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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark’S MPS are urging the government to secure more Monkeypox vaccines for the borough, which has the second highest case rate in the country. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are particularly vulnerable and, with 5% identifying as gay or lesbian, Southwark has one of the UK’s largest gay communities. Data released by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has revealed that Southwark has the second highest cases (198) in the country surpassed only by Lambeth (283), as of August 8. Helen Hayes, MP for Dulwich and West Norwood has written to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay warning of a looming crisis. In a letter to Mr Barclay, she wrote: “You will be aware that Lambeth and Southwark currently have the highest incidence of Monkeypox virus infections anywhere in the country. “I am very concerned that the shortage is affecting the delivery of second doses of the vaccine, which are necessary to ensure the effective level of immunity.” She has asked Mr Barclay to explain how he will secure vaccine supplies for Lambeth and Southwark and whether second doses will be delivered “in a timely manner”. After the first case was announced at Guys’ and St Thomas’ Hospital in May, the UK procured over 100,000 vaccines. But so far only 50,000 have been distributed, with the NHS warning that the remaining 100,000 won’t be available until September.
Huawei has always maintained it is a private company and not influenced by any third parties, including the Chinese government. But a parliamentary inquiry in October 2020 found “clear evidence of collusion” between Huawei and the “Chinese Communist Party apparatus”.AHuawei spokesperson said: “We discussed with Mr Coyle our donations of a small number of recycled second-hand laptops to charitable organisations who distribute them to schools and community projects where they judge them to be most needed, therefore the allegation of targeting MPs in return for favour is absolutely groundless.”
Mr Coyle recently criticised the Chinese government when asked about the high number of Southwark property owners hailing from Hong Kong. He said Hong Kongers were justified in buying Southwark properties because they were “fleeing persecution and the end of democracy under authoritarian rule from the People’s Republic ofTheChina”.Parliamentary Director of Security has been approached for comment
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Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, said: “Ministers have been AWOL in a health crisis and appear to have learnt next to nothing from Covid. We entered the pandemic with insufficient staff or protective equipment and the UK has paid a huge price in the loss of loved ones and economically. “Sadly, Ministers have not yet secured enough supply of monkeypox vaccines to meet demand and people are being left at risk as a result. The NHS is able and willing to vaccinate the people at risk but are not provided with enough vaccines.” Vaccine strategy was criticised after Guys’ and St Thomas’ scheduled a walk-in clinic for the weekend of August 6, before cancelling it at short notice. Greg Owen, founder of iwantPrEPnow, a sexual health organisation, told the News the vaccine roll-out had been a “shambolic mess”. UKHSA and the Department for Health and Social Care have been approached for comment.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk MP Neil Coyle has claimed that Chinese tech giant huawei lobbied him, suggesting it would fund projects in Southwark. The Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015 says he has reported Huawei to the Parliamentary Director of Security. Mr Coyle says a lobbying firm employee invited him to a meeting with Huawei with the offer of grants and IT services for children. The Labour MP told the News: “I reported them because Huawei had just been banned from sensitive infrastructure development in the UK. They are a state-owned company run by an authoritarian regime scrapping democracy and hounding people out of Hong Kong and committing atrocities in Xinjiang. “Their offers in the UK seem connected to trying to influence MPs to buy back credibility again which I thought was highly dodgy and reported to the security reps in Westminster. Huawei are desperate to secure new footholds and they’ll get no help from me.”
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RSPCA inspector Harriet Daliday said she knew she would have to rush to rescue the fox from the deep concrete container, because the 30-degree temperatures meant he would overheat fast. Harriet said: “When I arrived at the location, I peered down into the container but couldn’t see the fox. There was no way he could have got out on his own, so I climbed down a ladder to search the inside of the empty concrete dock - it was like a furnace down there in the heat so I was instantly worried for the fox’s welfare considering he’d been down there for at least several hours. “There was still no sign of him, until I noticed a gap in the wall, just big enough for an animal - and there he was, trying his best to take shelter in the only bit of shade available. “I swiftly contained him using a grasper and popped him safely in a crate, whilst two members of the hotel staff were on hand as I hauled him up and out of the dock using a long line.” Harriet checked the fox over for injury. He was fine, so she released him into the nearby park. Anyone who sees a fox in distress or injured can contact a local wildlife rehabilitator for help or call the RSPCA’s emergency line on 0300 1234 999
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“I knew right-away that she is accustomed to nothing but the best that life offers,” he said. But then another young woman came along and pointed out the seal close to the right. He quickly turned around and got two photos of the seal with whiskers. Kam was so delighted that he showed his photos to others on the way home, including Father Andrew Doyle, vicar of Holy Trinity Church Rotherhithe. “11 August 2022 was a truly blessed and beautiful day, thankfully,” Kam said. Locals have occasionally reported sightings of seals around the Rotherhithe peninsula. Seals have returned to the Thames in greater numbers in recent years, attracted by the higher numbers of fish, now that the river is cleaner. Seals have been spotted 225 times in the Thames this year, according to the ZSL Thames marine mammal survey. This year there has been a cluster of sightings in the area that Kam saw his seal, between the Salt Quay in Rotherhithe and Wapping on the north side of the river.Ifyou spot a marine mammal like a seal on land, do not touch it because you or hit could get hurt, ZSL said. Keep 50 metres away and put your dog on a lead if you have one.
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a rotherhithe fox was lucky to escape with his life after being rescued from a 30foot deep dry dock in scorching heat. The fox was rescued from the dock on Thursday, August 11, after about 30 people staying at the Hilton hotel next to the dock reported it to the RSPCA.
a rotherhithe man has said how happy he was to finally take a photo of a seal swimming in the river thames near his house after years of trying to spot one. Kam Hong Leung, a nature lover and keen photographer, said he was out on his daily walk last Thursday (August 11), not far from where the Rotherhithe tunnel goes under the Thames. Kam said that he saw a fire rescue boat go past quickly, scaring off a group of seagulls, who flew away. “I saw a big black aquatic animal swimming on the water surface beneath the sea of flapping wings but was not sure what it was thinking that it might be a dolphin or even a whale,” he said. “It turned out to be the seal that I have been looking for in vain for years. I was lucky to have my trusty camera with me and quickly tried start snapping but it was a fast-mover and not an easy subject to try catch a decent Unfortunately,shot.”Kam, said, he was not that happy with the photos that resulted. But he was still glad to have seen the seal after all the years of searching the waters. Suddenly he heard a voice from a flat behind him asking if he had seen the seal. Kam said: “I could not hide my glee in telling her that I have finally got a photo after all these years but the smile on my face was quickly wiped out when came her follow-up question “With The Whiskers?”
