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By Owen Sheppard
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Grenfell fire ‘changes everything’ say council housing bosses, as full review into high-rises is ordered
SOUTHWARK Council’s housing boss has agreed to a “full review” of whether sprinklers should be installed in all of the council’s 174 high-rise blocks, following the tragic Grenfell tower fire.
An influential committee of Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors recommended on Monday that the council should look again at whether to put sprinklers in flats for blocks that are seven storeys or taller. Full story on page 8
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Don’t wait to act on high rise fire safety
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HE ANGER in the wake of the Grenfell tower inferno is utterly justifiable, given that as we know in Southwark after the Lakanal House fire of 2009, it could have been prevented.
It took four years after the fire in Camberwell for an inquest to put forward recommendations, which, when they came, should have been enforced. After all, these recommendations were hardly measures just to improve the lot of residents – they were and are a matter of life and death. But four years on (eight years since the fire) it is clear that in Kensington and Chelsea, just miles from Lakanal, where three women and three children died, the recommendations were not acted upon. In March Southwark Council pleaded guilty to four counts of breach of fire safety regulations and rightly so. Since Lakanal it has spent £62 million on fire assessment programmes and fire safety work and now works far more closely with the London Fire Brigade. But it took the death of six people for this to happen here. Now with at least another 79 lives lost we are hearing cries from those in charge of never again. And talk of waiting for an inquiry on Grenfell before taking real action. The government and councils across the country do not have to wait - we already have the lessons learned from the Lakanal tragedy. All internal documents relating to the report from the Lakanal inquest should be published immediately and acted upon now. After some delay from Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark have been drafted in to the action group on what to do in the aftermath of Grenfell, as unfortunately our council has the most experience of this. In these pages this week, Southwark Council’s housing boss has agreed to a “full review” of whether sprinklers should be installed in all of the council’s 174 high-rise blocks. In 2013 it decided sprinkler systems would be unnecessary and too expensive, and instead spent £62m on other fire-safety measures. What has changed? Another tragedy. If they are necessary, they are necessary, and it should be done. Of course councils are right to say that in this age of austerity, with the government implementing huge cuts on budgets, these measures are nearly impossible unless there is greater freedom to borrow millions of pounds from housing revenue accounts (which hold money specifically for maintaining council housing). Harriet Harman MP writes in her News column this week: “This Government is responsible for the safety of people in public housing and cuts cost lives.” She is right, but it appears no party has done enough. The Shirley Towers fire in Southampton in 2010 was under her government’s watch and lessons were not learnt, including the system of fire safety checks and inadequate building regulations. No one wants to hear how they could do a better job if they were in charge - we want to know what the professionals say is necessary to keep us safe from fire in our homes and see it implemented without delay, and whatever the cost. At the moment the real cost has been so many lives lost.
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Rotherhithe-based author pens political satire based in Bermondsey
By Chiara Giordano
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AN AUTHOR has penned a political satire based in Bermondsey, which tells the story of a Millwall supporter poised to become the next prime minister.
Douglas Board’s second novel A Time of Lies tells the story of a postBrexit Britain which is about to get its own Donald Trump in the form of Lions-loving Bob Grant. Set in the near future in 2020, Board explores the social divide between the traditional ruling class and the ruled – and what would happen if each stepped into the other’s shoes. “What I’m trying to do is help us have a feeling of what it might have been like to be someone else,” said Board, who lives near Greenland Dock. “The novel is about two brothers who are born and grow up in Bermondsey who are pretty similar except one, Zack, is kind of the more thoughtful one and he manages to get into South Bank University and studies drama, but doesn’t get that good a degree. “We catch him a few years on and he’s done university but hasn’t turned out to be fantastic and his younger brother, Bob, is confident and cocky and didn’t go to university but made money in business and is now poised to be Britain’s prime minister. “Zack can’t believe that this person he thinks of as a thoughtless, drunken, yobbo Millwall supporter is now going to be prime minister.” Board draws on his own personal experience of working with senior figures as a head-hunter, as well as
living and drinking in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe. “This book doesn’t just come from having been lucky enough to learn something from working with people like the chief executive of the NHS, but also from people here who were open enough to say ‘he’s a bit of a strange guy’ but befriend me,” he said. “There used to be a pub called the
Prince of Wales and I think I must have been the only person in a suit and tie who walked in there often about 9/10 o’ clock at night. “If there was a big football match on I would sit on the bench directly under the screen and I was the only person not watching the match. “People must’ve thought ‘how strange is this guy, what is he doing in here’ but gradually I think they
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realised I was alright and in the Wibbley Wobbley particularly people befriended me.” The author, who grew up in Hong Kong and moved to London while studying for his A-levels, said he also wanted to connect Millwall and Eton as “two very powerful symbols of class divide” in Times of Lies. “Bob, who’s hoping to become prime minister, does his final big
rally in the Den, Millwall’s stadium,” he said. He began writing the novel in 2013 – long before the EU referendum result was known – but said he was already concerned about the political state of many countries. “Lots of resident countries have caused this kind of big gulf of ignorance and contempt between the ruling class and ruled – this is what worries me and it started worrying me long before Brexit,” said Board, whose wife grew up on the Aylton Estate, in Rotherhithe. “You see that contempt when people say ‘and who are these experts’ but also you see it the other way round when the people who are used to running all the institutions of the country if they see any chance that someone who isn’t one of them who maybe didn’t go to university might actually get the top job and run things for the country, they’re shocked by it.” “In the first version of the book I had some more farcical things: I didn’t think Trump was going to be elected, so I had him abducted by aliens - but of course he got elected so that had to change,” he added. “It’s not sentimental or romantic; it’s not saying everything is alright in southeast London because it’s not, but I hope it’s presenting something the community will be proud of,” he said. Time of Lies is dedicated to Jo Cox, the Labour MP who was fatally shot and stabbed in her Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen in June last year. It will be published in paperback on June 23 and can be bought for £8.99 online from Amazon and at most book stores.
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Southwark News, Thursday June 22, 2017
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Bloodied stab victim drives through police cordon to get help
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Council is sues swi mm ing warning aft er man drowns in dock
Thirteen-year-old pulled from the water, but body of man found the next day By Chiara Giordano
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SOUTHWARK COUNCIL has issued a stark warning against swimming in Greenland Dock after a man in his 20s drowned last weekend.
A rescue team was called to the dock in Rotherhithe at 8.20pm on Saturday, June 17, following reports that a 26year-old man and a boy had fallen into the water. The council has since said that the pair were swimming. The thirteen-year-old boy was pulled from the water with the help of members of the public and taken to hospital as a precaution, but later discharged. A search operation to find the
missing 26-year-old man, led by the Met Marine Policing Team with London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade and the Harbour Master, was resumed the following morning and a man’s body was recovered from the water. A Greenland Dock resident described the moment he heard the commotion on Saturday night. “We were on our boat when it happened,” he told the News. “I heard the young boy screaming and probably his parents screaming and that’s when we came out. All the emergency services were there pretty quickly; the young boy was already out of the water at that stage.” Cllr Ian Wingfield, Southwark Council’s cabinet member for environment and the public realm, urged residents to stay out of the water as the warm weather was set to continue. “Tragically a young man drowned on Saturday night, after going for a swim in Greenland Dock,” he said. “The council supported the police in their search, and has offered support to the family. Our thoughts are with them at this painful time.
By Owen Sheppard
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A BLOODIED stabbing victim drove his car into a police cordon in East Dulwich on Sunday afternoon, to ask officers for help.
Flowers left at the dock (main); and the Greenland Dock rescue operation Photo: Sara Bandali
The 26-year-old driver slammed on his brakes as he approached a police cordon on Lordship Lane on Sunday at 1.20pm, where a collision had happened shortly before. The stab victim got out of the car, with blood stains on his torso, and asked the officers for help. He was taken by the London Ambulance Service to hospital, where he is expected to recover fully. A Met Police statement said the stabbing was likely to have happened shortly before 1:20pm, and taken place at the south end of Lordship Lane, towards Sydenham Hill. No arrests have been made at this time and enquiries continue. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police's Trident and Area Crime Command are investigating and are appealing for witnesses or anyone who may have any information to contact them on 020 8247 4863. You can also tweet information to @MetCC. To give information anonymously, Crimestoppers can be contacted on 0800 555 111 or at crimestoppersuk.org.
Boy, 17, stabbed in Bermondsey
BERMONDSEY: A seventeenyear-old boy was rushed to hospital after being stabbed near Jamaica Road on June 14.
“This awful loss is a stark reminder of why the waters around the marina are not suitable for swimming and as this warm weather continues we would urge all residents to stay out of the water, tempting as it may be.” Surrey Docks ward councillor Dan Whitehead said he would push for any changes necessary to make sure the dock was safe. "I was very upset to hear of the tragic death at Greenland Dock on Saturday
evening,” he told the News. “Our thoughts are with the victim's family at this difficult time. “My fellow councillors and I will be taking steps to ensure that existing safety measures in place at the dock are sufficient and push for changes if required." Police said they were not treating the incident as suspicious. No further details about the victim have been released.
The violent attack is believed to have taken place at about 4pm. A Met Police spokesman told the News the victim was in a “stable” condition in hospital hours after the incident, and he was expected to recover fully. Officers were called at about 4:15pm to Freda Street. A member of staff from the Salmon Youth Centre in Marine Street told the News that three police cars and two ambulances attended. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information that could help the police should call 101.
Southwark News, Thursday June 22, 2017
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Fire-ravaged town hall could be turned into an arts venue Council looks for company to share renovation costs, estimated at £40m EXCLUSIVE
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A report published ahead of the Cabinet members’ meeting, held on Tuesday, June 20, said that the public’s preferred option of restoring the gutted-out hall and museum would cost at least £40m – which could mean “funding for other services would have to be reduced”. It was also revealed that maintenance costs have run up to £35,000 per month, including spending on 24/7 security, which is required for insuring the building. The Grade-II listed hall, which dates back to 1865, was gutted by a fire on March 25, 2013, which also caused water damage to the adjacent Newington Library. The council first pledged to restore the building and make it a library and community hub, but these plans were abandoned last year when it emerged that the cost fully to renovate it would come to £36m – £16m more than the council had budgeted. £4m had already been allocated for temporary measures, to make the shell of the building weather-proof. Following Tuesday’s meeting, Southwark Council’s leadership has decided to press ahead with trying to meet the public’s preferred option, of “rebuilding the original structure” by finding a private company which will be
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prepared to share the renovation costs, but be able to turn it into an arts venue that would still be open to the pub. The report said: “Arts and Cultural organisations are able to attract public and private funds to support their investment plans which councils cannot directly access. “A marketing exercise [would be] undertaken to test whether there are arts and cultural organisations who would be interested in using the group of buildings and if so, on what basis. “Finding suitable candidates will be achieved through a two-stage process comprising of expressions of interest and then shortlisting prior to a more detailed second stage invitation to tender.” The Newington Library collection – currently at its temporary home in The Artworks – would be moved to another new venue in the Elephant and Castle and Walworth area by 2018, rather than move into a refurbished Town Hall building as per the original plan. The report also says the Town Hall’s heritage collections will partly move into other “collections across the borough” and be partly “integrated into the new library facilities” in the local area.
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Southwark News, Thursday June 22, 2017
Hero Roy out of hospital... and into a hostel
LONDON BRIDGE TERROR ATTACKS
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By Chiara Giordano
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he Millwall fan who took on three terrorists during the London Bridge attack has swapped his hospital bed for a hostel.
Roy Larner, 47, who shouted ‘F**k you, I’m Millwall’ at the attackers as he confronted them, has been placed in a hostel in Brixton by Southwark Council until a council flat becomes available. The father-of-one, from Peckham, was discharged from St Thomas’ Hospital last Thursday, June 15, after having surgery for several stab wounds. He was rushed to hospital by two Peckham police officers after he was stabbed while attempting to fend off three terrorists in the Black and Blue restaurant and bar in Borough on June 3. Roy, hailed a hero and ‘the Lion of London Bridge’ for his brave actions, said he was unsure how long he would have to stay in a hostel – but that it could be months or even a year. “I could be there for three months or six months – or a year,” he told the News. “They [the council] have been quite quick to put me in a hostel in Brixton because they’ve got nothing in Southwark. “It’s just a room with a shower in with shared kitchen facilities.” Roy said he had been trying to get
a council flat for the last two or three months and had been staying on friends’ sofas. “I think I have to go through an assessment that take 56 days, but because of what’s gone on they [the council] are sorting it quicker,” he said. Roy, previously unemployed before the attack, should be starting a security job in the near future after being inundated with job offers since
his story went viral. He said he was recovering well and felt lucky to be alive – and had even been back to the Black and Blue at the weekend for the first time since the attack. “It’s still painful around my stomach and chest and I’m having to have therapy on my arms, but so far so good, I haven’t had any flashbacks or anything,” he said.
“It was nice going back to the Black and Blue; the staff met me and the manager and it just helped me get my bearings of what happened on the night. “Millwall have got me a season ticket now,” he added. “They’ve given me and the other Millwall fans caught up in the attack complimentary tickets.” Cllr Stephanie Cryan, Southwark
Council’s cabinet member for housing, said: “We have arranged temporary accommodation for Mr Larner and will assist him in finding suitable accommodation.” A fundraising page set up for the unemployed and homeless Millwall fan has raised more than £50,000 since the attack. To donate, visit: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding /jayne-jacob
By Chiara Giordano
scene following the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack on June 3 are being offered automatic rate relief from Southwark Council. The council is offering a discretionary business rates discount for a period of up to one month for any of the businesses affected by the police cordon while forensic investigations took place.
Cllr Peter John, leader of Southwark Council, said: “We want to fully support our local businesses, many of which are smaller, independent shops, restaurants and cafes that would had been significantly impacted by the closures during the investigations. “As well as offering emotional support to their staff through our Community Assistance Centre at
Southwark Cathedral, we wanted to offer practical support to help them get back to business as normal during this difficult time.” Any businesses who can prove an even bigger impact will also be able to apply for Hardship Relief, but will need to prove the impact to their business and each case will be taken on its own merits.
Southwark Council offers all businesses caught inside cordon rate relief for a month
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BOROUGH BUSINESSES have been offered rate relief for one month following the terror attack. All the businesses caught up inside the police crime
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Prince Harry shows support for market By Chiara Giordano
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PRINCE HARRY paid a visit to Borough Market as a show of support for those affected by the London Bridge terror attack.
