UP IN FLAMES!
Issue 1308
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January 19 2017
‘TARGETING OUR CHILDREN’ MP slams government over new schools funding plan as union figures say:
• Bermondsey and Old Southwark could be worst hit place in country, by £1,051 per pupil • Camberwell and Peckham ranks as 2nd worst hit
• Dulwich and West Norwood is 9th
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By Chiara Giordano
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BERMONDSEY MP Neil Coyle has blasted the Government for “targeting our children” after it was revealed that schools in the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark could be worst hit in the whole country by funding cuts.
Labour MP Mr Coyle hit out at the Government after it was revealed his constituency could lose out on funding worth, on average, £1,051 (15 per cent) per child over five years. His comments came after six unions representing school staff
released a ‘league table’ ranking England’s 533 Parliamentary constituencies by the scale of cuts they are likely to suffer by 2020. The table, based on the new national funding formula announced in December, revealed that every MP in the country was likely to see schools in their area hit by a drop in funding. The Department of Education has proposed the changes in an attempt to eliminate inequalities in funding that currently see rural schools (including academies, grammar schools and comprehensives) receive less cash per pupil than urban schools. Full story on pages 10&11 Editorial - page 2
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Editorial
Cutting education funding will destroy years of hard work
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T WASN’T all that long ago just some fifteen years - that the state of Southwark’s education system was in such disarray - and the chances for young people so diminished as a result - that central Government felt compelled to step in and take over the running of it themselves.
What followed was the debacle of a road-building company attempting to run our local schools, and a huge and sustained effort to improve standards and win back the trust and confidence of parents. Those dark days are well behind us year on year, we report in this paper on glowing GCSE and A level results and schools rightly can boast about not just their star pupils, but the high levels of achievement across the board. But of course the high standards don’t come for free - you need good facilities, experienced teachers, leadership - and this costs money. So for the government to devise a funding formula that will possibly mean our pupils are the worst hit in the country in terms of reductions to investment just fills you with dread. Of course it is right that funding inequalities that currently see rural schools receive less cash per pupil in urban schools should be addressed. And the Department of Education told us that education funding was at a record high, with further investment planned for underperforming schools. Yet their vague statement that ‘more than half of England’s schools will receive a cash boost in 2018-19’ doesn’t address any of the fears about Southwark schools. We aren’t underperforming here anymore, so we don’t want funding levels cut so that performance dips, and then the Government has to inject cash to bring us back up to scratch again. And while none of us want a funding system that champions inequality, you could surely find a handful of factors, not least salaries, that make schooling a far more expensive job in the middle of London than in rural areas? The Prime Minister spoke last week of her vision for a ‘shared society’, but this is only so much hot air if the government decides it’s going to share less of its money with schools, health services and key infrastructure. With the NHS in disarray, does the Government now really want to trigger chaos in inner city schools by cutting funding, leading to an exodus of teachers, lower standards across the board and as a result, fewer opportunities for our young people? Rhetoric aside, we’ll get the real answer to this stark question when Southwark finds out whether its education funding is indeed going to be slashed.
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Mum joins will.i.am’s team after impressing on ITV show’s auditions By Chiara Giordano
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A MUM from Peckham has made it through to the next stage of hit ITV show The Voice.
Michelle John, who grew up in SE15 and now lives in Bromley, appeared on the singing competition on Saturday, January 14. Millions of viewers tuned in at 8pm to watch coaches Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, and Gavin Rossdale search for a superstar. Michelle stunned with a rendition of James Brown’s It’s a Man’s Man’s World during this year’s second set of blind auditions, with judge will.i.am pressing the buzzer for her. “Your voice grabbed me,” the judge said. “Your voice reached out and pushed the button. I didn't push the button, you pushed it. Your voice hijacked me.” The 43-year-old has already had an impressive career, backing stars including Eric Clapton, Annie Lennox and Carole King. Growing up in Peckham, she would go to church with her mum and this is where her passion for singing began. A mother to a teenage boy herself, Michelle describes her protective son as her bodyguard. This year’s show promises to have more twists and turns from the infamous red chairs, with the coaches pitching against each other to fill their teams with vocal talent.
Michelle John being chosen by judge will.i.am as she auditioned on The Voice
It stole the spotlight from Gary Barlow’s talent contest Let it Shine on Saturday, after more than one million viewers switched off the BBC1 show.
The Take That singer’s show had a peak audience of 5.7million on Saturday – down from the previous week’s premiere of 6.8million. ITV rival The Voice pulled ahead
with 6million after it was beaten by more than 400,000 viewers when the two shows first went head-to-head in a 25-minute overlap the previous Saturday.
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HERNE HILL parents were celebrating as councillors granted extra protection to Judith Kerr Primary School’s playing field, which could face being turned into an almshouse, writes Owen Sheppard...
Photo by Calaudia Leisinger
Change-of-use planning permission was given for the school’s grounds in Half Moon Lane by Southwark Council’s planning committee on Tuesday. The school leases its land from the Dulwich Estate Trust, and the change-of-use protection now formally designates its grounds for recreational use, which will make it harder for developers to build on it. Parents at the school have campaigned for a year against the Dulwich Estate’s previously-expressed plans to build an almshouse on the school’s small area of playground. The application was made by a parent at the school, James Roberts, after it was realised that parents could legally make the application, without being the freeholder or leaseholder. Emma Huntly, one of 30 parents who attended Tuesday’s meeting, said: “It was a unanimous vote, and no objection was made by the Dulwich Estate. We are so pleased that the council has recognised the need to keep the land as a playing field for the children. We understand the need for a new almshouse, but we ask the Dulwich Estate to look elsewhere in their portfolio of land to find another place to build.” The Dulwich Estate Trust was approached for comment.
Victorious parents from Judith Kerr School at the planning meeting on Tuesday.
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Council tax could rise by almost 5% Potential increase includes: 3% for adult social care • 1.99% for council’s proportion EXCLUSIVE
By Chiara Giordano
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SOUTHWARK residents could see their council tax bill rise by almost five per cent from April.
The council has frozen council tax for the last seven years but is now proposing a 1.99 per cent increase, alongside the three per cent adult social care precept brought forward by the Government to tackle the immediate social care pressures. On top of this, residents could also have to pay the Mayor of London’s proposed increase in the policing precept, which the council has no say over - although this is thought to amount to pennies on the overall bill. This would all equate to less than £1 per week for a Band D property, with 82 per cent of Southwark residents seeing their council tax bill rise by less than £1 per week.
Local authorities, social care providers, charities and the NHS have warned Government ministers about the threat to social care and the urgent need for additional Government funding to protect services caring for elderly and disabled people. Politicians of all parties have criticised the Government for failing to address the real impact of cuts to social care on vulnerable people who rely on social care services, as well as the NHS which is increasingly struggling to cope with demand. And now local authorities are increasing council tax to help plug the funding gap. Cllr Fiona Colley, Southwark Council’s cabinet member for finance and modernisation, said: “We promised to keep council tax low and we’re continuing to keep that promise, with rates in Southwark remaining amongst the lowest in London. “The reality is that we’re facing a national crisis because the Tories have slashed billions from social care budgets.
“This is having a huge impact not just on social care, but on the NHS which is already stretched to capacity. “The Tories are forcing local councils and taxpayers to pay for their Government’s failure to deliver a real solution to this funding crisis. “We have been forced into a position where we simply cannot meet the needs of vulnerable older and disabled people without raising additional funds through council tax. “But even this won’t be enough to plug the funding gap in social care and prevent the need for further cutbacks. “Southwark Labour is continuing to deliver our manifesto commitments despite deep and unfair Government cuts, including new homes, jobs and apprenticeships, and free swimming and gym for all residents. “We have been clear that our priority is protecting our most vulnerable residents and we will continue to do all we can to protect services despite the ongoing Tory cuts.”
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Guy’s and St Thomas part of new ‘health tourism’ pilot scheme EXCLUSIVE
By Kirsty Purnell
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GUY’S AND St Thomas’ Trust has confirmed it will take part in an NHS pilot scheme designed to tackle financial losses incurred through ‘health tourism’.
It is one of a cohort of Trusts working with the Department of Health (DoH) to crack down on unpaid bills. It is thought that 20 Trusts across the UK will sign up but the rest are as yet unconfirmed. Data obtained by the Press Association under the Freedom of Information Act showed that patients not entitled to free treatment on the health service owed £29, 530, 378 in 2015/16. The DoH will be “providing guidance” on cost recovery to individual Trusts, with one option being to make patients show their ID documents before they receive treatment. However, a DoH spokesperson confirmed that treatment would “never be denied or delayed” and indicated that in a lifethreatening or emergency situation, a person would not be refused care. The scheme will be rolled out across individual Trusts in “due course.” A Guy’s and St Thomas’s spokesperson highlighted that ID checks are already operational in some areas across the Trust, including A&E and maternity. The spokesperson said: “We take
the recovery of money owed by patients who are not entitled to free NHS care very seriously, and work hard to recover any money owed. We have a dedicated team to identify patients who are ineligible for free NHS care and actively pursue costs during a patient's stay. Where this is unsuccessful, we employ a UK or international debt recovery agency and may take court action. “We already ask all maternity patients to bring in proof of identification to their 12 week scan appointment and carry out eligibility checks on patients in Accident & Emergency, asking them about their resident and visa status. Any patients who do not have a GP or an NHS number are referred to our Overseas Visitors team.” King’s College Hospital has been reported to be part of the pilot, although spokespeople were unable to comment as we approached them on deadline. A Department of Health spokesperson said: "Hospitals have a duty to make sure people pay up if they don't have a right to free healthcare. Some Trusts are doing great work — trebling the income collected in three years to £289 million - but as the first Government to address this we are clear others must up their game. We are working with a number of Trusts including St George's to provide intensive support and share learning to ensure we can protect the NHS from anyone who tries to abuse the system.”
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BATTLE TO SAVE CHINA HALL
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Woman robbed ROTHERHITHE in homophobic attack outside Denmark Hill Nando’s eatery Campaign for Real Ale step By Owen Sheppard
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A WOMAN was violently mugged after thugs threw homophobic insults at her outside a Nando’s restaurant in Camberwell, police have said.
Appeals have been made to find the suspects, one of whom allegedly grabbed the 37-year-old woman by the neck outside the Nando’s in Denmark Hill on December 30. The attacker then made off with the victim’s handbag, and the group fled the scene. Detectives from Lambeth police say the homophobic attack happened between 10.15pm and 11.15pm. A 36-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of robbery, and was released on bail until late February pending further enquiries. Detectives from Lambeth Community Safety Unit are appealing for anyone who was in or around the area and may have seen the incident, or the suspects fleeing the scene, to contact police. Anyone who can assist police is urged to contact police in Lambeth via 101 or to contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to give evidence anonymously.
Deadline for Civic Awards approaches SOUTHWARK: Residents are being asked to nominate people for the 2017 Civic Awards.
The scheme opened for nominations in November, but the deadline is set for January 31. Nominations can be made for five categories: • The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey • The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell • The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Southwark • The Young Citizen of the Year Award • The Mayor’s Special Award To make a nomination, you can visit www.southwark.gov.uk and search for “Community and living - The Southwark Civic Awards 2017”. An article on the council’s website said: “With this awards scheme the key words are 'active citizenship' and 'exceptional achievement'. We are in search of people, projects, organisations and businesses worthy of being singled out and publicly recognised for their generous use of time, ideas, energy and resources for the betterment of others. “We are also looking for shining examples of civic mindedness, personal courage, or service to family or community that is above and beyond the ordinary.”
in to help pub apply for Asset of Community Value status EXCLUSIVE
By Chiara Giordano
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THE LANDLORDS of the China Hall are continuing their fight to save the pub after joining forces with representatives of the Campaign for Real Ale to have it listed as an asset of community value. The future of the Lower Road pub hangs in the balance after previous owners Punch Taverns sold the freehold of the building to a developer. Landlords Michael Norris, 68, and his wife Linda, 56, who have run the pub for almost 34 years, face losing both their home and their livelihood after being told by the new owners that their lease will not be renewed on May 28. Under the Localism Act, a building or land can be considered an asset of community value if it is currently used to improve the social well-being and interests of the local community, or has been used in the recent past in this way. With the help of representatives of the southeast London branch of CAMRA, Michael and Linda have submitted an application to Southwark Council to have the China Hall listed as an asset of community value. This is the third attempt at having the pub listed as an ACV – but, if successful, it would give the community the chance to work up a bid to buy it should it be sold, and more importantly it would mean that any changes to the building would require planning permission and the ACV would have to be taken into consideration.
“The fundamental issue is that for far too long now pubs have been seen as an easy target for developers,” Steve Silcock, chair of the southeast London branch of CAMRA, told the News. “Now the ACVs and pub protection policies are starting to put a few obstacles in the way and hopefully over time developers will start to move on to look at something else.” “Property developers don’t buy pubs because they want to refurbish them,” he added. Andy Large, pubs campaign coordinator for the branch, said that, in years gone by, a landlord would take on a pub and expect to run it for as long as they wished to – but times have changed. “Originally, a lease renewal was no big tragedy; if you wanted to stay, you would stay,” he said. “Generally speaking, you might get a rent review but you would expect to take a pub on and have it for as long as you wanted it – however the new owners like to use their legal privileges to the max and kick people out. “If it was your home in any other way you would have the right of residence and they would not be able to get rid of you from upstairs in a normal residential setting but because it’s a commercial setting you don’t have those rights.” Pubs also have other means of protection through a local authority’s pub protection plan. The Mayor of London wrote the pub protection policy into the London Plan and applied it to each borough, meaning a council must write it into their local plan. Mr Large said the China Hall would be “very well protected” once a pub
CAMRA’s Andy Large (left ) and Steve Silcock
protection policy was put in place through Southwark Council’s New Southwark Plan. A draft copy of the plan states that: “Retention and improvement of pubs will be supported because they can be important community assets by helping to create a sense of place and a hub for developing social networks between local people.” It also states that development affecting
a pub must not result in a loss of cellarage or other features in the building that might render the pub use unviable and development must not result in the loss of a pub except for certain circumstances set out in the draft plan. A council spokeswoman confirmed that Southwark had received an application for an ACV for the China Hall. She also confirmed that a final version of the Southwark Plan was set to be submitted
CAMBERWELL
‘Development will send us to knacker’s yard’ By Owen Sheppard
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ONE OF Camberwell’s “last original” pubs looks set to close in April, despite a campaign from locals to keep it open.
The threat of closure looms over the Nag’s Head as its owner, landlord Camberwell Road Ltd, has said it will dramatically increase the pub’s rent. Increasing the rent to “market value” would make the business unprofitable for manager Julie Clifford, and force her to leave. An online petition calling for Camberwell and Peckham MP Harriet Harman to intervene has gained more than 850 signatures in two weeks. Kay Guidera, who made the petition, told the News: “This pub is one of the
last originals in the area, as well as being part of our history and heritage. “It’s a vital link for the people of Camberwell to congregate, particularly the elderly who perhaps don't have any family close by and this is their only link with the outside world. “They hold fundraising events there, they organise a Christmas lunch every year for the elderly (out of their own pocket) they keep in contact with their elderly regulars so there is no chance of one of them falling and being left for dead before anyone found them… This is proper community spirit.” Planning permission was given by Southwark Council in April 2016 for the landlord to convert the first floor into flats, and build two storeys of flats on its beer garden. The Nag’s Head was also given Asset of Community Value status
in January. But permission was given with obligation that the ground floor be kept as a pub or bar (as A4 planning use). A spokesperson for Kyson, an architectural firm acting as the landlord’s agent, said it was “unable to comment” when asked by the News whether it planned in future to get planning permission for the whole building to become flats, rather than for a pub to operate there long term. Julie told the News: “I’m in limbo, I’m between a rock and a hard place. I’m Peckham born and bred and I want to be able to stay here. I would like to have another rollover lease for twelve months.” She added that it would make more sense to keep the rent price as it is, rather than increase it and try and find a new
tenant to run a pub downstairs. “Rather the devil you know,” she said. Camberwell Green ward councillor Kieron Williams also emphasised to the News that if Julie is priced out, the developer “would still have to let it for something of A4 use [as a drinking establishment]”. “I think the developer would struggle to get change-of-use planning permission to get rid of the A4 requirement. It’s a real shame. It’s a pub that is very much used by the local community. People have wakes there and it’s a genuine local community pub for people living on the estates across the road,” Kieron said. Visit www.change.org/p/harrietharman-mp-parliament-uk-save-thenags-head to add your voice to the campaign.
