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local residents win battle to stop extended noise

By Kit Heren

kit@southwarknews.co.uk The developer of a major Bermondsey building site has withdrawn an application to extend work hours to 9pm on weekdays after outrage from local residents and councillors, reported in the News in recent weeks.

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Tide Construction pulled the application for late working hours at its student flats on 272 St James’s Road after being told

by Southwark Council that it would be rejected.

The developer wanted to put builders on staggered shifts from 8am-9pm, MondayFriday and up to 6pm on Saturdays, supposedly to help builders stick to social distancing rules while getting back on track to finish the building by the end of August deadline. At that point 250 students are supposed to move in.

Locals said the longer working schedule would be a massive disruption to their daily lives, on top of the “unbearable” noise

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they are already enduring. Old Kent Road ward councillors also spoke out against the proposals.

Even while applying for longer building hours Tide’s construction staff were working on Sundays, according to several locals and Cllrs Evelyn Akoto, Richard Livingstone and Michael Situ - which was neither part of the original rules nor the prospective new timetable they wanted to agree with the council.

One local commented on the application: “In the very week that they are requesting extended hours, they opened the site on Sunday 13th June, in clear violation of operating hours and complete and utter disregard for residents.

“The current levels of noise from works, construction workers shouting to each other around the site, music blaring from the scaffolds and the red tender truck roaring up and down the road every few minutes is unbearable as it is.”

A representative for Tide has been asked to comment three times on the story but has yet to respond to enquiries.

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his recommendation, based on the “gloominess” the towers would cause for residents of local blocks and the effect the towers would have on the old fire brigade headquarters - which is a grade II listed building - and on the protected views from the palace of Westminster across the river.

Michael Ball of local organisation the Waterloo Community Development Group, said at the time the inquiry was announced: “It is criminal that these central London sites have been left mostly vacant for twenty years in public ownership, yet all successive mayors can do is back schemes helicoptered in and completely out-of-scale or context, and of little use to London or Londoners.

"Real people living in real social housing will lose up to 40 per cent of their daylight because of safety-deposit boxes posing as housing piled 90 metres high beside them.”

The site was the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade (LFB) for 70 years until 2007, when the brigade moved to Union Street in the Bankside area. The redevelopment of the site has been a longrunning saga. The 2019 council approval followed a 2013 rejection, which was upheld in 2014 after a public inquiry.

kit@southwarknews.co.uk Plans to redevelop and convert the old London Fire Brigade headquarters on the south bank of the Thames have been thrown out by the government - a year and a half after getting approval from Lambeth Council.

Developers U + I were working with the London Fire Commissioner to build 443 flats and a 200-room hotel, refurbish Lambeth Fire Station and build a new version of the London Fire Brigade Museum in a £500m scheme at 8 Albert Embankment.

The plans were narrowly given approval by the local council in December 2019, despite the concerns of many residents on the local Whitgift Estate about the overshadowing effects of the new 26- and 24-storey towers and the resulting loss of sunlight, as well as the low level of social housing included.

But the plans were ‘called in’ for an inquiry last year by Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The inspector Dave Richards recommended that the scheme be rejected.

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Mass death of bees causes alarm in Rotherhithe

The story of one woman’s gloved mission to rescue one bee at a time exclusive

By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk

Visitors to the Stave Hill Ecological Park in Rotherhithe have recently been alarmed to find hundreds of bees lying mysteriously dead on the ground.

Rebeka Clark, who manages the park, said the site has at least three bee colonies, each home to as many as 800 bees, so the recent spate of deaths is unlikely to be completely devastating to the local

population. But said she had received many phone calls from alarmed members of the public who wanted to know why the bees had died.

“From talking to beekeepers and from my own observation, it’s likely that it was the spell of very cold weather we had when it was also very cold and rainy and very windy,” she said.

“What we believe, what we feel is what happened is the bees didn’t have enough energy. They could not make it back to their nest site, to their colonies.

Unfortunately they starved to death. They would have been very battered and beaten about by the wind. They can only store a limited amount of energy. They need warmth and sunlight to get their systems going. They didn’t have enough available nectar so they just collapsed.”

Ms Clark went on a rescue mission last week, racing about the park to find the bees and revive as many as possible.

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“It was quite mad,” she said. “On Wednesday evening I thought ‘what am I doing - saving the world one bee at a time?’

Where the bees were still mobile and moving about, picking them up and putting them on the nearest nectar source made an amazing difference.

As soon as you pick up these bees (with gloves on) and put them on a nectar rich flower you can see their tongues come out and suck frantically at the nectar.”

Ms Clark stressed that if anyone is going to try to move bees, they should use gloves or a couple of large leaves to avoid getting a nasty sting.

Nectar rich flowers include hollyhocks, dandelions and some roses. Ms Clark put several bees on lime flowers.

Another thing that works if there are no flowers nearby is to move bees into a sheltered place, she said - where they are not going to be blown about by

the wind, using up precious energy.

“They can effectively go into hibernation mode and then they can hopefully be revived later,” she added.

Ms Clark said she was not too concerned about the local bees dying out as the queen bees in some of the colonies appear to still be active.

“This happens with all species, humans included - populations go up and populations go down,” she said. The most important thing is making sure the fantastic landscape we have in Rotherhithe, as long as we have the landscape is resilient and maintained for wildlife habitats, species can recover from these incidents.”

Nevertheless, Ms Clark was heartened by the strength of feeling of locals over the bee deaths.

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600 evacuate, but just one person hospitalised in Elephant explosion

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teen charged over rave murder

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kit@southwarknews.co.uk A teenage boy has been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death at a south Bermondsey rave on Saturday (June 26).

Jason Nyarko, 26, from Lewisham, was killed after a fight broke out at the unlicensed music event at an industrial unit on Stockholm Road, near Millwall’s stadium the Den. Police were called at about 11.50pm on Saturday night and attended along with ambulance crews.

Mr Nyarko was treated at the scene but died.

His family have been informed and are being supported by specialist police officers.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene.

He was also treated for head injuries and taken to hospital. Police said his condition was not life-threatening. He was charged on Tuesday evening (June 29). He appeared in custody at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday

(June 30).

Detectives continue to appeal for anyone who was at the event where Jason was attacked to come forward. They are particularly appealing for anyone who filmed videos or took photos to share them.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie said: “The victim in this case suffered fatal injuries which sadly claimed his life. Officers are working hard to achieve justice for his friends and family. “Our investigation continues to make progress but we need the assistance of those at the event to come forward to police.

“We know there is a large amount of video footage that was taken on the night. It is vital that we see this and I urge anyone with videos and photos to submit them to police”.

“Likewise, if you were at the event and witnessed a fight inside the warehouse, or any other suspicious activity, we need to hear from you. No piece of information is too small or insignificant. If you can help please don’t hesitate, call us direct or remain anonymous,

but either way make the call.”

Anyone who was at the event and has information is urged to call the incident room on 020 8721 4205. Information can also be provided to the independent charity, Crimestoppers, by calling 0800 555 111.

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great balls of fire 100 firefighters, One of the six people treated by paramedics was hospitalised

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Three businesses have been completely gutted after a huge fireball exploded from a garage in Elephant and Castle.

The blaze, which broke out shortly before 2pm on Monday, June 28, was eventually brought under control by 100 firefighters.

One video of the early stages of the fire, circulating online, shows a huge fireball erupting from the building in front of panicked onlookers.

More than 600 people had to be evacuated from surrounding buildings and residents were warned to keep their windows and doors closed as plumes of thick, black smoke billowed across south London.

The fire started in a garage in the Elephant Road arches at the rear entrance of the rail station. Two hours later London Fire Brigade confirmed that three commercial units were ‘completely alight’ along with six cars and a telephone box.

Six people were treated by paramedics at the scene, including a police officer who suffered smoke inhalation. Remarkably, given the severity of the fire, only one person was hospitalised.

The fire was brought under control by 4pm. In an update on Wednesday morning, London Fire Brigade confirmed that the businesses in the arches had been ‘completely destroyed’, along with eight cars inside the building, six outside, and a telephone box.

The brigade has now launched an investigation into the cause. Crews were on site surveying the wreckage on Wednesday.

Although no working theories have yet to be shared, as the blaze was being tackled the Met issued a statement saying that at this ‘early stage’ it believed the fire was ‘not terror related’.

Around a hundred of those evacuated from offices, businesses and homes in the area were stood behind a cordon in New Kent Road throughout Tuesday afternoon, anxiously waiting to hear when they could return.

Antonio and David, who run a pizza restaurant which only opened six weeks ago, said they were 'very scared' by the ordeal but praised the police for their quick response, describing them as ‘very organised’.

"We heard the noise and straight away decided to close up for the day," manager Antonio told us.

"Thirty seconds later the police ran in and told us to get out, and we said 'we're ahead of you!'"

Several people wearing headphones attempted to jog through the cordon, seemingly unaware of the huge emergency response.

One man asked to be let through to fetch his charger, saying he needed to call work to let them know he would be late. He was rebuffed by officers.

Amid the chaos, Southwark Playhouse threw its doors open to anyone in need of refuge, refreshments or somewhere to charge their phones.

Shoppers horrified as four knife-wielding men carry out daylight robbery

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A group of knife-wielding men stole an electric bike from its owner in Peckham last week.

Police received a flurry of 999 calls as the terrifying robbery was underway in the middle of Rye Lane last Wednesday afternoon.

Witnesses had seen four men with knives in the busy high street at around 2.40pm on June 23. Fortunately their victim was unharmed.

Several hours later officers scrambled to Queen’s Road after two armed men, believed to have been some of the same suspects,

were seen in the area.

Although they evaded police, a large ‘Zombie knife’ was found nearby in Lewisham’s Somerville Estate.

A stop and search section 60 was authorised from 7pm the same evening until 7am the following day, covering much of south-east Southwark, with extra patrols in place over the following days.

Officers authorised a stop and search section 60 from 7pm that night until 7am on Thursday covering much of south-east Southwark.

Anyone with information should call 101 or speak with Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Bride’s big day just got even better but we still need to do things safely The limit on the number of people at weddings and wakes has been lifted ... but we need to remember the rules on hands, face, space and fresh air. We look at the new etiquette for wedding organisers and their guests and how to commemorate the life of a loved one at funerals or wakes.

FORGET WEDDING etiquette bible Debrett’s – for now! Friends and family can once again be at the centre of our celebrations but new rules are in place to ensure our safety.

In England, you can have as many guests as you like as long as the number complies with the venue’s socially-distanced capacity and that guests remember the hands, face, space, and fresh air message is still important.

Staff and guests are asked to wear masks except when eating and drinking. It is also best to get tested twice a week before and after the event.

Venues will have to carry out a COVID-19 risk assessment. In other locations, such as private gardens, the organiser must decide how many people can safely attend to allow for social distancing and complete a risk assessment.

The risk assessment is easy to access and complete and should be treated as just one more thing – including sending invitations, buying favours and booking a photographer – to tick off the to-do list.

Don’t forget to do it as failure to provide a completed risk assessment could result in a £10,000 fine.

If your ceremony

and reception are at different venues, risk assessments must be carried out for both.

Food and drink usually flow at a wedding reception and they still can ... to guests sitting at tables, indoors and out.

Go ahead and book a band or DJ who can perform socially distanced and, though singing and dancing are not advised, the newlyweds can take to the floor for the first dance.

The best man and father of the bride should prepare those embarrassing speeches, best delivered outdoors.

Alternative wedding ceremonies are permitted in line with the same rules as weddings or civil partnerships.

You can attend a stag or hen do and Hindu or Sikh Mehndi parties can go ahead with numbers for each restricted to 30 people outside and rule of six or two households inside private homes.

