues Across

4 Change the hair piece (6) 8 Told of formerly being in the red (7) 9 The cure is a change of a holiday (6) 10 Somehow I also turn it on as being separate (9) 11 The Republicans hold part of this place (4) 13 Wounds the sailor in the streets (5) 14 Confused at finding birds in part of the garden (7) 16 Mean to put Vera in a time bracket (7) 18 Could nothing be so changed among the reeds? (5) 19 Begin to direct (4) 21 Meet and go in to find a conscientious objector to the UN inside 9) 22 Group which is more than healthy (6) 23 Take away from the retiring editor’s paper (7) 24 Herbs for sound occasions (6)

Clues Down

1 Is the visit seen to show feeling? (9) 2 Ore who sacrifices sleep to capture a contemptible creature (5,4) 3 The department has an hour to make the distance (5) 5 Give notice of a battle to the north (4) 6 Tries to absorb secondrate groups (6) 7 Having the money to visit the cobbler? (6) 9 Centres of sound reason (5) 11 But surely it’s the wife who shows careful domestic management? (9) 12 Adoring bow (9) 15 Spy factor (5) 16 Very nearly to slam out (6) 17 Heed your fundamental quality (6) 20 Is there a large number over its white cliffs? (5) 21 A great lake turns to Ireland (4)

QUICK PUZZLE Clues Across

4 Crustacean (6) 8 Religious buildings (7) 9 Discover the position of (6) 10 Vessel for conveying passengers and vehicles (5,4) 11 Disorder (4) 13 Halts (5) 14 Swift retort (7) 16 Be gluttonous (7) 18 Goods (5) 19 Unwoven fabric (4) 21 Indispensable (9) 22 Kind of chicory (6) 23 Began (7) 24 Short track for shunting (6)

Clues Down

1 Misleading (9) 2 Part for replacement in machinery (5,4) 3 Medicinal plants (5) 5 Shout derisively (4) 6 Representations (6) 7 Gratify (6) 9 Classical language (5) 11 Religious house (9) 12 Became dull (9) 15 Lift (5) 16 Proposals (6) 17 Baffled (6) 20 Relaxes (5) 21 Flat (4)

SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK’S CROSSWORD CRYPTIC

Across: 1 Strapped 4 Odds 8 Reigns 10 Italic 11 Chime 12 Genie 14 Prague 17 Dalliance 18 Alleviate 22 Censor 23 Event 24 Verne 26 Doused 27 Trauma 28 Gold 29 Sleepers Down: 1 Spry 2 Raised 3 Pencil 5 Deluge 6 Sickened 7 Stern 9 Sheltered 10 Impatient 13 Nails 15 Acute 16 Watchdog 18 Annual 19 Lover 20 Averse 21 Endure 25 Mass

QUICK PUZZLE

Across: Branches 4 Crew 8 Sordid 10 Cellos 11 Medal 12 Camel 14 Repent 17 Designers 18 Anchovies 22 Cosset 23 Annul 24 Deals 26 Feared 27 Seemly 28 Lost 29 Mattered Down: Bust 2 Abroad 3 Chimes 5 Relies 6 Washtubs 7 Melee 9 Delighted 10 Carnivals 13 Means 15 Preen 16 Fanciful 18 Asians 19 Cedes 20 Insect 21 Summer 25 Dyed

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There’s no higher power, just two actors giving a high-power performance I’VE BEEN excited about this ever since securing a ticket. Just seeing the names Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden in David Ireland’s two-hander The Fifth Step was enough for me, writes Michael Holland.

I wanted to see these two battle it out in the round, squaring up to each other in the boxing ring of blue light, and the battle began straightaway when Luka (Lowden) said to his AA sponsor James(Freeman), ‘I think I might be an incel.’

He’s not, he’s a lonely alcoholic seeking help from those who should understand him.

Luka is twitchy while James is calm,

professional and over 20 years clean.

James has seen everything before.

Their Step One is Honesty and Luka lets rip with both barrels blazing in short, sharp, shocking sentences.

James responds with a look of shock and words of understanding. They find common ground in film and Luka does a mean impression of De Niro in Raging Bull. They discuss their atheism and how AA uses a form of god in their programme, something James has struggled with and overcome with Buddhism, while Luka is adamant that he will be having no ‘spiritual awakening’.

Step Two is Faith; believing in yourself to beat the addiction. James

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what’s on

convinces Luka to cut down on his eye-watering masturbation quota and put that time and energy into the gym.

He listens and learns from his sponsor and we soon see him less shaky, more confident.

Luke surrenders himself to Step Three but sees Jesus on the gym treadmill and dreams about James.

He is now a regular at church and attends Bible studies. His life improves and he finds a woman friend: ‘Not a girlfriend, more an arrangement...’ He quotes Bible verses but James is not happy at how things are going.

Step Four is self-examination and it is James who doesn’t like what he

sees. Their relationship is souring, there are now silences in the non-stop battle of words and those gaps are filled with staring and stalking each other around the ring. There is more tension but that is broken up with comedy - Laugh out loud lines that come mainly from the ignorance and youthfulness of Luka.

The Fifth Step is confessional, revealing past events and secrets that first triggered the drinking problem. A change takes the form of Luka being more calm and James being paranoid and untrusting. There is the worry of a relapse or two as they fight it out to the very clever end that takes our mind off their futures, James’ wife,

the #metoo rumours and what can be found in a coffee cup.

David Ireland’s play delves into the hypocrisy of the church, and the abuse of power but is not so much about Alcoholics Anonymous, faith, or addiction but about men’s insecurities, and Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden do a brilliant job of it. There’s no Higher Power, just two actors giving a high-power performance under the direction of Finn den Hertog.

Soho Place, 4, Charing Cross Road, W1D 3BG until 26th July.

Admission: £15 - £95.

Booking and full details: sohoplace. org/shows/the-fifth-step/

Bessie Carter sizzles haughtily in her ‘splendidly modern’ role George Bernard Shaw’s play was written in 1893 and banned until 1925 but has been performed many times since. This production has all the ingredients for something great: the writer, the director Dominic Cooke, a cast that includes Bessie Carter, Robert Glenister and Imelda Staunton, and the wonderful Garrick Theatre. But the best thing about it is that Mrs Warren and her daughter Vivie are played by real mother and daughter - Staunton and Carter - who bring an authenticity to the work because - as it is already there - they did not have to find that relationship from within.

Vivie never knew who her father was and has been ‘boarded out’ for most of her life, hardly seeing her mother who has homes abroad and travels a lot for work.

On her own, Vivie has become a strong, independent woman, with a

Photo by Johan Persson

IT IS difficult to see why Mrs Warren’s Profession - such an innocent play to our eyes now was once banned, writes Michael Holland.

maths degree from Cambridge, who wants to make her own way in life and not live on the money put into her account every month by her rich mother.

Vivie prepares for a rare maternal visit by waiting in her mother’s English country garden where several men

pass by to see the great lady’s arrival and - for some - approval for her daughter’s hand...

Mr Praed( Sid Sagar) has been sent on ahead to ensure Vivie is ready for her strong-willed mother’s return from overseas; Rev. Samuel Gardner(Kevin Doyle) is a nervous wreck, and his son

Frank(Reuben Joseph) is a ne’er-dowell who has lost all his money and had his father’s savings to bail him out. He wants to get his hands on the Warren money with his good looks and reptilian charm, while old Sir George Crofts(Robert Glenister) has more than enough money and wants to use it to buy himself some young flesh in the form of Vivie Warren.

You would think the scene was set for the play’s narrative - Who wins or buys the hand of Mrs Warren’s daughter? But no, as the menfolk stake their claims on the young woman(who has no interest in any of them) with words in any ear that is open to their scheming ways, Vivie tells her mother her plans to work in Law in Chancery Lane and pay her own way. Mrs Warren tells her that she will not succeed in a patriarchal society and should live in the comfort of the money she made by being a sex worker with several successful brothels across Europe!

Shock and horror for Vivie, who now demands to know who her father is.

Mrs Warren is not telling. But now the

play has turned into a Mamma Mia plot where the daughter seeks to know who her father is. The audience are looking at this array of men and wondering who it could be...

But Lord Crofts, in his attempts to ruin other people’s chances of marrying Vivie, reveals who it is to take out a rival. A dastardly move.

But that is also not the story. Shaw’s play is about class and power; about the poor having to resort to prostitution through economic necessity rather then depravity, the lack of real opportunities for women and the wholesale hypocrisy of Victorian Britain, and the double standards of male privilege.

Bessie Carter sizzles haughtily and quite rightly takes this high-horse stance to look down her nose at Victorian sanctimoniousness in her ‘splendidly modern’ role.

Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH until June 12th.

