22nd August 2019

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MP COYLE READY FOR PARTY WAR

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experience placing great emphasis on their emotional wellbeing.”

Cllr Jasmine Ali, cabinet member for children, schools and adult care, said: “This report highlights what can be achieved by health and social care services working together to provide a holistic service for our residents.

“I am incredibly pleased that the hard-work and dedication of council and NHS staff has been recognised in this report.

“Southwark Council is committed to working alongside our partners to deliver services that are having a real impact on our residents’ lives.”

NEIL COYLE has warned the Corbynsupporting members of his party that they could be in for a shock if they attempt to remove him under new Labour selection rules.

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in its entirety.

The service from the council and NHS aims to avoid people going to hospital unnecessarily, and gives support for people leaving hospital so they can be as independent as possible during their recovery and while living with long-term conditions – avoiding ‘bed blocking’.

Inspectors highlighted how “staff demonstrated outstanding compassionate care and emotional support to patients and those close to them.”

The report also stated: “Staff had an inclusive approach to enhance patient

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Under new party rules, if just a third Coyle’s constituency branches and affiliates vote against him in a ‘trigger ballot’, held in September, he could find himself facing an open contest.

Until that confidence vote is held it is unlikely anyone will publicly declare themselves ready to step into the ring. One well-placed source in Southwark described Coyle’s chances as “around 50/50”.

In Bermondsey, the outspoken and divisive Coyle has enraged sections of his membership by calling out Corbyn over his handling of Brexit and allegations of anti-Semitism - but he does have his own supporters in key constituency positions.

Coyle told the News he was “optimistic” that he could come out top: “It’s an arrogant assumption that every member will still back Corbyn, and inaccurate.

“We have strong support for my stance on Brexit and tackling anti-Semitism, and I have signed up many members on that basis.”

“This is all a waste of resources especially for

MPs in marginal seats, and an own goal for Labour.

“I would much rather be focusing on campaigning for more police officers in Southwark and lobbying on reforming Universal Credit.”

Bermondsey and Old Southwark is one of the first constituencies to undergo the process, much earlier than expected, despite Coyle being a backbencher - possibly as a clear warning to rebellious MPs. Southwark consistently polls as one of the UK’s top pro-Remain areas – despite vocal pockets of leave voters. Coyle thinks given the current deadlock his constituency could find itself “not a safe Labour seat” – if it isn’t already – in the event of him being usurped.

Elsewhere, Helen Hayes, in Dulwich and West Norwood, is generally regarded as an effective and well-liked MP even among sections of the party who would prefer a harderleft candidate.

Her pro-Remain interventions have so far avoided causing genuine upset with the leadership. In a selection process, her fate is hard to predict. But Harriet Harman is increasingly looking as unstable as Coyle.

As the News has reported, after nearly 40 years centrist Harman has all but lost control of Camberwell and Peckham to the left of her party, who will no doubt be unimpressed with her refusal to distance herself from claims she is eyeing up the chance to lead a coalition.

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Integrated Care Southwark, which incorporates rehabilitation services and intermediate care teams, was rated ‘outstanding’ during a recent inspection of

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Harman dodges ‘caretaker’ talk

HARRIET HARMAN dodged questions this week on whether she will challenge Corbyn and place herself as leader of a ‘caretaker’ government with support from centrist Labour MPs and the Lib Dems.

The Camberwell and Peckham MP failed to quash rumours when she declined to comment on reports she was in discussions with Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson to lead a so-called national unity government and seize control of Brexit.

Also mooted as a caretaker leader in a coalition is Tory stalwart and pro-European Ken Clarke, the longest serving male MP. The News understands Harman’s only public statement on the matter is a tweet posted last Thursday, saying: “@jeremycorbyn is right to reach out across parties to stop No Deal Brexit.

“No Deal Brexit would be catastrophic. We will all work together to enable Parliament to prevent the deep damage a No Deal Brexit would do to our country!”

In the Commons Boris Johnson has just a majority of one, propped up with DUP support. Jeremy Corbyn also fails to command a majority.

Meanwhile, as the October deadline looms the UK looks on course for no deal.

Fellow Southwark MP Neil Coyle backs Harman as an ‘excellent choice’, telling the News: “She is the mother of the House of Commons, does unite across the house, and could be the serious contender we need.”

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Dog’s best friend A DOG so scared when he went to Battersea that he struggled to leave his kennel has grown in confidence thanks to being befriended by a pug less than half his size.

Fraser may look a bit intimidating, but he is actually a big softie who found adjusting to life at Battersea really difficult, refusing to leave his own kennel even for a short walk. But fearful Fraser’s attitude has completely changed since befriending a tiny, six-month-old pug called Pancake, who was adopted by one of Battersea's canine behaviourists.

After trying everything to build Fraser's confidence, the team decided to see whether introducing Fraser to a more confident dog would help him to follow their lead. Pancake’s owner, Elizabeth Kidd, said: “Although Pancake and Fraser didn’t appear to be the most likely pairing, it was heart-warming to see how well they got along. Little Pancake really taught Fraser how to be a brave dog and be more confident in himself.

If you think you can give Fraser a home, visit www.battersea.org.uk

‘Child snatch’ case

Families trying out the new crossing

By Josh Salisbury

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THE UK’S first permanent rainbow crossing has been unveiled in Herne Hill in solidarity with the LGBT community.

Cllr Ibrahim Dogus & Cllr Sonia Winifred of Lambeth Council

The colourful crossing has been installed on two locations outside the entrance to Brockwell Park – one on the junction of Dulwich Road with Railton Road, and one on Norwood Road with Dulwich

Road.

The colours of the crossing are the same as the LGBT pride flag, symbolising diversity and acceptance.

“We’re proud of our LGBT+ community and have a tradition of championing equality and LGBT+ rights – this crossing celebrates that and is a physical example of our bold and progressive thinking,” said Cllr Sonia Winifred, of Lambeth Council.

“This crossing is a symbol of the pride we have in our flourishing LGBT+ community and will light up Herne Hill with its message of inclusivity,” added Lambeth mayor Cllr Ibrahim Dogus.

‘Walk the rainbow’ messages will also appear around Herne Hill to raise awareness of the rainbow crossing, while people are being invited to share their snaps of the walkway with the hashtag ‘#HerneHillRainbow’.

POLICE INQUIRIES are still ongoing into an alleged broad daylight child snatch attempt in Bermondsey last week.

A man reportedly tried to force a teenage girl into his car as she was walking along Rotherhithe New Road, near Verney Road, around 5.30pm on Tuesday, August 13.

The girl was able to run away, said police, and she was not physically injured.

The alleged snatch attempt was later reported to police.

Police were unable to give a description of the man allegedly involved in the incident, or his vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD5707/13 August.

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‘Fox tail sex assault’

PECKHAM

By Josh Salisbury

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SCOTLAND YARD has launched a witness appeal after a woman was sexually assaulted in broad daylight by the Tate Modern – allegedly by a man suspected of wearing a fox tail.

Waterside ‘wellness’ fundraiser

By Katherine Johnston

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RESIDENTS AT Peckham's Waterside care home raised funds for the Alzheimer's Society at their 'wellness day' last Friday, featuring African drumming, dancing and a fashion show.

The home, run by Anchor, raised £50 for the charity on Friday, August 16, as part of a summer season of special events at Sumner Road.

Manager Juliana Ahunanya said weeks of planning had gone into the day.

"All the activities on the day improved our residents’ physical or mental wellbeing, whether it was a quick dance along with the African drummers or trying out our healthy food," she said.

“Our residents had a fantastic time.

The African drummer was a real hit, and we all enjoyed seeing 78-year-old Dorothy Campbell model in our fashion show as we tucked into healthy treats.

“More people across Britain than

ever before are living with dementia, and we know the importance of providing quality care and support to those living with the condition and their families.

"That’s why the Alzheimer’s Society was an obvious choice when we discussed which charity was going to benefit from our wellness fun day. They do a great job.

"We’re so pleased we raised £50 for them.”

Eighty-nine-year-old Mathew Mcilree, who has lived in Waterside for a year, said: "I am the only boy in my family and my family loves dancing, so I like dancing and enjoy singing.

"Other activities the staff organise for me which I like is going to the pub and tea club.

"I feel very happy living in Waterside.”

Alfred Carty, a 75-year-old grandfather, said: "Waterside is a home from home.

"I say that because all I enjoyed at home, I am also enjoying at Waterside.

"I love gardening here as well as playing dominoes and watching cricket on television.”

The home, which cares for up to 48, has another reason to celebrate after being awarded a 'good' in every area by the Care Quality Commission whose inspectors visited in May of this year.

A subsequent report highlighted its high-quality work and the choice given to its residents.

Ms Ahunanya said: “We have worked hard to make Waterside a good care home but to be given such praise from the regulator is wonderful.

"We are proud of the meals which are made from fresh seasonal ingredients and the high levels of training and support our staff receive.

"We welcome such rigorous inspections and clear ratings so older people and their families can see which homes are the best in the country.

"We’re so pleased to be classed as a good care home - we’ll be celebrating this success.”

£1,000 in repairs.

Many in attendance were keen to stress the problem was being caused by a minority of young people – a point reinforced by one youngster, David, who volunteered to meet with police to discuss solutions.

Borough commander, Simon Messinger, Southwark and Lambeth’s top cop, told residents that the issue was being caused by a ‘hard-core group who are spoiling it for the rest.’“Some of the young people are not from Southwark, they are coming from other London boroughs, it’s not just a Southwark issue,” he said.

“Some of the kids are filming it and then putting it on social media, which is how these trends grow.”

Responding to concern raised of areas not being safe he added: “The idea that we could have ‘no-go areas’, that’s unacceptable for me as a borough commander.”

Police pledged a six-week crackdown with extra patrols on antisocial behaviour hotspots, including St John’s Churchyard near to

Tower Bridge Road.

The operations will then be reviewed after six weeks, residents were told, while a follow-up meeting is planned to discuss long-term solutions with community groups, such as more youth spaces or a dedicated bike track.

Among the difficulties in tackling the problem, officers said, were large groups of individuals made it hard to identify those responsible, while instant messaging allowed problematic bikers to disperse before police arrived.

The impassioned meeting also saw community activist Mac Ferrari, 35, who coorganised the anti-knife crime initiative, Bikestormz, leave the room after remonstrations between attendees.

Mr Ferrari said Bikestormz, which had been praised by rapper Stormzy as the inspiration by his music video for ‘Vossi Bop’ had been cancelled for the foreseeable future, over residents’ concerns around young bikers.

STORMY BIKE GROUP MEETING

By Josh Salisbury

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BERMONDSEY RESIDENTS spoke of their deep concerns at antisocial behaviour from large groups of ‘boys on bikes’ at a crowded, lively and sometimes angry meeting on Tuesday night organised by local councillors.

Around 100 people filled out a room in the council’s Tooley Street headquarters to share their experiences of bikers’ behaviour with police top brass and council officers – with some telling officials they felt parks had become ‘no-go areas’ for their children as a result.

One resident, who did not give his name, said he had been living in the area for 38 years, but had noticed a particular increase in antisocial behaviour and crime from ‘boys on bikes’ in the past two years.

Another added he had been attacked by a child on a bike, who then allegedly threw a brick through his window, costing him

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The assault happened shortly after midday on July 15, at the junction of Holland Street and Sumner Street by the art gallery.

A man – said to have had “an animal tail, like a fox tail” hanging out the back of his trousers - is alleged to have approached the victim, aged in her twenties at the junction and attempted to pull down her trousers.

When she resisted, he reportedly then bent down and tried to pick her up by grabbing her legs.

Two passers-by, a man and a woman, rushed to her aid and the suspect calmly walked away in the direction of Sumner Street, said police.

He is described as being tall, white, in his thirties, with long, blonde hair, possibly in a ponytail.

He was wearing navy cargo trousers and a dark coloured top, and was described as having a distinctive animal tail like a fox tail hanging out

from the back of, or attached to, his trousers.

Police are treating it as an isolated incident.

The Met’s Detective Constable Nick Heywood said: “Thankfully the woman targeted by the suspect was not physically harmed, but this assault has nonetheless and unsurprisingly left her shaken.

“I am confident the suspect would have stood out at that time of day in an area predominantly populated by workers from local businesses who were on their lunch break.

“I am keen to speak to the two people who came to the woman’s aid as they may hold information that could progress this investigation.”

The Good Samaritans who rushed to the victim’s aid are described as Spanish speaking and aged in their 50s.

The man had short, greyish hair and was wearing glasses and the woman had short, curly hair.

There have been no arrests, and police investigations to track down the suspect are continuing.

Anyone who can assist with this investigation is asked to contact officers on the Central South Command Unit on 101 and quote CAD 4034/15July.

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By Josh Salisbury

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TWO ‘BERMONDSEY Beer Mile’ businesses have had the terms of their alcohol licences reviewed following allegations of antisocial behaviour from their punters – including late night swearing, vomiting in public and littering.

Fed-up residents of Bermondsey’s Arnold Estate, on Druid Street, applied for a succesful review of the alcohol licences for the popular Hawkes Cider Taproom and nearby craft beer joint, The Barrel Project.

Now the two businesses must either individually or jointly employ a street warden between 6pm to 11.30pm on Fridays in a bid to cut-down on drunken noise and disruption.

“My sleep times are pushed out to accommodate transient visitors to the area who urinate in our street, leave their rubbish and pizza crusts and vomit behind, whilst they go home in their cabs before repeating the cycle the next weekend,” one resident who also chairs the Arnold Estate TRA told councillors in a submission to a Licensing SubCommittee meeting earlier this month.

The cumulative impact of the breweries on the popular mile meant the resident had to take their children out during peak noise times – and couldn’t even have the windows open on hot days, she said.

Liberal Democrat ward councillor, Humaira Ali, who backed residents’ bid for a review, said she was disappointed that further conditions had not been

attached to the businesses by the committee.

A spokesperson for the Barrel Project said: “We are very proud to be part of the Bermondsey community and we are very much aware of the proximity of our neighbours and the impact that antisocial behaviour can have on their lives. As a result we put forward the suggestion that we would impose the use of a street marshal on Druid Street at busy times to combat any antisocial behaviour.”