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How to get Asset of Community Value status for pubs THERE’S A simple way to help protect local boozers from being booted out by developers, according to a group of Walworth residents.
in October. A ‘Save the China Hall’ online petition has already attracted more than 300 signatures and an overwhelming number of messages of support. To add your name to the list, visit: www.petitions24.com/signatu res/savethechinahall/
Manager Julie Clifford (second from left) and customers, pictured in June. Side elevation of Nag's Head pub redevelopment (right)
Chair of the Walworth Society, Jeremy Leach, told the News that residents from all over Southwark came to them for advice whenever another pub was under threat. What you need to do is “get in their early, before the developer comes along” and apply to Southwark Council for a pub to be awarded Asset of Community Value (ACV) status. “The Walworth Society has done four ACV listings and we have also supported a number of other pubs with applications. “People always do it in reaction to a developer coming along, but you need to do it in advance. We want people to get ahead of the game, so there’s more of chance of deterring a sale or a change-of-use planning application. “What you need to do is collect stories from the people who use the pub and why it’s important to them. “If you approach your local councillor they should be able to help as well. But the application can be done in a day’s work.” Visit walworthsociety.co.uk/index.php/n ews/181-protecting-southwark to read the Walworth’s Society’s guide on applying to the council for ACV status.
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Council to appear for oral hearing in Aylesbury CPO battle By Owen Sheppard
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SOUTHWARK COUNCIL was yesterday due to take one last crack at winning permission to forcibly buy-out eight leaseholders’ on the Aylesbury Estate.
The council has been knocked back twice from using a compulsory purchase order (CPO) of the flats in Chiltern, Chartridge, Arklow and Bradenham, due to human rights concerns. Southwark’s lawyers were due to appear
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at the Royal Court of Justice in The Strand for a half hour oral hearing, to convince a high court judge to grant them approval for the CPO. The outcome of the hearing will be decided in the weeks following Wednesday’s hearing. The decision to opt for an oral hearing came after the council was rejected first by the government’s communities and local government secretary, Sajid Javid in September. It was rejected again in December from applying to have a judicial review of the secretary’s decision. Southwark needs to vacate the
leaseholders from the far-west section of the estate, as until then this section cannot be demolished by its regeneration partners, Notting Hill Housing. The leaseholders are holding out for a better deal in return for their flats, for which they have been offered prices of below £300,000, and previously even below £200,000. The four blocks had already been emptied of 442 tenants and 33 other leaseholders. A spokesperson for the council said it did not wish to comment on yesterday’s hearing.
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Tree planted in memory of young Mo By Kirsty Purnell
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THE FAMILY of a murdered Walworth teenager gathered at Surrey Square Park on January 16 to mark the planting of an oak tree in honour of his life.
Mohamed Dura-Ray died of multiple stab wounds on Newington Estate in September 2015. His killers are still at large.
Last November, Surrey Square Primary School headteacher Nicola Noble met with Mohamed’s family and MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Neil Coyle to discuss how they could erect a permanent memorial to Mo’s life. With the support of Southwark Council and developers Lendlease, the oak tree memorial has been planted in the park. “It was a really, really special occasion,” said Ms. Noble. “It was
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poignant and it provided an opportunity for the different representatives of Mo’s life to come together and remember him.” “We really wanted a tree because trees symbolise growth and strength,” She said. “The tree is also a reminder that Mo’s killers still haven’t been found and that we must promote the message that violence is not something that we want for our children and community. We must
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work together.” Mohamed’s mother, Mariama, gave a speech at the ceremony. Ms Noble and MP Neil also said a few words. Mr Coyle said: “Mo’s life was tragically and brutally ended before it had been lived to its full potential. The tree is a living memory of his life, a place of sanctuary and remembrance for Mo’s family and friends and is thankfully close to his former home,” he said.
“It will also act as a reminder that justice is not yet done. His killer remains unprosecuted. More must be done to end youth violence and knife crime especially but the issue was missing from the Home Office strategy and police resources are already over-stretched after years of cuts to budgets that have undermined services, left no one better off and distracted form the needs of our community,” said Mr Coyle.
Funeral service for borough historian By Owen Sheppard
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A FUNERAL service for Southwark historian Stephen Humphrey was due to take place this morning at St George’s Cathedral in SE1.
The 64-year-old who grew up in Elephant and Castle was given the Freedom of The Borough award in 2012, and had been the Local Studies Library’s long-standing archivist until 2010. But he was best known for writing fifteen books and booklets, including: The Story of Rotherhithe (1997, 2004); Southwark in the 20th Century (1999); Elephant & Castle: A History. Mr Humphrey was found dead on
November 30 by police who were called by concerned neighbours to his home in Otto Street, Kennington. His cause of death was later confirmed to be a cardiac arrest. The funeral mass at the cathedral in St George’s Road, which can hold 1,000 people, was due to begin at 10am today. A wake is also due to take place from approximately 11.30am at the Horse and Stables pub in Westminster Bridge Road. The burial will take place today in Tillington, Petworth, at the All Hallows Churchyard at about 2pm. The funeral was managed by Mr Humphrey’s next of kin: his nephew David and partner Jenney Powell, with Alfred Smith Funeral Directors.
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ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
Pedestrian critical after bus collision at Elephant Photo: Lambeth Fire Brigade
By Owen Sheppard
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A MAN in his twenties is fighting for his life in hospital after a collision with a bus in Elephant and Castle on Monday morning. The pedestrian was walking in
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It wasn’t all that long ago - just fifteen years or so - that the scene. system was in such disarray Southwark’s education Gladstone state Streetofwhen the collision Firediminished Brigade crews from happened at- and 12.21am. the chances for youngLondon people so as a result also attended. of their He was rushed hospital,Government where he Lambeth - thattocentral felt compelled to stepOne in and take officers said on Twitter: “Crews from remains in over a critical the condition. running of it themselves. Lambethofare an incident involving The road was closed at the junction What followed was the debacle a at road-building company a maleand under a bus near with St George’s Roadtoand attempting run London our local schools, a huge effort to improve #Elephant&Castle. London Rd Road untilstandards after 6am, police andwhile win back the trust and confidence of parents. Remains and paramedics attended the collision Those dark days are well behind us -closed”. year on year, we report on glowing GCSE and A level results and schools rightly can boast about not just their star pupils, but the level of achievement across the board. But of course the high standards don’t come for free - you need good facilities, experienced teachers, leadership - and this costs money. So for the government to devise a funding formula that will possibly mean our pupils are the worst hit in the country in terms of reductions to investment just fills you with dread. Of course it is right that funding inequalities that currently see rural schools receive less cash per pupil in urban schools should be addressed. And the Department of Education told us that education funding was at a record high, with further investment planned for underperforming schools. Yet their vague statement that ‘more than half of England’s schools will receive a cash boost in 2018-19’ doesn’t address any of the fears about Southwark schools. We aren’t underperforming here anymore, so we don’t want funding levels cut, so that performance dips, and then the Government has to inject cash to bring us back up to scratch again. And while none of us want a funding system that champions inequality, you could surely find a handful of factors, not least salaries, that make schooling a far more expensive job in the middle of London than in rural areas? Food The Prime Minister spoke last week of her vision for a ‘shared society’, but this is only so much hot air if the government &Drinkdecides it’s going to share less of its money with schools, health services and 23 key infrastructure. With the NHS in disarray, doesPage the Government now really want to trigger chaos in inner city schools by cutting funding, leading to an exodus of teachers, lower standards across the board and as a result, fewer opportunities for our young people?
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By Chiara Giordano
chiara@southwarknews.co.uk
A LABOUR MP has blasted the Government for “targeting our children” after it was revealed that schools in the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark could be worst hit in the whole country by funding cuts.
Neil Coyle, MP for the area, hit out at the Government after it was revealed his constituency could lose out on funding worth, on average, £1,051 (15 per cent) per child over five years. His comments came after six unions representing school staff released a ‘league table’ ranking England’s 533 Parliamentary constituencies by the scale of cuts they are likely to suffer by 2020. The table, based on the new national funding formula announced in December, revealed that every MP in the country is likely to see schools in their area hit by a drop in funding. The Department of Education has proposed the changes in an attempt to eliminate inequalities in funding that currently see rural schools (including academies, grammar schools and comprehensives) receive less cash per pupil than urban schools. Bermondsey and Old Southwark was ranked as number one, or ‘worst hit’, in the country – while former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman’s constituency, Camberwell and Peckham, was second in the table with an estimated £1,006 expected to be slashed per pupil. Speaking to the News, Mr Coyle urged people to sign a petition opposing the cuts. “For seven years Tory and Lib Dem ministers have targeted Southwark for cut after cut,” he said. “In policing and other emergency services, in housing, in social security, in our council and in schools our community has had
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years of losing out. Now the Government is targeting our children. “We must all oppose this attack on local children’s opportunities to learn, progress and to fulfil their potential. We have population growth to deal with locally and already need more places and teachers, not more cuts. “Local schools also have problems recruiting and keeping teachers and need more support from the Government, not a raid on their coffers.” Cllr Anood Al-Samerai, leader of Southwark’s Liberal Democrat group, said more funding for schools across the whole country was needed – not “a smash-and-grab raid on Southwark schools”. “Hopefully enough MPs will now come together to force the Government to think again as they realise just how many schools will lose out in their area,” she told the News. “To see off these devastating plans, we need proper opposition in Parliament, not Labour MPs fighting amongst themselves.” Following their analysis, the NUT, ATL, NAHT, GMB, Unison and Unite now predict that 98 per cent of
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worst hit by new budget formula’ could lose £1,051 per child could lose £1,006 per child schools will be hit by funding cuts – whereas previously they put the figure at 92 per cent. The six unions say that, unless this shortfall is addressed, successful implementation of the new funding scheme will be threatened. “Every single MP in England has reason to be worried about our latest analysis,” said NUT general
secretary Kevin Courtney. He warned of overcrowded classrooms and staff cuts, with schools “on their knees trying to make ends meet”. Cllr Victoria Mills, Southwark cabinet member for children and schools, said: “These figures are hugely concerning for schools and families across Southwark. “As the Government is still
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Secretary of State for Education, Justine Greening. Photo DfE
consulting on the funding changes, the council, alongside local MPs, will be writing to the Secretary of State, reiterating our concerns and asking for an urgent meeting. “We have said for months that cutting funding for Southwark schools would be a huge backwards step, effectively erasing the fantastic progress Southwark schools have made in recent years, with 93 per cent now rated good or outstanding. We will fight these cuts all the way.” A DfE spokesperson said: “These figures are fundamentally misleading. School funding is at its highest level on record and will be over £40bn in 2016-17.
How much we could lose between 2015/16 and 2019/20 by constituency
Bermondsey and Old Southwark - £1,051 per pupil (15%) (ranked first, or worst hit) Camberwell and Peckham - £1,006 (ranked second) Dulwich and West Norwood - £789 (ranked ninth)
“They have completely ignored the fact that as pupil numbers rise so will the amount of money schools receive. To suggest that we are taking money out of the system is simply incorrect. “What the unions are doing is blurring two separate debates – the total level of funding for schools and the distribution of that funding. “We have set out proposals to end the historic postcode lottery in school funding. Under the proposed national schools funding formula, more than half of England’s schools will receive a cash boost in 201819. “We have also announced further
investment of £190million to provide more support to underperforming schools and ensure the number of good school places continues to rise.” To sign Mr Coyle’s petition, visit www.boslabour.org.uk/stop_tory_ education_cuts
sponsors. “The Government must learn lessons from this free school failure,” Cllr Mills said. “New schools need community support, to be located where there is a demand for places and should be run by outstanding and established educational providers. “With no option to open our own schools the council will continue to be pragmatic in our approach to free
schools. “We will continue to raise concerns where we think this is not the case.” The former Liberal Democrat MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Sir Simon Hughes, had been a vocal supporter of opening the free school. Plans to open the school had been rejected by the council, but it was given planning permission by former mayor Boris Johnson, who overruled the council. Mr Hughes had received a £5,000 donation from Southwark Metals – a company associated with the school’s developer – which was originally planned to be built in Rotherhithe New Road. Mr Hughes was then investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Committee, and later apologised for not declaring the donations as a financial interest, although a committee MPs found that he had not broken parliamentary rules with regards to lobbying. "I take full responsibility for these failures and I apologise unreservedly to the House,” the former MP said on November 7, 2013.
Old Kent Road free school with just 56 pupils looks set to close PECKHAM
By Owen Sheppard
owen@southwarknews.co.uk
A PRIMARY school in Old Kent Road looks all but certain close in February after losing its only staff teacher and attracting only 56 pupils.
The Southwark Free School opened in 2012 with the blessing of former mayor Boris Johnson, but a letter sent to parents last week confirmed the closure. The school, which was run by the Department for Education rather than Southwark Council, had only fourteen per cent of the 420 available places filled. One mum told the News outside the school that the closure announcement was “a shock” and came at “very short notice”. “We only found out last week on Thursday. But the board have been very good, they have helped my son find a place in another school which he is starting in a few days.” Another mum who did not want to be named said: “My son is in year one and his teacher was really good.
She was the last to leave and she left in December because the school wouldn't offer her a permanent contract. “We don't want our kids to split up. Some of us have been crying. The teaching was good, and things were going well until they came back from summer. Then things went downhill. “I'm lucky, my son was offered a place at Southwark Park Primary School. But we haven't actually been told when the school will close.” A Department for Education spokesperson said: “We have agreed in principle to the closure of the school. There will now be a period of two weeks for the public to submit their views before a final decision is made. Should the school close, we will be work with [Southwark Free School Trust] and the local authority to identify alternative places for students.” A letter sent to parents from the Southwark Free School’s governors said none of the local academy school chains have been interested in taking it over. Southwark’s cabinet member for
children and schools, councillor Victoria Mills, said: “Our top priority is to help parents find a place at another local school of their choice. We have council staff standing by ready to support families at this worrying time.” Free schools were a new type of school introduced by the government in 2011, with the distinction of being set up by parents with private
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ROTHERHITHE The suspects approach the car and douse it in a substance
The car is set ablaze
UP IN FLAMES Shocking CCTV footage shows car
being turned into a fireball by duo
Within seconds the car is up in flames
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By Chiara Giordano
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POLICE HAVE asked the public to help them identify two arsonists, whose attack on a parked car saw it turned into a fireball within seconds.
PC Matthew Wilkinson, dedicated ward officer for South Bermondsey, has released CCTV footage of two people wanted in connection with an arson attack on a car in Elgar Street, Rotherhithe. The footage shows the assailants, believed to be two men, strolling down the road at about 4am on September 14 last year, before heading straight for a silver Volkswagen Polo parked on the side of the road. One of them is captured emptying out some sort of accelerant from a container on to the bonnet of the car, before dousing the roof of the car as well. The second person then appears to set something alight before throwing it at the car, which instantly turns into a fireball as they run off in the direction they first came from. PC Wilkinson is keen to speak to a person, believed to be a male in a hoodie, who is seen walking past the car in the direction of where the
arsonists came from about fifteen minutes before they struck. The man is not connected to the incident but police are appealing for him to get in touch in case he saw or heard anything. “The victim parked their car at about 8pm the previous evening and was woken at 4am by all of the commotion,” PC Wilkinson said. “We’ve done a leaflet drop for the whole of the area; anywhere within sight or hearing of the address and got nothing back from that,” he said. “We’ve done CCTV inquiries of another camera owned by Southwark Council from the other end of the street but they obviously didn’t come from there. I’ve done inquiries at the two local petrol stations because an accelerant was used – although I can’t say it was petrol. Any information at all that we can use to try and locate the two persons who’ve committed this crime will be of great assistance. “Please help us to catch these two selfish people.” PC Wilkinson said the car, which had a 2011 registration plate, was a “complete write off” and was worth about £4,500. Anyone with information is urged to contact PC Wilkinson, dedicated ward officer for South Bermondsey, on 0208 721 2802 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
ROTHERHITHE
But no set date yet for pool By Chiara Giordano
chiara@southwarknews.co.uk
SEVEN ISLANDS Leisure Centre in Rotherhithe will soon re-open its doors to the public following a £1.68million facelift.