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ExcluSivE By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk a South london court’s failure to organise interpreters for a Spanish-speaking defendant has twice postponed a case, prolonging the agony for the victim and his family. Dulwich man Thomas Goodman, 30, was left with long-term brain injuries after a roadside incident on Grove Hill Road, East Dulwich, December 8, 2021. Spanish-speaking defendant Oscar Rodriguez Andrade, 27, was due to stand trial on a charge of ‘failing to stop after a road accident’ on Monday, August 15.
Mr Goodman’s partner Finola Jordan, who was due to give evidence, said: “It’s frustrating because you take the time out of your day. “Tom is really annoyed. Nothing surprises me anymore - we hear stories like this everyday. There’s definitely incompetence across the board.”
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a BerMoNdSey woman has made a formal complaint after being copied into an email chain where she felt Southwark Council officers belittled her campaign to halt homes being built on her estate. In response, a council spokesperson told the News they were “extremely sorry” and that they had taken “immediate steps” to make sure it did not happen again. The emails sent earlier this month included the subject line: “I know they will complain about anything but... - Slippers Place” as the officer attempted to find out why Katie Phillips had not received a leaflet to a meet the builders event on her Slippers Place Estate on Southwark Park Road.Ms Phillips has campaigned against a plan to build a new block of council flats on the car park of her estate. Ms Phillips and her supporters said the new block would cause overshadowing and disruption because of the noise, and also said they felt their views had not been taken seriously by council officers.
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk the loNgStaNdiNg owner of five small businesses in rotherhithe was kicked out of his premises by bailiffs for several days last week, with a developer set to build a twelvestorey block on the site. Michael Clinkett ran a barber, carwash, hairdresser and music studios, as well as Plush Caribbean Takeaway, but he did not renewal his lease in May so was kicked out by his landlord on Thursday, August 11.He was let back in after a meeting on Monday, with the council present. Some locals were in uproar when the bailiffs arrived on Thursday. Mr Clinkett claims the new owner of 19-25 Rotherhithe New Road, towards Surrey Quays, had not fulfilled their obligations to help find him a new location. But there is confusion as the obligation to help relocate businesses was not in place when the developers made their planning application.AstheNews has reported, Regent Land and Development was effectively given planning permission by Southwark Council for the new 48-flat block in February.Alsoin February, the council adopted its development strategy for the next fourteen years, which contains a section on business relocation. That says: “Where existing small or independent businesses or small shops may be displaced by development a business relocation strategy, written in consultation with [affected] businesses, must be provided. The business relocation strategy must set out viable relocation options.”MrClinkett said Regent Land and Development had not provided him with viable options, and that communication with the developer had been sparse. The developer said that it was complex, because at the time of the application in 2019 the requirement did not exist. His lease ran out in May, and he admitted that landlords - who are separate from the developer - were “within their rights” to evict him. A group of local people came to help him when the bailiffs showed up and he said he was on site himself until 3am on Friday, August 12, but it was locked up until Tuesday August 16. Final planning permission has not actually been granted yet, despite the council giving a resolution to grant from its side. Now the scheme is going before a Greater London Authority (GLA) committee, and the developers also have to agree a section 106 payment with the council. The GLA meeting could be in the next two weeks, according to the developer.Inthemeantime, the council is holding a meeting on Monday between Mr Clinkett and Croydon-based Regent Land and Development to see if they can reach some kind of compromise. MP Neil Coyle is also getting involved in the case, according to MrMrClinkett.Clinkett has been running the businesses for twenty years, and described himself as a “pillar of the community.” He said: “I’ve got four families that depend on this site for their livelihoods... all I want to do is to continue trading. We’re very important for the local people.”Local resident and activist Sharon Noonan-Gunning agreed. She said: “My particular interest is in the right to food. They provide healthy, Caribbean food... “They’re thriving, they’re iconic. They’re known and they’re loved by the community. For anyone who is of Caribbean origins, the service they provide is very traditional. In the Caribbean you get your hair cut and your car fixed at the same time. “It’s not a task, it’s not a chore, it’s a social occasion that builds a community of people around it. The work is very caring. It’s not a quick fix. It’s all done because it’s part of a collective service.” Patrick Maher, of Regent Land and Development, said that the developers were not running away from the problem, but were waiting to hear more about their responsibilities from Southwark Council. He added that he understood that local people were “naturally upset” by the eviction.Thenew block will be residential. Twelve of the 48 new homes will be for social rent. One will be for ‘intermediate’ rent – usually 80 per cent of normal market rates – and the remaining 35 will be private. Five wheelchair-accessible homes will also be included, one of which will be a social rent flat.
Ms Phillips later made another complaint on her Twitter account about an issue with parking on the estate. Responding to that complaint in a later email on the same chain, the first officer added: “We’ve got another one (as ever, pinch of salt, etc)”. In her official complaint to the council, Ms Phillips said: “As a resident on Slippers Place and the person closest to the infill, I have been left feeling like any concerns that I may have are just going to be dismissed and that the professionals that are supposed to be supporting in making this a smooth build are mocking me behind my back and the backs of the residents.”Sheadded that she would no longer be going to the event to meet the builders. A spokesperson for Southwark Council said: “We are extremely sorry for the upset caused to a resident because of careless and disrespectful language used in an internal email conversation. Our residents deserve our respect and understanding and this exchange did not meet our standards or align with our values. “We will take immediate steps to ensure this does not happen again, and we have written to the resident to apologise.”
The new eight-storey building on the Matson House car park at Slippers Place will provide eighteen council flats. Southwark has a council home waiting list of 16,000 households. At the planning committee meeting in November, Ms Phillips was supported by campaign group Southwark Law Centre, who said that the block went against rules for density, urban greening and privacy and light, and also raised concerns about the impact of construction on the existing residents. Responding, council officers said at the meeting that the density requirements in Southwark’s new housing plan were lower, meaning the new build would comply. The greenery was below requirements but an improvement on the current situation, they said. They added that although the light coming into some neighbouring windows would be affected by the new build, it would still meet the planning rules. Objectors at the meeting said they had not been properly consulted by council officers. Committee members said this was a regret, although they added that the new homes team had tried to engage residents with leaflets and online meetings. Cllr Martin Seaton, chairing the meeting, said the “responsibility is on us to make sure residents are fully aware” of plans on their estate, and added that “we need to be better”.LibDem committee member Cllr David Noakes said that the council needs to be “the gold standard” for resident engagement.