The COVID-19 risk assessment, along with helpful guidance and tips, is available on gov.uk/coronavirus

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Wakes and funerals AN UNLIMITED number of people can legally attend funerals and the 30-person limit on wakes has been lifted in England, meaning it is now up to the individual venue to decide how many people may attend.

The venue or organiser must conduct a risk assessment to assess the number possible guests in line with social distancing.

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Concerns raised over alleged ‘dog poisoner’ as labrador falls illl Family pet Willow

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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk A Rotherhithe woman was left dismayed after police dropped a case involving a man she accused of trying to poison her puppy.

Jade, who asked for her last name to be left out, was walking her sevenmonth-old yellow labrador Willow along Needleman Street near Canada Water tube station with her partner and children on Sunday June 20, going towards Southwark Park.

They noticed a man ahead of them had dropped a packet of ibuprofen pills with each seal already torn open so the pills could easily be taken out or fall out. Jade and her partner caught up to the man to let him know he had dropped them. Ibuprofen can be very dangerous for dogs.

“We thought ‘that’s very strange’, Jade said. “We caught up to him to make him aware, we just said ‘excuse me’ and he completely freaked out.

“He said ‘I don’t care about dogs, I don’t want anything to do with your dog. We thought ‘we haven’t even mentioned our dog’. All we wanted to

tell him was it could be dangerous for Willow to eat the ibuprofen. But his reaction showed us his intentions were not great. He started to film us and told us we were harassing him.”

Jade and her partner phoned the police, who investigated and said that no offence had been committed and the dog was not harmed.

But Willow soon got sick with a gastro-intestinal problem. “She’s been quite tearful… she hasn't really cried or barked since we got her, but for the last week she has been quite upset,” Jade said. Willow has been on a special diet and is recovering.

The incident has made Jade “wary”, she said. “Normally I’ll walk her along Deal Porter’s way, which is quite a nice walk. I used to take her off the lead but now I’m not going to let her off.

A lot of the dog walkers I’m talking to are saying the same thing. It’s too dangerous.”

A spokesperson for the police said: “On Sunday, 20 June, Police were made aware of a report of attempted animal poisoning. The dog was not harmed.

“Officers launched an investigation and determined that no offences had

been committed. The local policing team has been made aware and will continue to monitor the situation.

“The complainant has been made aware of the outcome. No arrests have been made.”

Jade said: “I understand… but what if it just keeps happening but it’s more serious next time? I walk with my kids in the area too and they’re curious.

What if a child picked up a tablet, and they were then to get ill. Would it be serious then? Does it have to get to that point?”

Even aside from the specific concern about pills, Jade urged people in the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe area to be more careful about what they leave lying around outside.

We were walking Willow and came across a massive chunk of mouldy meat. My daughter said ‘Oh mummy she’s eating something’ and we had to get in there and stop her.”

“I don’t get why people are doing that.

Just throw it in the bin. People don’t like the foxes round here so I don’t get why people want to feed them. Even if it isn’t to purposely harm dogs. Don’t do it, just chuck it in the bin.”

Bermondsey’s ‘Colombian Mitch’ jailed for dealing in Brighton

Paul Torode saw off thieves

By Kit Heren

kit@southwarknews.co.uk A south Bermondsey man calling himself ‘Colombian Mitch’ has been jailed for dealing heroin and crack cocaine in Brighton.

Sussex Police found 24-year-old Bryan Godoy-Lojan, (pictured), from Avondale Square north of the Old Kent Road, to be running a drug line in the south coast seaside town from July 2019-January 2020. Officers used telecoms analysis to link him to a phone he used to contact people who wanted to buy the Class A drugs.

Officers raided addresses in Brighton and found “significant quantities” of heroin and crack cocaine, as well as hundreds of pounds. Godoy-Lojan was charged with being concerned in the supply of heroin and being concerned in

the supply of crack cocaine.

He pleaded guilty at Hove Crown Court on June 2 and was sentenced to three years in prison.

DC Mark Pinder said: “Drug dealing will absolutely not be tolerated in Brighton and Hove and every day our officers are out in uniform and plain clothes working to keep this city safe.

“We’re pleased the court has recognised the impact of the defendant’s actions on the local community by serving him with a significant custodial sentence.

“The investigation is a continued effort by Sussex Police to robustly target and dismantle County Lines that are adversely affecting our communities.

“Anyone with information about drug dealing is urged to report it to us online or by calling 101, so we can take action.”

Warning: ‘Thieves are targeting work van with power drills’ Man charged after two injured in SE16

By Kit Heren

kit@southwarknews.co.uk A man who chased off thieves who were trying to drill into his van in broad daylight in Rotherhithe has called the area “a real hotspot for chancers”.

Paul Torode, who works as a courier around London as well as running a media company, parked his van on Rotherhithe Street between the Blacksmiths Arms pub and the Hilton hotel, briefly to visit a shop on the morning of Tuesday June 22.

As he came back out of the shop a few minutes later he was startled to see two men with power drills trying to get into the back of his van.

He immediately started shouting and ran towards them - causing the two criminals to flee.

Paul called the police. Officers said they were investigating but no arrests had been made yet.

“This is a big part of my livelihood, so if the van had been stolen it would have been a big deal,” he said. “I think

they were actually looking for tools, which I don’t have, and the van was completely empty anyway.

“In a way I would get it more if it was overnight. But you can only be wary up to a certain point. At a certain level the vans are going to be vulnerable because you can’t be in them the whole time. I have to leave it sometimes. I popped into the shop for five minutes, maybe less.”

Paul recently moved to Dartford in Kent, but lived in the Rotherhithe area for a long time. “I don’t think [the thieves] give a sh*t at the moment,” he said. “It’s completely rife. It’s really bad at the moment, probably partly because there’s so much construction.

“It’s a real hotspot for any chancers, it’s like a 9-5 job at the minute.”

Thanks to his own bravery and quick thinking, Paul’s van was left mostly intact but he still had to pay for the holes the men drilled to be repaired, which did not come cheap.

“The job’s half done now so any half decent criminal could come along and finish it off!”, he joked.

By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk A Bermondsey man has been charged after an incident in Rotherhithe last weekend.

Scott Constable, 30, from Lucey Way, was charged last Saturday week, June 19, with two counts of grievous bodily harm without intent, two counts of assault by beating and possession of a Class B drug.

He is remanded in custody to appear in court. The date and time of his court appearance have not yet been confirmed.

Constable was charged in connection with an incident at 11.15pm on Saturday (June 19) on Rotherhithe Street.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene where they found a man in his 30s with head injuries and a man in his 20s with a facial injury. Both were taken to hospital. Their injuries were not considered life threatening, officers said.

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Southwark bridges could have nets as Suicides increase

In one day police said they had six people jumping or attempting to jump from the bridges

By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark bridges could have nets fixed onto them in a bid to curb an increase in suicide attempts in recent weeks.

Senior City of London police officers, who are responsible for keeping order and ensuring people’s safety on Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge and Millennium Bridge, said they had seen “a disturbing increase in people who are committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide”.

Commissioner Ian Dyson told a recent meeting of the City of London Police authority board that in the week of June 14-20, there were five suicide attempts, four of which were on the bridges.

“Thankfully only one person went into the water and was rescued, and the others were successfully talked down by our

officers,” he said.

Assistant commissioner Alistair Sutherland painted an even bleaker picture. “We had six incidents in one day… in the last fortnight,” he said. “This weekend (June 19-20) was a particularly, particularly, disturbing one for the number of incidents again”.

As well as a tragic development, the trend “is becoming a drain upon our resources,” commissioner Dyson added. “This is not unique to the City.

Conversations with the Met and with colleagues in British Transport Police indicate that they are seeing similar significant increases in people wanting to do harm to themselves.”

He said that police have set up a special ‘gold group’, which involves people from outside the force, to tackle the problem.

Public Health England specialists have been called in to help with “long-term and strategic prevention strategies”.

These strategies may include nets underneath the bridges to catch people if they jump, assistant commissioner Sutherland said.

“One thing we may need support on is around infrastructure changes to the bridges; quite simply if you look at other bridges across the world, particularly in Europe that are experiencing this phenomenon, one thing that is providing a degree of prevention but [is] also life saving is the introduction of nets.”

Temporary commander David Evans is

looking at how the nets could be put in place, assistant commissioner Sutherland said.

The marine unit of the Met, formerly known as the river police, is going to direct more attention to bridge jumpers, commissioner Dyson added. Other measures include “better signage” on the bridges.

Asked at the meeting where the jumpers come from, assistant commissioner Sutherland said: “The vast majority of people who are coming to the bridges to

self-harm or attempt to are from outside the City. It would be fair to say that they come from a widely dispersed area nationally.”

He added that police are trying to infiltrate online chat rooms to get help to people more proactively.

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race is on: 104 new covid cases in 24 hours

By Katherine Johnston

katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark health officials are ‘pulling out all the stops’ in the race against the Delta variant of COVID-19.

It is hoped a ‘vaccine surge’ across the borough can prevent the more transmissible strain of the virus, first identified in India, from taking hold.

On Tuesday, June 29, 104 confirmed new cases were reported in Southwark in 24 hours. Comparable figures have not been seen in the borough since January this year. As late as May, cases had not risen above 20 per day since March.

Alongside encouraging newly eligible adults to get jabbed, over 40s are being advised to move their second jabs forward

to give them maximum immunity as quickly as possible.

Southwark Council and the NHS’ South East London Clinical Commissioning Group are focusing activity including door knocking, leafleting and pop-up vaccination events in areas with ‘relatively low vaccine take-up’ in the over 40s age bracket.

Last week letters were sent to 5,000 properties in London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward.

These were followed up by door knocks from trained vaccine champions who have been answering any questions and directing unvaccinated people to their nearest walk-in clinics, alongside handing out at-home COVID-19 testing kits.

Cllr Evelyn Akoto, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: “We are pulling

out all the stops to make it as easy as possible for residents to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine and where they are able to get their jab.

“In the coming days and weeks, we will be knocking on doors, speaking to residents directly and by letter, and promoting nearby vaccination clinics, so you may notice some activity in your area.

“Cases of COVID-19 are rising in Southwark, with most cases being the Delta variant.

“Two doses give much better protection against the Delta variant than one dose, so please remember to go along to your second jab.”

Those over 40 can now move their second vaccination forward to eight weeks, rather than twelve weeks, after their first dose.

The latest research has shown that a second dose gives substantially better protection compared with only one, with both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines being more than 92 per cent effective against hospitalisation and serious disease after two doses.

After only one dose, the vaccines are around 26 per cent to 40 per cent effective at reducing symptomatic disease.

Dr Heaversedge, clinical chair for NHS South East London Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Getting fully vaccinated is the single most important step we can take to protect ourselves, our families and our communities against COVID-19.

“To ensure maximum protection, I urge everyone in south-east London to book in their second dose as soon as possible.

“Thanks to the incredible work of NHS

personally apprehensive about it,” she admits.

“I knew there was a discussion going on around the charity and that everyone was scared. We decided to do a webinar to educate ourselves and the community.

“Questions were asked and answered and that personally gave me the confidence to get mine two weeks ago.

“I was hesitant because of what I had heard and read in social media and what people were telling me.

“For me personally, it was about what was in the vaccine. It’s similar to when I took MMR, I was worried about it and I asked questions and got answers to them – it’s the same approach.”

She and other members of the church’s team had attended two online webinars to ask health officials questions about COVID-19 vaccines.

According to the NHS, vaccine uptake in

black and asian communities more than tripled between February and April.

The rapid roll-out among younger groups has also seen a huge leap in the number of people to receive at least one jab.

NHS England says half of all adults under 30 will have received their first dose by this Sunday.

More than 80 per cent of adults in the UK are now double jabbed, with more than 60 per cent having had one dose so far.

