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petition against EU Flag

By Josh Salisbury

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OPINION OPINION Pages 12-13 Pages 18-19

A petition has been launched calling on Southwark Council to take down the EU flag from its council offices.

Officials at the town hall have refused to lower the flag since the UK left the European Union at the end of last month in a “clear show of solidarity” with Southwark’s 41,000 European residents.

The petition calls on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to order the council to take down the flag from its offices in Queen’s Road, Peckham.

However, central Government only has rules relating to the flying of the Union Flag, and any organisation is allowed to fly the EU flag at any time if it has the necessary planning permission.

“Southwark Council office in Queen's Rd Peckham are clearly reluctant to let go, by displaying the EU flag above their offices they are hardly helping to bringing the country together. It’s irresponsible,” states the petition.

“It is a government building and I feel its

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mesh forces standdown

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By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk The Women’s Equality Party candidate for the London Mayor elections this May has stood down saying vaginal mesh complications have left her life “turned upside down”.

Professor Sue Black, a computer scientist and entrepreneur, made the announcement on Sunday, February 16 when she endorsed the party’s leader, Mandu Reid, to run as London Mayor in her place.

Black has committed to continuing the campaign to ban vaginal mesh, secure compensation for victims, and put in place stricter regulations; describing the surgery

flying of the EU flag is in defiance of Brexit, one could argue this is a form of rabble rising [sic].

“Common sense should dictate the EU flag is not needed on our government buildings.”

Announcing the decision to keep the flag last month, Cllr Victoria Mills, who holds the cabinet Brexit portfolio, said: “As far as Southwark is concerned EU nationals from the 27 EU member states remain part of our diverse and vibrant communities.

“EU nationals are our brothers and sisters, our partners, parents and neighbours.

“They have settled here in Southwark and make a huge contribution to the growth, prosperity, culture and community of our borough.

“For Southwark we are crystal clear that this is not a matter for debate and EU residents should never be treated no less favourably as they are at present.”

Council officials have also urged European citizens to apply for settled status by December 31. Help with the application for Southwark residents can be found by calling 0300 123 7379 or visiting: www.southwark.gov.uk/EUsettlement. as “a cowboy medical procedure that should never have been allowed to take place”.

There are concerns that while the EU is strengthening legislation, the government’s plans for “competitive” regulations could leave patients to vulnerable to similar scandals in future.

“Like so many other women affected by the vaginal mesh scandal, I have been left with complications worse than the symptoms the mesh was meant to treat,” she said.

“It has turned my life upside down. When I first reported this, I was gaslighted by a healthcare system that too often disbelieves women’s pain.

“I won’t let the government ignore us too, by making it easier for companies to push dangerous products onto the market and into our bodies without proper research.”

As the News has reported, thousands of women across the country were left with debilitating pain and complications by mesh surgery aimed at curing prolapse and incontinence caused by childbirth.

It is no longer used at King’s or Guy’s for these conditions, both of which do offer mesh-removal surgery in some cases.

Hayes calls for a stop to criminal deportations

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Helen Hayes is one of 170 MPs campaigning to stop the deportation of 50 Jamaican nationals from the UK.

A flight left the UK on Monday with seventeen people, while 25 others remained in the UK after a legal challenge.

But so far the government has refused to reverse its decision.

The individuals, all Jamaican nationals, are being deported due to criminal convictions. But campaigners had called on the plans to be cancelled as many had come to the UK as children, grown up, worked and raised families here. Some have not had access to legal advice.

Although some have been prosecuted for violent crimes, others were arrested for non-violent drugs offences.

An open letter to Boris Johnson, signed by the Dulwich and West Norwood MP, states: “At the height of the Windrush scandal, the government suspended charter flights as they could not guarantee that no wrongful deportations would take place.

“Not only is there an unacceptable risk of removing anyone with a potential Windrush claim, but there has been a failure by the government to remedy the causes of the Windrush scandal.

“It is, therefore, crucial that all further deportations are cancelled until the long-awaited Lessons Learned Review is published, and its recommendations implemented.”

Previously Hayes has described mass deportations as “a tool of the hostile environment” that “lead to miscarriages of justice”.

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‘Could you also donate a kidney?’

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk A woman who saved her dad’s life by donating a kidney at Guy’s Hospital is on a mission to raise organ donations in the black community.

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By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk King’s College Hospital says it is in urgent need of more therapy dogs to give patients some TLC.

Sixty-two-year-old Lucy FermanMoore has volunteered with Harvey, her thirteen-year-old chocolate Labrador, at the hospital in Denmark Hill since August last year.

Harvey is one of fourteen dogs that regularly visit patients, visitors and staff. The hospital’s volunteering team says it is in “urgent” need of more volunteers.

“Harvey is a familiar face on hospital wards, and he brings everyone a lot of joy,” she says.

“Many patients have pets at home that they’re missing, and Harvey puts a huge smile on their face.

“As a local resident, King’s College Hospital has a special place in my heart.

“My three children were born here, one very prematurely, and received outstanding care.

“When I retired, I wanted to give something back. I could see how much people love being around Harvey, and it’s a great feeling when he brightens up someone’s day.

“He has the ability to lift the mood of a whole ward. I’d encourage any dog owners with some time to spare to get involved.”

Owners can sign up through the charity Pets for Therapy, which

will assess potential dogs before providing training and DBS checks before introducing them to the wards.

King’s College Hospital’s head of volunteering, Petula Storey, said: “Harvey has a very calm and gentle nature, which makes him a real hit with young children, as well as our older patients.

“Animals can have a real benefit to our wellbeing, and so many of our patients find comfort and stressrelief just sitting with Harvey.

“We’d love to hear from anyone with a few hours to spare and a dog they’d like to share with our patients.”

For more information email kch-tr.volunteers@nhs.net or call 0203 299 5510.

Hayley Armstrong, 33, donated her kidney to her dad, Hurlington, last year after he was on dialysis for over a year.

“Seeing him go to hospital three times a week for dialysis, get weaker and his condition consume his life made me feel there was no option but to restore his health,” said the mum-of-two.

Since the donation, her 67-year-old father has been given a new lease of life she says – and has even signed up to the gym.

“At times I’m overwhelmed by how he is now compared with how he was,” she said.

“I saw my dad looking like his world was over to now having a new lease of life.”

“I’ve surprised myself and my friends with how well I’m doing. I’m finally living a normal life,” added Hurlington, a retired carpenter.

Now the father-and-daughter duo have teamed up to increase organ donations in the black community.

On Tuesday, the pair attended the ‘Big Conversation’, an event held at London South Bank University, the first living donation event for black kidney patients and their families.

Black patients account for eleven per cent of those waiting for an organ compared with 2.5 per cent of the UK population.

They wait almost a year longer than white patients for a kidney and are also less likely to receive a transplant from a living donor of the same ethnic background.

“Black people need to have more information and to meet donors and recipients who have gone through it,” said Hayley.

“They often get the wrong idea about donation. Hopefully hearing my story can encourage them.”

Hayley and Hurlington six weeks after transplant

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The thought of losing my ability to play was heartbreaking but, being a musician himself, Professor Ashkan understood my concerns

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katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A King’s patient played the violin while surgeons removed her brain tumour at King’s College Hospital.

Fifty-three-year-old violinist Dagmar Turner was woken after an opening was made in her skull and brought round from the anaesthetic.

Doctors then handed her the violin to play, as the tumour was removed, to make sure the surgery did not affect the parts of her brain used while playing music.

The idea came from Professor Keyoumars Ashkan, a consultant neurosurgeon at Denmark Hill, who is also an accomplished pianist with a degree in music.

He understood Dagmar’s worries that the operation to remove her large, slow-growing brain tumour could stop her from playing and performing again.

Dagmar, who plays in the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2013 after suffering a seizure while playing a symphony.

She was given a biopsy and treated with radiotherapy at her local specialist hospital, but despite treatment in autumn of last year doctors discovered the tumour had grown and become more aggressive.

Its location was also a particular cause for concern, as it was close to the right frontal lobe of her brain, an area that controls movement in her left hand.

Professor Ashkan spent two hours carefully mapping her brain to identify the areas that were active while she played before the operation.

“We perform around 400 tumour removals each year, which often involves rousing patients to carry out language tests, but this was the first time I’ve had a patient play an

instrument,” he said.

“We knew how important the violin is to Dagmar so it was vital that we preserved function in the delicate areas of her brain that allowed her to play.

“We managed to remove over 90 per cent of the tumour, including all the areas suspicious of aggressive activity, while retaining full function in her left hand.”

“The violin is my passion,” she said.

“I’ve been playing since I was 10 years old.

“The thought of losing my ability to play was heartbreaking but, being a musician himself, Professor Ashkan understood my concerns.

“He and the team at King’s went out of their way to plan the operation – from mapping my brain to planning the position I needed to be in to play.

“Thanks to them I’m hoping to be back with my orchestra very soon.”

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The search is on for Sergeant Percy George Crosbie

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk The search is on to find any surviving relatives of an RAF sergeant, believed to hail from Camberwell, who died in a training accident in Norfolk during World War Two. Mark Twiddy contacted the News

after researching the deaths of a bomber command crew from Marham RAF base who died in a 1941 accident.

He is part of a team of people looking after a nature reserve on what was once Whitemoor Marshalling Yard, near March in Cambridgeshire.

While working with a local historian to plan some new information boards

for the area, they discovered that during the war the area had been the site of a wartime tragedy.

On November 24, during training, a Wellington Mk 1c z8863 from the RAF’s 115 squadron hit loaded coal wagons while flying low near the railway track.

All crew died, including three from the ground, who had joined the flight to gain air

experience.

The group now hope to put a memorial in place in the nature reserve to commemorate those who died. It is hoped a service will take place with any surviving relatives in attendance.

One of the fatalities was a Sergeant Percy George Crosbie, who was buried in a village nearby. Mark’s research

shows Sgt Crosbie’s parents may have been a John and Hilda Crosbie recorded as hailing from Camberwell, who lived at 107 Sumner Road.

Mark hopes News readers will share the story and help track down any of Crosbie’s relatives so they can join on the day.

Anyone with information should email editor@southwarknews.co.uk

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king’s A&E STILL ‘REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT’

Inspectors report on their latest visit

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk King’s College Hospital’s emergency department still “requires improvement” according to the latest inspection report published this week.

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) inspectors previously rated the entire trust as requiring improvement in 2019 over care concerns. During follow-up visits to Denmark Hill’s A&E last November, inspectors found key waiting time targets were not being met, and that mandatory training still had not been completed by all staff.

Some subjects had completion rates as low as 22 per cent.

Single use equipment was not being rotated properly to make sure all items were in date, with “a significant number of items [found] past their use by date.” And the long-term lack of suitable premises for mental health assessments for children had still not been resolved.

At the time of the visits, there was still no dedicated paediatric mental health assessment room in the paediatric emergency department “fit for purpose”. Instead, a cubicle was being used.

The report explained: “Although we recognised the work the service had done to mitigate risk and the planned building work which was due to commence shortly after the inspection, despite this, at the time of the inspection the risks remained.”

Also highlighted was the “lack of consideration given to ligature points and other environmental factors that could allow paediatric patients with suicidal tendencies to come to harm in the paediatric emergency department. This had not changed from the last time we inspected.”

At the last inspection it was discovered that staff were not following best practice when prescribing, giving, recording and storing medicines. This is an area that had seen significant improvement.

One of the biggest difficulties for the trust is meeting its key time targets. Patients should be either admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours of arriving at A&E in at least 95 per cent of cases. This has been a long-term issue for King’s.

King’s College Hospital’s emergency department is a major trauma centre for the entire south-east, and also a stroke and cardiac arrhythmia and cardiac arrest centre with growing pressures.

The latest data shows that for the end of the second quarter of 2019, this target was met 63.2 per cent of the time. By November 2019, the same figure for quarter three was at 63.9 per cent.

The CQC has told the NHS Trust that its staff must complete their mandatory training, push ahead with the mental health specialist assessment room in its paediatric department, ensure all equipment is in date and meet its fourhour waiting time targets.

Also inspected was the trust’s Bromley A&E, at Princess Royal University Hospital, which fared worse than Denmark Hill due to “weak” governance, a culture of “learned helplessness”, and “apathy towards patients and visitors” reported amongst some staff, and “low morale”.

Responding to the report, a spokesperson for the trust said: “We accept that CQC found that there is still much to do to improve our emergency departments.

“Both departments continue to be busy, however we cannot allow this to distract us from the improvements that need to be made in terms of patient care and support for our staff.”

Dr Nigel Acheson, deputy chief inspector of hospitals, described the outcome as “disappointing” but also commented: “There were some moves towards improving care and some more in the pipeline.

“CQC will be keeping a watchful eye on the emergency departments at both King’s and the PRUH, to ensure future care gets better.”

BID TO SAVE POLISH ARTWORK

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk London’s polish community is hoping to save a huge artwork inside Camberwell Magistrates’ Court for the public.

The court, which was sold off by the Ministry of Justice to a private developer, is now being demolished to make way for a private development. Inside the condemned building is an installation created by Polish sculptor.

Although the relief – almost 100 metres long and five metres tall - will be safely dismantled from the building after the Ministry of Justice donated it to the Polish Cultural Foundation, they still have to cover the costs of dismantling, moving and installing it elsewhere; expected to run into the thousands.

Artist Tadeusz Adam Zielinski was born in Trzebina on February 4, 1907 and passed away in London on November 25, 1993. At the start

of World War Two he was a prisoner of war and forced into a gulag in Kozelsk, in what was then the USSR. He eventually fought alongside the Allied forces in General Anders’ Army and found refuge in the UK while exiled from his home country. During his army career he continued sculpting and painting.

Zielinski’s work features in several prominent polish churches across the country and further afield, including in Palestine; where he was based for a period of the conflict.

In the post-war years Zielinski was a key figure in London’s polish community. If the campaign, which has been backed by ex-Islington mayor Stefan Kasprzyk, reaches its target it is hoped the piece will go on permanent display at the Polish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith.

To donate to the Polish Cultural Foundation’s appeal, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/savezielinski-artwork

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Council says Grosvenor are taking the biscuit as mayor decides plans

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By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A £500m scheme in Bermondsey’s Biscuit Factory on land owned by the Duke of Westminster is set to be approved tomorrow amid opposition from housing campaigners and councillors.

The rent-only scheme was thrown out

by Southwark councillors a year ago after the developer Grosvenor refused to supply 35 per cent of ‘affordable’ homes to meet council policy - despite being owned by the world’s richest person under thirty.

Mayor Sadiq Khan overruled the refusal, saying the plans have “potential to make an important contribution to housing and affordable housing supply,” and said he would consider the application himself.

Grosvenor then pledged 35 per cent of the 1,548 homes would be ‘affordable’, despite previously insisting the scheme couldn’t support that many.

Now it has been recommended that the scheme, which would see 1,548 homes, a 600-place secondary school and office and retail space, be accepted at a hearing on Friday (February 21).

GLA officers said the plans are “strongly supported in principle,” and recommended that they be given the go-ahead.

“The proposal would make a significant contribution towards the borough’s housing and affordable housing delivery targets and would provide appropriate levels of complementary employment, retail and community uses,” states the recommendation.

But chair of Southwark’s planning committee, Cllr Martin Seaton, said he did not believe Sadiq Khan would overrule the rejection.

“The decision to refuse the Grosvenor Estate application was unanimous,” he said. “We diligently applied our policies in the public interest.”

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Campaigners from the housing lobbying group, the 35% campaign, have accused Grosvenor of not supplying true social rented homes suitable for the poorest on the development, saying the 140 social rent equivalent homes would only be offered on three-year tenancies with ‘presumption’ of renewal.

“If the Mayor approves the Biscuit Factory development, we will get less than 10 per cent of fake social rent in a huge development, next to parts of London’s poorest areas, built for the benefit of one of London’s richest families,” said Jerry Flynn, the group’s spokesman.

“Southwark Council were right to reject it and the Mayor should do the same on Friday.”

When contacted by the News, a spokesperson for Grosvenor pointed to a submission in the report that the

where have all the Hedgehogs gone?

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk Scientists say there is a mystery over why there are so few hedgehog sightings in Southwark’s green spaces.