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Mr Goodman’s family had gathered at Croydon Magistrates Court to hear the case scheduled for 10am. But at 12.45pm, almost three hours after the hearing was meant to start, the family was told no Spanish-speaking interpreter had been organised. The case has now been adjourned for SeptemberShockingly,23.the same thing happened at the case’s plea hearing on June 23, which was postponed until June 30. The case relates to an incident that put Mr Goodman in King’s College Hospital’s Major Trauma Centre for two weeks as he was treated for a brain bleed.According to Crown Prosecution Service guidance, it is the court’s responsibility to organise independent interpreters for defendants. A spokesperson for the Met Police agreed that police don’t organise interpreters and that it’s the court’s responsibility. An officer at South London Magistrates Courts said: “I am unable to give you a specific reason as to why an interpreter wasn’t arranged on both occasions but more often than not we book them but the agency that we use are unable to provide.” The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), a public body that advises government on migration, has previously highlighted a shortage of interpreters.InSeptember 2020, it said ‘interpreter’ should be added to the Shortage Occupation List, which would make it easier for foreign interpreters to obtain skilled work visas. As of August, ‘interpreter’ is not on the Shortage Occupation List. The MAC has blamed the end of free movement following Brexit and a lack of foreign language skills in the domestic labour market for the shortage. UK courts are also struggling with a severe case backlog. There were 73,000 outstanding Magistrates Court cases in London at the end of March. Covid-19, underinvestment in the justice system and a lack of junior barristers practising exclusively in crime have all been blamed for the backlog. Mr Goodman’s family have been critical of the police investigation into theTheyincident.saythey have had to lead the police to evidence and been given conflicting information about how the alleged crime was first reported. The police has said it is unable to comment as proceedings are ongoing.
Southwark secured planning permission lastResidentsNovember.were invited to a meeting with the builders of the new block on Tuesday (August 16). Ms Phillips never received the invitation and complained on her anonymous Twitter account @ saynoSlippers, which she has used to campaign against the development.
One council officer sent an email to colleagues with the subject line “I know they will complain about anything but... - Slippers Place”. The email was asking others to look into Ms Phillips’ claim that she had not been sent an invitation. Seemingly unbeknown to the officers, Ms Phillips had been accidentally copied into the email chain. The next officer responded, saying: “Isn’t it odd the one person we don’t deliver to is the one who runs the say no slippers Twitter account? I assume she/he is against new homes not the footwear?”
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk PlaNS have been submitted for a new block of eight flats by Surrey water in rotherhithe. The part-four, part-five storey block would have four flats for shared ownership, two for social rent and two for ‘intermediate’ rent - 80 per cent of local market rates. The social-rent flats would be onebed and two-bed. The intermediate homes would both be one-bed. Two of the shared ownership flats would be one-bed, one would be two-bed and one would be three-bed. Plans for the new block have been submitted by the Hexagon housing association, which also owns the Katherine Close Estate, where the buildings are three storeys or lower. The area is currently hard-standing, not green space, but does have several trees and is used by some local residents for socialising. Six established trees would be removed if Hexagon got the go-ahead to build the block. The housing association would plant nine more in theirTheplace.new block would be several metres higher than the other buildings it would be next to. An overshadowing and light loss model commissioned by Hexagon said that the effects on nearby homes would be within the acceptable limits set out by planning authorities. The building has not gone before Southwark’s planning committee yet. There has been opposition from local people over the loss of the open space, and worries about the impact on car parking in the area. Like many new buildings in Southwark, the development will not include car parking spaces, but will include bike parking. Architects BPTW said they had designed the building to keep it in character with the local area. They said: “The proposed building has been designed to be in keeping with the scale and materiality of the immediate area, including “characteristics such as pitched roofs with gable ends, horizontal brick details, raised windows and inset balconies”
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk a M a N who molested a woman in Southwark while posing as a masseur has been jailed. Jay Steel, 60, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison on Friday (August 5) after being found guilty of five counts of sexual assault at Croydon Crown Court in May this year. Steel, who is from Stoke, carried out the assault in Southwark on February 2017, as well as another attack in March 2019. Officers said it was “highly likely” that he had carried out more attacks and urged any other victims to come forward.Thevictim of the Southwark attack reported it to police and Steel was arrested and released under investigation. Two years later he carried out the other attack in Dollis Hill. Steel was finally charged in April 2021. The court heard how Steel offered deep tissue massages through a website. The two women signed up for his sessions separately from one another, and were assaulted while Steel was supposedly carrying out his treatment. Detective Constable Victoria Gaunt led the investigation and said: “Jay Steel is a sexual predator who used the guise of a masseur to assault women, who had placed their trust in him, for his own perverted gratification. “The women Steel abused have shown great strength and courage to report their ordeal to police and support our investigation – I hope his conviction brings them some sense of justice. “It is highly likely that Steel carried out other attacks while masquerading as a masseur. I would ask any women who believe they have been a victim of Steel to come forward and speak to police. I hope his conviction demonstrates the Met’s commitment to investigating sexual offenders and ensuring they are held to account for their actions.” uel.ac.uk/clearing Jay Steel By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk a M a N in his twenties has been stabbed on Mountbatten Close, gypsy hill. Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 4.11pm on Saturday, August 13 after reports of a fight and stabbing. The victim was found with stab injuries but his condition is not life-threatening or life-changing. Residents reported seeing an area taped off near The Great Southern Pub, Gypsy Hill. There have been no arrests and police enquiries stabbed Gypsy Hill
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Southwark CouNCil spent nearly £3 million on two sets of works to remove asbestos from an estate that includes Maydew house, a Bermondsey tower block that has stood empty for seven years. The council shelled out £2.954 million on removing asbestos from the Abbeyfield Estate, which features the 26-storey block next to Southwark Park, in both 2017 and 2021, according to a Freedom of Information request. That is considerably more than the £641,000 it was originally expected to cost, according to a report in trade publication Inside Housing from 2010. Maydew House, on the western side of Southwark Park, has stood largely empty for seven years while the council has been refurbishing it. Southwark said this was because it was a “complex” project. The News has asked the council why there were two sets of works, why they were four years apart, and why the actual cost has turned out to be more than four times the estimate. At the time of going to press, no response had been given. Maydew had 144 flats before Southwark got the large bill for removing asbestos and moved everyone out. Two residents who did not want to move out commissioned an independent report in 2010 which disputed the need to decant residents to remove the asbestos. The council has been revamping the properties for years, and is also adding more than 100 new homes, including flats on the site of the nearby Bede House. The centre will be moved into the lower floors of Maydew House itself. After residents were first moved out of the building, facilities managers Equans were brought in to strip out the asbestos the first time and carry out a “soft strip” - a construction term that means leaving nothing but the frame of the building behind. The block was handed back to Southwark in February 2021, who then hired builders Bouygues, who carried out more works. The council took on security for the block again in October 2021, which has cost them £111,604 since then, according to Southwark’s Liberal Democrats, who are in opposition to Labour, who control the council.