However, the Delta variant has ripped through younger, unvaccinated age groups and those still waiting for second doses, who do not yet have the highest level of protection against the virus. That is around 21 million people.

New, confirmed COVID-19 cases across the UK have surged. Driven by the Delta variant, cases rose by nearly 70 per cent between June 15 to 21. In the same period

hospital admissions only rose by ten per cent.

New health secretary Sajid Javid said thanks to the vaccination programme deaths remained ‘mercifully low’.

The vast majority of those who have died from COVID-19 in recent weeks were unvaccinated, or people who had only had one jab.

Public Health England has also said that there have been no deaths in fully vaccinated, under 50s from the Delta variant anywhere in the country.

staff and volunteers in London, seven out of ten adults have now received at least one dose of the vaccine, and in doing so, are helping the country as a whole beat this devastating virus.

“The offer of the vaccine is evergreen, so if you have been invited but are yet to make an appointment, please do so today and help bring us one step closer to freedom.”

The national booking system has also been amended so you can see available slots before cancelling your original appointment.

For a full and up-to-date list of vaccination clinics in all five south-east London boroughs visit https://selondonccg.nhs. uk/what-we-do/covid-19/covid-19vaccine/pop-up-clinics Comment - see page 17

Two million jabs given in south-east London as vaccine hesitancy wanes

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk Vaccine hesitancy appears to be waning as more people come forward for jabs.

This week it was announced that a milestone of two million COVID-19 vaccination doses had now been given out across south-east London’s five boroughs.

In Southwark, 280,887 first and second doses have been administered, according to the latest data from Our Healthier South East London Integrated Care System, a joint initiative between the NHS and other statutory bodies.

One of those to eventually decide to take up the offer of a COVID-19 jab is Elizabeth, a senior charity co-ordinator for Celestial Church of Christ at Amazing Grace Parish in Peckham.

“When the vaccinations started, I was

Blackfriars bridge is in need of a paint job

By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk Blackfriars Bridge is to be repainted and refurbished after starting to show signs of rusting and years of comments by City grandees.

Work on the steel and wrought iron bridge, which runs from Blackfriars Road on the south of the river to Victoria Embankment in the north, will start later this summer and run to 2024. It will remain open to traffic throughout.

The bridge, which was built in 1869, was last painted more than twenty years ago. The cast iron parapets at the sides are also showing signs of ageing and cracking and will be renovated as

part of the multi-million pound project.

The state of the 285-metre bridge has been the subject of debate for some time. A 2018 report debating whether or not to carry out repairs said: “The appearance of the bridge has already been the source of comments from significant figures in the City.”

The Grade II listed bridge is owned by Bridge House Estates and managed by the City of London Corporation.

Giles Shilson, chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Bridge House Estates board, said: “Blackfriars Bridge was last painted in 2000 and is starting to show signs of wear, including some ageing parapets and rust staining.

“The repaint and refurbishment of this important bridge will greatly improve

its aesthetics and will also protect the fabric of the structure to increase its longevity.”

The contractor is FM Conway, who said they would be using an “innovative cantilevered scaffold system” to make sure the load on the bridge is minimal and pedestrians have enough space to walk over. The company will also be working with scaffolding specialists Alltask and structural refurbishment contractor Taziker, with whom it collaborated on the Rochester bridge renovation in Kent, which finished in December last year.

The exact value of the contract is unknown but was estimated at around £8.5m in a tender put out by the City of London Corporation last year.

Elizabeth, from Peckham's Celestial Church of Christ, who recently decided to get vaccinated after learning more about the COVID-19 jab

Teenager charged with the murder of Sydenham youth Tashawn Watt

Accused nineteen-year-old appeared in court yesterday

By Katherine Johnston katherine@southwarknews.co.uk A man has been charged with the murder of Sydenham teenager Tashawn Watt.

Tashawn, known as Tata, died on Miall Walk shortly after 9.30pm on Friday, June 25, after emergency services found the nineteen-yearold with a stab injury.

Yesterday (Wednesday, June 30), police charged Romello Harley, from Sydenham’s Kirkdale, with murder.

Harley, aged nineteen, appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court the same day. He is also charged with possession of a bladed article.

Victim, Tashawn Watt

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Kingsdale the ‘most thanked school’ in the UK Staff at a Dulwich school are celebrating being named the 'most thanked' school in the UK after one of their teachers was given a national award.

Award-winning teacher Mary Graham with local MP Helen Hayes and south London actress and TV presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin

According to data from the Thank a Teacher campaign, staff at Kingsdale Foundation School have received more thank you messages than any other school across the United Kingdom, and have received more than 2,000 Thank You messages since the start of June.

The news comes as schools across the country celebrate Thank a Teacher Day, a national campaign to honour and recognise school and college staff for their work, especially over the past year of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The campaign was run by educational resources company Pearson, which also handed out awards to 102 teachers across the country - including Kingsdale's performing arts director Mary Graham. Ms Graham got her award from local MP Helen Hayes and south London actress and TV presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin.

Steve Morrison, executive headteacher of the Kingsdale Foundation, said: “Not everything of value can be measured by Ofsted Judgements or at all. However, the Thank a Teacher campaign has been both an inspiration and revelation to teachers and support staff at Kingsdale.

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deserve enormous credit for creating a mechanism that enables students, parents and other interested parties to naturally and spontaneously express how they feel about their school and individual staff within it in a manner that can really be appreciated by the recipients.”

Steve Munby, chair of the Teaching Awards Trust, said: “Today is our opportunity to say thank you to all the incredible teachers, lecturers and school support staff who work so hard every day to ensure our young people get the best possible start in life. We see the work you do, the impact you make, and the dedication you show, and we thank you for it.”

Salazar said: “Over the last 24 months we’ve been able to work closely with students, staff and local communities around the Waterloo centre, and it’s been an incredible two years.

“Together we’ve experienced the important role that radio plays in the college’s life, and in the communities we serve. We’re humbled too, to have played a part in Morley’s approach to and recovery from the pandemic, not only as a communications channel but also as a creative outlet for many of our students and staff.”

Morley College London Principal Dr Andrew Gower said: “There’s a lot of

excitement around Morley Radio. It’s rapidly become an integral part of the Morley experience as a fantastic way of connecting people through the sharing of ideas, experiences and interests.

“As with all great radio, with live streams and a growing library of podcasts, Morley Radio offers a personalised experience to each and every listener. By tuning in we’re drawn closer to Morley and the exceptional range of learning opportunities available. I am hugely grateful to everyone involved in making Morley Radio such a success.”

Dame Darcey Bussell had a ball visiting Morley radio station - a lifeline in crisis A community radio station in the Waterloo area was visited by ballet dancer and former Strictly Come Dancing judge Dame Darcey Bussell to mark its second anniversary.

Ms Bussell and Dr Peter Lovatt came to the Waterloo centre of Morley College, whose students and staff run Morley Radio, to give a talk on dance and wellbeing.

The radio station is celebrating two years of existence by opening its second and third studio in Chelsea and north Kensington.

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Birdsong heard from Bermondsey to Bankside A fleet of cargo bikes cycled from Bermondsey to Bankside last Thursday, June 24, playing birdsong to show the benefits of transport that does not give off pollution.

The event, when delivery cyclists travelled from Southwark Park to Tate Modern, was just the start of a whole month when cargo bikes will be playing goldfinch, blackbird, blue tit and songthrush on all daytime deliveries.

Some of the cyclists at the launch were wearing bird masks.

Tay Bonadie from EcoFleet, one of the riders taking part in the launch, said: "Playing birdsong on the bike not only brings a smile but when there’s a few of us together at the lights it's going to sound like the dawn chorus! It's a bit of fun but also a great opportunity to get people thinking about what the future of our cities could sound like if

they weren’t clogged up with vans and traffic!"

The initiative is being run by Team London Bridge, a business group for the London Bridge area, through its Bikes for Business scheme, which promotes cargo bikes as delivery vehicles.

Jack Skillen from Team London Bridge said: "Cargo bikes are not only a fantastically cheap way to transport people and goods around the capital but have such a positive impact on the environment and the public. We wanted to find a way to highlight the amazing benefits these bikes can bring to the communities they serve.

London can become a world leader in not only low carbon transport but also in rewilding our cities and bringing nature back into our public spaces."

Edwin Malins, Nature Reserves Manager, London Wildlife Trust added: "Reductions in traffic and pollution

will help wildlife to thrive alongside us in the city, particularly our favourite songbirds. Throughout lockdown we all found solace and joy in the sounds of nature and we know that birdsong is proven to help with our mood. If we can move to low carbon and low noise transport in our cities we could all enjoy the sounds of nature around us in our daily lives."

Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, said: “Cargo bikes are a greener, cleaner and often faster and more efficient alternative to polluting cars and vans. Bikes for Business is having a transformative effect in making deliveries more sustainable in south London. TfL funded the pilot of this scheme so it is fantastic to see our initial investment now being scaled up. The birdsong initiative further highlights how bikes benefit our environment.”

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enter the southwark Business Resilience Awards

The Southwark Business Resilience Awards 2021 – in association with London South Bank University - are now open for entries.

Businesses and individuals can register themselves, or others, for the awards categories via the website. southwarkawards.co.uk/ register Categories include: Covid-19 Business Resilience Award; Business Pivot Award; Sustainable Green Investment Award; Local

Who are behind the awards:

Sarah Moore-Williams, Dean of LSBU School of Business and Chair of Southwark Chamber of Commerce, highlighted how both

Lockdown Hero; Community Collaboration in Response To Covid-19; Covid-19 Start Up; Outstanding Team Award; Young Person’s Contribution; Covid-19 Business Commitment to Education, Training & Skills.

Reinvented from the Southwark Business Excellence Awards for 2021, the Resilience Awards reflect the challenges and opportunities businesses have faced during the pandemic. The programme launched virtually on 23 June.

the university and the Chamber wanted to work with businesses to create “a circular economy”, saying:

“As a community we can support each other to move forward, develop and

grow the economy and then grow as a community because that money, that richness of opportunity, goes back into our community in so many different ways.”

She added: “These awards really do recognise all that is good. They recognise the richness of the business community, from start-ups to large corporates and these resilience awards in particular really recognise and celebrate what we've been through over the last year and a half, and the potential that we have now to grow from the resilience we've developed. They also enable us to network, provide an opportunity for discussion and through discussion, often comes ideas and networks and synergies and opportunity.”

Awards sponsors include Art-Invest Real Estate Management UK Ltd, Berkeley Homes (Capital) plc, British Land, Elephant & Castle Town Centre, Landsec, Lendlease, with Southwark News a supporter.

Art-Invest is bringing forward the Canada Water Dockside Project and sponsoring the Business Commitment to Education, Training & Skills Award.

UK Managing Director, Ali Abbas, said: “It’s a pleasure and a privilege for us to be sponsoring this great initiative.

Canada Water Dockside is one of the largest planning applications in London and we're making significant social and community initiatives there, not least the Construction Skills Centre and the Capital Community Fund.”

Berkeley Homes Capital, sponsoring

Community Collaboration in Response to COVID-19, has constructed nearly 2,000 homes in Southwark with another 2000 to be delivered in Malt Street on Old Kent Road, Borough Triangle in Elephant and Castle and the Aylesham Centre in Peckham.

Development manager, Ollie Yeats, said: “Whether it's through our apprenticeship schemes, local employment opportunities, or wide-reaching consultation, for us placemaking is about people and we see community as the core focus of everything we do - that’s the reason we’ve chosen to sponsor this award.”

Sustainable Green Investment sponsor Landsec has Southwark schemes: The Forge in Sumner Street, Red Lion Court on the riverside and Timber Square.

Senior Development Director, Robert Hume, said: “It's at the core of our approach to embed ourselves in local communities so this sort of initiative is something that we're fully behind and very proud to be involved in.”

