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By Katherine Johnston

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NEIL COYLE joined police on patrol in Bermondsey and Surrey Docks last week after calling on the home secretary to increase officer numbers in the borough.

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Boris Johnson’s announcement that the government would fund an extra 20,000 police in an effort to tackle escalating violent crime across the country has been well-received, but as yet there are no firm plans where they will be stationed – and by when.

The Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP, whose own wife was a victim of an attempted mugging on Friday, spent last Tuesday evening shadowing PC Angus and PC Charlesworth as they did the rounds.

He told the News: “The officers focused on areas I have received many complaints about, including the Manor Estate and Elgar Street, where drug dealing and antisocial behaviour were disrupted.

“In Parliament I have called on the Government to give the police and councils more powers and resources to tackle antisocial behaviour to

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prevent it blighting people’s lives.

“Government cuts mean we have 400 fewer police officers and PCSOs in Southwark compared with 2010.

“This has contributed to the rise in crime and fall in prosecutions. Some criminals think they can now get away with daylight robbery – literally, sadly.”

After a planned meeting with former home secretary Sajid Javid was cancelled when Johnson became PM and instated his new cabinet, Coyle wrote to Javid’s successor, Priti Patel, asking her to honour the meeting and confirm how many new bobbies will join Southwark.

In his letter, Coyle said: “I have met too many parents whose lives have been turned upside down by violent crime and there are too many families still waiting for justice whilst violent criminals are at large.

“It’s clear that our police force cannot do their jobs effectively if they do not have the right resources and powers and I hope you will commit now in your new role to honouring your predecessor’s agreement to meet local people in Southwark affected by this issue.”

Late Night Levy is ‘blunt force tax’ say pubs

By Katherine Johnston

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A ‘LATE night levy’ to help pay for more police officers in Southwark has been slammed by business owners and the hospitality industry.

Introduced by Southwark Council, the levy means businesses selling alcohol after midnight will have to pay an extra tax to generate income for the council and Met’s enforcement teams.

Depending on the business type and its premises, owners could expect to pay anywhere between £299 and £4,440

extra a year.

The British Beer & Pub Association described it as a “backward step that will sadly damage local pubs”, while a spokesperson for the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA), said the measure was a “blunt force tax that unfairly penalises community pubs, adding yet another financial burden to licensees’ bottom lines”.

Cllr Victoria Mills, cabinet member for finance, performance and Brexit at Southwark Council, told the News: “Council Assembly unanimously approved the introduction of the Late

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The Southwark News is proud to be the only independent, paid for newspaper in London.

Southwark News started life as the Bermondsey News in 1987, as an A-4 photocopied sheet of paper and rapidly grew to cover the entire borough and the surrounding area. As the borough grew, so did the newspaper.

It is owned and run by Chris Mullany and Kevin Quinn.

Former reporters for Southwark News, they bought the title in 2002, after the founder Dave Clark died suddenly from cancer four years earlier.

Both directors live in the borough. A dedicated team of staff work tirelessly to cover as much of what is going on as possible and strive to ensure that a community-led, independent newspaper can survive and excel in a market dominated by national and multinational media groups.

Night Levy across the borough because we want to be able to provide better and wider measures to tackle alcohol-related crime.

“We want Southwark to have a thriving late night economy, but this must be balanced with the well-being of our residents and we have been working closely with our colleagues in the police, who supported the proposals.”

She said a reduction would be offered to businesses in receipt of rate relief, and committed to reviewing the levy in a year’s time – possibly reducing the tax further for ‘best in practice’ businesses.

Smashing news for bottle plant

By Katherine Johnston

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THE HISTORIC J Mills and Sons bottling plant off Old Kent Road has been given protected status to save it from potential demolition.

Twelve Ossory Road near Asda was added to the Glengall Road Conservation Area by Southwark Council in recognition of its importance to Southwark’s industrial heritage.

The former site of J Mills & Sons, who produced stoneware and glass bottles for ginger beer, operated as a bottling factory for nearly a century.

In more recent times it has housed Christ Embassy Church.

Current owners Fabrix Capital plan to refurbish the building into office and creative space.

Made from London yellow stock brick, the structure retains some original features including chimneys and timber hoist doors, and dates back to 1895.

The move to protect the building was praised by heritage campaigner Eileen Conn, from Peckham Vision, who said the building was “a significant example of the relationship between residential streets and industrial development in the nineteenth century.

“Buildings from our history are vulnerable all over the borough, which is why it is important to get them all identified by local people for the new Heritage Local List the council has now agreed to create.”

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Pearly queen will fly high for charity

By Josh Salisbury

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THE PEARLY queen of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe is to become the first ‘pearly’ to do a wing-walk in her ceremonial gear for charity.

Summer fete celebrates best of the Brandon’s community spirit

By Katherine Johnston

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OVER FIVE hundred Brandon Estate residents came together to enjoy this month’s TRA’s summer fete held on Sunday, August 18, and officially opened by the Mayor of Southwark, Cllr Sandra Rhule.

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from the Met who brought along an armour-plated Rover 3500 police car used to transport Margaret Thatcher when she was Prime Minister.

After a cloudy start, the afternoon was all sunshine as adults and children enjoyed a dog show, donkey rides, circus workshop, flower crown making, African and steel drumming and a fashion parade, with a live DJ set from Darrell Bath, of the Ian Hunter Band, Dogs D’Amour, The Vibrators and UK Subs fame.

Michelle Thorpe, 53, will be braving a wing walk for her charity, Homes 4 Heroes, which helps feed homeless ex-service personnel in London.

But the daring feat comes with an unfortunate side-effect – because of the heavy weight of the costume, the 53-yearold will need to lose a stone in four weeks before being allowed on the wing.

“I’m not scared of heights, but I’m scared of dieting!” Michelle laughed.

“I’m doing it for Homes 4 Heroes.

“We go out on the streets feeding exservice personnel, but we’ll feed anyone really.

“We also have a mobile shower unit to get them clean – we help all those that want to be helped, but not everyone does.”

While it won’t be the first plane-related stunt Michelle has done for Home4Heroes – she has previously completed a parachute jump in 2008 – it will be the first she has attempted in her pearly costume.

“Because we’ve got so many boys on the books, we need the money to take them forward in their life,” she said.

She has set herself a target of £1,000 to raise for the charity event, which takes place at the Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent on Tuesday, September 24.

Partner Jimmy Jukes, who also runs Homes 4 Heroes, will not be taking part – “I’m staying on the floor mate!” he told the News.

However, he added: “I’m hoping [we raise] £5,000 plus for our boys. For something that’s as daring as this that warrants more than £1,000!”

At the time of writing £140 had been donated towards the fundraiser.

If you wish to donate to Michelle’s fundraiser, you can do by searching ‘Michelle Thorpes UKHomes4Heroes JustGiving’.

FISHER’S NEW KITS ON THE BLOCK

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Fisher players Ernie, Freddie, Freddie, Jamie, Teddy and Joshua and sponsors

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A YOUTH football team are the new kits on the block after being given team gear by a local pie ‘n’mash business.

Fisher FC’s U9’s Piranhas squad proudly lined up to show off their new football strip which were given to the squad by new sponsors, Bermondsey Pie ‘n’ Mash.

The youngsters – Ernie, Freddie,

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A DEDICATED space has been pledged for an LGBT+ occupier at a Bankside development following a backlash over the eviction of gay club, XXL.

A granted planning scheme will see Bankside’s Sampson and Ludgate Houses, just off Southwark Street, redeveloped – but is expected to mean the loss of XXL, a gay club which has been operating since 2000.

40 job losses are expected when the club has its slated final night in its Ludgate House premises on September 21.

Following concerns of the loss of LBGT spaces, developer Native Land said it was “pleased to confirm that the cultural space within our consented scheme at Bankside will be prioritised for a LGBTQ+ occupier.”

It said it would work with the LGBT community and council to find a ‘suitable operator.’

The move was welcomed by Southwark Council, with cabinet member Cllr Johnson Situ saying town hall bosses had “committed to strengthening our policies where necessary to add greater protection for

By Josh Salisbury

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POLICE RAIDED a premises on Bermondsey’s Blue on Wednesday morning under drug laws, but no arrests were made.

Officers from Bermondsey’s Safer Neighbourhoods Team swooped on a shop on Southwark Park Road to execute a search warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act. “Officers from the South Bermondsey Safer Neighbourhood Team executed a search warrant under S16 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 at a commercial premises in Southwark Park Road at 09:30hrs on Wednesday, 21 August,” said a Scotland Yard spokesperson.

He added: “No arrests were made.

Inquiries remain ongoing.”

“This morning I've joined MPS Bermondsey executing a warrant at a shop in Southwark Park Road, SE16,” said Southwark Neighbourhood Inspector Owen Pyle on the day.

“Specialist search teams have joined us to help out.”

Freddie, Jamie, Teddy, Joshua, Oliver and Tye – were given the kit as part of a new sponsorship with the traditional pie business, founded in April 2018.

“I think it’s just nice to give something back to the community,” said Tammy Jukes, who co-founded the business alongside husband Jamie.

It gives them something to look forward to every well.

“We’re proud to be their sponsors, they’re a lovely bunch of kids.” The

Blue-based business has also pledged to continue supporting the local community in Bermondsey.

“Some of Fisher's U9 Piranhas squad spent Saturday morning down at the Blue with new sponsors Bermondsey Pie & Mash showing off their brand new kit ready for the new season,” said Fisher FC. “Bermondsey Pie and Mash is a local family run business located at the Blue market square who get their pies freshly made by legendary Manze's and are committed to

supporting the local community.

“Brilliant to have them on board as part of the Fisher family.”

LGBT+ spaces in the future.”

Cllr Situ added the council had been working with XXL to find a new Southwark venue “potentially with a more inclusive and diverse offer for the wider community, in response to concerns expressed by members of the wider LGBTQ+ community about previous conduct and comments.”

But James McNeill, one of the club’s cofounders, hit back saying he felt the council had been of little help to the club.

“We are going to close and that’s it.

Southwark Council haven’t provided us with any help. We had two emergency meetings. They basically washed their hands of us,” he said.

He pointed to the recent move by Tower Hamlets council to designate Backstreet Bar, a gay ‘leather’ venue an important community asset, and argued Southwark should have made the same move, while carrying out an ‘equalities impact assessment’ about the loss of the club due to development.

Liberal Democrat councillors had also pressed for the council to undertake an equalities impact assessment.

“In Southwark we’ve lost 66% of our LGBTQ+ spaces since 2006. We need the Council and Mayor to protect and promote them,” ward councillor for

Borough and Bankside, Victor Chamberlain has previously told the News.

Among controversial comments include a Facebook post in which club co-owner, Mark Ames, said he “couldn’t give a toss” about the rest of the community. He has since apologised for the post.

A previous incident in which the club

refused entry to a man wearing high-heels also sparked controversy in the LGBT community, leading to accusations of prejudice.

However, XXL’s owners have rejected the charge, telling councillors that the high-heels ‘ban’ was a means to prevent insurance claims from people injuring themselves in the venue.