Booking and all details: thegarricktheatre.co.uk

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History Events

Heading south - our pick of upcoming spring events Free Opera Taster Sessions, Blackheath Halls Have you ever wanted to have a go at singing opera? You can try it out at Blackheath Halls and even perform in a production later in the summer. You will be led by Laura Attridge, Director of Blackheath Halls opera this year, and Chris Stark, conductor of the Blackheath Halls Orchestra. They will give you a glimpse of what it’s like to be in an opera chorus. There’s even an opportunity to join the fully staged community opera production in September, where you can perform alongside world-class professional opera singers. There will be a young person session (aged 9-18 years) and an adults session (aged 18+).

To take part in this free workshop, you don’t need to have any singing experience or music-reading ability.

Thames-Side Woolwich Open Studios The Thames-Side Studios in Woolwich, a community of artist and maker spaces, are putting on their annual open studios weekend. There will be over 550 studios open and numerous free kids activities and workshops.

You can meet local artists, makers, designers and buy directly from their studios. They cover a wide range of mediums, from painting and drawing, to fashion design, carpentry and jewellery. An exhibition will also be accompanying the weekend, highlighting the participating studios.

This will take place in the main gallery from Saturday 7th to Sunday 15th June, open from 12pm-5pm.

Open Studios aims to engage visitors and showcase the talent within Greenwich. Date: Saturday 7th to Sunday 8th June Time: 11am-5pm both days Harrington Way, Warspite Road, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London SE18 5NR Tickets: Free entry, no ticket required

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Date: Wednesday 4th June Time: 5-6pm (9-18yrs), 7-8.30pm (adults) The Hearn Recital Room, Blackheath Halls, 23 Lee Rd, Blackheath, London SE3 9RQ To book your space on either of the sessions, please email Kate Howden on k.howden@blackheathhalls.com or call on 020 8305 3894

Free Djembe Drumming Circle Sessions, Greenwich Peninsula At the Firepit Art Gallery in Greenwich Peninsula, The ELREM Foundation CIC will be putting on a series of djembe drumming circle sessions. No experience is necessary and all drums will be provided. Just feel the rythm, connect with the bear and let loose in these high-energy sessions. You will be guided through the session by experienced instructor, Miriam Dubois. There are 15 spaces per session so book now to ensure you do not miss out.

Date: Every Monday from 9th-30th June Time: 4pm - 5:30pm Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC, 10 Cutter Lane, London, SE10 0XX Tickets: Free, reserve your place at: www.greenwichpeninsula.co.uk/whatson

Free Guided Tours of Woolwich Works

Sunday 8th June, 15th June, 22nd June, 6th July, 13th July and 20th July. 11am - 11:45am Woolwich Works, The Fireworks Factory, 11 No 1 St, Royal Arsenal, London SE18 6HD Tickets: Free, book at www.woolwich.works/events/ tour-of-woolwich-works

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Woolwich Works is a Grade II listed heritage building that dates back over 300 years. You can get a tour of this architectural award-winning building throughout summer, suitable for all ages. A tour guide will lead you around the historic space and hear stories from the buildings past, like London’s fi rst fi rework displays, visits from Kings and Queens, Suffragette protests and more. All ages are welcome and the tour is free, just secure a spot on their website and turn up at their Cafe for the start time.

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Southwark Pensioners’ Centre

Open Day

Learn how Southwark Pensioners’ Centre supports older people in the borough through stalls, performances and activity groups – all while challenging stereotypes about ageing!

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Thursday, May 29th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (STEEDMAN STREET, GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, OVERHILL ROAD, SURREY ROAD, HORSELYDOWN LANE, TINTAGEL CRESCENT)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BARRY ROAD) TEMPORARY WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

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:

(WALWORTH ROAD) (CLEMENTS ROAD) (KING JAMES STREET) PROIBITION OF TRAFFIC 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice, that, it made, an order, the effect of which would be to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions, bus lane suspension

2.

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) Barry Road, ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced, between No’s 219 and No’s 207 on the south side of the carriageway. (b) Barry Road, ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced, between No’s 228 and No’s 210 on the north side of the carriageway. (c) Barry Road, disabled parking space located outside No’s 209, on the southside of the carriageway, will be re-located outside No’s 219 (d) Walworth Road, between Manor Place and Heygate Street (e) Walworth Road, between Manor Place and Westmoreland Road (f) Clements Road, between Storks Road and Webster Road (g) King James Street, between Silex Street and Rushworth Street

(2a) Steedman Street, at it’s junction with Robert Dashwood Way (2b) Great Suffolk Street, between Southwark Street and Lavington Street (2c) Overhill Road, between lordship Lane and Belvoir Road (2d) Surrey Road, at it’s junction with Rye Road and No’s 18 (2e) Horselydown Lane, between Queen Elizabeth Street for 30m north (2f) Tintagel Crescent, at it’s junction with Grove Vale (LTN/cycle lane) 3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be (2a) Steedman Street, Hampton Street (2b) Union Street, Great Guildford Street, Southwark Street. (2c) Upland Road, Dunstans Road, Underhill Road (2d) Surrey Road, Cheltenham Road, Ivydale Road, Merttins Road (2e) Queen Elizabeth Street, Gainsford Street, Lafone Street. Footway diversion: Horselydown Lane, Queen Elizabeth Street (2f) Elsie Road, Grove Vale

3.

The alternative route will be: (2a) (2b) (2c) not applicable (2d) & (2e) Manor Place, Penton Place Penrose Street, Walworth Road, Heygate Street, Rodney Road, Flint Street, Thurlow Street, Albany Road. Camberwell Road, Bowyer Place, New Church Road, Southampton Way, Cottage Green, Wells Way, Albany Road, Thurlow Street, Flint Street, Rodney Road, Heygate Street, Walworth Road. Walworth Road, Elephant & Castle, New Kent Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Humphrey Street, Albany Road. (2f) as indicated by the signs displayed (2g) as indicated by the signs displayed

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.

4 permit holders bays located on the northern side of Clements Road, between Storks Road and Webster Road will be suspended for item (2f)

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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.

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 existing ‘one-way’ working in Steedman Street, located between Robert Dashwood Way and Hampton Street, will be made ‘two-way’, for access and egress purposes for item (2a)

6.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Hampton Street, located between Steedman Street and Walworth Road will be made ‘two-way’, for access and egress purposes for item (2a)

7.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Great Suffolk Street, located between Lavington Street and Dolben Street, will be made ‘two-way’, for access and egress purposes for item (2b)

8.

Overhill Road, between lordship Lane and Belvoir Road ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on both sides of the carriageway for item (2c)

9.

Surrey Road, between No’s 21 and No’s 31 ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on both sides of the carriageway for item (2d)

7.

10.

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.

The restriction will come into force for (2a) & (2b) & (2c) 9th – 14th June (2d) 6th – 14th June, between the hours of 2000hrs – 0500hrs (2e) 16th – 21st June, between the hours of 2000hrs – 0500h (2f) 9th June – 6th July (2g) 6th June – 3rd October

8.

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

11.

The closure will be in operation on the following dates (2a) 8th June (2b) 9th – 15th June(2c) 9th June – 7th July (2d) 9th – 13th June (2e) 9th June – 3rd July (2f) 11th – 20th June

Dated this 29th May 2025

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

Dated this 29th May 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) HHH-01-59-080625/lsecivils (2b) LBSCR13144-18/liftassist (2c) OVERHILLRD/thames (2d) SLS00081394837-0055/Thames (2e) 67162879/conway (2f) 93279289/conway LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ZAMPA ROAD, STOCKHOLM ROAD) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to protect public safety on event days, it has made an order, the effect of which is to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

2.

The effect of the order is to prohibit all traffic on Zampa Road, between Ilderton Road and the eastern end of the railway bridge. This order also prohibits traffic to enter Stockholm Road between Ilderton Road and the eastern end of the railway bridge.

3.

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

4.

When the road closures are in place, no person shall cause a vehicle to enter the length of streets specified in this order including waiting, loading and unloading (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading and unloading a vehicle), except vehicles authorised by appointed traffic marshals or a Police officer in uniform on Stockholm Road.

5.

The closure will be in operation on match days only from the 16th of June 2025. This order may last for up to 18 months, ending on the 15th of December 2026.

6.

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

Dated this 29th of May 2025 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: ZS2502

Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) (2b) (2c) SLS00081385005-001/thames (2d) 91328812/Conway (2e) 40176241/conway (2f)clements (2g) LBSHO14095paragon Peckham Rye Common Southwark Council has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under article 12 of the Greater London Parks and Open Spaces Order 1967 to carry out restricted works on Peckham Rye Common. The Planning Inspectorate will decide the application on behalf of the Secretary of State.

The proposed works will create an event space at four times during the year, using temporary structures to accommodate, in turn, the We Love Peckham Community event, the Kidzfun children’s fair, the Friends of Peckham Rye Park (FoPRP) fete and Zippo’s Circus. The event sites will measure approx.

4,000sqm, 3,600sqm, 8,300sqm and no more than 10,000sqm respectively.

