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Plans are still going full steam to light up five historic buildings in Rotherhithe in time for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage to the new world this coming September.

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Controversial plans for flats on the site of a former Rotherhithe boozer were approved this week despite a previous legal battle.

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In July last year, residents won a legal bid to squash planning permission for ‘eyesore’ flats at the site of the Clipper pub on Rotherhithe Street.

Officers had approved six two-bed flats for the site despite 400 residents signing a petition against it.

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six two-bed flats, a ground floor retail space and basement car parking.

“The proposed design and quality of accommodation is of a high quality and the scheme contributes to meeting the council’s objectives by redeveloping a site that is vacant and provides needed housing,” states a report placed before councillors.

“The proposal as such provides significant public benefit. The amenity impacts on the surrounding properties have been assessed and are also considered generally acceptable.”

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But three residents forced the planning permission to be revoked in a legal challenge at their own time and expense – because the council “failed to have regard for a relevant policy consideration, namely density.”

Buildings can be above-density if the building’s design is ‘exemplary’ – but the planning officer’s report made no reference to density at all, or the criteria for exemplary design, the ruling found.

Now at a meeting of the planning subcommittee on Monday, the plans were finally approved. The move will see a four storey building in place of the Clipper, with

A Superdrug in the Bermondsey’s Blue closed its doors last week – but will soon reopen as a Savers.

The establishment on Southwark Park Road shut up shop on Sunday, March 15. However the new Savers is due to open on March 26.

It is not clear if the opening date will be affected by the current coronavirus epidemic.

A nearby Superdrug remains open at Surrey

Quays.

“We can confirm that the recently closed Superdrug store in Bermondsey will be reopening as a Savers Health & Beauty store, due to open its doors on 26th March,” said a spokesperson.

“We’d like to thank our customers for their continued support and welcome them to shop Superdrug’s wide range of health and beauty products at the nearby Surrey Quays store or alternatively shop online at Superdrug.com for home delivery.”

The community led scheme to permanently illuminate the spire of St Mary’s church, the chimneys of Thames Tunnel Mills and Brunel’s Engine House as well as the Mayflower pub, will cost a whooping £95,000. The latest substantial donate from river bus operators Thames Clippers means they now need £35,000 to complete the Rotherhithe Illuminated! project.

The Mayflower was captained by local resident, Master Christopher Jones, and Rotherhithe was also the ship’s home port. The crew and pilgrims went on to found the United States of America.

For more information including link to the Rotherhithe Illuminated! JustGiving page, please visit www.thamesclippers. com/rotherhithe-illuminated

Nurse awarded in the shadow of Nightingale As part of a major exhibition at St Thomas’ hospital celebrating the life and work of Florence Nightingale, modern day nurses are being included in a programme to also celebrating Windrush nurses.

Seventy nurses and midwives from across the country who are either descendants of the Windrush generation or from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background, are signed up to become future health leaders.

Kendra Schneller, a Guy’s and St Thomas’ nurse, received a best presentation award for her work encouraging homeless women to have cervical screening.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth and the World Health Organisation has declared it the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in her honour.

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Retired Met PC Reg Dunn continued his birthday celebrations last month after the National Association of Retired Police Officers put him in touch with the Met and Commissioner Cressida Dick wrote to him.

Reg joined the Met on January 23, 1950 after returning to Sunderland from Egypt and Palestine, where he served with the RAF, 52 MT Unit during the Second World War. Rumour has it that Reg wanted to join his local police, but he was just ½ inch too short. So he tried to join the Met instead, where he was 1/2inch taller than the minimum limit.

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– serving several key Southwark After the pilot section going live on the stations – will have full 4G mobile eastern half of the line, TfL says it will phone access. work to expand 4G to cover platforms and The pilot section covers all platforms tunnels across the entire line by the end and tunnels between Westminster and of the year.

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“Policing has changed enormously since I joined the Met back in 1950 but I would still be proud to serve today,” he said.

“If I could offer any advice to current officers, it would be to cherish every moment and remember colleagues become friends for life.”

Cressida Dick, the force’s top cop, said police should never forget the service of people like Reg, who have made “British policing so admired worldwide.”

“It’s wonderful to be able to congratulate Reg Dunn on behalf of all the officers and staff of the Metropolitan Police Service on this special occasion,” she said.

“This is a small recognition which I hope will serve as a reminder for the service Reg gave and bring back many wonderful memories.

“The policing career may have changed since Reg started his career, however we must never forget to recognise the history, principles and people like Reg, which have been our foundations and have made British policing so admired worldwide.”

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katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Camberwell has been given £1.5 million in funding from the Greater London Authority's Good Growth Fund.

The cash will improve three areas highlighted by local people, creating better connections between the hospitals, Denmark Hill station and the centre, make more space at Camberwell College of Arts available to local people, and help local traders.

This includes landscaping on Camberwell Station Road and making empty railway arches available to businesses.

Councillor Johnson Situ, Southwark Council's cabinet member for growth,

development and planning, said: "This is fantastic news for us and Camberwell residents and will support the existing council plans and investment into the area.

"The projects being funded will encourage much needed inward investment in the area, encourage more cycling and walking, help tackle air pollution, and unlock new opportunities for new housing and improving public space in the area."

Deputy mayor for planning, regeneration and skills, Jules Pipe, said: "The mayor and I are committed to doing all we can to support projects which create opportunities to regenerate their local areas.

"This is a great example of how Londoners can take a lead in shaping the future of the capital."

Two ton cocaine drugs bust

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Addresses in Peckham, Bromley and Feltham have been raided as part of a massive cocaine drugs bust.

Nine people suspected of being part of an organised gang smuggling at least two tonnes of cocaine into the UK have been arrested.

Alongside the London addresses, a house in Derby was also raided early on Tuesday morning last week.

Alongside digital devices, cops from the National Crime Agency seized a drugs press and quantities of heroin

and cocaine.

The six men and three women arrested include UK, Ghanaian, Iranian and Albanian nationals.

NCA deputy director of investigations, Chris Farrimond, said the arrests were part of what the agency suspected was a “nationally significant drug trafficking organisation.”

He added: “The cocaine trade brings violence and exploitation to local areas right across the UK, as well as a trail of environmental and social harm internationally.”

One suspect was produced from prison, where he is serving a sentence for unrelated matters, said the NCA.

Pops is feline good

Cat rescued from ten-foot lightwell

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josh@southwarknews.co.uk A Bermondsey cat is feline much better after being rescued from a ten-foot lightwell.

Pops, a ten-month-old black cat, had been missing from his home for six days, turning his owner Sharon Suleyman sick with worry.

On Thursday, March 5, a member of the public heard Pop’s miaowing from the lightwell of a basement flat in Willow Walk.

When they went past the next day, they realised Pops was trapped ten feet down – and called the RSPCA for help.

Animal collection officer Kirstie

Gillard attended to try to read Pops’ microchip with a long reach-andrescue pole.

“As I was reaching down to check the microchip for Pops, one of his neighbours came over to see what was happening and recognised him,” she said.

“They went off to go and tell Sharon we had found her missing cat. She was absolutely overjoyed.

“Using a net and a reach and rescue pole, I managed to bring Pops to safety and reunite him with his owner. I was so pleased to be able to reunite Pops with Sharon. We all love a happy ending!”

His owner had even walked past the house where he was trapped

unawares, in her desperate bid to find her beloved cat.

“I’m so pleased to have him home and he is really happy to be home,” she said.

“He keeps excitedly running round the house. He doesn’t seem to want to wander as far now either, I think it’s scared him, so hopefully he won’t have another little adventure anytime soon.

“He was quite skinny but in fairly good condition considering and he’s put the weight back on now.”

Sharon rescued Pops in Ireland where he had been abandoned as a young kitten. He had been found outside a friend’s house – and Sharon spent thousands in vets’ fees to bring him to the UK.

fag bootleggers jailed

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josh@southwarknews.co.uk Two Sydenham men have been jailed after 23 million bootleg fags were discovered at rented industrial units across the south of England.

The illegal cigarettes cheated taxpayers out of £9.5m of unpaid duty, said HM Revenue and Customs.

Oleg Bolun, 39, of Peak Hill, Sydenham, Ion Pantelei, 26, of Peter’s Path, Sydenham, and Canning Town man, Maxim Glodeanu, 31, were caught in the act unloaded the cigarettes from a lorry into an Essex farm unit.

The authorities discovered more than £840,000 of cash at a garage owned by Bolun in Sydenham.

Last week he was jailed for five years at Chemlsford Crown Court. Pals

Pantelei and Glodeanu were jailed for a total of six years last month.

A fourth co-conspirator, Evghenii Andrusca, 30, was given a suspended 12-month sentence for helping unload the delivery of fags.

The court heard how Bolun was the lead organiser in the operation, with records on his phone detailing the sale and purchase of the cigarettes.

The court was told that Pantelei recruited workers, paid their wages and organised unloading, deliveries and repackaging of the cigarettes.

Glodeanu and Andrusca helped unload deliveries.

All four were arrested in July 2019, when officers caught them unloading a delivery of nearly five million cigarettes.

Bolun and Pantelei ran before being caught; Glodeanu was found hiding inside the unit.

Pantelei and Glodeanu both admitted excise fraud and were jailed for four years and two years respectively.

Bolun also admitted excise fraud and possessing criminal cash. Andrusca admitted excise fraud and was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Proceedings are underway to recover the unpaid duty, said the HMRC, which called it a “deliberate attempt” to put illegal fags on the streets of the UK. “The illegal tobacco trade undermines legitimate businesses, including small, independent shops and takes funding away from our vital public services,” said Alison Chipperton, of the organisation’s Fraud Investigation Service.

“It also funds serious organised criminals who bring misery to local communities.”

