Southwark News - October 23rd 2025

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MP COYLE CLASHES WITH REFORM OVER KNIFE CRIME

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MP NEIL COYLE KICKED OUT OF WESTMINSTER DEBATE AFTER PULLING UP REFORM POLITICIAN FOR CITING ‘INACCURATE’ KNIFE CRIME DATA

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Coyle could be heard in the background repeatedly attempting to intervene as Lee Anderson, the Reform MP for Ashfield, stated that in London there had been a “reduction in stop and search of over 23 per cent in just one year (2023/24).

“Meanwhile knife crime in London has increased by nearly 60 per cent in just three years, and that’s according to a Policy Exchange report. It is a classic case, I believe, of a mayor who could not care less.”

Coyle was then given permission to make a point of order by McVey, and accused Anderson

LOCAL MP Neil Coyle says he is “still waiting for an explanation” after he was kicked out of a Westminster debate for pulling up a Reform speaker for citing ‘inaccurate’ knife crime statistics.

In an extraordinary moment, chair of the debate Conservative MP Esther McVey ordered the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark to leave the chamber after he stood up to contradict comments made by Reform’s Lee Anderson.

Residents move into 13 new council flats in Camberwell

By Issy Clarke

RESIDENTS HAVE moved into a new council housing block containing 13 �lats on Sedgemoor Place off Southampton Way in Camberwell.

The low-rise brick development contains a mixture of one, two and threebedroom flats which all have balconies.

The block also contains bin stores and space for keeping bikes.

Half of the 13 flats have been set aside for people living in the immediate area.

Cllr Helen Dennis, Southwark Council’s Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development, said: “I’m MILLWALL

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of referring to ‘incorrect or out of date’ statistics.

“The point is that members are all required to not mislead the House or accidentally mislead the House, there is an issue with some of the figures that have just been presented,” he said.

“And I just wonder whether you could encourage the member to either give the dates for the figures he was using, which show that they will be out of date, or use the correct data which shows that knife crime has fallen in the capital. Something we should welcome together.”

In an astonishing moment, McVey then thrilled to celebrate the completion of more much-needed council homes for local people. These are among the 3,000 council homes we’ve built or have under construction on site in Southwark.

“Like all our new council homes, these flats are of the highest quality, spacious and light, with plenty of homes available for families.

“With 50% of the new homes here being allocated to local people in the immediate area, we are pleased that these homes are directly supporting the local community and ensuring people can stay near their friends and family when they move to a new home”.

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Neil Coyle during the debate in Westminster Hall

declared that Coyle’s argument was “not a point of order” and asked if he would “like to leave Westminster Hall.”

Coyle hit back: “When we’re done, yeah.”

McVey promptly ordered Coyle to immediately leave the room, stating: “Well, I’d actually ask you now to leave. Thank you.” She added that Coyle’s intervention was “not a point of order, it was a point of debate,” and added: “I’m afraid your temper and your attitude doesn’t actually belong in Westminster Hall.”

Speaking to the News after the incident, Coyle claimed he had yet to receive “any explanation as to why I was invited to leave.

“No one has yet told me the reason for being asked to withdraw from Westminster Hall. I will not stop trying to ensure accurate information is used in Westminster, and on such sensitive and difficult issues it is more important than ever we get it right.”

Referring to several local knife-crime related incidents, Coyle went on: “We had the Long Lane stabbings recently, we had a stabbing next to Greenland Dock last year.

“I completely understand the need to ensure our communities are safe as possible, and that’s why the work from the Met and City Hall to reduce violent crime twinned with localised projects are so important and why they needed reflecting in the debate.”

In a jibe at Reform UK, the MP added: “It felt to me today like some of those who bang on about freedom of speech don’t like hearing speech that corrects the record and provides accurate statistics.”

While the News has not yet been able to confirm the specific data Coyle was referring to, the Mayor’s office recently stated that there was a 19 per cent reduction in knife crime between April and June compared to last year, though this could not be independently verified as the data is not yet publicly available.

Overall, the number of crimes reported across the board in London fell from to 236,972 to 234,523.

The newly completed council block on Sedgemoor Place

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Owner Suhel and Sultan, the long term manager of Tower Tandoori

By Issy Clarke BERMONDSEY’S TOWER Tandoori on Tower Bridge Road is of�icially one of the best restaurants on the planet according to TripAdvisor.

It is just one of two restaurants in the UK which has been included in TripAdvisor’s top 10 list of the all-time best restaurants in the world (the other one is in Edinburgh) which is based on the number of exceptional customer reviews.

Tower Tandoori, which came in at ninth place, currently has an average rating of 4.8 on the site, based on over 3,000 (almost unanimously glowing) customer reviews.

Gushing reviewers on the site lavish praise on everything from Tower Tandoori’s food (superlatives range from “outstanding” to “sensational”), its staff (“every member of staff was really friendly”) to the “cool and welcoming vibe”.

The family-run tandoori restaurant was one of the first Indian restaurants to open in south-east London back in the '70s.

It claims to be the oldest Indian restaurant in Bermondsey, and the oldest Tandoori restaurant in London.

It is now run by Suhel, who took the reins from his dad and grandad 15 years ago. He told us previously that back when Tower Tandoori opened it was “probably the only Indian restaurant in the whole of

south-east London.”

While the area has transformed over the years almost beyond recognition, Tower Tandoori is still going strong from the same spot on Tower Bridge Road nearly 50 years since opening in 1978.

“The whole demographic of the area has changed,” Suhel told us back when the restaurant celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018. “The Old Bermondsey has moved to Bexley and Sidcup and Bromley, whereas the yuppie crowd who can afford to buy a two bed flat for £500,000 has moved in.”

He added: “We’ve had to adapt to a new clientele. We’ve gone from being a neighbourhood restaurant to a touristfriendly restaurant.”

So how has one of London’s oldest Indian restaurants managed to remain one of its favourites nearly half a century after first opening (aside from cooking delicious curries)?

Suhel has attributed the restaurant’s continued success to its willingness to embrace innovation and tech, as well as its strong family focus.

“We’ve had a lot of family members who given a lot in the business, a lot of people had given their sweat blood and tears.

“The young blood in the business helped keep things fresh, while loyal staff become almost like a second family.”

Check out the full list of winners on Trip Advisor’s website.

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TOWER TANDOORI DECLARED ONE OF THE WORLD’S BEST RESTAURANTS

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By Issy Clarke CAMBERWELL RESIDENTS have been left heartbroken after a community garden planted above an abandoned Cold War-era nuclear bunker was, they say, suddenly destroyed.

The garden was started by greenfingered local history buffs five years ago, after they said they watched the undeveloped land above the bunker fall into disrepair for over two decades.

“The site was just being used for rubbish and fly-tipping,” explained Jo, who founded the Camberwell Bunker Collective in 2020, a group of local volunteers committed to caring for the garden.

During the Cold War, London was split into five control groups, each of which would have reported to the government based at the central nuclear bunker in Kelvedon Hatch, Essex.

Under the plans, Southwark’s councillors would have kept local government up and running from a bunker built underneath a since-demolished health centre at the corner of Peckham and Vestry Road, opposite the old Southwark Town Hall.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the bunker was abandoned, while the health centre was demolished because local children 'kept breaking into it'.

The derelict bunker is now sealed up most of the time, aside from periodic attempts by members of the public to prise it open and venture inside.

It is believed the land was sold off privately and has been awaiting redevelopment ever since. In the meantime the volunteers said it became a dumping ground for household rubbish.

In 2020 the local volunteers began clearing out the rubbish and detritus from the site, transforming it into a community garden with vegetables and a mini library.

“It has always been quite an arty space,” said Jo. “People would practise graffiti there. A lot of people said it was scruffy, and obviously it wasn't Kew Gardens because you can’t close the door on it at

GARDEN ABOVE ABANDONED COLD WAR NUCLEAR HIDEOUT 'SUDDENLY DESTROYED'

Camberwell Bunker Garden

The site before it was transformed by volunteers the end of the day. But a lot of people were planting vegetables and lavender.”

However, on Saturday, October 4, Jo said she turned up to find bulldozers had cleared out the garden, destroying the mini library, outdoor furniture and garden patches planted there by volunteers.

“It was devastating,” she said. “But we always knew it was a possibility. It’s

(the landowner’s) property, so he can technically do what he likes with it.”

Of greater concern, she went on, would be the loss of the bunker. “It is such an important piece of local history,” Jo said.

“My ultimate ambition for the space was to transform it into a museum of Cold War history."

She added that she had written to the

going inside.”

Most recently, the garden was used for an art exhibition put on by members of local guerilla art group, Kabinett.

The group had previously staged an exhibition inside a derelict bus kiosk box in Camberwell, until it was destroyed by Southwark Council in a crackdown on ‘anti social behaviour’.

“After 5 years of work, the owner of the lot came and bulldozed the garden today,” said founder of the Kabinett Camille Moreno. “ It is a huge loss for the Kabinett as well as, most importantly, for the community.”

Southwark Council was approached for comment, and attempts have also been made to contact the landowner.

Residents can also take part in a programme of activities including cooking classes, digital workshops, tai chi and yoga, book clubs, and intergenerational activities.

Now, the development, designed by architecture studio Witherford Watson Mann, has nabbed a prestigious architecture prize for its features, with judges praising its ‘hopeful and innovative’ design.

It was complimented by the jury for setting an “ambitious standard for social housing among older people”.

The Stirling prize, which is handed out each year by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) recognizes the best new building in the UK each year and has been going since 1996.

One of the architects behind the almshouse, Stephen Witherford, told the RIBA Journal he was overwhelmed to receive the award given the important social mission of the almshouse.

He said: “What makes this project so significant is the challenges with the lack of new social housing.

“We’re aware of the fact that so many hospital beds are taken up by people who are older who can’t be returned

to a suitable place to live; that council accommodation with older people in it has a lot of underoccupied rooms because they’re not going to give that up to go somewhere horrible.”

He added that the properties being built were failing to tackle the crisis: We’re making these environments where people are just feeling more isolated, so what makes the project so significant is that it actually pulls some of those issues together.”

Southwark properties have traditionally fared well in the eyes of judges: last year, a house in Peckham was shortlisted for the gong. In 2021, another home in Peckham made the running – a narrow property the size of a tube carriage dubbed the “Slot House”.

Speaking on behalf of the jury, Ingrid Schroder, director of the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, said: “Built against the backdrop of two crises, an acute housing shortage and a growing loneliness epidemic among older people, Appleby Blue offers a hopeful and imaginative response, where residents and the surrounding community are brought together through the transformative nature of the design.”

Almshouse near Bermondsey’s Blue declared UK’s best new building

By Issy Clarke

The central courtyard and large windows foster a sense of community

landowner a number of times over the years hoping to obtain permission for volunteers to care for the bunker and the land above it, but had never heard anything back.

"It's just such a waste. There are other Cold War bunkers, but they are not in Zone 2, they're not 10 minutes away from the Imperial War Museum."

Jo believes that the clearance of the site was prompted by an alleged complaint issued to the council about the safety risk to children of falling through the bunker hatch, although Southwark Council has not yet confirmed this.

“It is potentially dangerous,” said Jo. “That’s why we made a 3D virtual tour, so people could see the bunker rather than

AN ALMSHOUSE in Bermondsey which has been likened to a Scandinavian spa has been awarded the most prestigious housing award in the UK.

The Appleby Almshouse on Southwark Park Road which opened last year provides affordable housing for over 65s and immediately turned heads for its striking design.

The oak development, likened to a Scandinavian spa by the Guardian, features floor-to-ceiling windows arranged around a central courtyard resembling a woodland with water features, and a roof garden above.

The almshouse is run by United St Saviour’s charity and is home to 63 residents living across a mix of 57, mostly 1-bedroom flats.

The courtyard design was intentional to prevent elderly residents from feeling lonely.

The almshouse has additional facilities which help foster community spirit among residents including a shared kitchen, a garden room, a skills and hobby room, a library and a spa.

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HISTORIC NUNHEAD BOOZER IS CROWNED BEST PUB

PECKHAM POUNDLAND AMONG DOZENS OF BRANCHES SLATED FOR IMMINENT CLOSURE

By Issy Clarke

PECKHAM’S POUNDLAND will close towards the end of next month, as the budget retail chain plans to cut a growing number of stores across the UK.

The branch in the Aylesham Centre will close on November 20.

An extensive clearance sale is now underway and customers will be able to nab items with discounts of up to 40 per cent.

It is just the latest Poundand store to go in Southwark, after the branches on Lordship Lane and inside Surrey Quays shopping centre were both shut earlier this summer.

The retailer embarked on a restructuring

plan back in June after it was bought by investment firm Gordon Brothers, unveiling plans to close 68 branches across the UK. This followed a period of sluggish sales, with its managing director admitting: ‘It’s no secret that we have much work to do to get Poundland back on track.

