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council tax rise of 4.99 per cent

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark plans to hike council tax by 4.99 per cent to help plug gaps in funding created by a huge COVID-19 shortfall.

As the News reported in December, the council faces a £12m shortfall after stepping up emergency services to support people affected by COVID-19. At last week’s cabinet meeting, finance and resources chief Rebecca Lury told her colleagues that there was ‘little in the way of new money’ coming from central government, and to protect frontline services including adult social care she had little option but to raise council tax by the maximum permitted.

A support scheme helping 15,000 workingage households, and 100 per cent relief for 6,700 eligible pensioners will be unchanged.

In budget papers Cllr Lury explained: “Whilst the vaccine roll out brings hope, the current lockdown restrictions mean we continue to face additional costs through our direct interventions to support our communities and we are experiencing significant pressures from lost income through fees and charges.

“Alongside this, as our residents and businesses face increased pressures this has a knock-on impact on our borough, with

the planning and regeneration department and by cutting down on ‘professional fees on major regeneration schemes’. Contracts and agency fees will also be reduced where possible, with restructures and job losses at Tooley Street including some senior management posts - all on the agenda.

The pandemic has intensified a trend that has seen the local authority’s reliance on locally generated income rapidly rise since the credit crunch.

General support from central government has decreased from £304m in 2010-11 to £152m in 2021- 22 - a real terms decrease of around two thirds.

Meanwhile, council tax and retained business rate growth have increased over the same period by £71m. Locally generated income is now responsible for 48 per cent of the council’s funding compared with nineteen per cent in 2010-11.

Areas expected to see rising costs include housing and temporary accommodation, a £500,000 fund for tackling food poverty, £300k for Southwark Stands Together project into racial equality, and £100k for the COVID-19 community hub.

The final budget will be presented to the Council Assembly on February 24, before being set in law by March 11.

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katherine@southwarknews.co.uk The latest People’s Question Time Online, when Londoners can put questions to Sadiq Khan and the London Assembly, will be livestreamed tonight.

The event is now twice a yearly, after the first ever online session, held in November, proved a hit. Questions can be on any topic faced by Londoners from COVID-19, to public transport, air pollution, housing and crime.

Chaired by Navin Shah AM, chair of the London Assembly and assembly member for Brent and Harrow, the event will be broadcast from 7-9pm on Thursday, February 11.

Visit https://www. london.gov.uk/ events/2021-02-11/ peoples-questiontime-online for more information.

Hayes hits out: care workers need ‘more than just a badge

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reductions in tax collection in both council tax and business rates. In addition, we continue to face significant demands and pressures on our services, in particular social care, homelessness, welfare support, leisure and high needs services.

“This budget includes commitments and growth of £16.757m principally in these demand-led services to ensure that service budgets are sustainable.

“Despite the government’s announcement of additional funding for local government through the Local Government Finance Settlement, there was little in the way of new money with the largest part of the increase in spending power coming from council tax increases and the social care precept.”

A balanced budget for 2021-2022 will largely depend on drawing down on reserves - though by how much is yet to be determined.

The council now needs to make £12.175 million in savings - £2.7m of which are expected to impact on services that are not ring-fenced.

Cuts and efficiency measures include permanently closing the Fred Francis day centre, savings of £4.2 million in the environment and leisure department including by suspending the flagship policy of free theatre tickets for children (an easy win given the programme had not started due to COVID-19), and £529,000 from a restructure in

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katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Helen Hayes has hit out at the government’s plans for care workers, saying they need ‘more than just a badge’

The Dulwich and West Norwood MP has questioned ministers on pay rewards for frontline staff, the majority of whom do not earn a ‘real living wage’ - calculated at £10.85 per hour in London.

In a formal, written question to care minister Helen Whately, Hayes asked whether the government was considering reforming care sector pay along the lines of changes made by the Welsh government, to create more parity with NHS staff.

Whately answer mentioned the new ‘care badge’ branding scheme, to boost recognition of the sector and its key workers, including offering discounts in some shops, but failed to commit to pay increases or wider reform.

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“We are grateful and proud of everyone working in social care. We want to celebrate the workforce and give them the acknowledgement and appreciation that they deserve.

“This includes developing the CARE brand to increase visibility and amplify the voice of social care both now and in the future.

“Alongside the CARE brand, we are providing CARE badges for all employed in social care to wear.

“We are continuing to explore further ways to recognise the workforce, empower staff and reinforce appreciation across the sector, and are making sure this recognition continues far beyond the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

It is believed that at March 2020, only a third of adult social care workers were paid a 'real living wage' or above.

Hayes described the government’s response to the challenges faced by the sector as ‘shameful’.

“Care workers have been on the frontline throughout the coronavirus pandemic facing impossible demands as COVID-19 spread through homes,” she told the News.

“I know from my conversations with staff across the care sector how hard they have worked to protect residents, often without the support or resources they need from the government, struggling to access PPE, dealing with the rapid spread of coronavirus and comforting residents who were unable to receive visits from loved ones.

“It is shameful that the government believes care workers in England should only be rewarded with a badge.”

“For years, care workers have been neglected working on low pay and without the same levels of recognition as staff in the NHS. “As we emerge from this crisis, the government must recognise the vital role of care workers with a meaningful pay rise and by delivering on the long-promised reform to social care funding.”

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Matron, Major, Mayor: Denise, who dedicated her life to saving others, passes away aged just 56

By Kevin Quinn kevin@southwarknews.co.uk A nurse who fought to save countless lives in the borough at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital as well as on the front lines in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, lost her own battle with cancer last week, passing away aged only 56.

Major Denise Capstick, a former Mayor of Southwark and councillor in Bermondsey, died in her hometown of Wigan last Friday, February 5, supported by her partner Andy and her sister Jann.

In a career that would epitomise helping others in pain and distress, Denise rose from nurse to sister to matron, while also volunteering in the Territorial Army - first as a soldier and eventually Major, administering aid to troops caught up in some of the most brutal theatres of war this country has seen in the last 30 years.

“She faced the disease with the same courage and dignity she developed nursing casualties from the front line in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan,” close friend and former Liberal Democrat councillor Lorraine Zuleta told the News.

“Above all, Denise was a wonderful person. She was a very kind, generous,

During our tour I was injured in a road traffic accident and after her duties she came and looked after me upon being discharged from the hospital."

Dianne says she thinks her army colleagues would remember for her karaoke singing: "Not that she was a good singer, she was terrible. But she would do it so well, usually Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' or 'Hey Big Spender.' Even after being diagnosed, and as a nurse knowing what that meant, she was amazingly very determined and very positive."

Dedicating her life to public service she was elected as Liberal Democrat councillor to Bricklayers ward in 1998 and continued as ward councillor in Grange ward until 2014.

Winning the support of her town hall colleagues she was elected Mayor of Southwark in 2002 and became the Executive Member for Health and Social Care in 2006, where she is best remembered for the work she did to improve standards in the borough’s care homes. She put more budget into upgrading the quality of care and reducing the threshold for accessing it, when many councils were raising the threshold. Denise was a regular visitor to care homes and day centres in Southwark throughout her political career.

A nurse by profession, Denise continued her work, most recently as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, when she left Bermondsey. She worked as a nurse, nursing sister and matron for many years at Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals. And even took part and completed the London Marathon.

But her diagnosis with brain cancer in August 2019 came as the sun-loving former councillor was planning her

hardworking, compassionate and fun loving woman who served her country, her borough and community with great enthusiasm and joy,” she added.

Rising to the rank of Major in the Territorial Army, now the Army Reserve, serving her country in the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia and later in Basra in Iraq and Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, Major Capstick carried out three tours of duty.

Joining up in 1988 in a branch of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corp, she quickly earned the title of Captain a year later and was a Major by 1999. Three tours is unusually high for anyone in the Army Reserves as recruits have to often juggle full-time jobs, as Denise did.

On the front line attending to soldiers’ injuries she received the Gulf Medal as well as The Queen’s Gold and the The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals.

Serving with Denise in Iraq in 20052006, Dianne Roberston spoke to the News of her compassion and courage as their field hospital on occasion came under night-time mortar and rocket fire. Denise would be tending to the soldiers as well Iraqis who were attacked alongside them or by them. "She was a glass half full, optimistic person and would always keep our spirits up.

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In tribute, Sir Simon Hughes, friend and colleague of Denise for many years, and MP for Bermondsey for all the time Denise was a councillor, said:“The tragically early death of our dear friend Denise will leave a huge gap in so many lives and so many places.

“Denise was a brave and caring nursing sister and soldier, and an energetic, effective and charismatic Bermondsey councillor, Mayor of Southwark and Executive Member for Health and Social Care.

“Denise gave so much of herself and her time in personal friendships and selfless public service. Many people will miss her hugely - and Andy, Jann and Denise’s wider family have all our love, thoughts and prayers at this very sad time.”

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future retirement in Spain. Appearing on Channel 4 show ‘Place In The Sun’ Denise had brought a property and was looking forward to retiring there when she turned 60. Filmed in March 2019, the programme aired last Thursday week (January 28) with Jonnie Irwin trying to help Denise find her perfect holiday home in the Costa Blanca.

While recovering from a routine operation on her ankle she experienced optical seizures and a scan confirmed the devastating news of a brain tumour.

Despite radiotherapy and chemotherapy the cancer was extremely aggressive.

“She never made a fuss, even when she was very ill,” Lorraine remembers, telling the News of a visit to Denise just three weeks after an operation to remove the tumour from her brain. Walking on the beach with her beloved Jack Russell Millie, Denise was her usual sunny self.

“Having seen so much suffering, she never complained,” Lorraine added.

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Time is running out Lilly is ready to go for treatment to save her, but over £200k is still needed

By Kevin Quinn kevin@southwarknews.co.uk The auntie of six-year-old Lily McKelvey is desperately hoping to win her race against time and get her niece to America – as without treatment for a rare form of cancer she is unlikely to survive.

The nightmare for the family began just after Christmas and with lockdown on top of such a short space of time, Lucy O’Sullivan says she is trying everything she can to help raise the £370,000 needed.

Lucy’s husband Chris and daughter Paige are planning a skydive and are looking for sponsorship. Numerous local businesses have stepped up to help, by supplying prizes for a Valentine raffle on Facebook and Instagram this Saturday.

And the family have managed to launch ‘Love for Lily’ merchandise including hoodies,t-shirts, facemasks, reusable shopping bags, key rings, badges, wristbands, fridge magnets with prices ranging from £5 for a facemask to £15 for an adult hoodie.

Lucy, 43, who lives in Camberwell and works at Albion Primary School in Rotherhithe, said she was in a frenzy to get the cash for Lilly. Her sister, Lilly’s mum Lizzie, alongside her husband Lilly’s dad Jack, say on their GoFundMe page: “Our Lily is so precious to us and we will go to the end of the earth to fight for her precious life. Life without Lily is unthinkable. We have to fight for her.”

All of Lily’s family have made a huge

effort with the current total standing at £124,725 but there is still a mountain to climb, with £245,275 still needed. The family here and in Lilly’s home town of Colchester are open to any more fundraising ideas.

Lily was found to have diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) – said to be the most deadly form of child cancer – after her parents took her to hospital shortly after Christmas as she was vomiting.

DIPG is rare. It affects only up to 30 British children a year, but with a life expectancy of six to nine months, time is running out for little Lilly.

Lucy says her sister is talking to doctors in New York, now the thirteen sessions of radiotherapy have finished that Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge told her to undertake. The radiotherapy gives Lilly up to twelve months to live.

The radiotherapy controls the tumour but only the medics in America have an innovative technique that directly treats the tumour without affecting the brain’s stem in this sensitive and important area of the brain and so gives her any real chance of survival.

“The doctors in Cambridge are eager for Lilly to go to the States as it her best hope of surviving. Now she has had the radiotherapy sessions she can go, without it, it’s only palliative care and making memories,” Lucy explained.

“In normal times we could have events, we could do more to fundraise, my husband Chris and my daughter Paige can’t even get a date for the skydive,

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Seventy per cent of clinically extremely vulnerable people in Southwark have now received their first COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the borough’s Clinical Commissioning Group (CGG).

but they will do it and I want to thank everyone helping and those donating as I know times are hard, but we have to get our Lilly to America.”

Lily’s mum is pregnant with her little brother, who due in June and she is excited to have a sibling for the first time.

If you have a fundraising idea you can email Lucy lucyjosullivan1978@gmail. com, You can follow Lily’s by joining the Facebook group, ‘Love for Lily’, or following her @love_4_lily_ on Instagram, and twitter @lily_mckelvey and decide how best you want to help including buying the merchandise and raising awareness.

Or to simply donate to give Lily McKelvey life-saving treatment, visit the GoFundMe search ‘Help Lily with life saving treatment

Police: ‘35 covid incidents per day’

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Police’s Borough Commander has hit out at the ‘staggering examples of selfishness and stupidity’ by a growing number of lockdown rule breakers.

As the News reported last week, Southwark and Lambeth officers are now responding to an average of 35 COVID-19-related incidents per day.

Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove, the Central South Basic Command Unit Commander - which covers Southwark and Lambeth - told this paper that the Met had issued more fines in the last few weeks than during the entire of 2020.

Describing the situation as ‘critical’, Wingrove said: “We have two large hospitals that provide accident and emergency care and the staff that support them are being run ragged with the sheer number of people that they are caring for.

“Our ambulances are experiencing delays, in large part due to the high levels of COVID. “The Met is supporting the London Ambulance Service with 75 officers who will be driving some of the ambulances to emergency calls across London.