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josh@southwarknews.co.uk A Rotherhithe man has been sentenced for selling illicit Oyster cards on social media – earning him a nearly neat £44,000.

Mohammed Essa, of Salter Road, applied for more than sixteen cards on behalf of members of the public who had contacted him on social media and paid money into his bank.

He first came to the attention of the authorities when TfL staff found adults using Oyster cards for discount journeys when only people between sixteen and eighteen are allowed to use them.

Essa was tracked down via his ads on social media, and his bank records showed the scam earned him £43,763.

When quizzed by cops, he had no legitimate reason for the pile of cash.

The 20-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud TfL and was sentenced to two years imprisonment, suspended for the full term, and 200 hours of community service.

A similar case has seen 22-year-old Anjum Ali Saiyad, of Marlborough

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Road, be jailed for twelve months after admitted fraud by false representation.

Saiyad, 22, was investigated by the British Transport Police after a TfL official caught a woman using a fraudulent Oyster card in January 2019.

The woman gave the authorities the bank details of the person she purchased it from, which led back to Saiyad.

He profiteered to the tune of £12,657.50 from the scam.

“Fare evasion and fraud affects us all and costs TfL more than £100m a year, money that should be reinvested in our transport network,” said Richard Mullings, TfL’s Head of Counter-Fraud and Corruption.

“This isn’t a case of people innocently gaming the system – Essa, Saiyad or the people who bought these cards,” added DC Jonathan Butterwick, of the British Transport Police.

“Everyone involved is committing fraud, and it’s very important anyone considering buying an illicit card is aware they’re committing a criminal offence."

wave of violent crime in SE16 Police pledge extra patrols at resident meeting

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Cops have pledged extra patrols in Canada Water after residents called a meeting over anti-social behaviour and crime last week.

The meeting on Thursday, March 12 was the brainchild of SE16 resident Adam Rogers, who has lived in the area for ten years.

The 32-year-old was prompted to take action after seeing a surge of violent crime in the area such as phone robberies.

“I thought something needed doing,” he said. Mr Rogers previously worked in the criminal justice system for nine years, giving him ideas on who would

be best to have in a room to discuss the issue.

“Because of that I knew the right people who I needed to get in the room at the same time.”

Eight police officers, the council’s antisocial behaviour team and a Surrey Docks ward councillor attended the meeting in Canada Water Library, which drew around sixty residents.

Residents spoke of their fears surrounding violent crime in the SE16 area – including one resident who revealed that a Lamborghini he had saved for was trashed by youths.

Mr Rogers will be going to a meeting with the borough commander, the senior Met cop responsible for

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operations in Southwark, in the coming weeks alongside Cllr Nick Johnson.

They aim to discuss what more can be done to tackle crime.

“There’s a fear that that in five years’ time it will be really bad, because those who are doing it will get bolder,” said Cllr Johnson (Lib Dem, Surrey Docks.)

He said that ward councillors had access to a pot of money which residents should keep in mind if there is an initiative which could help reduce crime, such as street lighting.

“We want to be able to react quickly to it if there’s a way we can design out crime,” he said.

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A teenager has been charged with possessing twenty knives including several zombie knives.

Staff and volunteers from disability charity Sense’s shop in Walworth are this month raising money for an appeal that will screen 55,000 children in rural Kenya for sight and hearing impairments.

Cops stopped a car containing three men on Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, while conducting patrols on Friday, March 13.

All three made off on foot, according to police, but were arrested nearby.

A discarded bag was found, which contained twenty knives, including zombie knives.

Denique Iswom Newell, 18, of Mercator Road, Lewisham was charged on Friday, 13 March, with 20 counts of possession of a knife.

He appeared in custody at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, March 14.

Two other men arrested were later released without further action.

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Earlier this month they held a four mile walk from the Kenya High Commission in Marylebone to the Sense shop in Walworth Road. They were met by Isaac Kimani Wangunyu, First Secretary at the Kenya High Commission, before setting off on their walk.

All donations made Chance To Shine appeal between January 1 and March 31 will be doubled by the UK government.

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By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Non-urgent operations and appointments are being cancelled in the borough’s major hospitals as the NHS seeks to cope with the coronavirus demand.

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council’s top boss has warned that the fight against coronavirus is “war” – and recovery will be long and hard.

Speaking to the News on Tuesday afternoon, leader of the council Peter John likened the epidemic to the stuff of disaster movies, and urged the community to come together to look after the borough’s most vulnerable.

He urged council tenants who are struggling to pay their rent or those who may be unable to pay their council tax to contact the town hall “immediately.”

In the interview, Cllr John: • Deferred his resignation to deal with the crisis • Said leisure centres and libraries are remaining open for the time being • Announced the creation of a ‘hub’ to co-ordinate the outpouring of volunteering efforts around coronavirus • Committed to supporting businesses affected with the Government’s hardship fund • Warned council services will have to change to deal with staff shortages • Came out against closing schools at the current time “This is war, it’s as simple as that,” he starkly warned. “We have never experienced anything like it in our lifetimes. The fact that people can’t socialise… this is unprecedented.

“It’s awful, it’s like something out of a disaster movie. It’s a whole system breakdown.”

Changes in Government guidance this week have meant that all “non-essential” social contact should be avoided, particularly in London, the epicentre of the coronavirus crisis.

Southwark has 58 confirmed cases at the time of writing, among the highest in the country. One patient at St Thomas’ Hospital is confirmed to have been one of the 71 deaths nationally from the virus so far.

“I know some people have been frustrated with us,” he said, of criticism that the council has not maintained a high-profile role over coronavirus in the days before the extraordinary guidance change on Monday.

“But that will change going forward.

Hopefully you will get bored of us going forward – that’s a position I would much rather be in.”

Cllr John had been due to stand down from his post this month after ten years at the helm at Tooley Street.

But in response to the “unprecedented crisis,” he now says he will stay on to lead council efforts until the worst of the epidemic is over.

“This crisis is moving at such a rapid scale,” he told the News.

“I want to ensure that my successor has a system that’s working and we have got through the peak.

“I think it would have been irresponsible for me to leave during this unprecedented crisis and I hope it gives some reassurance to residents.”

Most at risk from COVID-19 are the over-seventies, and those who have underlying health conditions.

The council is in discussions with care providers over staffing levels so that they can continue to provide services to those who need it, he said.

At the time of writing, council libraries and leisure centres remained open, but this is being kept under review by officials and may yet close if this is the guidance given from government.

The borough’s pubs and restaurants have been particularly hard hit by the change in policy this week, as their customers are being told to avoid them.

Hardship payments will be available for businesses struggling during the crisis.

“We’ve been given our share of the business rate support included in the budget last week. I think that’s around £3,000 per business, but I anticipate the chancellor will include a much more significant package,” he said.

But in a sign of the fast moving events around coronavirus, only an hour after

well and look after your loved ones,” he Cllr John had spoken to this paper, the said.

Chancellor of the Exchequer announced A key issue for the council is how to a mammoth £330bn support package to deliver services while expecting 20 per help keep the economy afloat during the cent of its own workforce to be off at any outbreak. given time and also avoiding face to face “The government is incredibly anxious contact with residents where possible. that this money gets out the door as “Rather than curtailing services it’s the quickly as possible, this isn’t going to be way that we’re providing services that’s a system cooped up in red tape,” added going to be the challenge,” Cllr John said.

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Southwark is in it for the long haul, he Residents worried about paying their warned: “The recovery stage is going to council tax or council tenants struggling be long and it’s going to be hard. with their rent as they take time off work “Who knows what the damage will be in Government guidance should also to our communities, our businesses and contact the council. the mental health of our residents.

“What I would say to anyone facing “We have got to look out for each other financial difficulties in terms of their as best we can.” relationship with the council – contact us immediately,” he urged.

Schools, too, remain open, despite a score of schools in the borough sending kids home because of staffing shortages.

The council’s top boss told this paper he did not support closing schools at the current time, with concern over who would care for children at home.

He also declined to comment in detail on the Government’s handling of the crisis, saying that they were “incredibly difficult judgements” and that he was not in a position to “second-guess” the advice of the chief medical and scientific officers.

In a new Blitz spirit, thousands of residents from all over Southwark have joined community groups and volunteering efforts to make sure their neighbours get the help they need during isolation.

On Tuesday, the council launched an online ‘hub’, with phone number to follow, to help co-ordinate those initiatives with a single point of contact.

“I applaud everyone who is standing up for their community but my plea to everyone is follow guidance, stay Cllr Peter John safe and stay

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The NHS in England has now cancelled all non-urgent ops until April in a bid to avoid beds being overwhelmed.

King’s College Hospital last week cancelled all non-urgent inpatient operations until further notice, to free up bed space for coronavirus patients.

Day cases are being reviewed on a daily basis, while appointments are being conducted over the phone or online wherever possible.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ also says it is in the process of rolling back its non-urgent activity to help it cope with the increased demand on hospital resources.

The King’s move is in “response to the increasing numbers of people being tested and treated for coronavirus,” meaning resources need to be redirected.

“With the exception of surgery for cancer and other lifethreatening conditions, we have stopped all elective inpatient activity until further notice at King’s College Hospital and the Princess Royal University Hospital,” said King’s College Hospital Trust.

“Day cases will continue but will be reviewed on a daily basis.

“Outpatient appointments will be conducted by virtual clinics or telephone consultations as long as it is clinically safe to do so.”

Those with appointments will be contacted in due course, said the Trust as it announced the extraordinary step. It added that it thanked patients for their understanding.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ told the News that it needed to roll back non-urgent activity “so we can make sure we are providing care to those who need it most.”

“In order to help us manage the increasing demand on our services caused by coronavirus, we are starting to scale back some of our non-urgent elective activity,” a Trust spokesperson said.