The works will be located on the main section of the Common, North of the Café and on a section of the Common by Strakers Road on the east side of the common. The works are proposed to take place on 6 July 2025, (We Love Peckham Community event) 28 July – 5 August 2025 (Kidzfun) 6 September 2025 (FoPRP fete) and 22 September – 29 September 2025 (Zippo’s Circus). The event sites will not be fenced, but a number of temporary event structures will be in place.

A copy of the application form and supporting documents can be inspected during office opening hours at Peckham Rye Parks Office, Strakers Road, London, SE15 3UA until Thursday 26 June 2025. A copy of the documents may also be obtained by writing to: Southwark Events Team, PO Box 64529, London, SE1P 5LX or emailing: events@southwark.gov.uk Any representations should be sent in writing ON or BEFORE Thursday 26 June to The Planning Inspectorate, Commons Team at 3A Temple Quay House, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN or emailed to: commonlandcasework@planninginspectorate.gov.uk Representations sent to The Planning Inspectorate cannot be treated as confidential. They will be copied to the applicant and possibly to other interested parties. To find out more about how the Planning Inspectorate uses and manages personal data, please go to the privacy notice.

Name of applicant: A. Rinsler, Culture and Events Team, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2QH Date of application: 29 May 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICES 25

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; COFFEE KIOSK LAND ADJACENT TO TATE MODERN BANKSIDE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 (Ref: 25/AP/1329) Erection of a removeable metal clad container with mono-pitch roof (coffee kiosk) for continued use by a food and beverage vendor Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Philip Ridley 020 7525 7540) CYPRESS TREE HOUSE DULWICH COMMON LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7EU (Ref: 25/AP/1310) Construction of a single storey extension in the rear garden, installation of solar panels to the existing outrigger roof, new dormer windows to the rear and side of the main roof, replacement of existing windows and door, alterations to some windows and doors, and raising and replacement of the existing lean to shed roof.

(Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148) BATH HOUSE REAR OF 33 MANOR PLACE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 3BD (Ref: 25/AP/1458) Listed building consent for internal alterations to create a multi-purpose indoor sport and recreation facility Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Sandy Ng 020 7525 3244) FLAT B FIRST FLOOR 54 NUNHEAD GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 3LY Ref: 25/AP/1377) Construction of a dormer over main roof and dormer over the outrigger with roof terrace, insertion of 2no rooflights to front roof,

fenestration alterations, enlargement of rear elevation window (Within: Nunhead Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam 020 7525 2876) 49 CAMBERWELL CHURCH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8TR (Ref: 25/AP/1361) Construction of single storey rear extension to provide additional seating area. (Within: Camberwell Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) UNIT 4 METRO CENTRAL HEIGHTS 119 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6BN (Ref: 25/AP/1502) Listed building consent for external alterations and the display of replacement signage Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) UNIT 4 METRO CENTRAL HEIGHTS 119 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6BN (Ref: 25/AP/1498) Listed building consent for the internal refurbishment of the existing restaurant Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) UNIT 4 METRO CENTRAL HEIGHTS 119 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6BN (Ref: 25/AP/1501) Display of 1 no. replacement fascia sign, 1 no. replacement projecting sign and 1 no. replacement menu board Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Gabriel Neri 020

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK (LEDBURY ESTATE PHASE 2) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2025 COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND IN SOUTHWARK 1. Notice is hereby given that The London Borough of Southwark has on 20 May 2025 made the London Borough of Southwark (Ledbury Estate Phase 2) Compulsory Purchase Order 2025 under s226(1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise the London Borough of Southwark to purchase compulsorily the land described below for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of development, redevelopment or improvement on or in relation to that land, namely a redevelopment comprising the demolition of three residential towers and the construction of four new residential buildings and amenity space, landscaping, playspace and parking, with ancillary infrastructure works.

2. A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH and at Peckham Library 122 Peckham Hill Street London SE15 5JR. 3. A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be viewed online at https://gateleyhamerpi.com/en-gb/ledbury-phase-2/ 4. Any objection to the order must be made in writing to The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Planning Casework Unit, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham B2 4BH before Friday 27 June 2025 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND All that land forming part of the Ledbury Estate, London SE15 bounded by Old Kent Road and Commercial Way, including the residential towers known as Peterchurch House, Sarnsfield House and Skenfrith House, the amenity land in between those buildings and a section of unregistered land between the public footway of Old Kent Road (A2) and the freehold land of Ledbury Estate.

Dated 23 May 2025

Signed

7525 2707) PALADAR 4 - 5 LONDON ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6JZ (Ref: 25/AP/1429) Proposed replacement of existing extract system, and retention of 4no. external A/C units (retrospective). (Within: St Georges Circus St Georges Circus CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) 2 GREEN WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4TU (Ref: 25/AP/1223) Construction of single-storey rear extension.

(Within: Bermondsey Street Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Gabriel Neri 020 7525 2707) UNIT 4 METRO CENTRAL HEIGHTS 119 NEWINGTON CAUSEWAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6BN (Ref: 25/AP/1500) External alterations and the display of replacement signage Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Gabriel Neri 020 7525 2707) Dated: 27 May 2025 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date (or 14 days for Permission in Principle, 30 days for EIA development).

STEPHEN PLATTS Director of Planning and Growth

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 SECTION 123(2A) NOTICE OF INTENTION TO GRANT A FIFTEEN YEAR LEASE OF FORMER WC BLOCK DULWICH PARK LONDON SE21 7BQ PART OF WHICH IS OPEN SPACE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark intend to exercise powers pursuant to Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 to grant a fifteen-year lease of land being all those premises known as Former WC Block Dulwich Park London SE21 7BQ part of which is open space.

A copy of the plan showing the location and area of the land to which this Notice relates can be inspected at the offices of the Council in the Chief Executive’s Department, 5th Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH (Reference: Paul Harte). Appointments are available between the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm Tuesday to Friday.

Anyone wishing to make objections to the intended grant of a fifteen year lease of the land should make them in writing no later than 4:00pm on 13 June 2025 at the address above (quoting the reference) or at paul.harte@southwark.gov.uk, stating the grounds of the objection.

Dated this 29th day of May 2025

Doreen Forrester-Brown Assistant Chief Executive – Assurance and Governance

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Thursday, May 29th 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

PERMANENT E-SCOOTER & CYCLE HIRE PARKING – B5

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HOLLY GROVE, DOCKLEY ROAD, EAST DULWICH ROAD)

The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (e-scooter & cycle hire) (No. 4) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (e-scooter & cycle hire) (No. 4) Order 2025

1.

1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 29 May 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.

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

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:

2. The effects of the Orders, are to:(a) provide permanent parking places on the carriageway for the use of e-scooter & cycle hire providers (who are participating in the pan-London e-scooter & cycle hire trails) only, 2 metres (‘m’) in width and 6.6m in length (unless otherwise stated) and aligned parallel to the kerb (unless otherwise stated) in, at the following locations:CAMBERWELL GROVE south-west side o/s No. 2d Camberwell Grove; DOLBEN STREET south side, east of its junction with Chancel Street; GROVE LANE south-west side o/s No. 40 Grove Lane; GUY STREET south-west side o/s Nos. 2/12 and 4/14 Guy Street; HAWKSTONE ROAD 2 locations north-west side (i) o/s Hawkstone Gate car park in Southwark Park, and (ii) opposite Nos. 4/20 Jarman House, Hawkstone Road; HOPTON STREET west side opposite No. 19 Hopton Street (5m in length); LUGARD ROAD north-east side, side of No. 134 Queen's Road; OLDFIELD GROVE north-east side opposite its junction with St Helena Road; PARK STREET north-west side o/s Nos. 31 to 41 Park Street; ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD north-east side o/s No. 11 Rotherhithe Old Road (Whelans); STRADELLA ROAD south-east side, side of No. 26 Half Moon Lane; SUMNER STREET south-west side o/s Nos. 71 to 100 Sumner Street; SUTHERLAND WALK north-west side, side of No. 304 Walworth Road (5m in length); TABARD STREET north-east side, south-east of its junction with Pardoner Street; TANNER STREET north-east side o/s No. 51 Tanner Street; TENNIS STREET north-west side, south-west of its junction with Newcomen Street; UNION STREET 2 locations (i) north-east side o/s Nos. 10-18 Union Street, and (ii) south-west side, inset bay o/s Nos. 77-79 Union Street, near Flat Iron Square (9m in length); (b) provide an e-scooter & cycle hire parking place (6.6m in length and 2m in width), on the footway area between Rye Lane and the Choumert Grove car park south-east side at the rear of Nos. 116 to 120 Rye Lane, aligned parallel to the south-easternmost edge of the footway area; NOTES: (1) The measures in 2(c)-(j) below are proposed to accommodate the provision of the new permanent e-scooter & cycle hire parking places and in those locations in the carriageway as detailed in item 2(a) above. (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders’ of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed, ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours.

‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions and ‘DYLs’ refer to waiting restrictions which operate 'at any time' - all hours on every day of the week. (3) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate.