The centre, located in Lower Road, is set to fully re-open by spring once extensive improvement works are completed. The centre’s cycling studio is now open while further work continues, including work to refurbish the pool
and improve accessibility for disabled users. The gym and reception area are expected to open the week commencing February 20, while no fixed date has yet been set for the reopening of the pool in spring. In a statement on the Everyone Active website, a spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, since works began and on closer investigation we discovered some additional issues that need to be urgently addressed in order to avoid further closures at a later date.
“This means the works will now take longer than expected. We’re really sorry for this delay.” The temporary gym is still available in the sports hall, the public is advised.
In the meantime, members can use the swimming pools at The Castle Centre in Elephant and Castle, Camberwell Leisure Centre, Peckham Pulse Healthy Living Centre, and Dulwich Leisure Centre.
While the Seven Islands showers are out of action, members of the public are advised to use the shower facilities at Surrey Docks Fitness and Watersports Centre located ten minutes away.
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EX-PUPIL WHO SIGNED FOR EVERTON ‘IS A SHINING EXAMPLE’
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Teachers ‘incredibly proud’ of nineteen-year-old who scored against Man City in debut Premier League game
By Kirsty Purnell
news@southwarknews.co.uk
A ST Thomas the Apostle exstudent who has charted a meteoric rise to success at Everton Football Club has made all of his old teachers at the school “incredibly proud.”
Ademola Lookman, now nineteen, was sixteen-years-old when he was first scouted by Charlton during a London FA Under-16s match in Sparrow’s Lane. Just three years on, Ademola has been signed by the Premier League outfit and scored his first goal for them in his debut match against Manchester City on Sunday. Ademola’s old PE teacher at St
Thomas the Apostle, Ali Young, praised the young winger’s sporting abilities. “He was a standout footballer in his year group and a standout sportsman. He was a good all-rounder – he was a top performer in a number of sports but obviously, football was his best,” he said. As well as excelling in sports, Ademola was academically gifted, achieving four A*’s and five A’s in his GCSEs. “I remember him being in school until 6pm every night revising for his GCSEs,” said Mr Young. “It didn’t really matter what he was doing, he would be one hundred per cent dedicated to it. He was deputy head boy, too. He was a model student – both sports-wise and academically.”
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Mr Young said that Ademola’s across the board achievements has sent a positive message to younger students: “He’s a shining example of how you can be good at both sports and academic studies.” Ademola left St Thomas’ in 2014 after his GCSEs and went to play for Charlton but still pops in to the school to see his old teachers. “He is a really humble, articulate and intelligent young man,” said Mr Young. “We’re all incredibly proud of him. Myself even more so – I’ve been a lifelong Everton fan, so watching him score on Sunday was Ademola Lookman now (main); and at school (inset) brilliant for me,” he said.
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Food bank continues occupation of Aylesbury Estate community hall
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WALWORTH
By Kirsty Purnell
Photo: Denis McWilliams
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VOLUNTEERS FROM an Aylesbury Estate food and clothes bank are continuing to occupy the Thurlow Lodge Community Hall, despite the council’s request for them to leave.
A two-week grace period for the Divine Rescue homeless charity to remain at the hall, where it helps up to 100 people a day, is due to end on Friday. Southwark Council told the News it had no immediate plans to evict Divine Rescue from the hall in Thurlow Street. Although it does not approve of the “unnecessary” occupation, and it has stated it will tender for a new party to manage the hall. The authority has also invited the charity and campaigners from Defend Council Housing, who’ve joined the occupation, to hold talks. Divine Rescue’s manager Sister Catherine Msoni, has occupied the hall since January 6, when the council was due to repossess Thurlow Lodge. “We are very tired but we have kept going and still been able to work from here,” Sister Catherine said, “but the council want to talk to us about leaving.” Divine Rescue was made aware of the hall’s closure in June, but had no luck in finding a new base since then. The decision to close the hall was
Divine Rescue and campaigners outside the hall
made voluntarily by its Management Committee (made up of three TRAs and the Creation Trust) and would also see it made vacant and given back to the council. Sister Catherine added: “We haven't found a new place. It's not simply a case of just moving. “Not every church can manage having as many homeless people
visit them as we need, and some, despite being part of the Christian community, do not want to. Some people find homeless people threatening or smelly. Sometimes health and safety is an issue. “We have been helped for a long time by the Walworth Methodist Church, but they don't have space for all of our clients. Pecan have also
been helping us.” Southwark’s cabinet member for finance, modernisation and performance, councillor Fiona Colley, has said the authority “at no point” tried “or threatened” to evict Divine Rescue from Thurlow Lodge. “We have asked for a meeting between council officers, the charity and their legal representatives so we
can work out the best way forward in the short term and we are waiting for the charity to get back to us with a suitable time,” Cllr Colley said. “While we are happy to speak to the charity about their continued use of the offices in Thurlow Lodge, we would strongly encourage campaigners to think about this unnecessary occupation.”
Hamlet plan could get bigger - with more affordable homes EAST DULWICH
EXCLUSIVE
By Kirsty Purnell
news@southwarknews.co.uk
THE NEW homes proposed as part of the Dulwich Hamlet Stadium transformation could now end up including 35 per cent at an ‘affordable rent’, and a larger development.
If Southwark Council gives the proposals the go-ahead, developers Greendale Property Development will rebuild the stadium and put more than 155 new homes on the nearby Green Dale Fields. Previously, Greendale had stated that it would be “unviable” to meet the council’s target of offering at least 35 per cent of the homes at affordable rents due to the high level of investment (£5m) needed for the stadium itself. However, Meadow Residential, which jointly owns Greendale Property Company, appears to have bowed to
pressure this week with an announcement that it is “reconsidering” its original proposals. “Concerns about the level of affordable housing were raised in June by the Greater London Authority and at that time the Mayor of London requested that it should be increased,” said a spokesperson. “Meadow Residential remains fully committed to the redevelopment of the Dulwich Hamlet ground and hopes that a long-term solution to the football club’s financial deficit can be found at the earliest opportunity. As a result, consideration is being given to a revised, slightly larger, scheme with 35 per cent affordable housing,” they said. A spokesperson for Meadow Residential that the size of the development would have to increase, with more flats built, in order to improve the ratio of affordable housing. But whether this will mean building an extra storey or increasing the footprint of the building will later be confirmed with an amendment to
the planning application. Although the proposals for a new stadium have been met with overwhelming support from Dulwich Hamlet fans, there has been dogged opposition from councillors and residents about the building on Green Dale Fields – which is a protected space. Their planning application has been sitting with Southwark Council since April last year. Greendale was dealt a
blow in December when Southwark Council refused to remove protections from Green Dale Fields. Liberal Democrat Councillor for East Dulwich, James Barber, told the News: “I’m against any development on green, open space. They’re taking a punt that they’ll get away with it and if they do, it will be an appalling precedent that open space is up for grabs. The population of London is growing and will continue to do so.
This means we need more green open spaces, not less.” Meadow Residential also applied in December to the government’s planning inspector for an appeal against Southwark Council, for the length of time the authority has taken to confirm when planning permission will be decided. The department of Communities and Local Government is yet to confirm whether the appeal will be upheld.
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The Just Eat robot being tested in Bermondsey (main), and food being delivered (inset)
R2Eat2 - world’s first food delivery by robot A SELF-DRIVING robot was spotted zipping along a road in Bermondsey as online food delivery giant Just Eat put it through its paces.
The quirky-looking bot was seen by passersby in Willow Walk as a team from Starship Technologies tested out their sixwheel pavement droid. The company has teamed up with Just Eat to change the face of home delivery by making the world’s first online food delivery using a self-driving robot. After five months of exhaustive testing
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in the area, the first live delivery took place in Greenwich at the end of last year – and the company now plans to expand the service across London throughout 2017. When Greenwich resident Simone ordered a takeaway from Turkish restaurant Taksim Meze using the Just Eat app, little did she know she was going to be the first person in the world to receive a takeaway food delivery using the technology. When Simone’s order was received by Taksim Meze, restaurant
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manager Ana Maria Stingaciu requested that a robot make the delivery. A robot travelled to the restaurant while the meal was being prepared, before the freshly-cooked food was placed securely inside the robot’s cargo hold. Ten minutes later, Simone received a text message with a unique link to open the cargo hold of the robot that was sat waiting at her door. While customers will not yet be able to elect for robot delivery, Greenwich residents who order a takeaway online through Just Eat will increasingly be
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ELEPHANT AND CASTLE
By Owen Sheppard
owen@southwarknews.co.uk
AN ELEPHANT and Castle doctors’ surgery with 7,100 patients has been taken over by caretaker managers, after it failed to meet regulatory standards for eighteen months.
The Falmouth Road Group Practice had been placed in special measures in July 2015 by health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and is now being run by “interim managers”. Its former managers, Dr Gul-IRaana and Dr Roukha Onojeje Oraka, had their registrations cancelled after CQC inspectors revisited in October 2016. The inspectors’ report will not be published until February, but it is known that they felt that “concerns raised had not been sufficiently addressed”. A CQC report published in May 2016 had found that emergency appointments were too often being delayed, and that staff “did not always feel valued or supported”. The 7,100 registered patients were informed by letters sent out in December. A spokesperson for Southwark
Clinical Commissioning Group (which pays for GP practices with government funding) said: “A third and final inspection by the CQC in October 2016 concluded that concerns raised had not been sufficiently addressed and there were continuing issues. “As a result, the GP partnership in place at the time was advised that the CQC intended to cancel their registration. “We have been working closely with local health partners to ensure patients at Falmouth Road Group Practice continue to be able to access high quality, effective care at all times. “New GP providers will take over services from Monday 16 January 2017. “NHS England and NHS Southwark CCG can assure patients that they will be kept informed and will continue to access GP services at Falmouth Road Group Practice in the same way as they always have done. Representatives of NHS England and NHS Southwark CCG will be at the practice on 16 January to support a smooth handover and to reassure patients.” GPs from the practice did not wish to comment.
Have your say on the buses By Kirsty Purnell
news@southwarknews.co.uk
RESIDENTS ARE being urged to have their say on TfL’s proposed changes on bus routes.
Route 3, between Crystal Palace and Regent Street and Route 172, between Brockley Rise and King Edward Street are Southwark routes that would be affected if changes are implemented. Twenty two bus routes are under scrutiny, as part of the Mayor’s commitment to improving air quality in central London. Residents have until January 29 to respond to the consultation, which can be found on TfL’s website.
If the proposals get the nod, bus number 3 would be rerouted to service Russell Square, serving Charing Cross Road and Great Russell Street. Buses would no longer run between Regent Street and Trafalgar Square. Bus 172 would be rerouted to serve Clerkenwell and would no longer serve stops between Ludgate Circus and St Paul’s Station. Buses would serve Farringdon Street and Farringdon Road for Clerkenwell. London Assembly Member for Southwark, Florence Eshalomi, said: “Any action to reduce congestion and increase air quality in the capital must be seen as a positive step, and I welcome the opportunity for people all over London to have their say.”
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BOROUGH
Deranged ... Stefano Brizzi
EXCLUSIVE
By Chiara Giordano
chiara@southwarknews.co.uk
THE BOROUGH flat where a policeman was brutally murdered and dismembered will be refurbished and re-let, the News understands.
Deranged Stefano Brizzi, 50, murdered PC Gordon Semple at his flat on the Peabody Trust Estate, in Southwark
Murder charge
PECKHAM: A 21-year-old man appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday charged with the murder of Ernest Kalawa.
Mr Kalawa, 24, (pictured) died in Haymerle Road, close to his home, on December 30. Klark Mangal of Nazareth Gardens will next appear in court to submit a plea on April 10. A provisional trial date is also set for July 3. Paramedics were called at 5.30pm and pronounced Mr Kalawa dead at the scene, with knife wounds to his head, legs and chest. Two other suspects were also arrested following the attack. A 34-year-old man was arrested on January 11 and was bailed to return to a police station at a later date while enquiries continue. A 23year-old man was arrested on December 31, and is due to return from bail for further questioning in April. Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are continuing to investigate. Anyone with information that can the police should call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Attempted abduction
DULWICH: Police are still enquiring into the attempted kidnap of a four-year-old boy who was nearly snatched into a car on December 7.
Police were called at 3.30pm to reports that an unknown suspect had reached out of a green car to grab the boy, but drove away when his nanny started screaming. The incident happened as they walked at the corner of Calton Avenue and Gilkes Crescent, near Dulwich Village Church of England Infants’ School. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information that could help the police should call 101.
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Brizzi’s flat of horror to be re-let
Street, after arranging to meet him for sex in April last year. The killer, who worked as a web developer for merchant bank Morgan Stanley, had met the 59-year-old victim through the gay dating app Grindr. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 24 years in December and now the flat where the horrific events unfolded will be completely refurbished and re-let, the News understands. Rui Simoes, who has lived on the estate for 10 years, told the News that residents were left in complete shock after they found out what had taken place. “It’s usually very quiet round here,” said the 52-year-old. “I was home when the police came and they closed both entrances to the estate. “There were ambulances everywhere and the forensic guys in white suits so it was quite a shock when we found out what had happened and heard the story.
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“You’re used to seeing those things in the movies but you don’t expect it to happen right on your doorstep so it’s always a bit hard to swallow.” Mr Simoes said that, although he was in shock for some time after finding out about the murder, he thought it would be a good idea to re-let the flat. Italian-born web developer Brizzi, dubbed a ‘Jekyll and Hyde character’ by the Italian press, is said to have moved to the UK in 2010 in search of acceptance after struggling to reconcile his homosexuality with his family’s Catholic faith. He is believed to have landed a £70,000a-year job at financial giant Morgan Stanley in 2012 – but quit a year before the fateful incident because he was struggling with a crystal meth addiction. He pleaded guilty to obstructing a coroner by trying to dispose of PC Semple’s body but denied murder.
Peabody Trust estate (main); and local residentl Rui Simoes (inset)
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Rio Fernandez, Evie Enakimio and Gloria Lopez (main); and one of the main rats discovered (inset)
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A RAT infestation has caused misery for an ill pensioner and her neighbour by burrowing into their council flats in SE15.
The two residents in the Tustin Estate, off Ilderton Road, told the News that repairs to their homes had been constantly delayed. The problem of “dozens” of rats crawling through holes in their walls from a communal bin room has got worse since they reported it in September. Seventy-one-year-old Gloria Lopez lives on one side of the bins room, where rats are still scrambling through a hole below her kitchen sink. Gloria has mobility issues, and suffers from kidney disease, asthma, and has had a tumour on her heart for two years. She told the News the council’s repairs teams “don’t bloody care”. “I have been eating biscuits and coffee for week,” she said. “I first had pest control on September 21, and they are coming again on January 21, but nothing is being done to fix my flat. “You ring up the council to complain, and they talk to you about mice. But it’s not mice, its huge hairy rats”. Her neighbour, Evie Enakimio, whose flat is on the other side of the bins room, was on Friday offered temporary accommodation and for workmen to make “temporary repairs” on February 8, but is demanding a brand new kitchen. “I started seeing the rats in October. I saw fifteen in the bins right next to my flat. But by November they had multiplied,” the 28-year-old business management graduate said. “Eight massive dead rats have been taken out of my flat by the pest control people, and even they said I shouldn’t be living here, that it’s not safe. “Even the bin men don’t want to go
CRAWLING WITH RATS
and look at the bins. It’s terrifying. One of the bin men was so shocked he actually vomited outside my flat. “There was one time I was sitting on the toilet and I saw a fat rat come through the wall from the bin room. “I hear them at night while I am trying to sleep, and the rats run into my flat when people go into the bin room. The smell from kitchen has been so bad that in December I was sleeping with my bedroom door open, and this is only a studio flat.” Evie told the News she could not cook in her kitchen because of the terrible smell left after eight dead rats were removed from behind the units. “I am relying on friends for food and
eating takeaways. There’s no way I’m going to clean in that kitchen where rats have been peeing and crawling around,” she said. “If you heard that a restaurant had had problems with a rat, there’s no way you would eat there, so how am I expected to use my kitchen when literally eight dead ones have been pulled out, and I still find more? “I’ve been gaining weight because of the takeaways I’ve been having, but Gloria has been losing so much weight. She’s so much thinner than she was before, it’s really so horrible for her.” Gloria said: “I cannot sleep properly because of the noise and I see
shadows and it frightens me. It makes me want to be sick.” Councillor Stephanie Cryan, Southwark Council’s cabinet member for housing, said: “This is a dreadful situation for the residents concerned and we are doing our best to resolve it as quickly as possible. “We have attempted to solve the problem with pest control methods already but further repairs are required. Both residents are offered temporary accommodation while we carry out works to permanently resolve the pest problem. I thank the residents for their patience, we will continue to keep them informed while we deal with the issue.”