The marshal was introduced last week, he said, and a local business association, Bermondsey Market and Makers, would work to address issues of antisocial behaviour.

It comes after the council won a legal battle brought by the Southwark Brewing Company, also on Druid Street, in April over concern about the impact of noise and disruption to residents of the nearby St John’s Estate.

The beer-mile business had sought to increase its opening hours to serve alcohol until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, plus twenty minutes ‘drinking up’ time.

But District Judge Susan Holdham rejected the bid, saying the additional hours and the cumulative impact of seventeen businesses within 100m having alcohol licenses would cause too much disruption for local residents.

However, she added in her ruling that the decision was not a reflection upon the business or how it was run.

Hawkes Cider Tap Room had not responded to a request for comment as the News went to press.

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DUO PART OF GANG JAILED FOR TERRIFYING ARMED ROBBERY CAMBERWELL

By Katherine Johnston

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TWO CAMBERWELL men are among eight members of an organised crime gang now behind bars after a terrifying armed robbery in a Sutton pub.

Joseph Barnaby, aged 31, (b.12.05.1988) from Lothian Road, off Walworth Road, was convicted for carrying out the armed robbery of a pub in Sutton after a fiveweek trial at Kingston Crown Court. He was sentenced on Tuesday, August 13.

Ibrahim Sesay, aged 29, also from Lothian Road, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy at an earlier hearing and was sentenced to twelve years in prison.

Barnaby, Sesay and their associates from across south London have now received a total of 100 years’ jail time.

Police were called to a pub on Cheam Common Road, Worcester Park, on October 1, 2017, to reports of an armed robbery.

The court heard how four men pulled up outside the venue at around 10pm in a silver Vauxhall Astra, wearing orange

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POLICE HAVE thanked News readers after an urgent appeal was launched to find two missing teenage girls from Camberwell.

boiler suits, masks and gloves.

One of Barnaby's associates - David Ansah (aged 28, from St James Road, Croydon) - was seen carrying a handgun.

The four men lined up eight victims against a wall in the back office and forced them to kneel, repeatedly threatening them with a kitchen knife and firearm - including holding the gun to one victim's head.

The court heard they demanded money from the tills and office, stopped all CCTV, and even stabbed one victim in the thigh.

After about ten minutes two victims were released while the others remained locked inside the office.

After finding a large safe in the hallway of the bedsit upstairs they dragged it their getaway car, but were unable to get it in the foot and decided to flee, leaving it on the ground outside.

The Met's Flying Squad launched an investigation and discovered the two people let out the office by the robbers had actually been members of the gang who arrived at the venue earlier pretending to be customers.

Members of the gang were arrested after detectives gathered forensic evidence,

CCTV, phone records and vehicle information.

Detective Constable Will Man said: “This offence was conducted by an organised criminal gang who were prepared to use weapons in order to enforce their demands.

“They targeted both staff and customers in the premises with a firearm and a knife.

"They had no regard for any member of the public’s safety or welfare and carried out these violent actions solely in order to steal cash to fund their own lifestyle.

“The hard work and relentless enquiries carried out by Flying Squad detectives have ensured that all those responsible have been brought to justice.

"The serious nature of this offence has been reflected in the sentencing imposed by the court.

"I hope this offers reassurance to not only the victims of this crime but also the community as a whole that we will continue to pursue and apprehend such violent criminals.

“I would like to sincerely thank the victims for their full support in bringing

this case to trial.”

Also convicted were Dominic BarnabyThomas, aged 33, from Oakfield Road near Penge, handed eighteen years and David Ansah, aged 28, from St James Road, Croydon, also jailed for eighteen years.

Henrya Buahin, also known as Junaid Marfo (aged 34) from Montpelier Road, Purley, was convicted of theft following the same trial. He was jailed for eighteen years and received eighteen months for the theft offence to run concurrently.

Michela Christina Zanelli, aged 23, from Verulam Avenue, Purley, was convicted of

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On Monday, Southwark MPS and the charity Missing People issued an alert warning they were 'extremely concerned' for the teenagers' welfare.

Both girls had not been seen since Sunday night.

On Tuesday, a Met spokesperson from Central South Basic Command Unit said the two girls were located yesterday evening and were 'safe and well'.

"Thank you to the media and the public for their support,” he said.

Water result

TWO NEW water fountains have been installed in Nunhead Green and Brimmington Park, while two more are set for Dulwich Village and Potter’s Fields Park.

The fountains are part of a City Hall bid to install 100 drinking fountains across London to reduce plastic waste and encourage reusable bottles.

The ‘distinctive’ fountains will dispense free tap water to keep Londoners hydrated on the move, and are accessible to wheelchair users.

Steve Spencer, chief operating officer at Thames Water said: “London’s tap water is world class and we’re celebrating this by building a network of water fountains so it’s even more accessible to people on the move.”

Plastic bottles reportedly make up ten per cent of the waste found in the Thames, and can take between 500 to 1,000 years to fully decompose.

By Katherine Johnston

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FURIOUS AYLESBURY Estate residents have slammed Southwark Council after receiving a rebate for hot water and heating outages throughout the winter totalling the princely sum of TWO POUNDS.

As the News has reported, Southwark Council gave out £300k in compensation after a disastrous winter for its creaking district heating systems and the beleaguered Aylesbury estate’s nearconstant leaks.

But sixty-one-year-old Beverley Bleach, who has lived in Gayhurst for 31 years, said her neighbours were fuming after realising their only payment was a paltry £2 after the heating and hot water was down from December 17 to 31, with many other outages over the year.

“I love living where I live,” she said, “I really don’t want to move, but with this heating and hot water it’s beyond a joke.”

Cllr Peter John, Leader of Southwark Council, said the £2 payments were in line with the ‘short outages’ and ‘low cost’ heating and only the worst affected would get actual compensation.

“Most outages are fixed within a few hours, but where we can’t fix them as quickly as we would like, tenants will be refunded if the outage is longer than 24 hours, to cover the payments for the time there is no heating or hot water.

“However as payments for district heating services are generally quite low anyway the refunds also tend to be quite low and depend on things like property type and number of bedrooms.

“As Gayhurst only experienced short outages this year the refunds will be relatively low.

“For some tenants on the Aylesbury Estate there were significant outages over a longer period due to a burst water pipe under Thurlow Street.”

For Shelley Jennings, the miniscule rebate she and at least five of her neighbours have received merely adds insult to injury.

She is still living in temporary accommodation on the estate with her son and daughter five years after being told the stay in the two-bed home would be six months at most.

She says medical needs including the impact of an aneurysm and her son’s leg brace, (pictured), do not qualify them to

conspiracy to commit robbery following a retrial in July 2019.

She was given nine years behind bars.

Previously, 33year-old Michael McCleary, from Upper Mulgrave Road in Cheam and Rhys Kassel Gayle (aged 25) all pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.

McCleary was jailed for nine years, while Gayle was handed twelve. In a separate incident, Gayle also pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and was jailed for another four years, to be served consecutively.

Station’s 20 years

CANADA WATER station has celebrated its twentieth anniversary this week, having opened on August 19, 1999.

Posters in the station informing commuters of the milestone from TfL said: “We’d like to thank you for using our services over the past twenty years.”

The station, which was built as part of the Jubilee Line extension and also serves Overground services, is frequently ranked as one of the Jubilee’s busiest.

According to an analysis of ‘busyness’ by users of Google Maps, the station is the most congested on the line, while concerns have previously been raised to City Hall about platform crowding.

On Saturday, an £80million grant was announced for transport improvements in the SE16 area, including a second entrance at Surrey Quays, a new station on Surrey Canal Road, and a new route from Canada Water bus station. (see opposite). move up in priority.

“I’ve been signed of work for five weeks for anxiety and depression, I can’t keep taking days off work to see the housing officer.

“No one has had any money back in their account apart from about £2.

“I have to go to my sister’s in Bermondsey just to wash when it’s down.

“Last week there was a planned outage for 48-hours and guess what, after four days still no hot water.”

When asked about her case, Cllr John said: “Medical issues are taken into account when putting people in priority bands but at the household’s assessment this time last year no evidence was put forward to give them further priority.

“The team has received further information this year and has requested an updated medical form so we can review the assessment.”

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Underground sounds

A POPSTAR has ridden through parts of Limehouse Tunnel and the Rotherhithe Tunnel on a jetski at rush hour for her latest music video.

Jorja Smith’s latest track, ‘Be Honest’, sees the singer taking a novel approach to beating traffic in the busy tunnel by riding a jet-ski. Brit-award winner Smith – best known for 2018’s ‘Lost & Found’ – can also be seen in other Southwark areas in the music vid for the upbeat track, released on Friday.

Peckham’s Rye Lane Market also serves as the backdrop for much of the track’s video, while eagle-eyed Southwark locals will spot shots of Peckham Liberal Club.

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£80M POT FOR QUAYS AND CANADA WATER TRANSPORT BOOST

By Josh Salisbury

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OVER £80MILLION of Government cash has been awarded for transport improvements around Canada Water and Surrey Quays.

The Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) bid was submitted to the Government in December last year, to support up to an additional 14,000 homes by 2031.

Among the changes expected from the successful £80.8million bid include a second entrance at Surrey Quays station, a new station at Surrey Canal Road, between Queen’s Road Peckham and Surrey Quays, and “additional facilities” at Canada Water bus station.

The additions are expected to include a new route to serve the 3,500 home Convoys Wharf mixed-use development in nearby Deptford.

Part of the bid money is also expected to go towards increasing the frequency of trains on the Overground East London Line to twenty an hour.

The funding is given to projects which deliver infrastructure improvements for the supply of new homes, in “areas of greatest housing demand.”

Responding to the news, Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP, Neil Coyle, said: “Good to see (after pressure!)

Bermondsey & Old Southwark receive £80million to improve transport infrastructure at Canada Water Surrey Quays SE16 to relieve pressure & improve bus/tube capacity.

“Hope to see genuinely affordable

homes come forward now!”

“These enhancements will support the major developments proposed at Canada Water, New Bermondsey and Convoys Wharf, delivering mixed-use development that supports key Mayoral objectives,” a Transport for London spokesman has previously told the News.

Other successful Housing Infrastructure Fund announced this week include projects in Essex, Enfield and Herfordshire. £600million has been pledged for the five projects in total.

“I want to see more homes built in the places people want to live, so more people realise the dream of homeownership,” said Chancellor Sajid Javid.

“But we need the roads, rail links, and schools to support the families living in those homes, which is why I set up a fund to put in place the infrastructure to unlock new homes in these areas.”

Concerns have been raised about overcrowded public transport in the SE16 area.

London Assembly Member, Florence Eshalomi, spoke of her constituents’ concern at Canada Water station overcrowding, which serves both the Jubilee Line and Overground in May. In response, Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “Canada Water can get very busy, but staff are trained to carefully manage passenger flows at the station to ensure a safe travel environment and minimum inconvenience for customers.”

Separately, a Google Maps analysis of ‘crowdedness’ reports from its users in June revealed the station to be among London’s most congested.

‘BRAZEN’ PICKPOCKET ALERT

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk

POLICE WANT to catch a ‘brazen’ pickpocket thief who was caught on CCTV stealing a phone and wallet from an unsuspecting victim close to London Bridge.

The theft took place outside the Snow and Rock store in the City’s King William Street, just before London Bridge, in the early hours of Saturday, June 22.

The footage shows the suspect approaching a distracted victim, before appearing sneakily to make off with possessions out of his pocket.

DC Steven Bailey, of the City of London Police, said: “This CCTV footage shows exactly how innocent

members of the public can be momentarily distracted and end up with their valuables being stolen.

“Pickpocket thieves can often look very unassuming and move remarkably quickly.

“It is common for people to think they would be too clever to fall for a trick such as this, but if you have your valuables on display, or clearly protruding from your pockets, you are putting yourself at risk.”

DC Bailey warned those visiting the City to keep an eye on their belongings at all times to avoid falling prey to pickpockets.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact police on 020 7601 2999, quoting reference number 19*321665.

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Life for brutal murder after cigarette row

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk

AN EAST Dulwich man who killed a stranger with a hunting knife in a row over a cigarette in an off-licence was jailed for life on Tuesday, August 20.

Jahmel Michael Riley, 24, of Lordship Lane, was previously found guilty of killing Dennis Anderson, 39, with a ‘large’ hunting knife in February in the Pay Less offlicence on the street.

He must now serve a minimum of 23and-a-half years behind bars for the brutal murder following sentencing at the Old Bailey.

The court heard how the victim, Dennis, had been returning from a 60th birthday party in the early hours of Sunday, February 10 and went into the off-licence with a group of friends.

Riley, who had been ‘aggressively’ asking customers if they would give him a cigarette, was already inside the premises.

When he asked Dennis, whom he did not know, the same question, an argument broke out – before Riley unsheathed a large hunting knife.

Riley raised the knife, reported witnesses, before Dennis stepped towards him and attempted to wrestle the weapon out of his hands.

CCTV footage at the Pay Less store showed the pair struggling before spilling out into the street.

Here, the court heard, other footage showed Riley on top of Dennis, making a stabbing motion in his left side, causing a deep and fatal cut to his neck.

The 24-year-old had denied murder, claiming he stabbed Dennis, of Lewisham, accidentally when they fell.

He had also told the court that he only had the hunting knife because he had confiscated it from two youths earlier that evening, and had not yet disposed of it.

Dennis’s friends dragged murderer Riley off their pal and hit him – and he ran off towards Crawthrew Grove, abandoning his knife in the gutter, the court was told.

Despite the ‘valiant’ efforts of paramedics and members of the public, Dennis was pronounced dead shortly after 3am.

A post-mortem revealed several cuts, including to his jugular, as well as his carotid artery and the upper lobe of the right lung.

His distraught partner, Leeane Manzi, said the verdict was a ‘bitter-sweet’ feeling for the family, but that they were pleased a ‘very violent and dangerous person’ was off the streets.

“We are hoping it also teaches others a lesson that carrying and using knives is a life sentence for all,” she said.