‘Our love is for you’ - service held at Southwark Cathedral By Chiara Giordano
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THE BELLS of Southwark Cathedral rang out as people flooded inside to remember all those caught up in the London Bridge terror attack at a special service last week. Survivors of the attack, the families and friends of the eight people who lost their lives, representatives of the emergency services and key political figures took their seats inside the cathedral on Friday afternoon. Welcoming the congregation gathered before him, the Dean of Southwark, the Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, told those affected by the horrific attack “our love is for you”. “Those of you who are the families of the injured and those of you who lost loved ones in the horror of that Saturday night, our love is for you,” he said. “Today we remember in particular those who lost their lives, their families and friends, and all those
Photos: Southwark Cathedral
who were injured. “We give thanks for all who first responded to the call, for bravery in the face of great danger, for the speed of their response that brought the attack to so swift an end and for the vigilance and dedication of the police and security services.”
Among those in the congregation were the Countess of Wessex, the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, the Deputy Lieutenant for Southwark, Met Commissioner Cressida Dick, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster His
Eminence Vincent Nichols, and Mayor of Southwark Charlie Smith. The Mayor of London read the first reading of the service, while Inspector Jim Cole, one of the first responders on the night, read the second reading. Eight candles were lit – one for each
Photos: Kensington Palace/PA John Stillwell
His Royal Highness met with stallholders on Thursday, June 15, after the market officially re-opened last week. He spoke to bakers from Bread Ahead – whose staff protected members of the public – and security officer Ganga Garbuja – who was first on the scene and led several people to safety on the night of the attack. Prince Harry also met with workers at pubs and restaurants surrounding the market who were affected by the attack. The market officially re-opened last Wednesday, June 14 – eleven days after it was closed following the attack.
victim – by children from The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, while representatives of the faith communities gathered around. In a moving sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury told those affected by the terror attack “you are not alone”. “The impact of that violence remains,” he said. “It is found in the memories and the grief of so many in this cathedral, in the marks on doors and walls and pavements and roads, in the pain of those in hospitals and the terrible loss suffered by those who are family and friends of the killed. “To you who suffered and who suffer today, we say that we weep with you, our hearts are broken by your pain and agony. “We do not have adequate words or ability to lift from you the great burden but we will walk alongside you sharing it.” A public service is expected to take place at the cathedral tomorrow, Friday, June 23, at 2pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and no ticket is needed.
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GRENFELL TOWER BLAZE
Housing boss agrees to ‘full review’ into whether to put sprinklers in all tower blocks
Bermondsey fundraiser at Keetons Hall
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A FUNDRAISING event is to be held in Bermondsey in aid of those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.
Small businesses will sell their wares and a raffle will be held at Keetons Hall, at the junction of St James’ Road and Tranton Road, from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, June 24. Entrance to the event is £1 for adults and children can go along for free. All proceeds from the event will be donated to a fund set up to help those affected by the fire.
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SOUTHWARK COUNCIL’S housing boss has agreed to a “full review” of whether sprinklers should be installed in all of the council’s 174 high-rise blocks, following the tragic Grenfell tower fire. An influential committee of Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors recommended on Monday that the council should look again at whether to put sprinklers in flats for blocks that are seven storeys or taller. The councillors questioned Southwark’s deputy leader and cabinet member for housing, Stephanie Cryan, on how the authority has responded to the disaster in Kensington and Chelsea last week, which has claimed at least 79 lives. Cllr Cryan and director of housing, Gerri Scott, both emphasised that Grenfell “changes everything” and that “nothing is off the table”. On Tuesday, Cllr Cryan then posted on Twitter: “Have ordered a full review to be carried out on all @lb_southwark high rise blocks and look if need for sprinklers and other measures.” Comparisons have been drawn between the Grenfell fire, and the 2009 tower block fire in Lakanal House, Camberwell, which claimed six lives. Following inquests into the deaths of the six Lakanal House victims, a coroner recommended to the council in 2013 to
consider installing sprinkler systems in tower blocks. The council decided sprinkler systems would be unnecessary and too expensive, and instead spent £62m on other fire-safety measures. Last week Cllr Cryan wrote to residents saying: “Southwark has carried out a huge programme of works in recent years to improve the safety of our tower blocks.” All Southwark Council blocks are equipped to tackle fires using a “containment strategy”, which relies on
fire resistant walls and doors to contain fires within rooms and stop them spreading. All “habitable rooms” (which excludes communal hallways and stairwells) are fitted with smoke and/or heat detectors. But at Monday’s meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Cllr Cryan agreed the option of installing sprinklers would be revisited. Ms Scott also told the committee that an outcome of the government’s Grenfell inquiry (announced by Prime Minister Theresa May on June 15) might be that
national regulations would be updated to make sprinkler systems compulsory. Ms Scott said: “It might be, apart from anything else, that we will be compelled by government to put in sprinklers. “The DCLG [Department of Communities and Local Government] appears to be thinking that might be a recommendation, and of course we will respond and do whatever it takes. “But we don’t necessarily want to wait for the government to tell us what to do. We’ve spent a lot of time and money quite rightly, because we’ve had to in
Ms Scott said: “Where we think we have stuff that may look like we have some of the same stuff [cladding], it is not in our tower blocks, it is in deckaccess, walk-up blocks. “So at this precise moment in time we have one [building] we would like to test and we have three more that we are almost sure are not, but we’re going to test them anyway, just to be safe.” On the one building which she said is having its cladding tested, Ms Scott added: “I am almost 100 per cent sure that whilst it looks the same, it’s not the same and it reacts very differently. But we do want to give some assurance and get that tested.”
Tony Hunter, head of engineering, also told the committee that the council “will not be moving forward” with any plans to refurbish flats or carry out major works that involve cladding. “We have a number of schemes which we’re looking at. We won’t be moving those forward if they have any cladding,” Mr Hunter said, “and we won’t be making any proposals until we’ve seen more about the results of what caused the fire and how we can get a system in place that will satisfy all regulations.” He added that none of the council’s planned new housing estates had been designed with cladding, and were all to be brick-built.
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Southwark, and we’ve tried to be ahead of the game because we’ve had good reasons to. This is about quickly deciding whether our standards are currently fit for purpose, and if not, what we should do.” Cllr Cryan also agreed that she should lobby the government to give Southwark, and other councils, greater freedom to borrow millions of pounds for its Housing Revenue Account (which holds money specifically for maintaining council housing). The committee heard that this money would be crucial in implementing a new programme to install sprinklers in the council’s 174 tower blocks. * Southwark Council announced on Tuesday that fire-safety meetings, to reassure residents, will be held at Old Kent Road and Dockhead fire stations, “in the next fortnight” but was unable to confirm dates for the meetings before this newspaper was published. The council has also asked that residents with concerns about the safety of their homes should use a dedicated email address: firesafetyconcerns@southwark.gov.uk.
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No high rises have cladding - but four low rise blocks to be tested Housing associations contacted for checks SOUTHWARK COUNCIL has confirmed that fire-safety tests will be run on four of its low-rise apartment blocks, in response to requests by the government.
Southwark Council’s director of housing Gerri Scott told Monday’s meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) that none of the council’s high-rise estates were cladded. And she said “we are sure” that none of the council’s blocks were built with Raynobond, the type of cladding that coated the sides of the Grenfell tower, and which many eyewitnesses claim had caused the fire to quickly spread up the block.
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HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS and private landlords across the borough have been contacted by the government’s Department of Communities and Local Government about carrying out fire-safety checks on all cladded buildings, following the Grenfell tower fire.
Monday’s OSC meeting heard from Southwark Council’s director of housing, Gerri Scott, that “all of the checks and information requests are also being applied to our
registered housing providers. “But the information that we [Southwark Council] are being made to supply is exactly the same as what they need to supply, and the government is holding that centrally.” The National Housing Federation, which represents housing associations, published a statement on June 16, saying: “Housing associations across the country have been working tirelessly over the past few days to reassure tenants. Many are reviewing their current safety arrangements to ensure they meet the highest possible standards.”
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A NEW business centre and nearly 100 new flats could replace the Camberwell Magistrates’ Court building after it closes in 2018, a new report has shown.
The proposals are included in the latest draft of Southwark Council’s New Southwark Plan – a document which includes dozens of sites across the borough deemed suitable for regeneration. The government confirmed in February that Camberwell Magistrates’ Court would be due to close by the end of 2018. The Ministry of Justice’s decision to close the court caused uproar in the community and among legal professionals, and was objected to by Southwark Council and local MPs. The
nearest magistrates’ court for locals to use will instead be in Croydon and Bromley, which are both said to be already running at capacity. A local magistrate who spoke to the News anonymously said: “Camberwell’s court is also an extremely valuable building. It has two levels of underground car parking, and it’s in a prime location,” adding that government “will make a lot of money from the sale”. In the latest edition of the council’s draft New Southwark Plan, regeneration officers have said a new development could provide 6,105m2 of space for small businesses, or a site for up to 96 flats. The report said a taller building could be permitted “subject to consideration of impacts on existing character, heritage and detailed townscape analysis”. Shops, bars and cafés could also be housed on the ground floor. It also said the public open spaces surrounding the current court building
could be “re-landscaped”, and that mature trees there should be retained. Earlier this year the former Lord Chief of Justice, MP Elizabeth Truss, said the effects of closing the court will be: • That hearings for those defendants under the age of eighteen will be relocated to Bromley Magistrates’ Court • Hearings for defendants over the age of eighteen will be relocated to Croydon Magistrates’ Court • Housing possession work, which was going to be moved to Camberwell after a decision to close Lambeth County Court, will instead happen at Southwark’s three local crown courts. Dulwich and West Norwood MP Helen Hayes said she was “concerned” the closure “will significantly reduce access to justice for my constituents”. “Attendance in court will be much more challenging,” she said, particularly for “vulnerable young people”. Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court was also confirmed for closure in February.
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Big feast for Boutcher Pupils enjoy giant picnic at Westminster Abbey
By Chiara Giordano
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CHILDREN FROM a Bermondsey primary school joined hundreds of other pupils to celebrate the tenth anniversary of a school food charity last week.
On Thursday, June 15, 500 children came together at Westminster Abbey’s College Garden for a huge picnic to celebrate the tenth birthday of School Food Matters. The charity, based in south west
London, invited 50 schools, including Boutcher CofE Primary, to join them along with celebrity chef Tom Aikens and gardener Chris Collins for a food-themed celebration. The day saw the children pedal smoothie bikes, attempt to identify exotic fruit, and culminated in a ‘picnic-off’ in which Tom Aikens judged the best picnic items. Food Matters was set up by Stephanie Wood at her kitchen table in 2007, after she became concerned about the food in her children’s school.
Week-long festival coming to end SOUTHWARK: A week-long festival of arts and family activities focusing on the stories of refugees and asylum seekers will end on Saturday, June 24. The @HOMEFESTIVAL is being
put on by arts organisation Theatre Delicatessen and Southwark Refugee Response. For more information on the festival, go to www.theatredelicatessen.co.uk
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VISITORS TO the highly esteemed Dulwich Picture Gallery were left dumbfounded by the sight of a Transformer in a 19th century oil painting of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The landscape oil painting, which hung in the gallery on June 9, features the giant robot humanoid bursting from the waves between two warring French and English naval ships. A video, produced by Paramount Pictures, captures the many moments that unsuspecting guests were stopped in their tracks upon spotting the bizarre figure in the painting - a mockup of French artist Auguste Mayer’s Scène de la bataille de Trafalgar. The original painting was created in 1830, and which is kept in Musée National de la Marine Paris. In the video, one elderly man is heard uttering “what on earth is going on here?” A teacher is recorded trying to reassure her pupils on a school trip that the Transformer is “part of a boat that is sinking”. “It’s so interesting that you can see that… I can see why you would think it’s a transformer,” the teacher says. Another clip shows a perplexed
The Transformer in the Scène de la bataille de Trafalgar (main); and the painting being put up in the gallery (above)
guest stare into the painting and repeat “what?” to his partner five times. A spectacle-wearing art lover is heard asking “what is this apparition?
Well I never…” The stunt was all to help promote Paramount’s newly-released Transformers movie The Last Knight, starring Mark Wahlberg.
One of the Picture Gallery’s team told the News: “Paramount approached us with the idea. It’s a completely crazy idea. “We had signs at the entrance to tell
people there was filming going on. But no one knew what was happening. “Some of the reactions are hilarious. It was just a bit of fun really, just for one day, to catch people out.”
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Shopping centre owners to axe parking fee for disabled visitors after complaints CAMBERWELL
Cyclist injured in collision By Chiara Giordano
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A CYCLIST was taken to hospital following a collision with a car last week.
The 46-year-old man was taken to an east London hospital by ambulance following the crash in Evelyn Street at about 8am on Thursday, June 15. Police said the cyclist’s injuries were not thought to be life threatening and the driver of the car stopped at the
Owners to change system to recognise blue badge cars By Owen Sheppard
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THE OWNERS of the Butterfly Walk shopping centre have said they will stop charging disabled visitors to use its car park.
The News had heard from disability campaigners, the Southwark Pensioners’ Action Group (SPAG), that blue badges had stopped being recognised at the car park. SPAG’s chairman, East Dulwich man Tom White, said: “This is disgraceful. “We at SPAG protested several years ago, that for planning permission to have a private car park opposite Morrisons supermarket in Camberwell, they must have blue card disabled bays. “This was agreed and has worked quite well. We have now been told there is a new landlord, and there will
now not be any free disabled bays.” But the News has now been assured by the car park’s owners, Soho-based property firm Mumbo Jumbo World Limited (MJW), that a third-party contractor it hires to manage the car park will soon remedy the problem. Nicholas Vaus of MJW said: “The ANPR [Automatic Number Plate Reader] system was installed… “We are advised by the contractor that a consequence of this was that the [ANPR] cameras cannot detect who is using the disabled spaces which remain in place, we further understand this is the situation in the majority of private car parks. “The contractor has however agreed to arrange for the system to be reprogrammed so that any car with a disabled badge registered against it will not need to pay a ticket.” He added that this could take effect “later this week”.
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scene. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called at 7.57am to reports of a road traffic collision on Evelyn Street, SE8. "We sent an ambulance crew, a paramedic in a car and an incident response officer to the scene. London's Air Ambulance were also dispatched.” They added: "We treated a man at the scene for multiple injuries and took him as a priority to a major trauma centre."
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Summer fair at Bessemer Grange CAMBERWELL: A Summer Fair will be held at Bessemer Grange School in Dylways, Camberwell, on July 8.
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£500m draft masterplan to build 1,500 homes at old Peek Freans factory on show BERMONDSEY
New 600 place secondary school, food and leisure space also included in proposal By Chiara Giordano
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A £500million draft masterplan to build 1,500 homes on the old Peek Freans biscuit factory in Bermondsey has gone on show to the public.
Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster’s property company, plans to build 1,500 rental homes for on the twelve-acre site off Drummond Road. The draft masterplan, designed by architects Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, also features a 600-place secondary school, over 110,000 square feet of public spaces and almost 20,000 square feet of playspace. As part of the proposals, about 85,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, food, leisure and culture would be added with shops, services and facilities open to the community. The development is also expected to create more than 900 jobs, opportunities for new and existing businesses, and an annual boost to local spending of £30 million. Grosvenor Estates has said the development would provide “a number of homes on a range of discounted market rents”. Craig McWilliam, chief executive of Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, said: “London’s housing shortage is too often creating polarised outcomes, with homes for the few who can afford
An artist’s impression of the communal atrium (above); and of elsewhere on the site (below)
An artist’s impression of a residential block and public space
to buy them, and those allocated social rented accommodation. “We are sharing our ambitions in Bermondsey to meet the needs of many on low and middle incomes who are locked out of London’s housing
market. “We want to help create one of London’s greatest neighbourhoods for people of mixed incomes, backgrounds and life stages. “We want to manage these rental
homes for the long term, responding to changing needs and extending Bermondsey’s rich history at the heart of a growing, global city.” The plans will be on display to the public, with historical images and
artefacts from the site’s former life as a biscuit factory, from 12pm to 6pm on July 1 at Bermondsey Carnival, in Southwark Park. For further details, visit: www.belonginbermondsey.com
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Donated laptops will make it ‘much easier’ for homeless to find a job By Owen Sheppard
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A 34-year-old man who spent years on the streets has told how a Peckham charity helped him turn his life around and find his first job.
Daniel Moment spoke to the News at the Thames Reach centre on Friday, during a presentation in which 54 laptops were donated to the charity’s service users. For Daniel, who’s slept rough since he was nineteen, this was the first laptop he had ever owned. The service users given a roof over their heads with Thames Reach’s support housing will now find it “much easier to find a job”. Daniel said: “I’ve never owned a laptop. I was relying on going to the library in Peckham before this. It will open doors for me - I can start emailing. “I used to have so much trouble at the job centre. You would tell them you don’t have access to your emails and they don’t take any notice. And
it’s difficult to apply for jobs without it when you needed to claim Employment Support Allowance. “While I was homeless I had met people who had been on the streets for 20 or 30 years. I know people who had overdosed, people who committed suicide. Some people you get on with, some you don’t. That’s just the lifestyle.” But Daniel said he had now been in work for two weeks, after a job in construction with McGinley on building sites in Blackfriars. “When I was telling a few people at work I would be getting my first laptop, they actually couldn’t believe it. I’ve never had that before, let alone a proper phone or anything.” The laptops were donated by SocialBox, a social enterprise which encourages companies to donate second hand computers to homeless charities. Its founder, Peter Paduh, said: “We launched the scheme at another Thames Reach centre in Camden last year. We’re hoping to get 1,000 donated by 2020. “We had donations from FTSE 100
companies, and small companies with just a few staff. You can donate spare laptops at drop-off points. We have one in Southwark which is in Camberwell Library.”
Thames Reach chief executive Jeremy Swain said the vast majority of their clients are enthusiastically looking for jobs, and the few who aren’t are usually aged over 60.
“People like Daniel have come a remarkably long way. What people need now in the 21st century is computer skills, and that’s what we’re aiming to do for our service users.”
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THOUSANDS UNITED at Great Get Together events across the borough to celebrate the life of Jo Cox.
Events were held across Southwark on Saturday, including at Bermondsey Spa, Bankside and East Dulwich, to honour the late Labour MP, who died a year ago. Communities came together for picnics and fun days in parks, street parties, tea parties, and concerts across the country to remember Mrs Cox, who was fatally shot and stabbed in Birstall in her Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen on June 16 last year. The Great Get Together was organised by the 41-year-old mother’s family and centres on her maiden speech in Parliament, in which she said “we have more in common than that which divides us”.
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Victims of WW2 rocket strike to be remembered with memorial By Chiara Giordano
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PECKHAM: The victims of a World War Two rocket strike outside a corset factory are to be honoured with a memorial this week.
More than 80 people were killed and hundreds of houses damaged or destroyed as scores of V1 and V2 rockets rained down on Peckham and Nunhead in the summer of 1944. The single worst loss of life occurred when a V1 rocket hit a corset factory at the corner of Peckham Rye and Nunhead Lane. Twenty-four people, mostly young girls, were killed when the shelter they were in was covered in debris from the rocket strike on June 22, 1944. A memorial/local history board will be unveiled at the site at 7pm on Friday, June 23, in honour of the 24 people who lost their lives. The idea for the board came from the Peckham Society and it was researched, written, and designed by Benedict O'Looney Architects. The board was funded and managed by Southwark Council's Cleaner Greener Safer team.
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South London’s first Finnish-style Baby Box programme is launched New scheme aims to provide a safe place to sleep By Chiara Giordano
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A SCHEME aimed at providing babies with a safe place to sleep and parents with mental health support has been launched at the Maudsley Hospital.
South London’s first Finnish-style Baby Box programme was launched during an event at Bermondsey Central Hall on June 15. As part of the programme, families will be able to access information from Maudsley clinicians on mental health issues, such as anxiety, postnatal depression and bonding with baby. Parents attending South London and Maudsley’s Talking Therapies Southwark IAPT service will also be offered a free ‘Baby Box’ to provide a safe space for their baby to sleep. Speaking at the launch event, senior
cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and joint perinatal lead for Talking Therapies Southwark, Katina Thomas, said: “One in ten women experience mental health distress during the perinatal period therefore it is important to help these women and their families to access support. “We work closely with King’s College Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital maternity services to provide an effective service for those parents who are experiencing mental health difficulties during this time. The Baby Box scheme with its educational platform is an innovative way in which to incorporate maternity and mental health care to our clients.” The Baby Box tradition originates from Finland and has been credited with reducing the rate of sudden infant death in the country from 65 infant deaths per 1,000 births in 1938 to 2.26 per 1,000 births in 2015. The UK has some of the highest rates of infant mortality in Europe, ranking 22nd out of the 50 European countries with 4.19 deaths per 1,000 births.
WALWORTH: A street party is being held on Mina Road this weekend to raise money for charity.
Starting at 1pm on Saturday, June 24, the party will include a BBQ, face painting, music, games, a raffle and a bake off. Money raised will go to the Bede Centre in Bermondsey.
St Thomas the Apostle head Eamon wins silver NUNHEAD
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EAMON CONNOLLY, who has transformed St Thomas the Apostle College in Nunhead, has won the Silver Teaching Award for ‘head teacher of the year in a secondary school’.
After joining the school in 2012, Eamon has overseen the school’s rise from being at the bottom of the borough’s secondary school league table, and in danger of being put in special measures by Ofsted, to receiving its highest ever GCSE results. Last year the all-boys school finished twelfth in the country for its 2016 Progress Eight results – a new national standard to measure pupils’ academic improvement. And 82 per cent of its pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades. On receiving his award, Eamon said:
“I am delighted to receive this award. It is a fitting testament to the hard work and dedication of all my staff and of the students themselves. The students of St Thomas the Apostle College are remarkable young people who make us proud every day.” Eamon will go to the UK final of the Pearson Teaching Awards, at a ceremony on October 22 held in central London. There, he will join a shortlist of other head teachers, and find out if he has won one of eleven Gold Plato Awards – considered the UK’s “Oscars for Teachers”. The ceremony will also be broadcast by the BBC. Previous award presenters have included former prime ministers David Cameron and Tony Blair, acting legends Sheila Hancock and Timothy West and sports and TV personalities like Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain.
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Lessons not learnt from Lakanal
HARRIET HARMAN MP for Camberwell & Peckham
VERYONE IS horrified by the Grenfell Tower fire and heartbroken for the families of those who lost their lives or are missing and for all those who've lost their homes.
But there is an additional worry for tenants and leaseholders in the 100s of flats in the dozens of high-rise blocks in my constituency of Camberwell and Peckham about whether they are safe. The Grenfell fire brought back horrible memories of the tragic fire in Lakanal House where 3 women and 3 children died. Both Lakanal and Grenfell Tower had been built so that if there was a fire it would remain contained in the flat where it started but not spread. Both blocks had had refurbishment. And in both blocks a fire which started in one flat spread. In both blocks the fire brigade orders were for residents to stay in their flats. In both blocks that meant that when the fire spread people lost the chance to escape. The Coroner who conducted the inquest into the 6 Lakanal deaths pointed out that the improvements had damaged the fire safety measures, that after the improvements the block should have been inspected and that once the fire was spreading the fire brigade advice should have been not “stay put” but “leave immediately”. So it was appalling to see history repeat itself, the lessons not learnt and the scale of the loss of life so much greater. Clearly the rulings from the Lakanal inquest in 2013 and prosecution in 2017 had not been acted on. Last Thursday I spoke in Parliament in response to the statement by Fire Minister, Nick Hurd MP, and called on the Government to: - give councils the resources they need to increase their fire inspections, supervise contractors working on improvements and install sprinklers. - review and update the building regulations. - award Legal Aid to the residents so that their voice can be heard in the public inquiry. The Fire Service and the council will have QCs - at public expense. It will be a travesty if the residents, who had to run for their lives, just have to sit in the public gallery. - ensure that the Grenfell Tower residents are rehoused in the area and that problems with their bank, insurance and ID documents are sorted. - make sure that hospitals and emergency services have enough resources to deal with the survivors. - provide the money to ensure survivors are rehoused in the area, not sent miles away. The community response has been fantastic, but as in Lakanal, Grenfell survivors have fled their flats with nothing - no bank cards, no ID. They need help if they are to be able to go back to work or travel. Charities have been wonderful but the government must step in. Southwark Council’s responded swiftly after the Grenfell Tower fire, writing to tenants and leaseholders about fire safety. I’ve asked Council Leader Peter John to bring together residents from the high-rise blocks in my constituency to hear any concerns and update them on refurbishments, cladding, fire instructions and inspections. I’ve asked Southwark Fire Brigade and King’s College Hospital if they need more resources. Kings have taken 12 Grenfell casualties and are still caring for victims of the London Bridge attack. It’s not true, as some are saying, that Labour and Tory governments are all the same on social housing. The last Labour government invested billions in council homes but with the Tories it’s all cuts. Councils want to improve fire safety, but the Tories have cut their budgets by half since 2010, making it harder to supervise contractors or install sprinklers. This Government is responsible for the safety of people in public housing and cuts cost lives. I will continue to press the Government and work with Southwark Council to ensure everyone is safe from fire.
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No more skyscapers
FIRST NEW Labour Cllr Peter John bulldozed our council estate communities, now he and Cllr Mark Williams want to bulldoze our middle-class housing streets.
Southwark Council's proposal in the new Southwark Plan, to abolish ALL height restrictions for new skyscrapers and that all developments in Camberwell, Peckham and Old Kent Road must maximise number of homes provided, is the death knell for democracy in our planning system. It means tax-haven developers could buy up residential streets, like they have been buying up council estates, bulldoze them and build massive Hong Kong style skyscrapers, but local people would have absolutely zero legal protection against their communities being destroyed. The fact that the profits from these skyscrapers are squirreled offshore means it’s doubling sickening, as we all pick up the developers’ tab for the public services that these new skyscapers require. No Skyscrapers in Camberwell & Peckham Action Group (Facebook) are urging residents to object by the July 7th deadline via the planning consultations section on southwark.gov.uk. Donnachadh McCarthy, Camberwell
Fire safety on the 15th floor
MY THOUGHTS are with the victims and survivors of Grenfell Tower.
This week’s tragic incident brought back memories of the 2009 Lakanal fire on the housing estate where I grew up. Since that time Southwark Council has taken measures to improve fire safety in our homes, but without any consultation with those of us who live in the tower blocks. They have never asked for our perspective or listened to our concerns. I live on the top of a 15-storey high rise. My requests to consult and investigate the original wooden panels that still exist on the stairwells of our homes (112 flats) have fallen on deaf ears. I believe smoke could spread through the waste pipe ducts behind the panels and fire spread internally if these panels are not fire proof. I have tried to engage with Southwark
Council and my local MP Harriet Harman about this, to no avail. I just hope and pray I am wrong and that the wooden panels, installed when the block was built in 1963, are fire and smoke proof. Stephen Bourne, Camberwell
Fight the Housing Act
A WEAK and divided Tory party will try to rule with the support of Catholichating racist homophobes with historical links to right wing paramilitaries.
But the Labour opposition has a mandate to fight austerity. This is a new political situation. Southwark Defend Council Housing will bring people together to oppose the Housing Act and fight for genuinely secure and affordable council housing. But we also need to restate our position in relation to Labour councils like ours in Southwark. Southwark Labour Council told us they would like to fight the despicable Housing Act but their hands were tied. They claimed that the Tory government would send in the administrators and force them to implement it. Could they seriously argue that the Tories and their coalition of chaos are in any fit state to dictate to councils now, especially if London Labour councils get together and pursue a serious strategy of defiance? There really is no excuse to refuse to support us. I expect to see them all on our protest at Parliament Square at 12pm on Saturday 24th June. Fight for council housing, secure tenancies and rent control. We can Axe the Housing Act! Tanya Murat, Southwark Defend Council Housing
Corbyn is the real winner
THE TORY majority is shredded.
Jeremy Corbyn has confounded all his critics both inside and outside the Labour Party and achieved the biggest increase in vote share since 1945. It turns out socialist ideas are popular after all! And we may not have to wait long for a Labour government, this time with left wing policies which differentiate it from the Tories. The three Labour MPs in Southwark increased their majorities significantly. They can thank Corbyn for that but everyone
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knows that Coyle in particular has spent the last two years trying to destroy him and the other two haven’t exactly supported Corbyn either. This will not be quickly forgotten. Shaun O’Regan, Walworth
Fight Dementia tax
THE DEMENTIA Tax may have shaped the General Election campaign, but it’s not a new issue.
For too long, many of the 72,000 people living with dementia in London have been struggling to pay the catastrophic costs of their care. That’s because, unlike other conditions, people with dementia don’t get free care on the NHS. This is wrong. People with dementia shouldn’t be discriminated against because of their condition. Successive governments have swept the problem under the carpet and families have been paying the price. We can’t let the new government dodge the problem any longer. The time to unite is now. We need your readers – and everyone they know – to sign our petition today and demand that the new government finds a long-term solution to end the Dementia Tax once and for all. To sign our petition, please visit: alzheimers.org.uk/fixdementiacare Tim McLachlan, Operations Director, Alzheimer’s Society, Greater London
Bring back Guy’s A&E
AFTER THE horrific events at London Bridge and Borough High Street on the 3rd June where tragically eight people lost their lives and many were severely injured, my thoughts are with these poor people and their families.