“The rules are clear and we are thankful that most people are staying at home as much as they can, wearing masks and avoiding gatherings.

“However, a small, selfish minority continue to bend, break and in some cases completely ignore these rules and in doing so endanger us all.”

In the latest information available, 246,000 jabs have now been administered across south east London (Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich) overall. Eighty-six per cent of older people in care homes in Southwark have now also had jabs.

Less clear is the number to refuse jabs altogether - as opposed to simply missing or postponing appointments and why?

As we have previously reported there is compelling evidence to show that younger groups, and particular ethnic groups are less likely to take up the jab.

So far, however, there is limited local data in the public domain to understand the picture on the ground.

Vaccinations in the borough are currently prioritised for the first four groups as recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. These are as follows: older care home residents and staff; all over 80 and frontline health and social care staff; all over 75, and all over 70s as well as any extremely clinically vulnerable people - as long as they are not pregnant or under the age of sixteen.

Piers Corbyn arrested over leaflets which ‘compared vaccines to the Holocaust’

By Josh Salisbury josh@southwarknews.co.uk Piers Corbyn was arrested last Wednesday week after leaflets were handed out which compared vaccines to the Holocaust.

He said police did not want to fine people but had to crack down on what he described as “staggering examples of selfishness and, quite frankly, stupidity’’ since Christmas.

In one week in January police had to deal with an illegal rave in Page’s Walk, Bermondsey, issue five COVID-related fixed penalty notices, and arrest two people - one for knife possession and another for supplying Class A drugs.

Enforcement action against businesses has focused on the ‘most dangerous and wilful breaches’, with six prohibition notices issued to Southwark businesses in just one day in the week leading up to January 22.

In a message to readers, he said: “You’ll realise that every time officers have to tackle people for COVID breaches, or indeed other crime and anti-social behaviour, they put themselves, and their families at increased risk from this

deadly disease.

“I know you’ll join me in thanking them for their professionalism, dedication and commitment.”

His appeal came as Southwark Police issued a statement urging people to only make essential journeys, highlighting large numbers visiting London Bridge at the weekend.

In a video posted on Friday, Superintendent Daniel Ivey said too many people were descending on the area at the weekends - and warned they could pay the price.

“People need to stay at home,” he said.

“We are out tonight at London Bridge with our local authority partners, where we will be enforcing the health protection regulations.

“Where we need to we will be issuing fixed penalty tickets.

“These help us to help protect the NHS and save lives.”

Care homes are receiving further visits to ensure patients and staff who are still unvaccinated - either because they were unwell, unable to attend, or had decided against - have another opportunity.

Efforts are also being made to speed-up the delivery of vaccinations for those who are housebound.

As the News has reported, the council and CCG are working to recruit a network of ‘community health ambassadors’ to share accurate information about COVID-19 and encourage vaccination take-up, especially among at-risk groups.

According to figures shared at Southwark Council’s health and wellbeing board meeting on February 2, 116 residents who have expressed interest, and 53 have completed the induction training and are now fully registered. More than half are from black or ethnic minority groups - which the council hopes will help reach people who may be more likely to turn down the offer of a vaccine.

Officials say key barriers they need to overcome to drive vaccine take-up among younger groups include lack of trust in the authorities, safety concerns, the role of fake news and anti-vaxxer information, the belief that vaccination is another form of state control; and a lack of understanding of who is most at risk of COVID-19. Public Health officials hope to have a network of ten pharmacies delivering jabs across Southwark by mid-March, which they say may help overcome some residents vaccine concerns.

Police had been urged to investigate the leaflets after they were posted through letterboxes in Southwark and Lambeth.

The Met Police confirmed they arrested a 73-year-old man on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance yesterday in Southwark in connection with the leaflets.

The force also arrested another man, aged 37, on suspicion of a public order offence in Bow. Officers refused to confirm the identity of either man.

But Mr Corbyn, the elder brother of former Labour leader, Jeremy, today denied that the leaflets - which mocked up Auschwitz’s gates with the slogan ‘Vaccines are safe path to freedom’ - were antisemitic.

He told the Jewish Chronicle: “The idea we’re antisemitic in any way is completely absurd.

“I was married for 22 years to a Jewess and obviously her mother’s

forebears fled the Baltic states just before the war because of Hitler or the Nazis in general.”

He also told the publication that he had volunteered to be questioned by officers.

“Both men were taken to a south London police station,” said a Met spokesperson.

“They have since been bailed to return on a date in early March.”

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Man sought in connection with SE5 ‘attempted child abduction’

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Detectives are appealing for help identifying a man linked to a suspected child abduction attempt in Camberwell last year.

In October we reported that the victim, a girl aged 7, was grabbed by an unknown man while walking in Mary Datchelor Close with her mother at around 5pm on Thursday, October 22.

The man dropped her a short time later and made off on foot. The girl was not injured during the ordeal.

Two days later a 33-year-old man was charged with child abduction and later released with no further action after being eliminated from enquiries.

Police say anyone who recognises the man in the appeal should contact them

immediately as it could identify the suspect, or remove someone from their lines of enquiry.

Call police on 101, tweet @MetCC, or contact Crimestoppers to remain anonymous.

Crew battles Old Kent Road blaze

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk An Old Kent Road flat was destroyed by a fire on Tuesday morning.

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters successfully battled to prevent the blaze from spreading across the terrace into other flats and shops after they were called out shortly after 8am on February 9.

Firefighters used an aerial ladder

appliance to gain a better view of the fire as they brought it under control.

Two women and one man left the three-bedroom flat, on the second floor, before the brigade arrived. One of the women was assessed by paramedics and, fortunately, was unharmed.

Station commander Verona Clarke, who was at the scene, said: “Fire crews worked very hard to contain this fire and fortunately there were no injuries.”

The cause is now being investigated.

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By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A 22-year-old from Peckham murdered in a weekend of bloodshed has been named locally as Larvaun Witter, known as ‘Lavz’.

Five people were stabbed in a spate of attacks in Croydon, with other serious incidents and a murder in north London over the same 48-hour period.

Larvaun was attacked by a block of flats in Wisbeach Road, Selhurst Estate, shortly after 8pm last Friday. Paramedics battled to stem the bleeding but he was pronounced dead at the scene 9.09pm. A second man was found with stab injuries nearby and was taken to hospital.

Although police had yet formally to identify the victim at the time of going to press, his father, Leon Witter, confirmed the family were grieving for his son.

Describing Larvaun as ‘the brightest boy at school’ who was ‘destined for great things’ he said his son had wanted to become a computer engineer. Mr Witter told reporters his son was ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’.

So far police have made no comment on any suspected motive behind the attack.

However, campaigners have long feared COVID-19 could undo progress tackling youth violence.

Although knife crime among under25s dropped by 39 per cent during three months of the first national lockdown in 2020, rising youth unemployment and the number of home educated youngsters falling through the cracks have led to fears of a ‘lost generation’ who could be easy prey for gangs or become victims of violent crime.

Anti-knife crime campaigner and chair of Southwark Anti-Knife Crime Forum, Elena Noel, told the News: “Now many disadvantaged black young people are on the streets and not being educated they are falling prey to the network of drug barons on their estates who recruit them.

“Many parents have lost their jobs and are surviving on minimal funds.”

She said she was ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact ongoing lockdowns will have on students’ grades and their risk to

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gangs.

“COVID-19 makes it extremely difficult to engage young people in meaningful numbers. With illiteracy still being an issue, young people and especially those at risk are not being reached.

“Croydon has become an epicentre for crime and Section 60 does not appear to be containing the situation.”

Evelyn Akoto, Southwark Council’s cabinet member for community safety, said her prayers were with the bereaved family.

“I am terribly saddened to hear that this young man has been killed, my sympathies and prayers are with his friends and family at this extremely difficult time.

“I would like to reassure everyone that we continue to do all that we can, alongside the police, to support our local communities and prevent violence from happening to our residents.

“We are assisting the police, and our neighbours in Croydon, with the

investigation into what happened.”

There were five stabbings in Croydon alone last weekend, with attacks in Wandsworth and Chistlehurst too, as well as a murder in Kilburn.

A Section 60 order was in place until 7.30am on Sunday, 7 February in Croydon and extra police officers were on patrol across the area.

In a separate incident a man was knifed to death in Kilburn at 5.40pm on his way home from Waitrose.

Superintendent Andy Brittain, Deputy Commander for the South Area Command Unit, said: “I want to reassure the community that our borough is safe. Investigations are well underway and four arrests have been made. I also want to clarify that most of the people involved in these incidents have been adults.

“Your local officers are out on the ground keeping the community safe and additional resources from across the Met have already been deployed to the area.”

were back up and running.

“I’d like to thank everyone who donated to replace the trishaw batteries over the past couple of weeks,” she said.

“This support from the community has been fantastic! We’re very grateful to United Saint Saviour’s Charity too

for their match funding.

“The batteries have been replaced and our volunteers can continue to deliver emergency food parcels to households in crisis.

“We look forward to resuming Cycling Without Age rides for older people as soon as it’s safe.”

on your bike thieves: community rally round to replace batteries

Deliveries of food parcel resume and ‘Cycling Without Age’ will be back

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk What the new school will look like

Work begins on Compass school

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katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Construction on the new Compass School site has begun in Bermondsey.

The long-awaited building, approved as by the Mayor of London as part of the Grosvenor regeneration, will include stateof-the-art classroom and sports facilities including a rooftop games arena and specialist performing arts areas.

The site is now being prepared, with demolition contractors Keltbray working with the school to ensure ‘minimal disruption’.

Building contractor ISG Ltd is holding bi-weekly meetings with the school to review the plans. The project is slated for completion in September 2023.

Principal Marcus Huntley said: “This is truly an exciting time for our community as we are finally seeing boots on site and our school being built.

Time and Talents has thanked generous supporters for stepping in and fundraising for replacement bike batteries after thieves targeted the much-loved Rotherhithe charity.

As we reported last month, the electric bikes - used to distribute food parcels to shielding elderly people were left out of action after two £700 batteries were looted in January. A fundraiser, to cover the £2,100 cost of replacing them saw a huge response from the wider community. £1,273 was donated by supporters, with United St Saviour’s stepping in to cover the rest.

This week, Time and Talents’ director Sarah Gibb told the News both batteries had been replaced and the deliveries

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Stay at Home horrors: crumbling stairs

Four years on the flats’ landing is still being held up

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk

Four years after masonry began falling from a communal ceiling, Guinness Court residents say despite paying rent and service charges the landing is still being held up with temporary support pillars.

Although planning permission was granted in 2017 to regenerate the Snowsfields block and build two more floors of flats, the basic structural work on the landing remains incomplete.

Vicine Kala, who lives in one of Block D’s basement flats, told the News the first chunk of concrete fell down with an almighty crash on the evening of October 13, 2017. Fortunately no one was hurt.

Soon after, the landlord - housing association The Guinness Parternship - installed the temporary struts to support the crumbling landing.

Since then, she claims debris still comes loose regularly, including pieces of plaster, with dust and dirt regularly falling over the hallway.

Despite four years of rent paying and service charge, the problems have still not been resolved.

Added with pools of water from leaks gathering at the foot of the stairs, the pregnant 32-year-old says she regularly struggles to get her son’s buggy outside.

“You can imagine our shock when it first happened,” she said. “It was just really shocking. It’s like the building is falling down.

“People ask me how I can live here like this. The communication all the way through from Guinness has been atrocious.

“Chunks are still falling down and whenever we have complained they just send cleaners round.

“They say it is safe and just a precaution, but contractors who have visited before told us that those structures should only be in for three months.”

The Guinness Partnership claim delays are due to COVID-19 and the need for social distancing - and because they do not want to disturb residents who are working from home. It is a view Ms Kala blasted as ‘complete rubbish’.

“This happened years before COVID, they can’t use that as an excuse,” she said.

In response to an enquiry from this paper, a Guinness Partnership spokesperson said: “We are sorry for the concern experienced by our residents,” providing the following

statement: “Our structural surveyor has advised that the building is safe.

“The props are a precautionary measure and intended to provide reassurance to our residents pending work being completed.

“We installed protective plywood to prevent plaster falling and whilst there may be some dust in the area, our surveys confirm this is not asbestos.

“We inspect the area every four to six weeks.

“Due to the age of the building the issue has proved complex.

“Work would be carried out in a relatively confined space and lockdown has meant we have had to delay this to protect residents and contractors from the risk of COVID-19, as social distancing would be difficult.

“We are also mindful that the noise associated with works would be disruptive to those working from home and/or home schooling.

“We have spoken with the residents who would be most impacted and we are planning to commence work once current restrictions are eased.”

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TfL to extend Cycleway 4 to London Bridge

Since May 90km of cycle routes have been created or upgraded

and protect people cycling from the potential of being injured by vehicles turning left TfL says it is anticipating London Bridge, already one of the city’s busiest rail and tube stations, to see an increase in people arriving by train who want to travel the last leg of their journey on foot or by bike.

Since May 2020, TfL has either created or upgraded 90km of cycle routes.

Cycle count data from TfL shows a seven per cent increase in cycling in inner London and a 22 per cent increase in outer London, compared to the previous count in spring 2019.

In December, TfL published its Travel in London report, which showed that almost half of all journeys between April and June 2020 were made by walking and cycling - up from 29 per cent before

the pandemic.

The changes will be in place from March through experimental traffic orders. The public is asked to share views on the scheme via TfL’s website before a full consultation launches later in the year.

Will Norman, London’s walking and cycling commissioner, said: “Recent TfL data shows that many Londoners have turned to cycling during the pandemic as a way to exercise and make essential journeys, so it is vital that they are able to do so safely.

