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River Cafe special offer A winter lunch deal which helps charity
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Hospital future secured
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Charing Cross will still serve community
Win tickets for Harry Hill 10-11 Exclusive chat with the stand-up comic
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Council tax falls again
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Another 3% drop in your annual bill
Honouring the heroes
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Nominate deserving unsung worthies
How King Street may look 28-29
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George Groves returns to Wembley Arena to tilt at a European title
Interested in becoming a business mentor? l Do you have business experience? Could you offer support and guidance to a growing local business? To find out more about mentoring contact Cllr Robert Iggulden, the council’s business champion, at: robert.iggulden@lbhf.gov.uk or come along
to the H&F Means Business event’ on March 27 at Hammersmith Town Hall (www.hammersmithand fulhammeansbusiness.co.uk) or see page 12. To find out more about mentoring visit: www.mentorsme. co.uk, the UK portal linking more than 100 mentoring groups.
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Eat your heart out at the River Cafe with a set lunch that helps charity you could eNJOY FINE DINING IN AN EXCLUSIVE SETTING, AND also HELP A WORTHY CHARITY, WRITES TIM HARRISON
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f you itch to try Hammersmith’s Michelinstarred River Cafe, but tremble to look at the prices, here’s the answer. Ruthie Rogers’ riverside restaurant, established a quarter of a century, is offering a winter lunch deal in a charity promotion backed by Hammersmith & Fulham Council. For £25 a head, enjoy two courses, for £31 two courses plus pud. Push the boat out, and for £39 you get three courses plus dessert, which at a la carte prices might set each diner back £90. The price excludes service and drinks, and you have to opt for one of two sittings – 12.30pm
or 2.15pm (where you’re allowed to wallow until the hoovers come out at 5.30pm). Diners will be invited to donate to the charity cause of 2013, Save Vernazza – the project to reconstruct the historic Italian seaside town of Vernazza, devastated by mudslides and floods in October 2011.
Architect Richard Rogers (Ruthie’s hubby) has joined forces with Renzo Piano, renewing the partnership that designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris, to rebuild the town’s five destroyed footbridges and reconstruct other buildings. So what might you expect with a visit to River Cafe? Main courses could include woodroasted leg of pork, marinated leg of lamb, artichoke with salsa, or the king of fish – turbot, served with capers and oregano. Book for up to six people on www.rivercafe.co.uk or call 020 7386 4200 and specify the winter set lunch offer. Jamie Oliver (pictured inset left) attended the River Cafe’s recent 25th birthday party, insisting the restaurant had been one of the major inspirations in his career choice.
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All but the most complex emergencies will continue to be treated at Charing Cross Hospital
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The future of Charing Cross Hospital is now secure
IT WAS GOING TO LOSE MOST OF ITS FACILITIES, BUT A CAMPAIGN BY THE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS HAS SECURED MAJOR CONCESSIONS FROM THE NHS, Writes ROB MANSFIELD
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lans to create a specialist health and social care hospital at Charing Cross have been agreed in a move that will save hundreds of lives a year, according to NHS North West London. NHS managers agreed to ditch their original ‘preferred option’ that would have seen the effective closure of Charing Cross Hospital and instead retain a whole host of health services that will save around 130 lives a year, at a joint board of NHS North West London (NHS NWL) in February. 6
NHS NWL had previously favoured demoting Charing Cross into little more than a health clinic with all of its major specialisms going elsewhere. But it has now agreed to pump between £80m and £90m into a remodelled hospital that would create a centre of excellence for specialist, health and social care services following feedback from their ‘shaping a healthier future’ consultation. Dr Mark Spencer, medical director for Shaping a Healthier Future, said the plans would save lives and improve health services in the borough by providing the highest quality of care at a new specialist hospital that integrates primary, secondary, community, mental health
