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‘PUTTING PATIENTS AT RISK’

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November 20 2014

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A QUARTER OF GP SURGERIES IN SOUTHWARK FACE INSPECTION BY HEALTH WATCHDOG WITHIN MONTHS EXCLUSIVE

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By Amelia Burr

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OVER A third of GP surgeries in Southwark are putting their patients at risk through poor care, with over a quarter facing an inspection within months, a health watchdog revealed this week.

The national survey of England’s medical practices labelled one in six as ‘high risk’ and in need of an inspection by the Care Quality Commission within a matter of months.

The same assessment identified one in three of Southwark’s surgeries as putting patients either at “risk” or “elevated risk” through inadequate care, with over a quarter in the highest priority category.

Over 7,000 surgeries were ranked using 38 different criteria covering safety and basic care and put into one of six priority bands with those in band one representing the highest risk.

Twelve of Southwark’s 46 surgeries were placed in this band and will be subject to a day-long inspection in the coming months.

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Pledge not going swimmingly

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HE CURRENT Labour council administration came to power under a banner of sport and lesuire facilities for everyone, yet months later this paper is finding that all is not going swimmingly with this health kick pledge.

Back in July 2011 Southwark Labour in a press release trumpeted their “commitment to transform Seven Islands leisure centre by securing £8 million for its refurbishment and agreeing to bring forward work by 12 months.”

They lambasted opposition Lib Dem councillors, who they said “voted against bringing forward the refurbishment.”

However, hidden away in a report our reporter discovered this week that they have after a year of prevarication decided not to go ahead with the pledge and instead will spend just £2 million on keeping it operational until a new centre can open as part of the regeneration of Canada Water. They have ditched their plans despite no planning application being in for a new centre in Canada Water and no definite plan of when it will be delivered.

Over 6,000 new homes are being built in the area as well as a student campus. Seven Islands is already really busy as the only leisure centre in the north of the borough.

With the mass increase in population coupled with ‘free leisure facilities for the all residents’ surely there is a case for two leisure centres in the area? Perhaps it would have been better to go ahead with the original plan for Seven Islands and work out which extra facilities in Canada Water would complement what we already had.

Look behind the coorugated iron

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T IS a pity that the plan for restoring The Coronet has come just as it’s in danger of being demolished, but master planners of the whole regeneration of Elephant & Castle would be making a terrible mistake by ignoring it.

So many Londoners and even local people see little to no merit in the architectural landscape of this area. To many it is just part of the London inner ring road, part of the boundary of the congestion charge and an interchange for buses and the tube.

Apart from the Metropolitan Tabernacle, The Coronet is the only other impressive historic building still standing in this central part of Elephant & Castle. But with the corrugated iron slapped up around the building – no one has been able to see the elegant art deco design underneath.

Both Southwark Council and Mayor Boris Johnson are backing developer Delancey’s push to bulldoze the 1932 building alongside the 1960s shopping centre. These plans, they will argue, are too little too late and could jeopardise the whole multi-billion pound regeneration of the area. Surely this one building is not capable doing of that? And why was its historic merit not thought about earlier at the beginning? Let’s face it – given the disastrous post-war reconstruction of the area it would not have taken long to identify what little historic architecture was left, even if it is hidden behind corrugated iron.

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into his room and the end of the bed went down as if someone was sat on it.

Then the bed covers were pulled up under his chin as if he was being tucked in for the night. He was absolutely terrified", he said.

That sparked a life-long interest in the spirit world for Eddie, which is now taking him back to his Cambewell roots to compile a collection of local ghost stories, including the two sisters seen walking up and down Havil Street by milkmen doing their early morning rounds. An apparition of a former vicar of St Giles’Church, has also been sighted many times over the years, stalking the passageway outside the church in the shadows, according to Eddie.

The ghost stories and folklore of an area are part of its 'paranormal history' for Eddie, like the father of two young boys, who is said to have killed himself in the canal where his sons drowned and now walks the old canal path in Burgess Park.

'Charlie the vagrant' was a homeless man who Eddie says roamed the streets of Camberwell in the ‘70s with a large pram, and his coat over his head. After he died, he is said to have kept roaming

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TWO SISTERS, killed by a carbon monoxide leak, still walk the streets of Camberwell in the early morning mist, according to a ghost hunter who is writing a book about the supernatural in SE5.

When Eddie Brazil came home from school at ten years old, he sat in their old 18th century kitchen and heard a door slam upstairs. He heard footsteps one by one slowly come down the steps to the kitchen door. The door swung open. But nobody was there. “It scared the wits out of me,” said Eddie, who is hoping other people will come forward with their own paranormal experiences for 'The Ghosts of Camberwell and Peckham’book to be published next year.

When Eddie's family moved into another old house in Rainbow Street in Camberwell, the footsteps on the stairs continued, leading Eddie to believe it could be the ghost of his mother, who had died some years earlier, following them from house to house.

“My brother Fred was in bed one night, when he heard footsteps come

the streets at night and Eddie thinks he and his friend saw Charlie's ghost once at the gate of St George's Church.

"We all like a good ghost story but at the heart of a good ghost story there’s a question about what happens when we die," said Eddie, 58.

"If people take this book to bed at night and turn the light off and if it makes you feel uncomfortable, then great. I’ve done my job," he added.

Eddie, who lives in High Wycombe now, wants to know your ghost stories and supernatural sightings in Camberwell and Peckham, to be included in his creepy compilation. If you have a story to tell, email Eddie at eddiebrazil@rocketmail.com

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BERMONDSEY

By Oliver Pugh

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TWO TEENAGERS were stabbed in a “random attack” in Bermondsey and taken to hospital on Friday afternoon.

The seventeen-year-old victims were stabilised by paramedics after the incident in Anchor Street at around 3.20pm.

Neither victim was thought to be in a critical condition and the London Ambulance Service said both teens were conscious as they were taken to King’s College Hospital.

One was stabbed in the rear of his right thigh and the other in his left shoulder area. They were both treated for their injuries and released later that night.

Forensic police officers examined the scene of attack well into the early evening, taking samples from one particular front door in the street, and searching under cars.

A number of items of evidence were also bagged up and taken away.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan police said they had been called by the London Ambulance Service, who had arrived first.

“Two seventeen-year-old males were taken by ambulance to south London hospitals. Neither is believed to be in a critical condition,” they said.

“Officers from Southwark are investigating, assisted by colleagues from Trident.

“There has been no arrest at this stage.”

One of the boy’s aunties, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said on Facebook: “Thankfully both boys OK one boy was my nephew stabbed in the leg was a random attack but police know of the attackers.”

Anyone who witnessed this incident should call Southwark CID on 020 7232 6188 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

‘RANDOM DOUBLE STABBING ATTACK’

Refurbishment of Lakanal House with memorial to those killed CAMBERWELL

By Oliver Pugh

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THE CAMBERWELL tower block where six people died in a fire five years ago will be refurbished at the cost of £16.9million.

Lakanal House, in the Sceaux Gardens Estate, has stood empty and boarded up since the blaze tore through the 50-yearold block with a suddenness and ferocity

that baffled firefighters.

Following an inquest into the deaths of six people in the fire, and consultation with residents, the council now intends to breathe new life into the building.

Seven flats on the top floor of Lakanal will be sold to fund the work, which will include building other council flats in new blocks next door. Southwark Council hopes it will be completed in 2016.

A fitting memorial is also planned, though this will be after further consultation with the families of those who died.

Cllr Richard Livingstone, Southwark Cabinet member for housing, said: “We are considering an appropriate memorial as part of the planned refurbishment of Lakanal House; in the first instance we will ask those who lost family members in the tragedy as to how they would

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The fire in Lakanal was caused by an electrical fault in a TV inside a ninth-floor flat on July 3 2009.

Six people remained in their flats one level above and were dead within 90 minutes.

They were Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her daughter Thais, six, and son Felipe, three; Helen Udoaka, 34, and her 20-day-old daughter Michelle; and 31-year-old Catherine

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Those who died could all have probably saved themselves, but were either advised to remain in their flats or did not seem to know about escape routes along communal balconies.

At the inquest, the coroner heard that Southwark Council, which owned the block, failed to carry out a proper fire inspection over three years after it became its legal responsibility.

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£8m Seven Islands refurb quietly ditched

Centre now ‘surplus to service needs’ due to 2018 replacement

By Oliver Pugh

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AN £8MILLION refurbishment of Seven Islands leisure centre has been cancelled after the council decided it would be ‘surplus to service needs’.

The ageing pool and gym in Rotherhithe will instead be replaced in 2018 by a new centre in Canada Water, the council said.

However, a planning application has not yet been submitted for the replacement and the council admitted that plans were still only “emerging”.

Money for the new centre is expected to come, at least in part, from British Land, which is redeveloping the Surrey Quays shopping centre and the Harmsworth Quays print works site.

To keep Seven Islands running until the new one opens, the council has committed £2million to be spent on internal and external redecoration works, new lighting, improving accessibility, replacing equipment controls, improving the ventilation, and replacing the ceiling in the pool hall.

According to one council officer, once the new centre is open, Seven Islands will be “surplus to service needs.”

Surrey Docks councillor, Lisa Rajan, said: “It is hard for residents to trust Labour councillors' fine words when only

a few months ago they said they would spend £8million improving Seven Islands.

"But there is no detail about when any new centre will open, how it will be funded or what it will offer. We saw what happened when plans for the new leisure centre at the Elephant & Castle were revealed with fewer facilities than before.

"In the meantime Seven Islands will be left to rot while the council decides its grand plans for 40storey skyscrapers at Canada Water.”

It comes after the news that developers are pushing for the construction of 6,000 new flats in the Rotherhithe peninsula over the next twelve years.

Cllr Barrie Hargrove, the council’s cabinet member for leisure, said this approach was the most cost effective.

"Over the last few years, the council has been working to update all of the borough’s leisure facilities, to make them more sustainable and economical,” he said.

“With Seven Islands we decided that, due to discussions with British Land about providing a new leisure offer as part of their emerging plans for the area, it would be most cost-effective to only complete necessary improvement works for the existing centre while we await the new one opening.”

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PECKHAM

Krishna Maharaj made his fortune in Peckham in the 1960s

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

A SELF-MADE millionaire who has been on death row for nearly 30 years for a murder he insists he did not commit, could finally be released if his appeal hearing is successful.

Krishna ‘Kris’ Maharaj has always maintained he was fixed up for the murder of his business partner Derrick Moo Young and son Duane by members of a Columbian drug cartel, who have since confessed to the crime.

Despite having six witnesses who put the Trinidad-born entrepreneur 30 miles away from the Miami hotel crime scene in 1987, none of them were called to testify and he was found guilty and sentenced to death.

The UK charity Reprieve, which has been fighting for Kris’s release, helped to secure an evidentiary hearing to challenge this verdict, which has just concluded this week and offers him the best hope he has ever had of walking free after 28 years behind bars.

Kris moved from Trinidad to Peckham in 1960, where he began

earning a living by driving a van. He became a millionaire after he started his own business importing fruit, allowing him to build up a legendary collection of over 100 Rolls Royce cars.

In 1974 he met Marita and they later moved to Florida, where he invested in a property scheme with Mr Young.

When the double murder took place, Kris was in the process of suing Young for defrauding him to the tune of £25,000, which was cited as his motive by the prosecution.

Reprieve achieved a partial victory in the case in 2002 when they exposed violations in the due process of Kris’s trial and got his death sentence quashed. Instead of being released, though, Kris was resentenced to life imprisonment and is now 75 years old.

Kris was refused a retrial in 2006, but a book published two years ago gave him a second chance. Injustice, by Stafford Smith, detailed numerous cases where he claimed innocent men had been put on death row in America.

The evidence he put forward included confessions from former drug cartel members saying they were responsible for the murders and admissions by former Miami police officers that they

framed Maharaj in a deal to help cover up the cartel murders.

The original trial judge was led away in handcuffs for taking bribes in another case, and the replacement judge ordered the death penalty to be drawn up even before a verdict of guilt had been given, according to Clive Stafford Smith, Director of Reprieve and Kris’ attorney for 21 years.

In April, Judge William Thomas in Miami granted Kris a full Evidentiary Hearing on the strength of this evidence. The hearing concluded this week and the outcome is expected before Christmas.

Kris’s wife, Marita, said: “I am so glad that Kris is finally getting his full day in court. I feel certain that our terrible ordeal is finally coming to a close. It is not that I think he is innocent – I know he is.”

At the end of the hearing Clive Stafford Smith of Reprieve said: “We had a good day today, and have taken a step closer to justice for Kris. It is not over yet, and there is much work still to do, but I am hopeful that we will reunite him with his marvellous wife Marita, who has stood by him for all these 28 long and painful years.”

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Crisis applications have trebled as benefit sanctions hit local families

Kris Maharaj pictured with his wife Marita during a prison visit last year

WELFARE CUTS and benefit sanctions, where people have their payments stopped temporarily, have led to a trebling of applications to an emergency fund for people in crisis, according to the council.

Southwark’s Emergency Support Scheme received over 4,000 referrals this year, three times as many as last year, with 50 per cent coming from the Job Centre.

“Many of these families have been forced into crisis by benefit sanctions, and now the Lib Dems and Tories in Government are cutting funding for the much-needed support the council gives these desperate families,” said Cllr Fiona Colley, Southwark’s cabinet member for Finance, Strategy and Performance.

A separate hardship fund to support the most vulnerable residents in the borough experiencing severe financial hardship has also had over a thousand applications since April last year.

Sally Causer from Peckham’s

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

Citizen’s advice bureau said: “Job Centre sanctions cause serious problems for many of our clients, particularly those with young families. If a parent’s benefit is reduced it has to impact on their children.

“Of course we support moves to help people into work but we often see people sanctioned unreasonably or because of a mistake by the job centre, like people being sanctioned for not attending an appointment that they hadn't been told about,” she added.

A spokesperson for the Department of Work and Pensions said: “Every day Jobcentre Plus advisers are working hard to help people into jobs – unemployment is falling and a record number of people are in work.

“There are no targets for sanctions – they are only used as a last resort for a tiny minority who don’t follow the rules and hardship payments are available if people need them.”

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Man escapes jail after assaulting two women

A PECKHAM man who attacked two women was given an eight week jail term, suspended for two years.

Nureni Bello, 49, punched one of the victims in the face, kicked her in the chest, and dragged her across the floor.

When the other victim attempted to intervene he punched her in the face too, knocking her into a metal bed frame.

The assaults took place on October 11 in Southwark.

Bello, of Philip Walk, admitted two counts of assault by beating when he appeared at Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on October 21.

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By Oliver Pugh

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A SWANKY hotel has banned alcohol from its bar and pork is soon to be off the restaurant menu after a mysterious Middle Eastern investor took control of the business.

The surprise changes have led some to suggest the £220-a-night Bermondsey Square Hotel was being run in accordance with Sharia Law. Sharia is Islam's legal system, which acts as a code that all Muslims should adhere to, including prayers, fasting and donations to the poor.

The hotel was voted the trendiest in the UK by TripAdvisor in 2010 and MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace once ran its restaurant.

Its change of policy was revealed last week by a poster called Drgreenmark2 on the London SE1 website, who said customers were ‘kicking off’.

They said: “Who on earth believes a “dry” hotel and restaurant is going to work in central London, never mind Bermondsey square? This is not Saudi

Teen ‘fraudulently used Oyster card’

AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD who was accused of fraudulently using an Oyster card in Peckham appeared in the dock.

John-Paul Garvin, eighteen, faced a charge of fraud by false representation following the alleged incident on September 17 in McDermott Road.

The charge alleged he was: “intending to make a gain, namely travel across the London transport network.”

Garvin, of Rye Hill Park in Peckham, was bailed until he could speak to a solicitor for advice.

the manager issued a statement to insist that they “welcome guests of all shapes, sizes and denomination”.

However, they have refused to answer questions about Sharia and whether any further changes could be expected at the hotel. They have also refused to identify the new investor.

Customers who have booked parties and weddings are being contacted to discuss the new rules, according to the hotel’s PR firm, and a small notice was put on the website last week explaining the ‘no alcohol’ policy.

The News asked the hotel’s PR firm a

Man accused of being heroin dealer

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He was granted unconditional bail until then.

His trial was listed for Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court on April 17. He was granted unconditional bail until that date.

A 29-YEAR-OLD who was caught with a lock-knife in the car park behind PeckhamPlex cinema was granted unconditional bail.

A BLACK cab driver who was caught with an ounce of cannabis was fined.

In the dock...

imposed a suspended sentence of eight weeks and fined Bello £365.

series of questions to confirm the changes, most of which were ignored.

Instead of providing answers, a short statement was issued.

Robert Holland, the general manager, said: "Bermondsey Square Hotel is operated by Bespoke Hotels, as it has been since it opened in 2009.

“As any business owner is entitled to do, we have recently made decisions to change some elements of the business, such as stopping to sell alcohol. We always have, and continue to, welcome guests of all shapes, sizes and denomination.”

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They added: “The staff themselves only knew of it a couple of days ago. And they are now taking the flak from unhappy and uninformed customers “And believe me if the new investor has enough money to put into the hotel he has enough to pay for marketing. It's what he is marketing and to whom that's the question. And what on earth the current directors, who seem to be still there, were thinking about when they signed up to the deal.”

After suggestions that the hotel might not allow gay people to stay in the hotel,

A 29-YEAR-OLD who was allegedly caught with more than 45 packets of heroin was accused of being a dealer.

Marios Amato also allegedly had fourteen packets of cocaine and 4.4g of cannabis on June 27 at his address in Asylum Road, Peckham.

When he appeared in Camberwell Magistrates’ Court last Thursday he was charged with two counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one count of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply.

Amato gave no indication as to his plea and his case was committed to Woolwich Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on

Bailed on charge of possessing a knife

Jehad Rahall, 29, denied a charge of being in possession of a bladed article in a public place without good reason or lawful authority.

The one inch blade was said to have been found in his pocket.

Rahall, of Brigstock Road in Thornton Heath, will be claiming he had a reasonable excuse to have the blade.

Black cab driver’s cannabis fine

Leighton Hall, 52, had a large stash of Class B drugs on him when he was stopped by a police sniffer dog as he came out of Denmark Hill station on October 30.

Police searched him on the spot, discovered the drugs, and arrested him.

In court last Thursday Hall admitted a charge of possession and claimed he used it to treat his arthritis.

Hall, of Fairmile Avenue in Streatham, was fined £255.

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WWI Chaplain’s journal brought to life by grandson’s choir

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

THE LOST diary of a World War One Chaplain, discovered in his boxed up belongings after his death, have been brought to life in a new music composition, performed at Southwark Cathedral to mark the centenary.

Reverend William Charles Campling never showed anyone his account of the last two months of the war as he saw the men he served have their heads blown off, walked within yards of enemy lines and dragged a wounded man to safety on the battlefield.

After his death over 40 years ago his family went through his belongings and found the diary of the “6ft 6” gentle giant” which his grandson, Andrew Campling, has now turned into a musical score, performed by his choir with readings from the diary at Southwark Cathedral to mark Armistice Day. The diary starts with the moment he leaves Charing Cross station at 12.25 for France on September 3 and follows his efforts to create safe pockets in the hellish world of the Front where his men could sit in peaceful prayer.

On September 23, the determined Reverend found a bombed out corner of Pont Du Hem, which he asked Lance Corporal Frost and others to clean out “Very hard and dirty work,” he wrote. “Riddle and Frost fixed it up and it was a great success. We had it lighted with candles and a nice wood fire to make it warm and cosy.

“Quite a lot of people came in. It must have been the most advanced recreation room on the whole Front. Very proud of the hut.

Meeting in recreation room at 6,30.

25 present. Talked to them of religion and science. Men very thankful and asked for a talk on the Bible. Stopped after half an hour but asked to go on. Then prayers and a hymn.”

But this peace was short-lived.

His entry on October 3 starts describing a “lovely morning” and a “beautiful sunrise” in Fleurbaix.

“Nothing happened until we were sitting down for tea about 5.45.

Shells came over then and killed three men – including Lance Corporal Frost.

“A feeling of awe and misgiving seemed to come over everyone. It made my blood boil with rage.

What a damnable business this militarism. Lieutenant Aitken killed. Had only seen him that afternoon marching at the head of his men – now killed and ghastly – shell burst his head – damnable and bloody.”

Almost a month later comes the most dramatic entry in the journal.

On November 2 the men are up at 3.15am in preparation for a raid, which was due to start at 4am.They wait until 5am and the Reverend describes a “beautiful sunrise – red sky” as they walk along a river bank.

“Got near to village and found bridge over canal blown up.

Wondering what to do when bullet whizzed past. Took cover and M.G opened fire. Three wounded.

Retired under fire of machine gun and sniper. Dragged along man with broken leg….dragged him. …foot by foot until we were within fifteen yards of bank. Put a splint for his leg – rifle. Tied waterproof sheet as stretcher and then decided the best way. Everything ready.

Gave the word – a little spurt. No sniping. Two more spurts and we had got him safely across. What a relief. Felt happy about it – I seemed to love the man,” he wrote.

A week later the war was over as the blessed relief of Armistice Day came on November 11. But in the same entry as the Reverend welcomes the end of the war, there is a bitter reminder that the fallout from the four year war would go on for a lifetime for those who lost their boys. He writes of a letter he has had from the mother of a soldier killed in battle. It reads: “Dear Rev’d Campling, I am writing to thank you very much for sending me the news of my dear son Arthur. It was very sad news and a great blow to me, but had it not been for your kind letter I may not have known for months. Did Arthur say anything when he died?

I should like to know. Dear sir, if you have any of his belongings that he had on him when he was killed I should be so thankful for them.

