“HE SHOULD HAVE FACED THE MUSIC”
Death of ‘child porn vicar’ confirmed as suicide
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-Cousin speaks out after coroner’s verdict -Parish not told of his arrest before tribute By Joey Millar
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THE COUSIN of an East Dulwich vicar arrested for allegedly possessing child porn believes he “should have faced the music”, after an inquest
confirmed his death as suicide this month.
Father Charles Richardson, of St John’s the Evangelist church in East Dulwich Road, threw himself off cliffs in Dover last November shortly before his police bail ended, a coroner’s inquest concluded earlier this month... continues on page 14
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NOTHER INADEQUATE Ofsted rating for one of our biggest providers of further education in the borough – you have to hope that the incoming CEO of Lewisham and Southwark College is right when she talks about ‘green shoots’ of recovery.
The importance of primary and secondary education cannot be overstated, but further education also plays a vital part in young adults’ development and career prospects. For LeSoCo to receive not one, but two Grade 4 ratings is a real cause for concern, and unsurprisingly questions are being asked about the direction the college is taking. Having previously sold off part of their Bermondsey campus to property developers, you could be forgiven for thinking that the college would now have the funds needed to invest in the sites they have retained, as well as in the teaching facilities and staff – yet the latest Ofsted report noted a ‘precarious financial position’ at the college, along with poor attendance records. Yes there were also positives, including support for vulnerable learners and a ‘welcoming and safe community’, but two inadequate ratings are way below what young adults, and any adult seeking to continue their education, should rightly expect from their local college.
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The Vicar of St John’s the Evangelist church in East Dulwich Road threw himself off cliffs in Dover last November. In this case, Fr Richardson’s police bail was about to end, after he was arrested when police found 31 indecent images of children on his computer. According to a parent of a pupil at the adjoining primary school, the child pornography was ‘of the highest calibre. It was full-on, not nice stuff’. Even though Fr Richardson left a note expressing remorse, for his cousin, who spoke to us this week, it was too little, too late. She argued that he should have faced up to what he had done and ‘faced the music’. But what is really surprising is how, even after his arrest, Fr Richardson was allowed to visit his vicarage, whilst parishioners were not given any explanation for his suspension of normal church duties. Many even attended a memorial service held in his honour after his death. It is very possible that parishioners may have decided, upon learning of his arrest and the reason for it, that he had served them well and still deserved recognition at his memorial service. But surely the church should have given them the information they needed, in order to be able to make that choice for themselves?
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PLANS TO revive the buried lido lying beneath Peckham Rye are going swimmingly, as a local architect has won the bid to draw up a design for the project.
Studio Octopi, based in Burrows Mews, SE1, has released provisional designs, which show the pool flanked by the trees at the northern end of Peckham Rye. Chris Romer-Lee, who will be leading on the project, said he would be drawing influence from their previous designs for a floating lido on
the Thames. The original lido, located at the tip of the park bordering Peckham Rye and East Dulwich Road, dates back to 1923, although swimming is known to have taken place at a pond on the same site as far back as the 1800s. The lido was closed, like so many others, in 1987, but local enthusiast Ben Lloyd-Ennals has been championing a campaign to revive the leisure facility since this time last year. With thousands of signatures on an online petition and Harriet Harman, parliamentary candidate for Camberwell and Peckham on board, the campaign has gained much local
support The initial designs put forward include a 50m heated and chlorinated pool with the scope for a smaller natural pool alongside it, which could draw water from the river Peck running directly under the site. The pool would be surrounded by single storey pavilions housing a gym, cafe and community space. Studio Octopi now intend to work closely with the Peckham community to come up with a design with which everyone is happy. Once the design is finished, it can be used to seek funding from both private business and government grants.
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Video of five-year-old train fan goes viral after he memorises London underground routes
By Amelia Burr
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A FIVE-year-old train fanatic has become an internet sensation after he proved he had memorised the entire transport map of London.
Sol De Glanville has always had a fascination with rail travel, pointing out where he was on the line at every stop on a journey. Since he got a TfL map for Christmas, though, he studied it every day until he could tell his stunned parents how to get from any one point to another from memory.
‘Oh my gosh you really do know it!’, exclaimed mum, Joy Green, after her super-son asked her to test him on his new talent. “He’s a very normal little boy,” said the 39-year-old mother of two from Peckham. “He loves trains - he doesn’t think it’s that unusual.” After a video they posted online for Sol’s grandma to see his novel skill went viral on Facebook, TfL offered Sol the chance to sit in the driver’s cab on the Jubilee Line. “He really enjoyed it,” said Joy, who added son, Sol, would quite like to be a tube driver when he grows up.
Hamlet ‘could become supporter owned’ club DULWICH
By Amelia Burr
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DULWICH HAMLET FC fans are ‘delighted’ the club could become fully supporter-owned if their dreams of a new stadium come true, after a pledge was made by the current owner this week.
A smaller stadium is needed for the struggling community club to survive, after debts of £180,000 nearly sent them under before they were bought out by the Hadley Group last year. Hadley and the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters’ Trust want the new smaller ground to be built on the Astroturf site on Greendale Fields, behind the current stadium. Hadley would then use the stadium land for
possible housing developments. Southwark Council, which owns Greendale Fields and lease the Astroturf site to Hadley, is now under pressure to renounce its alternative proposal to transform the land into a public park with the new stadium built on the site of the old grounds instead. James Masini, Chair of the Dulwich Hamlet Supporters’ Trust, said he was ‘delighted’ Hadley had committed to ultimately transferring ownership, saying: “We urge the council to negotiate with Hadley Property Group as a matter of urgency.” Cllr Barrie Hargrove, Southwark’s cabinet member for parks and leisure, said he was continuing to work with Hadley Homes and Dulwich Hamlet on securing the future of the football club.
By Amelia Burr
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THOUSANDS OF pounds have been raised for charity in the name of a young entrepreneur killed crossing the road outside East Dulwich station last month.
The devastated family has spoken of their loss after 22-year-old Matt Adams was struck by a Peugeot car travelling west on Grove Vale, throwing him into the path of an oncoming 176 bus. As tributes have poured in for the computer game enthusiast, his family has set up an online fundraising page to continue his “kind and generous” legacy. Born in Bishops Stortford, the marketing and events manager had only just moved into a house share in Jennings Road, East Dulwich, a month before the tragic incident. The young businessman was doing some work for Southwark physiotherapy service Back2Normal while planning to turn his lifelong hobby of online gaming into a career. His colleague at Butler’s W h a r f - b a s e d Back2Normal, Edward Natali, said: “Matt wasn’t just a colleague, he was part of our family. We’ll all miss his smile in the morning, with his cookies or muffins in hand. The passion he brought to his work cannot be replaced, but we do our best to honour him as we continue with his vision. It was our privilege to have known him.” Having joined a group of London-
based gaming enthusiasts last year, Matt was working tirelessly to develop a new gaming centre in the capital. Matt’s sister, Lucy Adams, 26, said his school friends-turned-colleagues would now be looking to open the centre in his honour, using Matt's personal computer screen as a centre piece. Known by his online name, TeqR, Matt was so well-regarded in the gaming fraternity that a shrine to him
and kind nature will never be forgotten.” Proud sisters Amy, 27 and Lucy added that their younger brother had grown into “one of the most charming and handsome young men we have ever had the pleasure of knowing. A truly beautiful soul, you have touched the lives of so many and will live on in all of our hearts. We feel so lucky to have you as our brother.” Matt’s grieving girlfriend, Julia William Becker, said she would “never stop loving his smile, his kindness, his charm. What a wonderful man." Preparations have been made for his funeral to be held near his family home next week, while donations have been flooding in to the fundraising page set up in Matt’s name. The money will be split between two charities – Special Effect, which supports disabled children to play online games and London’s Air Ambulance, who attended the scene of the fatal incident within minutes of receiving the call on March 29. Paramedics fought to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene just before 9pm and a post-mortem examination later gave the cause of death as multiple injuries. No arrests have been made and both the driver of the car and the bus stopped at the scene. To donate in Matt’s name, please visit http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com /SomeoneSpecial/mattadams
“Matt wasn’t just a colleague, he was part of our family. We’ll all miss his smile in the morning, with his cookies or muffins in hand. The passion he brought to his work cannot be replaced, but we do our best to honour him as we continue with his vision. It was our privilege to have known him” was created in his empty seat at a convention in Sheffield the weekend after his death. Parents Fiona and Michael Adams, said their “loving son” had given them so much joy. “His bright smile
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Barmaid held up at gunpoint by man waiting in pub’s cellar
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POLICE ARE appealing for information after a barmaid was held at gunpoint in an armed robbery last month.
The member of staff at the Pyrotechnists Arms in Nunhead Green had gone into the cellar to get some drinks after their St Patrick’s Day celebrations. It was pitch black so she went to turn the light on and as she did, she saw a man holding a gun to her head. At the same time, a colleague came downstairs with the takings from that night to put in the safe
and was confronted with the sight of an armed gunman holding his workmate hostage. The suspect forced them to hand over the money and then ran off when a third member of staff came down to the cellar. The suspect is described as a lightskinned mixed race male of slim build, in his 20s approximately 6ft tall, wearing dark coloured clothing. He is believed to have got in and out of the pub through the side gate entrance at around 1.30am on March 18. The incident is being investigated by detectives from the Flying Squad. If you have any information you should contact the unit on 0208 345 4226 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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WHY CAGE THE ELEPHANT? By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
THE BRONZE elephant and castle standing proudly outside the shopping centre of the same name has been caged in scaffolding this week for “vital maintenance” work.
The colourful statue was rescued from a public house on the site when the centre was first opened back in 1965. As developers prepare to replace the centre with a ‘town centre’
and flats above in the next five years, there is still time for the pink elephant to receive a little TLC. A spokesperson for the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, said: “The Elephant & Castle statue is currently undergoing some vital maintenance and a safety hoarding has been erected as a result. This project is one of many we have embarked on over the last two years to ensure that the centre remains an attractive shopping destination for all."
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‘Charming’ Levi cleaned up by conning folk on window round By Joey Millar
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A “CHARMING” conman from Rotherhithe has been jailed for two years after posing as a window cleaner in a crime spree covering Southwark, Lewisham, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Levi Bradbury, of Chilton Grove, “used his friendly personality to gain the trust of his victims” before scamming or stealing from them, according to a police spokesperson. He would ask for payment in advance and leave, telling the victims that he would be back shortly with their correct change. He would not return. In some instances, he even walked the victims to nearby cash points so that they could withdraw money. On three other occasions he
persuaded residents to give him their credit card and PIN, so he could go to the cash point and withdraw money for them. He used this tactic to steal a total of £550. He snatched a mobile phone in one incident, which was discovered buried beneath a tree near his address using a ‘Find My Phone’ security app. He was convicted of six counts of burglary, three counts of fraud and four counts of theft when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 27 February. A police spokesperson said: “Bradbury is a likeable, chatty, charming man who used his friendly personality to gain the trust of his victims. “I would like to remind the public that they should not invite anyone into their home unless they have the correct identification on them and do not hand over your bank cards or PIN numbers to anyone.”
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Benefit night to raise cash for nine-year-old leukaemia patient’s dream holiday By Joey Millar
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A BRAVE nine-year-old leukaemia patient whose only wish is to go to Disneyland hopes that a special fundraiser next Saturday will help him realise his dream.
The benefit evening will take place at the White Horse in Peckham Rye for Lewis Brooke, who was diagnosed with blood cancer just under a year ago. He has been receiving intensive chemotherapy, tablets and morphine ever since, which badly affects his mobility and happiness. His mum Debbie told the News that the prospect of going Florida was his way of coping with the horrible treatment. She said: “It’s the only thing keeping him going, keeping him fighting. He is so excited. Every time someone donates even just five pounds he is so happy, because he knows that means he is that much closer to going.” The fundraising target is £7,000, which would include the essential expensive travel insurance for
vulnerable children like Lewis. Auctions, raffles and fundraising stunts will be held on the night, with items including signed shirts and footballs from Chelsea, Liverpool and Millwall football club up for grabs. “He’s actually an Arsenal fan!” said mum Debbie. “But he knows that every pound we get will be so important, so he doesn’t mind.” Tom, Lewis’s father, will be getting waxed as part of a tear-jerking stunt on the night. Generous punters will be able to donate £5 to rip a waxing strip off the brave father. Debbie said: “Lewis can’t wait! He’s even been saving up his pocket money so that he can tear off the first strip himself.” Lewis has only been well enough to go to school three times since this September, so is particularly looking forward to the exciting evening. Debbie said: “He misses his friends. Whenever he does go in he gets treated like a celebrity - they all go mad! He likes that but he mostly just wants to go back to when things were normal and he could just play football with his mates. “Because of his treatment he won’t
Lewis and his mum’s friend Danielle (main); and the youngster before he was diagnosed (right)
be able to do that for three years, but in the meantime this Disneyland trip means so much to him. Please come down on the 25th to support him, even if you just pop in for a bit to show your face. It would mean so much to him.” To help make Lewis’s wish come through, join the fun at the White Horse pub, 20/22 Peckham Rye, SE14 4JR on Saturday April 25 form 6pm until late. Ring Grant (07711297288) or Tom (07786643593) or donate at gofundme.com/gsrtvg
Dulwich in debt crisis, new figures show DULWICH
By Amelia Burr
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A LEADING charity has called for action to be taken to tackle high levels of debt in Dulwich, after it was revealed residents in the south of the borough are in the top ten percent of all calls made to a
national debt helpline.
In the last two years, 863 people called the National Debtline from Dulwich and West Norwood, 200 more than the London average and 300 more than the national average. The high number of residents seeking financial advice is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the Money Advice
Trust who run the helpline, who says it is likely “thousands more” are “suffering in silence.” “Whoever is elected as MP for Dulwich and West Norwood in May needs to put promoting free debt advice in the area near the top of their to-do list after the General Election,” warned Joanna Elson, OBE, chief executive of
the Money Advice Trust. Camberwell and Peckham followed close behind neighbouring Dulwich with 831 calls made to the National Debtline in 2013 and 2014, placing both areas in the top ten percent of British constituencies calling out for financial help. Bermondsey and Old Southwark fared much better with 667 calls made
over the period, closer to the London average of 655. Residents of Southwark’s neighbouring boroughs made fewer calls to the National Debtline but were still struggling to stay afloat with Lewisham West and Penge and Streatham both logging more than 800 calls to the service.
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ROTHERHITHE
By Joey Millar
joey@southwarknews.co.uk
FRISKY YOUTHS are “completely spoiling” the quiet riverside environment of a Rotherhithe neighbourhood by using it as a romantic viewpoint.
Every evening, car-loads of lovedup youngsters park illegally in a pedestrian area just off Odessa Street, which offers stunning views of Canary Wharf across the river. The peaceful atmosphere is shattered by the sound of music and “people getting up to God knows
what,” according to one resident who asked not to be named. He said: “It’s a constant procession of cars going up the ramp. There are
kids around here who should be able to walk around safely in a pedestrian area but they can’t. “I used to go up there to enjoy the
“It’s a constant procession of cars going up the ramp. There are kids around here who should be able to walk around safely in a pedestrian area but they can’t”
The once quiet pedestrianised areas
view but over the years I’ve gone up there less and less - the people using it at the moment is definitely a reason why.” The resident also told the News that police did sometimes visit the site, but usually only after the cars had left. Previously a traffic bollard had kept cars out of the area, but this was removed without explanation several years ago, according to the resident. Another resident said: “All the council need to do to solve the problem is put up a traffic bollard or a gate, like they do in other streets
nearby. It would be an easy solution and we would have peace and quiet again.” Councillor Mark Williams, Southwark cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transport said: “We will investigate these concerns and take the appropriate action as we want all residents to be able to enjoy the riverfront.”
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Police hunt disgruntled shopper who bottled worker over head
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SIT DOWN IF YOU LOVE MILLWALL
Fan sits in all 18,000 seats at The Den for charity fundraiser
By Joey Millar
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NEVER MIND singing ‘Stand up if you love Millwall’, one diehard fan chose to sit down instead last weekend, when he parked his rear on every single one of the 18,000 seats in The Den for a charity fundraiser. Craig Wilson began his “sit-athon” on Friday, when he sat on the chairman’s seat in the director’s box. He completed his challenge just before Millwall
kicked off against Watford the following day, sitting in the most important seat in the house: manager Neil Harris’s spot in the dugout. The stunt was in aid of Bromley Mencap, a charity that helps people of all ages with disabilities. The 22-year-old, who is a beneficiary of the charity, said: “They help many disabled people and their families and carers in many different ways. I use their ‘job match’ service where they help me get into employment at some. That’s why I wanted to give something
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CAMBERWELL: Police are hunting the suspect of an unprovoked attack, after a shop assistant was hit over the head with a glass bottle.
Craig during his Millwall sit-athon
back to them, because they work tirelessly with me.” Craig, who comes from a Millwallmad family, added: “I’ve been coming here as long as I can remember and I’ve got a lot of family ties at the Den. My dad’s a sponsor, my step-mum’s the academy secretary and my brother’s a kit-man. There’s a big family history here.” He was inspired by a similar challenge completed by Alan Shearer and Robbie Savage at Wembley Stadium in aid of Sport Relief.