(4) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking (c) in Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) 'C1' (i) reduce existing ‘permit’ parking by 6.6 metres (‘m’) in PARK STREET (30.5m remain) and in SUMNER STREET (33.5m remain), (ii) reduce existing pay-byphone parking (‘pay’) by 6.6m in UNION STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 10-18 Union Street (10.5m remain), (iii) remove 5m existing 'pay' parking in HOPTON STREET, and (iv) reduce existing inset 'pay' parking by 9m in UNION STREET south-west side o/s Nos. 77-79 Union Street (5m remain); (d) in CPZ 'D' reduce existing 'permit' parking by 6.6m in TABARD STREET (28.5m remain); (e) in CPZ 'F' reduce existing 'permit' parking by 6.6m in GUY STREET (22m remain) and in TENNIS STREET (22.5m remain); (f) in CPZ 'GR' reduce existing ‘permit’ and ‘pay’ parking ('shared-use') parking by 6.6m in TANNER STREET (16m remain); (g) in CPZ 'J' reduce existing 'pay' parking by 5m in SUTHERLAND WALK (11.5m remain); (h) in CPZ 'L' (i) reduce existing ‘permit’ parking by 6.6m in GROVE LANE south-west side o/s No. 40 Grove Lane (24m remain), and (ii) reduce existing 'pay' parking by 6.6m in CAMBERWELL GROVE south-west side o/s No. 2d Camberwell Grove (10.5m remain); (i) in CPZ 'N' (i) reduce existing 'permit' parking by 4m and remove 2.5m of existing timed waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) in HAWKSTONE ROAD north-west side o/s Hawkstone Gate car park in Southwark Park (26.5m remain) and by 6.6m in ROTHERHITHE OLD ROAD (13.5m remain), and (ii) reduce existing 'shared-use' parking by 6.6m in HAWKSTONE ROAD north-west side opposite Nos. 4/20 Jarman House, Hawkstone Road (57.5m remain); (j) reduce existing free 'short-stay' parking by 6.6m in STRADELLA ROAD (17m remain) and in OLDFIELD GROVE (21m remain); and (k) The Council will also make the following changes to the map-based schedule of the Traffic Management Orders as an administrative exercise to more closely match what is in the street - please note that there will be no physical changes to the street at the following 2 locations: (i) in CAMBERWELL GROVE south-west side add 10.5m existing ‘SYLs’ o/s No. 38 Camberwell Grove and convert 5m of ‘permit’ parking to existing ‘SYLs’ between Nos. 34 and 36 Camberwell Grove, and (ii) convert 4m of ‘SYLs’ to existing ‘DYLs’ in TENNIS STREET north-west side south-west of its junction with Newcomen Street.

3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 2 June 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/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 29 May 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND BUS LANE SUSPENSION)

(2a) Holly Grove, between Lyndhurst Way and Bellenden Road (2b) Dockley Road, between Thurland Road and Lucey Way (2c) East Dulwich Road, suspension of the west bound bus lanes, located between Peckham Rye and Lordship Lane (vehicles permitted to use) 3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be (2a) Lyndhurst Way, Highshore Road, Bellenden Road (2b) Dockley Road, Rouel Road, Lucey Way, Yalding Road, Southwark Park Road, St James's Road, Dockley Road (2c) not 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 existing ‘one-way’ working in Highshore Road, located between Lyndhurst Way and Bellenden Road, will be reversed for access and egress purposes for item (2a) The existing ‘one-way’ working in Bellenden Road, located between Holly Grove and Highshore Road, will be reversed for access and egress purposes for item (2a)

6.

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.

7.

The closure will be in operation on the following dates (2a) 16th – 18th June between the hours of 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2b) 17th – 18th June (2c) 16th June – 24th August

8.

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

Dated this 29th May 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) V9106HOLLY/BT (2b) LBSCR14044/centurion (2c) W121015721-00859/SGN

Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 29 THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2025 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 29 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 facilitate street special events, as indicated in the schedule to this notice.

3.

The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle or cyclist from:(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;. (b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice.

4.

The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark.

5.

The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.

For information regarding this notice, please contact Network & Parking at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 29th May 2025 Ian Law, Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Environment & Growth, 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: playstreets/streetparties/1st – 8th June2025 Schedule

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Thursday, May 29th 2025 PUBLIC NOTICE

Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD Council TRAFFIC ACT 1984 – SECTION 16a ofREGULATION the London Borough of Southwark THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2025 PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16a 1.

The Council the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives ORDER notice that it has made the THE of (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS 2025 above named Traffic Order under section 16a of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in London paragraph 2. Theofeffect of the hereby Order isgives summarised in itparagraph 1.

The Council of the Borough Southwark notice that has made3. the above named Traffic Order under section 16a of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the is summarised in paragraph 2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate an event

by Order Bankside Open Spaces Trust, as 3. indicated in the schedule to this notice.

2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate an event by Bankside Open Spaces Trust, as indicated in the the Order schedule this notice.

3.

The effect of is totoprohibit any vehicle or cyclist from: (a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on 3.

The effect the Order to prohibit any vehicle or cyclist from: the date andofbetween theishours specified in that schedule; entering or proceeding of street specifiedorincollecting the schedule to this notice on (b)(a) waiting (including waiting in forthe thelength purpose of delivering goods or loading or the date a and between thelength hours specified in that schedule; unloading vehicle) in the of street specified in the schedule to this notice. (b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in apply the length of street 4.

The prohibitions will not in respect of: specified in the schedule to this notice. (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance, or 4.

The prohibitions police purposes. will not apply in respect of: any vehicle usedpermission for the purposes of direction that eventoforafor fire brigade, ambulance, (b)(a) anything donebeing with the or at the police constable in uniform or or a policeauthorised purposes. by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark. person (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised thebeCouncil of the London Borough of Southwark.

5.

The alternative routeby will adjacent roads as applicable.

For information regarding this notice, please contact Network & Parking at 5.

The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable. ttmo@southwark.gov.uk For information regarding this notice, please contact Network & Parking at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk Dated this 29th May 2025 IanDated Law,this 29th May 2025 Traffic Manager, Ian Law, London TrafficBorough Manager,of Southwark, Network Environment & Growth, LondonManagement, Borough of Southwark, 160 TooleyManagement, Street, PO Box 64529 Network Environment & Growth, London SE1 5LX 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 Ref: specialeventsJune2025 London SE1 5LX Ref: specialeventsJune2025 Schedule Schedule

Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE Town and Country Planning (Development Management 13 OF APPLICATION FOR2015 PLANNING Procedure) (England) Order NOTICEPERMISSION UNDER ARTICLE 13 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION Proposed development at: Proposed South Dock development Marina, Ropeat: Street, Southwark, London, SE16 7SZ South Dock Marina, Rope Street, Southwark, London, SE16 7SZ Take notice that application is being made by: Take notice that application is being made by: Southwark Council, Mr. Gary Meeds.

Southwark Council, Mr. Gary Meeds.

For planning permission to: For planning permission to: Marina boatyard to include demolition and removal of all buildings and Refurbishment of South Dock Refurbishment Southservices Dock Marina boatyard to include demolition and removal of all buildings and structures on site,ofrenew infrastructure, new electricity substation, underground drainage, and structures on and site, provide renew services infrastructure, newtoilets electricity substation, drainage, and hard standings new workshops, studios, showers laundryunderground and associated landscape. hard standings and provide new workshops, studios, toilets showers laundry and associated landscape.

Construct new covered boat repair areas with associated gantry and staircase. Removal of the existing Construct new covered boat repairpontoon areas with associated Removal of the works existing crane and replace with new crane, adjacent to thegantry craneand andstaircase. associated public realm to replace with of new crane, adjacent thecrane craneand area.

Addition new treespontoon to the river walk.to the crane and associated public realm works to the crane area. Addition of new trees to the river walk.

Local Planning Authority to whom the application is being submitted: Local Planning Authority to whom the application is being submitted: Southwark Council Southwark Council Local Planning Authority address: Southwark Council, Environment Neighbourhoods & Growth, Local Planning address: Southwark Council, Neighbourhoods & Growth, Planning Division,Authority Development Management, PO Box Environment 64529, London, SE1 5LX Planning Division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX Any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations about this application, should Anytoowner of the within land or21 tenant wishes representations about this application, should write the council dayswho of the date to of make this notice. write to the council within 21 days of the date of this notice.

Signature: Signature: Date 16.05.2025 Date 16.05.2025 Statement ofof owners’ rights to to Statement owners’rights: rights:The Thegrant grantofofplanning planningpermission permission does does not not affect affect owners’ owners’ rights retain oror dispose ofoftheir in an an retain dispose theirproperty, property,unless unlessthere thereisissome someprovision provision to to the the contrary contrary in agreement oror lease. agreement lease.

Statement ofof agricultural Statement agriculturaltenants' tenants'rights: rights:The Thegrant grantof ofplanning planning permission permission for for non-agricultural non-agricultural development may affect development may affectagricultural agriculturaltenants' tenants'security securityof oftenure. tenure.