Boffins at the Zoological Society of London placed hundreds of cameras in green spaces across the capital to record wildlife spotted in a two-week period throughout 2019.

The largest population was discovered in Hampstead Heath, while 62 sightings were spotted on cameras across west London.

But in Dulwich Park, Peckham Rye and Common, and Russia Dock Woodland, just one hedgehog was seen in 65 camera locations.

The Southwark locations should support hedgehogs, leading to a mystery

of why so few were captured on camera, say the researchers.

“Interestingly, the habitat in the green spaces we investigated in the Southwark area is very similar to the areas where hedgehogs appear to be doing well,” said Rachel Cates, who led the research as part of an internship project.

“We don’t know why hedgehogs would be doing so well in some areas, but less so in others, when the habitats look similar.

“One explanation could be that these areas are isolated from larger green spaces, meaning there’s no safe passages to enable hedgehogs to access these sites from outside.”

A previous ZSL survey in 2018 also showed that the best location for hedgehogs in London was Hampstead Heath, and work is also ongoing to discover this area appears to be so good

council’s own assessment agreed “that the current offer is the maximum the scheme can support.”

Southwark voiced worries over aspects of the Biscuit Factory plan in a response to the Mayor, last week, including “shortfall in social rent equivalent housing” and the impact of two towers on the skyline impacting views from Tower Bridge, St James’ Church and Southwark Park.

“The council’s planning committee refused this application last year because, among other reasons, it offered far less social housing than we require in our planning policies,” said Cllr Johnson Situ, who holds the planning portfolio for Southwark Council cabinet.

“Whilst there have been improvement, as far as we can see this has not changed enough so we still do not think this is a suitable as it fails to

Whilst there have been improvement, as far as we can see this has not changed enough so we still do not think this is a suitable as it fails to meet council policies

Nathaniel Johnson was reunited with his family on Valentine’s Day after being last seen in Nunhead shortly before 5pm on Wednesday with no wallet or Oyster card.

“Thank you everyone who retweeted, Nathaniel has now been found safe and well”, Southwark MPS confirmed on February 14.

In a public Facebook post, his Mum, Natasha French, from Epsom, said: “This will be brief as I need to go get him but Nathaniel has been found ... In Wales.

“Thank you all for the amazing support. Please share if you can as I’m still getting many calls.”

- Cllr Johnson Situ

meet council policies.”

The 5.4 hectare development will be considered by Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe, acting on behalf of Mayor Khan, at a public hearing at 9.30am on Friday in The Chamber at City Hall.

Alcohol-related admissions to hospital soar The number of alcoholrelated admissions to hospitals in Southwark have increased by a third since 2012, new data reveals, writes Josh Salisbury...

for hedgehogs.

“It’s not surprising that the distribution of hedgehogs across London is patchy,” said Nida Al-Fulaij, of the wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species, which helped fund the research.

“London’s infrastructure is continuously growing and many of its green spaces are becoming harder for

hedgehogs and other wildlife to access.”

She added that Ms Cates’s research was important because it would enable the charity to help support hedgehogs in areas where they are doing less well.

The charity also runs a nationwide campaign called ‘Hedgehog Street’ which gives out tips for people to support the creatures in their own back gardens.

According to annual stats published by NHS England this month, Southwark saw a jump of alcohol admissions from 4,690 cases in 2012 to 6,220 cases in 2018.

This means on average seventeen people are admitted to hospital in the borough every day because of an alcohol-related incident.

Men were more likely to be admitted than women, with nearly two thirds of the admissions in 2018 being men.

Ealing recorded the highest number of alcohol admissions, at 8,900 in 2018, followed by Brent with 7,970 cases.

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Millwall: new DEN would seat 34,000

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Millwall FC has announced its plans for the new stadium, saying it wants a ground “fit for Premier League football.”

In a statement, the Club said it is planning an incremental expansion of The Den, up to a max capacity of 34,000 seats.

However, in order for the plans to go ahead the Club needs to reach an agreement with Lewisham Council on the new lease for The Den and surrounding land.

As the News reported last week, Lewisham’s boss, Damien Egan, hailed a “new vision” for the area surrounding the ground as part of the New Bermondsey development which would allow Millwall to expand its stadium.

“It has been a long and at times difficult journey to this point, but we are delighted with progress now,” said Millwall chief exec, Steve Kavanagh.

“As long as we can secure an appropriate new lease, we can play our part in the growth and development of Millwall Football Club and its community.

“Over time we will bring our stadium up to Premier League

standards while ensuring that our presence in Lewisham is sustainable and that we remain a force for good.”

Under the plans, the stadium will get additional seating in upper tiers behind the existing seating bowl.

The Club is also proposing a new public plaza as part of the development which would incorporate parking, commercial outlets, and community use spaces.

New facilities for the Millwall Community Trust, including a sports centre with a sports hall, changing rooms, a gym and a community café are also included in the bold plans.

In addition, the Trust will have access to new multi-purpose spaces within a proposed West Stand extension for potential classrooms or fitness studios, says the Club.

“This news is the best of all possible outcomes,” said Bruce Caldwell, Senior Associate of AFL Architects, which has drawn up the plans.

“Not only does the club have a clear plan for its future growth that retains its unique brand, but the wider community will reap the benefits.”

The design of the expanded Den will be inspired by the history of Millwall, the Club vowed, and as much of the original infrastructure will be kept as possible “to ensure the unique atmosphere of The Den is retained.”

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guilty of ‘Snatching 22 phones in one night’

By Josh Salisbury

Peter Abel Ogunsakin

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A man has confessed to stealing more than £15,000 worth of mobile phones in just one night after a Kennington stop and search.

Peter Abel Ogunsakin, 45, from Lambeth’s Stockwell Gardens Estate, admitted seventeen counts of theft from bars and clubs in Shoreditch and one count of handling stolen goods at Inner London Crown Court on Monday.

Police first stopped the thief on April 6 on Kennington Park Road, and found he had four mobiles, one of which had a woman’s name on it.

He told police that two of them had been bought on the street in cash from an unknown man, but was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

A search of his blue Ford Focus revealed a further eighteen mobiles hidden in the front passenger foot-well and another in a rear passenger seat.

Police discovered that one of them

Ann-Elizabeth the young chairwoman bermondsey

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A St Saviour's and St Olave's School student has won first prize in a design competition.

Anne-Elizabeth Sowah, who is studying product design at the girls' School in New Kent Road, was announced as the 'Take a Seat' competition winner last Tuesday at Dulwich's Bell House.

The competition saw eleven students from five Southwark schools enter the contest to have a chair of their own design created by top designer Tom Faulkner.

The bespoke furniture designer gave the young creatives a helping hand throughout the process, including bringing them to his Chelsea showroom and studio in Swindon, where his work is handmade.

Anne-Elizabeth's winning piece is inspired by her favourite movement,

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Art Deco. "My inspiration comes from the ziggurat shape, often found in Art Deco architecture," she said.

"The ziggurat, a stepped pyramid, is reflected in the legs of my chair, embodying what the Art Deco movement stands for."

The pupils have been working on their designs since October in workshops led by Interior designer Nicola Burt, from the KLC School of Design.

After creating the piece, Faulkner kindly gifted it to Anne-Elizabeth. It will now be on display in the school until the summer.

had been stolen from a woman in a Shoreditch nightclub in the early hours of the morning.

But when interviewed, police say Ogunsakin spun them a tale that he had tried to get into a club in Aldgate at the time of the thefts, and had then driven to London Bridge to meet an acquaintance in a kebab shop to buy two phones.

The court heard how Ogunsakin said the mystery man, whose name he did not know, ate with him in his car and then left the stolen phones behind without his knowledge.

He is also said to have denied visiting Shoreditch that night – but police proved otherwise.

Officers traced seventeen victims who had their phones stolen from bars and nightclubs in Shoreditch on that Friday night and early Saturday morning, all of whom did not see the thief.

After reviewing the CCTV, coppers said how they caught Ogunsakin on tape – including with his hand inside a woman’s bag.

When he was stopped he was even wearing the same clothing he was seen wearing on the CCTV. One of the venues scans all photo ID before entry, and had scanned Ogunsakin’s at around 2am, meaning he must have entered the Shoreditch club.

“It is extremely rewarding to know the enquiries we carried out enabled us to return more than £15,000 worth of stolen mobile phones to 17 victims,” PC Barry Ward, the investigating officer, said.

“Many of the phones had priceless photographs on them the victims’ may have never been able to retrieve.

“Ogunsakin went out that night on a pick-pocketing spree, he did not care about the upset his actions would cause the victims.

“This case should act as a reminder to revellers to be aware of their surroundings whilst they are enjoying a night out.”

Ogunsakin is due to be sentenced at the same court at a later date.

drug dealer jailed rotherhithe

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A Rotherhithe county lines drug dealer, who sold crack cocaine and heroin in Dover, has been jailed for five years and eight months.

John Isichei (pictured), from Rotherhithe, was caught by officers from Kent Police after they discovered texts sent to drug users in Dover.

The 21-year-old admitted supplying Class A drugs and was jailed at Canterbury Crown Court on Monday, February 10.

The court heard the text messages were sent to drug users in Dover in October and November last year, offering drugs from a county drugs line.

Police uncovered CCTV of Isichei in a Canterbury supermarket adding credit to one of the phones used to send the messages.

Kent Police and Metropolitan Police officers then carried out a search on his

Rotherhithe home.

He fled but was arrested and two phones used to send the messages to the drug users were found in his possession.

“This sentence sends out the message that tough punishments await those who prey on the vulnerable in Kent,” said Detective Constable Jake Griffiths, Kent Police’s investigating officer in the case.

“We will continue to clamp down on the county lines groups who sow misery in our communities, by arresting anyone we suspect of involvement and seeking their prosecution.”

Isichei was handed a 54-month sentence for the drug dealing and a further sixteen months for breaching a suspended sentence he was serving at the time.

Art that will help cancer victims

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Camberwell Artist Gary Fuller has held his first ever art exhibition in Walworth to raise funds for families affected by cancer.

The works displayed at The Art Academy on Walworth Road this month are all up for sale, with profits going towards his son’s charity, the MumMum Foundation.

Fifty-five-year-old Fuller has painted for many years, but this is the first time his work has been on public display in his home borough.

Those to visit the exhibition included councillor Sandra Rhule, who picked the foundation as one of the charities she is supporting in her official capacity this year.

The MumMum Foundation was set

up by Fuller’s Son, Gary ValentineFuller, to support families supporting loved ones with cancer, and those who have lost someone to the disease.

Valentine-Fuller, one of the directors of Valentine and Turner Funeral Directors, set up the charity after his grandmother Carol Rogers – whom he called MumMum - passed away from cancer at the age of 68 in November 2013.

He and his family are well known for their work supporting grieving families. They have also lent their support to anti-knife crime and gun crime campaigns, such as Lucy Cope’s Mothers Against Guns.

She described Valentine-Fuller as “one of the people who has done the most for families in Southwark. They are there with victims’ families all the way from day one.”

The MumMum Foundation prides

itself on bringing a smile to people going through the trauma of cancer.

In 2016, the News featured the story of Tilly Browne, a 24-year-old diagnosed with incurable breast cancer, who was treated to a night at Motown the Musical with her family and a dinner out courtesy of the charity.

The foundation has also helped fund treatments abroad for patients, and paid for a trip to Woburn Safari Park for the family of the late Jack Wells, who had always wanted to go with his daughter but passed away in St Christopher’s Hospice before he could complete his ‘bucket list’.

Gary Fuller’s art will soon be available online via the foundation’s website and Facebook page.

Visit www.themummumfoundation. org.uk or www.facebook.com/ themummumfoundation

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kids stage a protest

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By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

The Year Two class, taught

by Leah Dawson, handed out leaflets to passers-by as they marched with their placards and banners on January 31.

Ms Dawson explained:

Probe into church charity amid ‘serious concerns’ over payments

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A legal inquiry has been launched into an Old Kent Road faith organisation over “serious concerns” about its payments to individuals, including its trustees.

The Charity Commission announced their investigation into The Everlasting Arms Ministries on Thursday amid “serious concerns about its financial management.”

It has now had its bank accounts frozen, and its Trustees have been ordered to provide information to the inquiry.

The Commission, the legal body regulating the charities sector, said it was particularly worried about its sale of an Old Kent Road property in 2016, the monies from which “appear not to be adequately reflected in the charity’s accounts for the following years.”

Everlasting Arms Ministries describes itself as “an inter-

Discount dance and exercise classes for Southwark residents have launched at Peckham’s Mountview.

the princess comes for tea

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Princess Alexandra visited St Christopher’s Hospice in Sydenham earlier this month for some tea and cake.

The princess met patients and their families from across south-east London who are being cared for and supported by the hospice’s team. She has been a patron of the charity since 1981 and is a regular visitor.

Volunteer Shirley MacDonald, from Peckham Rye, presented the Queen’s cousin with a bouquet of flowers, and thanked her for her long-term support of

the hospice.

“I thanked the princess for supporting St Christopher’s, and we talked about how important volunteers are at the hospice, giving their time on the wards, in the gym, charity shops, and much more. I’ve been a volunteer here for 22 years and it’s so nice that all the work and care that goes into supporting local people is recognised,” she said after.

Also in attendance was TJ Yashar, from Catford, who first met the princess seven years ago while visiting her grandmother.

TJ Yashar from Catford, meets HRH Princess

Shirley McDonald presents HRH Princess Alexandra flowers at St Christopher`s Hospice in Sydenham

Photos by Chris Brown

By Josh Salisbury

denominational Christian ministry devoted to deliverance, holiness, preaching of the word and setting the captive free.”

The charity’s office is based on the Old Kent Road, but it also lists locations in Glasgow, Reading, Nigeria and India.

The regulator first launched checks at the office at 600-608 Old Kent Road in August, which revealed inadequate records of assets, despite significant spending on music and audio-visual equipment.

A legal probe was then formally launched in December.

“The inquiry will examine the administration, governance and management of the charity, including whether the charity’s funds have been used for solely charitable purposes, whether there has been unauthorised private benefit and whether the trustees have met their duties and responsibilities under charity law,” said the Commission in a statement.

Phone calls to the Everlasting Arms Ministries by the News for comment went unanswered. An email request for comment was also unanswered at the time of going to press.

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The drama and dance school is offering evening and weekend classes for adults of all abilities, ranging from £5-£7.50. For dancers, there is zumba, afro-Brazilian fusion, dance-fit, twerk ‘n’ vibe, Afro-beats fusion and dancehall.

Those looking for something martial arts inspired can try Tae Kwon Do and Capoeira, and yogis can take up hatha or vinyasa yoga. There are also high-intensity work-out sessions from Dynamic Gym. Mountview’s head of short courses, Eddie Gower, said: “We have brought together a range of global dance, fitness and well-being activities, with something different to other gyms and dance centres.

“These dynamic adult classes are as much about having fun as hitting those fitness goals.”

For more information and to book visit https://www.mountview.org.uk/ whats-on/take-part/adult-eveningclasses/

“I think it’s important the children get as many reallife, memorable experiences alongside their learning in the classroom.

“They are learning that even at six-years-old, their impact matters and they can change the world.

“Since then they have all written a letter to the queen and posted it to Buckingham palace, asking her to help do more to tackle the problem.”

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By Katherine Johnston

Tom Harrison

Pupils from Charlotte Sharman School came out in force at the Elephant and Castle to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

Theatre school opens it doors for yoga lovers

www.southwarkhomeowners.co.uk SOUTHWARK HOMEOWNER COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO

HOMEOWNER SPRING 2020 CONFERENCE Saturday 7th March 2020 William Booth College, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8BQ The conference, organised by fellow Southwark Homeowners, will give Leaseholders and Freeholders who live in Southwark Council managed properties a chance to find out about their rights and responsibilities. In addition, it will provide an opportunity to hear from various independent organisations about the services and support that are available to them. It will also enable delegates to meet their representatives and peers.

Presentations and Panel Discussions from the Council, Independent Professionals and Leasehold Campaigners with opportunities to ask questions.

For Homeowners - By Homeowners Please tell your fellow Homeowners

Council Officers will be also on hand to answer your questions and help with understanding how your bills are calculated.

Information stalls.

One-to-one meetings with Service Charge Staff, Citizens Advice Leasehold Team.