Thanking you for your kindness. I remain your sincerely, Mrs M Smith.”

Having read the full diary, Andrew believes that despite the horrors his grandfather saw, he

never lost his faith, but he would never speak a word of his time in the war, even when asked by his closest family.

“He thought these words would go silently to his grave,” said Andrew, 58, who said he found the performance of ‘et in terra pax’ “very emotional.” ”I’d like to think he was looking down from above. I think he would have been very moved himself,” he added.

Andrew is now trying to organise another performance of the choral piece at St Augustine’s in Honor Oak, where his grandfather was vicar during the 1930s.

MAIN: Reverend William Charles Campling at the Front

INSERT: Grandson Andrew Campling, who conducted The Dockland Singers in their recital of ‘et in terra pax’

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Diary of Rev. William Charles Campling September 3, 1918

Left England. Charing Cross 12.25. Boulogne about 5.00 September 4 Reported at St Martin’s camp 9.15. Served out with gas masks and helmets

September 8

Reached Berguette. Got in car, which took us to divisional HQ – an awful ruin. Mud and rain. Utter desolation. Slept well in spite of shelling overhead.

September 12

Evening communion service. Captain Child made his confession before service. About 25 in all sitting and standing. Gunfire from our own guns close by. Ended with singing.

September 13

Packed up in the morning – going up to the trenches. Left about 5.00. Halted for tea and waited until dark before proceeding further. Dark and lowering evening – a little rain. Rather ‘apprehensive’ feeling – men quiet – not knowing what we were in for.

September 14

Went up the line to Windy Corner. Tree farm 350 yards away, strong Boche outpost.

September 19

Shelling very bad. One man killed, one wounded. Shell went right through the dugout in the night. Coporal Sparks wrote to his people in the morning.

A very nice fellow just about to go home. In the evening took the funeral in Pont du Hem cemetery.

September 23

Went to Pont du Hem to sort out a recreation room. Found a convenient place at corner of La Bassee Road….Got hold of Lance Corporal Frost and others to clean it out. Very hard and dirty work. Riddle and Frost fixed it up and it was a great success. We had it lighted with candles and a nice wood fire to make it warm and cosy. Quite a lot of people came in. It must have been the most advanced recreation room on the whole Front. Very proud of the hut. Meeting in recreation room at 6,.30. 25 present. Talked to them of religion and science. Men very thankful and asked for a talk on the Bible.

Stopped after half an hour but asked to go on. Then prayers and a hymn.

September 27

Walked to Pont Requel, bus to Therouanne, went through Merville – a most awful ruin – After M went into more civilized country. Little farms and green fields and a garden instead of ruins and wastelands. Also very nice to see a woman’s face again.

Millwall players’ camouflage kit to be auctioned MILLWALL FC could raise thousands more for charity with an auction of the camouflage kits worn by its players in the game against Brentford earlier this month.

The club had already collected over £20,000 from the sales of the strip to fans, with all funds going to a soldiers’

October 5

Took prayers in men’s hut which held about 40. Very acceptable to them. Spetn all the morning up the line. Took papers and stationery. Pushed on from group to group having a chat. Very enjoyable but tiring. In afternoon went down to transport to fix up burial of three men from D division.

October 9

Cold still bad. Spent morning with C Company in line. Had difficulty in finding it. No man’s land very difficult to traverse. Funeral of three at Laventie. Returned feeling rotten and tired. Wrote to Mrs Frost.

November 2

Up at 3.15. Raid to start at 4.00. Waited until 5.00. Beautiful sunrise – red sky.

Crossed the river and skirted a bank running alongside canal. Got near to village and found bridge over canal blown up. Wondering what to do when bullet whizzed past. Took cover and M.G opened fire. Three wounded. Retired under fire of machine gun and sniper. Dragged along man with broken leg….dragged him. …foot by foot until we were within fifteen yards of bank. Put a splint for his leg – rifle. Tied waterproof sheet as stretcher and then decided the best way.

Everything ready. Gave the word – a little spurt. No sniping. Two more spurts and we had got him safely across. What a relief. Felt happy about it – I seemed to love the man.

November 11

Armistice signed by 11am. Cold glorious weather.

Dear Rev’d Campling, I am writing to thank you very much for sending me the news of my dear son Arthur. It was very sad news and a great blow to me, but had it not been for your kind letter I may not have known for months. Did Arthur say anything when he died? I should like to know. Dear sir, if you have any of his belongings that he had on him when he was killed I should be so thankful for them. Thanking you for your kindness. I remain your sincerely, Mrs M Smith.

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rehabilitation centre in Surrey.

David Forde’s shirt had the highest bid so far on Tuesday, at £2,025, while Alan Dunne’s was at £1,205. Others ranged from £605 to £350.

Fans have until Monday to visit

Millwall’s website and bid on all the shirts, but some auctions will be open until Thursday.

Millwall had 1,500 shirts made to mark the centenary of the First World War and all of them sold out within hours.

The Lions lost the game against the Bees 2-3.

LEASEHOLDER ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWARK 2000 (LAS2000)

October 3

Lovely morning. Beautiful sunrise. Fleurbaix – arrived there by 4.30. Went round and examined ruined church. Nothing happened until we were sitting down for tea about 5.45. Shells came over then and killed three men – including Lance Corporal Frost. A feeling of awe and misgiving seemed to come over everyone. It made my blood boil with rage. What a damnable business this miltaryism. Lieutenant Aitken killed. Had only seen him that afternoon marching at the head of his men – now killed and ghastly – shell burst his head – damnable and bloody.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Thursday 19th June 2014 At

UNWIN & FRIARY T&RA HALL 33 FRENSHAM STREET, LONDON SE15 (OFF PECKHAM PARK ROAD) Beginning at 7pm Agenda

Speakers: Cabinet Member for Southwark Housing and Southwark Council Officer on Major Works to be confirmed Minutes of 2013 AGM. Chair’s Report Treasurer’s Report Election of Officer’s & Committee Question & Answer session

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MP pays tribute to former councillor

FITTING TRIBUTE

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Lifelong Bermondsey resident was tin basher, prize flower grower and school cleaner

Nobby Cole

By Oliver Pugh

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Sands Films create costume for award-winning Turner role

By Oliver Pugh

oliver@southwarknews.co.uk

TIMOTHY SPALL was dressed entirely by Rotherhithe costume makers Sands Films in his awardwinning performance as the great British painter, JMW Turner.

Directed by Mike Leigh, Mr Turner portrays the life of the highly secretive nineteenth century artist and won Spall

the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Costumes for the supporting cast were rented out to the production company by Sands Films, while Spall’s clothes were custom made.

Olivier Stockman, managing director, said Leigh’s habit of working without a definite script had made the project a challenge.

“They don’t write a script in the

THE FUNERAL of a former councillor who lived in Bermondsey for more than 95 years will take place today.

conventional way,” said Mr Stockman.

“For all the technicians involved there’s no breakdown, there’s no description for what is needed, so we had a load of people running around saying ‘we’re doing a film about Turner’ – but no one can tell you who’s in a scene.

“One has to anticipate a multitude of things without knowing exactly what will be needed.”

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Elizabeth Cole, or Nobby as many knew her, died on Thursday, November 7.

A lifelong Bermondsey resident, Nobby was born just off Old Jamaica Road on June 30 1919, and came from a family of staunch socialists, one of eight girls and two boys.

Her grandfather was John Rolls, who gave his name to John Roll Way in Bermondsey.

She met her husband, Frederick, at the end of the Second World War at a coffee stall under the John Bull Arch. They were

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married for almost five decades before he died 22-years-ago.

After the war Nobby worked in tin bashing at the factory near Tower Bridge Road. She did this until retirement, when she got involved with the Liberal Democrats and worked part-time doing school cleaning.

She ended up being a Liberal Democrat councillor for Riverside ward from 1990 until 1994.

Nobby is survived by her two children, four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. She loved nothing more than flowers and her garden, for which she won prizes from the council.

Paying tribute to his friend and colleague, Bermondsey’s MP Simon Hughes said: “Liz was a Bermondsey girl, from a proud Bermondsey family, who loved her family, community and many friends.

“She served her country and her community, and was proud to be a Riverside Liberal Democrat councillor in the nineties.

“Liz died peacefully, surrounded by her family, last week, but her lively, loving, fun-filled character will be remembered always by her family and friends.

“Liberal Democrats join all her other friends in saying to Liz’s family that we will miss her much but forget her never.”

The funeral will take place today at 1.30pm on Thursday November 20, starting from her home at 45 St James Road.

The funeral and cremation service will take place at Honor Oak. All are welcome.

The 30-year-old was rushed to the Royal London Hospital at around 10.15pm on Sunday, November 9, accompanied by doctors from London’s Air Ambulance.

One of the two men who were on the bike that hit her broke both his legs in the accident, while the other escaped from the scene. Police said the bike had been using stolen plates.

A police spokesperson confirmed this week that the victim was now in a “serious but stable condition”.

Detectives have appealed for witnesses to come forward and said “officers are conducting ongoing enquiries”.

The injured nineteen-year-old male who was one of the two people on the bike was taken to King’s College Hospital as a priority, where he was arrested and bailed to return to a

police station at a later date.

The Met’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: “We can confirm police were called to Salter Road, SE16 on Sunday, 9 November 2014 at approximately 22:15 hours following a report of a collision between a motorcycle and a pedestrian.

“One of the people on the motorcycle was taken to hospital with two broken legs and another made off from the scene.

“The female pedestrian was taken to hospital with a serious head injury and remains in a critical condition.

“The motorcycle was on stolen plates.”

Detectives from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit at Catford Traffic Garage are investigating and have requested assistance from the public to trace the second male.

Anyone with information should contact police on 02082851574 or Crimestoppers.

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£180,000 RAISED IN A WEEK

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Aunt tells of amazing response in bid to raise funds for seven-yearold’s cancer treatment

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fundraiser for a sevenyear-old girl’s life-saving cancer treatment is being held in Bermondsey in December.

Frankie-Rose’s battle to see another Christmas has already inspired donations of £180,000 – in just seven days – to pay for proton beam therapy abroad.

After a tumour in her brain tripled in size and spread from to her spine, doctors advised her family that the targeted radiotherapy was her best chance of survival. It is not available in the UK and funding can take eight weeks to organise.

Parents Michelle and Sam Lea put their family home up for sale last week in a desperate effort to raise the money need to pay for it.

But in the space of only a few days more than 8,000 people around the world gave donations online – smashing their target.

Rhianna, Jessie J, and comedian Jason Manford all helped to spread the word.

Frankie-Rose’s Bermondsey auntie, Katie Elliot, was overwhelmed by the public response.

“I’m so proud of all my fellow Bermondsey people who have got involved and donated. The whole country has got involved – people have put their cars up for sale," she said.

“It was amazing. Things happened that I couldn’t believe.

“To be honest the only thing you can say – and you can’t really put it into words – is, I want everyone to know how thankful and grateful we are. They’ve saved our niece. I realise why this country is called Great Britain, this is what makes it great.”

On Friday Sam and Michelle were told that Frankie-Rose was too sick to fly to the US, where they had hoped to get her treated. Instead they will have to drive to Switzerland or Germany for the same treatment.

Before that could happen, yesterday she was scheduled to have an operation to relieve a buildup of fluid on her brain, according to a post on her Facebook page.

Katie, 30, said the family would need ongoing financial support while they stay with Frankie-Rose until her treatment is finished.

She added: “Obviously we did hit our target, now it’s just to make sure that when they get over there

“I want everyone to know how thankful and grateful we are.

They’ve saved our niece. I realise why this country is called Great Britain, this is what makes it great.” they are completely comfortable and they don’t have to worry about anything.”

The event will be held at the Mayflower Hall in Neptune Street on Saturday December 6 from 10am to 6pm. There will be music, Irish dancing, face painting, stalls, raffles, and Father Christmas is even rumoured to be making an appearance.

"It's so people can be there and

know that they've been part of something great," Katie added.

"Come join us!"

The campaign followed FrankieRose's diagnosis with a rare cancer earlier this summer.

The youngster started complaining about pain in her legs in May. Her mother then noticed she was falling over and had bruising on her legs and took her to see her GP, but was told it was

growing pains or that her daughter was flat-footed.

On their sixth visit, a locum GP sent Frankie-Rose to hospital after she failed a basic neurological test.

An MRI scan revealed a dangerous build-up of fluid on her brain.

A biopsy proved a mass found on her brain stem during surgery was a cancerous tumour. Its position made it inoperable and despite chemotherapy, recent scans showed the tumour had tripled in size and spread to her spine.

Despite her ordeal Frankie-Rose was so determined to be her parents’ bridesmaid that they went ahead with their wedding this summer.

‘ONE IN THREE LOCAL GP SURGERIES IS PUTTING PATIENTS AT RISK’

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OVER A third of GP surgeries in Southwark are putting their patients at risk through poor care, a health watchdog revealed this week.

The national survey of England’s medical practices labelled one in six as ‘high risk’ and in need of an inspection by the Care Quality Commission within a matter of months.

The same assessment identified one in three of Southwark’s surgeries as putting patients either at “risk” or “elevated risk” through inadequate care, with over a quarter in the highest priority category.

Over 7,000 surgeries were ranked using 38 different criteria covering safety and basic care and put into one of six priority bands with those in band one representing the highest risk. Twelve of Southwark’s 46 surgeries were placed in this band and will be subject to a day-long inspection in the coming months.

Practices were given poor ratings because

of failings like patients being given out of date medicines, low detection rates for cancer and dementia and making patients wait too long for appointments.

Out of 7,661 GP surgeries in England, the regulator warned that while many were

looking after patients well, 1,200 sixteen per cent posed a risk to patients.

“It is important to remember that the data is not a judgement as it is only when we inspect we can determine if a practice provides safe, high-quality and

compassionate care,” said Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of General Practice.“The data is a further tool that will help us to decide where to inspect and when.”

A spokesperson from NHS England said

because the CQC has drawn on existing data to rate the surgeries, “many of the issues it highlights are already being addressed through our ongoing work with practices to ensure Londoners receive best quality of care.”

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ROUNDABOUT SQUARED

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk A NEW square to replace a roundabout has gone out to public consultation this week.

Elephant Square is the latest development to be named after the majestic mammal in the multi-billion pound redevelopment of Elephant and Castle, following in the footsteps of Elephant Park, Elephant One and One the

Elephant.

It will cost a total of £154 million to create a new Northern Line station and transform the roundabout and its subterranean subways into a peninsula with a two-way road network running around it and a new public square at its centre.

Southwark Council was this week set to approve payments to TfL over the next fifteen years totalling £63million for the Elephant’s transport improvements. This

money is forecast to come out of developers’ pockets but once the TfL agreement is signed, the council will have to pay come what may.

“These proposals have been a long time in the pipeline and we are more than confident that payments can be made both through current and future developments, with almost half of the £48m from Elephant and Castle schemes already secured,” said Cllr Mark Williams, Southwark’s cabinet member

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for regeneration, planning and transport.

The iconic Elephant statue, previously atop the Elephant & Castle pub until it was demolished in 1959, will be moved back to its original position in the new square, which boasts a water feature, wide pedestrian crossings and dedicated cycle routes.

Consultation on Elephant Square closes on December 23. For more information about the scheme, please visit www.tfl.gov.uk/elephant.

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PECKHAM: Residents at a care home have been perfecting their Christmas cakes for weeks in preparation for a regional competition to be held today.

Southwark Mayor, Councillor Sunil Chopra, will be among the judges at the competition to be held at Greenhive Care Home in Brayards Road with many entries coming in from other Anchor homes across the region.

Connie Oppong, Greenhive’s Home Manager, said: “I know how hard the residents have worked on their cakes – the Greenhive team has been soaking fruit, mixing, baking and decorating for weeks.

“I am really proud of their efforts.

Seeing all the cakes displayed at the regional final from all over London will trigger a real festive spirit in the home. Fingers crossed that we will win against fierce competition!”

Gay deputy head tells story on CBBC

A GAY deputy headteacher who held a “coming out” assembly at his Rotherhithe primary school appeared on CBBC yesterday.

Since Shaun Dellenty, a teacher at Alfred Salter Primary School, told the pupils he has championed the need to speak out against homophobia in the playground.

Mr Dellenty was asked to appear on a programme called Our School to tell his story.

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Hughes measures up apprentices

SIMON HUGHES MP donned a hard hat and hi-vis to meet construction apprentices in Rotherhithe last Wednesday.

The L&Q building site in Quebec Way is part of an apprenticeship scheme that is open only to the housing association’s own residents, which will have offered 60 people employment by the end of the financial year. Over 6,000 apprenticeships have been created in the borough since 2010.

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LIVING IN Peckham is a bit “dodgy” but it’s nothing compared to growing up in a trailer in the Ukraine with no running water and with parents who got kicked out of a ‘sex cult’, say X-Factor’s Blonde Electra.

Over a mug of coffee in Barry’s Cafe next to Peckham Rye station, the sisters, who seem to have just landed from planet perky, tell the tale of their bizarre upbringing in “the ghetto of the ghetto”, their path to the five star hotel world of reality television and the 'no star' reality of sharing a room in Peckham.

Roxy and Jazzy King exploded on to our screens in the first few weeks of this year’s X-Factor as the blonde bombshells who squealed and smiled sweetly... that is until they started rapping like gangster Barbies.

The judges were left speechless and confused by their renditions of ‘Do it like a dude’ and ‘Gold Digger’ and despite Louis Walsh, describing them as “annoying”, he put them through to the live shows before they were sent home by the public vote.

Who knows what would have come next from the dynamic duo after Jazzy described their final performance complete with green glitter eyebrows and Madonna-style chest cones, as “playing it safe”. What they really wanted to do was "make out" with a couple of the female circus performers and lick Simon Cowell's face, according to Roxy.

"You shouldn't conform to what other people want you to do," said Jazzy. "I feel like we should've stuck to what we wanted to do."

"I want people to either love is or hate us," said Roxy, who admitted that this was

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really put to the test when 5,000 people booed them before they'd even started singing when they performed at Wembley as part of the ITV hit show. "That was the weirdest experience," she said. "It was terrible," added Jazzy, These determined divas worked six jobs between them in Germany, where they were living before, just to save up enough money to come and live in Peckham and take part in the ruthless talent competition. They flew to Manchester for their first audition, got through to the next round and then flew back to their jobs as a full time nanny (Roxy) and sports bar waitress (Jazzy) to start work again the next day.

But when loveable host Dermot O’Leary said the girls should prepare themselves for "the hardest month of their lives" when the live shows began, they nearly laughed in his face. Little did he know that their sweet smiles and fresh faces hide a difficult and dark past growing up in abject poverty thinking they would die before they were ten years old because of their parents' extreme religious beliefs.

At 22 and 24, the sisters talk candidly about their British-born father, whom they say was inducted into the Children of God ‘cult’, said to use sex as a way of ‘sharing God's love’. There he met their German mother and after they were both thrown out of the movement for insubordination, they moved to the Ukraine and set up their own.

As youngsters, the girls grew up in a trailer in an area in the Ukraine plagued with violent crime and without even the basics like running water.

“We lived such a crazy life," said Jazzy, who said they didn't have a proper shower until they were eleven. "We weren’t allowed to listen to music. We didn’t have toys. We just had one pair of shoes and we weren’t allowed to watch TV."

The girls and their brothers and sisters were home schooled but mainly their dad taught them songs he had written about his beliefs, which they would sing at schools and churches, sometimes three times a day.

The family moved on to Poland when the girls were about ten and twelve. “We lived in a house and started showering,” said Jazzy laughing. But it wasn’t long before they were on the move again to Slovakia to another trailer and more well water to wash in. They started to realise that other children were living a different kind of life.

“Our neighbours had cell phones and make-up”, said Roxy, “and we were like ‘why are we so different?’ We were always the weird ones and we felt so alone”, she added.

At twelve and fourteen years of age, the girls jumped at the chance to leave when a local nightclub owner offered them a room above his club if they agreed to be the inhouse singers.

“At the time we thought we were going to hell,” said Roxy who remembers being told about the sin of music since she was a little girl. “The first few years were so scary and we were so dumb,” she said. “I didn’t know how to buy a bus ticket.”

Their lives went from “zero to a hundred”, from abstaining from all the vices and pleasures of modern life, they were plunged right into the “cesspool” as Roxy described it, where they drank copious amounts of alcohol every night because it was free.

After living in one room on Queen’s Road in Peckham for five months, the sisters are thinking of moving on. “It’s the place for crack-heads so we don’t leave our apartment after dark. There’s always brawls and fights,” said Jazzy, who remains optimistic about their future career. “This is just the beginning,” she said as Blonde Electra tour the UK and get ready to hopefully sign a record deal once the X-Factor has finished.

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Under threat Coronet would be restored to 1930s glory if saved from demolition

The Coronet in 1951

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

AN HISTORIC jewel in Elephant and Castle’s crown will be uncovered and restored if it is saved from demolition, the building manager has promised.

There has been a theatre where The Coronet now stands since 1872, but developers, Delancey, bought the site along with the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre back in December and have expressed a preference for ‘redevelopment’, which would mean knocking it down after their lease expires next year.

The campaign to save the Coronet got a boost recently when the Theatres Trust put in an application for the building, where Charlie Chaplin is said to have performed, to become grade II-listed, giving it extra protection from redevelopment or demolition.

While the outcome of this application is pending, the Coronet’s manager, Richard Littman, has vowed to spend up to £2million restoring the building to its former Art Deco glory from when it was an ABC cinema in the 1930s.

“By revamping the venue ...we want to play an integral part in making

Elephant & Castle a focal point for culture in Southwark, and a new destination point in the capital,” he said.