Covid-19 Resilience category sponsor Lendlease is redeveloping Elephant Park to create 3,000 new homes, jobs and retail.

Socio Economic Development Manager, Lucille Gibbons, said: “Part of the interest for these particular awards was around retail because we have a number of our own small retailers now that we’re coming into operation and this year has been incredibly tough for them. Part of the driver was around

recognising and appreciating just how difficult the landscape has been, and trying to celebrate success where it does exist.”

Southwark Business Resilience Awards are run by White Label in partnership with Southwark Council and Southwark Chamber of Commerce.

Councillor Jason Ochere, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Business and Town Centres, outlined how Southwark Council was the first in the in the UK to launch a hardship fund to businesses which slipped through the Government COVID-19 funding net.

And this month, the council has launched The High Street Recovery Fund to help small and medium sized businesses thrive and develop resilience. Cllr Ochere said: “Beyond this funding, we’re working in lockstep and partnership on a plan to develop the resilience of businesses going forward and I’m proud to be supporting these awards to recognise the work businesses have done over the past year, and to ensure the voices of all businesses are being listened to and we’re working with them to recover as strongly as possible.”

The awards remain open for entries until August 6 with a shortlist announced for a public vote on 16 August. Winners, including the overall Business of the Year, will be revealed at a Virtual Awards Ceremony on 21 October.

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Comment Lifting eviction band makes no sense

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n March last year, the day after the prime minister had announced the first national lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I asked the chancellor of the exchequer to guarantee that no-one would become homeless as a consequence of coronavirus.

I asked that question because I was desperately worried that in our broken private rented sector, without strong protection from the government, many private renters could easily lose their homes.

The government’s furlough scheme, while welcome, only covers 80 per cent of pay and the cost of private renting in my constituency is so high that a 20 per cent loss in pay can easily result in rent arrears rapidly building up.

Private renters in the UK have very little security of tenure because landlords are able to evict them for no reason.

These are called ‘section 21’ or ‘no fault’ evictions because the tenant does not have to have done anything wrong for a landlord to serve notice. Lives can be turned completely upside down in an instant simply because a private landlord decides to serve an eviction notice.

In the end, the government did introduce a ban on evictions during the pandemic.

But without any provision to deal with rent arrears this has simply left a cliff

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MP for Dulwich & West Norwood edge for many private renters who have been unable to make ends meet because their income has dropped. Appallingly, despite increasing cases of coronavirus in many parts of the country, and a decision to delay the easing of lockdown restrictions for another month, the Tories have refused to extend the eviction ban, which came to an end on 1st June.

Despite the government’s promise, in the words of the mousing minister Robert Jenrick that ‘no renter who has lost income due to coronavirus will be forced out of their home’, it is estimated that more than 150,000 private renters are now at imminent risk of homelessness.

In addition to the appalling human cost in distress and hardship that this will cause, it also makes no economic sense, because it could end up costing the government up to £2.2 billion

in temporary accommodation. Why would any government spend billions of pounds of public money paying for poor quality, insecure temporary accommodation, when they could have taken steps to stop people from losing their homes in the first place?

We have long needed proper reform of private renting, with more security for tenants, action on spiralling rents and an end to ‘no fault’ evictions. The Tories have the power, if they choose, to stop the coronavirus crisis from resulting in an avalanche of homelessness, and to deliver a housing system based on affordability and security.

What was true in March 2020 is still true in June 2021 – no-one should face losing their home because of the coronavirus pandemic, and it is time for the Tory government to make good on their promise.

Supporting our high streets

Kieron Williams

Southwark Council leader

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t has been wonderful to see our town centres coming back to life again over the past few weeks.

Southwark’s high streets are one of the many things that make our borough so special. From Peckham to the Blue, London Bridge to Lordship Lane, Walworth to Dulwich Village, Camberwell to Nunhead and Canada Water to Herne Hill, they offer something for everyone.

That’s why in Southwark we have been so determined to support them through this pandemic and beyond.

Since March 2020, we have distributed more than £130 million in business grants and business rate relief to local businesses, to keep them going through lockdown and protect local jobs. We have pulled out all the stops to get this money out as fast as possible. Putting our own council money in to fill the gaps in nationally government support.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been out visiting and talking to local traders and community members about the things we need to do next to make sure our highstreets can continue to thrive. I’ve taken our chief executive and council officers down to Rye Lane, spent time talking to traders in the Blue, been on a walkabout with businesses in London Bridge and Bankside and spent the afternoon in East Dulwich with ward councillors talking to traders along Lordship Lane.

It has been great to see some of the quick changes we have made working. We have allowed more than

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250 businesses to use nearby outside spaces to set up tables and chairs to serve customers in the most COVIDsecure ways. As well as offering free safety visits and assessments to allow local businesses to display our new COVID-19 safety accreditation to give customers the confidence they need to return. Now we are looking at the improvements we need to make next.

I’m delighted to say that on June 15 we launched our new High Streets Recovery Fund. Businesses and local voluntary organisations can bid for between £1,000 and £25,000 to support an idea that will help improve and revitalise our high. Attracting more people back to Southwark’s high streets and helping local small and medium-sized businesses to thrive Anyone can apply to the fund, but ideas will be more likely to be chosen if they support at least two of six key goals: To create healthy and safe high streets, not just in terms of COVID, but also in terms of accessibility and promotion of healthy goods and services.

To create a greener town centre, improving the environment and reducing carbon emissions.

To support cultural events and celebrate the diversity of our borough To make our high streets more sustainable, accessible and well connected To improve our digital connectivity in our high streets and town centres To support the Council’s Southwark Stands Together programme;

increasing diversity, reducing inequalities and tackling racism.

I look forward to seeing some fantastic projects coming through from high streets across our borough.

Our new High Streets Recovery Fund comes on top of the major investments we already had planned for our town centres pre pandemic. For example, July will see the completion of over £2million of investment in the Blue Market in Bermondsey, supported by mayor of London Sadiq Khan. With revamped shopfronts, new walkway to Bermondsey Station, murals and a new clock tower will help draw in new customers from across the borough.

The opening of a new cinema and multi-arts space will really transform the market and make it a much more attractive place to shop and relax.

Southwark also continues to support the community infrastructure in our town centres too. For example, across London we have seen libraries close their doors. By contracts in Southwark we have opened four new libraries in the last decade, at Canada Water, Camberwell, Grove Vale and, most recently, our brand new Southwark Cultural Centre and Walworth Library on Walworth Road. All providing quality spaces to learn, work, relax and be inspired.

We are not out of the woods yet, and there is still a long way to go until all our local businesses get back on their feet. Southwark Council will continue to do everything we can to support our highstreets and town centres.

Rouel Road estate residents keeping warm with the heating off earlier this year

Rouel Road: Bermondsey Estate residents to get automatic compensation after months of heating outages Well, that weekly amount should cover one day of an electric heater! They are so expensive to use.

Tanya Robinson, via Facebook

Only compensated if you made a repairs complaint every single day of your outtage. Mine was six months long. So I'd have had to write 180 emails to get my £3 a day. Disgusting!! Each complaint has to be attended by an engineer so OCO will be bombarded come winter Lucy Slater, via Twitter

I still haven't had the reimbursement for not having any electricity in my kitchen and being unable to cook for two weeks. I was forced to spend my rent money on takeaways when I had a flooding during Covid and was told it wasn't a priority.

Mark Horney, via Facebook

Struggle to access face-to-face GP appointments continues due to ‘high demand’ Can’t see a doctor. Can’t even get through to the receptionist. All you’re told is to ring back at 8.30 in morning - still impossible to get an appointment.

Laura Ann Ann

Bermondsey homeowner’s ‘unsellable’ flat repossessed after cladding issues The housing association seems to just wash their hands of this. If the housing association threatens to retake the property - it is then and only then the lender moves in to repossess to protect the assets against their loan - the decision comes from the HA first… even if the EWS1 form was not the landlord’s responsibility, they could have done something to support the resulting mess.

Jo, via SN website

No guarantees given to Marie Curie residents forced to move out over fire safety flaws So disappointing to see Southwark responding like this. ‘Case by case’ basis is always a code for ‘we’re trying to make sure they get as little as possible of what they’re entitled to’.

Mark Dodds, via SN website

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The final push is on to take up the vaccine and for us to get back to some normality

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hefty rise in the number of Delta variant-driven new COVID-19 cases across Southwark, and the country as a whole, is no cause for panic.

All the evidence we have shows us that the vaccine drive is working. But for the best protection you need to have received both doses. Until then, people in younger age groups or those who decided to turn down the offer of inoculation are vulnerable - both to the virus which can make people severely ill and cause long-term complications, but also to passing the infection on to more vulnerable people.

Although many of us are champing at the bit to get back to something resembling normality, continuing to be cautious: social distancing, taking tests if you have symptoms, and isolating if in contact with a confirmed case, will all help slow the spread and prevent risk.

The figures certainly sound alarming - week on week new cases are rising by between 60 and 70 per cent across England.

However, hospital admissions have only risen by under eleven per cent. So despite a surge in cases we are not seeing anywhere the number of seriously ill people we did during the first and second waves of the virus.

Vaccines will never offer a 100 per cent guarantee that you will not get unwell with COVID-19.

But the protection from two jabs, against all variants, so far is shown to be very high.

For example, both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are more than 92 per cent effective against hospitalisation and serious disease after two doses.

Health officials in Southwark say they have been ‘pulling out all the stops’ to push forward the vaccine roll out to all adults, and get more people over 40 bringing their jabs forward. This is the final push.

Although we may have to live with COVID-19 for a long time yet, an end to lockdowns and mass restrictions is finally in sight.

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Major – Matron – Mayor: service for a woman cut down in her prime

The day after the service Denise’s ashes were scattered in the grounds of Guy’s Hospital

Memorial for Denise Capstick on what would have been her 57th birthday

By Kevin Quinn kevin@southwarknews.co.uk Amid the exalted surroundings of Southwark Cathedral, dignitaries, army and nursing colleagues and many more gathered to pay tribute to Matron, Mayor and Major Denise Capstick on what would have been just her 57th birthday.

The former Bermondsey Liberal Democrat councillor’s thanksgiving service at the centuries old Gothic Cathedral was the perfect setting to celebrate the life of a woman who held the office of Mayor of Southwark in 2002-2003, was a Major in the Army with a service record of 30 years and spent numerous more years as a nurse and matron in hospitals across the country including Guy’s and St Thomas’.

Just four months on from her sudden death from brain cancer, the service included people from all political persuasions, but it was clearly a chance for her party colleagues to pay tribute to her. They painted a picture of a woman who was devoted to civic, military and community service.

However, the tributes also emphasised a fun-loving woman cut down in her prime who enjoyed nothing more than having a glass of wine and belting out rather bad musical renditions of ‘Hey Big Spender’ and ‘Like A Virgin’ on karaoke, either in fundraising events at Millwall or while on tour in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Fondly referred to as Denzi, her fellow former councillor and best friend Lorraine Zuleta, took to the high altar saying: “She was a bundle of energy and fun, generous, hardworking and courageous, a passionate woman. She served her country, her borough and her community with great enthusiasm and joy. I was fortunate enough to accompany her on many mayoral adventures including one with our twin town Langenhagen in Germany.

How she loved to see the barmen in their lederhosen.”

And her friend from the Army Reserves Lt Col Joanne Cooke recounted their first meeting, joining up at the same time. “While most of us turned up in trainers and tracksuits I remember clearly Denise walking around the corner with her big massive blonde hair, false nails and a purple wheelie case. And at that point I thought, surely she is not going to make it. However, first impressions are not always correct - thirty years of commissioned service.”

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 often have to 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.

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.