9am Registration 10am Conference Start 4.45pm Conference Finish 5pm Doors Close Morning Coffee & Afternoon Break Lunch Provided 1.30-2.15pm

If you are a Southwark Council Homeowner, You should be there: Register for a free place

Easily accessible Directly across from Denmark Hill Railway/ Overground Station

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Confirmed guest speakers and experts include: CONFERENCE MODERATOR Martin Boyd Chair of Leasehold Knowledge Partnership.

SPEAKERS Cllr Kieron Williams Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Modernisation Helen Hayes MP Dulwich and West Norwood Michael Scorer Director of Housing & Modernisation Amanda Gourlay Barrister Mari Knowles Solicitor Commonhold and Leasehold Experts Limited Katie Kendrick Founder National Leasehold Campaign Cath Williams Founder National Leasehold Campaign Sebastian O’Kelly CEO Leasehold Knowledge Partnership

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Re-thinking the Aylesham Centre Have your say on redevelopment proposals for the Aylesham Centre in Peckham Tiger Developments has plans to reshape this part of the town centre to meet the changing needs of local communities, offering a greater choice of shops, leisure and other local amenities, and a better environment for everyone who uses the area.

At the heart of the proposals is the creation of new shops and homes, as well as an improved Morrisons store.

Tiger Developments will be hosting a series of public exhibitions of its plans, so please do come along, view the plans and provide your feedback.

The exhibition will be held in Unit 15 at the Aylesham Centre, Peckham, London, SE15 5EW on the following dates: >

Saturday 22 Feb – 10am-2pm

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Wednesday 26 Feb – 4pm-8pm

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Thursday 27 Feb – 4pm-8pm

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Saturday 29 Feb – 10am-2pm

Please note that the above dates supersede those advertised in the Southwark News on 31 January 2020.

If you are unable to attend one of the events, the display materials will be made available online at: www.ayleshamcentrepeckham.co.uk There will be further opportunities to provide feedback with a second exhibition taking place later this year.

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man Plagued by druggies sets up his own CCTV

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But despite being ‘useful’ to police council orders him to take it down

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A Nunhead leaseholder who has spent years coming home to drug dealers and addicts outside his front door has been told he must remove his “unauthorised CCTV” even though he paid for it out of his own pocket.

After alerting the council to on-going serious drug abuse in the communal areas of Tappesfield Estate, Paul Rhodes was told there was no budget to install CCTV or a door entry system until 202223.

Paul, who has lived in the Nunhead home since 2016, says the problem has been going on for nearly four years but has escalated significantly within the last year.

Other blocks nearby have had doors fitted already but his own has been left out – despite a hefty service charge bill of around £1,000.

“By the summer of 2019, the situation had become intolerable,” he told the News.

“I was living with my fiancée and she and I were both encountering drug dealers and drug takers within the open stairwell, blocking the way into our home nearly every day.

“A few times, my fiancée had to wait around for me to come home from work as she could hear people in the stairwell and was understandably too afraid to enter the stairwell on her own.

“With hindsight, we should have just called the police every time we had such an incident, but when you see what the police are having to deal with, our situation didn’t feel important enough to bother them with.”

They regularly find people in a worrying state outside their door, broken glass, rubbish and drug paraphernalia lying around – and blood.

Sometimes there are groups of particularly intimidating people but more often than not it is one particular woman outside, whose safety they are very concerned about.

Over the years they continued reporting the issue to Southwark Council, but after weeks failing to get through to the right staff and stuck on hold, they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Last autumn, Paul got out his paint brush to give the communal areas a spruce up, in the hope getting rid of graffiti and installing fake CCTV cameras might act as a deterrent.

The plan was largely successful and they had a brief respite but, after a

worrying episode involving police rushing to the block after reports of a woman with a knife shouting and banging on residents doors, he realised without being able to give images to police they would struggle formally to identify those involved and fix the problem for good.

Paul installed a real camera directly outside his front door which does not overlook any other properties directly.

report says ‘emergency’ calls to brigade missed

He now regularly passes on images to police. In an email from December last year, an officer explained they were “useful for us in understanding who is visiting the area”.

After a six month battle over the camera, the council maintains it needs to be taken down. In an email dated Wednesday, February 12, an officer explained: “The Safer Neighbourhood Team had made the assumption that the CCTV you installed had been authorised by the Council, obviously this was not the case and they have been advised of this.

“Our position therefore remains the same in that the CCTV should be removed with immediate effect. You should ensure that the wall brackets are also removed from the top landing.”

Paul told the News of his frustration: “We understand that the police are over stretched and can’t police our stairwell 24/7, we understand that these unfortunate drug addicts need help they’re not getting, and we understand that the council only has so much money but what we don’t understand is why, if

Southwark Council can’t help us, they’re trying to stop us helping ourselves?”

In response to an enquiry from this newspaper Southwark Council’s housing cabinet member, Kieron Williams, said the council couldn’t endorse unauthorised CCTV due to privacy concerns.

“We have undertaken a great deal of work to crack down on the problem, including evening and late night visits with council and police staff,” he said.

“So far we haven’t caught anyone in the act, but we will be meeting the local police team again to request additional patrols to help make sure the estate is safe.

“For privacy reasons we can’t allow unauthorised CCTV in our blocks.

Whilst we completely respect that people have a right to protect their home we also have to consider the rights of other people in the block.

“These cameras are covering public spaces and it is important that CCTV in this type of location is operated professionally with safeguards to protect people’s privacy.”

Staff taking calls for firefighters from basement office have poor mobile phone signals

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk London Fire Brigade staff have been missing ‘emergency’ calls according to a report – because they have poor mobile phone signal in their SE1 office basement.

Firefighters in the Special Operations Group (SOG) have requested a move from their basement office in Union Street because “they have communication issues due to the lack of a mobile signal within their current area,” reveals a report presented to Commissioner Andy Roe last week.

Moving these staff would address “the issue of the mobile phone signal and emergency response calls being missed,” states the ‘Union Street Space Sufficiency Review’, first reported by the London SE1 website.

The Special Operations Group plays a key role in the Brigade’s response to ‘major’ and ‘critical’ events, and has responsibility for emergency planning.

But the London Fire Brigade insisted in a statement that emergency calls weren’t affected – despite an internal report to the commissioner stating so.

“There have been some issues with the mobile signal in the basement at 169 Union Street where the Operational Resilience Department is located,” said a spokeswoman.

“This has not affected the Brigade’s response to 999 calls or to incidents – it has only affected some non-emergency calls made to staff who work within the Operational Resilience Department.”

The Brigade did not answer how many calls have been affected, how long the issue has been ongoing, or whether affected staff would now be moving.

The report also reveals concerns with the security of the fire brigade HQ building, promoting a review of the reception area.

Since last week the report which said that some emergency response calls were being missed by Brigade staff has been altered on the London Fire Brigade website.

In its place is an almost identical report – only with references to emergency calls being missed due to poor phone signal redacted instead.

The Brigade has been located at its Union Street HQ since 2007, having moved from Lambeth.

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patients give

Be a hero – St Thomas’ Hospital abseil

the thumbs up

Guy’s and St Thomas’ has been rated above the national average in all categories in a new patientled assessment.

Results of the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) also showed that the Trust improved in five out of six scores compared with the last assessment.

The categories cover cleanliness, food and drink, privacy and dignity, and the condition and appearance of our facilities.

Teams of patient assessors and staff visited Guy’s Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Community Care Centre, Minnie Kidd House in Balham, and Pulross Intermediate Care Centre in Brixton.

Peter Bennett, facilities services director at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “It is particularly pleasing that our overall performance has continued to

improve, ensuring we provide great food and high standards of cleanliness, facility maintenance and support for patients with dementia or a disability.

“We are fully committed to ensuring that our services meet the needs of all our patients. Over the past two years we have introduced a number of measures to make sure our hospitals and community sites are even more accessible for patients with a disability or dementia.

“It’s also very encouraging that there is only one area where our performance has slightly declined compared to the last assessment. We recognise that there is always room for improvement and we are constantly looking at ways we can improve our service so we can provide our patients with even better care.”

Full results are available on the NHS Digital website.

Whether you’re an abseiling veteran or a slightly nervous newbie, be a hero and abseil 160 feet down the front of St Thomas’ Hospital on Friday 5 June.

Combine a thrilling and memorable challenge with raising vital funds

Join our Summer School Applications are open for the annual King’s Health Partners Summer School. Local students with an interest in science can join us for a week of hands-on experience of research careers.

The Summer School aims to give students an experience of a range of science and healthcare roles in our laboratories and learning centres

Choose well The emergency department (A&E) is for people with serious and life-threatening conditions.

A chef at Guy’s and St Thomas’

If you’re unwell there are many other services available that are more suitable and you may be seen more quickly. To find the service you need and book appointments online, visit www.nhs.uk.

across south London. To apply, students must be in year 10 or 11 and attend a school in Lambeth, Southwark or Lewisham.

The closing date for applications is Monday 25 May. For more information please visit the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre website or contact Claire O’Neill at claire.oneill@gstt. nhs.uk.

for Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Evelina London while taking in unforgettable views of the Houses of Parliament and The London Eye. Go it alone, or grab a friend or a team and sign up for St Thomas’ Abseil.

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star pupils: next stop oxbridge

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By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Three young women from Ark Globe Academy have received Oxbridge offers – and now just have to get the grades to guarantee their places.

A Level students Olamide Taiwo, Lauren Lopez, and Kirsten MarteyBotchway all received the news their applications had been accepted, and are now focused on this summer’s exams.

Olamide hopes to read classics at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She needs three As to have her place confirmed in English, media, and sociology. “I didn’t believe it at first,” she said.

“I read through the whole email three times. My mum was so excited, she called the school. We didn’t expect it.

“I am now motivated to make sure that I get the grades, as I now have this opportunity to go to Oxford.”

The sixth-form student from Walworth is also a high flier outside the classroom as part of the Advocacy Academy and Global Girl Media UK, where she has trained as a filmmaker. She is also one of the editors of the South London Schools Magazine.

Former head girl Lauren Lopez needs to get an A* and two As to take up her place at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where she hopes to study Theology and Religion. The student, from Peckham, is currently studying English, history and sociology.

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As a singer and member of the school’s slam poetry collective she has travelled around the world with other performing students, including taking part in the biggest international slam competition, Brave New Voices, held in the USA. When interviewing at Cambridge she met up with Zareen Roy-Macauley, Ark Globe’s first student to get into Oxbridge – now studying at King’s College Cambridge, for a catch up and some advice.

“I was very nervous because my UCAS email arrived late,” she says. “Everyone I knew found out already and were asking me. I had to wait for an extra day. I got really confused.

“It was a little bit anti-climax because of this. I scrolled down the email quickly until I read the sentence ‘you are offered a place...’, then felt very much relieved.

“I called my dad and my mum, two brothers... Everyone was very happy. I am still really nervous.

APPEAL COURT REBUFFS TATE NEIGHBOURS

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Residents of a luxury block of flats next to the Tate Modern have lost their latest bid to close down the attraction’s viewing platform over complaints of being spied upon.

The owners of four flats in the Neo Bankside development had attempted to force the Tate to close off parts of its viewing platform or erect screening to prevent visitors from being able to see into their flats, which have floorto-ceiling windows.

In an original ruling last year, Mr Justice Mann had dismissed the claim – and suggested residents could

instead simply put up blinds.

At an appeal court hearing last Wednesday, the Court of Appeal threw out an appeal to that ruling, and also rejected permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Although the court accepted that visitors to the viewing platform frequently look into residents’ flats, sometimes with binoculars, it unanimously threw out the appeal, because being overlooked would not fall within the “tort of nuisance.”

This is defined as unlawful interference with a landowner’s enjoyment or use of their land.

“Despite the hundreds of years in which there has been a remedy for causing nuisance to an adjoining

owner’s land and the prevalence of overlooking in all cities and towns, there has been no reported case in this country in which a claimant has been successful in a nuisance claim for overlooking by a neighbour,” ruled the court.

It added that Parliament could legislate for any further laws that might be necessary to deal with overlooking.

One resident, Ian McFadyen, had complained that the “relentless intrusion” from tourists on the viewing platform – completed as part of an extension in 2016 – left him and his family feeling as if they were in a zoo.

His son, Alexander, claimed to have counted 84 people taking photographs into the apartment over a 90 minute period.

Another claimant, Claire Fearn, told the original hearing that the first experience of people in the viewing gallery had left her “sick to the stomach.”

In a statement, the appellants’ lawyer Natasha Rees, of the Mayfair law firm Forsters LLP, said her clients were considering a further appeal.

“We have noted the decision of the court of appeal and are grateful for their careful consideration of this matter,” said the Tate Modern.

“We continue to be mindful of the amenity of our neighbours and the role of Tate Modern in the local community.”

“All I need to do is getting the grades.

I am also looking forward to it. A levels will be difficult but exciting.

“I will study theology and religion. In 2018 I watched a play called the Convert in Young Vic Theatre.

“It made me question why people turn to religion or turn away from religion, and how this shapes societies.”

Aiming to study medicine at Oxford’s Corpus Christi College, Kirsten MarteyBotchway needs to get three A*s.

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footbridge to come down

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk The high-level footbridge across Tooley Street to London Bridge station will be demolished under plans approved by council officers.

The walkway spans the busy street between the station and offices on the opposite side, officially called the Cotton Centre.

The owners of the estate claimed that it was no longer needed after improvements to the station’s concourse at ground level.

Now the plans to demolish the walkway have been approved and welcomed by council planning officers.

“The removal of the walkway is welcome

Currently studying chemistry, maths and physics, the student from Walworth has been interested in a medical career for a long time. Back in Year 10 she wrote and published an article about public health, specifically on health inequalities and nutrition. Kirsten had a particularly strong set of GCSE results too, gaining six 9s, two A*s and three 8s.

“I am very happy and still shocked that I got the offer,” she said. “It has been my dream to study medicine in Cambridge.

“I worked really hard. I prepared for the interview every morning, and on the day I stayed calm.”

Ark Globe’s head of sixth form, Miriam Sechere, said: “At Ark Globe Sixth Form we believe that as the tide rises all the boats go up.

“Over the last five years, I am proud to say that not only has the tide in Southwark changed, but it has risen significantly despite the social injustice and educational inequality that surrounds us.”

Ark Glove Sixth Form is in the top two per cent of sixth forms nationally five years after opening. Its first cohort of students graduated from University in the autumn, including two former students who have now returned as teachers.

Hasan Abasoglu, who studied chemistry at the University of Leicester, is now back at Ark Glove as a trainee science teacher along with Oluwatobi Adkole who read biology at Nottingham University. from a design perspective,” state council officers.

“The demolition of the footbridge will leave an aperture that was specifically created to accommodate the footbridge on the London bridge station side and will leave a balcony at the Cottons Centre side.”

Officers also add that the removal of the walkway will “will greatly improve the appearance of Tooley Street Conservation Area and setting of the surrounding listed buildings.”

The gap left on the London Bridge side will be filled in with new brickwork and two windows, while the gap left on the Cottons Centre side will be enclosed to form a balcony.

Police top brass off

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk The top cop for Southwark and Lambeth, has left his post this month to take up a new position in the Met.

Simon Messinger’s last day at Brixton Police station was on Friday, February 14. Messinger has been borough commander for Southwark since 2016

and both Southwark and Lambeth since 2018’s merger.

At fifteen he completed work experience at Peckham Police Station and never looked back, gaining experience as a Detective Sargeant in the borough until 2005. Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove took over the role on Monday.

His most recent job has been heading up the force’s Roads and Transport Command.

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Mayoral candidate Rory Stewart: he wants to sleep with common people?

Independent Mayoral candidate Rory Stewart has launched a novel bid to meet Londoners, by asking them to have him for a sleepover in their homes.

As part of the ‘Come Kip with Me’ initiative, Stewart says he’ll bring a sleeping bag and some chocolates to anyone who’ll have him crash over.

The former Tory Prisons Minister trialled out the idea in true-red Peckham last year.

He asked to meet members of the Ledbury Action Group, according to members, and even wanted to “spend the night” on the estate.

So it must have been a success, if the idea is being rolled out citywide?

Not quite. The group responded that the time that because of his voting record and policies, they wanted him to “f**k outa here.”

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Krzysztof Werkowicz outside Tate Modern

Bankside performer: Tuba or not tuba Anyone who reads this column will know that Southwark is home to plenty of characters.