“The trial changes being made to extend Cycleway 4 will enable more people to cycle safely and easily around London Bridge and beyond, building upon measures already taken to extend the route between Greenwich and Charlton.

“I urge people to submit their feedback now and take part in the engagement, so we can ensure these changes work for all those living, working and travelling in the area.”

Helen Cansick, TfL’s head of healthy streets delivery, said: “As the pandemic continues, the need for safe walking and cycling infrastructure is more important than ever, to ensure that there is enough space on public transport for those who need to travel.

“These trial extensions to Cycleway 4 will create a much safer environment for those cycling between central London, southeast London and beyond and we really value people’s feedback on our plans to ensure that they work for everyone.”

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this year, after the toughest ever period for the hospitality sector.

Others recognised include Flor in London Bridge, Paradise in Soho and Mo Diner in Mayfair.

It is a huge achievement given the impact of COVID and lockdowns - and the fact the restaurant only opened just over a year ago.

Twenty-seven-year-old Luke WestWhylie, the youngest of Peckham Cellar’s

three co-founders, said: “Peckham Cellars winning a Bib Gourmand award is such a joy for the whole team.

“Being recognised for our hard work this last year helps further establish south-east London as a restaurant destination.

“We hope that other local establishments and those in the wider area are also given the acknowledgement they deserve.”

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk TfL has set out plans for trial changes to Cycleway 4 that will extend the route to London Bridge Station via Duke Street Hill and Tooley Street.

The proposals were announced this week after construction started on a further trial extension into Charlton from Angerstein Roundabout.

Work began on Cycleway 4 in July 2019 with the first stretch completed in September, creating a fully protected cycleway between Tower Bridge Road and Rotherhithe.

The route aims to help people cycle safely to and from the City, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic and reduced capacity on the transport network.

The trial changes in Bermondsey will see: • Sections of light cycle segregation, with wands in both directions, along Tooley Street and Duke Street Hill and extended advanced stop lines for people cycling

The current crossing at Tower Bridge towards Tooley Street • The eastbound arm of Tooley Street closed near London Bridge Hospital and turned into a new pedestrian space to give passengers exiting the station more room • Some changes for general traffic including a new left turn ban into Queen Elizabeth Street (except for local buses, taxis and cycles) which will reduce the risk of road danger

Peckham Cellars among seven London restaurants to be given the coveted Bib Gourmand Award katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Independent restaurant Peckham Cellars has been awarded a prestigious Bib Gourmand UK 2021 award by the Michelin Guide.

The awards are given to restaurants serving good quality food for a modest price, with Peckham Cellars being one of seven London establishments awarded

Southwark Council steps up efforts to get young people aged between sixteen and twenty five into training and employment

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council says it is stepping up efforts to get young people into training and work, to help tackle disruption to education during lockdown and rising youth employment.

The local authority is working with Southwark-based businesses and other organisations to create more opportunities for young people aged sixteen to 25, including its own internship programme.

In September last year, UK unemployment rose to its highest rate for two years - with those aged eighteen to 24 worst affected.

As part of the new initiative, the council will be working closely with local businesses and other partner

organisations to help create and broaden the range of opportunities available to young people in Southwark.

The council’s new initiative promotes a raft of opportunities available to young people aged 16 to 25 years old in Southwark to help support them into employment and training, from internships to apprenticeships; jobs to voluntary roles; NVQs to university degrees.

Cllr Kieron Williams, Leader of Southwark Council, said: “In the wake of COVID-19, it has never been a harder time for younger residents to find their way in the world of work or further education.

“Young people in school and college have missed out on months of education, experienced a confusing and upsetting exam results process, and been faced with fewer choices and less certainty about their future. Soaring unemployment rates

have hit younger generations the hardest, particularly as many were in low paid, unstable work. We want to do all we can to continue to invest in our young people and support them at this difficult time. Our new scheme is all about making it easier for young people to find opportunities that will help them access jobs, training, volunteering and work experience that reflect their ambitions and hard work.

“I’d urge any young person thinking about their next steps to sign up to our mailing list as there’s a fantastic array of local opportunities, both with the council and more widely.”

Cllr Stephanie Cryan, cabinet member for jobs, culture and skills (pictured) said: “The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the economic life-chances of our residents, particularly young people ready to join a rapidly shrinking labour market.

I’d urge any young person thinking about their next steps to sign up to our mailing list as there’s a fantastic array of local opportunities

“Southwark Council’s paid internships are just one way we’re helping to provide a platform for young people to embark on successful careers, where their many talents and skills also enrich our workforce.

“We’d love to hear from local businesses who think they could offer something similar, such as an apprenticeship or intern scheme.”

Visit www.southwark.gov.uk/ nextstep for more information.

Cllr Stephanie Cryan

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Helping economy bounce back The UK Government has, during recent months, helped millions of people continue to provide for their families as part of its Plan for Jobs support scheme. The initiative is at the heart of our recovery from the economic impact of the pandemic, continuing to help people of all ages work.

THE UK Government has provided £280 billion to safeguard jobs.

Its Plan for Jobs builds on the nine million jobs protected, with initiatives that include…

KICKSTART SCHEME Six-month paid job with local employer, paid for by the UK Government, providing fully funded opportunity for 16 to 24 year-

olds to gain experience of working among many varied companies.

SECTOR-BASED WORK ACADEMY PROGRAMMES (SWAPs) Offer opportunities for jobseekers claiming Universal Credit, Jobseeker’s Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance to build their confidence in a new line of work, enhance

FIRM ‘TOOK FLIGHT’ A long-time airline cabin crew member’s soft toy enterprise really took off after the pandemic clipped her wings.

Julie Britton set up Britton’s Bears and Bunting with the help of the UK Government’s New Enterprise Allowance.

The Wigan entrepreneur was cabin crew for 21 years and when she was made redundant last March, signed up for a Jobseeker’s Allowance.

A machinist after she left school, Julie bought a pattern from eBay and, as her creation was such a success, continued making memory bears from recycled fabrics including old airline uniforms.

She was offered New Enterprise Allowance, referred to a

TOYS VENTURE: Julie Britton. business mentor, and received £65 weekly for 13 weeks then £33 for 13 weeks.

Fashion icons Julien Macdonald and Paul Costelloe, both designers of British Airways uniforms, have praised Julie’s work.

“We don’t know what the future will bring but my little business is now established and will carry me forward,” she added.

their CVs and gain invaluable work experience and training. Such schemes have so far supported more than 40,000 people across the UK. NEW ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE This scheme provides money and support to help those receiving certain benefits to start their own enterprises.

For the self-employed, it helps to develop businesses.

‘IMMENSE’ SUPPORT “Immense” Kickstart support is the toast of a unique scheme, worth £200 million to the Scottish economy, at the former home of Johnnie Walker whisky in Kilmarnock.

An £65 million brownfield urban regeneration of 23 acres will create 1,300 jobs, and the UK Government’s support is central to Scotland’s first town centre net zero carbon energy scheme.

Marie Macklin CBE, founder and executive chair of enterprise managers HALO Urban Regeneration, welcomed £1.5 million training support for 16 to 24 year-olds on Universal Credit.

“The money the training is going to give us allows us to

HALO: Marie Macklin CBE. take on 200 young people – 200 because it was Johnny Walker’s 200th anniversary.

“The Kickstart Scheme is life-changing in the sense that these areas – not just in Kilmarnock – but some of the most deprived communities in the country are being helped.

“We’re really trying to put something back. The uptake has been immense.”

‘PROVIDING JOBS’ “Excellent” UK Government Kickstart support has proved just the tonic for an awardwinning Welsh distillery.

Ellen Wakelam runs “small but ambitious” west coast distillery Welsh Wind, whose spirits include eight prize gins.

“The Kickstart Scheme is an excellent initiative. We’re offering local jobs for young people,” confirmed the 37 yearold, whose five full-time staff are now developing grain-toglass whisky with local farmers’ barley. “We’ve been approved for four placements,” continued Ellen, who lives near Cardigan.

“We teamed up with a training company as our gateway provider to be approved and advertise the places. We think

WELSH WIND: Ellen Wakelam. we can offer young people really good insights into every aspect of the business such as the technical side of distilling as well as bottling, labelling, customer service, marketing and business insight.”

Added Ellen: “We’re really excited to be able to offer new roles that will give people experience and lots of transferable skills.”

Despite disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak, there are still jobs out there to apply for. The jobhelp site from Jobcentre Plus has the latest vacancies, hints and tips on applying for jobs and ideas about roles you may never have thought of. Visit gov.uk/jobhelp

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FAMILIES URGED TO BE AWARE OF RARE COVID-19 RELATED CONDITION IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE EVELINA LONDON has played an important role over the last year in caring for a small number of children and young people with a rare condition, thought to be triggered by COVID-19.

The new condition called paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome (called PIMS-TS for short) is very rare and we can detect it early and treat it successfully.

After Emily West’s 13-year-old son Lennie was successfully treated by Evelina London for PIMS-TS in May 2020, she knew what to look out for.

When her son Alfie, 11, developed a

high temperature and severe stomach pains in January, she took him to our emergency department as she was concerned he’d developed PIMS-TS. Emily said: “After running tests and monitoring Alfie, doctors began to treat him for PIMS-TS. After a few days he was well enough to go home, and the same evening he was back to playing on his computer and talking to his friends. What they do at Evelina London is amazing.”

Dr Jenny Handforth, consultant in paediatric infectious diseases at Evelina London said, “The very small number of children who get PIMS-TS

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usually require hospital treatment as it is a serious condition. We need families to know what to look out for and when to contact a health professional if they are worried about their child.”

Symptoms of PIMS-TS can include a prolonged fever (higher than 38°C), tummy ache, diarrhoea, vomiting, a red rash, red bloodshot eyes, or swollen fingers and toes.

If your child has any of these symptoms you should call your GP or call NHS 111 for advice. If your child develops chest pain please call 999 immediately.

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WE ARE working hard to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to our patients, local population, and staff. We are moving quickly to vaccinate those who most need it, and it will take some time to get through everybody so we will be in touch when it’s your turn.

If you live in London and are aged over 70 or are clinically extremely vulnerable, you can now book your COVID-19 vaccination appointment by visiting www.nhs.uk/CovidVaccine or by calling 119, free of charge.

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A physiotherapist PATIENTS SHOULD continue to attend their appointments at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and Evelina London unless you hear from us. If you or your child need urgent care our emergency department (A&E) at St Thomas’ Hospital is always open.

We are taking lots of extra measures to keep you safe at our hospitals and it is important that you seek medical help if you or your child needs it. If you have an emergency, call 999.

While many appointments are able to happen virtually, if you have been invited to come into any of our sites for

a face-to-face appointment or surgery, or if you require urgent care, it is important that you attend.

If you are coming to our hospitals or community sites for an appointment you will see we’ve introduced a number of measures to help people ‘stay safe and keep apart’. If you are a patient with a long term condition please do keep in touch with your clinical team.

Please visit www.guysandstthomas. nhs.uk for more information, including the steps we are taking to keep you safe, and the best way to contact us, which may include by email or telephone.

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BREATHE SING FOR LUNG HEALTH DURING COVID-19 BREATHE ARTS Health Research are to release a series of four short films about Breathe Sing for Lung Health, an arts and health intervention for patients with long-term lung and respiratory conditions.

Breathe Sing aims to improve lung

health and help manage symptoms of breathlessness through physical warm-ups, vocal exercises and group singing led by a vocal coach.

Adapted for use online at the start of COVID-19, the programme has flourished and become a place of social connection, helping combat

isolation.

The videos follow the stories of four participants, including Alan, pictured here. Breathe Sing for Lung Health is open to Guy’s and St Thomas’ lung and respiratory patients. Find out how to take part and watch the films at https://breatheahr.org/breathe-sing/.

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£90k for South London Cares buddying scheme

South London Cares has received a £90,000 windfall from the City Bridge Trust to expand its buddying scheme bringing younger people and OAPs together to tackle loneliness.

The grant will help fund the Love Your Neighbour Project, currently operating as a telephone support scheme during the pandemic - to help older, vulnerable people stay connected with their community and make new friends. It is hoped around 2,000 people will take part in the scheme as a result.

Tony Wheeler, 74, and Callum Struthers, 29, from Herne Hill, became friends through the Love Your Neighbour programme in November 2019.

Usually, they meet at the cafe at the end of Tony’s road, get a coffee, and stroll around Brockwell Park.

Throughout lockdown Callum has been creating quizzes for Tony to go through on the phone together – with topics ranging from the TV show The Knowledge to Crystal Palace.

Tony said: “I’ve got a lot to be thankful for after connecting with South London Cares – they’ve helped me out a lot.

“I was in a bit of dire straits when I first linked up with the charity, I’ve sorted myself out now and things are looking up.”

Callum said: “I really enjoy the connection it gives me to the local community. If I'm honest, I was surprised with how quickly the bond between myself and Tony grew.

“It’s amazing as something so simple as going for a walk each week, grabbing a coffee, can give you such an opportunity to really open up, get to know each other and build trust and friendship.

“It doesn’t really feel like volunteering, it’s more like checking

in with an old friend, catching up and looking out for each other.”

Alex Smith, founder and CEO of South London Cares, said: “When we first went into lockdown in March last year, a lot of our neighbours said for them the fear of being socially isolated was as great, if not greater, than the fear of actually catching the virus.

“The activities we are providing online, by phone and post-pandemic in person are all aimed at building a sense of community and tackling social isolation and loneliness – and the younger people get just as much benefit from it as their older neighbours.”