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Tarling, said that the block actually needed less work than the council was saying, and recommended against removing the asbestos. They also hired John Bridle, a controversial figure who denounces the ‘great asbestos deception’ from his consultancy Asbestos Watchdog. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Mr Bridle, whose evidence was found to be “not reliable” in a separate case years later, also said that the asbestos removal was unnecessary. The council themselves hired independent experts, who pushed back against these claims, saying that all the work was necessary and would disturb asbestos, meaning residents had to be moved out. The decision to decant residents was made in August 2010, and they had all gone by 2015 (although some people were still housed there temporarily in 2016). All council tenants were offered the right to return and the five leaseholders were bought out between 2010 and 2012. The final two were told toInsell.2010, once the decision had been made to remove residents, it remained to be seen what would be done with Maydew itself. The council gave itself three options at that stage: refurbish the homes themselves, at a cost of over £16.7 million, sell off the entire block, which it estimated it could make £6.7 million from, or knock it down entirely. The buyer would then fix the asbestos problem themselves and sell the flats off themselves as private properties. Council officers recommended the second option, of selling off Maydew House.
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The Lib Dems’ Cllr Victor Chamberlain called the spend “wasteful” and pointed to the more-than 1,200 empty council homes in the borough. Council finance chief Cllr Stephanie Cryan said it was not a waste of money because Southwark has a responsibility to protect its property, adding that three-quarters of the empty homes in the borough were privately owned. Maydew appears to have been the site of some daredevil ‘urban exploration’ in recent years. One user of the 28 Days Later urban exploration forum claimed in a 2019 post that they and a friend climbed to the top and had a beer. The user said: “Work on Maydew Tower has seemed to come to a halt, leaving it in a state of decay, and making it a target for us explorers”. The new Maydew and Bede development will have 255 homes in total, all of which will be council homes. The council said in 2020 that the flats should be ready for tenants to move in in 2023, but has not provided an update since then despite questioning. Cllr Cryan said that the council would say more later this year. Southwark had previously said that about 50 of the homes in the refurbished block would be for private sale, meaning a net loss of council homes. This plan also included a five-storey rooftop extension. The council got permission for this plan in 2018, but never implemented it and the permission lapsed. The new plan, for all social rent homes, was first considered in 2018, according to council papers, and was given permission last year. The entire project was expected to cost £61.5 million in 2018. Without the £6.9 million that the rooftop build would cost, this drops to £54.6 million. The concrete building will be covered in a “terracotta cladding” that architects Haworth Tompkins say is to improve the block’s “thermal performance” and make it “more sustainable”. The architects say that the cladding and the mineral wool to be used as insulation are made of non-combustible materials. The Freedom of Information found that the asbestos removal and other building safety work was finally completed in June this year. Southwark also paid just over £242,000 for Monarflex scaffold sheeting, which reduces wind impact. Maydew House has not been entirely empty since residents were moved out, because it has sometimes been used for temporary accommodation over the years. People housed in temporary accommodation complained of a lack of running water in 2016. why everyone had to leave the b ermondsey block a nd why it has been empty for so long...
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Some residents were happy to leave permanently - a 2010 council survey found that only twelve of the 96 secure tenants wanted to come back after the works. Other residents of the 144-flat block were in temporary accommodation or owned their flats. The tenants and residents association (TRA) disputed these findings. One resident, who did not want to be named, said the stress of the whole process was still upsetting years on.That resident told the News that the council had redone bathrooms in the block in the 1990s without disturbing the asbestos, so questioned why Southwark thought the later works would do so. This person and a group of other likeminded people also commissioned an independent surveyor to look at the condition of Maydew House. Arnold
“it iS important to emphasise that Maydew house is not an unsafe place in which to live. if left undisturbed the asbestos is perfectly safe,” Cllr Ian Wingfield said to residents of the block in 2010. “The block, however, is in extensive need of updating and refurbishment. These improvement works will disturb significant amounts of asbestos whatever works are carried out which mean that the residents will need to move out while the works take place.” The fact that Maydew House has stood empty for so long is the result of several factors, some of which we still don’t know. But it all stems back from one thingwhat Southwark Council said was a need to upgrade residents’ flats, including wiring, plumbing, and bathroom and kitchen fixtures and fittings. Because the 1960s block had been fitted with asbestos, the major works meant all residents had to leave (be ‘decanted’ in council-speak) while the asbestos was removed. Asbestos was used as a fire-retardant building material for much of the twentieth century, until its harmful and often-fatal effects were discovered in the 1970s. Millions of people have died after inhaling asbestos, but it is only dangerous when it is disturbed. That is why, the council told residents in 2010, that they needed to leave - the necessary works to their flats meant that the asbestos would be disturbed. As a landlord, the council had a responsibility to keep its residents safe.
The Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives had run the council until May 2010, and the plans to sell off the block had been proposed under the party. At that time Labour London Assembly member Valerie Shawcross denounced the plans, according to the Abbeyfield TRA. Labour won control of the council in May that year - inheriting the same issues they had criticised the Lib Dems for.
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By 2012, the Labour council had changed tack. The new plan was to keep Maydew House as council property, but build five floors on top, containing 24 flats for private sale. Some 32 more of the existing council flats would also be sold off. To make up for it, the council would convert the nearby Bede Centre into housing, with Thaxted Court and Damory House, also on the same estate, having more flats added. That meant in total there would be 256 new council flats. The Bede Centre would be reinstalled in the lower section of The council got permission for the rooftop build plan in 2018, but never implemented it and the permission ran out of Latertime.thecouncil changed plans again - this time there would be no rooftop extension, and no private homes. The new and current plan, for all social rent homes, was first considered in 2018, according to council papers, and was given planning permission in 2021.
In the meantime, the council said that it had done the asbestos strip and other works in 2017. However, as the News reported, more asbestos removal work was done in 2021. The cost of removing asbestos was originally meant to be £641,000. By 2022, this had risen more than fourfold to £2.9 million.