and social care at Charing Cross. He said the vast majority of NHS NWL patients will continue to be treated exactly where they are now – but with better care, better staffed hospitals and better custom-built sites. “This decision will save lives and improve care dramatically,” he added. “This is the best decision for a clinically safe, high-quality and financially secure future for all. “There are urgent and pressing needs to make these changes. If we do nothing people will continue to die unnecessarily and services will fail.” A team of local clinicians identified additional out-ofhospital clinical services that should be hosted at the Fulham
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Palace Road hospital including: l A primary, secondary and social care hub for the local population, integrating primary with community and social care for elderly patients and those with long-term conditions l A diagnostics service, comprising X-ray, Ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning, endoscopy and ECG l An ambulatory cancer care centre, including delivery of ra-
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diotherapy and chemotherapy and the continued presence of Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre l A renal service centre, including delivery of dialysis l A potential addition of step up/down beds l Retention of Imperial College teaching facilities. NHS NWL has also confirmed a change in tack on emergency services at the hospital – which will retain a 24/7 emergency facility with ability to admit patients. The Urgent Care Centre will be virtually identical to Lewisham’s re-modelled A&E. Overall, the hospital will continue to treat at least 85 per cent of H&F patients who are currently seen at Charing Cross. Currently, local residents who
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call 999 with a heart attack are taken to Hammersmith Hospital; residents suffering from a major trauma (eg car crash) are taken to St Mary’s in Paddington and children are taken to Chelsea & Westminster. It is understood that the plans to retain a hospital at Charing Cross would not affect these arrangements. Cllr Marcus Ginn, H&F Council’s cabinet member for health and social care, added: “The campaign has secured major concessions for Charing Cross which has essentially secured its future. “According to the NHS’ own figures, 85 per cent of people will continue to use the hospital in the normal way. “We have secured nearly £90m of investment in Charing Cross, we haven’t got everything, but what we do have is a viable specialist hospital that will continue to cater for the vast majority of local health needs. “Anyone who ignores the clinical evidence from doctors and suggests that hospitals should never evolve is playing a very dangerous game that could ultimately cost lives. “The council is not prepared to play that game as we have a duty to secure improvements to health care that protect local people.”
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Wendell Park reopens to scenes of joy from children and parents alike!
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he new children’s playground at Wendell Park, Shepherds Bush, is already proving to be hugely popular. Since it opened in late February, scores of happy youngsters have flocked to the site to enjoy a new slide, swings, an activity Mum Indre net, a seesaw, hammock Kovaliove with and a roundabout. Veronika and Similar playgrounds are Oskaras, top set to open at Lillie Road and Eel Brook Common recreation ground and will be equally popular. We Eel Brook Common, both in may only be a small borough Fulham, in the next few weeks, but we have more than 50 parks at a combined cost of £200,000. and open spaces and improving At Lillie Road recreation them is one of the council’s main ground, improvements will include a new slide, roundabout, priorities.” Over the last two years, flat swings, a nest swing, seesaw, the council has improved spinners and new trees. Eel numerous playgrounds the Brook Common improvements length and breadth of the will feature a combination of all borough, including: Bishops of these components. Park, Brook Green, Cathnor Cllr Greg Smith, deputy Park, Hammersmith Park, leader, said: “I am delighted that Hurlingham Park, Marcus Garvey so many children are already Park, Margravine Gardens, using the new playground Ravenscourt Park, South Park, at Wendell Park. I’m sure the White City Playground and playgrounds due to open at Wormwood Scrubs. Lillie Road recreation ground 8
THE NEXT GENERATION OF SLIDES AND SWINGS PROVE WINNERS WITH YOUNGSTERS AT BOROUGH RECREATION GROUNDS, WRITES JON WEISGARD The borough has nine of the best parks and open spaces in the country after they were presented Green Flag awards by Keep Britain Tidy last July. Ravenscourt Park, Frank Banfield Park and Margravine Cemetery have been Green Flag winners for the last four years. Normand Park has had a Green Flag flying for three years while St Peter’s Square in Hammersmith has collected a Green Flag for the last two years. In addition, Hammersmith Park, Hurlingham Park, South Park and Norland North on the Edward Woods estate won their maiden Green Flags last summer.