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However, while they took five days, Craig completed his feat in less than 24 hours. A spokesperson for Millwall Football Club said: “It was a tremendous effort from young Craig. It was typical of the inventive ways many of our fans find to support local charities.” If you wish to donate to Craig’s challenge, visit: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Cra igWilson9. Bromley Mencap will donate 20% of all monies raised to Prostate Cancer UK.
The man, thought to be in his late teens, entered the Food and Wine Store in Camberwell Green at around 7pm on October 13 last year. The suspect had an argument in the shop about his broken mobile phone and how dissatisfied he was with the service he had received there. He walked out but returned half an hour later, walked straight up to the counter and hit the 25-year-old shop assistant over the head with a glass vodka bottle. The victim was taken to hospital with head injuries. The suspect is described as black, aged in his late teens or early twenties, 5ft 4" tall with a gold or silver tooth. He was wearing a purple and grey tracksuit top and light grey tracksuit trousers. Detective Constable Tessa LyleMeller, from Southwark Police, said: "This is a dangerous individual who assaulted an innocent shop worker in an unprovoked attack. He needs to be located by the police. It is believed he lives locally, close to Camberwell Green." Anyone with information should call police officers on 0207 232 6177 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting crime reference number 3029084/14.
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New circus will be worth the weight
By Joey Millar
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BOTH DISABLED and nondisabled circus performers will put on a spectacular show in Dulwich Park next month. Extraordinary Bodies, the country’s first ‘integrated circus’, will dazzle through song, dance and stunt on May 9 and 10. The show, entitled Weighting, “celebrates every body, disabled or not.” The performers are also encouraging local residents to take part in the fun, with singers required for a 100-strong choir set to perform between acts. Email events@southwark.gov.uk if you wish to join in. Cllr Dora Dixon-Fyle, Southwark
cabinet member for adult care, arts and culture said: “I’m delighted that so many people are engaged with the show and are taking part in the opportunities to do something extraordinary. “Weighting is set to be one of Southwark’s highlights of the summer and the participation of the local community is essential to the performance.” The show will premiere on May 9 with shows at 2pm and 7pm. There will also be a performance on May 10 at 2pm. The News is one of the sponsors of the events, and a full programme will be available in our May 7th edition. For more information please visit www.southwark.gov.uk/southwarkpres ents/weighting
Runner finishes marathon hat-trick By Joey Millar
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A BERMONDSEY man hit the ground running last Sunday when he completed the Brighton Marathon in aid of children’s charity Action for Kids.
Jonathan Tanner said he was ‘very pleased’ with his time, a very respectable 4 hours and 17 minutes, considering he hurt himself not long before the race. The 55-year-old said: “It was a great day and I’m very pleased with my time as I injured myself a few weeks before and knew I couldn’t go crazy. There were people collapsing 100 metres from the finish and it was hard going, but I stuck to my plan and finished within my target.” The SOAS University staff member has now completed a hat-trick of marathons after also taking part in the
Berlin and Edinburgh races. He said: “I like the work Action For Kids does and it’s not just because my wife works there - although I do hear a lot of stories about the good work that is done with the young people. Harriet has been working with disabled young people for a long, long time and it’s such a good cause I'm really glad I managed to exceed £600 of donations.”
SCULPTURE TO REPLACE STOLEN HEPWORTH WORK TO BE UNVEILED
Conrad Shawcross’s new artwork being lowered into place (main) and Hepworth’s piece before and after the theft (below)
By Joey Millar
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THREE NEW art installations will finally take the place of Dulwich Park’s Barbara Hepworth statue, which was hauled out of the ground by thieves four years ago.
Crooks made off with the original £500,000 artwork in 2011 and are believed to have melted it down to sell as scrap metal, shocking the community and leaving art-lovers grieving its loss. Council Leader Peter John at the time described the incident as ‘devastating’ and said that the theft of public art was becoming a “sickening epidemic” in Southwark, following the theft of a statue of Bermondsey doctor and MP Alfred Salter from the Thames riverside the previous month. This Saturday its replacement will be unveiled in the form of three bold structures designed by celebrated artist Conrad Shawcross. He said: “It has been a great pleasure to make a new, permanent commission for Dulwich Park. These knot-like forms host a void within them and this is a subtle reference to Hepworth’s work, in
which the hole is ubiquitous. “I hope they become meeting points, romantic destinations, and encourage playfulness while remaining beguiling and provoking.” The artworks will form a trail in the northern end of the park. The cast-iron structures will rest on the grass – an attempt to show the juxtaposition between industry and the environment in Southwark. Cllr Barrie Hargrove, chair of the Dulwich Park Commission Steering Group and Southwark cabinet
member for parks, added: “Public art of all kinds but especially those in our parks and green open spaces, have and will always be such a valuable part of the local community. “After the shocking and awful theft of the original Hepworth sculpture it was important for us to get the ball rolling, involving the local community, in the commissioning of new sculptures for the park.” Anyone wishing to attend the official unveiling should meet at Dulwich Park at 2pm.
New cinema attracts the It crowd
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By Amelia Burr
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STARS OF film and television are coming out to help launch a new cinema in East Dulwich.
The Picturehouse venue in Lordship Lane, formerly the St Thomas More Community Centre, was originally supposed to open at the end of last year, but after some unforeseen construction delays it is now ready to open its doors to the public next week. To give the VIP launch party tonight a touch of red carpet glamour, comedian and film director Richard Ayoade of the
Channel 4 comedy the IT Crowd and his wife the actress Lydia Fox will be attending. Guests will then be entertained by a track list specially put together by Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz. Then on Sunday night Hollywood heavyweight and super-baddy Alan Rickman will be sticking around after a showing of his latest film, A Little Chaos, for a question and answer session with the audience. The first cinema in East Dulwich since 1972 will open to the public on Thursday April 23 with a showing of the next Avengers blockbuster.
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Architect with fear of heights plans charity skydive from 10,000ft By Amelia Burr
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A TRAINEE architect who cannot even bring himself to go to the top of tall buildings is doing a sky-dive from 10,000ft for charity.
Chris Williams was born with a cleft palate and had to have a total of nineteen operations throughout his childhood from when he was just three months old. After becoming a committee member for CLAPA, the Cleft Lip and Palate Association last year, the 27-year-old pledged to raise money for the charity every year. Last year he did a 28km run and this year he is hoping to raise at least £1,000 throwing himself out of an aeroplane. “I’m pretty nervous to be honest,” said Chris, who lives in John Ruskin Street in Camberwell. “I have a fear of heights so it’s quite a challenge, not only to raise the money, but a challenge for me to face my fear,” added Chris, who admits he only managed to make it half way up the Eiffel Tower when he visited the French landmark recently. A cleft lip or palate develops in the early stages of pregnancy when parts
Chris Williams - taking the plunge
of the face are formed separately. If some parts do not come together as they should, the result is a cleft, or separation, the type and severity of which can vary. CLAPA, formed in 1979, helps to support parents with newborn babies with a cleft lip or palate as well as adults and children who, like Chris, became victims of bullying because their cleft was noticeable. “Children can be cruel and it’s not easy when you’re going through those school years and then you have this other thing to deal with and you’re being taken out of school for hospital treatment,” said Chris. To help Chris reach his target, visit www.just giving.com/chris-tandemskydive
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New Routemasters for number 12 bus
SOUTHWARK: The number 12 bus, which runs between Dulwich Library to Oxford Circus, is to be entirely served by new Routemaster buses, Transport for London has said.
The 24-hours a day route, which includes Peckham Rye and Elephant and Castle, will be running entirely with the buses from the end of April. The Routemasters, which have three sets of doors and two staircases, were introduced to help cut emissions.
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WALWORTH
DULWICH
Arrest over ‘delivery attack’ Leanne Corby with her boyfriend Ali Dalgakiranlar and their daughter Zehra
A SUPERMARKET delivery man has been arrested after he allegedly launched a “shocking” verbal attack on an ‘Iceland mum’.
A police investigation was launched after mother-of-one Leanne Corby, reported the incident on March 31 in which she claimed the driver caller her a c**t and said he hoped her family would choke on the food he had just delivered before allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Ali Dalgakiranlar, 29. Leanne, 24, said after the man he
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unleashed a torrent of abuse on her, he attacked her partner from behind, breaking his finger in three places, while she could only look on from the window with their one-year-old baby girl, Zehra. The police confirmed to the News this week that a man was arrested in connection with the investigation and had been bailed to return to a south
London police station in late April, pending further enquiries. An Iceland spokesperson said they were unable to comment further as the incident in Rowland Way, Walworth, was the subject of a police investigation. “It would be completely inappropriate for Iceland to make any further comment until this has been completed." Previously the supermarket chain said they took all complaints “extremely seriously” and would be fully investigating the matter.
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Inquest told Vicar took his own life after child porn arrest
‘He should have faced the music’ says vicar’s cousin
THE COUSIN of an East Dulwich vicar arrested for possessing child porn believes he “should have faced the music”, after an inquest confirmed his death as suicide this month.
Father Charles Richardson, of St John’s the Evangelist church in East Dulwich Road, threw himself off cliffs in Dover last November shortly before his police bail ended, a coroner’s inquest concluded earlier this month. His cousin Nikki Cox said: “He’s just got away with it. We’re not happy but there is nothing we can do.” Richardson was arrested when police found 31 indecent images of children on his vicarage computer last May. The inquest at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court heard on April 8 that Richardson had sent a message to the police “expressing remorse” for his actions shortly before killing himself – the second time he had attempted to end his life. He had also left a letter for his partner and sent a text to a friend that read: “Sorry, car in Dover by the lighthouse. Take care. I can't carry on anymore.” Nikki said: “We’re angry. It was too late for him to show remorse. He should have faced up to what he had done and faced the music. I didn’t even know he had a partner, let alone that he had left a note. There was a lot we didn’t know about him. This isn’t something we can just move on from easily.” She also expressed continuing anger towards the church for the way they handled her cousin’s arrest and death, and
Father Richardson and below the church on East Dulwich Road
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said: “They have got away with this as much as he has.” Richardson was allowed to visit his vicarage after his arrest, despite the fact that it overlooks a playground and is just metres from St John’s and St Clement’s Primary School. Parishioners were also not given any explanation for his suspension of normal church duties, with many attending even a memorial service held in his honour after his death. A parent of a pupil at the school, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “There was recently an open meeting held with the police, in which we were told that the child pornography found was of the highest calibre. It was full-on, not nice stuff. He was clearly a flawed character, but he could have sought help. There’s some closure now because the man is dead but there is still a lot of anger towards him, the church and their coverup – and even a little towards the police.” Allegations about the vicar were passed to a British child abuse unit in 2012 following an operation by Canadian investigators. However, the warning was left in an in-tray until 2013 when it was belatedly passed on to the Metropolitan police. It was not until May last year that they raided his home. When previously contacted by the News for a comment, a Southwark Diocese spokesperson referred to a letter written to parishioners by the Right Revd Michael Ipgrave. This letter apologised for the way the church’s congregation were kept in the dark following Richardson’s arrest and death, and for how the church failed to expand upon vague “safe-guarding” issues before his memorial.
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Clegg slams ‘hypocrisy’ on visit to Elephant
Labour dismisses ‘desperate’ claims By Joey Millar
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Izzard hits campaign trail
Comedian Eddie Izzard with Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Neil Coyle
By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
COMEDIAN AND Labour activist Eddie Izzard met workers and nearby residents in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre on Tuesday as he pledged support for Cllr Neil Coyle’s election bid.
Twenty years after joining the Labour party, the award-winning comedian backed Cllr Coyle’s fight for the Bermondsey and Old Southwark parliamentary seat. He said: “There’s a reason that I’m a supporter of the Labour party and that’s because I believe in fairness. I want to support working families and help young people to achieve
their potential. “I’m in Elephant and Castle today because I want to encourage people to vote for Neil Coyle and for the Labour party at the General Election next month.” Neil Coyle added: “It was great to have such a recognised and talented comedian and actor out campaigning with us today.”
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LIBERAL DEMOCRAT leader Nick Clegg slammed the “hypocrisy” of Labour in Southwark as he and parliamentary candidate Simon Hughes met ex-residents of the Heygate Estate on Tuesday.
The pair spoke with Bahar and Rajah Uddin during a visit to Elephant and Castle, four years after demolition began on their estate. The Deputy Prime Minister said: “There isn't any better illustration of the hypocrisy of Labour locally and nationally when they talk about the importance of affordable housing. They are the ones who destroyed more than a thousand council owned properties at the Heygate and replaced them with less than 100. That is all you need to know about Labour's local record on affordable housing.” Mr. Hughes added: “This Labourrun council regularly breaks its own policy - which is 35 per cent minimum affordable. Almost no developments around here are 35 per cent affordable, some are 25 per cent like the Heygate, some are 20 or 15, or 10 or 5. Nick is here to say that the Liberal Democrats understand that what is needed is a massive programme to build affordable homes.” Cllr Neil Coyle, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for
Simon Hughes and Nick Clegg meet Heygate Estate residents Bahar (centre at the back) and Rajah Uddin
Bermondsey and Old Southwark, responded that Mr. Hughes had ‘let local people down’, while Council Leader Peter John described the claims as ‘desperate’. Cllr John said: “This is pretty desperate stuff from the Lib Dems. More affordable housing has been built in Southwark than any other London borough and we have the most ambitious house building programme in the country, delivering 11,000 new council homes across the borough. “The biggest threat to council housing in Southwark is the Tory/Lib Dem Government pushing Right to Buy on our estates – we’ve lost over 300 council homes through Right to Buy since 2010.”
Ofsted gives college ‘inadequate’ rating By Joey Millar
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LESOCO - LEWISHAM and Southwark College - has been given an Ofsted Grade 4 rating of ‘inadequate’, its second in a row.
The March 30 report said: “Governors, senior leaders and college staff have not made enough progress in improving key weaknesses identified at the previous inspection, including the poor provision in both English and mathematics. “Teaching, learning and assessment are improving too slowly, and too few learners experience good teaching.” Oftsed previously gave the college an ‘inadequate’ rating in January, 2014. The latest report highlighted ‘poor’ attendance records and a ‘precarious financial position’ at the college. Some positives were highlighted, including the college’s support for vulnerable learners, its ‘welcoming and
safe community’, and good provision in drama, dance and hospitality and catering. A protest organised by Southwark Trades Council, who are dissatisfied with the way the college is being run, will take place on April 25 at 12.30pm outside the Waterloo campus in The Cut. Carole Kitching, who will be joining the college as principal and CEO this summer, described the inspection results as a ‘disappointment’. She said: “Clearly the outcome of the Ofsted reinspection is a disappointment to everyone but the Report makes many references to recent improvements and ‘green shoots’. “Over the next few months I will be working with the Interim team to drive forward the pace of change and to ensure the hard work of everyone who works at the College bears fruit for all our students.”
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Ebola-fight doctor to run marathon in isolation suit
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Brave health worker tells of ‘shocking’ scenes at hospital By Amelia Burr
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A BRAVE Ebola-fighting doctor is now preparing to run the London Marathon in her isolation suit, to raise money for the award-winning partnership of Southwark hospitals who put her on the front line.
Junior Doctor Claire Ferraro returned from Freetown in Sierra Leone last week, where she had been working for the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership (KSLP) for four months. The project, coordinated by the three Southwark NHS trusts - Guy’s
and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley, and King’s College London, deployed medical staff after the highly contagious virus claimed thousands of lives across three West African countries. Arriving at the height of the epidemic, 28-year-old Claire had to deal with many people dying on her shift. “The very first day was all a bit shocking,” she said. “People died really quickly. You walk into the unit one day and overnight or the next day they might have died. I had to deal with a number of dead bodies every day and telling the family. That
Doctor Claire Ferraro in her scrubs (main) and isolation suit (top) in Sierra Leone
was pretty hard,” she added. After two British nurses hit the headlines for contracting Ebola last year, Claire confessed she was “very nervous” about going to work in Freetown’s Connaught Hospital, but said she had the full support of her family. “You definitely think about it. I was
nervous, but it’s good to have a bit of nervousness because it makes you concentrate on what you’re doing. When you relax is when mistakes are made,” she said. The young doctor had prepared herself to see a lot of blood, but what really struck her was the confusion in afflicted patients and the ‘Ebola
stare’. “They had an empty look like they know they’re really sick. Out of six beds you could come in and see two or three people on the floor, confused and muttering to themselves and another might have died. It was a really shocking first few weeks,” she said. Thanks to doctors like Claire working with the KSLP alongside local medical staff, the rate of confirmed cases has reduced to four a month coming through the hospital doors at the last count. She says the national Guardian University Award for best international project the KSLP won last week is “welldeserved” and is now in training to run the London marathon to raise funds to keep the work going. If you want to help Claire, who plans to shed her isolation suit some way way into the run, hit her £3,000 target, visit: www.virginmoneygiving.com
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Temporary repair for crash bridge
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By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk
Emergency services put a ladder up to the train
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A RAILWAY bridge has been temporarily repaired after it was struck by a lorry last week, leaving a train full of passengers stranded on the crossing for hours.