“This would not have been possible without the hard-working, dedicated and compassionate work of the police that have supported us from the very beginning.

"On the night that he was so brutally attacked, Dennis showed the heroic qualities that we all knew him for by trying to protect other members of the public and stop the situation escalating.

"This did not surprise us when we found out, as looking out for others summed up Dennis' character."

“The sentence does not change a thing for us. As a family we are also serving a life sentence, this has left our hearts shattered and our lives turned upside down.

“We have fought one battle and now for us the real fight begins, learning to live a life without our Dennis."

Scotland Yard’s DI Domenica Catino, who led the investigation, said the case had filled her with ‘deep anguish’ as Dennis’s death was ‘totally avoidable’.

“My deepest sympathies extend to Dennis’ family and friends, particularly those that witnessed a shocking event unfold in such a needless manner,” she said.

DI Catino added her praise for those who tried to keep Dennis alive after the vicious attack.

Riley was caught after handing himself into Lewisham Police Station with family three days after the murder.

Detectives had already spoken to his father and brother, having taken DNA samples from his cap – which he abandoned at the murder scene.

Police were praised by the judge in the case, His Honour Judge Hilliard QC, who acknowledged the police’s “efforts and industry” in tracking down murderer Riley.

THE FUNERAL of a nineteenyear-old artist from Canada Water was held yesterday at Honor Oak Crematorium.

Guests were asked to wear white or black at the service in memory of Aldrin Lloyd Carlos, whose body was found just yards from his home July 31, seventeen days after he first went missing.

An online fundraiser set up by well-wishers from Rotherhithe via the website GoFundMe, has now raised nearly £11,000 to help cover the costs of his funeral and support his bereft mother, Grace, a nurse originally from the Philippines.

As she told the News this month, Grace and Aldrin came to the UK in search of a better life, with her son over the moon to gain a place to study art at university.

To donate, visit https://uk.gofundme.com/f/inmemory-of-aldrin-carlos

£8000 reached in fundraiser after Portugal balcony plunge

THE FAMILY of a man in intensive care in Portugal after falling from a hotel balcony have raised more than £8,000 towards his medical costs – but are still far from the tens of thousands need to bring him back to the UK.

Oliver Hillier, from Walworth Road, remains on life support, having undergone brain surgery for his injuries after falling from a balcony on July 22, while on a family holiday with his mother – for whom he is a carer – and grandmother and nephew.

Although the trainee firefighter’s emergency treatment was covered under the EU reciprocal healthcare agreement, it is believed after August his family will face escalating care costs, as he is believed to not have been covered by valid travel insurance.

It is estimated to cost in excess of £30,000 to bring him back via air ambulance with a specialist team of medics.

To donate, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/hvv5 q-bring-our-brother-home

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PARENTS: ‘SON STABLE AFTER TATE PLUNGE’ BANKSIDE

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By Josh Salisbury

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THE PARENTS of a six-yearold boy allegedly thrown 100 feet from the Tate Modern have said they still don’t know the extent of his injuries.

In a statement posted online on Sunday, the parents say their little boy has already “undergone two long and difficult operations,” but that “we still do not know the full extent and severity of his injuries.”

He is in a stable condition.

A fundraiser for the family set up

by Vicky Diplacto, 31, who was not known to the family, has raised nearly £50,000 for the boy to receive ‘gold standard care’.

In an update posted to the page, the boys’ parents, who are French, said: “He is alive, struggling with all his strength and we remain hopeful.

“We thank you very much for your gifts and all your kind messages of support. You cannot imagine how it helps us to see so much humanity in this tragic ordeal.

“Thank you very much; you help us to keep going. We hope to be

able to give you better news as soon as possible.”

A court was previously told that the six-year-old had sustained bleeding on the brain, fractured spine, arms and legs after allegedly being thrown from the Tate’s viewing platform.

A 17-year-old has been accused of attempted murder in connection with the incident, and has been remanded in youth custody.

The child and the defendant cannot be named for legal reasons. A trial is due to take place next year.

“I have started this campaign as

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it is a truly horrendous incident.

My family were unfortunately in a similar situation five years ago when my brother suffered a similar accident,” said Ms Diplacto, explaining why she set up the fundraiser.

“I have a young son myself, I am a nurse, and having been through the experience of this and understanding how difficult it is has been the driving force behind showing support to this family through such a tragic time.”

It can be found by searching ‘Tate Modern Medical Bills GoFundMe’.

Elephant ‘topping out’ ceremony

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

THE LATEST stage of Lendlease's Elephant Park regeneration was 'topped out' last week as the developer and Southwark Council celebrated two new towers reaching their full height.

This third phase of the £2.3 billion development in Elephant and Castle marks the construction of 829 flats in two 24-storey towers and nine mansion blocks, and retail and leisure units.

More than 34,000 cubic metres of concrete, 5,000 tons of reinforcing steel, and 15,000 square metres of brickwork were used in this work so far.

Southwark Council leader Peter John was among those celebrating the milestone last week.

Victoria Quinlan, Managing Director, Investment Management (Europe) at Lendlease, said: “This is a significant milestone in the construction of Elephant Park.

"It has only been made possible through the hard work and dedication of our teams and supply chain, and our strong partnerships with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Southwark Council.

Herne Hill to get WWI memorial A NEW memorial commemorating

those who lost their lives in the First World War will be placed in Herne Hill station in time for this year’s Remembrance Day.

Funded by Southeastern railway, the design is currently being created by calligrapher and stone-carver Mark Brooks, made with Welsh slate.

The memorial will be placed in the ticket hall before November 11, after a successful campaign by the Herne Hill Society which coincided with the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Many soldiers would have passed through Herne Hill station on their way to the Western Front and, according to the society, Herne Hill has another important link to the armistice.

On June 29, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, bringing peace.

One of its signatories was Herne Hill’s George Nicoll Barnes, a Labour politician who joined Lloyd George’s war cabinet in 1916 and lived at the now-demolished 76 Herne Hill, next to today’s GP surgery.

“With more than 1,300 homes now complete and retailers beginning to open their doors, Elephant Park is now evolving as a truly mixed-use destination, and we look forward to welcoming new residents to our first build-to-rent scheme.”

Elephant Park is the controversial regeneration of the former Heygate Estate, including £300 million invested into the wider area including public transport and a £20 million public leisure centre.

According to Lendlease's latest plans, across the total scheme, which includes 2,689 homes, 541 are classed as 'affordable' of which 92 will be for social rent.

Although there will be more council homes than originally earmarked in 2013, the trade-off is fewer in the 'affordable' bracket overall, reducing from the 570 originally mooted.

Housing activists from the 35 % campaign are pushing the developer to include 84 more affordable homes.

A Lendlease spokesperson said: “Lendlease takes its responsibilities and commitments extremely seriously.

“We’re at the half-way point in delivering Elephant Park in London where we are delivering 25 per cent affordable housing, as specified by Southwark Council.”

Little Fish helping record numbers of pupils move schools

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

A DRAMA project helping primary school leavers plan for the move to secondary school says it has reached a record number of pupils after being profiled in Southwark News.

Little Fish Theatre, which holds the Learning for Life Summer Scheme each year, worked with 118 young people in just a fortnight throughout July and August.

The lottery-funded project helps the ten to twelve-year-olds prepare for joining Year Seven with the help of drama, music, art and dance, aiming

to build their confidence and work through any questions or worries they have about the move.

The News ran a story about the free scheme and its call for applications in May. Organisers Alex Cooke and Suha Al-Khayyat said that since then parents and carers had been 'fantastically supportive'.

At the last session, held at Rye Oak Primary school on August 9, parents came together to watch the pupils' final show, and enjoy some homemade cakes.

“Thank you for being a part of something so transformative in my daughter’s journey to secondary school," one parent said.

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Southwark A level results look to buck trend S

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

outhwark’s indicative A Level results have bucked the national trend with the number of top grades rising.

Across the country, A Level performance fell at both the highest grades and across the board compared with 2018.

But early results from 11 out of 14 secondary schools in the borough tell a different story.

In Southwark Sixth Form students saw A* and A grades outperforming the national average by 1.5 percentage points, and outpace the

national average in the A* to B category too by 2.3 percentage points.

But the best improvement came in the A* to C bracket, where Southwark is now 4.1 percentage points ahead – and has been consistently outperforming for the last three years.

Cllr Jasmine Ali, cabinet member for children, schools and adult care said: “On behalf of Southwark Council, congratulations to everyone who collected exam results last Thursday.

“Results day can be an incredibly nerve wracking day and everyone should feel incredibly proud of themselves for the work they have put in.

“It is truly fantastic to see that Southwark students and schools have once again outperformed national averages.

“These results continue to reflect the high standard of teaching and attainment that we are so proud of across the borough.

“Such a great set of results are testament to the hard work of students, teachers and the support of family.

“Whatever the next step may be, I sincerely hope that all young people in Southwark received the results that help them on their way to achieving what they want out of life.”

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Harris Bermondsey’s Chantoi Oxford-bound

A HARRIS Academy Bermondsey pupil who has won a highly coveted place to study at Balliol College, Oxford was among the school’s success stories on A-Level results day.

Ark Globe rise again

Murat Saglam

ARK GLOBE Academy says the number of students to achieve top grades has risen yet again.

Those to achieve at least three A* to B grades – needed to get into top universities – increased to 48 per cent. Seventy-seven per cent of students gained A*-C grades.

For the third year in a row, Ark Globe is celebrating 100 per cent of university offers, and the school is

St Thomas’ Amaka off to Cambridge

also delighted with its Business Pathways students, with all receiving an A Level equivalent of C or above.

Murat Saglam, who bagged an A in Computer Science, A in Maths and B in Media is off to Warwick to study Computer Science.

He said: “I am speechless right now. I am surprised as much as I am happy. My hard work actually paid off. I am chuffed about going to

ST THOMAS The Apostle student Amaka Dominic-Udeagbaja achieved three A* grades at A level, making her the first student in the school's history to go to Cambridge.

Amaka, (pictured), will be going to Corpus Christi College to study Psychological and Behavioural Science.

Overall, 47 per cent of students gained

Sixth-former Chantoi Simpson secured a place to read ancient and modern history at the prestigious university after a ‘superb set of results’ in her exams.

She is among 31 students from across the Harris Federation who met their offers for Oxford and Cambridge, plus a further student who will be doing an Oxford Foundation Course.

“Many are the first in their family to attend university and all have beaten extraordinary odds to get there.

“We are so proud of them and wish

Warwick; I am wishing myself the best of luck for the near future.

“Cyber security is a very interesting area in technology. After that, I may be starting my own business.

“I prepared myself for this with a lot of hard work. I’ve done a lot of work experience, which I secured through networking at events. I went to the Shard, where I worked with a cyber-security consultant company.” at least one A Level grade at A*-A, and 88 per cent of all A Level grades were A*-B. Head teacher Eamon Connolly commented “I am delighted for each and every one of our students for these excellent results; both those who have been with us since the age of eleven and those who joined our Sixth Form.

“I am proud of the achievements and feel confident we have prepared them,

both academically and personally, to enter adulthood and embark on their chosen degrees as fine young men and women.’”

The school, which had a glowing Ofsted inspection and 'outstanding' rating, credits its success to the high standards set by staff, describing the school's culture as being one of 'high expectations, rigorous support and 'no excuses'.”

them every happiness and success,” said the Federation of the pupils who had secured Oxbridge places.

“Huge congratulations to students graduating today with spectacularly impressive university places secured,” added Harris Academy Bermondsey on its social media.

“We are so #ProudToBeHAB of every single one of you for your determination, intellectual curiosity and relentless positivity.”

Across the federation sixth-form, which is comprised of 2,000 students and ten academies, university offers had been secured at competitive universities such as UCL, Warwick and even Princeton University in the United States.

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Jack and Ope get top offers at Ark Walworth

Jack Burt

AN ARK Walworth student who described his Maths A Level exam as ‘insanely difficult’ has found out he has made the grades he needs to go to Cambridge, while another is faced with a dilemma after getting two top offers.

College after gaining A* Maths, A* Physics and an A in Chemistry.

“I’m very happy! When I first saw the grade boundaries, I thought I might have missed out on my grades I needed. I felt terrible after my maths exam, it was insanely difficult.

“I have high standards for myself and I put in all the hard work.

EVERY SINGLE Sports and Leisure BTEC student gained distinctions at The Charter School North Dulwich - and for six A Level students the anxious wait to hear if they secured Oxbridge offers is over, as all got their grades.

Distinction or Merit, while 93 per cent achieved these results in Performing Arts and 82 per cent in Business.

Head teacher, Christian Hicks, said: “Our students have once again demonstrated their incredible perseverance and focus on excellence through these brilliant results.

“The past two years have been challenging for both students and staff as the government's A Level reforms came into full effect, and I am extremely proud of the results today which evidence the hard work and commitment of everyone involved.”

Jack Burt will be studying Physical Natural Sciences at St John’s

Celebrations at Charter School

The school says its student's performance across the board has been 'fantastic' for both A Level and BTEC entrants.

In total, 57 per cent of students achieved at least one A Grade or equivalent, with more than 23 per cent gaining an A* or A in each of their subjects.

And the number of A*-B grades has improved year-on-year, with 72 per cent of A Level results at this level, up from 67 per cent in 2018.

Every single BTEC student taking Sports and Leisure gained a

Students with an exceptional clutch of results include: • Tessa Doubleday, who gained A*s in English and History and A in Maths, who is going to read English at Cambridge.

Sacred Heart pupils net highest ever haul of A* - A grades

SACRED HEART Catholic School in Camberwell's students and teachers have netted its highest ever number of A*-A grades.

“It feels surreal – it’s all I’ve been thinking about for the past few weeks. I told my mum and she started crying on the phone!

“Once I’ve finished my degree, I want a career that challenges me and allows me to make a meaningful contribution to society.

“My teachers at Ark Walworth Academy have been incredible. I don’t think I could have got into Cambridge if it wasn’t for my Physics teacher Mr. Naga, he was so supportive.”