It is sadly ironic that the nearest hospital to the victims, Guy’s, no longer has an A&E department because someone in government thought it would be a good idea to close it as a means of cost cutting and “streamlining the service”. I don’t know if any of the victims would have survived, had there been an A&E there, but surely they would have stood a better chance? Name and address provided
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Funeral announcement
22/06/1944 - 26/06/2016 (1st Year Anniversary)
Aged 86 years
Patrick Mulkerrin (The Yank)
Felice “Figi” Roffo
In loving memory of a speical Husband, Dad and Grandad The night you died our hearts were torn in two, one side filled with heartache, the other died with you. We often lie awake at night, when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon our cheeks. Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday, but missing you is a heartache that never goes away. We hold you tightly within our hearts and there you will remain until we meet again. Rest in Peace You are sadly missed and loved by all your family & friends. xxx One year remembrance mass will be held at St Thomas More RC Church 420a Long Lane Bexleyheath, DA7 5JW, Sunday 25th June at 10.30am
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Father’s Day
Being adopted was the best thing that happened to me, because I got this wonderful man to be MY DAD x x He really is the best dad in the whole world to me x x Happy Father’s Day Dad Love Daddy’s little girl x x x
Beloved husband, father and grandfather. Passed away peacefully at King’s College Hospital, on Thursday 1st June 2017.
Funeral will be held at Honor Oak Crematorium, Brenchley Gardens, London, SE23 3RD on Friday 30th June at 1pm.
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Well how am I going to top that, Happy Father’s day Dad, from your eldest. Have a great day x x x
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The Rotherhithe suite JOHN MCGOWAN will be showing his collection of screenprints of Rotherhithe’s riverside at Shortwave Cafe in an exhibition called Warehouse & Mill, writes Michael Holland...
Speaking to the News he says, ‘From the late 1970s through to the early 1980s, Maureen, my sister-in-law, lived on Barge ‘Olga’, which was moored in the Thames next to “Waterside”, a craft collective at 99 Rotherhithe Street. About this time I had become aware of the work of Gerd Winner, an artist and printmaker who had made a series of prints about the Docklands and East London… I managed to acquire some prints by Gerd Winner and plot my own version of the dockland prints…With a little tweaking, the Rotherhithe Suite came to life.’ The artist has been making prints for 50 years. Skilled in a variety of print
techniques, he now focuses exclusively on screen-printing. Retired from art teaching some years ago, he is working to develop a portfolio of prints that reflect his interests in buildings, landscape and industry. He wants to draw our attention to the architecture and industrial structures that our forebears have left behind. John uses a variety of image making techniques: drawing, painting, photography and computer processed imagery and combines them. In his prints, a gestural brushstroke can sit next to a precise drawing, a scanned image next to a transferred impression of a leaf. After extensive experiments and ‘proofing’ of the image, the results are printed onto high quality paper in small, limited editions in his studio. In 2015, the Rotherhithe Suite was accepted into the collection of the Museum of London.
do a production of Hamlet. ‘After that I was completely hooked,’ he remembers vividly. At university he was still trying to be ‘in things as an actor’ but knew it was directing that was his aim. He tells me it is due to ‘the interpreting of the text and the suggesting of how actors could play it’ that he loves directing. Early acclaim brought him to the attention of the RSC who invited him to be the youngest Artistic Director. He arrived when they had two theatres and left them with five. He talks of learning so much from Peter Hall and how Hall tricked him into taking the job. ‘It was very scary at first… I scarcely knew how to run a rehearsal, never mind a theatre company,’ he jokes. After 18 successful years with the RSC Trevor began directing big West End musicals. I wondered how such a dramatic change came about and found that musicals were an early love. The first theatrical production Trevor ever went to was a pantomime and he recalls hearing the band warm up, so has always connected theatre with music. He then recounts the tale of his very first professional job which was a musical -
Round The World In 80 Days - and how, in his early days at the RSC, he introduced music in to some of the plays, famously making A Comedy of Errors into a musical. ‘We had an absolute smash!’ he delights in saying. On the back of those musical leanings Lloyd Webber came knocking. ‘I was excited,’ recalls the director. ‘He had already had a big hit with a rock ’n’ roll version about Christ, then another hit about a South American dictator, so what is he going to give me to direct?’ He pauses for comic effect. ‘A show for children about pussycats! It didn't seem fair - The only bad idea Andrew has ever had and I'm the one who gets the job!’ He laughs before the big finish: ‘And it ran for 22 years.’ His next major stepping stone was taking over at the National Theatre. It was a great time to be British with Blair newly elected, BritPop and the YBAs all prominent and making sure the arts were big news, but for Trevor Nunn he had inherited a difficult financial situation and he remembers it was hard to make ends meet. He had to experiment with new ideas to make sure the theatre was packed. ‘I did some things that were populist,’ he begins, ‘that some people deemed “simple-minded”, but I was happy about that as I wanted the audience to be as broad as possible.’ He then recalls the same complainers moaning when he put on Tom Stoppard’s trilogy The Coast of Utopia, calling it ‘all too difficult’! Now Sir Trevor is again directing in Southwark, this time Oliver Cotton’s Dessert, a play about ‘greed, about wealth and the lengths to which people will go to claim what’s theirs’, claims the press release. It is a play that is close to Trevor’s heart as he has known the writer for many years, both professionally and socially. ‘When I read the play I thought it was awn bsolutely knockout,’ the director begins, ‘so I set up a staged reading
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SIR TREVOR Nunn is known by different people for different things. Many will know him for making Cats and Les Miserables such phenomenal productions, some for making the Royal Shakespeare Company bigger and better than it ever was, while others remember how he transformed the Royal National Theatre into something more accessible to more people, writes Michael Holland...
In recent weeks Trevor (Don’t call me Sir) has been rehearsing a stellar cast for Lettice & Lovage at Southwark Street’s Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre that sadly had to close due to the Borough Market atrocities. His first words when he spoke to Weekender were: ‘I’ve walked past Borough Market every day for nine weeks, which makes this terrible event even more shattering, more distressing and more unspeakable.’ Although Trevor Nunn came from a family with little money he worked his way into scholarships and good schools until he went to Cambridge. Even at that young age he knew he wanted to work in theatre because in his gap year he formed a theatre group and decided to
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As well as Rotherhithe Suite John will be showing his version of Waterloo Sunset in a print titled Terry Meets Julie, and a series of screen-prints of Arborfield Mill John has designed 4 new greetings cards from his prints and all money raised from the 200 limited editions will go towards the Grenfell Tower Fund www.johnmcgowanprintmaker.co.uk/ exhibitions Warehouse & Mill is at Shortwave Cafe, H05 The Biscuit Factory, 100 Clements Road, Rotherhithe SE16 4DG 29th June - 24th July, 9am - 11am Mon - Sat, Free Admission Opening night 28th June 6.30pm where I met the bright, alert and very astute producer David Adkin who approached Southwark Playhouse who agreed to have the world premiere there.’ Trevor tells me this is quite rare for a play to go from page to stage in such a short time, and he says that as pleased as he is that it is on so quickly, he wished it had got on before the election. Being a lifelong Labour supporter he knows the issues that the play deals with may have convinced people which way to vote. The interview then veered into politics and how he was able to get such a good education when coming from such an underprivileged background: ‘We are still reaping the benefits from that 1945 Labour Government giving us the Welfare State,’ stresses the man who donates to the party. ‘My allegiance to Labour can never change,’ he insists. Getting Trevor back on track he emphasises that Dessert is ‘contemporary and fits right into Labour’s slogan: For The Many Not The Few’. Dessert is at Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BD 12 July – 5 August, Monday to Saturday at 19.30; Tuesday and Saturday at 15.00 Previews: Wed 12 July, Thu 13 July, Fri 14 July and Sat 15 July Admission: £20 | £16 concs | £12 preview performances Tel: 020 7407 0234 southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
Another Globe glory
A ROLLICKING good night that’s what Kneehigh Theatre Company provide with ‘Tristan and Yseult’. Perfect for the Globe, it fills the space wonderfully. This piece is boisterous loud and funny but not without touching moments as we are drawn into the age old story of love and all the joy and messiness it can bring, writes Susan Hallissey...
The energy is ramped up and the audience loved it! London is truly magical and it’s just a joy to see business as usual at the Globe where recent events nearby were so heartbreaking. As the ‘Love Spotters’ roamed the stage, binoculars in hand, balaclavas and anoraks ‘de rigueur’, I fell in love with their cute Minion type characters. Scene stealers were Niall Ashdown as ‘Brangian’ ,Yseults maid. Farcical and comical, yet ‘Brangian’ moved me as she became ‘unloved.’ The physical theatre and choreography (Etta Murfitt), along with the music, made this evening an ‘event’ rather than a night at the theatre. Tristan (Dominic Marsh) and (Hannah Vassallo) Yseult’s scene with the ‘Love Potion’ and the ‘Alcohol’ was breathtaking as they flew across the stage on giant elastic bands. A glorious piece of theatre. Kyle Lima as ‘Frocin’ was an absolute force. As ‘King Mark’s (Mike Shepherd) right hand man he gave the wedding scene an incredible kick! Watch him go to any lengths to spill the beans on ‘Tristan.’ A great voice too. The second act was equally as stunning and to see the yard at the Globe bopping along to ‘Get Lucky’ and a creepy version of ‘Every Breath You Take’ was absolutely priceless! I’ve not said much about the plot but you don’t need that! You need to get along to the Globe and prepare yourself for a night of laughter, music, dance and a story of Love – something we are all touched by. As a Nick Cave song at the end played to a hushed theatre, ‘Sweetheart Come’ was on my playlist all the way home.
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Tristan and Yseult is at Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside, SE1 Until 24th June, 7.30pm Admission: £5 - £45 Tel: 0207 401 9919 www.shakespearesglobe.com
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vicar trying to do the Lord’s work in the 1920s “slum parish” of Peckham set up his vicarage in an old deserted pub where he founded a new religious order for the betterment of impoverished boys.
George Potter became known as Father Potter of Peckham after he took over St Chrysostom’s Church in Hill Street in 1923. The Sunday before he arrived there were three people in the congregation who managed a total collection of six and a half pence. Potter set up camp in the church hall until the rats drove him out and in desperation he took over a derelict pub around the corner. He put a sign up in the window of The Eagle in Bells Garden Road saying “This establishment is under entirely new management!” and that was his vicarage for two years until the modest congregation moved on, ultimately to Linden Grove. In 1924 Potter founded the Brotherhood of the Holy Cross. Wearing the habit of a grey cloak with a knotted cord, he and his brothers took care of hundreds of ‘delinquents’. In the foreword to Potter’s 1955 book, "Father Potter of Peckham", the then Bishop of Southwark wrote of the Brotherhood: "Father Potter was appointed Vicar of the derelict church of S. Chrysostom, Peckham, where he had to improvise in all sorts of ways to meet the needs of his neighbours, both physical and spiritual. From that experience was born the idea of a group of like-minded men bound together by a simple rule of life, but utterly devoted to the service of ordinary people." Father Potter set up a hostel in Nunhead to take in and reform boys who had committed a crime. In his book Potter wrote: ‘It is extraordinary how these boys get the impulse to do the wrong things they do. Most came to us for petty larceny, others, usually the more intelligent type, have been caught at really clever practices. We have had boys of fourteen who have forged cheques, or mended and stolen motor-cars. Others, again, have shown considerable skill at housebreaking. Many of these crimes have needed brains and courage.’ In one instance a policeman brought one of the younger boys back to the hostel after he had stolen sixpence from a schoolboy on Peckham Rye. Father Potter asked if the poor victim had not shouted or pursued the juvenile villain – ‘He couldn’t’ replied the boy, ‘I’d pinched his trousers!’ Father Potter and his fellow brothers did their upmost to feed, clothe and educate the young tearaways, but it was rarely plane sailing and he gives amusing examples of some answers given in class.
Father Potter’s boys
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A poem for Father Potter
When he asked what his subjects knew of Good Friday, five different boys all said he was a friend of Robinson Crusoe and one said ‘It’s a day when Jesus Christ was killed in a fight. He was shot in the side.’ To the question, ‘Which king of England was beheaded?’ a boy answered, ‘Henry the Eighth.’ Father Potter explained his error to which he added, ‘Sorry, I thought you said big-headed’. On arrival at the hostel, Father Potter would take the basic details from boys, but even this was sometimes a struggle. One boy did not even know his own mother’s name. ‘What does your father call her?’ asked Potter. ‘Coo, Lor! All sorts of things!’, he replied. When Father Potter insisted he must surely know his mother’s name, the boy said ‘I dunno, Father, straight! Shove ’er down as Lizzie.’ Father Potter enquired after a boy who gave his name as Ivan, if he was of Russian dissent. ‘No, Father got it from a book on dog racing!’ came the reply. A boy who was sent to Father Potter’s hostel in 1932 gave his impressions on arrival to the community’s Quarterly magazine.
He wrote: ‘It was in the year 1932, I was standing in front of a judge in the Juvenile Court. He said to me,"You will go to Fr. Potter's Hostel for two years." I said to my pal, "Gee, ain't it awful." He said, "Not 'arf." A little while after, Fr. George Potter came for me. He looked so big and strong, but he had a kind face, so I wasn't really frightened. On the way home on a 'bus, he said to me, "What you want is a jolly good hiding." I looked at him and shuddered. The next day I was taken to Brother John. In him I saw a kind, but firm man. For a week I tried all sorts of pranks. I was a devil. But they were so kind, I suppose I saw sense. But don't think there ain't no discipline. Brother John can keep you in and make you work and I am told Fr. George can lay it on pretty thick at times. I hated church when I first came, but I like it now. Our chapel is very homely. I would say that the Brothers have a very trying time. They work all day long getting our food ready and washing our clothes. What I like too, is that they ask you to do things and don't shout at you.’ Father Potter died at Linden Grove on Feb 15, 1960, aged 73,
In 1917, the first boy came to the home George Potter and the brotherhood founded in Nunhead - to be followed by a further nine hundred. In later years a brother Priest wrote this of Father Potter:-
"A superior stood at the Golden Gate; His head was bent so low: He meekly asked the man of fate Which way he must go. "What have you done," St.Peter said, "That you seek admission here?" "I ran a Delinquent's Home on earth For many and many a year." St.Peter opened wide the gate, And gently pressed the bell. "Come in," he said, "and choose your harp, You've had your share of hell!"
leaving behind him a legacy of true social work. He summed up his motivations when he wrote: ‘A child is such precious material. Many poor and neglected kids have grown up and left their mark on the world — even changed the face of history.
There was an Abraham Lincoln — and there was an Adolf Hitler. Ours is a great responsibility.’ With thanks to John Beasley’s Origin of Place Names in Peckham and Nunhead (2010). * This articles was sourced from the News archives.
Father George Potter in his army chaplain’s uniform in World War One. (Photo courtesy of All Saints Church, South Wimbledon). Inset: Illustration of The Eagle pub which Father Potter swiftly converted into a working vicarage after arriving in Peckham in 1923
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Robert Middleton
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STEPPING OFF the busy Walworth Road into a very quiet Victorian street with an ivy-covered house was like stepping back in time, but then I hit the railway arch and signs offering discounted MOTs and I knew this was still contemporary London, writes Michael Holland...