The driver of the crane lorry, which crashed into the bridge in Village Way, Dulwich on Wednesday morning last week, was said to be 'shaken' after the jib nearly took out the oncoming train. The Southern service to London Bridge carrying 89 passengers was stopped at 11am after the truck with an extendable crane on the back was seen ploughing into the top of the bridge. Network Rail told the News that the jib of the lorry fell across the tracks in the collision taking out the parapet of the bridge. A temporary repair has taken place but there was no structural damage to the bridge. It is unclear yet how much the permanent repair of the parapet will cost, but Southwark Council has already replaced the warning sign on the bridge. The fire brigade was called to the scene at 11.25 and two fire engines responded to try to make the bridge safe. A spokesperson confirmed no one was trapped or injured and the passengers were eventually transferred
to another train which was pulled alongside them. Roy Fielding, 60, who lives on Village Way, called the emergency services after witnessing the incident. “I saw it crash into the side of the bridge and there’s a train stuck on the bridge, it’s knocked a hole in the top of it,” he said. The driver of the Jewson lorry was said to be "shaken" according to a spokesperson for the building supplier, who told the News: “We are aware of the incident this afternoon in Dulwich and we’re very relieved that no one has been injured or harmed as a result of the incident. As you can imagine, our driver is understandably shaken up at this stage," said the spokesperson. "We are of course cooperating fully with the relevant authorities and will be conducting our own full investigation to find out all the details and circumstance around the incident.” Southern services using that route were cancelled while work to stabilize the bridge was undertaken, but resumed the same day.
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SOUTHWARK ‘HAS MOST SERIOUS FIRES IN THE CAPITAL’
Southwark News, Thursday April 16, 2015
Nearly ten incidents a week in borough, says London Fire Brigade By Joey Millar
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SOUTHWARK HAS seen more serious fires over the past twelve months than any other London borough, with nearly ten incidents a week – ‘considerably worse’ than the average for the capital.
Serious fires are those that involved a death, a casualty, a rescue or the presence of four or more fire engines. Faraday, in Walworth, suffered worse than any other Southwark ward, with 46 serious incidents recorded from April 2014 to last month. In terms of total incidents, including minor fires, false alarms and non-fire related emergencies such as car crashes, Southwark again fared poorly.
4388 incidents were recorded, whereas many other boroughs recorded fewer than 2000. Only Camden and Westminster fared worse. Southwark also struggled when it came to more bizarre types of fire rescue. The fire service was called 308 times to help free people trapped in lifts, the fourth-highest record in London. But the borough’s fire department performed admirably in terms of response times. An engine arriving at the scene would on average match the response time of any other borough, while a second unit, if required, was quicker than average. Simon Tuhill, London Fire Brigade Borough Commander of Southwark, said: “Over half of all fires in the home start in the kitchen,
which is why it is so important to be careful when cooking. You should never leave your cooking unattended, and you should definitely not leave home at any point when you’ve got something in the oven or on a stove. “Always make sure you’ve turned everything off as soon as you finish cooking, and never store books or paper near your hob, as they are very flammable. Kitchen fires can be easily prevented with a bit of common sense.” As reported by the News earlier this month, one pesky pooch sparked a large blaze when he accidentally switched on the kitchen hob while looking for some biscuits. Two people, along with two turtles, a snake, a hamster and Leo the Staffordshire-boxer himself, were forced to flee. Leo the dog and his owner Allen in the kitchen the pooch burnt down, as reported by the News earlier this month
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Deputy Thai PM pops into Peckham coffee roastery
Dr Yongyuth Yuthawong with Old Spike Roasters staff
By Joey Millar
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A PECKHAM coffee shop received an unusual guest last Saturday when the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand popped in for a cuppa.
Dr Yongyuth Yuthawong visited Old Spike Roasters as part of a cultural event organised by the School of Social Entrepreneurs. The new coffee company is a social enterprise that provides jobs and housing for homeless people, as well as mental health support, rehabilitation and occupational therapy. This business plan attracted the attention of the Thai government, who are attracted to setting up
similar ventures in the south-east Asian state. Cemal Ezel, co-founder of Old Spike Roasters, said: “We're really pleased to get the recognition of the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and are glad we can be a source of inspiration for their plans in their own country. “What we’re doing is immediately lifting people out of homelessness. For six months we provide people with a job here, and during that time we offer support and training to help our beneficiaries secure longer-term work. “We also provide housing, which means our beneficiaries are not homeless anymore all while roasting specialty coffee.”
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Borough market plans Foody festivities for St George’s day BY GEORGE! People named after the English patron saint will get a free artisan cupcake from Borough Market as part of next week’s celebrations, writes Joey Millar...
The gluttonous gift even extends to anyone called Georgie, Georgia, Georgio and Georgina - or indeed anyone else with a related name. Pop into the market’s information office (with a form of ID!) for your chance to celebrate the dragonslayers’ day in style on Thursday, April 23. For everyone else, the market will be hosting a special St George’s Day party the following Sunday. From
12pm until 4pm on April 26 a whole host of foodie festivities will take place. Chef Lesley Holdship will serve a modern interpretation of classic English meals, while entertainers Folk Dance Remixed will also be merging old and new through hip hopinfused folk dance. Some market traders will even serve their delicacies while dressed up as medieval knights. Keith Davis, the m a r k e t ’s managing d i r e c t o r, said: “We are looking forward to throwing o p e n Borough Market’s
doors for our annual celebration of St George’s Day. This very special event reflects our rich history of celebrating the feast of St George and is the perfect excuse for people to come together to eat, relax and enjoy this multi-cultural celebration.”
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Parties don’t jump on the SE16 broadband bandwagon
THE ASSERTION by Sarah Gibb (Southwark News, Letters April 9th) that Simon Hughes is jumping on a bandwagon to bring broadband to Rotherhithe which is being led by Southwark Labour and local councillors is someway from the truth.
The issue of slow broadband speeds in Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays wards was raised in Parliament by Simon Hughes in mid 2013. It is also true to say that Val Shawcross, the GLA member, was also raising concerns at the same time. A local organisation, Rotherhithe Broadband Group was formed in December 2013, some time before the council elections, following a meeting of the Canada Water Consultative Forum with Val Shawcross. It was the Rotherhithe Broadband Group which submitted evidence to the Greater London Authority, questioned the Mayor of London on radio and raised the issue of poor broadband with its publications, including a proposal for a community owned and managed fibre network. What has the local authority done? Held meetings with both BT and Virgin and commissioned consultants, in June 2014, to report on local position and options, but as yet their report has not been published. It met with the local group, who outlined their proposal for a locally based fibre network but still the “council considers options”. Yet the Government’s strategy “The Digital Communication Infrastructure Strategy” published with the Budget clearly outlines a role for local authorities,viz: ”Local Authorities play an important role in facilitating the delivery of digital infrastructure” and” The Government is calling on all local authorities to support the expansion of telecommunications and broadband when preparing local plans”. Both BT and Virgin say that the provision of fibre broadband in the area is difficult to justify a business case, so the area, apart from some pockets served by other companies who specialise in providing developments of flats, languishes with a poor infrastructure, with one area being named as one of the slowest areas in the UK. It is no wonder that Canada Water Station is in the top ten of London
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Transport stations’ use of Wi-Fi when it is faster to download there than at home. So what can be done? The community has proposed a local owned and managed fibre network which would: -would provide a fibre network to the home or business -would future proof the service in the area with a 1 gb download speed -would create local jobs in a growing sector -would as a social enterprise plough future profits back into the community -would be cheaper to deliver than other proposals -would deliver its service cheaper and faster than other proposals. Support for the community proposals from the Council could deliver a real step-forward for the local community. The Rotherhithe Broadband Group remains non-party political as it recognises to improve broadband speeds in Rotherhithe requires the support of local, regional and central Government and rather than seek to gain advantage politicians should all work together to improve local provision of a key infrastructure service to benefit local people. Brian Hodge, Rotherhithe Broadband Group
desirable plots occupied by the college at The Cut and in Lewisham, now the Jubilee Lines and DLR have been opened. It is simply unacceptable that the life chances of the residents of Southwark and Lewisham are being limited in this way. It is insane and will lead to disaffection and further problems in the future. How much is saved from the public purse every time young people gain qualifications and go on to find employment – for the whole of that person’s life and the generations beyond! We urge all News readers to join in the protests including a national demonstration on the 25th April assemble 12.30pm at the Waterloo Campus The Cut SE1. We openly challenge all local politicians to reply to this letter saying what they will do to help. We're not interested in hand wringing, sighs and promises of jam tomorrow - this college needs saving now before the classes for the next academic year are decimated and staff are given their notice. twitter@defendlscollege Facebook Defend Lewisham Southwark College Sue Plain, Chair of Southwark Trades Council
SOUTHWARK TRADES Council are extremely concerned that a vital source of education and learning is being made unsustainable by repeated attacks on its budget.
all new rented homes on the redeveloped Aylesbury Estate will be “let at target rents, which are similar to council rents”(Southwark News, Letters April 9th).
Join us in our protest Target rents on the to stop threats to Aylesbury are not the Southwark and same as council rents NOTTING HILL Housing Lewisham College Trust (NHHT) assures us that We are cognisant of the incredibly
There are three things which could
be said about this claim: 1. Target rents are similar to council rents in the same way that going by British Rail is similar to getting on a Virgin Train. A similar product, but more expensive. Housing Association target rents, when service charges are taken into account, can be half as much again or nearly double existing council rents. If NHHT wants to dispute that they should tell us, in pounds, what they will charge new tenants. They have not given these figures in the revised planning application for the Aylesbury, or anywhere elsewhy not? 2. Council tenants are fully aware that target rents are higher than existing council rents which is why we voted overwhelmingly to reject the Council’s plan to charge target rents to new council tenants. The Council ignored our wishes of course, but that’s another story. 3. The higher rents are not the only reason to oppose the demolition of the Aylesbury Estate. There are many others, including that there will be a net loss of socially rented housing, most of the homes for sale, even the “affordable” ones are likely to be too expensive for existing residents to buy and the new rental tenancies will be “assured” not “secure” which means NHHT will find it easier to evict people. As for the promise that the “target rents” will not be hiked up to “affordable rents” until 250 years have elapsed, I find that claim even less credible than the Council’s claim to be building 11,000 council homes in the next 30 years. It seems the longer the timeframe, the more fantastical the promises. In both cases you only need to look at what they are doing now for a guide to what they might do in the future.
Don’t trust either of them. Fight for council housing now. Shaun O’Regan, Delegate to Tenants Council, Walworth East Area Forum, Secretary of Rodney Road TRA
Disabled people make your voice heard this election
THE GENERAL election on 7th May is a key opportunity for disabled people to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
The next government will be making decisions about everything from whether we get more disabledfriendly homes built to essential support with cooking, washing and getting out and about. To use your vote you need to make sure you are on the electoral register – you can check this by contacting your local council. There are lots of ways to vote – you can vote at your local polling station, by post, or you can nominate someone to cast your vote for you. The deadline to register to vote is 20th April. Your local council should make sure that disabled people are able to use their vote in person on polling day. There are many ways that they can do this, for example by making sure polling stations are accessible to wheelchair users, providing forms in large-print or taking time to explain the process so that someone can cast their vote. For more information about voting, please visit leonardcheshire.org/voting and ensure you have a say on the important issues that affect your daily life. Emma Lindsay, Campaigns Manager for Leonard Cheshire Disability
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BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE 59a, Bethwin Road, Camberwell, SE5 (020-7701 0100) Once Upon A Midnight Dreary A dance double bill by Justyna Sochaj and Dorota Popinska, respectively. Blue Elephant Theatre, Apr 24 & 25, 8pm, £9, concs £8.50, Southwark Resident £7.50. The 56 A unique theatrical experience providing a truthful retelling of stories of those involved in the Bradford City Fire. Adapted solely from real-life testimonies and interviews with witnesses. Blue Elephant Theatre, May 1-3, 8pm, £10, concs £8.50, Southwark Resident £7.50. CANADA WATER CULTURE SPACE 21, Surrey Quays Road, SE16 (020-8692 4446) My Son & Heir An anarchic celebration of the everyday heroism of parenthood, set amongst a never-ending mess of plastic, flashing-beeping, bubble-blowing chaos. Canada Water Culture Space, Apr 23, 7.30pm, £10, concs £8. NATIONAL THEATRE: Dorfman South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Rules For Living A new, dark comedy written by Sam Holcroft. National Theatre: Dorfman, 8-11, 17, 18, 20, 21, 28 & 29, 8pm, mats Apr 18 & 29, 3pm, ends Jul 8, £15-£40, Sat eves £15-£45, phone for availability. The Hard Problem Tom Stoppard’s journey through the world of evolutionary science, directed by Nicholas Hytner. National Theatre: Dorfman, Apr 22-25 & 30, 7.30pm, NT Live Apr 16, 7pm, mats Apr 23 & 25, 2.30pm (captioned mat perf Apr 7, audio described mat perf Mar 7), ends May 27, £15-£50, Sat eves £15-£55, phone for availability. Light Shining In Buckinghamshire Lyndsey Turner directs Caryl Churchill’s drama set in the aftermath of a bloody and brutal civil war. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Apr 15-18, 20-22, 28-30, 7.30pm, mats Apr 29, 2.15pm (press night Apr 23, 7pm), ends Jun 22, £15-£35, Apr 15 & 16 previews £15-£25. Man And Superman Ralph Fiennes stars in George Bernard Shaw’s provocative and philosophical romantic comedy. National Theatre: Lyttelton, Apr 24, 25 & 27, 7pm, mats Apr 1, 7 & 25, 1.30pm, Apr 26, 2pm (captioned mat perf Apr 25, audio described eve perf Apr 27), ends May 17, £15-£50, Sat eves £15-£55, phone for availability. National Theatre: Olivier South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Behind The Beautiful Forevers David Hare’s drama based on the award-winning book by Katherine Boo. National Theatre: Olivier, Apr 10, 11 & 13, 7.30pm, mats Apr 1 & 11, 2.30pm, Apr 12, 2pm, ends May 5, £15-£35. Everyman Rufus Norris directs Carol Ann Duffy’s adaptation of the late 15th-century morality play. National Theatre: Olivier, Apr 22-25, 27, 28 & 30, 7.30pm (press night Apr 29, 7pm), booking to Jul 16, £15-£35, Apr 22 & 23 previews £15-£25. OLD VIC 103, The Cut, SE1 (0844-871 7628) A Gala Celebration Hugh Bonneville hosts a one-night tribute to Kevin Spacey’s 11 years as Artistic Director. Old Vic, Apr 19, 6pm, £100-£1000, Premium Seats £2000. Clarence Darrow Kevin Spacey reprises his award-winning performance as the eponymous lawyer. Old Vic, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm, ends Apr 11, £10-£65, phone for availability. High Society Cole Porter’s exuberant musical based on Philip Barry’s play, The Philadelphia Story. Old Vic, From Apr 30, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, ends Aug 22, Mon-Thu £16-£60, Fri & Sat £16-£65. OVALHOUSE 54, Kennington Oval, Kennington, SE11 (020-7582 7680) Dead Royal A celebration of narcissistic megalomania on a 1980s scale. Ovalhouse, Apr 21-25, 7.45pm-8.45pm, £10, concs £6. How To Win Against History A musical based on the tragic life of the fifth Marquis of Anglesey. Ovalhouse, Apr 29 & 30 7.45pm, ends May 10, £10, concs £6. Story #1 Contemporary physical theatre. Ovalhouse, Apr 30 & May 1, 7.30pm, £8,
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McEner y crowned as Ki n g There is an expectation that English actors will, upon becoming increasingly gnarled and weathered by years of pretending to be other people, don the mad king's crown, writes Matt Baker
Indeed, no great English actor who wishes to be considered complete can avoid having confronted
concs £5. ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN 372, Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11 (0207820 1222) The LipSinkers Alt-drag cabaret troupe The LipSinkers resident at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 1st Friday of every month. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Fri 9pm-2am, £8, concs £6. SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE 21, New Globe Walk, SE1 (020-7401 9919) Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s tragic love story unfolds. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Tue, Thu & Sat 2pm, standing £5, seated £16-£39. The Merchant Of Venice Jonathan Pryce plays Shylock in Shakespeare’s drama of intolerance, justice and mercy. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Apr 23-25, 28 & 30, 7.30pm, Apr 26, 1pm & 6.30pm, mats Apr 29, 2pm, ends Jun 7, £16-£43, standing £5. SOUTHBANK CENTRE Belvedere Road, Waterloo, SE1 (020-7960 4200) Louis Pearl - The Amazing Bubble Man A fun and comedic mixture of art, science and loads of bubbles, from the American toymaker and entertainer. Udderbelly, Southbank Centre, Apr 15-17, 12.30pm, Apr 18 & 19, 11am & 1pm, £9-£16. SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85, Newington Causeway, SE1 (020-7407 0234) Lorca: Love In The Garden An original adaptation of El Amor De Don Perlimplin Con Belisa En Su Jardin by Federico Garcia Lorca. Southwark Playhouse, From Apr 14, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mat Sat 3pm, ends Apr 25, £18, concs £16, previews Apr 14 & 15 £10. Scarlet The bleak yet comic tale of Scarlet, a young woman has her sexual history exposed, shamed and scrutinised on social media. Southwark Playhouse, From Apr 15, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 3.30pm, ends May 9, £18, concs £16, previews Apr 15 & 16
the challenges of one of Shakespeare’s most powerful and enduring characters. At The Rose, John McEnery is taking his turn. Though an unconventional venue, this small and basic space consistently puts on groundbreaking and thoroughly enjoyable material. As to be expected with a cast such as this Benjamin Blyth’s directed version of Lear was outstanding. John McEnery, brings the frail king alive in a way that was absorbing, achieving the balance of autocrat and fool perfectly. The cast brought great humour to arguably
previews £10. TEA HOUSE THEATRE 139, Vauxhall Walk, SE11 (020-7207 4585) Shakespeare’s Sonnets Holdfast Theatre takes on all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets by storm. Tea House Theatre, Apr 19, 7.30pm, £10. TEMPORARY THEATRE (formerly The Shed) National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 (020-7452 3000) Beyond Caring Alexander Zeldin’s darkly humorous play about four night-shift workers at a meat factory. Temporary Theatre (formerly The Shed), From Apr 28, Mon-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 3pm, ends May 16, £15 & £20. THE MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY 53, Southwark Street, SE1 (020-7378 1713) Buyer & Cellar Michael Urie stars in Jonathan Tolins’s award-winning comedy of modern manners. The Menier Chocolate Factory, Tue-Sat 8pm, mats Sat & Sun 3.30pm, ends May 2, £32.50, concs £25, Meal Deal £40.50, Premium Seats £35, adv £22.50-£30, Meal Deal adv £30.50-£38, Premium Seats adv £29.50-£35. THE VAULTS 10, Leake Street, SE1 (0207401 9603) Alice’s Adventures Underground An immersive, puppetry-filled adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s popular, nonsensical tale. Not suitable for under 11s. The Vaults, Apr 9-11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21-25 & 28-30, 6pm, 6.30pm, 7pm, 8pm, 8.30pm & 9pm, timed entry, Apr 20 & 27, 7.30pm, timed entry, mats Sat & Sun 1.30pm, 2pm & 2.30pm, timed entry, Sun 3.30pm, 4pm & 4.30pm, ends May 31, Tue, Wed & Sun booking required £35, Thu-Sat £47.50, Premium with access to private bar, post-show £65. UNICORN THEATRE 147, Tooley Street, SE1 (020-7645 0560) Fight Night An immersive exploration of the intricacies and traps of voting systems and democracy in the media. Unicorn Theatre,
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Shakespeare’s most tragic play, whilst maintaining the palpable sense of futility that Lear is soaked in. Considering this, it must be said that this performance felt more like a celebration than a funeral march. Often, watching Lear I have wondered how so morose a piece can be so joyful? Whilst strolling through Borough on my way home I felt this version had offered some insight in to this question, which I'm going to share. To me, it seems that Lear is no longer about the last days of the mad King, but has turned in to the celebration of the career of the
Apr 16-18, 22-25 & 29-30, 7.30pm, mat Apr 18, 19, 22, 25, 26 & 28-30, Apr 17 & 21, 11am, £10-£16. WHITE BEAR THEATRE 138, Kennington Park Road, SE11 (020-7793 9193) Stasis An imaginative, thrilling new sci-fi drama from the acclaimed Encompass Productions about Ren’s journey coping with isolation and depleting oxygen whilst trying to find her way home.. White Bear Theatre, Apr 14-18 & 20-25, 7.15pm, Apr 19, 4pm, Apr 25, 3pm, £14, concs £10. YOUNG VIC 66, The Cut, SE1 (020-7922 2922) Ah, Wilderness! Eugene O’Neill’s comical portrait of a Connecticut childhood. Young Vic, From Apr 14, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, mats Wed & Sat 2.30pm, no mats Apr 15, 18 & 22 (press night Apr 21, 7pm), ends May 23, £10-£35, previews Apr 14-20 £10 & £19.50.