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VICTORY IN BATTLE OF BUS STOP
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Parishioners keep parking after TfL halts plan for 24 hour stop By Kirsty Purnell
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CHRIST CHURCH parishioners have scored a victory against Transport for London after halting their plans to put a 24/7 bus stop outside the church.
TfL had hoped to reinstate the space, which is currently used by elderly and disabled users of the Christ Church Café, as a round-the-clock bus stop. Currently, the space is only used by buses between 11pm and 8am. TfL’s change of plan means that churchgoers can continue to use the space to park, as they have done for the past forty years. One churchgoer, Janet Coy, called it a “victory” for the churchgoers. East Dulwich ward councillor James Barber, who was the first to hear of TfL’s plans, told the News: “I think TfL listened. They simply didn’t have a logical argument for going ahead with this.” He added that TfL had also planned to re-arrange the bus stops so that they would be segregated for each bus service number. “The other problem with segregating
the different bus stops in East Dulwich for each bus number is that it would have actually increased the risk of there not being enough space to park. What can often happen is two of the same bus turn up at once. Letting any bus go anywhere means there’s chance of the bus stops getting clogged up. Having realised that, it’s clear they wouldn’t need to open Barry Road as a 24/7 bus stop,” Cllr Barber said. Councillor Charlie Smith said: “This is a victory for common sense. Due to objections from myself and local residents, TfL have looked at the problems my constituents had to face and have reversed their initial proposal. Well done to everyone.” Chris Eleftheriou, Regional Bus Operations Manager for south London, said: “Following discussions with residents and Southwark Council, we no longer plan to change the operational hours for Barry Road bus stand in East Dulwich. The stand will continue to operate between 23.00 and 08.00 only, so that people visiting the local amenities and nearby church can continue to use the space outside of these hours.”
(L-R) Cllr Charlie Smith, Janet Coy, Chris Taras
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GOVERNMENT ‘TARGETING OUR CHILDREN’ IN SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN, SAYS MP
DONNACHADH McCARTHY
Donnachadh McCarthy has been an environmental campaigner in Southwark since 1992 and is author of “The Prostitute State – How Britain’s Democracy Has Been Bought” www.theprostitutestate.co.uk . He is also an independent environmental consultant www.3acorns.co.uk @DonnachadhMc
Audit: Temperature, How can I speak to Occupation and Timing you Harriet Harman?
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OT! IT is the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Greening the Third Sector project, which I helped design ten years ago, for the City Bridge Trust.
Since then, over 100 charities in Southwark and across London have received free eco-audits. It has saved £ millions from the running costs of these charities, cut hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2 and saved hundreds of thousands of trees. The eco-audits provide a free consultant, who assesses what good environmental practices are already in place at the charity and draws up a detailed plan and advice on how to improve the charity’s environmental performance even more. Full info at citybridgetrust.co.uk As one of the eco-consultants delivering the programme, it never ceases to amaze me how much energy is being wasted in organisations, who have not been ecoaudited. I invented the acronym TOT, which summarises the three ways that organisations often waste the most heat. The first T stands for Temperature. The recommended temperature for offices is 19C. I frequently find premises with heating from 23C to a truly sweltering 30C! This is hugely wasteful as every one degree above 19C, equates to 10% on the heating bill and 10% more carbon emissions. Thus, the charity that I visited in December who were at 30C, were wasting 110% more money on heating their premises. The O stands for Occupation. Many organisations waste money by heating unoccupied sections of a building to the same temperature as occupied sections. These include bathrooms, stairwells, corridors and store-rooms. These can add up to a third of the entire space being heated. Turn the radiators in such areas down to frost-protection. The final T stands for Timing. You would not believe the number of organisations that I visit who have their heating on 24/7, because nobody has checked the timer or knows how to use it. For a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 office, this means heating is on pointlessly for 168 hours, instead of 40 hours. Heating should come on 30 minutes before occupation and go off an hour or two before closing. So why not ask at your workplace if it complies with Donnachadh’s TOT advice?
YOU WROTE in December regarding Ms Harman's 35 years in her Peckham and Camberwell seat, 'We salute Harriet for this achievement – the borough should be proud to boast a politician who has served her community for over three decades.' And it is a marvellous achievement. But how, as a constituent, does one ever reach her?
She has no surgeries, no phone number, a gatekeeper with an answer machine who, if one manages to get a call back from her is in no way pro-active. And, from recent experience, every message is replied to with a note that 'Harriet aims to respond to all casework enquires within 10 working days and urgent enquiries as soon as possible.' It makes for slow progress if, indeed, one makes any at all. All I want is some help in nailing the increased audibility (and visibility) of planes over SE5 0PQ coming in to Heathrow. In 30 years of living in the same street the skies have not been such restless mayhem as they now are. It began in July/August last year. Whining planes start at 4am and continue until 11pm, sometimes so close they seem to be coming into the house, and on a near-daily basis. And the Heathrow Community Department insists that 'nothing has changed'. It is disgraceful disinformation. You will see from the messages below that I wrote to you on the same subject last October. This morning at 8.50 a large plane, not City-bound, its wingtips in readiness for the descent, flew over John Ruskin Street at approximately the same height as a surveillance helicopter. Another plane was flying at a similar height over the Kennington gasworks at 9.15am. What is going on? Can you help, either with a way of reaching Ms Harman or writing a piece which might encourage those of us in this part of London who feel strongly to gather together and make our voice known. I do hope so. Bridget Bell, Camberwell
Freedom of the press is worth fighting for
I AM appalled by the government’s threat to the freedom of the press with the proposed implementation of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act, which could force newspapers to pay libel costs even if they win a defamation case.
The freedom of the press is a precious principle that, regardless of our political affiliation, we should all fight to keep. The principle has been fought over for many years in this country from the time of the invention of the printing press to the present day. The press has a duty to inform and help form public opinion, which means they will always be a target for the politicians and some sections of society, such as the rich and powerful, who will try to shackle them through various laws. The press does not always behave properly, but is that a reason to bring in government control and censorship? A free and independent press is a cause worth fighting for to protect and maintain freedom of expression. It is one of the tenets of a healthy, vibrant democracy which we all value and to dilute it and bring in government controls over the press, will erode those very values we all hold dear. Remember, costs in High Court legal actions routinely run into hundreds of thousands of pounds, sometime millions. This legislation gives anyone who wants to silence journalists a free ticket. Local newspapers will face being bankrupt. Reg O’Donoghue, Walworth
Sort out the signal
I HAVE have been campaigning for some time now for mobile phone companies to eradicate the infuriating gaps in their signal reach across London.
Many of us have experienced that sinking feeling when conducting a key transaction or trying to get an important message to our loved ones only to lose the mobile signal. It simply should not happen here in
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London - the greatest city in the world and a global capital for trade, finance, fashion and culture. That is why I welcome an initiative led by a group of MPs to hold the service providers truly accountable for their failings, not just in London but across the country. They say customers who are not getting an adequate standard of coverage should to be able to terminate their mobile agreements without penalty. "Just like that", as Tommy Cooper would have said. Now that is tough talking - but it may be the only way to get the mobile phone companies to pull their finger out and fix those gaps in their service. Syed Kamall, MEP for London
Help talking books
READING IS such an important part of my life, I can’t imagine not being able to pick up a new book or read an old favourite.
Thanks to RNIB’s (Royal National Institute of Blind People) Talking Books service, sight loss doesn’t have to mean losing access to the world of books. The Talking Books service has revolutionised reading for people with sight loss since it launched in 1935 to help soldiers who had been blinded in the First World War, and it continues to provide more than one million audio books every year, free of charge.That’s why I’m supporting RNIB’s ‘Sponsor a Talking Book’ fundraising drive which aims to raise £1m to produce hundreds of new accessible books and give thousands more blind and partially sighted people the gift of reading. It’s really easy to make a difference. Simply create a JustGiving page, select your fundraising total – £2,500 for an adult book and £1,500 for a children’s book – and as you carry out activities, watch your total rise! Once you’ve hit your target you can even add a personal dedication to your chosen book. I’m a big believer in the power of a good story. Join me in supporting RNIB and help change lives for the better. For more information or to sponsor a Talking Book, simply visit www.rnib.org.uk/sponsortalkingbooks Lord Julian Fellowes, RNIB Vice President
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Our NHS is in crisis
HILDREN ACROSS Southwark were excited to see the snow last week, but whenever the weather turns cold, the NHS comes under additional strain, as people are more likely to slip and fall, and people with underlying health problems become sicker. Winter pressures are normal, but this year, the NHS has been under unbearable strain for months, and across many services, doctors and health professionals are reporting that they are at breaking point and our NHS is in crisis. Last week leaked records show that only one hospital in the whole of England met the national target to see at least 95% of patients arriving in Accident and Emergencies departments within 4 hours. That is the worst performance since records began. In Parliament, I am working on an inquiry on social care. We have found that the cuts mean that a million people across the country who need care not receiving any care at all, and many more are not receiving enough care. This scandal is contributing to the crisis in our NHS - when vulnerable people are not supported properly, they are more likely to end up in hospital, and after a stay in hospital it is more difficult to discharge them home. Last week Lewisham Hospital became so full that it had run out of beds. A staff email described the situations as “critical” and “not safe”, and the hospital had nowhere to put the next patient brought in as an emergency by ambulance. On New Year’s Eve the London Ambulance Service, already been rated as requiring improvement, had a serious IT failure, leaving the hard working dispatch staff to work off pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year. An investigation has now been launched and it is vital that action is taken to ensure that this doesn’t happen again. These are no longer isolated incidents – the Lib Dems and Tories ran down our NHS under the Coalition government and Theresa May’s Tory government is failing to provide the resources and support that our hard working doctors, nurses and NHS support staff need to care for people; or the social care that older, vulnerable residents need to keep them healthy and safe. Its time for action from the Prime Minister and this Tory government – not more empty promises.
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What we’d give if we could say, hello Dad in the same old way. To hear your voice, see your smile, to sit with you and chat a while. Love always Vera, Catherine, Eric, John, Caroline & Joey xxxxxx
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Tommy Wisbey A casualty of war
Yo ung Tommy watches planes in the night skies. Mum, also a t window, has tears in her eyes. Th is bombing of South London in World War 2 me ans death, destru ction, and short ag e of food.
When living under the daily threat of bombs, so m eone poor, to survive, oft had to steal. Th us , m ore and more young widows,, and Tommy, ...b roke the law, not for a thrill,,, for a meal.
Early sixties, saw Tommy.. 2 daugh ters, wife. Seeking legal ways, to a better life. But, the un-educated, were held-down by disdain, til one day, this war victim saw....... A govern ment train?? ..... (Billy Brindle.Jan ‘ 17
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Happy 70th Birthday to our lovely Mum!
We miss you more every day. God Bless, sleep tight. All our love, Mum, Dad, Sam, Ashleigh, Becky, Amy and all the kids.
We never lose the ones we love For even though they're gone Within the hearts of those who care Their memory lingers on Love Always and Forever Siobhan, Pat, Mike, Bill & Blaine xxxx
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f you want light entertainment this is probably not the play for you. Fiona Doyle’s Abigail is an intimate but mostly cheerless play about a couple who meet on a winter trip in Berlin, quickly fall in love before travelling around the world, thus beginning a long journey of darkness and self-destruction, writes Alexandra Seijas Canizales... GASWORKS PRESENTS Female Executioner, the first solo exhibition in London by Glasgow-based artist Jamie Crewe.
Comprising newly commissioned video, sculpture, print, and text-based works, the exhibition focuses on French writer Rachilde’s Monsieur Venus: A Materialist Novel. Exploring what is at stake in historical reclamation, Female Executioner investigates what happens when a queer, transfeminine artist tries to touch, reflect on, or rehabilitate a historical work of fiction which seems to offer them ancestry. First published in Belgium in 1884, Monsieur Venus describes a relationship between Raoule de Vénérande, a masculine aristocratic woman, and Jacques Silvert, a working class boy who becomes her mistress. Together, aided by Jacque’s sister Marie and Raoule’s friend the Baron de Raittolbe, the couple invert their genders, acting out a love fuelled by perverse innovation and tinged with sexual jealousy, conservatism and class power. In the end, however, the novel’s overarching
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THE PECKHAM PELICAN 92 Peckham Road, SE15 5PY Luke Merryweather: Johnston Characters The figures on display at the Pelican and are created using glyphs from the font 'Johnston', designed by calligrapher Edward Johnston in 1916 for use on the London Underground. Two Pilcrows become a pair of boots, while a Curly Bracket a moustache. A Question Mark plays the part of a smoker’s pipe, a Breve works well as a wry smile - together they create a new set of characters. The Peckham Pelican, until 29th January, free. MORLEY GALLERY 61 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HT (020 7450 1826) Journey to Justice Using a series of ‘bus stops’, Journey to Justice focuses on telling the less wellknown stories of men, women and children involved in the US civil rights movement. Their stories are not always found in the history books but without them the changes would not have
Who we presume to be Abigail (They never call each other by their names) is a young girl. The man is in his forties with a bucket list of places he wants to see. The play unfolds through flashbacks documenting stages of their relationship. The stage is formed by boxes that build up in a mountain shape on which the highs and lows of their relationship are conveyed. Basic props are used to switch
between present and past and past and present: The characters take off bathrobes and put on jackets to move from a hotel room to a graveyard, for example. Light and darkness are constant themes: a lamp flicked on and off; a bloody towel; a flower. The audience are also close enough that they can read into the actors’ eyes. The drama will make you think about your own relationships and the complexity of love. It will reflect your own insecurities as if you are holding a mirror against your face; it can be disturbing and depressing. This isn't one for a first date. The Bunker, 53A Southwark Street SE1 1RU until February 4th Box Office: www.bunkertheatre.com 0207 234 0486. £19.50 (£15 concessions) Ten £10 tickets are available at each performance for under 25s
Female Executioner
Victorian morality falls upon its characters, and everyone is punished for their transgressions. For Jamie, the novel’s frequent and nuanced cruelty complicates any wholly positive identification with the lead characters, who may at first seem like prototypes of modern-day transgender figuration. However, aspects of the novel still speak lucidly to contemporary trans experience, touching on issues that remain urgent, such as fraught relations with visibility and authenticity, pervasive experiences of trauma, and the threat of punishment and harm. Grappling with
this painful ambivalence, Female Executioner stages, reworks and misreads the positive and negative, radical and moralising aspects of Monsieur Venus in relation the artist’s own personal history and experience of transness. In Jamie’s own words, “seething under its own references” the exhibition “tries to touch the past, and is struck by the past in response.” Gasworks, 155 Vauxhall St, SE11 5RH 26 January – 26 March 2017 Open Weds – Sun 12-6pm Free admission www.gasworks.org.uk
happened. The exhibition is also telling stories of the struggle for social justice in South London today. Morley Gallery, Monday until – 3rd February, 11am-6pm / 12noon-4pm, free. LONDON GLASSBLOWING 62-66 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UD (020 7403 2800) The New Year Sale This is a perfect opportunity to start or develop your collection of glass art. The New Year Sale will include pieces in a range of sizes and series, there will be something to suit all budgets and tastes. During this limited period, find a studio piece in your favourite series of Peter Layton or a completely unique Highlight piece, and treasure your own piece British glassmaking history for years to come. London Glassblowing, Saturday 7th – 21st January, 10am-6pm, free. MORLEY GALLERY 61 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7HT (020 7450 1826) Cardew Space: Cara Rainbow Stories This showcase is an installation created by Cara Rainbow, recipient of the 2016-17 Morley
College Zsuszi Roboz scholarship. Cara will transform the space into a new environment, using a mix of digital technology and painted cardboard construction. This is one of a series of exhibitions and events at Morley taking place during Cara’s year of study at the collage. Morley Gallery, until 28th January, 11am-6pm / 12noon-4pm, free.