‘While Poundland remains a strong brand, serving 20m-plus shoppers each year, our performance for a significant period has fallen short of our high standards and action is needed to enable the business to return to growth.’

In time, Poundland expects to operate a network of around 650 to 700 stores, compared to around 800 today, once leases run out or landlords exercise an option to serve notice.

By Evie Flynn THE OLD Nun’s Head on Nunhead Green, has been named the ‘best pub in London’ by Time Out’s annual 50 best pubs list.

Coined the ‘Old Nunny’ by staff and locals, the pub doubles as a cozy pubrestaurant and party venue, with queer DJ sets and events in their downstairs bar or upstairs function room.

The pub was given first place this year, taking the crown from last year's winner, the Army & Navy in Dalston.

The Old Nunny was praised by Time Out for its eclectic mix of events, from speeddating, drag king cabaret and nights like Pop-Up Dyke Bar. If you are looking for a wholesome queer

evening, they also have a lesbian book club and a chess club for all.

Time Out writes: “The Old Nun’s Head is incapable of standing still. In recent years it’s become south east London’s favourite unofficial queer venue, thanks to an array of campy entertainment.”

And it adds: “It might also be the only pub in London with a Britney Spears shrine.”

The Old Nun’s Head is not too far from 2023’s Time Out Pub of the Year, Skehan’s.

The Old Nun’s Head gets its name from a former nunnery on the site, which was ordered to shut down by Henry VII during the Reformation. The Mother Superior, Elizabeth Barton, refused, and the King chopped off her head and put it on a spike on nearby Nunhead Green.

In a nod to their past, the team host

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regular ‘Nun-aoke’ karaoke nights on a Friday.

They serve food every day except Monday, with their much-loved ‘Fit Roasts’ available until they sell out every Sunday from 12pm.

You can expect to pay between £22 and £25 for a meat roast, with vegan and veggie options available too.

The team say that community is at the heart of the Old Nunny and they regularly fundraise to support local and queer charities.

You can find out what charity they are currently fundraising for at the bar, with instructions on how to donate.

The Old Nun’s Head, 15 Nunhead Green, London SE15 3QQ. www.theoldnunshead.co.uk

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By Liv Facey SOUTHWARK COUNCIL'S new Canada Water leisure centre has sparked controversy, as locals face steep membership fee increases despite restricted access to the new facility.

Our investigation has revealed that while all membership tiers saw price hikes in April 2025 which the council said was for the new gym — with the lowest tier jumping from £26.99 to £36.99 — only those paying for the second highest membership (£43.99 monthly) can access the new Canada Water gym without additional charges.

Previously, lower tier memberships included access to Seven Islands Leisure Centre, which the new Canada Water facility has replaced. However, the memberships have been reduced from five-site to four-site access, with no prior notice given to members.

This comes as the council announced they have had to close the main pool at Canada Water just weeks after opening.

In a statement posted on X, Southwark Council said the pool had been closed due to a “maintenance issue".

“We understand that this may be frustrating for users, especially as this building has only recently opened.

“The good news is that the teaching pool remains open, as do the gym and sports areas. However, the main pool may remain closed for some time while we fix the issue. We will keep everyone updated."

Local resident Emmanuela Trapani told us: "My membership included access to five centres, including the old Seven Island. Now, for no logical reason, if I want to get access to Canada Water, I have to upgrade and pay more."

The council confirmed the pricing last month. Members now face having to upgrade their memberships, despite having already weathered nearly 40 per cent price increases in April.

Another review is scheduled for April 2026 as part of the council's annual fees and charges assessment.

"The recent price hikes feel like a slap in the face,” Janie Marie Navarro, who has been a member for several years, said. “I used to pay around £30, which was manageable on my income, but now they're asking for nearly £40 for fewer services than before."

Janie also highlighted ongoing booking issues: "They've completely removed the waiting list, so now I find myself checking multiple times daily for cancellations. It's almost impossible to book classes without paying for the premium membership, which many of us simply can't afford."

HOW DO SOUTHWARK'S PRICES COMPARE?

Our investigation found Southwark's leisure pricing is considerably higher than neighbouring boroughs who also own their leisure centres: Southwark's highest tier, All Access Plus Membership, costs £57.99 monthly, while the mid-range is priced at £43.99. The only difference is the higher tier gives you 14-day priority booking for gym classes.

The lowest tier costs £36.99 per month.

By comparison, Lambeth Council offers unlimited monthly memberships from £31.05, including access to eight leisure centres, with concessionary memberships from only £16.75 per month.

Southwark's lowest concession price is nearly double at £30.49, despite Southwark Council's statement to us saying they “remain one of the lowestcharging councils.”

Tower Hamlets' Be Well anytime membership costs £42.50, with an off-

ARE SOUTHWARK LEISURE MEMBERS 'PAYING MORE FOR LESS' AFTER CANADA WATER REVAMP? Pool inside Canada Water Leisure Centre closed due to maintenance fault just weeks after opening

peak option at £35.00 monthly.

But, it must be noted that Southwark Council is the only local authority offering free swim and gym access to all residents every Friday through Sunday.

What's more disabled residents enjoy free access all week, and specific, free classes are available for the elderly.

Private gyms in Southwark have varying rates: Pure Gym Bermondsey starts at £20.99, with their most expensive membership at £31.49 — offering access to 407 gyms nationwide, while Fitness4less charges £39.99 per month.

Some facilities offer specialised services to justify higher prices. Fitness Space near Surrey Docks is a coaching and personal training-driven gym, with their starting costs being £99 a month. While Gym Nation charges £79.99 for gym-only access, or £89.99 for combined gym and classes.

When the council took over the gyms from Everyone Active, Councillor Catherine Rose, then cabinet member for neighbourhoods, leisure and parks, said council ownership would “respond to the priorities and needs of local people.”

However, some residents told us they disagreed, citing excessive costs and inconvenient gym locations.

Ruhin Naher Ahmed, who joined

Cllr Rose said Southwark Council had made 'significant strides' since bringing leisure in-house Southwark Council gyms in February, said: "After the price hike, I felt like I was paying too much as someone [with a concessionary membership]."

She added: "My gym was Surrey Docks and it's absolutely tiny in comparison to others." She has since moved to The Bridge gym, citing fairer pricing at £22 for concessionary memberships.

Resident Hollii Webb suggested £40 would be "a more reasonable price" for the highest tier membership.

RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT ON COST VS VALUE

One member, who wished to remain anonymous, shared: "I used to be a member at one of their local gyms.

It was very small and didn't have

much equipment, but I was paying £26 a month for the lowest tier, so it felt reasonable. However, following refurbishment last year, they hiked up the price [despite] no additional space being created."

They recently signed up to the Canada Water gym under their £20 introductory offer but may leave once it rises to full price, citing the small gym size and constantly busy pool.

When challenging the council’s claim that their prices matched local averages, they noted: “The only nearby gyms are more high-end clubs charging around £100 per month, which I don't think is a fair comparison. The closest real alternative is PureGym in Bermondsey [which is] far larger, with more

equipment and classes included.”

They added that since these were council gyms, they would have expected some of the running costs to be covered by council tax. “It feels like they’re taking advantage of the lack of real competition in the area.

"The council keeps saying these facilities are for the community, but their actions suggest otherwise. With the cost-of-living crisis, these price increases mean many local families are being priced out of staying active."

However, the council has made clear that the prices do reflect the substantial investment made into all of its leisure centres and that the prices were frozen to help residents with the cost-of-living crisis.

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The Canada Water Leisure Centre will be housed in the basement of the Dock Shed building

Southwark Council decided to end its management contract with Everyone Active after being forced to bail the company out during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Since the change-over in 2023, Southwark Council has also spent £815,000 on repairing and maintaining those buildings.

This includes £75,000 on new turnstiles at The Castle Leisure Centre, £75,000 on a new lift at the Peckham Pulse, and £70,000 on repairing Camberwell Leisure Centre’s roof.

Several residents reported that gyms are located too far from their homes.

Sam Lawes explained the nearest council run facilities were nearly 20 minutes away from his home, leading him to choose Gym Nation, which he considers "the best gym in the area."

Not all feedback has been negative Alisa Dolgova believes the new facility offers good value: "I think the new gym is incredible and very well priced for what it is. It just needs more classes to cope with demand."

Another member, Hollii, praised the facility's accessibility features: "One of the best things Canada Water has is the disabled changing rooms. As a person who is a wheelchair user, the facilities

for disabled are brilliant."

Southwark Council was approached for comment, with Councillor Portia Mwangange, telling us: “Southwark Council is the only local authority offering free swim and gym access to all residents every Friday through Sunday.

"Disabled residents enjoy free access all week, and specific, free classes are available for the elderly. Even with our comprehensive, health-focused services, our prices are generally lower than most other local authorities and offer greater value than many commercial gyms.

“Our leisure prices were recently adjusted to reflect the substantial investment made into all our centres, not because of the Canada Water facility alone. For a significant period, prices were frozen to help residents with the cost of living crisis. Even after this increase, we remain one of the lowestcharging councils.

"Crucially, we’ve taken the management of our centres back under our direct control to ensure they serve the community best. Partnering with residents and grass-root organisations, we have a broader offer in our parks and libraries and therefore encourage residents to get involved with those.”

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COUNCIL FORCED TO CANCEL PCNS AFTER TECHNICAL ERROR MEANT PARKING PERMIT REMINDERS WERE NOT SENT EXCLUSIVE

By Evie Flynn SOUTHWARK COUNCIL has cancelled an undisclosed number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs), after a technical error meant permit renewal reminders were not sent to drivers throughout September and early October.

Drivers were left baffled after finding hefty PCNs attached to their car, despite not receiving the routine email reminding them to renew their permit one month before expiry.

The council has confirmed that all outstanding PCNs issued because of the error have now been cancelled, but has not confirmed whether drivers who paid their fines before 3 October will be refunded.

Residents with parking permits across the borough have relied on automated email notifications alerting them when the permits were due for renewal. Drivers can choose to renew their permit every year, 6 months or 3 months.

Numerous residents took to community forums, such as NextDoor and resident Facebook groups, to express frustration and seek advice about the missing emails and unexpected PCNs.

Drivers have said there was no communication from the council that reminders would stop. The council’s website says: “Southwark Council uses your personal data to send you reminders about changes to your parking permit, including when it is about to run out.”

Jill Mead, a long-term Southwark resident, received two PCNs in early September. After noticing she did not receive a renewal reminder, she contacted the Parking Team to ask whether reminders were being issued.

When the council was first approached on 10 September, Jill said they insisted that residents were responsible for organising their own permit renewals and described email reminder notices as a ‘goodwill’ gesture.

A council representative said: “There can be many reasons for reminder emails not received, such as email account security settings preventing specific emails, connectivity issues, system updates etc.”

However, a week later another representative acknowledged that there was in fact an issue with the emails, and told Jill that service providers were treating the issue with ‘high priority’.

She said: “Residents had every reason to trust the emails after years of consistent use. Despite the Council now

describing the emails as a courtesy, it is unreasonable to penalise residents for relying on a system the council itself designed and maintained.”

Jill eventually had her PCNs cancelled before the council organised the blanket cancellation, but described the process as lengthy and complicated.

She argued that many residents didn’t have the time or knowledge about the intricacies to do the same, and would end up falsely paying the PCN charge. She also questioned whether the council would have cancelled the PCNs had she not been so persistent.

A Camberwell resident also found a PCN on his car just four days after his permit expired. He said: “I’d come to rely on those reminders. They’d been sent every time I renewed previously, so there was a clear expectation they’d continue… I had no reason to think the system had changed.”

He was unable to get his PCN cancelled, despite Jill having hers cancelled on the same grounds. He said: “It’s not about dodging a fine - I renewed the permit the same day. It’s about basic fairness and accountability. If the council admits the system failed for one person, it should treat everyone the same.”

Other permit-holders shared similar experiences online. One wrote: “This happened to me! Last week my permit expired on the 23rd (September). I didn’t get the reminder and then got a ticket 2 weeks later.”

Another said: “I had relied on the

reminder system for 4 years, and it had always functioned. Their reminder system failed and I received a reminder long after the permit had expired and incurred £450 worth of fines.

“As my parking space is nowhere near my house and I didn’t see the fines accumulating. I challenged it, but was made to pay the fine.”

Jill used her experience to assist numerous residents with refund and cancellation requests after they

experienced the same problem. However, the subsequent cancellation of the remaining PCNs gives rise to the question of whether individuals who settled their fines immediately are entitled to refunds.

The News is seeking clarification from Southwark Council as to whether those who paid the invalid PCNs will be issued with a refund. The council is still to provide us with a number of PCNs issued as a result of the error, or how many have been cancelled.

Council announces more road closures as part of its school run scheme

By Evie Flynn

Three further School Streets are planned in the next few months: • Harris Primary Academy Peckham Park, Peckham • St Anthony’s Catholic Primary, Dulwich • Ilderton Primary School, Bermondsey

SOUTHWARK COUNCIL is closing more roads across the borough during primary school drop-off as part of its School Streets Campaign.