GALLERIES
ANISE GALLERY 13a, Shad Thames, SE1 (07808-864653) Alignment Ian and Sachiyo’s meticulous use of etching and photography respectively take their work on different paths, ultimately, the two paths converge. ‘Alignment’ examines the journey taken by these two artists’ work focusing on their shared intricacy. Anise Gallery, From Apr 9, Thu-Sun 11am-5pm, ends May 10, free. ART HOUSE1 45, Grange Road, SE1 (07713-189249) Trip The Light - Amy Petra Woodward And Diana Edmunds Inspired from the traditions of minimalism and the Light & Space movement of the 1960’s - using colour, surface and industrial materials or processes to create their sensory works and installations to tease and attract the eye’s attention. Art House1, From Apr 10, Thu-Sun 3pm-7.30pm, ends Apr 28, free. BERMONDSEY SQUARE 2, Bermondsey
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actor, it feels more a rite of passage, than a play. I think this was why I bounded on to the tube feeling less like I had witnessed the death of a King, more like the crowning of a great actor. The Rose Playhouse, Bankside, 56 Park Street, SE1 9AR Tuesday to Saturday 7.30pm Box Office 020 7261 9565 boxoffice@roseplayhouse.org.uk www.roseplayhouse.org.uk Ticket Prices: £12 / Concessions £10 Southwark Residents £9 (with proof of address)
Square, SE1 Sculpture At Bermondsey Square Commission 1: Karen Tang A large-scale sculpture inspired by the 1959 sciencefiction movie, The Giant Behemoth. Bermondsey Square, Mon-Sun, open access, ends Apr 30, free. CAFE GALLERY PROJECTS 1, Park Approach, Southwark Park, SE16 (0207237 1230) Bottom Natures A group exhibition, curated by Matthew McQuillan, exploring the Bottom Nature of art and art making, a state which renders the viewer tongue tied or dumbstruck. Cafe Gallery Projects, WedSun 11am-5pm, ends May 3, free. CECILIA BRUNSON PROJECTS Royal Oak Yard, SE1 (020-7357 9274) Moussa Sarr: Works From The Marc Fassiaty Collection The artist draws on uncomfortable racial taboos to confront the viewer with notions of ‘the primitive’ that have been diluted or repressed by social mores. Cecilia Brunson Projects, Tue-Fri 2pm-6pm, Sat 12noon-4pm, closed Good Friday, ends May 8, free. COPPERFIELD GALLERY 6, Copperfield Street, SE1 Oscar Santillan: To Break A Silence Into Smaller Silences The artists first UK solo exhibition drawing on obscurities as unexpected events occur: a dead philosopher’s dance is unveiled and a piece of land stolen. Copperfield Gallery, Wed-Sat 12noon-6pm, closed Good Friday, ends May 9, free. DESIGN MUSEUM 28 Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, SE1 (020-7940 8790) Designs Of The Year A celebration of design that promotes or delivers change, enables access, extends design practice or captures the spirit of the year. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, last adm 5.15pm, ends Aug 16, £13. Women Fashion Power An immersive exhibition designed by the renowned
architect Zaha Hadid, exploring how fashion is used as a tool of self-expression and empowerment. Design Museum, Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, last admission 5.15pm, ends Apr 26, booking essential £11.80, child/disabled £5.90, family £23 & £33.40. DILSTON GROVE SE16 (020-7237 1230) Matt Stokes: Cantata Profana Video and audio installation in deconsecrated church by Matt Stokes and Orlando Gough in which extreme metal meets classical choral traditions. Dilston Grove, Fri-Sun 11am5pm, ends Apr 26, free. DRAWING ROOM Tannery Arts, 12 Rich Estate, Crimscott Street, SE1 (020-7394 5657) Drawing Biennial 2015 Exhibition and online auction of more than 200 unique works on paper by established and emerging artists, Drawing Biennial 2015 offers fresh insights into the most exciting currents in contemporary art today. Drawing Room, Tue-Fri 11am-6pm, Sat 12noon6pm, ends Apr 30, free. DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Gallery Road, SE21 (020-8693 5254) Made In China: A Doug Fishbone Project Spot the Chinese copy of an Old Master painting in the gallery’s permanent collection. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat, Sun & Bank Hols 11am5pm, ends Jul 26, £5, OAP £4, child/NUS/unwaged/disabled free. Ravilious Watercolours by Eric Ravilious. Dulwich Picture Gallery, Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat, Sun & Bank Hols 11am-5pm, ends Aug 31, £12.50, child/mems free, OAP £11.50, concs £7.50. FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM 83, Bermondsey Street, SE1 (020-7407 8664) Andrew Logan Sculptures inspired by cultures and icons of East and West. Fashion And Textile Museum, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 11am-6pm, Thu 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-5pm, ends May 3, £8.80, concs £6.60, NUS £5.50, under 12s free.
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Charity puts irons in the fire to forge ahead with memorial statue
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upporters of a memorial statue to a VC medal winner from Southwark are going to put their irons in the fire this weekend to help create the life-size effigy of Naval war hero, Albert Edward McKenzie, writes Amelia Burr...
Chairman of the Albert McKenzie Memorial Fund, Paul Keefe, has invited everyone who has been involved in fundraising for the statue to go down to Kevin Boyes’ blacksmith’s forge at Surrey Docks Farm and create a piece of the statue themselves, which will stand proudly in Tooley Street when it is completed. Fundraising is still ongoing, as costs have spiralled since the design was completed a few years ago from £40,000 to £125,000. But Paul is hoping the day down at the forge with Lady West, wife of Admiral Lord West, will reinvigorate the troops, who have raised more than £100,000 since 2010. When the statue goes up it will stand at the epicentre of Albert McKenzie’s life in Southwark – between where he was born in Alice Street, where his parents lived in Shorncliffe Road, where he went to school in Webb Street and where he socialised in Decima Street. In 1913 young Albert joined the Royal Navy as a boy entrant at eleven years of age. He joined the training ship Arethusa, which typically took boys from poorer parts of London. Discipline was notoriously harsh on board but the boys were taught everything they needed to know for a career in the Navy. McKenzie became a young boxing star on board, which
stood him in good stead for the handto-hand combat he would later have to engage in on the front line. The month before the start of World War One, Albert enrolled in the Boys Service of the Royal Navy at the age of fifteen. Four years later, his act of astounding courage would help keep a British military disaster from total defeat. In 1918 McKenzie put himself forward for the Naval force being formed to attack the Belgium port of Zeebrugge in a daring plot to take the major North Sea submarine base from the Germans. The plan was to block the heavily defended canal by filling three British ships with concrete and sinking them across the entrance. At the same time a raiding party of Naval officers and Royal Marines was to land on the harbour wall, known as ‘TheMole’, and destroy the heavy guns guarding the harbour To prevent the Germans reinforcing their troops during the attack, the viaduct which connected the Mole to the mainland was also to be destroyed by a submarine filled with explosives to be blown up underneath. On the evening of April 22, 1918, a fleet of 76 vessels carrying 1700 men crossed the Channel, HMS Vindictive, captained by Capt Alfred Carpenter leading the way.
was shot spinning out of my hands and all I had left was the stock and pistol grip which I kindly took a bloke's photo with it, who looked too business-like for me, with a rifle and bayonet. It half stunned him and gave me time to get my pistol out and finish xz\x\zxz\ \zxz\x\xhim off. Then I found a rifle and bayonet and joined up our crowd who The following day, as battle had just come off the destroyer. All I commenced, Carpenter sailed HMS remember was pushing kicking and Vindictive up to the Mole, with McKenzie on board as one of the troops kneeing every German who got in the way. When I was finished I couldn't ready to storm the harbour wall. But climb the ladder so a mate of mine according to McKenzie’s own account of the event, some over-zealous officers lifted me up and carried me up the ladder and then I crawled on my hands began firing too soon , inviting a wave and knees inboard.' of shelling from the Germans. The mission was immediately sold as In a letter to his brother he wrote, a huge success back home to a country ‘Well we got within fifteen minutes desperate for good news from the run of the Mole when some marines Front. But as the smoke has cleared got excited and fired their rifles. Up over the years it has been seen in a very went four big star shells and they different light. It is said the brave spotted us. That caused it. They hit us officers and soldiers who took part with the first two shells and killed knew they were on a ‘suicide mission’ seven marines. They were still hitting as they sailed into the heavily fortified us when we got alongside.’ German stronghold. The ships we sunk Casualties were heavy before to block the port left room for the Mckenzie and his comrades had even German subs to manoeuvre round stepped foot on land and the ship had them and a foot bridge remained over overshot slightly, leaving the the damaged viaduct, allowing supplies outnumbered and outgunned British and reinforcements to come over land troops the wrong side of three barbed as well, meaning the key objectives of wire fences. Despite the odds, the mission were not achieved. McKenzie followed his officer onto But the bravery of men like the Mole with a Lewis gun and 400 McKenzie was a source of great pride rounds of ammunition. to the whole nation and he got a hero’s As the British troops fell in droves, welcome when he came back to the order came through to withdraw, but by then McKenzie had had his rifle Bermondsey. His doorstep was ablaze with shot out of his hand by the enemy, leaving only a pistol, a bayonet and his coloured flags and bunting as was welcomed home by the Mayor of bare boxing hands. Southwark, who said McKenzie was In the same letter to his brother, McKenzie later wrote: ‘My Lewis gun not only the first London sailor to
receive the Victoria Cross (for “most conspicuous gallantry”) but also the first to be awarded it by the votes of his comrades. The mayor then thrilled the crowd by holding up Albert's blood-stained uniform and smashed wrist watch. McKenzie was still recovering from his war wounds at Chatham Naval Hospital when he caught the flu, in one of the worst epidemics this country has ever seen. He developed pneumonia and died on November 3, 1918 just ten days after his 20th birthday. At his funeral service, a message from their majesties, the King and Queen, was read out. It said: ‘In the special circumstances of A.B. Albert E McKenzie’s lamentable death and the fact of his being a V.C , and the first London sailor to receive that most honourable reward, you are authorised to express at the public funeral the sympathy of their Majesties with the widowed mother and family. Their Majesties were grieved to hear of his untimely death and to think that he had been soared so short a time to wear the proud decoration which he so nobly won.’ If you would like to contribute to the fund to create a permanent memorial to Able Seaman Albert E McKenzie in Southwark, you can donate at www.albertmckenzie.com
Albert Edward McKenzie gets a hero’s welcome on his return to Southwark after fighting with his bare hands to escape enemy lines in Belgium, 1918. (Main) McKenzie was the first London sailor to be awarded the Victoria Cross and one of the first to be nominated by his fellow comrades. (Inset centre) – McKenzie’s Victoria Cross medal is now held at the Imperial War Museum. (Inset right)
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food & drink YAMA MOMO
72 LORDSHIP LANE, DULWICH SE22 8HF 0208 299 1007
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By Ellie Ross
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A COCONUT shell filled with crushed ice, gin and fresh berries floats towards me, billowing plumes of white smoke as it is arrives.
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Yama is ju s t p e ac h y
I waft away the cloud of fog and take a sip of the delicious liquor through a straw made of bamboo. It’s almost as though I’ve been transported right to the shores of Okinawa, the Japanese island that this cocktail is named after. The scene has attracted some envious stares from the diners on nearby tables. “I’ll have one of those,” one woman says to her waiter, pointing at my drink. Welcome to Yama Momo, a Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar that opened on Lordship Lane in January. It’s the latest offering from the owners of the Tsunami restaurants in Clapham and the West End. Although this branch has a similar menu and tapas-style ethos to Tsunami, the owners hit on a name with less negative connotations - Yama Momo means ‘mountain peach’ in Japanese. When I arrive at 6pm on a Friday evening, the restaurant is already
We move onto a sashimi salad and it’s so good that even my previously sushi-shy friend can’t keep her chopsticks out
bustling, with everyone from pensioners with their grandchild, to young couples and groups of friends already mid-meal. The decor is distinctly Asian - it’s dimly lit, with black brick walls, bunches of fresh flowers dotted about the room and candlelit tables, each with a single, bright pink bloom. I’m led to a table opposite the open kitchen, where slabs of fresh pink salmon and reddish tuna are laid out, ready to be sliced into sushi. A handful of chefs - some Asian, some Western - don black caps and shirts and toil away at a long counter that’s lit up by the orange glow from bulbs with visible filaments. The interior design is not the only attention to detail - water is flavoured with fresh cucumber, the presentation of food is impeccable and the cocktails feature fun, theatrical touches, from dry ice to edible gold spray paint. The best way to eat here is to share and I chomp my way through a
selection of salads, mains and sashimi with a schoolfriend. This friend is not normally big on raw fish, but tells me she’s “willing to give it a go”. I see it as a true test of the restaurant’s food. Win her over, and they definitely have something good going. We start with a mound of glistening green samphire and wakame (seaweed), drizzled with a delicate soy dressing and just a hint of heat. The waitress tells us that Japanese women eat the seaweed after giving birth, and that it is good for your skin, and we wolf it down in huge mouthfuls. The prawns come on adorable cucumber stands, encased in threads of gold kataifi that is crumbly, light and doesn’t taste at all greasy. So un-greasy, in fact, that I dollop lots of the accompanying chilli mayo on them. The dumplings are slime free, and filled with fresh shredded chicken, not cheap mince, and seasoned with colourful red and green herbs. We move onto a sashimi salad and it’s so good that even my previously sushi-
shy friend can’t keep her chopsticks out. Served on a beautiful, oblong dark tile, the salmon and tuna slices are smooth and fresh, slightly lighter on the outside, having been heated just around the edges. The fish is served on a bed of salad leaves, and is fragrant and light with a hint of coriander. Then comes the sushi - another visual delight, six discs of rice and soft shelled crab laid out on a black and white slab. The sushi rolls are surprisingly crunchy and warm inside, thanks to the lightly battered soft shell crab that works well with the avocado and chives filling. It’s not like any sushi I’ve ever tasted, and we polish off the plate. But the best is yet to come - black cod, the most expensive dish on the menu, is well worth its £28 price tag. Glazed in a warm, sweet miso sauce, it arrives looking like a bar of gold in the middle of the plate. The fish is perfectly cooked, falling away in meaty flakes, and goes well with a small pot of extra sweet miso with a black squiggle of eel sauce in it.