Whether it is a ‘bad-ass gran’ who rides around Peckham in an adapted mobility scooter, or rumours of a man who has roamed SE16 streets collecting bees in coke bottles, the borough is used to the unusual.

Now we have a new addition: A man has taken to dressing up in a Victorian long-coat and top hat while playing a fire-throwing tuba outside the Shakespeare mural in Bankside’s Clink Street.

Originally from Poland, Krysztof now makes a living by taking bookings for his custom-made instrument, which alongside flames also emits notes, and busking.

He is described as a “wonderfully eccentric character” who provides “quirky background music to boot.”

READER’S VIEWS

Lights, camera, action in Southwark How wonderful and heart-warming – terrific that local communities are being helped in this way.

Well you have prompted me to share this as ‘my good news story of the day.’

- Michael Peacock, via SN website

Oh my god what have I missed. I would have camped out all night just to get a glimpse of Clint Eastwood. Just love him.

- Christine Sandra Dobbs, via Facebook

Southwark will have a new borough commander after Simon Messinger moves to new Met role Let’s hope he gets these low lives off the streets, too much muggings happening

nothing seems to be getting done.

- Pat Lambert, via Facebook

Blitz veteran Gladys celebrates turning 105 Wow! Happy Birthday.

Enjoy Yourself. Xxxx

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Heroic crowd lift bus off woman in Old Kent Road Amazing people, well done. Hope you are proud of yourselves because you should be!

- Paula Greest

Bermondsey’s Manzes pie ‘n’ mash shop scoops top food award on ITV

Used to go in the Peckham one with my mum and aunts, all the live eels were in a metal tray out the front they would grab a handful chop them up and put them in a big pot. I remember the floor with all the sawdust and some people dropped the eel bones on the floor. They deserve this win after all them years.

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Rotherhithe resident flying St George’s flag again after U-turn over ‘too tall’ flagpole Well done Lynn, Peter will be looking down smiling. X - Leon Ray, via Facebook

Schools across Southwark are going fizz free throughout February

Duchess of Sussex on visit to National Theare

Meghan Markle: Drama at the National Theatre The director of the National Theatre has hit back at claims that there has been a rift with its Patron, Meghan Markle.

The Duchess of Sussex announced earlier this year that she and husband Prince Harry would be stepping down from royal duties in an unprecedented move. Reports had claimed that bosses at the South Bank attraction were left fuming by the move.

Now director Rufus Norris has dismissed the claims. “[It’s] a complete fiction,” he told the Daily Telegraph. “From our perspective, I don’t think it’s going to change anything.”

Coronavirus has also been preoccupying staff at the theatre – there’s never a dull moment he says – but despite daily meetings about the virus, there are no plans to close at the moment.

Stop kids eating fried food i.e. shop brought chicken and chips, and walk home when school ends might be a start to ending obesity.

Stop free bus passes then school children won’t eat the above riding on the bus home from school - they will be able to walk it off!

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Lidl to open next week in former Toys R Us Brilliant, so happy they're opening one there, no more headaches going down Peckham, it will be Lidl then finish shopping down Asda! Ahahaha loving it!!!

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We need an Aldi or Lidl on Lordship Lane, all the other shops are too expensive I can't keep shopping in Marks and Spencer's Sainsbury's co-op - Jay Millett, via Facebook

Car owners in East Dulwich hit by spate of thefts and vandalism Multiple car break-ins and thefts took place Sunday 16th February 2020

in the night all along Friern Road.

People have become uncivilised and have no morals anymore. Dulwich has become an extension of Peckham from the 90’s. Riddled with crime and unsafe to raise children in Dulwich.

- Sam Rahman, via SN website

Our car was broken into and the sound system and phone kit was torn out of the car right outside our house last night!

- Sam Rahman, via SN website

Petition calls for Southwark Council to remove EU flag from offices after Brexit Southwark council would be better occupied in rooting out the child slave labour nail business within its bailiwick than pontificating over a bloody stupid flag waving action! An irresponsible bunch of councillors at best.

- Jason, via SN website

If you all look at the history of the flag it isn’t actually for the EU but for the Council of Europe, of which, the UK is still a member. Therefore there is no reason not to fly it.

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OPINION 19

Dual crossword Surely installing private CCTV is a win/win situation for a cash-strapped council and police service?

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f people are willing to stump up the cash to pay for extra security measures the council should let them, but that is not the case for one Nunhead resident who has spent years coming home to drug dealers and addicts outside his front door

Formal channels for decoration, security issues, and other communal area concerns in council blocks exist for a reason and we’re not disputing that.

You can’t just have people going rogue changing what they want when they want. No one wants that neighbour. But if a group is in broad agreement and the only issue holding them back is the council’s lack of cash, why kick up a fuss?

Or, if they’ve done it already, let it be.

CCTV in Tappesfield is helping police identify really vulnerable drug addicts and those who shamefully profit from their misery. It’s also saving Southwark Council money. Surely the housing team can exercise a bit of judgement and see it’s a win/win situation?

A Den fit for the Premier League is so welcome

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ground fit for the Premier League? That’s the hopes of Millwall’s expansion plans, as we report on in this week’s issue. The Club hopes to be able to increase capacity to 34,000 with incremental extensions, as well as a new-look Den, fresh community spaces and new facilities for Millwall Community Trust.

It’s a remarkable change of fortunes for Millwall, and marks the culmination of long-running talks between the Lions, Lewisham Council and developer Renewal.

Our readers will not need telling that fears had been raised that Millwall could be forced out of Bermondsey only a few years ago, when it was served a compulsory purchase order for land surrounding the Den. This, then, is welcome news.

It is not all done-and-dusted yet. As Millwall’s chief executive Steve Kavanagh notes, the bold plans are dependent on securing an appropriate lease for The Den. There is no reason to think that won’t happen – and we for one welcome a Den fit for the Premier League.

A second bite of the biscuit despite council rejection

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second bite of the biscuit looks likely to be given to a massive £500m scheme in Bermondsey this week, as City Hall officers have recommended that the Mayor accept a planning application from Grosvenor

The scheme for the Biscuit Factory goes before them on Friday, despite being rejected by Southwark Council last year.

Councillors unanimously rejected the scheme for the most important reason there can be in a borough like ours: there simply wasn’t enough affordable and social housing.

This time, the offer has improved. Grosvenor is pledging 35 per cent ‘affordable’ homes – although affordable to whom is always a question worth asking – and 140 ‘social rent equivalent’.

For that reason, it looks likely to pass. But its social housing offer still does not meet Southwark Council policy, and council chiefs say it is not suitable as stands. In a rare moment of agreement, so too do housing campaigners. But these social housing concerns may be overruled by the Mayor – who looks set to grant planning permission to a developer owned by the billionaire Duke of Westminster. Is it any wonder housing campaigners think this really is taking the biscuit?

cryptic Puzzle Clues Across

1 A clear red colour is found in wax (6) 7 Authorisation of availability with regard to a contract (7) 8 Giant flying creature after mother! (7) 9 A net for a French river (5) 10 Wide extents which could be high ones with a turn of the head (9) 12 She picked fruit the day before (3) 13 Game turned back by what beaters do (4) 15 A tribe at variance with rebel leader he will mediate (7) 17 A high time, one way or the other (4) 19 Got off a vehicle on fire (3) 21 A singer for a dance, unusually staid (9) 22 Heather one in a backward area of land (5) 23 Distinguished but incompetent? (7) 24 There’s equipment in the gang for a bandit (7)

Quick Puzzle Clues Across

1 Method (6) 7 Opposite of windward (7) 8 Passivity (7) 9 Smallest (5) 10 Not entirely (9) 12 Longing (3) 13 Dispatched (4) 15 Sitting (7)

25 Mast on cars that’s been realigned (6)

Clues Down

1 All company slain, centre wiped out lodge a protest (8) 2 With regard to a speck in the distance (6) 3 Duck incorporating a ring is a child’s toy (7) 4 A polished explanation? (5) 5 Where to gamble that’s an offence in company (6) 6 A lake as seen in a summer evening (4) 7 Unruly head lords in a state (5,6) 11 He was terrible and awfully vain (4) 13 In this network, there’s a. Swedish girl (4) 14 A castle fixed on a headland (8) 16 Lace it’s variegated and flexible (7) 18 Source of circle on dress in fashion (6) 20 Wooden head of mallet found in ancient river (6) 21 To prohibit nearly everything is trivial (5) 22 Place of isolation for the Spanish graduate (4)

17 Locality (4) 19 Insane (3) 21 Wingless crawling animal (9) 22 More pleasant (5) 24 Storage space 24 Decayed (7) 25 Appearance (6)

Clues Down

1 Loose shoes (8) 2 Wine (6) 3 Weave (7)

4 Stomach (5) 5 Empty (6) 6 Prepare for publication (4) 7 Anarchy (11) 11 Trial (4) 13 To photograph (4) 14 Apartment (8) 16 Inauspicious (7) 18 Flower (6) 20 Adulterate (6) 21 Rogue (5)

SOLUTIONS to last week’s Cryptic Crossword

Across: 4 Gratis 8 Shyster 9 Angler 10 Argentine 11 Sell 13 Scrap 17 Neutral 16 Feature 18 Bandy 19 Argo 21 Malingers 22 Tiered 23 Reserve 24 Radish.

Down: 1 Character 2 Esperanto 3 Vesta 5 Rune 6 Tiller 7 Stroll 9 Annex 11 Strangler 12 Landgrave 15 Tread 16 Factor 17 Agreed 20 Dives 21 Mews

Quick Crossword

Across: 4 Glider 8 Bayonet 9 Misses 10 Catamaran 11 Pare 13 Tends 14 Scarlet 16 Placate 18 Snout 19 Here 21 Antiquity 22 Emerge 23 Elector 24 Matter Down: 1 Bagatelle 2 Cowardice 1 Legal 5 Loin 6 Dismal 7 Russet 9 March 11 Pronounce 12 Reduction 15 Stone 16 Phlegm 17 Arrest 20 Villa 21 Ague

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MAYOR visits site for new council homes

New Lidl opens on Old Kent Road

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk A new Lidl will open in the former Toys R Us on the Old Kent Road today.

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk London mayor Sadiq Khan visited the site of 29 new homes and a new community centre in Peckham's Acorn Estate last week.

Lilac House, on Meeting House Lane, is being built on the former Acorn

Rotherhithe

Tunnel closure The Rotherhithe Tunnel and roundabout will continue to be closed overnight throughout next week for work on the Cycleway 4 bike route, writes Josh Salisbury...

From February 16 to 24, resurfacing works have been taking place on Jamaica Road from 9pm to 5am from the junction with Southwark Park Road and the Rotherhithe roundabout.

Jamaica Road was closed eastbound from Feb 16 to Feb 19 from Southwark Park Road to the roundabout, and will be closed westbound from Feb 20-24.

“Access will be maintained via adjacent roads with clearly signed diversions in place,” states a letter sent to residents.

“There will be some disruption during the construction works, but we will do everything we can to keep it at a minimum.

“We will keep footways and pedestrian crossings open wherever possible and clearly signpost any temporary closures or diversions.”

The closures will take place overnight from 9pm to 5am, TfL told the News last week.

The construction of the first branch of the Cycleway 4, a major part of London’s cycling infrastructure has been ongoing since July last year. It is expected to finish by April. The whole route will eventually run from Tower Bridge to Greenwich.

Neighbourhood Housing Office; vacant since 2009.

Southwark Council says "at least 50 per cent" of the homes will be offered to local tenants who are in housing need.

Often this means those living in overcrowded housing in surrounding estates or tenancies are given first refusal.

Khan was joined by deputy mayor for housing, Tom Copley, Camberwell and Peckham MP Harriet Harman, Southwark council leader Peter John, and the council's new homes cabinet member Leo Pollak.

"Southwark has one of London's most ambitious council home building programmes and I'm pleased to see

the progress being made today at Meeting House Lane and sites across the borough," he said at the visit on Thursday, February 13.

Cllr Pollak described the development as "beautifully designed" and a "model of what council housing and estate improvements can look like in the twenty-first century."

Just Giving page launched as VE party planned for pensioners josh@southwarknews.co.uk

The Bermondsey Pie ‘n’ Mash Company, run by duo Tammy and Jamie Jukes, has launched an appeal to help two hundred OAPs mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in May. The event, backed by the News, will take place at Millwall Community Trust on May 8 – but it needs your help.

“Two hundred pensioners will be given a full day of entertainment, free pie and mash supplied by us Bermondsey Pie and Mash and Manzes Tower Bridge, refreshments including alcohol, and transportation if required,”

Peckham

Knife-wielding man tasered A man who boarded a Peckham train armed with a knife was tasered and detained by police, writes Katherine Johnston...

By Josh Salisbury A fundraiser has been launched for a Bermondsey pie ’n’ mash company to put on a free VE-day bash for local pensioners at Millwall.

The discount chain announced last week that their new shop will open on Thursday, February 20 – and there’s a series of offers on for the first week of opening.

The new supermarket will create up to 40 new jobs in the area, says Lidl.

The branch features an in-store bakery, longer-style tills with dual packing, self-service checkouts and on-site car parking.

“We would like to thank all those who have played a part in bringing this new Lidl store to Old Kent Road,” said Henry Neel, Lidl’s Reigonal Head of Property.

“It is great for us to be able to create more jobs and investment opportunities in the area, and we can’t wait to start serving our multi-award winning products to the local community.”

There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the shop opening at 8am, with free samples of products.

states the appeal, which has a £2,000 target.

“The hall at Millwall Community Trust will be decorated and we promise a wonderful day for all.”

Especially needed are local sponsors, a stage, and transportation to get OAPs to-andfrom the event if they cannot make their own way there.

Anyone who wants to be involved in the day and can help out with donations, volunteering, a stage, or sponsorship should contact Tammy Jukes on 07769327683.

Alternatively email tammy@ southwarknews.co.uk. You can find the fundraiser online by searching ‘JustGiving Weʼre raising £2,000 to Pensioners VE Day Party.’

Peckham family’s poor holiday on TV A hard-up family from Peckham are appearing on Channel 5’s new series Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday, writes Katherine Johnston...

The McQueen family, who survive on dad Jay’s £450-a-week bus driver job, last went on holiday two years ago when they stayed in a caravan on the south coast.

After swapping holidays with wealthy entrepreneur and former WAG, Jude Cisse, whose ex-partner is footballer Djibril Cisse, they find themselves staying in a private villa in Morocco.

The episode will air at 9pm on Sunday, March 1, on Channel 5.

Officers were called shortly after midday on Tuesday (February 18) to Queen’s Road after reports of a man with a knife “having a mental health crisis”.

The man evaded officers but was tracked down to a car nearby.

After a pursuit, the man jumped out and ran along a railway line to Queen’s Road Peckham train station, where he boarded a passenger train while wielding the knife, terrifying passengers.

He was tasered and detained under the mental health act. He is believed to be in his 50s.

The Met confirmed there are “no reports of any injuries to members of the public or officers”.

“This incidents highlights the challenges that police officers confront on a daily basis”, said Detective Superintendent Nicky Arrowsmith, from the central south command. I am very proud of the courage and determination of all the officers involved, and pleased that their work helped ensure no member of the public suffered any harm.”

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NEWS 21

Bake to the future

By Cara Cummings news@southwarknews.co.uk I was sat here last year and saw his car go past. I tried to run out because I thought: I’ve got to stop him. Since then, I felt like something was going to happen with Lord Sugar. Now I talk to him daily. It’s so weird, isn’t it?”

Carina Lepore is telling the story of her first encounter with Alan Sugar outside Herne Hill’s Dough Artisan Bakehouse - or rather, an almostencounter. Back then, she was a down to earth striver at the helm of her family’s small bakery business. Flash forward a

year, and she’s both the newly crowned winner of The Apprentice and the most successful candidate in its history, having won more tasks on the show than any other contestant, ever.

Gone are her days of chasing the AMS 1 number plate up Milkwood Road.

Now, Carina’s got Lord Sugar - her new business partner - on speed dial, and a £250,000 investment from the man himself.