Fellow student, Ope, also has a Cambridge offer, given as part of its ‘adjustment’ programme to increase diversity.

He now has to decide whether to take up the offer of a place studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge, or Physics at Imperial in London.

“I’m over the moon – I didn’t expect to do this well. I was terrified to check my results, I thought it was a prank at first.

“I phoned my mum and my sister – they were both screaming on the phone.

“My teachers at Ark Walworth Academy helped me as much as they possibly could. They gave up all their time and never missed a day.

“It feels unreal to now have the option to go to either Imperial or Cambridge. I really didn’t expect this!”

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Joseph Helm, who gained A* in English, A in French and B in Music who will be reading English at Oxford.

Joseph Amadi, who gained four A* grades in Chemistry, Maths, Physics and Economics. He is

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All 75 pupils in Year 13 sat a Level exams, with a third of entries gaining A*-A grades.

Nine in ten results were A*-C, with fifteen per cent of the entire year group getting straight A* or As. The stunning results mean that the vast majority of students - 91 per cent - will be able to go to their first or second choice for further education, with pupils now preparing for the next chapter at Universities including UCL, Bristol, Warwick, Birmingham, Leeds, The Royal College of Drawing and New York.

Head teacher Mr Serge Cefai said: “Whilst our education system

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going to Manchester to study Physics.

Nasim Rahoui, who gained a Distinction in ICT and Sport and Leisure BTECs, and a Merit in Business BTEC. He is off to Westminster to study

continues to be in a state of flux, I am pleased that once again Sacred Heart School has maintained its very high standards, with record numbers of top grades.

“Congratulations to all pupils and staff for their hard work.”

Subjects where pupils did particularly well include Art, Business Studies, English Literature, Further Maths and Physics where more than 80 per cent achieved A*-B grades.

Top performers Deborah Agboola; Edem Akromah; Bisola Alowonle; Sharon Amukamara; Memunat Bakare; Sabrina Belaziz; Tracey Chimbo; Paul Majek-Oduyoye; Oghemetega Natufe; Isabel Solarte; Tianlong Zhong were all celebrating gaining three or more A*-A grades in their A Levels.

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Computer Science.

Pam Thompson (pictured) who is off to Nottingham Trent to study International Business after gaining two Bs in Economics and Psychology and a Merit in Business BTEC

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JAGs excel once again

St Michael’s toast successes PUPILS FROM Bermondsey’s St Michael’s Catholic College are heading off to top universities such as Durham, Imperial and Warwick after nearly 20 per cent of entries scored an A or A* grade.

JAMES ALLEN'S Girls' School has once again shown why it is regarded as one of Southwark's most academic schools.

Last week students were celebrating their success after 71 per cent of all entries graded A*-A. More than half the pupils achieved at least three A*s or As. In the newly reformed Maths, 84 per cent of candidates from JAGS were

awarded A* or A. Head of Maths, Natalie Plant, said: “The maths department are absolutely thrilled with the A Level results for Mathematics and Further Mathematics.

“This is our first cohort to study the new linear course and the results are a testament to the incredible hard work of the staff and students; we couldn't be more delighted.”

Anisha Mace received a stunning

A*A*AA in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics.

She will be studying Economics and Management at Oxford, telling the News: “I'm really pleased.

“It wouldn't have been possible without all the hard work of the teachers at JAGS who have been so helpful at every step.

“I'm so excited to go to Oxford and see what the future holds.”

For technical qualifications, the average grade was a Distinction*, said the College, praising a set of ‘exceptional’ results.

Among the school’s success stories on results day were Emmanuel Dadzie, the first in his family to go to university, who will be taking up a place at prestigious King’s College to study Electrical Engineering.

Fellow classmate, Zion Darko, achieved a clean sweep of five A grades, and will now be studying at Imperial College, He said he was pleased to make his parents so proud.

Over 40 per cent of all entries secured an A*-B grade.

Students also secured apprenticeships with high-flying institutions such as Barings Bank, Bloomberg and Cisco Systems, said the school.

“These results not only reflect the magnificent efforts of the students but the support of their parents and the outstanding work of the staff at St Michael’s Catholic College,” said Felicity Corcoran, the school’s principal.

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COLA’s 97% pass rate joy

BERMONDSEY’S CITY of London Academy Southwark (COLA) was celebrating a near 100 per cent A Level pass rate on results day.

Triumphant sixth-formers at the Lynton Road school scored a 97 A Level pass-rate, and nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) scored grades A*-C. The academy is part of the City of London Academies Trust, which runs the Corporation’s sole-sponsored academies.

Headteacher at the academy, Michael Baxter, said he was ‘delighted’ to see so many of his pupils achieve ‘brilliant’ results.

“It is clear that many years of hard work have paid off,” he said.

“At COLA we strive to develop academically astute and well-rounded young adults who achieve to the best of their ability.

“I know that the A-Level students who leave us in 2019 have a bright future ahead and will go on to help improve the world around them.”

Congratulations to hard-working pupils also came from Andrew McMurtrie, Chair of the City of London Academies Trust – who paid special mention to the efforts of staff and parents, too.

“Credit must also go to the staff and parents for all the time and effort put in to support our pupils to achieve the very best in their exam results,” he added.

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

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‘Impressive’ Harris Dulwich

Rayyan pictured with teacher Mr. O’Leary

NEARLY 90 per cent of sixthformers at Harris Academy East Dulwich have secured university

places following an ‘impressive’ set of results last week.

The remainder are going into

‘fantastic’ apprenticeship opportunities, said the all-boys school, or are heading straight into the world of work.

The proportion of successful Russell Group applications – the name given to the country’s highest ranking institutions – has also increased this year, with some students heading off to some of the most prestigious of the group’s universities.

Special congratulations was given by the school to Year 13 pupil, Rayyan, whose impressive AAB grades, as well as an A* EPQ, earned him a coveted place at University College London to study English literature.

For vocational subjects, the average grade was Distinction – which the Academy called “a fantastic outcome.”

Peter Groves, Principal of Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich, told the News: “These results are impressive, but what is more important is what they mean in practical terms for each individual student; the results represent real life chances and show how learning can change lives.

“Congratulations to all our students, their parents and teachers who made these results possible.”

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Bacon’s delighted with strong results STUDENTS AT Rotherhithe’s Bacon’s College were celebrating a ‘strong’ set of results which saw pupils get places to top universities and places on competitive apprenticeships.

Just under three-quarters of all ALevel entries at the College secured an A*-C grade (72 per cent) with 45 per cent of all entries securing A*-B grades.

The College also hailed a ‘very strong’ set of results in vocational ALevel equivalent qualifications, reporting that 92 per cent of all grades achieved either a Distinction or Distinction*.

Among students celebrating at the Timber Pond Road institution were Simon Canniffe, whose three A* star grades in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, earned him a spot at Cambridge to study Chemical Engineering.

Pupil Arjun Patel will begin studying at Russell Group university, Liverpool, after securing grades A, B, B, while classmate Mohammed Rahman’s grades of A, A, B in Chemistry, Maths and Biology has earned him a coveted place at King’s College London.

Alessandro Canonico was among the

students achieving vocational success alongside his A Levels, as his CTec Media (Double Distinction) secured him a course-place to study visual effects.

Fellow student Miryam Greco was heading straight for the world-of-work after her CTec Media (Double Distinction) alongside top Spanish and Italian grades landed her a job as a school languages assistant.

Principal of Bacon’s College, James Wilson, congratulated students on their successes, saying it was ‘particularly pleasing’ to see as a headteacher.

“Many staff at the College have worked with these students since they joined us in Year 7 and so it is a pleasure for them to see how these young people have matured and grown in their confidence and ambition during their time here,” he said.

Departing Head Boy and future lawyer, Hakeem Ahmed added: “It’s been a pleasure spending seven years at Bacon’s College and taking on a leadership role.

“Throughout this time the staff have helped so much to shape me into a young man ready for the world of law.”

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Kingsdale’s ‘outstanding set of results’

KINGSDALE FOUNDATION School says three quarters of its students will be joining prestigious Russell Group Universities after what it has described as “an outstanding set of examination results”.

Approximately 40 per cent of all A Level grades achieved were A* or A, with roughly two thirds at A* to B. Students from the Dulwich school will be studying undergraduate degrees at universities including Oxford; Cambridge; Durham; Bristol; King’s College London; Leeds; Manchester and Birmingham.

Other highly commended organisations students will go to include the Royal Drawing School, and the Slade School of Fine Art. Individuals highlighted by the school’s leadership team include Elba Feo, whose outstanding three A* grades at A Level and A grade at AS Level mean she is off to study Chemistry at Oxford University, and Iona Clark, whose impressive A* and A grades have secured her place to read History at Cambridge.

Ricardo Parson’s excellent A grades at A Level mean he will soon be studying Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham.

Ben Hullett has used his highly impressive A* and A grades to study History at Durham.

Holli Glasson will be using her excellent Mathematics & Further Mathematics A* & A grades to read Mathematics at Leeds.

Nathan & Callum Wells, who between them have 6 A* and A grades, will be studying Bioengineering and Biology at Sheffield & Manchester respectively.

King’s College London will soon welcome Saahia Mayenin to study English after she gained excellent A* and A grades.

Eli Wiener achieved an incredible four A grades at A Level, and will be going to Birmingham to study Physics.

And Alice Baker will be taking an Art Foundation using her impressive A* in Art and Design.

Head teacher Steve Morrison said: “We are exceptionally proud of the hard work and dedication shown by all of our students, alongside the continued support from staff and parents, which has enabled students to pursue their pathways of choice and secure these amazing A Level results at Kingsdale.”

Top image – Sophia McQueen, Callum Wells, Iona Clarke, Ben Hullett, Elba Feo, Eli Wiener, Nathan Wells & Connie Ryan – 24 A*/A grades between them!

Bottom Image – Jude Wilkinson, Abigail Oyeleye, Callum Wells, Holli Glasson, Nathan Wells & Elba Feo.

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Ark Evelyn Grace’s Hibo off to Queen Mary’s ARK EVELYN Grace student Hibo Yusuf is celebrating gaining a clutch of top grades that ensure she can take her place to study Medicine at Queen Mary’s.

Hibo was awarded an A* in Biology, an A in Chemistry, and an A in Maths. She was described by her teachers as ‘an exceptional student; modest, supportive and extremely hardworking.

“I had three university offers and have decided on Queen Mary.

“I did work experience in a neurology department and the intensive care unit.

“It ignited my interest in medicine. I want to make my family proud as they have always wanted the best for me and encouraged me to do something that I will love.

“I am from Somalia and was brought up in Brixton.

“When I visited Somalia, I felt like I wanted to give back and so tutored some younger kids.

“I could not imagine achieving what I have if I had gone to another school.”

Another to celebrate is Hugo Pestana Marques, with his distinction in a BTEC IT Professional Diploma.

Ark Evelyn Grace Academy Principal, Tim Dainty, said: “I am immensely proud of what has been achieved this year.

“It is fantastic to see both our students’ and teachers’ hard work and endeavour pay off on results day.

“Our drive for excellence has helped our students secure some strong results that enable them to go on and take the next step to university.”

A-Level results 2019

Southwark News, Thursday August 22 2019

Alleyns success in 400th year

ALLEYNS SAYS it is delighted by its top A Level Results in the prestigious school's 400th anniversary year.

Hibo Yusuf

Sixty-eight per cent of grades awarded were A* and A, rising to 89 per cent for A* A or B. In total, 77 students gained at least three A* or A grades in their exams.

Headmaster Dr Gary Savage said: “We are truly delighted with our students’ A Level achievements this year. Their results are well-deserved, and attest to their hard work and commitment to learning throughout their time at Alleyn’s.

"Our congratulations go out to them and to their families, as well as to our dedicated staff who work so tirelessly to inspire,

challenge and support the pupils each and every day.”

"Our founder Edward Alleyn would be proud of our pupils and all their successes both inside and outside the classroom.”

The head of the upper school, Dr Rob Atkinson, said: “We are so pleased for each and every one of our students. "Their own sustained endeavour has secured these fantastic results, so we hope they feel proud – not just of their grades but of the effort they put into achieving them.”

"We wish them the very best of luck with this exciting new chapter of their life.

"In our 400th anniversary year it feels particularly fitting to remind them that there will always be a warm welcome for them back here at Alleyn’s.”

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Two pounds a pittance for heating and hot water chaos

WO POUNDS is a pittance for a heating and hot water rebate – and arguing that district heating is so cheap it’s all residents have lost out on during outages is just laughable.

Unfortunately it sounds like once again it’s the Aylesbury tenants, and homeless people trapped in temporary accommodation, who are left shouldering the cost of having basic utilities you can’t rely on. £2 seems a ludicrous amount for people who say they’ve had weeks at a time with barely any warm water.

Even if it is the case that these outages were just a few hours here and there, if they always come at peak times and people can never have a hot shower before work, very quickly you’ve got a heating problem that becomes a work problem, a health problem, and a money problem. Paying out compensation to only the most affected makes sense – until you realise how many people are left scrabbling about creating makeshift showers from water boiled in the kitchen.

Southwark is spending millions patching up its district heating, and longer term will be spending an eye-watering amount revamping the whole thing to ‘future proof’ the ageing system.

A few extra pounds in residents’ accounts would go a long way – especially on the Aylesbury where there’s no chance the problems are going to be completely fixed, for good, anytime soon.

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A-level students are a shining example in our community

UR SCHOOLS are a shining example of how if given the right support – no matter where you are from or what your start in life - you can flourish.

Southwark used to have some of the worst performing schools in the country. But after years of heavy investment, the borough as a whole is flying ahead of key national averages, and year-on-year sustaining its outstanding performance.

Nine in ten Southwark schools are now rated good or outstanding and many are attractive workplaces for the brightest and best teachers. But it is of course the students themselves who deserve to be centre stage this week.

We hope the A Level Results Day special in today’s edition does more than just celebrate those who got the best grades.

As many of us know, success in life isn’t all about being an A star student, and intelligence can come in many forms.

We are particularly keen to highlight those who have done well across all fields including business qualifications and sport.