“Our clinical teams are currently working hard to identify how to best manage this within each service so we can make sure that we are still providing care to those who need it most.

“For some patients, this may involve cancelling or rearranging their appointments.

For others, it may be that we can continue their care through the use of telephone or video appointments.”

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Hundreds volunteer across southwark

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Council sets up Covid-19 help hub online

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk Thousands of residents from all over Southwark have volunteered to help their neighbours during the coronavirus outbreak.

Groups for each council ward have been set up for residents to offer help with shopping or errands to those most in need, particularly those in isolation.

The outpouring of generosity has culminated in an array of groups, forums and messaging groups covering every corner of the borough.

‘Nunhead Knocks!’ is an off-shoot of the Facebook group Nunhead Rocks! which is matching up residents with the skills to help with at-risk residents in those wards.

A dedicated website, created within just days of the initiative launching on Friday, matches volunteers with those needing help as they isolate – whether it is with food deliveries, walking their pets or a daily call to check-in.

“We’ve got a pool of around six hundred volunteers, which is incredible really,” said Claire Sheppard, (pictured), who runs the Nunhead Rocks! group on social media.

“We’re covering Peckham Rye, Queen’s Road Peckham and Nunhead, but we’re getting people from all over the country, we’ve had some people from the north as well.

“It’s got so big, but we’ve got a really good system in place so that people in those areas can reach out to us and we hope that they do.”

The group is leafleting five thousand flyers across the wards this week, so that everyone is aware of who to contact if they need help.

The council is also now trying to co-ordinate efforts among these many volunteering groups through a single point of contact on the council website.

This can be found by searching ‘Covid-19: What can you do to help’ on the council website, with links to outreach efforts across the borough.

A dedicated phone number is due to also be published, but had not been made public at the time of going to press. Those with a specific concern about a vulnerable resident over coronavirus are being asked to email covidsupport@southwark.gov.uk.

‘Southwark Mutual Aid Covid 19’ is among nine hundred mutual aid groups across the country aiming to support residents in their time of need.

WhatsApp messaging groups have been organised for postcodes spreading from SE1 to SE22.

“No matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, getting sick reminds us that at our core we’re all just human,” said Anna Vickerstaff, one of the co-ordinators of the national network.

“And in every country it’s the old, the sick and those already struggling who will be affected worse.

“That’s why we set this network up - because we want to make sure that no one in our communities is being left to face this crisis alone, and because we want to try and redress some of the serious inequalities this outbreak will expose.”

Have you been affected by coronavirus?

If so, email editor@southwarknews. co.uk We want to hear how you’re coping and what you’re doing to help others.

Food banks need your help as they fall victim to stockpiling

By Josh Salisbury

Southwark Food Bank is continuing to operate five days a week to help support those most hit by coronavirus.

In an appeal, it has asked for Sanitary towels (no tampons); Deodorant; Toiletries; Tinned Meat; Tinned Fish; Tinned Tomatoes; UHT Fruit Juice; Jam; and Rice Pudding.

“We want to acknowledge that the people who will suffer the most from the disruption from COVID-19 are the most vulnerable in our community,” it said.

“Those with underlying health conditions, mental health issues, those in insecure employment affected by the economic downturn and everyone who relies on services like ours to survive.

“We ask that people continue to support those providing essential services to the vulnerable in our community.

Food donations can be dropped off at Pecan, 121A Peckham High Street SE15

5SE on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 10am-12pm.

The Central Southwark Community Hub, in Camberwell, has also urgently asked for donations of all types to help support the most vulnerable during the crisis.

Donations can be dropped off at St Giles Parish Hall, 161 Benhill Road, SE5 7LL from Monday - Friday, 10am to 2pm.

Last week, Little Village HQ – which is like a food bank but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children under the age of five – warned that stockpiling was having an effect on its donations.

“Unfortunately coronavirus is affecting Little Village and we've seen a big drop in the number of donations,” it said.

“We're urgently appealing for nappies, wipes, toiletries and financial donations in order to continue to support families through this difficult time.”

Products especially needed are: nappies (all sizes); wipes; toiletries including baby wash, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shower gel; and menstrual products.

Donations can be dropped off at Priory Court Former Tenants Hall, in Cheltenham Road, Nunhead, behind the Ivy House pub.

virus, and came back clear, said Dean. He was released on the tenth and went back home to his family in Camberwell.

He was readmitted to the hospital on March 14 after an ambulance was called to his home and was admitted to the hospital’s Lonsdale Ward.

On Monday he was confirmed as having the condition, which the family allege would have been contracted at the hospital.

The News attempted to contact King’s College NHS Trust multiple times for a comment but it did not respond at the

time of going to press.

“When he went back to hospital, he went to the Lonsdale Ward with all of the coronavirus patients,” alleged 31-yearold Dean.

“My mum was with him and she said, ‘he’s not going on that ward.’ One of the nurses promised that he would be fine as he would be isolated on that ward.

“One hundred per cent if they had not put him on that ward, he would not have got it. I’m worried now that other people are getting the same treatment in hospital.”

josh@southwarknews.co.uk Food banks in Southwark have hailed the generosity of residents in response to coronavirus but donations are still urgently needed amid stockpiling fears in supermarkets.

‘my grandad was at king’s and now has the virus’

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A Camberwell family have told of their worries about the treatment of their grandfather at King’s College Hospital, after he tested positive for coronavirus.

Hospitals across Southwark are stretched to breaking point as they attempt to deal with the pandemic because of increased demand on services.

Len Mills, who is in his eighties, was admitted to the hospital in Denmark Hill on March 8th because of fluid on his kidneys and lungs.

According to the family, he was admitted to the hospital’s Oliver Ward for treatment, where he came into contact with a patient who had coronavirus.

“My grandad has been battling cancer for about twenty-five years,” said his grandson Dean Stanhope.

“He got the all clear about a month ago but now they don’t know if it is cancer, he’s been going back and forth about it.

“But now he’s got coronavirus and I’m not sure he’s going to survive it.

They had a patient next to him who had coronavirus who didn’t know he had it,” Dean claimed.

He was tested at the hospital for the

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bermondsey wall left smashed Disabled woman ‘trapped in house for over three months’

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk A housing association has apologised for not fixing a Bermondsey woman’s wall more than three months after a car came crashing through it.

The collision was so severe that it left a private hire car overturned outside Ms McNeil’s house on Grange Road.

Ms McNeil said she is not aware of any police or court action taken after the collision.

But now, she says, she is scared that were another car to collide into her house, she would be left injured or dead without the front wall to shield her.

“I had just come back from holiday, it was about half five, quarter to six in the morning,” she said. “I heard a massive bang and a big shake. A car was flipped over on its back.

“He crashed into the traffic lights, he sped out and must have missed the turning and went straight into my outside wall.”

A spokeperson for L&Q said they visited the same day to make the wall

‘safe’.

But Ms McNeil, who has cerebral palsy, said she has fallen over multiple times because of the uneven wall.

“The amount of times I’ve fallen outside my property because there’s no wall,” she said. “If a car comes crashing through again, what’s anyone going to do about it? I’m so frustrated, I’m scared to go outside. That one driver changed my life.” She added that she was scared to use the pedestrian crossing on busy Grange Road following the incident on December 1.

After being contacted by the paper, a spokesperson for L&Q said it accepted their service “had fallen short” and that it apologised to Ms McNeil for the delay in fixing the wall.

“The safety of our residents is our number one priority,” said the spokesperson. “The damage to the wall was first reported to us on December 2 and our contractors visited and made it safe as a priority the same day.

“We have now liaised with the contractors and have agreed that the wall will be fixed as a matter of urgency and this work will start next week.”

Peckham man charged with killing his mother

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk A Peckham man has been charged with murdering his 68-year-old mother.

Cops were called by the ambulance service to an address in Blakes Road after Vanita Nowell, 68, was found unresponsive on Sunday, March 8.

Vanita was pronounced dead at the scene by the authorities. A postmortem on Friday, March 13 revealed suspicions around her death, with the cause given as head injuries and respiratory failure.

Her son, Andrew Shepherd, also of Blakes Road, was arrested and taken into custody by police.

The 47-year-old was charged on Sunday with Vanita’s murder and was due to appear at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday March 16.

Man who was shot dead after ‘acting suspiciously’ on South Bank named

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk A man shot dead after ‘acting suspiciously’ on the South Bank has been named as Hassan Yahya.

Early investigations by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) suggest Mr Yahya aroused concern in the vicinity of the Royal Festival Hall at around 11.25pm last Sunday.

A member of the public reported their fears to two Ministry of Defence police officers on patrol who tried to stop him.

Mr Yahya had two knives on him, police have claimed, and two knives were recovered from the scene of the shooting in Westminster’s Nothumberland Avenue.

The IOPC currently believes that the 30-year-old came by his death after running over Hungerford Bridge, before being shot dead by City of

London Police.

They had been responding to an emergency call in an Armed Response Vehicle. The incident has not been treated as terror-related, said the Met. Tasers were fired multiple times during the incident.

“My thoughts remain with Mr Yahya’s family and all those affected by this loss,” said Sal Naseem of the IOPC, which is legally required to investigate fatal police shootings.

“It’s important we establish exactly what happened. We’ve already gathered a substantial amount of evidence including CCTV and officers’ body worn video - which will be carefully analysed by our investigators.”

A coroner has been informed of Mr Yahya’s death, and a post-mortem has been carried out. An inquest will be scheduled in due course.

His next-of-kin are aware and no other members of the public were harmed during the shooting.

making you aware of Glaucoma

Afro-Caribbeans more predisposed to condition

By Josh Salisbury

josh@southwarknews.co.uk A man with aggressive glaucoma whose dad and grandad went blind from the condition is urging others to check their eyes.