Not that hitting the big time has changed the affable entrepreneur from Thornton Heath, who spends a large part of our interview describing how “surreal”, “amazing” and “crazy” her newfound fame feels. “People are

coming in and they’re starstruck at me making coffee!” she laughs. “Some ask for selfies, which I don’t mind at all but it’s weird because it’s just me. I’m just Carina.

“We’ve had people come in from Manchester and a lady even flew over from Ireland. I was like, ‘For me?!’

Everyone’s sort of on the same vibe when they come in - I’m overwhelmed, they’re overwhelmed... It’s a joyous feeling.”

The atmosphere at Dough Bakehouse HQ is still buzzing following Carina’s triumph in arguably the toughest competition in television. In person, she’s as warm and friendly as onscreen - and clearly blown away by her success.

“The Apprentice wasn’t the plan, as such,” she admits. “I feel like it’s destiny.

My mum’s still got the text I sent to the family after I applied: ‘Could have Lord Sugar’s new business partner on your hands guys!’ I sent it as a joke, and now it’s happened. It’s so surreal.

“I applied off the back of the feeling I had that this was something. It was the toughest thing I’ve ever done in my life - but I knew it was going to be worth it for me. From the start, I had that feeling.”

Trusting her gut may have served Carina well, but it was hard work and laser focus that saw the self-described “pocket rocket” leave her competitors

for dust on the hit BBC show.

“If you believe in yourself, put yourself out there and work hard, then why shouldn’t you succeed?” she asks, with trademark straightforwardness.

“I gave my all with every task. I wasn’t swanning about or pretending to take notes. It was very serious for me. If you want a jolly and whatever other people might have wanted, fine; but that wasn’t what I wanted.”

Surely the pressure must have been intimidating at times? “It’s what I’ve always tried to embed in my sister: don’t feel like you ‘can’t’, ever,” Carina continues. “If you want to do something, think: this is what I want to do, so I will do it. Don’t hold back.”

At just 31, the humble hustler has the life experience to back up that ethos.

Growing up, she watched her beloved dad Carlo build his bakery business into a much-loved local hotspot - only to be gutted by a fire in 2016.

“I remember it like it was yesterday,” she says. “I got the call of devastation from Dad saying ‘I’ve got nothing left’.

It was totally gone. He was depressed; I’ve never known him like that. Dad always drilled it into me to push myself - I’ve definitely inherited his drive - so it was a sad time.

“I thought: what can we do here? How can we fix this, for Dad?” Carina stepped in to pick up the pieces, along with her sister Rachelle.

“They lean on me - I’m the shoulders,” she says of her role in the close-knit clan. “I’ll always try and help. So we rebuilt, from scratch. I said I’d sort the business side of things so Dad could refind his passion.”

And rediscover it he has - with extra verve since his daughter’s TV success.

“Dad’s loving it,” Carina laughs. “He came in last night saying, ‘I’ve got to do extra cakes!’ His cherry and almond slice featured on This Morning and is selling out every time, so he’s making double the amount.”

Take that as reassurance, Dough Bakehouse fans: Carina might have nabbed what she needs to expand the business, but Herne Hill will still be its beating heart. “We’ll keep baking onsite here,” she insists. “This will be the HQ, so I don’t want to change it.”

And whilst new shops are on the cards, Carina won’t be leaving south London any time soon. “It’s a big part of me,” she says of the area. “I used to come and play in Herne Hill with my best friend from school and I’ve always been visiting Brockwell Park, the County Show, Brixton. It’s a massive part of my life. I think it holds a bit of a rustic charm, a bit like Aladdin’s Cave - a diamond in the rough. We’re down to earth, we get on with it and we’re humble. We’re not stuck up. We’re real.

“What more can I say, other than I love south London?”

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One Hundred Years of Nothing Changing I usually steer away from the ‘classics’ but there was something about this production of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House that helped overcome any innate fears of mine, and that was having Scottish writer Stef Smith taking charge to drag the play from the ennui of its tedious 19th century legacy to give it - and me - a new life, writes Michael Holland...

Three women, three lives, three Noras dressed in shades of purple, spread 50 years apart from 1918, to 1968 to 2018. Significant years of women getting the vote, the decriminalisation of abortion, and the #MeToo movement. Three stories about women stifled by men over a hundred years to show that nothing has really changed but a change is gonna come.

The whole interwoven tale is played out in Nora’s house. The themes are often recurring and the conversations replicated to highlight that, although women are constantly striving for something else in their lives, life seemingly stays the same. To cope with this Nora One’s secret pleasure is sugar; Nora Two, Valium, while Nora Three usually has a small bottle of vodka to hand.

All the elements of Ibsen’s original are there but with a modern spin.

Crucially, the same patriarchal male dominance rules the roost at home, and even local men can talk down to the lady of the house. But when

the Noras have to do something drastic, though illegal, to keep the family fed and afloat for a while, and the threat of blackmail clouds the horizon, the husbands, instead of admitting their part in this and standing up for their wives, they shout about the shame to their name this will bring, offering only backhanded ‘forgiveness’. This is the turning point for the women to ‘give up a lifetime of imprisonment to be free’, the catalyst for escaping the doll’s house constructed by the men.

Absolutely excellent performances from the three women, and ably supported by the three men. But the real star of this Doll’s House for me was Natalie Klamar as Nora Two, the Swinging Sixties Dolly Bird love child of Frank Spencer and Brenda Blethyn who says ‘the relief of the pills comes like a life raft’. Every part of her acts, from her head and hands right down to her nervously shifting feet. I’m sure her toes gave a better performance than some work I’ve seen this year. Her two word shout of ‘F**king fuming!’ got the biggest laugh of the night.

Thank you Stef Smith for bringing Ibsen - and me - into the light.

Nora: A Doll’s House is on at the Young Vic, Main House, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London, SE1 8LZ until 21st March 2020. Times: Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees 2.30pm. Admission: £10 - £43.

Phone: 020 7922 2922 www.youngvic.org

A Golden Era of The Not So Good Old Days

Starting in March and continuing throughout the spring and summer in various venues around Rotherhithe & Bermondsey is a free exhibition that celebrates the Golden Age of Postcards with a look behind the postcards sent to and from Rotherhithe & Bermondsey in the Edwardian era in the early 20th century, writes Michael Holland...

Research has been done on the senders and receivers of those postcards from a hundred years ago to form a picture of the life and times of those who could very well be our ancestors; who lived in the streets that we now walk down; who lived in the houses that still stand today.

We get an insight into the local work of that period, with many people working in the leather or brewing industry and many in domestic service. The exhibition gives an understanding of health problems before the safety net of a Welfare State and how children would be torn from the family to be placed in homes to train up as servants; we follow romances that play out over time via the postcards they sent to each other, and of those that fell in The Great War. There are hints at domestic violence, lack

of work and an itinerant community flocking to London to find employment.

The exhibition shows that the ‘good old days’ that some people crave for were were filled with the aroma of horse dung, illness and far from good.

The exhibition has been put together from various local postcard collections and can be seen at these venues where there will be an opening event with refreshments for each one: Time & Talents, The Old Mortuary/St Marychurch St, London SE16 4JE Opening 7th March 12pm until 20th March.

Beormund Centre, 177 Abbey St, Bermondsey, London SE1 2AN Opening 27th March 6pm until 10th April Docklands Settlement, 400 Salter Rd, Rotherhithe, London SE16 5AA Opening 18th April 2pm until 28th April City Hope Church, 121 Drummond Rd, Bermondsey, London SE16 2JY Opening 1st May 6.30pm until Friday 15th May Lewington Centre, 9 Eugenia Rd, London SE16 2RU Opening May 29th 6pm until 12th June Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, Redriff Rd, Rotherhithe, London SE16 7LL 20th June 12pm until 4th July

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An Icy Manville Has Murder on her Mind

Adapted from Friedrich Durrenmatt’s 1956 satire The Visit or The Old Lady Comes To Call, Tony Kushner’s version relocates from Europe to a dilapidated American backwater on the edge of Lake Erie, fittingly named Slurry, writes Rosie O’Connell...

After 45 years, the world’s wealthiest woman, Claire Zachanassian, returns to her hometown in New York State with justice in her sights. Having left as rags and returning as riches, the down and out townsfolk see Claire’s visit as their salvation to which she generously offers one billion dollars, but at a murderous price.

Lesley Manville’s casting as Zachanassian is brilliant. She is icy and fierce and truly terrifying - yet captivating. Every moment she steps on stage it is hers completely. A sort of monstrous mix of Baby Jane, Anna Wintour and Cruella DeVille - while also having cheated death so many times she is basically half robot at this point. You can still see, though, in quieter moments that she is still the wronged, poor, teenage girl rejected by her boyfriend Alfred Ill (Hugo Weaving) when she fell pregnant 45 years ago - and she wants justice for

it. One billion dollars for the life of her childhood sweetheart.

Weaving’s performance as the doomed Alfred is a solid one of an ordinary small town man plunged into the throes of panic at the realisation that his fate is in the hands of his destitute neighbours, seeing quite plainly that their decision has already been made despite their protestations.

There is a kooky, almost surreal humour throughout and combined with Paul Englishby’s noir-esque jazz score it brought to mind Twin Peaks at times. The sets are a sleek and stylish take on steampunk mixed with small town USA that fill the Olivier Theatre wonderfully. It has to be said though, it is long. Including two intervals the run-time fell just short of four hours and while the high points are high, the overnall pace plods particularly as we draw nearer to the conclusion where it is painfully obvious to the characters and audience alike where the story is heading.

The Visit is on at the National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 8XX until May 13th .

Times: Monday - Saturday 7pm; Sat & Wed matinees 1pm. Admission: £32 £86. Phone: 0207 452 3000. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

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The Busker, the politician, love and intrigue - 'A Westminster Story'

Starry Starry Journey With Vincent van gogh

Vincent Van Gogh comes to life in this multi-media, hands on, interactive extravaganza that is much more than an art exhibition, writes Michael Holland...

With headphones on I entered the maze of Vincent’s life, and as I turned the first corner to find an illuminated scene of his work the automated audioguide kicked in with historical facts. At each point in the journey you can listen to a story put together by experts, you can watch short films; you can draw, you can literally feel the texture of his paint strokes huge 3D scans After just a few minutes I felt I knew the man. I felt his anguish. I felt his passion for painting. I understood why he cut off his ear. And all the time I was listening to Van Gogh’s life story I was experiencing the art that inspired thousands. It truly is an experience that takes you from his childhood in the Netherlands, through the streets

and cafés of Paris, out into the French countryside and in to the asylum when life got too much for Vincent.

For me the best part was being able to sit on Van Gogh’s bed in a spot-on mock up installation of his bedroom at the Yellow House, created to look exactly like the painting for visitors to have a photo taken in it.

Meet Vincent Van Gogh is no cheap fantasy fail that you read about each year at Christmas time with drunken Santas and donkeys with strap-on unicorn horns, but has been made possible with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum. This is a first class experience that gives you all you will ever need about Vincent Van Gogh.

Meet Vincent Van Gogh is on at Upper Ground, London, SE1 9PP until 21st May. Times: Sun-Wed 10am - 6pm; ThurSat 10am - 10pm. Admission: Mon-Fri £18; Weekends £20. www.meetvincent.com

Opening on Tuesday February 25 this tragedy slash love story might mirror a time that the Lib Dems would like to forget A stone’s throw from Parliament is the Waterloo East Theatre and for Lib Dems their latest offering, will in part, be a chance to remember those heady days, a decade ago, when they held the balance of power in a Cameron-Clegg coalition, writes Kevin Quinn…

However, like Sal Fulcher’s play ‘A Westminster Story’ it was a relationship that was never really going to last – in fact it could only really end badly, for one of them at least.

Opening on Tuesday February 25 this tragedy slash love story might mirror a time that the Lib Dems would like to forget, as Nick Clegg’s party paid the price: it lost 49 of its 57 seats.

In her fictional coalition Fulcher

explores how far you should go to compromise your principles to stay in power and be able to get things done.

As well as a writer Fulcher is also a psychotherapist, so for those trying to understand the emotions around politick, this might be one to watch.

However, it by no means a straight forward political drama and promises plenty of lighthearted moments with the main character Alannah singing songs throughout the play, as she busks around London.

‘A free spirited Scottish musician arrives in London, keen to reconnect to her brother. He’s wary of his sister's return and anxious to keep his addictions hidden. A politician wrestles with his conscience; should he compromise his ideals to lead his party into a coalition?’, the blurb to the play reads.

However, this is where the similarities to Clegg end, as it continues with: ‘His wife is determined to get on the front benches whatever the cost.

‘One night, the musician and the politician meet on the Albert Embankment and find an unexpected friendship. As their connection deepens, love and politics become entangled.’

Ful Hue Theatre presents ‘A Westminster Story’ at the Waterloo East Theatre, on Brad Street, SE1 8TN from Tuesday February 25 to Sunday March 1.

Times: 7.30pm (Tues to Sat) 4.00pm (Sun) Running Time: 2 hours Cost: £16/ £13 concessions waterlooeast.co.uk/a-westminsterstory

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HISTORY 25

History

When the fashion crowd had a riot at Borough Market

Alexander McQueen’s 1997 show made headlines around the world

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

At the end of February 1997, fashionistas and Britpop celebs jostled for places in the front row at the final show of London Fashion Week, held in one of London’s most unlikely catwalks.

The scene was dark and dingy, with the thunderous sound of trains rattling overhead, and the smell in the air was more rotting veg than Chanel no.5. The venue was Borough Market, and the theme “it’s a jungle out there”.

It was time for Lee Alexander McQueen, the “enfant terrible” of the fashion world to come back to London to showcase his own collection, after moving to Paris to design for French label Givenchy where his debut collection for the brand had fallen flat.

Back on home turf he wanted to take his work back to what had brought him notoriety, and kickstarted his career - a fearless spectacle. He summed up his own style thus: “I don't want to do a cocktail party. I'd rather people left my shows and vomited.”

Whereas in Paris he had focused on more restrained style, feeling at once feted and rejected by the fashion world, the designer gave the crowd true McQueen.

It started two hours late and the audience was like a who’s who of Cool Britannia with Patsy Kensit making a brief appearance and Liam Gallagher sat on the front row.

The models were styled as predators; big hair, claws, and ultra- aggression.

The inspiration came from a nature documentary. "I watched those gazelles getting munched by lions and hyenas and said, 'That's me!'” he said.

The market was transformed into a dystopian urban jungle with corrugated iron and clapped cars.

Some of the clothes almost didn’t make it, being held up at customs 48 hours before the show. Naomi Campbell was due to walk down but was allegedly “fired on the spot” after arriving late.

Many fashion editors were horrified at finding themselves on the wrong side of the river.

Some, who had flown half way round the world, were left standing at the back or tasked with fighting their way to the front as students pushed their way through and bagged the best seats.

As the first model hit the catwalk the power tripped. Half way through, dozens of young gatecrashers stormed through security and started downing

shots and chucking booze everywhere.

In the ensuing scuffle, a heater fell over and set fire to one of the vans which had not been emptied of petrol.

McQueen refused to halt proceedings and the models kept on coming.

Fortunately the fire was put out without injury and the show went on, hailed as a return to form.

It made headlines around the world.

The New York Times review its readers: “[McQueen isn't just part of the London scene; he is the scene.

“His show, ''It's a Jungle Out There,'' was a visit to ''The Island of Dr. Moreau,'' with models made into wild beasts.

“Under the dank London Bridge, with grease pots and a wrecked car's headlights casting a spooky glow on the chain-link-fence surroundings, they stalked into the audience in clothes of goat and cow skin, branded with floral patterns or cut into flowered laces, and zebra-print jackets tailored like couture.”

The Times described it as a “vision of urban chaos… both on and off the catwalk” Lee Alexander McQueen was born on March 17, 1969 in Lewisham to a taxi driver father and teacher mother who later moved to Stratford with their young son. He described himself as the “pink sheep” of his family who loved to draw from a young age.

In a 2015 documentary about his life, McQueen’s sister describes how a family background in the “rag trade” helped propel her young brother - who had just one O Level in art - into an apprenticeship in Saville Row at fifteen.

After turning up at the door of a tutor at the prestigious Central St Martin’s School, she was so blown away she offered him a place on an MA course and, after scrabbling to get the cash together to pay the fees with help from family members, McQueen soon became her star pupil.