Most importantly, given the tragic consequences of knife crime and gang grooming, and uncertainty for the future of the country in these politically chaotic times, it is wonderful to see how many young people are determined, thoughtful, and diligent –grasping their future with both hands.

Wherever you go onto to study, work, and live in future, we hope you carry this passion and commitment with you.

You’ve done Southwark proud.

Readers’ Views Absolutely shocked there’s no charges against her, isn’t Iceland looking for compensation?

John Baker, via the website:

Is this Britain’s most pampered pooch?:

I'm not amused by the ridiculously expensive gewgaws and garments bestowed on burly bear the pomeranian - page 3, august 15.

I think it's grotesque.

Michael Zehse, SE15

Family desperate to bring Oliver home after falling from balcony on holiday in Portugal “Shows how important it is that you get insurance before travelling.

Hope that he recovers fully.”

Bill, via the website:

Therein is the lesson for us all. Do NOT travel anywhere without proper travel insurance.

Saving a few quid may well be a good idea, but not if your saving of £50 or so leaves your family and friends facing bills of £30,000 to get you back into the country after a mishap abroad.

Mr John Gallagher, via the website

Police not investigating dramatic Bermondsey Iceland crash further as it was a ‘damage only collision’

Over £80 million cash boost announced for transport improvements to Canada Water and Surrey Quays Transport is fine in this area. Can’t help but think the government are ploughing money into the wrong places… there are less connected areas of the country, and more pressing issues in London.

Lauren Atherton via Facebook They had the answer with trolley bus and trams and took them away.

Idiocy.

Dean Willson, via Facebook

Helen Hayes’ column, Britain has the most right-wing PM since Margaret Thatcher left office 30 years ago: Can’t see the problem with this!

Cristoph Karl-Hans May via Facebook

Rye Lane traders say business is still slow despite gas works finishing early Maybe if there was different types of businesses. Instead of phone shops, chicken shops, nail, hair shops, meat shops and of course, phone card stalls. Over and over again.

Mary Joyce via Facebook

‘Garden Tax’: Kitchen waste bins still not issued and ‘no change’ in service say frustrated residents Saw Cllr Livingstone last week.

Advised him of the shambles – he didn’t realise people who paid their subscription, still hadn’t received their garden waste bins – some have waited over a month!

Also wasn’t aware that those that had subscribed in time, their brown bins had still been taken away due to a delay in the stickers being sent.

They are discussing providing complimentary facilities for community centres/TRA – this is after the TRA had to paid for the subscription (but still not received the bin).

Suggested they need many more staff to sort out this mess. He will feed this back to the Southwark ether!

Toby Bishop via website

Date announced for construction of major Cycyleway 4 The good news is we have 9 months now of disruption and extra pollution on Jamaica Road so in the future Donnachadh McCarthy and his mates when they fancy a leisurely weekend cycle to Greenwich they can! Doesn’t matter about the people who actually live by Jamaica Road.

Richard Haughney, via email

CRYPTIC PUZZLE

Clues Across 4 Stay! About turn! Right (6) 8 Signified negative indeed (7) 9 Good man about the ship is a strain (6) 10 Theatrical way to support the clergy (9) 11 New ideas take in a broad (4) 13 Race resulting from early confusion (5) 14 Men go back East, little sister that's fate (7) 16 Without a song? How stuffy! (7) 18 It's obvious I'm in the plot (5) 19 Garlands not to be trusted we hear (4) 21 Fairy encountered round about the edge (9) 22 Not necessarily gamblers, but associated with betters (6) 23 A crafty walk round the pub (7) 24 Vehicle sounds lethal (6) Clues Down 1 Some Ten, I agree, can be beastly (9) 2 Might they be drunk at henparties? (9) 3 Pretty girl heard to get a ring (5) 5 Pity the badly hurt (4) 6 Beg to see the summary by the sound of it (6) 7 Stalks at speed (6) 9 Expensive soak! (5) 11 Welfare of 3 down, perhaps, in flight (45) 12 Coach calls for steady work (9) 15 Does he fool about in the woods? (5) 16 Modifies sound sacrificial tables (6) 17 Free and led astray a puzzling problem (6) 20 Upanddown measurement (5) 21 Erstwhile coxcomb in quiet dress (4)

QUICK PUZZLE Clues Across

4 Pardoned (6) 8 Eyeglass (7) 9 Hanging point of ice (6) 10 Citizen of Moscow (9) 11 Surrender (4) 13 Worship (5) 14 Written document (7) 16 Figure (7)

18 Begin (5) 19 In the midst (4) 21 Used for coiffure (4,5) 22 Country (6) 23 Bereaved husband (7) 24 Not unusual (6)

Clues Down

1 Riddle (9) 2 Anxious (9) 3 In existence (5) 5 Step (4)

6 Distress signal (6) 7 More profound (6) 9 Irritating (5) 11 Standard (9) 12 Lowered (9) 15 Maritime (5) 16 State (6) 17 Reflector (6) 20 Characteristic (5) 21 Wife of Zeus (4)

Apologies, the solutions for the last Crossword aren’t available.

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Johnny Harris honoured at Morley WALWORTH’S JOHNNY Harris walked into Morley College 25 years ago ‘with a burning desire to be an actor’, writes Michael Holland...

The £40 term fees were much more affordable than other places he considered, which aided his choice, and because his mum told him to go.

He spent the next three years studying there in various acting classes, and this year, after a £3m redevelopment, Morley College renamed their studio theatre after Johnny ‘Morley College is where my acting journey begun,’ says the star of numerous award-winning works. ‘I’m so glad I went there as it was providence in so many ways; it was a safe place for me where I could go and explore the conflicting and confusing thoughts that were rushing around inside of me…Morley helped me let out the energy I had inside, so it was cathartic, but it grew into an insatiable desire to learn and perfect the craft.’

That craft led to work in some iconic British films, such as London to Brighton, a film made on a small

budget that was voted into Time Out's 100 Greatest British Movies Of All Time and is now regarded as a cult classic.

Johnny has quite rightly been noticed by some of our top directors, with Shane Meadows casting him as Mick in the three ‘This Is England’ TV series, which brought him to the attention of BAFTA. He says that, ‘when I got my first BAFTA nomination the Morley Principal, Dr Andrew Gower, asked me to be a patron, and I gratefully accepted.’

More recently, with a £3m refurb at the college and another BAFTA nomination for his self-penned, starring role in Jawbone, Morley have proposed to rename their studio theatre after their famous alumni.

‘It’s very humbling to have the theatre named after me,’ begins the actor, ‘because that’s the first stage I ever stepped on to, the first place I ever performed, so to go there for the renaming ceremony and see the current students performing in there, watching them go through all the nerves and trepidation and excitement

Five Artists One Amazing City

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and thrill that I used to go through in that space was a beautiful moment.’

He pauses to look around the studio space. ‘It’s a genuine honour; it was also a surprise and I can’t fully get my head around it, but once I did get over the shock I realised it might be a platform to do some good.’

Some of that good is John promoting the fact that Morley College provides the same tuition that expensive drama schools offer. Plus, the BFI and other institutions are currently looking at ways to help promote inclusivity within the industry to people from poorer financial backgrounds, but Morley College has always had that mindset, so John will get the casting directors and other ‘gatekeepers’ down for the end of year shows to look out for future stars, and is in the process of arranging big name Q&As for the new Johnny Harris Studio Theatre.

He himself is all about inclusivity, saying, ‘we should all be on a level playing field, and if we ain’t then something needs to be fu*king done about it!… And we can all do something, so my small part will be to

Nessie Ramm, Nessie Ramm is a painter with a fondness for detail and an immense love of the natural world. www.nessieramm.co.uk Meet some real London heroes on the launch night of Thursday 5th September, including Pearly Kings & Queens, Chelsea Pensioners, a London Beefeater and members of London’s emergency services.

Gallery@Oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse Street. South Bank.

London SE1 9PH.from 4th - 8th September. Admission: Free. www.ariverrunsthroughitlondon.com

SEE THE Oxo Tower made out of OXO cubes, light installations mimicking the flow of the Thames; delicate paper sculptures; wafer-thin aluminium art; breathtaking abstract landscapes; oil paintings in incredible detail; spectacular screenprints; and even bottled London smells!

The exhibition will be raising money for London’s Air Ambulance, the capital’s only Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. All the profits from the tote bags will go to the inspirational life-saving crews.

Five of London’s most exciting artists promise a truly unique and unusual collection of modern art inspired by the vibrant personality & ever-changing landscape of the world’s most dynamic city.

LoveJordan caused quite a stir with their intricate paper sculptures and mischievous ‘bottle art’ at their sellout shows in London, Miami, and New York. www.LoveJordan.net Susan Bunn’s colourful landscapes have been shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. www.susanbunn.co.uk Michael Wallner, a former television producer has exhibited his aluminium and light art world-wide including London, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, and Milan. www.michaelwallner.co.uk Emma Reynolds, a former Motion Graphics Director, is one of London’s most original screenprinters. She is member of the prestigious East London Printmakers and has recently exhibited in Alaska. www.e-j-reynolds.com

DAVID HARE’S, The Permanent Way, which first had an awardwinning run in York and then at the National Theatre in 2003 roars to life in a provocative new site-specific staging.

“Why aren’t people angry? They were robbed. What belonged to them was taken from them by a bunch of bankers and incompetent politicians. What was theirs was given away. What was foredoomed to fail failed. And they weren’t angry.”

Revelatory, witty, and moving, The Permanent Way is an astonishing interrogation of the chaos arising from the botched privatisation of Britain’s railways. Told through the first-hand accounts of those involved at every level, from passengers to Civil Service mandarins, this extraordinary verbatim piece asks challenging questions of responsibility and governmental mismanagement. Have we learned anything from recent history?

“As a major new government report into

get industry people down here to make sure the students who have worked hard to be good will get the opportunity to be seen… If one person's talent and hard work is spotted - that may have otherwise been overlooked - then it will have been a great and beautiful success.’

I can promise that the Southwark News will be there to check out the end of term showcases to support Morley College and hopefully identify some new, great acting and writing talent for the future.

The renaming ceremony was full of friends, old and new, and Johnny had a special mention for the man who taught him during his three years at Morley: ‘Craig Snelling changed the course and the direction of my life…

He’s still one of my great friends who I can call to discuss something that comes up in life or on set; I still seek his advice and counsel.’

Johnny Harris forgets no one who has had a positive impact on his life, and with this honour all Morley College students will never forget him.

OLD WAY RELEVANT TODAY

the current state of the nation’s railways is being prepared to be released in the autumn, and with the Rail Review chair Keith Williams comments that the UK railway needs “revolution, not evolution” we feel this play is more timely than ever, commented director Alexander Lass.

David Hare said, “I had hoped my 2003 play would become outdated. But the latest Independent review in 2019 proves the truth of what the play argued over 15 years ago: that the state of the railways is a whacking great distressing metaphor for just how badly the British were governed, and how even more hopelessly badly they’re governed today.”

The producer is pleased to include within the ticketing offer a special industry and friends rate available to all core and auxiliary railway employees. For information on registering a company or organisation in this scheme please contact Daniel.stears@iammarketing.co.uk

The Permanent Way is on at The Vaults, Launcelot Street, London SE1 7AD from Friday 13 September – Sunday 17 November. Times: Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30pm. Matinees 2.30pm Saturday and Sunday. Admission: £20 - £40. www.thepermanentway.co.uk @tpwplay

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HOMEWARD BOUND New builds, luxury flats, affordable housing and what’s up your street

The big choice: an extra room in a city flat or space to grow at Peters Village in Kent

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he first thing that grabs your attention upon arrival at Peters Village is its open space, riverside setting and an overwhelming sense of possibility and potential.

The brainchild of Trenport Investments and brought to life by a combination of award-winning developers, Peters Village has created a contemporary community in Wouldham, Kent that focuses on the future of village life.

The first thing that grabs your attention upon arrival at Peters Village is its open space, riverside setting and an overwhelming sense of possibility and potential.

The brainchild of Trenport Investments and brought to life by a

combination of award-winning developers, Peters Village has created a contemporary community in Wouldham, Kent that focuses on the future of village life.

Centred around ‘Outstanding’ rated Wouldham All Saints CofE Primary School, a comprehensive collection of apartments and houses have been developed to suit a range of budgets, from affordable housing options to grand family homes. In addition to new homes and an award-winning primary school, the development will also bring everything you’d expect a modern village to possess, such as a mini supermarket, shops, medical centre, sports fields and a community centre.

At this time of year, our focus switches

to outdoor living and its positive qualities. Britons are spending more time outdoors as they grow savvy to the benefits of living a more active lifestyle.

Peters Village is the perfect destination to provide such living, with private and community gardens, riverside walkways that open up to accessible footpaths and an SSSI protected nature reserve managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. Whether residents choose to walk, run, ride horseback, cycle or with the accompaniment of their family dog, the access is there for all.

Green space is proven to restore, uplift and heal both physical and mental health. As well as the outdoor amenities within the village itself, there are a number of surrounding parks and routes that are accessible to residents

such as Shorne Woods Country Park, Capstone Farm Country Park, Manor Country Park, Leybourne Lakes and Mote Park. Kent is also home to a number of popular cycling routes that can be easily reached from the site such as Mereworth Woods or the Hucking Down to the North Downs Way National Trail.

An increasing amount of home purchasers, particularly families, are moving away from urban centres to find a sense of community and a more relaxed pace of life. Still within commuting distance to London, with trains at nearby stations reaching London St Pancras in 50 minutes, Peters Village is the perfect escape for a contemporary rural life, providing residents space to live

comfortably and healthily, without the high costs and claustrophobia associated with residing in a city.

A wide range of new homes are available now, provided by some of the UK’s leading property developers including Hyde New Homes, Westerhill Homes, Orbit and Moat Homes. Purchasing routes include private sale, with Help to Buy available on selected homes, as well as Shared Ownership, making homes available in a range of configurations and prices.

All homes are set to be complete at Peters Village by 2024.