The 1932 building, which incorporates fragments of the original 1800s’ theatre, was designed by William Riddell Glen, who was one of the leading cinema and theatre architects of the time.

Glen’s Art Deco facade is currently in tact but obscured by cladding to the front, which is “easily removeable,” according to the Theatres Trust.

Last month the News reported on how Southwark Council and the Mayor of London had both written to English Heritage to express their opposition to the listing of the Coronet as it may delay the multi-billion pound regeneration of the whole area.

But Richard hopes his new vision for the Coronet could be incorporated into the regeneration and Timothy Jones, English Heritage Principal Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas for London, previously agreed that a listed Coronet could form part of any future plans for the Elephant & Castle. “Listing does not prevent change and there is a clear framework for ensuring that environmental benefits, including the protection of our historic environment, can be delivered alongside both economic and social benefits,” he said.

The online petition set up to save the Coronet has well over 4,000 signatures and can be found at www.change.org.

Arrest after man stabbed in the neck in Elephant shopping centre ELEPHANT & CASTLE

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre last week.

The 29-year-old victim was seen running into the ground floor of the shopping centre at the

Walworth Road entrance. He was being chased by a black man said to be in his 30s, who stabbed the victim in the neck outside the WHSmith store before fleeing the scene by the same route.

The victim was taken to a South London hospital but his injuries were not life threatening. He is now said to be in a stable

condition, though has not been discharged from hospital as yet.

A police cordon was put in place after the incident just after 1.30pm, where a pile of clothes and a pool of blood marked the scene of the crime.

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday and has subsequently The taped off crime scene within the shopping centre been bailed until February.

Coronet exterior

Construction ‘causing Megan is Irish dance havoc’ for residents

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Tipper lorries parked on pavements and in bus stops

Ten-year-old wins crown at dance-off in Dorset

By Oliver Pugh

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CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ‘mismanagement’ is causing havoc outside a Rotherhithe development of 212 new flats, according to one local resident.

Huge tipper lorries have been parked on pavements and in bus stops – forcing buses to stop in the middle of Salter Road – as they wait to get access to the site in Downtown.

Steve Cornish, who lives nearby, and has been monitoring the situation for weeks said the developers Barratts were ‘putting residents’ health and safety at risk’.

Elderly visitors to the health centre have had to walk amongst the lorries to get to their appointments and the streets are sometimes so packed with parked cars that residents are unable to leave for work, said Mr Cornish.

“Residents in our once quite cul de sac streets are now living in a giant car

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park, all caused by disgracefully poor planning, and poor basic traffic management,” he said.

We have talked far too long about this at a dozen meetings.”

“We now place on record that Barratts will be held totally responsible for any accidents that occur in our immediate streets as a consequence of traffic mismanagement… and also the deteriorating condition of our pedestrian pavements that have been damaged by your contractors,” he added.

The dispute with the developers is the

latest in a decade of argument with parts of the Rotherhithe community about the Downtown site.

Mr Cornish spearheaded a campaign that fought the development all the way to the High Court.

A Barratt spokesman said: "We know that there have been problems with traffic management recently and have been in discussions with Southwark Council's team about the best way to resolve this situation. We will continue to work with local residents and other stakeholders to ensure there is minimal disruption from our development.”

By Oliver Pugh

oliver@southwarknews.co.uk

A BERMONDSEY girl has won a national Irish dance competition, pipping dozens of her rivals to the post.

Megan Rogers, ten, won the nineand-unders crown at the dance off in Dorset on November 8.

“There was a massive hall with lots of people sitting down and watching it,” said Megan.

As well as the most recent contest the Carragher Academy girl is a

three times winner of the British Open Championships.

Proud mum Veronica Moran, 40, said: “She has ticked all the boxes in Irish dancing, except the Worlds, so she’s getting excited about those. Now she’s ten she can dance in them [the world championships].

“She’s just gone out there and conquered everything. Ever since Megan started walking Megan wanted to dance.”

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By Oliver Pugh

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SOUTHWARK’S LIB Dem opposition has called for leaseholders to be given a beefed-up compensation scheme, to offer rebates if the council services they pay for do not come up to scratch.

Failures might include lift breakdowns, communal area lights not working or missed cleaning and refuse collections.

The Lib Dem councillors will be tabling a motion on the proposal at the next meeting of the council on November 26.

Southwark Liberal Dem spokesperson for housing, Cllr Hamish McCallum, said: “It’s not fair that while the council is quick enough to start legal action against

tenants and leaseholders who fall into rent or service charge arrears, the same standards don’t apply when the Housing Department fails to provide the service it should.

“It is clear that there are real problems with the way the council is providing some housing services. Complaints are up, yet proper apologies and giving residents their money back when failures occur are not standard council policy.

This needs to change.”

The council pointed out that it already had “a clear policy” that says where it fails to carry out our responsibilities residents will be entitled to fair and reasonable compensation.

A spokesperson also questioned how the new compensation scheme might be

funded in the face of a falling council budget. Cabinet member for housing, Cllr Richard Livingstone, said: “There is a clear choice – Labour’s view that we should put the money into improving services so that people have good quality homes, or the Lib Dems view that people should live in poorer quality homes and be compensated for it.

“I believe our approach is the right one – we are making Southwark’s homes and neighbourhoods great places to live, where good quality services are delivered right first time. When things go wrong we already look at compensation on a case by case basis.

“When the Lib Dems and Tories ran the council they failed to get the basics right.”

Tenants’ personal details scrutinised to ID sink estates EXCLUSIVE

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

Map showing where first round of new homes will be built

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Woman plunges from sixth floor BERMONDSEY

By Oliver Pugh

oliver@southwarknews.co.uk

A WOMAN fell to her death from a sixth storey balcony on a Bermondsey estate on Monday morning.

Paramedics battled in vain to resuscitate the patient after they were called to the scene off Galleywall Road at around 10.20am.

Locals on the Rennie Estate said she had fallen from Landmann House, which is a thirteen-storey building.

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 10.23 to reports of a fall from height near Galleywall Road.

“We sent a single responder by car, two ambulance crews, an advanced paramedic and a duty officer to the scene.

“Despite extensive efforts to resuscitate the patient, a woman was dead at the scene.”

Southwark Police was asked if they were investigating the death, but they did not respond before the News went to press.

THE INCOME, health and education of council housing tenants will form part of an assessment of Southwark estates to decide whether they should be refurbished or knocked down.

In order to fulfil the Labour-run council’s election pledge to build 11,000 new homes over the next 30 years, all of the borough’s estates will be reviewed to find out how much it would cost to bring them up to the government’s Decent Homes standard.

Alongside looking at the state of the buildings, the council will also factoring in ‘non financial measures’ like the income, employment, health and education of the people living there.

A council document detailing their ‘asset performance evaluation tool’ says this information is needed in order to “identify those areas where the housing stock prevents the council effectively meeting its social housing objectives...”

Once all the estates have been reviewed, the council will have an “estimate of their worth” so that properties with “poor economic and social performance” can be replaced with homes that are “more fit for purpose.”

Southwark’s cabinet member for housing, Richard Livingstone, said the review of social measures like income would only form part of the overall assessment and would not determine on their own if estates would stand or fall.

“Rather they are used to establish if the housing itself may be a contributing factor for issues such as the health of tenants, or high levels of crime on an estate,” he said. “This combination of financial and non-financial assessments provides the best possible method for ensuring we make the right property investment decisions.”

A report detailing the review of Southwark’s housing estates will be presented to the council’s cabinet in December. In the New Year, this information will then be used to start consuilting residents on specific options for their estates, with the first wave of 1,500 new council homes due to be built by 2018.

Superstars raise money for Children in Need

THOR CAME in first, closely followed by Captain America in second and Superman in third as a group of 90 school children tested their superhuman strength at a fundraising sports day.

The pupils from Charles Dickens School descended on Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Sports Facility dressed up as their favourite comic book heroes last Friday to take part in a one mile country run, a netball tournament and a relay sprint to the finish.

The money raised through sponsorship on the day was donated to Children in Need.

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CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT DEPORTATION OF DOWNS’ SYNDROME CHILD

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save a toddler with Downs’ Syndrome from being “condemned to no future at all” if her family is sent back to Nigeria.

Two-year-old Ife was born with a hole in her heart and complicating health problems as well as the genetic disorder, which means she has been constantly in and out of

hospital her whole life.

After their visas expired, Ife’s family is now being threatened with deportation back to their home country, where children with conditions like Downs’ Syndrome can be treated as outcasts or worse, ritually killed because they are thought to be witches or possessed.

Ife’s parents applied to have their visas renewed but were refused leave to remain and have now been told they could be detained before they are sent back to West Africa.

Ife’s distraught mother, Chino Iwu, of Bird in Bush Road, said tearfully: “It’s like I’m holding my child and she’s dying in my arms, that’s how I’m seeing what they are going to do.”

Michael Situ, a councillor for Livesey Ward of Nigerian descent, said he was fully supporting the appeal against the Home Office decision.

“It’s still the case that in large parts of Nigeria, particularly in rural areas, children with Downs’ Syndrome are

committee, will look at how the council, NHS, police and voluntary sector can work in concert to prevent problems that damage people’s lives and trigger demands for expensive services like hospitals and prisons – with ultimate savings for the taxpayer.

The independent Early Action Commission will spend its early

days researching three areas where early action is thought to be needed: education and employment; wellbeing, isolation and socialisation; and housing, social spaces and networks.

Ms said: “I am very pleased to have this opportunity to help turn the idea of early action into real change. This is a common sense

segregated and considered to be affected by witchcraft.

“There isn’t adequate provision with public access to those services in Nigeria. It’s restricted to those who can pay. For those who can’t pay the care would not be sufficient for someone like Ife.” Chino recently heard news of a baby with Downs’ Syndrome who died in Nigeria, unable to crawl or even sit up at a year and three months old.

“It shows how bad the medical

facilities are,” said Chino. “There's no life for her there. Ife's life is condemned.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “All cases are considered on their individual merits and in line with the immigration rules,” and added that as the family’s appeal is being processed they could not comment on it any further at this stage.

The online petition started by the family’s friends and neighbours in Peckham has got over 200 signatures and can be found at www.change.org.

Commission to probe how council, health services, police and voluntary sector can better work together

By Oliver Pugh

oliver@southwarknews.co.uk

AN MP is attempting what some have always thought impossible: to bring together local services in a sensible and cost effective way.

Margaret Hodge, the unflinching chair of the public accounts

idea that most sign up to in principle. The challenge is to embed it – as a matter of priority in decisions about investing resources and taking practical action.”

The commission will bring together experts from across the public and voluntary sectors. It will examine the importance of early

support where risks have been identified and at critical life stages.

Community Action Southwark, which supports Southwark’s voluntary sector, kick-started the process which led to the commission being established by Southwark’s Health and Wellbeing Board. It is funded by Southwark Council.

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Maudsley clinic closure was a false economy

THANK YOU for your insight into the crazy decision to close the Maudsley A &E clinic in 2007 (Editorial, 13/11/14).

Southwark Council’s health scrutiny committee could have shone light on the deteriorated state of mental health emergency care this week when Lambeth Council used its Full Council Meeting to debate the future of the NHS. It’s distressing and dangerous for the sufferer already in an acute state to rely on facilities & staff in A & E that aren’t set up for psychiatric emergencies.

Down the road from the Maudsley, Camberwell Court sees all too many defendants whose offences coincide with unmanaged crises in their mental health. I wish some enlightened Health Chief would get their head around this false economy.

Rebecca Thackray, Prison Nurse, Magistrate & former Green councillor

Is it money that’s stopping reopening?

ONCE AGAIN, Southwark News Editorial is right on the button re the closure of the Maudsley A & E!

So I would like to to have an open letter to the Minister of Health and South London and Maudsley Trust. Yes they made a huge mistake in the first place. Let’s not beat about the bush, it’s well known that SLaM told King’s C H, not to worry, you will not have to do anything, we will have a new community mental health team that will take care of everything! Let’s now look to the future, no argument that Lambeth

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Missing memorials

MAY I take this opportunity to draw attention to two First World War memorials from Southwark that have vanished?

In December 1916 a Roll of Honour was designed by Police Constable Thomas Bushell and displayed at the former Tower Bridge Police Station.

PC Bushell paid tribute to his police colleagues from our borough who had left the service to join up and were either serving in the army or navy, or had been killed in action.

PC Bushell’s Roll of Honour is now lost, but I found a newspaper cutting about it which included a reproduction.

Could a new version be made and displayed at one of our Police Stations?

Also lost is the plaque in the former Calmington Road off Albany Road (close to the Burgess Park lake) which was erected in remembrance of the women and children killed in a

and Southwark have the largest mental health problem in the country!

So what is stopping the reopening of the Maudsley A and E? King’s are bursting at the seams, and cannot cope with the added problem of mental health patients. All the experts say with an ageing population, it can only get worse. SLaM were known as the world experts on mental health, not so sure about that now though, they have more space than anyone else, so they need to stand up and be counted.

If it is about money, Southwark Pensioners’ Action group will be first in line with many other groups to take the fight to Government! As the Government have recently stated that mental health patients have been the poor relations for too long, I am sure we can count on the support of our

Zeppelin raid in 1917.

Perhaps Southwark Council and Southwark Police can ensure these

MPs, and definitely Southwark News!

I await with interest the replies!

Tom White,SPAG spokesman on health.

Playing roulette over segregated cycle lanes

IN REGARD to the current debate over cycle lanes in the borough:

The safe shared space Southwark is offering to build is too little and even that little bit is being built in dribs and drabs. Bridges don’t stop in the middle of an over pass. Roads don’t just peter out to rutted lanes. That’s how Southwark plans and builds for cyclists and pedestrians.

Everyone one wants safe shared space as their right, they want it right now, and

memorials are duplicated and displayed again?

Stephen Bourne, by email

they want it everywhere.

Southwark has no serious plans to build linked up segregated safe space for nonmotorists. The Borough [council] is playing a waiting game with residents across the borough. Residents of Southwark are being played for fools.

We’re of no consequence. We don’t get it.

Link it up. Professionals work together. Southwark and TFL are playing footsie with each other about who links up what routes where through the borough. They’re playing roulette literally with our taxes and also with our lives and our health and our wellbeing. Educated people paid to design and build safe segregated linked up roads everywhere are not doing the jobs they are hired to do.

Abby Taubin, Upland Road, East Dulwich.

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Welfare and benefits

HEN I hear government ministers talking about welfare reform and benefits they often talk as if there are two different sorts of people – those who are dependent, don’t work and claim benefits and those who work, are independent and don't claim. But the reality of the people I meet is very much more complicated than that.

Most people want to be fully independent. But if they are low paid and their rent is high then they have to claim housing benefit - not because they want to but because otherwise they would get into arrears. And if someone is working and then finds the place where they work is closed down and they lose their job, they will need to claim to keep going while they find another job.

Most people want to stand on their own feet and don't want to claim but if a problem hits them then they have to. That doesn't mean they are "a problem family". It means they have been hit by a problem and that is what the system is for - everyday people who find that they need extra help. Perhaps for a long period of time if, for example, they are disabled or perhaps just for a short time, if they are ill.

All sorts of different people in all different circumstances can find themselves having to claim benefits.

Too many people in Southwark are struggling to keep their heads above water, finding themselves in debt and rent arrears for the first time. Instead of helping people who get into difficulties, this Government is making things worse for people on low incomes by cutting benefits and 3,497 households in Southwark have been hit by the Bedroom Tax costing them each, on average £1,058 per year.

The Government should scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze fuel bills, and invest more in childcare. Labour will do that if we get into government next year. That would give some help with the Cost of Living Crisis that so many people are facing.

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They can take on the same exciting challenges where the world’s best paddlers battled it out during London 2012. A couple of us from the Weekender team went white-water rafting at Lee Valley during freezing, hailstorm weather earlier in the year and it was absolutely brilliant; it’s the perfect unique gift for adrenaline junkies!

White Water Rafting Adventure gift vouchers cost £59 and are valid for all white water rafting and hydrospeeding sessions. Again all equipment is provided, including wetsuits, boots, helmets and buoyancy aids.

Or, if two wheel action is their thing, then give them the chance to enjoy a choice of four world class cycling sports

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Snorkelling with sharks at the SEALIFE London aquarium is one of the most memorable, enjoyable things I’ve done in London – and it’s worth bearing in mind that I’m an Australian with a huge fear of sharks!

Observing these magnificent creatures in their own environment (and behind a safety net!) is a hugely tranquil, eyeopening experience.

The new and unique Snorkelling with Sharks experience submerges participants beneath the water in a mesh divers net as a group of over 15 magnificent sharks – including two impressive 2.7m long Sand tiger sharks, eight sleek black tip reef sharks and two 2.2m Browns sharks – circle just feet away from them. A transparent perspex floor will give clear views right to the bottom of the 5m deep display, where the lower swimming Bow Mouth and Nurse Sharks dwell. The exciting experience also includes a Behind the Scenes Tour of the inner workings of the SEA LIFE London Aquarium.

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If you’re struggling to select the perfect flight for a loved one, you can always choose a gift voucher from any value from £50, to £1,000 and let the recipient decide which thrilling journey to takeAvailable to download, this can make the perfect ‘Last Minute’ gift too.

ADOPT AN ANIMAL AT VAUXHALL CITY FARM Have you got a friend who is potty about ponies? Bonkers about bunnies? Crazy about chickens?

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An animal adoption makes a perfect gift idea for someone special or even as a treat for yourself! It also provides a valuable contribution to the running costs of Vauxhall City Farm.

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Head to Vauxhall City Farm’s Get Involved- Support Us page on www.vauxhallcityfarm.org

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Slaying dragons

When Lancelot arrives at Elsa’s door, he falls hopelessly in true love and discovers she’s to be sacrificed the next day, so challenges the town’s Dragon to a fight to the death.

What he’s not expecting is that the townspeople will do anything to stay in chains.

The Dragon by Yevgeny Schwartz: a new adaptation by Daniel Goldman and Company is at Southwark Playhouse from December 16-January 10 at 7:30pm.

For age 12+

The fast Samurai A young rabbit leaves home, family and friends behind him in pursuit of one ambition: to become a great samurai warrior.

Trained by a maverick old lion sensei – a teacher of the warrior’s code known as Bushido – Usagi learns that the way of the samurai is one of peace and perfection – not just masterful swordsmanship.

But as war engulfs the land, he must make a choice that will test his loyalty and dearest friendship.

Usagi Yojimbo (based on the comicbook by Stan Sakai) has been adapted for the stage by Stewart Melton and runs from November 28 –January 4.

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Horsepower Little Rosie collects icelolly sticks and puts them in an old cigar box.

As Rosie dreams of helping her parents pay off the bills her stick collection dreams of becoming something greater. And so, at the stroke of midnight, magic and dreams collide and a horse gallops out of the cigar box! “Where to?” he asks. “Anywhere with treasure!” she answers. There begins an adventure like none other: ice-lolly mountains by the sea, caskets of gold, and scurvy pirates.

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Everyone has heard of the Three Wise Men, but have you heard of Artaban, the fourth?

Award-winning director Sarah Argent returns with a delightfully intimate sensory Christmas show for audience members aged six to eighteen months.

One day Artaban, the wisest of them all, spots a beautiful new star in the sky. It’s the biggest and brightest star he has ever seen, and he knows it will lead him to something special. A special baby in fact, so special that everything must be perfect. Join Artaban as he prepares for a momentous journey. But what should he wear?

What gift should he bring? And where on earth will he find the right camel?

The Fourth Wise Man (50 minute running time. Ages 4+) runs from November 30-January 4. £16 for adults, £13 for concessions.

There’s snow on the ground and lights in the tree, then scrunch, scrunch, scrunch... footsteps on the path - who can it be?

Ding, dong. Doorbell rings and there’s a present for baby, not to be opened until Christmas Day Scrunch (40 minute running time) runs from December 9 - January 4.

Admission: £10 (includes 1 adult per baby. Additional tickets available at £5.)

Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley Street, SE1 2HZ. Phone: 020 7645 0560. www.unicorntheatre.com

Peaceful Lion Productions’ adaptation of Rosie's Magic Horse -based on the book

by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Quentin Blake- is for children aged 3 to 8 and runs from December 3 – December 20.

Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD. Phone: 020 7407 0234. www. southwarkplayhouse.co.uk

Let it snow Created by The Birmingham Repertory Theatre 21 years ago, the Snowman has been delighting young and old alike for 17 years with its wonderful mix of storytelling, spectacle and magic.

Based on Raymond Briggs' book the Snowman and featuring Howard Blake’s much-loved score, the production has been seen by over half a million people since it first came to the Theatre in 1998.

The enchanting show tells the story of a young boy’s adventures when his snowman miraculously comes to life on Christmas Eve. Suitable for all ages, the Snowman is the perfect introduction to dance for the very young.

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s production of The Snowman is at the Peacock Theatre, Portugal St, WC2A 2HT, from November 26-January 4. Admission: £15-£35. Family ticket: £100 (4 tickets, must include at least 1 child). Phone: 0844 412 4322. www.sadlerswells.com

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Philip Pullmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grimm Tales promise immersive fairytale for young and old as an enticing, foreboding shadow descends over Oxo Tower Wharf on the South Bank. The Grimm Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; delightfully twisted tales, from Hansel and Gretel to The Frog King, have been loving crafted and reimagined to create a deliciously dark winter experience for fairytale fans.

The London Eye is getting festive with this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Frostival, bringing back their iconic Eyeskate Ice Rink and transforming the London Eye capsules into frosty, winter caves, with Christmas cocktails and nibbles.

Booking early is recommended; you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be left out in the cold!

The world exclusive at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street, SE1 9PH, runs from November 21-February 15.