McQueen’s rise was quick. Stylist Isabella Blow saw his debut fashion school collection and bought the

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress

– Lee Alexander McQueen

entire thing, opening doors into the haute couture world. His mix of impeccable tailoring and no-holdsbarred approach soon made headlines with a series of controversial fashion moments.

Most shocking, was the 1995 collection, Highland Rape drawing inspiration from failed Jacobite rebellions and highland clearances through his own ancestral connection to the Western Isles. The models dragged themselves down the catwalk with breasts exposed and covered in

blood and bruises.

McQueen said he was depicting a genocide but his critics accused him of sensationalising rape. The debate raged on and fuelled his persona as the ‘yob of fashion’ while cementing his status as the industry’s biggest new talent.

In 2015’s documentary his sister discussed for the first time how, four years before his death, her brother told her that as a child he had been abused by her husband, a violent man who had beaten her so badly she had miscarried

two babies.

She believes those experiences not only influenced his work’s more disturbing themes, but made him want to create clothes that were like armour for women - clothes to make them feel strong, and that fashion should be “a form of escapism, not imprisonment”.

“I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress,” he said in 1992.

Other shows gave us the “bumsters”, starting a trend for ultra-low-cut trousers; a giant hologram of Kate Moss, surrounded by rippling fabric (in The Widows of Culloden); and two robots spraying a ball gown with black paint.

As McQueen’s career continued its ascent, his mental state became more fragile, as he struggled to cope with the pressure of fame and the legacy of childhood trauma. After his mother’s death, he committed suicide on February 11, 2010, the day before her funeral. He was just 40.

A retrospective of his work at the V&A museum in 2015, Savage Beauty, drew in more than 400,000 visitors, making it the museum’s most popular show of all time.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (RUSKIN WALK, COMMERCIAL WAY)

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

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

1.

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

1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable a crane operation to be carried out by J & G Traffic, it made, an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

2.

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

2.

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 Rye Lane between Sternhall Lane and Choumert Road.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic will be via Bournemouth Road, Copeland Road.

4.

The existing one way working in Bournemouth Road, between Rye Lane and Copeland Road, will be made two way for access and egress purposes.

(a) Ruskin Walk, between Warmington Road and Herne Hill (b) Commercial Way, between Naylor Road and Buller Close (c) Commercial Way, between Naylor Road and Old Kent Road 3.

The alternative route for (2a) Herne Hill, Half Moon Lane. Herne Hill, Carver Road Half Moon Lane. Half Moon Lane Hollingbourne Road, Warmington Road. (2b) Peckham Park Road, Green Hundred Road, Bird in Bush Road. Naylor Road, Meeting House Lane, Goldsmith Road, Peckham Hill Street, Bullar Close. (2c) Peckham Hill Street, Peckham High Street, Queens Road, Asylum Road Old Kent Road, Trafalgar Avenue, Willowbrook Road, Peckham Hill Street. Commercial Way, Peckham Park Road, Buller Close.

5.

HGV’s will be prohibited from using the diversion route.

6.

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.

7.

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.

4.

The existing one way working in Friary Road, between Bird in Bush Road and Commercial Way, will be made two way for access and egress purposes for 2(a)

5.

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.

8.

6.

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 on the 29th February – 1st March. If due to adverse weather conditions then the works, will be in place on either the 7th – 8th or 14th – 15th March.

Traffic Marshalls will be on site to manage the closure.

9.

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

7.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 2nd – 3rd March. (2b) & (2c) 27th – 28th February.

8.

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

Dated this 13th February 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 5154/423926 (b) 5159/423994 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HORSELYDOWN LANE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable works

by SGN, it made, an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

2.

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 Horselydown Lane, between Queen Elizabeth Street and Gainsford Street.

3.

The alternative route for (2a) Queen Elizabeth Street, Lafone Street, Gainsford Street.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 2nd – 6th March.

7.

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

Dated this 20th February 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (a) 5123/423926

Dated 20th February 2020.

Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 5254/LBSCR10985-6 replan

Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Watling Street Brewery Limited have made application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of Railway Arches 83 & 84, Enid Street, London, SE16 3RA The proposed variation is as follows: To allow the use of the forecourt for up to 30 customers until 21:00 and 5 customers after 21:00 (to smoke only after 21:00). To amend conditions 342, 345, 347 and 166 to reflect the proposed use of the forecourt.

Days

Start time

The supply of alcohol:

No variation

The provision of regulated entertainment:

No variation

The provision of late night refreshment:

No variation

Opening hours:

No variation

Finish time

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 7th February 2020 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: Ha Thi Pham have made application to Southwark Council for a new Special Treatments Premises Licence in respect of Hollywood Nails, 401 Walworth Road, London, SE17 2AW 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

Finish time

Mon to Thurs Fri to Sat Sunday

10:00 09:30 11:00

19:00 19:00 17:00

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: 14.02.20

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

COLLEGE ROAD AND CRYSTAL PALACE PARADE JUNCTION IMPROVEMENTS

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (STONEY STREET, KING JAMES STREET, UNION STREET, THE CUT)

The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Crystal Palace Parade) (No. 2) Traffic Order 20** The London Borough of Southwark (Bus priority) (Crystal Palace Parade) (No. 2) Order 20** The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 20** 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:(a) in COLLEGE ROAD: (i) to prohibit south-eastbound vehicles from undertaking a ‘U-turn’ manoeuvre at the south-eastern end of the traffic island constructed at its junction with Crystal Palace Parade; and (ii) to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on both sides at and on the approach to its junction with Crystal Palace Parade; (b) in CRYSTAL PALACE PARADE: (i) to introduce a compulsory left turn lane for north-eastbound vehicles on the north-west side (nearside) of the north-eastbound carriageway on the approach to its junction with College Road; (ii) to introduce an ‘at any time’ north-eastbound bus lane in the centre of the north-eastbound carriageway on the approach to its junction with College Road, for the use of buses, pedal cycles and taxis proceeding ahead into Crystal Palace Parade only; (iii) to introduce an ‘ahead only’ north-eastbound traffic lane on the south-east side (offside) of the north-eastbound carriageway, for the use of any vehicle proceeding ahead into Crystal Palace Parade; (iv) to prohibit vehicles using either the north-eastbound ‘bus lane’ or north-eastbound ‘any vehicle lane’ referred to above from turning right into the vehicular access to the Crystal Palace transmitting station (‘Arqiva Crystal Palace’); (v) to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on the north-west side between the boundary of the London Borough of Bromley and its junction with College Road; and (vi) to formalise an existing ‘at any time’ north-eastbound bus lane on the north-west side between the boundary of the London Borough of Bromley and a point 80 metres south-west of its junction with College Road.

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

4. 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.

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 ‘TMO1920-038 CPP College Rd by 12 March 2020. 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 20 February 2020 Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services

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

TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that, it intends to make an order under section 14 (1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to facilitate works by Wates/Gas, Power on Connections, J & G Traffic and Southwark Highways being proposed in part of the above named roads.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, and whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Stoney Street, between Winchester Walk and Clink Street. (b) King James Street, between Rushworth Street and Silex Street. (c) Union Street, between Borough High Street and Redcross Way. (d) The Cut, between No’s 53 - No’s 40 and No’s 84 – No’s 57

3.

An alternative route for traffic will be (2a) via Clink Street, Winchester Square, Winchester Walk. Stoney Street, Park Street, Redcross Way Southwark Street, Bedale Street, Cathedral Street. (2b) Silex Street, Webber Street, Rushworth Street, Belvedere Buildings. (2c) Redcross Way, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Marshalsea Road, Borough High Street. (2d) Waterloo Road, Gray Street, Blackfriars Road. The Cut, Blackfriars Road, Valentine Place, Webber Street. Mitre Road, Webber Street, The Cut, Waterloo Road, Stamford Street, Hatfield.

4.

The existing one way working in Redcross Way between Union Street and Southwark Street will be made two way for access and egress purposes for (2c)

5.

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

6.

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.

7.

The works will be in place for (2a) 9th – 13th March. (2b) 9th – 20th March. (2c) 29th February – 1st March if due to adverse weather conditions then the works will be in place on the 7th – 8th March. (2d) 6th – 7th March.

8.

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

Dated this 20th February 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manage Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a)5158/SEC50/STONEY219 (2b)5107/replan/P-0095475/R4 2c)5213/replandates/LBSCR10817-8 (2d) 5262/399635 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

Please take notice that I / we Afees Hassan / Christina Adegbite Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Dan and Den Superstore, 1 The Market Chourmet Road, London, SE15 4SG The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days

Start time

Finish time

The supply of alcohol:

Monday to Saturday

10:00

20:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday

10:00

20:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 13th February 2020

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

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

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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

5.

The works will be in place on the 9th – 31st March. Works to be carried out between the hours of 10pm and 6am.

6.

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

Dated this 20th February 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 5259

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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).

CREDON HOUSE VERNEY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 19/AP/7550) Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of a part 7, part 10 storey (35.80m AOD) mixed use building to include 57 residential units (Use Class C3) and 123sqm of flexible employment/retail space (Use Class A1, A2, A3, B1) Reason(s) for publicity: MDEP (Contact: Tom Buttrick 020 7525 5604) SITE ADJACENT TO 125 BURBAGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7AF (Ref: 20/AP/0396) Installation of 2 x air conditioning units/ASHP condensers on rear flat roof of dwelling (approved under 19/AP/1596). (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Louise Dinsdale ) 24 GLADSTONE STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6EY (Ref: 20/AP/0398) Conversion of existing water tank housing to provide sliding glass rooflight access to existing roof amenity area. Extension of internal stairs to roof to provide roof access. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Richard Craig 020 7525 0436) 24 GLADSTONE STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6EY (Ref: 20/AP/0397) Conversion of existing water tank housing to provide sliding glass rooflight access to existing roof amenity area. Extension of internal stairs to roof to provide roof access. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Richard Craig 020 7525 0436) 24 GLADSTONE STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6EY (Ref: 20/AP/0398) Conversion of existing water tank housing to provide sliding glass rooflight access to existing roof amenity area. Extension of internal stairs to roof to provide roof access. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Richard Craig 020 7525 0436) 141 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0419) Removal of partition at basement level and floorboards at ground floor level and re-opening of staircase. (Within: Kennington Park Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036)

TEA AUCTION HOUSE, HAY'S GALLERIA COUNTER STREET AND BATTLE BRIDGE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0408) Internal and external refurbishments works to the ground floor reception area of Tea Auction House including: replacement glazing, internal and external doors, new internal flooring, refurbishment to the external and internal walls and the opening up of an internal arch to create an entrance. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Martin McKay 020 7525 1818) 141 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0419) Removal of partition at basement level and floorboards at ground floor level and re-opening of staircase. (Within: Kennington Park Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) 89 ALLEYN PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 8AA (Ref: 20/AP/0428) Construction of a double storey side extension, garage conversion, single storey L-shaped rear extension, external and internal alterations.

(Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 89 ALLEYN PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 8AA (Ref: 20/AP/0428) Construction of a double storey side extension, garage conversion, single storey L-shaped rear extension, external and internal alterations.

(Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 1 POTTERS FIELDS LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0210) Temporary use of the open space for events with the erection of associated temporary structures (cumulatively no more than 800 sq. metres) for no more than 75 days in any one calendar year, for a period of five years until 9th October 2025. (Amendment and renewal of existing temporary consent ref: 15/AP/1776) Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) HAYS LANE HOUSE TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0426)

Internal and external refurbishment works to the ground floor reception area of Hay's Lane House including: replacement curtain walling to reception area, new internal flooring, new internal lighting, replacement ceilings to reception area, the creation of an entrance to the basement, removal of doors to goods lift on Hay's Lane and replacement with glazing system and removal of a louvre at sixth floor level on the Hay's Lane elevation and its replacement with a window to match those existing. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) FLAT A 62 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4HT (Ref: 20/AP/0145) Replacement (maintenance reasons) of exiting main entrance front door onto street on a like for like basis. (Within: Trinity Church Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375)

storey back extension at Basement and Upper Ground Floor levels. Excavation a rear patio area at basement level with internal alterations.

(Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) LONDON BRIDGE HOSPITAL 27-33 TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2PR (Ref: 20/AP/0277) Proposed internal and external alterations at fourth floor level including insertion of ventilation panels in the window spandrel in connection with use as a new MRI facility. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) Dated: 18 Feb 2020 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

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FLAT A 62 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4HT (Ref: 20/AP/0145) Replacement (maintenance reasons) of exiting main entrance front door onto street on a like for like basis. (Within: Trinity Church Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR FLAT 149 GROVE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8BG (Ref: 19/AP/7513) Conversion of flat into two separate selfcontained flats; Construction of a twostorey back extension at Basement and Upper Ground Floor levels. Excavation a rear patio area at basement level with internal alterations. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA STDLB (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR FLAT 149 GROVE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8BG (Ref: 19/AP/7513) Conversion of flat into two separate selfcontained flats; Construction of a two-

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Lee (foreground), Ed (holding wheelchair) with Rachael, and Pete (to Rachael’s right)

NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE RESULT

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By Simeon Wright sport@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET’S Champion Hill was the latest destination for the Walk and Talk campaign last Saturday to raise mental health and male suicide awareness.

The group walked the ten miles from Welling United’s Park View Road to Dulwich, one of two walks last weekend after a mammoth 33mile overnight trek from Livingston to Rangers for Saturday’s Scottish Premiership fixture.

The team set off 9am, stopping twice en route to the match which saw Dulwich beaten 1-0 by Welling, and included more than 20 first-time and experienced charity walkers, none more experienced than Ed Till and his late grandad, Philip Leverington.

A framed photograph of Phil, a lifelong Millwall supporter, and late in life a Hamlet follower and mental health awareness advocate, was pushed the entire way in his wheelchair by devoted grandson Ed, who had lived with him for fourteen years before Phil’s passing in January, aged 95.

Stood in Champion Hill’s wheelchair area on the exact spot his grandad used to watch from, Ed, 30, spoke about that extra-special latest walk.

“Grandad really cared about mental health and used to come on walks. He

Group make ten-mile trek from Welling to Champion Hill to raise awareness of mental health Pete added: “Today there were supporters of Dulwich, Welling and other clubs. They’ll be barred from Selhurst for this but there were Palace supporters wearing Millwall scarves for [Ed’s] grandad. Walk and Talk, the clue is in the name.”

They also thanked Shooter’s Hill pub The Red Lion, which opened early for their first break, and each club which has helped support the campaign, including heavily involved Crystal Palace and Fulham.

Pete similarly acknowledged Dulwich, which donated half of Saturday’s 50/50 raffle receipts.

“Walk and Talk is the charity partner for the match. Money has been raised and people can support it financially.

But no collecting tins, no rattling cans, it’s all about awareness.”

Ed added: “Dulwich and Welling are great community clubs. At this level, your club supports the community and mental health is a key part of that.

If people are suffering, not getting out and not being part of the community, then the community is losing out.

“There is a Walk and Talk GoFundMe, but we overtly shy away from walking along with money because it might put someone off.

“We tag up with charities like CALM and Samaritans, but we’re not affiliated with them. We’ll work together on a cause, but every walk is an individual project.”

Walk and Talk expects to confirm many more walks soon, which chief promoter Lee will make sure are well publicised.

“We’ve got so many social media channels: Twitter, Instagram, YouTube.

“Come along, open up, talk about your problems, and you’ll meet the most amazing people.”

Grandad Phil’s funeral took place on Monday, and was attended by several Walk and Talk members.

By Sports Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk IT WAS another successful day at the office for Southwark Legends last weekend as they outworked, outhustled and outplayed their neighbour's Brixton Topcats on their way to a 102-32 victory in the National Basketball League.

Going into the game, the Legends were favourites to win and they did not disappoint.

They started the contest on the front foot and imposed themselves on the opposition.

Luke Bamgboye enjoyed his best scoring outing of the season with 34

points. He said: “I think that this is the best defensive game we’ve had all season. Everyone gave 100 per cent on both offence and defence which allowed us to get our biggest win of the season.

“I believe if we continue to play as a team we will have no problem placing first in our conference.”

The Legends are back in action at the Damilola Taylor Centre on February 22 as they welcome Barking and Dagenham Thunder to south London.

Doors open at 10am and the game tips off at 10:30am.

For more information on the Southwark Legends, follow them on Instagram @Southwark_Legends and Twitter @LegendsAcad.