For more information about Peters Village, please visit the website on www.petersvillage.co.uk

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (PLOUGH LANE)

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

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

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Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or cause a vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Bankside, between New Globe Walk and the eastern edge of Riverside House.

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

The works will be in place on the 27th August 2019 to 30th August, 2nd September to 6th September 2019 and the 9th of September 2019. Works to be carried out Monday to Friday, 7am to 11am only.

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019

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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that, to enable various Thames Water works to take place, it made an order the effect of which would be to prohibit vehicular traffic and waiting and loading in part of the roads listed below.

Whilst the restriction is in place, and whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to wait including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading at any time in Landcroft Road as indicated below in item (2a) & (2b) for Landcroft Road and 2(c) for Barry Road (a) Landcroft Road, on the northern kerb line, between No’s 74 – 82, No’s 71 – 75. (b) Landcroft Road on the southern kerb line opposite No’s 74 – 78. (c) Barry Road, between Peckham Rye and Upland Road. (d) Jennings Road, will be closed at it’s junction of Landcroft Road (e) Webber Street, will be closed between Silex Street and Boyfield Street. (f) Barry Road, between Peckham Rye and No’s 8 Barry Road (northbound lane of carriageway closed) (g) Barry Road, between Peckham Rye and Tyrell Road (southbound lane of carriageway closed) (h) Barry Road, between No’s 18 and No’s 32 (southbound lane of carriageway closed) (i) Friern Road, closed between No’s 67b Upand Road and No’s 26 Friern Road

The alternative route for affected traffic for (a) & (b) not applicable. (c) not applicable (d) Landcroft Road, Goodrich Road, Crystal Palace Road, Heber Road. (e) Webber Street, Great Suffolk Street, Pocock Street. (f) (g) (h) Lordship Lane, East Dulwich Road, Whateley Road, Upland Road, Tyrell Road. (I) Peckham Rye, Barry Road, Upland Road.

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

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

The restriction will come into force for (a) & (b) 28th August – 3rd September. (c) (d) 2nd – 6th September. (e) 6th – 9th September (c) (f) (g) (h) 2nd September – 20th December and will be carried out in phases. (i) 6th – 17th January 2020.

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Plough Lane, between Lordship Lane to No’s 6.

An alternative route is not applicable.

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

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

The works will be in place between the 2nd – 20th September.

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

Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 387656 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LANDCROFT ROAD, BARRY ROAD, JENNINGS ROAD, WEBBER STREET, FRIERN ROAD)

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Dated this 22nd August 2019

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Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

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Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) & (b) /000804838500200-005 (d) 000804838500200-006 (e) 000806608660655-002 (c) (f) (g) (h) H032/CWST/AH068 (i) H032/CWST/AH069

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

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Shad Thames, between Maguire Street and Gainsford Street. (b) Copperfield Street, at it’s junction with Risborough Street. (c) Consort Road, at it’s junction with Copeland Road for 30m in a northerly direction. (d) Turney Road, at it’s junction with Croxted Road.

The alternative route for affected traffic will be via (2a) Maguire Street 2(b) as indicated by the signs displayed, 2(c) Consort Road, Nunhead Lane, Nunhead Lane, East Dulwich Road, Grove Vale, Denmark Hill, Camberwell Church Street, Peckham High Street, Clayton Road, Consort Road 2(d) Croxtd Road, Norwood Road, Half Moon Lane, Burbage Road, Turney Road.

Maguire Street and Shad Thames will be made two way for access and egress purposes for 2(a).

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

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

The works will be in place for (2a) 4th – 18th September. (2b) 27th – 30th August. (2c) 5tth – 6th September, between 22:00hrs - 06:00hrs. (2d) 2nd – 3rd September, between 22:00hrs – 06:00hrs.

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a)19JHG686 (2b)18/10/009 (2c) CAT-05-36-050918 (2d)VIR-04-44-020919

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

MANOR PLACE AREA IMPROVEMENTS

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

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

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or cause a vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Bankside, between New Globe Walk and the eastern edge of Riverside House.

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. Pedestrians will be diverted to the adjacent river walkway.

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

The works will be in place on the 27th August 2019 to 30th August, 2nd September to 6th September 2019 and the 9th of September 2019. Works to be carried out Monday to Friday, 7am to 11am only.

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

Southwark Council Environment and Lesure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 5024 MARRIAGE/CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS APPROVAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW APPLICATIONS/RENEWALS* TO LICENCES

Notice is given that Belair Mansion Limited has applied to the London Borough of Southwark for approval/renewal of approval of premises for marriage/civil partnership ceremonies at Belair House, Gallery Road, Dulwich, SE21 7AB A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH

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

If anybody wishes to oppose this application, representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 21 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Date of application: 16th August 2019

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL TREATMENTS PREMISES LICENCE MADE UNDER PART ll OF THE LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACT 1991 & 2000

Please take notice that I / we: Prem Dent Ltd have made application to Southwark Council for a new Special Treatments Premises Licence in respect of Prem Dent Ltd, 42a Harper Road, London, SE1 6AD A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH Email: Licensing@southwark.gov.uk

Opening hours:

Days

Start time

Mon to Sat Sunday

08:00 10:00

A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp For applications for Special Treatments Licences, there are no set objectives. However, the grounds for the objection must be relevant to the application and reasons for the objection must be given.

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

Date of application: 19th August 2019

August 2019

Issue 1

S O U T H L O N D O N TA L E S

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1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effect of the orders would be, in:- (a) MANOR PLACE the south-east side within CPZ ‘E’, to remove two ‘permit holders only’ parking places and one pay parking place (total approx. 105 metres in length) outside Nos. 17 to 21 and 33 Manor Place replacing the places with ‘at any time’ (double yellow lines) waiting restrictions; (b) OCCUPATION ROAD the south-west side, to introduce a new loading only bay which would operate at any time (max stay 40 mins, and no return within 2 hours) and to amend the existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) to accommodate the new loading bay; and (c) PENROSE STREET the north-west side within CPZ ‘J’, to remove an underused ‘doctor’s only’ parking place and replacing the place with ‘at any time’ (double yellow lines) waiting restrictions.

3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct speed tables of flat-top construction having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, at the following location:- OCCUPATION ROAD from the south-eastern kerb-line of Manor Place extending south-eastward for a distance of 4.5 metres.

4. For more information contact the council's Highways – Highway Development team Highways@southwark.gov.uk .

5. Copies of this notice, the proposed orders, a statement of the council's reasons for making the orders, and a plan of the proposals may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders, paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for details.

6. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO1920-019 Manor Place’ by 13 September 2019. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

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

Dated 22 August 2019 Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

PECKHAM RYE AREA WAITING RESTRICTIONS

The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201*

1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above order under powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effect of the order would be to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines or ‘DYLs’) in the following locations:FOREST HILL ROAD the north-east side, to join up DYLs from its junction with Peckham Rye and across its junction with Colyton Road (additional DYLs approx. 59 metres); PECKHAM RYE on both sides of its westernmost north to south arm, to extend existing DYLs from outside Parklands, No. 234 Peckham Rye south-eastward to its junction with Forest Hill Road (additional DYLs approx. 130 metres on each side); and ST AIDANS ROAD the north-west side, from its junction with Peckham Rye/Forest Hill Road (additional DYLs approx. 5 metres).

3. For more information contact Lola Olanlokun of the council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk.

4. Copies of this notice, the proposed order, a statement of the council's reasons for making the order, and a plan of the proposals may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders, paper copies may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for details.

Finish time 20:00 20:00

The London Borough of Southwark (Loading bays) (No. *) Traffic Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'E') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (CPZ 'J') (No. *) Order 201*, The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 201*.

5. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO1920-020 Peckham Rye area DYLs’ by 13 September 2019. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

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

Dated 22 August 2019 Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended)

PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)

The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk You can use facilities at your local library or ‘My Southwark Service Points’ to access the website.

How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked ‘confidential’ will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: ACA-development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; ALB-development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); CNA-development within a conservation area; DDPdeparture from the development plan; LBA-works to or within the site of a listed building; MPA-major planning application; EIA-environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council – there will be a charge for the copy).

FLAT 9 117 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4JJ (Ref: 19/AP/2484) Roof insulation and installation of a rooflight to a study annexe to flat 9, in the rear outrigger ) (Within: Kennington Park Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) 43 TRAFALGAR AVENUE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 6NP (Ref: 19/AP/2509) Removal of an unauthorised dormer window and insertion of a heritage skylight. Repairs to rear roof.

Repairs to front stairs and iron work. Repairs to damaged and missing stucco. Repairs to garden wall. Minor works amendment to the lower ground floor extension. Insertion a new staircase from second the third floor. Reinsertion of volute, banister and spindles to main staircase. Repairs to glass over front door. Reinsertion of cornicing and traditional internal doors. Regularise internal modifications. ) (Within: Trafalgar Avenue CA) Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) HAYS GALLERIA TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 19/AP/2550)

Installation of signage comprising of:- 1 non illuminated panel with text 1 non illuminated projection sign 1 internally illuminated menu 2 non illuminated wall panels with text ) (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036)

36 WEST SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4SP (Ref: 19/AP/2601) Internal alterations and refurbishment at Ground, First and Second floors. To include removal and installation of partitions and relocation of door openings in existing partitions (including associated works to architrave and skirting), resulting in changes to the internal layout. Addition of internal window shutters, replacement of modern door leaves and architraves, repair and refurbishment of floorboards and replacement / reinstatement works to fireplaces. ) (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Martin McKay 020 7525 1818)

123 CAMBERWELL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0HB (Ref: 19/AP/2641) Replacement of two small steel windows on the

ground floor in the rear closet wing with timber casement windows to match the existing frames above; Replacement of upper timber casement frames like-for like; New glazing will be slim doubleglazed safety glass to work with the existing frame size. ) (Within: Addington Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB STDCA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) SCHOOL HOUSE SOUTHWARK COLLEGE UFFORD STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 8LE (Ref: 19/AP/2739) Removal of Condition 33 - Hours of Operation of Bar/Restaurant. ) Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Patrick Cronin 020 7525 5535) Dated: 20 Aug 2019 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

The existing one way working in Balfour Street, between John Maurice Close/Victory Place and Munton Road, will be made two way for access and egress purposes.

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

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

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

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

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

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

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a)Bear Gardens, between Park Street and Riverside House. (b) Union Street, between Borough High Street and Redcross Way (c) Magdalen Street, at it’s junction with Tooley Street

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

The existing one way working in Redcross Way between Union Street and Southwark Street will be made two way for access and egress purposes

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

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

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

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

Dated this 22nd August 2019 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager

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

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Rose still blooms after decade not out

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Photo by Duncan Palmer Photography

Hamlet boss picks his highlights and what he’s most proud of

By Hugo Greenhalgh

sport@southwarknews.co.uk

GAVIN ROSE celebrated a decade of service at Dulwich Hamlet this week, as his side continued their solid start to the new National League South season.

As the club’s longest-serving manager, Rose has overseen plenty of change since he became boss in August 2009. In that time he and assistant manager Junior Kadi have steered Dulwich to two promotions, while home crowds at Champion Hill have increased almost tenfold.

Speaking after Dulwich’s 2-2 draw with Concord Rangers on Saturday, Rose reflected on his time at the club.

“Ten years has passed quickly but at the same time we’ve had some great, great experiences at the club,” he said. “We’ve learned a lot about ourselves and I think we’ve tried to progress the club as much as we can on the pitch as well.”

Trying to pick out the highlights from those ten years, Rose said, “I don’t think there’s anything better than promotion, so the promotion seasons obviously stick out a little bit. But we’ve had some really good seasons where we’ve fallen short at the end and there’s been some great

games along the way in those seasons, which you always remember as well.

“I think the FA Trophy run [of 2017] was great because we dared to challenge Conference clubs, even though we were an Isthmian Premier team and I like that spirit, and I'll always remember that group that did that.”

Rose also pointed to the cohort of players who have come through during his time at the club to go on to play professionally as a source of much pride for him. This summer,

two more of his Dulwich Hamlet players signed for clubs higher up the pyramid, with Nathan Ferguson joining Crawley Town and Michael Chambers going Wrexham.

“We’ve seen lots of people progress from the club and go on to pastures new, and bigger and better things,” he said. “When you've had a hand or part in someone's career, it gives them the opportunity to better themselves and possibly better their family's [lives], I think that's really rewarding.

“The path of some people's lives

Rob, who is also deputy head of Cobourg Primary School in Southwark, underlined the major role that the players have in the initiatives.

“One thing about the mascot scheme that always shines through is how welcoming the players are to the children. It’s all very well the club inviting fans to be mascots, but it would be meaningless without the players. Our players engage, make them feel welcome and put them at ease.

“Even when we’re only a few weeks into the new season with a whole new squad I’m hearing that the players have really bought into what we’re about as a club.”

He singled out one Hamlet player for particular praise. “The one that’s always been brilliant at it is Preston [Edwards]. He was absolutely fantastic last year and I think he leads by example in the way he goes about our community work, and the other players are following suit.”

Rob added: “Obviously Gavin [Rose] is massively supportive, too. I

think it works because everyone is on board with it and shares the vision. I would think that for some of the newer players it’s different to what they may have experienced at other clubs. That’s what makes us special, I guess.”

Family days out at the football, a cornerstone of many people’s childhoods, are increasingly becoming a thing of the past due to rising ticket prices. So, Rob points out, offering free tickets allows kids in the local area to have that experience without their parents having to break the bank.

Hamlet may be known for its altruistic approach, but Rob insisted that getting more and more kids at games is also for the benefit of the club in the long term, particularly with regard to the new Hamlet Women’s side.

“The football club believes that these are the fans of the future, so it’s important to give them a free taste of what it’s like to come down to Champion Hill in the hope that they will encourage their parents and

have changed here for the better and for us that's something to be proud of. When we stop doing football management, I think that's something to be proud of when you finish.”

Rose paid tribute to his right-hand man, assistant Kadi, who has been a vital part of Dulwich’s success down the years.

“The word loyal is what Junior is, as a friend and as an assistant manager. He's been fantastic for me,” Rose said. “He's very passionate but also lightens the mood as well at times and is very jovial, which is

Gavin Rose, left, and assistant Junior Kadi

important. But also away from his personality, he's very meticulous in his job.