But another of those railway arches had been reclaimed for something far greater than licensing an old banger for another 12 months; inside it was brewing 2500 litres of craft ale every week. This was Orbit Beers and on my arrival I could see Mario Canestrelli, the Head Brewer, labelling and numbering by hand the 750 bottles of a special barley wine brewed with dates and figs to celebrate Orbit’s 100th brew. Mario carefully dunked each bottle into hot wax and sealed it with the company logo - an image of the spindle that goes in the middle of a juke box 45 record. Orbit boss Robert Middleton, a softly spoken Scotsman, spent 26 years in a pensions office realising he ‘didn’t want to wait for the gold watch’, so took off to go travelling in a camper van. Returning to London with no idea what to do next, Robert
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decided to visit all the Scottish breweries ‘for fun’. The adventure culminated in a book - The Tea Leaf Paradox: Discovering Beer in the Land of Whisky - but more importantly he found a real passion for beer and all its different types. The rest, as they say, is history. Orbit focusses on making European style beers: German, Belgian, Czech and English. One side of the arch is for brewing while the tanks opposite are where the fermenting and conditioning takes place - The magic. The rest of the cramped space is taken up with storage, labelling and bottling. Cramped, because in its short existence the company has grown by 70% and are inexplicably being refused the empty arch next door by a stubborn Network Rail, whose lack of business acumen in this situation is astounding.
But back to the real business of why I awn here: Robert tells me there are always four of the core beers on the go so traders know they can always get them, with special beers brewed occasionally; just recently they made a Pils with New Zealand hops, and an Apricot Saison, while an intriguing Indian Pale Lager will be ready soon. Robert takes his team away every
year to somewhere known for its beer, whether that is a German city or somewhere in the Czech Republic. ‘I want us to walk and talk beer,’ he says, ‘and be part of the beer world’. They collaborate with foreign breweries, and Robert enjoys that collaboration rather than any oneupmanship with his brewing peers. Right now small businesses are being hit hard by the Government, with higher rates and costs for just about everything that normal residents get for free. Robert was particularly annoyed at someone calling from PPL asking if he had the radio on in the day time. Answering yes cost him £330 for a licence to listen to music while he works. But even with exorbitant costs, Orbit plan to carry on in Walworth for as long as they can, which means Network Rail need to get their head from out of their shunting yard. While there I tried a Neu beer. It had a lovely head, was clear, clean and fresh tasting, and Robert told me that it still had another filtering process to go through. Ready or not, I was ready for more but had a car to drive and work to do. Beer making is extremely trendy right now, and even if it is not exactly rock ’n’ roll it gets close to it at Orbit with their beers named with subtle musical references. I particularly liked the Session Ale being called Peel. There are bottles to takeaway and kegs for bars, and in the summer months you can even sit and enjoy a cold one at the brewery. See you during the summer.
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TICKETS: 0871 22 44 007 KIDS CLUB PADDINGTON (PG) – Sat 10.30am TODDLER TIME TIMMY TIME: TIMMY PLAYS BALL (U) – Mon & Tue 11.00am BIG SCREAM GIFTED (12A) Subtitled Fri 11.00am (infrequent strong language, moderate sex references) GIFTED (12A) Wed 11.00am Discover Tuesdays LOVE IS THE DEVIL (15) - Tue 6.20 Vintage Sundays Britain on FILM: BLACK BRITAIN (12A) – Sun 1.00 (drug references) AUTISM FRIENDLY SING 2D (U) Sun 10.30 ROH Live OTELLO (12A) Wed 7.15 SLACKERS CLUB THE HOUSE (15) Thu 9.00 CULTURE SHOCK Edgar Wright Presents: HEAT (15) Mon 8.00 Q&A Screening Public House + Q&A WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY (15) Sun 3.00 BABY DRIVER (15) Wed 4.10, 6.10, 9.00 Thu 1.10, 6.10, 8.40 HAMPSTEAD (12A) (moderate bad language) Fri 3.40 (S/T), 6.10, 8.40 Sat 3.30, 6.10, 8.40 Sun 10.30am, 5.20, 7.50 Mon 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 Tue 1.30, 6.00, 8.50 Wed 3.50, 8.45 Thu 1.30, 4.00, 6.15 HAMPSTEAD (12A) HOH Subtitled Fri 3.40 GIFTED (12A) (infrequent strong language, moderate sex references) Sat 6.00 Sun 7.40 Mon 6.10 Tue 9.00 CHURCHILL (PG) Fri 11.10, 1.30, 6.25 Sat 10.00am, 1.30, 6.30 Sun 12.10, 5.00 Mon 12.50, 5.40 (S/T) Tue 3.40, 8.40 Wed 11.15am Thu 6.40 CHURCHILL (PG) HOH Subtitled Mon 5.40 MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) infrequent strong language, moderate sex Fri 3.50, 8.50 Sat 4.00, 8.50 Sun 2.30, 7.20 Mon 11.30am, 3.10 Tue 1.00, 6.10 Wed 11.25am, 1.40 Thu 10.45am, 3.45 WONDER WOMAN 2D (12A) moderate violence Fri 2.45, 6.00, 9.00 Sat 12.20, 2.50, 8.30 Sun 1.20, 4.30 Mon 2.50, 8.30 Tue 2.50, 8.30 Wed 3.00, 6.00 Thu 2.45, 8.50 THE RED TURTLE (PG) Fri 12.50 Sat 11.15am, 12.50 Sun 10.00am Mon 12.30, 2.00 Tue 11.20am, 12.45 Wed 1.50 Thu 12.30
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TICKETS: 0871 902 5732 Fri 23 June – Thu 29 June THE RED TURTLE (PG) Fri, Sat 7.00, 9.00 Sun 6.00, 8.00 Mon 6.00 Tues 9.00 BABY DRIVER (15) Wed, Thurs 6.10, 8.45 HAMPSTEAD (12A) Contains moderate bad language Fri, Sat, Mon 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 Sun 12.30, 3.00, 5.30, 8.00 Tues, Wed, Thurs 1.00, 3.30, 6.00, 9.00 WONDER WOMAN 2D (12A) Contains moderate violence Fri, Sat 12.30, 3.00, 6.10, 8.30 Sun 11.30, 2.00, 5.10, 7.30 Mon 12.30, 3.00, 8.30 Tues 12.30, 3.40, 6.00, 8.30 Weds, Thurs 12.30, 3.00, 6.15, 8.30 CHURCHILL (PG) Fri, Sat, Tues 2.00, 4.20, 6.40 Sun 1.00, 3.20, 5.40 Mon 1.00, 3.20 Wed, Thurs 1.40, 4.00, 6.40 MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) Contains infrequent strong language, moderate sex Fri, Sat, Mon, Thurs 12.30, 3.40, 6.00, 9.15 Sun 11.30, 2.40, 5.00, 8.15 Tues 3.40, 6.40, 9.15 Wed 12.30, 3.40, 9.15 GIFTED (12A) Contains infrequent strong language & moderate sex references Fri, Sat 2.50 Sun 1,20, Mon, Wed, Thurs 2.40 Tues 1.00 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE (PG) Fri, Sat 1.00, 5.15 Sun 11.30 Mon, Wed, Thurs 1.00, 5.00 WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME (15) Fri, Sat 9.10 Sun 8.10, Mon 6.45 Tues 3.30, 8.15 ALONE IN BERLIN LIVE FROM THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM (12A) Contains moderate violence, threat and injury details Mon 7.30 KIDS CLUB Sat, 10.30 for 11am – PADDINGTON (PG) Sat 11.00 BIG SCREAM 10.30 for 11am! Fri and Weds – MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE (PG) Toddler Time TIMMY TIME! (U) Mon 11.00 Vintage Sundays BRITAIN ON FILM: BLACK BRITAIN (12A contains drug references) Sun 12.00 NT Live SALOME (15) Tues 12.00 DISCOVER TUESDAYS LOVE IS THE DEVIL (15) Tues 6.00 Dementia Friendly SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (U) Mon 10.30 EDGAR WRIGHT PRESENTS: HEAT (15) Mon 8.00 ROH LIVE: OTELLO (12A) Wed 7.15 SLACKERS CLUB THE HOUSE (15) Thurs 9.00
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TICKETS: 0871 22 44 007 Fri 23 June – Thu 29 June ALIEN: COVENANT (15) 122 Mins , 4 Fri-Sat 22:40
ANOTHER MOTHER’S SON (12A) 103 Mins 6 , Tue 11:00 Thu 14:00 BABY DRIVER (15) 113 Mins , Wed-Thu 12:30, 15:20, 18:00 20:40 BAYWATCH (15) 116 Mins , 4 Fri 15:00, 18:00, 20:45 Sat-Sun 18:00, 20:45 Mon-Tue 15:00, 18:00, 20:45 Wed-Thu 18:00, 20:45, 20:45 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL (U) 91 Mins, Sat-Sun 10:45, 13:00, 15:15 GIFTED (12A) 101 Mins, Fri-Sat 12:30 Mon-Tue 12:30 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2 2D (12A) 136 Mins Sat-Sun 11:00 HAMPSTEAD (12A) 103 Mins, Fri-Sat 12:45, 15:15, 17:45, 20:15 Sun 13:00, 15:30, 18:00, 20:30 Mon 12:45, 17:45, 20:15 Tue-Thu 12:45, 15:15, 17:45 20:15 HAMPSTEAD (CAPTIONED) (12A) 103 Mins, Mon 15:15 MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) 106 Mins, Fri 12:45 Mon 12:45 Tue 11:30 Wed 12:45 Thu 11:30 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: SALAZAR’S REVENGE 2D (12A) 129 Mins, Fri-Thu 14:00 17:00 20:00 SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE 2D (U) 90 Mins Sat-Sun 10:00 THE BOSS BABY 2D (U) 97 Mins, Sat 10:15 THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE 2D (U) 104 Mins Sat-Sun 10:30 THE MUMMY 2D (15) 110 Mins, Fri-Sat 13:00, 15:45, 18:30, 21:15, 23:00 Sun-Thu 13:00, 15:45, 18:30 21:15 THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (12A) 104 Mins 6, Tue 14:00 Thu 11:00 TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT 2D (12A) 149 Mins Thu 17:45 TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT 2D (12A) 149 Mins, Fri 12:30, 14:20, 15:45, 18:20 19:00, 21:00, 21:40, 22:20 Sat 10:10, 11:10, 12:30, 14:20 15:00, 15:45, 18:20 19:00, 21:00, 21:40, 22:20 Sun 10:10, 11:10, 12:30, 14:20 15:00 15:45 18:20 19:00, 21:00, 21:40 Mon 12:30, 14:20, 15:45, 18:20 19:00, 21:00, 21:40 Tue 11:10, 12:30, 14:20, 15:45 18:20, 19:00, 21:00, 21:40 Wed 12:30, 14:20, 15:45, 17:45 19:00, 21:00 Thu 11:10, 12:30, 14:20, 15:45 19:00, 21:00 TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST
KNIGHT 3D (12A) 149 Mins Fri-Sat 13:30, 16:45, 17:40, 20:00 23:20 Sun-Tue 13:30, 16:45, 17:40 20:00 Wed-Thu 13:30, 16:45, 20:00 WHITNEY “CAN I BE ME” (15) 105 Mins, Fri 15:15 Mon 15:15 Wed 15:15 WONDER WOMAN 2D (12A) 141 Mins Sat 11:00 WONDER WOMAN 2D (12A) 141 Mins, Fri-Sat 14:10 17:30 20:45 23:20 Sun-Mon 14:10, 17:30, 20:45 Tue 11:00 14:10, 17:30, 20:45 Wed-Thu 14:10, 17:30, 20:45
PECKHAM MULTIPLEX
TICKETS: 0844 567 2742 Fri 23 June – Thu 29 June TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (12A) Daily14:15,20:20 Extra Perf Sat/Sun: 11:103D Daily: 17:40 Pass list suspended HAMPSTEAD (12A) Daily: 15:30,18:00,20:30 Extra Perf Sat/Sun: 13:10 Pass list suspended CHURCHILL (PG) Daily: 15:50,20:40 Pass list suspended WONDER WOMAN (12A) Daily: 17:30,20:45 Extra Perf Sat/Sun: 12:00 3D Daily: 14:55 Pass list suspended GIFTED (12A) Daily: 18:45 Pass list suspended. MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) Daily: 18:20 Extra Perf Sat/Sun: 13:30 Pass list suspended THE MUMMY (15) Daily: 16:00,18:30,20:55 (No 20:55 Wed/Thu) Pass list suspended WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME (15) Daily: 21:00 Pirates of the Caribbean: SALAZAR'S REVENGE (12A) Daily: 15:55 Extra Perf Sat/Sun: 13:00 BAYWATCH (15) Sat/Sun: 13:20 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL (U) Sat/Sun: 11:20 ROCK DOG (PG) Sat/Sun: 11:15 (Sat 11.50Autism Friendly Screening) THE BOSS BABY (U) Sat/Sun: 11:30 ADVANCED SCREENINGS BABY DRIVER Wed/Thu 20:55 Pass list suspended WATCH WITH BABY SCREENINGS Thu 11.30am GIFTED (12A) WONDER WOMAN (12A) SUBTITLED FOR THE HARD OF HEARING GIFTED (12A) Tue 18:45 DIARY OF A WHIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL (PG) Sun 11:20 MY COUSIN RACHEL (12A) Thu 18:20
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William Rose Butchers
Full or Part-time butchers required and Butchers Apprentice/Trainee Required for high quality shop in East Dulwich Good starting wage Excellent prospects
Contact the Manager on 020 8693 9191
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Albins
repatriation executive Albin International is looking to recruit a
to join our experienced team based in SE16. As repatriation executive your role will include:
The ability to speak either French or Italian fluently Liaise with families and corporate clients during the repatriation process Provide accurate daily updates to all parties involved Manage and update the company database management system The successful candidate must be friendly, flexible, caring, compassionate, proactive and willing to go the extra mile. On call duties are required on specific weekends and weekday evenings as part of our staff rota system. Salary is negotiable depending upon experience.