The former leader of Southwark

Denise’s sister Jann celebreate the same birthday - Sir Simon Hughes lit two cakes outside Southwark Cathedral

I hope she rests in peace, because by God, she earned it

Denise on active duty

Council Nick Stanton, speaking of a time when the Liberal Democrats held the balance of power at the Town Hall, spoke at the service last Wednesday week, recounting why he took the bold decision to appoint Denise as Mayor despite only being in her 30s.

“It had been somewhat of a tradition that the mayor was a long service award,” he said. “But I had two reasons in my mind. One was that Denise had a smile that would light up a room.

Denise was a consummate people

person, she loved meeting people, she loved hearing people’s stories, she was really, really good and threw herself into it with gusto. She also, at chairing raucous council meetings, had a bark that could silence a parade ground.”

Referring to her work ethic he related how she would spend her Christmas Day with the former MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Sir Simon Hughes, at Guy’s Hospital for a dinner laid on by Bermondsey Care for the Elderly, off to various council

sheltered housing units, then round to the police, fire and ambulance stations; ending his tribute with: “I hope she rests in peace, because by God, she earned it.”

Sir Simon, then took the altar to pay tribute to her, tears welling up in his eyes and he was visibly choked when he said to the assembled crowd: “It is almost impossible to think of a life without Denise. Never have I had a more unswerving, brave, caring, constructive, enthusiastic, loving and positive friend;” before reading out the constitution of the Liberal Democrats.

In the grounds of the cathedral, after the service, Simon helped light two birthday cakes, one for Denise and another for her sister Jann. The two amazingly celebrated the same birthday. Jann thanked everyone and the following day they came again to Borough to scatter Denise’s ashes in the grounds of Guy’s Hospital.

A nurse by profession, Denise continued her work after leaving Bermondsey, most recently as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. She worked as a nurse, nursing sister and matron for many years at Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals. Included among the many hymns, the regimental march of her former regiment and Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’, the lofty cathedral played a recording of Geoff Morrow’s ‘Thank You NHS’. And the money collected in memory of Denise will now, so fittingly, go towards the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation, and will be used to support the work of the Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital.

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Staircase to Barber Shop of Hell

What is the relevance of a tiny Welsh coastal village today? That was the question I found myself asking for the first half of this adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, writes Hannah Kelly.

Set in a care home, Michael Sheen animates Thomas’ fictional village of Llareggub. This is a place lost in time and in the memory of Richard Jenkins(Karl Johnson), the ageing father of Sheen’s character. As the poem lilts in and out of the daily lives of Llareggub’s residents, it provides detailed accounts of the landscape and the marital affairs of the village. These lives are punctuated with solemnity and humour and the marriage of the ageing Pughs produced some good chuckles.

Yet the central action is not the village, but the father and son relationship. This is the catalyst for remembering in the first place.

Therefore, the first half of the play is a little slow. It isn’t until a sudden turn towards the beginning of spring that Johnson’s character starts remembering for himself. From then on, it is the dynamic between the unravelling relationship between the two Jenkins that marks the emotional anchor. Without them the nostalgic Llareggub appears to bear no relevance at all to the events unfolding outside the theatre.

Aside from the sometimes waning content in the first half, the staging is magnificent. Set in the round at the Olivier, one feels that the audience is invited in to make up the village and the care home. Sheen’s central dialogue is moved along by the animation

Photo by Johan Persson

Dyer’s play shines a light on the twenty-year homosexual relationship between Harry (Paul Rider) and Charlie (John Sackville). Set in Harry’s barber shop, audiences are greeted with the iconic 60s barber shop paraphernalia of red leather flip back chairs, basins, and a black and white chequered floor.

Dramatic tension drives the play as we witness various complications culminating as a result of the couple’s homosexual life. Remember, two men living together in the 60s was considered scandalous! Add to that Charlie being summoned to court accused of licentious behaviour towards a policeman and you’ll understand why this play never leaves the confines of the barber shop - Namely, fear!

Dealing with the theme of oppression, Dyer opted to write the play as a comedy, but light and chipper it isn’t. In fact, it’s dark, a comedy so caustic you

with Charlie’s plight.

Harry provides the much needed softness but, clearly, the barbed arrows have taken their toll; with eyes downcast and a voice thick with indignant resignation, he fights with integrity.

Both actors impressed in their characterisations and memorised lengthy and complex dialogue, whilst also conveying the resulting claustrophobia that comes with living a secret existence.

The second act was more polished than the first as Harry shuffled along, weighed down from the verbal scars, whilst Charlie grew increasingly animated, fuelled by his scathing put-downs.

The actors were great at their parts but there was no sense of hope, so don’t expect a jolly time. Plus, Staircase felt dated, hence my mixed feelings!

Courtesy of Phil Gammon

Showing at Southwark Theatre, Staircase, written by Charles Dyer, was originally performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and subsequently made into a film, writes Carolyn Hart Taylor.

may find yourself flinching at Charlie’s scathing and vitriolic insults towards his partner. What you’re actually witnessing is Charlie’s own self-loathing as, unaccepted by society, he turns on Harry and pretty much everyone else.

Sheen shines Under Milk Wood

of each of the village’s colourful characters; played by the likes of Siân Phillips and Ifan Huw Dafydd. I was particularly struck by Gaynor Morgan Rees, who brought a sense of lightness to the otherwise dense poetry.

Sheen is brilliant and his passion for each word is unmissable. The deterioration of his character is subtle

Hence, masking his pain with acerbic humour prevents us bonding with Charlie.

Given decades of progress around equality, this play can be an uncomfortable watch. Derogatory

descriptions of his 90-year-old mother as a ‘sad, sad, shrivelled bitch’ and a ‘veiny, grizzled bag’ alongside other put downs about women in general, may leave the audience with more questions than answers as they try empathising

Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD until 17th July.

Times: Mon-Sat 8pm; Tues & Sat matinees 3.30pm. Admission: £22.

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Go Natty Bo South East London’s finest were out in their Friday Night Finery for the opening of Natty Bo’s art exhibition, a show that opened in parallel with the Open Studios of Pullens Yards, writes Michael Holland.

and by the end of the play I was entirely convinced of the unspoken dynamic between himself and Johnson as his father.

In answer to my first question, a fictional Welsh village is not enormously relevant today. That is why it is worth pushing through the first twenty minutes. In Under Milk Wood

we discover the power that layers of memory evoke as they draw someone back and bring someone else forward, meeting at a moment of reconciliation.

This is the theme that feels abundantly relevant today.

Under Milk Wood is now sold out for all performances.

The exhibition was an inside and outside affair, with the majority of the artwork adorning the walls of Electric Elephant Café, and the larger work out in the yards.

Bo’s art is a subtle mix of figurative and cityscape that doesn’t clash when hung together. His use of a darker palette does not hide the joy he puts into his paintings, whether that be people dancing, applying make-up or playing an instrument, though it does add a necessary undercurrent of the black experience. Something the artist knows well.

The exhibition is a showcase of all the artist’s skills and painting styles, so without a collective theme that brings all the art together. But even with all the differing styles that ranged from the surreal to the figurative, it was obvious to see that one person was behind it all, and that was why the artwork and the audience combined to make a beautiful evening.

Natty Bo’s Art Exhibition is on at Electric Elephant Café, 186A, Crampton Street, SE17 3AE until 31st August.

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the somme and the folks back home

90 men from Southwark were killed on July 1st, 1916, on the first day of the battle Saturday 1st of July 1916 started as a pretty normal day in Southwark.

Nearly two years had passed since war had been declared and London had settled into some sort of routine, writes Southwark historian Neil Crossfield...

A young Red Cross nurse named Vera Brittain, based at No1 General Hospital Camberwell, (pictured above) arranged to go to Southwark Cathedral that afternoon, for a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem, despite the fact that earlier in the week, The Globe newspaper had questioned why the concert included ‘enemy music’.

Two boxers, ‘Fighting’ Bob Spencer and Petty Officer Jones of the Royal

Naval Division nervously prepared for their sixteen-round bout at the Ring boxing venue in Blackfriars Road and other people were making plans to go to the whist drive at the Masonic Hall, Camberwell New Road.

Yet some 200 miles away, across the channel in the Somme region of France, the day saw the start of a monumental struggle which has gone down as the costliest in British military history.

Around 07:30 hours that morning, many large mines were detonated, whistles blew and thousands of men ‘went over the top’, only to be mown down by machine guns and artillery fire. By the end of the first day, British casualties numbered 57,470 and 19,240 of these men had

been killed. Like all parts of the United Kingdom and the wider British Empire, Southwark played its role and around 90 men with a connection to the borough were recorded as dying on that day.

Press restrictions under the Defence of the Realm Act meant that the huge losses would not have been mentioned in the national and local press. While initial newspaper reports were positive in nature, anyone who lived in London would have soon realised that something dreadful had happened.

By Monday 3rd of July, the hospital trains began to arrive in the London railway terminals. Troops who had survived their battlefield injuries and initial treatment at a casualty clearing station in France were sent back to ‘Blighty’ to receive further care. London Bridge Station would have been a key point for injured soldiers passing through to one of the many military hospitals established within London.

On Monday afternoon, Vera Brittain had written to her mother and said that No1

General Hospital had been put on standby to receive 50 officers and 100 men. The first of these arrived on the morning of the 4th of July and she later wrote that these convoys arrived without cessation for about a fortnight. Expecting large numbers of casualties, temporary huts had been erected in the grounds of the hospital. The one the young nurse was assigned to, designed to accommodate 40 casualties, was filled beyond capacity with acute surgical cases by that evening.

Much has already been written about this awful day and our thoughts, perhaps understandably, often concentrate on the huge number of casualties. These terrible statistics still shock today but it is easy to forget that each of the almost 20,000 who were killed were individuals, all with families and friends mourning their loss.

This article looks at the stories of just a few of the Southwark men who died on that fateful day.

Whilst the carnage of the 1st of July is etched into our collective memory, it should be remembered that the Battle

of the Somme continued until the 18th of November. During this period, British Empire forces suffered around 420,000 casualties, French forces 200,000 and the German losses were estimated to be around 450,000. In the 141 days the fighting raged, around 131,000 British soldiers had died and when hostilities ceased, the allied forces had only advanced around seven miles.

One of the most notable deaths on the day was that of Major S.W. LoudounShand of the 10th Yorkshire Regiment.

Though born in Sri Lanka, he had a close association with Southwark having attended Dulwich College; as did five of his brothers. His father lived in Alleyn Park, Dulwich.

Loudoun-Shand had served in the Boer War before working on tea plantations in Sri Lanka. When war was declared he returned to England to re-enlist. He was one of nine people who would be awarded the Victoria Cross on the day. He was not the only ex pupil of Dulwich college who died this day, as 20-year-old 2nd Lieutenant Frederick

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Vera Brittain

London had settled into some sort of routine, despite the ongoing war, and on the Ist of July 1916 a young Red Cross nurse named Vera Brittain, based at No1 General Hospital Camberwell, arranged to go to Southwark Cathedral that afternoon, for a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem, despite the fact people questioned why the concert included ‘enemy music’ Cyril Stowell Volkers, of the 1st Rifle Brigade also fell. He attended the college from 1907 until 1914. A keen sportsman, he played rugby for the 1st XV in his final year and was one of six boys from this team who were killed during the Great War. Corporal John Sidney Clark of the 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, was 33 years old when he died. In civilian life he had been a coal dealer and was married to Bridget Clark. The couple lived in Abbey Street, Bermondsey. The East Surrey’s actions on the 1st of July have gone down in legend, as this was the unit which went ‘over the top’ kicking footballs towards the German lines. A Captain of the 8th Battalion, W.P. Nevill, had bought these balls and on one of these had written, ‘The Great European Cup-Tie Final. East Surreys V Bavarians. Kick off at zero’ and on the other, ‘NO REFEREE’. Nevill had offered a reward to the first platoon to reach the German lines, unfortunately, whilst this was no doubt a brave attempt to relieve his men’s nerves, Nevill and many of his men were mown down as they left the trenches. It is impossible to know what part, if any, John Sidney Clark played in this historic act of bravado but

Bermondsey man joined others going over the top kicking footballs towards the German lines

it is highly probable that he would have known that this was planned.