Demola Oduyemi was diagnosed aged 26, but has managed to keep his sight after years of treatment at St Thomas’ Hospital.

For Glaucoma Awareness Week last week, Demola urged others to be aware of the “silent sight-taker.”

Glaucoma, which usually happens

because fluid in the eye cannot drain properly, is the leading cause of sight loss in the world.

“My glaucoma is very aggressive – if I had not been diagnosed as early as I was, I would have lost my sight without question,” said Demola, who works in customer services.

“My sight is fine now, and although the road has been bumpy, I can still carry out everyday tasks without hindrance.”

People from Afro-Caribbean are more predisposed to the conditions, according to Saurabh Goyal, a consultant at Guy’s and St Thomas’.

“Glaucoma can occur ten years earlier in this group of patients compared with the general population,” he said.

“So we often see people in their 20s and 30s with glaucoma who may not be aware that they can be affected by the condition.”

Anyone who has a family history of the condition should be tested every one or two years, he advised.

People can be entitled to free testing for glaucoma with standard sight tests by optometrists if you are over 40 and have a family history of glaucoma.

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READERS’ VIEWS Can somebody tell us where/ how these elderly people are contracting the virus? Did the contract overseas. Or have close contact with someone from overseas?

Are we contact tracing cases??

harriet harman

Kate Whaley

MP for Camberwell & Peckham

Every possible action needed

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oronavirus IS A new virus, there is no vaccine or treatment and we don’t know what path it will take.

What we do know, though, is that it spreads rapidly and the elderly and ill are most at risk. So every action possible must be taken to contain it and care for those who fall ill.

King’s College Hospital will be in the front line. But Kings is already overstretched after years of cuts from the Conservative government and with more people needing care. People already regularly wait longer than 4 hours in A & E and bed occupancy levels are 94%, well above the 85% limit So it’s vital that the government give Kings more money to bring in more staff and open up more beds. And they need to give extra resources to the Maudsley too so that people in mental health crisis are cared for there and not left waiting in Kings A and E. King’s was the first hospital to report that patients had contracted coronavirus and everyone saw that on the news. But there was no information to tell patients whether they should go in for outpatients’ appointments or if planned surgery was going ahead. Nothing to tell visitors whether they should come as usual or stay away. And no information to GPs on whether they should continue to refer patients to Kings as usual despite the coronavirus outbreak. The NHS communications system needs to be much quicker so everyone knows they can just look on the website for the up to date position.

The Prime Minister has promised that people who stay off work because they are ill with suspected virus or if they are “self-isolating” will get Statutory Sick Pay from the first day off. But we need to ensure that that change actually happens on the ground. We don’t want people feeling that they have to go in to work when they are feeling ill or risk infecting others because they can’t afford to stay off. And there will need to be help too for people who are not eligible for Statutory Sick Pay, because they are self-employed or on zero

“Coronavirus will not wait – government must give local NHS the extra money it needs”

hours contracts. There are 2 million people in this country who don’t earn enough to qualify for sick pay. The government must set up a special fund and payment system for them.

Nor must the government cancel the benefits of people who are unable to go to Job Centre appointments or job interviews because they are ill but can’t get a doctor’s certificate or self-isolating. The benefit sanctions regime can be a blunt instrument at the best of times but it must take account of coronavirus.

Coronavirus is hitting businesses to as they struggle as supplies from abroad dry up or employees have to take time off. So they will need compensation too.

It’s inevitable, as the virus progresses, that there will be new challenges and unforeseen problems.

And there have been reports that Parliament will be shut down so that we don’t spread the virus to the 650 different constituencies represented in Westminster. But we must keep the pressure on the Government to help people who need it and back up the NHS and that’s Parliament’s job. It makes sense to consider that at some point we might need to stop the thousands of visitors who come every day to Parliament. And we might need a slimmed down version of Parliament, with fewer MPs (nominated from each country, region and party) operating out of our mini-chamber in Westminster Hall. But the Government need to be accountable publicly for what they do in this most challenging of times. And Parliament must be able to continue to effectively scrutinise it.

Breaking: The Government says we should all avoid non-essential social contact because of coronavirus, especially Londoners Try telling the non essential contact thing to all the mad mofos in the supermarkets fighting over a bit of bog roll & pasta! They’re saying no large gatherings, in Iceland this morning it was like bloody Wembley!!

Rose Villiers Read

Just don’t get it Deb (yes that feels weird !!) .. but large and small gatherings are a no no .. all non essential contact .. but schools are allowed to stay open .. kids are the worst for hygiene .. maybe not so much secondary schools .. but primary school kids .. literally will pick there nose .. eat it .. bite there nails .. play with dirt .. etc etc !!

Chris Dowse

London needs to be on lock down instead of saying social places LOCK IT DOWN Kimberley Henry

Ok im self employed who's paying the bills then Luke O’mara

The Old Vic and Young Vic have cancelled shows over coronavirus while South London Gallery has closed until further notice They said in the news this morning they would be grateful if people could donate the money from their ticket back to the theatre. Bit cheeky?

Sally Procter

Four key ways you can help out in Southwark during the coronavirus outbreak yes stop panic buying bring in the army to help out in supermarkets all supermarkets allow OAP and people with disabilities to shop for at least 2 hours a few times a week so they can get essentials goods with no other customers in the shop please try and use local shops if you can afford too and please try and share amongst family and help others out that are stuck for basic essentials and please check on neighbours Ellen Louise

Patient who contracted coronavirus dies at St Thomas' Hospital What's her name so many people apparently dying but no names Jo Joee

Southwark stations on Jubilee Line to get full 4G mobile signal people should be concentrating on the tubes etc rather than been phone zombies John Merrett

SE1: London Bridge will close to cars from March until October And cars are still driving up to the bridge. Causing traffic to back up. Why don’t people listen or read signs.

Sally Procter

In hind sight probably the best possible time Freddie Leary

Climate emergency: Southwark lost nearly 2,000 trees in a decade Wonder if they will replace the 2000 homes we've also lost in a decade? trees obviously are more important!

Rose Villiers Read

Rose Villiers Read trees are just as important. There are so many children and adults with respiratory issues in our borough and many of us live near super polluted main roads.

Soraya Zaccaria

Given a decade of austerity and the litigious times we live in, it's perhaps not surprising that Southwark Council has cut down more trees than it has planted.

It is to be hoped, following last year's declaration of a climate emergency, the net loss of 2000 trees over the past decade will be turned around. However, with budgets continuing to be tight, loss of canopy cover is only likely to get worse. Replacing one lost mature tree with a sapling doesn't mitigate the loss of canopy and semi-mature replacements are expensive, so in addition to planting new trees it is important to retain as many healthy, mature trees as possible and pollard with restraint.

On the subject of Dickens Square, members of our group, Trees For Bermondsey (follow us on Twitter: @ BermondseyFor), met with Southwark Council officials (at their suggestion) in Dickens Square on 11th March and after further consultation, it was decided to retain a further two 40-yearold poplars and the considerable canopy cover they represent.

The lesson here is for the public to get involved (we would happily welcome more members). Expressing anger when the trees are gone is commendable but ultimately, a waste of time. The trees in the streets, parks and open spaces are ours. We have to look after them and look out for them. The Developer's cheque

book is a powerful thing, especially when it offers to replace what could be lost, but simply planting new for old is not enough. We are losing our heritage. It's time to “Make room for trees”. Trees For Bermondsey Billy Pearce

First section of Cycleway 4 opens at Rotherhithe roundabout In two days have seen so many hit andmisses, as cyclists don’t seem to know how to tackle the roundabout now... crazy driving by both cars anc cyclists...

Mervi Mattila

Mervi Mattila because most don't have driving licenses or have taken a CBT (what motorcyclist have to take) Tri Wynn

clean up congestion, ha ha, less room for cars so they cant move thus making congestion worse then slowing traffic to 20mph so the traffic stays along the road longer.

John Merrett

They should be given a serial code like a number plate that’s visible, because like I’ve told many if a motorcyclist is behind You and they don’t like your driving and they punch your car you have there details for insurance but if a cyclist does the same what do you do then. You’ll have to pay it yourself and they walk away free Kirk Wall

We bus driver hate there no bus lanes Dave Bowd

Dave Bowd you are getting paid to sit in the bus Andy Lainchbury

Andy Lainchbury yes we do but we also like to get to one end so we can have a good stand time.

Also to get our passengers to work or appointments on time Dave Bowd

Dave Bowd as usual we are penalised for using public transport. Money wasted for few cyclists who spend more time on footpath than on the road Anne R Stone

For me the layout around the roundabout and lower road has been very good very clear I think it's a great layout. I wonder if changes or adaptions to traffic light phasing on Jamaica Road have slowed the flow coming towards the tunnel making flow round it better. For me in my location so far I can't say anything bad about it and have seen people in the bike lane. I don't know what will ever stop cyclists breaking the rules!!

Kathryn Levene

I really miss having a bus lane.

Its even slower now.

Alison Leary

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OPINION 19

Dual crossword Coronavirus: The Southwark News is proud to be here to help, and inform readers during the crisis

W

e love Southwark and know that in this time of crisis the people of this borough will come together, obviously maybe not physically, but in spirit and with a can do attitude.

As an independent paper – the only paid for independent title in London – we are also adapting to the global pandemic that is forcing people to stay home and is terrifying for those most vulnerable in our society.

There are many moving parts to producing a newspaper each week and for as long as we can we will bring you the paper every Thursday. However, our digital reach has expanded massively over the last few years and it is here that we can help keep all our readers informed, connected and even amused.