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If I’d wanted it to be an up-to-date gag, I’d have called it Lasagne Time, said Harry Hill
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t couldn’t have worked out better for comic Harry Hill. After announcing a 40-gig tour called Sausage Time, the UK was engulfed in the horsemeat scandal. “Why Sausage Time? I had to call it something. If I’d really wanted it to be in the news it would be Lasagne Time,” he said. The title harks back to a ‘sausage o’clock’ gag from his TV shows, and audiences at the surreal stand-up’s Apollo dates – March 26 and April 11 – can expect a fair bit about bangers. Each evening will end with a giant inflatable sausage being launched from the stage. It was, said Harry, the answer to the problem of how to end a performance. “You can’t just finish with a gag,” he said. “The first half is stand-up, the second half has puppets, music and slapstick, and we do have a 20ft sausage that comes on and is launched into the audience.” Harry Hill has never played Hammersmith’s Apollo before, although he has guested at charity gigs on that wide stage which hosted The Beatles for three weeks in the mid 60s. “I’ve never played it before on my own, because I never thought I could fill it on my own before. Years ago, no stand-up played the Apollo; now every Tom, Dick and Harry does.”
Win free tickets to Harry Hill at the Apollo! l Time for a sausage? Here is your chance to win a pair of free tickets to see Harry Hill’s Sausage Time at the Apollo. We have five pairs of free tickets to give away for performances on March 26 or April 11. Just answer this question: Who makes Harry Hill’s high-collar shirts? Send your answer, full name and mobile number and preferred date to: press.office@ lbhf.gov.uk by March 24 at noon. Usual rules apply. Fight!
Including this Harry. After 20 years of touring the clubs and churning out the TV shows, following a brief career as a medical doctor, he is as slick and sharp as any top comedian. “My background was in medicine, but I’ve been doing [stand-up] for 20+ years, and in many ways this is the most exciting time,” he said. “I have had some bad nights with audiences, but that’s the fun of it; you’re always learning.” Harry said that thanks to TV, the idea of regional audience differences was largely a myth... with one exception. “The further north you go, the easier time you have,” he said. “They’re
more relaxed up north.” More significant than geography is the day of the week the show is on. “Friday people are angry, they’ve had a week at work and want to get drunk. Saturdays are relaxed, Sundays soporific, and Monday isn’t a night to go out. Wednesdays are often the best.” And those high-collar shirts? They are hand-made by Andreas Dometakis, a specialist tailor of Great Portland Street. “It’s only a matter of time before they catch on again,” he predicted. l Tickets for March 26 and April 11 are £33.75 incl booking fee. www.hammersmithapollo.com
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Networking With two speed networking sessions and informal networking across the day, there are plenty of opportunities to meet your next client, supplier or partner!
With four great speakers covering topics like sales, PR, networking and borough support, there is a lot to see and learn.
Exhibition At least 30 suppliers, support groups, council departments and service providers will be on hand throughout the day to help improve your business.
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H&F sets third lowest council tax in the UK Residents in Hammersmith & Fulham will pay less council tax again this year as bills will be cut by three per cent this April
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The reduction means H&F taxpayers are charged the third lowest council tax in Britain while resident satisfaction with services is close to being at an all-time high. While household bills have increased by around a third since 2007, council tax has fallen by 17 per cent in H&F. Parking charges frozen Pay and display and permit parking charges are also being frozen. While H&F Council has cut tax by the largest amount in the country dozens of other local authorities are increasing their council tax meaning H&F has been promoted from one of the worst councils for value for money in 1999 (27 out of 32 in London) into the top three low-tax boroughs in the country. H&F Council leader, Nicholas Botterill, said: “Our approach has catapulted us from relegation fodder in the league table of low tax boroughs into the top three of the Premier League. While other household costs continue to rise and pile pressure on families we have strived to leave more of our residents’ hard-earned cash in their pockets.” The cumulative saving of six tax cuts, of three per cent or more, over the past seven years has saved H&F residents £667
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since 2007. In comparison, the cumulative year-on-year cost of gas, electricity, petrol and food has risen by almost £5,000 over the same period.