Admission: ÂŁ45 for adults, ÂŁ20 for children (under 16). Phone: 08444 124 650. www.grimm-tales.co.uk/

Ice Skating is available daily from November 15-January 4 from 10am9pm. The rink is closed on Christmas Day. Admission: 45 minutes costs ÂŁ10.50 for adults, ÂŁ7.50 for children aged 4-15 years, free for under 4s.

Frosty Guided Experiences on the Eye run all through December.

London Eye, South Bank, SE1 7PB. Phone: 0871 781 3000. www.londoneye.com

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The people who brought us last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brilliant and hilarious gay panto Jack off the Beanstalk are taking on another classic with Treasure Island â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the curse of the Pearl Necklace. Jim Hawkins wants adventure! Only if he can beat John Silver, a charismatic and curiously disabled pirate - and a very nautical boy.

Children will adore this Christmas cracker which tells the story that the Nutcracker ballet is based on.

When a nutcracker comes alive on Christmas Eve, seven-year-old Marie is taken on an adventure full of magic and mice. This is a show to remember long after the twelve days of Christmas.

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is at the Unicorn Theatre, 147 Tooley St, SE1 2HZ from November 21 to January 4. Admission: ÂŁ15 - ÂŁ22, family and multi-buy discounts are also available. Phone: 020 7645 0560. www.unicorntheatre.com

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Ideal for playing on Christmas day, the limited edition game will put your knowledge of London to the test as players try and buy up a wide variety of updated additions to the game, ranging from Wembley Stadium, Canary Wharf, The London Eye and St Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral.

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Surprise your friends with some handmade treats, with over 50 curated stalls to choose from.

The Crafty Fox Christmas Market is on December 6-7 from 11am-5pm at the Dogstar, 389 Coldharbour Lane, SW9 8LQ. www.craftyfoxmarket.co.uk ALSO: The Horniman Museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christmas Fair.

100 London Road, SE23 3PQ. Phone: 020 8699 1872. www. horniman.ac.uk East Dulwich Christmas Cracker: a street festival with all the trimmings, Lordship Lane and North Cross Road, SE22. Admission: free.

Back by popular demand Eat and Messâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gingerbread Workshop will teach you how to make your very own Gingerbread house. The threehour session shows you how to make, bake and decorate a showstopping Christmas creation to impress friends and family. But will your mouth-watering masterpiece make it all the way home?

The Gingerbread House Class is in Crystal Palace on Sunday 7 December from 2-5pm. Admission: ÂŁ70. Full address and details of this and other seasonal classes can be found at www.eatandmess.com Phone: 020 8771 8476.

Avoid the cold by taking in one of the West Endâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top selling shows Shakespeare in Love this festive season. A highly entertaining, accessible take on Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s literary history, this brilliant stage adaptation of Tom Stoppard and 0DUF 1RUPDQÂśV KLW ÂżOP ÂąZKLFK VDZ Gwyneth Paltrow nab an Oscar -is funny, clever and an overall crowdpleaser.

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Christmas tree merchants the Christmas Forest aren’t allowed to return to Clapham Common this year but they’re trying to get permission to return for 2015 – support the campaign on twitter #bringbackclapham. In good news for south Londoners the company is coming back to Dulwich where they’ll be selling living, potted Christmas trees, non-drop real Christmas trees, traditional real Christmas trees, mistletoe, holly, and wreaths. They also offer home delivery if you like your Christmas sans manual labour!

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Jack! Sissy that Stalk! is at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY, on December 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30 and January 2, 7, 8 at 8pm. Admission: £12 early bird, £15. Phone: 020 7820 1222. www.rvt.org.uk

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Voicelab is hosting free pop-up performances from choirs throughout the Winter Festival at Southbank Centre. Hear choirs of all styles singing seasonal songs around Southbank Centre during December.

The choirs will be performing in outdoor spaces at various times from December 1-23, 9am-11pm.

Admission: free. www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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The Christmas Forest will be at Streatham and Marlborough Cricket Club, Jct of Dulwich Common and Lordship Lane, SE21 7EX, from November 24 until Christmas Eve, from 8am until 10pm through Monday to Sunday. Plenty of free parking onsite. Trees start from £22.

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The pop-up is open from December 6 to January 11 from 10am-10pm at Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX. Admission: free. Phone: 020 7960 4200 www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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Father Christmas will be at Battersea Park Children’s Zoo, Chelsea Embankment, SW11 4NJ, on December 6, 7, 13, 14 and 19-24.

Admission: £12 for children; includes sticker, small gift, Christmas treat and drink. Phone: 0207 924 5826. www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk ALSO: Christmas Wrestling Spectacular at Brixton Recreation Centre. Athletes from around the world will step inside the ring.

Admission: £30 ringside, £25 second row, £20 third row, £15 general admission. Doors open 7pm, wrestling begins 7:30pm. www.ringsideworld.co.uk

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The Portico Gallery's Music Hall & Illusion Emporium, built in 1885, will play host to TV and West End stars, Edinburgh comediennes, accomplished singers of fabulous festive songs, an illusionist and a vintage gramophone DJ.

Some performances of Greenwich Theatre's pantomime – Jack and The Beanstalk – have already sold out and the panto season has been extended by a week to meet an unprecedented demand with 77 performances in all. It's the ninth year that Andrew Pollard has appeared in the show (his tenth as writer) and also returning is last year's Puss in Boots, Alim Jayda, who is playing the villain this time. With Giant Bonecrunch raising taxes yet again, and his wicked Henchman making sure everyone pays up, times are hard for Jack and his Fairy. Can an old cow, a bag of beans and a visit from a mysterious fairy really save the day?

The event is at the Music Hall & Illusion Emporium, Portico Gallery, 23a Knights Hill, SE27 0HS at 7:30pm Advance tickets: £12.50 adults /£9 concessions.

Phone: 020 8761 7612. www.porticogallery.org.uk

Jack and the Beanstalk will run at Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, SE10 8ES, from November 20 -January 11, Admission: £27 for adults, £21 concession, all children’s tickets half price.

Phone: 020 8858 7755. www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk

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Scrooge is being screened at 12 noon at the Ritzy, Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG. Admission: £9 adults, £6 children.

Phone: 0871 902 5739. www.picturehouses.co.uk

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Folk Of The Wood's Christmas Ceilidh, is at 7pm at the Portico Gallery, 23a Knights Hill, SE27 0HS. Early bird tickets (before 9 December): £7 adults, £5 concessions, then £8 / £6. Early booking advised! www.folkofthewood.co.uk/xmas

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Doors open at 9:30pm, the service begins at 11:30pm. http://cathedral. southwark.anglican.org/

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Voho-ho-ho You may have thought Vauxhall had a snowball’s chance in hell of getting its own ice rink for Christmas but the yuletide Gods (and the BID) KDYH VDLG OHW LW VQRZ )RU WKH ¿UVW time ever, the Pleasure Gardens will have a pop-up ice rink, a real Christmas tree maze, a street market of the city’s best pop-up eateries, an artisan craft market, rides and more!

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For those who’ve worked up a thirst on the Rink, the Pop-up Cabin Bar will be serving hot chocolate, mulled wine and a range of craft beers, ciders and snacks.

Each weekend Skate Brunch takes over the gardens from 10am until 1pm with a range of food stalls as well as the iconic Routemaster bus Fish and Chip Company.

Ice Skate Vauxhall runs from 21 November through the Christmas period until 4 January. Sunday to Thursday: 11am-8pm, Fridays and Saturdays: 11am-9pm. Early bird discount available on tickets booked before November 21. Admission: £10.95 per adult, £8.95 per child. www.iceskatevauxhall.co.uk

Dreaming of a green Christmas

Streatham Lights up the Town

The Garden Museum is holding its third sustainable Christmas Fair, Diggin’ Design, to celebrate the wonders of an eco-friendly festive season.

Once more, the museum’s magical Victorian church interior will be turned into the best green design hub in town, showcasing a wide range of products, from homeware to stationery, prints, food gifts and jewellery. Award-winning choir London Concord Singers will provide the soundtrack of the day with a repertoire of Christmas carols.

Streatham will be bathed in white light this Christmas with magical Christmas decorations transforming the High Road.

The lights are being switched on at Streatham Green on Saturday 6 December from 4pm-5:30pm.

Streathamites can expect a big show of pretty festoon and fairy lighting, a Christmas tree as well as carolling, mince pies, mulled wine and family entertainment.

Special promotions in shops and a bumper market at Babington Road Plaza (outside the Manor Arms pub) are on offer in recognition of

Diggin’ Design is on November 30 from 10:30am until 5pm at the Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, SE1 7LB. Admission: £3 entry, under 12s: free (includes entry to exhibitions and Knot Garden).

Phone: 020 7401 8865. www.gardenmuseum.org.uk

Small Business Saturday , which is the perfect way to combine Christmas shopping with supporting local businesses!

Two cultural trails along the High Road will be launched on the day, with clues already being placed in the town.

See www.instreatham.com or follow @instreatham for more information.

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Christmas Markets Spirit of giving at Southbank Centre Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival is returning for a second year. Invoking the spirit of Charles Dickens and the importance of generosity and giving at this special time of year, the Festival will transform the 21-acre site into a magical landscape.

The programme is packed with world class theatrical performances, festive concerts, free social dances, community choirs and activities that explore the joy of giving.

Southbank Centre will again partner with Age UK for Get Your Knit On, a project inviting both novices and skilled knitters to create knitted squares and sew them together into blankets which will be distributed to help vulnerable older people keep warm.

A dramatised reading of Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol returns after last year’s sold out show complete with a star-studded cast led by Griff Rhys Jones, violin accompaniment and carols and mince pies to celebrate the spirit of Christmas as Dickens imagined it: full of miracles, magic, charity and goodwill.

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Some of the market offerings include Apple Blue Craft’s handmade ceramic homewares from Jerusalem, natural sheepskin rugs, slippers and accessories from Sheepy’s, sweet and savoury buttermilk waffles from Waffle On, sparkling wines from Gray’s and Feather, schnitzels and speck dumplings from Austrian street food specialists Speck Mobile, locally sourced award-winning cheeses, local mead, cider brandies, chutneys, pickles and jams from The Somerset Ploughmen, traditional gingerbread houses and a range of hot chocolate from Cogger Hot Chocolate.

Photo: Robert Campbell

Follow the white rabbit

Australian artist Amanda Parer is bringing her installation Intrude – five giant seven metre-high illuminated white rabbit sculptures – to the festival, which will be dotted across the site, bringing a sense of woodland wonder to the outdoor spaces.

For the first time 300 planted blue spruce trees, adorned with twinkly lights, will create a Christmas Tree maze while the Southbank Centre Express Train will be taking passengers on rides along the riverfront.

Photo: Belinda Lawley

Real Food Christmas Market

19-23 December from 12noon-8pm at the Southbank Centre Square.

A special festive extension of the Real Food Market, the Real Food Christmas Market offers a delicious range of sustainable and ethically produced food and gifts, while supporting producers who rear, grow and make their own products.

Photo: Jason Alden

Christmas Tree Café

November 11-January 4 from 10am-10pm daily, Riverside Terrace at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

Standing 18 metres high in front of Royal Festival Hall, this giant, illuminated Christmas tree-shaped

structure with a woodland creatures print by design duo Studio-Boo will include a café serving mulled wine, beer, soft drinks and hot drinks.

A festive chocolate adventure

December 4 from 7pm-9pm, Members Bar at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Admission: £45.

Master Chocolatier Paul A Young leads a journey of discovery through a mouth-watering collection of his festive chocolate treats. This workshop offers participants the chance to discover the perfect Christmas gift and indulge in expertly-crafted treats to enjoy over the holiday season. Truffles being sampled throughout the evening include sea salted caramel, orange preserve with sacred rosehip, port and cheese, Persian spices and barberries, rum and tonka bean and Brewdog Porter and ginger molasses cake.

More, more, more Enjoy a spot of Christmas shopping and eating in one of London’s most iconic settings at the More London Christmas Market. This year’s annual market has been extended to two weeks with later opening times and will feature 35 stallholders, including a number of local businesses, in German-style chalets, selling a range of gifts and food. As well as foodie presents there’s a scrumptious

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More London Christmas Market is at More London Riverside, SE1 2DB, from December 8-21 from 11am-7pm.

Admission: free.

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Christmas Service Wednesday 3rd December 2014

World Qualifiers

Best of luck to all of our dancers at the CLRG Southern England Regional Oireachtas this weekend. It has been an amazing year, and you have done us and yourselves proud!!!!

“IT’S OUR TIME TO SHINE”

Love from Mummy & Jason, Alfie, Tilly, Nanny Debbie & Grandad Peter x x x

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21st Nov

Not even a year since you were taken from us. Missing you on your Birthday, and every waking day.

Always in our thoughts and prayers.

We miss you when we awake to face each brand new day, We miss you as the sun goes down, and quietly slips away.

Love & miss you always Mum, Pete, Brenda, Fred, Dawn & Donna xxxxxx (Take care of your bruv)

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Time and Talents has a range of volunteer opportunities: helping out in groups for older people, supporting older people in their home as a befriender, working with young people and community gardening projects.

If interested, please contact Sam Dottin 020 7232 5669 samdottin@timeandtalents.org.uk

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To place a family announcement contact Emrah on 0207 232 1639 or email emrah@southwark news.co.uk

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Albins’ Christmas Service Memorial Service Wednesday 3rd December 2014 Starts at 7pm Gates open at 6pm

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SURREY DOCKS FARM

It’s your local farm right on the Thames Path at 309.5 Rotherhithe Street.

Always something going on and getting better and better.

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ART BERMONDSEY 183-185, Bermondsey Street, SE1 Jonathan Baldock: Notes From The Orifice A solo exhibition by British artist Jonathan Baldock including new sculptural and wall-based works, installation and performance. Art Bermondsey, Tue-Fri 12noon-7pm, Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 15, free.

ARTS LAV 180, Kennington Lane, SE11 Under Ground Women A new exhibition by female mixed media artists in ‘Artslav’, a Victorian Gentlemans Lavatory in Kennington - Whatever next! Arts Lav, Nov 14, 6pm-8pm, Nov 15-22, 12noon-7pm, Nov 23, 1pm-4pm, free.

BANKSIDE GALLERY 48, Hopton Street, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7928 7521) Cultivation & Creativity; An RHS And RWS Collaboration Bankside Gallery is delighted to present Cultivation & Creativity which showcases works featuring the four Royal Horticultural Society gardens as seen by Royal Watercolour Society artists.

Bankside Gallery, From Nov 5, Mon-Sun 11am-6pm, ends Nov 16, free.

United Society Of Artists A showcase of works by artists from across the UK. Bankside Gallery, Nov 18-23, 11am-6pm, free.

BERMONDSEY SQUARE 2, Bermondsey Square, SE1 Sculpture At Bermondsey Square Commission 1: Karen Tang A large-scale sculpture inspired by the 1959 sciencefiction movie, The Giant Behemoth.

Bermondsey Square, Mon-Sun, open access, ends Apr 30, free.

CAFE GALLERY PROJECTS 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 (0207237 1230) Annual Open The 30th Year Hundreds of small works at attractive prices, the Cafe Gallery Open Exhibition, representing all artists, consolidates its position as the Open Exhibition. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Wed-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free.

By Ourselves: The Installation Andrew Kotting with Iain Sinclair reveal their great English pilgrimage, a self-enacted novel in the tradition of Pilgrim’s Progress as an installation within the raw vast space of Dilston Grove. Cafe Gallery Projects, From Nov 26, Fri-Sun 11am-4pm, ends Dec 14, free.

DESIGN MUSEUM 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 (020-7940 8790) Designers In Residence Designs exploring the notion of disruption. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Feb 4, £12.40, child £6.20, NUS £9.30, mems/under 12s free.

Design Museum Collection: Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things A number of key 20th-century design items offering an insight into everyday objects. Design Museum, MonSun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Jan 4 2015, £10.75, NUS £6.50, concs £9.70, under 12s free.

DRAWING ROOM Tannery Arts, 12 Rich Estate, Crimscott Street, SE1 (020-7394 5657) The Nakeds A group exhibition looking at drawings of the body exposed. The naked body is frequently the physical terrain artists traverse in search of the inner self. Drawing Room, Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12noon6pm, ends Nov 29, free.

DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Painting Canada 2: Emily Carr And The Indigenous Art Of The North West Coast Paintings, drawings, writings and sketchbooks providing an insight into the mind of the Canadian artist. Dulwich Picture Gallery, From Nov 1, Tue-Fri 10am5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm, ends Feb 22, £10, OAP £9, unwaged/disabled/NUS £5, Art Fund mems £6, under 18s/mems free.

EMBASSY TEA GALLERY 195-205, Union Street, SE1 (0207-2747474) 6th Passion For Freedom Festival 2014 Passion for Freedom - art competition 2014. The event promotes freedom and equal rights for all citizens and secularism.

Embassy Tea Gallery, Nov 5-15, 10am6pm, free.

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Bermondsey Street, SE1 (020-7407 8664) How To Draw Vintage Fashion An educational display on how to draw key looks from the 20th century. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18.

Knitwear In Fashion Photography A selection of fashion photographs by Norman Parkinson. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18.

Pattern Watts Architects’ Wallpapers 1870 To Today An exhibition devoted to Watts, the leading heritage textile and wallpaper company. Fashion And Textile Museum, Mon-Sun phone for times and prices, ends Jan 18.

GABRIEL FINE ART Cottage 2, Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, SE1 (0207-987 6762) Catharsis A Symbiosis Of Science And Art Gabriel Fine Art in a collaboration with the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity presents an inspiring and thought provoking exhibition with a mix of drawing, photography, painting, sculpture and an interactive installation. Gabriel Fine Art, From Nov 14, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Dec 3, free.

GASWORKS 155, Vauxhall Street, The Oval, SE11 (020-7582 6848) Pio Abad: Some Are Smarter Than Others The first major UK solo exhibition by the London-based Filipino artist. The exhibition focuses on the cultural legacy of former Filipino dictators Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and their extravagant collections. Gasworks, Wed-Sun 12noon6pm, ends Nov 16, free.

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM Lambeth Road, Elephant & Castle, SE1 (020-7416 5000) Horrible Histories: Spies Immersive installations based on Terry Deary’s children’s book series. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.30pm, ends Jan 4, £6.20, concs £4.40, family £12.25-£19, ages 4-15 £3.30, under 4s free.

New Contemporary Art Exhibition By Jane And Louise Wilson At IWM Turner Prize nominated artists Jane and Louise Wilson exhibit their new video installation Undead Sun at IWM London. The work was commissioned to mark the Centenary of the First World War by Film & Video Umbrella for IWM. Imperial War Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, ends Jan 11, free.

JERWOOD SPACE 171, Union Street, Bankside, SE1 (020-7654 0179) Jerwood Encounters: Suspicion A Jerwood Encounters exhibition curated by Dan Coombs. Jerwood Space, From Nov 5, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am3pm, ends Dec 7, free.

MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 (07985658443) Pathways And Pebbles Pathways and Pebbles, the new exhibition at the Maudsley Long Gallery explores Pat Mear’s complex journey through art and life. Maudsley Hospital, Mon-Sun 9am7pm, ends Dec 29, free.

MENIER GALLERY 51, Southwark Street, SE1 (0207-407 3222) WW1 Exhibition - “The Dogs Of War Unleashed”: Satirical & Propaganda Maps Of The First World War A rare collection of original satirical maps and propaganda posters, postcards, puzzles and printed ephemera highlighting the power of maps through satire and propaganda in galvanising patriotic popular support for the war on both sides of the conflict. Menier Gallery, From Nov 26, Wed & Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat 11am-4pm, ends Nov 29, free.

MORLEY GALLERY 61, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 (020-7450 1826) Edward Bawden: Storyteller An exhibition celebrating the work of Edward Bawden. This will be the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to take place in London since his death in 1989.

Morley Gallery, From Nov 4, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, ends Nov 26, free.

PECKHAM PLATFORM 89, Peckham High Street, SE15 (020-7358 9645) Peckham Platform Open 2014 This exhibition invites people that have a connection to Peckham to contribute their

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Don’t be sorry, see Soirée

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IT’S ALWAYS good to get up on the Southbank and especially exciting when off to the Spiegeltent to see the latest La Soirée, as previous experience tells me that it will be an exciting and fun night, writes Michael Holland...

La Soirée is a collection of international entertainers that often defy pigeonholing.

Yes there are acrobats, and strong man acts, and a clown, and a lady doing magical things with hula-hoops, but is it circus or vaudeville? Variety of burlesque? Let’s just go with La Soirée.

Puddles Pity Party opens the show by belting out a torch song that nearly set the tent alight. He is a big, towering clown with a towering voice. I was scared at first but then I warmed to him. We then had a small moustachioed man who proceeded to throw himself around on a trapeze, sometimes just holding on with his neck, and began to strip in time with Hey Big Spender. By verse two when the top came off along with the stick on tash it was plainly evident that this was no man but Tanya Gagné, who likes to ‘tickle gender stereotypes’. When the song ended and Tanya swung above us clad only in Agent Provocateur lingerie I felt quite tickled.

Marcus Monroe was a juggler with a nice line in humour but nothing new in the juggling line. I wasn’t sure if the dropping of the batons was part of the comedy…

The English Gents marched out on to the artworks to exhibit together at Peckham Platform. Peckham Platform, From Nov 29, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, ends Dec 20, free.

Peckham Square Studio The exhibition ‘Peckham Square Studio’, opening in September, will feature black and white portraits of local people taken by Eileen Perrier on Peckham Square. Come along to Peckham Platform and see whose portraits will be exhibited. Peckham Platform, From Nov 17, Sat & Sun 10am5pm, Wed-Fri 11am-6pm, ends Dec 15, free.