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THE BUNKER THEATRE 53 Southwark Street, SE1 1UN (020 7403 1139) Abigail In this innovative new performance from writer Fiona Doyle, a man in his forties and a woman in her twenties meet on a trip to Berlin. The play traverse across a fractured timeline, piecing together the story of their relationship, their love, creeping ever onwards as their struggle unravels before our eyes. This production, directed by the Bunker’s very own artistic director Joshua McTaggart, will be the play’s debut. Bunker Theatre, until 4th February, 7pm / 3pm, £12 - £19.50.
THE KITE Runner is a tale of friendship, loyalty and shame, the shame that weighs heavy on the mind and nags constantly in our thoughts; a shame that can never be redeemed whatever act of kindness you may do for redemption, writes Michael Holland...
from 60s freedom to 90s oppression; from a carefree existence where alcohol and secularism was not so frowned upon, to weddings where ‘tea flowed’ and arbitrary street executions are feared. Eventually the people’s mindset is: ‘the Afghan way to die is on a land mine’. Ben Turner as Amir is the centrepiece for this production, being on stage for over two hours as the narrative and action, swirling, dipping and diving just like the kite in the title, goes on around him. Worthy of attention was the exquisite live tabla playing by Hanif Khan, sitting at the front of the stage adding incidental music as the actors played out the story behind him. Wyndham’s Theatre, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0DA Until Saturday March 11 Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm; Thursday & Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm Box office: www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk www.thekiterunnerplay.com 0844 482 5120; 0844 249 1000 Tickets from £12.50
NATIONAL THEATRE Upper Ground, South Bank, SE1 9PX (020 7452 3000) Lucian Msmati on Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young prodigy, arrives determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy it. Seized by obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music and, ultimately, with God. In this special event, Lucian Msamati reflects on the challenges and rewards of playing Salieri in this new production of Amadeus. National Theatre, Wednesday 11th January, 5.45pm, £6. UNION THEATRE 229 Union Street, SE1 0LR (020 7261 9876) Three Sisters In a UK premiere, one of America's most celebrated contemporary playwrights, Tracy Letts, hones and focuses Chekhov’s depiction of three young Russian women, in a back-water town, whose dreams are eroded by a series of encounters with guests, lovers, family and the proletariat. It was
first performed in 1900 to reflect an increasingly obsolete leisured class, struggling to find a purpose in an age of great social change. At this precise moment in time, when the intelligentsia have become irrelevant at the ballot box it couldn’t feel more pertinent. Union Theatre, until 4th February, 7.30pm, £15. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD (020 4707 0234) The Tempest Prospero rules an unknowable island full of strange noises and stranger encounters. When an opportunity arises to take revenge on past enemies, she summons a storm to shipwreck them. What follows combines the epic and intimate, magical and domestic and asks of us, when time is short, what does it mean to be human? Pared back to a thrilling 90minutes, this will be an exciting production of Shakespeare’s final play, combining dynamic ensemble performances and live music with the vibrancy of Shakespeare’s language. Southwark Playhouse, until 28th January, 3.30pm / 8pm, £16-£20.
Amir is the son of a wealthy businessman who is brought up alongside Hassan, the son of the family’s loyal servant. They took their first words together, stumbled through their first steps together and flew kites together, just as their fathers did. Amir and Hassan were inseparable until one day when bullies committed a terrible act and the boys’ friendship was never the same again. Act 1 ends with the sorrowful parting of the ways amid more widespread political problems, then Act 2 begins with a new start to life in a new and different world. But even with oceans between the protagonists the heartache is never lessened. Matthew Spangler’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s book gives a good account of how Afghanistan changed
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214 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 2UP 0207 403 9242 0207 357 7825 WWW.THEINDIANFUSION.COM EVERYONE LOVES an Indian, don’t they? ‘It’s the national dish’, we are constantly told. But ‘Everyone’ does not include my good friend Kay, whose eating habits are odd. Odd being an understatement. The spiciest thing she has ever had is brown sauce so our trip to Indian Fusion was beset with fear. Kay’s question before tasting every dish was, ‘Is it spicy?’ writes Michael Holland...
We entered the soft purple-lit restaurant to the sound of Gabrielle’s Greatest Hits, so we knew that this was not just another sitar-based Indian. The decor also told us that this was a place for the 21st century. Mr Khan, our host, smiled warmly and ensured our coats were taken and menus given and it was not long before I was sipping on a large glass of robust red that had in fact come from India, a country hardly known for its wine production. It was good, being both floral and earthy in equal measure. We began with a Poppadom, careful not to spoil our appetites by having too much of the tangy dips and chutneys, because we had ordered three starters to get a more rounded idea of the menu. The Badami Lamb Chops were mildly marinated and cooked slowly so they did not burn to a cinder like in other establishments. Excellent. The Chicken Chat Puri was small chunks of spiced meat served on a puri. Kay had heard of this dish so was not too scared to go in. Or maybe it was just the word ‘chat’ that she liked, because she can talk for South London…Puri is a wellknown street food in India that does just as good a job indoors as well. Very nice. We also tried a mixed starter plate to sample the tandoori chicken, samosa, and onion bhaji. All good. I think the samosa might have had too much of a kick to it for my dinner companion as she asked for glass of iced water. ‘Phew!,’ she said through watery eyes. We got talking about dementia but then forgot what we were talking about, which was worrying, so
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spoke about Big Brother instead… Indian Fusion, which has been awarded ‘Best Curry in Central London’, makes a big show of presentation, so our main courses came looking like works of art with carved cucumber, exotic salad and coloured sauces and dips decorating each plate. They were objects of beauty, the design so appetising and tempting. We ordered Tawa King Prawns, a fantastic dish cooked with onions, tomatoes and whole spices, which was delicious. It had just the right amount of chilli bite without any
hotness commandeering the whole curry. There was also Anarosh Chicken. This was chicken tikka cooked with pineapple, garlic and coriander, and was very mild and creamy. Kay loved the fruitiness of it. ‘Reminds me of Malibu,’ she claimed. ‘The drink, not the country.’ Mr Khan also gave us a King Prawn Pordanashi, a dish that showed off the chef’s skills. I wasn’t sure about them at first but after one I knew that they were special. King prawns cooked with
fresh chopped spinach and cheese does not sound like a winner but they were. My partner wasn’t so sure: ‘I think prawns should only be eaten in a Prawn Cocktail,’ she said with deadly seriousness. Yes, we do all love an Indian, and this is one restaurant where you can love it even more. As Gabrielle sang Dreams Can Come True I agreed with her. Mon-Thur: 12-15; 17.30-23 Friday: 17.30-23.55 Sat-Sun: 12-23.55
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How author found ‘unknown’ member of WW2 bomber crew history
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ow does a Peckham-born printer in his 90s end up the subject of a book? asks Kirsty Purnell...
Possible premises are multiple but in the case of 94-year-old Charles Frederick Green and author Vic Jay, the common link was a Lancaster Bomber. Helped along by a stroke of serendipity. Vic Jay, of Pickering in North Yorkshire, began researching his father’s RAF wartime crewmates in 2012. He managed to identify and find the families of five of Bob Jay’s six fellow crew members but beyond a name – Don Cook – was drawing a blank on tracking down number six. Satisfied with the anecdotes and stories he’d gathered, he set about beginning to write his book, The Mallon Crew. Then, an email came out of the blue: ‘Hi there, my name is Mike Cleary, I have a friend who is mentioned in your blog. His name is Charles Frederick Green D.F.C. I am trying to find out how I might get a copy of his citation for the Distinguished Flyers Cross he was awarded.’ “I had no intention of trying to find out about anyone else loosely linked to the crew – and then this email came,” said Vic. Mike Cleary was the son of two over 60s club members in Poulton-le-Fylde, a town about six miles outside Blackpool. A group which Charles Frederick Green also went to. Charles was not, as first thought, the elusive sixth Mallon Crew member. But, as Vic discovered, the mid under gunner was actually an unknown seventh member of the crew, who’d flown with his father on three missions. The two began their relationship with an “emotional half hour phone call”, before Vic and his wife travelled to Poulton-le-Fylde, where Charles relocated to after the war, to visit him. “He reminded me of my dad. Or, more my grandad – because sadly, I never saw my dad as an old man,” said Vic, whose dad died at the age of 55. “He has a great sense of humour, he’s so generous. He took us [Vic and his wife] to the pub for lunch and wouldn’t accept any payment. He’s an old chap living in his house with just a pension. We were so moved.” Vic went on to dedicate a “special chapter” to the seventh member of the Mallon Crew in his book but there was a single condition placed upon the author – he wasn’t to “embarrass” Charles by making him “a hero.” “You don’t shout about what you did,” said Charles, speaking to the News about his wartime career. “Everybody did it. Everybody did their bit. If they hadn’t, who knows what
Charles and wife Marjorie in 1945
Charles (right) and fellow Poulton le Fylde veteran Stan Bousfield receiving Legion of Honour medal
Charles Green in December 1943, No. 429 Squadron R.A.F
would have happened.” Charles was born in Kings Cave Road in Peckham in October 1921. The Milwall supporter (“I still keep an eye on the boys, even now,” said Charles) went to Peckham Park Primary School and left school at the age of fourteen to follow in his father’s footsteps as a printer. He worked as an apprentice for Brown, Knight and Truscott Printers in Cannon Street and volunteered for
wartime duty in 1941 before getting “sent for” in 1942. During his career, Charles served as a mid-under gunner – one of the most dangerous jobs of the war. During operations, he would be situated in a space, alone, in the bowels of the plane – an area of aircrafts that the Germans systemically targeted for its vulnerability. Charles, winner of two prestigious medals – the Distinguished Flyers
Cross (DFC) and the Legion of Honour, awarded by France – will not be drawn upon to romanticise his wartime duty. “Was I proud to win the medals? Yes, I suppose I was,” he said, unwilling to say anymore on the matter. He’s more than willing to share funny anecdotes, though. “On one occasion, we got lost,” said Charles. “We left the German target and Mitch [the pilot] said ‘I’m afraid we’re lost’. So we said – ‘get cracking and find out where we are!’ ” “Then, the bomb aimer said – ‘look ahead. What are all those lights?’ – and the navigator said – ‘I’ve got it! That’s Switzerland!’ “ “ ‘Right Lads, we can land in Switzerland if you like!’ but we said ‘no, let’s get back!’ “ As with all good stories, there was love involved. When the war ended
and Charles was de-mobbed, he joined his future wife Marjorie, whom he’d met when serving at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, in her native Sheffield, where he resumed his printing apprenticeship. So, what does Charles think of the book? “I have it framed! I’m reading it now. I’ve got bad eyesight, though, so I can only read a bit at a time,” he said. The Mallon Crew grew into a project well beyond what Vic Jay had initially foreseen. “The whole thing’s been really emotional because it’s enabled me to connect with my dad again,” said Vic. “There are so many thousands of stories that could be written about these men. The members of the crew’s families are grateful that their stories have been told.” The Mallon Crew can be bought from Ian Allan Books and Models shop on Lower Marsh, Waterloo.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (STONES END STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (PARK STREET)
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a crane operation by Commhoist Ltd, it made 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 will be via, Borough Road, Borough High Street, Great Suffolk Street, as 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 Stones End Street between Borough Road and Great Suffolk 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 restriction will come into operation between the 28th – 29th January 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (REDCROSS WAY)
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TEMPORARY TWO WAY TRAFFIC FLOW SYSTEM
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable he safe access for construction vehicles, to the Keltbray Site in Park Street, it made an Order the effect of which will implement a temporary two way traffic flow system in part of Redcross Way. Whilst works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, the existing one way traffic flow system in Redcross Way, between Southwark Street and Park Street will be suspended to allow for a two way traffic flow system to be implemented.
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 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. The restriction will come into force on the 30th January 2017, and will be in operation as required, Monday – Friday 08:00hrs – 18:00hrs and Saturday 08:00hrs – 14:00hrs
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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 Park Street, between Porter Street and Rose Alley. An alternative route will be via Park Street, Redcross Way, Southwark Street, Sumner Street, Great Guildford Street, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Sumner Street, Emerson Street, as applicable.
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 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. The works will start and finish on the 28th January 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of works by the City of London, it made an Order the effect of which will prohibit vehicular traffic in part of the above named road.