Management costs halved The ‘low tax borough’ says the secret of its low-tax/high-performing services is mainly down to a relentless private sector ethos that means the council is now more lean, agile and in tune with residents’ concerns than ever before. Senior management costs have been reduced by half, debt repayments to the banks have also halved and office accommodation costs have tumbled by more than a third. “A radical revolution has seen the council transformed from a cumbersome and bureaucratic place into a lean and dynamic organisation. From a lower cost base, we are now able to respond rapidly to the needs of our customers – just like the best companies in the private sector do,” added Cllr Botterill. “The top three factors to improving frontline services while delivering savings are to strip out duplicated layers of management, reduce debt repayments to the banks and drive down accommodation costs and overheads.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
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Delivering more for less. From April, the average ‘band D’ council tax bill in the borough will fall by £23.44 – from £781.34 to £757.90. While reducing tax and debt, services have improved in a host of areas.
Schools Secondary schools are amongst the best in the country, according to Ofsted. H&F is one of only nine of the 151 local authorities to have all its schools judged to be ‘excellent’ with ‘outstanding’ children’s services. H&F has more sixth formers going to a top university than any other authority, despite the fact that 36 per cent of pupils receive free school meals compared to 17 per cent nationally.
Crime Crime is down six years out of seven, thanks in part to the council’s spending
“While council tax is falling year after year, our parks have never been greener, our streets are cleaner, our schools have never performed better and residents are noticing the improvements.”
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on 44 extra town centre police. H&F is in London’s top five for the cleanest streets. A mobile phone app was recently launched to make it easier than ever for people to report fly-tips, graffiti and litter.
Parks Nine of H&F’s parks have been awarded the national ‘Green Flag’ accolade and a significant number of vulnerable people are eligible for free homecare in H&F who would be denied the service if they lived in 28 out of 32 other London boroughs.
Shared services In 2013-14, the council is planning to save £22million, of which just over £5m is a result of sharing services with Westminster City Council (WCC) and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). Just over £2m is being saved in debt repayments. Around 175 senior management jobs have gone as a result of sharing children’s, adults’ and library services with WCC and RBKC. H&F and RBKC also share environmental services and a chief executive. The three councils are on course to save £40m a year by 2015-16. Cllr Botterill concludes: “While council tax is falling year after year, our parks have never been greener, our streets are cleaner, our schools have never performed better and residents are noticing the improvements.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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Proud to be protecting frontline services. H&F Council is proud to be leaving more money in the wallets and purses of local taxpayers while protecting frontline services.
Cracking down on crime
• 44 extra town centre police • Consistently falling crime Cleaner, greener
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MAKE IT SWEET Get your votes in for H&F Heroes Unsung community heroes who go the extra mile are set to get the recognition they so richly deserve.
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AMMERSMITH & Fulham Council is launching its inaugural Agilisys H&F Heroes Awards which aims to shine a light on the numerous people who put others before themselves or have a special talent that deserves to be celebrated. Residents will be able to nominate their H&F Heroes, with the winners being honoured
Left to right: Steven Beard (Agilisys CEO), Emma Heseltine (Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle News Editor), Nicholas Botterill (H&F Council leader) and Adrian Seal (Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle Editor)
at a special reception with the Mayor of the borough in April. The council, together with headline sponsor, Agilisys and the Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle, is asking residents to recommend heroes for five awards (see page 22). H&F Council leader, Nicholas Botterill, said: “We want to recognise our amazing child achievers, charity workers, sports stars, musicians and neighbourhood heroes who make our borough the best place to live in London. “There are hundreds of residents out there doing unbelievable things who deserve to be congratulated for their community spirit CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 and talent.”
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Steven Beard, Agilisys CEO added, “As long-term partners with H&F Council, in particular through our innovative Bridge Partnership with the council, we’re delighted to support this programme and celebrate the skills and talents of the individuals that make this borough such a fantastic place to live and work.” As a locally-based business with a strong community ethos, we’re proud to be part of this initiative – and look forward to the challenge of judging from what we know
will be many excellent entries.” Adrian Seal, the Editor of Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle, said: “The Chronicle is delighted to be involved in the Agilisys H&F Hero Awards which give people the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the many selfless and wonderful achievements being done by members of our local community. There is already a great community spirit in the borough and this is the ideal opportunity to further highlight this and celebrate those who work so hard to improve the lives of others.”