Should this position be of interest please email a current CV to emerson@albininternational.com
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Nursery
Nursery Practitioner Level 3
£19,000 Nursery Manager Full Time 38 including Bank Holidays
SALARY SCALE RESPONSIBLE TO HOURS OF WORK HOLIDAYS
The Post
• To work as a flexible team member in the day to day care and education of children aged 6 months to rising 5. • To support other staff as a team member, in meeting the individual needs of each child, in line with the nursery’s aims and objectives. • To communicate sensitively and effectively with children, parents and staff using a good standard of written and spoken English. • To ensure that you share in the delivery of the EYFS statutory and non- statutory guidance in line with Ofsted and the Local Education Authority where appropriate. • To share in the responsibility for keeping registers and up to date records of the children using the Day Care provision standards, and to give regular sensitive feedback to parents of your key children about their child’s development and progress. • To contribute to the daily planning , monitoring, evaluation and development of nursery practice of the Bosco Nursery and ensure that the EYFS, Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements are embedded in planning, delivery and practice • To build good working relationships with parents and to be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times
QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will show commitment and enthusiasm for pre-school education and care, The candidate should have the relevant experience of working with young children and should also be suitably qualified according to OFSTED regulations. Suitable qualifications include: NVQ level 3 in Childcare and Education To apply: Please forward your CV totheboscocentre@gmail.com The Bosco Centre is committed to the safeguarding of young people, and as such, you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.
Bosco Centre 281 Jamaica Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4RS 020 7232 0440 • www.bosco.ac.uk
Nursery
Functional Skills Tutor/Assessor (English) OVERVIEW OF ROLE
The Bosco College is a vocational college which provides education, training and work based learning with young people aged 15+ to train them for employment. We need a caring individual who will work together with the young people to improve their English skills in order for them to be able to compete in the world of work. The work is challenging, but very rewarding. This position is Full time. Salary 27,000k. The post is subject to a 13 week probationary period.
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MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES To design and deliver courses that will engage and motivate learners teaching them functional skills in English from entry level to level 2 and also deliver GCSE teaching if required. To teach classes of up to eight learners who may have joined the course at different times and who may vary in ability and enthusiasm. To provide interesting topics that will engage learners that can be harder to reach. To be able to develop own teaching materials and keep them up to date and relevant. To be able to embed EDI and ‘real work’ themes into materials. To develop schemes of work and lesson plans that are mapped to the core Curriculum, whilst meeting the differing needs of learners. To complete individual learning plans, registers, progression data and class evaluation forms by given deadlines. To be willing to train towards an Assessor’s qualification if not already held. EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: You must have either a PGCE or equivalent Experience of delivering functional skills English and GCSE to similar client groups. This is not an ESOL position, so applicants with only an ESOL qualification will not be considered. The Bosco Centre is committed to the safeguarding of young people, and as such, you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. Please email CV to theboscocentre@gmail.com
Bosco Centre 281 Jamaica Road, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4RS 020 7232 0440 • www.bosco.ac.uk
Nursery Practitioner Level 2
SALARY SCALE RESPONSIBLE TO HOURS OF WORK HOLIDAYS
£17,000 Nursery Manager Full time 38 including Bank Holidays
The Bosco Nursery is a Day Nursery, registered to take 34 children between the ages of four months to five years. The Nursery is open for 49 weeks of the year and is situated in Rotherhithe SE16.
The Post
• To work as a flexible team member in the day to day care and education of children aged 6 months to rising 5s. • To communicate sensitively and effectively with children, parents and staff using a good standard of written and spoken English. • To ensure that you share in the delivery of the EYFS statutory and non- statutory guidance in line with Ofsted and the Local Education Authority where appropriate. • To contribute to the daily planning, monitoring, evaluation and development of nursery practice of the Bosco Nursery and ensure that the EYFS, Health and Safety and Safeguarding requirements are embedded in planning, delivery and practice • To build good working relationships with parents and to be approachable, friendly and able to communicate effectively at all times
QUALIFICATIONS
The successful candidate will show commitment and enthusiasm for pre-school education and care, The candidate should have the relevant experience of working with young children and should also be suitably qualified according to OFSTED regulations. Suitable qualifications include: Level 2 Certificate in Children and Young People’s Workforce or equivalent. To apply: Please forward your CV to theboscocentre@gmail.com
The Bosco Centre is committed to the safeguarding of young people, and as such, you will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LUGARD ROAD) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that to enable bridge 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 the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, vehicles shall be prohibited from entering and exiting Lugard Road at it’s junction with Queens Road. The alternative route for affected traffic will be via Consort Road, Nunhead Lane, Hollydale Road. Lugard Road, Caulfield Road, Brayards Road, Hollydale Road, Evelina Road, Lausanne Road, Pomeroy Street, Old Kent Road, Asylum 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 take place on the 28th June – 16th August 2017, between 22:00 hrs and 05:00hrs
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council Environment and Social Regeneration Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3738/193724 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ROTHERHITHE STREET, ODESSA 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 construction works to be carried out by Hollybrook Ltd, it made an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit waiting and loading in parts of the above named roads.
THE 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:1.
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 14 October 2016 under local planning authority reference No. 16/AP/3281. 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 22 June 2017 at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ by calling 020 7525 2135 and referring to the Crystal Palace Road Stopping Up Order. A copy may also be viewed on the Council’s website at http://www.2.southwark.gov.uk/downloads/download/4664/highway_stopping_up_orders ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed Order within a 28 day period commencing on 22 June 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/SH/RE040/143012).
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.
Doreen Forrester-Brown Director of Law and Democracy THE SCHEDULE ‘Change of use and part retention/demolition of No 201 to provide 1 x 3 bed house (Use Class C3) and demolition of No.s 203-205 and the erection of a new building comprising 8 x residential apartments (Use Class C3) and associated landscaping, cycling and refuse storage facilities’. LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to stop, wait, load or unload in:- Rotherhithe Street, its southern and western kerb, between Salter Road and opposite the common boundary of Nos. 327 and 325. - Rotherhithe Street, its western and northern kerb, from opposite the common boundary of Nos. 349 and 351 to opposite the common boundary of Nos. 353 and 355. - Odessa Street, both sides, between the access road to Redriff Estate and the northern boundary wall of the LB Southwark Odessa Street Youth Club building.
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (JOCELYN STREET) 1.
An alternative route will not be applicable.
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The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions will be operational from 22nd June 2017 until 21st December 2018.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX 3660/ 16/AP/2681
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Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence
Fast UK Parcel Ltd of Airport House, Purley Way, CR0 0XZ is applying for a licence to use 68 Willow Walk, Bermondsey, SE1 5SF as an operating centre for 1 goods vehicles and 1 trailers.
Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF, stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice. A Guide to Making Representations is available from the Traffic Commissioner's office.
An area of footway to the west of 201-205 Crystal Palace Road measuring 19.315m in length and 2.4m in width
TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Public Swimming Pool related works to be carried out by Paragon Building and Project Consultants, it intends to make an order, the effect of which would be to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian traffic in parts 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 Jocelyn Street, its East to West arm, from its South Eastern extreme to its junction with the Eastern kerb line of Pioneer Street. Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or proceed on Jocelyn Street, the Southern footway, between its South Eastern extreme and opposite its junction with the Eastern kerb line of Pioneer Street. The Northern footway shall remain open at all times. An alternative route for traffic would be as indicated by signage via Lisford Street and Pioneer Street.
Exemptions would be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions would 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 restrictions would be operational from 3rd July 2017 for a maximum period of 18 months, with restrictions planned to only be applicable from Monday 3rd July to Wednesday 5th July, 2017. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX DB: 3754
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (VERNEY ROAD) 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 a crane operation by Bronzeshield Lifting Ltd, it made an Order the effect of which would prohibit vehicular traffic in part of the above named road.
Whilst the 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 Verney Road, between Verney Way and Rotherhithe New Road. The alternative route for affected traffic will be via: Rotherhithe New Road, Verney Way. The existing one way working in Verney Road, between, Rotherhithe New Road and Verney Way will be made two way for access and egress purposes.
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.
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Public Notice Southwark Council Member Allowances Scheme: 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018
In accordance with the Local Authorities (Members’ Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003, Southwark Council is publishing details of the allowances to be paid to members for the financial year 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018. The current member allowances scheme was agreed at council assembly on 22 March 2017. The scheme was agreed having taken into account the London Councils Independent Remuneration Panel’s report 2014. The scheme makes provision for a basic allowance to be paid to all members, and for special responsibility allowances (SRAs) to be paid to members who take on significant additional responsibilities. The allowances are grouped in bands, and the amounts for each band are set out in Table 1 below. The amounts listed are gross figures and are subject to deductions for national insurance contributions and income tax. No member may receive more than one SRA. Members of the licensing sub-committee receive an allowance in recognition of the heavy workload of the sub-committee. Table 1 – Member Allowances 2017-2018
The restriction will be in place between on the 1st – 2nd July 2017, if due to adverse weather conditions the works can be in place on either the 8th – 9th July or 15th – 16th July. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Environment and Social Regeneration, Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3558/ LBSCR9498
SRAs are paid to the following: •
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LYNTON ROAD) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable development works to be carried out by Adderstone Developments (103) Ltd, it made an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian traffic in parts of the above named road.
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Band 1a allowance – payable to the chair of audit, governance and standards committee; deputy leader of majority opposition; leader of minority opposition; opposition whip; vicechair of overview and scrutiny committee, deputy cabinet members. Band 1b allowance – payable to Deputy Mayor; community council chairs; scrutiny subcommittee chairs, planning sub-committee chairs Band 2a allowance – payable to chair of planning committee; chair of licensing committee; chief whip; leader of majority opposition. Band 2b allowance – payable to the Mayor and chair of overview and scrutiny committee. Band 3 Allowance – payable to the deputy leader and cabinet members. Band 4 Allowance – payable to the leader of the council.
Band 3 and 4 allowances are dependent on the number of hours per week the member is employed elsewhere, as set out below: - less than 11 hours elsewhere, full SRA - 11 to 24 hours elsewhere, two thirds SRA - more than 24 hours elsewhere, one third SRA.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Lynton Road, between its junction with St James’s Road and the eastern boundary of Number 199 Lynton Road.
Where cabinet members are appointed in a job share, the average number of hours employed elsewhere are doubled.
An alternative route for traffic will be via St James’s Road, Southwark Park Road, Dunton Road and Lynton Road.
At present a pension scheme for members is not in operation.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or proceed into the southern footway, between its junction with St James’s Road and a point opposite the eastern boundary of Number 199 Lynton 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 restrictions would be operational from 26th June 2017 for a maximum period of 18 months, with restrictions planned to be applicable on the following dates only:- Monday 26th June, 2017 - Wednesday 5th July, 2017 - Wednesday 12th July, 2017 - Wednesday 19th July, 2017
- Thursday 29th June, 2017 - Friday 7th July, 2017 - Friday 14th July, 2017 - Friday 21st July, 2017
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX DB: 3739
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The scheme allows members to claim travelling and subsistence allowances when on council business outside the borough, and childcare and carers’ allowance against any costs they incur in arranging care to look after dependants who cannot be left by themselves by reason of age or special needs. These allowances may only be claimed in respect of approved duties. The full member allowances scheme is contained in the Council Constitution available on the council website www.southwark.gov.uk London Borough of Southwark 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH
DATED: 22 June 2017
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003
Please take notice that I / we Ali Hossin Moramazy Have made application to the local licensing authority for a new Premises Licence in respect of Cafe Culture, 42 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8PX The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, on from the premises are The supply of alcohol: The provision of late night refreshment: Opening hours:
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Sun - Thurs Fri & Sat Sun - Thurs Fri & Sat
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A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by Southwark Licensing Team, Regulatory Services, 3rd Floor Hub 1, PO Box 64529, London, SE1P 5LX - E-mail: licensing@southwark.gov.uk A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also on our web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication It is open to any person to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of application: 09/06/2017
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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). 9 BEAUVAL ROAD, LONDON, SE22 8UG (Ref. 17/AP/2263 ) (Householder Application) Errection of a single storey side and rear extension (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) SECOND FLOOR, BRIDGE HOUSE, 4 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 9QW (Ref. 17/AP/2197 ) Ground floor dual use mixed to be used as B1/A1 Use Class to support and encourage coworking/to be used as a breakout space within a reception to a multi let office building. The rearrangement of ground floor is to facilitate a new office entrance off Borough High Street with a separate entrance to an open plan B1/A1/ Reception/Cafe space that will enhance the active frontage. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Craig Newton 020 7525 4004) BARROWBOY AND BANKER, 6-8 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 9QQ (Ref. 17/AP/2349 ) Display of new external signage and lighting (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) BARROWBOY AND BANKER, 6-8 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 9QQ (Ref. 17/AP/2355 ) Display of 'One-off' glass and timber fascia with external illumination; Display of 'One-off' double sided projecting sign with external illumination. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Sarah Parsons 0207 525 7194) THE HEYGATE ESTATE AND SURROUNDING LAND BOUND BY NEW KENT ROAD (A201) TO THE NORTH, RODNEY PLACE AND RODNEY ROAD TO THE EAST, WANSEY STREET TO THE SOUTH AND WALWORTH ROAD (A215) AND ELEPHANT ROAD TO THE WEST. LONDON SE17 (Ref. 17/AP/2269 ) Approval of reserved matters (access, scale, appearance, layout and landscaping) for plot H5 within Elephant Park (previously referred to as the Heygate Masterplan) submitted pursuant to Outline Planning Permission ref 12/AP/1092. The proposals comprise the construction of a development plot ranging between 8 and 25 storeys in height (maximum building height 85.415 m AOD), comprising 384 residential units, 873 sqm (GEA) of flexible retail (A1-A5) uses, 735 sqm (GEA) of flexible retail, office and leisure uses (A1-A5/B1/D2), 124 sqm (GEA) of flexible retail and office uses (A1-A5/B1) car parking, cycle storage, servicing, plant areas, new landscaping and other associated works. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) 163 CAMBERWELL GROVE, LONDON, SE5 8JS (Ref. 17/AP/1926 ) (Householder Application) Demolition of existing white UPVC glazed conservatory to the rear and construction of a new single storey rear extension, part demolition of existing side extension and replacement with new extension to the same dimensions including new roof with skylights and new garden elevation wall. Internal alterations at lower ground floor level. (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 0207 525 5375) 30 CARDEN ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3UD (Ref. 17/AP/2037 ) (Householder Application) Construction of a rear dormer extension and installation of photo voltaic panels to the flat roof of the dormer at a lower level than the ridge line. Installation of three roof lights on the front roof slope. (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s)
for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lisa Jordan 0207 525 5426) 4 POND COTTAGES, COLLEGE ROAD, LONDON, SE21 7LE (Ref. 17/AP/2218 ) (Householder Application) Regularising of single storey rear extension, rear boiler flue,rear glazed roof light,rear coping stones and proposed external brickwork repairs and painting to front elevation. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) 4 POND COTTAGES, COLLEGE ROAD, LONDON, SE21 7LE (Ref. 17/AP/2219 ) Regularising of single storey rear extension, rear boiler flue, rear glazed roof light, rear coping stones and proposed external brickwork repairs and painting to front elevation. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) 39B CONSORT ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2AA (Ref. 17/AP/2287 ) Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a new terrace of part two, part three storey buildings to provide nine residential units together with the erection of a part one, part two storey building to provide 138sqm of B1 (office) floorspace, together with associated landscaping, refuse stores and cycle parking. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) IVYDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL, IVYDALE ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3BU (Ref. 17/AP/2386 ) Installation of a new disabled access ramp to an existing doorway, to provide access into the playground. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Craig Newton 020 7525 4004) 438 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8NE (Ref. 17/AP/1986 ) (Householder Application) Construction of two rear dormer windows, plus a roof light in the rear slope. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 346-348 LORDSHIP LANE, LONDON, SE22 8LZ (Ref. 17/AP/2164 ) Installation of a new shopfront (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lisa Jordan 0207 525 5426) 74 NEW CONCORDIA WHARF, MILL STREET, LONDON, SE1 2BB (Ref. 17/AP/2314 ) Reconfiguration of the existing joinery units in the apartment to provide a larger, more usable bathroom and more enclosure for the master bedroom. General refurbishment and redecoration will be carried out throughout the flat. (within St Saviours Dock C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Martin McKay 0207 525 1818) GLAZIERS HALL, 9 MONTAGUE CLOSE, LONDON, SE1 9DD (Ref. 17/AP/2230 ) Replacement of glass in East doors with dark grey powder coated steel panels. Increase the up-down lights from 3 to 7 lights to be used for white facade lighting with a colour change capability. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) GLAZIERS HALL, 9 MONTAGUE CLOSE, LONDON, SE1 9DD (Ref. 17/AP/2231 ) Replacement of glass in East doors with dark grey powder coated steel panels. Increase the up-down lights from 3 to 7 lights to be used for white facade lighting with a colour change capability. (within Borough High Street C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) 35 NUNHEAD GREEN, LONDON, SE15 3QF (Ref. 17/AP/2247 ) (Householder Application)
Single storey rear and infill extension and part rear double storey extension fitted with 6 Skylight windows (within Nunhead Green C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 75 PAGES WALK, LONDON, SE1 4HD (Ref. 17/AP/2255 ) (Householder Application) Construction of a rear single storey ground floor extension (full infill to side of outrigger); and rear full-width first floor extension. (within Pages Walk C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Abrar Sharif 020 7525 3992) EAGLE WHARF, 90-96 PECKHAM HILL STREET, LONDON, SE15 5JT (Ref. 17/AP/1665 ) Minor material amedment to planning permission 16/AP/ 2649 consisting of Condition 2 (drawings), Condition 16 (BREEAM) and Condition 23 (roof terrace opening hours) to amend the appearance of the consented building and opening hours of the roof terrace. For the (construction of part three/part four/part five storey building for to provide a School of Theatre Arts comprising teaching, rehearsal and administrative accommodation and theatre(Class D1), and cafe/restaurant/bar (Class A3/A4) with associated landscaping to Peckham Square and Peckham Hill Street. Provision of new vehicular access from Peckham Hill Street with associated servicing,
disabled parking, cycle and refuse storage areas). Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) 14-21 RUSHWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE1 0RB (Ref. 17/AP/1959 ) Construction of a new part five, part six storey building to provide commercial floorspace (Use Class B1), associated servicing, cycle parking and landscaping. This proposal affects the character or setting of nearby listed building(s):Chadwick House & Ripley House, Rushworth Street. This proposal affects the character or setting of the nearby Kings Bench Conservation Area. Reason(s) for publicity: ACA, ALB, MPA (Contact: Kiran Chauhan 020 7525 5513) CONRAN BUILDING, 22 SHAD THAMES, LONDON, SE1 2YU (Ref. 17/AP/2128 ) Demolition of existing timber and aluminium glazed structure, repair of roofing and reinstatement of timber and aluminium glazed structure as per existing. (within St Saviours Dock C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877)
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)
BREDINGHURST SCHOOL SITE, INVERTON ROAD, LONDON, SE15 3AZ (Ref. 17/AP/2189 ) Variation of Condition 2, approved plans, of planning permission 14-AP-4713 for 'Demolition of all buildings and the erection of a new two storey primary school building to expand Ivydale Primary School including associated landscaping and provision of a multi use games area.' to allow for: Removal of green glazed bricks to the south west elevation. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Kiran Chauhan 020 7525 5513) 42 TRINITY STREET, LONDON, SE1 4JG (Ref. 17/AP/2315 ) Replacement of 8 x vertical sliding sash windows with new heritage style double glazed sash windows (within Trinity Church Square C.A.)
PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
(Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) 171-173 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 1RW (Ref. 17/AP/2310 ) Demolition of existing rear extension and conversion of rear ground floor area (behind shop), with infill single-storey rear extension and conversion of two upper floors, to create 3no. new flats (1 x one bed, 2 x two bed), with associated waste/ recycling and cycle storage facilities. (within Larcom Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 0207 525 4929) FLAT A, 367-369 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 2AL (Ref. 17/AP/2259 )
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
Subdivision of first floor flat into two flats (1 x 2 bed and 1 x 1 bed) (within Walworth Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Rosie Nolan 0207 525 1335) 280 WALWORTH ROAD, LONDON, SE17 2TE (Ref. 17/AP/2288 ) Construction of a single storey storage building in connection with the existing ground floor shop (within Walworth Road C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, MPA (Contact: Shanali Counsell 0207 525 1770) WICKFIELD HOUSE DICKENS ESTATE, WILSON GROVE SE16 (Ref. 17/AP/2329 ) Access control works - new entry phones, entrance enclosures and associated works Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Troy
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable foul drainage connection works to be carried out by Edenway Contractors Ltd, it intends to make an order, the effect of which would be to prohibit vehicular traffic in 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 Benhill Road, between its junctions with the northern kerb line of Elmington Road and the southern kerb line of Owgan Close/Houseman Way. An alternative route for traffic would be via Picton Street, Brisbane Street and Elmington Road.
Exemptions would be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions would 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 order would be operational from 3rd July 2017 for a maximum period of 18 months, with restrictions planned only to be applicable between Monday 10th July and Monday 24th July, 2017. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX DB: 3736
Dated 22 June 2017 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date SIMON BEVAN - Director of Planning
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (CARLTON GROVE)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BENHILL ROAD) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
Davies 0207 525 0783)
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable water connection works to be carried out by Thames Water, it intends to make an order, the effect of which would be to implement waiting and loading restrictions in 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 stop, wait, load or unload in Carlton Grove, both sides, from its junction with Hollydene, southwards for a distance of 40.00 metres. An alternative route for traffic would not be required.
Exemptions would be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions would 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 restrictions would be operational from 3rd July 2017 for a maximum period of 18 months, with restrictions planned to only be applicable from Tuesday 4th July to Monday 10th July, 2017.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX DB: 3730
Notice Under The Local Government Act 1972 Section 123(2A) (as amended)
Land forming part of St John’s Churchyard off Fair Street London SE1 “the Land” 1. 2.
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The Land is part of Borough Open Land and the freehold interest is held by the London Borough of Southwark, “the Council”.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 123(2A) of The Local Government Act 1972 that the Council intends to dispose of the Land. The Land is being disposed of by way of the grant of a lease to the Potters Field Park Management Trust for a term of years ending on 1 April 2037 and the terms of the Lease stipulate that the Land must remain subject to the provisions of the Open Spaces Act 1906. A copy of the plan showing the Land is available for inspection at the ground floor reception of 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH. Appointments are available between the hours of 10.00am – 5.00pm Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). Any objection or representation in respect of the disposal must be made in writing by 12:00pm on Thursday 6 July 2017 to Mr Patrick McGreal, Southwark Property, London Borough of Southwark at 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH (Email: patrick.mcgreal@southwark.gov.uk ; Tel – 0207 525 5626).
Dated: 15 June 2017
Stephen Platts Director of Regeneration, On behalf of the Council of the London Borough of Southwark P O Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX.
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2017
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. The purpose of the Order is to enable local communities to hold Street Parties on the dates listed in schedule 1 of this notice. The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle from:-
(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;
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(b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
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(b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark. The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.
For information regarding this event please contact Southwark Events Team on 0207 525 3422 or for information relating to this order please contact: Network Management on 0207 525 2014.
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2017
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. The purpose of the Order is to facilitate play street in the roads listed, in the schedule to this notice. The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle from:-
(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;
(b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(c) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(d) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark. The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.
For information regarding this notice, please contact Parking & Road Network Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017
Dated this 22 June 2017
Southwark Council Environment and Social Regeneration Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX
Schedule
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Schedule 1 Road
Mina Road
Extent
Date of event
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From Forest Hill Road to Cornhill Terrace
Saturday 24th June 2017
9:30am to 8pm
Whole Road
Sunday 25th June 2017
12pm to 5pm
Number 70 to the junction with Bagshot Street
Ryedale Sansom Street
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking, Business Manager, Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX
Saturday 24 June 2017
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WEBB STREET)
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable development works to be carried out by Morgan Sindall Construction Ltd, it intends to make an order, the effect of which would be to prohibit vehicular and pedestrian traffic in parts 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 Webb Street, between its junctions with Tower Bridge Road and Swan Mead. Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or proceed into the northern footway, between its junctions with Tower Bridge Road and Swan Mead. An alternative route for traffic would be via Tower Bridge Road and Swan Mead.
Exemptions would be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
The restrictions would 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 order would be operational from 3rd July 2017 for a maximum period of 18 months, with restrictions planned only to be applicable between Monday 24th July and Friday 28th July, 2017. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX DB: 3742
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Grove Hill Road
Form Bromar Road to Ivanhoe Road
Heber Road
10am to 8pm
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Saturday 24th June 2017
3pm to 4:30pm
Sunday 25th June 2017 Sunday 30th July 2017 Sunday 27th August 2017 Sunday 24th September 2017
2pm to 5pm 2pm to 5pm 2pm to 5pm 2pm to 5pm
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2017
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. The purpose of the Order is to facilitate Play Streets in the roads listed, in the schedule to this notice. The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle from:-
(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;
(b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(c) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(d) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark. The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.
For information regarding this notice, please contact Parking & Road Network Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 22nd June 2017 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking, Business Manager, Southwark Council, Regulatory Services, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 3743 Schedule Road
Townsend Street
Extent
Congreve Street – Old Kent Rd (A2)
Date of event
Friday 30th June, 2017
Prohibited Hours 3pm – 5:30pm
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Stansfeld stalwart to ‘hang up his tracksuit’
By John Kelly
LLOYD BRADLEY admitted it was “with great sadness” that he parted company with Stansfeld by mutual consent.
Bradley, who was in charge for four years, led the club to the Hospital Charity ‘A’ Cup in his last game in charge, the side captained by his son, James. Bradley succeeded Tony Saunders as manager and said he was pleased to have stopped Stansfeld’s “downward spiral” and to have added to its “rich history”. In Bradley’s first season he led Stansfeld to the semi-finals of the InterRegional League Cup and Kent Intermediate Shield as well as a top-five finish in the Kent County League. Stansfeld won the Inter-Regional League Cup the next season and finished runners-up in the league. Bradley followed that up by leading the side to the Kent Intermediate Shield title with a 4-0 win over their rivals Metrogas, and a first Hospital Charity ‘A’ Cup win. Last season was Bradley’s most difficult in charge. Injuries meant he was never able to pick the same starting XI for successive games, as Stansfeld finished just ten points clear of the relegation places. Bradley had intended to retire after next season. “It is with great sadness that I part company with Stansfeld Oxford and Bermondsey FC by mutual consent,” Bradley told the News. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my four years with the club and made some very good friends both on and off the pitch. “I am pleased to say that I achieved everything that I promised at the start of my reign at the club, after being asked
by chairman Ian Rooney to try to bring the club out of the downward spiral. “I am very proud that I not only reversed the club's fortunes, but helped to add to Stansfeld’s rich history. “The icing on the cake came with us retaining the Hospital Charity 'A' Cup. Thankfully my final duty as manager was lifting this cup again with the captain, my son James. “I would really like to thank all the players that played for me during my time at the club, also the managers, coaches and assistants, without whose help I could not have achieved anything. I would very much like to thank all the
club’s supporters, and the Stansfeld committee for their help and support in my four seasons at the Club. “But the biggest thanks of all must go to club secretary Colin Lush. Lushy is the best secretary I have ever worked for and with, and I am convinced he could easily do a job at a much higher status club, as he is so dedicated, efficient and professional. “I will miss everyone at the club, but I will do my best to take in some of the games and catch up with everybody. “I leave the club in great shape, having set up the website, suggested Twitter and
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Manager Lloyd Bradley's final act at Stansfeld was to lift the Hospital Charity 'A" Cup, with captain and son James, for the second season running .
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100 Club, established a good relationship with Southwark News and formed a great partnership with local photographer Andy Clay, whose superb images now adorn the club and league websites, as well as appearing in the local press. “It is a shame it ended like this, as I would have loved to continue raising the club's profile. But I wish the club every success in the future and send my very best wishes to everybody for the new season. “I have no plans to start again anywhere else and I will now be officially hanging up my tracksuit.”
Ian wins style award
Malden cruise leaves Dulwich feeling sick
PECKHAM GRAPHIC designer Ian Hutchings (below right) was crowned Concours d’Elegance champion at a cycling festival in London this month.
The visitors won the toss and chose to field. They got an early reward when Tom Savill was lbw to Joe Lavender in the second over, the first time this season that he has been dismissed for less than 50 in the Championship. His partner Ed Stolle was bowled by Will Sabey in the next over. Sabey followed this up by having Richard King caught behind and Kristian Williman taken by a juggling catch in the slips in his next two overs, to leave Dulwich reeling on 17-4 after seven overs. Henry Hazlewood and Nick Hudson then added 30 off 7.2 overs when Hudson also went lbw, for seventeen off 23 balls. Will Bancroft joined Hazlewood, and they added sixteen off seven overs when the latter’s resolute innings ended for 23, off 57 balls, with the score on 63. Salaar Waqar then joined Bancroft in the best stand of the innings. The pair added 34 for the seventh wicket off thirteen overs when both fell in successive overs, Waqar caught at midon off Sabey for 20, off 39 balls, and Bancroft caught at slip for 21, off 57.
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The Rapha Nocturne London is a day-to-night festival that welcomes both elite and amateur cyclists. The Concours d’Elegance invited participants to don their most stylish outfits where they were judged on elegance, best bike and cycling style. Hutchings said: “I actually used my commuting bike – I had the Delta brakes originally, and then I built the rest of the bike around them. “It’s been a love affair with this bike, a real labour of love, and I ride it every day. “Growing up in London, you become a bit blasé about the city, but it’s an amazing place and this event is a celebration of that.”
The Rapha Nocturne London is part of a World Criterium Series with the next leg in Copenhagen, on August 19. For more information go to http://www.raphanocturne.com/
A TOP-order collapse saw Dulwich dismissed for 120 to go down to a nine-wicket defeat in their Travelbag Surrey Championship Division 2 match at home to Malden Wanderers last weekend.