The City Bridge Trust funding is also being used for ‘virtual’ social clubs via Zoom and, once COVID restrictions ease, will fund regular themed social get-togethers such as film, pub and craft clubs.

The City of London Corporation’s charity funder, City Bridge Trust, is London’s biggest independent grant giver, making grants of over £25 million a year to tackle disadvantage across London. www.southlondoncares.org.uk/home

DCI who led high-profile murder cases is investigating officer of the year

DCI Simon Harding

Noel Brown and his daughter Marie

A Met detective who led the murder investigation into the brutal strangling of a Deptford man and his daughter has been given a special award.

Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding was the lead detective on the murder inquiry into Deptford sex offender Noel Brown and his daughter Marie in December 2017.

Mr Brown, a 69-year-old registered sex offender, had been throttled to death at his flat in Deptford’s New Butt Lane and his mutilated corpse was missing one of his legs and parts of both arms.

His daughter, Marie, a creche worker from Nunhead, was also strangled to

death as she went to check up on her father.

It is believed she disturbed suspected killer, Nathaniel Henry, a 37-year-old youth worker from Peckham, as he was dismembering her father’s body.

Henry never stood trial for the crime, as later died by overdose in a locked electricals cupboard near his home.

DCI Harding described it at the time as the among the most unusual cases he had ever come across in his career.

Now the veteran detective has been awarded Senior Investigating Officer of the year for his work on that and other high-profile cases.

“To be recognised for my work is great, but this can only be achieved

when you have a fantastic team behind you,” he said.

“I am so fortunate to have a hard working team of detectives and police staff who give everything to every investigation, all for the benefit of the families who have lost their loved ones.”

Among the other high-profile cases led by Harding include Operation Ridleypark, in which the bodies of Henriette Szucs and Mihrican Mustafa were found in a padlocked freezer in Canning Town.

Murderer Zahid Younis received a 38 year sentence for the sickening crime, even though no cause of death could be established.

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Walworth production company launches £5,000 fund for emerging filmmakers A Walworth-based production company has launched its first funding round for emerging filmmakers.

Up to £5,000 of funding is available through the new Grey Month’s Originals Fund to successful applicants.

They will also benefit from mentoring and practical support including equipment use.

Grey Moth, headquartered at Angel Lane, has worked on projects for the BBC, Chelsea Garden Show and the Royal Horticultural Society alongside luxury retail brands and artists’ films.

Applications opened on February 1, with any type of film eligible -

from documentaries, drama, fashion, animation to artistic work or series pilots.

Archie Sinclair, the company’s managing director, said: “We’re really excited to be launching our first open call for film funding.

“We have set up Originals to support our filmmaking community. We're committed to continually reinvesting into this new initiative.

“We want to grow our network of creatives and build a community around our studio.

“When we're able, we'll hold regular networking events, training workshops and screenings.

“We hope this programme of

free events open to all will help broaden and bolster the filmmaking community as a whole, and create routes into the industry for those whom too often face barriers to entry.

“We already have three projects in various stages of pre-production that we will hopefully be shooting later this year, and we can't wait to see what new ideas come to us through the Grey Moth Originals Funding pot.”

Applications close on March 15 with interviews held throughout May and June. Successful applicants will be informed by June 15th.

To apply, online via www.grey-moth. com/originals

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Politicians get the vaccine and urge more to do so Labour councillors Lorraine Lauder MBE and Charlie Smith became the first local politicians to receive their COVID-19 jabs last week.

Cllr Charlie Smith, who represents Goose Green ward, told the News: “Lorraine and I did not hesitate when it was our turn to get the jab.

“The whole process was extremely simple and safe. Therefore we are asking all over 70s not to wait to be called but either contact the NHS online booking system or call 119 free between 7am and 11pm.

“The more of us who take up the vaccination, the sooner we can get back to a normal life.”

£4m in benefits found by Macmillan cancer support Macmillan Cancer Support helped cancer patients in southeast London access nearly £4 million in specialist benefits in 2020.

The Macmillan Welfare Benefits Service, run in partnership with Citizens Advice Southwark, has a team of advisers who give financial and debt guidance to people living with cancer, including family and carers.

For many of those they help, a cancer diagnosis has left them struggling to work and pay bills.

Patients may also have no previous experience of navigating the benefits system, or be unaware of what they are entitled to claim.

Despite the twin challenges of COVID-19 and lockdown, the team has helped 971 people in south-east London unlock a total of £3.9 million of specialist benefits.

The team also helped 176 people apply for one-off grants from Macmillan, totalling £58,000, to pay for everyday essentials including heating, or hospital travel costs.

This year, Macmillan announced it been given nearly £86,000 of funding from the charity to ensure the vital service continues until at least December 2021.

Research from Macmillan illustrates

the precarious financial position a cancer diagnosis can bring, with one in two people living with cancer in London saying their finances are severely impacted by their illness.

Kymberly Goh (pictured), Macmillan’s welfare benefits team manager and and a senior adviser said: “Our service is really important for a patient’s cancer journey.

“Some people have never had to claim any benefits before they are diagnosed with cancer.

“It’s just such a minefield to navigate sometimes and having us there to support them gives them confidence.

“Others are vulnerable in other ways – maybe because of other health conditions or a language barrier.

“We’re there for all patients to check what they might be entitled to, help them with any forms and deal with any disputes that arise from the benefit claims.

“Patients should be able to focus on their health and not have to worry about whether they can afford to keep the heating on or how they might be able to fund their travel to the hospital for their next appointment.

“The pandemic has been pretty punishing for us all, but particularly for cancer patients.

“That’s why I’m so proud of

everything the team’s achieved in the last twelve months on behalf of people living with cancer, despite the many challenges that COVID has thrown at us.

“We have continued to be there for our clients throughout, as COVID-19 could be the least of your worries if you can’t afford to put food on the table or heat your home.”

One person who benefitted from the service this year, who preferred to remain anonymous, spoke of the invaluable help they had received: “I can't put into words how much it means to have someone helping with application forms and advising us regarding the financial help available to someone, who has been just diagnosed with terminal cancer.

“They really made us feel we were not alone.”

If you have been impacted by cancer, live in Southwark, Lewisham, Lambeth, Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley or Croydon and need financial advice, please contact your cancer nurse to be referred to the Macmillan Citizens Advice Service.

For further information you can contact the team by phone on 0207 732 5386 or email at Macmilan@ citizensadvicesouthwark.org.uk.

For support, or to donate, visit: www. macmillan.org.uk

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Approaching a year of COVID

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ext month marks a year since the start of the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, a year which has seen heart-breaking loss and financial hardship for many people, and huge changes to our day to day lives.

The government’s response to the many challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic has too frequently been last minute and inadequate and much of my time during the last year has been spent questioning and lobbying for important improvements.

The privatised Serco test and trace system is still not working as promised, despite costing more than £20 billion and despite being called for months ago, quarantining for travellers from abroad will only start next week.

The hard work of scientists around the world has however brought hope, with a series of vaccines now approved for use in the UK and more in development.

Staff across our National Health Service have been working tremendously hard to make sure that people who are at highest risk from the virus receive their jabs as soon as possible, with vaccinations being delivered at our major hospitals, at mass vaccination hubs, GP practices and some pharmacies.

Although the advice to date for high risk groups has been to wait to be contacted by the NHS for a vaccination appointment, anyone over the age of 70 who hasn’t yet been vaccinated can now book an appointment online via nhs.uk, by calling 119 or by contacting your local GP practice directly.

I have been really pleased to hear such positive reports from older residents, people who are extremely clinically vulnerable, NHS and care workers in my constituency who have received their jabs. The process has been quick and efficient and very impressive.

I was delighted when my Mum and

Dad received their jabs recently and will be signing up to receive the vaccine myself when my turn comes around.

If you have any concerns or questions about the vaccinations, please do talk to your local GP or practice nurse who will be happy to answer any questions and address any worries.

The vaccinations have been approved by the same independent organisation we rely on to confirm the safety of every other medicine we use, from paracetamol to cancer drugs, so we can have confidence that they are safe.

It is likely that COVID vaccinations will become an annual fixture, much like the annual flu jab, in order to keep pace with changes in the virus over time. For now, my heartfelt thanks go to everyone who has been involved in this tremendous effort, the scientists, nurses, doctors, pharmacists and volunteers who are working so hard to make sure that we all receive the protection that vaccination provides.

What are the facts on housing?

Kieron Williams

Southwark Council leader

T

he long winter nights are finally getting lighter.

And whilst a return to normality might seem a distant prospect, the rollout of the safe and effective vaccine programme is a beacon of hope for the future.

Southwark Council’s plan for recovery from the COVID pandemic is rooted in tackling inequalities and delivering fairness for all our residents – that includes building more homes that local people can afford.

In Southwark, I’m very proud to say we have the highest proportion of council homes of any borough in the country, by far the largest number in London. It is those publicly owned estates that make our borough an affordable place to live for tens of thousands of people, here in the heart of one of the world’s greatest cities. That is a legacy we continue to build on, with over 1,400 new council homes delivered or on site since 2010, all at council rents with lifetime tenancies.

I’m also glad to say that despite the immense challenges created by the pandemic we remain on track to exceed our goal of 2500 new council homes delivered or on site by 2022.

Yet what should really worry our community is the perpetual broadcast of ‘alternative facts’ on housing in Southwark, which are all too often grossly inaccurate.

This includes a recent accusation that Southwark is set to lose over 2,500 council homes, the truth is the number of council homes in Southwark is going up not down.

Our council house-building programme is the largest in the country, and includes the largest single new council homes site in the country too delivering 581 new council homes on the Aylesbury estate What holds us back is the government.

The Conservatives introduced their Right to Buy policy because they wanted to do away with publicly owned housing. In Southwark it has caused the loss of 1,300 council homes in the past eight years alone.

In an age of fake news it is all too easy to believe a throwaway stat in a Facebook post or a claim online so long as it’s been retweeted hundreds of times. Yet there is a real responsibility upon commentators and crucially our public figures to do their homework.

Despite the fact we are the 9th smallest borough in London, Southwark also has one of the best track records on housing in the UK and has consistently signed off more home completions than the majority of other councils. According to recent Government data, Southwark has delivered the 22nd highest number of homes of all kinds out of the 328 local authorities on the Government’s ‘Housing Delivery Test List’. Given that we rank as the 300th smallest district by area on this government

list, this is a truly remarkable feat.

Council housing forms part of the foundation of a civilised society. It supports the belief that people should have access to decent housing, and that the state should be there to provide a safety net to those most in need. Yet over the last decade of austerity, we have witnessed the government wreaking havoc on low and middle-income families. It’s 2021 and thousands of families across the UK still cannot afford to rent, heat their homes or even dream of buying a place of their own.

Too many people are living in overcrowded, cramped conditions and too many people are ending up sleeping rough on the streets.

The difference in Southwark is that in spite of losing 63 pence in every pound of government funding since 2010, we are tackling the housing crisis on the ground – ending rough sleeping in the borough, retrofitting existing council homes to make them more energy efficient and securing the delivery of tens of thousands of new homes of all tenures. We are doing our part to fix the broken housing market. We now need a government that will match our efforts. This is a unique opportunity for the Prime Minister to focus our national post-COVID recovery around major investment in infrastructure and public services to drive growth, protect jobs and crucially empower local authorities to invest in more social housing.

Outrage in Walworth over ‘three and four figure fines’ racked up after LEN installed It is illegal if Southwark have not put up clear signs. Contest the fines and get them on the legality of the signage . They can’t have it both ways . Living in London now is becoming near on impossible.

Diana, via SN website

Surgeries say hard road closures are ‘hampering vaccine roll out’ as new coalition calls for camera controlled permit scheme Our surgery should be in your area so most of us should be able to walk there.

As a Southwark resident I absolutely love these road closures and welcome more of them.

Make the roads cleaner and greener for everyone. Stupid to even claim that the road closures are slowing down vaccine rollout.

Luke McClure, via SN website

Schools return: Calls for teachers to be vaccinated before half-term As a school worker I totally agree NHS should be first priority and supermarket staff next in line. I still feel there’s many vulnerable people who need it before us.

Katie Louise, via Facebook

Hard cheese decisions to be made at Borough Market after UK’s departure from the EU. There are some great cheeses produced by small concerns in this country.

They are not only comparable to foreign imports, in many cases they are superior. Supermarkets are now showing great interest in them.

Patricia Hague, via Facebook

£2m regeneration of Bermondsey’s Blue Market Square begins 30,000 people in Southwark and Lambeth still living in homes with unsafe cladding Any other time it would be a compulsory order. Get it removed by order now. If it is wrong and dangerous you will need another enquiry to sort out what is plainly obvious. it is not going to go away. If it was parliament or Buckingham Palace it would have been done immediately. If all lives matter then it has to happen and remove all traces of the cladding.

Colin Banks, via Facebook

Letter to the editor Dear Editor,

To mark National Heart Month this February, I’ve teamed up with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to call on the nation to do at least one thing to improve their heart health, while raising much-needed funds for the charity’s life saving work.

According to a new UK survey by the BHF, many UK adults are more concerned about their physical (63%) and mental health (56%) because of the pandemic and around half (48%) say they feel unhealthier as a result. Nearly half (46%) also say they’ve put on weight.

The good news is that more than half (54%) of those surveyed are now determined to get more physically active.

National Heart Month is the perfect opportunity to put that intent into action and look after our hearts, particularly at a time when we’re looking for ways to boost our health while following Government guidelines. Taking on an activity such as BHF’s MyCycle or My Step Challenge can help us move more – whether inside our outdoors – and support the charity’s vital work.