'Owner' means aa person term of of 'Owner' means personhaving havinga afreehold freeholdinterest interestor oraaleasehold leasehold interest interest the the unexpired unexpired term which is is not less than which not less thanseven sevenyears. years.

'Tenant' means aa tenant land.

'Tenant' means tenantofofan anagricultural agriculturalholding holdingany anypart partof of which which is is comprised comprised in the land.

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LondonNOTICE Borough of Lambeth PUBLIC NOTICE Borough OF DESIGNATION OF AREAS FOR SELECTIVE LICENSING London of Lambeth SectionOF 80,DESIGNATION Housing Act OF 2004 NOTICE AREAS FOR SELECTIVE LICENSING 1. The London Borough ofAct Lambeth Section 80, Housing 2004(“The Council”) in exercise of its powers under section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 ("the Act") hereby designates for selective licensing the areas described in paragraph 5 1. The London Borough of Lambeth (“The Council”) in exercise of its powers under section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 ("the Act") hereby CITATION, COMMENCEMENT ANDdescribed DURATION designates for selective licensing the areas in paragraph 5 CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND 2. This Designation shall be known as the DURATION London Borough of Lambeth Phase 2 Designations for Areas for Selective Licensing 2025. All privately rented residential accommodation situated within the designated areas must be licensed with the Council unless subject to statutory exemption 2. This Designation shall be known as set out in paragraph 6. as the London Borough of Lambeth Phase 2 Designations for Areas for Selective Licensing 2025. All privately rented residential accommodation situated within the designated areas must be licensed with the Council unless subject to statutory exemption as set out in paragraph 6.

3. The Designation was confirmed on 23rd May 2025. The Designation fall within a description of designations for which confirmation is not required by Secretary of State, and come into force on 1st September 2025 3. The Designation was confirmed on 23rd May 2025. The Designation fall within a description of designations for which confirmation is not required

by Secretary State, toandhave comeeffect into onforce 1st September 4. The Designations shallof cease 31stonAugust 2030 (not2025 more than 5 years) or earlier if the Council revokes the scheme under section 84 of the Act. 4. The Designations shall cease to have effect on 31st August 2030 (not more than 5 years) or earlier if the Council revokes the scheme under sectionTO84WHICH of the Act.THE DESIGNATION APPLIES AREA AREA TO designations WHICH THE APPLIES 5. These apply DESIGNATION to the following areas of the London Borough of Lambeth. The Designation is delineated in blue with the area itself coloured purple on the map in annex A below. The following wards are included: 5. These designations apply to the following areas of the London Borough of Lambeth. The Designation is delineated in blue with the area itself colouredincluded purple on the map in annex A below. The following wards are included: Wards in Designation Brixton Acre Lane Brixton North Ward Brixton Rush Common Brixton Windrush Wards included in Designation Clapham Common & Abbeville Clapham East Clapham Park Clapham Town Brixton Acre Lane Brixton North Ward Brixton Rush Common Brixton Windrush Gipsy Hill Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction Kennington Myatts Field Clapham Common & Abbeville Clapham East Clapham Park Clapham TownWest & Larkhall Oval St Martins Stockwell East Stockwell Gipsy Hill Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction Kennington Myatts Field Streatham Hill West & Thornton Streatham Wells West Dulwich Oval St Martins Stockwell East Stockwell West & Larkhall Streatham Hill West & Thornton Streatham Wells West Dulwich APPLICATION OF THE DESIGNATION 6. This designation to any house(1) which is let or occupied under a tenancy or licence within the area described in paragraph 5 APPLICATION OFapplies THE DESIGNATION unless: 6. This designation applies to any house(1) which is let or occupied under a tenancy or licence within the area described in paragraph 5 prescribed category of HMO that is required to be unless:a. the house is a house in multiple occupation [HMO] that falls within the nationally (2). licensed HMO’ under section 55(2)(a) Part within 2 of the a. the house asis aa ‘mandatory house in multiple occupation [HMO] that falls the Act2 nationally prescribed category of HMO that is required to be b. licensed the house a house inHMO’ multiple that fallsPartwithin as ais ‘mandatory underoccupation section 55(2)(a) 2 of the the prescribed Act2(2). category of HMO that is required to be licensed under the London of Lambeth an Area for Additional Licensing of Houses of Multiple Occupation made on 9th December b. the houseBorough is a house in multipleDesignation occupationofthat falls within the prescribed category of HMO that is required to be licensed under the (3) . Additional Licensing of Houses of Multiple Occupation made on 9th December 2021 under Section 56 of the Housing ofActan2004 London Borough of Lambeth Designation Area for (4) c. 2021 the tenancy or licence theHousing house has by a registered social landlord . under Section 56 ofof the Act been 2004(3)granted . thetenancy house isor subject or Final undersocial Part landlord 4 of the (4). Act; c.d. the licence toof an the Interim house has been Management granted by a Order registered thehouse houseisissubject subjecttotoana Interim temporary exemption under Order sectionunder 86 ofPart the 4Act; or Act; d.e. the or Final Management of the thehouse houseisissubject occupied a tenancy or licence exempt e.f. the to aunder temporary exemption underwhich sectionis 86 of theunder Act; the or Act or the occupation is of a building or part of a building so house exemptis asoccupied definedunder in Paragraph Exempted tenancies or licences, Licensing of Houses f. the a tenancy5(f): or licence which is exempt under theSelective Act or the occupation is of (Specified a building Exemptions) or part of a(England) building 2006as SIdefined 370/2006. soOrder exempt in Paragraph 5(f): Exempted tenancies or licences, Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006 SI 370/2006.

EFFECT OF THE DESIGNATION 6.

Subject sub paragraphs 6(a) to (f) every house in the area specified in paragraph 5 that is occupied under a tenancy or licence shall be EFFECT OFto THE DESIGNATION (5). area specified in paragraph 5 that is occupied under a tenancy or licence shall be requiredto tosubbeparagraphs licensed under 85 ofhouse the inActthe 6. Subject 6(a) tosection (f) every 7. required The London Lambeth to beBorough licensed ofunder sectionwill85comply of the with Act(5)the . notification requirements contained in section 83 of the Act and shall maintain a register of Borough all housesof registered under this designation, as required under section 232 of Act(6) 7. The London Lambeth will comply with the notification requirements contained in the section 83. of the Act and shall maintain a register of all houses registered under this designation, as required under section 232 of the Act(6).

If you are a landlord, managing agent or a tenant, or if you require information regarding this designation, or to apply for a licence, assistance is available fromortheif you Council’s Rentedregarding Property this Licensing Team by telephone 7926 8591 or Iffurther you areinformation a landlord,and managing agent or a tenant, requirePrivate information designation, or to apply foron a020 licence, further information and assistance is availableorfrom Council’s PrivateSector RentedEnforcement Property Licensing Team byService, telephone 7926London, 8591 orSW2 9QQ. by email to PRSlicensing@lambeth.gov.uk, by the writing to Private and Regulation PO on Box020 80771, byTheemail to PRSlicensing@lambeth.gov.uk, by writing Privateoffice Sectorhours.

Enforcement and Regulation Box 80771, SW2 9QQ. Designation may be inspected at the orabove addresstoduring All landlords, managing Service, agents PO or tenants withinLondon, the designated The may advice be inspected at the whether above address during office hours. by All the landlords, managing agents or the tenants withinPrivate the designated areaDesignation should obtain to ascertain their property is affected Designation by contacting Council’s Rented Property area shouldTeam. obtain advice to ascertain whether their property is affected by the Designation by contacting the Council’s Private Rented Property Licensing Licensing Team.

Upon the Designation coming into force any person having control of or who manages a licensable property without a licence or allows a Upon the property Designation into force any households person having control ofother or who a licensable a licence or allows licensed to coming be occupied by more or persons thanmanages as authorised by a property licence, iswithout liable to prosecution and aupon licensed to beis occupied households or persons otherprovisions than as authorised is liableActto2004. prosecution andwho uponbreaches a summaryproperty conviction liable to by an more unlimited fine pursuant to the of section by 95 aof licence, the Housing A person summary is liable to anupon unlimited fineconviction pursuant toto the provisions fine. of section 95 of the Act 2004.

A person awho breaches may a conditionconviction of a licence is liable summary an unlimited The Council, as Housing an alternative to initiating prosecution, condition of a licence is liable upon summary conviction to an unlimited fine.

The Council, as an alternative to initiating a prosecution, pursue one or more of a range of other enforcement actions including the imposition of a financial penalty of up to £30,000 and/ormaytaking pursue one or more of a range of other enforcement actions including the imposition of a financial penalty of up to £30,000 and/or taking management control of unlicensed property. Further, where an offence has been committed an application may also be made by the Council management control unlicensed property.

Further, where97 anof offence has been application mayOrder also beto made by the and/or tenant underof the provisions of section 96 and the Housing Act committed 2004 for aanRent Repayment pay back up Council to 12 months’ and/or tenant under sectionNo96notice and under 97 of the Housing for a Act Rent1988 Repayment back toup anto assured 12 months’ rent, Housing Benefittheor provisions Universal ofCredit. section 21 ofActthe2004 Housing may beOrder given toin pay relation shorthold rent, Housing Benefit or Universal Credit.