ROD BARTON 41-45, Consort Road,

circular, central stage in their pinstriped suits, bowler hats and did some amazing feats of strength and balance. And I mean feats. And they were amazing. And all while at least one read the Financial Times!

What they did to the tune of Land Of Hope And Glory will go down in England’s great history as their finest moment.

A lady came out and skipped, and another hula-hooped and an odd young man put himself through a tennis racquet and then it was the interval. I needed a drink to calm my nerves for The Blue Bunny who has created an act on how he created an act of dressing as a blue bunny. Don’t ask. Go see.

David and Fofo were a fun pair of performers who did things with ping-pong balls that had me mesmerised. Their tricks of strength had us all gasping whenever we thought David was not going to catch Fofo.

The best act of the night for me was Ursula Martinez, and not because she stripped right down to her high heels but because she continually surprised with an act that was comprised of singing, guitar playing and magic.

Ursula begins with some audience participatory Spanish lessons for the English who turn up in her country and put O on the end of a word, thinking they are speaking the lingo. She then sings a flamenco type song about it while expertly playing a guitar.

Just as we think she is about to dance and

SE15 (020-7639 0400) My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak: Kenneth Alme Rod Barton is pleased to present, My Tarp Has Sprung A Leak, the first UK solo exhibition of Norwegian artist Kenneth Alme. Rod Barton, Thu-Sat 12noon-6pm, ends Nov 22, free.

SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE 85, St George’s Road, SE1 (020-7091 9650) Christian Kerrigan: First To Bloom, Last To Leave - Part 2 Artist Christian Kerrigan presents the second half of a two-part exhibition. Siobhan Davies Dance, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun-Thu 10am-8pm, ends Dec 14, free.

click some castanets she reveals that she is a South London girl and talks just like us. Or like me, at least. As we tried to get over that little shock Ursula made a small red hanky disappear. Aah! She’s hid it in her jacket pocket, we think. The jacket comes off and she does the same trick again with the red hanky again vanishing into the palm of her hands and no pocket to hide it in. It must be in her bra! The bra comes off, the dress comes off and we are left to believe that she must be hiding this magical hanky in her knickers. The last bastion of old-fashioned decency come off and still no sight of the handkerchief. You will have to go and see La Soirée to find out where it turns up next…

My Spiegeltent companion, Maria Nenette, said it was ‘Risqué’. It was definitely that! And that is why it is not recommended for children. Madamoiselle Nenette added that it was ‘cheeky, funny and all done in the best possible taste – Fantastique!’

La Soirée’s Spiegeltent at Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival 5th November 2014 – 11th January Box office: 0844 847 9910 www.southbankcentre.co.uk Tickets from £15 Tue – Thu. 8pm Fri & Sat, 7pm and 10pm Sun, 7pm www.la-soiree.com

SOUTH LONDON GALLERY 65-67, Peckham Road, SE5 (020-7703 6120) Lawrence Weiner: All In Due Course Weiner presents a group of inter-related works that will be seen across the main and first floor galleries, and continue outdoors, running along the expansive Victorian brick wall of the SLG’s Fox Garden. South London Gallery, Tue & ThuSun 11am-6pm, Wed 11am-9pm, ends Nov 23, free.

SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Catching Dreams The UK’s annual national showcase of art by prisoners. Spirit

Level at Royal Festival Hall, Mon-Sun 10am-11pm, ends Nov 30, free.

Koestler Pop-Up Art Shop An opportunity to view the work entered into the Koestler Trust Awards 2014. Spirit Level (White Room) at Royal Festival Hall, From Nov 22, Mon-Sun 2pm-7pm, ends Nov 30, free.

SPACE STATION SIXTY-FIVE 373, Kennington Road, SE11 (020-8299 5036) Graphic Details Drawings, comics and graphic novels by 18 female Jewish artists.

Space Station Sixty-Five, Thu-Sat 12noon6pm, ends Dec 13, free.

TATE MODERN Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 (020-7887 8888)

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The delight of dusk

THE ACTION begins in the Young Vic foyer when the It appears amongst with his gloriously sleek, long tail. He beckons us into the auditorium where everyone is given their own tail, their own green mark, and we all become Its. We then go through the magic red door and start our journey through the night in the woods, writes Michael Holland...

Much of Dusk is told in a film that all the Little Its were enthralled by, though some of us Big Its were tiring after a while. Its message is to get out and Abstraction And The Sublime Works exploring affinities between the American post-war abstractionists and European landscape painters. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Around Abstract Art 1920-1935 An exhibition exploring the development of abstract art. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Joseph Beuys: Artist Rooms This display of sculpture brings together works by the German artist from the early 1980s.

Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31 2015, free.

Cubism Exhibition illuminating the perceptual and conceptual aspects of the art movement. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free..

Niki De Saint Phalle And Richard Serra Two artists working in the arte povera, or poor art tradition. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Elegies Works by Claude Monet, Joan Mitchell and Lee Ufan. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Elements Of Chance Exhibition of surrealist art which toys with the notion of chance. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Everyday Alchemy: Contemporary Sculpture Sculptures which use commonplace objects to explore notions of value. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Omer Fast A four-channel video installation projected on two double-sided screens, so that only two projections can be seen at any one time. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, free.

Leon Golub & Hrair Sarkissian: Facing

explore the world around us and investigate nature and the little creatures that share our world with us.

The magic comes at the end when the It in the film appears in the auditorium, through the red door. The littler Its were quite amazed at how this happened.

Dusk is a nice piece of children’s theatre that works well for the 4-7 year olds.

Young Vic, The Cut, SE1 until 29th November To Book: www.youngvic.org / 020 7922 2922

History Works by two artists whose subject-matter is violence and atrocity. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Thomas Hirschhorn And Germaine Richier Two contrasting sculptures that focus on the body. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Nicholas Hlobo Artworks which utilise craft techniques of stitching and weaving.

Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Homeworkers Works employing materials traditionally associated with the domestic sphere. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Somnath Hore Abstract paper works by the Bengali artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, phone for prices.

Alex Katz: Artists Rooms A selection of paintings by the American artist. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Nov 30, free.

Ellsworth Kelly Retrospective exhibition to mark the artist’s 90th birthday. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Minimalism An art exhibition curated by Helen Sainsbury. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Aleksandra Mir: First Woman On The Moon A multimedia exhibition curated by Stuart Comer and Valentina Ravaglia. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

New Images Of Man An exhibition exploring how artists responded to the barbarities of the mid-20th century. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Pino Pascali Works by one of the most important 1960s Italian artists. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last

arts

Saxon swings the axe

"I’M THE boss. I pay your wages.

I can do what I like." It’s Christmas 2011 in the City at the height of the financial crisis. A bad time for bankers; a worse time for the poor and vulnerable. But the person who’s having the worst day of her life is small-time businesswoman Donna Saxon of Saxon Court Financial Recruitment-to-Recruitment Services.

Someone has stolen Donna’s phone and blocked the office toilet; her business partner has got cancer; her gold-plated golf clubs haven’t arrived; and her useless staff seem blissfully unaware that the company is about to go under. In fact they’re more interested in starting the office party. One of them will have to be fired.

To make matters worse, Occupy protesters have started gathering outside the office door. But as Donna starts swinging her axe inside, she discovers that she has more to fear from her mercenary brood of young employees than from anyone waiting on the street.

Staring Adam Brown (The Hobbit trilogy), John Pickard (2.4 Children, Hollyoaks), Sophie Ellerby (This Is England).

Please note that this production contains graphic language and scenes of violence (as any good Christmas party should).

Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD Wednesday 19 November – Saturday 13

adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Charlotte Posenenske An exhibition curated by Jessica Morgan and Kyla McDonald. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Arte Povera And Anti-Form An art exhibition curated by Mark Godfrey and Helen Sainsbury. Tate Modern, Mon-Thu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

Bill Viola Display of works by the pioneering video artist. Tate Modern, MonThu & Sun 10am-6pm, last adm 5.15pm, Fri & Sat 10am-10pm, last adm 9.15pm, ends Dec 31, free.

THE BRIDGE LOUNGE & DINING ROOM 186, Tooley Street, SE1 London Photo Gallery: Exhibition We are delighted to confirm that we will be representing 11 photographers in a sixmonth exhibition to be held at the prestigious Bridge Lounge Dining Room 186 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ. The Bridge Lounge & Dining Room, Mon-Sun 10.30am-11.30pm, ends Dec 23, free.

WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE GALLERY 14, Baylis Road, SE1 (0207928 2243) Sacred Spaces - Textile And Mixed Media Art Exhibition Thirteen Textile Group is a group of London-based textile and mixed media artists. Using fabric, paper, stitch, print, paint, text and found objects each artist has created an individual response to the theme of Sacred Space. Waterloo Action Centre Gallery, Nov 24-29 11am-6pm, ends Nov 29, free.

THEATRE

BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE 59a, Bethwin Road, Camberwell, SE5 (0207701 0100) .

Myths The Greek Myths retold as you’ve never seen them before, accompanied by live music. Blue Elephant Theatre, Nov 1830, 8pm-9.15pm, ends Dec 6, £12.50, concs £10, Southwark Residents £8.50.

DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Christmas Special Puppet Shows Festive shadow puppet show. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Nov 23, 10.15am & 1.30pm, £5.

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December 2014 Monday to Saturday at 8pm Saturday matinees at 3.30pm (not Saturday 22 November)

JUBILEE GARDENS Belvedere Road, SE1 Winter Festival: La Soiree The awardwinning modern circus show returns to the capital, with a range of performances in cabaret and burlesque, physical theatre and comedy. Jubilee Gardens, From Nov 5, Fri-Sun 7pm, Tue-Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 10pm (press night Nov 11, 8pm), ends Jan 11, £15-£67.50, concs available.

NATIONAL THEATRE: DORFMAN South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Here Lies Love The award-winning, immersive musical by David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, and DJ and producer, Fatboy Slim. National Theatre: Dorfman, Mon-Thu 8pm, Fri & Sat 5pm & 9pm, ends Jan 8, £15-£45.

NATIONAL THEATRE: LYTTELTON South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) 3 Winters A family drama set during tumultuous events in the history of Croatia, written by Tena Stivicic. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Nov 26-29, 7.30pm, ends Feb 3, £15-£50.

Romeo And Juliet (Ages 8-12) A modernised version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Nov 1, 11am & 2.30pm, Nov 4-7 & 10-14, 10.30am & 1.30pm, £12, concs £8.

NATIONAL THEATRE: OLIVIER South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Behind The Beautiful Forevers David Hare’s epic drama based on the awardwinning book by Katherine Boo. National Theatre: Olivier, Nov 10-15, 17, 19-22 & 25 (press night Nov 18, 7pm, mats Nov 19 & 22, 2.30pm), booking to Jan 31, £15-£35.

OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) Electra Sophocles’ Greek tragedy, adapted

by Frank McGuinness. Old Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 3pm , ends Dec 20, £10-£55.

ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN 372, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 (0207820 1222) .

David Hoyle: Illustration: Dusty Limits Cabaret artiste. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov 27, 8.30pm, £10.

David Hoyle: Illustration: LaJohn Joseph Avant-garde hilarity from the controversial cabaret artiste. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Nov 20, 8.30pm, £10.

SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE 21, New Globe Walk, SE1 (020-7401

Box Office: 020 7407 0234 www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Previews £10 £18, £16 (conc.)

9919) Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Simon Armitage takes to the stage to perform his acclaimed translation of the poem. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Nov 23, 2.30pm-4.30pm, Nov 24, 7.30pm9.30pm, £10-£60.

‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore John Ford’s 17thcentury tragedy. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Tue-Sun 7.30pm, mats Thu-Sat 2.30pm, ends Dec 7, £25-£45, Premium Tickets £60, Standing £10.

SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Al Murray The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor Observational humour and cheeky banter. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Nov 28-30, 7.30pm, Nov 29, 4pm, £25.50.

One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean’s comedy drama is a unique mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners.

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Nov 28-30, 7.30pm, mat Nov 30, 2.30pm, £25.50, concs £12.25, mems free.

SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85, Newington Causeway, SE1 (020-7407 0234) Grand Guignol A performance of the comedy and thriller Grand Guignol.

Southwark Playhouse, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Sat 3pm, ends Nov 22, £18, concs £16.

Who Do We Think We Are A kaleidoscope of personal stories from 1914 to 2014 infused with live music and physicality to create a life-enhancing evening in the theatre. Southwark Playhouse, Mon-Sun 8pm, mats Nov 1, 8 & 15, 3.30pm, ends Nov 15, £10.

THE CASTLE 280, Crystal Palace Road, SE22 (020-8693 1872) The Castle Comedy Club Live stand up comedy hits Dulwich. The Castle, Nov 20, 8pm-10.15pm, £7, adv £5.

THE MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY 53, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7378 1713) Assassins Jamie Lloyd directs Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical.

The Menier Chocolate Factory, From Nov 21, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, no mats Nov 22, 23 & 30, extra perf Nov 24, 8pm, ends Mar 7, previews £30, Meal Deal previews £38, Premium Seats previews £3.750.

Fully Committed Becky Mode’s comedy set in a Manhattan restaurant, stars Kevin

Bishop as the actor, Sam Peliczowski. The Menier Chocolate Factory, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends Nov 15, £25, £27.50 & £29.50, Premium Seats £32.50 & £35, Meal Deals £33 & £35.50.

THE OLD SCHOOL YARD 109-111, Long Lane, SE1 Comedy At The Old School Yard Great comedy night featuring a fantastic mix of newbies & established comics. The Old School Yard, Wed 8pm-10pm, ends Dec 3, free.

UNICORN THEATRE 147, Tooley Street, SE1 (020-7645 0560) Girls Like That (Over 13s) A play that explores the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.

Unicorn Theatre, Nov 6, 7, 12, 14, 15, 18 & 20-22, 7pm, mat Nov 7, 11-14, 19, 21 & 22, 11am, Nov 6, 11, 13, 15, 18-20 & 22, 2pm, Nov 8, 2.30pm, £16, NUS/OAP/unwaged £13, under 21s £10.

The Fourth Wise Man (Over 4s) Artaban, the wisest of them all, spots a beautiful new star in the sky that leads to a special baby.

Unicorn Theatre, Nov 30, 1.45pm, ends Jan 4, £16, concs £13, under 21s £10.

WHITE BEAR THEATRE 138, Kennington Park Road, SE11 (020-7793 9193) Trashman’s Dilemma The European premiere of Bruce Gooch’s Trashman’s Dilemma: the play that wowed fringe audiences across Canada. “This play has the seeds of brilliance; amazing strength in this cast.” Patricia Bradbury: The View, Hamilton, Ontario. White Bear Theatre, Nov 16 & 17, 7.30pm-9pm, £5.

YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (020-7922 2922) Far Away A chilling drama written by Caryl Churchill, directed by the JMK Award Winner, Kate Hewitt. Young Vic, From Nov 7, Mon-Sat 7.45pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.45pm, no mat perfs Nov 8 & 12 (press night Nov 13, 7pm), ends Nov 29, Nov 712 previews £10, Nov 13-29 £10 & £15.

The Cherry Orchard A lyrical production of Anton Chekhov’s classic drama, translated

by Simon Stephens. Young Vic, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm (no mat perfs Nov 12 & 26), ends Nov 29, £10-£35.

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history

From

Camberwto ell Casablanca How Claude Rains learnt to ‘talk proper’ to deliver some of Hollywood’s greatest lines

The first film actor to earn a million dollars for a part was born into poverty in Camberwell and bullied at school for having a speech impedement

WILLIAM CLAUDE Rains starred alongside Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in one of the best-loved films of all time, but no one would have guessed that the man behind the quick-witted, charmingly corrupt Captain Renault in Casablanca started life as a tongue-tied little boy who dared not say a word, writes Amelia Burr...

The first film actor to earn a million dollars for a part, ‘Willie’ was born on November 10, 1889, in Camberwell, to Frederick and Emily Eliza Cox Rains.

The family moved around so much because of money troubles that by the 1901 census they had moved to Fulham and ten years later they were in Richmond.

His mother Emily delivered ten children in the same brass bed, according to Rains’s biographer David J Skal. Seven died at birth, which was common in those days, and the family lived in poverty throughout Willie’s youth as his father Frederick struggled to find stable employment. His Times obituary testifies to a prolific acting career in the era of silent cinema, but he also jobbed as a music hall entertainer, an organ and piano maker, an insurance agent and a foreman in a boiler factory when the need arose.

A gregarious vaudeville performer, Frederick was also a cruel father who dished out lashings with a leather strap from when Willie was five for the slightest transgressions.

Even though the family was poor and constantly on the move because of unpaid rent, their home always bore signs of respectability, with a scrubbed doorstep, a polished brass door knob and a paper fan in the grate when the fire was out.

After weekly Sunday lunches with guests, his mother Emily would always enquire if anyone would like any cheese, knowing full well that there was none in the house because they could not afford it. Thankfully her guests were

always too polite to call her bluff.

Willie had his first taste of theatre when he and his friends, all aged nine or ten, were making their way up the Brixton Road towards Kennington, wearing newspaper helmets and brandishing wooden swords, when they were approached by a minstrel, who incorporated the whole troop into his act at a local music hall that night.

Although the boys were basically living scenery, Skal says Rains never forgot that first applause.

Rains barely said a word at home throughout his childhood, perhaps because of the fear of his father. When he did start to talk, his parents, who had come from a relatively upper class background, were shocked to hear him ‘talking Cockney’. He had also

developed a Jonathan Ross-style speech impediment, where he substituted his ‘Rs for ‘Ws’.

Skal says Willie’s classmates at Camberwell Green School teased him incessantly, with one boy cruelly calling him ‘Willie Wains’. School became such a chore for Willie that he resorted to bribing one of the other boys with his mother’s jam tarts to cover for him while he played truant.

While regularly bunking off school to work at a nearby WHSmiths, Willie stumbled into his first performing role after coveting the smart attire of a boy walking past the shop. He was a choir boy at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair. Willie managed to get an audition and when the choir master asked him why he wanted to join, Willie replied “Sir, when I sing or recite well at home or in school, I am often given sweets.” He got his place in the choir, he got the suit, and through that he got a role in the play ‘Sweet Nell of Old Drury’ at the Haymarket Theatre in 1900 when he was just eleven yearsold.

The choirmaster, Alfred Bellew, became Willie’s manager and, with the Rains’ consent, the young star was pulled out of school, much to his relief, and put on the stage.

By the age of 21, Willie had worked his way up to being the Assistant Stage Manager at His Majesty’s Theatre with a string of performances under his belt and from there Rains toured Australia

and then America. It seemed like the world was his for the taking, but then the world went to war. In 1915, at the age of 26, Rains enlisted in the London Scottish Regiment. “I was not heroic,” he said later, as told in Skal’s biography.

“I just knew I’d be ashamed of myself if I did not... I didn’t want to be hurt, or hurt anyone else.” He was gassed at Vimy Ridge and, after four years, he left the service as a captain.

Willie returned to New York in 1927 to become a Broadway favourite, but a few years later, the Depression put a stop to many an actor’s career. It wasn’t until he was 44 that he became a household name when he landed the lead in The Invisible Man. In the next few years Rains went on to star in one of the best-loved films of all time, Casablanca, and then The Phantom of the Opera and Hitchcock’s Notorious. His role as Ceasar in Caesar and Cleopatra in 1945 made him the first film actor to earn a million dollars for a part.

At the age of 77, Claude Rains died of an abdominal haemorrhage in New Hampshire in 1967, leaving behind his daughter, Jessica, and his sixth wife.

Those playground bullies from Camberwell Green would never have guessed that little ‘Willie Wains’ would go on to perform alongside Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh and Ingrid Bergman and become one of the most respected supporting actors in Hollywood history.