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Herne Hill shops ‘will be ready to trade by Christmas’

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STATION SQUARE’S newly renovated but currently empty shop units will finally to customers this December, according to landlords The Arch Co.

As the News reported in May of this year, Network Rail had backtracked on plans to move florist Elaine Partleton from her Railton Road shop to make way for a new electricity sub-station needed to power the revamped units.

The boarded-up shops had been home to a host of small businesses before the last trader moved out two years ago for Network Rail’s refurbishment, mostly either left Herne Hill for good or relocated nearby – including in the arches opposite, on Milkwood Road.

A spokesperson for The Arch Co said the site for the sub-station had been found, and was within one of the empty units. This is likely to be fitted toward the end of the year.

She also confirmed that they are looking for independent, local businesses to sign tenancies for the smaller shops offered having already turned down approaches by some chains – but admitted that for the larger units this may not be possible.

“We recognise that there is a real character to Herne Hill and we want to make sure that the development is in keeping with that,” she said.

Currently available are four units for retail use, ranging from £30,000-£60,000 per year.

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Peckham Rye FC and Villacourt Rovers players at Sunday’s game

By Josh Salisbury

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A CHARITY football match on Sunday raised over £1,500 for a “brave” woman facing terminal cancer to complete her bucket list – less than two years after tragically losing her nine-yearold son to the illness.

The game, between Sunday league teams Peckham Rye FC and Villacourt Rovers, was held at St Paul’s ground on Rotherhithe’s Salter Road in Cassie Dore’s name, after her emotional story touched the hearts of the teams’ players.

Cassie, from Bedford, has suffered multiple diagnoses of cancer, alongside losing her little boy, Kye, to the illness.

She has shared her heart-breaking journey in a video on the Peckham Rye FC’s YouTube channel ahead of the ‘Cassie’s I’ll Live Forever’ match.

‘Bubbly’ and ‘active’ Cassie first discovered she had the condition when working as an optician in Boots in 2011.

She applied for a course in Midwifery, but just weeks before she was due to start, was diagnosed with cancer in her left breast.

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She had three tumours, doctors discovered – one the size of her son’s fist.

Her left breast was removed, and she had chemo and radiotherapy.

But a week before she was due to have reconstruction in her left breast, she was diagnosed with cancer in her right breast, which also had to be removed.

“In the end I eventually had reconstruction. I was so happy. In my son’s words, I was a ‘mummy again’ because I had hair and breasts again – which I thought was really rude, but it was alright!” laughed the 31-yearold.

Feeling fit and healthy once more, Cassie applied for her Midwifery course a second time – only for tragedy to strike again weeks before she was due to start.

“It was only a little nodule... but they said we can’t really do anything this time,” she said. “They said ‘we have to leave it and see what happens.’”

Two years passed, she said, while she continued to live her life as normally as possible.

But one day, while Cassie was in staying in hospital overnight, her little boy was taken ill while staying at her mother’s house.

“She said, he was having a seizure and frothing out the mouth and bleeding out of his nose and his

ears,” Cassie recounted.

Little Kye was rushed to hospital in Cambridge by ambulance for further tests and treatment.

“I just remember looking at him lying there lifeless on the other side of the ambulance and looking out the front and seeing all the traffic moving,” she recalled.

Cassie’s nine-year-old boy had cancer in his brain, doctors found.

“They tried chemotherapy, but it didn’t work at all. They told us he was going to die. We chose not to tell him,” she said.

Her little boy sadly passed away at

a children’s hospice in Luton on November 1, 2017 at 11.52am surrounded by family, added the doting mum.

“I didn’t cry that day,” she said through tears. “It took two days or so, I don’t know why, it wouldn’t come out.”

Months after her son’s tragic passing-away, doctors removed the lump left beforehand two years ago, and a course of radiotherapy got rid of it.

But in yet another devastating development, this year the courageous 31-year-old discovered a lump a few days before a check-up – and tests revealed cancer had spread to her lungs and breastbone.

“I’m not totally religious but I believe that if I pass away, I’ll be with my son. If I don’t, I’ll get to live the rest of my life,” she said. “I don’t have anything to lose.”

Money raised by the game will go towards Cassie’s bucket list – which includes spending a night in The Shard, and a helicopter ride over London.

“Cassie has become close to our hearts, and a member of the team, and we’d like to do everything we can so she can do her bucket-list and bring awareness to her story,” added a player for Peckham Rye FC, which plays at the Griffin Sports Club in Dulwich Village.

Notice of Annual Members’ Meeting Thursday 19th September 2019

Cambridge House, 1 Addington Square, Camberwell, London SE5 OHF 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Our annual event for King’s members

Hear a review of the year at King’s from the Trust’s Executive team, including our Annual Report and Accounts detailing our performance for 2018/19. Speakers include our new Chief Executive Dr Clive Kay and Chief Nurse Nicola Ranger. King’s governors will be available and you can raise issues or questions with them.

For further information, to register your place, or to submit a question, please email kch-tr.members@nhs.net or phone the Membership Office on 020 3299 8785. Please register your place by Friday 13th September.

You can also keep up to date and find out more information about the event on our website: www.kch.nhs.uk.

If you would like to join King’s as a member please get in touch.

Membership is open to anyone aged 16 years and over who lives in Lambeth, Southwark, Bromley or Lewisham or has been a patient/family or carer of a patient in the last 6 years.

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Great Ormond Street praises Borough restaurant

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A STRING of Turkish restaurants in Southwark have been praised by Great Ormond Street Hospital after raising over £55,000 for sick children in under three years.

The world-famous hospital has thanked staff at Tas restaurant, which has outlets on The Cut and Borough High Street, for the fundraising.

“Thank you TAS Restaurants for your amazing support, we can’t do it without you,” said the hospital in a thank-you letter to staff. “A better future for seriously ill children starts here. With you.”

Money raised by staff has gone towards pioneering medical treatments for ill children and teams who use play to help children understand their serious conditions.

A branch of the restaurant on The Cut was featured in the News this month after its manager saved a punter from choking using CPR he learned on a course.

Cem Canpolat, aged 34, rushed to the diner’s aid and saved him from choking on meatballs – which the customer later finished.

Beer Mile barber comes to Bermondsey

By Josh Salisbury

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FOUR GARDEN installations using materials recycled from show gardens will be on display at London Bridge station this summer.

The ‘New Forms’ project, commissioned by Team London Bridge and supported by Network Rail, will see four temporary gardens by young designers come to Stainer Street.

Each designer has been given a set palette of materials to use as they wish, but each must use a specific material at the end of their garden which will link to the next garden.

The installations hope to challenge people’s idea with their urban environments and also highlight how materials can be creatively reused.

After the installations finish, all plants and materials will be given over to community projects.

By Josh Salisbury

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A PINT and a shave will be the order of the day in a new tour on Bermondsey’s Beer Mile.

The series of free events will see punters of beer-mile taprooms get a free trim or shave to mark the opening of a barbershop on nearby Ropewalk, Maltby Street.

Leo Castro, of Castro’s Barbershop, will be taking his tricks of the trade to five breweries over the course of September in the ‘Beer and Beard Tour’.

The business opened at Arch 49 in the Ropewalk at the end of last month. Barcelona-born Mr Castro has been a barber for more than thirty years.

Aisha Khan from Castro’s Barbershop said: “We love being a part of the Bermondsey community

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THE HEADS of Guy Fawkes, Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas More were snatched by a ‘bold thief’ from an SE1 tourist attraction in the early hours of the morning.

CCTV captured by the London Bridge Experience, on Tooley Street, appears to show a brazen criminal using a rope lasso to ‘hook’ Sir Thomas More’s model head at around 3.30am on Saturday.

The three heads had been positioned on spikes in a display overlooking the entrance to the London Bridge attraction.

After pulling the display to the ground with his rope, the head-grabbing thief is thought to have shoved Oliver Cromwell and Sir Thomas More into his rucksack.

He is then seen on camera stamping Guy Fawkes’ head off a spike before calmly walking down the road with it under his arm. Now the attraction has launched a ‘head hunt’ of its own – offering £400 to anyone who can help find the man thought to have stolen the heads of the three important historical figures.

“We got into work at about 8 o’clock and we saw the whole front of the façade lying on the floor,” James Kislingbury, director of the London Bridge Experience, told the News.

“At first it didn’t dawn on us that the heads had gone. But people would have

surely noticed – this is one of the more bizarre ones [thefts] I’ve ever had!”

The figures were custom-made for the attraction in America costing a pricey £300 each and taking three months to make.

“It’s not just a case of going to the shop and getting some new heads,” he added.

Two other heads in the five-piece set – William Wallace and Thomas Cromwell – were inside the building at the time and so escaped the thief’s head-grabbing rampage. All five historical figures had their real-life heads displayed on spikes on London Bridge. The installation was commissioned by the London Bridge Experience ahead of Halloween as part of a programme of upgrades.

“It’s really frustrating when we’ve been working twenty-hour days and some little scrote comes along and does this,” said Mr Kislingbury.

A Met Police spokesman confirmed they had been contacted “after some items were stolen from above the doorway of a tourist attraction in Tooley Street, SE1.

“The doorway had also been damaged.”

No arrests have yet been made.

“It’s been a really bizarre 24 hours!” added the director as he was speaking to the News on Sunday.

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the heads has been urged by the London Bridge Experience to contact them on james@tlbeco.uk.

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Tenth free film festival screens in Peckham

THE TENTH Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival will run for ten days in September with seventeen events across SE15.

Running from Thursday 5, to Sunday 15, September, highlights this year include the opening night at Peckhamplex for the London premiere of The River and the Wall, and an outdoor screening of cult black comedy Harold and Maude at Nunhead Cemetery on Saturday, September 7.

The festival also includes community workshops and screenings of short animations made by young people from the area.

One of the festival’s founders, Howard Francis, said: “Over the years people have enjoyed the range of events that we have organised.

“We have tried to take film out to the local community in locations that give people different experiences of watching a film.”

The team are also scouting for volunteers to help join their ranks.

Festival co-ordinator Neal Browne said: “We’re grateful to all the local volunteers who’ve helped run the last ten festivals.

“Coming from every walk of life, they’ve brought their own event ideas and film tastes into the mix, while picking up extra skills along the way.

“So get in touch if you’d like to get involved - we’re a friendly lot.”

For more information, visit freefilmfestivals.org/filmfestival/peckham -nunhead

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GCSE results 2019

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‘Over 44% get strong pass’ in Maths and English

By Katherine Johnston & Josh Salisbury

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EARLY INDICATIONS show that across Southwark 44.4 per cent of pupils achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths – classed as Grades 9 to 5.

Results for those who sat the English Baccalaureate are also strong, with 37.7 per cent of pupils achieving

the same grade bracket.

Southwark Council’s cabinet member for children, schools and adult social care, Jasmine Ali, who was visiting Bacon’s College on results day, said: “It was fantastic to share the success of results day with students from Bacon’s College today.

“Hearing them cheer and celebrate with their friends was a real joy to behold.