The cod is nutty, sticky, and deliciously moreish. Dessert was always going to have a hard time living up to such incredible mains. The tart is made with yuzu, a Japanese citrus fruit, and has a caramelized topping and crumbly biscuit base. But there isn’t enough kick from the yuzu and the ice cream tastes more of milk than the green tea it’s supposed to be flavoured with. That said it was beautifully presented, sitting pretty on a bamboo leaf, and garnished with fresh strawberries. The restaurant hasn’t yet made a dessert menu, and I’d advise swapping the sweet for an extra cocktail until it does. Before leaving, we head to the bar for a nightcap, where a group of women are dressed up and sipping from Champagne flutes. Yama Momo is so slick it could be in the heart of the city, but it has a more relaxed atmosphere thanks to its suburban post code and clientele of locals and families. I roll out filled with fresh fish and good cocktails. And as for my friend? She’s a sushi convert.
THE DAMAGE
2 x okinawa cocktails 1 chicken gyoza 1 kataifi prawn 1 wakame & samphire 1 mixed sashimi salad 1 soft shell crab roll 1 nigiri salmon 1 bottle of Kung Fu Girl riesling wine 1 black cod 1 steamed rice 1 yuzu tart
£17 £5.50 £6.70 £6.50 £10.80 £9.80 £4.10
£24.00 £28.00 £2.60 £6.50
Total: £121.50
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HOME BUYERS?
SHARED OWNERSHIP:
An affordable and alternative way on to the local housing ladder
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THERE IS little doubt that for the vast majority of ordinary working people in Southwark the dream of owning your home in the borough or London for that matter is just that - a dream, writes Kevin Quinn..
But there are many who have got their foot in the door through a shared ownership scheme. It has been with us for a long time and is not just a sticking plaster over the continuing housing crisis; many experts feel that it should be as much in the mix as right-to-buy, as housing takes centre stage this week in the current election battleground. You join a shared ownership scheme through a housing association and can buy between 25 per cent and 75 per centre of the property value and then pay rent on the rest. In Southwark many of the new developments have signed up to the scheme with a housing association, or in some case the developments are being built and sold by the housing associations. You obviously have to be working and earning a wage to qualify but
Not just a sticking plaster over the continuing housing crisis
not too much. Nationally the household income is generally £60,000 for the scheme, but in London it can more. Of course it’s also worth checking the minimum needed per household with each housing association. And also check with them about how steep the rent increases could be before you buy. However, usually a housing association will raise it in line with inflation. For most buying through shared ownership the idea is to stop renting altogether and become the owner. This process is called staircasing, but especially in Southwark it is worth bearing in mind that if property prices change, the price for more shares will change too. If the prices go up as they currently are the shares might be more expensive – but so too are the shares you have bought. According to Paul Smee, director-
general, Council Of Mortgage Lenders, there should be more shared ownership schemes to meet the huge demand for them. Shared Ownership accounts for only 0.8 per cent of all UK households, so he says “it is unlikely to be an immediate gamechanger; but there is potential for growth. Sales increased gradually from 6,248 in 2009/10 to 8,636 in 2014, but the Homes and Communities Agency reported 53,513 applications in 2013/14. So demand is there even if supply is not.” However, he argues changes can be made to make it more viable. ”The Prudential Regulation Authority needs to review its rules on capital weighting, to ensure there is less disparity between the treatment of shared ownership mortgages and traditional mortgage finance,” he said. “A more joined-up approach to publicise and incentivise shared ownership could further motivate investment. Making it easier to sell properties in part-ownership or move accumulated equity share from property to property would also promote the tenure,” he added.
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202-204 Jamaica Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 4RT 020 7232 2222 • Email: bermondsey@oppida.com
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One bedroom property situated on a first floor of a small private block, comprises living room with open plan kitchen, double bedroom with built in wardrobe and a bathroom. Benefits include wood laminate flooring throughout and parking space. Cornwallis House is located within minutes walk to Bermondsey Tube Station.
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A well maintained one double bedroom top floor apartment offering a fitted kitchen, bathroom and bright lounge with a south facing private terrace, communal gas heating system, located with-in walking distance of Surrey Quays shopping centre and Canada Water Jubilee line station.
£275,000.00 Leasehold
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A spacious one double bedroom top floor apartment located within a quiet residential development opposite Deptford Park. The property is well presented and benefits from a spacious lounge with semi-open plan kitchen, parking space and entry phone system. The development is well located and within easy reach of Surrey Quays, Canada Water Jubilee line Station and The Royal borough of Greenwich.
£235,000.00 Leasehold
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A ground floor two double bedroom apartment conveniently located just few minutes walk from the Jubilee Line station at Bermondsey. The accommodation comprises reception room, kitchen, two double bedrooms and a bathroom. Benefits include double glazing and gas central heating. The property is situated just off from the green open spaces of Southwark Park.
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Oppida presents a fantastic 2 double bedroom apartment located in a secure gated development in Brunswick Quay. The property is on the first floor and comprises two double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (one en-suite), reception and fully applianced kitchen. Reception benefits from views over Greenland Dock. The property is very well located with Surrey Quays and Canada Water Stations within minutes walk.
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PUBLIC NOTICES 37
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk You can use facilities at your local library or ‘My Southwark Service Points’ to access the website. How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked ‘confidential’ will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: ACA-development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; ALB-development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); CNA-development within a conservation area; DDP-departure from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; EIA-environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council – there will be a charge for the copy). 27-29 BLUE ANCHOR LANE, LONDON, SE16 3UL (Ref. 15/AP/1229) Removal of Condition 9 'Car Stacker parking System' and Variation of Condition 22, approved plans, of planning permission 12-AP-4049 for: ,Erection of a building fronting Blue Anchor Lane of between 4 and 7 storeys in height, to provide 36 residential units (1 x studio, 9 x 1 bed, 19 x 2 bed, 7 x 3 bed). Erection of 1 x 3 bed mews house fronting Bombay Street. Provision of eight car parking and 76 cycle parking spaces accessed from Bombay Street, provision of communal and private amenity space, and doorstep play space'. The variatiomns comprise:
Rewording of condition 9 to 'the car parking bays shown on the approved plans shall be the marked prior to occupation and thereafter retained in perpetuity'. Amendment of condition 22 so that drawing 5326 P3_01 is replaced with D3100_rev03. Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Victoria Lewis 020 7525 5410) 13-16 BOROUGH ROAD, LONDON, SE1 0AA (Ref. 15/AP/1162) The display of non-illuminated signs on the front elevation of the building, comprising of:1. Lettering to building frieze - London South Bank University Confucius Institute for TCM. 2. Lettering above front door stating Caxton House. 3. Cast Bronze Plaque adjacent to building entrance on left hand side. Included within : London Southbank University Logo Confucius Institute Logo Chinese characters (translation London Southbank University London Confucius Institute. Caxton House, 13-16 Borough Road, Southwark, London SE1 0AA (within St Georges Circus C.A.) This proposal affects the character or setting of nearby listed building(s):12 and 109-112 Borough Road Grade II listed buildings. Reason(s) for publicity: ALB, CNA (Contact: Michele Sterry 020 7525 5453) 103 BROOK DRIVE, LONDON, SE11 4TU (Ref. 15/AP/0548) Erection of single storey rear and side extension at ground floor level together with erection of rear dormer extension to main roof slope and installation of roofight to front roof slope to facilitate conversion of single dwellinghouse into 2 self-contained flats. (within West Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Ciaran Regan 020 7525 4877) HERNE HILL VELODROME, 104 BURBAGE ROAD, LONDON, SE24 9HD (Ref. 15/AP/0790) Demolition of existing pavilion building and spectator seating areas, and erection of proposed two-storey height sports building with spectator seating, erection of new gazebo pavilion tent to provide external cover, rationalisation of existing shipping containers and provision of new cycle and car parking spaces.
- Departure from Development Plan policies 3.25 Metropolitan Open Land (MOL) of the saved Southwark Plan 2007, SP11 Open Spaces and Wildlife of the Core Strategy 2011 and 7.17 Metropolitan Open Land of the London Plan 2011. (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for
publicity: CNA, DDP (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) 71 CAMBERWELL GROVE, LONDON, SE5 8JE (Ref. 15/AP/1070) Internal refurbishment in 1st floor outrigger, installation of new window and removal of chimney breast (within Camberwell Grove C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 2289) 31 COLLEGE ROAD, LONDON, SE21 7BG (Ref. 15/AP/1036) (Householder Application) Erection of single storey side extension to replace existing side extension (within Dulwich Village C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Shanali Counsell 0207 525 1770) 6 GROSVENOR PARK, LONDON, SE5 0NU (Ref. 15/AP/1075) (Householder Application) Installation of external water storage tank and brick built enclosure for internal sprinkler system for fire safety (within Grosvenor Park C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) RIVERSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL, JANEWAY STREET, LONDON, SE16 4PS (Ref. 15/AP/1041) Demolition of existing boundary wall which has started to fall down; Erection of new boundary wall to encompass schools land which is currently external to the boundary wall (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) NEWSPAPER HOUSE, 40 RUSHWORTH STREET, LONDON, SE1 0QX (Ref. 15/AP/0710) Variation of Condition 15 of planning permission 13-AP-4404 for: 'Variation of planning permission 08-AP-0351 dated 03/10/2008 for: 'Construction of a ground plus three/four storey building to provide 1163 sqm (GEA) of Class B1 employment floorspace and nine residential units comprising 5 x 2 bedroom apartments and 4 x 3 bedroom maisonettes, shared courtyard and garden space, ancillary plant and equipment' to allow for the following amendments to the approved drawings:
Relocation of plant room and ancillary storage to basement level in order to provide additional B1 floor space at ground floor and a more active street frontage to Rushworth Street and Webber Street Omission of second stair to increase net B1 floor space and to provide better daylight penetration and improved flexibility. Amendments to layout of B1 floorspace at ground and first floor level in order to provide better quality accommodation, higher floor to ceilings and better daylight penetration. Relocation of courtyard space in B1 floorspace to provide greater flexibility of use, and more consistent daylight penetration Revised access, refuse and cycle parking arrangements at ground floor level in order to provide a more glazed and active street frontage Revised layouts of residential units at second, third and fourth floor levels Revised screening of access decks to suit revised layouts whilst maintaining the same levels of privacy Removal of projecting cowls at fourth floor level
to improve daylight to both the 4th floor residential units and also to 33-38 Rushworth Street (commercial units facing across Kings Bench Street) Amendments to fenestration arrangement to provide improved daylight to both residential and commercial spaces and to improve the 'blank' elements of the current permission elevations Amendments to balconies on Kings Bench Street in order to provide larger and more usable amenity space Revised materials palette to suit the above design amendments Revised energy strategy to meet current standards' to allow for the BREEAM rating be altered from 'Excellent' to 'Very Good'. (within Kings Bench C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, MPA (Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) FLAT 5, 1 LEATHERMARKET STREET, LONDON, SE1 3HN (Ref. 15/AP/1130) Roof extension to create additional bedroom and mezzanine platform to provide access to extended rear terrace (within Bermondsey Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) 61 LYNDHURST GROVE, LONDON, SE15 5AW (Ref. 15/AP/0727) (Householder Application) Single storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse (within Holly Grove C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lewis Goodley 0207 525 5976) 130 PECKHAM HILL STREET, LONDON, SE15 5JT (Ref. 15/AP/0463) Erection of two storey rear extension above existing commercial unit to accommodate 2 x 1 bedr self-contained flats (within Rye Lane C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) 202 PECKHAM RYE, LONDON, SE22 0LU (Ref. 15/AP/1135) (Householder Application) Alterations to the rear elevation and existing rear kitchen extensioninvolving: (i) demolition of WC to rear; (ii) demolition of roof over existing kitchen extension and reinstating new roof with shallower pitch; and (iii) replacement of two windows in rear wall with two new timber sash windows to match (within The Gardens C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 235 QUEENS ROAD, LONDON, SE15 2NG (Ref. 15/AP/1014) Remedial / overhauling works to existing double hung sash and casement windows, including redecoration; Installation of aluminium framed secondary glazing internally, together with renewing existing natural slate roof covering with new Canadian natural slates. (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Philip Ridley 0207 525 7540) 97 RED POST HILL, LONDON, SE24 9PN (Ref. 15/AP/0992) (Householder Application) Erection of a single storey rear extension (within Sunray Estate C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Lasma Putrina 0207 525 7708) 52 REVERDY ROAD, LONDON, SE1 5QD (Ref. 15/AP/1177) (Householder Application) Erection of a ground floor side and rear extension to dwellinghouse (within Thorburn Square C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA
(Contact: Adam Greenhalgh 020 7525 5428) 101 CARDAMOM BUILDING, 31 SHAD THAMES, LONDON, SE1 2YR (Ref. 15/AP/1199) Replacement of existing shop signage with new sign of similar size; installation new lighting and painting to windows and doors (within Tower Bridge C.A.) (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) 124-126 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 0SW (Ref. 15/AP/1067) Replacement of the existing brown timber sash windows with new white timber sash windows (Grade II listed building) Reason(s) for publicity: LBA (Contact: Lance Penman 020 7525 5406) SITE TO THE SOUTH OF EVANS GRANARY, 38 STONEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 9LB (Ref. 15/AP/1131) Variation of Condition 18 'Hours of Operation' of planning permission 13-AP-3799 for: 'Variation of Condition 4 of planning permission 13-AP1123 (which was for a new six storey building providing retail use (A1) at ground floor and nine residential units on the upper four floors; 6x2bed, 2x1bed & 1x3bed. (Amendment to scheme previously granted, reference 11-AP3963, which was for demolition of existing warehouse above ground level; retention and reuse of substructure and construction of new five storey building providing retail use (A1) at ground floor and nine residential units on the upper floors, comprising of 6 x 2 bed, 2 x 1 bed and 1 x 3 bed) by proposing an additional floor.) Proposed amendment to condition 4 to amend the opening hours from 9am to 7pm on any day to: Monday to Friday 7am-7pm, Saturday 8am7pm, and Sunday and Bank Holidays 10am7pm'.