It is part of a push encouraging parents to choose greener ways to get to school.

The council is accelerating the scheme, with new road closures in Peckham at John Donne Primary School and Rye Oak Primary School.

There are now 31 School Streets in place across Southwark.

Timed closures allow parents and children to have safer journeys and encourage them to walk, cycle or even use a scooter.

The council says that the closures are popular as they not only benefit students, but also parents, teacher,

and local residents, creating a more pleasant and quieter environment during the school run.

The council is also talking to the following schools about potential School Streets: • Grange Primary School, Bermondsey • English Martyrs Primary School, Walworth • Phoenix Primary School, Bermondsey • Spa School, Bermondsey • The Belham Primary School,

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Peckham Keyworth Primary School, Walworth / Camberwell Redriff Primary School, Bermondsey Galleywall Primary School, Bermondsey Riverside Primary School, Bermondsey

Jo Rooney, Headteacher of John Donne Primary School, said: “As a headteacher, I have seen first-hand the positive impact that School Streets has had on our community.

“The reduction in traffic at the school gates has made the area calmer, safer and more welcoming for our children and their families.”

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TWO SOUTH LONDON BUS ROUTES ‘INFESTED WITH HAVE YOU NOTICED LONDON BRIDGE COCKROACHES’, STATION’S NEW ELECTRIC CLOCK? SAY DRIVERS

By Evie Flynn

THE FIRST national clock design for over 50 years was launched at London Bridge last week in a nod to the station’s historic past.

At nearly two metres wide, the clock hangs above commuters and appears in digital form on departure boards across the network and other central London stations, including Waterloo, Charing Cross and Victoria.

The chosen clock by Design Bridge and Partners won from over 100 entries in a partnership between Network Rail, the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Design Museum.

London Bridge was chosen as the station to launch the clock because it was home to the second electricallycontrolled railway clock in the world, which was installed in 1852 and linked to a master clock at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.

The last national clock design for Britain’s railways was created as part of British Rail’s 1974 design manual.

It was chosen because it works as both a physical and digital timepiece, while reflecting the design and brand history of the railway and most importantly, make it easy to know what time it is in a busy railway station.

The railway clock has been designed to provide an easy to read and accessible clock that passengers can see on the move, as well as acting as a meeting place while navigating busy stations.

Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy, said: “British ingenuity and passion are the foundations of the railway, from the very first passenger service 200 years ago to the millions of rail journeys now taken every day. This clock represents a bridge between the historic past and a new future for our railways.

“As part of our Plan for Change, this Government will create an integrated railway network that’s more reliable, consistent, efficient and accountable, thus delivering growth, jobs and homes. Good design, like this brilliant, clever timepiece, is a fundamental part of achieving this.”

The 159 bus is one of the allegedly infested routes.

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By Issy Clarke LONDON’S BUSES are infested with cockroaches according to drivers, with staff claiming at least two south London routes are infested.

According to a post on the London Bus Forum, the worst affected routes are the 159 from Streatham to Oxford Circus, the 345 from Peckham to South Kensington and the 55 from Walthamstow to Oxford Circus.

One driver on the 159 route told the site: “I went to take a sip from my drink and felt something in my mouth. I spat it out and saw it was a cockroach. I felt sick and ended up vomiting.”

Photos on the site also appear to show cockroaches nestled between the seats of a 345 bus.

One shocking video seen by the BBC, filmed on 8 October, apparently showed cockroaches in a driver’s food container in the rest area.

A driver told the London Bus forum

that the current work environment was “unsafe”: “We’re expected to rest and eat on these buses during breaks. It’s unhygienic and degrading.”

Drivers on the routes, they claim are affected, are calling on TFL to deep clean the vehicles, implement stricter pest control measures in garages and suspend the buses until fully cleared.

London’s buses are operated by private companies who receive contracts from Transport for London (TfL).

A spokesperson for TfL told the BBC they were “urgently investigating the specific incidents that have been raised.”

A TfL spokesperson said: “We are committed to working together with operators to provide a clean environment for staff and customers.

“Most TfL welfare facilities are cleaned multiple times a day, and at a minimum daily, to maintain hygiene and safety standards. All buses are also cleaned every night before entering service and reports such as these are rare.

“We take any report seriously and are urgently investigating the specific incidents that have been raised.

“As with any reports, we will take appropriate action as part of the investigation, which can include taking buses out of service for inspection, deep cleans and treatment with specialist equipment if necessary.

“We would like to reassure staff that our operators would never take action against people raising concerns about welfare or safety and encourage any driver with concerns to contact their employer, their union, or contact us directly.”

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LOCKED OUT TRADERS SAY THEY ‘SIMPLY CAN’T AFFORD’ NEW DEAL

By Evie Flynn

THE ELEPHANT and Castle traders who were locked out of their units have been offered a 12-month repayment plan by their landlord, but say the terms leave them in a “worryingly vulnerable position.”

Southwark Council and landlord Get Living struck a deal allowing locked out traders to return to their units in Castle Square whilst paying off their outstanding electricity arrears.

But in a statement posted on the Latin Elephant Instagram last week the traders responded to the development, saying that the proposed 12-month payment plan still demands repayments they “cannot afford to pay”.

Traders from Kaieteur Kitchen, Original Caribbean Spice, El Guambra and Daddy O’s were locked out their Castle Square restaurants on October 1 by Get Living after falling behind on electricity payments.

This follows the eviction of Diana Sach from Latin American café Como y Beba in July this year, who was also hit with a large bill. Traders say they experienced a sharp drop in business since moving to the recently developed Castle Square from the shopping centre in 2020.

They were originally given 14 days to vacate their restaurants, which a Get Living spokesperson described as “a last resort after all reasonable alternatives were exhausted”.

The Get Living and Southwark Council deal allows the traders to either re-enter their units while repaying their debt or to

forgo re-entry and have the outstanding amounts written off.

In the statement posted on Instagram, the traders said: “We, the evicted traders of Castle Square, have received a 12-month repayment plan from our landlord, Get Living, but the terms leave us in a worryingly vulnerable position: • “The highest bills come with repayments we simply can’t afford” • “We’ve only been offered tenancies at will, meaning we could be evicted again at any time” • “We’ve had zero access to billing breakdowns, so we can’t verify the charges” • “Worst of all, there’s no guarantee we’ll get a place in the new development-

despite earlier promises” Some of their outstanding bills amounted to over £20,000, due to “metering issues” which prevented regular payments being made from 2021 up until last year.

The statement added: “This statement is a call for workable terms, not a PR quick fix. We’re not asking for special treatment, just a fair deal so small businesses like ours can survive. Diana Sach deserves the same.”

According to Latin Elephant, the community organisation supporting the traders, Diana Sach from Coma y Beba is not included in the agreement between landlord Get Living and Southwark Council.

Traders also highlight that there has been no guarantee that they will move into the new Elephant and Castle town centre when it is complete, a move they said was “promised” to them when they moved into the temporary Castle Square site five years ago.

Cllr John Batteson, Southwark's Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Jobs and Business, said in a statement when the deal was struck: “As part of a new payment plan, traders can now pay off their arrears over the course of a new 12-month arrangement. We understand that some business owners may choose not to return to the site and Get Living has confirmed that any outstanding debts for those businesses will not be pursued.”

He added: “Through ongoing discussions with Get Living, the owners of the site, it is clear that although businesses have benefited from low rental rates, rising electricity costs have placed significant financial pressure on them. As a council, we are committed to supporting local businesses and hope this new package will provide some relief for traders.”

A spokesperson for The Elephant said: “Following constructive discussions with Southwark Council, we are pleased to have agreed a joint approach offering the four Castle Square traders a clear and fair pathway to return under a framework that is both supportive and sustainable.

“Over the past 18 months, we have been determined to engage in open dialogue with all parties involved to ensure a balanced outcome.

“We are now offering the traders a further 12 months to clear any arrears and resume trading at Castle Square if they wish to do so.

“For those who decide not to return, we will not be pursuing outstanding arrears.

“Castle Square continues to be a vital part of Elephant and Castle, bringing the community together and providing a space to meet, shop and eat.

“Looking ahead, as new homes, shops, leisure, and cultural venues open in the town centre, including the upgraded Underground ticket hall ready for the Bakerloo Line extension, we will continue working with the council, traders, and residents to ensure The Elephant thrives as a vibrant, welcoming destination for all.”

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ANGER AS JUST TWO POLICE STATIONS REMAIN OPEN 24/7 IN LONDON

Southwark’s Liberal Democrats have been campaigning to save the front counter

By Issy Clark THE MAYOR of London and Met Police has continued to come under �ire for revised plans which would save eight sites it had intended to axe but leave the capital with just two 24/7 front counters.

Southwark will lose its last remaining 24/7 police front counter after the Met revealed Walworth station’s front desk will have its hours reduced, with ten more across London set to close entirely.

The public will now only be able to report crimes to an officer at Walworth Police Station between 10:00 to 22:00 on weekdays and 09:00 to 19:00 on weekends.

The force announced that it will drop the number of front counters where the public can speak to officers from 37 to 27, instead of an original list of 19. However, just two – Lewisham and Charing Cross – will remain open for 24 hours a day.

The cost-cutting plans have been announced as the Met fights to fill a £260m hole in its budget, with the closure of front counters estimated to provide £7 million in savings.

In August, it was revealed that the front desk inside Walworth police station had been saved from the cuts, but City Hall repeatedly refused to provide assurances to the Southwark Liberal Democrats for assurances that it would remain open 24/7.

Sadiq Khan, who controls the Met’s budget, has been accused of breaking an earlier manifesto pledge to keep a police front counter in all 32 London boroughs.

The Met has justified the plans by stating that just 5 per cent of crime is reported via front counters, and that the closures would enable officers to be redeployed within communities.

The force said it estimates the changes will free up 2,900 hours of police officer time per month.

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Matt Twist said: “The Met is having to shrink to live within its means and as the public would expect, we are targeting our resources on a narrower set of their priorities to make London safer.”

The Southwark Liberal Democrats, who previously launched a petition to save Walworth from the cuts, described the move as “devastating” and suggested it could harm women and vulnerable groups.

In total the Met is moving 4,800 officers and 700 staff into different roles. Half of all officer and staff moves will have taken place by December 2025, with the remainder taking place

by March 2026.

It comes as the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics showing a worrying surge in crime since 2024, with London now accounting for a third of all knife attacks in England and Wales.

In the 12 months leading up to March 2025 16,344 knife attacks were recorded by the Met and the City of London Police – an increase from 14,939 in the previous year.

However, homicides went down by nine per cent to 104 killings, compared to 114 the year before and violence against the person was also down by six per cent – but theft was up by 28

per cent.

Placing a more optimistic spin on the announcement by focusing on the reduction from the original 19 planned closures, Mayor Sadiq Khan, said: “The news that more police front counters will remain open – with extended opening hours – for members of the public is welcome.

“Whilst this is an operational policing decision, this action would not have been possible without record-breaking funding from City Hall. We will continue to support the Met to deliver what Londoners want – boosting visible neighbourhood policing on our streets and making local officers more accessible in our communities.

“We want to do more to build on the record reductions in violence and homicides achieved in the capital, and I will continue to support the police and make the case to government for the funding the Met needs – to ensure we can continue building a safer London for everyone.”

THE FRONT DESKS SET TO CLOSE ENTIRELY ARE:

Barking Learning Centre, Chingford, Waltham Forest Church Street, Westminster Harrow Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea

FULL LIST OF FRONT COUNTERS SET TO REMAIN OPEN (THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TO SHUT ENTIRELY)

Kentish Town in Camden Tottenham in Haringey Edmonton in Enfield Bethnal Green in Tower Hamlets Hammersmith Lavender Hill in Wandsworth Hayes in Hillingdon Plumstead in Greenwich.

Victor Chamberlain, the leader of the local opposition grouping, said: “The confirmation that Southwark’s last remaining police front counter will now effectively be closing after dark will come as devastating news to our community.

“Police stations are often a vital safe haven for women and vulnerable groups – so to shutter the doors at night will actively put people in harms way.

“This is a betrayal of Londoners by Sadiq Khan, who just last year promised a 24/7 front counter in every borough and shows beyond doubt that Labour cannot be trusted on community safety.”

The move to axe some front counters is just one of the cost-cutting measures to be announced by the Met in recent months – earlier this year, it also outlined plans to cut the number of staff and officers it employs by 1,700.

A restructuring initiated earlier this

year involved the removal of Schools Officers, Police Liaison Officers in courts and Community Liaison Officers, who were transferred into neighbourhood teams.

Conservative group on the London Assembly, suggested front counters should have been prioritised higher in the Mayor’s budget.

“The Mayor has been in charge for nine years – he spends money frivolously on everything else,” she told the committee.

“People just don’t report crime anymore – and it will be even more difficult because of the closed front counters.”