“Results day is a nerve wracking

Principal ‘delighted’ with Compass school results

COMPASS SCHOOL says its GCSE results show strong progress, with 57 per cent of pupils achieving the Grade 9-4 benchmark in English and Maths, and 30 per cent gaining Grade 5 and above.

Sixty-one-per-cent gained five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, while 41 per cent took home five GCSEs at Grade 5 or above.

Star performer Laila Dehiles achieved two Grade 9s and three 8s in her suite of ten GCSEs. Compass Principal, Marcus Huntley, said: “I am delighted that the hard work by both students and staff has paid off with a

time and on behalf of Southwark Council I want to say well done to everyone for the work they have put in to achieve their grades.

“In Southwark we have truly great schools that are delivering the best start in life for our young people.

“I hope that today’s results are the stepping stone each young person needs to continue on whatever path is right for them, I want to wish them every success for the future.”

great set of results.

“The rapid improvements we have seen are set to continue as we strive with renewed enthusiasm to build an outstanding learning community at Compass School.

“We pride ourselves in our unique offer as a small secondary school with smaller than average class sizes, and the fantastic results we have seen are a real sign of our commitment and ongoing development.”

‘Strong progress’ at Bacon’s

OVER TWO-thirds of pupils have achieved five or more ‘good passes’ including in English and Maths at Bacon’s College – well above the national average, said the school.

Record results for Newlands Academy

NEWLANDS ACADEMY, a special educational needs school in Nunhead, has seen the largest number of candidates sit their GCSEs – and achieved a recordbreaking number of good passes as a result.

School captain Blake Taylor, who has autism and struggled in particular with social and exam anxiety - was awarded good passes in all seven of his GCSEs – including a Grade 6 in Media Studies.

Head teacher Gareth Howells said: “We are immensely proud of the efforts of our students at Newlands Academy who represent some of the most vulnerable young people across England and have achieved excellent results in this year’s GCSE examinations.

The school is very proud of Blake's achievement and his results are down to his determination to succeed in spite of the personal challenges he faces. ”

68 per cent of students bagged good passes of Grade 4 or above in five or more subjects, while ‘strong progress’ was also made at the Rotherhithe school in the percentage getting top grades in English and Maths.

Fourteen per cent of students attained these top grades of 7 or above in the English and Maths – an eight percentage point increase from last year.

72 per cent of students achieved a

grade 4 or above in both subjects.

Principal James Wilson congratulated all of his students on ‘another strong year’ for GCSE results.

“They are testament to the hard work, determination and commitment that students have shown in their studies, as well as the ongoing efforts of staff across our school to help them achieve their best,” he said.

“What is particularly pleasing is the increase in those students achieving the highest grades in English and Maths.

We look forward to welcoming many of them back in September as they join our Sixth Form, where we will continue to challenge, guide and support them

towards meeting and indeed exceeding their potential.”

Special mention was given to several star students, one of whom, Nastasia Sadowski, achieved an impressive string of seven 9s, two 8s, and an A* in Further Maths.

Marci Talbot bagged a remarkable eight 9s, two 8s and an A* in Further Maths, while another A* in Further Maths was secured by Miracle Kalonga, who also got five 9s, two 8s and two 7s.

Others given recognition for their top grades were pupils Pruthvi Patel, Victoria Adeniran, Jia Shan, Adeeba Kureemun, and William Ly.

cent of all GCSEs awarded this year were 7-9s.

Head teacher Christian Hicks said: “We are extremely proud of our Year Eleven students for their perseverance and commitment to excellence over the past two years that has led to these fantastic results.

“We are also very grateful to our teachers and support staff, as well as to

parents and carers, for their hard work and support which has led to these positive outcomes for our pupils.”

Students with exceptional results include Sahar Abedipou, who was awarded ten GCSEs, nine at Grade 9 and one Grade 8; Sarah Challen Flynn, who also got nine Grade 9s and one Grade 8, and Florence Hopkin Monk, and her hail of eight Grade 9s, and two Grade 8s.

Charter School North Dulwich pupils excel

PUPILS FROM The Charter School North Dulwich have excelled in their GCSEs after a fantastic day of results.

Eighty-two-per-cent of students in Year Eleven gained a standard pass in both English and Maths (Grades 5-9) and 67 per cent achieved a strong pass (Grade 5-9).

When it comes to the top grades, 44 per

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‘Fantastic’ results for Harris Boys’

THE SCIENCES led the way for a ‘fantastic’ set of GCSE results at Harris Boys’ Academy in East Dulwich, the school has said.

It reported a 100 per cent pass rate in Triple Science, with twenty per cent of the cohort securing the top possible Grade 9.

Overall, two thirds of students achieved a Grade 4 or above in English and Maths, while 30 per cent of students also achieved the ‘demanding’ Ebacc, above the national average of 24 per cent.

All students taking Russian or Mandarin bagged themselves a top

Headteacher ‘delighted’ at City of London Academy

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‘The best day’ AN ARK Walworth Academy student has described taking his GCSES as a ‘rollercoaster’ as he joined classmates in celebrating a fantastic set of results.

Jamil Munayem, Dylan Anderson, Colin Trieu, Zack Anderson, Gus Bees

grade of either 8 or 9.

Principal Peter Groves said he wanted to congratulate each of the Year 11 pupils for their ‘exceptional’ results which reflected on their ‘hard work and commitment’.

“Our talented teachers and support staff give everything to make sure that our children succeed and I am

thankful for their continued dedication as well as the fantastic support of our parent body,” he said.

“It is always rewarding to see our students excel and achieve the very top grades and this year I am delighted that 12% of our students have average a Grade 7 or above in ten or more subjects – a fantastic achievement.”

OVER 60 per cent of pupils at Bermondsey’s City of London Academy have scored Grades 4+ in English and Maths.

was ‘delighted’ to see so many ‘excellent achievements.’

“The results are a testament to the dedication of students, teachers and parents who have worked so hard to support each other at the school,” he said.

“A huge congratulations to all."

The school is part of the City of London Academies Trust, whose chair also

Over eighty per cent of GCSE pupils at the Lynton Road school scored grades 4+ in English alone, equivalent to an A*-C grade.

Headteacher Michael Baxter said he

Among the success stories highlighted by the school were that of Mohamed, who achieved six Grade 9s.

Special mentions were also given to pupils Jem, Zack, Mohamed, Roney, Jamil, Reza and Oliver, who all achieved Grades 8 or 9 in at least eight subjects. congrulated hard-working pupils for their successes.

“We know that our pupils couldn’t achieve the grades that they have done without the support from staff and parents,” said Andrew McMurtrie, Chair of the City of London Academies Trust.

“We wish each and every student good luck in the next stage of their lives.”

Jaffar Hassan bagged three Grade 9s, three 8s, one 7 and two 6s. He said: “The journey has felt like being on a rollercoaster. I improved my commitment to learning in Year Ten. “Teachers kept constantly encouraging me to work hard and for me to keep up with my revision. I am so pleased with my GCSE results. Today is just the best day.”

Also over the moon was Juliette Agyman, with two 9s, two 7s, four 6s and one 5, who said: “I worked as hard as I possibly could, and I achieved the grades which I deserved.

“The teachers helped me a great deal, but also attending extra study support contributed to my success.

“I am keen to stay at Ark Walworth for sixth form to complete my A levels, then progress onto university. I would like to become a social worker.

“I want to say a special thanks to all the school staff.”

Jaffar Hassan

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Sacred Heart celebrating again

school's head teacher hopes to replicate.

• 52% of pupils achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths • 80% of pupils achieved a standard pass in both English and Maths

EIGHTY PER cent of pupils at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Camberwell have been awarded a standard pass in both English and Maths this year.

And, more than half (52 per cent) of pupils gained a strong pass in both English and Maths in this year's provisional results.

Last year the school’s GCSE results mean it was ranked 30th in the entire country for Progress 8 the government's main progress measure, a feat the Camberwell

Head teacher Mr Cefai said: "The last few years have seen lots of changes in the educational landscape, with GCSEs moving from A*-G to 9-1.

"These latest results confirm that all the hard work we have put in as a school continues to bear fruit, with pupils achieving another set of fantastic results.

"Congratulations to all our staff and pupils.

"I am sure that when national Progress 8 results are confirmed we will once again rank among the top schools in the country."

Among the top performers were: Holly Agbukor (six 9s, four 8s), Rachel Daramola (five 9s, five 8s), Vanessa Gagno (five 9s, four 8s, one 7, Emelia Bature (four 9s, five 8s, one 7), Amabel Cofie (three 9s, five 8s, two 7s) and Blessing Okuchukwu (three 9s, seven 8s).

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‘No substitute for hard work’ ARK EVELYN Grace Academy students are celebrating their GCSE results after two years' of hard work.

Among the top performers were Amarie Phillips, who received two Grade 9s in Biology and Chemistry, two Grade 8s in Maths and Physics, five grade 7s in English Literature, Computer Science, Geography, PE and Spanish, and one Grade 6 in English Language.

Amarie said: "Working hard is the most important thing that you will need to do if you are going to be successful during your school life.

"Natural ability will not be enough.

I worked hard and it paid off."

Also celebrating is Bruno Rocha Silva, originally from with his three Grade 8s, one A*, five Grade 7s, and two Grade 6s, and Khalida Hamidi who achieved a Grade 8, four 7s and five 6s.

Principal Tim Dainty said: "I am very proud of the endeavour of staff and students at Evelyn Grace.

"These results prove once again that there can be no substitute for hard work.

"The high expectations we have has helped many of our students secure some great results that enable them to go on and pursue the career of their choice."

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Student success at ARK All Saints

STUDENT SUCCESSES have been hailed at Camberwell’s Ark All Saints Academy at GCSE results day.

Among the pupils toasting their achievements following a haul of top grades was Melanie Kirchner, who only moved to the UK from France in September 2018.

Despite speaking little English, she manage to bag a string of top grades: five 9s, one 8, one 6 and two 5s.

As a passionate supporter of environmental causes, the teen said she wants to study Science and Green Energy in the future. ““In everything I do, I’m motivated by eventually helping the environment and help save the planet”, she said.

“It was a real challenge, but I did it!”

Fellow classmate Curtis Johnson also

secured a row of top grades, managing to get four 8s, four 7s, one 6 and one 5.

“I try to work as hard as possible. I just want to try my best, I want to make people proud of me. I'm really happy with my results. Well done to everyone!" the keen school choir member said.

Amelia Lam, another student success story at the school on GCSE results day said she was “very proud” of herself after discovering she had GCSE grades of seven 9s, two 8s and one 7.

One day she hopes to become a biologist or a biomedical engineer – and her life ambition is to cure cancer.

“I'm very proud of my results and can’t wait for the future,” she said.

“Thank you to all the teachers who helped me along the way!"

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St Michael’s expect ‘excellent’ results

ST MICHAEL’S Catholic College in Bermondsey says it is expecting its highest-ever ‘Progress 8’ score after ‘excellent’ results at GCSE.

The measure is a metric of how much progress pupils have made between primary school and secondary school, and will be confirmed by the Department for Education later in the autumn.

It also added that it expects to be above the national averages in ‘all key measures’ following

‘excellent progress’ made by students.