Leonard Charles Shinkfield, a private in the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), died taking part in fierce fighting around Gommecourt on the first morning. This was a diversionary attack by the 56th (London) Division and had been largely successful with troops capturing the German front line trenches. He had lived in Dulwich and attended Alleyn’s school with his two brothers, Eric and Herbert.

1916 would be a terrible year for his parents, as just a month before he died, their youngest son Eric had been killed near Hebuterne. Losing two sons in such a short time was compounded by the gassing of Herbert, their remaining son, later that month. Such was the extent of his injuries he was invalided out of the army. In some ways this might have been seen as a blessing to his parents.

At least two of the men who died on this day had found themselves fighting against the country their father had been born in. Eric James Arlitz had been born in Bermondsey and is shown on the 1911 census as being a boot salesman. His father, William John Arlitz had been born in Hamburg in 1865 and had later run a newsagent in the Old Kent Road. He had two other brothers who also served but these survived. Eric died serving with the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.

Another man, Private Frank Fanning of the 1st Hampshire Regiment, had been born to Albert Fanning, a German national, who was employed as a waiter in a private club. His parents lived in 7 Hayles Buildings, St George’s Road. This

Major Stewart Walter Loudon-Shand VC. Image used with kind permission of the governors of Dulwich College.

Private Leonard C. Shinkfield

would have been a tragic day for this family, as his sister, Lilly, also lost her husband: Company Sergeant Major John Tonge of the Royal Irish Rifles on the 1st of July. Whilst many Germans had settled in London throughout the 19th century and had fully integrated into British society, there had been widespread anti-German sentiment at the beginning of the war, and it is not difficult to imagine that these men would have faced difficulties when they enlisted.

Such was the scale of the battle that it was often difficult to ascertain what had happened to individual soldiers and families would often have to wait weeks or even months to find out the fate of their loved ones. For Example, when James Frederick Radley was killed

fighting with the 2nd Middlesex, in the attack at Mash Valley near Ovillers, his official notification of death did not arrive until the 5th of December 1916. Stories like Radley’s were not uncommon, for his unit alone suffered 650 casualties on that day. Troops would initially be posted as missing but as time went on, chances that they would be found alive diminished.

It is telling that the names of some 48 men from Southwark who died on the 1st of July can be found among those carved on the Thievpal Memorial, built to commemorate the 72,337 men who had no known grave.

While many would have feared the worst, they often clung to the vague hope that their son had been taken prisoner or was still alive. A particularly sad case

is that of Frederick George Marshall, a 20-year-old trainee draughtsman serving in the Royal Engineers. He had suffered a gunshot wound and had been seen in an advanced dressing station on the 1st of July. However, several personal items of his, including a luminous watch, a bible and personal letters, had not been sent back to his parents as per the usual procedures on the death of a soldier. His father sent an extremely poignant letter to the war office in November 1916, in which he suggested that the failure to return these items was an indication that his ‘darling son’ was still ‘alive and well’. The unfortunate truth was that sometimes the personal effects of casualties would be stolen by unscrupulous medical staff, and this may have occurred in this case. The poor man signed off his letter, ‘I remain yours, nearly mad with trouble’.

While the death of a soldier was heart-breaking, the loss of the main breadwinner could also result in severe financial hardship for his wife and family.

Ernest Leopold Clift, a leather dresser from Bermondsey, died fighting with the 3rd Royal West Kent regiment. He left a wife, Louisa and four children under the age of six. Clift had enlisted on the 1st of September 1914 and from this point, Louisa would have been only entitled to a separation allowance of 7s. 7d. and 1s. 2d. per child per week. His youngest son, Albert, had not been born until March 1915, so Louisa would have had to manage on around eleven shillings a week. Considering that around this time, even a general labourer working in the docks could be expected to receive around 35 shillings a week, this created huge difficulties. Once a husband was killed, his widow could receive a pension, but this was not automatically given. Louisa received his notification of death on the 24th of July and then would have had to jump through several administrative hoops. The separation allowance would have continued for six months. She would have to provide copies of birth and marriage certificates and get this verified by a JP or a police officer above the rank of sergeant. Records show that she was finally awarded a pension of 22s 6d a week from the 22nd of January 1916.

Times must have been hard for Louisa as in November 1916, she had written to the war office thanking them for returning the parcel containing ‘the few things of my husbands’ but then asking if they could also send on his will book as she was sure there were ‘a few shillings of his pay’ that she could use. She then related that one of her children had lost the sight of one eye after an accident with a gun.

Both the pension and separation allowance could be forfeited, if the bereaved woman’s behaviour were deemed to be immoral or reprehensible.

Life in the trenches of the Western Front could be terrible for soldiers serving in the army but it is easy to forget the struggles of their loved ones left behind in England.

At least two of the Southwark men, who died on this day found themselves fighting against the country their father had been born in

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DULWICH COMMON DULWICH LONDON SE21 7ER (Ref: 21/AP/2121) Prior approval notification for the installation of an 18.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

(Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ewan Lawless 020 7525 1264)

15 PIONEER CENTRE FROBISHER PLACE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 2EE (Ref: 21/AP/2020) Removal of existing single glazing on the ground floor and double glazing on the upper floor and installation of new double glazing into existing window frames. In addition, replacement and installation of new ironmongery, draughtproofing of existing opening windows, servicing, easing and adjusting of opening windows and redecoration of window frames. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Danielle Campbell 020 7525 2427) 2 GALLERY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7AB (Ref: 21/AP/2034) Change of use of existing ancillary accommodation to Class C3 (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 020 7525 4929) 55A SUTHERLAND SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 3EL (Ref: 21/AP/2047) Construction of a mansard roof extension (Within: Sutherland Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465) WHEAT WHARF 27 SHAD THAMES LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2YW (Ref: 21/AP/2070) LBC application seeking approval from the council to erect scaffolding around the perimeter of Wheat Wharf Building and be mechanically tied to the existing facade for structural security and safety (Within: Tower Bridge CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Martin McKay 020 7525 1818) MORLEY COLLEGE KING EDWARD WALK

SIX PILLARS CRESCENT WOOD ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE26 6RU (Ref: 21/AP/1977) Internal alterations to the access and reorganisation of floor plan to accommodate passage and manoeuvre of wheelchair. (Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) GROUND FLOOR 1-7 BOUNDARY ROW LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 8HP (Ref: 21/AP/2089) New revised main entrance into the building allowing direct access at street level. New security laminated double glazed entrance doors with side and fan lights in Crittall corporate W20 metal frames with black finish. New backlit signage set in existing opening in rendered side wall. Refurbishment works to existing signage with re-painting, installing new vinyl lettering and new painted line art on existing shutters.

(Within: Valentine Place CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam ) 116-120 TOOLEY STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2TH (Ref: 21/AP/2120) Construction of a rooftop extension to include a 2 bedroom flat with a terraced area to the rear and communal rooftop garden area, and newly installed circulation block and lift extension.

(Within: Tooley Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 020 7525 4929) 160 BERMONDSEY WALL EAST LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 4TT (Ref: 21/AP/2114) Conversion of existing garage into a habitable room replacing the garage door with metal and

glazed bi-fold doors (Within: Edward III's Rotherhithe CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Danielle Campbell 020 7525 2427) 8 LANT STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1QR (Ref: 21/AP/2161) Conversion of property (8-10 Lant Street) into 2x dwellings. Currently a Class E unit on the ground floor of 8 Lant Street, separate to the existing dwelling units - will be retained and remain a Class E unit. (Within: Liberty of the Mint CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Yvonne Sampoh 020 7525 4929) BELTWOOD 41 SYDENHAM HILL LONDON SOUTHWARK SE26 6TH (Ref: 21/AP/2123) Removal of a Condition 2- Change to the approved plans as required by 17/AP/3070 dated 28/06/2018 for alterations to enable a change of use of Beltwood House from a Class C2 residential institution to provide 6 apartments with external works comprising demolition of the service wing outriggers and replacement with a new communal entrance. Demolition of curtilage buildings to the east of Beltwood House and replacement with 3 No. residential units.

Creation of a new Gate House and a detached house within the site curtilage. (Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Alexander Cameron 020 7525 5416)

Catherine Jeater 020 7525 5375) 45 DENMARK HILL LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8RS (Ref: 21/AP/2184) Retrospective application for new shopfront to Daneville Road, and new signage to Denmark Hill and Daneville Road elevations (Within: Camberwell Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Louise Dinsdale ) HALF MOON DENTAL SURGERY 1-3 HALF MOON LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE24 9JU (Ref: 21/AP/1679) New shop front to replace old rotten timber front .Replace the windows with UPVC sash windows double glazing with opening "service hatch" to greet patients so they can remain outside (covid safe) Retractable branded awning . New shop sign. New windows in 3A Moon Lane to replace rotten casement windows. new windows will be double glazed upvc closely matching original casement windows. (Within: Stradella Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Hajnalka Kurti 020 7525 3701) Dated: 29 Jun 2021 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth

27 CAMBERWELL GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8JA (Ref: 21/AP/2168) Removal of part of front boundary wall and railings and replacement by gate, construction of staircase in front basement area and small extension to under staircase space to become bicycle store. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) EAST LODGE NUNHEAD CEMETERY LINDEN GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 21/AP/2203) Minor material amendment to planning permission 18/AP/2937 (Enabling works comprising of underpinning and structural repairs to the upper portion of the building; some demolition works in relation to the stability works; drainage works around the building.) to facilitate the removal of scaffolding by the installation of new timber joists over-boarded with ply, new internal structural steels, new elbow ties and additional building and rebuilding of brick walls (Within: Nunhead Cemetry CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact:

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ROLLS ROAD, ST JAMES’S ROAD, DANIELS ROAD, WELSFORD STREET, GAINSFORD STREET, RYE HILL PARK) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1. effect 2.

Please take notice that I / we: Superdrug, 51 Sydenham Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 2EU have made application to Southwark Council for a new Special Treatments Premises Licence in respect of Superdrug, Unit 10A, The Gallery South Bank Central, Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LJ A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH Email: Licensing@southwark.gov.uk

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:

Opening hours:

Whilst the restriction is in place, and whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to wait, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading at any time in: (a) Daniels Road, between No’s 56 – No’s 60 (b) Tappesfield Road, (north side) between No’s 132 – 136 and No’s 100 – Nos 122

4.

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

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable works to be carried out by, Select Plant Hire, SGN, Lanes, J & G Traffic, it, made, an order the of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

(a) Rolls Road, between Marlborough Grove and St James Road (b) St James’s Road, between Argyle Way and Catlin Street (c) Daniels Road, between No’s 72 and No’s 96 (d) Welsford Street, at it’s junction with Lynton Road (e)Gainsford Street, between Shad Thames and Horselydown Lane (f) Rye Hill Park, between Peckham Rye and Torridge Gardens 3.

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The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) & (2b) Rotherhithe New Road, Galleywall Road, Southwark Park Road. Southwark Park Road, Dunton Road, Mandela Way, Humphrey Street, Old Kent Road, St James Road. (2c) Linden Grove, Nunhead Grove, Daniels Road.

(2d) not applicable (2e) Horselydown Lane, Queen Elizabeth Street, Shad Thames. (2f) Peckham Rye, Rye Hill Park.

5.