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Maydew HouSe Today Work remains ongoing, and the refurbishment of Maydew House should be finished in the second half of 2023, according to Haworth Tompkins, the architects.Aswell as the internal works, the building’s concrete exterior will be covered in a non-combustible “terracotta cladding”. Haworth Tompkins said the cladding would improve the block’s “thermal performance” and make it “more sustainable”. But the Maydew House resident said that they had never had problems with the cold. Refurbishing the block has been a saga lasting over a decade, involving a lot of strife, with dozens of families moved - and a community broken up, according to that resident. The cost has also gone up, as the scope of the project has widened from just Maydew to the broader Abbeyfield Estate, from an estimated £16.7 million in 2010 to more than £60 million in 2018. But what is surely welcome is that Maydew has remained entirely in public ownership, and that more than 100 new council flats are being added to the area. comment - page 11
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When detectives eventually found him in Gillingham, Faal gave a false date of birth, said his name was Omar Barrow, and answered ‘no comment’ to all questions. Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, Senior Investigating Officer, said: “Faal claimed to have been acting in selfdefence but was plainly the aggressor. He repeatedly stabbed Jobari in a frenzied attack in full view of horrified members of the public, who were shopping in the local“Faalmarket.toldthe court that he was a drug dealer and he falsely claimed there had been a long history of incidents between the pair – but there was no justification for the disgusting violence that occurred that“Thisday.was senseless loss of a young man’s life which has torn his family apart. Jobari’s Mum and friends attended every court appearance and were there throughout the trial. Jobari’s Mum will never get over the murder of her son, the plans they made together for their future will never now be realised. I want to pay tribute to her for the strength and resolve she has shown throughout what has been a truly harrowing trial. Our thoughts are with her today. “My officers worked diligently to find and arrest Faal who was doing all he could to elude detectives. Despite all his efforts. we were able to find him, and put together a compelling case. I am glad the jury have been able to see through this web of lies and we have brought Jobari some justice.” Faal will be sentenced at the same court on Friday, September 16 for manslaughter and possession of an identity document with an improper intention.
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk a Ber MoNdSey man charged with five counts of sexual activity with a teenage girl has been denied bail. Thomas Castles, 32, of the Neckinger Estate, was remanded in custody after a bail hearing on Friday (August 12). Two weeks earlier, on Friday, July 29, Castles pleaded not guilty at Woolwich Crown Court to five counts of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a child under the age of sixteen, between 2018 andHis2019.trial date has been set for October 10.
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk New traNSPort for london (tfl) docking stations are going to come to Southwark this year, rather than in 2023, as the transport agency had previously said. But there will only be seven new docking stations, rather than eight as previously announced.Wepreviously reported that there would be docking stations in the following places:Bythe Blue Anchor pub on Southwark Park Road By Harris Academy, further west on Southwark Park Road On Clements Road south of Bermondsey Tube station By South Bermondsey railway station On Crimscott Street in Bermondsey On Brandon Street in Walworth On the corner of Albany Road by Burgess Park On Camberwell Road TfL’s latest announcement lists all of the above, other than Camberwell Road. The News has asked TfL and Southwark Council why there will be fewer docking stations than previously thought, and why Camberwell appears to have been chosen to miss out. Southwark is funding the new stations. Three of the new stations will be in one ward - south Bermondsey - and two (the Blue Anchor and Harris Academy) will be less than half a mile from each other. The existing docking stations in the borough are largely concentrated around the north and the west. Many of the most deprived areas of Southwark have long not had any TfL bikes, including Peckham, Camberwell and south Bermondsey. Cllr Catherine Rose, Southwark Council’s Cabinet Member for Parks, Streets and Clean Air, said: “We are delighted to be working with TfL to expand the Santander Cycle scheme further south in our borough and excited to welcome the first of these additional cycle hire docking stations at the junction next to Burgess Park.”Southwark’s Liberal Democrats also hailed the news as a “massive success” for their party, after years of campaigning. It comes as TfL raise the cost of hiring TfL bikes to £1.65 for every half-hour ride. TfL is also now offering a monthly £20 subscription with unlimited hour-long rides.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk
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the MaN who killed Jobari gooden, 27, during a “frenzied” knife attack in broad daylight, Peckham, has been convicted of manslaughter. The court heard how Momodou Lamin Faal, 28 of Lyndhurst Way, Peckham, stabbed Jobari multiple times, in front of “horrified” shoppers on December 17, 2021.Faal, a self-proclaimed drug dealer, was found guilty of manslaughter at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, August 11. He was cleared of murder and possession of a knife. Jobari’s mother Shawna Manboard said: “My son, Jobari, was taken from me in the most brutal way. His life was taken in a place that he thought he was safe. We have still been given no reason as to why his life was totally destroyed and taken so senselessly. This nightmare has not ended.“This has been incredibly painful, listening to the defendant blame my son for his own death. He has continued to show a blatant disrespect to his memory and our family. The damage that has been done has not only been to Jobari. Mine and our family’s lives will never be the same again. The day he died I died too and without him my life will be empty.” Police say, in the weeks following the killing, Faal tried to evade police by dressing as a woman, wearing a wig, and obtaining false identification. But police discovered Faal at a Gillingham address on December 23, where they found him with a passport under ‘Omar Barrow’ and a one-way air ticket to Gambia. The investigation began after police received reports of a fight outside a Choumert Road barbers, near Rye Lane at 3.15pm on Friday, December 17. Attending officers found Jobari suffering from stab injuries. He was rushed to a south London hospital but despite medical staff’s best efforts, died at 6.08pm. Detectives began CCTV enquiries and found that Jobari passed Faal at 2.48pm at the junction between Rye Lane and Hanover Park. Jobari then went in a McDonald’s restaurant with his girlfriend and remerged a few minutes later where he encountered Faal again. An altercation ensued and Faal stabbed Jobari numerous times in a “sustained attack”. Faal then chased his victim, who ran some distance before collapsing. Faal had ended his pursuit and escaped on bicycle given to him by an acquaintance.
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New Tf l hire bikes to come to Southwark My son, Jobari, was taken from me in the most brtual way. His life was taken taken in a place where he thought he was safe. We have still been given no reason as to why his life was totally destroyed and taken so senselessly. This nightmare has not ended.