Our staff at the Southwark News, working remotely at home and when necessary out on the ground, will continue to provide you with the news and report on decisions made at the town hall, at hospitals and in Westminster. We hope to highlight in these coming months the people who are doing extraordinary things at such a worrying time and urge all readers to get in touch with us and let us know of stories that will help inspire us all to battle through this situation. Email us at editor@southwarknews.co.uk We have also launched a rolling blog that will be manned on our website www.southwarknews.co.uk to update you of events as we hear and see them. We will work closely with the council, hospitals, police and all other public bodies to help communicate announcements and advice.

Through the Southwark News and our in other publications, the recently launched Urban Fox, Bermondsey Biscuit and Rotherhithe Docker, plus our sister paper Greenwich and Lewisham Weekender we have always made it a core mission to get you out of your homes and explore the wonderful arts, events and culture we can boast of in south London. The uncertainty over how long measures will be in place makes it very difficult for these businesses and institutions, but we will help where we can. If you want to let us know what you are doing, whther you are offering a delivery service, an online class or simply want to send a video message to your customers, our team can help you with that.

And when this is all over we will be stronger - but for now stay safe, optimistic and keep in touch.

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! WALWORTH TOWN HALL CONSULTATION! The health & safety of the local community and our team is of paramount importance to us.

In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the advice provided by the UK’s health authorities, we have opted to cancel Friday’s and Saturday’s public consultation event.

Instead, we will be holding an online consultation which will include the latest plans and visuals, a video presentation of the proposed project and a feedback form to allow the community to provide us with their input.

Our proposals for the redevelopment of the former Walworth Town Hall & Newington Library will be displayed at www.walworthtownhall.co.uk. Your feedback is very important to us and can be provided through the online feedback section of the website. This will be up and running on Friday 20th March at 12noon.

Thank you so much for your patience and understanding and we look forward to hearing from you electronically.

Best wishes, The Walworth Town Hall development team.

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23 Arrangement (5) 24 Offspring (5) 26 Constant (6) 27 Story in instalments (6) 28 Walk (4) 29 Child’s companion (8)

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Across: 1 Steeplejack 9 Rip 10 Reticules 11 Antes 13 Expense 14 Window 16

Strait 18 Noonday 19 At sea 20 Eliminate 21 Awl 22 Close season

Down: 2 Tap 3 Earls 4 Litter 5 Jackpot 6 Calendars 7 Breadwinner 8 Essentially

12 Tonsorial 15 Ordains 17 Mynahs 19 Arena 21 Ago

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7 Punctuation mark (5) 9 Apartment (9) 10 Hollow (9) 13 Ball (5) 15 Joined together (5) 16 Overcrowds (8) 18 Bombard (6) 19 Abuses (5) 20 Avaricious (6) 21 Part of the eye (6) 25 Jubilation (4)

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We are continuing to produce our papers and magazines, along with online stories – to provide our local readers with updates on a rapidly-evolving situation, along with essential information.

We are already seeing many inspirational local businesses taking the initiative by creating online courses / services and support hubs at this difficult time.

We are also offering a 75% discount on all digital advertising, so that we can help you to reach substantial audience numbers, without breaking the bank. We are also happy to offer similar discounts on print options.

Wishing you all well.

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HISTORY 21

History

The first lady of crime fiction

By Amelia Burr amelia@southwarknews.co.uk More than a hundred years before Miss Marple toddled on to our screens or Jessica Fletcher started sticking her nose in where it wasn't welcome, a pioneering writer from Southwark was creating the first ever female detective.

The mysterious and ingenious lady sleuth known only as 'G', occasionally known by her nom de guerre, Miss Gladden, was the creation of James Redding Ware, born in 1832 in the parish of St Saviour to a Southwark grocer and his wife.

Ware originally published ‘The Female Detective’ in 1864 under the pseudonym Andrew Forrester and it wasn’t until more than a century later that the truth of his identity was revealed.

The British Library have recently reprinted the original text with a Forward written by author of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series of books, Alexander McCall Smith, who gives an idea of how unusual and even absurd the concept of a female detective would have been considered in Victorian England.

Although these days we are quite used to seeing women walking around blood-soaked crime scenes in all their high definition glory, Smith

writes of the 1800s: “Middle-class women did not engage in what were seen as '"unladylike activities”... there were many jobs that a woman simply could not be expected to do because they were viewed as unsuitable for finer female sensibilities. The idea of a woman being involved in the murkiness of criminal detection must have been radical and adventurous in Victorian times: women simply did not do that sort of thing.”

When Ware’s book first hit the shelves, there were no official female police officers, let alone detectives in Britain.

The British Library considers ‘Miss Gladden’s’ “deductive methods and energetic approach” make her a forerunner to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, written some twenty years later.

Like Holmes, ‘G’ works incognito, ingeniously tracking down killers while concealing her own identity.

In her first appearance, she addresses the reader to say even her friends think she is a dress maker. She goes on to declare: "I am aware that the female detective may be regarded with even more aversion than her brother in the profession… Criminals are both masculine and feminine – indeed, my experience tells me that when a woman becomes a criminal she is far worse than the average of her male companions, and therefore it follows

that the necessary detectives should be of both sexes."

'G', does not shy away from physical detective work, examining crime scenes and employing all manner of skill, subterfuge, observation and charm to solve crimes and, like Holmes, she regards the regular constabulary with disdain.

Like much crime fiction at that time, it is thought Ware’s writings were based on real life murders. Like his story, 'A Child Found Dead: Murder or No Murder?', which led to the author’s true identification when an earlier print was discovered, called The Road Murder, bearing Ware’s name. The grave tale of a toddler who was taken from his bed and had his throat slit in 1860 had the nation gripped for years.

The body was discovered by servants in a makeshift toilet in the grounds of the house and the mystery of who killed little Saville Kent endured until his half-sister, Constance, confessed in 1865.

In the Introduction to the recent reprint of The Female Detective, Mike Ashley speculates that it may have been Ware’s investigations into the Road Murder which led him to encounter a female detective of sorts, inspiring him to create the character Miss Gladden.

It is evident from newspaper reports from the time that in cases such as this the police did, on occasion, employ the talents of such female agents, though

their identities were always concealed.

Ware’s stories certainly appeared to the public to be based on reality, as evidenced by an impassioned letter submitted to The Times by two retired policemen in the 1800s. Former officers, John and Daniel Forrester were well known in their day as both bounty hunters and detectives and felt duty-bound to say they were not associated with Andrew Forrester, Ware’s pen name, nor the crimes of which he had written.

Ware lived on the Old Kent Road in the 1870s and in Hanover Street (now Highshore Road) in Peckham in the early1900s, so it is possible some of the grisly crimes he fictionalised happened on our very doorstep.

“Whether inspired by real events or entirely fictional, it is clear that the mysterious G is first and foremost the pioneering female detective,” writes Mike Ashley.

Whether inspired by real events or entirely fictional, it is clear that the mysterious G is first and foremost the pioneering female detective

With thanks to Derek Kinrade and Deborah Elliott for their research published in the Peckham Society News.

Thanks also to Southwark Local History Library

James Redding Ware, the Southwark-born author who created the first female detective in fiction, lived at 37 Hanover Street in the early 1900s (Main showing 31-41 Hanover Street, now Highshore Road. Photo: G F Fisher); The Female Detective (inset) was reprinted by the British Library recently, because of its literary significance of the birthplace of the fictional lady-sleuth; According to the 1871 census, Ware was living at 494 Old Kent Road (close to where this picture was taken at 469. Photo: B Heath), just a few years after he wrote The Female Detective in 1863.

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Public Notices LICENCING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE Darran Nugent has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: AJI (Restaurants) Ltd, Riverside Building, County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7PB which would authorise the following licensable activities: Supply of alcohol, everyday from 12:00 to 23:00 Recorded music, everyday from 11:00 to 23:00 The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 14th April 2020 It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000)

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PUBLIC NOTICES 25

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (HILLBECK CLOSE, ROTARY STREET, THOMAS DOYLE STREET)

SE BERMONDSEY AREA PARKING ZONE 'SEB'

1.

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

The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (Parking zone 'SEB') (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Parking places) (Car club) (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Disabled persons) (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places) (Solo motor cycles) (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Loading bays) (No. *) Order 20**, The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 20**.

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:

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

(a) Hillbeck Close at it’s junction with Old Kent Road. (b) Rotary Street, between Borough Road and Thomas Doyle Street (c) Thomas Doyle Street, between London Road and Keyworth Street