Nominate your Agilisys H&F Heroes at www.lbhf.gov.uk/heroesnominate Young achiever A young person, aged up to 18, who has achieved amazing things. Maybe they have overcome the odds, displayed amazing courage or shown huge talent.
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A resident or member of the community who have helped tackle crime or made their neighbourhood a safer place.
Charity worker Recognising people who have worked tirelessly to support local charities either through fundraising or volunteering.
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Celebrating people who have started a small business or enterprise of some kind – including budding bedroom entrepreneurs!
X-factor
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Honouring people who have shown amazing talent, either in the world of music, theatre, art or sport. 22
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Plans are made for 1,100 new free nursery places across the borough £2.8M CASH CHANnELLED INTO CONTINUing the EXPANSION OF FACILITIES, WRITES DELYTH BOWEN
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major boost for local children and families in the borough has been announced today with proposals for around 1,100 new free nursery places across the borough. The places will be created in the borough’s existing children’s centres and independent nurseries and with childminders, using £2.8million in government funding. The extra places will provide eligible two-year-olds with 570 hours of free early childhood education over the course of a year, giving them a real head start and offering working parents the childcare they need. By 2014, 40 per cent of two-year-olds in the borough will receive a free nursery place. The news comes on top of
l SUPPORTERS of the new Fulham Boys’ School (pictured) will have to wait a bit longer as the school searches for a site. The first class of 120 Year 7 boys were due to start this September at the joint venture between the DofE and the Church of England, but the opening has been delayed until September 2014.
the continued expansion of early years services which has seen the number of sessions at children’s centres double since 2011 with visits reaching an all-time high of almost 20,000. The council’s cabinet is also being asked to approve the extension of all contracts with current providers in the borough’s 16 children’s centres for up to two years.
This will allow more detailed discussions with existing providers over where the additional nursery places could be provided. Alongside the expansion in nursery places, the government is changing the ring-fencing arrangements for early years services grants to give local authorities more flexibility to improve local services.
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Here’s your chance to check out the newlook plans for King Street and town hall New DESIGNS TO BOOST THE WESTERN END OF KING STREET TO GO ON SHOW SHORTLY AND WILL INCLUDE A NEW CINEMA, Writes ROB MANSFIELD
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esidents will get another chance to have their say on revised plans to regenerate the rundown area around Hammersmith Town Hall at a series of public exhibitions this spring. King Street Developments (KSD) Ltd has withdrawn its 2012 scheme and unveiled its new emerging ideas in December last year. More than 100 local people, including residents’ and amenity groups, have viewed the new design ideas, which are based on a revised brief from the council. Some key components remain including the creation of a new public square; opening up the historic northern façade of the Grade II-listed town hall while improving access, and 28
building new homes, council offices and retail/restaurant space. The new parameters also include: l A guarantee that the tallest building will not be higher than the current town hall extension (equivalent to eight residential storeys). l The creation of a £1million regeneration fund for improvements to buildings in this stretch of King Street. l Halving the replacement council office space requirement from the previous scheme to around 45,000 square feet. l No bridge over the A4 Talgarth Road into Furnivall Gardens. l Considering the option to include a cinema within the
new-look King Street scheme. l No need for the relocation of Thomas Pocklington tenants. l Reconsidering the architectural approach to the design. The proposals were well received by the exhibition visitors, who had the opportunity to speak to members of the team to understand the rationale behind the design ideas. KSD was able to gain useful feedback and ideas from the visitors, which are being considered as the plans are further developed. An important element of the scheme is improvements to the cultural scene, and the proposals now seek to include a high-quality cinema on the site. This has been met with widespread local approval,
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Left, Hammersmith Town Hall is well decorated for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. Above, the 1970s addition of the Hammersmith Town Hall extension
Hammersmith’s main shopping according to KSD, and street, for example with extra discussions are continuing with town centre events and potential operators and environmental improvements. interested local residents to H&F Council leader Nicholas develop the best possible Botterill said: “KSD have been cinema for the area. working hard to come up New arty ideas will add to with attractive new the existing events Visit: www. design ideas for programme already in kingstreet consultation with place at the town hall regeneration residents based on the and is intended to put to .co.uk improved project brief. the west end of King out find “These designs need Street on west London’s more! to achieve the main aim cultural map. of breathing much-needed As part of the new life into this rundown part development, KSD will be of our town centre and deliver making a £1m contribution to replacement council office the King Street regeneration space at no cost to the fund – which is intended to taxpayer.” improve King Street frontages Following the exhibition in beyond the redevelopment site. December, the designs are Residents are also being being prepared and these will asked for their views on ways be presented at a series of the fund can boost
public exhibitions in the spring before a planning application is submitted in the summer. Residents will be able to view emerging details of the proposals, and the dates and locations of the public exhibitions, at: www. kingstreetregeneration.co.uk Matthew Bonning-Snook of KSD said: “We were delighted by the positive response from local people to our new ideas. “The comments we received have helped us shape the next stage of our designs to develop a scheme that will deliver significant benefits for residents, visitors and the council. “We look forward to the next opportunity to engage with local residents so that we can deliver the best scheme possible for Hammersmith.”