No notice under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 may be given in relation to an assured shorthold tenancy of the whole or part of an unlicensed house so long as it remains an unlicensed house. tenancy of the whole or part of an unlicensed house so long as it remains an unlicensed house.

Signed by Cabinet Member for Safer Communities: Councillor Dr Mahamed Hashi for and on behalf of the Signed Cabinet of Member for Safer Communities: Councillor Dr Mahamed Hashi for and on behalf of the LondonbyBorough Lambeth London Borough of Lambeth 1 For the definition of "house" see sections 79 and 99 of the Act 12 For the 55 definition see sections and 99 Occupation of the Act are required to be licensed under the Act. See also The Licensing of Houses Section of the ofAct"house" defines which Houses 79 in Multiple 2 Section 55 of Occupation the Act defines which Houses in Multiple(England) OccupationOrder are required be licensed under the Act. See also The Licensing of Houses in Multiple (Prescribed Descriptions) 2005 (SIto 2006/371) Multiple Occupation (Prescribed (SI 2006/371) 3 inAdditional Licensing covers HMOs Descriptions) that are not(England) within theOrder scope2005 of Mandatory HMO Licensing where tenants share one or more ‘basic 3 Additional Licensing covers HMOs that are not within the scope of Mandatory HMO Licensing where tenants share one or more ‘basic amenities’ i.e. a WC, personal washing facilities or cooking facilities. amenities’ i.e. a WC, personal washing facilities or cooking facilities.

Section7979(3)(3)ofofthetheAct. Act.ForForthethedefinition definitionof ofa Registered a RegisteredSocial SocialLandlord Landlord of the Housing 44 Section see see PartPart 1 of1 the Housing Act Act 19961996 See the theSelective SelectiveLicensing Licensingofof 55 See Houses(Specified (SpecifiedExemptions) Exemptions) Houses (England)Order Order2006 2006SISI370/2006 370/2006 (England) Section232 232ofofthetheActActand and 66 Section paragraph1111ofofSISI373/2006 373/2006 paragraph

AnnexA:A:“Map “Map Annex showingselective selective showing licensing designations licensing designations withthethedesignation designation with boundariesmarked marked boundaries blueand andthethe ininblue designationareas” areas” designation

28 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, May 29th 2025

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003

Please take notice that I / we WATLING STREET BREWERY LTD Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of RAILWAY ARCH 82 ENID STREET, LONDON SE16 3RA

Please take notice that I / we London South Bank University Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of LSBU The Hub, 116, 100 London Road, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6NJ

The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

Days

Start time

Finish time

The sale by retail of alcohol:

Mon to Sun

08:00

23:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Mon to Sun

08:00

23:00

Opening hours:

Mon to Sun

08:00

23:00

Days

Start time

Finish time

The retail sale of alcohol:

Mon to Sun

12:00

00:00

The provision of late night refreshment:

Mon to Sun

23:00

01:00

Opening hours:

Mon to Sun

00:00

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 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

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: 22nd May 2025

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.

Section 17 Licensing Act 2003 Premises Licence Application Take notice that on May 27th 2025, Lazard & Co Limited applied to Westminster City Council for a new premises licence for Levels 1& 5, 20 Manchester Square, W1U 3PZ. The application seeks to permit the sale of alcohol by retail from 12:00 until 23:00 Monday to Friday.

THE PREMISES ARE NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing of their representation by June 24th 2025 stating the grounds for making that representation to: Licensing Service, Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5QP. The Licensing Authority must receive representations by the date given above and will have regard to any such representation in considering the application.

The application can be viewed online by following the link to the public register at www.westminster.gov.uk/Licensing.

It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, liable on conviction to an unlimited fine, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with this application.

DSW Group

Consultants to the licensed trade 0203 900 2510 0844 736 1998

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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: 2nd May 2025

SPORT 29

SURREY WITHSTAND ESSEX ATTACK

© Mark Sandom

Essex 217 & 479 drew with Surrey 279 & 289/7 Surrey 12pts, Essex 11

By Mark Baldwin at the Kia Oval SAM CURRAN added 77 to a first innings 70, in his first red-ball appearance since last September, as Surrey saw out a rain-hit final day on 289-7 to secure a draw against Essex at the Kia Oval on Monday.

Curran’s 121-ball effort held Surrey’s batting together as seamer Jamie Porter and off-spinner Simon Harmer threatened to bowl Essex to a second Rothesay County Championship win of the season.

Six separate rain interruptions during the day – all of them short, but lopping 20 overs in all from the final day’s allocation – did not help Essex’s cause. In the end, a 51-run stand between Jamie Overton and Jordan Clark proved decisive.

Overton stayed just over two hours for his 47 from 102 balls, edging Porter to third slip just before 6pm from what became the last ball of the game. Clark finished 23 not out.

Porter finished with 5-88 from 27 overs and Harmer 2-94 from 34 with Essex taking eleven points from the draw and Surrey, who stay second in the Division One table, picked up twelve.

Surrey had started the day on 32 without loss, having been set an unlikely 418 in the fourth innings after Essex, led by centuries from Paul Walter and 20-year-old Charlie Allison on days two and three, had reached 479 in their own second innings.

Rory Burns and Dom Sibley, Surrey’s openers, were fluent early on against Essex’s seamers and took their stand to 76 before Harmer made the breakthrough with the first ball of his third over of the morning.

Left-hander Burns, on 39, jumped out to drive but was beaten by appreciable spin and bounce out of the bowlers’ footmarks and superbly stumped by Michael Pepper, who had to bring the ball down from almost shoulder height.

Sibley, having reached 40 with some

Surrey opener Dom Sibley

Surrey opener Dom Sibley excellent strokes down the ground, was similarly deceived by Harmer. The former South African Test spinner, seeing Sibley advance from his crease, tossed the ball a bit wider to leave the former England man groping for it and Pepper to complete a far simpler stumping.

At lunch, with only one over at that stage lost to a sharp mid-session shower, Surrey had stabilised the innings at 142-2 through Australian left-hander Kurtis Patterson and Curran, who got off the mark in spectacular style by hooking Porter for six over deep square leg.

Another shower delayed the restart by ten minutes and, in the afternoon’s second over Patterson was beaten by a break-back from Porter, operating from around the wicket, and bowled off a thin inside edge for 40.

Overton and Clark 51-run stand proves decisive wicket off Porter that may not have carried.

But, later in an eventful over and one ball after Overton had looked fortunate not to be given leg-before as he moved across his stumps, Allison flung himself to his left at point to clutch a Curran square drive and give Essex renewed hope with Surrey now 244-6.

Only eight more balls were possible, however, before more rain arrived and after another subsequent delay the final mini-session of play saw Essex crowding the bat in vain while Surrey’s seventh wicket pair kept out Porter and Harmer until Overton fell with the draw assured.

“The match ebbed and flowed throughout and over all it was a very good game of cricket with sadly a damp end to it,” Surrey head coach Gareth Batty said: “Essex have been up there in Division

One for the last few years now and they are a very good side. All three results were possible when we started out this morning and that is a credit to our head groundsman Lee Fortis and his team for providing yet another excellent four-day pitch here.

“It is great to have Sam Curran back with us and he showed in this match what we already know about his ability with the bat.

“We are ten points behind Nottinghamshire and in second place after the first seven matches of this championship season, so we are pretty happy with that position as we are nicely bubbling away without yet really putting in our best collective performances.”

Surrey are in Vitality Blast action this Friday. They play Somerset at Taunton starting at 6.30pm.

Hanratty fought Sameer Kanji from Southall ABC last weekend in the under57kg Championship and won it for the second year in a row.

It was a close contest with both fighters having success over the three

rounds, before Hanratty won by majority decision.

It was the second time the pair had met this season. Hanratty won the first bout on a unanimous decision but his opponent showed big improvement to make it a much more competitive bout.

Hanratty’s cousin, Billy MacDonald, was also on the bill. He fought Jay Butt from

Joe’s Academy and won by a secondround stoppage.

It was MacDonald’s third win in a row as he gets better with each fight.

Both boxers will finish the season at the London Belt Challenge competition in Hertfordshire on June 7-8. They will be joined by five more of their club-mates as they aim to end the season on a high.

fifteen runs in partnership with Jacob Emler, before falling to the first ball of the final over for 77, off 72 balls. This was the first time he had been dismissed in the Championship this season for an aggregate (and average) of 143. Emler (seven off four) and Felix Watson-Smyth (one) added eight more to take the total to 263-9 after their 50 overs.

Dulwich launched their attack with the spin of Watson-Smyth and pace of Emler, and were rewarded when each took a wicket within the first three overs of the innings, both caught behind. The third-wicket pair thus came together with the score on 8-2 and they put on 55 before Khan dismissed both of them in

consecutive overs and picked up another in his next to reduce Spencer to 77-5 in the nineteenth over.