2. The general effect of the orders, as part of the provision of a new parking zone ‘SEB’ in the southeast Bermondsey area would be:(a) to provide permit holders' parking places in which vehicles in respect of which has been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit may be left between the hours of 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- ANCHOR STREET, BEATRICE ROAD, BLUE ANCHOR LANE, BOMBAY STREET, CAMILLA ROAD, GALLEYWALL ROAD, LYNTON ROAD, ROSEBERRY STREET, SIMMS ROAD, STRATHNAIRN STREET and TENDA ROAD; (b) to provide 'permit holders past this point' parking places in which vehicles in respect of which has been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit may be left at any unmarked part of the kerbside (providing this does not cause an obstruction to the passage of other vehicles) between the hours of 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in parts of:- BEATRICE ROAD and CAMILLA ROAD, in so much of each is deemed public highway; (c) to provide 'shared-use' parking places in which either:- (i) vehicles which have paid the parking charge using 'Pay by Phone' may be left for up to 2 hours, provided no vehicle may return to a parking place within 2 hours, or (ii) vehicles in respect of which has been granted either a valid residents' permit, a valid business permit or a valid visitors' permit may be left without time limit, between the hours of 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- ANCHOR STREET, BEATRICE ROAD, BLUE ANCHOR LANE, BOMBAY STREET, CAMILLA ROAD, GALLEYWALL ROAD, LYNTON ROAD, ROSEBERRY STREET, SIMMS ROAD, ST JAMES’S ROAD, STRATHNAIRN STREET and TENDA ROAD; (d) to provide ‘stop and shop’ parking places in which either:- (i) vehicles may be left free of charge for up to 30 minutes, or (ii) vehicles which have paid the parking charge may be left for up to 2 hours, the first 30 minutes of which parking session would be free of charge, provided no vehicle may return to a parking place within 2 hours, between the hours of 10 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday inclusive, in:- BLUE ANCHOR LANE, BOMBAY STREET and SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD; NOTE: a parking session must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 30 minutes free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (e) to (i) remove free short stay parking places in GALLEYWALL ROAD (south-west side, two locations either side of its junction with Roseberry Street) and LYNTON ROAD (north side opposite St Augustines Court), and (ii) amend the operating hours for all remaining free short stay parking places located within the parking zone boundary to operate between the hours of 8.30 am and 6.30 pm on Monday to Friday (max stay 1 hour, and no return within 2 hours); (f) to amend the designation of an existing car club parking place in LYNTON ROAD on the south-east side o/s Kite House, to more closely match what is in the street; (g) to (i) formally remove a disabled persons’ parking place in GALLEYWALL ROAD, south-west side o/s No. 46 Galleywall Road, and (ii) amend the designation of an existing disabled persons’ parking place in LYNTON ROAD on the north-west side o/s No. 267 Lynton Road, to more closely match what is in the street; (h) to amend the designation of existing solo motor cycle parking places in AMBROSE STREET, ANCHOR STREET and BLUE ANCHOR LANE to more closely match what is in the street; (i) to amend the operating hours of existing loading bays to operate between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm on Monday to Friday (max stay 40 mins, and no return within 2 hours) (i) in AMBROSE STREET north-east side and (ii) in SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD (goods vehicles only) north-east side, o/s No. 289 Southwark Park Road; (j) to introduce 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) at road junctions, footway and vehicle crossovers between kerbside designated as parking places in the above-mentioned streets.

Loading or unloading to or from attended vehicles would be permitted for a maximum of 40 minutes at any single location on these waiting restrictions; and (k) to introduce single yellow line waiting restrictions (operating between the hours of 7 am and 10 am on Monday to Friday) on new ‘stop and shop’ parking places in BLUE ANCHOR LANE, BOMBAY STREET and SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, on which vehicles would be prohibited from waiting but permitted to load or unload to or from attended vehicles for a maximum of 40 minutes at any single location during those operating hours.

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (a) not applicable. (b) & (c) Borough Road, London Road, Elephant & Castle, Newington Causeway, Southwark Bridge Road, Keyworth Street.

4.

All construction vehicles will be permitted to travel at 5mph on Keyworth Street, Rotary Street and Thomas Doyle Street for item (2b) & (2c).

5.

The emergency barrier at the northern end of Keyworth Street will be open to allow for egress onto Borough Road for item (2b) & (2c). There will be no entry into Keyworth Street from Borough Road.

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.

8.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 9th May. (2b) & (2c) 26th March 2020 - 26th September 2021.

9.

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

Dated this 19th March 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5229/438014 (2b) 5268 (2c) 5296 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: Malwina Pietras, Health & Beauty Clinic have made application to Southwark Council for a new Special Treatments Premises Licence in respect of Health & Beauty Clinic London Ltd, Unit 3, 3 Mill Street, Bermondsey SE1 2DF 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

Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday

08:00 10:00 10:00

20:00 17:00 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: 25.02.20

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3. The parking charges (where applicable) in respect of vehicles left in ‘stop and shop’ parking places and ‘shared-use’ parking places would be: £3.25 per hour (diesel fuelled), or £2.75 per hour (non-diesel fuelled).

4. Residents’ permits, business permits and visitors’ permits would be available to residents and businesses located at qualifying addresses located within the parking zone boundary, provided they are not subject to a planning agreement restricting the grant of permits. Information on eligible addresses for permits and a full list of parking charges can be found at www.southwark.gov.uk/parking.

5. For more information contact the Council's Highways - Transport team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 6. 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 of these may be obtained from or viewed at Highways, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH during normal office hours. Email: traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for details.

7. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposal, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order consultation, 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 ‘TMO1920-039 SE Bermondsey parking zone’ by 9 April 2020. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

8. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated 19 March 2020 Nicky Costin - Parking and Network Management Business Unit Manager, Regulatory Services

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk You can use facilities at your local library or ‘My Southwark Service Points’ to access the website.

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

49 SURREY ROW LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 0BY (Ref: 20/AP/0570) Construction of a building arranged over basement, ground, first - fourth and part fifth floors to provide Class B1 (office) space at basement and part ground floor, and 8 Class C3 (residential) units over part ground and first fifth floors and associated works Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) FIRST FLOOR FLAT 145 BERMONDSEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3UW (Ref: 20/AP/0692) Replace the single glazed steel frame windows with identical 16mm double glazed steel frame windows. (Within: Bermondsey Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Danielle Campbell 020 7525 2427) LAND REAR OF TIFFANY COURT 67 OAKHURST GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0699) Construction of three storey residential development, comprising 3no. three bedroom dwellings, 1no. 1 bedroom dwelling and 1 studio with associated amenity space, bin storage and cycle storage (Within: The Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Abbie McGovern 020 7525 0254) 48-50 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0717) Minor external alterations and refurbishment works as follows: - Replacement natural slate roof coverings to the main building. Replacement lead sheet coverings to the dormer windows to the front elevation. - Raising

the height of the parapet wall to the single storey back addition including new coping stones. - Altering and adapting the cast iron soil and vent pipes to the rear elevation to accommodate the increased height of the parapet walls. - Replacing the existing asphalt flat roof coverings to the single storey back addition with batten rolled lead sheet. - Removal of existing PVCu guttering and downpipes to the back addition and installation of cast iron rainwater goods. - Replacement of an existing external wall mounted bulkhead light fitting. Stripping the paint build up from the wrought iron railings to the front elevation, carrying out repairs and repainting to match original. (Within: Trinity Church Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) 49 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0716) Minor external alterations and refurbishment works as follows: - Replacement natural slate roof coverings to the main building. Replacement lead sheet coverings to the dormer windows to the front elevation. - Raising the height of the parapet wall to the single storey back addition including new coping stones. - Altering and adapting the cast iron soil and vent pipes to the rear elevation to accommodate the increased height of the parapet walls. - Replacing the existing asphalt flat roof coverings to the single storey back addition with batten rolled lead sheet. - Removal of existing PVCu guttering and downpipes to the back addition and installation of cast iron rainwater goods. - Replacement of an existing external wall mounted bulkhead light fitting. -

Stripping the paint build up from the wrought iron railings to the front elevation, carrying out repairs and repainting to match original. (Within: Trinity Church Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) TRINITY 202-206 BOROUGH HIGH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1JX (Ref: 20/AP/0715) The display of 1 x externally illuminated fascia sign and 1 x externally illuminated hanging sign at the front elevation. (Within: Liberty of the Mint CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Louise Dinsdale )

Days

Start time

Finish time

The retail sale of alcohol:

04/07/2020 and annually for the first Saturday in July each year.

12:00

20:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

04/07/2020 and annually for the first Saturday in July each year

12:00

20:00

Opening hours:

04/07/2020 and annually for the first Saturday in July each year.

12:00

20:00

Dated: 17 Mar 2020 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date SIMON BEVAN- Director of Planning

ALLEYNS SCHOOL TOWNLEY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8SU (Ref: 20/AP/0720) The installation of a temporary three storey Portakabin building to be used class rooms, office accommodation and toilet facilities. To be hired for a period of 26 weeks. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) 1-2 ROCHESTER WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9AF (Ref: 20/AP/0669) Conversion of existing flat roof to a roof terrace. (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 2 LONDON BRIDGE MONTAGUE CLOSE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 20/AP/0763) The display of 1 x non-illuminated menu sign within outdoor seating area. (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Continental Drifts on behalf of Bermondsey Carnival Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Southwark Park North Section, Gomm Road, London, SE16 2TX The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

STDCA (Contact: Louise Dinsdale )

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SPA ROAD, WHITES GROUNDS) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable bridge works to be carried out by Centurion, it intends to make 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 load in: (a) Spa Road, between Ness Street and Rouel Road. (b) Whites Grounds, at it’s junction with Druid Street.

3.

The alternative route for (2a) Rouel Road, Dockley Road, Thurland Road. (2b) as indicated by the signs displayed.

4.

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

5.

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

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

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 8th April at 22:00hrs – 9th April at 0600hrs. (2b) 6th April at 22:00hrs – 7th April at 0600hrs

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

7.

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

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: 12th March 2020

Dated this 19th March 2020 Nicky Costin Road Network & Parking Business Manager Southwark Council Environment and Leisure Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5197/ XTD-02-60-080420 (2b) 5212/ LBW-00-23-060420

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Rose: “We want to make sure that our loved ones and those around us are safe” Dulwich boss also discusses uncertainty over squad contracts

Gavin Rose, left, and his assistant Junior Kadi

EXCLUSIVE

By Simeon Wright at Champion Hill sport@southwarknews.co.uk GAVIN ROSE has dismissed playing National League South matches behind closed doors as an option, and cited the overriding importance of health and safety as the coronavirus pandemic escalates.

Speaking after Dulwich Hamlet’s 2-1 victory over Hemel Hempstead last Saturday, the first-team manager also echoed the thoughts of chairman Ben Clasper about the financial implications of playing without

fans, but did still manage to laud his players’ efforts both on the day and in training.

Clasper last Friday backed the National League’s decision to follow government lead in allowing mass outdoor gatherings to proceed, and explained the problems non-league clubs, like Dulwich, face without match-day income, something Rose recognised.

Rose was speaking before the club announced on Monday morning they had suspended all football activity indefinitely.

There are doubts over whether the league can be completed this season.