Since the start of the pandemic, the BHF has sadly had to cut investment in new research by £50 million, which will delay important scientific breakthroughs.

Having been diagnosed with a congenital heart condition as a child, I know all too well the importance of the work they do, which is why I’m encouraging the public to back the BHF and raise funds to help save and improve lives.

Roger Black MBE British Heart Foundation Ambassador

Southwark News, Thursday February 11 2021

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Central government needs to step in

T

he pandemic has thrown into sharp relief how money worries, housing problems, and chronic health conditions whether mental or physical leave people in a highly vulnerable state to illnesses like COVID-19.

and increasingly having to roll out entirely new frontline services for the extremely vulnerable and self isolating.

They are doing this at a time when their spending power is severely curtailed and the proportion of Westminster funding has drastically dropped.

As we report this week, Southwark Council, despite fighting fires on all fronts, now only gets around nineteen per cent of its income from Westminster with the rest from local income generation.

Amid this backdrop, it has to make millions of cuts and efficiency savings, and draw on its reserve, to balance the books next financial year.

Trying not to lose sight of the key issues locally, it has still allocated £100,000 for its Southwark Stands Together project. This work is focused on tackling inequalities, for example through anti-racism, improving employment opportunities, and community cohesion. All vital to help the local recovery from COVID and change deep-seated inequalities.

But how successful can it be when so many key services and programmes that help achieve these aims are struggling for cash?

Whether it is planned permanent closure of the Fred Francis Day Centre, or losing funding for arts and culture, lack of funding has a knockon impact on inequality and disadvantage.

COVID-19 is a global and national emergency.

Central government needs to step up and ensure local authorities are not left picking up the cost - otherwise it will be local people who pay the price.

When the new virus came along, like many infectious illnesses, it soon became clear that although anyone can catch it it is also a disease of poverty and disadvantage.

Overcrowded, damp or unsanitary housing plays a part. As do long-term health conditions including those exacerbated by air pollution.

People working in low paid, frontline jobs that can’t be done from home are also disproportionately affected.

And people who already live a hand to mouth existence are the first to suffer during a financial downturn.

Doctors and researchers are still learning about the complex factors that affect a patient’s ability to ward off the virus, and the role of ethnicity.

While research continues, the council is channeling much of its funding into housing and investing in support for people living in unsuitable homes and temporary accommodation.

But the ongoing problems it faces balancing its budget - a particularly difficult task given the speed with which it has stepped in to provide lifeline services since last March - show how little cash from central government has come their way.

Instead, local authorities are plugging gaps

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Be Shaken And Stirred By Shook Photo by The Other Richard

Shook Andrea Hall (Grace), Ivan Oyik (Riyad)

Shook, by Samuel Bailey, sold out the Southwark Playhouse to earn a well-deserved transfer to the West End. Then came lockdown. But this high-octane production about life in prison can now be seen online, writes Michael Holland.

The lairy Scouser is a staple of British life - on screen and in reality - Always there to crack jokes and boast about anything and everything in that unique accent. But in most cases, all that braggadocio is merely to hide what they’re really about, and when you meet one in jail, what they’re about is to cover up their fears and weaknesses with bravado and bluster by building a fake façade.

Cain (Joshua Finan) is that Scouser in Shook. Within minutes of meeting the quiet, nervous Jonjo (Josef Davies) he tells him: ‘I’ve been in jail loadsa times; they should name a wing after me!’ But Cain portrays just one aspect of how prisoners get through their jail-time.

Riyad (Ivan Oyik) has a different coping strategy. He plays the hard man who tries to intimidate others. When he turns up for the parenting class for young offenders about to become fathers, the dynamics quickly

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change and Cain finds himself at the bottom of the pecking order as Riyad and Jonjo discover common ground.

Jonjo doesn’t have the confidence to create his own fake wall, he just avoids eye contact and conversation as much as he can. His crime, however - when others discover what it is - gets him a little touch of respect and space.

Set in a classroom over several weeks their back-stories are slowly revealed. Grace (Andrea Hall), their tutor, is the catalyst for the young men to think about the females in their lives, and we hear that those relationships are far from good. If you only have phone calls to communicate or letters that take days to arrive, then those failing relationships will wither and die, and add to the stress levels that lead to depression and worse.

Shook has been inspired by stories the author heard growing up on a council estate and that in itself gives the play the authenticity a subject like this needs to have, otherwise you have a second-rate Porridge without the laughs. Shook is real. Bailey gets beneath the macho swaggering to tease out the broken men cowering below a fragile veneer. He shows that friendships, no matter

how tentative, can be formed between the most disparate of people.

These characters are real. Their problems are real. Their need to survive in jail is real.

And sometimes, when inmates are dealing with prison life as the world outside moves relentlessly on without them, all they need is a hug. And that hug is a rare commodity on the wings and landings of Britain’s prisons.

Shook is a tightly written piece that does not have the melodramatic denouement that we have come to expect from prison tales but gives us a gentle finale that underlines the fact that Shook is not another soon-forgotten Netflix thriller, but something very true to life. Shook reveals a reality, perhaps, that should be looked at more closely.

Excellent performances from all, but it was Josh Finan who stood out for me. His bouncy Cain, always having something to say or an anecdote to add, meant he always grabbed the attention.

Tickets are £10, and give audiences access to stream the show for 48 hours after purchase via www.papatango.co.uk/shook – captions available.

From Friday 5 February until Sunday 28 February 2021.

Oh My Good Grief New Music For Rare Combination of Musicians Sian Clifford (best known and BAFTA-winning, Emmy and Critics Choice Award-nominated as Claire, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s uptight sister Claire in the global phenomenon ‘Fleabag’), and Nikesh Patel (‘Foaly’ in ’Artemis Fowl’, directed by Kenneth Branagh) are to star in the global online premiere of ‘Good Grief’ by Lorien Haynes.

In April 2020 I spoke to Lucy Melvin, 2nd violinist with the Callia Quartet, when she was entertaining her neighbours with open-air Lockdown Concerts from her Sydenham street. This month, she is working on a concert with the Callia Quartet, oboist James Turnbull and composer Thomas Hewitt Jones, writes Michael Holland.

The concert will be performed and recorded at All Saints, West Dulwich and streamed on 4th March 8.00pm, and will be available to view online for one week. The Callia Quartet give an annual concert at All Saints, normally to a packed church. This year, alas, there will be no physical audience, but they are embracing the world of streamed concerts, and this will be the first of two performances they will be streaming this spring.

When their 2021 concert at All Saints was planned, London had entered Tier 2, and a restricted audience was still allowed to attend concerts at that point. By the end of last year, London had bounced up and down through the tiers several times.

The third national Lockdown, however, meant that it was clear that it would not be possible to welcome an audience to this concert, but in this large church, they would still be able to play and record safely.

‘I thought planning concerts out of doors during the first 2020 Lockdown was a fun distraction, but there was also great unpredictability in performing outside,’ remembers Lucy. ‘I now realise that that unpredictability was nothing compared to planning a Callia Quartet concert during the current Lockdown, but perhaps that experience last year

prepared me well for this one’.

All Saints is a well-ventilated church, with plenty of space for the performers to distance from each other. ‘The naturally rich acoustic of the church will be a pleasure to perform in once again, as the last time I gave a concert it was for the final street concert in June, ‘ Lucy says, adding. ‘We are so thrilled to be able to perform this programme’.

The violinist goes on to say that, ‘Hewitt Jones’ piece, Introduction and Allegro, is very symbolic of the time which we are currently in, with a brooding and intense introduction, emerging into a joyful allegro; it is scored for full string quartet and oboe… There is very little music written for this combination, so will provide a lasting legacy for mixed chamber music. Hewitt Jones’ new

work and Haydn’s op 103, his final string quartet, are contrasted in the programme with two very youthful works by Mozart and Sibelius: Mozart’s Oboe Quartet and Sibelius’ String Quartet No. 1.’

This concert will be available to view online from 8.00pm on Thursday 4th March for 1 week. Tickets: £15.00 + £1.26 booking fee. Bookings can be made at www.ticketsource.co.uk/calliaquartet/.

Their second concert this season will be at 6.30pm on Sunday 18th April, at Conway Hall, and will be streamed on Conway Hall’s YouTube channel.

Details of this concert can be found at: https://conwayhall.org.uk/event/ online-sunday-concerts-callia-quartet/ Check out the quartet here: www. calliaquartet.co.uk

‘Good Grief’, directed by Natalie Abrahami, is a romantic comedy about grief. Sharp, funny, brutal, irreverent and quintessentially British.

At a time when the theatre world is faltering, with theatres closed and jobs cut, this online filmed production sees the convergence of a new theatre and screen team to create a theatrical format that will stream online and be downloadable worldwide, giving employment to the industry. ‘Good Grief’ was rehearsed on Zoom, then filmed in a studio adhering to all Covid protocols.

Sian said: “It’s neither film nor theatre, it’s a hybrid that’s why it’s so thrilling to be part of it, something that is so innovative and has been born entirely of this chaos. It’s really thrilling, a bit of a brain maze, structured around the stages of grief. I always said it would take a lot to get me back on stage, but the play blew me away, I absolutely tore through it, it made me weep. And I loved the idea of doing something radical and helping save our industry and to keep people engaged with the arts.”

Tickets launched on December 15 via Original Theatre and ATG tickets, with the production available to view from February 15, 2021 until April 15, 2021.

Also part of this predominantly female strong team is Isobel Waller-Bridge, repartnering with Sian Clifford having worked with Sian on ‘Fleabag’, who is developing the sound design and score. Alongside her is Fin Oates as Editor, (‘I Hate Suzie...’), awardwinning Emma Dalesman as Director of Photography, Natalie Pryce as Production Designer (winner, Production Designer, Black Theatre Awards 2020).

Gala Gordon and Isabella Macpherson, of Platform Presents co-produced this

production with Amy Gardner of Finite Films.

It will be the first in a season of productions streamed online which can be viewed across the world, from the best seat in the house your own.

Writer Lorien Haynes said: “When I wrote ‘Good Grief’ - as a heartfelt one-act comedy no one said it was long enough to produce on stage. For it to have a life now - virtually - at a time where we miss and need theatre - is a truly wonderful thing. Theatre has to survive and our art adapt, to make storytelling vital in the midst of this pandemic. I am so grateful for this short, sharp play to get out there - and shout ‘GO THEATRE. We’ll be back’. I hope this new stage, the 45-minute virtual playing space, raises the curtain for fresh work, new playwrights and new form of theatre to guide us through these trying times. It should be there to remind people that we will always find a way to tell our stories. Whatever we are up against.”

Good Grief can be viewed from February 15 - April 15. Tickets: £15. Concession: £10 (under 25s, students , those on universal credit and keyworkers - public sector employees who provide a vital frontline service in areas of health, education and community safety). Supporter Package: £150 (with signed script and programme) Digital programmes will be available for £2.50 from Original Theatre from February 15th A 20% donation on top of the ticket price will be matched by the producers and donated to the NHS and Macmillan Cancer Care, Booking link: https://originaltheatreonline. com/productions/13/good-grief

Southwark News, Thursday February 11 2021

Dr Mary Mills

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George Livesey - Strike breaker or visionary?

HISTORY 17

History George Livesey’s funeral in 1908

The old Livesey Museum in the former Old Kent Road Library will be known to many readers that grew up in the area, but what do we know of its founder George Livesey?

Here industrial historian Dr Mary Mills tells us the extraordinary story of the man and it’s all to do with gas...

In the 1880s when East Greenwich gas works was built London gas was almost entirely produced by private companies operating under their own Acts of Parliament and East Greenwich was built in the late 1880s by the South Metropolitan Gas Company.

They had originated in the late 1820s as a small works in the Old Kent Road and like most other early gas companies management was incompetent and corrupt. By the mid-1830s the works was ruinous and the Board appointed a young man, Thomas Livesey, as manager. Working with a new Board Thomas got management to a high standard but more importantly set the Company up for a prosperous future by concentrating on supplying gas to the new housing estates springing up all over south London. He died in 1871 and the role of manager was passed to his son, George.

George Livesey was 37 when he took over at Old Kent Road. He had been brought up on site at the gas works where the family lived, I don’t think he ever went to school and was on the gas works staff by his early teens. He was religious and a leading London temperance activist; very clever, charismatic and – well - unorthodox.

Cleary several of the South Met Board were terrified of him but he ensured his future employment as manager by the simple expedient of selling shares to members of the Old Kent Road workforce on the condition they turned up to company meetings. He was backed by South Met’s largest shareholder. Richard Foster, a banker with an interest in religious reform, church building and revolutionising workplace relationships.

Trying to summarise everything George did to change the 19th century gas industry would be a very, very long article. I will just stick to the highlights. One of his earliest ideas was reform of gas company finances whereby, on his advice, the Board of Trade made it mandatory for gas company profit distribution to be fixed to a sliding scale whereby

gas prices had to go down before profits could go up. That more or less ensured that George was hated by every other gas company board in the country. This was not helped when he turned up to other gas company shareholders’ meetings to deliver long speeches outlining their management failings. He continued with his ideas for reform – nothing went untouched. Technologies were revolutionised, gas holders got bigger and bigger, and the approach to domestic customers was changed.

In the mid 19th century Government was keen to move the many small stinky gas works out of the built up area and to consolidate these small companies into large ones which would build huge efficient out of town gas works. South Met was one of the smallest of the London gas companies and it was assumed that they would soon be swallowed up by one of the big companies. Really? In a remarkably short time South Met had taken over most companies in South London (some, like South Suburban and Croydon, remained independent but firmly in George’s control). He was then poised to take over the giant north London companies but at that point even the Board of Trade was alarmed and intervened to prevent it.