Will De Cani and Freddie Horler then rebuilt the innings as the sixth-wicket pair emulated their opponents by putting on a century partnership. The stand had reached exactly 100 when Jenkins broke it by dismissing De Cani, who had played a solid support innings of 36 off 60 balls without hitting a boundary. Jenkins struck again in his next over, taking the vital wicket of Horler for 72, off 68 balls. At 1897 Spencer still needed 75 off 10.5 overs, but although the tail end batsmen all made a contribution they were unable to maintain the rate as wickets fell. Khan picked up

the eighth and finished with 4-41 off his ten overs, while Ramzan claimed the last two to dismiss Spencer for 233 after 47.1 overs. Ramzan finished with 2-38 off 6.1 overs while Jenkins took 2-37 off nine, and keeper Bharat took three catches and a stumping. Unusually the highest score in both innings had been in the seventies and had been made by the number seven batsman.

Dulwich have now won two of their first three matches and climb to third place in the table, just three points behind Spencer who remain top. This weekend, Dulwich have a home fixture against Sunbury, who finished seventh last year and who are currently sixth.

Curran square cut Porter for four and also punched Harmer through mid-on for another boundary but Surrey’s faint hopes of chasing down their distant win target fell away when Porter removed Ben Foakes and Jason Roy in the space of three balls to leave the home side 167 for five.

Nibbling the ball away from the righthanders, at just on and outside off stump, Porter first had Foakes caught behind for seven before Roy was superbly held, low and left-handed, by a diving Harmer at second slip. It completed an unhappy pair for former England one-day opener Roy. In between further showers, Curran and Overton steadied Surrey once again in a sixth wicket partnership that eventually realised 77 in 24 overs.

Curran, on 76, survived an impassioned appeal for a low legside catch behind the

LYNN ABC keep it in the family

By John Kelly LYNN ABC’S Frankie Hanratty has become a two-time ABA champion.

Richard Riakporhe

L-R: Terry Pearson, Frankie Hanratty, Billy MacDonald and Jimmy Moore

Two from three for Dulwich as they beat table-toppers Spencer Spencer 233 (47.1) lost to Dulwich 263-9 (50) by 30 runs

By John Lewis DULWICH BOUNCED back from defeat in the Premier Division of the AJ Sports Surrey Championship with victory by 30 runs in a closely fought match at Spencer last weekend.

Dulwich were put in to bat on an overcast day, but started strongly as James Schofield and Harrison Perry put on 47 for the first wicket in 10.3 overs. Perry’s dismissal for 24, off 29 balls, sparked a change in fortune. Schofield fell in the next over for 25, off 39 balls, skipper Ollie Steele went

for two, newcomer Tim Raglan for seven, and overseas player KS Bharat for 25, off 37 balls. Dulwich had lost five wickets in 12.4 overs for just 40 runs.

Will Jenkins and Kaif Ramzan thus came together with the score on 87-5 after 23.1 overs, and put on a partnership of 111 in eighteen overs for the sixth wicket, while both recording their highest scores for Dulwich. Jenkins was first to go, having made 59 off 64 balls. Ramzan went on to his own half-century and added fourteen for the seventh wicket with Ahmed Khan (seven off nine), and 28 for the eighth with newcomer Parvez Amin (sixteen off thirteen), taking the score to 240-8 off 47.1. He then scored thirteen of the next

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By Fergus Sowrey WHILE MANY football fans revel in the comfort of a routine win, nothing excites quite like a comeback.

These emotionally charged turnarounds stick out in the memory, often carving themselves into club folklore.

From Sergio Aguero’s late titlewinning goal for Manchester City against Queens Park Rangers in 2012 to Liverpool’s famous 4-3 aggregate triumph over Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals of 2019, comebacks are a key reason why football is often referred to as ‘the beautiful game’.

LIONS MUST REDISCOVER COMEBACK MAGIC Conceding first cost Alex Neil’s side top-six place

FIRST-GOAL ADVANTAGE

In the 2024–25 season, Millwall flirted with the prospect of securing a play-off place until the final day, but their inability to recover from losing positions greatly hindered their campaign.

The Lions fell behind in 20 matches last season yet salvaged only six points from losing positions – the thirdlowest total in the Championship.

Their sole victory after trailing came in early March at Watford, secured with a late winner by Josh Coburn.

However, when it came to defending leads, it was a different story.

In the 27 games they led, the Lions were far more resilient, only losing twice, winning eighteen and drawing seven – perhaps a result of the solidity at the back which saw them concede the third-fewest goals among teams outside the top six.

It’s also worth noting that their losses in these circumstances came at opposite ends of the season, the first on match-day two away at Bristol City and the second on the final day at Burnley.

The 4-3 loss at Ashton Gate reflected a chaotic start to the season under Neil Harris, with fifteen goals scored across the Lions’ opening two fixtures, which both ended in defeat.

After that, Millwall developed a grittiness, helping them to grind out narrow 1-0 wins over Leeds United, Burnley and Sheffield United.

Alex Neil often cited this trait as crucial for his side’s late-season surge.

Following a hard-fought 1-0 home victory over Middlesborough, which kept the club’s play-off hopes alive with four games to play, Neil said: “We’ll do whatever it takes to give ourselves an opportunity to try and win a game of football.”

Although they fell to Burnley at Turf Moor on the final day, the performance was anything but soft, as the 3-1 scoreline did not reflect the trouble the Lions caused for the alreadypromoted Clarets.

It took Scott Parker’s points centurions until the 65th minute to lead, underlining Millwall’s credentials as a side who are tough to beat, especially when considering the quality his Burnley side possesses.

PLAYING STYLE VS. MENTALITY: WHY MILLWALL STRUGGLED TO STAGE COMEBACKS

Given the togetherness the Lions were able to show in defending leads, their inability to come from behind seems puzzling, but this could be attributed to their style of play.

Josh Coburn scores against Watford the only time Millwall came back to win a game last season Across the season, they averaged 43 per cent possession, with only relegated Plymouth accumulating less, and registered the third-most high turnovers in the Championship with 335 – statistics that point to a more direct approach.

Millwall lost eight league games 1-0.

Even one comeback from those would have made the difference to finishing in the top six.

While teams that succeed in overturning deficits tend to operate more on the front foot, with four of the five best sides at recovering from losing positions finishing in the top six, it was twelfth-placed Sheffield Wednesday who were the comeback kings in the Championship this season.

The Owls managed to claw back 24 points after trailing in 2024-25, accounting for just over 40 per cent of

their total points’ haul.

After coming back from three goals down at the Riverside to secure a draw with Middlesborough in December, Wednesday manager Danny Rohl described his side’s recovery as “not normal”.

He emphasised the importance of mentality and belief in making such a result possible.

Psychological studies have concurred with this suggestion by highlighting the value of composure and focus in high-pressure scenarios, such as when falling behind, in such a manner that it does not negatively impact performance.

Previous Owls teams have consistently shown this mental edge as, in 2023, they overturned a 4-0 first-leg deficit to beat Peterborough on penalties and reach the League One play-off final – a feat now dubbed the

“Miracle of Hillsborough”.

REWRITING THE NARRATIVE While Millwall struggled to orchestrate their own dramatic turnarounds this season, they are no strangers to comebacks.

In 2016-17, on their way to promotion from League One, the Lions came from two goals down to beat Bury 3-2 – a result that showed how resilient that team could be.

However, recent seasons have found Millwall to be on the wrong side of such moments, the most painful being a 4-3 defeat to Blackburn on the final day of the 2022-23 season after they had led 3-1 at half-time, which cost them a play-off place.

Neil also has history with comeback disappointment.

In 2015–16, his Norwich City

side squandered a 3-1 lead against Liverpool, eventually losing 5-4 in their Premier League classic.

Even after Sebastien Bassong’s stoppage-time equaliser, the Canaries were denied a point by an instant reply from Adam Lallana, sealing one of Jurgen Klopp’s most iconic wins in his first season in charge of the Reds.

While their direct tactics remain an issue, if Millwall are to improve upon their points record after falling behind next season, they must exorcise these psychological demons of the past, both as a team and through their head coach.

However, with the grit and resilience this Millwall side has shown when ahead, there’s every reason to believe they can develop a similar resolve when finding themselves behind, potentially making for some thrilling victories for the Lions in 2025-26.

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KEVIN THE CONQUERER MAKES LIONS RETURN

Kevin Nisbet challenges Celtic’s Cameron Carter-Vickers for the ball in the Scottish Cup final

Striker helps Aberdeen to Scottish Cup glory

By John Kelly MILLWALL STRIKER Kevin Nisbet said he would be back with the Lions for pre-season after his historic campaign on loan at Aberdeen.

Scotland forward Nisbet, 28, helped the Dons win the Scottish Cup for the first time since 1990 as they defeated

Celtic 4-3 on penalties at Hampden Park last weekend.