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TICKETS: 0844 567 2732 Fri 21 Nov – Thu 27 Nov THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PT 1 (12A) Daily at 3.20 6.00 8.40 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 12.40 Pass List Suspended GET ON UP (12A) Daily at 3.00 8.35 Pass List Suspended MR TURNER (12A) Daily at 5.15 8.25 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 2.10 Pass List Suspended THE IMITATION GAME (12A) Daily at 3.35 6.15 8.50 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 1.00 Pass List Suspended NATIVITY 3: DUDE WHERE’S MY DONKEY (U) Daily at 3.40 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 11.15 1.30 (Subtitled Thu 3.40) Pass List Suspended THE DROP (15) Daily at 8.55 (Subtitled Mon 8.55) Pass List Suspended INTERSTELLAR (12A) Daily at 4.30 8.00 Extra Perf Sat-Sun at 1.00 (Subtitled Sun 1.00) Pass List Suspended NIGHTCRAWLER (15) Daily at 5.50 (Subtitled Sat 5.50) THE BOOK OF LIFE (PG) 2D Sat-Sun at 1.20 3D Sat-Sun at 11.30 Pass List Suspended GONE GIRL (15) Daily at 5.55 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) 2D Sat-Sun at 11.10 ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (PG) Sat at 12.20 THE MAZE RUNNER (12A) Sun at 11.40 BOXTROLLS (PG) Sat-Sun at 11.10

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TICKETS:0871 22 44 007 Fri 21 Nov – Thu 27 Nov BOOK OF LIFE (U) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 00m–Mild fantasy violence, brief scary scenes Sat 11:50 14:10 Sun 11:50s/t 14:10 THE DROP (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 11m–Strong language, violence Fri–Sat 17:10 23:10 Sun 17:10 Mon 17:10 21:30 Tue 17:10 Wed 16:00 23:10 Thu 17:10 21:30s/t FURY (15) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 39m–Strong bloody violence, gore, strong language Mon 12:30 Thu 12:30 GET ON UP (12A) Wheelchair Access, Infra Red, 2h 44m–Infrequent drug use, strong language, moderate sex

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Described, Infra Red, 2h 22m–Strong bloody crime scene detail, strong language Fri–Sat 23:20 Thu 18:30 QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL (12A) Wheelchair Access, Infra Red, Odeon Plus Music, 1h 35m–Infrequent strong language Mon 18:30 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: L’ELISIR D’AMORE (LIVE) (12A) Wheelchair Access, Odeon Plus Culture, Infra Red, 3h 00m–Note: no ads or trailers Wed 19:15 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (12A) Wheelchair Access, Audio Described, Infra Red, 2h 06m–Moderate action violence, threat Fri 14:50 Sat–Sun 12:10 14:50 Mon–Tue 14:50 Wed 12:10 14:50 Thu 14:50 MADAGASCAR–ESCAPE 2 AFRICA (U) Wheelchair Access, Kids Screen, Infra Red, 1h 38m–Contains mild slapstick violence Sat–Sun 11:00 PRIDE (15) Wheelchair Access, Senior Screen, Infra Red, 2h 10m–Strong language, sex references Wed 11:00 NATIONAL THEATRE: JOHN (LIVE) (TBC) Wheelchair Access, Now Booking, Odeon Plus Culture, Infra Red, 1h 55m–TBC 9th Dec 20:00 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (12A)(TBC) 3D, Wheelchair Access, Now Booking, Infra Red, 2h 55m–TBC 12th Dec 00:01 13:20 16:40 20:00 13th Dec–18th Dec 13:20 16:40 20:00

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Sun at 2.00, 4.50, 7.40 Tue/Wed/Thu at 1.30, 6.00, 8.45 MY OLD LADY (12A) Fri, Mon – Thu at 1.00, 3.30, 6.40 (Mon) 7.00 (not Mon) Sat at 1.00, 3.45, 6.15, 8.45 Sun at 12.30, 3.00, 5.30 WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS Fri 9.30, Sat 9.45, Sun 11.45, 8.00, Mon – Thu 9.15

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TICKETS: 020 7199 6000 Fri 21 Nov – Thu 27 Nov INTERSTELLAR (12A) 2D 177 min Fri 09:30; 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 Sat 00:45 14:00; 22:00 Sun 09:30; 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 Mon 09:30; 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 Tues 09:30; 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 Wed 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 Thurs 13:15; 17:00; 20:45 LEMURS 3D (U) 40 min Wed 10:30 CYBERWORLD 3D (U) 44 min Thurs 11:45

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food & drink SIMPLICITY

1 TUNNEL ROAD, ROTHERHITHE, SE16 4JJ PHONE: 020 7232 5174

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MY GOOD friend Kay is a fussy eater; she will quite happily push posh nosh round a plate all night before getting a kebab on the way home, so I thought that a restaurant called Simplicity would be right up her boulevard. I was right, writes Michael Holland...

As I directed her through the winding Rotherhithe streets to reach SE16’s hard-to-find gem I thought I heard her tummy rumble in anticipation. I was right again, though she tried to pass it off as the growl from the engine of her new car...

Though quite early this bijou eatery was already half full with couples enjoying each other’s company as owner and head chef Lawrence Lingard working methodically and quietly at the front of the open kitchen; his team getting on with their own stuff behind him. Our keen-to-please waitress gave us a table at the window before pouring two glasses of chilled water while talking us through the small but very impressive wine list in her own delightful brand of English. I went for a red Chianti Classico merely because she made it sound so nice. It was a classic.

My dining companion went for a straight up Coke on the rocks because she was driving.

With an ever-changing menu the dishes are written on an ever-changing board and reflect the seasonal transitions, so there were enough winter warmers there to keep the November cold at bay.

Kay started with the Salmon Fishcakes and Tomato Salsa which came as a sturdy pair that had the designated driver all aquiver: ‘They’re very fishy,’ she informed me.

That’s handy,’ I replied as I noticed her pushing one fishcake to the side of her plate.

I went for the Celeriac Soup with a Pesto Swirl and it was an excellent, thick broth with a subtle kick of something spicy in there, and made very excitable with the pesto - a nice and very unexpected addition. A large chunk of mopping-up bread was supplied to ensure nothing was left in the bowl as evidence of soup ever having been there.

And then, comparatively Finding Nemo, I proceeded to polish off the spare fishcake and also found it fishy.

So 10 out of 10 for the fishy fishcake!

Lawrence came over to say hello and recount some tales from a recent round the world sailing trip that had him suffering seasickness for 70% of the journey. But it also got him re-energised and re-invigorated to get back to Rotherhithe to make his restaurant shipshape once again.

Kay had another Coke and I another Classico while I slipped into pedagogue mode and told her all about the different places we could see from the window

THE DAMAGE

Simply ship shape

(St Mary’s Church, Brunel Museum, The Mayflower, the Ragged School and Sands Films). She yawned and wondered where her fish and chips were.

The fish and chips arrived and very remarkable they were too. The chips were stacked Jenga style creating a formidable barrier between myself and the chunk of cod. It lay there, almost regally, in a beer batter that looked like it would make all the right noises when you broke its hermetic seal. It was a beautiful looking plate of food and Kay must have seen my envious eyes as she offered some up. The crispy, though light, batter was the perfect coat for the flaky fish inside, and the chips could not have been cooked better, I promise you.

Having driven through torrential rain on the M20 earlier on in that miserable day I had opted for a sensible Steak & Kidney Pudding. It was big enough to share – though that was not an option – and the pastry looked like you could bounce on it. As I cut into it the meat and gravy oozed out. This pudding and me was a match made in Heaven.

Kay and I both left a little of our main courses in order to leave room for a dessert. We also needed a little time before attempting a dessert, as they all seemed like good old belly-busters. So while resting in contemplation of a third course my partner brought me up to speed on her life, which seemed to balance the joys of being a grandmother with nightmare neighbours, bitchy friends, work-stress and a cat whose days are numbered. I couldn’t stop myself from laughing and she made me promise not to write about her ‘mid-life crisis…’ Course I won’t, Kay. My Baked Cheesecake with Berry Compote was a delightful version of that restaurant stalwart with an added twist - something that has come from Lawrence’s passion for always looking for new ways to present food. Kay’s Apple Crumble and Custard did

everything required of that culinary favourite.

Simplicity, under the guidance of Captain Lingard, takes timeless British dishes and places them firmly in the 21st century. It is just as good for big celebrations as it is for small nights out.

If you don’t know Simplicity then I recommend seeking it out.

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Choose Evelyn Grace Academy for Sixth Form in 2015 Principal: Devon Hanson BEd (Hons)

Sixth Form Admissions 2015

Open Evenings

Thursday 4th December (5.30—7pm) www.evelyngraceacademy.org

Evelyn Grace Academy has a reputa*on for high levels of academic ambi*on and a caring learning environment. Our students benefit from excellent levels of personalised support and guidance on their journey to become leaders of tomorrow.

“Students achieve well and made good progress” “The Academy’s more-able students do well” “Students support each other to do be+er and improve" We warmly welcome applica*ons from prospec*ve new students

Evelyn Grace Academy, 255 Shakespeare Road, London, SE24 0QN - 020 7737 9520

St. Joseph’s RC Primary School, George Row, London SE16 4UP T: 020 7237 4267

PREMISES MANAGER

St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is looking for a skilled and organised Premises Manager to undertake a key role in the management and maintenance of the school’s premises.

We are looking for a hardworking person to care for our environment who is/has: • • • •

Good knowledge of DIY Self motivated and proactive Able to understand and address Health and Safety issues A keen eye for quality, takes pride in their work and has high expectations of contractors • Able to offer flexibility and a ‘can do’ attitude • Highly organised, efficient and flexible • Enjoys working in a busy, complex environment

Starting date is subject to successful DBS checks, but is expected to be in January 2015, working 36 hours per week over an agreed timetable – throughout the calendar year.

Salary is Hay Grade 6, Spine Point 20 (£21,969.00 FTE).

As an organisation we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applications will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Check.

For details and an application form please contact the school on the above number.

Alternatively, you can email the school for a pack at: office@stjosephs-georgerow.southwark.sch.uk Closing date: Monday 1st December 2014 Shortlisting: Tuesday 2nd December 2014 Interviews: W/C Monday 8th December 2014

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PUBLIC NOTICES 49

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 seen in the register of planning applications on the council’s website at www.southwark.gov.uk. You can use facilities at your local library or one stop shop to access the website.

Comments should be sent by email to planning.consultation@southwark.gov.uk (please ensure that you use this email address to avoid delay in your comments being taken into account) or by letter to Southwark Council, Development Management (5th Floor Hub 2), PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX within 21 days of the date of this notice. Comments received later than that date may be received too late to be taken into consideration. Objections or comments based on personal grounds, such as the sex or race of the applicant or effects on the value of your property are not valid material planning considerations and will not be taken into account in deciding the application. Comments marked 'confidential' will not be considered in making the decision on the application.

Protecting your personal data Please note that for your comments to be taken into consideration they will be published on our website (as part of the register of planning applications) where they can be seen by the applicant and the public. If you include your name, signature, postal address, telephone number, email address, or other personal information with your comments this will also be seen. Your comments may be summarised in the report on the application. For your comments to be taken into consideration you do not have to give any personal data if you do not want to. However, if you do not give your postal address we may not be able to fully assess the impact of the development on you and therefore may not be able to give much weight or consideration to your comments. If you do not provide a postal or email address we will not be able to contact you on any matters relating to the application, including any re-consultation and letting you know the decision made. Please ensure therefore that you only provide personal data belonging to you that you accept can be seen by others. Comments for publication without personal data can be attached to a covering email or letter that includes your contact details. If you give information belonging to someone else please ensure that you have their permission to do so. If the applicant appeals against the council's decision any comments you make will be forwarded to the applicant and the Secretary of State and may also be published on The Planning Inspectorate’s website.

Appeals. Where an appeal is made against a refusal of planning permission for an application shown as a householder application, and which is to be dealt with on the basis of representations in writing under the Householder Appeals Service, any comments you make about the application will be sent to the Secretary of State and there will be no further opportunity to comment at the appeal stage.

Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: ACA-development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; ALB-development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); CNA-development within a conservation area; DDPdeparture from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; 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).

[17/03/2013] 19 ADDINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, SE5 7JZ (Ref. 14/AP/4090) single storey ground floor rear extension with dual pitched roof. (within Addington Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 19 ADDINGTON SQUARE, LONDON, SE5 7JZ (Ref. 14/AP/4091) (Householder Application) Single storey ground floor rear extension with duo-pitched roof. (within Addington Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) ARCH 213, 26 BLENHEIM GROVE, LONDON, SE15 4QL (Ref. 14/AP/4209) Variation of condition 2 (hours of operation) of planning permission dated 21/03/2003 [application no.03/AP/0188 for the use of arch and forecourt as a cafe (Class A3) with installation of glazed shopfront and canopy over frontage] to extend the current hours of operation. (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 0207 525 5447) BRIDGE HOUSE, 4 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON SE1 9QQ (Ref. 14/AP/4113) Remove existing 7.7m high replica flagpole and install an 8m high replica flagpole to accommodate antennas within a GRP shroud on the roof of Bridge House. Install two additional equipment modules (each 490x560x133mm) on top of existing equipment modules on the rooftop. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tessa Craig 0207 525 7463) BRIDGE HOUSE, 4 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON SE1 9QQ (Ref. 14/AP/4114) Remove existing 7.7m high replica flagpole and install an 8m high replica flagpole to accommodate antennas within a GRP shroud on the roof of Bridge House. Install two additional equipment modules (each 490x560x133mm) on top of existing equipment modules on the rooftop. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tessa Craig

0207 525 7463) 43 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 1LZ (Ref. 14/AP/4171) Erection of a three-storey rear extension at first floor level; erection of a single storey mansard roof extension together with installation of x3 rooflights at front and x2 rooflights at rear elevation. (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) 13-16 BOROUGH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 0AA (Ref. 14/AP/4024) Redecoration and brick cleaning to external facades; installation of new signage to Borough Road facade and downlights to front entrance; refurbisment of existing front access ramp; removal of existing garage door located off Milcote Road; installation of x2 windows in place of garage door; installation of extract ventilation to second floor window . (within St Georges Circus C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 0207 525 5375) BROOK HALL, 17 FLODDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE5 9LH (Ref. 14/AP/3812) Erection of a new build 2 storey block for students accommodation incorporating eight single rooms with shared sanitary and cooking facilities. (within Camberwell New Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) 157 FOREST HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE23 3QU (Ref. 14/AP/4117) (Householder Application) Erection of a rear dormer extension; installation to x2 rooflights to front elevation and x2 rooflights to rear elevation. (within Honor Oak Rise C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 0207 525 5447) 38-40 GLASSHILL STREET, LONDON, SE1 0QR (Ref. 14/AP/4129) Change of use of the ground floor office (B1a) use to theatrical and dance rehearsal (sui gereris) use and/or offices (B1a) (within Kings Bench C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Shanali Counsell 0207 525 1770) 11A GLENGALL ROAD, LONDON, SE15 6NJ (Ref. 14/AP/3967) Internal alternations and refurbishment of existing property with replacement windows (within Glengall Road C.A.) (Grade II listed

building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 0207 525 5375) 11A GLENGALL ROAD, LONDON, SE15 6NJ (Ref. 14/AP/3966) Internal alternations and refurbishment of existing property with replacement windows (within Glengall Road C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 0207 525 5375) 73 GROVE LANE, LONDON, SE5 8SP (Ref. 14/AP/4008) (Householder Application) Erection of single-storey rear and side infill extensions; installation of a light-box on the main roof; installation of Juliette balcony and window to rear elevation; installation of x1 velux window to front elevation; restoration of existing facade and roof; installation of double-glazed windows to replace existing. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Neil Luxton 020 7525 4424) 20 GROVE PARK, LONDON, SE5 8LH (Ref. 14/AP/4109) (Householder Application) Erection of new brick dwarf wall and installation of gates to boundary fronting Grove Park; installation of bi-fold doors to rear garden in place of existing window and doors; installation of new window to side elevation at first floor level and alterations to the existing front garden. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 0207 525 5447) 24 HONOR OAK RISE, LONDON, SE23 3RA (Ref. 14/AP/4139) (Householder Application) Conversion of garage (which is not used for parking) into habitable roo. (within Honor Oak Rise C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) Flat 3, 129 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD, LONDON, SE11 4JJ (Ref. 14/AP/4033) Replacement of 2 windows to front elevation at 3rd floor with matching timber-framed doubleglazed windows; 2 new rooflights; and associated internal alterations at 3rd floor. (within Kennington Park Road C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) 64 SUTHERLAND SQUARE, LONDON, SE17 3EL (Ref. 14/AP/4127) (Householder Application) Demolition of a rear, lean-to toilet extension;

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and erection of a larger replacement extension. (within Sutherland Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 3 TANNER STREET, LONDON, SE1 3LE (Ref. 14/AP/4084) Erection of ground floor single storey rear extension. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: MHeaney 0207 525 3920) UNITS 18 AND 19, HAYS GALLERIA, TOOLEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2HD (Ref. 14/AP/4210) Change of use of Class A1 retail unit to Class A3 restaurant and cafe including a seating area in front of the unit together with internal alterations and the installation of a ventilation grill to an existing window. (within Tooley Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: MHeaney 0207 525 3920) UNITS 18 AND 19, HAYS GALLERIA, TOOLEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 2HD (Ref. 14/AP/4211) Change of use of Class A1 retail unit to Class A3 restaurant and cafe including a seating area in front of the unit together with internal alterations and the installation of a ventilation grill to an existing window. (within Tooley Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: MHeaney 0207 525 3920) 168A TOWER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 3LS (Ref. 14/AP/4130) Proposed installation of an ATM through glazed shop front (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Michèle Sterry 020 7525 5453) 19 WOODHALL DRIVE, LONDON, SE21 7HJ (Ref. 14/AP/4185) (Householder Application) Construction of a basement story and external alterations to existing dwellinghouse. (within Dulwich Wood C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) Dated 20 November 2014 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date GARY RICE Head of Development Management

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD CARRIAGEWAY IMPROVEMENTS 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark (‘the council’), under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999 and the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose:(a) to construct new speed tables of flat-top construction with a central pedestrian refuge island, each 9 metres in total length, having a maximum height of 75 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, centred at the following locations in ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD, [i] at a point 34.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Verney Way; and [ii] at a point 36 metres northeast of the south-western kerb-line of Verney Way; and (b) to construct new road humps of sinusoidal cross-section construction, each 3.7 metres in length, having a maximum height of 75 millimetres and covering the greater width of the carriageway, centred at the following locations in:- ST. JAMES’S ROAD, at a point 6.5 metres south-west of the southwestern kerb-line of Verney Road; and in ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD [i] at a point 32.5 metres northeast of the north-eastern kerb-line of Catlin Street; [ii] at a point 93.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Catlin Street; [iii] at a point 82 metres south-west of the south-western kerbline of Ilderton Road; [iv] at a point 11 metres south-west of the south-western wall of No. 212 Rotherhithe New Road; [v] at a point 17.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Debnams Road; [vi] at a point 31 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Warndon Street; [vii] at a point 12.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Luxford Street; and [viii] at a point 37 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Luxford Street.

Existing sets of speed cushions located at or in the vicinity of the locations specified above, and outside No. 399 Rotherhithe New Road would be removed.

2. For more information about these proposals, please contact Mr. Razak Mahama of the council's Public realm projects team: telephone 020 7525 5385.

3. A copy of this notice and a plan giving more detailed particulars of the proposal may be viewed either: online by visiting http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders or for paper copies, upon request at Public realm projects, Southwark Council, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 to arrange an appointment.

4. Persons wishing to object to the proposal, or make any other representations in respect of it may either use this online form: https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=1081 or send a statement in writing (in the case of an objection, stating the grounds on which the objection is made), to: the Traffic orders officer, Public realm projects, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or via e-mail to: traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference PRP/ND/TMO1415-023 by 11 December 2014.

5. In the preparation of an objection and the statement of grounds of objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection or representation may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with current access to information legislation.

Dated 20 November 2014 NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE MADE UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE LICENSING ACT 2003

Please take notice that I / we

London Bridge Management Company Limited

have made an application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of (full name & postal address of the premises) More London Riverside, London, SE1 2DB

The relevant licensable activities and proposed times that they will be carried on, on or from the premises (please include all proposed start and finish times) The supply alcohol: The provision of regulated entertainment: Opening Hours:

Days Monday to Sunday Sunday (12:00)

Start Time 10:00

Finish Time 22:00

Monday to Sunday

10:00

23:00

Monday to Sunday

00:00

00:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 2, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2TZ

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 web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication

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 and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

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

Date of application: 9 November 2014

To place a public notice, please call 020 7232 1639 or email us at: notices@southwarknews.co.uk

London Borough of Southwark London Local Authorities 1991 (Part 11) Special Treatments Premises Notice of Application for Licence

Property Address: Nipa's Beauty Unit UD1 Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, Canada Water SE16 7LL Applicant Name & Address: Mrs Nipa Patel 237 London Road, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3NH

TAKE NOTICE that We the above-named being the occupiers of the above named premises have applied to the Council of the London Borough of Southwark for licensing of the above premises under the above Act as a SPECIAL TREATMENTS PREMISES. Any person WISHING TO OBJECT to our application should do so by giving notice in writing stating in general terms the grounds of the objection to the Council’s Licensing Unit Environmental Health & Trading Standards 3rd Floor Hub 2 160 Tooley Street P O Box 64529 London SE1 5LX within four weeks of 03/11/14. Persons objecting to the grant of licences must be prepared to attend in person at a public hearing before a committee of the Council.

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (THREE OAK LANE, SUNRAY AVENUE, MELBOURNE GROVE, HILLSBORO ROAD, GREEN HUNDRED ROAD, D’EYNSFORD ROAD, HAYMERLE ROAD) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of LB Southwark Carriageway Resurfacing and Traffic Engineering Scheme works to be carried out in the roads listed in the Schedule to this Notice, it made an Order the effect of which will prohibit vehicular traffic in the sections of roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice.

Whilst works are in progress or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in the sections of roads shown in columns 1 and 2 of the Schedule to this Notice.

Alternative routes for diverted traffic would be available as shown in column 3 of the Schedule to this Notice.

Whilst works are in progress or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, the section of one way Northbound only traffic flow scheme in Three Oak Lane, shall be temporarily suspended to allow two way flow for access and egress purposes.

Exemptions would 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 work and for works vehicles, any vehicle being used in connection with police, fire or ambulance purposes and anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

Works would be part of a rolling programme and would be expected to commence and finish on the dates shown in column 4 of the Schedule to this Notice.