Later on Monday the National League

announced they had suspended games until April 3. One of the options being mooted is to play games in empty stadiums.

"For us it's difficult because, as a club, playing behind closed doors is a killer. Revenue-wise, we wouldn't be able to survive.” Rose admitted.

"I would say it shouldn't go ahead if it's behind closed doors, but it's out of our hands. If it's not healthy or safe to carry on, then we shouldn't.

"We love football and we all want to be here, but obviously don't want to be passing on this virus and affecting people. You're around your elderly people and don't want to be passing it onto them, so for me safety has to

come first.

“As much as we want to finish the season, we want to make sure that our loved ones and those around us are safe. If it's so alarming for everyone else to stop, then it's the same for us."

Uncertainty surrounds just about every area of society as we move forward, but with a job to do at Champion Hill on Saturday afternoon, Rose was delighted with the focus of his squad against Hemel, and leading up to the match day.

Rose continued: "The last four or five weeks we've worked really, really hard in training, and it’s been the same this week. We haven't got the rub of the green in games, but I could never fault the boys for their application in training.

"We looked stronger as the game went on and worked really hard against the odds. We didn’t buy into the fact we were losing 1-0, we drove on, and showed a lot of character. You need a bit of quality to score goals, and Lionel [Ainsworth] and Barnesy [Aaron Barnes] helped us with that."

Though carrying on with his job under the fact that there are, in theory, still seven league games to play, the Hamlet boss did reflect on difficult times ahead, as the stability of his two-year contract is a contrasting

reality for other staff and players.

"We'd have to consider [if the season is stopped] the wages of the staff around the club, and the players,” Rose said. “Everything works off the back the of match-days, so a lot of things need to be considered.

"I've got another two years at the club anyway, contractually, and I know, as a club, we'd always try our best to honour contracts. Since I've been here [nearly eleven years] I've always done that. But this is unprecedented. With seven games to go, we'd have to find income, which will be very difficult.

"I think for every club they'd have the same problem. Hopefully the FA and the League can find a solution that can help everyone."

Dulwich Hamlet chiefs are however confident that the club is prepared to deal with the break, as a source told the News that this is when the fans’ long-term support and the club’s fantastic gates will really pay off.

On contracts, Rose added: "Some of our players won't even be contracted to the club if it [postponement of matches] goes on over two months.

Some of their contracts will be finished.

"You can't tell what's going to happen, I'm just waiting to find out. We’ll adjust from there. It's beyond us."

By Simeon Wright at Champion Hill sport@southwarknews.co.uk

DULWICH HAMLET’S comeback against Hemel Hempstead on Saturday might well have saved their National League South status, as Champion Hill hosted football for perhaps the last time in months.

Aaron Barnes’ 82nd-minute winner, which followed a Lionel Ainsworth equaliser, ensured that the Hamlet entered the coronavirus-induced break outside the league’s relegation zone.

But for twelve minutes their score-line and those elsewhere had them in 21st place.

Dulwich began well, as Diogo Barbosa shot just over from the edge of the box in the second minute, but were then largely outplayed during a first half which saw the Hertfordshire visitors threaten a number of times.

Hemel’s best opportunities included right-back Jacques Kpohomouh forcing Charlie Grainger to turn a low shot wide, and a poor Grainger clearance hitting former AFC Wimbledon man Jack Midson, before falling to James Dobson whose effort was saved by the atoning Dulwich stopper.

Then in first-half stoppage-time, winger Dobson’s long throw fell to Theo Widdrington via pinball in the six-yard

Photo by Ollie Jarman

Hamlet fight back to earn crucial win

box, but he could only stab a toe-ended effort into the Grainger’s grateful gloves.

Despite the obvious coronavirus fears, Dulwich Hamlet were delighted to welcome another impressive crowd of 2,376 spectators, with supporters of Premier League and EFL clubs – Millwall for one – recognising that SE22 was likely staging some of the last football for the foreseeable future.

But in the 54th minute, the Hamlet’s divisional future was plunged into extreme doubt, when Richard Orlu’s

Match-winner Aaron Barnes

awful headed clearance fell to Hemel captain Connor Essam. Grainger was equal again to the centre-half’s strike, but Tudors number nine Aaron Jarvis poked home for 1-0.

Dulwich Hamlet, due to St Albans City’s 1-0 lead and eventual victory away to Braintree Town, at that moment found themselves in the bottom two for the first time this season.

Amid uncertainty as to how the National League might decide on final standings, the predicament could have

left them facing a return to the Isthmian League.

Gavin Rose, who is contracted to the club for another two seasons, was however relieved to see leftback Nathan Smith’s low cross reach Ainsworth at the back post, a chance dispatched in the 66th minute by the exMotherwell attacker as he fired into the bottom left corner.

The goal was the first Hemel had conceded in five games.

With the team and supporters now

newly energised, Ainsworth nearly turned provider soon after, delivering a great corner onto the head on Kuagica David – a home-debuting defender who has represented Angola eight times internationally – but his effort was headed off the line.

With ten minutes to play, lone striker for the match, Dylan Kearney, almost scored a goal-of-the-season contender, as 35 yards out he controlled and swivelled from a kick up-field in one motion, before sending a half-volley towards the top corner, not missing by much.

It was a nervy last few minutes for Hamlet boss Gavin Rose. Photo: Simeon Wright Hemel’s Tosan Popo responded immediately by blazing narrowly wide of Grainger’s top left corner, but when Dulwich substitute Barnes took possession of the ball in the midst of a goalmouth scramble, the two-footed full-back shot low into the net in front of an ecstatic and adoring Rabble.

Rose’s side hung on, surviving a 94thminute free-kick right on the edge of their eighteen-yard box, to claim an indispensable three points. Hemel Hempstead manager Sammy Moore was also red-carded at full-time by referee Joel Mannix for remonstrations with match officials.

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Fear no foe

Jed gives insight into his thinking as coronavirus grips nation

Jed Wallace and a Millwall mascot before the last game at Nottingham Forest

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk JED WALLACE insists he refuses to live in fear amid the coronavirus pandemic – and urged people to listen to the experts rather than going by what they read on social media.

Millwall’s squad were due back in training on Wednesday, and Wallace hopes that this season can be completed.

But the Lions attacker also understands the wider problems. He went to a local soft play centre with his fiancée and two kids, and Alex Pearce’s partner and their child last week to find a usually bustling hub almost empty.

Wallace raised concerns over the government’s measures in the midst of the crisis, and expressed his bafflement at the statutory sick pay of just £94.25 per week.

Wallace is wary of talking about football when there is so much uncertainty over people’s health, but he was honest about what his teammates are feeling.

“The overwhelming feeling of the lads is frustration, because you want to play,” Wallace told the News over the phone this week as the training ground is off-limits to non-essential visitors.

“But I understand for the fans it’s probably not the right thing to do. You had 150,000 people attend Cheltenham over the course of a few days, it’s hard to know what’s right and what’s wrong.

“I’ve had a little bit of time at home with the family, but at the moment I don’t know any more than you. I’m just twiddling my fingers waiting to

see what happens. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

“I’ve said to my fiancée the other day that I don’t want to live in fear. On Friday afternoon we went down to soft play. We’re good friends with a woman who opened a soft play centre. She opened it about a year ago and built it up over the course of a year, and now a two-month period could destroy all that.

“I actually went down with Alex Pearce and his partner and little girl.

We were the only people in there. It was the woman working behind the bar and us in a place that normally has at least 50 kids there. It’s the harsh reality of it.

“And they’re offering people £94 a week. What’s that going to do? I did a weekly food shop and it cost £110, and we ain’t eating caviar. It’s ridiculous.

“People don’t understand it, they’re confused by it. There are contrasting reports. I saw that a 103-year-old woman survived it, which is good! It put a little bit of perspective on it for me, in terms of, that’s great news.

“My opinion is the same as yours, and the same as Tom, Dick and Harry down the road. I’ve been trying to track it as well as I can. But the downsides of social media are that someone could have a headache and then be on their phone and write about how bad they feel and people believe it, even though it’s not true.

“It’s hard to pick what’s real and what’s not. The best thing you can do is follow the people who do know what they’re doing. But sometimes it’s hard to keep up with it all.

“I don’t want to live in fear and worry about things. The government is saying 90 per cent of people could end up having it, so it’s kind of inevitable if you

think about it that way.”

Millwall’s last game was the 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest, days after which Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis revealed he had contracted the disease.

Wallace continued: “When he got it at that point it was very much unknown and your over-riding feeling is hopefully he will be alright. I didn’t really think about myself. Steve Kavanagh and the directors were the ones who came into contact with him. They had tests and they were all clear, so that put everybody at ease.”

Millwall are currently two points off the top six, and there are several Championship clubs involved in the promotion race and relegation battle with nine games left.

“This season has to finish, in my opinion,” Wallace insisted. “It’s absolutely not fair on the teams at the bottom and the teams like us. There are so many complicating factors.

“What happens if the season gets voided? Do teams like Cardiff get another year of [Premier League] parachute payments? If the season did end all the emotions that have gone through it – the atmosphere in the stadium when we beat Charlton, the atmosphere at Elland Road when Leeds beat us, staged a comeback – those moments then mean nothing. That’s what you play football for.

“My absolute worst scenario is the season is voided now. I would cancel all my holidays tomorrow, give up all my eight weeks off to get the season finished. That’s what I want to do.

“Especially being in the position we’re in, after the last result we had and the manager and players we have, we want to achieve something.

“I’m sure there are certain clubs in the division thinking, ‘if the season ends

The attacker wants the season to finish now that’s great for us’. But if you do achieve something you want to do it the right way. You want to be there after 46 games. If you’re down the bottom it’s not fair, and if you do go up you want to feel you’ve achieved something over the course of the whole season.