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

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) & (2b) 10th – 11th July. (2c) 12th – 16th June. (2d) 12th – 21st July. (2e) 12th – 23rd July, works will be carried out in 2 phases. (2f) 13th – 14th July. (3a) 12th – 16th June. (3b) 19th – 25th July.

8.

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

Dated this 1st July 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) & (2b) 5706/LBSCR11746-6 (2c) 5737/W117874397-00706 (2d) 5738/W117880858-02678 (2e) 5741/003345TQPK02 (2f) 5707/LBSCR11780 (3a) 5737/W117874397-00706 (3b) 5737/W117874397-02469

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (EMBA STREET, SWAN MEAD)

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

2.

Start time

Finish time

Tues to Fri Saturday

11:00 11:00

18:30 17:00

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

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

Date of application: 23.06.21 MARRIAGE/CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS APPROVAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW APPLICATION/RENEWAL* TO LICENCES Notice is given that Golden Hinde Limited has applied to the London Borough of Southwark for approval/renewal of approval of premises for marriage/civil partnership ceremonies at: Golden Hinde Sailing Ship, St.Mary Overie Dock, Cathedral St, London, SE1 9DE, Within the: Armoury and Hold 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 (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 21 days starting the day after the date shown below.

Date of application: 29th June 2021 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (FARNCOMBE STREET, CALEB STREET, MINT 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, City Lifting, it, intends, to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Farncombe Street, at it’s junction with Bermondsey Wall East to it’s blocked end (b) Caleb Street, at its junction with Marshalsea Road (c) Mint Street, at it’s junction with Marshalsea Road

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

Days

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) not applicable. (2b)&(2c) access maintained via Mint Street

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.

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.

(a) Emba Street, between Janeway Street to the boundary between No’s 26 and No’s 7 (b) Swan Mead, from it’s junction of Webb Street for 47m southbound (c) Swan Mead, between No’s 12 – No’s 30

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.

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Janeway Street, Wilson Grove, Emba Street.

(2b) Webb Street, Swan Mead.

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 20th and 27th July. (2b) & (2c) 19th July – 10th September

4.

The existing one way working in Webb Street and Swan Mead, will be made two way for access and egress purposes for (2b) & (2c)

7.

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

5.

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

Dated this 1st July 2021

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) 12th – 13th July. (2b) 9th July.

8.

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

Dated this 1st July 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) 5757/0000331232547-002 (2b) & (2c) 5791/000030978620-002/000031366435-002

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) 5751/LBSCR11837/LBSCR11837-1 (2b)5739/W117886961-00389 (2c)5739/W11788683601730

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

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By Alex Bywater sport@southwarknews.co.uk Glamorgan kept their Vitality Blast qualification hopes alive with a thrilling one-run victory over Surrey for whom England batsman Ollie Pope top scored with 60.

David Lloyd and Billy Root both made 41 in Glamorgan’s total of 153 for six, but they should have reached at least 170 after making a strong start to their innings.

The Welsh county still did enough for victory, but only by the narrowest of margins. Pope couldn’t find anyone to support him, but Kyle Jamieson nearly took Surrey home.

The New Zealand bowler smashed 31 and with Surrey needing 13 from the last over, he looked like he would be the hero.

Jamieson needed two from the last ball, but Glamorgan’s Timm van der Gugten held his nerve and ran out the Surrey man off his own bowling.

Glamorgan were without Australian pair Marnus Labuschagne and Michael Neser again as they were in isolation after being deemed close contacts of Nick Selman who has tested positive for Covid-19.

Surrey chose to bowl first on a green wicket, but Glamorgan started well with Lloyd punching Jamieson down the ground for four in his first over.

Makeshift opener Kiran Carlson also smashed Gus Atkinson for six over cover

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Ollie Pope stars but Surrey lose thriller against Glamorgan

and then followed that up with two more consecutive fours as Glamorgan went past 50 in the fifth over.

Carlson was caught by Rory Burns for 32 off Jamieson from just 16 balls.

Lloyd smashed Jamieson over fine leg for six, but after Colin Ingram departed, he was immediately run out by new man Chris Cooke. Will Jacks initially misfielded, but his throw was good.

It was a cheap wicket for Glamorgan to

give away. They did go to 100 in the 12th over, but their innings fell away badly as Dan Moriarty finished with one for 16.

Billy Root, who had struggled to get the ball away, smashed four sixes in the final over bowled by Atkinson. Root ended unbeaten on 41 from 28 balls.

Jacks went to the first ball of Surrey’s chase, caught at cover by Roman Walker off the bowling of Prem Sisodiya and Laurie Evans soon followed him. This

time it was Ingram with the smart catch.

England Test pair Burns, and Pope were charged with the rebuild.

Both did so impressively as they ran well between the wickets. Burns struck a six, but it was Pope who was the more aggressive until his partner was cleaned up by Walker for 24.

Surrey needed 79 at the halfway stage with Pope unbeaten on 37, but Walker’s one for 17 held them back. Jamie Smith,

dropped poorly by Ingram off Sisodiya, departed for 20 and then Sisodiya claimed the wicket of Jamie Overton.

Pope went to 50 from 39 balls with six fours, but his team needed 45 from the final four overs.

When their main man was run out by Carlson coming back for a second run, the game looked up.

That was until Jamieson took charge only to fall just short.

Midfielder Nash delighted to remain a Lioness Millwall have had a run of games against higher-tier sides

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By Michael Avery sport@southwarknews.co.uk Millwall Lionesses midfielder Amy Nash said it was a ‘pleasure’ and was ‘very happy’ at being retained for her childhood club, as the South London side look ahead to their London & South East Regional Women’s Football League Premier Division 2021/22 campaign.

Lionesses complete National Development League double

By Sports Reporter

sport@southwarknews.co.uk Millwall’s Lionesses completed a double as both their U14s and U16s teams won their National Development Leagues. The girls fought off stiff competition from teams including West Ham and QPR and were presented their respective trophies by Head of Girls Football, Pamela Johnson.

The U14 team are looking to add to their successful squad for next season, with trials held at 10.30am on the 10th of July at St Paul’s Sports Ground in Rotherhithe - and you can register your interest by contacting Dpalmer@millwallcommunity.org.uk.

The Lionesses were promoted from the Eastern Region Women’s Football League (ERWFL) Division One South after a successful application to the FA, and Nash said: “It’s a real pleasure to re-sign for the Lionesses. I really enjoyed my short spell at the end of the season so much, and I am very happy to be given the chance to continue to develop with the team.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ERWFL results were declared null and void, but the Lionesses maintained their fitness levels with competitive friendlies after government guidelines were eased at the start of the year, and Nash excelled in fixtures against Hackney Lionesses, Upton Park Ladies and Kent Football United. Although Nash received rave reviews from teammates and staff alike, she acknowledged the work that was needed going into the fifth tier of women’s football next season: “I was happy with some of the performances in the friendlies, however there are a few days we could’ve done better. I am very excited to be playing at tier five, as this will be a good challenge for the team. Personally, I am looking forward to playing the local teams such as Fulham, Dartford

FC Women, New London Lionesses and Dulwich Hamlet.

The midfielder also thanked those closest to her, as well as the staff and fans for all of their support this season and said she ‘can’t wait’ to have the fans back to watch the Lionesses in Rotherhithe next year: “My friends and family were very pleased for me. They cannot wait to come and be able to watch me play for the club, as they haven’t been able to due to Covid-19 restrictions, and I am looking forward to their support. The support from the staff and the club is amazing, as always. They provide many opportunities for us girls that other clubs wouldn’t; and we are all grateful for this. Finally, I can’t wait to see fans back at St Paul’s supporting the club, we have a lot of talent in the team to show.”

Dulwich cruise to easy victory and move top of the table DULWICH 111-3 (35) beat WALTON ON THAMES 108 (43.5) by 7 wickets

By Sports Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk A depleted Dulwich side shook off the absence of several first team regulars to secure a seven-wicket victory in their AJ Fordham Surrey Championship Division 2 match against Walton on Thames.

Dulwich invited their opponents to bat and reaped their first reward as early as the second over when the visiting skipper steered Felix Allocca’s first ball

into the safe hands of Hugo Peterson at second slip. Peterson then struck in his second over and another in his fifth to reduce Walton to 16-3 after nine overs.

Peterson, Nick Gunning and Alex Gledhill maintained the pressure as the score limped to 45 in the 23rd over when Gledhill took the fourth wicket. A stand of 35 in ten overs by James Madoc-Jones and Jamie Mann steadied the ship, and at 80-4 in the 33rd over Walton seemed to be on the verge of setting a decent score.

However, Madoc-Jones’ dismissal for 39, caught behind off Peterson, sparked a collapse in which the last six wickets fell in 13 overs for just 28 runs. Peterson took another to finish with 4-35 off his permitted 14 overs, while 16-year-old leg spinner Ahmed Khan dismantled the

lower order to finish with 4-29 off 11.5.

Keeper Ollie Steele took five catches, three off Peterson and two off Khan as Walton were all out for 108 in the 44th over.

With several of their regular top order unavailable, the Dulwich batting had an unfamiliar look, but they proved equal to the task. Steele and acting skipper Chris Purshouse found scoring difficult against the Walton seamers but hung in to post 27 in 12 overs for the first wicket before Steele fell for a dogged 11 off 44 balls. Purshouse followed three overs later with the score on 39, having made 19 off 38 balls. This brought together Lachlan Skinner and George Pearson, both playing just their second first team game of the season, who combined for

the highest stand of the match. Walton used eight bowlers in the innings, but their fielders could not give them the support they needed as the pair added 67 in 19.2 overs for the third wicket.

Pearson fell for 19 off 56 balls with just three runs needed for victory. Skinner scored the winning boundary to finish unbeaten with 42, off 71 balls, his second valuable contribution in successive weeks as Dulwich needed just 35 overs to complete the victory.

Dulwich have now won six of their first eight matches and climb to the top of the Division 2 table. The return of the regular players will make selection unusually complicated next week, when the team travels to Dorking, who are currently fourth.

Lions start with a bang

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Two London derbies in opening weeks, as fans start planning for 2021-22 November

A U G U ST

December

February

Queens Park Rangers A

Tue 2

Reading H

SAT 4

Birmingham City H

Sat 5

Queens Park Rangers H

Sat 14

Blackburn Rovers H

Sat 6

Derby County H

Sat 11

Peterborough United A

Tue 8

Fulham A

Tue 17

Fulham H

SAT 20

Middlesbrough A

SAT 18

Preston North End H

SAT 12

Cardiff City H

Sat 21

Cardiff City A

Wed 24

Bournemouth H

SUn 26

Swansea City H

Sat 19

Blackburn Rovers A

Sat 28

Blackpool H

Hull City A

Wed 29

Coventry City A

Wed 23

Sat 7

Sat 27

Sat 26

September Sat 11

Sat 1

Bristol City A

Wed 15

Swansea City A

Sat 15

Nottingham Forest H

Sat 18

Coventry City H

Sat 22

Blackpool A

Sat 25

Nottingham Forest A

Sat 29

West Bromwich Albion H

Wed 29

Bristol City H

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk

October Barnsley A

Sat 16

Luton Town H

Tue 19

Sheffield United A

Sat 23

Stoke City H

Sat 30

Huddersfield Town A

*All fixtures are subject to change.

Sheffield United H

January

West Bromwich Albion A

Sat 2

Derby County A

ONE THOUGHT immediately came to mind with the 2021-22 Championship fixture release: Bring it on.

A London derby away from home to start with? Yes, please. Another London derby on a Tuesday night against a relegated side in the second week of the season? Now you’re spoiling us.

And with fans back in the mix, all going well, it’s a mouth-watering first month of the campaign.

It all begins on the weekend of August 7 (though fixtures are subject to change) when Millwall travel to west London to face QPR. The Lions have been drawn at home to Portsmouth in the first round of the EFL Cup. At the time of writing, that game was set to take place the week starting August 9, but clubs can agree to play a week earlier.