Responding, Deputy Mayor for Police and Crime Kaya Comer-Schwartz said: “In the context of constrained budgets developed over a decade of underfunding the police, there has to be prioritisation and that should be going to neighbourhood policing.

“Access to front counters is a difficult issue and a decision made with constrained finances. It’s not ideal – it’s a tough choice.”

After the meeting, Ms Hall told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “This is a disgrace. Londoners – vulnerable Londoners – are losing access to visible policing as a result of Khan and Labour’s disastrous decision to underfund our vital Met Police service.

“We’ve been hearing from the Commissioner about the impact these cuts will have and I am deeply concerned for Londoners who are the victims of crime as a result. He’s broken his promises and let our city down.” _ Additional reporting Kumail Jaffer

18 OPINION

Comment

'Labour’s crime record is failing and now no 24 hour police station'

VICTOR CHAMBERLAIN Leader of the Southwark Lib Dems

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HIS WEEK’S news that Walworth police front counter – the last one left in Southwark – will no longer be open 24/7 is a hammer blow for our borough.

The Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, promised that every borough would have a round-theclock counter. That promise has been broken. Ten will close completely, twenty-five will slash their hours.

Here in Southwark, residents are being left without a police counter after dark – exactly when people feel most unsafe. Sadiq has already closed the borough’s other front counters.

And this is happening while crime in our borough is spiralling.

Southwark now has the fifth highest number of offences in London, with crime up 4.4% on last year.

Knife crime is among the worst in London, with nearly 800 offences in the past year. Theft has rocketed by more than 15% – with phone snatching up 21% and shoplifting soaring by a shocking 138%.

Women are bearing the brunt.

While overall violence against women and girls has dipped slightly, sexual offences have risen by 5%. 41% of women say they feel less safe than a year ago. In Southwark, six in ten

women report experiencing sexism or misogyny – and more than seven in ten have suffered gender-based violence. No wonder only just over half of women here feel safe at night.

In Borough and Bankside, phone snatching is now epidemic. Yet Labour are cutting the very services that should protect us. In Rotherhithe, they closed the promised Canada Water police hub. Time and again, Labour break their promises and leave residents exposed.

Only last week, I saw a young woman in real distress outside Southwark Station after her phone was stolen. She was desperate to report it but couldn’t

find anywhere to go for help. No one should be left feeling that helpless in our community. This is the reality of Labour's cuts to local policing.

The truth is simple: Labour cannot defend their record on crime or policing. They hold every lever of power – running Southwark Council, City Hall and now Government – but are still failing to cut crime or fix the Met. When Baroness Casey exposed the racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Metropolitan Police, Southwark Liberal Democrats called for a vote of no confidence. Labour blocked it. They looked the other way.

Like many Londoners, I watched

a fierce thorny shrub has also produced an abundant crop of orange-red berries (not edible but a food source for birds).

Leaf colour has been late to develop but has suddenly caught up with the season; Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus) is a deciduous climber with large deep green lobed leaves, during the autumn it turns a stunning shade of deep red for a few weeks, before its leaves drop.

Trees with stunning colour include Ginkgo biloba with shades of a buttery yellow; it’s also a medicinal plant with many therapeutic qualities and is the only tree of its species to survive from the age of the dinosaurs (200 million years ago)! Witch hazel (yet another medicinal plant) has glowing golden leaf colour; the latter two trees are a must for any small garden as they have attractive features for most of the year.

There is still time to plant winter greens such as hardy varieties of lettuce; Rouge d’Hiver and Lattughino can be sown from September to December. Also, Chinese cabbage (Tatsoi) a spinach-like

vegetable can be sown during October; these plants provide fresh leaves in about two months. It is best to sow seeds indoors into small trays of (seed or multi-purpose) compost, place on a light window sill and keep soil moist. Once they have germinated transfer seedlings to the window box, outdoor container or into the ground after a couple of weeks.

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BBC Panorama with horror. We were told the Met had changed. Instead, the programme showed those same toxic behaviours driven underground, not rooted out. Confidence is shattered.

Southwark deserves better.

Liberal Democrats are fighting to keep Walworth Police Station front counter open 24/7 and to bring back real community policing – trusted local bobbies who know their patch. While Labour slash services and dodge responsibility, we’ll keep fighting for safer streets and stronger communities.

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ITH THE Autumn Equinox now passed, daylight hours seem to be quickly reducing and the descent towards winter has begun.

The weather is often fine and dry during October and so there should be opportunities to finish various tasks in the garden before colder and wetter conditions set in.

Although the no dig system of cultivation is favourable, after clearing beds it is sometimes useful to lightly loosen the soil and allow frost and rain to get into the ground more easily – this will help to kill off pests and diseases.

Any digging needs to be done before the ground becomes waterlogged.

Many different shrubs are weighed down with berries; the Hawthorn (Crataegus) in particular has produced masses of dark red berries making this hedgerow tree and ornamental shrub particularly attractive. Hawthorn is a medicinal plant traditionally used for treating heart conditions. Pyracantha – is

has many ceremonial and traditional medicinal uses; it is mentioned in the old herbals, the oil is said to help depression, grief, tension, anxiety plus headaches and migraine. The plant is also an anti-inflammatory and liver herb.

(Note: Always seek advice from a professional Medical Herbalist before using any herbs to self-treat).

OPINION 19

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Is the council really cancelling all mistakenly issued PCNs? his week we revealed that the council’s parking permit reminder system went down in September and early October - resulting in numerous drivers �inding hefty Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) attached to their cars.

For years, residents have relied on automated email notifications alerting them when their parking permits were due to expire. Yet, these emails mysteriously stopped arriving, with no communication or warning from the council.

Initially, the council insisted that the reminder emails were a ‘goodwill’ gesture. Yet, the assurance of reminders is plastered over their website and in communication to permit holders, who in turn have relied on them.

After a determined resident, Jill, contacted this paper, the council finally admitted there had been a technical failure and cancelled her two PCNs. When we got in touch, they insisted that all PCNs issued as a result of the error were cancelled.

However, since our investigation was published, several residents have contacted us to say their fines remain outstanding - despite the council’s assurance and being in exactly the same position as Jill.

The error was clearly the council’s fault, yet residents are being forced to jump through bureaucratic hoops to have invalid fines overturned. The council has still not confirmed whether those who paid their PCNs before the error was acknowledged will receive refunds.

Jill’s persistence exposed the issue and she rightly questions whether any action would have been taken if she had not held out. It seems that the council has been caught out by Jill’s adamant stance, which ultimately led to it backtracking from its initial response and admitting error.

But, a blanket statement saying PCNs will be cancelled is meaningless unless they actually will be.

Despite having access to all permit holders’ email addresses, the council has not sent a single message to affected residents, neither acknowledging the error nor confirming the cancellations.

We are still pushing to get answers from the council to find out why these anguished drivers are yet to have their PCNs cancelled and whether those who did pay will be issued a refund to which they are entitled.

Recent figures seen by this paper reveal an alarming rise in the amount of money the council is raking in from these charges. It seems that the council, which brings in £80 per PCN and £160 if not paid after 14 days, will be profiting from this blunder.

It begs the question: why should residents who simply want to park outside their homes be Flyer_A5.pdf 1 12/10/2021 22:35 penalised twice, first by a system failure, and again by the council’s inaction?

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20 ARTS

what’s on

Photo by Manuel Harlan

HAIL THE FIVE MARYS

Photo by Lidia Crisafulli

A keen observation of humanity

JOE PENHALL'S play Blue/ Orange takes place on a stylishly simple white set, designed by Jana Lakatos, which is furnished with white furniture, a water fountain and a coffee table with a bowl of oranges upon it, writes Linda Emmanuel.

Junior Psychiatrist, Dr Rubina Farooqui (Rhianne Barreto), believes her client, a young black man, Christopher (Matthew Morrison), should be detained under Section 3 for further assessment and treatment, because she suspects that he suffers from schizophrenia with borderline personality disorder and may be a danger to himself and others. Christopher had already been sectioned after being found acting in a strange way; he thought he was being watched due to being the son of African Dictator Idi Amin and trying to sell what he saw were blue oranges.

Senior Psychiatrist Dr Robert Smith (John Michie), ambitious and full of his own self-importance and superiority, disagrees with that diagnosis and insists that Christopher is well enough to re-enter the community to be with ‘his people’ on the White City Estate in West London, where the residents are predominantly black.

Christopher finds himself in the

TO BE honest, I didn't check what Tracy Letts' play Mary Page Marlowe was about, I just said 'Yes' because Susan Sarandon was making her London stage debut and I know that Ms Sarandon will only be part of work that is worthy, writes Michael Holland.

Perhaps I should have checked because it took some time to realise that this in the round production, with Matthew Warchus at the helm, tells the story of Mary in disjointed, out of time snatches of her life, as if half the jigsaw puzzle of her existence has been lost and the remainder scattered across the floor to be picked up and assembled as best it can.

Five actors play Mary to cover the various years of her life. We begin with a Mary telling her young children that she is getting a divorce. They do not want to move from Ohio to Kentucky with her but are told their father does not want them with him.

Cut to a teenage Mary telling her friends that she doesn't want marriage but wants to travel the world, while her friend learning how to read Tarot cards informs her that she has a good life ahead of her.

Jump to an older Mary ruing her many marriages but joyful at getting a release date from prison, instantly dropping back to baby Mary in a pram crying while her parents shout it out around her.

And so on, to scenes where Mary is on a drip and close to death, happily wed to husband two or three; struggling with a drink problem, anxious about her

Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures

The direction by James Haddrell, is expertly handled and the three actors, who work very well together to brilliantly bring their characters to life, bring out the pathos and the comedy of this tale, to the delight of the audience.

With a growing mental health crisis in the UK, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic, this production serves to open discussions about the state of Mental Health Care services and whether the Community Care Act will be effective and able to deal with the growing numbers of people who need them.

I highly recommend getting a ticket.

Greenwich Theatre until 25th October 2025. Booking and full details: https://greenwichtheatre.org.uk/ events/blueorange/

Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 until November 1st.

Booking and full details: https://www.oldvictheatre.com/stage/ mary-page-marlowe/

© Gilbert & George. Courtesy of Gilbert & George and White Cube

THE FEELING that this is a monumental show is immediate: Big walls, big works, big words from the masters of discussion-making, writes Michael Holland.

middle of this power-play between Rubina and her superior. During a discussion, where he is present but not included, he quips, “…you’re driving me round the bend…’, which points to the comedy that is peppered throughout the production. We see Christopher as his mood swings from excitement at the prospect of going home, to being deeply depressed when he is made to distrust Rubina by the manipulative Robert.

Although Blue/Orange first opened in April 2000, the themes of mental health support, misogyny, racial inequality, chronic underfunding in the NHS, and academic oneupmanship, the story remains the same and playwright Joe Penhall’s keen observation of humanity in these challenging circumstances is spot on.

son's drug habit...Each short scene tells us something about Mary but leaves us questions that do not get answered.

But that is how we experience life. We never see and hear every part of someone - even our very nearest and dearest. We see fragments, some of the ups and downs, some of the problems but not the reasons, the solutions but not the struggles to solve.

We never really know why our friends make the choices they do. That is Mary Page Marlowe's life. It is a life just like those around us. We can guess at why she has affairs,, why she drinks and how she gets sober, but that is all we can do here. The rest is about enjoying some wonderful theatre.

The genius of Letts play is that each scene is beautifully directed. Actors who have just minutes of stage time are given the opportunity to be the lead for that short time of limelight and make each of those scenes - that make up just some of Mary's life - the very best. It is a beautiful thing to watch.

Of course, the five Marys are exceptional, and everyone else's cameos make the play worth seeing, but it was Clare Hughes as the truculent daughter Wendy who caught my eye, evolving from angry teenager to weary young woman as she has to deal with the problems created by the adults who are supposed to care for her.

The duo take aim at the biggest areas of conversation and conflict: Sex, religion, money, fascists and race. They say they want to 'Bring out the bigot from inside the liberal... and the liberal from inside the bigot', and these are the topics to do just that.

But Gilbert & George do not sit back and watch the battles begin, they back up their opinions by putting themselves in their art; it is them saying, this is what we believe.

And their art demonstrates that they have no truck with religion and do their best to provoke those who do; that they want the racists and fascists booted out, and that they abhor the lurid headlines when someone has lost their life at the hands of a killer, they mock the tabloids while looking out from the picture; their eyes asking why. In all their art their expressions give nothing away, no hint to their thoughts other than what the work says. They leave it to the religious and the racist and the editors to work it out.

Working in digital the bold colours sometimes clash but the huge gallery

allows each work to have its own space and not be caught up with what it hangs next to.

The exhibition often asks more questions than answers any, so we wonder who these young men are whose ads have been turned into art; what do the postmarks stand for, why does the recognisable shape of the vulva appear regularly, or the pelvic bone? Obviously a metaphor, but for what?