Condition 18 to read:"The use hereby permitted for retail purposes shall not be carried on (including preparation and cleaning) outside the following hours: Monday to Friday - 7am - 9pm; Saturday - 8am - 9pm; Sunday and Bank Holidays - 10am - 9pm'. (within Borough High Street C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA, MPA (Contact: Robin Sedgwick 020 7525 3920) SE16 PRINTWORKS, HARMSWORTH QUAYS, SURREY QUAYS ROAD, LONDON, SE16 7ND (Ref. 15/AP/1106) Use of site as a temporary events and entertainment space (Use Class D2) with ancillary merchandising, food and drink from 25th May 2015 until 31st May 2016 Reason(s) for publicity: MPA (Contact: Kiran Chauhan 020 7525 5513) 13B TRAFALGAR AVENUE, LONDON, SE15 6NP (Ref. 15/AP/1063) (Householder Application) Addition of three roof lights in the rear roof slope and the creation of a roof terrace on the existing flat roof at second floor level to the rear (within Trafalgar Avenue C.A.) Reason(s) for publicity: CNA (Contact: Alex Cameron 020 7525 5416) Dated 16 April 2015 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date GARY RICE Head of Development Management
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK CHAMBERS WHARF DEVELOPMENT – LLEWELLYN STREET The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘G’) (No. 11) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (Car club) (No. 9) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. 51) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed route) (Llewellyn Street) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2015 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark on 16 April 2015 will make the above-mentioned orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The general effect of the order will be:- (a) to provide on the south-west side of CHAMBERS STREET: [i] a car club parking space for the use of two car club vehicles only, extending from a point 10 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Llewellyn Street southward for a distance of 12 metres; and [ii] additional permit holders parking, extending from a point 22 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Llewellyn Street to a point 19 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Bevington Street; (b) to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions: [i] on the south-west side of CHAMBERS STREET between a point 23 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Llewellyn Street and a point 10 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Llewellyn Street, and [ii] on all sides of LLEWELLYN STREET between the south-western kerb-line of Chambers Street and a point 60 metres south-west of that kerb-line; and (c) to prohibit all motor vehicles from entering into or proceeding in that part of LLEWELLYN STREET which lies between the south-western kerb-line of Chambers Street and a point 60 metres south-west of that kerb-line, with exemption provided for vehicles requiring access to premises therein. 3. Copies of the orders, which will come into force on 17 April 2015, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection until the end of a period of six weeks from the date the orders were made at the upon request at Public realm projects - network development, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 or email:- traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to arrange an appointment. 4. Any persons desiring to question the validity of the orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 16 April 2015 NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK WILLOW WALK DEVELOPMENT: CHANGES TO PARKING PLACES AND WAITING RESTRICTIONS The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ ‘GR’) (No. 4) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (No. 40) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Solo motor cycles) (No. 18) Order 2015 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. 52) Order 2015
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the council of the London Borough of Southwark on 16 April 2015 will make the above-mentioned orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The general effect of the orders will be, in:- (a) OREILLY STREET (a new road linking Setchell Road and Willow Walk), to [i] provide two ‘shared-use’ parking places for the use of parking zone ‘GR’ permit holders or ‘pay by phone’ users, and [ii] introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions throughout the remaining kerbside; (b) SETCHELL ROAD, to [i] reduce in length an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place on its south-west side, and [ii] introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on both sides of the road between its junction with Oreilly Street and its north-western extremity; and (c) WILLOW WALK, to [i] remove an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place on its north-east side, [ii] reduce in length an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place on its north-east side, [iii] split and reduce in length an existing free limited stay parking place on its south-west side, [iv] introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on both sides of the road at its junction with Oreilly Street, and [v] update the designation of an existing motor cycle parking place. 3. Copies of the orders, which will come into force on 17 April 2015, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection until the end of a period of six weeks from the date the orders were made at the upon request at Public realm projects - network development, Southwark council, Environment and leisure, 3rd floor hub 1, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Please telephone 020 7525 2005 or email:- traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to arrange an appointment. 4. Any persons desiring to question the validity of the orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 16 April 2015 NICKY COSTIN Road network and parking business unit manager, Public realm
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003
Please take notice that I / we Estelle Theobalds / Canopy Beer Company Ltd Have made application to the local licensing authority for a new Premises Licence in respect of Canopy Beer Company Ltd Arch 1127 Bath Factory Estate 41 Norwood Road London SE24 9AJ
The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, on or from the premises are Days Start Time Finish Time The supply of alcohol:
Mon-Sat 11.00 23.00 Sun 12:00 22:00 Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11.00 23.30 Sun 12:00 22:30 A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by The Licensing Service, C/O Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3RD Floor Hub 2,160 Tooley Street P O Box 64529, London, SE1 5LX A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also on our web site at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of application 01/04/2015
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990
THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK hereby gives notice that it proposes to make an order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping up of the following areas of public highway: (1)
The area of public highway to be stopped up forming parts of the highway known as Upper Ground and Hatfields and formed of: (i)
(ii) (iii) (iv)
an irregular shaped triangle on the southern boundary measuring a total distance of 3.5 metres and width of 1.75 area (marked A-B on the Stopping Up Plan); an irregular shaped rectangle on the eastern boundary adjacent to Hatfields measuring a total distance of 7.25 metres and width of 3 metres (marked C-D on the Stopping Up Plan); an irregular shaped length of highway on the east-westerly boundary adjacent to Upper Ground measuring a maximum distances of 38 metres and maximum width of 9 metres (marked E-F on the Stopping Up Plan); and a rectangular shaped parcel of land on the northern boundary adjacent to Upper Ground measuring a maximum of 8.5 metres and a maximum width of 3.25 metres (marked G-H on the Stopping up Plan).
IF THE ORDER IS MADE, the stopping up will be authorised to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted under Part III of the Act to Kings Reach Estates Limited, Fort Anne, Douglass, Isle of Man IM1 5PD by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark on for the full planning application on 4 October 2011 under reference LBS Reg. No 11-AP-1071 as amended by non-material amendments decision LBS Reg.No.12-AP-1109. COPIES OF THE DRAFT ORDER AND THE RELEVANT PLANS MAY BE INSPECTED by way of appointment during the 28 days commencing on Thursday 23 April 2013 at 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2TZ by calling 020 7525 2135 quoting reference (Upper Ground and Hatfields (Kings Reach Tower)– Stopping up Order). A copy may also be viewed on the Council’s website http://www.southwark.gov.uk/highwayclosures ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed order within the period of 28 days commencing on Thursday 23 April 2015 by written notice to the Director of Communities Law and Governance quoting reference (LEG/RP/PL/RE040/63781/RM).
In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the objector about it. Signed:
Doreen Forrester-BrownDirector of Legal Services On behalf of The London Borough Of Southwark THE SCHEDULE
LBS Reg. No11-AP-1071 (as amended by permission No. 11-AP-3797, for the variation of Condition 2 of that permission, and the non-material amendments decision under LBS Reg.No.12-AP-1109).
Refurbishment and re-cladding of the tower and podium buildings, erection of six additional storeys to the tower for residential use [132.2m AOD to top of core] and change of use of floors 11-30 of the tower from offices to residential [to provide a total of 173 flats]; erection of a series of extensions and additions for office use including the erection of a 10 storey infill atrium building between the tower and T shaped podium, erection of a part one, part three storey roof extension to the podium building and a series of other extensions to the north, east and west of the podium building to accommodate plant and stair cores. At: KINGS REACH TOWER,STAMFORD STREET,LONDON, SE1 9LS Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence
Mr Hamish Lodge trading as Cut Above Tree Management Ltd. of 55 Avondale Rise, Peckham London, SE15 4AJ is applying for licence to use Whitten Timber Ltd. Eagle Wharf, Peckham Hill Street, Peckham, London, SE15 5TJ, as an operating centre for 1 goods Vehicle. Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commisioner at Hill Crest House, 386 Harehills Lane, Leeds, LS9 6NF stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice. Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the address given at the top of this notice. A guide to making representations is available from the Traffic Commissioner's Office. www.transportoffice.gov.uk
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Notice is hereby given that Ariel Angel Mejia Canas, 4B Larcom Street, London SE17 1NQ has applied to the London Borough of Southwark on 14 April 2015 for the grant of a premises licence for the sale by retail of alcohol on Monday to Sunday from 08.00 until 23.30 hours and late night refreshment on Monday to Sunday from 23.00 to 23.30 hours at Castle Brasserie, Unit 203, Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, London SE1 6TE. It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the grant of the premises licence on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given below and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown above - The Licensing Service, c/o Southwark Environmental Health and Trading Standards, 3rd Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 5LX The register where applications are kept and may be viewed by members of the public is available at the above address or online by visiting at www.southwark.gov.uk/businesscentre/licensing/currentapplication. It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application for a premises licence and the maximum fine on being convicted of such an offence is £5000.
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Transport for London Public Notice
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
THE GLA ROADS AND GLA SIDE ROADS (SOUTHWARK) RED ROUTE CONSOLIDATION TRAFFIC ORDER 2007 VARIATION ORDER 2015
1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that on 9th April 2015 it made the above named Order, under section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Order will come into force on 20th April 2015. 2. The general nature and effect of the Order will be to:
a) Formalise existing on-street controls on Long Lane between its junction with Great Dover Street and Tabard Street;
b) Remove TfL extents on Tabard Street at its junction with Borough High Street;
c) Formalise existing on-street controls on Joiner Street.
3. The roads which would be affected by the Order are the A2 GLA Road – Long Lane, A3 GLA Side Road – Tabard Street and A200 GLA Side Road – Joiner Street in the London Borough of Southwark.
4. A copy of the Order, a map indicating the location and effect of the Order and copies of any Order revoked, suspended or varied by the Order can be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of:
• Southwark Council • Transport for London Public Realm Projects Streets Traffic Order Team 160 Tooley Street (RSM/PI/STOT) Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road London SE1 2QH (Please e-mail: London, SE1 8NJ traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk to arrange an appointment)
5. Any person wishing to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers conferred by the Act or that any requirement of the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order is made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated this 16th day of April 2015
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PUBLIC NOTICE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON DESIGNATION OF AN AREA FOR SELECTIVE LICENSING
Section 80, Housing Act 2004 Notice is hereby given that the London Borough of Croydon in exercise of its powers under section 80 of the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) has on the 16th day of March 2015 designated for selective licensing the area of the London Borough of Croydon as delineated and edged red on the Map at Annex A. The designation shall be known as the London Borough of Croydon Designation of an Area for Selective Licensing 2015. The designation applies to any privately rented property subject to any statutory exceptions set out below.
The designation falls within a description of designations for which the Secretary of State has issued a General Approval under section 82 of Housing Act 2004: Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Selective Licensing of Other Residential Accommodation (England) General Approval 2010 dated 30th March 2010. Therefore the designation need not be confirmed and will come into force on 1st October 2015 and unless previously revoked, this designation shall cease to have effect on 30th September 2020. This designation applies to any house which is let or occupied under a tenancy or licence within the area shown at Annex A unless: a) b) c)
d) e)
the house is a house in multiple occupation and is required to be licensed under part 2 of the Act the tenancy or licence of the house has been granted by a registered social landlord under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996; the house is subject to an Interim or Final Management Order under under Part 4 of the Act; or the house is subject to a temporary exemption under section 86 of the Act; or the house is occupied under a tenancy or licence which is exempt under the Act or the occupation is of a building or part of a building so exempt as defined in The Selective Licensing of Houses (Specified Exemptions) (England) Order 2006 SI 370/2006;
Upon the Designation coming into force on 1st October 2015 any person who operates a licensable property without a licence shall be guilty of an offence under Section 95(1) of the Act, and shall be liable to prosecution and upon summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding £20,000. A person who breaches a condition of a licence is liable to prosecution and upon summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding £5,000. Annex A
Mufu Durowoju Transition Manager, Network Impact Management Road Space Management-Operations, Transport for London, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ
London Borough of Southwark London Local Authorities 1991 (Part 11) Special Treatments Premises Notice of Application for Licence
11th April 2015 Address of Premises : Studio 20 The Artworks Elephant Road London SE17 1AY Applicant’s name and Address : London Classic Ltd Quantum House 59-61 Guilford Street Chertsey, Surry KT16 9AX
TAKE NOTICE that We the above-named being the occupiers of the above named premises have this day applied to the Council of the London Borough of Southwark for licensing of the above premises under the above Act as a SPECIAL TREATMENTS PREMISES. Any person WISHING TO OBJECT to our application should do so by giving notice in writing stating in general terms the grounds of the objection to the Council’s Licensing Unit Environmental Health & Trading Standards 3rd Floor Hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, P O Box 64529, London SE1 5LX Within four weeks of the date of this notice. Persons objecting to the grant of licences must be prepared to attend in person at a public hearing before a committee of the Council.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BARNHAM STREET & SHAND STREET)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HATFIELDS) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark and in consultation with the London Borough of Lambeth, and Transport for London hereby gives notice that because of highway 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.
2.
Whilst works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Hatfields between the junction with Stamford Street to No’s 19.
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An alternative route for traffic will be via Stamford Street, Waterloo Road, The Cut, Blackfriars Road or as indicated by the signs displayed.
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.
6.
Works will take place between the 4th – 29th May 2015
7.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 16th April 2015 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3. The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle from:-
(1) 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; (2) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice.
4.
The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:
(3) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;
(4) 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.
5.
The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.
6.
For information regarding this notice, please contact Parking & Road Network Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 16th April 2015
Heber Road
Marsden Road
Extent
Cyrena Road – Landcroft Road
Oglander Road Ondine Road
An alternative route for traffic will be via Crucifix Lane, Bermondsey Street, Tooley Street. Tooley Street, Tanner Street, Druid Street, Crucifix Lane or as indicated by the signs displayed.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works. The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform. The restriction will be in operation on Wednesday 6th May at 18:00hrs – Friday 8th May at 06:00hrs. Traffic Marshalls will be on site to manage the closure. Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (UNDERHILL ROAD) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of Thames Water/ MGJV 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 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 Underhill Road between No’s 237 & 247. An alternative route will be via Upland Road, Dunstans Road, Peckham Rye, Barry Road, Lordship Lane.as applicable.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
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 prohibition will be in place on the between the 11th May – 6th July 2015.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management on 0207 525 2014.
Dated this 16th April 2015
Southwark Council, Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management SE1 5LX ref 2639/2693 Road
(a) Barnham Street, between Tooley Street and Crucifix Lane (b) Shand Street, between Tooley Street and Crucifix Lane (c) Red Route bays located outside No’s 160 Tooley Street
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2694,2690
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Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
Schedule
Whilst the restriction is 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:
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager
The purpose of the Order is to facilitate a series of Play Street Streets in the roads listed, as indicated in the schedule to this notice.
3.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark and in consultation with Transport for London hereby gives notice that to facilitate the General Elections, it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering the above named roads.
Dated this 16th April 2015
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2015
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Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2575 LBS-SC1439764.2.5
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TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Date of event
Prohibited hours
Sunday 26 April 2pm - 5pm Sunday 31 May Sunday 28 June Sunday 26 July Sunday 30 August Sunday 27 September Friday 1 May Friday 5 June Friday 3 July Friday 7 August Friday 4 September
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3pm - 5pm
Southwark Council Environment & Leisure, Parking & Road Network Management, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 2673
MARINE AND COASTAL ACCESS ACT 2009 APPLICATION FOR
Notice is hereby given that London River Service Limited has applied to the Marine Management Organisation under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Part 4, for a marine licence to undertake the construction and maintenance of a pier, plans showing the position of the works may be inspected at Southwark Local History Library & Archive, 211 Borough High Street, London SE1 1JA. Copies of the Application and associated information may be viewed on line in the Public Register at www.gov.uk/check-marine-licence-register.
Representations or objections in respect of the application should be made in writing, giving an address to which correspondence relating to the representation or objection may be sent, to the Marine Management Organisation, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH, or alternatively emailed to andrew.souter@marinemanagement.org.uk, within 28 days of 16/04/2015, quoting reference MLA/2015/00104. The Marine Management Organisation will pass to the applicant a copy of any objection or representation we receive.
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By John Prendergast
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BERMONDSEY BOXER Ted Cheeseman had the two biggest promoters in the game put in offers for his talents he told the News this week.
The teenager officially announced he turned pro in the last seven days and he has signed terms with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing team, therefore turning down an offer from rival promoter Frank Warren. The nineteen-year-old will join the Tony Sims gym, whose charges
Top promoters wanted Cheeseman signature
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include Anthony Joshua, Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell, and admits going pro was not a snap decision. He said: “It has been on my mind for a while and I nearly turned pro last year. But I was persuaded to go for the ABAs one more time. “When it didn’t go my way I thought it was the right time. I had good offers and I don’t want boxing to be a hobby, I want it to be my career so turning pro seemed the right thing to do.” He added: “It’s a top gym full of top fighters so it is exciting for me to work there and watch and learn from people who are fighting for titles, and seeing what it takes to get there.
“At the moment I have only been there a week or so and I am working on technical things and getting my style right and we will see what happens.” The ex-Fisher ABC man said he would look back on his time in the Bermondsey gym fondly but admitted he found the lack of international recognition frustrating. He told the News: “I have to thank people like Steve Hiser, Ray Bull and Timmy Driscoll and everybody who helped train me as an amateur, and also all my sponsors who helped me too.” He added: “It just felt my face did not fit with the GB squad. Of the eight fighters who I went to the World Junior Games with six are in GB squads and I can’t even get a trail. “It’s great if you are in the GB squad but if not you get called up sometimes, at your own expense, and it feels like you are being used for sparring. You can get treated like a piece of meat.”
Carr still on track in ABAs Ted Cheeseman has called it quits in the amateur game and turned pro
LIGHTWEIGHT DANNY Carr won his fifth bout of this year’s ABAs in order to secure a spot in the last eight of the nationwide competition.