“He works really hard on what we need to do against the opposition, what their threats are and how we can hurt them. Not only is he a good person but he is also a good professional.”

With five games played, Dulwich are currently fifth in the table. They travel to Eastbourne Borough this Saturday and are then back at home on Bank Holiday Monday, when they play Slough Town at 3pm.

‘Fans of the future’ get ‘free taste’ of Champion Hill

By Ben Henderson

sport@southwarknews.co.uk

DULWICH HAMLET have launched another initiative to get kids throughout Southwark attending football matches.

The club is offering local children the opportunity to be mascots, as well as offering youth groups free tickets, to both men’s and women’s matches at Champion Hill.

Last season over 1,000 children and their families attended matches through the free ticket scheme, in only the half-campaign that Dulwich spent at their ground. This season, the club’s community branch is aiming even higher.

Rob Hyneman, DHFC Community lead, described the brilliant experience of those who have taken advantage of the scheme so far.

“It’s a safe and welcoming environment for their children and family. It’s very different to what you might read about or see on the TV in relation to bigger clubs.”

school friends to come back for future games. The hope is that eventually these children will bring their wives, husbands, girlfriends, children and grandchildren along in years to come.

“It’s even more important this year now we’ve got the Women’s team as well. They can come down and hopefully it’ll spark that interest and maybe help us produce the footballers of the future.”

The south London club has been a trailblazer among non-league sides on a range of social issues reported in this column, such as their inclusion of female sanitary products at Champion Hill and helping local refugees, to name a couple. While many clubs occasionally allocate free tickets for kids, few go to the extent of offering free entry to under-13s at all matches.

Rob pointed out the effect that Hamlet can have as a role-model club, insisting that visiting fans often follow the example set by Dulwich and take the ethos home with them.

Rob reflected on the response from the children who have taken up the offer so far.

“Everyone who I’ve spoken to who came down said they had a fantastic day – they felt very welcome and very safe. The children enjoyed it, and they wanted to come back for future matches as well.”

Lilah Ireland was a mascot recently and her father, Martin, was in raptures afterwards: “Lilah was excited and nervous in equal measure. The team could not have made her feel more welcome. On the way home all she talked about was when she could come back and do it again.”

The club currently has spaces available for all the men’s and women's home games. Although Rob did point out that, “Maidstone on a Tuesday is not normally the best game to go for, but the Saturday ones work very well”.

However, places are going fast so those interested are urged to get in touch as soon as possible.

For further information and to book a game, email the community team on community@dulwichhamletfc.co.uk or tweet them: @DHFC_Community.

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Fisher are denied an opener by some smart improvisation from the visitors

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

FISHER’S SCEFL Premier Division fixture against Erith Town on Tuesday night was abandoned at half-time after floodlight problems at St Paul’s.

The Fish and Erith were goalless in their league clash before the decision was taken due to the problem with visibility.

There had been an earlier blow for Fisher when Billy Brown had to be taken off with a suspected broken arm. He was replaced by Emmanuel Barnett.

Barnett went closest to an opener but

Billy Brown

couldn’t keep his shot down.

Fisher had issues with floodlights last season and were in danger of having games called off and fines imposed, before bulbs were eventually replaced by those in charge of maintaining the ground after the News highlighted the issue.

The News contacted Fisher about the abandonment and the club were releasing an official statement after we went to press.

Meanwhile, Allan Fenn’s side host AFC Croydon Athletic in Rotherhithe this Saturday. Kick-off is 3pm for the league clash. Fisher are tenth in the table after their three games.

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Peckham Town go down fighting in league opener

Kent County League Premier Division result: Peckham Town 1-3 Staplehurst Monarchs

PECKHAM TOWN manager Mary Phillip was pleased with her side’s battling performance after they played an hour with ten men and a centre-back in goal in their defeat against Staplehurst Monarchs last weekend.

Ted Rosetti opened the scoring for last season’s Kent County League Premier Division champions when he fired past debutant George Legg in the Menace goal.

A new-look Peckham only had Hady Traore and Kevin Dance from last season’s squad in their starting line-up and one of the new signings, Marcus Black, signed from FC Elmstead, thought he had equalised only to be denied by the linesman’s flag.

Peckham were then reduced to ten men when Legg was given a straight red card for a professional foul and with no goalkeeper on the bench Gary Martin put on the gloves, with Ridy Ngimbi dropping from midfield into defence.

Martin was beaten just before halftime when Omar El Mantawy’s header looped over him and into the net.

Phillip, appointed Town’s new manager in the summer after being head coach last season, made three substitutions at the break. Youssef Bouimane, Nicky Meta and Jefroy

Leslie replaced Stefan Livingston, Owen Imadiyi and Rupert Brown, but the visitors made it three in the 50th minute through Sam Winch’s near-post finish.

Town refused to let their heads drop and got a consolation through Traore.

Phillip said: “We pretty much held our own, despite having to play an hour with our centre-back in goal. I was pleased how we kept pressing and pushing forward, and in the last 20 minutes we were unlucky not score more than one.

“The players now know what this league is about now.”

Peckham were away at Stansfeld (O&B) on Wednesday (August 21) and New Romney on Saturday (August 24). They then have two home games in quick succession on Bank Holiday Monday and on August 31 against Ide Hill and Bromleians, respectively. You can keep updated on the club by following @PeckhamTownFC on Twitter and Instagram.

Peckham Town: (4-4-2): George Legg; Stefan Livingston, Gary Martin (c), Charlie Egleton, Hady Traore; Kevin Dance, Ridy Ngimbi, Rupert Brown, Osawemwengie Imadiyi; Marcus Black, Valentine Tyrell.

Substitutes: Youssef Bouimane, Jefroy Leslie, Nicky Meta, Marco Almeida, Herve Mbongue,

Dulwich’s promotion hopes suffer setback after Stoke defeat

SURREY CHAMPIONSHIP Dulwich 104 (46.2) lost to Stoke D’Abernon 105-6 (30.3) by 4 wickets

By John Lewis

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DULWICH’S HOPES of promotion from Division 2 of the AJ Fordham Surrey Championship took a dent when a depleted side lacking six first team regulars lost a low scoring match by four wickets against close rivals Stoke D’Abernon last weekend.

Dulwich were put into bat on a pitch giving movement to the seamers and turn for the spinners, and got off to a bad start when Veer Patel fell to his first ball for

the second week running. This brought in the second 14 year old Ahmed Khan, who was making his first team debut, to join Chris Purshouse. The pair defended resolutely but found scoring difficult against a mixture of pace and spin, and the score had reached 41 in the 19th over when Purshouse was caught behind for 24, off 60 balls.

Alex Leyshon, recalled after scoring a century for the second team last week, joined Khan, and the pair had taken the score to 63 in the 29th over when the youngster was caught at slip for 16, off a dogged 75 balls. Matt Marfani went quickly, but Leyshon and stand-in skipper Will Bancroft advanced the score to 82-4 in the 35th over before Bancroft was stumped. Leyshon

followed four runs later, having made 19 off 59 balls.

Nick Gunning and Simon Harwood took the score to 96-6 in the 42nd over, but both went on the same score. There was to be no repeat of the previous week’s tail end heroics as the last four wickets went down for eight runs to see Dulwich dismissed for 104 in the 47th over. Nine of the wickets had fallen to the spinners, while keeper Tim Frost finished with three catches and a stumping.

Dulwich needed early wickets in reply, and got the ideal start when Harwood had Max Subba Row caught behind by Bancroft off the first ball of the innings.

A second wicket for Harwood and one for Sahir Hussain, both caught by

Kamran Munawar at mid off, reduced Stoke to 11-3 in the sixth over. Harwood could have got another wicket in his fifth over when Alastair Curran twice edged the ball through the slips to the boundary.

With this impetus Curran and Shawn Dyson were able to add 44 in twelve overs for the fourth wicket before Curran was bowled by Gunning for 27, off 38 balls.

With Dulwich’s three main spinners missing it was left to Pat George to lead the spin attack, but though he was able to put a brake on the scoring rate the batsmen managed to resist him.

Bancroft turned to the leg spin of Khan, and was rewarded when he took two wickets in his third over. The first saw the two youngsters combine as Patel

took a good catch at backward point.

Four balls later Dyson was brilliantly held at long off by Harwood, having made 30, the highest score of the match, off 53 balls. At 79-6 Dulwich were still in the game, but Frost and Ben Zander proved equal to the task and took their side to victory without further loss.

Stoke D’Abernon thus overtake Dulwich, who slip to third place, but with three matches remaining there are still only seven points separating the two sides, while the next two teams are just five and seven points behind.

This weekend, Dulwich have a difficult trip to Farnham, who are currently in eighth place and who will be desperate for a win to escape the threat of relegation.

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OWLS PERISH IN LIONS’ FORTRESS

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By John Kelly at The Den

Date: Saturday 3 August, 2019 Attendance: 15,017 Man of the match: Bartosz Bialkowski Referee: Gavin Ward

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FOR ALL that Millwall appear to have done excellent business in the summer transfer window, Neil Harris’ work with some of his longer servants is worth noting.

Seven players from Saturday featured in a 1-0 defeat at Fleetwood in League One in April 2017. There were six starters at the weekend from that season: Mahlon Romeo, Jake Cooper, Jed Wallace, Ben Thompson, Shaun Williams and Aiden O’Brien.

Perhaps the biggest improvement is in Romeo. He was released by Gillingham in 2015 before joining the Lions. He caught the eye on his debut the following February with a goal in a 3-0 win at Walsall. But consistency was always his main issue. The talent, the pace, the power was there.

Even going back to last season it was his dallying on the ball that allowed Middlesbrough score late in a 2-2 draw. It’s unlikely you’ll see those basic errors from him now.

On Saturday he was up against Kadeem Harris and his task became even harder when Wallace’s straight red card in the 43rd minute meant Millwall conceded space out wide and trusted players in direct duels.

On at least three occasions Romeo had the home fans on their feet applauding and roaring their approval after coming out on top against Harris.

This could be the season when Romeo properly fulfils his potential and the only worry then is that he attracts attention from bigger clubs and

money talks.

It would be wrong to only highlight Romeo’s performance. You lost count of the number of times Alex Pearce, Jake Cooper and Murray Wallace got their head or legs to the ball or in the way to deny Sheffield Wednesday.

The pick of the interventions was probably Pearce’s last-ditch tackle in the six-yard box on Steven Fletcher, who looked like he would turn in an equaliser. The match-winner, Matt Smith, tweeted after the game, “One of the best guys I’ve met in football” and Pearce is already a huge fan favourite. There couldn’t be a better fit between club and club captain.

Behind that unit of four, goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was outstanding, producing nine saves. There were several that were low and awkward but Bialkowski held on to the ball every time and Millwall have really upgraded in that area this season.

The Lions left nothing on the pitch.

The Owls had most of the possession but just couldn’t break through. The visitors had scored five goals in their first two league games to top the league, but whenever they thought they might finally crack their opponents there was another Millwall player there to deny them.

Lions boss Harris withdrew Smith seven minutes into the second half and sent on the more mobile Tom Bradshaw to contribute to the defensive effort from the front.

Millwall knew they would be up against it after the second red card of Wallace’s Millwall career, but Romeo revealed afterwards they relished it.

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“To be honest, we were all raring to go at half-time,” Romeo said, “we were ready for the challenge, we invited it, we were hungry for it. We were hungry to hang on to the lead, and we did.

“The gaffer made it clear on the first day of pre-season what he wanted and this is it coming to life. Jed’s been sent off...we needed to get him out of the s**t, to be honest.”

Wallace would have been a relieved man. There could be little argument with his dismissal, after he caught Kieran Lee late, with his foot raised.

Lee Bullen’s side threw everything at it. They finished with only two outand-out defenders on the pitch and crossed ball after ball into the Millwall box. But you got the impression that a jumbo jet could have attempted to land in the Lions’ penalty area and

Pearce, Cooper or Wallace would have tried to head it away.

It’s Smith’s head that looks like it will do damage in the opponents’ area this season. He got his second goal in two games when he read Connor Mahoney’s delivery from a corner better than Owls stopper Keiren Westwood, who got under the ball and missed it, to nod in. Smith celebrated ecstatically and is also already a cult figure at The Den. You get the sense he loves the rough and tumble, the thunder and the wildness of it all on days like this in south Bermondsey.

And for the second home game in a row it was an experience to hear the home fans helping get their team over the line with a din that shook the place.

If this is the standard for the season, it’s set to be something pretty special.

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Goalkeeper may have found a place to stir old memories EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly

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IF LUKE Steele misses the shot of “adrenaline” he got from some of the most intense atmospheres in European football, then he’s probably in the right place to get his fix again.

Steele, 34, spent three seasons from 2014 with Greek side Panathinaikos, playing 29 times in the league in his first campaign as the side finished second behind fierce Athens rivals Olympiacos.

Steele got the chance to move to the Greek Super League after the former Newcastle defender Nikos Dabizas, the club’s sporting director, got in touch. He made the move from Barnsley, signed an initial two-year deal but after an impressive first season was given a threeyear contract on better wages.

He played in the Europa League – making Uefa’s team of the week in September 2015 – but it was the domestic encounters that left the biggest impressions, and the supporters.

“It was brilliant, absolute class,” Steele said. “One of the reasons I went out there, apart from playing European football, was to experience things like that. You only have to look at the derby with Olympiacos, it’s huge, it’s not just a football match. It’s more than a football match, especially to the people.

“I think that was the hardest thing, actually leaving those atmospheres and not getting it again. It’s a bit like an addiction, you crave the bigger ones, more fireworks. It’s such an adrenaline rush that when you don’t get it you sort of miss it.

That’s the one thing I do miss about there, the big matches, all the bells and whistles.

You actually have to go to a game to experience it, it’s absolutely phenomenal.

“The derbies were great, but we weren’t allowed fans in the opposition ground. It was hard to make trouble, even though there was with the police and things like

Main: Luke Steele made his Millwall debut at West Brom Inset: The intense setting for an Athens derby

that.”