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3435/LBSCR9359
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3456/LBSCR9307
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3429
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LEROY STREET) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named 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 Leroy Street, between Tower Bridge Road and Old Kent Road. The alternative route will be via Tower Bridge Road, Bricklayers Arms. Old Kent Road, Mandela Way, Dunton Road, Grange Road, Tower Bridge Road.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, insofar as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
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 between the 21st – 22nd February 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017 Nicky Costin Network Management Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 3406/ LBS-SC1473513
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk You can use facilities at your local library or ‘My Southwark Service Points’ to access the website. How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked ‘confidential’ will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: 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; DDP-departure 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). 5 BEDALE STREET, LONDON, SE1 9AL (Ref. 17/AP/0134 ) Replacement of existing shopfront; Installation of an awning; Installation of 6no. light fittings on front elevation; (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Troy Davies ) 5 BEDALE STREET, LONDON, SE1 9AL (Ref. 17/AP/0135 ) Installation of 2no. externally illuminated menu boards (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Troy Davies ) 112 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HD (Ref. 16/AP/5192 ) (Householder Application) Minor material amendments to planning permission 15-AP-3198 for: "Single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse; rear dormer extension with x4 rooflights." consisting of: enlargement of the side extension by 1970mm toward the street to accommodate the utility; enlargement of a side elevation window and repositioning of a window and doors to the side elevation, installation of a glass panel next to the entrance. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) 17 CALTON AVENUE, LONDON, SE21 7DE (Ref. 17/AP/0096 ) (Householder Application) Construction of rear extension and rear dormer extension; Replacement of existing windows with new timber framed double glazed units. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) 74 CAMBERWELL ROAD, LONDON, SE5 (Ref. 17/AP/0073 ) Installation of 2 x 28mm copper gas pipes as an emergency repair on the external front elevation from basement level to the base of the first floor windows following the line of the existing rainwater pipe, to be painted black to match the rainwater pipe and white where next to stucco (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Gillian King 0207 525 3969) 3 CHADWICK ROAD, LONDON, SE15 4RA (Ref. 17/AP/0091 ) (Householder Application) Erection of a two storey rear extension (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 0207 525 4929) 5 CHADWICK ROAD, LONDON, SE15 4RA (Ref. 17/AP/0141 ) (Householder Application) Construction of an extension at first floor level to the rear outrigger (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Troy Davies ) 13 CHOUMERT GROVE, LONDON, SE15 4RB (Ref. 17/AP/0075 ) (Householder Application) Construction of a rear dormer extension (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 37 COLLEGE ROAD, LONDON, SE21 7BA (Ref. 17/AP/0018 ) (Householder Application) Demolition of existing conservatory and kitchen at rear of property; Construction of new single storey rear extension (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 181 CONSORT ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3RX (Ref. 16/AP/5200 ) Construction of a vehicle crossover (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Christopher Kirby 0207 525 0952) 21 GLADSTONE STREET, LONDON, SE1 6EY
(Ref. 16/AP/5207 ) Alteration to Grade II listed terraced house: create opening in lower ground floor interior wall; install en-suite bathroom into the non-original mansard roof extension; create direct access from lower ground floor into private garden which requires replacing sash window with double doors and partially lowering private garden; repair flat roof on non-original bathroom extension and replace french glass door with sash window; complete damp protection course on lower ground floor; replace steel framed window in lower ground floor with single glazed timber framed window; switch kitchen and dining areas; replace vault door; and repair and repaint house exterior. (within West Square C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) DULWICH AND SYDENHAM HILL GOLF CLUB, GRANGE LANE, LONDON, SE21 7LH (Ref. 17/AP/0072 ) Erection of a timber frame building (within Dulwich Wood C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Neil Loubser 020 7525 5451) 202-203 GRANGE ROAD, LONDON, SE1 3AA (Ref. 16/AP/4243 ) Demolition of the existing building and the erection of a four storey building comprising 6 no. 2 bed flats and a two storey building comprising 1 no. 3 bed house. (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) 9 GROVE HILL ROAD, LONDON, SE5 8DF (Ref. 16/AP/5040 ) (Householder Application) Construction of a dormer extension to the main rear rooflsope; construction of a single-storey rear 'side infill' extension at ground floor level; alterations to the form of the existing rear outrigger to create a flat roof with parapet walls; changes to the rear fenestration; increase in height of one of the existing parapet walls; installation of x1 rooflight to the main front roofslope (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin 0207 525 5535) WAVERLEY ARMS, 202 IVYDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3BU (Ref. 16/AP/4772 ) Installation of ventilation for the extract equipment to serve trade kitchen Reason(s) for publicity: (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) LAND AT 30-72 LOMOND GROVE, 1-20 BROOME WAY AND 1-12 FLECKER HOUSE, LONDON SE5 (Ref. 16/AP/5055 ) Demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide of 104 residential units of accommodation (3x4 bed, 18x3 bed, 42x2 bed and 41x1 bed) in buildings ranging from 3 to 5 storeys in height, together with associated car parking, cycle parking and landscaping. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Amy Lester 020 7525 5452) ROOF TOP 50030, 8-18 LONDON BRIDGE STREET LONDON SE1 (Ref. 17/AP/0031 ) Installation of 2no. antennas and 1no. 300mm diameter dish antenna face mounted to chimney, 4no. equipment cabinets on the rooftop with ancillary works including a meter cabinet. (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Neil Loubser 020 7525 5451) DULWICH LIBRARY, 368 LORDSHIP LANE,
LONDON, SE22 8NB (Ref. 16/AP/4811 ) Construction of an accessible ramp for side fire escape exit. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Martin McKay ) 129 LYNTON ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5QX (Ref. 16/AP/5052 ) Construction of 1 x 2 bedroom flat at first floor level. (within Thorburn Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Neil Loubser 020 7525 5451) 14 TABARD CENTRE, PRIORESS STREET, LONDON, SE1 4UZ (Ref. 17/AP/0059 ) Replacement of six existing timber-framed casement windows on second floor with timberframed, double glazed casement windows. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 0207 525 5375) 1-18, RIPLEY BUILDINGS AND 1-18, MERROW BUILDINGS, RUSHWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE1 0RA (Ref. 16/AP/5111 ) Renewal and relocation of lateral electricity mains cabling. The trunking will be visible from the front elevations only. (within Kings Bench
C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) UNIT 1, THE AYLESHAM CENTRE, RYE LANE, LONDON, SE15 5EW (Ref. 16/AP/4616 ) Display of: x2 fascia signs; x2 projecting signs and window manifestations (within Rye Lane C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 0207 525 4929) 2A SHENLEY ROAD, LONDON, SE5 8NN (Ref. 16/AP/5220 ) Conversion of the existing basement level of the building from storage space to x1 dwelling (C3 Use Class), to include the creation of light wells at the front and rear entailing the removal of amenity spaces associated with the existing ground floor flat (within Sceaux Gardens C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin 0207 525 5535) Continued on next page.....
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TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)
2 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON SE1 1TQ (Ref. 17/AP/0133 ) Display of 3no externally illuminated individual LEON letters as fascia signage; 1no individual letters 'naturally fast food' in corten steel; 2no Hanging signs externally illuminated; 2no internally illuminated posters positioned internally behind shopfront. (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Troy Davies ) OLD GUYS HOSPITAL, ST THOMAS STREET, LONDON, SE1 9RT (Ref. 17/AP/0015 ) Removal of 7 No. existing CCTV cameras and installation of 16 No. CCTV cameras to external elevations of Old Guy's Hospital buildings (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Martin McKay ) OLD GUYS HOSPITAL, ST THOMAS STREET, LONDON, SE1 9RT (Ref. 17/AP/0014 ) Removal of 7 No. existing CCTV cameras and installation of 16 No. CCTV cameras to external elevations of Old Guy's Hospital buildings. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Martin McKay ) VARCOE SERVICE STATION, 4-28 VARCOE ROAD, LONDON, SE16 3DG (Ref. 16/AP/5235 )
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
Demolition of existing building and development comprising a part six, part 7 and part eight storey building to accommodate 57 new affordable residential units (Use Class C3) and provision of flexible employment / retail space on ground floor (Use Class B1, A1-A3).
(This application represents a departure from strategic policy 10 'Jobs and businesses' of the Core Strategy (2011) and saved policy 1.2 'strategic and local preferred industrial locations' of the Southwark Plan (2007) by virtue of proposing to introduce residential a acommodation in a preferred industrial location). Reason(s) for publicity: DDP, MPA (Contact: Victoria Lewis 020 7525 5410) 347 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 2AL (Ref. 17/AP/0028 ) Extension to the size of the approved usable area of the pedestrianised public highway for the placing of tables and chairs in connection with the ground floor unit (A4 Use Class); retrospective consent for the installation of x3 roller shutters to the ground floor elevations; retrospective consent for the installation of x2 awnings at ground floor level (within Walworth Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin 0207 525 5535)
347 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 2AL (Ref. 17/AP/0029 ) Installation of x1 free-standing non-illuminated sign on the pedestrianised public highway to the front of the building; retrospective advertisement consent for the display of x1 internally-illuminated fascia sign on the front elevation of the building (within Walworth Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Patrick Cronin 0207 525 5535) 322 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 2NA (Ref. 17/AP/0065 ) Construction of a two storey rear extension (first and second floors) in order to create two new dwellings (2 x 1 bedroom flats), including associated external alterations. (within Walworth Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) KIPLING ESTATE GARAGES, WESTON STREET, LONDON, SE1 3RL (Ref. 16/AP/5095 ) Variation of Condition 23 - "Notwithstanding the details shown on drawing P1100 Rev A, the doors serving the refuse store and electrical service area shall only open inwards as required by LBS Planning Application 15AP2721 granted 19/10/2016 - changed to New wording: "Doors to the cycle and refuse stores that open onto the public highway shall open inwards only."
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
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an area of footway on Roberts Close forming part of the existing junction to the rear of 24-28 Quebec Way and measuring between 5.46 metres and 5.55 metres in length and up to 1 metre in width; and an area of footway and carriageway forming part of the existing junction to the rear of 24-28 Quebec Way and measuring between 4.74 metres and 5.09 metres in length and 4.31 metres and 6.16 metres in width.
All of the areas to be stopped up fall within the London Borough of Southwark
IF THE ORDER IS MADE the stopping up will be authorised to enable the development described in the Schedule to this Notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted under Part III of the Act by the Council on 4 March 2016 under local planning authority reference No. 15/AP/2217. COPIES OF THE DRAFT ORDER AND THE RELEVANT PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED FREE OF CHARGE by way of appointment during a 28 day period commencing on Thursday 19 January 2017 at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ by calling 020 7525 2135 and referring to the Roberts Close Stopping Up Order. A copy may also be viewed on the Council’s website at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/highwayclosures
ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed Order within a 28 day period commencing on Thursday 19 January 2017 by written notice to the Director of Law and Democracy, 2nd Floor, Hub 2, PO Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX quoting reference (LEG/RP/PL/AG/RE040/60486).
In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the objector about it.
Dated 19 January 2017 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date SIMON BEVAN- Director of Planning
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK hereby gives notice that it proposes to make an Order under Section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping up of the following areas of public highway shown hatched black on the plan attached to the draft Order:-
Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Craig Newton 020 7525 4004) 31 WOOLER STREET, LONDON, SE17 2ED (Ref. 17/AP/0108 ) (Householder Application) Removal of Condition 3 as required by planning permission dated 30/12/2016 [LBS ref no 16AP4539] for insertion of rooflights to facilitate conversion of existing loft space into a bedroom and en-suite bathroom with associated staircase. (within Liverpool Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Martha Dankwa 0207 525 3734)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (VALENTINE ROW) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF PEDESTRIANS
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable works by UK Power Networks, it intends to make an order the effect of which would be to prohibit pedestrians from entering part of the above named road.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised signs are displayed, no person shall enter or proceed in Valentine Row between No’s 108 and Blackfriars Road. The alternative route will be via Valentine Place, Blackfriars Road, Webber 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 anything connected 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 6th – 10th February 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX. Ref: 3417/ 10719871
Doreen Forrester-Brown Director of Law and Democracy THE SCHEDULE ‘Demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed-use building ranging from 4 to 7 storeys plus basement comprising 94 residential units (Use Class C3) and flexible commercial floor space (Use Classes A1/A2/A3, B1, D1/D2); associated highway, public realm and landscaping works, car and cycle parking and associated works.’
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK PEDAL CYCLE 'QUIETWAY' ROUTE Q7: TRINITY STREET TO ALBANY ROAD The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Pedal cycle quietways) (No. *) Traffic Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark Cycle Tracks Order (Pedal cycle quietways) (No. 3) 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'D') (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'M1') (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'M2') (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (Car club) (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled persons) (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Solo motor cycles) (No. *) Order 201*, the London Borough of Southwark (Loading bays) (No. *) Order 201*, and the London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, or in the case of the cycle tracks order, under section 3 of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984, following the procedure set out in the Cycle Tracks Regulations 1984. 2. The effect of the orders would be:(a) to introduce new two-way segregated cycle lanes: (i) throughout RODNEY PLACE, aligned with the eastern kerb; (ii) in RODNEY ROAD, between its junctions with Rodney Place and Larcom Street, aligned with the north-eastern kerb; and (iii) in ALBANY ROAD, between a point opposite the south-western kerb-line of Portland Street and a point 36 metres south-west of a point opposite that kerb-line, aligned with the south-eastern kerb; (b) to introduce a north-eastbound semi-segregated cycle lane in ALBANY ROAD, between a point 60 metres north-east of the south-western wall of Arklow House, Aylesbury Estate and a point 10.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Portland Street, aligned with the north-western kerb; (c) to introduce south-westbound segregated cycle lanes in ALBANY ROAD: (i) between a point 49 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Wells Way and a point opposite the south-western kerbline of Portland Street; and (ii) between a point 36 metres south-west of a point opposite the south-western kerb-line of Portland Street and a point 31 metres north-east of a point opposite the south-western wall of Arklow House, Aylesbury Estate; (d) to introduce a south-eastbound segregated cycle lane in PORTLAND STREET, between its junctions with Hopwood Road and Albany Road, aligned with the north-eastern kerb; (e) to introduce one-way northbound traffic working in RODNEY PLACE for all vehicles except pedal cycles between its junctions with Munton Road and New Kent Road; (f) to prohibit all vehicles except pedal cycles from entering into RODNEY PLACE at its junction with New Kent Road; (g) to prohibit all north-westbound vehicles except pedal cycles in RODNEY ROAD from turning right into Rodney Place; (h) to provide new loading bays in RODNEY PLACE outside Nos. 1-27 Rodney Place, and in RODNEY ROAD outside Rutherford Heights, in which vehicles may load or unload for up to 40 minutes at any time, provided that no vehicle may return to a loading bay within 2 hours; (i) to remove existing 'shared-use' parking places in:- (i) BRANDON STREET, on the north-east side adjacent to Newbolt House; (ii) PORTLAND STREET, on the north-east side outside Studland and Lulworth (2 parking places to be removed), on the north-east side between Hopwood Road and Albany Road, and on the south-west side outside Chiltern House, Aylesbury Estate (2 parking places to be removed); and (iii) ALBANY ROAD, on the north-west side outside Nos. 120-150 Westmoreland Walk, Aylesbury Estate, on the south-east side opposite Nos. 120-150 Westmoreland Walk, Aylesbury Estate (2 parking places to be removed) and on the south-east side outside Burgess Park BMX track; (j) to remove an existing car club parking place in PORTLAND STREET outside Chiltern House; (k) to amend the designation of existing permit holders', 'shared-use', pay, car club, motor cycle and disabled persons' parking places in FALMOUTH ROAD, LARCOM STREET, BRANDON STREET, EAST STREET, PORTLAND STREET, MERROW STREET, SONDES STREET and ALBANY ROAD and introduce new or amend existing lengths of ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in FALMOUTH ROAD, RODNEY PLACE, MUNTON ROAD, ELBA PLACE, LARCOM STREET, BRANDON STREET, EAST STREET, PORTLAND STREET, MERROW STREET,SONDES STREET and ALBANY ROAD -so as to accommodate the provision of a new footway and carriageway layout in the 'quietway' route; and (l) to formalise an existing cycle track on a footpath at the following location:- LARCOM STREET, a segregated cycle track for the use of pedal cycles only, comprising all that part of the pedestrianised area between its junctions with Rodney Road and Content Street (designated as a footpath under the provisions of the Conversion of Highways into Footpaths or Bridleways (London Borough of Southwark) (No. 1) Order 1977) as is bounded on the north-west by a line drawn 3.3 metres south-east of and parallel to the north-western edge of that footpath and marked by a segregating kerb and on the south-east by a further line drawn 3 metres south-east of and parallel to that line and marked by a segregating kerb, as extends from the south-western kerb-line of Rodney Road to the north-eastern kerb-line of Content Street. 3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that it has approved under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the provision of a raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing with a parallel cycle crossing facility at the following location:- RODNEY ROAD, the centre of which would be located 12.5 metres north-west of the north-western wall of Block E, Peabody Estate, Rodney Road. Zig-zag markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times would be laid on both sides of the road for a distance of 14.5 metres north-west of and 10 metres south-east of the crossing. 4. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE 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 to construct:(a) speed tables of flat-top construction having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, at the following locations:- (i) RODNEY PLACE - extending from the southern kerb-line of New Kent Road southward for a distance of 10 metres; (ii) MUNTON ROAD - extending from the eastern kerb-line of Rodney Place eastward for a distance of 6 metres; (iii) RODNEY ROAD - at the zebra pedestrian location referred to item 3 above, extending from a point 7 metres north-west of the north-western wall of Block E, Peabody Estate, Rodney Road north-westward for a distance of 12.5 metres; (iv) BRANDON STREET - extending from the north-western kerb-line of East Street north-westward for a distance of 5.5 metres; and (v) PORTLAND STREET - extending from the south-eastern kerb-line of East Street south-eastward for a distance of 6 metres; (b) road humps of sinusoidal cross-section construction, 3.7 metres in length, having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the greater width of the carriageway, centred upon the following locations:- (i) BRANDON STREET - at a point 12.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Larcom Street; (ii) BRANDON STREET - at a point 12 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Wadding Street; (iii) BRANDON STREET - at the common boundary of Nos. 110 and 112 Brandon Street; (iv) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 28 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Trafalgar Street; (v) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 21.5 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Wooler Street; (vi) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 27.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Burton Grove; (vii) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 1 metre south-east of the south-eastern wall of Nos. 58-62 Portland Street; (viii) PORTLAND STREET - at the common boundary of Nos. 29 and 31 Portland Street; (ix) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 37 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Hopwood Street; and (x) PORTLAND STREET - at a point 43 metres north-west of the north-western kerbline of Albany Road. Existing speed cushions at or in the vicinity of these locations would be removed. 5. For more information contact Clement A-Frempong of the council's Highways – transport projects team by telephone on 020 7525 2305 or e-mail clement.agyei-frempong@southwark.gov.uk . 6. Copies of this notice, the proposed orders, a statement of the council's reasons for making the orders and a plan of the proposal may be found online at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders or paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 for details. 7. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/ or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic orders officer, Highways, Southwark council, Environment, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference H/ND/TMO1617-022 by 09 February 2017. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 8. When making an objection or representation, please be aware that this may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including in some circumstances personal information, may also be subject to publication or disclosure under the requirements of current access to information legislation. Dated 19 January 2017 NICKY COSTIN Parking and network management business unit manager, Regulatory services
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HEYGATE STREET, RODNEY ROAD)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (UNION STREET) 1. 2.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of works by SGN, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from making certain movements in the above named road. Whilst the works are in progress and the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in; (a) Union Street, Westbound Lane of carriageway, between Nelson Square and Great Suffolk Street.