The number of large artworks spread over several floors shows that they never stop working and brings home that we are already a quarter of the way through this hundred years. Thankfully, Gilbert & George's 21st Century Pictures show a rapid passing of time while they still hold the same moral ideals as they did six decades ago.

There are some works that allude to time passing and death approaching by having the year formed in Roman numerals with human bones, images of graves and asking about the after life, but these artists will live on until the next century and beyond.

Hayward Gallery until January 11th 2026.

Booking and full details: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ whats-on/gilbert-george-21st-centurypictures/

HISTORY 21

History

Bermondsey Town Hall

From Victorian splendour to a bomb site and now a Sainsbury’s Local Bermondsey cleansng truck ©Michael Holland

I SHOULD think that most customers shopping at Sainsbury’s in Spa Road pass by those crumbling old gates outside without a thought to what they were, writes Debra Gosling...

They’ve always been gates - but they once had a flight of steps leading up from them, which were attached to a magnificent building. The top of the gate posts held large and beautiful brass lamps in a graceful curlicue design. These gates were opened to royal visits, to celebrations and to local dignitaries. They also saw bombs hurtling towards them in the Second World War. These gates were the entrance to Bermondsey Town Hall, which held more civic pride than you could shake a stick at.

No doubt the residents in Spa Road’s terraced houses welcomed the new town hall - it was built over the site of a smelly old tannery! It was long before Bermondsey Borough Council was formed; the Vestry of St Mary Magdalen were in charge back then. There were already baths and wash houses next to the site, so it made sense to locate this most municipal of structures next door.

The town hall opened in 1882 to much fanfare - it was informally christened ‘The Pride Of Bermondsey’. The building was Renaissance in style and faced with Portland Stone. The sides were yellow brick, banded with white stone. Inside was a stone staircase and the walls were clad with those colourful encaustic tiles.

The architect was George Elkington (b.1824) who was Bermondsey born and bred. His other great work was the London Leather Hide and Wool Exchange which opened in 1879, three years before the town hall was completed.

He also designed the water fountain attached to the old watchouse at St Mary Magdalen and the old Rotherhithe Baths.

When he wasn’t designing buildings he was sitting on the committee that planned out Southwark Park.

On the day of opening, bands played and crowds cheered as members of the vestry walked in procession along the buntinglined Spa Road to the gates where Mr Elkington was waiting for them. He presented churchwarden Robert Bonny with a golden key to open the doors. An ebony handled trowel and ceremonial mallet were presented to churchwarden John Porter - but after the ceremony they were never seen again - perhaps the local pawnbrokers took possession!

In the evening a grand ball was held.

Evening dress was essential, along with medals and sparkling jewellery. Guests entered the building, via those gates,

The original Town Hall Mayor Albert Henley

©Southwark Archives

Spa Rd Town Hall Gates before Sainsburys ©Debra Gosling

and were rewarded with the sight of polished brass and chandeliers. A number of ladies were admitted to the gallery of the hall but only men were invited to sit at the trough! Perhaps the ladies received the leftovers in a sandwich afterwards... Keeping it local, the caterer was Philcox & son of Bermondsey Street.

The huge menu included oysters, salmon, whitebait and lobster. Turkey, sausages and York ham were plated up, along with beef sirloin and duck. If there was

room after that lot, diners were treated to blancmanges, pastries - and a slice of Bermondsey Pudding. Sadly what the pudding contained was not recorded but I have this vision of a fight breaking out after the party “you just got a slice of Bermondsey Pudding, mate” Purely conjection on my part...

In the years that followed, the large hall held dances and variety shows for the community at a modest price. The entertainment was kept light and polite

- anyone wanting a more robust type of amusement went off to The Star Music Hall around the corner in Abbey Street.

In 1900 the district was placed into the safe hands of the newly-formed Bermondsey Borough Council. They added to the splendour by kitting out the Town Hall Keepers (latter day security men) with livery that had the Bermondsey coat of arms on the collar, to be worn when attending to the mayor at public functions.

All these pleasantries came to a tragic end when World War Two broke out in 1939. The spring of 1941 was not a pleasant one. Bermondsey had been bombed to bits by then, but still the Luftwaffe continued to rain explosives down on the people. On Sunday May 11th another heavy raid brought chaos and much loss of life. Sadly the Mayor, Albert

Henley, was one of the victims. Albert was the sort of man who rolled his sleeves up and got the job done. It was while he was putting out a fire in the town hall’s electrical station that a bomb exploded close by. He was rescued and taken to St Olave’s Hospital but nothing could be done for him. Albert was indeed the Pride of Bermondsey and received a posthumous commendation from HM The King for brave conduct in Civil Defence.

Post- war Spa Road was a scarred and wrecked place - the town hall was just a shell with only part of the gallery still standing. In 1963 the ruins caught fire and the whole structure was demolished.

All that remains are those two stone pillars and some ironwork from the gates.

So when you leave Sainsbury’s with your ready meal stop awhile and remember the Pride of Bermondsey.

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Thursday, October 23rd 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HOLYROOD STREET, UNDERHILL ROAD, PRICES STREET, DOCKLEY ROAD

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (GREEN DRAGON COURT)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

FOOTPATH CLOSURE AND RESTRICTION

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: (2a) Holyrood Street, between Shand Street and Magdalen Street (2b) Underhill Road, between No’s 27 and No’s 28 to outside and opposite No’s 30 (2c) Prices Street, at it’s junction with Bear Lane (2d) Dockley Road, between Thurland Road and Lucey Way

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be (2a) not applicable. (2b) as indicated by the signs displayed (2c) not applicable (2d) as indicated by the signs displayed

4.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Melford Road, between Lordship Lane and Underhill Road, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes (2b) as indicated by the signs displayed (2c) not applicable

5.

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.

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) 3rd – 4th November, between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2b) 4th – 5th October (2c) 4th, 6th, 25th, 27th October (2d) 3rd – 4th and 4th – 5th October, between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs.

8.

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

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable maintenance and inspection works to be to be carried out by Network Rail or it’s appointed contractor, it has made an order the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit pedestrians for using the above named footpath.

2.

The effect of the order is to prohibit pedestrians for using the underpass of Green Dragon Court between Borough High Street and Borough Market at the dates and times below.

3.

The restriction will be in force on from 22:00 on the 29th of October until 06:00 on the 30th of October 2025.

4.

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

Dated this 23rd October 2025 Ian Law Traffic Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (MONTAGUE CLOSE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable development works to be carried out by Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd, made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road at certain times.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time on Montague Close, between Cathedral Street and the eastern side of Cathedral Square.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic is (a) Winchester Walk, Stoney Street, Park Street, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Union Street, Borough High Street, Great Dover Street, Long Lane, Bermondsey Street, Tower Bridge Road, Druid Street, Crucifix Lane, Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street (b) Duke Street Hill, Borough High Street, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Union Street, Borough High Street, Bedale Street, Cathedral Street.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The prohibition of traffic will be in operation daily between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 2pm on Saturdays, starting from the 3rd November 2025 until the 3rd November 2026. The prohibition does not apply on Sundays.

7.

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

Dated this 23rd October 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) LBSCR14272/AmeyrailLtd (2b) ANSL240161/VirginM/Avonline (2c) LBS1314541/46/47/48liftassist (2d) LBSCR14195/Amey/centurion Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we DA MANU LTD have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Da Manu LTD, Unit 24, Old Jamaica Business Estate, 24 old Jamaica Road, London, SE16 4AW The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are The sale by retail of alcohol: Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00 (No Public Access) 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 2QHA 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.as p 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 (12/11/2025).

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: 16th October 2025

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Dated this 23rd October 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: 7455

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Giuseppe Ugolotti Verdoni Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Volta, 245 Blackfriars Road, SE1 9AX

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BEDALE STREET, CATHEDRAL STREET)

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:

Monday to Sunday

8:00

23:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday Saturday

8:00 9:00

20:00 17:00

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

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

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC, TEMPORARY PARKING AND LOADING SUSPENSION) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works, it has made an order, the effect of which is to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering sections 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: Bedale Street and Cathedral Street, between Borough High Street and Winchester Walk.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The Order will come into operation on the 3rd of November 2025 and would continue to be valid for 18 months. However, the works are expected to take place between the 3rd of November 2025 and the 14th of December 2025.

7.

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

Date of application: 22/09/2025

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Dated this 23rd of October 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: Bedale/1125

Thursday, October 23rd 2025

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; BT STREET HUB OUTSIDE 20 RYE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5BS (Ref: 25/AP/2672) Display of internally illuminated digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit. (Within: Rye Lane Peckham Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353)

SOUTHWARK SE15 6EA (Ref: 25/AP/2739) Replace 3 PVCu double glazed sash windows with single glazed timber sash windows, reconstruct front porch lean-to roof, repair high level external render to the front of the property and redecorate the front elevation and front-side return elevation. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Joseph Vadilonga 020 7525 5341)

BT STREET HUB OUTSIDE 264 WALWORTH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 2DL (Ref: 25/AP/2669) Removal of an existing telephone kiosk, and the installation of freestanding Street Hub 3 unit (Within: Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353)

BASEMENT FLAT 34 DE CRESPIGNY PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8AB (Ref: 25/AP/2807) Demolition of existing outbuilding and the erection of a replacement outbuilding ancillary to the residential dwelling, and replacement of existing gate. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Tyrell Taylor )

BT STREET HUB STW15 TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2SY (Ref: 25/AP/2674) Display of internally illuminated digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) BT STREET HUB OUTSIDE 264 WALWORTH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 2DL (Ref: 25/AP/2670) Display of internally illuminated digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit. (Within: Multiple Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) BT STREET HUB STW18 OUTSIDE 304 OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5UE (Ref: 25/AP/2682) Installation of freestanding Street Hub 3 unit (Within: Thomas A'Beckett And High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) BT STREET HUB STW18 OUTSIDE 304 OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5UE (Ref: 25/AP/2683) Two digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the street hub unit (Within: Thomas A'Beckett And High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) BT STREET HUB OUTSIDE 20 RYE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5BS (Ref: 25/AP/2671) Installation of freestanding Street Hub 3 unit.

(Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353) BT STREET HUB STW15 TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2SY (Ref: 25/AP/2673) Installation of freestanding Street Hub 3 unit (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alex Lambert 020 7525 1353)

PLOT H1 ELEPHANT PARK ELEPHANT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 (Ref: 25/AP/2859) Redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use development comprising shared living (sui generis), affordable housing (Class C3) and Class E floorspace including ancillary cycle parking, accessible car parking, landscaping, public realm, plant and other associated works incidental to the development. Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Nathaniel Young 020 7525 0417) BERMONDSEY PLACE, PHASE 2 AND 3 MALT STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5AY (Ref: 25/AP/2987) Demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment to provide dwellings (Use Class C3), flexible retail, leisure (including drinking establishment), and commercial accommodation (Use Class E/Sui Generis), light industrial (Use Class B2/E(g)(iii)) landscaping, and associated works. Reason(s) for publicity: EIA MAJ MAJ (Contact: Paul Ricketts 020 7525 3212) BERMONDSEY PLACE, PHASE 2 AND 3 MALT STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5AY (Ref: 25/AP/2987) Demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment to provide dwellings (Use Class C3), flexible retail, leisure (including drinking establishment), and commercial accommodation (Use Class E/Sui Generis), light industrial (Use Class B2/E(g)(iii)) landscaping, and associated works. Reason(s) for publicity: EIA MAJ MAJ (Contact: Paul Ricketts 020 7525 3212) BERMONDSEY PLACE, PHASE 2 AND 3 MALT STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5AY (Ref: 25/AP/2987) Demolition of existing buildings and phased redevelopment to provide dwellings (Use Class C3), flexible retail, leisure (including drinking establishment), and commercial accommodation (Use Class E/Sui Generis), light industrial (Use Class B2/E(g)(iii)) landscaping, and associated works. Reason(s) for publicity: EIA MAJ MAJ (Contact: Paul Ricketts 020 7525 3212)

40 DENMARK HILL LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8RZ (Ref: 25/AP/2716) Retrospective application for raising the ground rear roof (Within: Camberwell Green Camberwell Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465)

SHAKESPEARE GLOBE THEATRE 21 NEW GLOBE WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9DT (Ref: 25/AP/2781) Installation of 4no. condenser units to be contained within 2no. new acoustic enclosures, and car park alterations. Reason(s) for publicity: S106 (Contact: Gabriel Neri 020 7525 2707)

44 PECKHAM GROVE LONDON

FLAT 11 WILTSHIRE HOUSE 2 MAIDSTONE

BUILDINGS MEWS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1GH (Ref: 25/AP/2413) Proposed replacement of decking and installation of a gate and retention of an extended roof terrace, including one replacement and one additional roof light, access steps for maintenance purposes and replacement of the glass balustrade. (Within: Borough High Street Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148) 1 SUTHERLAND WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 3EF (Ref: 25/AP/2919) Demolition of existing external timber outbuildings. Enlargement of existing lower ground floor rear terrace and changes to doors on rear elevation. Replacement sash windows to lower ground floor front elevation. (Within: Walworth Road Sutherland Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Nejum Hussain ) UNIT 1 VANGUARD COURT REAR OF 36 TO 38 PECKHAM ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8QT (Ref: 25/AP/2903) Construction of a first-floor roof extension to provide 5 additional light industrial (Class E(g)(iii)) studio/workshop units, together with associated access and a planted roof area (Within: Sceaux Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Susherrie Suki 020 7525 0646) 59 GROVE PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8LF (Ref: 25/AP/2822) Demolition of existing rear conservatory, construction of single storey rear extension, dormer extension on side roof slope, replacement of windows and alteration to front boundary wall. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Nejum Hussain ) 252 CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0RP (Ref: 25/AP/2793) Listed building consent for the replacement of existing concrete pitched roof Roof coverings with new faux flat coverings. (Within: Camberwell New Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174)

existing flue, installation of new wall mounted and pendant lighting. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Rosie Poser 020 7525 7924) 160 NEW KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4YS (Ref: 25/AP/2312) Listed building consent for the replacement of existing timber windows to the front and rear elevation with new replacement double glazed windows with matching profiles / like for like.