East Greenwich was of course South Met’s big efficient works on a greenfield site. Built to show the world what a gas works could be and to have bigger gasholders than hated Beckton Works – down river and on the north bank. More on that in a future article.

In the late 1880s George took on workplace reform with big ideas and

a hatred of trade unions. The result was the ‘1889 gas workers strike’.

I’m happy to write a lot sometime about the complications of what was technically not a strike. However, it ensured that George is best known as a strike breaker and he has become a major villain of Labour history. In the past I have seen Agitprop plays where he is depicted as a classic top hatted capitalist boss. To be honest I think he was a lot more complicated than that and that he never forgot his South London childhood.

Workers at South Met dared not join a union but there was a work place profit sharing scheme – again tied to efficiency – and with home ownership incentives included.

There was a structure of workplace consultation and – most remarkably – by 1900 a third of South Met’s Board was directly elected by members of the workforce who were called the ‘co-partners’.

The company offered a whole life’s support for workers. Maternity and medical schemes were supplemented by top class sports and recreation facilities, holiday homes, pensions and a burial fund. Even in the 1970s at the last gasp of nationalised gas manufacture, locally, workers in the old ex-South Met works felt themselves rather superior to those who worked for lesser companies and lesser gas works.

In due course George was knighted – but for his work as a leading temperance reformer rather than his gas works revolution (you see, there was the, um ...reputation for strike breaking). He died in 1908 – and the whole South Met workforce

walked behind his coffin to Nunhead Cemetery where his grave is almost the first thing you see from the entrance.

One of his legacies was to fund a Professorship at Leeds University, while other money went to the ‘copartners’. His statue stood in the Old Kent Road gas works but a few years ago it was craned across the road to the library which he donated to the local council – as long as it had lots of gas books in it. Of interest is that when Southwark Council tried to sell the library building off a few years ago they discovered that George had had the foresight, a hundred years earlier, to make it very very very difficult for them to do that. Today it still carries his name.

And then there is the ghost in the Dome . In the later 1990s, as the Dome was planned, a party of journalists were taken round the site. One of them asked if there were any ghosts and Kaye Murch, who was showing them round, said ‘oh yes, Mary Mills knows all about that’ . So – the next morning I opened the Guardian to find this quoted . Thanks Kaye!

In the next couple of days I was doing TV shows from the old Livesey Library with George’s portrait on show and questions as to which bit of the site he was haunting. It was lot of fun actually and once the Dome was built I had several happy mornings with the Dome press officer (an old friend) talking to Psychic News and the like. This included a river trip with the John Dunn show, and much else. We decided that as George had enjoyed seaside holidays at

He died in 1908 - and the whole South Met workforce walked behind his coffin to Nunhead cemetery, where his grave is almost the first thing you see from the entrance Eastbourne, he most likely haunted the seaside zone in the Dome.

I have a bit of a feeling though that George wouldn’t have been impressed. I don’t think he would have wanted anything to do with ghosts and that haunting wasn’t really his thing. However I have been trying to say for a long time and, really do think, that he was a very remarkable south Londoner - even though we have to take a deep, deep breath to forgive the strike breaking! When I started to research the gas industry I used to go to the SEGAS office in Croydon to see the company minute books.

They were full of boring details on coal supplies and the like but when George was present it all somehow changed. Even in those dull old minutes what came through was how he made it exciting.

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Memorial Caroline Rosemaria Nicol 19-01-64 - 10-02-20.

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Beautiful mum, nanna, sister and aunt we love and miss you. When you went it left a gap in our lives that will always be there until we meet again.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (GLENGALL ROAD, TRAFALGAR AVENUE, RUSHWORTH STREET) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Glengall Road, between Old Kent Road and Bianca Road. (b) Trafalgar Avenue, between St Georges Way and Waite Street (c) Rushworth Street, between Pocock Street and Kings Bench Street

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Old Kent Road, Peckham Park Road, Commercial Way, Peckham Hill Street, Bird in Bush Road. Old Kent Road, Trafalgar Avenue.

(2b) Commercial Way, Peckham Park Road, Old Kent Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Humphrey Street, Old Kent Road, Trafalgar Avenue. Old Kent Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Humphrey Street, Old Kent Road, Peckham Park Road, Commercial Way. (2c) Pocock Street, Blackfriars Road, Webber Street.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 26th – 27th February. (2b) 1st – 3rd March. (2c) 27th February, with back up dates of the 6th and 13th March

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5664/89400031 (2b) 5604/75287691 (2c) 5574/LBSCR11610 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (VICARAGE GROVE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Vicarage Grove, at it’s junction with Camberwell Church Street.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Benhill Road, Vicarage Grove.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation on the 4th and 16th March and the 19th – 23rd April

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5570/5594/LBSCR11597

The cut off time to place a notice i s 4 p m e v e r y Tu e s d a y.

Please email em@ southwarknews.co.uk, or call 07798833758

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (CHELTENHAM ROAD, ROLLS ROAD, MAWBEY PLACE)

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ASHBOURNE GROVE)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

1.

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

1.

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

2.

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

2.

(a) Cheltenham Road, between Hichisson Road and Ivydale Road. (b) Rolls Road, between Coopers Road and Oxley Close (c) Mawbey Place, between Coopers Road and Mawbey Road

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall enter or cause a vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Ashbourne Grove at the junction of Lordship Lane.

3.

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

4.

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

5.

The diversion route will be a) Melbourne Grove, Chesterfield Grove, Lordship Lane or b) Lordship Lane, Chesterfield Grove, Melbourne Grove.

6.

The works will be in place on the 9th February 2021 from 08:00 until 14:00 and on the 16th February 2021 from 08:00 until 12:00. This is to facilitate the removal of plant from the Co-Op on the 9th February and the installation of plant on the 16th February.

7.

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

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic for (2a) Stuart Road, Rye Road, Surrey Road, Inverton Road, Merttins Road, Athenlay Road. (2b) St James Road, Old Kent Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way. St James Road, Southwark Park Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way (2c) not appicable

4.

The existing one way working in Mawbey Place, and Harmony Place, which lies between Fortune Place will be made two way for access and egress purposes.

5.

The existing one way working in Fortune Place, that lies between Mawbey Place, and Harmony Place, will be made two way for access and egress purposes.

6.

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

7.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 19th – 20th February. (2b) 22nd – 23rd February. (2c) 24th – 25th February.

8.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5652/02311376 – newdates (2b) 5654/9898166 (2c) 5655/81333813 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BERMONDSEY STREET, BROWNING STREET, PARK STREET)

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Road Network & Parking Southwark Council Environment and Social Regeneration Network Management PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 5572

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (TIVERTON STREET) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Tiverton Street, soutside No’s 1 – 42 Telford House.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic will be Rockingham Street, Meadow Row, New Kent Road, Great Dover Street, Borough High Street, Newington Causeway, Avonmouth Street.

Avonmouth Street, Newington Causeway, Borough Road, London Road, New Kent Road, Meadow Row, Rockingham Street as indicated by the signs displayed.

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

by Agility, J Browne and NTS Traffic, it made, an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named road.

2.

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

4.

(a) Bermondsey Street, at it’s junction with Long Lane (slip road) (b) Browning Street, between Cotham Street and Brandon Street (c) Park Street, between Redcross Way and Maiden Lane

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation on between the 1st – 10th March.

7.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

3.

4.

The alternative route for affected traffic for (2a) as indicated by the signs displayed. (2b) Brandon Street, Townley Street, Morecambe Street, Cotham Street, Charleston Street. (2c) Redcross Way, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Great Guildford Street, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Sumner Street, Emerson Street, Park Street. Park Street, Emerson Street, Sumner Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark Street The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.

5.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 20th February. (2b) 22nd – 24th February (2c) 22nd – 24th February with back up dates of the 8th – 10th March.

6.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a)5656/MV7038081 (2b) 5637/003345MPMG-03 (2c) 5657/LBSCR11424-3

To place a notice, please email em@southwarknews.co.uk or call 07798 833758.

Deadline is 4pm every Tuesday.

Dated this 11th February 2021 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 5653/S50TIVERTONST

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (AS AMENDED) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDING AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ 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: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; 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); MAJ - major planning application; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of a listed building; 67A LORDSHIP LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8EP (Ref: 21/AP/0133) Construction of a mansard roof extension and subdivision of existing upper floor flat to create 1no. studio flat and 2 bed flat Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 020 7525 4929) 267 CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0TF (Ref: 21/AP/0160) Construction of a rear single storey extension and associated alterations (Within: Camberwell New Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948) TRANSMITTER MAST 31867 DULWICH SPORT GROUND 102-106 TURNEY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7JH (Ref: 21/AP/0198) Prior approval notification for the proposed replacement of 3 no antennas (top height of antennas 17.4m), replacement of 1 no cabinet and installation of 3 no cabinets within existing compound together with ancillary development thereto. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ewan Lawless 020 7525 1264) 30 GRACES MEWS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8JF (Ref: 21/AP/0184) Replacement of cantilever sliding gate with a new cantilever gate. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam ) 147 FARMERS ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 21/AP/0240) Construction of additional storey extension above the dwelling with flat roof Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) 76 LYNDHURST GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5AH (Ref: 21/AP/0288) Installation of new conservation style Velux rooflight to rear roof slope and the replacement of the existing sash windows to the front and rear elevations with slim line double glazed wooden sash windows. (Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Louise Dinsdale )

1 BANK END (SITE INCLUDING RAILWAY ARCHES AND THAMES HOUSE BOUNDED

BY STONEY STREET CLINK STREET AND PARK STREET) SE1. (Ref: 21/AP/0299) Site wide wayfinding strategy across Borough Yards. (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Jessica Potter 020 7525 0036) GROUND FLOOR 13 PARK STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9AB (Ref: 21/AP/0293) Listed Building Consent: Repaint shopfront with Dulux Heritage Drab Exterior Satin, New Internal shop fixtures and fittings, Reconfiguration of back of house area (kitchenette, toilet, changing rooms), Refurbish access hatch to basement storage areas (Upgrade of HVAC system - To be confirmed) These are minor works eg cosmetic redecoration, no new floor, no new ceiling (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Richard Craig 020 7525 0436) 12 GREAT SPILMANS LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8SZ (Ref: 21/AP/0343) Construction of a rear extension with a concrete parapet and the installation of skylights to existing roof, windows and the replacement of garage door. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 39 CHADWICK ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 4RA (Ref: 21/AP/0335) Construction of a single storey rear extension (Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458) 190 AND 190A RYE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 4NF (Ref: 21/AP/0340) Removal of Condition 3 (Opening hours) and variation of Condition 4 (Noise impact) of planning permission 20/AP/1055 (Change of use of the basement and part ground floor level from a restaurant (Class A3) to a gymnasium (Class D2)) to enable 24 hour opening, 7 days per week (Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Daniel Cooklin-Smith 020 7525 5471) 6 STONEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK

SE1 9AA (Ref: 21/AP/0341) Re-use of existing platform for extension to mezzanine bar and internal alterations to a listed building to include changes to existing bar and new wall cladding. (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) 6 STONEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9AA (Ref: 21/AP/0342) Listed building consent for re-use of existing platform for extension to mezzanine bar and internal alterations to a listed building to include changes to existing bar and new wall cladding.

(Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) FLAT 6 33 GROVE PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8LG (Ref: 21/AP/0135) Alterations to provide new window, roof lights, solar panels and green roof. (Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Danielle Campbell 020 7525 2427) 49-60 IFT HOUSE BOROUGH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1DR (Ref: 21/AP/0338) Listed Building Consent: Internal refurbishment of basement floor. New louvres proposed to rear yard elevation at basement level to provide mechanical ventilation of bays D and E. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Richard Craig 020 7525 0436)

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The supply of alcohol:

Monday to Sunday

09:00

18:30

Opening hours:

Monday to Sunday

09:00

19:00

Dated: 09 Feb 2021 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

SIMON BEVAN - Director of Planning

15 GLADSTONE STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6EY (Ref: 21/AP/0372)

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives.

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

Date of application: 5th February 2021

5B CONSORT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 2PH (Ref: 20/AP/2807) Replacement of front door and internal works: Lounge- Removal of an internal semiloadbearing wall between the lounge and the kitchen and construction of two new walls.

Bathroom - Removal of non-loadbearing wall WC - Installation of WC in utility room on landing Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948)

15 GLADSTONE STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6EY (Ref: 21/AP/0371) Demolition and construction of lower ground, first and second floor extensions. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948)

Please take notice that I / we Daniel Hughes Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Blue Brick Café, 14 Fellbrigg Road, London, SE22 9HH The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Start time

267 CAMBERWELL NEW ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0TF (Ref: 21/AP/0450) Construction of a rear single storey extension (Within: Camberwell New Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948)

TOWER BRIDGE TOWER BRIDGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 21/AP/0322) Proposed works to upgrade high voltage and low voltage electrical infrastructure including works to an existing sub-station and cabling (Within: Tower Bridge CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Ian Ogden 020 7525 5599)

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

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Refurbishment and extension of the property. To include rear extensions at lower ground, first and second floor, as well as internal alterations at each level. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948)

To p lace a n oti ce, email em@so ut hwark news .co. uk or cal l 0 77 98 83 375 8.

Deadl in e is 4pm ev ery Tu esd ay.