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Bush and Lyric raise £300k for essential repairs and extension GRANT AID AND GALA SHOW HELP CEMENT FUTURE OF WEST LONDON THEATRES, WRITES TIM HARRISON
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hey may not be the sexiest things in the world, but mending the roof and replacing the boiler are just as important to keeping a theatre going as strutting and fretting on the stage. Which makes a cash windfall of nearly £200,000, awarded to the Bush Theatre in Uxbridge Road (pictured top) by the Arts Council, very welcome news. The £195,000 grant is to help the busy theatre complete essential maintenance to the former library building, including upgrading the heating and lighting, repairing the roof and improving the cafe kitchen. In total, 35 projects at UK arts centres have been supported in the latest wave of funding, with £11.7million being spent.
Meanwhile, a charity gala night in aid of the Lyric Hammersmith’s major extension work has raised more than £100,000. Work has started on the futuristic new scheme (pictured above). It included a gala performance, directed by Sean Holmes, featuring stars playing alongside members of the Lyric Youth Company. Sophie Ellis
Bextor sang, while Simon Russell Beale acted in a series of scenes written by young playwrights. And Joanna Lumley spoke about her time as a young Bond girl before Sotheby’s conducted an auction of lots which included having lunch with Sir Ian McKellen and Simon Stephens, and enjoying afternoon tea at the House of Commons with Lord Prescott.
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Rag and bone men are back in the borough FIFTY YEARS AFTER THEY FIRST TOOK TO THE STREETS OF SHEPHERDS BUSH, THOSE EARLY RECYCLERS STEPTOE AND SON RETURN TO HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM IN A STAGE SHOW, Writes TIM HARRISON 34
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hey began their career as rag and bone men on the streets of Shepherds Bush. Now Steptoe and Son are returning to the borough where it all began. Ray Galton and Alan Simpson’s comedy characters led their horse-drawn cart
around W12 in search of scrap metal and junk to salvage during the 1960s. Now the Lyric Hammersmith is bringing the beloved, but argumentative, TV father-andson pairing to the stage. Emma Rice directs a show which opens on Tuesday March
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Mike Shepherd (left) persuades ‘son’ Dean Nolan to keep the violin noise down
19, based on Galton and Simpson’s bleak, yet oddly compassionate, scripts. Mike Shepherd, founder of Kneehigh productions, is taking on the role of ‘dirty old man’ Albert, while Dean Nolan plays his social-climbing son ’Arold, whose dreams of escaping a
life of grime and misery are forever being punctured by his cynical father. “I laughed and wept in equal measure as I made my way through the scripts,” said Emma. “The work is deeper, darker and more intricate than I’d ever realised, watching as a
child. I’ve tried to enable and reveal the heart-breaking and perfectly observed characters that had generations glued to their TVs.” l Steptoe and Son runs from March 19 to April 6. Tickets are £12.50-£35. Book on 020 8741 6850 or www.lyric.co.uk
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West Kensington Indian centre pays tribute to the late Ravi Shankar
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e taught George Harrison of The Beatles how to play the sitar, and he was a proud patron of West Kensington’s Bhavan centre until his death in December. Tributes have been paid to legendary Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar at a memorial event at the Castletown Road centre. The night was attended by his sitar-playing daughter Anoushka (inset right) and other family members, who admired the bust of Ravi unveiled in 2007 in the centre’s Mountbatten Auditorium (inset, above). Geoff Cowart
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Glowing tributes were paid to sitar guru Ravi Shankar who died in December at the age of 82
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Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand of Beach House. Album Bloom, inset below