The Fisher ABC boxer was expected to be given a bye after an arduous London section of the tournament, but instead he fought Lewis Adams from the Holland Park club last weekend in a pre-quarter final bout. But despite the workload Carr came through the contest on points and is now ready to face the best
lightweights in the country in Liverpool next week. Steve Hiser, head coach at Fisher boxing club, said: “He boxed the other kids head off and I think it took some people by surprise. Danny has real power and can really punch. “But he showed he can box too and has great skill and he done very well. The only surprise for me was it was a split decision as I thought he won easily. “It didn’t affect the result but the judging is worrying. I saw another kid
However his old coach has mixed feelings about the switch to the paid ranks Fisher ABC head coach Steve Hiser said: “Personally I think he is too young to turn pro although I can understand why he has decided to do so. “He turns pro with the blessing of me and everybody at Fisher. But I am disappointed as I think the way he has been treated means that he was pushed in this direction and it is happening all the time in the amateur game.” But the boxer himself harbours no doubts about going pro. He added: “I am only nineteen and some may think I have gone too early but we are in no rush and Eddie Hearn has told me that. “He [Hearn] wants me to build a following and it is not just about selling tickets. He told me lots of boxers can sell tickets but he wants to develop me and win titles that is good news for me.”
on the show get a bad decision and you could see it disheartened him.” Hiser was full of praise for Carr who is as dedicated to the Bermondsey boxing club out of the ring as he is when he steps through the ropes. Hiser added: “Danny has now boxed five times to get to this stage and he deserves it for not only the hard work he displays in training and in the ring, but also for all the help he gives the club outside of the ring too. “He has been a touch unlucky in recent years but hopefully he will get
Carr is getting rewards for a dedicated approach
his rewards in Liverpool.” The finals weekend of all weight categories, for men and women, starts on Friday April 24 when all last eight contests take place. The semi-finals and finals will follow in consecutive days with all bouts taking place at the Liverpool Echo Arena.
Youth prospers at Southwark City
By Tom Ulicsak
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A YOUTHFUL side from Southwark City Tennis Club rallied to a fine win last week against Camber in the Aegon Surrey men’s league
The Burgees Park club relied on three teenagers from their youth programme, in a six man team, as they overcame their rivals by a score of eight points to four. However Southwark City Tennis players have been Camber were able to exact some revenge with their second team taking in top form in recent weeks
victory against Southwark's reserves. In the women’s league a side featuring four teenagers also prevailed after coming through a tight encounter to beat David Lloyd Woking 4-3. The crunch doubles match tiebreak went the way of captain Rushan Tonge-Bobia and Angela Zamara. The Easter break was a busy period at Southwark City Tennis Club with more than 80 children attending holiday camps. The club ran six competitions with a total of 65 participants from under
eight to seventeen. The winners were Alexander Vurganov (age 8 and under), Lucas Ebert (8U), Shiv Kashyap (9U), Joshua Usideme (10U), Devante Brown (18U) and Charles Akom (18U). Elsewhere Shiv Kashyap’s fine run of form continued as he picked up tournament wins at Muswell Hill and Bromley in the under nine category. Anyone interested in training with club coaches at a number of Southwark venues should go to www.beactive.london or call 02077034275 for information.
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Fisher boxing fundraiser
FISHER BOXINg club are holding their annual fundraising dinner show next Wednesday evening at the The Troxy club in Tower Hamlets.
The evening will see around ten senior and junior boxers from the Bermondsey club box whilst cash is raised for the Downside Fisher youth club and boxing set up. Tickets cost £10 entry on the door or if you wish to go for a champagne reception, top quality three-course meal with wine plus a ringside view of the boxing you can pay £150, or £1,350 for a table of ten. For tickets for tables and more information about the event visit www.downside-fisher.org.
Lynn trio seek ABA glory
THREE BOXERS from Lynn ABC will head to Liverpool tomorrow week seeking to become national champions in their weight categories.
Of the three only Charlie Driscoll was in action in the pre-quarter finals of the competition last weekend, after the ABA decided London boxers would have to take part despite some having fought on numerous occasions already. The Lynn man defeated Kane Stewart from the Paddy Johns club on a split decision. Driscoll, who operates at light welterweight, has now boxed five times to get to the finals in Merseyside, a heavier workload than many of the peers he could be up against. Lynn head coach Samm Mullins told the News: “We got told about the change at quite short notice but Charlie did well and won. “It was a close fight but I do think the judging left a bit to be desired but we came away with the decision so we live to fight another day.” Mullins is now looking for Driscoll to deliver against the big guns of his division given his experience in the amateur ranks. Mullins said: “Charlie is a good fighter and has seven national titles under his belt so he knows what this is all about. “But at this stage it is all about delivering on the day. There can be no mistakes as you have the best eight fighters in the country to compete with. “I expect Charlie to make it to the final and maybe win but the pressure is on him as he is experienced and there is expectations about what he can achieve.” In contrast to Driscoll both flyweight Louie Lynn and female bantamweight Jenna O’Riley have not had a contest but now have the opportunity to make waves at the Echo Arena in the quarter finals. “Both Louie and Jenna go into the competition with nothing to lose. I don’t have any big expectations of them but that is not to say they will not go in there and give it everything.” Mullins said. “We happy as a club to have three fighters competing in Liverpool and hopefully we can come away from the weekend with a couple of champions.”
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Hendon 2
Dulwich Hamlet 2
A CONTROVERSIAL 89 minute goal from Jordan Hibbert rescued a valuable point for Dulwich on Saturday in a game where all the spoils seemed to be theirs at one stage.
In a contest where Hendon went into the game hunting top spot Hamlet, seeking to tie up a play off position, appeared to hold all the aces when James Fisher saw red on 38 minutes after a heavy tackle on Luke Wanadio. That advantage was capitalised on just after the second half commenced when Xavier Vidal turned on the edge of the penalty area and rifled a shot into the bottom corner of the net. However Hendon found a way back
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into the game when striker Harry Ottaway chased down an advancing player from the home side but only succeeded in giving away a spot kick. Sam Murphy stepped up and scored emphatically. Now on the front foot Hendon took the lead with nine minutes remaining when a poor defensive clearance was crossed to the far post where the unmarked Dave Diedhou headed past keeper Phil Wilson. In the last minute of normal time, Dulwich grabbed an equaliser from an unlikely source. Hibbert, who had been playing out of position at left back, picked up the ball half way inside the Hendon half, advanced a few yards forward and hit a shot that dipped and crashed down off the underside of the bar and back into play. Following a consultation between
the referee and his assistant a goal was awarded. Dulwich then almost nabbed all three points when a low driven cross from Ashley Carew saw Kevin James slide in and miss the ball by a whisker in front of an empty net. Saturday’s contest against table topping Maidstone United is an all ticket match. To find out how to purchase them, and for the latest Hamlet news, visit www.pitchero.com/clubs/dulwichha mlet.
At the weekend two goals from in form frontman Luke Haidarovic and a Femi Akinwande strike enabled Fisher to pick up their fourth win in six games. The form of the experienced duo Dave Waters and Haidarovic has pleased Harrison and he confirmed he will be seeking to secure their services next season. The Fisher manager added: “Those guys have been great since they come in and I will be speaking to them about staying on. With Luke we would like to build a team around him as he is a great focal point up front “It’s not only that as he has been great
off the pitch too with the way he carries himself and the way he always gives 100 per cent.” On Tuesday night Harrison made nine changes for the LIngfield game as he ran the rule over a number of players with a view to next season. The game in Surrey ended 2-1 to the home side as Kieran Scantlebury’s second half goal was not enough to claw back a half time deficit built up thanks to efforts from Simon Wallace and Sam Clemence. For the latest Fisher news visit fisherfc.co.uk or follow the club on twitter @FisherFC.
NEXT GAMES RYMAN PREMIER LEAGUE Maidstone United (H) Sat April 18 @ 3pm
Harrison hits target and seeks to build By John Prendergast
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FISHER FC boss Dean Harrison believes he can bring long term success at the Rotherhithe club after achieving the short term goal of avoiding relegation.
Safety from the drop was secured over the Easter weekend and the Fisher manager, who has been in post since December, told the News he hopes recent good results are a sign of things to come. He said: “There is a sense of relief at what we have done [avoiding relegation] and also one of achievement. We have all worked hard to get to this point. “It is something I think is sustainable and we will continue to build on this. We want to be a top half side next year and be competing with those sides up there.” On Saturday Fisher picked up another three points when they defeated Tunbridge Wells 3-0 at Champion Hill.
Stansfeld O&B FC 5
Fleetdown United 1 Stansfeld O&B FC 3 By Lloyd Bradley
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THREE GOALS in two games from Billy Jolley helped bag Stansfeld the full complement of points from their two fixtures in the last week.
By John Prendergast
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DULWICH HAMLET have linked up with Walworth charity Cooltan Arts and will be fundraising for them this weekend.
The Walworth Road based mental health group will be the official charity partners of the club next season but have been invited to the Maidstone game this weekend. A bumper crowd is expected for the
DULWICH HAMLET are offering businesses and groups the chance to become their shirt sponsors next year if they cough up £300.
Fisher will hope to build on their fine recent form
Jolley was on target twice when the Southwark side travelled to Bredhurst Juniors last Saturday as the visitors flew out of the blocks from the first whistle. With another effort from Billy Shinners the Bermondsey outfit were three goals to the good before Bredhurst got their act together and closed the margin to a single goal. However Stansfeld were not to be denied and Sam Ryan scored a brace of goals himself to round off a successful few days for the Southwark side. The victory came on the back of a tighter win last Wednesday against mid
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table side Fleetdown United. Mickey Smith got the scoring underway from the penalty spot before Michael Beattie netted an equaliser for the home side. But Jolley, who was named man of the match in the Fleetwood game, scored to edge Stansfeld ahead and Jake Williams rounded off proceedings with the final goal of the day. The six points leaves Stansfeld in fifth position in the Kent Country League Premier Division although they are a distant eighteen points behind leaders Metrogas.
all ticket affair and a bucket collection will take place from half time onwards, with funds going to the arts and other events the charity put on. Before the game, and throughout the afternoon, Cooltan Art will be showcasing some of their fundraising merchandise which fans can also purchase. To find out more about the group, which is partly run by adults with mental health issues, visit www.cooltanarts.org.uk.
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Jolley up bags Stansfeld six points Bredhurst Juniors 2
Hamlet charity drive
Xavier Vidal was on target as Hamlet picked up a point against Hendon CR
By John Prendergast
NEXT GAME
SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST FOOTBALL LEAGUE Greenwich Borough (A) Sat Apr 18 @ 3pm
Photo by Dave Anderson
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The fee will gain entry into a draw with the chance to become the main sponsor of the Champion Hill club. To enter interested parties have to buy a quarter-page advert in a match
day programme for £300, this package will also include links to websites via social media for the entire season. No more than 100 tickets will be given away for the draw but there is no limit to the number of times organisations can enter. The deadline for entry will be the end of season awards date of May 9. For information contact Claudia Jukes via commercial@dulwichhamletfc.co.uk.
Billy Jolley netted three times in two games for Stansfeld
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ASDA FOUNDATION PAN LONDON SPORTS CHALLENGE SUCCESS AT MILLWALL
Millwall Community Trust (MCT) worked in partnership with sport for development charity Active Communities Network and the Asda Foundation last Wednesday (8 April) to deliver the ‘Pan London Challenge’
Taking place in the school Easter holidays the event was held at the Lions Centrewith over 200 young people from Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Brent, Enfield, Sutton and further afield coming together to celebrate the success of the Asda Foundation and Active Communities Network programme partnership, which is entering its second year. The event focussed on the four London boroughs which hosted Asda Foundation Community Champions Tournaments over the past year for one final tournament. The U18 and U16 boys groups each took part in a football competition run by Millwall Community Trust
coaches with the teams consisting of young people from the ASDA Foundation and Active Communities Network programme partnership projects across London. The girls and U16 boys group also took part in a fitness challenge run by community delivery partners ‘Train Station’ which consisted of six fitness station challenges with young people competing as teams. After the Train Station challenge the girls took part in a workshop delivered by Active Communities Network trainers focusing on female participation in sport and empowerment. Guests including prospective Parliamentary Candidate - Simon Hughes, Councillor Sunny Lambe (Southwark Council), Councillor Alan Smith, Deputy Mayor Lewisham as well as Diggi Saxena Store Manager at Asda Old Kent Road, Claire Gager – Community Life Champion at Asda Old Kent Road were all in attendance where they had an opportunity to network and discuss community work in the executive lounges at The Den before moving onto the Lions Centre to watch the activities and help present medals, trophies and goody bags to all of those who won and participated in the day. The Asda Foundation – the charitable arm of the retailer Asda - entered a three-year programme partnership in London in July 2013 with Active Communities Network to support young people from
the most disadvantaged areas of London to improve their skills for employment and other outcomes relating to their attitudes, confidence, self-esteem and education. Active Communities Network deliver a package of sports and youth work to support young people into volunteering, accredited training and work-experience/placements. David Briggs, Senior Manager Millwall Community Trust said: “It is Millwall Community Trust’s 30 year anniversary this year – we were one of the very first football clubs to start in the community world and have many synergies with Active Communities Network; education, sport participation, community development - this partnership is a good fit for the future.” Julie Ward, Asda Foundation, said: “We see the Foundation as one of the many ways to give something back to the communities that support us and the partnership with Active Communities Network has allowed us to support thousands of young people across London, building their skills and confidence by getting involved with their local community. The Pan London event celebrates the strong partnership we have enjoyed over the past two years.” Gary Stannett MBE, CEO – Active Communities Network, said: “Since 2013 our partnership with the Asda Foundation has gone from strength-to-strength. We have worked with young people and communities across London so they
can access positive sports activities, personal development programmes, mentoring and empowerment programmes. “In this time we have worked with Asda Community Life Champions and colleagues across London who have proven to be a valuable component in the young people realising their ambitions. “This event today has drawn young people and network partners from across London to showcase what we have all achieved together and we all look forward to expanding and taking forward the partnership programme.” Gerald Oppenheim, Trustee – Asda Foundation said: “Rather than sitting around the Asda Foundation board table it is good to come out and meet the CLCs and other Asda colleagues. “The event today illustrates the best example of how this programme is not just about money – 95 Asda colleagues have gone and done vocational qualifications which they can use outside of their day-to-day work – it all comes together well and adds up to how it changes the lives of young people involved.” Creistale, 13 – Female participant from Lambeth: “The workshop was very productive and progressive. We learnt how to work as a team and learnt how girls are in terms of society. “To any other girls reading this who want to do sport or football, I say ‘go for it’. Go and play football and do your thing. Don’t worry about what anyone says about you because at the
end of the day they’re not you; they don’t live your life – do what you love doing. If you love football then play football.” Simon Hughes, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate – Bermondsey & Old Southwark said: “This is a really good partnership. Millwall have got a fantastic reputation for their community outreach and their community scheme is as good as any Premier League one. “I have known Active Communities Network since they were founded and they follow the right principle – you’ve got to go out and reach people on the streets, on the estates. “I know the big Asda store on the Old Kent Road really well and Asda as an organisation have decided that a way in which they can use some of their profits is to help the community. “Hooking people through sport and recreation, and being able to give training and skills to young people whether it’s personal confidence, looking people in the eye, presenting yourself well, being on time, writing a CV, interviewing – is all absolutely important. “Something like this which mixes the commercial world with the reality of employment is really good.”
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I RUSHED BACK TOO SOON FROM INJURY
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By Alex Aldridge
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LEE MARTIN can see the error of his ways with 20:20 hindsight vision.