If a result or performance was poor the fans demanded answers. And not just on social media or on forums. Panathinaikos ultras, a group known as ‘Gate 13’, would turn up at the training ground to confront the players and staff.

But it was opposition fans that posed the bigger threat.

“There’s a great picture I’ve got coming off a field in Crete, at OFI Crete,” Steele recalled. “For finance reasons OFI and Panathinaikos hated each other at the time.

We beat them, they were near relegation and there were loads of police creating a tunnel of shields. The players had to crouch down and I remember hearing rocks and things smashing against the

tunnel all the way through to the actual tunnel. That picture says it all.

“I think our team manager came in with a split eye after being hit with a rock or a coin, blood everywhere. It was carnage.

Things like that sound bad but they’re memories that I feel quite proud of.

“It sounds bizarre, from Barnsley to Athens, I’ve been asked a million times about it, but it’s just football club to football club. It’s just that English players don’t go abroad too often that it raises eyebrows. It’s something I wanted to do, and to get the chance to play European football.

“It was really difficult [to learn the language] but after around a year-and-ahalf you’re around Greek so much that

you pick up things. Every day was like a challenge. Trying to work out how to pay electric, the letters are all in Greek! Getting the right people to do different jobs, there were challenges all over the place, not just at the football club.

“My friends and family flew out as much as they could. My first daughter was born in Athens so we had loads to do. We set up life over there as we do here. There’s so much you could do in Greece.

“It’s nice to try to learn different cultures.

It’s far from here geographically. The people are very different, very warm and I learnt a different way of life. I enjoyed it but after three years it was time to come home.”

Steele had spent six seasons with

Barnsley, his longest spell at any club, having started his career at Peterborough before a big move to Manchester United when he was only seventeen.

He didn’t make a senior appearance under Alex Ferguson, but values the experience with the club he supports.

“They’re such a personal club, or were, they had me and my family down and I actually trained there for a little while first,” Steele said. “They had a good look at me. I got to meet some amazing people who had done so well in the game. It was very personal the way the club went about signing me.

“Edwin van der Saar was there and I worked with him more than anybody. He was just fantastic, he’s the best I’ve ever seen. He was very open to helping the young lads. He was in his mid-30s and I just took so much from those years I was with him.”

He was also a squad-mate of Roy Keane’s. “He was phenomenal, the way he orchestrated the team and squad. I was really lucky to travel quite a few times with the first team and be on the bench. I saw at close hand what went on. He was some player, he wasn’t just a character. He had great players around him and it was a brilliant time to be there.

“Ronaldo was coming through and you saw day-in, day-out how world-class footballers act. It was great.”

After spending the majority of his career in the north of England, Steele has joined a London club for the first time, the tenth transfer since that first one to United.

And in The Den he might just have found a place to stir those memories of Greece.

“I’ve played here many times before for other clubs. It’s been louder and more intense than I remember. Maybe they weren’t like that when I was at Barnsley or West Brom but this season – I don’t know if they’re being orchestrated by a leader or something! – they’re more in tune and they’re pushing the team all the way.

“They should be proud because the lads have done really well.”

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Harris backs rookie Boro partnership Championship preview

MILLWALL BOSS Neil Harris has backed Jonathan Woodgate and Robbie Keane to be successes at Middlesbrough.

Millwall could face their former midfielder George Saville this weekend

The pair were appointed manager and assistant manager respectively in the summer, but have had a tough start on Teeside.

Boro were in the relegation zone before their trip to Wigan midweek. They were also humiliatingly knocked out of the EFL Cup on penalties by League Two Crewe.

It is Woodgate’s first senior management job after he was a coach at the club under Tony Pulis, who was sacked in May after missing out on the play-offs. Keane is also the assistant

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manager to Mick McCarthy with Ireland.

Harris believes the former Tottenham team-mates will get it right at the Riverside.

“I think it’s great that Steve [Gibson] has given the job to two young coaches,” Harris said. “Woody deserves his opportunity to manage and coach at that level. He’s learnt the last couple of years from Tony Pulis who would have been a great teacher for him.

“He needs to find his feet. I’ve watched some of the footage and he’s trying to evolve the team to have a more attacking threat. It was a defensive set-up under Tony. It takes time, we found that ourselves. We lost 4-0 at home to Coventry in the first home league game

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of our first season.

“It’s very difficult in the modern game to ask for patience, but ultimately as a new young manager you do need time.

Modern-day society in general and football doesn’t usually allow you time for what you’re doing.

“There have been times I’ve had to ask for patience, even last season. I’m sure Woody and Robbie will do well there and go on to have long careers in managing and coaching.”

Meanwhile, Millwall are without Jed Wallace as he serves the second game of his three-match ban for his red card against Sheffield Wednesday last weekend.

Harris could freshen his side up for their

sixth game already this month. Jayson Molumby is getting closer to full match fitness and is expected to challenge for a first-team place this season.

MATCH DETAILS

Possible Millwall team: 4-4-1-1: Bialkowski; Romeo, Pearce, Cooper, M Wallace; Mahoney, Leonard, Williams, Ferguson; Thompson; Bradshaw Match odds: Middlesbrough 10/11 Draw 23/10 Millwall 11/4 Last season’s fixture: Middlesbrough 1-1 Millwall (Hugill 90 pen; Wallace 21)

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O’Brien: ‘I feel like I need to do something – I feel strongly about it’ EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly

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AIDEN O’BRIEN has revealed his ambition to open a youth centre in his home borough of Islington to offer a pathway to a better life for those less fortunate than he was.

O’Brien, 25, grew up in a north London council estate and has spoken of how strong family support, a good group of friends and a career in football helped him avoid a different route taken by those who don’t have the same kind of opportunities that he had.

“I just want to give something back,” O’Brien told the News this week.

“One day my dream is to open a youth club where young kids and adults who aren’t fortunate enough to have the funds or family background to support them, that they can come to this project and get coaching badges, or some kind of certificate that can give them a pathway in life.

“I want something that I knew my mates didn’t have. If I hadn’t had a family pushing me I wouldn’t have got this opportunity. I know how it feels and I have two mates helping me. It will take time and it’s a work in

progress.

“It will only start in Islington because I’ve got a lot of mates who have kids there, younger mates who need help in life. I feel like I need to do something about it. I feel strongly about it. I will do it.

“We’re working with Arsenal Community now, they’re a big help and obviously they’ve got massive funding. We’re working with loads of different companies in Islington, like Angel. We’re doing lots of fundraising, putting the pieces together, meeting people. It’s me and my two mates, Brendan and Dwayne.

We’re going to take it slowly and hopefully it blossoms and we can do what we set out to do.”

O’Brien has spoken here previously of how his dad, Davey Byrne, would work with him on his football and he was also supported by his mum, Sandra, who still lives in Islington.

O’Brien has a younger sister, Lisa, and explained earlier this year in the Irish Mail on Sunday what motivates him most in football. “I can’t afford to not be in this job,” he said. “I want to provide for my family for as long as they live. Mum, dad, my sister and her family. I want to make sure they never go without anything.”

That hard work in his younger days is paying off, and as well as taking

care of his family he wants to positively benefit his community.

He continued: “Around Holloway and Finsbury Park, at one stage you’re roaming around there up to no good and then next thing you’re playing for your country and Millwall. It’s surreal, but I’m still the same Aiden O’Brien I was when I was ten years old, I’ll never change. Everyone knows that about me. Hence why I want to give back to where I come from and to the people around there.

“There aren’t a lot of opportunities for young people there. I grew up in council estates, I know what it’s like.

“I have spoken in schools. People want to hear it, especially when you grew up in that situation. You want to go to schools and talk about what you’ve been through. They can relate to what you went through because they’re going through that exact same thing now.

“You can kind of help them in a little way by explaining, ‘look, this ain’t the only way’. If they want they can have a one-to-one talk with me or my mates, because we all made it in football, we’ve all come through that system, we want to help in any way.

Whether that’s talks at schools, different projects, opening up our own youth club one day, that’s what we’re going for and hopefully one day we

get there.”

As with his family and social life, O’Brien has a strong supportive environment with his club. There are positive influences in the dressing room, none more so than Alex Pearce.

O’Brien speaks highly of the club captain and another summer recruit, Matt Smith.

“From when Alex first came in I’m going to go as far to say that he changed the whole dressing room,” O’Brien added. “Without making him big-headed! He changed the whole dynamic of the dressing room, he got everyone together, he got everyone back to where they should be.

“At one stage last year it wasn’t really where it should have been. The boys really took to him, he’s been made skipper this year and he’s been brilliant. Not one person could say a bad word about him. On and off the pitch he’s absolutely outstanding, he shows his passion on the pitch and he’s one you can point to that’s made that change in the dressing room. He’s been a big part of it and the lads would all vouch for that.

“Smithy has come in, scored goals and he’s another cracking lad. Both of them are almost fan favourites already because of who they are and how they are, it’s not a coincidence. They’re very good people and good players.

“The changing room is probably the best I’ve ever seen. We just need to keep it like that. I feel like the new signings have all taken to it really well, not one of them has been thrown off by the atmosphere or the pressure, if anything they’ve all thrived off it.

It’s credit to them coming in with a fanbase that could get on your back if things aren’t going well, but at the moment it’s all going well.

“The good thing about it is they’re all great characters and they’ve all slotted in really well. It’s created kind of a competition within the camp. It was probably a bit too friendly the last couple of seasons, positions-wise.

“Now there’s a lot of competition in every position and it’s made everyone up their game, which you need to do to keep your place in the squad.

You’re fighting to be on that pitch, everyone wants to play. I think that’s what’s getting us the results that we need.

“It’s a massive step from last year and we want to keep moving in the right direction. The manager, the staff, the players, everyone around this camp at the moment, it’s got a really good vibe about it. Everyone’s smiling, everyone’s happy, there are no bad vibes.

“I feel like it’s going in a really good direction.”

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FAN-TASTIC Keeper Steeled for cup games and battle with Bart for shirt

By John Kelly

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NEIL HARRIS has praised Millwall fans for their support in the first two games of the season at The Den.

The Lions won 1-0 against both Preston and Sheffield Wednesday, the latter with ten men for more than a half.

Millwall are not back in south Bermondsey until August 31 for the visit of Hull City, after three successive away fixtures.

“It’s got to be one of the most pleasing aspects for me of the whole summer, the way the fans have come and supported the team,” Harris said. “We’ve evolved the team slightly and I said we want to be able to play various ways, be Millwall-like with set-plays and second balls, but also be able to play a little bit as well.

“It’s about trying to get the balance between the two.

Trying to get the mix between the two, that’s promotionwinning stuff, that’s the

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly

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LUKE STEELE has revealed he spoke to Frank Fielding after the goalkeeper’s injury on the opening day – and was encouraged to sign for the club by his former team-mate.

Luke Steele

challenge for us to try to be able to do that.

“The fans coming to support us has been great. The realisation of the fans when we’ve been under the cosh, very rarely against Preston but we had to stand strong second half, they didn’t get nervy.

“Saturday against Sheffield Wednesday, who had two wins out of two, good side, we needed help. And the noise in the stadium a couple of times took me by surprise. It’s great for the players to experience that.

“But the challenge to the players is we have to repeat that. It’s about momentum.

The fans are pleased with the club’s transfer activity. The players are in good form at the moment and we want to keep it going.”

Meanwhile, Tom Elliott made his comeback from injury this week but could still leave before the loan deadline for clubs below the Championship on September 2.

“Nothing’s changed with

Steele and Fielding played together at Bristol City and linked up again after the latter was ruled out until Christmas with a quad injury.

Millwall enquired about Steele previously before making their move for the former Manchester United stopper ahead of the closure of August’s transfer window.

“It’s ironic how it works,” Steele said.

“Goalkeepers have this weird respect and bond and I gave Frank a call before anybody

Tom,” Harris said. “He played 45 minutes Monday at Leeds.

He had no problems in his hamstring. He’s been great, really, really sharp.

“We’ve gone slowly with him getting him back into the fold just to make sure there are no repercussions with the injury.

“He’s fit and healthy and will probably play 70 minutes next Monday [against Nottingham Forest at Calmont Road]. Once he’s done that he’s had 30 minutes [in a behind-closeddoors game], 45 minutes at Leeds and 70 minutes again.

He’s then ready for first-team activities.

“Nothing’s changed in the scenario. If anything crops up that suits Tom and suits Millwall then he may move on.

“But if it doesn’t and Tom’s here on September 3, then great. He’s a big part of the squad and popular with the group. He’s liked by the staff and the players and will crack on. He’ll battle hard to get himself in the team or on the bench.”

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else to ask him how his injury was. I asked about the club and different things. Frank gave it loads of positives.

“I told him before anybody, ‘look, there’s been interest from Millwall’ and he was like, ‘brilliant, get yourself here’. That set me off on the right track, speaking to the manager and everything else.

“That was the first time I’d heard about it for a while. The manager had come in for me a few years ago. So I knew there was interest from him, which was nice to know.

“It was unfortunate with Frank’s injury. I knew they needed to take one more goalkeeper on and it was good timing for me.

“It wasn’t working out for me this season at Forest with them bringing a goalkeeper on loan from Man City and signing a French keeper. That was it for me, I had to decide I needed to get out even if it was for the short

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term. When this came about it was a good opportunity.”

Steele made his debut in the first round of the EFL Cup, a 2-1 win at West Brom. He should start the second-round tie at Oxford next Tuesday but will likely be understudy to Bart Bialkowski until his loan spell ends in January.

“I’m just concentrating on these months, I don’t think there’s any point looking beyond that,” Steele added. “The reason I’m here is because of an injury and when Frank gets back I don’t think they’ll look to carry three keepers. But you don’t know what’s going to happen between now and then, we’ll assess closer to the time.

“Since I’ve come in Bart’s done really well.

I don’t expect [Neil Harris] to change it at all. If I get the cup games I’ll be ready for that. It’s a case of me and Bart pushing each other. He’s done well so deserves to play.”

Millwall were playing Fulham after we went to press on Wednesday.

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