Fisher boss Ajay Ashanike issues instructions

Fish pegged back at St Paul’s

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk FISHER COULDN’T increase the gap to SCEFL Premier Division bottom side Crowborough Athletic as the teams drew 1-1 at St Paul’s last weekend.

Malaki Coker gave Ajay Ashanike’s side the lead in Rotherhithe three minutes before half-time as the Fish

looked to extend their advantage in the table over the visitors to ten points.

But Crowborough got back on level terms an hour in through Luke Leppard to earn a point.

Fisher are in seventeenth place on 22 points, three points above Erith & Belvedere.

Ashanike’s Fish host Bearsted this Saturday in the Premier Division. Kickoff is 3pm.

Dennis the menace as Stansfeld games postponed STANSFELD’S SCEFL First Division fixture at Snodland fell foul of the weather last weekend as the game was called off just 50 minutes before kick-off.

Both teams were warming up when the referee decided that Storm Dennis was going to be the only likely winner.

Dennis also menaced Stansfeld Reserves whose game was postponed earlier in the day. But the club’s 3rds did get in some action and won 3-2 against

Long Lane with goals from Ben Holland, Ben Newman and Joe Stowell.

Next fixtures: Saturday, February 22 Stansfeld Reserves vs Borden Village (IRCC; Kick-off: 2.15pm) Fleetdown Reserves vs. Stansfeld 3rds (League; Kick-off: 2.45pm) Tuesday, February 25 Stansfeld v Holmesdale (League; Kickoff: 7.45)

Photo by Dave Anderson

Grandad Phil’s wheelchair

would sit in the wheelchair and I’d push him along. He never really had a mental health problem himself, but he cared.

“Walk and Talk is a mental health movement trying to target men’s mental health. Anyone’s welcome, loads of women come along, but we reach out to men because men seem to find it harder to talk. Every day we’re losing more than a football team’s worth of men to suicide.

“Even if you haven’t had a mental health problem, even if you just do an hour of the walk, come along for a walk, a bit of fitness, make some friends.”

Campaign founder Lee Adams, 36, also attended the Dulwich walk, having spent Friday night in contact with Walk and Talk’s Scotland participants, living every step of their mission in the face of Storm Dennis.

Speaking after his fourth walk of 2020, Adams could not have been prouder of his campaign compatriots in London and north of the border.

“I ain’t slept at all doing the social media for the boys and girls walking in Scotland last night, and was jumping on the bed this morning with excitement.”

Having suffered with his own mental health, Lee has established a free and simple, yet powerful movement, which has got people walking and talking between UK football grounds.

He added: “After going through my problems, I fell back into society and never wanted anybody to feel the way I felt, so in 2015 I tweeted that if I get X amount of retweets, I’ll walk from Fulham, my team, to Reading.

Subsequently I got them and went.

“It’s built a community. We walked from Chesterfield to Notts County overnight the other week, we’ve walked to Birmingham, cycled to Preston, and did Reading to Fulham again New Year’s Eve. We celebrated the New Year on a roundabout in Bracknell, and it was the most amazing night.

“You’re walking to football so you’ve instantly got a bond with someone, then all of a sudden you start opening up a little bit more.”

Keen, too, to applaud Lee, Ed, and Saturday’s walk organiser James Taylor-Nye were fellow walkers Rachael and Pete. Walk and Talk also encourages women to talk, which is extremely important to Rachael.

She said: “This cause hits home to me a lot because I lost my mum to suicide.”

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Hamlet tire of Well-worn theme

By Kit Heren at Champion Hill sport@southwarknews.co.uk

DULWICH HAMLET suffered a home defeat against south London rivals Welling United last Saturday, on an afternoon when the wind and rain threatened to overshadow the action.

Hamlet captain David Ijaha

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CONNOR HUNTE has made a temporary switch from Dulwich Hamlet to Worthing.

The 23-year-old former Wolves winger has signed a onemonth loan deal. Worthing are currently top of the Isthmian League Premier Division.

Hunte had spells with Greenwich Borough and Kingstonian before joining the Hamlet last summer from Billericay Town.

Former England youth international Hunte has made sixteen appearances for Gavin Rose’s side this season and scored two goals.

Connor Hunte

on the break. Former Dulwich striker Akinyemi almost got on the end of a couple of balls through the defence, while Goldberg drew a smart save from Charlie Grainger with a whipped shot from just outside the area.

With ten minutes left, Diaz Wright was played in behind the Hamlet defence following a clever exchange, but he lifted his shot over the bar.

As the game drew to a close under the floodlights and the Hamlet pushed hard for equaliser, tempers flared and players from both sides tussled.

The game ended 1-0 to Welling – a fair result and valuable to the Wings given their proximity to the bottom of the table – although Gavin Rose’s side will rue a string of missed chances by their forward line.

The result leaves Dulwich five points above the bottom two in National League South, ahead of their trip to fifth-place Bath City next Saturday.

Lionel Ainsworth was not in the squad for the game, but reflected: “The conditions, both teams had to play in them, we had a few chances, but I think their keeper has played really well, kept them in the game. It's just one of those things.

“The boys still stood strong. They [Welling] had a couple of chances as well, but we had more than enough chances to go and win the game.”

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The Hamlet went into the game a single point and two league places ahead of the Wings, but the game was decided by the teams’ approach to handling Storm Dennis, which swept across London at the weekend.

The visitors to Champion Hill scored the only goal through Romney CrichlowNoble in the eighth minute.

Welling started better, creating the best chances in the first half by playing the ball along the surface, working through midfield and drawing fouls from their hosts.

This approach soon paid dividends, when Crichlow-Noble poked home from close range. A free-kick by Anthony Cook into the Hamlet box caused panic among the home defence. Crichlow-Noble’s first shot was blocked, but he was given time and space to bury the follow-up.

Welling continued their slick passing game, playing in forwards Dipo Akinyemi and Bradley Goldberg on several occasions. Goldberg had a penalty claim

waved away after going down in the box.

By contrast, the home side struggled with the wind in the first half, sending a series of long aerial balls upfield, most of which were claimed with ease by Welling goalkeeper Dan Wilks or headed away by the defence. The Champion Hill faithful groaned in disappointment as pass after pass missed its target, caught in the wind or skidding off the surface.

But Dulwich didn’t let their heads drop, and their best chances of the first half came right at the end. Captain David Ijaha won the ball in midfield and spread it wide to Jeffrey Monakana whose cross into the area was headed down towards the corner by Quade Taylor – back in the side this week – only to be parried spectacularly by Wilks.

Minutes later, Wilks came to the Wings’ rescue again, pushing away Danny Mills’ powerful header to keep the away side in front.

The second half was much more open, with the Hamlet pushing hard for an equaliser. On 70 minutes, Monakana crossed from the right to the substitute Shamir Mullings, who was lurking at the back post, but the striker’s header was straight at the grateful Wilks. Shortly afterwards, Mills used his powerful frame to hold off the defence and turn on the edge of the area, but he dragged his shot wide.

Welling continued to look dangerous

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Lions enjoy Hutch moment Defender heads home to bring top-six back into the picture

Shaun Hutchinson celebrates after heading home the winner

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP PRESTON NORTH END - 0 MILLWALL - 1 Hutchinson (78’) Date: Saturday 15 February, 2020 Attendance: 12,468 Man of the match: Jake Cooper Referee: Tony Harrington

THE LINE-UPS 1 Rudd

4-1-4-1

21 Bauer

5 Clarke

By John Kelly at Deepdale johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

6 Davies

16 Hughes

4 Pearson 8 Browne

29 Barkhuizen

11 Johnson

(Gallagher, 65’)

31 Sinclair

(Harrop, 65)

35 Nugent

(Maguire, 76)

9 Bradshaw

23 Bödvarsson

7 J Wallace

(Mahoney, 76)

(Leonard, 86)

(Smith, 93)

19 Woods 3 M Wallace

5-2-3

5 Cooper

16 Molumby 15 Pearce

4 Hutchinson

12 Romeo

33 Bialkowski

Head to Head 54% 10 3 1 5

Possession Shots Shots on target Corners Fouls

46% 16 6 8 11

IF THERE’S an image to best illustrate how much Millwall have changed under Gary Rowett’s direction, then Jake Cooper’s surge into the box at Deepdale last weekend is probably it.

In the 22nd minute, Cooper slid a pass into the feet of Jon Dadi Bodvarsson who laid the ball off to Murray Wallace on the left. Cooper had continued his run forward and received Wallace’s pass before playing a one-two with Jed Wallace. Cooper was through but on his weaker right foot, and Declan Rudd foiled what would have been a sensational goal with his outstretched left boot.

Giant strides forward from 6ft6ins Cooper, reflecting significant strides forward in the Lions’ playing style.

That wasn’t the only time Cooper ran into an advanced position. Later in the half he again joined the attack to cross from the byline for Jed Wallace to set up Jayson Molumby whose shot was redirected by Tom Bradshaw almost catching out Rudd.

It was fitting that Millwall’s winning goal should come from two defenders combining. Wallace initially headed Ryan Woods’ corner into the area where Paul Gallagher headed it back out. But Wallace reacted to loop another header towards the back post and Shaun Hutchinson ran in to take advantage of a failure in the home offside trap to nod

past Rudd.

That was just reward for the Lions who had dominated the majority of the second half. It was perhaps their finest half under Rowett. It was certainly up there with the best football they have played for a sustained spell this season.

It has taken some getting used to, after the unapologetically direct football preferred by former boss Neil Harris, seeing a Millwall side pass and probe, pull their opponents out of position, with centre-backs overlapping – or underlapping, to be exact, in the case of Cooper’s early chance, when he went inside the wide Preston defenders – and players all over the pitch looking so comfortable combining with each other to get out of trouble or into good positions.

Last week, Rowett dismissed the idea he would need a certain number of transfer windows to create ‘his’ team.

He said it was already his team and this was more evidence of that.

Millwall needed this win to not recede too far from the play-off picture. From going sixth on New Year’s Day after the 3-1 win over Luton, they had fallen seven points off the pace within six weeks.

But in an accordion-like Championship with so many unpredictable results, gaps can quickly open and close. It always felt that if Millwall could get through February still within a result or two of sixth then it would make for a very interesting final two months of the season.

They have Wigan away next – one of the most unpredictable of sides with wins over Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds recently but who are still in the relegation zone – and then Birmingham and Bristol City at The Den. But it’s pretty pointless trying to predict results. After all, the Lions hadn’t won in four games before going to Deepdale last weekend, Preston were unbeaten in six and hadn’t lost to Millwall at home since 2004.

And they looked so threatening early on as Millwall started in haphazard fashion.

Tom Barkhuizen claimed a penalty in the sixth minute when he went down in the box. Alex Neil said afterwards there had been contact with Cooper. Mahlon Romeo then produced a superb block to deny Scott Sinclair, though the offside flag had gone up.

Daniel Johnson should have done better from Barkhuizen’s cross than shoot straight at Bart Bialkowski from twelve yards and former England striker David Nugent skied the rebound.

Bialkowski was behind Sinclair’s effort before Millwall finally forced their opponents into some defensive work. Johnson scrambled to clear Bodvarsson’s attempt from six yards following a Jed Wallace corner, before Cooper got through to test Rudd.

Barkhuizen shot wide in the 35th minute and then attacker Wallace’s leftfooted attempt went straight at Rudd in first-half added-time.

The Lions started the second period

positively and after forcing two quick corners Molumby saw his shot hit bodies in the box.

Next Johnson’s effort was blocked in the area and Cooper's clearance turned into a through-ball. Suddenly Bradshaw was racing away on the halfway line. He sprinted towards the box and beat Rudd with his shot but not the crossbar as the ball bounced off the woodwork into the away end.

Rowett’s side were dominant and deservedly took the lead when Hutchinson was left free to finish from Wallace’s header into the box.

The Lions had a glorious chance to double the lead with seven minutes left as Jed Wallace ran at Preston’s defence before putting substitute Connor Mahoney in on the right, but Rudd saved the winger’s effort.

There were a couple of late scares for the visitors, first when Preston got a free-kick 25 yards out. The away fans must have feared the worst when Gallagher lined it up, especially in such difficult conditions for goalkeepers with the rain teeming down. Gallagher curled his effort up and over the wall towards the bottom corner, but Bialkowski had read it and palmed the ball away.

Preston were desperate and deep into injury-time Patrick Bauer went down in the box. Referee Tony Harrington brought the whistle to his lips, but instead of a spot-kick it was to blow for full-time.

Millwall again have the play-offs in their sights.

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exclusive

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MURRAY WALLACE is known for his brawn on the pitch – but he has the brain to go with it as he revealed he was a maths boffin at school.

Wallace, who turned 27 last month, has been one of Millwall’s most consistent performers this season, and it’s difficult to recall any Championship winger getting the better of him.

The defender, who has added another string to his bow by excelling as a left wing-back in the Lions’ often-used 5-23 formation, is from a sporting family with business flair.

His uncle, Fergus, was a rugby player who was in the Glasgow side that reached the quarter-finals of the 1997-98 European Cup, though he just missed out on gaining international honours. Fergus, who was a flanker, is now a business development manager with professional side Glasgow Warriors.

The sporting ability, including the big physique, and the academic acumen is also in the genes of nephew Murray.

Wallace was spotted playing for Busby Amateur Football Club by Rangers, who at the time had current Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta in their senior squad, and entered their academy while continuing his studies.

He started his professional career at Falkirk, where he combined training and playing with an Open University course.

And if Wallace, who played rugby as a youngster, had followed in his uncle’s sporting footsteps he might very well have gone one better and been preparing to play for Scotland in Italy in the Six Nations this Sunday.

“I played all sports. I started off with mini-rugby and touch rugby, my family was more rugby-based,” Wallace said.

“When I went to primary school all my friends were playing football so I got into it.

“My uncle used to play rugby and is involved with Glasgow Warriors.

“My family is just sporty in general, my mum and dad used to play rugby, both used to play hockey. I think every member of my family has been involved in some sport at some time, be it curling, all sorts of sports.

“When you’re that young you just play for the fun of it. When you watch football you think, ‘it would be amazing to be a footballer’. But at a young age you just want to have a kick-about with your friends and mess about.

“It was when I got to about nine, ten, there were a few boys in the team getting picked up by professional teams. The boys club that I played for had a great record for getting players into the academies.

“I was ten when I got picked up by Rangers. I went to Murray Park, had a week’s trial and then signed on a youth contract for a year. I thought then, ‘I’m in the perfect place to learn, work hard and see where it takes me’.

“Every now and again you’d see some of the first-team players. I remember going in one of my first years, I was eleven or twelve, and Mikel Arteta was walking around the corner, it was crazy.”

Wallace had the foresight to complete his school education despite the promise of a professional career.

“I’d say I was quite academic,” he continued. “I enjoyed PE, obviously, and maths, they were my two strongest subjects. I was quite interested in numbers, I enjoyed physics, computing.

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Math-ador Murray Wallace puts his head in where it hurts in the 1-0 win at Preston last Saturday

“I did my intermediate exams, similar to GCSEs down here. The age I was, I was one of the youngest in my year. Most of the boys in my age group in my team were in the year below in my school.

“I managed to stay on in school and do my higher [exams], and I could have gone to uni. I don’t think I realised how important it was at the time, because I just had it in my head that I was going to go and play football.

“Looking back, you see how many boys didn’t get that extra year of education and just left after the GCSEs/ intermediates and then a few years later they’ve fallen out of the game. It’s a shame because they’re having to start again, go to college and catch up with their studies.

“When I left school and signed for Falkirk we had to do an educational course alongside training, which was fine. I did an Open University course

in business for three years. But in the third year I just wasn’t enjoying it, it wasn’t what I expected it to be. So I left it and always thought I’d go back and take another route, something more interesting. I haven’t got round to it yet, but it’s still something I’m interested in.”

Wallace’s Millwall team-mate Matt Smith studied an International Management with American Studies degree at the University of Manchester.

Wallace wants to get the maximum out of his playing career before potentially picking up his studies again.

“I’m at that stage where I still see myself as having a lot of years left in the game,” Wallace added. “But you do always think about it and get asked by other people what you think you’re going to do.

“I think it would be an option to go and do my coaching badges, but it’s not something at the minute I can see

myself passionately doing, going into the coaching side of things.