If the winger had time again, he’d have rested his damaged toe for longer. But his natural urge has always been “to come back a week early” and that, he now realises, was the “wrong idea”. Martin was stamped on against Bournemouth in November and initially missed three weeks. When he came back into the team, sprinting felt unnatural. “I was running on the outside of my foot,” he says. The 28-year-old was then clattered in the ribs against Nottingham Forest at the end of January and sat out for another ten days. It was against Leeds on Valentine’s Day that Martin’s troublesome toe came back to haunt him. The original injury had altered his “running pattern”, putting pressure on his third metatarsal. A hairline crack appeared after the game at Elland Road, and Martin has since missed seven weeks. This time around, he’s seen his rehab through to the end. He felt rusty on his return to action against Watford last weekend, but hopes there is enough time left in the season for him to make a difference. “My foot is a lot better now,” Martin told the News. “I needed to settle things down from when I first hurt my toe. “I came back a bit too soon from the toe injury because I just wanted to play football, but I didn’t give it enough time. I was running on the outside of my foot, and that led to a stress fracture. “It feels good now because I’ve rested and it’s healed quickly.” It’s been a frustrating campaign for Martin. In addition to his foot problems, he also had to bounce back from knee ligament damage in September. “It’s been such a stop-start season for me,” he added. “I’ve had quite a few injuries but instead of settling them down, I’ve always tried to come back a week early. “That’s either led to another injury or prolonged things. Long-term I’ve had the wrong idea but you can’t fault me for wanting to get out there. “But I should’ve known better really. In hindsight it’s always obvious, but had I done it the right way around, I’d have probably played more games. “That’s all down to me and nothing to do with the physios. It was purely me pushing to play even when I knew, at the back of my head, that I wasn’t 100 percent. “If I’d left things a bit longer, I’d have been better off. “Between my ribs, knee and foot, I’ve had three injuries that have been quite sore. Sometimes you have seasons like that, and then other seasons you can walk on water. “This year it’s been dribs and drabs for me. To come straight back into it takes a while as you saw against Watford. I’d trained for only four
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Lions star admits eagerness to overcome toe problem has cost him game-time
days so was still feeling a bit rusty. That’s to be expected.” Martin’s spell on the sidelines has been made all the more unbearable by the fact he’s missed some crucial games in Millwall’s season. “It’s difficult watching something that you can’t affect,” he said. “At the back-end of last year, I made a contribution and still feel that I can do now. “I could’ve come back three weeks
ago and played at 70 percent but I needed to let my foot heal fully. Hopefully I can make an impact in the remaining games. “My poor missus has had to deal with my energy at home - I always need to be doing something at the best of the times! “So credit to the all the physios and staff in the gym - and to my missus because she’s put up with
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Harris' management style "moulded" on former bosses
By Alex Aldridge
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NEIL HARRIS believes a keep-itsimple approach is helping him get the best out of Millwall's squad.
me for two months, going bonkers. “Obviously I want to be back out there playing football - that’s what we get paid to do and that’s what we enjoy.” When a centre back returns from a spell in the treatment room, the timing of his headers and positioning can be a bit off. So what challenges does a winger face when he’s thrown back into competitive action? “You’re not used to match situations yet,” he said. “[That affects] one-on-ones, running at someone and your agility, balance and coordination. “You need to be playing matches to find your rhythm. Players harp on about match fitness but it is so crucial. When I came on against Watford, I did a couple of good things and a couple of bad things. That’s where I’m at. “Some people will dissect the game and say you’ve done more bad than good but, long-term, the
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three things I did well will soon become six. Once I’ve got minutes under my belt, I know what I can do.” Watching from the sidelines, Martin has been “really impressed” with interim boss Neil Harris. “Chopper has taken to it really well and it’s been surprisingly natural for him so quickly,” Martin said. “The boys have responded in a positive manner and so have the fans, which really helps. It’s a more uplifting environment to play in. For the injured players watching from the stands, you want to be a part of that. “Chopper makes it enjoyable and fun but his understanding of football is second to none. Not only that, his understanding of Millwall is spot-on - he knows what the fans want and what you have to be to be a Millwall player. “He’s helping us, the boys are buying into it and that’s massive for
everyone. He’s given other people chances as well and they’ve taken on that responsibility and shown people what they’re capable of. It’s worked out well so far.” Martin is in a minority of players with a contract for next season. So how is he feeling about the future, be it in the Championship or League One? “I’m an optimistic person,” he said. “If you think negatively, you attract negativity. I think what we’ve got going at the moment is something special because everyone is on the same page. “No matter what happens, Chopper can’t be judged on these ten games because he’s picking up the pieces. But I think he’s got a really bright future in management - it’s been very natural for him even though he’s still young. “He’s been brilliant for all the boys and he’s given a couple of youngsters an opportunity to do well.”
Harris says working under Kenny Jackett and Ray Harford taught him that a straightforward style of management is the most effective. “We’re trying to be quite basic and not over-complicate things," Harris revealed, speaking after a month in charge of the Lions. "We don’t spend too long analysing games. "Yes, we’re very respectful of the fact we must self-evaluate and we’re not neglectful of the opposition, but there is a style and way of playing for Millwall, which is a unique club, and our concern is to get that into the players. "You have to have your own ideas and philosophy but mould it around other people. Kenny Jackett is a great coach because he made things so simple. That was a big thing I learned - don’t be over-complicated. "I was very fortunate to work under the late Ray Harford who one year coached Blackburn to the Premier League title and the next year came to work at Millwall in League One. How lucky were we? "Again, he made it so simple. One year he was working with Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, the next year he was working with Neil Harris and Richard Sadlier." Harris' interim stint in the Millwall hot-seat is being built upon a return to the core values of the club. "Even the top managers of this club have either taken the time to find out about the philosophy or have learned quickly on the job," he added. "Having an inside knowledge of how to get the fans to identify with the team is the biggest thing. The fans pay their
money and want to see a Millwall team on the pitch. "I understand that, and how I translate that message to the players to get them to perform is something I’m learning about every day as a coach. "I don’t think you can underestimate the link between the pitch and the stands at this club. “There are old-fashioned values here. What does it mean to play for this club? And a style of play is imperative. "Our style of play won’t be exactly the same every game - we’re not afraid to change tactics and formations - but what the club stands for is what the players have to realise." What is evident from Harris' time in charge so far is that he has a knack for making players believe in themselves again. And he feels that having good manmanagement skills is important. “I was a player’s player and a leader in the dressing room," Harris said. "I saw that as a big part of my role as a senior player. "Naturally, I like to talk to people and make sure everyone is OK. If I see a dip in someone’s form or notice a problem, I’m naturally interested." The elephant in the room is whether Harris will continue in the role beyond the end of the season. “I can sit on the fence and say ‘let’s see how the next four games go’," he said. "At the start, for me, it’s a learning curve and a question of whether I enjoy it and for the club to see if I take to the job, on and off the pitch. "It’s plain to see at the moment that I am enjoying it, the day-to-day challenge and certainly match-days, but there’s no commitment either way. "It really is open in terms of where we go after this. "Nothing is going to be any clearer in the next week or two weeks - but in three weeks’ time I’m sure a decision will be made by both sides.”
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By Alex Aldridge at The Den
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JIMMY ABDOU scored for the first time in two years to inspire ten-man Millwall to victory over nine-man Wigan on a night of high drama at The Den.
N ABDOU 74’ M GUEYE 90’+3’
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Date: Tuesday 14th April 2015 Attendance: 8,494 Man of the match: Sid Nelson Referee: Stephen Martin
15 Upson
35 Nelson
22 O'Brien
Woolford - 85'
16 Kim
20 Bong
4-2-3-1
4-4-2
1 Forde
26 Abdou
16 Beevers
21 Harding
Bailey - 42'
Gueye - 69'
7 Martin
6 Williams
9 Gregory
32 Fortune
Waghorn - 53'
11 McClean
24 Perch
36 Kvist
15 Pennant
Chow - 81'
Ojo - 92'
28 Pearce
1 Carson
4 Maguire
17 Boyce
Head to Head 34% 5 5
Possession
66%
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Bournemouth Norwich City Middlesbrough Watford Derby County Ipswich Town Brentford Wolves Blackburn Rovers Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Charlton Athletic Cardiff City Birmingham City Leeds United Huddersfield Town Bolton Wanderers Reading Brighton Fulham Rotherham United Millwall Wigan Athletic Blackpool
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O'Brien breaks through after capitalising on a misplaced pass but he takes a heavy touch and Carson just beats him to the ball.
Some early work for Forde as James McClean's cross almost creeps in at the near post. Parried away.
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Gregory and Martin close down the Wigan defence straight away, almost forcing an error. Crowd behind the team from the first minute.
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After a dour first half, the game sparked into life when former Lions loanee Martyn Waghorn was sent off for kicking out at Dan Harding. And ten minutes later, Abdou met Harding's teasing cross with a bullet header, which arrowed into the bottom corner to edge Millwall in front. Things went from bad to worse for the Latics when Jason Pearce was given his marching orders for a rash lunge on Aiden O'Brien – but Ed Upson's reaction also earned him a red. With Wigan committing bodies forward in search of an equaliser, the hosts made sure of the win with Magaye Gueye's breakaway goal. The Lions closed the points-gap on Rotherham, who could yet face a deduction following a Football League charge for fielding an ineligible player, to four ahead of their trip to Fulham last night. The Millers are in hot water after Farrend Rawson played 90 minutes in a 1-0 victory over Brighton on April 6 despite his youth loan from Derby expiring the day before. An independent disciplinary committee will dish out a punishment before the end of the campaign - with their decision set to have a major bearing on the Championship relegation battle. And Harris said: “We want a fair decision, that’s all we can ask for. “I’ve only read the facts like everybody else and it looks pretty clear-cut. They’ve made a bit of mistake. “It could be massive and change the season for everybody but that will take care of itself, as and when. “I’ve spoken a lot about things only we can control – like the game on Tuesday, Cardiff and then Blackburn. “We can’t worry about what’s going to happen regarding Rotherham.” Millwall certainly took matters into their own hands on Tuesday night against Wigan. Harris made one change to his starting XI following the 2-0 defeat to Watford. Lee Martin, who came on as a substitute against the Hornets, made his first start since February in place of Martyn Woolford on the left wing. Jos Hooiveld missed out after failing a late fitness test, while Ricardo Fuller and Paris Cowan-Hall were back on the bench after spells out of the squad. Harris said Millwall would need to get the crowd behind them early on and some frenzied closing down by Martin and Lee Gregory inside the first minute did just that.
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Kim goes for goal and Forde scoops it behind for a corner.
Jimmy Abdou p i c k s p e r fe c t moment to end goal drought Chance for Fortune. Free header inside the box, totally fluffs it. Wigan get the corner but Millwall clear.
Den hero's rare strike caps a special night under the lights in SE16 But there remained an undercurrent of nerves both on and off the field at The Den, underlined by David Forde's awkward save from James McClean's cross-shot in the fifth minute. The Latics were playing a patient, passing game in the hope of drawing the Lions onto them but a momentary lapse in the visiting defence presented O'Brien with a clear run on goal. But O'Brien's first touch was a heavy one, and goalkeeper Scott Carson came off his line quickly to swipe the ball away from the striker's feet when a mis-timed intervention would have resulted in a penalty. In the 19th minute, Marc-Antoine
Fortune totally fluffed a free header from Gaetan Bong's left-wing cross and Forde was able to tip his tame effort over the bar. Bong and Gregory went into the referee's book moments later after a clash on the touchline – the second brawl of the half following a scuffle between McClean and Sid Nelson earlier on. Forde was forced to push Kim BoKyung's bouncing drive behind for a corner as Wigan continued to have the better opportunities during a poor opening half. Shaun Williams had to be withdrawn shortly before the interval with a foot injury and was replaced by
Nicky Bailey. The Latics wasted another halfchance when a corner from the right was swung over and Pearce angled an unchallenged header well wide of the target. Harris changed formation at halftime, deploying Bailey and Abdou in holding roles in front of the back four with Upson pushed further forward as the no.10. His side survived a penalty scare five minutes after the restart when McClean went down over Shaun Cummings' outstretched boot, with referee Stephen Martin waving away the winger's appeals. At the other end, O'Brien's sharp
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Millwall break and O'Brien turns cleverly before curling a shot towards goal which Carson tips wide. Great effort, great save.
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Waghorn sent off! The former Lions loanee kicked out at Harding. Millwall will play vs. ten men for the final half an hour.
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1-0 Millwall! Harding hangs up a cross and Jimmy Abdou arrives late in the box to plant his header into the bottom corner.
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The red card is out again! Upson retaliated to Pearce tackle on O'Brien. It's now ten men vs. nine.
Wigan have everyone committed upfield, quick ball over the top sets Gueye free and he rolls it across Carson and into the corner.
NEIL HARRIS REACTION
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hat was a Millwall performance. That's what this club is about.
If the players hadn't learned anything from me or Dave Livermore before tonight, they have now. I don't necessarily condone melees but if things aren't going well and you need a spark at The Den, you have to take care of your own. I've seen the incidents again. I can see arguments for all three red cards. We'll have to look at them again in the cold light of day on a big screen. Without sitting on the fence, we'll sit tight and have a look later. But I can't ask for passion, commitment, tackles and challenges, and then moan at one of my players for looking after one of his teammates. Gary Caldwell has got Wigan playing good football and they're suited to the way he wants to play. We knew they were going to have a lot of the football but we're a different club to that – we're about high-tempo, pressing and getting in people's faces. Our game plan was to impact them and, with the way the game went, it worked.
turn and shot drew a fine save from Carson, who flung out an arm to tip the ball past the post. The game swung in Millwall's favour on the hour mark when Waghorn lashed out at Harding right under the linesman's nose and was shown a straight red card. But the ten men almost grabbed the lead when the ball was fed wide to Bong, who skied his effort well over the bar when he had a clear shot on Forde's goal. That miss proved costly when, moments later, Abdou arrived late in the box to head in Harding's hanging cross, sparking wild scenes of joy around The Den.
But the celebrations had barely died down when referee Martin made another decisive intervention, sending off Pearce for a forceful tackle on O'Brien and then Upson for raising his hands. Down to nine men, Wigan threw the kitchen sink at Millwall and Nelson stood firm to bravely block McClean's shot as space opened up for the winger inside the box. But Gueye made the points safe in stoppage time when he raced clear and coolly found the bottom corner. The night belonged to Abdou, however, who scored in a Millwall win at The Den for the first time in his Lions career.
After being mobbed by his teammates, the 30-year-old raced over to the dugout to celebrate his goal with former teammate Harris. And the Millwall boss said afterwards: “Jimmy is a great fella and a great servant to Millwall. “If anybody deserved that goal for their performances since I took over, it was certainly Jimmy. He’s got the ability to do that and I’ve been telling him so for seven years! “He’s done it in special moments before – like against Leeds in the playoffs – but he can finish well on his day. “I think his last goal was in training three-and-a-half years ago, so he’s
definitely picked his moment!” Player Ratings: Forde 7, Cummings 7, Harding 8, Abdou 8, Nelson 8, Beevers 8, Martin 7 (Gueye 7, 68mins), Williams 7 (Bailey 7, 42mins), Gregory 8, O'Brien 8 (Woolford, 84mins), Upson 7.
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By Alex Aldridge
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NEIL HARRIS is bursting with pride after leading Millwall to victory in two “high-pressure” games at The Den in quick succession.
Fo r d e r e c ko n s rare Jimmy g o a l co u l d b e t ur n in g point
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By Alex Aldridge
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JIMMY ABDOU’S flying header could prove to be a “big, big moment” in Millwall’s battle against the drop, according to goalkeeper David Forde.
The fans’ favourite, who last scored for the Lions way back in April 2013, grabbed the decisive first goal during Tuesday’s do-or-die clash with relegation rivals Wigan. And if Millwall are to pull off another Great Escape this season, Forde believes Abdou’s emphatic finish in the 2-0 win over the Latics could be a turning point. “It’s about time Jimmy scored!” Forde told the News. “I’m absolutely delighted for him because he loves it here at this club. He’s scored one very important goal before and I was there that night at Elland Road when his goal against Leeds took us to Wembley. “If we stay up, we can look back at big, big moments and this would certainly be one of them.” Forde belives Abdou’s diving header embodied the Millwall values that interim manager Neil Harris has restored to the side since his appointment.
NEIL HARRIS: RIVALS SHOULD FEAR THE DEN
“Neil has brought a bit of resilience back into the team and that’s what Millwall is all about in times of adversity,” he said. “Jimmy has summed that up by scoring a fantastic goal. We’re tough to beat under Neil and we’re looking to turn The Den into a fortress again so that teams don’t like coming here. “We’ve got it rocking and it’s starting to turn into the place of old.” Anything other than three points against Wigan would have been a hammer blow to Millwall’s survival chances. “It was a must-win game, make no mistake about it,” Forde said. “A draw wouldn’t have been good enough. It was a cagey occasion and a bit tit for tat but we managed to score the vitallyimportant first goal.
“There was a lot riding on the game and it wasn’t going to be the prettiest. At this stage of this season it’s all about results and performances go out the window. “We’ve played ten times better than that this season and been on the end of some tough-to-take defeats. “We were poor for the first half-hour but the manager made a fantastic change of formation at half time and we managed to get a foothold at the game. “It’s always good when The Den is rocking like that and we’re attacking our end in the second half. It’s a fantastic result.” Rotherham, the side Millwall have to leapfrog in the table, have been charged by the Football League for fielding an ineligible player and could be docked three points. But Forde says the Lions have to put
that out of their minds for now. “At the end of the day you have to wait until the decision is made - it’s all whats, ifs and maybes at the moment,” said the ‘keeper. “We could be blessed and it could be the bit of luck we need but we have to stay present and focused on the job in hand.”
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The Lions had been on a club-record 13-game winless run on home soil prior to their 2-1 derby victory over Charlton. And they bounced back quickly from defeat to Watford to triumph over relegation rivals Wigan in a must-win fixture on Tuesday night. That is the first midweek game Millwall have won at The Den in an astonishing 576 days. And Harris is delighted that home results are starting to pick up under his leadership. “That was one of the key things when I was asked to take over because the home form has been disappointing,” Harris said. “There was certainly no lack of effort from Ian Holloway or the players, it just hasn’t quite happened. “Now we’ve gone back to Millwall basics and won two high-pressure games - against Charlton in a local derby and against Wigan when it meant a lot to both clubs. “I’m really proud of the fact we’ve scored goals and won both games.” Of the Lions’ four remaining fixtures, only one - against Derby - is in SE16. “That’s a shame now,” Harris added. “It’s not just about the next four games, but next season and the season after that. “It’s about a group of players realising that The Den is ours and that this is our home. “I’ve played in teams here when nobody wanted to play against us. You’d beat teams before they even turned up and we have to go back to that mentality.” Harris says it is doubtful that midfielder Shaun Williams, who limped off against the Latics, will play any part at Cardiff this weekend. He revealed: “All I know is that Shaun walked into the dressing room on crutches, which was a precaution really, but anybody who’s on crutches after a Tuesday game is going to struggle to play on Saturday.” THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%