The alternative route for affected traffic (a) (Northbound) Great Suffolk Street, Southwark Street, Blackfriars Road. (b) (Southbound) Great Suffolk Street, Pocock Street Blackfriars 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 operation between the 2nd January 2017 – 3rd March 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that, it intends to make an order under section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to facilitate a crane operation to Hartwell Manufacturing Ltd, by Metro Traffic Services Ltd being proposed in part of the above named roads.
Whilst the 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 Heygate Street approximately 190m from the junction of Walworth, to Rodney Road at it’s junction with Paragon Way. An alternative route would be via: Rodney Road, Flint Street, East Street, Old Kent Road, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Newington Butts, Walworth Road, Camberwell Road, Albany Road, Thurlow Street, as applicable. 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.
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 restriction will be in operation on Saturday 4th February.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017
Dated this 19th January 2017
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX. Ref 3462/W113924660-02587
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3423/3452/ LBSCR9339
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (MADRON STREET, RECORD STREET) 1. 2.
3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Agility Alliance/Thames Water to carry out works, it intends, to make an order the effect of which will 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) Madron Street, between No’s 41 and No’s 1A. (b) Record Street, between No’s 152 – No’s 154.
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BIRD IN BUSH ROAD, BULLER CLOSE, ILDERTON ROAD, ROLLS ROAD,HOLYROOD STREET) 1. 2.
The alternative route (a) Madron Street, Old Kent Road. (b) Penarth Street, Hatcham Road, as applicable.
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.
3.
The works will take on the (a) 1st – 2nd February 2017. (b) 1st – 3rd February 2017.
4.
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. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017. Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX 3407/ 000804401260045-001. 3403/ 000804425370055-001
5. 6. 7.
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Highway works, by the London Borough of Southwark and a crane operation by Balfour Beatty, it intends to make an order the effect of which will 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) Bird in Bush Road, between Commercial Way to Peckham Park Road (b) Buller Close, Peckham Hill Street to Commercial Way (c) Ilderton Road, between Rotherhithe New Road and Zampa Road. (d) Rolls Road, between St James Road to Humphrey Street. (e) Holyrood Street, between Magdalen Street and Shand Street. (crane operation)
The alternative route would be via: (a) Peckham Park Road, Commercial Way. (b) Peckham Hill Street, Commercial Way. Buller Close, Peckham Park Road, Bird in Bush Road, Peckham Hill Street. (c) Rotherhithe New Road, Old Kent Road. Mercury Way Casella Road, Old Kent Road. (d) St James Road, Old Kent Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way. St James Road, Southwark Park Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way. (e) not applicable.
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 (a) 2nd – 8th February 2017. (b) 1st February 2017. (c) 6th February 2017. (d) 8th February. (e) 4th February 2017. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 19th January 2017.
To place a public notice, please call us on: 020 7232 1639 or email: Planning a street party? em@southwarknews.co.uk Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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NON-LEAGUE 39
Millwall secure Lioness leaders
MILLWALL LIONESSES manager Lee Burch said the longterm deals penned by captain Ashlee Hincks and vice-captain Jordan Butler “will be huge for us” ahead of the new season.
Hincks and Butler have extended their stays at the club until 2018. Hincks joined Millwall Lionesses in 2015 and scored six goals and got four assists in eighteen appearances last season when she was also appointed club captain. “Ash has lead the line well scoring important goals and assisting. Since I've been at the club she has been excellent not only on the field but off it also,” Burch said. Butler played eleven times for the club last season after returning from a longterm injury she suffered in the previous
Fisher remain last as Whitstable Nic points
campaign. “Jordan has formed a great partnership with Leighanne Robe at the back and as vice-captain she has shown great leadership both on and off the pitch with the team,” Burch added. “Securing them long term was also important as it's going to be a big eighteen months for Women’s Super League clubs and stability will be key for us. I want to keep this group of players together and build on the good end to last season with a better Spring Series, ready for the new winter season. “Ash and Jordan's experience and leadership will be huge for us and I'm pleased they have shown commitment to the club.” Millwall play Durham Women FC on February 12.
Fisher FC goalkeeper and man of the match Nic Taylor spectacularly saves a Harry Brown free-kick
By John Kelly
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FISHER STAYED rooted to the bottom of the SCEFL Premier Division after their three-game unbeaten run came to an end despite the heroics of goalkeeper Nic Taylor against Whitstable at the weekend.
After missing some early chances, Whitstable went ahead in the 26th minute when Charlie Smith fired past Taylor. A minute later Aaron Quain struck the bar from a free-kick, before Dan Eason palmed away a Spencer Forte drive to keep the away side in front. Fisher fell two goals behind when Craig Thompson scored just before the break. It was always a tough ask for Fisher against a side chasing an eighth successive win and a fifth clean sheet in a row. Taylor did his best to ensure his side would get something from the fixture with a number of impressive saves. Fisher’s main threat was Forte, but
he was substituted at the break after receiving a yellow card in the first half, to be replaced with Juan David Devia Pineda Two-cap Montserrat international and former Millwall youth player Taylor prevented Whitstable from making it an
PHOTO: Whit stable Town
The view of Canary Wharf from Fisher FC’s new ground at St Paul’s
No Hass-le for Stans DEPLETED STANSFELD/ Eltham Palace came from two goals down in the last half an hour to stun Meridian VP at the weekend. Stansfeld were without seven firstteam regulars but dominated the first 30 minutes, creating a number of chances. Ryan Hassan could have grabbed a hat-trick, but first he failed to force the
even more convincing win in added time at the end of the game when he produced a stunning save to keep out Harry Brown’s free-kick. Fisher are a point behind Beckenham Town in the table with a game more played.
ball over the line from close range at a corner and then twice dragged the ball wide of the left-hand post when he was put through one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Charlie Richmond then had a shot from distance saved and Sam Ryan also saw an effort from the edge of the area go just wide. Frankie Beale was next to
try his luck, bending a free-kick around the wall but the goalkeeper again made a good save. Meridian went ahead in the 35th minute when Michael Shipp headed home from a corner. Stansfeld were briefly shocked by the goal, but they were given the chance to level when Freddie Sansom was tripped inside the box for a penalty. With regular penalty-taker Billy Jolley absent the responsibility fell to Hassan, but his effort was saved.
Ashlee Hincks and Jordan Butler sign new long-term Millwall deals
Hamlet flurry sets up Iron tie By John Kelly
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DULWICH HAMLET will play Braintree Town in the last sixteen of the FA Buildbase Trophy after Sunday’s 4-1 win over Whitehawk.
Hamlet produced a sensational last eighteen minutes after falling a goal behind just after half-time when Whitehawk’s Michael West ran through to beat goalkeeper Preston Edwards. The home side should have gone two goals up in the 55th minute, but Edwards made a stunning double save to keep Hamlet’s cup hopes alive. Whitehawk lost their goalkeeper Thomas Stewart in the 65th minute, with Ross Flitney coming on. Flitney saved from Nyren Clunis before the visitors finally made the
The second half took on a similar pattern to the first, with Stansfeld pushing forward for the equaliser. But, on 51minutes, against the run of play, a misplaced pass was pounced on and Grant Lye put Meridian two goals up. That prompted a personnel and formation change and, after Perry Holland came on, Harry Gamble pulled a goal back when he bundled home at the far post. Seven minutes later Stansfeld were level through Jesse Thackham’s finish from two yards.
breakthrough in the 72nd minute when Ibrahim Kargbo pounced on a loose ball to cross for Gavin Tomlin to head home. Whitehawk were rocked, and fell behind three minutes later and it was Tomlin again applying the finish, this time from an accurate Clunis cross. Eight minutes from time Hamlet finished the tie as a contest, Ashley Carew firing home another cross from Clunis. And Carew got his second late on when he finished the rebound to the net after Flitney had saved his penalty. There will be some Millwall interest in Hamlet’s tie with Braintree as Lions midfielders Kris Twardek and Kyron Farrell are on loan at The Iron. The fixture will kick off at the IronmongeryDirect Stadium at 3pm on Saturday, February 4.
With time running out it was left to Hassan to redeem himself after his earlier misses, and he neatly controlled Ryan's chipped through ball before lashing his shot high into the net to complete a superb comeback. *Stansfeld/Eltham Palace are at home to Crockenhill in the SCEFL Division 1 on Saturday, January 21. Kick-off is 3pm.. Stansfeld's new 1st team and Reserves’ games fell victim to the weather at the weekend.
40 MILLWALL
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BY THE end, away fans packed into the Jimmy Seed Stand at The Valley were singing “You’ll never beat Millwall”, glorying in their team maintaining an unbeaten run over their rivals that will stretch past 21 years and ten games.
Those supporters had the best view of the most controversial moment of a game that, despite the finally tally of two early injuries, eight bookings and a red card, was never nasty. It was an incident in the 58th minute that left Karl Robinson, his players and the home supporters in a crowd of 15,315 feeling aggrieved. It came after Jordan Archer had made a routine save and was about to launch a Millwall
SK Y BET LE AGUE ONE
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0 MILLWALL 0
Date: Saturday January 14, 2017 Attendance: 15,315 Man of the match: Jorge Teixeira Referee: Keith Stroud
THE LINE-UPS
20 Solly
15 Konsa
5 Bauer
21 Byrne
Fergusonat 66'
5 Craig
4-4-2
8 Crofts
50 Teixeira
9 Magennis
20 Morison 22 O'Brien
23 Rudd
Watt 13'
6 Williams
4 Hutchinson
32 Aribo
4-3-3
2 Page
Dasilva 28' Holmes 80'
3 Chicksen 9 Gregory
8 Thompson 17 Webster
10 Onyedinma Worral 66'
1 Cummings
1 Archer
Head to Head 65% 4 3 2 12
Possession Shots
Shots on target Corners Fouls
35% 12 2 4 14
counterattack. It was difficult viewing it live and without the benefit of a replay to see what had happened, but the initial consensus was the goalkeeper had ben fouled and hence why referee Keith Stroud had blown his whistle just as Charlton thought they had made the breakthrough. It only became clear in the press room later when Robinson invited those present to gather around the laptop of video analyst, Brett Shaw. Footage clearly showed Archer about to clear and then stop mid-kick before Charlton centre-back Patrick Bauer flicked the ball into the unguarded goal. Robinson didn’t wish to make any comment for fear of receiving a fine, but the video showed the decision to disallow the goal was harsh. That wasn’t the last time Stroud infuriated the home support. On two occasions in the second half he managed to get in the way of Charlton moves. The second could have ended more grievously when after Stroud had inadvertently dispossessed Joe Aribo, the ball landed at substitute Shane Ferguson’s feet but no Millwall player could connect with his cross into the box. Stroud wasn’t finished claiming villain status, though Steve Morison was hardly blameless when just as the final whistle sounded he provoked Jorge Teixeira into throwing the ball at him and the centre-back was given a second yellow card. It all added to the sense of bitterness the home side felt, and probably sweetened the taste for Lions fans who saw their side claim their fourth point off their rivals this season to maintain the three-point gap between the clubs in the League One table. It’s these kinds of occasions that remind you of the tendency of derby games to fracture any kind of solidarity supporters might feel with each other’s troubles. Millwall and Charlton have had plenty of off-field concerns this season, but that didn’t stop Charlton fans singing, “Lewisham Council, they’re coming or you” to remind the away end that a decision still looms over the future of The Den and the club. Of more immediate concern to Charlton on Saturday was what was happening on the pitch. Robinson’s plans were blown apart inside the first 28 minutes. First centre-forward Josh Magennis, who had begun in menacing fashion and seemed intent on unsettling Byron Webster and Shaun Hutchinson, departed on a stretcher after failing to get up following a challenge with Hutchinson. Next, new signing from West Ham Lewis Page hobbled off to be replaced with the diminutive winger Jay Dasilva. That also disrupted the home side’s tactics as they had previously been looking to exploit a perceived weakness
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Millwall create more clear-cut chances – but referee Stroud lets Lions off t he ho o k
Charlton’s Adam Chicksen crashes into a tackle on Fred Onyedinma
in Shaun Cummings’ game by playing long diagonal balls to Adam Chicksen, who now had to drop to left-back. The most clear-cut chances in the contest fell to Millwall. In the eighth minute Lee Gregory showed his cunning by stealing in on the blind side of Bauer to reach Tony Craig’s long ball forward and though he beat the advancing Declan Rudd to the touch the ball went wide of the far post. Byron Webster should have put Millwall ahead when he was all alone eight yards out in the centre of the goal from Shaun Williams’ free-kick, but he headed the ball into the ground and it was relatively easy for Rudd. The
goalkeeper then had to race from his line to clear after Williams had looked for Morison’s run in behind the Charlton defence. Millwall generally restricted Charlton to long-range efforts that Archer dealt relatively comfortably with. The mercurial Tony Watt, who had come on for Magennis, was inclined to drop deep to forage rather than provide a focal point closer to Millwall’s goal. He was still dangerous, though, and after one slaloming run he won a corner from which Aribo tested Archer, before another piece of link-up play from Watt gave Dasilva the chance to cross from the left but he aimed his delivery too
close to the goalkeeper. Millwall were the stronger side in the last 20 minutes, and had a glut of chances to win the game. Teixeira cleared Morison’s volley off the line before the striker returned the ball into the box where Hutchinson headed a foot wide. Webster had another chance from a corner but also directed his header off target. And the closest Millwall came was four minutes from time when Gregory rose to meet Williams’ free-kick but drifted his header wide of the far post with Rudd beaten. But given what Robinson illustrated later, a draw was probably a fair result.
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EXCLUSIVE
By John Kelly
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BEN THOMPSON was only nineteen years old when he got the news no one should have to hear.