Replace a single door to the rear garden with a window that matches existing windows Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Adeleh Haghgoo 020 7525 0474) 151 RYE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 4TL (Ref: 25/AP/2729) Change of use to ground floor from retail (Class E(a)) to mixed use cafe/restaurant (Class E(b)) and takeaway (Sui Generis), installation of extraction, ducting & flue system, external & internal alterations. (Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 020 7525 3148) 62 DULWICH VILLAGE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7AJ (Ref: 25/AP/2957) Removal of 3 existing aluminum windows and replacement with timber double sash, reinstatement of original console brackets, replacement of 2no fire surrounds, wood burning stove using existing flue, installation of new wall mounted and pendant lighting. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Rosie Poser 020 7525 7924) Dated: 21 Oct 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

163 HAVIL STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 7SB (Ref: 25/AP/2988) Listed building consent for the relocation of the existing bathroom on the first floor to the front of the house by converting the small front bedroom. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Anna Poulose 020 7525 3174) FLAT 4 27 TOWER BRIDGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4TL (Ref: 25/AP/2462) Replacement of existing timber windows at Flat 4, 29A Tower Bridge Road with wood-grain effect uPVC windows. (Within: Bermondsey Street Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Joseph Vadilonga 020 7525 5341) 62 DULWICH VILLAGE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7AJ (Ref: 25/AP/2958) Listed building consent for the removal of 3no existing aluminum windows and replacement with timber double sash, reinstatement of original console brackets, replacement of 2no fire surrounds, wood burning stove using

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26 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, October 23rd 2025

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

Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A3 GLA ROAD (BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY BANNED TURN AND PROHIBITION OF STOPPING) (NO.2) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable water mains repair works to take place at A3 Borough High Street in the London Borough of Southwark.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from: (1) turning right into Southwark Street from Borough High Street; (2) stopping in the Taxi only Bay outside No.1 Southwark Street.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 8.00 PM on the 24th October 2025 until 5.00 AM on the 27th October 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

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

5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by trafc signs via Borough High Street, Newington Causeway, Elephant and Castle, St George’s Road, Westminster Bridge Road, Addington Street, York Road and Stamford Street to normal route of travel. for local buses and pedal cycles via Borough High Street, Marshalsea Road, Southwark Bridge Road and Southwark Street to normal route of travel.

Dated this 23rd day of October 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Please take notice that I / we Golam Rabbi Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of German Doner Kebab, 260 Walworth Road, London, SE17 1JE The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are The provision of late night refreshment: Opening hours:

23:00pm

3:00am

Monday to Sunday

11:00am

3:00am

ANN MOSS WAY IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Ann Moss Way improvements) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Loading places and Waiting restrictions) (Ann Moss Way improvements) Order 202* 1.

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

2.

The effects of the Orders, making changes in ANN MOSS WAY as part of the redevelopment of the site of ‘former St Olaves Nursing Home’, in Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) 'S', would be to:(a) north-east side opposite Nos. 22-26 (evens) Ann Moss Way reduce in length by 10 metres (‘m’) an existing CPZ ‘S’ permit-holders’ only parking place (15m of this parking bay would remain), and install a new loading only place 12m in length and 2.7m in width, for the purpose of loading and unloading only, which will operate Monday to Saturday between the hours of 08.30 am and 06.30 pm (40 minutes maximum stay, no return within 2 hours); (b)

north-east side opposite No. 22 Ann Moss Way reduce existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) by 2m to accommodate the new loading bay (as described above); and

(c)

north-west side opposite the side of No. 29 Ann Moss Way remove 12m of existing ‘DYLs’ and install a new 12m in length CPZ ‘S’ permit-holders’ only parking place.

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NOTES: (1) permit-holders’ only refers to parking places for holders’ of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed. (2) ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' (operational every day of the week) waiting restrictions. (3) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (4) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 3.

For more information contact George Hutchful with the Council's Highways Development team at Highways@southwark.gov.uk

4.

Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; and paper or digital copies of a plan showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 077 3132 4742) for booking details.

5.

Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to any of the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2526-027 Ann Moss Way improvements’ by 13 November 2025. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

6.

Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 23rd day of October 2025 Andrew Ulph Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Monday to Sunday

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

The Order will be effective at certain times from 9.30 AM on the 23rd October 2025 until 7.00 PM on the 26th October 2025 or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by trafc signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for re brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

Finish time

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: 16/10/2025

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

The Order will also allow all vehicles to use the eastbound Bus Lane on Peckham High Street between its junctions with Sumner Avenue and Basing Court.

Start time

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

Transport for London Public Notice THE A202 GLA ROAD (PECKHAM HIGH STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STOPPING AND SUSPENSION OF BUS LANE) ORDER 2025 1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable district water meter repair works to take place at Peckham High Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping at the northern kerb-line on Peckham High Street between its junctions with Sumner Avenue and Sumner Road.

Days

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Dated 23 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

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PUBLIC NOTICES 27

Thursday, October 23rd 2025

Notice of Consultation on Proposed Change to the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK WESTON STREET AREA IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (Weston Street area improvements) Order 202* 1.

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

2.

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

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

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

3.

For more information contact Nat Kunin with the Council's Highways Development team at Highways@southwark.gov.uk

5.

Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Order, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; and paper or digital copies of a plan showing the location and effect of the Order and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Order are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 077 3132 4742) for booking details.

7.

The proposed change is to increase the borough-wide CIL rate for direct-let purpose-built student housing to £250 per square metre, while retaining a rate of £0 per square metre for PBSH with nomination agreements. No changes are proposed to other development typology rates or to the CIL charging zones.

The consultation period will run from 21 October 2025 until 11:59pm on 20 January 2026. All representations received by the deadline will be submitted to the appointed Examiner for consideration as part of the examination process.

How to view and comment: •

Online (preferred): https://engage.southwark.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/cil-direct-let-studenthousing-rate

•

Email: planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk (include “Student CIL rate” in the subject line)

•

Post: Planning Policy, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH

Documents, including the Draft Charging Schedule and supporting evidence, are available online and for inspection at 160 Tooley Street during opening hours, upon request.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct a speed table of flat-top construction having a maximum height level with the surrounding kerb and covering the entire width of the carriageway in WESTON STREET extending from a point 3 metres north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 48 to 50 and Nos. 52/54 Weston Street north-eastward for distance of 18.5 metres, and extending into MELIOR STREET for a distance of 6 metres (as measured from the north-eastern side of Melior Street) – all measurements include the ramps.

4.

6.

Notice is hereby given that the London Borough of Southwark Council is consulting on a proposed modification to its Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Charging Schedule, prior to submission for independent examination under Section 212 of the Planning Act 2008 (as amended by the Localism Act 2011).

Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to the proposals, may use our consultation portal https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2526-028 Weston St area improvements’ by 13 November 2025. Please note that if you wish to object to the proposals you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated 23 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SUMNER STREET, COLWELL ROAD, TREVERIS STREET, BEAR LANE, GILKES CRESCENT, RENFORTH STREET, TOWNLEY ROAD (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 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: (2a) Sumner Street, between Southwark Street and blue fin building (2b) Colwell Road, between No’s 26 and No’s 28 located between Melbourne Grove and Playfield Crescent (2c) Treveris Street, at its junction with Bear Lane (2d) Bear Lane, at its junction with Treveris Street (2e) Gilkes Crescent, at its junction with East Dulwich Grove (2f) Renforth Street, between No’s 61 and its blocked end (2g) Townley Road, between Carlton Avenue and Dovercourt Road

3.

The alternative routes for affected traffic will be as indicated by the signs displayed

4.

Sumner Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for item (2a)

5.

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.

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) 8th November, with back up dates of 15th November & 31st January 2026 & 7th February 2026 (2b) 10th – 18th November (2c) & (2d) 10th – 25th November (2e) 10th November – 5th December (2f) 13th – 14th November (2g) 13th – 15th November

8.

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

Dated this 23rd October 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) LBSCR14282/citylifting (2b) 2759067-00558/SGN (2c) ESPE0366402425250T/HVSS/ESP (2d) ESPE036640P2425250/HVSS/ESP (2e) SA-2347220-02/Thames (2f) 65004347/Guildmore (2g) 34310657/conway

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28 PUBLIC NOTICES

Thursday, October 23rd 2025

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK COOKS ROAD: STREETSPACE PLANTER REPLACEMENT The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Cooks Road) (No. 2) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Cooks Road) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Cooks Road) (No. 2) Order 2025 1.

Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 23 October 2025 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.

The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Order are to amend the extent of an existing part road closure in COOKS ROAD to accommodate kerb-line changes at its junction with Fleming Road and Otto Street. The ‘no motor vehicles’ restriction in Cooks Road will extend from a point 1 metre (‘m’) south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line build-out of Otto Street (and 5.5m south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Fleming Road) south-eastward for a distance of 30m. Exemptions to the restriction would be provided for emergency services vehicles and for vehicles used for road maintenance, refuse collection or cleansing purposes; exceptions are provided for postal services, (on a discretionary basis) disabled persons vehicles (registered to Southwark resident ‘blue badge’ holders), rapid response healthcare workers vehicles and SEND vehicles. The exemption for taxis from the existing part road closure restrictions in Cooks Road would be revoked, there will be no exemption for taxis on the proposed part road closure in Cooks Road as described above. The restrictions would be indicated by traffic signs in Cooks Road at both ends of the road closure.

3.

The effects of the (Charged-for parking places) Order in existing Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) 'E', are:(a) to reduce existing permit holders’ only parking places (‘permit’) near their junction with Cooks Road (i) in FLEMING ROAD on the north-west side by 10m (5.5m remain) and on the south-east side by 8.5m (100.5m remain), and (ii) in OTTO STREET on the north-west side by 12.5m (43m remain) and on the south-east side by 9m (6m remain); and (b)

4.

to amend the Traffic Management Order data (an administrative exercise to match the records more closely - please note that there will be no physical changes at this location) by adding an existing parking place for the use of e-scooter & cycle hire providers (who are participating in the pan-London e-scooter & cycle hire trails) only, 2m in width and 8m in length to the map-based schedule in COOKS ROAD in the carriageway south-east side within the confines of the part road closure described in item 2 above.

The effects of the (Waiting restrictions) Order are:(a) to convert any existing 'timed' waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’) to new 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) (i) in COOKS ROAD on both sides north-west of its junctions with Fleming Road and Otto Street, (ii) in FLEMING ROAD north-west side on the side of No. 52 Cooks Road, and (iii) in OTTO STREET north-west side on the side of No. 109 Cooks Road (an overall total of 26m in the above-mentioned locations); (b)

to make amendments to existing DYLs in COOKS ROAD, FLEMING ROAD and OTTO STREET to accommodate kerb-line changes (a new build-out section in Cooks Road and re-shaping the corner outside Nos. 1 to 6 Fleming Road) at the junction of Fleming Road and Otto Street south-east of their junction with Cooks Road;

(c)

to add new DYLs (i) to accommodate the reduction of ‘permit’ parking near their junctions with Cooks Road in FLEMING ROAD on the north-west side add 7.5m (2.55m of the reduced permit parking will, at this location, be replaced with a new cycle hangar) and on the south-east side add 8.5m, and in OTTO STREET add 9m per side (a total of 18m, which also accounts for the relocation of an existing cycle hangar and 1m of existing DYLs, on the north-west side of Otto Street, south-westward by 9m); and

(d)

to amend the Traffic Management Order data (an administrative exercise to match the records more closely - please note that there will be no physical changes at this location) by removing 8m of DYL to accommodate the administrative installation of the existing e-scooter & cycle hire parking place 8m in length in COOKS ROAD on the south-east side, as described in item 3 above.