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PeCkha M reSideNtS are preparing for the next chapter in the aylesham Centre redevelopment, with developers set to release an initial design this autumn. Berkeley Group wants to turn the site of the Rye Lane shopping centre into a mixed-use development which includes retail, hospitality and leisure space.The saga began in 2016 when the News revealed that Tiger Developments and hedge fund Blackrock planned to build flats and retail units on the Rye Lane shopping centre. Those plans didn’t go ahead but in July 2021 Blackrock sold the site to Berkeley Group. Berkeley is now consulting the public as it prepares a new design for the site. Berkeley has not released a design proposal yet but the Southwark Plan 2022 defines some key parameters. The document shows that Berkeley could build up to 850 homes in blocks as tall as twenty storeys and must retain the Morrisons supermarket. However, 850 homes applies to the whole site and as a small portion of it is public property, the final figure could be closer to 750. Berkeley must also retain at least as much retail space as already exists, and retain the current bus station capacity. The proportion of homes that need to be social rent or affordable housing has not been specified. In an Aylesham Community Action (ACA) online meeting held on Wednesday, August 10, people expressed concerns about the development.ChrisAllchin, spokesperson for ACA, said: “This development is going to fundamentally change a large part of Peckham - it is a big opportunity. What we hear from the local community is people wanting any housing to be truly affordable, suitable for families, with decent open space and the additional community services needed for what could be thousands of people. People are also very concerned the site is going to be turned into a mass of large buildings that loom over nearby residents and the rest of Peckham. “We are asking Berkeley Homes to engage with the community not just on superficial choices about types of retail outlets but on the big choices: how dense the site should be, who the housing will be for, types of businesses and shops the site will support, impacts on residents, transport and the environment.”Oneattendee at the ACA meeting questioned why the New Southwark Plan had not designated a minimum amount of affordable housing required on any future development. Esme Dobson, Labour Councillor for Rye Lane ward said she had heard it was likely to be 35 per cent affordable housing comprising 25 per cent social rent and 10 per cent intermediate. She did qualify that she wasn’t sure where that figure came from. There were also fears that twentystorey blocks would impact on the Peckham Conservation Area, particularly Rye Lane which some noted is quite narrow. The same attendee expressed concerns that recent consultations had taken place in quick succession, not giving locals enough time to participate.ChloeTomlinson, councillor for Rye Lane ward said: “The Aylesham development is at the heart of Peckham and will transform the town centre for decades to come. “It’s really important the development serves the needs of our existing community. This absolutely has to include substantial provision of genuinely affordable housing. “We all want Peckham to be an affordable place to live. At the moment we’re seeing working class people, people of colour, and people who grew up here priced out of the area due to a lack of affordable housing. “In this context, it’s crucial that Berkeley Homes go well above the council’s minimum requirement of 35% affordable housing with 25% social rent. “I will continue to push for Berkley’s to provide as many affordable homes as possible. I also commend those in our community campaigning for a thorough consultation process and a development that genuinely meets local need. I encourage residents to engage actively in both Berkeley’s consultation process and campaigns led by community groups so we can make sure the development truly benefits the people of Peckham.” Berkeley Group has been approached for comment. To take part in the public consultation visit: whichtofrom15ABerkeleycommunity/yoursayhttps://www.theayleshamcentre.Group’sConsultationHub(UnitintheCentre)isopenonTuesdays,1pmto5pm,onFridays,from9am1pm,andonperiodicSaturdays,willbeadvertisedonitswebsite.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk a Mother and NhS worker has developed a painful skin condition from wading through e. coli contaminated water that flooded her Castlemead Estate flat, Camberwell. Maureen Thompson, 54, a health care worker at King’s College Hospital, has also paid over £4,000 to fix furniture and carpets destroyed during the flood. A council officer has told Maureen it “doesn’t fix carpets” and won’t replace damaged furniture unless she has the receipts - which Maureen says were destroyed in the flood. Southwark Council’s website clearly states that flooring repairs at tenants’ properties are the responsibility of the council.Therash Maureen developed from the E. coli water is itchy, painful and won’t shift despite her using prescribed creams to treat it. Maureen often works back-to-back nights shifts and arrives home to find her bed sodden with contaminated flood water. She said: “Hospital work is very demanding and when you come home you want a shower, to eat and lie down to tackle the shift the next day. “But coming home from work to deal with this water business is too much for me. I feel like nobody is listening to me. I feel like nobody’s on my side.”
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Problems began in March 2021 when a burst pipe flooded Maureen’s bedroom and kitchen with several inches of filthy water.Hercarpet, bed, wardrobe and dresser were all destroyed, all of which she’s paid to replace out of her own pocket. The replacements cost over £4,000 which, earning just £1,525 a month after tax, Maureen can barely afford to pay. Damp caused by flooding left the walls so caked in mould, that Maureen was moved into a Camberwell hotel. She lived there for eight months and moved back into Castlemead once the repairs were complete around February 2022. But on July 17, just five months later, the floods restarted. Maureen spent the next three weeks living in a waterlogged home while she waited for the council to repair the leak. Throughout that time, she had to spread tarpaulin over her floors and use buckets to catch the dripping water. “I’m worried it’s going to happen again. I guarantee, if you come here in September, it will be back”, Maureen said.Southwark Council has been approached for comment.
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Bermondsey’s Maydew House could be a success story, but we need to know more can’t miss it walking through Southwark Park. an enormous, twentysix storey building towering over the park and the nearby area. there’s nothing anywhere near as tall as Maydew house in Bermondsey. Built in the early-mid 1960s, Maydew is also a relic of an earlier time in London, the postwar council-house building boom when local authorities were empowered - and had the resources - to build social rent homes at scale. Of course, Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government cut that off at the knees, determined as she and her successors were to weaken local authorities, which she often saw as a threat, and centralise power in Westminster. Her radical right-to-buy scheme, while enabling many to buy their own home for the first time, also took away one of the incentives for councils to build as many new homes. Why invest in housing when you could be forced to sell it off at a price substantially below market rate? Some may find irony in the fact that at a time when Southwark Council is starting to replenish its diminished housing stock, in an echo of the golden age of council house building - with plans to put up 11,000 homes by 2043 - one of its flagship blocks has lain empty for seven years. And despite nearly two full pages of coverage in this week’s paper, we still don’t know exactly why. Plans have changed twice over the twelve years of the project, from selling off the block entirely to building private flats on top, to the current plan of keeping it entirely social rent, which we applaud. But why did it take two sets of works to remove the asbestos, why were they four years apart, and why did costs go up fourfold from the original estimate to the final bill? These are questions that we will try to answer in the weeks ahead. In time Maydew House can be a flagship again, especially given the desperate need of council homes. As far as we are aware the plan is still to refurbish 144 of the flats and to build over 100 more in the area surrounding the tower block. The timescale for this is next year, although given that we have not seen or been told about how far the council has got on with the refurbishment and building, this looks like a tall order.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk t he for Mer headquarters of the Salvation army in elephant and Castle could be making way for a 23-storey, 325-bed hotel. Developer Rockwell also wants to build 250,000 sq ft of flexible office space, 25,000 sq ft of affordable work space and a new public square on the site.Drawn up by architects SimpsonHaugh, the proposals are subject to a public consultation, which ended on Sunday, August 7. The site is currently occupied by a ten-storey office block built in the 1980s, which Rockwell bought in 2020. Rockwell says the current building is “in poor condition… has low energy efficiency and is not suitable to meet the needs of today’s working standards”.Thedeveloper says the new development will provide employment opportunities and “complement the existing and emerging skyline of Elephant and Castle”. A new publicly accessible open space is also planned which Rockwell says occupies approximately 50 per cent of theThesite.Salvation Army is establishing a new headquarters in Denmark Hill, which was granted planning permission in 2019 and should be completed by late 2023. Rockwell’s most recently approved mixed-use hotel development is a 30-storey, 400-bedroom hotel on West India Dock Road, Tower Hamlets.