Dreamy Baltimore rockers arrive in a lovely haze at Shepherds Bush Empire
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f you thought Baltimore’s famous writer Edgar Allan Poe had cornered the local market in morose, think again. Meet Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand of psychedelic rock duo Beach House, who are drifting in on a wave of scuzzy feedback for two nights at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on March 25-26. It was only a few months ago that they sold out Camden’s Roundhouse on the back of their impressive fourth album Bloom (Sub Pop). “Bloom is meant to be experienced as an ALBUM,” notes Scally. “It offers a singular, unified vision of the world. Many songs were omitted or dropped because they lacked a place within our vision for this album.” Tickets £18. Visit: www.O2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk Geoff Cowart
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he 159th Boat Race will be taking place on Sunday March 31, and you can watch the action from two of the best vantage points on the route: Bishop’s Park in Fulham and Furnivall Gardens in Hammersmith. Two family-friendly Boat Race in the Park events will be hosted by H&F Council in these parks where revellers can catch all the action on giant screens for free, accompanied by beer tents and food. The Bishops Park event will
also feature live music, children’s rides and a static rowing challenge to keep guests entertained until the big event. Both events take place from noon to 6pm, with the race itself starting at 4.30pm. Bishop’s Park has the added advantage of being at the start of the race and Furnivall Gardens takes in the middle of the course where the race starts to heat up as the crews make their move under Hammersmith Bridge. The first Boat Race took place in 1829 after Cambridge challenged Oxford to a race on the Thames. The modern race still runs
along the same lines and has now become a major international sporting occasion drawing millions of viewers from around the world. On race day up to 250,000 spectators crowd the banks of the Thames to witness the action. The race actually runs through four London boroughs but Hammersmith & Fulham is the only borough to host public viewing on both the Thames path and on large screens. After winning the race last year, Cambridge lead the overall series by 81 wins to 76, with the sides having drawn in a dead heat once in the 1800s. For more details on this year’s Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, visit: www. theboatrace. org or contact the council’s events team via email: events@ lbhf.gov.uk
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George Groves puts an end to the challenge from Glen Johnson in December PICTURE BY ACTION IMAGES
Fulham hitman Groves ready to Rule Britannia after Wembley Arena fight ‘THE SAINT’ gets HIS GLOVES BACK ON AND HEADS TO WEMBLEY IN SEARCH OF A COVETED EUROPEAN TITLE BELT, WRITES GEOFF COWART
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ndefeated Fulham boxer George ‘The Saint’ Groves will be back in action at Wembley Arena on March 16, fighting Mouhammed Ali Ndiaye for the European super-middleweight crown. Groves produced a near faultless display in his final fight of 2012, winning a
one-sided unanimous decision over former IBF & IBO lightheavyweight champion Glen Johnson. Now he hopes to add the European strap to the British and Commonwealth titles he has already won. Talking about the fight, Groves said: “The guy is tough and awkward. “James DeGale didn’t
The guy is tough and awkward but I’ve got the tools
want to fight him, but I’ve got the tools to beat him.” Ndiaye was DeGale’s mandatory challenger for the European title and has lost just once in 23 fights. “He throws a lot of good shots from very interesting angles, so I think our styles will gel and it will make for a great fight,” Groves added. The Wembley Arena bout also features British boxers including a world title defence by WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly – as well as the return of Dereck Chisora after his televised brawl with the now-retired boxer David Haye.