85 per cent of students were entered for the EBACC and made exceptional progress, said Principal Felicity Corcoran.

She added that “a significant number of students achieved grades 7 – 9 across all of their subjects” meaning a “record number” would be eligible for sixth-form entry.

Among the happy pupils today were Adonai Habtom who achieved 10 GCSEs at the two highest-possible grades, 8 and 9. “‘I’m really happy with how I did and I’m thankful for all the teachers and their support,” he said – and plans to continue studying hard to become a dentist.

Fellow student Iyayi Omoruyi’s impressive haul of seven grade 9s has also put him on the path to his aspiration of studying medicine at university, said the school.

GCSE results 2019 ‘Expecting best’

ST THOMAS the Apostle College says it has had its best ever GCSE results with a provisional progress 8 score of 1.0 - which means its students, on average, achieved one whole grade higher across ten subjects than the national average.

In Maths, 80 per cent of students achieved Grade 4 and above (a pass), and 83 per cent the same for English.

Particularly strong performances came in languages - where 99 per cent passed.

Head teacher Eamon Connolly said: “My huge congratulations go to all boys and their teachers on an excellent set of results: this is another happy day of great celebration at STAC. "I have no doubt that these results will give students renewed confidence in their post-16 studies and are just reward for all of their hard work.

“This is a very exciting period in our history, in which we are reaping the rewards of outstanding behaviour, excellent teaching and the fantastic support of the whole school community.”

“Although I am delighted by the performance of our boys this summer, it should be recognised that the STAC experience is about much more than examination results, important though these are.

"We seek to ensure the rounded development of all our boys, and their happiness and wellbeing are of paramount importance to us.

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JAGs head: ‘Results are outstanding’

JAMES ALLEN’S Girls’ School has described its GCSE pupils’ results as ‘incredible’ after nine in ten exams came back graded at 7-9, equivalent to an A* or A in the old system.

Overall, 47 per cent of results gained the top Grade 9, and 63 per cent of students achieved a clean Grade 7 or higher in all their GCSEs. In total, nine students achieved a clean sweep of Grade 9s.

The school says STEM subjects had a particularly strong showing, with 97 per cent of pupils awarded Grade 7-9s in Maths, and 98 per cent given the same in Chemistry, and 94 per cent in biology.

Head teacher Sally-Anne Huang said: “I always feel that Year Eleven is a tough time with most pupils

facing their first public exams and studying a huge range of subjects.

“Once again though the JAGS girls and teachers have emerged from the trial of GCSEs in triumph.

“Clearly, this number of top grades is outstanding, but it’s also been a privilege to see this group of girls develop over the years; they are going to make fantastic sixth formers.”

Star pupil Beatrice Doherty achieved nine 9s and an 8 in Art. She is going to study Biology, Chemistry, History and French at A Level and wants to read Medicine at University in future.

“All of the teachers were really helpful, and I couldn’t have done it without them. I’m really looking forward to focusing my energy on the subjects I love from September.”

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Ark Globe students’ delight

A BERMONDSEY-BASED GCSE student with a raft of top grades has particular cause to celebrate this week.

Ark Globe Academy pupil Sara Sasvari’s phenomenal results are all the more impressive given she only started speaking English five years ago after moving to the UK from Hungary, has struggled with a disease that affects her sight.

On Results Day she found out she had been awarded eight Grade 9s, an 8 and a 7 - and she says she hopes the grades can help her become a theoretical physicist in future.

Across the board the Elephant and Castle school says its GCSE students are outperforming national averages; achieving about half a grade higher than candidates across the country.

On finding out her brilliant achievement, Sara said: “My success was mostly down to reading over my notes and making flash cards.

"I came to the UK in 2014, in Year Seven, didn’t speak English at all.

"I am really proud of myself for getting 9 in English and English Literature.

"My biggest challenge was that I have Stargardt disease which effects my sight.

"I worked on accepting the fact that I had this condition and I didn’t want it to be an excuse for not to do well.

"I love art and it was very relaxing for me to do art during this time.

Kingsdale head ‘proud’

KINGSDALE FOUNDATION School says its provisional GCSE results show another strong performance this year from its hardworking students.

"My family is very happy for me. My sister is going to the University of Glasgow, she went to Sixth Form at Globe. So it is overall a happy time for us.

"My teachers were really helpful. The school helped me, especially about my condition and found a counsellor for me.

"I don’t feel that this condition I have will ever stop me working hard and doing well.”

Also delighted with their results were twins Deborah and Kehinde Sowole, who spurred each other on to succeed.

The identical sisters, who moved to Peckham from Nigeria in 2011, now have two 8s, eight 7s, and seven 6s between them.

Kehinde says she hopes to become an entrepreneur or paediatrician in future,

and Deborah has her sights set on becoming an engineer.

“We studied together for the exams; we tested each other, challenged each other.

"It was really helpful while taking the exams, but waiting for the results was stressful because we were waiting for two sets of results.

"What if one of us didn’t to do that well?

"We would have been upset then; we couldn’t celebrate.

"We are happy now; although we didn’t get the exact same results, they are balanced.

"We don’t plan to separate until the end of university because we will go to different career paths, but we will definitely go to the same university.”

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Three students achieved at least nine Grade 9s - the top grade in the reformed system.

And more than 30 students gained five or more Grade 8 or 9s.

Provisional results show that

Notre Dame’s ‘good progress’

NOTRE DAME Roman Catholic Girls’ School says its GCSE results show ‘very good progress and achievement’ as 64 per cent achieve grade 4 and above in English and Maths – equivalent to a C and higher.

Overall, 66 per cent of students from the Elephant and Castle secondary

approximately 80 per cent of candidates were awarded a top pass in both English and Maths, and nearly half the cohort gained the English Baccalaureate qualification.

Head teacher Steve Morrison said: "We had many proud and individual and collective achievements this year as a result of the dedication and hard work of students and staff." attained Grade 4 and above in Maths, and 87 per cent the same in English.

Fifty-four-per-cent of students achieved at least one GCSE graded 7,8 or 9 – the equivalent of an A or A*.

Science had a particularly strong set of results, with every single student taking home a grade 4 or above in Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Top achievers include Alesha Ibeji, who received six Grade 9s, three 8s, and one 7, and Chimdinma Agazie, who gained five grade 9s, three 8s, and one Grade 7.

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‘Fantastic set’ for Alleyn’s

‘Another successful year’

scholarly habits, and to instil a lifelong love of learning.

“In this, our anniversary year, we can be sure that our founder, Edward Alleyn, would be delighted with the way in which our boys and girls are able to perform to the highest academic standard while remaining level-headed, kind and caring young people.

"This is precisely the sort of outcome that our inclusive, co-educational outlook and progressive, holistic ethos seek to

bring about.”

Mel Joel, head of middle school, said: “I am delighted for the pupils and their families.

"The boys and girls have worked with such energy and enthusiasm throughout their time in our Lower and Middle Schools and these are fitting results.

"We look forward to watching them all continue to thrive as they move into Upper School to enjoy the next stage of their Alleyn’s experience.”

HARRIS ACADEMY Bermondsey has praised ‘another successful year’ for GCSE results after nearly one in three girls achieved at least one top-possible grade.

average.

41 students, nearly one in three, achieved at least one Grade’ 9 which is equivalent to an A**. 93 Grade 9s were achieved in total, including 42 in English, said the school.

Special praise was given to several star students, including Shelly He, who achieved a remarkable nine Grade 9’s,

Overall, 61 per cent of students achieved five GCSEs including English and Maths and more than half of students achieved – twice the most recent national

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Strong Harris Peckham

HARRIS ACADEMYPeckham is celebrating a strong set of GCSE results - with science in particular 'flourishing' at the school.

FORTY-THREE-per-cent of all GCSE grades achieved by Alleyn's students this year are top Grade 9s.

In total, 71 per cent of all grades awarded to candidates were either Grade 8 or 9, and 88 per cent were between 97. Almost one in four pupils at the school, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year, gained at least ten grade 8s or above.

Headmaster, Dr Savage, said: “This is a really fantastic set of results for our boys and girls, particularly at a time when public examinations – and the way they are graded - are becoming ever more demanding.

"I am so pleased for them all. The pupils’ achievements demonstrate their own hard work, commitment and determination, and underline the immense value of our staff’s heartfelt efforts to encourage curiosity and good

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Executive Principal, Rebecca Hickey, said three quarters of students received at least a Grade 4 in English, with two thirds achieving the same in Maths.

Every chemistry and physics student, and 93 per cent of biologists, gained at least a Grade 5 - considered a strong pass.

Forty per cent of physics students and a third of chemistry students got Grade 7 or higher - equivalent to at least an A. In languages, a fifth of Spanish students got Grade 9s, and 38 per cent of French received a minimum of Grade 7.

Ms Hickey said: “I am incredibly proud of our outgoing Year 11.

"They have been a pleasure and a privilege to teach it is incredibly rewarding to see them open the door to and an A in A-Level Chinese, which she sat early.

Other success stories included Tulika Dandriyal, who achieved seven Grade 9s and two Grade 8s, and Esther Derby, who bagged five Grade 9s and four Grade 8.

Fellow pupil Gabriela Boeva’s impressive full marks in her English

A Levels and the next stages of their lives.

“We are hugely fortunate to have an amazing team of teachers and support staff. I am so pleased that their hard work has paid off.”

Star performers highlighted were: • Umer Raja: Grade 9s in History, Physics and English Literature • Marina Adjei: Grade 9s in Religious Studies and Chemistry • Jenny Hoang: Grade 9s in Art and English Language • Saeed Hussain Khan: Grade 9 in Religious Studies • Fahima Xasan: Grade 9 in Religious Studies

Literature papers secured her a top Grade 9 in the subject, which she also matched for English Language exams.

Principal Rebecca Iles-Smith said: “Well done to each and every one of our girls on their fantastic GCSE results.

“They have excelled across a breadth of subjects and should be incredibly proud of what they have achieved - these

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The most valuable lesson in life is to believe that your start in life doesn’t define your future

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f you only judged Southwark’s youth by the most high-profile stories picked up in the national media you’d have a pretty warped impression of young people today.

GCSE reforms, introduced by Michael Gove, proved divisive in parliament and had many vocal critics including huge swathes of the teaching profession.

What everyone could agree on is that the new system posed even greater difficulty for teachers and students, and many parents will have been anxious about upsets on results day.

But when the bar was raised, pupils across the borough went on to exceed those expectations.

Several head teachers at some of our best performing schools have attributed the clutch of top grades to a culture of high expectations, no excuses, and the belief that no matter who you are and where you come from you can achieve great things.

This isn’t coming from just the heads of illustrious private schools, but schools in areas where many pupils face problems with housing and money worries and maybe even caring responsibilities, and see and feel the impact of crime and gang violence in their community.

A good teacher will open their students’ minds to what is possible – even when it seems like an impossibility.

Self-belief, and a willingness to try even when fearing failure, are far more valuable than the grades themselves.

Now our former Year Elevens have crossed the finish line, it’s only a matter of time before many more extraordinary feats will come.