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Dulwich refuse to buckle

Duncan Palmer

Dulwich Hamlet’s Champion Hill

Hamlet chairman hits out at League as club don’t have funds to finish season exclusive

By Simeon Wright sport@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET chairman Ben Clasper is continuing his fight this week to “protect the long-term future of the football club,” amid threats of penalties from the National League.

The East Dulwich club issued a statement last Friday (February 5) in which they said that the team will not be fulfilling its fixtures until there is definite funding in place, as the National League South emerged from a two-week suspension last Saturday.

Clasper told the News why his club had to speak out.

He said: “Ultimately, the league was suspended for two weeks to achieve one thing – to go back to the government and get the clubs funding to keep them going, as the league agreed there was no viable option for us to carry on.

“The competition set the parameters when we started the season, that we would either have crowds or grant funding.

“They’ve failed.

“But they never contacted us to say ‘we failed, sorry’. Instead, they sent out a vote form and then expected everyone to start playing again. But if we couldn’t play two weeks ago, how could we possibly play now?

“They keep quoting rule 8.39 which threatens expulsion if you don’t fulfil a fixture. We have to defend our position – we’re not refusing to play, you [the National League] called the suspension and haven’t fixed the problem, so the

suspension should continue.”

The Hamlet have so far played just thirteen out of the 40 matches which would represent completion of their National League South season, and with the cost of fulfilling fixtures outweighing revenue due to the indefinite absence of gate receipts, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to see how this campaign could ever get finished.

A vote has been put to all 66 National League clubs of its three divisions on whether to cancel the season, but Clasper is incensed that fixtures would be expected to continue in the meantime.

He continued: “When the general manager of the league was asked why the suspension was not being carried on while they wait for this vote, his answer was if people drag the vote out for four weeks then the season won’t be able to be completed.

“But in the National League North, Darlington have played two games fewer than us [eleven], and as of this week they have to play twice a week every week to finish the season. One more interruption and they’re into three games a week territory.

“Surely then you have to start thinking, ‘look, we’re not going to finish it’.

“Almost every other club supports the stance, but a tiny minority will quite happily beat everyone up and bankrupt people by forcing them all to play.

“In the middle you’ve got clubs that have the means to continue but don’t want to see damage to others, and Dulwich Hamlet are in the boat of we

want to carry on but we can’t. If we do, we’ll get into debt, and the league’s rules state that if you have insufficient funds to finish a season, they can expel you. We’re already in that position.

“There’s no way we can comply with the league’s Catch-22, so the only rule we’re going to abide by is to protect the long-term future of the football club.”

Ahead of Dulwich’s postponed away trip to St Albans on Tuesday, Clasper reacted with frustration to a tweet by the Hertfordshire club the day before which read: “We are ready and hoping to welcome Dulwich Hamlet to Clarence Park tomorrow evening.”

Clasper criticised the club’s Twitter account on the platform itself, and told the News afterwards: “There’s two reasons why some clubs can afford to

play: Some have independent means and are run by wealthy individuals, and another is that they got more money than they were expecting in the ridiculous October to December [bailout fund] distribution scandal.

“One of the punishments for not fulfilling a fixture is that points are awarded to the other team, so what you’re starting to see now is clubs saying they were ready to play and it’s the other club’s fault. ‘They forfeited the fixture, so can we have our three points?’

“St Albans don’t get great crowds, so they got a tonne more money than they were expecting.”

At the forefront of Clasper’s concern is of course also the many people employed by Dulwich Hamlet, and the

physical toll Covid-19 infections have taken on manager Gavin Rose’s playing squad.

Clasper added: “We had a Covid issue happen at a game that would’ve been caused by somebody asymptomatic.

No one did anything wrong, but it hit a few of our players, and some of them have been really unwell.

“But when you go to the league and say ‘we’ve got a problem,’ you get told where to stick it.

“We’ve put it to them in writing that we’re not going to put our players or physios in a position where we compel them to play, but it falls on completely deaf ears. It’s this idiotic determination to continue. They’ll get you onto a pitch whenever and how often they can.”

Camberwell’s Obano, 26, came on in the 72nd minute as a replacement for prop Ellis Genge in the shock defeat for Eddie Jones’ side.

He was the second former Dulwich player on the pitch, after Oliver Kebble had replaced Rory Sutherland in the 64th minute.

Obano joined Dulwich in 2011 and studied Biology, Politics, Religious Studies and PE at A-Level before leaving to pursue a professional rugby

career with Wasps.

While at Dulwich he helped the college win two Natwest Cup Finals.

Obano visited Dulwich recently to help their seniors with some set-piece work and was generous in giving his time to answer questions about life as a professional rugby player.

Kebble, who is from Durban in South Africa, also studied his A-Levels at the southeast London college.

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By Sports Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk IT WAS an historic day for Dulwich College last weekend as two of their former pupils played in the Six Nations – on opposing teams.

Beno Obano won his first cap for England in their 11-6 defeat at home to Scotland in their Calcutta Cup Six Nations clash last Saturday.

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Defender scores sublime goal as Lions end run 1

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2 Palmer Shaw, 59’

By Lucas Ball at The Den sport@southwarknews.co.uk OCTOBER 20, 2020. The last time Millwall had won at home before Saturday’s 4-1 thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday.

The USA has since elected a new president, the UK has finally left the EU and three vaccines for Covid-19 have been approved in Britain.

It’s been a long wait for the Lions since that impressive 2-0 win over Luton - and they hadn’t been as dominant in a game in SE16 since then as they were in the second half against the Owls.

Gary Rowett’s side had 21 shots – nine on target – compared to the visitors’ four, just two of them to trouble Bart Bialkowski including their goal. Millwall should have scored more and if they had got another it would have been five in a league game for the first time since March 2010, when Kenny Jackett’s side defeated Stockport County 5-0.

That being said, it was an extremely disappointing first half and the hosts were perhaps a tad lucky to go in level at halftime.

Sheffield Wednesday were by no means exceptional, but they took their one chance and deserved their lead through Callum Paterson, having not really been troubled by Millwall in the first half an hour.

The Lions were handed their chance

to equalise in the 39th minute when Ryan Leonard was hauled down by Joey Pelupessy. Kenneth Zohore almost burst the net when he fired the penalty past Keiren Westwood into the top-left corner.

Whatever Rowett said at the break worked a dream, though, with the Lions buoyed by their equaliser in the final few minutes of the first half and the introduction of Ben Thompson - who added energy and determination in an advanced midfield role, as well as superbly taking his goal if it was in fact a deliberate effort, not a cross.

Millwall fully deserved their victory after such a strong second-half performance. It was important that they followed up the excellent draw at home to Norwich with a win against the relegation strugglers.

Too often this season, Millwall have put in an impressive display only to play poorly in their next match - and it seemed it would be the case again when they fell behind after some ragged defending gifted the opener to the Owls.

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson failed to press the Wednesday defence which, in turn, dragged Maikel Kieftenbeld and Mahlon Romeo out of position.

Advantage was played after Shaun Hutchinson tried to commit a foul before Elias Kachunga ran down the left and crossed for Paterson, who converted from close range at the second time of asking.

Millwall’s best chance to equalise before the penalty came from a counter-attack

from an Owls corner when Leonard took the ball almost the entire length of the pitch, only to play a poor pass behind Zohore instead of going for goal himself.

It was Leonard, though, in the most advanced role of Millwall’s midfield three, who won the penalty for Rowett’s side.

Pelupessy pulled the former Southend midfielder down as he turned into the box, and referee Geoff Eltringham had no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

That gave Zohore the chance to score his third goal for the Lions.

Debutant George Evans went close from a corner two minutes into the second half as Millwall began to dominate.

Westwood made two brilliant saves in the space of 30 seconds, first to deny a deflected Bodvarsson effort and then to stop Hutchinson from netting his first league goal of the season from the resulting corner.

Evans then set up Thompson with a superb ball over the top with Westwood making another save, before Jake Cooper’s effort was deflected away for a corner.

Malone’s delivery was cleared but the ball was worked back out to the left by Romeo. Malone touched a pass inside to Shaun Williams who returned it to the left wing-back. Malone beat one defender and then lifted the ball over Paterson before volleying home on his weaker right foot, perhaps already wrapping up the Lions’ goal-of-the-season competition. It will certainly take something special to beat it.

Then Thompson got in on the act less than a minute later. Bodvarsson found the midfielder in space wide on the right and he struck the ball hard towards goal, beating Westwood who was expecting a cross, to double the Lions’ lead.

Westwood saved substitute Tom Bradshaw’s header before the striker added Millwall’s fourth in the last minute of normal time. It came after a driving run and shot from Romeo, the ball nicking off Bradshaw’s foot on the way to the bottom left corner. It was fortuitous for him and unfortunate for Romeo who deserved a goal after his return to the team for the first time in seven league games. But Bradshaw won’t have much sympathy as he claimed his fourth goal of the season.

Millwall showed what they are capable of, as they played with freedom and ambition, driving forward once they had thrown off the defensive shackles.

They were confident and looked like a team who wanted to score more goals despite their comfortable lead, which hopefully bodes well for the remainder of the season.

The play-offs may be already out of reach with a ten-point gap to sixth with eighteen games to play.

After 28 games in 2017-18, though, Millwall were twelve points off the top six but broke into the play-off positions with three games to go before consecutive losses ended their promotion hopes - so perhaps it’s not over yet.

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EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL BOSS Gary Rowett revealed the club would like a permanent deal for Scott Malone – if the defender maintains his good form for the rest of the season.

Malone – who turns 30 on March 25 – scored a superb solo goal in the 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday, his fourth of the season in all competitions.

Former Huddersfield and Fulham defender Malone has clocked up 26 appearances this season and has made the left wing-back berth his own with some excellent attacking performances.

Malone joined on a season-long loan from Derby and previously told the News that he would be interested in a full-time return to the Lions.

It’s his second spell at The Den, after he played 71 times and scored five goals for Millwall between May 2012 and January 2015.

Malone is out of contract at Derby this summer.

“Scottie’s done really well and I’m sure that if he continues the form that he’s in then we’ll be desperately wanting to keep him next season,” Rowett said.

“That’s something that like any scenario we’ll look at and plan for. But at the moment he’s our loan player for the season and anything beyond there is subject to those discussions.

“But I’ve been really pleased with him, I think he’s been fabulous for us. He’s fitted in really, really well.”

Millwall confirmed new long-term deals for Danny McNamara, 22, and Tyler Burey, 20, this week, and Rowett is pleased with the direction the club is going.

Rowett said there is a “joined-up plan” linking the academy to the first team.

“We’re in a really nice position where we’ve got a lot of young players coming through,” Rowett said. “It’s testimony to the excellent work the academy are doing, what the under-23s are doing with Nuge [Kevin Nugent] and Robbo [Paul Robinson].

“We want to try to get some of these young players through and into our first team. We have quite a joined-up plan in terms of how that looks.

“What we need to do with that then is

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Millwall would pursue Malone deal

Defender has been superb in his second spell at club Scott Malone scores the winner against his former club Huddersfield last month make sure those players are tied down so they can fulfil their potential with Millwall rather than other places.

“That’s the plan and it’s nice to get the likes of Danny and Tyler tied down to longer deals and continue that work.”

Meanwhile, Millwall are back in action at Reading this Saturday after a rare seven-day break between games in such a condensed season.

But that didn’t mean staff and players had time to put their feet up. Rowett was keen for continuity with Millwall in some

of their best form this season and on a five-game unbeaten run ahead of meeting the surprise promotion challengers.

“We’d normally be off Sunday but we were off Monday as well. We trained on Tuesday as we normally would,” Rowett explained.

“I like to keep it fairly consistent, I don’t want to give them too much time off.

A couple of days is a nice little breather from all the games.

“It’s just been nice to have no midweek game, to be honest.”

Millwall secure winger on new deal

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk TYLER BUREY has signed a new long-term contract with Millwall.

Burey, who turned 20 last month, joined the Lions from AFC Wimbledon for compensation in the summer of 2019.

After five appearances for the Dons, Burey made his senior Millwall debut in the 4-1 win over Huddersfield last season.

Winger Burey has made seven appearances this campaign, making his full debut in the 2-0 win at Boreham Wood in the third round of the FA Cup. Burey follows Danny McNamara in committing his long-term future to the club.

Mitchell at the Read-y

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk BILLY MITCHELL is set to be in contention for his first start of the season when Millwall play Reading at the Madejksi Stadium this Saturday.

Mitchell played another half of competitive football last weekend as the Lions’ under-23 side lost 1-0 to QPR in their Professional Development League game at Dulwich Hamlet’s Champion Hill.

Millwall boss Gary Rowett confirmed that Mitchell’s withdrawal at the break was planned.

“Again with Billy we’ve been conscious not to push him too hard too soon,” Rowett said.

“I’ve spoken about his mentality before, he’s one that pushes himself and he desperately wants him to do well. So sometimes you’ve got to hold him back a little bit.

“He’s going to plan and Billy is one that if we need him at the weekend he should be available.”

Meanwhile, under-23 boss Kevin Nugent was unhappy with one particular aspect of his side’s approach against QPR, who won through Manasse Mamapala’s goal.

“I thought we had to limit their opportunities by being trustworthy and not giving away free-kicks and set-pieces so they could put the ball in the box - that’s what they scored from,” Nugent said.

“All the players weren’t fully at it, but we were hoping to be the team that would force a mistake at the other end or hoping there would be a little bit of individual creativity, which we have the personnel to do.

“However, what I was disappointed about was that after they scored, we had too many players who wanted to go ahead and play their own game, and were moaning at others.

“That isn’t what we are about.”