Jon Lodwick, who also faced 39 balls, led a late rearguard before he was last out, stumped for fourteen. Dulwich were dismissed for 120 in 47.2 overs, with Sabey finishing on 4-26 off ten overs. Aussie OP Jacob Wilson and Harri Aravinthan survived some early edges off Lodwick and Savill to post 50 on the board after 13.1 overs. Wilson led the way, cruising to 50 off 73 balls while his partner gave solid support at the other end. Skipper Alex Gledhill imposed some restraint, bowling nine overs for eighteen runs, but the 100 was reached without loss in the 30th over. Waqar picked up a consolation wicket, having Aravinthan stumped by Bancroft for 32 (off 95 balls) with the score on 103. But there was to be no further reward as Wilson took fourteen off Lodwick’s next over to finish with 83 off 102 balls and see his side to a nine-wicket victory after just 33 overs. Dulwich therefore finished this match without a point and remain in ninth place. Next week they welcome second-place Oxted & Limpsfield, and will be looking to avenge their defeat in the first fixture between the sides. Result: Dulwich 120 (47.2) lost to Malden Wanderers 122-1 (33) by nine wickets
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Ibra heads for pastures new
DULWICH HAMLET have released former Crystal Palace player Ibra Sekajja after one season.
Sekajja was originally named on Hamlet’s retained list for the 201718 Isthmian League Premier Division season, but manager Gavin Rose revealed the player had attracted interest from fulltime clubs and he would not stand in his way. Sekajja, 24, joined Hamlet after spells at Braintree and Hemel Hempstead Town, and scored seventeen goals in 51 appearances as Rose’s side reached the quarterfinals of the FA Trophy and the play-off final, where they lost to Bognor Regis Town. And Sekajja has now opted to take the chance to re-enter the fulltime scene. Rose said: “Having received interest from several full-time clubs this week, Ibra Sekajja has asked for the opportunity to pursue those possibilities to further he's career. “Whilst the player will be a loss to us on the field we also take into consideration that football is a short career and have granted him his wish to try and gain a full-time contract. “We would like to thank Ibra for his efforts over the course of last season.”
Fisher AGM details
FISHER HAVE announced details of their Annual General Meeting, when they will discuss plans for the 2017-18 season.
The club are inviting fans to submit resolutions ahead of their AGM and are seeking members who wish to join the board. The deadline for any fan wanting to put themselves forward for election is Tuesday, June 27 at 5pm. Fisher said: “We are keen to secure representation from local business and charitable organisations, as well as anyone else who is keen to play a part in helping Fisher over the coming year.” The AGM will take place on Wednesday, June 28 from 7.30pm. Interested parties should contact fisherfcmedia@gmail.com for more information.
MILLWALL’S FIXTURES
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2017-2018 By John Kelly
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST have warned the date of the opening-day fixture against Millwall may need to be changed.
The Lions are provisionally set to visit the City Ground on August 5. But on their official website on Wednesday morning, Forest said: “The game against Millwall has been provisionally scheduled for
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Excitement builds as Lions get ready for Championship return
Forest clash could be moved Saturday, August 5 but the date may need to be changed to avoid a clash with Nottinghamshire's T20 Blast match at Trent Bridge.” Clubs must inform the EFL of any fixture changes they wish to make before Wednesday, June 28. Meanwhile, Millwall boss Neil Harris admitted he was “incredibly excited” ahead of his first full season managing in the second tier
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after just ten games in charge at the end of the 2014-15 season when the side was relegated to League One. “There is so much to look forward to for everyone connected with Millwall,” Harris said. “The Championship is such a competitive division and we know just how tough each and every fixture is going to be, no matter when they take place.
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9 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 12 Queens Park Rangers A 16 Leeds United H 23 Preston North End A 26 Reading H 30 Barnsley H
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4 Burton Albion H 18 Sunderland A 21 Hull City H 25 Fulham A
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“But to start away to Nottingham Forest, a huge club, is great for us and I know it is one the fans will be excited for. We will take a big following there which will help contribute to a cracking atmosphere. “Bolton proved just how good a side they are last season and Ipswich are always very strong at this level of football. They are two tough games to kick us off at The
Den but I'm pleased to have consecutive home games early on. “Naturally your eyes are immediately drawn to the busiest periods, particularly Christmas, and I'm delighted to be at home on Boxing Day. That is great news for the fans, the players and staff. “We've got some huge games to look forward to in the final month of the season, especially Villa at home on the final day. “I'm incredibly excited and can’t wait for pre-season training to start next week.”
Five games to whet fans’ appetites
QPR away (September 12)
THERE IS no love lost between Millwall fans and Ian Holloway, and the away contingent will no doubt rub it in if their side get one over on their former boss at Loftus Road.
Leeds United at home (September 16)
THIS ONE sells itself. Steve Morison was in the Leeds side the last time the clubs met. Only one Millwall starter (Shaun Williams) in that 1-0 defeat in February 2015 is still contracted to the club.
Sunderland away (November 18)
LIONS FANS haven’t been to the Stadium of Light since October 2004. Sunderland have just received £30million for goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, but don’t even have a manager yet.
Aston Villa away (December 9)
THE LAST time Millwall played a league game at Villa Park, in April 1990, Aston Villa’s 1-0 win took them close to the title, but Liverpool denied them. Millwall were relegated after their only two seasons in the top flight.
Aston Villa at home (May 6)
WILL THERE be final-day drama for the third successive season? Millwall left it late in the last two campaigns to secure their final league position, and this is the last of a daunting run of fixtures that includes Fulham at home and a trip to Middlesbrough.
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FRED IMPASSE IS CLOSE TO RESOLUTION
Southwark News, Thursday June 22, 2017
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MILLWALL POISED TO SEAL SAVAGE SWITCH
By John Kelly
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NEIL HARRIS said George Saville is “a player I have admired for a long time” ahead of the midfielder’s proposed switch to Millwall.
else. I treat Fred as if we’re dealing with a free agent. “Am I surprised it’s gone this far without Fred signing? No. Would I expect to get nearer a solution come Friday afternoon? Yes.”
Saville is set to link up again with Harris after he played fifteen times for the Lions on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2015-16 season. Wolves took up the option last month to extend Saville’s deal by a year, but it now looks like that was done to secure a transfer fee for the player, whose previous contract was set to run out at the end of June. Millwall have agreed a fee with Wolves for Saville, 24, and are now discussing personal terms with the former Chelsea midfielder. Saville featured nineteen times for Wolves after he departed Millwall following his loan spell, scoring five goals, and played 30 times last season. He has already played under four managers at Wolves, including Kenny Jackett, Walter Zenga and Paul Lambert. Wolves have again changed bosses this summer, with Portuguese Nuno Santo taking over from Lambert. Saville knows there will be more stability at Millwall, and in Harris will have a manager who trusts him. Harris was being naturally cautious about anticipating the conclusion of the deal, but Saville could sign in time for the start of pre-season training next Monday. “George is a player who has been with us before, and we’ve made an enquiry to Wolves as to his availability,” Harris said. “He’s a player I have admired for a long time. We’ve had discussions with Wolves and we’re hopeful an agreement can be reached.”
them, ‘come back in pre-season, you’re either going to be in the mix or we let you go and develop somewhere for six months’. “They are seen by me as the future of the football club. Had we stayed in League One they would have been at the forefront of being in the 20 [senior first-team squad]. “They will be better and stronger, physically and mentally, when they come back for pre-season after their experiences on loan last season.
“However, if they’re not going to be in the 20 they will need to go out again. What we do is we bring through people that have got the mentality to be a Millwall player. They’ve got to earn that right. “If they’re not involved they will want to go out and play. They’ve all said to me previously they want to be in the team, they love the culture and the working environment of the club. “But if they’re not in the team they will certainly be keen to go out and learn. That’s the sort of characters we’re bringing through.”
Attacker has been offered ‘extremely good’ deal - Harris
EXCLUSIVE
By John Kelly
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NEIL HARRIS revealed Millwall expect to be closer to learning whether Fred Onyedinma will sign a new contract by the end of this week.
Onyedinma has let his deal run down and is free to talk to other clubs, though Millwall will be entitled to compensation if he leaves as he is under 24 years old. Millwall have offered Onyedinma “an extremely good contract” but it has remained unsigned as his representatives seek better terms elsewhere. Onyedinma, 20, added to the uncertainty over the summer when he claimed after the League One play-off final win over Bradford that he had made his mind up about his future. Given he didn’t confirm that it would be at Millwall, it seemed a hint that his four-year spell as a senior player at the club would come to an end. That was before talks resumed between the player’s representatives and Millwall, leading to the current impasse with the club unsure whether he will be present for the first day of pre-season training next Monday. Premier League sides AFC Bournemouth and Watford have been linked with Onyedinma, but Harris said he hasn’t heard of any enquiries for the player.
By John Kelly
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HARRY SMITH could be loaned out this season with Millwall boss Neil Harris aiming for a 20-man senior squad for the 2017-18 Championship season.
Smith is one of a number of younger players – along with the likes of Sid Nelson, Kris Twardek and Jamie Philpot – who are set to be on the fringes of the senior squad. Harris has already signed Tom Elliott and James Meredith, with Jed Wallace
Harris hasn’t spoken to Onyedinma since earlier this month, when they both agreed his future would be best served by extending his stay with the Lions. Harris said last season at a supporters’ forum at The Den that the process had been frustrating, expressing his surprise that Onyedinma hadn’t been more involved in talks over his future, instead leaving it to his agent. Speaking earlier this week, Harris admitted he was unsure whether Onyedinma would be at the training ground on Calmont Road on Monday, but it appears there could be some kind of resolution before this weekend. “The last conversation I had with Fred was before we both went on holiday, and I said his future lies here,” Harris said. “Fred told me face-to-face that he wants to stay, he wants a solution to the talks. “We’ve made an extremely good contract offer to Fred, a really, really good offer. It hasn’t been accepted by his representatives, so Fred continues to be a free agent. “Ideally we’d love a solution this week, of course we would. It’s not an ideal situation for anybody. “But talks got to that stage where we made a very good offer and it’s down to Fred’s representatives again to discuss that offer or move their client on. “What I will say is that not a single club has enquired about Fred over the course of the summer.
“I still couldn’t guarantee that Fred will be in on Monday. That’s the same with some out-of-contract players and players we’re trying to bring in. “Fred’s agent is fully entitled to try and get him a better deal somewhere
Fringe youngsters set to be available for loan
and George Saville set to follow on permanent deals. Elliott’s arrival pushes Smith further down the pecking order, and Harris also has the option of using Aiden O’Brien up front as back-up to established pair Steve Morison and Lee Gregory. Smith, 22, played twelve times last season and scored six goals following his move in the summer from nonleague Folkestone Invicta. Harris currently has sixteen senior contracted players, with Wallace and
Saville set to bump that up to eighteen. Harris also wants to sign Jake Cooper and Ryan Leonard, and will also bring in a right-back. That leaves some of the younger players out of the frame, and they could leave on loan for first-team football. Nelson and Twardek had spells at Newport County and Braintree Town, respectively, during the 2016-17 season. Harris said: “The likes of Sid Nelson, Harry Smith, Kris Twardek, you say to
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Lions head to Forest on opening day By John Kelly
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MILLWALL FANS will be giddily pencilling in Tuesday, September 12 in their diaries, the date of the first London derby of the season – at Ian Holloway’s QPR.
Saville set to follow – but no progress on Cooper or Leonard By John Kelly
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MILLWALLARE set to confirm their third permanent signing of the summer this week with the capture of Wolves winger Jed Wallace.
The deal is almost complete, with only Wallace’s signature needed for an official announcement to be made. Wallace, 23, has enjoyed two loan spells at Millwall, playing 35 times and scoring four goals, and was in the side that defeated Bradford 1-0 in the League One play-off final in May. Lions boss Neil Harris has made no secret of his admiration for Wallace, whom Wolves signed from Portsmouth for £750,000 in the summer of 2015.
The fee involved in his transfer to the Lions is substantially less than that figure. Wallace struggled to make an impact with the midlands club. He made eleven league starts in 23 appearances in two years with Wolves. The managerial situation didn’t help, with Nuno Santo, appointed this summer following Paul Lambert’s departure, Wallace’s fourth manager during his time with Wolves. Wallace was a favourite of Kenny Jackett, but the former Millwall boss left Wolves before the start of the 2016-17 season. Wallace started last season well under Walter Zenga, but he lost his place in the side after injury and
joined Millwall on loan in January. He is a firm fan favourite, and always said he would be interested in joining Millwall on a permanent deal. Wallace will follow Tom Elliott and James Meredith to Millwall ahead of the return to pre-season training next Monday. Another Wolves player, and another former Millwall loanee, George Saville, could also arrive before Monday after the two clubs agreed a fee for his permanent transfer to south London. Harris still wants to sign Southend’s Ryan Leonard, but the Shrimpers rejected Millwall’s last bid of £300,000 for the 25-year-old midfielder. Sheffield United are also pursuing
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Leonard, with their bid for him has also been rejected. Millwall are no closer to sealing a move for centre-back Jake Cooper, who played eighteen times on loan from Reading last season. Cooper, 22, has no future at Reading under Jaap Stam, and the Royals will sell him to the highest bidder. So far Millwall have been unable to agree a fee for centre-back Cooper. In addition to Cooper, Harris also wants to bring in a right-back, preferably ahead of the training camp in Portugal in mid-July. Shaun Cummings and Jimmy Abdou still look like they will leave, and Harris was hoping for a clearer picture on Fred Onyedinma’s future later this week .
The 2017-18 Championship draft fixture list was released on Wednesday morning, with a trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, August 5 first up. Millwall’s last league meeting with Forest was at the City Ground in January 2015, a 1-0 win with Holloway in charge. Holloway was sacked just over a month later, with Neil Harris taking over. Harris couldn’t save Millwall from relegation that season but in May guided the Lions back to the Championship in his second full campaign in charge. Millwall supporters are certain to snap up their full allocation for the Loftus Road clash. Millwall’s first home league game of the season will be against promoted Bolton Wanderers on August 12, after the midweek firstround League Cup game against Stevenage. Fans will also eagerly anticipate the trip to Elland Road, four days after that fixture at QPR. Millwall are at home on Boxing Day against Wolves, before the return game against QPR and then the first fixture of 2018, away at Norwich City on New Year’s Day. Other notable fixtures include the first meeting with one of the sides relegated from the Premier League, at the Stadium of Light to face Sunderland on November 18. They play Hull three days later and Middlesbrough on December 18, both at home. The last league game of the season is against Aston Villa at The Den on May 6. Clubs have until noon on Wednesday, June 28 to propose any alterations to the draft fixture list (See page 38). THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%