Brandon Estate’s summer party shows the true character of its strong community

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series of horrifying gang fights and fatalities left those who live on the Brandon Estate heartbroken. But the way the Brandon was portrayed by many who have never set foot there or met its generous community only added to their trauma.

As is always the case, although there are gang problems and crime in the estate, this is a small minority and in no way representative of the whole.

Brandon 1 TRA’s summer party, and the brilliant pictures that make up our lovely page three story show the other side to the estate, and a day hundreds enjoyed.

It’s a side we’re delighted to celebrate.

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Coyle’s war

As we reported last week, MP Neil Coyle faces the prospect of a deselection challenge from leftwingers within his party.

But even should a deselection bid fail against the outspoken Corbyn critic, the battle might not yet be over any time soon.

Odds published by betting company, Ladbrokes, last week have Liberal Democrat challenger, Cllr Humaira Ali, in a very favourable position to take his seat of Bermondsey and Old Southwark at the next general election.

The betting giant has rated Ali’s odds as 8/11, and Coyle’s as evens. The seat was previously held by long-time Liberal Democrat MP, Sir Simon Hughes.

Camberwell chicken

Camberwell has plenty of chicken shops – but sometimes it even has the birds alive and on a lead, too.

Local residents have sighted a poultry pet in and

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around SE5 – being taken for walkies on a leash by his owner.

“Going through Camberwell on the bus on the bus and saw someone holding a chicken on a lead with 5 people stood around them stroking the chicken.

Blessed,” said one chicken-spotter.

He is reportedly called Dimitri, and is a sevenmonth old rescue chicken – yet sadly no-one at the meet (meat?) and greet got a snap of the locally famous chick.

Parlez-vouz Peckham?

Peckham’s finest fictional son, Del Boy, could soon be used to teach migrants to Britain English.

The proposal, from the think-tank, British Future, would see a Freeview channel specifically to help people learn English – and Del Boy is proposed as the channel’s star, because he uses English normally. However, alongside classic south London sayings, newcomers to Britain might end up learning some French as well. Still, as Del Boy might have said: Mangetout, Rodney.

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Abstracted: Architecture - Mike Curry on 30 years of Canary Wharf C

anary Wharf – a mini metropolis, a civic transformation, an urban district, a home... however we describe this unique east London enclave it is undeniably a feat in construction. Having celebrated its 30th birthday only last year the transformation from derelict wasteland to skyscraper city is incredible.

Over the last 6 years Mike Curry has studied the ever changing architectural landscape of Canary Wharf. He has not however sought to visually re-represent the buildings that confront us on a daily basis. Instead he has looked to Canary Wharf’s other identifiable feature, and its raison d’etre; the mass of water that surrounds it.

Abstracted:Architecture is a study of the buildings in and around Canary Wharf as they relate to the bodies of water that surround them. Initially starting as pure reflections, already

abstract in themselves, Mike seeks to extend the abstraction to create something the eye can’t immediately recognise. Using in camera multiple exposures and blending modes, his resultant images are peaceful and meditative – a stark contrast to the chaos inherent to the buildings from which they are derived.

The images themselves are produced purely from within the camera. Their abstraction a result of the prevailing weather, patience, skill and an understanding of subject matter for a successful image. Mike’s intense levels of vigilance enable him to notice things that would normally get missed. The whole process is a form of meditation and reflection, with Mike often photographing the same area of water for 3 or 4 hours and producing over 1000 multiple exposed images just to get one “perfect” image, without the use of photoshop. Post production is limited purely to contrast and levels adjustments

with the intention of presenting the viewer with an honest representation of what the camera saw.

Inspired by painters such as Rothko, Hodgson, Kandinsky and Pollock, and the photography of Hockney, Mike has been a professional photographer for 35 years and is a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography. He has had work featured in the Sunday Times Magazine, Outdoor Photography magazine and has featured in the Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibitions in recent years.

Abstracted:Architecture will coincide with Anise Gallery’s participation in Open House London 2019. Mike will be giving two free tours of the exhibition as part of Open House, the details and times are below.

Anise Gallery, 13a Shad Thames, London SE1 2PU from 19th Sept 12th Oct. Times: Admission: Free.

Phone: 0203 754 2374. www.anise.gallery

des ce n d a n t of Jan Six. Rembrandt and Jan Six were in closest contact from the early 1640s to early 1660s and this completed work of art was made to be looked at by the magistrate and his acquaintances. Rembrandt’s use of light in the piece draws out the symbolism of the Roman goddess’s attributes, while simultaneously flattering Six, who, like Minerva, was a protector of culture and learning.

Marking the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death (1669), Rembrandt’s Light will explore the artist’s mastery of light through 35 of his greatest paintings, etchings

and drawings. The exhibition will be lit by leading c i n e m a t o g r a p h e r, Peter Suschitzky, and will reflect the drama and theatre in Rembrandt’s visual storytelling, as well as the artist’s more contemplative and spiritual work. The addition of this loan will reveal how Rembrandt blended a mythological subject with his personal world. He imagined Minerva sitting in Jan Six’s own study, her power conveyed by the strong light from the window behind.

Rembrandt’s light A

book containing two personal entries by Rembrandt will travel outside of the Netherlands for the first time since its creation in 1652, as part of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition, Rembrandt’s Light (4 October 2019 – 2 February 2020).

The Album Amicorum (‘Friendship Book’) of Rembrandt’s influential friend and patron, Jan Six (1618-1700), will be displayed on the page showing the intricate drawing, Minerva in her Study, 1652 (Collectie Six, Amsterdam).

This and Homer Reciting Verses (two pages earlier) are the only known drawings that Rembrandt dedicated to someone and will be loaned to the Gallery by a direct

Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, London, SE21 7AD from 4 October 2019 - 2 February 2020.

Admission: £16.50/£15.0.

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PROPERTY 21

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Newlyweds find their happy ending at Maritime

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arriet Lowe and her husband Tim Hutton have taken their first steps onto the property ladder by purchasing a home at Fairview New Homes’ housing development in Greenwich with the London Help to Buy scheme.

The couple had been renting a flat in Greenwich for the last couple of years and were nearly faced with the decision to leave London altogether because of the ever-increasing rental costs, until they found Fairview New Homes’ Maritime development.

Harriet said, “We were renting, and

it was draining all of our money. We even considered looking outside of London because it is so expensive here. On a whim we looked at the Maritime property and just fell in love with it.

“We were aware of the new builds in our area and had read reviews about Fairview online. Finding out that other buyers had such positive experiences, and the fact that the development looked so nice and was in a great location, drew us in.”

After being informed about the London Help to Buy scheme by the sales teams at Fairview, the pair

realised that they were able to stretch their money further with the help of the Government-backed scheme.

“The support from the government in the Help to Buy scheme made buying our first home so much more doable, and it meant that we would not have to struggle to get onto the property ladder.”

Keen for their first home to be full of character, Harriet and Tim were surprised with what Maritime had to offer as a new build housing development.

“We had thought that new builds wouldn’t have much character or

anything for us, but we went around the development and realised that it had so much of what we wanted, and we felt like we could really live there.”

They purchased a one-bedroom apartment at Maritime and couldn’t be happier with their decision.

Harriet said, “The sales process was fantastic, and we felt supported right the way through. We never felt pressured by the sales team, and I think that is really important for first-time buyers.

“It was 28 days from when we first saw the show home to when we got

Harriet and Tim outside the Maritime development in Greenwich

the keys and walked through the doors to our home, and it really feels like a dream come true.”

Maritime is in Zone 2 and is located on Greenwich High Road, close to the River Thames and with Canary Wharf only 12 minutes away on the tube.

The development is a three-minute walk to Deptford Bridge DLR Station and only seven minutes from Greenwich Station.

There are only 20 units left for purchase at Maritime, so for further information, contact the Sales Office on 02081082138.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BALFOUR STREET, MELFORD ROAD, ROSEWAY) 1.

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(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst 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: (a) Balfour Street, between Chatham Street and Henshaw Street. (b) Melford Road, No’s 44 to it’s junction with Wood Vale. (c) Roseway, between the east and west junction with Turney Road

The alternative route for affected traffic (a) Rodney Road, Flint Street, East Street, New Kent Road. Munton Road, Rodney Place, Rodney Road. (b) Wood Vale, Lordship Lane, Sydenham Hill, Lordship Lane, Overhill Road. Lordship Lane, Wood Vale. Langton Rise Wood Vale. Underhill Road, Langton Rise, Wood Vale. (c) Turney Road, Roseway.

The existing one way working in Balfour Street, between John Maurice Close/Victory Place and Munton Road, 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.

The works will be in operation for (a) 9th – 20th September. (b) 4th – 5th September. (c) 2nd – 27th September, the works will be carried out in 2 phases.

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

Dated this 29th August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 4898/387426 (b) 5036/309245 (c) 4891/379429 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BEAR GARDENS, UNION STREET, MAGDALEN STREET) 1.

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(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable highway works to be carried out, it made an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

Whilst 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:

CONFIRMATION OF BYELAWS London Borough of Southwark

Notice is hereby given that the London Borough of Southwark intend, after expiry of the period mentioned below, to apply to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for confirmation of Byelaws made by the Council under section 19 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.

Copies of the Byelaws will be kept at Canada Water Library, 21 Surrey Quays Road, SE16 7AR, and will be open to inspection without payment on any weekday during the hours of 9am-8pm for one calendar month from the date of publication of this notice. Copies of the Byelaws will also be supplied on receipt of an application without payment by email.

Any objection to the confirmation of these Byelaws may be made by letter addressed to Libraries Team, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ. Aileen Cahill, Head of Culture 22nd August 2019

Goods Vehicle Operator’s licence

Natoora Ltd trading as Natoora Ltd of Unit 6, Discovery Business Park, St James’s Road, SE16 4RA is applying for a licence to use Unit 6, Discovery Business Park, St James’s Road, SE16 4RA as an operating centre for 2 Good vehicles and 0 trailers

Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre(s) 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, within21 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.

MARRIAGE/CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS APPROVAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR RENEWALS TO LICENCES

Notice is given that Paul Dumke has applied to the London Borough of Southwark for renewal of approval of premises for marriage/civil partnership ceremonies at The Garden Rooms, 34 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8QA A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH

A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp

If anybody wishes to oppose this application, 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 21 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Date of Application: 22nd August 2019

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

(a) Bear Gardens, between Park Street and Riverside House. (b) Union Street, between Borough High Street and Redcross Way (c) Magdalen Street, at it’s junction with Tooley Street

The alternative route for affected traffic (a) not applicable. (b) Redcross Way, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Marshalsea Road, Borough High Street. (c) Bermondsey Street, Shand Street.

The existing one way working in Redcross Way between Union Street and Southwark Street 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.

The works will be in operation for (a) 11th – 13th September. (b) 7th – 8th and 14th – 15th September. (c) 9th – 10th September.

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

Dated this 29th September 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 4903//SSEMBU/100270202 (b) 4788/ LBSCR10817-5amendtodates (c) 4877/ LBSCR10842

Public notice deadline is 4pm on Tuesdays. Call Em on 020 7232 1639. or email em@southwarknews.co.uk

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (GATEWAY, DODSON STREET, HILLCOURT ROAD) 1.