In the second week of the league campaign, Blackburn and Fulham visit a Den which could have full capacity available.

Millwall are at home on Boxing Day against Swansea and travel to Bristol City on New Year’s Day. The regular league season ends on May 7, when the SE16 side take a seaside trip to Bournemouth.

March Sat 5

Reading A

Sat 12

Middlesbrough H

Wed 16

Huddersfield Town H

Wed 19

Stoke City A

April SAT 2

Luton Town A

SAT 9

Barnsley H

Fri 15

Preston North End A

MON 18

Hull City H

Sat 23

Birmingham City A

Sat 30

Peterborough United H

M ay M ay Sat 7

Bournemouth A

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‘I am ready to give back’ Academy graduate thankful for second Millwall chance EXCLUSIVE

By Jake Sanders sport@southwarknews.co.uk Chris Parr’s playing days at Millwall didn’t quite go to plan, but the former Lions academy graduate is desperate to give back to the club that gave him two opportunities in life.

Parr, who’s been a lifelong Lions supporter, joined when he was eight years old before working his way through the age groups, all the way to the first team.

At 18-years-old, the young defender signed his first professional contract at The Den, penning a one-year deal, and had dreams of becoming a regular at senior level.

However, that chance never presented itself for Parr, who was released just 12 months later in May 2016, which meant he never played a first team game.

Following his release, Parr tried his luck lower down in the Football League and even in the Non-League game, but to no avail.

Despite his playing career being cut short, he talks with pride and passion about coming through the ranks in SE16: He told The News: “In a lot of ways, it was a dream come true. I went every step of the way in the academy, there was always something a little bit more when you play for the club you support because you always go that extra mile.

“As you go up the ages it starts to get more real and serious, but ultimately it was a fantastic experience, so I have a lot to thank the club for. I was able to leave school and play football, which is all kids dream, even more so to do it at Millwall.

“It didn’t work out how I wanted to, but I still saw it as a dream come true,

playing in the academy for 12 years, and I am ready to give back, they gave a lot to me. It’s fantastic, and even as a coach, you give more. It’s been my life.”

Having been released, Parr needed something to focus on. And whilst he was still trying to cut it in Non-League, he turned to coaching on a part-time basis, something he enjoyed far more than playing.

“It just quickly became a passion of mine,” Parr admitted. “And I’ve had the opportunity to get qualified, and following the support from Millwall and the FA, I was able to do my B Licence and A Licence to get me to a point where a full-time role would become available.”

But what was it like for Parr, who went from having his heart set on a career in Millwall’s first-team, to suddenly becoming a coach at such a young age?

He said: “The transition was difficult; it was devastating for me.

But I consider myself lucky to get into coaching, it gave me a real focus. And ever since then it has been brilliant, I love coaching, and we’ve got some good people and great players at the club. Coaching is what really picked me up, so maybe that’s why I am so into it now because it gave me a new lease of life. I’m learning on the job, but I think that’s the best way to go.”

Parr is currently working as the Lead Phase coach at Millwall for U12s – U14s, and one day hopes to replicate his own journey by progressing through the age groups. Despite his inexperience in the coaching game, the 24-year-old is an ambitious man.

“I do see that opportunity and pathway at the club, but I’m aware it’s a long pathway, so this opportunity to become full-time at the club came fairly quickly in terms of my coaching career, so I’m not in a rush. Any opportunities that come up in the

future, I hope that I’m ready for it, but I am developing myself as a coach.

“I know how the club works, I have got good relationships with those at the club, Kenny Brown was brilliant with bringing me on part-time and has given me the opportunity to go into full-time. I get on well with Robbo [Paul Robinson]. I have no doubt that if I do the right things on my behalf then the opportunities will arrive.”

Despite his failure to register a first-team appearance, Parr gained valuable experience by working alongside some well-respected managers like Neil Harris, Kenny Jackett, Ian Holloway, and David Livermore.

The latter of which, who was Parr’s coach at Under-18s level, has only ever been a phone call away when he needs advice.

He added: “I’m in touch with Dave. He’s fantastic, and very, very knowledgeable and I know that if I go to him with anything he would do his best to come back and help me. It’s about what I have learned with them, and ultimately, I’m taking bits from everyone that I have worked with. So, I am really blessed to be able to use those experiences.”

He was in the academy at the same time as his good friend Ben Thompson, and whilst Thommo is now an established member of Gary Rowett’s squad, he’s proud to see so many youngsters being given minutes in the senior team.

“It’s massive for us, especially as academy staff,” he said. “And most importantly, it’s huge for the players.

We have got pictures up at the academy training ground of those who have gone on to play for the first team, so that is huge and it’s something we try and celebrate. We like the boys in the academy to take an interest, but it makes us all proud for someone moving up to the first-team.”

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Millwall still hoping to agree new deal for Wallace

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Jed was offered fresh terms in April

By Jake Sanders sport@southwarknews.co.uk Gary Rowett has revealed that as of earlier this week, Millwall were yet to reach an agreement with Jed Wallace over a new contract, suggesting that the winger might be waiting to ‘get a better deal from elsewhere’.

Wallace, whose current deal with the club expires next summer, was offered fresh terms back in April but hasn’t yet been able to agree a new contract with the Lions.

He’s scored 35 goals in 221 appearances since joining from Wolves on loan in January 2016 and then permanently after the League One playoff final victory 18 months later.

Asked whether Millwall’s number seven is any closer to extending his stay at The Den, Rowett told The News: “The honest answer is no not really. We couldn’t quite come to an agreement.

Jed was offered an improved contract and we will continue to talk.

“It’s a hard one, because you can’t always find a perfect solution and you can’t always control every situation.

Jed is really committed; he doesn’t want to leave the club and regardless of that situation he will do everything he can to get us to where we want to be. Hopefully, we find an agreement, but you can’t always predict how these scenarios are going to go.

“I’m not thinking about it to be honest. It’s quite difficult for me to give me an answer. He has been offered a good deal, but he knows that if he waits, he might get a much, much better deal from somewhere else, and he might only get that opportunity once.”

Rowett relishing Willo reunion

By Jake Sanders sport@southwarknews.co.uk Gary Rowett believes that Portsmouth is a great move for former Millwall midfielder Shaun Williams and expects him to receive a warm ovation should he feature in Pompey’s Carabao Cup first round tie at The Den next month.

The 34-year-old, who officially ends his seven-and-a-half-year affiliation with the Lions today after the expiration of his final contract in SE16, joined the League One outfit on a 12-month deal last week.

But Williams could be back at The Den in just five weeks’ time after Pompey were drawn against Millwall in the first round of the competition, which is scheduled to take place in early August.

Rowett told The News: “I’m sure he will get a good reception. It’s difficult because if you’ve been somewhere for seven or eight years, to leave the club when there’s no fans it gets forgotten about.

“It’s a shame really, I’m sure there would have been fans that would like to recognise him. But I’m sure

he will be desperate to come and win the game and prove a point, it will probably happen in the first five minutes then the rest of the game he will be booed.

“I text him yesterday to say congratulations, it’s brilliant for him.

With Willo, he just wanted to play football, but also wanted to join a good club, so it’s excellent for him and Portsmouth.

Williams, meanwhile, told Portsmouth’s club website that he spoke to both Ben Thompson and Jed Wallace before sealing a move to Fratton Park.

He said: “Both of them had nothing but good words to say about the club. Jed is still a fan – the first fixture he checks after a game is to see how Pompey got on. Ben also had such a successful and enjoyable time here and speaks very highly about the club and the fans.”

Former Lion Ryan Tunnicliffe has also joined Portsmouth having left Luton Town after two seasons.

Lions boss confirms further pre-season plans

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Gary Rowett has confirmed that Millwall will play another three or four-pre-season friendlies on top of the three they’ve already booked in.

The Lions will face Premiership outfit Motherwell as part of their training camp in Scotland next week before travelling to League One Gillingham and Ipswich Town later this month.

Just like 12 months ago, Millwall will have a week-long training camp at the Oriam sports centre in Edinburgh before heading home to round off their preparations ahead of the 2021-2022 campaign.

Rowett’s men played Non-League side Bromley, Southend United and then Crystal Palace at The Den in pre-season last term, but the Lions boss wasn’t yet able to confirm their opponents.

He said: “We have got about three or four more games booked in, but I don’t think the club have released those yet.

A few of those will be training ground games against other teams.

“Most teams are not too fussed about the usual pre-season build-up, so it’s slightly different, and maybe one or two in stadiums. I always like to get away quite early, so the hard work is easier without many games, and you can train a lot harder and not have to worry about games, so that’s how we try and do it, so then we can try and build up some of those challenges for different types of teams, and that’s the key.

“You’re never going to resemble the first Championship game with fans there but going to Ipswich with their fans will be very similar to a Championship game.”

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Arsenal defender close to becoming Rowett’s third signing

By Jake Sanders sport@southwarknews.co.uk Millwall were hoping to beat off competition from several Championship sides and complete a deal to sign highlyrated Arsenal centre-back Daniel Ballard – with the Northern Ireland international set to have a medical this week.

At the time of writing, Ballard, 21, was set to undergo his Lions medical on Wednesday, with Millwall hoping that there were no hitches in attempting to secure his services on a

season-long loan.

Ballard, who’s been with the Gunners since he was eight, helped Blackpool win promotion from League One last season, making 30 appearances in all competitions – the last of which being the play-off final victory over Lincoln at Wembley.

The defender’s only other taste of first-team football came when he featured three times for Swindon in the 2019-2020 campaign, but his spell at the County Ground was cut short due to a serious knee problem which saw him sidelined for five months.

Rowett buzzing for fans’ return in derby opener

He’s been capped five times by Northern Ireland and received his first senior call-up before he’d even started a game in the league at club level.

When he made his international debut, he gave his shirt to Brian Stapleton, the scout who had spotted him when Ballard was seven.

“Brian’s been there since the start and has always helped me and my family with everything,” Ballard said in an interview with Goal last January.

“He’s someone I knew I could always turn to, and he’d be there for me.

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“He actually went to watch a different tournament, but he didn’t find anyone, so a load of parents ushered him over to where we were playing.

“I thought I had a terrible game. I got in the car and started crying my eyes out, but then my dad told me I was going for trials with Arsenal. I just thought he was trying to cheer me up.”

Should Ballard complete his move to The Den, he will become Gary Rowett’s third signing of the window following permanent deals for Scott Malone and goalkeeper George Long.

Gary Rowett might not be overly bothered by Millwall’s fixture list but is relishing the return of the Lions faithful at Queens Park Rangers on the opening-day.

The fixtures were released last Thursday, and the Millwall get their season underway with a short trip across the capital as they look to end a 32-year wait for a Loftus Road victory.

Following an impressive end to 2020-2021, Rangers finished two places ahead of the Lions, who managed just four points from their final six matches.

Millwall’s previous four trips to Loftus Road have thrown up 18 goals, and Rowett is expecting another exciting encounter on 7 August.

He said: “It’s the fans, isn’t it?

I don’t know how it’s going to work with away fans, but just having the fans back there and that atmosphere, it whettens your appetite for everyone.

“It’s a difficult place to go QPR, as we know, last few times we have been there they have been exciting games for the wrong reasons, but I expect them to be good opponents, I expect them to be strong this year, but you have got to start somewhere, so that atmosphere in the first game, but it will also be nice to get back to The Den as well.

“That was one of the big selling points for me, the fans. It has been difficult; I spoke to many people, who have said The Den is one of the weirdest places without fans.

“Every club will feel the same without fans, but it’s going to be nice. Even when we got 2,000 fans back it was difficult, so it will be nice to get them back, that’s what we’re in football for.”

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