Billy Mitchell against QPR

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George Evans made a winning debut for Millwall

Sky Blues were not the limit as new Millwall man dropped down to build career

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk GEORGE EVANS was determined not to be one of those players to disappear through the cracks.

We’ve seen it so many times: The young man who breaks through at a big club but doesn’t make it, falls through the leagues and out of love with the game and is on the scrapheap before he hits 30.

Millwall are Evans’ seventh club, after a number of loan spells when he built his first-team experience.

Evans made his debut for Manchester City at the age of 20 playing alongside Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling.

His late appearance in a 4-1 League Cup win at Sunderland in September 2015 was his only one in a City shirt, but rather than be disheartened he learned as much as he could from some of the best players ever in the Premier League and used it to his advantage.

Evans, 26, had already been on loan at Crewe and Scunthorpe while he was at City, before he joined Walsall where he linked up with Tom Bradshaw.

After that Saddlers spell, Evans decided it was time to leave for good after absorbing as much as possible from world-class players.

“As a young lad coming through an

academy, especially at a team like Man City, you start training with the first team and it’s a bit surreal at the start. You’re a young lad training with the best players,” Evans tells the News.

“But you want to adapt and learn as much as you can, progress your game. It’s better to learn from the likes of Kevin De Bruyne. It was a great opportunity for me and I think that was a good starting point in my career, I learned so much at such a young age being around players like that.

“Being amongst them every day, talking to them, watching the extra yards they put in even when they were reaching the top of the game is something that I’ve taken with me throughout my career.

“It was a good squad. They had a good English core, Joe Hart, James Milner. They were quite easy to talk to.

“You have to take it upon yourself. If you’ve got questions to ask then you stick your neck on the line and ask them these questions. Ask them how you can improve. They appreciated that willingness to learn as long as you put in the hard work.

“You just need to have the impetus to go and ask them. The way I found I learned most was when I asked the more senior players in the group for advice on certain positions, and then I seemed to get more feedback by showing that willingness that I wanted to learn.

“It was an approachable group, so that was ideal. [Assistant manager] Brian

Kidd was there at the time as well and he played a big part for me.”

Evans wasn’t going to sit around at City hoping for another first-team chance, wasting the time he could spend instead playing senior football.

Evans says: “I went on loan to Walsall [in League One] where I played with Bradders and there was that excitement of playing first-team football. We were winning games. It felt like a proper professional football scene, going out there on a Saturday, there was nothing better.

“At City I played some under-23 games, was on the bench sometimes for the first team. But at Walsall I got that experience of playing Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday and being amongst a good group of lads.

I really got a taste for it.

“An opportunity then came up to go to Reading and I felt my time was up at City.

I was 19, 20 and I thought it was a vital time in my career to go and play football. I didn’t think I was going to get that at Man City. The longer I stayed it might have halted my progress.

“It was the best decision I’ve made because I was getting league games, I’d recommend it to any young player. We had the best facilities, the best coaching.

If you’re not getting football you need to look at your options.”

Evans played in the 2017 Championship play-off final when Reading lost on penalties to Huddersfield.

The following summer Frank Lampard took him to Derby along with current Lions team-mate Scott Malone from Huddersfield.

Evans played just three games after Wayne Rooney took over as Rams boss last November. When Millwall’s second bid for him was accepted last month, Evans had no doubt where his future lay, even if it did come as a surprise.

“I hadn’t been told I could leave,” Evans says. “But then Millwall showed some interest and put an offer in. When a team comes in and approaches the club for you I see it as a great honour. It’s something I didn’t want to take lightly.

“When Millwall put the bid in I went straight in to find out what was going on and see where we were at. When the bid was upped again to try to get the deal done my heart was set on it.

“I wanted the opportunity to come and play first-team football here at such a great club, with a great manager and players I knew before. It was a no-brainer for me. I wanted to go and pack my bags and get up the motorway.

“I played with Bradders at Walsall, Scottie, Mason [Bennett] and Pearcey [Alex Pearce] at Derby. Coops [Jake Cooper] and Jon Dadi [Bodvarsson] at Reading. So it was a lot easier coming into a dressing room with a good group of lads like that. It’s a really good dressing room, I can see it even in the short time I’ve been here. They’ve helped me settle in. They’ve

all been very welcoming and when you see a few faces you know it’s a lot better.”

Evans was handed an immediate debut

by Gary Rowett, playing as a right-sided centre-back as Millwall won for the first time at home since October when they defeated Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 last Saturday.

“I personally prefer to go straight in, get amongst it with the lads,” Evans says.

“It was perfect for me and thankfully the manager did that.

“I didn’t know it was quite four months.

I was delighted to get the win. The team has been very close to getting back to form so hopefully that result can inspire us to start climbing the table.”

Rowett wants Evans to start attacks, whether from the back or in midfield where he can also play.

“I think that’s one of my strengths, playing out from the back,” Evans adds. “I spoke with Gary and he said there were a lot of good players in the team so we want to build from the back. If we can get a few more passes in then we can cross the ball with a few more bodies in the box compared to when you counter-attack.

“So a bit more possession and getting into good areas with the ball can only benefit us because we’ve got some great attacking threats. We want to give people time to get into the box.

“I like the pressure of playing out from the back and hopefully I can help improve the team.”

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Championship preview

Reading

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Millwall

Lions can kick-start charge with Royal rumble

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MAIKEL KIEFTENBELD knows all about Millwall’s reputation for being strong in the second half of the season – and he has already seen enough to suggest the Lions can storm up the table again.

Millwall are ten points off the playoffs with eighteen games to go, not an insurmountable gap.

The Lions were seventeenth when Gary Rowett took over last season before going on a run that had them in play-off contention with two games left.

In 2017-18, under Neil Harris, Millwall were twelve points off sixth after the same number of games as now, before surging to sixth with two games to go.

Even in their two seasons in League One under Harris, the Lions started slowly – they were fourteenth after 21 games in 2016-17 and eleventh after 22 games in the previous campaign – before reaching the play-off final, winning promotion in 2017.

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Millwall have lost just seven games this season – only Norwich, Brentford, Swansea and Watford have lost fewer – but have drawn fourteen, more than anyone else. Only four teams are in double figures for draws in the Championship.

The Lions missed some glorious chances in those draws, but Kieftenbeld also recognises that it shows how solid the side are. He has already got a taste of the “mentality” in the dressing room, and the midfielder has yet to lose in four games since joining from Birmingham.

He knows the side are capable of more, ahead of this Saturday’s trip to Reading.

“Of course you always want to achieve the best you can in the season,” Kieftenbeld said. “From what I’ve heard they were a bit unlucky, they also drew a lot of games that they maybe should have won and picked up more points.

“But you know the Championship, it’s all about small margins. For example, against Cardiff we could have been 2-0 up, maybe even 3-0 up.

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matCh details Possible Millwall starting XI:

Bialkowski; Romeo, Evans, Hutchinson, Cooper, Malone; Leonard, Woods, Thompson; J Wallace, Zohore.

Match odds:

Reading 7/5 Draw 11/5 Millwall 11/4

Last meeting:

Championship (November 25, 2020): Millwall 1-1 Reading (J Wallace 45; Joao 53).

We should have scored more goals.

“Hopefully we can do a bit better in the second half of the season, but there are a lot of clubs in the Championship who want to push for promotion. It’s tough.

“But I can see why they are better in the second half of the season now because I’ve seen the mentality of this group. They don’t really need anyone

to push them. They’re really good mentally.

“What’s the aim? Personally I just want to help the team and try to win games.

“I think we look solid. I can only talk about the games I’ve played myself, but we’ve been solid and that’s a big thing in the Championship.

“Hopefully we can create more chances and get higher in the table.

That will come if we do things right.”

Kieftenbeld picked up a knock in the 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday that forced him off at halftime. A number of other Lions players are nursing slight niggles. Jed Wallace was on the bench against the Owls but wasn’t risked. Ryan Leonard also went off in the second half but should be available against the Royals.

Reading were unbeaten in seven league games before they hosted Brentford on Wednesday evening.

Potential blow for promotion-chasers

Dan thrilled to sort out future

By John Kelly

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

Olaofe suffered an ankle injury just 30 seconds into the game and was forced off after five minutes.

Olaofe, 21, has scored six goals in 16 league goals for the National League side this season. Sutton are in the play-off places as they chase promotion to League Two. In National League South, defender Rob Strachan played the full game for Welling United in their 2-2 draw at top-of-the-table Dartford.

Welling are bottom of the table with nine points from twelve games.

In the Scottish Premiership, James Brown was an unused substitute as Callum Davidson’s St Johnstone defeated Livingston 2-1.

Brown made his debut in the

the table, play fifth-place Livingston in the League Cup final on February 28.

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ISAAC OLAOFE could be set for a spell on the sidelines after limping off in Sutton United’s 1-0 FA Trophy defeat at home to Woking last Saturday.

Saints’ 1-0 league defeat against Rangers last week.

St Johnstone, who are eighth in

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk DANNY MCNAMARA praised Millwall’s underage coaches for aiding his development after he signed a new long-term deal with the club.

McNamara, 22, spent the first half of the season on loan at St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership, before he was recalled and started six consecutive league games.

Ireland under-21 international McNamara told the News last month it was a “no-brainer” when he was asked if he hoped a deal could be agreed.

A new contract for the Millwall fan was confirmed this week.

“I’m really happy,” McNamara told Millwall’s website. “It’s something that has been in the pipeline for about a month now, so I’m buzzing to get it sorted.

“Being a Millwall boy - as are all my family - it means the world. Hopefully I’m doing them proud.

“Larry McAvoy and Chris Perry (Millwall’s-18s managers) were class with me when I was younger.

“They developed me and gave me chances and opportunities. I feel as though I’ve taken them and proved I can play.”

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Lions eye overhaul

Gary Rowett looks to the future

New head of recruitment gets down to work EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL WILL be looking for “potential and future value” in the next transfer window – but balancing that with the immediate needs of the team.

Lions boss Gary Rowett wants to reduce the average age of the squad, and Millwall signalled their intent in that sense this week by securing Danny McNamara and Tyler Burey on long-term deals.

New head of recruitment Harvey Bussell

is focusing on the summer transfer window and delivering the types of players Rowett wants to evolve the team.

Rowett wants more young, dynamic players, with Bussell already making plans for next summer.

“His focus is on the complete recruitment structure and the recruitment cycle,” Rowett said. “Part of that is looking long term and if you’re looking long term what you want is that a part of your squad has future potential and future value.

“That’s something we always look at as a club. But it’s not always that simple because when you’re at a club that doesn’t have a huge budget sometimes you have

Kenneth Zohore might be out of Millwall’s price range

to sign players that can do the job that’s required on the pitch.

“It’s not always the ideal scenario, you can’t always sign the 22-year-old that’s already played at Championship level and can manage what we want them to do.

“There’s always a blend, there’s always a sensible approach. But part of Harvey’s remit is to try to get the right players at the right ages that are right for the squad.

“He’ll work hard to do that. We worked well in the window and now there’s a bit more breathing space to focus on some of the other aspects we want to try and improve.”

Millwall would like to keep Kenneth

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Zohore after this season. However, the striker was signed for £8million by West Brom in 2019, meaning he is likely to be out of Millwall’s budget range.

“Probably, but who knows what the plan will be next year,” Rowett said. “That’s not my concern because he’s not my player contracted to our club.

“The first thing is to maximise what Ken’s about and get him playing to the best possible level. That’s something we want to try and do and I think he’s getting close to that.

“Anything beyond that is out of our control. I don’t think that’s something I can consider at this point.”

New man couldn’t turn down Lions

EXCLUSIVE

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk GEORGE EVANS admitted he “couldn’t turn down the opportunity” to join Millwall after hearing “great things” about the club and after a phone call with Gary Rowett.

Millwall signed Evans – who can play in defence or midfield – after having a second undisclosed bid accepted for the former Manchester City man.

Evans made a successful debut for the Lions, starting in defence to help Rowett’s side to a first home win in almost four months as they defeated Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 last Saturday.

Evans revealed Derby’s willingness to let him leave took him by surprise, after he had started in wins over Bournemouth and QPR before the Rams accepted Millwall’s second offer.

But the Cheadle-born player jumped at the chance to move to south London.

“I was delighted when I heard. It came around quite quickly towards the back end of the window,” Evans explained. “As soon as I heard there was an opportunity to come here I just said straightaway I wanted to go, it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.

“I’d heard such great things. Gary was at Derby and many people spoke very highly of him as a manager and as a person.

“I had a call with him and as soon as I had that call my mind was set that this was the right opportunity for me.

“It’s a big move [to London] but something I’m looking forward to, it comes with the job.

“We’re looking forward to getting settled here. The sooner you settle the better and hopefully it will be a home from home.”

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These modern 1, 2 & 3 bedroom homes offer layouts to suit your personal style – with a choice of split level duplexes and open plan apartments with access to stunning shared gardens.

Prices from £440,000 with Private Sale* Prices from £162,500 for a 25% with Shared Ownership** High specification interior finishes Spacious private terrace or balcony Underground parking*** 5 minutes† walk to Queens Road Peckham Station!

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020 3627 6672 peckhamplace.com HOME OWNERSHIP STARTS WITH US Notting Hill Genesis terms and conditions apply. *Based on a 1 bedroom apartment. **Based on a 25% share at £162,500 and a full market value of £650,000 for a two bedroom duplex.

Affordability and eligibility criteria applies. Price illustrations are based on the share value, not the full market value of the homes advertised. ***Parking available to selected plots only, please enquire with sales team. †Travel distances and times are taken from Google Maps. Images are for illustrative purposes only. Prices correct at time of publication - February 2021.

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