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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable Thames Water to carry out works, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

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

(a) Gateway, between Walworth Road and it’s blocked end. (b) Dodson Street, between Webber Row and Westminster Bridge Road. (c) Hillcourt Road, southbound lane of carriageway between Dunstans Road and Underhill Road.

An alternative route (a) not applicable. (b) Waterloo Road, Webber Row, Dodson Street. (c) Underhill Road, Dunstans Road Goodrich Road, Hillcourt Road.

The one way working in Dodson Street, between Westminster Bridge Road and Webber Row will be made two way for access and egress purposes for 2(b)

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 (a) 12th – 17th September. (b) 17th – 25th September. (c) 16th – 30th September.

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

Dated this 29th August 2018 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref (a) 5050/000808586770635-001 (b) 4926/000808568770045-001 (c) 5047/ W116107628-01245

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (EAST DULWICH ROAD, HARPER ROAD, BATH TERRACE)

MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – Q1

The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (Car club) (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'B') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'C2') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'D') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'PR') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled Persons’ Parking Places) (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Snowsfields and Weston Street) Traffic Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Swan Mead and Webb Street) Traffic Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effect of the orders would be:- (note: ‘permit parking places’ refer to parking for holders’ of valid parking permits within the CPZ listed; and ‘shared-use’ parking places’ refer to parking in which holders’ of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or paid ticket holders’ are permitted to park within the permitted hours. All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate.) (a) BARTHOLOMEW STREET south-east side in CPZ 'D', to introduce a new 'shared-use' parking place 40m in length opposite Nos. 3 to 17 Bartholomew Street; (b) CHADWICK ROAD south-east side in CPZ ‘B’, extend by 5m one existing permit parking place o/s Nos. 7 to 19 and reduce by 5.5m another o/s Nos. 23 to 39; (c) DULWICH WOOD AVENUE north-east side, new car club parking place o/s Oakfield Gardens; (d) LYNDHURST GROVE in CPZ ‘PR’ (i) north-east side, remove 22m of ‘shared-use’ parking place on the side of No. 121 Bushey Hill Road, and (ii) south-west side, reduce by 20.5m an existing shared-use’ parking place o/s No. 54, The Villa; (e) SWAN MEAD extending an existing westbound ‘one-way’ system to cover the entirety of Swan Mead from its junction with Webb Street to its junction with Tower Bridge Road; (f) WESTON STREET (i) prohibits northbound vehicles, except pedal cycles from entering into or proceeding in that part of Weston Street which is north of its junction with Snowsfields, and (ii) southeast side, new car club parking place side of The Taper Building, No. 175 Long Lane; (g) WEST SQUARE in CPZ ‘C2’, (i) north-west and south-east sides of the north-east to south-west arms either side of West Square Garden add three new ‘shared-use’ parking places: 5m o/s No. 18, 7m o/s No. 30 and 7m o/s No. 42, and (ii) north-easternmost side add 7m ‘shared-use’ parking place o/s Nos. 46 and 47, and extend by 5m an existing permit parking place on the side of Charlotte Sharman Primary School, and (iii) south-east side of the northernmost north-east to south-west arm, extend by 5.5m an existing permit parking place o/s No. 53; (h) add new or amend existing disabled person’s blue badge holders’ parking places (DPPP) in the following locations: CHADWICK ROAD south-east side, relocate existing ‘unlimited stay’ DPPP southwestward outside No. 21 Chadwick Road; MONTAGUE CLOSE south-west side, new limited stay DPPP o/s Southwark Cathedral (4 hrs max stay); ROTHERHITHE STREET south-east side, relocate existing ‘unlimited stay’ DPPP (from o/s Brandrams Wharf on the north-west side) to o/s Seaford House; ST MARYCHURCH STREET east side remove two under-used ‘unlimited stay’ DPPPs opposite St Mary’s Church; and (i) add new or amend existing 'at any time' (AAT) waiting restrictions – double yellow lines (DYLs), also adding new AAT loading restrictions only where specified, in the following locations: ALLEYN ROAD south-west side o/s No. 14a, all sides of the AVONDALE RISE and BELLENDEN ROAD junction and across junction with Soames Street, CANON BECK ROAD south-west side between Rotherhithe Street and Brunel road, CHADWICK ROAD replace single yellow line with DYLs around changes to existing parking (see 2b), COLBY ROAD south side near junction with Gipsy Hill and both sides near junction with Dulwich Wood Avenue, COPLESTON ROAD east side across junction with Soames Street, CRAWTHEW GROVE both sides at its junction with FROGLEY ROAD (north-west side o/s No. 18) and LACON ROAD (west side o/s No. 6), CRYSTAL PALACE ROAD east side o/s No. 7, FOREST HILL ROAD (including ‘AAT’ loading restrictions) , GALLERY ROAD south-east side extend across Dulwich Church and Dulwich Picture Gallery, ISAMBARD PLACE south-west side remove 6m DYLs side of No. 210 Rotherhithe Street, JASPER ROAD south-east and north-east side (bend) o/s No. 15, LYNDHURST GROVE (see 2d), MONTAGUE CLOSE (including ‘AAT’ loading restrictions) both sides from its junction with Cathedral Street to the western wall of Glaziers’ Hall (except for the area designated for DPPP see 2h), RADNOR ROAD north-west side across Freda Corbett Close, ROTHERHITHE STREET north-east side o/s Nos. 117-123 and o/s Brandams Wharf (see 2h), ROYAL OAK PLACE (including ‘AAT’ loading restrictions) at junction with Forest Hill Road, SOAMES STREET both sides at junction with Bellenden Road and at junction with Copleston Road, SYDENHAM HILL west side extend across Rock Hill and Chestnut Place, WEST SQUARE (see 2g), WESTON STREET (see 2f.ii).

3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that it has approved under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the provision of raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossings (zig-zag markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times are referenced below as ‘the controlled area’) at the following locations:- HOLLYDALE ROAD, the centre of which would be located 5.8m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 206 and 208; the controlled area is (i) north-east side, 8m north-west of and 4m south-east of this crossing, and (ii) south-west side 4m north-west of and 8m south-east of this crossing; and LYNDHURST GROVE, the centre of which would be located 18m north-west of the south-western kerb-line of Azenby Road; the controlled area is 8m either side of this crossing.

4. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct speed tables of flat-top construction having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, at the following locations:- AVONDALE RISE, extending from its junction with Bellenden Road to a point 1m south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 14 and 16 Avondale Rise; HOLLYDALE ROAD (extension of an existing speed table that covers the junction of Gibbon Road, Hollydale Road and Senate Street) as measured from the south-west side, extending from its junction with Gibbon Road (north-east to south-west arm) north-westward for a distance of 23.5m; SOAMES STREET, extending from its junction with Copleston Road north-eastward for a distance of 7.5m; and SOAMES STREET, extending from its junction with Bellenden Road southwestward to a point 1m south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 25 and 27 Soames Street (as measured from the north-western side of Soames Street).

5. For more information about these proposals please contact Tobias Allen of the council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk .

6. Copies of this notice, the proposed orders, a statement of the council's reasons for making this chance and plans may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders, paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please call 020 7525 3497 for details.

7. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO1920-021 MTS Q1’ by 19 September 2019. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

8. When making an objection or representation, please be aware that this may be communicated to other people who may be affected. Information provided in response to this consultation, including in some circumstances personal information, may also be subject to publication or disclosure under the requirements of current access to information legislation.

Dated 29 August 2019 Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services

TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) East Dulwich Road, between Grove Vale and Adys Road. (b) Harper Road, between Bath Terrace and Rockingham Street. (c) Bath Terrace, between Harper Road and Rockingham Street.

3.

An alternative route (a) Adys Road, East Dulwich Road, Grove Vale. (b) Harper Road, New Kent Road, Bricklayers Arms, Great Dover Street, Borough High Street, Harper Road.

Harper Road, Newington Causeway, Elephant & Castle, Newington Butts, Walworth Road, Newington Butts, Elephant & Castle, New Kent Road, Harper Road. (c) Bath Terrace, Harper Road, Rockingham Street.

4.

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

5.

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

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The works will take place (a) 10th – 12th September. (b) 16th – 20th September. (c) 21st September.

7.

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

Dated this 29th August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref (a) 5053/-387391-2 (b)4943/394736 (c) 4944/ 394742 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 29 THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2019

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate Community Events, as indicated in the schedule to this notice.

3.

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;.

4.

The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(b) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(c) 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.

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The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.

For information regarding this event/order, please contact: Parking & Road Network Management on 0207 525 2014.

Dated this 29th August 2019

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: Schedule Road

Extent

Date of event and Prohibited Hours

Coleman Road

No’s 18 - 30

1st September 3pm – 6pm

Bawdale Road

Matham Grove Mina Road

Pellatt Road

Winterbrook Road

Fellbrigg Road – No’s 25 and 28 No’s 1 – 30

No’s 70 - 105

Landcroft Road – Cyrena Road

Half Moon Lane – Stradella Road

1st September 3pm – 6pm 1st September 3pm – 6pm 31st August 10pm – 8pm

1st September 2pm – 5pm 1st September 3pm – 6pm

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TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)

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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; DDPdeparture from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; EIA-environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council – there will be a charge for the copy).

244 BERMONDSEY STREET LONDON SE1 3UH (Ref: 19/AP/2265) Removal of existing mansard and partial demolition of existing boundary wall to allow construction of two new storeys; ground floor kitchen/bin store extension; new glazed stairwell to create three 2-bedroom flats; raising one of the chimneys (incorporating an internal kitchen exhaust flue); the addition of two windows at first floor and the replacement of the existing twin-leaf pub door with a single glazed leaf. (Resubmission of 15/AP/2146) ) (Within: BERM CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ewan Lawless 020 7525 1264) 21 BOROUGH HIGH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 19/AP/2693) Installation of new shopfront ) (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Abrar Sharif 020 7525 3992)

RAILWAY ARCHES 344 TO 349 CAMBERWELL STATION ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 9JN (Ref: 19/AP/2725) Refurbishment of railway arches 344-349. New arch brickwork infills including new windows and doors.

Removal of rear lean-to roof with existing rear boundary wall to be retained. New block paving forecourt up to road kerb and new rear concrete slab yard areas including powder coated steel palisade fencing and gates. ) (Within: Camberwell New Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Daniel

Cooklin-Smith 020 7525 5471)

19 GREAT SPILMANS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8SZ (Ref: 19/AP/2704) Demolition and reconstruction of porch. ) (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) WELTON HALL 109 BUSHEY HILL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8QQ (Ref: 19/AP/2792) Demolition of existing single-storey rear extension and and construction of a new single-storey rear extension; Demolition of existing double-storey rear extension with gable roof and construction of replacement double-storey rear extension with flat roof; Loft conversion & addition of 3 new dormers at second-floor level towards the rear of the property. ) (Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458)

159 CONSORT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 3RX (Ref: 19/AP/2843) Single storey, rear and side extension ) (Within: Nunhead Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Daniel Cooklin-Smith 020 7525 5471) 155 TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2JP (Ref: 19/AP/3076) Display of frosted window vinyl wrapping around the ground floor of property ) (Within: Tooley Street CA)

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

Please take notice that I / we Gourmet Goat Ltd Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Elpiniki, Unit 41, Rochester Walk, Borough Market, London, SE1 9AF The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are The retail sale of alcohol: Opening hours:

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A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH

A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp

It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 16th July 2019

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Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Abrar Sharif 020 7525 3992)

5 HERNE HILL LONDON SOUTHWARK SE24 9NF (Ref: 19/AP/3126) Construction of a single storey ground floor extension to rear ) (Within: Sunray Estate CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458)

Dated: 27 Aug 2019 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

SIMON BEVAN - Director of Planning

BASEMENT FLAT 35 LYNDHURST WAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5AG (Ref: 19/AP/3025) Single storey rear extension to the basement flat.