Matthew Meynell sang an 1860 ballad about a grizzly quadruple murder, and another about the traders on the Walworth road. Matthew said: “You get a feeling what the Walworth road would have been like so that’s really fun. You can feel a link - I certainly feel walking around this area that there’s a ridiculous amount of history here.”
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk deteC tiveS iN veS tigatiNg a Sydenham stabbing have released CCtv footage of a suspect they want to track down. Police are investigating a stabbing at Westwood Hill which left an 18-year-old man in critical condition, on Monday, AugustPolice8.were called to Westwood Hill at 7.12pm to reports of a stabbing and arrived with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service. They discovered a man suffering from stab wounds. He was rushed to hospital where he remains in a critical but stable condition.Detectives are asking people who were were in the area, and have yet to speak to police, to come forward. Detective Inspector Spencer Thomas said: “We have released footage of a person we are keen to trace. The footage was captured in Kirkdale SE26 just before the incident. “A young man was stabbed – and seriously injured – in broad daylight at a bus stop. I would urge anyone who witnessed this assault to contact us. “I would also ask that anyone who was driving in the vicinity and has a dash cam to check the footage to see whether they captured something that could help our investigation. Any piece of information, whether you think it might be insignificant or not, could be vital.” There have been no arrests and enquiries continue. Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 quoting reference 6336/08AUG. To remain anonymous, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
aN audieNCe was transported to a time when the news was spread through song at a musical performance last month. Organised by The Walworth Society and performed at St Peter’s Church, ‘Walworth’s History through Song’ event treated audiences to local songs last performed hundreds of years ago. As well as hearing ballads, people would often buy the the large sheets of cheap paper on which the lyrics were printed, and pin them up in their homes or pubs. On Friday, July 29, the same ballads that were once sung to Walworth’s Victorian residents were performed to a contemporary crowd. One 1848 ballad told the story of a young woman who died after undergoing a back-street abortion. Singer Rawlene Evelyn drew parallels with the stricter abortion laws being passed in parts of the United States. Evelyn said: “There’s one which is very apt for now about the back street abortion. The first time I saw the words… it was almost like an out of body experience because I knew it was her own words. “It feels really quite touching because it must have been horrendous what she had to go through.”
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The event was part of the Urban Elephant Festival, a three day celebration of arts, culture and diversity in Elephant and Castle, held from July 29 to 31. John Whelan, festival organiser and founder of theatre group People’s Company also performed at the event. John said: “The Urban Elephant is all about connecting across the community all the way from the Aylesbury Estate to the Elephant Arcade. It’s about bringing the community together and celebrating ourThediversity.”festival saw 40 different performances across eight different pitches and is set to become a yearly event. The News has run three historical features written by Walworth historian Neil Crossfield on events that were performed at St Peter’s Church - the video of the ballads and the features can be seen on our website www.southwarknews.co.uk
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the toP nurse at guy’s and St thomas’ hospitals has said she is “devastated” by the disappearance of one of the trust’s trainees, who has been missing for six weeks. Owami Davies was last seen in Croydon on July 7 at about 12.30pm on CCTV after leaving her home in Essex three days earlier. Five people have been arrested in relation to the enquiry. All have since been released on bail. Police have said the case was still a ‘missing persons’ investigation. Avey Bhatia, chief nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust, said: “We are devastated about the disappearance of our colleague Owami Davies who is a final-year student nurse at our Trust. “While we await further developments on this police investigation, our thoughts remain with Owami’s family and friends, and the many colleagues who work with her.The CCTV footage shows Ms Davies in a dark jacket, red t-shirt, light grey joggers and sliders. She was carrying a white handbag over her shoulder. Ms Davies is seen walking north on London Road, in Croydon away from West Croydon and towards Norbury. Officers have issued another appeal for help in the search on Tuesday. Officers from the National Crime Agency have joined the Detectiveinvestigation.ChiefInspector Nigel Penney, who is leading the investigation, said: “The search to find Owami Davies continues and we are conducting searches, appeals and extensive CCTV enquiries in order to trace and find her. I would remind people that even though detectives from Specialist Crime are investigating, this remains a missing person enquiry. “We are obviously very concerned for the welfare of Owami and it is possible she is in the local area and in need of help. We have reports of someone of Owami’s description being seen in the Croydon area in the days after she was last seen on CCTV and we sincerely hope to find her safe and well. “I would also appeal to anyone who may be helping Owami, or Owami if you see this message, please be assured you are not in any trouble at all. We are only concerned for your welfare and want to make sure you are okay. You can contact us, or a charity like Missing People on 116 000 and just speak to let us know that you are okay. Owami, your family love you and are desperate for news, they would be overjoyed to hear you are safe. “I would urge people to look at the photos of Owami and contact us if they have seen her or remember seeing her in the area. We have already had outstanding support from the local community, partners and businesses and we appreciate everyone who has contacted us or helped publicise the search for Owami. “I know Owami’s family are grateful for all the help the public have given, please continue to help by calling police if you have any information. Your call could be the vital information that helps us find Owami safe and well.” Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8721 4622 where detectives are waiting to speak to you.
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk dozeNS of teenage ukrainian refugees have been taken on a trip to the seaside by a group of volunteers at a dulwich church. The volunteers group, from St Barnabas Church, took the young people to the famous seaside resort of Margate on the Isle of Thanet in Kent last Monday week, AugustHighlights8. included a scavenger hunt around Margate, a football match on the beach, kite-flying, paddling in the sea, sandcastle building, ice-cream, a fish and chip supper, and singing together at sunset.Oneof the teenagers said: “I had such a good day. We always worry we are not welcome here, but today we felt welcome.”Another said: “The group makes me feel happy and sad: happy to be together, sad because I miss Ukraine.”