Notes: (1) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed. (2) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions and ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions. (3) ‘at any time’ means at all hours on every day of the week. (4) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (5) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 5.

Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 27 October 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.

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Dated 23 October 2025 Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure

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HAMLET IN STALEMATE AFTER WEEKEND DRAMA

By John Kelly DULWICH HAMLET were held to a 0-0 draw by Chatham Town in the Isthmian League Premier Division at the Bauvill Stadium in Kent on Tuesday night.

The Hamlet are fifth in the table, five points behind Chatham in third and three off Cray Wanderers in fourth.

Mark Dacey's side scored a 95thminute leveller to rescue a point in their 2-2 draw at Folkestone Invicta at the weekend.

Nyren Clunis gave the visitors a 37thminute lead, his second goal in two games.

Sol Baugh missed a golden opportunity to put the Hamlet 2-0 up when he fired his penalty over the bar. Remarkably, it was Dulwich’s fifth penalty miss of the season.

Despite going down to ten men with 25 minutes left after Liam Smith was sent off following a second booking, Folkestone scored twice in the last ten minutes through Joe Pigott.

But Dulwich recovered to equalise when Joe Adewunmi met Lonit Talla’s corner to head home from six yards.

The Hamlet are next in action on Tuesday (October 28) when Aveley are the visitors to Champion Hill for a 7.45pm kick-off in the league.

Surrey’s Stonehouse to make loan switch

No Dawn light for Fish

By Sports Reporter

The visitors went ahead through Lorenzo Duncan in the third minute, but Caleb Afoke equalised eight minutes before the break and goals from Jamie Billings and Ross Obazee within three second-half minutes sealed the home win.

The Fish are thirteenth in the SCEFL Premier Division table with sixteen points from eleven games.

Fisher travel to Sutton Athletic this Saturday for a 3pm kick-off.

SURREY’S ALEXA Stonehouse will join Warwickshire on a year-long loan deal starting on 1 November,2025.

The Surrey left-arm seamer developed through the South East Stars academy and signed a multiyear contract to play for Surrey ahead of pre-season last year.

In December 2024, she was awarded an England Pace Bowling Performance contract.

Stonehouse played nineteen times for Surrey in 2025 including the Vitality Blast final against Warwickshire, when Surrey won the inaugural trophy.

Stonehouse will return to Surrey at the end of the loan deal next year.

Dubois camp starts talks

By John Kelly

FRANK WARREN feels Daniel Dubois must show he has learned from two defeats to Oleksandr Usyk - or “otherwise it’s all over”.

Warren is set to enter into negotiations to fight Cuba's Frank Sanchez in an eliminator to become the mandatory challenger for the IBF championship.

‘Triple D’ has a 21-3 record, his other defeat coming against Joe Joyce in 2020.

"He better be, otherwise it's all over,” Warren said when asked if Dubois will be improved after his defeat against Usyk in July. “You've got to learn and he's got to step up. He's got to show everybody what he's all about.

Dulwich defender Michael Chambers

"That's what he's got to do. We know he can punch. He's always in exciting fights and when you think about it in his last two fights back to back more people watched him live than any other fighter. Nearly 190,000 people watched him live in back-to-back fights.

"He's exciting. He's never in a boring fight at all."

Warren feels Dubois should have a title fight in 2026.

He said: “He's 28 years of age now, that's a baby for a heavyweight and look at his losses.

“I know the one he had with Joe Joyce, that was controversial with the eye [injury] and so forth and Joe done well. To lose twice to Usyk is not the end of the world, being a young man as well."

Rachel Moore (not wearing her medal) with coach George Wadman

By John Kelly FISHER’S EARLY-SEASON struggles continued with a 3-1 defeat to Corinthian at Gay Dawn Farm on Tuesday night.

By John Kelly RACHEL MOORE reached the final of the England Boxing National Development Championships last weekend but was disappointed to come away with a silver medal after a controversial stoppage.

The Chislehurst puncher dominated the more experienced Priya KaurVirk from Leamington ABC in the semi-finals to set up a final against Newcastle’s Gypsy Laidler, the only fighter to have previously beaten her.

Former rugby player Moore - who has lost nineteen kilograms in three years to fight at 52kg - went straight on the attack to engage Laidler.

There was confusion when Moore landed clearly on Laidler, only for the referee to give Moore a standing

Moore controversially loses national final count.

Moore’s team - including former Fisher coaches Andrew and George Wadman - were further angered when she was caught with a jab and given another standing count, before the referee stopped the fight.

“Rachel got a standing count, we can’t work out how this has happened,” Andrew said about the first count. “The ref must have had them mixed up because Rachel hits her with the right hand and got a count.

“The ref then unbelievably gave Rachel another count and stopped the fight. The whole of the arena was in total shock. Moore, the warrior, got treated like an eleven-year-old junior in a club show.

“In fairness to Gypsy, in the ring she said to Rachel that it should never have been stopped. ‘You hit me with a right hand and you got the count, it should have been a Gatti-Ward final like the first fight.’

“Gypsy also came straight up to me. I congratulated her and she said it shouldn’t have been stopped and she was happy to give Rachel another fight.”

Moore is now based at Lee Wilkins Bodyshots in Crayford. The gym had four national finalists, all coming away with silver medals, though Andrew Wadman felt it should have been two golds.

George Wadman said: “We are so proud of Rachel and all the fighters at Bodyshots.”

30 SPORT SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Millwall - 2 Azeez 11’, Crama 21’ Stoke City - 0 Date: Tuesday 22 October 2025 Man of the match: Thierno Ballo Referee: James Linnington Attendance: 13,792 (1,108)

BRILLIANT BALLO SINKS POTTERS

By Will Scott at The Den ELECTRIC MILLWALL bowled over Stoke City 2-0 at The Den to win their third match in a row behind �irst-half strikes from Femi Azeez and Tristan Crama.

The Lions cut through the Potters time and time again, and deserved to have come away with more goals than they did, with Thierno Ballo and Azeez excellent on the flanks.

Once again, they did their damage early, and they led by two goals within 21 minutes, both of which were set up by Ballo.

Azeez nodded his cross in at the back post, and then ten minutes later, Crama curled one in after his cut-back.

The Lions are now in red-hot form, having scored seven in their last three and only conceding one, and look to have put any concerns raised by that 4-0 loss to Coventry City at the start of the month to bed.

They also look to have corrected their home woes. They have won three out of their last four games at The Den, the only aberration that battering by the Sky Blues.

It means they head into Leicester City on the weekend with plenty of momentum, as they tangle with another top-half foe.

They also headed into their clash with the Potters with momentum after gritting out three points at Loftus Road the previous weekend.

The game was lively from the start, with the two sides exchanging a pair of efforts in the opening five minutes.

Tomas Rigo curled an effort wide from Lamine Cisse's cut-back into the box, before Robert Bozenik skied one well wide in transition following a surging run by Sorba Thomas.

Millwall went up the other way and tested Viktor Johansson from set-pieces. Ryan Leonard sent in a long throw that was cleared to Casper De Norre, whose volley bounced through a crowd and forced out a late save from the Swede. Ballo pounced on the rebound, but his shot was smothered.

From the resulting corner, the ball was cleared to Ballo, who hit it as it dropped and forced out another low save from

Winger sets up two goals as Millwall rip through Stoke City Johansson.

Azeez and Ballo were again causing problems for opposition full-backs, and the duo combined for the game's opener in the tenth minute.

Ballo nicked the ball off Junior Tchamadeu, who was left in a heap, drove down the left wing before chipping in a cross towards the back post that Azeez headed home.

Millwall added their second of the night ten minutes later, with Ballo again playing a role. Derek Mazou-Sacko won two free kicks near the halfway line within the span of a minute, both of which were aimed at the Lions' tall centre-halves. The first one was cleared, but the second one,- Crama was able to get a head to and he nodded it on to Ballo on the left-hand side of the box, who cut it back for the Frenchman to smash into the net.

The Lions did not rest on their laurels from the restart and looked to threaten again. Ballo fired another low cross into the box that was just about scrambled clear after Will Smallbone's shot was blocked, and Mihailo Ivanovic had a long-range effort that bounced wide.

The Lions suffered another bit of bad injury news shortly after when Smallbone pulled up clutching his hamstring, and he had to be replaced by Luke Cundle.

Cundle had an immediate impact, driving down the middle and slipping in Azeez, who skewed his shot wide from a tight angle.

The game became progressively more and more scrappy as the half went on, with tackles flying in and the crowd vocally expressing its distaste for some of referee James Linnington's decisions.

Millwall continued to pose more of a threat, firing several dangerous balls into the box, which often came from the interplay between Ballo and Sturge on the left.

The whistle went to conclude one of the Lions' finest 45 minutes of the Alex Neil era.

Mark Robins was clearly not impressed by his side's performance and made a triple change during the interval - bringing off the injured Eric Bocat, as well as Tatsuki Seko and Million Manhoef, with Aaron Cresswell, Lewis Baker and Million Manhoef replacing them.

Neil wary of Foxes threat Massey

By Will Scott

ALEX NEIL expects Leicester City to pose a threat on Saturday as the Foxes visit The Den.

Leicester were one of the preseason favourites for automatic promotion after dropping down from the Premier League, but have not quite hit the heights expected of them, and they are currently in eighth.

They have only lost two games this season, the most recent of which a 2-1 loss to Hull City on Tuesday, October 21, but have struggled to pick up three points, with four wins and five draws so far.

Neil thinks they are better than their standings suggest.

“When I've watched Leicester, they've been very good,” Neil said. “I don't think they've got the

results that their performances have deserved. There's been a lot of draws in there when I've seen them. But in a lot of the games, I think they've been the better team.

“I didn't know the results tonight, so if they've lost, they've lost.

But as far as we're concerned, it doesn't impact us. We just need to go and try and win the game, and do as well as we can.”

Asked if he plans to rotate his squad after two games in four days, Neil said: “I genuinely haven't even thought about it yet.

“We got through the game tonight. I thought physically it took loads out of the lads.

“We'll be off tomorrow to rest and recover, and then we'll see them on Thursday, Friday, and see who's fit and ready, and if their bodies are hanging the right way, and see who's ready for Saturday.”

recalled from loan spell

By Will Scott ALFIE MASSEY’S loan spell with National League side Wealdstone has come to an end after he was recalled due to sustaining an injury.

The midfielder made ten league appearances for the Stones, scoring two goals.

Massey joined Millwall’s academy aged fourteen and made his firstteam debut in an EFL Cup tie against Portsmouth on August 13, 2024.

Tristan Crama and Thierno Ballo celebrate after Millwall’s second Stoke looked more lively to start the second half, with the triple substitutes injecting more energy into the tie.

Manhoef looked threatening and fired one wide in transition in the 51st minute, while Rigo curled one wide following a ball into the box a minute later The Lions, however, had the best chance of the opening ten minutes. Azeez's attempted through ball with the outside of his foot was intercepted, but the alert Cundle stole the ball back and was through on goal, but his effort was saved by Johansson.

The Potters continued to get into dangerous areas without much reward, while Millwall still looked the more dangerous of the two sides.

In the 62nd minute, Leonard attempted to find Ivanovic with a ball in behind that was initially swept up, but the Serb intercepted the poor ball back to the keeper and squared it for Ballo, who fired over.

Ballo was involved again three minutes later, driving at his marker before slipping in the underlapping De Norre, who took a touch and then had his shot deflected over the bar.

Millwall's attack looked irresistible, and again they nearly scored a third in the 68th minute, this time after Ivanovic twisted past several defenders before having his low effort saved by Johansson.

Stoke showed some signs of life, with Manhoef cutting inside and having a shot blocked in the 73rd minute and Tchamadeu firing one well wide after a ball over the top, but nothing that really threatened Max Crocombe's goal.

Millwall - 4-2-3-1: Crocombe; Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Sturge (Bryan 79); MazouSacko, De Norre (Bangura-Williams 85); Azeez (Neghli 85), Smallbone (Cundle 27), Ballo, Ivanovic Unused Substitutes: Coleman, Taylor, Doughty, Emakhu, Harding Stoke City - 4-2-3-1: Johansson; Tchamadeu, Phillips, Wilmot, Bocat (Cresswell 46); Nzonzi (Donley 62), Seko (Baker 46); Cisse (Manhoef 46), Rigo, Thomas; Bozenik (Mubama 83) Unused Substitutes: Bonham, Pearson, Talovierov, Angina

Neil not surprised home form turned around

By Will Scott ALEX NEIL said he had expected his side’s home form to improve after they won their third game in four at The Den by beating Stoke City.

The Lions started the season poorly at SE16, losing three out of their opening four games at home.

The manner in which they lost as well was particularly concerning, with Neil’s side suffering a 3-0 defeat to Middlesbrough, a 2-0 defeat to Wrexham and a 4-0 defeat to Coventry City.

However, Millwall assuaged those concerns by beating Watford,

West Bromwich Albion, and the Potters, scoring seven goals and conceding just one.