Some internal reconfiguration of the basement flat.

Reinstatement of the front window to a sash window, and reinstatement of the fireplace in the back room. ) (Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB STDCA (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) BASEMENT FLAT 35 LYNDHURST WAY LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5AG (Ref: 19/AP/3024) Single storey rear extension to the basement flat.

Some internal reconfiguration of the basement flat.

Reinstatement of the front window to a sash window, and reinstatement of the fireplace in the back room. ) (Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036)

LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE

William Herrmann & Alistair Frost

has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: PORTHILLY SPIRIT DISTILLERY LIMITED (WEST ELEVEN) 12 WINGATE BUSINESS EXCHANGE, 64-66 WINGATE SQUARE LONDON SW4 0AF

which would authorise the following licensable activities:

The supply of alcohol OFF the premises.

(WE ONLY PLAN TO USE THE OFFICE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SALE OF ALCOHOL, NO ALCOHOL WILL BE CONSUMED ON SITE.

The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd Floor Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing

A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 20th September 2019.

It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

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Millwall want FA to take notice Hamlet and Fisher

By Lucas Ball

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FOR THIS new group of players at Millwall Lionesses the focus is solely on winning promotion this season, rather than worrying about any of the off-thefield issues that saw London City Lionesses emerge with the club’s Tier 2 licence, leading to Colin Reid’s side playing in the sixth tier of the women’s game.

Emily Stanley is one of a number of new faces at the club as former West Ham coach Reid looks to take Millwall - a team with more history than most in the women’s game - back to where they belong.

When asked about the team’s aim for the upcoming season, Stanley replied that it is “definitely to win the league”, adding that an FA Cup run would be “the icing on the cake”.

The central midfielder is looking forward to the new campaign and is certainly confident about the Lionesses’ prospects - particularly with Reid being so tactically astute, leading Stanley to believe that he is the best coach she’s ever worked with.

“It’s been quite a long pre-season for us considering our season starts quite late so I think everyone is just raring to go now and waiting for the FA Cup game which is on September 1. We’re all a bit anxious just to get started,” Stanley told the News.

“The players that we’ve signed have been here for quite a long time now and it’s nice we’ve had the longer opportunity to gel as a team. The RTC girls have come up and done really well, they’ve fitted in perfectly and everyone’s come together as a group. There are no individuals, we’ve all clicked and it’s all about the team, which is nice.

“I have learnt so much in the early couple of weeks in pre-season. The sort of detail that [Reid] puts into the technical work we do is so precise and it even gets to the stage where we are repeating it and repeating it and people aren’t realising we are repeating it.

Then when we go into games you are doing it in a game scenario as well. Continuously working on that sort of thing is perfect because as soon as we get into a game situation, we are doing those patterns of play he has taught us and it’s paying off as we are winning games 7-1, 5-2.

“He’s definitely the best coach I’ve worked with. Whatever you can think of, we’re working on it.”

As much as Reid - who has worked with the likes of Frank Lampard, Jonjo Shelvey and Peter Crouch in his coaching career wants his team to play out from the back and pass well, there is still an emphasis on playing the Millwall way. Not being afraid to ruffle a few feathers and getting in the faces of opposition players is at the forefront of that style.

“We are working so much on playing out from the back, our back four at the moment are constantly being advised on where to go and what to do,” Stanley continued.

“Obviously now you don’t have to leave the box for a goal-kick so it’s those sorts of things that we are just trying to iron out at the moment, just getting that sort of style of play

down.

“It’s working, that’s the way that [Reid] wants us to play. He’s not then saying to us if we lose the ball just hoof it 50 yards. We’re not doing that, we’re working on how we want to play, to play football, and we’re going to keep working on that.

“If we make mistakes it’s a learning curve.

But at the moment we’re not really doing that, we aren’t making many mistakes because everyone is so switched on all of the time.

“I love that [other] side of the game, I like to be aggressive and I like to go in for a slidetackle. It’s unexpected because at five foot tall no one thinks you’re going to do it, so it’s an advantage in that sense. I think some of the girls haven’t had that side to their game before, so the way Colin’s trying to present it is, you don’t have to be like that on a day-today basis, but if you can put it on for 90 minutes on a Sunday then that’s all you need to do.”

For many, this will be a lower level than what they are used to, which presents its own difficulties. Challenges will emerge from more physical battles, different pitch qualities and facilities, but the Lionesses remain confident that they are up for the challenge.

Stanley said: “Going into a league like this is difficult because the standard is so different to what you’re used to. When you drop leagues in women’s football you lose the technical side of the game and all you get is the physical side.

“They’re strong, they’re physical and they want to get in your face and absolutely go at you. I think it’s going to be difficult to pull away from the physical side of things so we need to be popping the ball around to make sure they can’t get at us, and to avoid injuries.

“The difficulty is going to be heading to games without knowing what to expect. I don’t know many, if any players in this league or the places that we’ll be playing at so it’ll be hard. We’re basically going in blind, so we have to make sure we’re ready.

We have to focus on us rather than the opposition and play football how Millwall should play football.

“We need to make a statement every week.

That’s who we are: Millwall. The men’s team do it, winning 1-0 with ten men, so we need to have that same mentality. Little things like that will make the FA and other teams in leagues above us look down and think, ‘oh, they’re coming back to where they belong’. Because Millwall don’t belong in the sixth tier. Things happen and we can’t do anything about it now but we do have to work to get ourselves back there.”

Other teams may well see games against Millwall as their cup final, so Reid’s Lionesses have to be prepared for any eventuality.

“The name itself gives people a little bit of a boost when they come up against it because you’re playing against such a wellknown club,” Stanley said. “You’re playing against the oldest club in women’s football so it’s going to make you feel like you’ve got to put on a show. You’re playing against a team that are going to put on a show as well.

“It’s going to be difficult for some of the other teams not to get more excited for their fixtures against us.”

By John Kelly

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REISE ALLASSANI scored a double to make it three goals in two games since his return to Dulwich Hamlet – but his side lost 3-2 at home to Slough Town on Monday.

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After scoring the third in a 3-0 win at Eastbourne on Saturday following his return to the club from Coventry on loan until Janaury, Allassani equalised a minute after Warren Harris had given Slough the lead at Champion Hill.

Hamlet went into the contest just two points off the top of the National League South table and took the lead in the 28th minute through Allassani who pounced after Danny Mills’ header had been saved.

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minutes left George Wells made it 2-2.

And there was disappointment for the majority of the 2,086 fans in East Dulwich when the hosts lost the ball on halfway and Ben Chapman conceded a penalty trying to rescue his side. Matt Lench beat goalkeeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer from the spot.

The result leaves the Hamlet fourth in the table.

There was disappointment also for Fisher in the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division, on a scorching day at St Paul’s.

Jamie Yila scored in the 84th minute for Allan Fenn’s side, but by then they were 3-0 down to AFC Croydon Athletic and they drop to eleventh in the table.

The Hamlet travel to Dorking Wanderers this Saturday, while Fisher go to Canterbury City.

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Lions show their fighting spirit S K Y BE T C H A M P I O N S H I P

MIDDLESBROUGH - 1 MILLWALL - 1 Bradshaw 76'

McNair 70'

Date: Saturday 24 August, 2019 Attendance: 19,279 Man of the match: Matt Smith Referee: John Brooks

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

NEIL HARRIS felt his side left two points behind them at The Riverside Stadium last Saturday after Tom Bradshaw’s goal earned a point following Paddy McNair’s opener for Middlesbrough.

The Lions had a number of good chances in the first half and Matt Smith saw an effort hit the woodwork.

Harris was sent off after a first-half clash with Boro first-team coach Leo Percovich. Boro improved after halftime and went ahead through McNair’s smart finish in the 70th minute.

But Millwall showed their resolve and Bradshaw scored seconds after coming on in the 75th minute when he scrambled home from Ryan Leonard’s corner.

Harris was pleased with how his players responded to their 4-0 defeat to Fulham last Wednesday week.

“We’re not used to getting beaten like that,” Harris admitted. “You want a reaction and for players to stand up. I picked a similar team to give them the opportunity to put it right.

“We realised quickly on a lot of things where we went wrong. We talked about them before going to Boro, but still you’ve got no time to prepare.

“The reaction of the players was firstclass, to perform like they did in the first half. When you look at the value of their players and their ability, they were completely outplayed first half, it was a fine performance by us.

“But what you have to do when you’re dominant is get a goal. We didn’t, but on another day we would have.

“Second half Boro, certainly for half an hour, edged it, they were better than us. We went behind to a good goal and then you want a reaction again.

“We made a couple of subs to help, with Fergie [Shane Ferguson] and Tom Bradshaw coming on, and it’s the same reaction we saw at West Brom.

It was the same fighting spirit and stepping up when it was needed against Sheffield Wednesday.

“It’s a welcome point after the Fulham result and the travelling, but a little bit of me wants more.

“It could have been three points and if we had got the first goal in the first half I think it would have been three points.”

Middlesbrough: 4-3-3: Randolph; Howson, Ayala, Shotton, Bola; McNair, Clayton (Wing, 81), Saville; Fletcher, Assombalonga, Browne (Johnson, 45).

Millwall: 4-4-1-1: Bialkowski; Romeo, Pearce, Cooper, M Wallace; O'Brien (Ferguson, 67), Leonard, Williams (Bradshaw, 75), Mahoney (McCarthy, 88); Thompson; Smith.

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SEES BIG IMPROVEMENT Lions have worked hard to fix recurring problem from last season

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By John Kelly

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MURRAY WALLACE admitted Millwall were more “disciplined” this season and the defence have been working hard to ensure they don’t concede late goals.

Last season the Lions let in six goals after the 75th minute of games in the first two months of the campaign, and it was a problem that they struggled to solve.

Millwall have added to their analysis team this season and have more monitors in their team meetings for individual units in the team, such as defence, midfield.

Wallace also said club captain Alex Pearce is a “massive” influence at the training ground.

“The changes in the squad have freshened it up a little bit,” Wallace said. “I think we’ve improved not just on the training pitch but with

discipline and things like that. In training I feel like we’re a bit more intense, tempo has gone up.

“It’s a really good environment. “[Pearce] is a massive driver of it.

He gets us going every session.