Dated this 20th day of November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2405 - 2412 STREET 1 Three Oak Lane Sunray Avenue

Melbourne Grove

EXTENT 2

SCHEDULE

Entirety Red Post Hill – Denmark Hill

DIVERSION 3

Tooley Street, Shad Thames, Queen Elizabeth Street

Monday 15th December 2014 to Saturday 20th December 2014

Monday 1st December 2014 to Friday 12th December 2014

Grove Vale, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich Grove, Village Way, Half At Its Junctions With Monday 24th Northern and Southern Moon Lane, Herne Hill, Denmark November to Friday Hill, Dog Kennel Hill, Ashbourne 5th December 2014 Kerb of East Dulwich Grove and Chesterfield Grove Grove Junction East Dulwich Grove

Glengarry Road, Thorncombe Road and Hillsboro Road

Green Hundred Road

Jct Peckham Park Road

Peckham Park Road, Old Kent Road, Ethnard Road, Bird In Bush Road, Commercial Way and Friary Road

Haymerle Road

Wednesday 10th December 2014 to Friday 12th December 2014

Red Post Hill, Denmark Hill, Champion Park, Dog Kennel Hill, Grove Vale, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich Grove, Village Way, Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill

Hillsboro Road

D’Eynsford Road

DATES 4

East / West Arm

Bianca Road – Bird in Bush Road

Elmington Road, Lomond Grove, Bowyer Place, Camberwell Road, Camberwell Church Street, Kimpton Road Bird in Bush Road, Glengall Road

Friday 5th December 2014 and Monday 8th December 2014 Monday 1st December 2014

Tuesday 2nd December 2014 to Friday 5th December 2014

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SPURGEON STREET)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (TANNER STREET, GAMBIA STREET) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of bridge works by Centurion Traffic Management, it imade an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) (b)

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Tanner Street, between the north east kerb of Tanner Street and the south western kerb of Druid Street.

Gambia Street, approximately 38m from the junction of Union Street to the junction of Scoresby Street.

An alternative route for (a) would be via Druid Street, Tower Bridge Road, Tanner Street. (b) Union Street, Blackfriars Road, Scoresby Street,

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.

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.

Works will take place for (a) Tuesday 9th December – Wednesday 10th December (b) Monday 8th December – Tuesday 9th December between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2498/2499

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BURSAR STREET) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that to facilitate construction works to 116 – 120 Tooley Street, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering the above named road.

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Bursar Street from the junction of Tooley Street to the blocked end.

The alternative route is not required.

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.

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

The restriction will be in place between the 28th November 2014 – 27th December. 2015.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2459 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK WALWORTH (‘M1’) PARKING ZONE CONSOLIDATION The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘M1’) (No. 1) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Doctors’ parking places) (No. 2) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (No. 36) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled persons) (No. 19) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Solo motor cycles) (No. 16) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Loading bays) (No. 36) Order 2014 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. 44) Order 2014 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark will, on 20 November 2014 make the above-mentioned 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 general effect of the orders will be to consolidate existing parking, waiting and loading restrictions within the Walworth (‘M1’) controlled parking zone in the London Borough of Southwark.

3. Copies of the orders, which will come into force on 21 November 2014, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection until the end of a period of six weeks from the date the orders were made at the upon request at Public realm projects - network development, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 or e-mail:- traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to arrange an appointment.

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

Dated 20 November 2014 NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate electrical works by UK Power Networks, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Spurgeon Street from the junction of Great Dover Street for approximately 29 metres in a Southerly direction.

The alternative route would be via: Great Dover Street, Bartholomew Street, Deverell Street.

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.

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

The works will be in place between the 3rd – 9th December 2014.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2500

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (TANNER STREET) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of crane operation by Cobra TM, it made n order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Tanner Street, between its junctions with Riley Road and Maltby Street.

An alternative route for traffic would be via Abbey Street, Jamaica Road.

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.

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.

Works will take place on 29th – 30th November and 6th – 7th December 2014.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2497

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LYNTON ROAD) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate gas works by Southern Gas Networks, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Lynton Road at its junction with St James Road.

The alternative route for (a) would be via: St James Road, Esmeralda Road, Monnow Road.

Lynton Road, Monnow Road, Simms Road, St James Road.

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.

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

The works will be in place from the 12th December – 22nd December 2014.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2495

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

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to facilitate gas works by Southern Gas Networks, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

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An alternative route is not applicable.

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Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Newham’s Row at its junction with Bermondsey Street.

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.

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

The works will be in place from the 8th December 2014 – 9th January 2015.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2496 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (GREAT GUILDFORD STREET) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that they intend to make an order under section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to facilitate Thames Water works being proposed in part of the above named road.

Whilst the restriction is in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no vehicle shall enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Great Guildford Street outside No’s 96 An alternative route would be via: Southwark Bridge Road, Great Suffolk Street, Union Street - Union Street Southwark Bridge Road, Doyce Street -Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark Street, Blackfriars Road, Union Street.

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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.

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

The works will be in place on the 5th – 12th December 2014.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WEBBER ROW, TROSSACHS ROAD, TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE, TRINITY STREET, LORRIMORE SQUARE, GRANGE ROAD, LIMESFORD ROAD, LISFORD STREET, FELLBRIGG ROAD, BARNHAM STREET GOMM ROAD, PARK HALL ROAD) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

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

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) (b) (c)

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Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

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The alternative route would be via Tisdall Place, Hearns Buildings, Elsted Street, as applicable.

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2508

The prohibition will be in operation on the 6th - 13th December 2014.

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2504

Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Tisdall Place between its junction of Elsted Street and Larissa Street.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

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.

Dated this 20th November 2014

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a new water connection to be carried out by Thames Water, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

The restrictions will not apply to any person or 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.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

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Webber Row, between Webber Street and Waterloo Road.

Trossachs Road, between Thorncombe Road and Glengarry Road.

Trinity Church Square its entirety and Trinity Street between Borough High Street and Globe Street / Bedford Row. Lorrimore Square, its entirety.

Grange Road, between Tower Bridge Road and Alscot Road.

Limesford Road, between Ivydale Road and Inverton Road.

Lisford Street, between Haslam Street and Sumner Road.

Fellbrigg Road, between North Cross Road and Whateley Road.

Barnham Street, its entirety.

Gomm Road between Lower Road and blocked end Park Hall Road between Croxted Road and Alleyn Road

The alternative route for: (a) Waterloo Road, St George’s Circus, Blackfriars Road, Webber Street and Gray Street (b) Glengarry Road, Tarbert Road and Thorncombe Road (c) Borough High Street and Harper Road (d) n/a (e) Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Old Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms Roundabout, Tower Bridge Road, Abbey Street, Enid Street, Spa Road and Alscot Road (f) Ivydale Road, Harlescott Road and Inverton Road (g) Sumner Road, Stopes Street and Haslam Street (h) Ulverscroft Road, North Cross Road, Lordship Lane and Whateley Road (i) Crucifix Lane, Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street, Tower Bridge Road and Druid Street. (j) Diversion not applicable (k) Croxted Road, Acacia Grove, or as indicated by the traffic signs displayed.

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.

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

The works will take place on the (a) 12th – 13th January 2015 (b) 15th January 2015 (c) 12th – 14th January 2015 (d) 6th – 7th January 2015 (e) 5th – 10th January 2015 (f) 14th January 2015 (g) 9th – 10th January 2015 (h) 8th - 9th January 2015 (i) 13th January 2015 (j) 8th -10th December 2014 (k) 4th – 8th December 2014.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 20th November 2014.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2441

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PROPERTY 53

202-204 Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 4RT 020 7232 2222 • Email: bermondsey@oppida.com

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Arnold Estate SE1

A well presented three double bedroom ground floor apartment. located on the ever popular Arnold Estate, just moments from the delights of Shad Thames and within walking distance of both London Bridge (Jubilee, Northern and National Rail) and Bermondsey (Jubilee) station. The property offer a lot of natural light and benefit's from it's own 26ft private paved garden. Ideal investment location.

£449,950 Leasehold

Kirby Estate SE16

Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this attractive two double bedroom ground floor apartment located in a popular local authority block just moments from Bermondsey Jubilee line station, Southwark park and the River Thames. The property offers a fully fitted kitchen with a modern fitted bathroom and presented to the market in excellent condition throughout.

£354,995 Leasehold

Dunnage Crescent, SE16

Oppida Estates are pleased to present this wonderful top floor two bedroom, two bathrooms in sought after development overlooking South Dock Marina. The property comprises large reception room leading on to a balcony, fully fitted separate kitchen, master bedroom with en-suite, second bedroom and a bathroom. It is located within short walking distance to Surrey Quays Station and Shopping Centre.

£370 pw / £1603 pcm

St Helena Road SE16

A bright and generously proportioned one double bedroom apartment on the fourth of this popular local authority block, this property enjoys a great location moments from Surrey Quays overground station and is within easy reach of a great range of amenities to include Surrey Quays shopping centre and Canada Water station.

£225,000 Leasehold

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Farrow Place, SE16

A well presented one double bedroom flat located in this quiet cul de sac within walking distance of Canada Water Jubilee Line station. The property is located on the top (second) floor and comprises spacious reception with open plan kitchen, double bedroom, bathroom with shower and off street parking.

£288 pw / £1250 pcm

Sherwood Gardens, SE16

An attractive recently refurbished two double bedroom house in a popular modern development conveniently located to all amenities. The property comprises spacious lounge, large eat in kitchen/diner, rear garden, two double bedrooms and a bathroom. Benefits include wooden floors, gas central heating and an allocated parking space. South Bermondsey station is within short walking distance.

£350 pw / £1515 pcm

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Sybil Phoenix SE8

An opportunity of living in one of the most desirable locations in South East London. Surrey Quays/Deptford is well served by public transports, such as Canada Water Jubilee Line and Surrey Quays Overground stations, the Greenland Docks pier for Thames Clipper boats is at close proximity. This location also offers easy access to The Royal Borough of Greenwich and all it's bars and restaurants. Deptford Park is within a short walking distance of this property. Viewings are highly recommended.

£429,995 Freehold

Rosseti Road, SE16

Oppida are pleased to offer for sale this well presented spacious ground floor two bedroom apartment within this sought after development. The property comprises a bright and spacious lounge, fitted kitchen, modern bathroom with three piece bathroom suite. Located within a short walk of South Bermondsey Rail line station which is one stop to London Bridge Rail line station and benefits from allocated parking.

£285,000 Leasehold

Yeoman Street, SE8

A stunning 2 double bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms (1 en suite), large lounge with open plan fully fitted kitchen and balcony for outside space. The property is located within a short walk to Canada Water tube station and Surrey Quays Shopping Centre.

£375 pw / £1625 pcm

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LILFORD ROAD, SE5 £450,000 Immaculately refurbished, split-level, two bedroom Victoria conversion close to Myatt’s Fields. Fully fitted with sleek kitchen, bathroom and state of the art appliances. On road parking.

LILFORD ROAD, SE5 £400,000 Immaculately refurbished two bedroom Victoria conversion close to Myatt’s Fields. The ultimate professionals’ city pad, it has been completely updated to stunning effect. Includes small patio garden. On road parking.

COLEMAN ROAD, SE5 £250,000 One bedroom period conversion flat. A fantastic first time buy or buy to let property on a popular residential road close to Burgess Park.

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GILTINANE SEALS WIN IN EXTRA TIME

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Beacons cave in to hat-trick performance Docklands JFC U16s 4

Beacons Red 2

By Erol Jones

Photo by: Alan Coomes

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Stansfeld extended their unbeaten run to thirteen games on Saturday

Meridian VP 2 Athenlay FC 2

Stansfeld O&B Club 3 (AET)

By Lloyd Bradley

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STANSFELD NEEDED extra time at the weekend but progressed in the Hospital Charity Cup thanks to a late winner from substitute Martin Giltinane.

The visitors, despite playing at a lower level of senior football, early ascendancy got its just rewards when

Billy Shinners set Billy Jolley up for the opener.

Stansfeld continued to have the lions share of possession and created a constant stream of chances with Shinners, Sam Ryan and Jolley all going close to doubling the score.

But it was Meridian who got the ball in the net next, after a goalmouth scramble from a corner, but the referee intervened by blowing for a foul.

To everyone's amazement he ruled the goal out and awarded a penalty instead.

Meridian captain and Stansfeld old boy Danny Twin sent stopper James

Bradley the wrong way with his spot kick to send the sides in level at the break.

The home side started the brighter in the second-half and took the lead on the hour mark. A hashed clearance allowing Dominic Elmes to smash his shot home.

Parity was restored on 75 minutes when Jolley curled a delightful shot into the top right-hand corner of the net from 25 yards out With extra-time looming Stansfeld top scorer Shinners had a great chance to seal the victory, when he was put

through one on one with the keeper, but his chip went agonisingly over the bar.

In extra time the game became more fragmented with both teams throwing caution to the wind and Bradley had to pull off a smart double save to keep the sides level. Whilst at the other end Shinners and Giltinane both went close.

With the game heading for penalties Shinners again became provider, this time setting up Giltinane, who ran 25 yards with ball before calmly dispatching a shot into the the bottom left hand corner of the net to secure a well deserved victory.

Solesi sizzles with hat-trick Photo by: Sonya Hau

Southwark AllStars Athletic U11s 6 Chiselhurst Wanderers U11s 1

By Joe Dobson

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SOUTHWARK ALLSTARS put in a sizzling performance on Sunday that made a mockery of their recent poor run of results and also allowed them to progress in the League Cup.

The AllStars team dominated the opening exchanges but fell behind to a superb finish by the Chiselhurst captain.

However the Peckham side continued to boss possession and with 20 minutes gone Tolu Solesi charged down a goal kick and levelled things up.

Southwark AllStars had much to celebrate on Sunday

After the break Southwark continued to control the match and five minutes after kicking off they

went ahead after Abdul Kamara smashed home the rebound after Solesi had hit the woodwork.

REECE CAVE helped himself to three goals on Sunday, doubling his season's tally in the process, as Docklands opened up a sizeable points gap at the the summit of the Selkent League U16 'A' table.

The maximum points earned by the Southwark side means they now enjoy an eight point advantage over second placed Bruin JFC. On Sunday Cave returned to a midfield role, having played two of nine games this campaign in goal, and his first two goals were superb strikes from outside the box.

Those first half efforts opened up a lead that Beacon's halved with a scrappy goal, leaving Docklands with a one goal advantage at the break.

The second half started well for Dockland's when Kevin Mockey popped up to score a great header to take the score to 31.

The home side then enjoyed plenty of possession that led to them being awarded a penalty. Cave stepping up to coolly slot home for his first hat trick for Docklands.

The visitors stole a late goal to end the scoring on the day.

Although he didn't get on the scoresheet himself Connor Bowers put in a man of the match showing following his first game after missing the last five games with an ankle injury.

Southwark kings of cross country SOUTHWARK WERE crowned the capital's cross country kings on Saturday thanks in part to an individual victory from Noah Armitage-Hookes in his under fifteen category.

Noah Armitage Hookes on his way to London Youth Games Cross Country gold

Adam Benzerroune got a third and Denzel Boye got the goal of the game after Solesi beat several players in the left hand channel and unselfishly cut the ball back.

Solesi then capped a superb performance with two more poachers’ goals to get his hat-trick taking his seasons tally to eight goals in six matches.

Head coach Dominic Welch said: “This is basically a new team and some of the players have found it a challenge playing on a big pitch with new team mates.

“Today it all came together and they looked amazing. Tolu got his hat-trick and Kadjo Kadio playing at centre back for the first time looked like he’d been playing there for years. The kids now need to just believe in themselves a bit more and they can go a long way”

Reece Cave scored three times in Docklands latest victory

The Dulwich College pupil triumphed as the new Balfour Beatty London Youth Games season got underway at Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath.

Southwark’s victory in the male competition owed much to the under fifteen team winning their age group outright as they headed the standings from Richmond and Croydon.

They also had an individual victory to savour as Armitage-Hookes won gold in a hard fought under fifteen race.

Nearly 1,200 young Londoners represented their boroughs at the season-opener, with Olympic marathon

runner and former London Youth Games competitor Scott Overall presenting the prizes.

Wandsworth, who took the Jubilee Trophy as overall London Youth Games champions in 2014 started this year’s campaign in great style, winning the team female title, improving on last year’s silver medal. Southwark won the male title, up three places from twelve months ago.

POLICE ESCORT HAMLET OUT OF CUP

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Metropolitan Police 2 Dulwich Hamlet 0

DULWICH WERE dumped out of the FA Trophy on Saturday after two first half goals saw Metropolitan Police overcome Hamlet at Imber Court.

The Champion Hill side dominated the possession stats but could not convert that into goals on the day.

That included a first half penalty miss from Ashley Carew, when Dulwich were a goal behind, that summed up a bad day at the office for the Pink and Blues.

Goals from Steve Sutherland and Rob Bartley were enough for the Met to progress.

Speaking after the game Dulwich boss Gavin Rose said: “We had some bad luck before the game started on Saturday in that Bagasan Graham was involved in a car accident and Omar Koroma was late for kick off.

“So it seemed like it would be one of those days from the start. Like our previous game against the Met in the league we had large spells of possession but did not create lots of opportunities to score.”

He added: “We looked particularly dangerous in the first fifteen minutes and did not make the most of it. They hit us on the break and did what they had to do to win.

“That was what we did not do. We had all the possession but didn't do

what we needed to win. So we need to concentrate on that, making sure we do what we have too to get results.”

The result came on the back of a pulsating league contest against Maidstone United at the Gallagher Stadium last Wednesday.

An exciting game ended 1-1 with skipper Terrell Forbes netting for Hamlet before Jay May equalised just before the hour mark for the Kent side.

But keeper Phil Wilson was the star of the show for Dulwich with a brilliant display between the sticks.

A number of high level stops were topped when he saved a Frannie Collin penalty in the final ten minutes.

Forbes was sent off due to a foul that led to the spot kick but a valiant Dulwich held on for a point against one of the Ryman Premier League title favourites.

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Rose bolsters squad with trio of signings Phil Wilson put in an inspired display against Maidstone United

GAVIN ROSE has brought in three players to his Dulwich Hamlet squad as he seeks to find the goals that will push his side towards promotion.

Midfielder Jack Dixon has come in from Lewes FC, whilst another midfielder Albert Jarrett and striker Omar Koroma have also agreed to come and ply their trade at Champion Hill.

Whilst Hamlet have not had a bad campaign, they are in fifth position in

the Ryman Premier League after Saturday's results, they have not been as free scoring as in recent seasons.

Currently midfielder Xavier Vidal leads the scoring stats at Dulwich and Rose hopes that the players who have come in will help makes Hamlet's possession based football more potent.

The Hamlet manager told the News: “They are all guys who have that bit more experience and will be more streetwise and have that know how.

Added to that they are all good players too.”

He added: “All three of them will give us something in the last third in terms of a goal threat. It may not happen straight away but over time we will be looking for them to make a difference to us.”

Dixon is likely to play a more prominent role initially, as he has been an active member of the Lewes set up this campaign, in the Hamlet first team

whilst the other two new faces will be given time to reacclimatise themselves to senior football after periods of inactivity.

Rose said: “Jarrett and Koroma have not played a lot recently so it may be a case of throwing them in from time to time to get them up to speed.

“Dixon has played regularly and he is somebody who has always played well against us so we are really looking forward to working with him.”

Fisher skipper knows road back from injury well FISHER FC skipper Danny Maguire will begin his rehab from a season ending knee injury knowing that his journey back to the football pitch will be a long slow one.

The 25-year-old suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee earlier this season and had a successful operation on October 14.

The Bermondsey boy is set to get off his crutches any day now and knows the hard work starts then, mainly because he had the same injury to his other knee six years ago.

He told the News: “I done my other knee before so I know exactly what I have to do. You take small steps, walking and strength work and you need to get the range back.

“At the moment it's still quite stiff so you need to get the range back and then its a case of building the strength up around the knee.”

He added: “I got to look after myself

but there is no doubt I will playing again.”

The ex-Peter Hills Church of England school pupil, who was a professional footballer at QPR, is keen to be ready for action when Fisher return to a new ground in Rotherhithe, something he believes will help Fisher develop in all areas.

Maguire said: “Fisher have a big history but at the minute it's a case of waiting for the new ground to come about as I think that will be a springboard for everything.

“The area will get behind Fisher and younger players will come through the club and sponsors will start to come on board on top of other things.”

He added: “Playing for Fisher is more about passion for me. It's a privilege for me to captain them. I probably could play a bit higher but I don't as I consider the captaincy a privilege and also football has to fit into my life outside of the game at the moment.”

Danny Maguire faces a lengthly rehab following knee surgery

Walton hopes he leaves Fisher with good memories

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Billy Walton hopes to leave Fisher fans with good memories

EX-FISHER FC manager Billy Walton hopes his legacy of playing good football will continue once a new permanent boss has been appointed at the Rotherhithe club.

Walton stood down from his role last week leaving striker Junior James in charge of team affairs for the club's visit to Tunbridge Wells in the league.

James could not stop Fisher falling to a 3-1 defeat with Mark Chiverton netting the solitary goal the Black and Whites could muster at the weekend.

Walton told the News that leaving the club was a wrench for him but he could not give the managerial role the attention it requires.

He said: “Unfortunately I have had things come up in my personal life, particularly work wise, that has not allowed me to devote the attention to football that I would have liked to do.

“The Fisher job is difficult so you need to be 100 per cent with it and I just found there were not enough hours in the day in terms of getting home from work and then taking training, or in some cases getting to games.

“So I had to make a decision to give up a lot or work or football and I had to give up football. It's a shame as football has been my life.”

But whilst results have not always been something to cheer about during his tenure he hopes that he leaves behind another legacy.

Walton added: “I hope I put a few smiles on people's faces with the football I tried to play. I always said I would stand aside for a better person, and I hope the next manager is that person.

“But I hope they do try to keep up the good things, in trying to play football in the correct manner, that I have tried to instil at the club.

“I have to thank Steve Firkins who brought me in five years ago and people like Ben [Westmancott, club Chairman], Dan [York, club Secretary] and all the fans. I particularly want to thank Little Mark who has become a good friend of mine in my time at Fisher.

“I would have loved to have won something for those people but it didn't happen for me.”

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Millwall partnership with HMP YOI Feltham

LAST WEEK Millwall Community Trust took a group of their post 16 BTEC Sports Science academy students to Her Majesty’s Youth Offending Institute Feltham to play in a friendly football match celebrating those inmates who were graduating on the ‘Football Changes Lives’ programme.

months with a sustainable referral process now established through the Premier League MOPAC programme which includes specialist targeted work within the gates as well as further support upon their release from prison.