Thompson was at Millwall’s training ground when his phone rang on December 20, 2014. His cousin was on the other end with the news Ben’s younger brother, Jack, had died suddenly. His manager then with the U21s is his senior manager now and Neil Harris immediately drove him to Dover, where Jack had been playing football with his cousin. Harris and the club told him to take as much time as he wanted, but as Thompson explains, he wanted to get back playing quickly. “The only thing my brother would have wanted was me playing for Millwall,” he said. “I came back after two or three days and it took my mind off things for a few hours, got me out of the house. It was hard but I think football takes your mind off things. “When I play football I don’t think about anything else, I don’t think about any other issues. It’s nice to get away from everything else, from reality a bit. “At the time that’s what helped me, I wanted to get back into football as soon as possible. “I scored in my first game back, it was a 21s game against Bristol City. We won 5-3. I remember coming back playing in that, it was good to get out there. The boys were supportive, everyone was helping me through it and to get a goal as well was nice.” Jack was obsessed with football and with Millwall in particular. He didn’t have the same talent as Ben, but there were similarities in their approach to the game. “He knew he wasn’t good enough to play professional football, but he loved coming to the games and he played Sunday League football with his friends,” Thompson said. “He was a bit like me as well, he would kick everyone and run through people! He enjoyed his football, he loved coming to watch Millwall, that was his main passion.” Jack was just sixteen years old when he died. A photo Ben shared on Twitter the night before the derby clash with Charlton on December 21 showed him with his father, Darren, and with Jack at the 2010 League One play-off final at Wembley. “Miss you more than anything,” Ben wrote. “I know you’ll be watching over tomorrow.” Jack would have been at The Den with dad Darren cheering on their team. Afterwards, Ben paid tribute to Jack, saying his memory is a large part of what drives him. There had also been a tribute on the pitch, a very personal one from Steve Morison, who after scoring the second goal in a 3-1 win, lifted his jersey to reveal a t-shirt with the message, ‘This one’s for u, Jack’. “I didn’t know he was going to do that,” Thompson said. “When he did it I was celebrating with the fans and I turned around and saw it. It was a lovely gesture from him and my family really appreciated it as well. I think only Moro and the kitman knew and I’ve got the tshirt at home now. “If anyone was going to score you’d put
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Ben Thompson lost his younger brother Jack just over two years ago. Now everything he does is to honour his memory.
it on Moro’s back ahead of anyone else’s. I’m glad it happened. “Obviously you’re focusing on the game but if you score a goal or something like that you know he would have been up there celebrating, going mental in the east upper.” Thompson explained his own journey from the stands to the pitch happened quickly and a bit later than has become more the norm in modern football, with the likes of Jamie Philpot joining the academy before his tenth birthday. And 21-year-old midfielder Thompson jokes he’s not quite sure where his football ability comes from. “My dad seems to think he’s got a bit still, he still thinks he’s better than me, to be honest,” Thompson said. “Dad played football when he was younger, nothing special, pub football with his mates. He claims he scored a lot of goals as a striker, so I definitely didn’t get any goal-scoring from him! “I was playing Sunday League football with my friends at Dartford, and playing for the school and county. It came to the end of Year 11 and I had to think about what I was going to do. “Sixth Form was an option to further my education. Aston Villa took me on trial for a few weeks. It was a different experience, the training ground was unbelievable, the facilities. Millwall is my home club, though, and that was more interesting to me. “Barry Dunn, the chief scout, had been
watching me and wanted me to come down for a while, and I finally did. I was here for about eight weeks and (academy boss) Scott Fitzgerald brought me and my dad to the training ground and offered me a scholarship for two years. “That’s how it came about, I hadn’t thought about it in my school days. Everyone wants to be a footballer, that’s the dream, and all of a sudden it just happened. “A lot of the boys who have come through have been at the club since the age of seven or eight, I was just playing with my friends.” Thompson has developed quickly, really only nailing down a first-team place less than a year ago but now one of the first names on the teamsheet. Fans identify with his battling qualities, and he had to show them as Millwall dug out a scoreless draw in their second match in less than a month with Charlton last weekend to stretch their unbeaten run over the Addicks to ten games over more than 21 years. “It was a tough game, the pitch was boggy and their players were up for it just as much as we were so it was always going to be a battle,” he said. “But I think at the end of the day it was a good result. “We didn’t lose in either of the game. The first game we dominated and the second game was pretty even. They had a few chances and we had a good few opportunities but just couldn’t put the ball
RIGHT: Steve Morison dedicates hsi goal against Charlton to Jack Thompson
Ben his dad Darren and Jack Thompson cheering on Millwall at Wembley in 2010
in the back of the net. “Being a fan and going when I was younger, you know Charlton haven’t beaten us and before the game the fans are up for it, they know what’s at stake, as do we, and there is a lot of pressure on you. “But once you get into the game you forget about that and all the focus is on trying to get the three points. We did the
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job this season.” His younger brother wouldn’t accept anything less, as Ben explained after that December derby win. “If he went to watch me and I wasn’t putting 100 per cent in I’d come home and he’d tell me, he’d tell me straight. He was a massive Millwall fan, came to every game and sat in the east upper. Everything I do is for him.”
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IT’S ALMOST unheard of these days for a manager to name the same team for the seventh successive competitive game, but Neil Harris could do that for Millwall’s League One fixture at Bradford this weekend.
The Lions are unbeaten in their last six fixtures, but Shane Ferguson and David Worrall have been putting pressure on Aiden O’Brien and Fred Onyedinma in training this week. Both first-choice wingers were taken off in the 66th minute of the 0-0 draw at Charlton last Saturday, with Ferguson looking particularly threatening when he came on. Harris will hope Byron Webster and Shaun Hutchinson come through training unscathed this week as they continue to develop their centre-back partnership. The pair were described as “beasts” by Charlton boss Karl Robinson after the game at The Valley when Millwall registered a first clean sheet away from home in the league this season. There are unlikely to be any other changes, though Mahlon Romeo put in a bright performance in the U23 side’s 3-0 win over Queens Park Rangers at Millwall’s training ground on Monday afternoon. And Harris outlined what he will be focusing on before deciding on his starting XI at Valley Parade. He said: “Is everyone contributing? Is everyone playing to their ability? It also depends on how the opposition play, what their strengths and weaknesses are. “I also need to decide whether to freshen it up. Does someone look like they’re struggling in training? It’s all those kinds of things and if I feel the players are fit and it’s the right team then I’ll pick it again. “I’m also aware of the fact that even if the games are Saturday to Saturday it’s still been a big ask for the players to go six games in a row. “I have to consider all of that but I’m still mindful of the fact that we’re six unbeaten with that team.” Bradford, meanwhile, are six points ahead of Millwall in the table, but the fact that the Lions have a game in hand
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THERE WAS a familiar face at Millwall’s training ground on Tuesday morning as Neil Harris was preparing his side to face Bradford City this weekend. Former Crystal Palace and Reading boss Steve Coppell is currently the head coach of the Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League, but he is no stranger at Millwall’s Calmont Road base.
Neil Harris outside Valley Parade before his side's 3-1 win over Bradford last May
Millwall record against Bradford: Played 45 Won 18 Drawn 17 Lost 10 League One form guide: Bradford: DDWWL Millwall: WWDWD Probable Millwall team: 4-4-2: Archer; Cummings, Webster, Hutchinson, Craig; Onyedinma, Thompson, Williams, O’Brien; Gregory, Morison. Match odds: Bradford 13/10 Draw 23/10 Millwall 21/10
underlines the importance of getting a second win in a row at the home of the Bantams after last May’s 3-1 victory in the first leg of their play-off semi-final. Millwall also know that automatic promotion is in danger of becoming a distant reality if they don’t maintain their unbeaten run. Bradford went twelve league games without defeat from the start of the season, but have lost four of their next fifteen, including last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to struggling Shrewsbury. Stuart
McCall’s side will also know the value of defeating their southern promotion rivals, with ten points already separating them and Scunthorpe in second place. Bradford captain Tony McMahon is keen to put that result behind them after admitting they struggled against a pressing game after Shrewsbury went ahead. “It gave them something to hang on to and they worked ever so hard,” McMahon said. “We’ll take praise
when it comes our way and we’ll take criticism as well. “A few of us didn’t perform to the standards that we set. “We’ve been playing so well, winning games, and dominating games from start to finish. But we didn’t get going. Shrewsbury pressed the life out of us from minute one and kept going. “We just huffed and puffed but just didn’t have enough quality to come back at them.”
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Kerala Blasters – who have former Lions goalkeeper Graham Stack in their squad, as well as ex-Newcastle defender Aaron Hughes – finished their season in December after reaching their league play-off semifinals. Coppell was at Millwall’s 2-2 draw with AFC Wimbledon on January 2 and also regularly attends games at The Den. Harris has made no secret of the fact that he speaks with his former teammate and current Burnley manager
Sean Dyche, as well as getting advice from Kenny Jackett. And the connection with Coppell is also a personal one. “He’s a mate of mine. He loves football and has a lot of knowledge,” Harris explained. “He’s a good guy and loves being involved and has given me some invaluable advice. It’s nice for him to pop down to the training ground sometimes and observe me as well as the team. “It would be crazy not to tap into
experienced, knowledgeable people. “I really enjoy going to watch games and it’s amazing what information and knowledge you can pick up. “Anytime I want to catch up with Kenny or Dychey they are really good people to talk to. There’s always something that has happened, there’s something in the press or team selection and it’s great to get their take on it. “I often want someone else’s opinion and it’s handy to be able to talk to those kinds of people.”
Lions skipper, Tony Craig, is expecting another tough battle on Saturday against a side that hasn’t lost at home in League One since that May defeat to Millwall. “Bradford are a very good side, very physical with a lot of different strengths,” he said. “We’ll go through our plan throughout the week and hopefully capitalise on their weaknesses. “It’ll be a great game to be involved in.”
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Shaun Hutchinson powers Steve Morison's cross towards goal at The Valley last weekend and, below, his reaction at seeing it go just wide
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SHAUN HUTCHINSON says everyone in the Millwall squad “buys into” the style of play Neil Harris wants from them.
Millwall are unbeaten in their last six games, and after last Saturday’s 0-0 draw at Charlton, Addicks boss Karl Robinson outlined how difficult it is to break the Lions down, explaining “they sit with two very deep banks and it’s hard to play through them”. Hutchinson stressed Harris “knows exactly what he wants” and the centreback believes it is working as Millwall look to mount a push for the top six. “The good thing about what we’ve got here is the gaffer’s got a style of play and, although it will vary depending on the opponent now and again, the blueprint is there from the beginning,” Hutchinson said. “Everyone buys into it, everyone understands what he wants and what he likes. That helps and when everyone is on the same page it makes things easier. “If we can defend well and keep supplying the two up top then I think we’ve got a chance because it’s not too often they don’t get a goal or a couple of goals. “In your head sometimes you know if a manager is asking a little bit too much of you. You end up going to games thinking, ‘He wants me to do this, he wants me to do that’, and it’s not what you’re best at. “But the gaffer knows exactly what he wants and I think you can see that in the way that we play. It’s not as if we’re trying to play out from the back and the strikers aren’t with it, or the midfielders aren’t with it. “We’ve got a way of playing and it’s the way everyone wants to play. It’s been really effective.” Hutchinson has yet to open his goalscoring account for Millwall since his summer move from Fulham, though injury restricted him to just two league appearances in the first four months of the season. Millwall created a number of scoring
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SID NELSON helped Newport County end an eight-game losing streak in League Two last Saturday.
Nelson played in the centre of Graham Westley’s side’s defence as the Welsh outfit drew 1-1 at home to Colchester. But County are still six points from safety at the bottom of the table. Kyron Farrell made his full senior league debut in Braintree Town’s 10 win over Sutton United at the weekend. Kris Twardek also played as The Iron crept four points clear of the National League relegation zone.
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chances at The Valley, with one of the best of them falling to Hutchinson when he headed Steve Morison’s cross just wide in the second half. By this stage last season Byron Webster and Mark Beevers had scored seven goals between them, compared to one from centre-backs so far this season, and Hutchinson knows taking advantage of set-pieces is something that must be improved. “I’m getting a bit of stick now because I should have about four or five at this stage,” Hutchinson said. “It’s getting a bit annoying, after the game I had my head in my hands gutted. “This season wins are so important to
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get momentum, and another three points would have been so important given a lot of teams above us lost. It’s frustrating but hopefully it will come. “We’ve got boys in the team who really want to attack the ball, especially with the deliveries that are coming in. Webster usually gets picked up by their tallest player and that leaves an opportunity for me to get ahead of my marker. “I think Webster and me are due a couple of goals, we haven’t scored in a while. In the Football League especially a lot of goals are scored from set-plays, so if you can defend them and put a few away at the other end you’ll end up
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PARIS COWAN-Hall and David Forde are still in the promotion hunt in League Two.
Cowan-Hall won a penalty but Wycombe had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Yeovil that keeps them three points behind Portsmouth. Pompey are two points off the automatic promotion spots. David Forde was in goal for Paul Cook’s side as a Conor Chaplin brace gave them a 2-1 win over Leyton Orient at Fratton Park. Meanwhile Gregg Wylde was an unused substitute in Justin Edinburgh’s first game as Northampton boss, a 2-1 defeat at home to Scunthorpe.
picking up a lot of points.” Hutchinson has started the last six games in an unchanged side, and hopes any injury problems are behind him this season. He said: “I’m delighted, both with the way I’m feeling and with the run the team is on. It was a frustrating start to the season but I’m reaping the benefits now and starting to get myself back to where I want to be fitness-wise. I’m hoping that everything stays good and I can help the team push on and get to where it needs to be.” Where Millwall need and want to be is in the Championship, where Hutchinson played for two seasons with Fulham.
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MILLWALL’S FA Cup fourthround clash with Watford at The Den will be shown live on BBC One.
The kick-off time for the first ever meeting of the clubs in the competition has been confirmed for 12pm on Sunday, January 29. Millwall’s scheduled League One game at home to Chesterfield has been moved from that weekend and will be played on Tuesday, February 21 at 7.45pm. The Lions' home league fixture against Walsall, originally to be played on Tuesday, January 31, has been put back 24 hours to Wednesday, February 1 with a kick-off time of 7.45pm.
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Millwall were within 90 minutes of promotion to the second tier last season, and Hutchinson feels they aren’t far off that level. “I’d say the Championship is a little faster and more physical, but I wouldn’t say there is a massive difference,” He said. “You’ve seen League One teams knock out Championship and Premier League teams in the cup. “We’ve got a good group of lads who are confident and I think we can go and beat anyone, especially at home. “If we were to get promoted the gaffer would get more financial backing and I’m sure we would be able to cope and do well.”
MILLWALL AMS GROUP ON LIONS LIVE
LIONS LIVE this week welcomes the co-chairman of the Millwall supporters group AMS, Micky Simpson, to the show. He will be talking about the work they have done uncovering links between property developer Renewal and Lewisham Council. Gordon Hill, one of Millwall’s greatest players, will be on the second hour. This week’s prize is two tickets for the Lions’ fixture at home to Walsall, plus a mystery prize. Contact the show on Thursday from 7-9pm via: Phone:0207 237 9272 Text: 07895 022 325 Email: lionslive@hotmail.co.uk
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MILLWALL BOSS Neil Harris admitted January is a “tough time” as the club try to add at least two players to the squad to boost an expected promotion push.
Harris wants to strengthen his defence and add another attacker to a group of nineteen first-team players and with no loan window this season he must get any business done before January 31.
Harris has already let six players leave on loan in January, but none of those, including winger Gregg Wylde, would have featured in the second half of the season. He also said he has taken calls from managers enquiring about his players as he tries to finalise his squad. “There’s always progress and then you get a door slammed in your face and there’s progress on somebody else,” Harris explained. “I was at a game on Monday night and talking to managers and everyone says the same thing: that they want to get one or two in but clubs don’t want to let them out.
“I’ve got people ringing me about my players but I don’t want to let them out. It’s a tough time in January. “We’re going really well at the moment with a settled side, and I’ve got nineteen players I could play. Joe Martin has been unfortunate to miss out on the last six (match-day) squads. “That’s where we are at the moment and with fourteen or fifteen games coming up in an eight-week period, we need strength in depth. “Having players that can step in and perform and keep the shirt is really important.” Harris said after last Saturday’s
scoreless draw at Charlton that Millwall are in discussions with clubs over two players. One of those is Jed Wallace, whom News understands was at Millwall’s training ground on Wednesday to finalise a return to the club from Wolves. If the club tie up the deal today (Thursday) Wallace could be available to face Bradford this weekend. Meanwhile, Harris said there was no truth in a newspaper report last week that suggested the Championship’s bottom club, Rotherham United, had bid £350,000 for centre-back Byron Webster.
Attacker edges closer to Millwall departure
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WYCOMBE WANDERERS are “pushing hard” to sign Paris Cowan-Hall on a permanent deal, Lions boss Neil Harris has revealed.
Cowan-Hall, 26, has been on loan with the Chairboys since the start of the season and has played 22 games, scoring three goals, as Wycombe chase promotion from League Two. Millwall signed Cowan-Hall from Wycombe in January 2015, but he started just one competitive game, against AFC Fylde in the first round of the FA Cup last season when he was withdrawn at half-time. Cowan-Hall is in his second loan spell at Wycombe after also being sent to Bristol Rovers last season. And he is likely to leave Millwall permanently in the current transfer window. “Wycombe have been pushing hard to get a deal done,” Harris said. “He’s out of contract in the summer so they want to take over his contract until the end of the season. “Paris has played his best football away from Millwall. He has been really unfortunate here. He went out in the first place because he found himself behind Fred (Onyedinma), David (Worrall), Aiden (O’Brien) and Shane (Ferguson). “He’s behind people in our forward line as well and anyone else I might bring in later in the window. Paris’ opportunities here are limited and he knows that. “If he wants to come back and be involved I’ve got no problem with that. But he’s going to want to play somewhere week-in, week-out.”
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