Neil was not surprised by his team’s turnaround at home.

“It was more the manner of defeats we had, in terms of we conceded a few goals and different things,” Neil said. “I didn't really have any worries about that. I knew we would turn that form around.

I knew we'd be a bit stronger.

“It's always a wrestling match for me at the moment, just to make sure we get the balance right. I thought the balance tonight was good.

“We turned it when we needed to turn it, which means our defence was connected with the team. When the ball dropped, we played when we needed to play, and I thought we carried a threat, which is the most important thing. That allowed us to win the game.”

SPORT 31 EXCLUSIVE

By Will Scott ALAN PARDEW had been in Mark Phillips’ ear all game.

It was April 16, 2005, and Dennis Wise’s side had come to Upton Park for an increasingly rare fixture - Millwall vs West Ham United.

Phillips, then 23, had fully broken through into the first team that season, starting 25 games, and was trusted to start at right-back in one of the most important games of the season.

The Lions were not fancied away at the play-off chasing Hammers, but had snatched an early lead through Barry Hayles’ twelfth-minute strike, before Marlon Harewood equalised late on in the first half.

It was a near must-win game for West Ham, who could ill-afford to drop points against their rivals in their pursuit of sixth place.

The noise was deafening as the Hammers pushed.

“Upton Park was a great atmosphere,” Phillips told this paper. “Millwall fans are very passionate, as are the West Ham fans, so as a player, I couldn't even hear the centre-back beside me. I shouted as loud as I could, so I came off the pitch with a very sore throat that day.”

Andy Marshall made save after save to keep the scores all square, keeping out Harewood’s overhead kick and ex-Lion Teddy Sheringham’s injury-time header.

Shortly after, the whistle blew, and Phillips took his chance to get revenge.

“I loved winding Pardew up as well because I was at right back that day,” Phillips said. “He kept on giving me stick in the ear, and I gave him a few choice words as well, so then to get a result, I made sure I let him know about that one as well.”

It was one of the many notable moments in Lions history that Phillips witnessed in his eight years in and around the first-team squad, even if he did not have the Millwall career he probably deserved.

Phillips joined the Lions’ academy aged thirteen in 1995 after being spotted playing for his grassroots team in Catford.

He progressed through the age groups before joining the reserves, which he felt was an excellent footballing education.

“We would be playing against firstteam players in their reserve games, so we'd be playing against Premier League opposition,” Phillips said. “It was a really good upbringing and exposure to the high levels of football.

“For me personally, I also had a few boys who were the year above me, who I had played weekly with in the youth team, who had already broken into the first team, like Steven Reid, Tim Cahill,

‘I LOVED WINDING PARDEW UP’

Mark Phillips spent thirteen years at Millwall

Ex-Millwall defender Mark Phillips on learning from Kevin Muscat, success at Upton Park and that night in Hungary

Ronnie Bull, Joe Dolan.

“It almost seemed like a natural progression, because there were so many of us youth boys breaking into that team.”

The boyhood Millwall fan got his chance in the first team in 2001, making his debut against Rushden & Diamonds in the Cup, before making his league debut away at Preston North End, a moment he had been “visualising” for years and saw as a huge moment of pride.

He struggled with injuries before fully breaking into the first team under player-manager Wise in 2004-2005.

The Lions headed into that season fresh off making the FA Cup final, and were rewarded with a bit of Millwall history - their first European adventure.

They drew Hungarian side Ferencvaros in the UEFA Cup First Round. The two sides drew 1-1 at The Den, setting up a deciding tie in Budapest.

Lions fans travelled in their thousands

to support their team, while the Ferencvaros ultras turned out in droves.

Phillips, who was on the bench that day, recalls it well.

“It was pretty special the whole time, to be honest,” Phillips said. “We got our own chartered flight, which was something I hadn't done yet. We had a six-star, I think it was, hotel, which was unreal.

“The whole build-up to it was really exciting, and then going into the ground in that atmosphere, it was something else. Flares were going off, drums, chants. I think some of their fans were conducting it all as well, so it was quite organised.

“It was just a real spicy atmosphere, but then, as a player, they're the kind of things you want to be involved in.

“That was a good experience of international football and the hostility of that crowd, and another type of experience to really harden you and make you perform under any pressure.”

Ferencevaros came away 3-1 winners, with Wise scoring a consolation shortly before the break, but it was still a high point in Millwall's recent history.

The Lions had been led there by a strong dressing room combined with some top talent.

“You had some great characters,” Phillips said. “Kevin Muscat, who was the captain as well, was a born winner and had a real kind of nastiness in his play on the pitch, but was a lovely guy off the pitch. It showed you how you can maybe bend the rules a bit and then learn some dark arts to get yourself an advantage in a game.

“Tim Cahill was a great player. He went on to the Premier League and scored goals at such important times and was really influential. Steven Reid, who was a year above me who was really doing well. The list goes on, really.

“It was such a good period, even down to the more senior players like Barry

on to secure the win.

Neil was pleased to get a result despite not firing on all cylinders.

"I don't think we played particularly well today, if I'm being honest, in terms of what our expectation is of ourselves," Neil said.

"What we did have is: we carried a threat, particularly in the first half.

"We scored two great goals. We also had one at the back stick when Femi gets given offside, but it's a great break, where Ballo puts the ball across for him. We have the other one where the goalkeeper pulls it out of the top corner from Will Smallbone at the edge of the box.

"We certainly carried a threat in the

game, but we didn't control the ball, we didn't control the game as well as we know we can.

"However, it's important to note, we've come to the form team, QPR have been good. They're a threat; they've got goals in them.

"The most important thing for us is that we won the game, basically. There have been games this year where we've played well, and I've come in saying, 'Oh, we're done this, we've done that,' but we end up not getting the point.

"From our perspective, we'd much rather win. I do believe the performances will come. We played really well two

weeks ago against West Brom. There will be more of that going forward.

"But to be where we are, with a lot of the things that we've had to overcome this season so far, and what the lads do put into it. What I do know about us is, if we take the lead, we're a gritty team. We defend well, we've got guys that put their bodies on the line, and we're not an easy team to play against.

"From that perspective, I was delighted with how the lads performed. I didn't think QPR had too many chances to score. It wasn't chance after chance. They had good territory, and they controlled the game, but glad we won."

Hayles - great experienced players who'd done it, proven at the top level.

“It was a real great mix to be around, and that's where you want to be as a young player. You want to cement your place, however many legends are in that position. You want to be part of it.”

Phillips was also ably supported by Wise, who ably juggled management responsibilities while making 27 firstteam appearances for the Lions that season.

“Dennis Wise was a really good character,” Phillips said. “He joined first as a player, so us youngsters had that relationship with him, where he nurtured us and looked after us and made sure we were treated well.

“So when he progressed to the manager's role, he was very big on youth and bringing people through, so he was really supportive.

“He had an experienced career at the highest level, so it was really good to learn from him and take it onto our next journeys in the way we played.

“Dennis was a leader on and off the pitch. We loved having him in the trenches with us on the pitch, battling for the three points.”

Phillips had just two full seasons as a first-team regular before injuries took away what could have been, and he moved on to League Two side Brentford in 2008 after just 75 appearances for Millwall, hampered by two knee reconstructions.

“It was frustrating a little because I was stop-start with the injuries, so I was actually thankful for a new start by the time I joined Brentford, because I needed a fresh start because of the constant injuries, and I needed that little break from the negativity,” Phillips said.

“Brentford was really good. We were league champions in my first year.”

Phillips moved on to Southend United in 2010, where he spent four years, and then played for various lower league sides before hanging up his boots in 2018.

He now runs his own footballing academy and has launched his own website to spread awareness of neurodiversity in football after being diagnosed with ADHD earlier this year.

Phillips finished his footballing career having made well over 300 first-team appearances, and reflects fondly on it despite the many injury setbacks he had to overcome.

“For the amount of injuries I had in my career, I'm really proud of myself for what I achieved and how I kept on going and coming back from injury after injury, still managed to play that amount of games and play to 36 years old,” Phillips said “It was an absolutely amazing career.

With hindsight, I could have been a bit luckier, but I absolutely loved my time playing football.”

Alex Neil admits Lions not at best in QPR win

By Will Scott at Loftus Road

ALEX NEIL admitted his side were not at their best during their 2-1 win over Queens Park Rangers last Saturday, October 18.

The Lions were on the back foot for the first 30 minutes before striking through Femi Azeez and Mihailo Ivanovic in the ten minutes before the interval.

The Rangers failed to pose much of a threat to Millwall for much of the second half, before piling on the pressure in the final ten minutes. Koki Saito squared Rumarn Burrell to tap it into an empty net with five minutes to go, but the Lions held

Millwall - 4-2-3-1: Crocombe, Leonard, Crama, Cooper, Sturge; Mitchell, Luongo (De Norre 14 (Cundle 80)); Azeez (Neghli 74), Smallbone, Ballo (Doughty 74); Ivanovic (Langstaff 80) Unused Substitutes: Coleman, Taylor, Emakhu, Bryan

Queens Park Rangers - 4-4-2: Nardi; Dunne, Morrison (Mbengue 54), Cook, Norrington-Davies; Vale (Dembele 54), Madsen, Varane (Morgan 72), Smyth (Saito 61); Kone, Frey (Burrell 61) Unused Substitutes: Hamer, Field, Hayden, Kolli

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HAMLET IN STALEMATE AFTER WEEKEND DRAMA Tristan Crama celebrates after scoring against Stoke City

Luongo out for season

By Will Scott MASSIMO LUONGO will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his ACL, Alex Neil said.

RAMPANT LIONS

Millwall win third game in a row as they catapult themselves into top six

By Will Scott MILLWALL SWEPT past Stoke City to claim their third win on the bounce on a night that Alex Neil described as "perfect" for his team.

The Lions scored two early goals through Femi Azeez and Tristan Crama, both assisted by Thierno Ballo, and saw out their lead comfortably to secure a 2-0 win and all three points.

They were rarely threatened

by Stoke, who had 58.8 per cent possession, but only three shots on target to Millwall’s seven.

The result means the Lions are currently third in the Championship, five points behind leaders Coventry

City.

Neil gave his thoughts on the win in his post-match press conference.

"In the first five minutes, I thought Stoke started well," Neil said. "They had the cut-back for [Tomas] Rigo, put it past the post.

"Once we got to grips with making sure we didn't narrow too much and let them play around our outside areas, we detached our shape a little bit and dealt with them down the flanks. After that, I thought we were really sort of comfortable in the game.

"We got two really good goals.

Thierno Ballo was the best player on the pitch, for me. He was excellent.

We played on the transition a lot in the first half.

"At the start of the second half, we didn't start great again. Stoke were quite bright in that spell. But once we got to grips with it again, I thought we were comfortable.

"The more the game wore on, the more likely we looked to go and get the third goal. We had some good chances to get that, and we didn't have that maybe edge to go and finish it off. But to be fair, the keeper made two or three really good saves as well.

"Stoke up until this point have conceded the fewest goals in the league. We've managed to score two.

So, a third one in the bounce, we kept a clean sheet. It's a perfect night for us, really."

Millwall have only beaten teams by

a two-goal margin twice this season, against the Potters and against West Bromwich Albion before the international break.

Asked if it was the Lions’ best performance of the season, Neil said: “There were elements there that were very good. I still think there are elements we can do better naturally.

I always think you can do things a bit better. “ But we beat a good side tonight.

We beat a team that I've watched a lot of their games this season, preparing for this game, and they've been good in most of the games. They were third before tonight, and they were there on merit based on how they've been playing. But I thought we deserved to win the game.”

Luongo was replaced early on in the Lions' 2-1 win over Queens Park Rangers last Saturday, holding his knee, while Josh Coburn and Steven Benda were ruled out in the days leading up to the game with injuries suffered in training.

Billy Mitchell and Macaulay Langstaff missed Millwall's 2-0 convincing win over Stoke City on Tuesday, but Neil does not expect them to miss much time.

"Massimo, unfortunately, he's done his ACL, so his season is going to be over, which obviously we're gutted about for him and for us, because he's been excellent," Neil said. "Josh Coburn, unfortunately, got a quad injury, and he's going to be months rather than weeks, which is a big blow.

"Macaulay was missing tonight through a concussion. Billy Mitchell phoned up through the night sick and couldn't make the game and was ill. Steven Benda hurt his groin, so again, we'll probably see him in an international break."

Asked if he expects Mitchell or Langstaff back soon, Neil said: "We're hoping both of them should be available for Saturday [against Leicester City]."

Will Smallbone started against the Potters but was withdrawn in the 27th minute.

"Will Smallbone's hurt his hamstring tonight, which is a blow, because Will has been good,” Neil said. “He's just getting himself back to fitness and what we know he can be. Unfortunately, he's hurt his hamstring. I don't know the extent of that injury yet."

Massimo Luongo made eleven appearances for the Lions THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%