Alfie Dorrington’s own goal gave Celtic the lead in the first half before goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel diverted the ball into his own net from Shayden Morris’ cross with seven minutes left.

After extra-time couldn’t separate them, Aberdeen goalkeeper Dimitar

Mitov saved penalties from Callum McGregor and Alistair Johnston in the shootout as Jimmy Thelin’s side were successful with all four of their efforts.

Nisbet started and played 79 minutes.

He was asked afterwards about his future following the end of his seasonlong loan deal.

“I’ll be back with them pre-season,” Nisbet said. “I don’t really want to talk

Millwall renew Addicks rivalry

By John Kelly

MILLWALL WILL renew their rivalry with Charlton Athletic after five seasons following the Addicks’ 1-0 win over Leyton Orient in the League One play-off final at Wembley.

Macaulay Gillesphey’s first-half freekick was enough for Nathan Jones’s side to see off their London rivals.

Charlton’s return confirmed the 24 teams that will compete in the second tier next season. They have joined bigspending duo Birmingham City and Wrexham in the Championship.

Southampton, Ipswich Town and Leicester City dropped down from the Premier League.

Millwall’s last meeting with Charlton was during the Covid-hit 2019-20 season. Millwall won 1-0 at an empty Valley in July thanks to Jake Cooper’s

81st-minute goal.

Millwall haven’t lost to Charlton since 1996.

Early promotion odds for 2025-26 have been released. Alex Neil’s Lions missed

out on the play-offs on the final day, finishing two points outside the top six.

They are again predicted to be amongst the sides jostling for a place in the play-offs.

CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTION ODDS

• Ipswich 6/4 • Southampton 15/8 • Sheff Utd 5/2 • Birmingham 3/1 • Coventry 7/2 • Middlesbrough 7/2 • Leicester 9/2

about other clubs and stuff like that.

I’ll be back with them pre-season and we’ll take it from there.

“It’s been brilliant. I’ve loved every minute of it through the ups and the downs and to finish like this is unbelievable. We’re going to party for a few days now.

“We knew we’d have to suffer in the game. They’re a top team but the boys

• West Brom 11/2 • Wrexham 13/2 • Norwich 13/2 • Bristol City 7/1 • Millwall 9/1 • Swansea 9/1 • Watford 10/1 • Stoke 10/1 • Blackburn 12/1

• Hull 12/1 • Sheff Wed 14/1 • Derby 14/1 • QPR 20/1 • Preston 25/1 • Portsmouth 25/1 • Charlton 33/1 • Oxford Utd 33/1

dug in and winning on penalties is unbelievable.

“We knew if we kept ourselves in the game we’d always get a chance.

Thankfully Shay does well to put a good ball in and we had chances after that as well and we probably should have won the game in extra-time. But to take it to penalties is dramatic, it’s good for viewers. Look at the fans, it’s absolutely amazing.”

Nisbet also won the William Hill SPFL goal of the season for his strike against his former club Hibernian at Pittodrie in April.

Nisbet scored the only goal of the game when he controlled Graeme Shinnie’s cross on his chest before arcing a right-footed volley over goalkeeper Jordan Smith into the topright corner to end Hibs’ eighteengame unbeaten run in the Scottish Premiership.

Nisbet scored fourteen goals in 39 games in all competitions this season.

Speaking about his strike against Hibs, Nisbet said: “It’s probably the first goal of the season award that I have won in my career, even a goal of the month award that goal got as well.

It’s great and it’s one to add to the mantlepiece.

“I just remember the ball coming in.

I knew Rocky [Bushiri] wouldn’t get as much of a header on it, so I just stepped back a bit. I took a great touch on my chest, and I just just hit it and it’s gone into the back of the net.

“For me, it went really slow motion, if I’m honest. I think when chances like that happen, it goes really slowly. I took a great touch and I’ve tried to go back across the keeper because he wouldn’t expect it.

“It just missed the cut-off for the Aberdeen goal of the season awards but I would say it’s better than Ester’s goal that won it! His was a great strike.

I feel you always score goals like that after the voting ends. Ester’s [Sokler] was a great finish but I put mine up there as well.

“I think it is the best goal that I have scored. I think the time in the game, the moment in the game as well, and how quality the goal was. It probably was my best goal.”

Nisbet joined Millwall from Hibs for £2million in the summer of 2023. He scored five goals in 28 Championship games before heading to Pittodrie on a season-long loan.

King for a day

By John Kelly FORMER MILLWALL goalkeeper Tom King achieved his dream after making his Premier League debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers in their 1-1 draw against Brentford at Molineux on the last day of the 2024-25 season.

King, 30, got to enjoy four minutes of action after replacing Jose Sa in the 91st minute.

After loan spells at non-league Welling and Braintree in 201516, King made his Lions debut in a 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest in a League Cup tie at The Den in August 2016.

He was back-up to first-choice stopper Jordan Archer that season,

making seventeen appearances in all competitions, including in Millwall’s 6-0 FA Cup quarterfinal defeat abasing Tottenham Hotspur, the last ever cup game at White Hart Lane.

King had loans at Stevenage, AFC Wimbledon and Gloucester before leaving Millwall for Newport County in the summer of 2019.

Plymouth-born King moved to Salford City and then Northampton before joining Wolves on a free transfer in the summer of 2023.

King has won one Wales cap, in a 0-0 friendly draw against Gibraltar in June 2024.

King said: “A moment I’ve dreamt of my whole life. Thank you to everyone for the warm reception. See you in August.”

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SURREY WITHSTAND ESSEX ATTACK

Ex-Lions in Hall of Fame alongside Klopp and Mou

By John Kelly FORMER MILLWALL bosses Mick McCarthy and Ian Holloway were inducted into the League Managers Association Hall of Fame on Tuesday night for managing 1,000 competitive matches.

LIONS GET £7M WINDFALL

Zian Flemming’s permanent move to Burnley has been finalised The Dutch attacker scored 23 goals in 92 appearances for Millwall

ZIAN FLEMMING’S permanent move from Millwall to Burnley has been finalised.

Flemming, 26, joined the Clarets on loan last summer with an obligation to buy for £7million.

Dutch attacker Flemming scored twelve goals in 28 Championship starts as Scott Parker’s side finished on 100 points this season but were pipped to the title by Leeds United on goal difference.

Burnley beat Millwall 3-1 at Turf Moor on the final day to deny Alex Neil’s Lions a place in the play-offs.

Flemming wasn’t involved as he couldn’t play against his parent club.

The paperwork has now been

completed and the transfer agreement signed for the deal to be effective from June 1.

Burnley have also completed permanent deals for three other loan players last season, Jaidon Anthony, Marcus Edwards and Bashir Humphreys.

They are in talks with Josh Brownhill, CJ Egan-Riley and Ashley Barnes, who are set to be out of contract at the end of next month.

Nathan Redmond and Jonjo Shelvey will leave when their contracts expire on June 30.

Flemming joined Millwall in a £1.7million deal from Fortuna Sittard in the summer 2022. He made 92 Lions appearances in all competitions, scoring 23 goals.

Flemming recently gave an insight into Parker’s methods.

“He is by far the best coach I have had,” Flemming said. “In a new group, he immediately established a top sports culture. You have to work very hard here. The bar is high, every training session, every exercise.

Here I can blindly trust the tactical plan every match.

“Then Scott Parker must be a strange guy, you think. But he isn’t even that. Just a great guy. Human, approachable. A bit of a freak, in a good way, in the amount of time and energy he puts into his work.”

Parker’s side are renowned for their passing.

Flemming added: “We don’t do that to the point of being naïve. We

haven’t been averse to playing the long ball when the match called for it.

“Game management, they call it here. I never learned that in the Netherlands, not even at Ajax.

Not consciously, at least. I already noticed a big difference at Millwall.

To win a match, you have to know when to accelerate or slow down.

“When the keeper has to take a long goal-kick, when you have to provoke a foul to regain momentum.

Here we train specifically for that, we talk about it, we watch footage.

In the Netherlands, clubs are much more focused on their own game principles and the importance of adapting during a match, of being flexible, is underestimated.”

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McCarthy and Holloway were honoured in London alongside fellow 1,000-club members Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp and David Moyes.

McCarthy started his managerial career with Millwall when he was still a player in 1992. He led the Lions for 207 games (W74; D72; L61) before becoming Ireland manager in 1996.

Holloway was in charge of Millwall for 62 games from January 2014 to March 2015 (W14; D19; L29).

McCarthy, 66, has managed 1,042 games and his last job was at Blackpool from January to April 2023.

Holloway, 62, who has managed 1,26 games, has been in charge of Swindon Town since October 2024 and led them to a twelfth-place finish in League Two this season.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot was named manager of the year, while Daniel Farke of Leeds United, Birmingham City’s Chris Davies and Doncaster Rovers’ Grant McCann won the awards in the Championship, League One and League Two, respectively, after leading their sides to those titles.

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor won the Women’s Super League manager of the year after the Blues won the treble during an unbeaten domestic season.

Mick McCarthy THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%