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If Chelsea refuse to give Frank a contract there’s always the Booker Prize to aim at AS BLUES FANS SCRATCH THEIR HEADS IN DISBELIEF AT THE PROSPECT OF LETTING CHERISHED MIDFIELDER FRANKIE LAMPARD LEAVE THE CLUB, A NEW CAREER IN CHILDREN’S WRITING IS PROVING A WELCOME DISTRACTION, WITH THE NO8 FOLLOWING AN ILLUSTRIOUS LINE OF FOOTBALL SCRIBES, WRITES TIM HARRISON
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hen the Pope announced his resignation, one of the few able to follow the Latin was Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard. The 34-year-old footballer has an O level in Latin, putting him in an elite club not usually associated with tackles and passes. Lamps is on the brink of becoming Chelsea’s all-time record goalscorer, but to the bewilderment of fans has not been offered a new contract when his expires in a couple of months. Mind you, a new career is looming. The No8 has signed with publisher Little Brown to write children’s books. Chelsea’s reluctance to offer Lampard an extension is made all the more baffling when you look at his statistics. He is the only midfielder in Premier League history to score 150 goals. His current 199-goal club tally (in a 12-year Chelsea spell) is just three behind striker Bobby Tambling’s 202-goal haul in 11 years, and his current form is dazzling. He is, in addition, one of the coolest penalty takers in England… although he was outfoxed at Manchester City at the weekend against the man he has practised against more than anyone – England keeper Joe Hart. This summer, with the club record almost certainly his, he is expected to leave – possibly for the USA. 46
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Borough gets ready for the return of the bikes this August Frank Lampard and John Terry in 2006
Most Premier League clubs would give him a two or threeyear deal, which makes his club’s hesitation hard to explain. Lamps himself just smiles and shrugs when asked what will happen in May. He doesn’t need to worry, and is quietly enjoying watching the Chelsea directors’ awkward squirmings when the home crowd chants ‘Sign him up’ after each successful strike. Frankie’s Magic Football will be a series of books, loosely based on Frank’s career, aimed at five-year-olds and over. “I had the idea when reading to my own children,” he said, referring to his two daughters (now aged seven and five). “Sport and reading are two essentials for us at home, so I decided to make up my own football stories and adventures.” The deal is for five books, following the adventures of schoolboy Frankie, his football-loving friends, and his pet dog Max. Frankie Versus The Pirate Pillagers, will publish near Lampard’s 35th birthday, in June, followed by four more. Little Brown is confident publicity surrounding the author will prove the perfect springboard for the first book. After that, success will depend on the books’ reception from a more discerning audience; young readers. Whether Lampard leaves Stamford Bridge this summer, or stays after an 11th-hour change of heart, his legend status is assured in SW6. A year of upheaval seems inevitable for Frank Lampard, who also aims to use this summer to make an honest woman of girlfriend Christine Bleakley.
Playing on the write wing l Frank Lampard isn’t the first player/writer. Fulham goalie Mark Schwarzer, 40, (pictured reading from Scarves and Sombreros) has written several kids’ novels, as has Arsenal’s Theo Walcott. ExBlue and ex-England gaffer Terry Venables has written crime, while literary keepers abound. Albert Camus (The Outsider), Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita) and bestselling Pope John Paul II were netminders, while Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle played in goal for Pompey. TH
The Olympic cycle race hit Fulham THE borough’s streets will play host to one of the largest charity fund-raising cycle rides in the world this summer. More than 20,000 amateur cyclists are set to ride their bikes through the borough on August 4 as part of the Ride London-Surrey 100. The charity-fundraising amateur race will be followed by a professional race, called the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, with 150 of the world’s best riders, including the likes of Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish, taking part. Just like last year’s Olympic cycling events, H&F Council is warning all residents to expect significant transport disruption throughout the day, with major roads and bridges closed to traffic. The amateur race will set off from the Olympic Park from 6am before travelling through central London. The professional race will start from the same location at 12.30pm. The cyclists for both events will ride along the A4 and over the Hammersmith Flyover, before heading over Chiswick Bridge into Hounslow, Richmond, and Kingston. The cyclists will then head into Surrey and return via Putney Bridge and New Kings Road, before finishing on the Mall. For more details, call the race organisers on 020 7902 0212 or email: helpdesk@RideLondon.co.uk
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