“I’m keeping an open mind what I want to do. I have it in the back of my head that I want to do another Open University course, a degree and see where that takes me.

“I enjoyed numeracy so I may be interested in going into accountancy or something like that.

“It is important to look at life after football. It is easy to just be consumed when games come thick and fast, especially at stages like this in the season, it’s easy to have that mentality of ‘football, football, football’ and put other things to one side.”

A number of Millwall players have cited Wallace’s work ethic, including his frequent sessions in the gym, when talking about the character of the squad.

Wallace observed early in his career

what he needed to do to ensure playing longevity.

“Part of it comes down to when I was a young lad I grew before I filled out,” he explained, “I was always quite tall and lanky. I always had it in my head that I had the height, so I needed to do the work to fill out. I think that was important for my development as a young player.

“Going into different teams and meeting players, I always found that the players who looked after themselves and did the right things around the gym and in training didn’t tend to get injured. They were always playing.

“I thought that [work ethic] was a great thing to have. Players who were playing into their 30s were the ones who looked after themselves, and I thought, ‘that’s what I want to be like’.

I want to have as long a career as I can and be in the best condition possible.”

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Smith makes appeal

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MATT SMITH wants to see social media companies and platform users held accountable in order to combat the “disastrous consequences” that abusive content can have on mental health.

Smith says he is “thick-skinned” but understands how some people can be affected in a “ruthless place” such as Twitter.

Smith posted an appeal on Twitter on Sunday, a day after former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack was found dead at her home in north London after ending her own life.

Her death sparked intense debates around the responsibilities of editors and journalists, the proliferation of “click-bait” articles and the abusive responses they provoke from readers online often directed at the subjects of those articles.

Smith posted: “Social media needs to wake up and act...verify everyone’s accounts to hold people accountable for their words.” Smith also urged an end to “publishing ‘public opinion’ click-bait stories. They’re centred on utter crap.”

Smith also retweeted a post from the BBC’s Dan Walker who had written: “It must be heartbreaking for the family and friends of Caroline Flack to read tributes from some of those who hounded her.

“Our ‘cancel’ culture is brutal. We all have demons and flaws but we dehumanise each other and are then surprised when it all becomes too much for some.”

Several Millwall players are on Twitter and Instagram. Jed Wallace responded calmly to a fan in September 2018 after he was accused of showboating when missing a chance in a 2-1 defeat to Swansea.

Tom Bradshaw’s appeal on Twitter for information about his stolen Range Rover was retweeted over 600 times.

That story had a happy ending when the vehicle was eventually located.

Smith acknowledges Twitter has its positives and explained why he is on the platform.

“I like Twitter because I like keeping up with the news, I have the most current up-to-date news feed on my phone,” Smith said.

“I think everyone’s different, the relationship they have with Twitter. I like it as a news source. I don’t really let any comments, negative or positive, affect me. I don’t read into comments.

Striker posted a message on Twitter following the death of Caroline Flack

“I’m quite thick-skinned in a sense; I’ve heard every ‘donkey’-related comment there can be even going back as far as my non-league days. It’s nothing that really affects me.

“I can see past it but I can understand how it can affect people. I’m not naïve enough to think everyone can be thick-skinned on the platform because ultimately it is a pretty ruthless place.

“I think there’s a difference between negative comments and abusive comments. The platform needs to take more accountability for the comments that are deemed to be abusive.

“Everyone’s entitled to their opinion.

You can have a bad game or a good game. If you sign up to Twitter you sign up to reviews good and bad. But when it crosses the line into abuse and that sort of territory, that’s when action needs to be taken. That’s why I said about the need for some sort of moderation in that sense.

“Also, it’s too easy nowadays for anyone and everyone just to post under a random username with no accountability. People need to be verified and held accountable for their actions so they can’t just continuously abuse.

“It can have really disastrous consequences in an era in which people really struggle with mental health and

anxiety. You can understand how it can have disastrous consequences.

“My tweet was just some sort of an appeal to moderate it to a degree.

Negative comments, good praise, bad praise, yeah that’s what you sign up for, but you don’t sign up for abuse. There’s a huge difference, in my eyes.”

Smith drew attention to how some website base articles around posts from social media accounts. It is common to see some football websites build stories around posts from users focusing on the negative aspects of a player’s performance in a game.

Smith continued: “A lot of public opinion stories that I see, that I click into, for instance, draw on comments that are utter nonsense from accounts of people with three followers, an egg as their profile picture and a username ‘so-and-so3000’. Come on, where’s the authenticity. There’s no genuine authenticity with those opinions.

“I think that draws in far more harm than good. I’m all for the notion of being kind and if you’ve got nothing good to say don’t say anything at all.

But ultimately I’m not naïve enough to think there won’t be negative connotations about certain things.

“I draw the line at abuse and I think people are starting to see that the consequences can be catastrophic.”

Smith joined Twitter in January 2010, when he was just 20, and currently has almost 63,000 followers. He would urge young footballers to be cautious about setting up accounts.

“It depends on the personality, if you’re thick-skinned, if it doesn’t affect you,” Smith added. “For me it’s water off a duck’s back, I really couldn’t care less what people say as long as my manager is happy with me and my team-mates are happy with me, if the fans can see I’m putting in a performance. And if I can look myself in the mirror then that’s all that matters.

“I couldn’t care less what the keyboard warriors say. But not everyone is that way inclined and I respect that. What I would say is if you can handle the good with the bad, the bad with the good, then it’s a good platform to engage, to discover and to learn. I totally respect it for that.

“Ultimately you can moderate what you see in terms of who you follow. So it can bring good. But there is a very, very dark element to it. I think it’s up to the individual to weigh up whether it’s for them.”

Smith has attracted mostly positive comments this season for his performances, with eight goals including an injury-time winner against Charlton.

But he admitted he was concerned when Gary Rowett took over from Neil Harris and it was clear that the team’s style of play would evolve and be less focused on direct football.

“Yeah, always a worry,” Smith said.

“Playing with a target man is less fashionable these days. If you’re playing one up front you’re expected to offer a different role than if you’re in a two.

“I always feel my strengths lie in playing in a two. Collectively as a team but also individually I think we’ve been more of a goal threat when there have been two up there.

“It can be a concern for a player like myself. You want to be a huge part of the manager’s plans and at the forefront of his thoughts. Fair play to the manager, he’s used me a lot since he’s come in and been very honest with me.

“I’ve had my opportunities to cement my place in the team. Away from home he’s implemented a different way of playing because we weren’t picking up points. We’ve reaped the benefits and picked up some really important away wins.

“We got off to a great start at the beginning of the season and I thought then we had the ingredients to be up there. Results took a turn and it’s easy to slip down.

“But the ingredients were always there and the gaffer has brought a new lease of life and breath of fresh air to the place. His influence has been absolutely incredible, to see the rise of the club and where it is now with a real shot at the play-offs with thirteen games to go. It’s testament to him, he’s been brilliant for us.”

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Championship preview Jed Wallace tries to get past Wigan left-back Antonee Robinson

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Lions eye double Lancashire raid

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL SHOULD have no new injury concerns as they aim for consecutive away league wins for the second time this season.

The Lions are looking for a first victory in four games at the DW Stadium against a Wigan side desperate to stay in touch with safety.

The unpredictable Latics have beaten

Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday in the last month, but they are two of just three league wins in their last 21 games.

Millwall have won nine of Gary Rowett’s 20 Championship games in charge, the same total as in the previous 44 games, almost a full season.

It took the Lions 34 games to collect the same number of away victories (four) as they have in their last ten on the road.

But Millwall will be wary of Paul Cook’s side, who have held Middlesbrough

Boss pleased with win – and praises attitude of senior players

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk AIDEN O’BRIEN scored the winner against Crystal Palace in a Professional Development League derby at Calmont Road on Monday – with under-23 boss Kevin Nugent calling it his “favourite” victory of the season.

O’Brien clinched all three points for the hosts against their south London neighbours when he headed home Tyler Burey’s cross in the 44th minute.

Jiri Skalak started the fixture after

telling senior boss Gary Rowett he wanted to play. Billy Mitchell and George Alexander were also in Nugent’s line-up.

But Mason Bennett wasn’t involved.

On-loan Derby attacker Bennett had played in a behind-closed-doors under-23 game the previous Monday when he picked up an ankle injury that kept him out of training until Friday and put him out of contention for the Championship games against Fulham and Preston.

Rowett preferred to ensure Bennett could train fully with the first-team squad this week ahead of Saturday’s trip

and Neil Harris’ Cardiff in their last two games, and in Kieffer Moore have a striker who has scored four goals in his last seven appearances.

The Lions needed two equalisers to earn a point as they drew 2-2 with Wigan at The Den in November. Wigan’s second goal-scorer in that match, Antonee Robinson, saw a sensational £10million move to Italian giants AC Milan fall through on January’s transfer deadline day.

to Wigan Athletic.

Nugent’s side had goalkeeper Ryan Sandford to thank for keeping the scores level in the tenth minute when saved TQ Addy’s powerful low drive.

O'Brien's header just before the break was enough for victory to move Millwall to within a point of South section leaders Watford at the top of the table. The Lions also have a game in hand.

Nugent wasn’t concerned about the quality of the contest as his side ground out an important win.

"It certainly wasn’t a classic game, but at this stage of the season with the wind, the rain, and the pitch wasn’t amazing, I was so pleased with the character of the players,” Nugent said.

“It was one of my favourite wins of the season because of the manner in which we applied ourselves.”

Nugent was also full of praise for the attitude shown by two of Millwall’s senior players.

He added: “Having Aiden O’Brien and Jiri Skalak was fantastic as well, but there were some good all-round performances [Monday].

“Aiden scores in the Championship and he’s one of the lads who came through the system, so he was good and his attitude is always spot on in these games.

“You were never going to get loads of silky, skilful performances in those conditions, so they had to show a different side of their game.

“That was doing the basics in and out of possession, so it was good to get three points and a clean sheet.”

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“I’ve played against Cooky’s sides over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever had an easy game,” Rowett said.

“We saw that in the home game. I thought it was one of our most difficult games of the season and we snatched a point when we probably didn’t deserve it.

“They’re a side that mix the game up.

They can play direct to Moore, they can pass the ball.

“They’ve actually performed really well

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in the games, they just haven’t been able to get that last little bit to get over the line and win the games they’re performing well in.

“You can go to Preston, you can be playing Leeds or West Brom, you play Wigan away and it makes no difference.

It’s exactly the same challenge with the same mentality needed, the same performance needed.

“We’ve been good on the road over all. It’s about us trying to build on performances like the one we had last weekend.”

Millwall had no new injury concerns after that 1-0 win at Preston, their third game in seven days Ryan Leonard is in contention to start for the first time since October, but Ben Thompson is still at least a month away from a return. Shaun Williams is sidelined with a hip injury, but Mason Bennett should be available.

Rowett added: “It was a big week last week for us physically. You always have a bit of a residual effect with that so we gave them an extra day off.

“It’s been a hard period but I thought we finished the game really strong against Preston. At this stage of the season it’s about trying to get them out on the pitch on a Saturday or a Wednesday feeling physically capable of playing for the 90-plus minutes at the intensity we want.

“I think we’re all good and hopefully that will remain the same.”

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Possible Millwall starting XI:

Bialkowski; Romeo, Hutchinson, Pearce, Cooper, M Wallace; Woods, Molumby; J Wallace, Bradshaw, Bodvarsson.

Match odds:

Wigan 8/5 Draw 2/1 Millwall 9/5

Last meeting:

2019-20 Championship (November 26, 2019): Millwall 2-2 Wigan (Hutchinson 24, Smith 60; Pilkington 3, Robinson 56)

Pl

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1 West Bromwich Albion

33

17

12

4

59

36

23

63

2 Leeds United

33

17

8

8

48

30

18

59

3 Fulham

33

16

8

9

47

36

11

56

4 Brentford

33

16

7

10

54

27

27

55

5 Nottingham Forest

33

15

10

8

45

33

12

55

6 Preston North End

33

15

8

10

47

37

10

53

7 Bristol City

33

15

8

10

48

46

2

53

8 Blackburn Rovers

33

14

8

11

48

38

10

50

9 Cardiff City

33

12

14

7

48

45

3

50

10 Millwall

33

12

13

8

40

38

2

49

11 Swansea City

33

12

12

9

41

41

0

48

12 Sheffield Wednesday

33

12

8

13

41

38

3

44

13 Derby County

33

11

11

11

41

45

-4

44

14 Birmingham City

33

12

8

13

42

49

-7

44

15 Reading

33

11

9

13

41

37

4

42

16 Queens Park Rangers

33

12

6

15

51

58

-7

42

17 Hull City

33

11

8

14

47

51

-4

41

18 Middlesbrough

33

8

13

12

34

43

-9

37

19 Charlton Athletic

33

9

9

15

41

47

-6

36

20 Huddersfield Town

33

9

9

15

38

52

-14

36

21 Stoke City

33

10

4

19

41

53

-12

34

22 Wigan Athletic

33

7

10

16

33

50

-17

31

23 Luton Town

33

9

3

21

39

66

-27

30

24 Barnsley

33

6

10

17

40

58

-18

28

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Rowett excited

by Lions vision Thommo edges closer to return

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk BEN THOMPSON was hoping to get the all-clear earlier this week to resume training.

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL BOSS Gary Rowett has reacted to images of the proposed redevelopment of The Den – saying it’s “exciting times to be part of the club”.

The Lions have proposals for an expansion of the stadium up to a capacity of 34,000. In a statement last week, Millwall said they want The Den to have “facilities that are ultimately fit for Premier League football”.

There are also proposals for a public plaza and the club aim to build nonfootball revenues including from events and conferencing.

Rowett has been in charge for just

20 games, but has turned Millwall into contenders for the Championship playoff places.

“It’s like any club that’s had the same stadium for a long time and the same training ground for a long time, you always look for ways you can improve it,” Rowett said.

“Obviously a big part of the plan for the club along with winning the planning battle was to develop not just the stadium but the areas around it.

“I’ve just seen the images, I’ve not been party to any of the discussions.

But it’s an exciting time to be part of the club. It’s a fantastically located club for attracting that type of improvement and ambition.

“For me we’ve got to prove it on the pitch. Over 20 games we’ve done okay.

If I’m sat here after 100 games or after

But boss knows team must keep doing the business on the pitch 200 games saying we’ve managed to do that consistently then I’ll be happy.”

Critical to Millwall challenging for a place in the top tier is holding on to their best players.

“I don’t really worry about it too much,” Rowett insisted. “I’ve said it previously if we do well then people will like the players because they’re performing well. That’s the aim of the manager, and when we’re winning games it attracts people to it.

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“Certainly John [Berylson], the owner, has said to me we don’t need to sell any player. That’s the beauty of Millwall.

If we get a bid for a player and he desperately wants to leave then you’ve got to factor that into what’s the right thing to do for the club to move on.

“But at the moment the players enjoy being here. What we’ve tried to do is reward players when they’ve done well, and the club’s done that really well. We can’t reach the finances of other clubs but can certainly push hard in terms of what we feel is a fair and reflective improvement on a contract.

“You’ve seen that recently with the likes of Hutch [Shaun Hutchinson], last summer with the likes of Jed [Wallace].

We’ll continue to try and do that and the rest is something that’s not really worth considering at the present time.”

Thompson, 24, has been sidelined since damaging ankle ligaments in the 1-0 win at Derby County on December 14.

The midfielder scored the first goal of Gary Rowett’s reign in the 2-0 win against Stoke, and featured in the new manager’s first nine games.

Thompson has made 24 appearances this season and his versatility has been missed. He has played off the striker, deeper in midfield and out wide.

The Lions have also missed Shaun Williams and Ryan Leonard at various times through injury and suspension, and recruited Ryan Woods to bolster that area in January.

Thompson could be back in contention next month.

Speaking earlier this week, Rowett said: “Thommo is going to see a specialist [Tuesday], we’re just waiting for the all-clear so he can start running.

He’s about seven or eight weeks into it.

“He’s still probably about three or four weeks away, best case. It’s quite difficult to know, it’s hard to be too specific. When he originally got injured we thought around March.

“It looks like it could be mid to late March. But I don’t want to put any pressure on him, he might start running and feel great straightaway.

“Hopefully we’ll get positive news when we find out.”

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