Sometimes you come in after games a bit tired and sluggish but he really gets the lads going.” “[Conceding late] was a bit of an issue for us last year. Maybe it came down to tiredness, fatigue. We’ve had a lot of help with the nutritionist and on the fitness side of things to help us where we don’t stop playing at 80 minutes, we keep going for the full game.

“Coaches like Ads [Adam Barrett] help, we did lots of defensive work over the closed season. We’ve just raised the standards in everything and it’s pushed us on to be a better group.

“We do a lot of work behind the scenes and we get a lot of information on the opposition going into games. We’re more prepared on the opposition and how we’re going to play.

“If you look back to last season we were really disappointed with it, with our overall performance. I think everyone’s come back throughout pre-season trying to prove a point and show we want to make an impact this season.”

Millwall had conceded just one goal in their opening three league games before their 4-0 defeat at Fulham.

The Lions responded impressively to come from behind and earn a draw at Middlesbrough after their difficult Craven Cottage experience.

“It was a tough one to take against a really good team, but even as good as they were I don’t think we were as good as we could have been, defensively and with the ball,” Wallace said.

“So it was good for us to bounce back on Saturday. A draw kind of flattered them, I thought we were the better team and had the better chances. We were a little bit disappointed not to get more from it.

“After any game no matter what the result you can’t do anything about it.

You just look at areas you can improve regardless of the result, see what you can do better next game.”

Millwall will play their eighth game in August when they host Hull in the Championship on Saturday.

They will then have two weeks to prepare for the trip to Blackburn on September 14.

Wallace added: “As much as you do in pre-season and work hard, to come into this month and have eight games, Saturday-Tuesday, SaturdayWednesday, it’s tough.

“When it’s as busy as it is it’s all about recovery. When you’re playing so often it’s not so much training you’re doing as tactical stuff. You’re just trying to recover for the next game.”

Wallace meanwhile isn’t putting any limits on the side’s ambitions for this season.

“We just want improvement from last year. Getting safety is obviously important but you’ve seen the year before if you go on a good run and get a bit of momentum then it can take you far.”

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Déjà vu as late cup collapse ends run

Aiden O'Brien reacts to the injury-time penalty decision Inset: Billy Mitchell made a hugely promising full debut

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OXFORD UTD - 2 Sykes 87', Henry 90'+4 MILLWALL - 2 Bödvarsson 29', 52' Oxford won 4-2 on penalties

Date: Tuesday 27 August, 2019 Attendance: 3,693 Man of the match: Billy Mitchell Referee: Craig Hicks

By John Kelly at Kassam Stadium johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

IT WAS an ending that was all too eerily familiar.

Two goals up in the death throes of a cup tie with victory in touching distance.

Then, a lifeline for the opposition, followed by self-inflicted set-piece calamity.

In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup in March, Jurgen Locadia and Solly March scored in the 88th and 95th minutes to rescue a 2-2 draw before Brighton won 54 on penalties.

On Tuesday night, Mark Sykes and James Henry scored in the 87th and 94th minutes to rescue a 2-2 draw before Oxford won 4-2 on penalties.

The similarity was remarkable. In that FA Cup tie David Martin let March’s innocuous free-kick slip his grasp. At The Kassam Stadium Aiden O’Brien was punished for a clumsy tackle on Ben

Woodburn and former Lion Henry did the rest.

Before that, there had been so many positives for the visitors. Jon Dadi Bodvarsson got his first Millwall goals and Tom Elliott assisted one of them.

Billy Mitchell was handed his full debut, after the eighteen-year-old had got his first taste of senior competitive action against Wigan on the final day of last season. At Oxford he produced such a composed and promising display.

The partnership of Shaun Hutchinson and Jake Cooper, one of the Championship’s best in 2017-18, was restored in a Lions starting line-up for the first time since March 2, a 3-1 home defeat to Norwich in the league.

Lions boss Neil Harris set his side up with a diamond formation in midfield, Mitchell and Jayson Molumby either side of Shaun Williams and O’Brien tucked in behind Elliott and Bodvarsson.

Millwall passed the ball neatly in midfield in the opening quarter but they were most dangerous from set-pieces up to then. Hutchinson was attracting plenty of deliveries, and he went close in the 22nd minute after Williams had played a short corner to Shane Ferguson, but Simon Eastwood saved low to his left.

Mitchell shot over from 25 yards but the visitors didn’t have long to wait for the opener. Elliott found Bodvarsson in the box with a flicked header, and the striker

finished neatly past Eastwood's left hand at the near post.

Luke Steele had earlier dived to his topleft corner to save Rob Hall’s free-kick, and he kept the Lions’ lead intact by tipping Shandon Baptiste’s shot around the post.

Oxford wanted a penalty just before half-time when Baptiste went down after appearing to have his shirt pulled by Hutchinson, but referee Craig Hicks annoyed the home fans by waving playon and moments later he blew his whistle for the break.

Millwall went 2-0 up seven minutes into the second half when Bodvarsson brilliantly headed Jason McCarthy’s rightwing cross past Eastwood into the far corner.

He should have completed his hat-trick after being put through by O’Brien, but his low right-footed effort clipped the outside of Eastwood’s left-hand post.

Millwall were coasting and should have added to their lead. Few would have predicted an Oxford revival, certainly not those home fans who were leaving their seats with five minutes left.

But Sykes’ shot deflected off Cooper past Steele and then Henry kept his composure.

Only McCarthy and Williams scored for Millwall in the shootout, Bodvarsson, hitting the bar, and Ferguson, whose spotkick was saved by Eastwood, missing

their side’s second and third efforts.

George Thorne, Woodburn and Henry all scored, before John Mousinho sent his side through with one kick to spare.

The Lions can take a lot from this, and there were positive long-term signs.

Mitchell and Molumby were impressive and certainly the former gave the impression it won’t be the last time we see him in a first-team shirt this season. He played like he had much more senior experience, aggressively winning the ball back and having the maturity to use it sensibly. He also showed his tactical intelligence by playing a different role in midfield, narrow on the right but knowing when to cover in front of right-back McCarthy.

Molumby had already signalled his talent, and Millwall have three talented young midfielders – Ben Thompson was on the bench on Tuesday before coming on – that Lions fans will be excited to see what they produce this season.

Four of Millwall’s five strikers are now off the mark this campaign, and Elliott’s assist should give him confidence. If he stays beyond the September 2 transfer deadline for clubs below the Championship he could be a good option off the bench for Millwall this season. His bruising performance after coming on at Sheffield United last season when Cooper scored an injury-time equaliser showed the kind of impact he can have. He just

hasn’t done it often enough in his Lions career, injuries and inconsistent form disrupting his progress.

Millwall’s focus will immediately switch back to the league as they host Hull on Saturday. Jed Wallace will return for that after completing his three-match ban.

“We performed very well at Middlesbrough without him, which was pleasing to see,” Harris said. “What Jed will add for Hull is a fresh impetus to the group, a hunger to put right what he did wrong after getting a red card.

“He certainly comes into the mix and we have to see how the boys have responded from playing a lot of games over this period.

“We’ve had two good home victories but we also want to try to be better as a group. As ever it’s about picking a team to compete against Hull and cause them problems. It’s also about who’s fresh as well, which is vital.”

Oxford: 4-3-3: Eastwood: Long, Mousinho, Moore, Berkoe; Baptiste (Thorne, 67), Hanson, Sykes; Hall (Woodburn, 67), Mackie (Henry, 76), Forde.

Millwall: 4-3-1-2: Steele; McCarthy, Hutchinson, Cooper, Ferguson; Mitchell, Williams, Molumby (M Wallace, 90); O’Brien; Bodvarsson, Elliott (Thompson, 63).

VAR TIME Millwall boss would like video tech in EFL

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By John Kelly

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NEIL HARRIS would back the introduction of VAR in the Championship after he felt Millwall were denied at least one penalty in their 1-1 draw at Middlesbrough last Saturday.

Harris thought Ryan Shotton’s tackle on Tom Bradshaw should have resulted in a spot-kick, though he did concede that with the new handball rules Mahlon Romeo would have been punished in the first half.

The Lions boss also felt Boro would have been punished for shirt-pulling had VAR check facilities been in place.

Last year, then chief executive of the EFL, Shaun Harvey, said that the

introduction of video technology in the Football League was a “fair way away”. He added, “we don’t have the TV cameras in place that are standard fare at Premier League clubs.

[Another] concern is around match officials and the staffing off it. We need our best officials out on the field on a Saturday.”

VAR was introduced in the Premier League this season and has generated plenty of discussion among players, managers and fans. Tottenham striker Harry Kane admitted he was puzzled last weekend when a tackle by Newcastle’s Jamaal Lascelles wasn’t reviewed after referee Mike Dean waved play on.

Harris conceded not every decision will be the correct one.

“I’m in favour of VAR because nine times out of ten they’re going to get the right decisions,” Harris said. “It

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would have worked for us and against us at the weekend. Mahlon would have been penalised for handball, albeit accidental, but it would have been handball.

“We’d have had a penalty in the last minute, so it would have evened itself out.

“We’d have had stonewall penalties in the first half from pulled shirts at set-pieces. There were quite a lot of contentious decisions and I think ultimately the referee got them all wrong.

“They get the majority of decisions right in the Championship. But is it a foul, is it not a foul? That’s the debatable one.

“It still gives you the human element, the opinion in the game. It keeps everyone guessing. We saw Harry Kane [Sunday]. For me that was a penalty, VAR says it’s not. I

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By John Kelly

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AIDEN O’BRIEN wants another “crazy” Den atmosphere when Millwall return to south Bermondsey to host Hull City this Saturday.

can’t for the life of me understand the decision, but that’s a person’s decision.

“Last weekend, ultimately, Tom Bradshaw should have had a penalty at the end of the game.”

Meanwhile, Harris is hoping his side enter the international break on a high after this weekend’s game against Hull at The Den. He said: “Going into it with a positive result against Hull is key for us. We’ve had two home wins against two sides that have done very well at the start of the season.

“It’s been a tough run of fixtures but I’m pleased where we are and I want us to continue it against Hull with a positive result and going into the international break with a healthy points total.

“It gives us a chance to regroup and look forward to September.”

The Lions have been on the road for three successive games and will be aiming to maintain their 100 per cent home record after 1-0 wins against Preston and Sheffield Wednesday this season.

The average Den attendance so far this season is 15,000 and manager Neil Harris and several players have commented on the noise that has been generated.

“What an opening game that was against Preston, the fans were crazy,” O’Brien said. “For the first game this season that kind of set the tone for us going forward. We haven’t lost at home and we want to keep that momentum going.

“The fans play a big part in what we do at this football club, as they know, and we need them to keep turning up in numbers getting behind us. With them, and I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, with them behind us and us being confident we feel like we can do a job on anyone.”

O’Brien could continue his partnership up front with Matt Smith.

Lions boss Neil Harris has used the pair in home games.

O’Brien added: “We don’t play the prettiest of football but it’s effective and has been over the years. You can’t stop a big ball off Matt Smith, you ain’t winning it and there’s runners off him. We’re really good at that and not a lot of teams can stop it.”

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