This particular ‘Football Changes Lives’ programme links young men who are currently serving time at HMP YOI Feltham to Millwall, where Millwall Community Trust’s community development officer’s work alongside individuals

upon their release. Individuals are supported with the transition from custody to training, education or employment in the community with the aim to help reduce the likelihood of re-offending.

The graduation match itself was played in a very good spirit with the final score of 1-1 which demonstrated the positive impact and highlighted the progression the inmates have all made through ‘Football Changes Lives’ programme. The day was also an

LAST FRIDAY evening, young men from the Millwall Premier League Kicks programme in Nunhead travelled across to West London to play in a friendly football match against QPR’s White City estate Kicks project.

League Kicks clubs continues to provide unique opportunities for young people in hard to reach areas, allowing them to come together and play in positive environments through football.

The Millwall side put in a quality packed performance with positive attitude and went on to win the game 11-6.

The link between Millwall Community Trust and St. Thomas the Apostle College provides free weekly evening football sessions through Millwall’s Nunhead Premier League Kicks programme which is held at the college’s outdoor astro-turf pitch which targets local young people aged

between 12-18.

For more information about the Premier League Kicks session

The partnership between Millwall and HM YOI Feltham has flourished over the last eighteen

eye opener for some of the Millwall Community Trust academy students where they spoke to prison officers and inmates about life behind bars.

The selected academy students are all positive products of the Millwall Premier League Kicks programme who have all gone on to further education through the Millwall Community Trust academy programme.

Millwall Community Trust community development officer

Bringing London communities together Before the game all the selected participants from both teams were given the once in a lifetime opportunity of using the Premier League clubs home changing room to have their prematch preparation time before walking across the road to one of QPR’s Premier League Kicks venues to play the match. The work between the two Premier

please contact Millwall Community Trust on 020 7740 0503.

Tom Rolt commented ‘The work in the HM YOI’s is becoming a big part of our delivery through the Premier League MOPAC programme. Our involvement within the gates is the start of the rehabilitation journey and the goal is to continue the targeted work upon their release back into the community through football and education’.

Millwall believe this work demonstrates that ‘Football is the answer, not the problem’.

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The gaffer

Bob Peeters scored three goals in 25 appearances as a Millwall player between 2003 and 2005, first playing under Mark McGhee and then Dennis Wise. Despite taking over at rivals Charlton, Peeters has been welcomed back to London by Lions fans.

Peeters revealed: "They've said hello - one time in a pub there were some Millwall fans there and they bought me a drink, but I do my job now for Charlton."

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1 Henderson

26 Ben Haim

20 Solly

24 Cousins

17 Buyens

7 Gudmundsson

14 Vetokele 19 Fuller

27 11 30 Woolford Chaplow McDonald

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11 Harriott

4 Jackson

9 Gregory

16 Beevers

21 Fox

6 BikeyAmougou

3 Shittu

1 Forde

Key battles Ben Haim

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15 Upson

7 Martin

2 Dunne

Fuller

Two vastly experienced pros who have both plied their trade in the top flight, Tal Ben Haim and Ricardo Fuller know what big derbies are all about. Ben Haim has formed a formidable defensive partnership with Andre Bikey this season, limiting the number of goals Charlton have conceded to 19 (compared with Millwall's 24).

Fuller, though, is in good form and will look to run at Ben Haim given the opportunity - he has the pace and power to cause problems.

Jackson

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Upson

Ed Upson is always a goal-threat but has only managed to get himself on the scoresheet once this season - against Huddersfield in September. His opposide midfield number, Johnnie Jackson, is a similar type of player who loves to get forward and have a shot.

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CHARLTON HAVE been a revelation this season under new manager Bob Peeters.

Like Millwall, the Addicks only narrowly avoided relegation at the end of last year.

But they’ve shot up the table at the start of the 2014-15 campaign, losing just twice.

The News caught up with Peter Finch, Charlton’s match-day commentator and radio show host, to find out more about a change of fortune at The Valley. .

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Q

Peeters must have surprised even the most optimistic Charlton fans?

The team has been much better than expected. With quite a few new players coming in during the summer, we were expecting a bit of a struggle at first, especially with the tough run of games we’ve had. But we’ve have beaten the likes of Derby, Wigan and Reading and the only teams to beat us were Fulham and Bournemouth, who were a very good side. Nobody else has troubled us too much. We are a much better side this season.while to settle down.

Q

What has Peeters done to impress you?

He’s quite open, very talkative and he’ll explain to the press and fans what he’s trying to do. He wants the team to play good football - Charlton won’t lump the ball forward out of defence and that’s something you will see on Saturday. They’ll try to play out from the back - they can get caught out doing that but the quality of football has improved. Peeters is a good motivator and is getting the players to play for him - the new ones and the pre-existing ones. He’s got a real eye for talent as well - Igor Vetokele, who is Charlton’s top-scorer with eight goals, has been managed by Peeters before in Belgium and the fact he got him to sign speaks volumes.

Q

What are strengths?

Vetokele’s

He’s a great finisher - that’s something Charlton have been crying out for a few years. He’s a good team player and works hard. He’s prepared to put in the defensive work and you’ll see him tracking back a fair bit. He comes back to defend corners as well. He just seems to pop up when you need a goal - he’s always in the right positions. I’ve not seen him miss many chances so he’s got a great strike rate. If we didn’t have

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Star man Igor Vetokele

Vetokele’s goals, we’d have struggled and been a lot lower in the league. He’s missed two or three games with an Achilles problem but he’s vital to the team.

Q

Charlton have a lot of experience at the back that’s paying off...

Tal Ben Haim and Andre Bikey are playing every game together. Bikey is a huge hit with the fans - they absolutely love him. Ben Haim has taken a few by surprise. I think people looked at the fact he’d played for Chelsea and is now 33 and wondered if he’d work out, but he’s showed how good a defender he is at Championship level.

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Q

The fans were initially sceptical of Belgian owner Roland Duchâtelet - has that opposition now softened?

One or two here and there voice concerns but you’re always going to get that. I think the supporters are warming to what Duchâtelet is doing at the club the team is a mixture of new signings, experienced pros like Johnnie Jackson and some of the young players. Jordan Cousins and Morgan Fox had already been involved last season but Peeters isn’t afraid to use them. Karlan AhearneGrant, who played for England’s U18s this week, is a talent and Peeters has been more than happy to put him in. The fans like the fact that the manager is bringing through young players, which

Clearances this season

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Andre Bikey

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helps in terms of the new owner.

How is the pitch at The Valley this season?

It’s superb - it’s like a snooker table.

The players and staff will tell you how tough it was last season with the awful surface - especially when Charlton were playing twice a week because so many games were called off when it was waterlogged. The pitch last year was like pudding and it was no surprise that they got their best results away from home. It wasn’t the groundsman’s fault because the pitch had been neglected for too many years. The main problem was the drainage but that’s been sorted and the grass has been re-laid.

Key passes this season

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Jordan Cousins

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EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Aldridge

alex@southwarknews.co.uk

JERMAINE EASTER is back in the fold at Millwall - two months after being told he was free to find a new club.

Easter was placed on the transfer list by manager Ian Holloway in September but turned down moves to several sides in League One. The Welsh striker, who has made nine appearances so far this season, last scored for the Lions in a 2-1 win over

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BIRCHAM FINED

MARC BIRCHAM has been fined £1,000 by the Football Association.

Bircham admitted a charge of improper conduct following his involvement in a touchline row with Blackburn Rovers coach Craig Short.

Short has been hit with a £2,000 penalty.

It is understood that Bircham, Ian Holloway’s assistant, was handed a lesser punishment because he remained in Millwall’s technical area during the dispute.

Holloway was given a formal warning by the FA after he was sent to the stands.

Tensions flared after Andy Wilkinson was harshly sent off.

Wigan in December 2013.

But Easter has not started back-toback games since signing for the club two summers ago - so admits he hasn’t been able to “perform to his best”.

Now he’s hoping that a return to favour could see him break into Holloway’s squad, starting at Charlton this weekend.

“The manager told me six or seven weeks ago that he wasn’t going to extend my contract and that I could look for something else,” Easter explained to the News.

“That was disappointing to hear because I really enjoy it at Millwall but he’s the manager and he makes the

decisions. He felt that was what he needed to do and I was fine with it.

“The only thing I could do was get my head down and work hard. I found myself training with Neil Harris and the U21s - I’ve trained properly and made sure that, when the development games came around, I did myself justice.

“I’ve been keeping myself in good shape - either to get back into the group here, which I didn’t think would happen, or to be fit for when I moved on.”

But last week, Holloway told Easter that he wanted to keep him around after all.

The former Crystal Palace man has played three times for the reserves since being made available for loan, scoring two and assisting three of Millwall’s six goals in those matches.

“The manager has obviously taken note of that and feels like he wants to bring me back in,” said Easter. “That’s great for me because I enjoy it here and I just want the chance to play if the opportunity arises.

“The lads have been unlucky with some of the recent results and I’m sure

if they were winning games, this conversation wouldn’t be happening.

“But that’s what happens in football you keep going and things change around, which is hopefully the case for me.

“I turned down Crawley and Bradford and I also spoke to Shaun Derry at Notts County, so there were a few clubs that expressed an interest in me.

“But I’ve known the manager for a long time and knew that he would be open to changing his mind if I showed the right attitude, and it seems as though that’s been the case.

“I didn’t really want to go to any of those clubs and Millwall is a fantastic club with great fans - my priority has always been doing the job for them and working hard to change the manager’s mind.

“Hopefully I’ve done that now.”

Easter is expected to make the bench on Saturday when the Lions travel to The Valley - the scene of his goalscoring debut for the club in March 2013.

“Kenny Jackett brought me off the bench for my first appearance - I put us

1-0 up and we went on to win the game, so a repeat of that would be fantastic,” added the striker.

“It’s a great game to look forward to.

I’ve had a tendency to score in derby games - that goal at Charlton and against QPR at The Den last season so hopefully history can repeat itself.

“I’m hoping to get the chance to play again and then stay in the group over the next few weeks.

“The fans here are passionate - they’ll turn out in their thousands at Charlton so to not experience that every weekend has been hard for me, because I love playing for them.”

Easter’s long-term aim is to play a run of games.

“I’ve not started two matches in a row since I’ve been at Millwall,” he said.

“Even world-class footballers will never show their maximum qualities if they don’t get a run of games.

“I’ve not been able to perform to my best while I’ve been here because I’ve not had those opportunities.

“But I don’t want to complain at all because the manager’s brought me back into the fold and hopefully the season starts now for me.”

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EAGLES SNUBS MILLWALL OFFER

VANISHING SPRAY GETS APPROVAL

BAILEY SETBACK

MILLWALL’S U18s will host Newcastle United in the third round of the FA Youth Cup.

The game has been scheduled for Saturday, December 13 at The Den, kick-off 3pm.

The first team are in action at Brighton on the Friday night, meaning more Lions fans than usual will be able to watch the youngsters in action.

Newcastle’s senior side play Arsenal in an evening kick-of so members of the Toon army might be able to take in both games during their trip to the capital.

CHRIS Eagles has turned down a contract offer from Millwall.

Eagles had been on trial with the Lions in September but only trained with Ian Holloway’s squad for a couple of days.

The club subsequently said that the winger’s wage demands were too high.

But Millwall made a fresh approach to the 28-year-old last week – only for the ex-Manchester United and Bolton star to reject the terms on the table.

Eagles has instead penned a shortterm deal with Blackpool, moving to the Championship’s bottom club until the middle of January.

REFEREES WILL use vanishing spray in Championship matches from January.

The spray was succesfully used in last summer’s World Cup and was adopted by the Premier League at the start of the season.

It has been trialied in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and now the Football League will equip officials with the cannisters for league matches.

The spray is used to mark out free kicks and ensure defensive walls are at least ten yards away from the ball.

It disappears about a minute after being sprayed onto the pitch.

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NICKY BAILEY’S return from injury has been delayed after the midfielder suffered another setback in training.

Bailey has been limited to just two appearances for the Lions this campaign.

He tore his calf in the final pre-season friendly of the summer against Real Mallorca and then suffered a similar injury on his only start against Huddersfield.

The 30-year-old had been pencilled in for a comeback later this month but has been forced to put his rehab on hold.

Physio Bobby Bacic said: “Nicky is having the most wretched luck at present.”

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EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Aldridge

alex@southwarknews.co.uk

MAJOR CHANGES to the Championship’s financial regulations were voted through earlier this month.

And Millwall chief executive Andy Ambler, who is a member of the Football League board, played a key role in getting the new rules passed.

Clubs in the second tier will be allowed to lose £13million-a-year under the revised terms of Financial Fair Play, which came into force last season.

The old limit would have been set at £5m, so the Lions, who lose around £8m per annum, would not have complied.

They are likely to be punished for over-spending this season before the regulations change, but have escaped potentially years of embargoes in the transfer market.

When executives from Championship sides met to discuss the new proposals, 18 out of 24 voted in favour - a 75 percent majority.

And Ambler helped to convince other clubs that change was necessary.

“The current FFP rules were voted in a few years ago and there has been an ongoing campaign to change them, because there’s nothing fair about them,” he told the News.

“The rules that came in limited losses down to what was meant to be £5m - but since then, parachute payments to clubs relegated from the Premier League have increased by 80 percent.

“There had been discussions about moving the allowable losses up to £10m or 12m anyway because how else can you compete?

“If you are in receipt of a parachute payment, which was £16m and is now £26m, then you have a huge advantage.

“The old rules weren’t based on a mathematical formula, it was just deemed that the figures were sensible - but the world around us has changed.

“We all voted for FFP because it was deemed we needed something but the landscape changed and we needed to make corrections.”

Ambler explained that the new system brings the Football League into line with the Premier League.

“There are currently different rules for different divisions,” he said. “So when you have teams being promoted and relegated to and from the Premier League, it makes sense to make the rules similar.

“Six teams will be playing in a different division each year so to flip between one set of rules and another seems ludicrous.

“The other negative about the rules as they were is that they are retrospective - nobody knows if you’ve over-spent until your financial accounts are sent to the League.

“We looked at the possibility of a real-time test but the new rules will look as finances over a three-year period and take an average of your

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losses, so you can lose £39m every three years.”

Six clubs voted against the rules but Millwall backed them overwhelmingly.

“Some clubs feel they have a competitive advantage within the current set up but I don’t think we are one of those clubs,” added Ambler.

“When you average attendances of 11,000 and you’ve got a turnover of between £10m and 12m, regulations that say you can only lose x-million-ayear means your hands are tied.

“FFP is not about player budgets, it’s about the expenditure of the whole businesses so you are restricted in terms of what you can spend.”

Amber believes that the existing terms of FFP were off-putting for potential investors in English football.

“We were in danger of curtailing the values of football clubs,” he said.

“Millwall is far more attractive to new investors now than it was when John Berylson took over - we’re stable, we’re in our fifth year in the Championship and we’ve done a lot

to challenge the perceptions of the club.

“We’re a community and family club and that hasn’t gone unnoticed in the wider football world.

“I’m not for one minute suggesting that John wants to sell the club Millwall is not for sale - but in terms of giving value to the owner and shareholders, has FFP been a good thing? No, it hasn’t.

“If a Kuwaiti or Thai businessman wants to buy a club, but doesn’t want to risk £150m in the Premier League

on a club that might get relegated, they might want to have a go with £40m in the Championship.

“But if a new owner can only lose £5m-a-year, then that appeal fades.

And for a club like Millwall, with comparatively small crowds, that effect is compounded.

“Leeds and Derby get 28,000 crowds every week so FFP dictates that their value will be significantly higher.”

Adopting a similar set-up to the top flight will bring huge benefits to the

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Parachute payments will be reduced from four years to three years, while a £70m solidarity payment from the Premier League to the bottom three divisions has also been secured.

Ambler said: “The discussion about FFP has to be wrapped up with parachute payments and the solidarity money.

“The Premier League wanted us to adopt a similar rule to them and that’s what we’re effectively doing.

“Reducing the length of parachute

payments gives us more of a chance in this division - Burnley, for example, went up last year on the final year of a four-year parachute.

“But the biggest incentive was that the Premier League are making the solidarity payment a contract rather than a gift.

“That’s a chunk of cash that comes into the Football League and is split between the three divisions - 80 percent goes to clubs in the Championship, 12 to League One and eight to League Two.

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“I’ve already told Scott that things would have been different had I been here longer and that his contract might now cause us an issue,” added Holloway.

“If he is worth any money, do I want him walking out of the club for nothing next June? But on the flipside of that, do I actually want to lose him? The answer to both of those questions is ‘no’.

“I don’t want to lose him for nothing but I don’t want to lose him full stop. I’ve got a very strange situation on my hands where there are 24 players coming to the end of their deals - I’ve inherited that.

“As things stand, we haven’t decided anything about anybody. I’ll decide who gets a contract based on the budget and

“The value of that cash can be anything between £60m and £80m, which is a huge amount. There’s only one contract bigger than that in the Football League and that’s the TV deal.

“The solidarity payment is worth £2.3m-a-year to Millwall and that’s now set in stone, so the Football League has negotiated a better position.

“Clubs are entitled to vote however they wish but I felt the changes to FFP were a no-brainer for the League, just because of that.”

who I think has done well.

“There will be a lot of speculation because we have a lot of players out-of-contract. If anyone wants to discuss contracts, they have to make sure we’re much further up the league than we are now before they even consider talking to me about it.

“Anybody who I’ve signed since January has agreed to an option in their contract which favours the club. It means they’ll never be out-of-contract because we can always trigger an extension.

“That’s exactly how it should be because it makes players work hard for that extra year, every year. I don’t agree with long-term deals that expire on a fixed date because a player could get a bad injury at any time.”

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By Alex Aldridge

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IAN HOLLOWAY has slammed the “embarrassing” FIFA investigation into possible World Cup corruption.

A FIFA report has cleared Qatar and Russia of any wrongdoing after they surprisingly won the rights to host the competition in 2018 and 2022.

But despite this, a “criminal complaint” has now been submitted to Switzerland's attorney general over “suspected unlawful activity” during the bidding process.

If the 2022 World Cup goes ahead in Qatar, it is likely that English football will have to take a winter break - severely disrupting Millwall’s season.

Holloway blasted: “Football looks a bit of a joke right now.

How can we be told what to do by FIFA with all the shenanigans going on around the World Cup? “They’ve investigated themselves it’s quite embarrassing. I find it very, very embarrassing actually. Who in their right mind wants to go to Qatar and play football in that sort of heat? It’s ridiculous.

“Right from the off, you knew

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something was wrong with that.

It’s alright giving different countries a chance, but you can’t give Qatar a chance without changing the dates of the World Cup. “We all knew that from day one but it’s not possible because the rest of football can’t just change, can it? I just do not understand what is going on.”

Holloway has also reiterated his plea for referees to use video technology. He added: “As a country, we should be able to stand up and say what we think.

“It won’t change the game - it can all be done very quickly if the fourth official sits in the stand and watches the games, just like rugby referees do.”

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Clubs eye Malone swoop EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Aldridge

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CRYSTAL PALACE and Cardiff City are keeping tabs on Millwall left back Scott Malone.

Keith Millen, Palace’s assistant manager, compiled a scouting report on Malone when the Lions played Birmingham in September.

And it has now emerged that Bluebirds boss Russell Slade is also an admirer of the 23-year-old.

Malone’s deal at The Den expires in the summer and he shares the same agent with Slade. But Ian Holloway insists Millwall haven’t received any enquiries for the defender, who is currently sidelined with a thigh strain.

“If there’s speculation about anyone in my squad, it’s because they’ve been playing well enough to deserve it and Scott looks a really, really good player at times,” Holloway told the News.

“Nobody has picked the phone up to me and I’m only concerned with him getting fit and playing well for us. He’s focused on exactly the same things.”

However, Holloway admits Malone’s contractual situation leaves him with a dilemma.

The Lions have announced that they will not discuss new deals with any of their players until the team is higher up the table.

Lions sweat over fitness of Irish maestro ahead of Addicks clash EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Aldridge

alex@southwarknews.co.uk

STAR MAN Shaun Williams is an injury doubt for the south London derby.

The midfielder has been Millwall’s most consistent performer this season but was having treatment yesterday after jarring his knee in training.

As the News went to press, a decision was being taken by the club’s medical staff as to whether Williams would need a scan.

But in a timely boost, manager Ian Holloway has confirmed that Spaniard Angel Martinez is over a calf problem and could be involved against rivals Charlton this weekend.

Martinez has yet to feature since joining the Lions in September but came through a reserve fixture against QPR unscathed and could be named in the squad at The Valley.

It is also hoped that Scott McDonald, who tweaked a groin muscle at the start of the international break, will recover in time, with the Australian hoping to train again this morning.

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Holloway said: “Martinez is fully fit now and I might need him at Charlton because Williams got injured on Tuesday.

“We don’t know the extent of it yet. He might need a scan and the earliest we can give him a scan is this morning. But he’s certainly doubtful for the weekend.”

Martinez, a key player for Holloway during his time in charge of Blackpool, was snapped up on a free transfer in the early weeks of the season but tore a muscle in training.

But now Lions fans may finally get a glimpse of the former Espanyol

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“He’s a different type of player to Williams,” added Holloway.

“Williams has played most of his career as a defender whereas Angel has been a Spanish no.6 or a no.8 all his life.

“I like him as a person because he’s very solid, down to earth and very steady. He doesn’t get flustered.

“He passes and cherishes the ball, he wants to move it around, but unfortunately when he first came in he wasn’t as fit as I needed him to be. Hopefully his season starts now.”

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