“Even though now, in my opinion, Leeds and West Brom are the two best teams in the whole league, if they go up now people will be saying, ‘you didn’t do the whole season, it was coronavirus year’.

“I think for everyone involved, emotionally and in terms of it being an equal playing ground, it’s only right to play out the whole season.

“Liverpool and Leeds fans are probably feeling the same as us. The one year we can sneak into the play-offs there’s a pandemic that stops us doing it.

“To be honest with you, I just don’t know what’s going on. I went for a run yesterday morning. I’m going for a run and thinking, ‘I really hope this means something’. That I’m keeping my fitness up before getting back into football and getting on with it.

“Long term, without sounding selfish, having a four-, five-day rest period

might actually do a few of us a favour.

We’ve got a small squad. I’m speaking purely in football terms, obviously the main priority is everyone being fine. But purely football, for us it would probably not be the worst thing to have a bit of time off, particularly when you think of the levels Coops [Jake Cooper] has played at consistently. I’ve played a lot of football myself, so it might not be the worst thing.

“I was hoping that would be the international break, but now it looks like it could be a bit prolonged.

“My overwhelming emotion is, ‘we can’t void the season, we can’t void the season’. I’ve not even thought about when we’re going to play the games, how we’re going to play the games, who’s going to be there. It’s just a fear they’re going to void it, which wouldn’t sit right with me. It wouldn’t be right.

“I just really hope the right decision is made for everyone. All my friends that I speak to in football are saying the same thing, they don’t want it voided. It just doesn’t seem to make much sense to do it.

“But ultimately the most important thing is people’s well-being.”

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Gary Rowett, left, and assistant Callum Davidson

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL BOSS Gary Rowett wants to see the season finish – even if that means playing behind closed doors.

Rowett admits it is not the ideal scenario, but feels it’s the only fair way to conclude title, promotion and relegation issues.

At the time we were going to print, the EFL was due to resume on April 4, with the Lions currently preparing for a trip to The Valley to face Charlton.

The squad is training over a four-day period, followed by four days off.

Millwall are two points off the playoffs with nine games left. The title race appears to be between Leeds and West Brom, with the Whites a point ahead and the Baggies six clear of thirdplaced Fulham.

Squad continues to train with Charlton on April 4 the next scheduled game The sides from seventh down to thirteenth-placed QPR could claim they have realistic chances of a top-six finish.

At the other end of the table, only three points separate Charlton in 22nd to Stoke in seventeenth.

Rowett would prefer to see the season reach its conclusion, even in empty stadiums.

“We’ve thought about and tried to have a plan for every eventuality,” Rowett told the News earlier this week.

“I’ve looked into different things, and

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Lions boss: Season must finish for me the only scenario that makes any sense at all is finishing the season, whenever that is.

“The obvious one, which nobody wants, is to play behind closed doors.

I don’t think anybody wants to play without the fans there because it’s the fans’ game, it’s not our game, it’s the fans’ club, nobody wants to play without the fans.

“But at the same time if there’s no football for three months and you’re sat at home for that period then maybe a bit of football can lift people’s spirits as well.

“I think maybe, whether it’s April 4 or not, whether we have to play behind closed doors for a period, at least it gives us a chance of completing the season.

“Again, it’s not ideal, but I’ve heard all sorts of suggestions about finishing the season now. Well, look, if you’re a team that’s just dropped into the bottom three but you’ve not been in the bottom

Photo by Dave Anderson

three all season and the season finishes now and you’re relegated, how is that fair?

“I know there’s never going to be an ideal way, and I’ve heard a scenario where Leeds and West Brom get promoted and there’s 22 games in the Premier League. Again, what about the team that could go up in the playoffs, why should they be denied that chance?

“For me, however it comes, I think you have to finish the season, whether it’s behind closed doors, a delayed end to the season, a lot of games in a short period of time. I don’t know the answer.

“But I think it’s the only way you can maintain the integrity of the competition. That’s the only thing to me that makes any sense, without all the legal implications and moral implications of ending the season now.

“But this is all secondary to sorting this difficult situation out.”

Millwall gave the players four days

off before they returned to training on Wednesday.

Rowett continued: “Quite quickly you have to try and formulate a plan as though the season is going to resume on April 4. It’s only been a week without football, and we’re used to going two weeks without a game during international breaks. So that’s not really an issue.

“But the extra week does cause some challenges and that’s why we’ve chosen to continue to train. Some of the players have programmes away from the club, some of them will have to do extra when they come back.

“The players understand that we owe it to ourselves and to our fans to maintain our levels of fitness should the season resume.

“Now if that changes then we have to move and be flexible with that plan.

The sensible thing to do is to continue doing what we’re doing and just try to do it in a safe and responsible way.”

By John Kelly

re-joining the club from Welling Town.

The league has now been suspended.

The SCEFL released the following statement on Monday: “Following the advice just given by the prime minister that ‘all non-essential social contact’ should be avoided, it is now appropriate to suspend the league season and all fixtures scheduled up to and including Saturday, March 28 2020 will be postponed.

“The Southern Counties East League will continue to monitor the situation on a regular basis using government and FA guidance to decide if it will be appropriate to recommence after that date.

“Thank you for your patience in this matter but it is an ever-changing picture.”

Fish give fans some cheer before league suspended Rob Brown, centre, made his return

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk FISHER PLAYED their last game for what could be some time as they defeated Punjab United 2-0 at St Paul’s last weekend.

In front of a good attendance of 179 in Rotherhithe despite the fears over coronavirus and the Premier League and EFL having announced the suspension of their games the day before, the Fish did a professional job to see off the visitors.

Malaki Coker scored a minute before the break and Christian Udo’s goal twelve minutes from time ensured Ajay Ashanike’s side took the three points. Midfielder and former captain Rob Brown also made his return after

Photo by Dave Anderson

Fisher celebrate a goal last weekend

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johnk@southwarknews.co.uk THE NATIONAL League have followed the Premier League and EFL in suspending all games until April 3.

exclusive

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk STEVE KAVANAGH has admitted Millwall have been “hit hard” by the suspension of football over the coronavirus pandemic – and urged people to “pull together to find a way through.”

The Lions have already seen home games against Derby County and Swansea postponed, and there are

doubts whether the season can recommence on April 4 when Millwall are scheduled to travel to Charlton.

Millwall chief executive Kavanagh is in daily contact with owner John Berylson, who is in the United States.

The Den is currently shut to all nonessential staff.

“We’re like all other businesses, we’ve been hit hard, but our income stream just stopped overnight,” told the News this week.

“The hardest thing is cash flows. We’ve got a strong owner and most fans have

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By John Kelly

Lions under siege

‘We want our loved ones safe’

Dulwich Hamlet were in National League South action last weekend, beating Hemel Hempstead 2-1 in front of over 2,000 fans at Champion Hill to remain out of the relegation zone. That victory will have been the most important of the season if leagues end now.

Fisher were also victorious at St Paul’s last Saturday, defeating Punjab United 2-0 in their SCEFL Premier Division clash to move further away from the drop zone.

The Hamlet released a statement

on Monday saying they were suspending games. Later in the day the National League confirmed they had suspended fixtures until April 3.

A statement read: “At its board meeting on Friday, the National League decided to use its best endeavours to keep its season going in the face of unprecedented adversity. However, with the current coronavirus reaching global pandemic levels it has to accept that the situation is now out of its own control.

“In the knowledge of the government measures now announced, including not to support sporting events with emergency services workers, it is clearly not practical for its fixtures to be fulfilled in the immediate future. In those circumstances and in line with the FA and professional game, the

National League is now suspended until at least April 3.”

The SCEFL has suspended games up to and including March 28.

A statement from the Football Association read: “Following the government’s announcement [Monday] for people to avoid social contact and gatherings where possible, we are now advising that all grassroots football in England is postponed for the foreseeable future.

“We have taken government advice, with the priority being the health and wellbeing of all. We will continue to work closely with the grassroots game during this time.

The situation within English football at all levels remains under regular review. Further updates will follow as needed.”

Den under lockdown

But CEO says: ‘We have strong owner and fans have been fair’ been decent and fair with us. Obviously people are asking for refunds for Derby.

We will do those but at the moment the advice is to work from home so I haven’t got a finance department.

“Like everybody else, it will have impacts on us. I’m not going to shy away from that. But hopefully if we can all pull together we can find a way through. We’ve got an owner who’s been around a long time and I’m sure will help the club as best he can.

“We’re talking to the EFL because like other clubs we’re all in the same boat

and we’re all faced with a scenario in which all our businesses have been shut down around us.

“John’s in the States, I’m talking to him daily, I just had an hour with him [Tuesday afternoon]. He’s in good spirits, he’s obviously frustrated and like everyone else he’s mindful of the worldwide situation. He also wants us to be in a position to get going again as soon as we can.”

The suspension of football also impacts staff who only work at The Den on match-days.

Millwall CEO Steve Kavanagh Kavanagh added: “We will do what we can around the outskirts of our business. I’ve got to protect the core business. First and foremost I’ve got to make sure I’ve got the cash flows to pay our payroll. Then we work out from there to protect our business.

“That includes our match-day staff, the businesses that work with us on match-days. But we’re in a very fluid scenario where we’re all confronted with difficult situations. Our cash flow, the tap’s been turned off overnight.

“I’ve said to all staff if you can work from home then work from home, so we’ve shut The Den. People like the groundsmen have to go in because the grass carries on growing.

“For all non-essential staff we’re working at home where we can. Ticket office we’ve gone online, retail we’ve gone online, but staff will pop in occasionally to service the orders and get those out from the ticket office and the retail perspective, because we’ve got to try and keep income streams coming into the business.”

The recycled paper content of UK newspapers in 2014 was 83.5%

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