A third added: “I liked the fish and chips – I took some home in my bag for my mother!” The trip was organised by Louise Jones, a volunteer at St Barnabas Church, and Rachael Gledhill, a curate at the church, along with six volunteers. Louise and Rachael set up the youth group in May, specifically for young refugees. Louise said that the group, which meets on Wednesdays, gives people different activities for people to have fun and make friends. Activities so far have included a barbecue, a sports day, a bowling trip, a drama workshop, marshmallow roasting, a musical Glee club and weekly pizza. The group also helps the young people get practical support. Volunteers have placed several of the young people in schools, colleges and holiday schemes, helped with college and university applications, and provided bikes and laptops.Aparent of one of the children thanked the group organisers, and said: “It means so much that the church devotes so much time to our children, the children of Ukraine. It makes my heart rest easier.” If you might be able to provide sponsorship or other support contact them supportingukraine@stbarnabasdulwich.orgat
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Southwark Cou NCil is investigating after reports that children in social housing were told by a private developer not to play in the corridors - despite not having access to the estate’s gardens. One Tower Bridge is a mixed private and social-housing development on Tower Bridge Road. Part of the development, Horace Jones House, contains 43 social rent homes managed by the City of London Corporation, which is also the leaseholder for the site. The entire development is owned by Berkeley Homes. When planning permission was given in 2011, among the conditions were that the the tenants in social rent flats would have the same access to communal spaces like gardens as people living in private flats. But Berkeley won a concession from Southwark Council in 2015 to stop social tenants getting into the communal garden. The developer argued that it would shoulder the extra maintenance costs, and these would be “unduly onerous”. The planning officers’ report said: “Given the considerable amount of communal space provision that would still be accessible and convenient to the CoL [City of London] residents, officers consider that these residents would not be disadvantaged by the proposed restriction of the podium garden and the scheme would continue to meet the policy objectives of securing tenure blind development.”Later,the Liberal Democrats accused Labour of “actively promoting segregation” - a claim which the Labour strenuously councillors denied. Everyone on the planning committee - including the Liberal Democrat members - voted in favour of restricting access to the garden. The parents of children living in Horace Jones House have reportedly been told to keep it down while playing in the corridors, because they don’t have access to a Thegarden.news, which was originally reported in the Guardian, appears to have sparked Southwark and the City of London Corporation into action. Cllr James McAsh said: “In Southwark, we want children of all backgrounds to have equal opportunities in life and the chance to play together. As a council, we owe it to residents to make sure that developers give them the affordable housing or amenities they were promised.”
Staff work with pupils who need extra help with their reading. “They give these pupils extra practice in reading to help them to read fluently and catch up quickly. Staff use their expertise to pinpoint and address weaknesses in pupils’ phonics knowledge.“Leaders have not managed to prioritise reading without narrowing the curriculum for pupils who are weak readers and need to catch up.” Students are also getting a good understanding of “conflict and democracy” from their history lessons, inspectors said. This even stretches to themes like the “chivalric code” used by knights in the Middle Ages, as well as “patriarchal structure”.
“We are looking into what Berkeley Homes agreed to provide in the original, consented planning applications. The council is already reviewing planning approvals in the borough and will enforce violations retroactively, if required.”
Children are well safeguarded, with staff well-trained in dealing with any problems, including mental health issues.Areas the school could improve are keeping on staff in a few subject areas, while some students in years 7 and 9 are not being given the same opportunities as the rest of their year groups, because their time is being taken up with extra reading and writing help. Inspectors said that the school should make sure all students have the same opportunities, without compromising children’s literacy either. The school’s ‘good’ rating comes after ‘requires improvement’ results in 2018, 2016 and 2014. Before that it was rated ‘inadequate’ in 2011, with fewer than half of all students getting five A*-C grades at GCSE. The school’s last ‘good’ rating came fifteen years ago, in 2007. Headteacher Emma Thurston came in at the start of the last school year, in September 2021. Neil Coyle: ‘Check you got your Cost of living payment!’
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk deP tford greeN school has been given the thumbs up by inspectors for the first time in more than ten years - with children even learning about chivalry. Oftsted inspectors gave the comprehensive secondary a ‘good’ rating this year, the second highest possible, after three straight ‘requires improvement’ reports. Inspectors said that Deptford Green’s quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management were all good. The school, which is on Edward Street near the New Cross Road but falls within the catchment area for many Southwark residents in Peckham, Old Kent Road, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, has a “broad and rich curriculum that matches the ambition of the national curriculum,” inspectors said.Inspectors were particularly full of praise for school staff’s efforts to promote reading. They said: “They give pupils time to read widely, such as in form time and in lessons in the library.
Pensioners may be entitled to benefits worth up to £800 this autumn, but can only receive them if they first claim pension credit. In mid-July, between 2000 and 3000 Southwark pensioners were not registered and risked missing out on help with electricity bills, NHS prescriptions and more. To find your local pension claim dropin session, call Southwark Council on 0207 525 5000 and select option three.
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A spokesperson for the City of London Corporation said: “We are aware of these reports and are speaking to residents about the matter. As leaseholder for Horace Jones House we are subject to the rules on access and children’s play which are managed by the developer, not the CityBerkeleyCorporation.”Homes was contacted for comment. By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and old Southwark has urged constituents to check they received their ‘Cost of living Payment’. Amid rising inflation and the soaring cost of everyday items, the government held an emergency budget in May where they announced theThepayment.£326 payment was available to anybody receiving Pension Credit, Universal Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseekers Allowance or Income Support by the end of July. MP Coyle wrote: “Please check you have received your payment. If you have not, I and my team can help if you live in the north of our borough. You can raise your missing payment with DWP directly online but DWP say that if you receive tax credits then your Cost of Living Payment will not arrive till ‘the autumn’. “If you receive Pension Credit or the workings age benefits listed above and have not received the £326 payment then please get in touch as you may be missing out on this vital help. “If you do need my support to access your payment, please call me on 020 7219 7650 or email me your name, address, the benefit or pension you receive and your National Insurance number.”Theemergency payments are being funded by a windfall tax on energy companies’ inflated profits, which opposition parties and campaigners had pushed Southwarkfor. Council has also reminded pensioners to sign up to pension credit, a “passport” to additional financial support.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk aN eaSt dulwich mum fed up with dog doo-doo has created an app where Southwark residents report dog poo to the council. Lawyer Jenifer Swallow, 46, and her sons Thomas, 10, and Jacob, 11 created ‘Turd Alert’ because they were fed up of traipsing through dog mess every time they left home. “At the boys’ school, there were lots of people getting parasites and worms and the reason was eggs in dog poo. There’s a public health issue,” she told the News “Over lockdown, lots of people got dogs but there was a sense that nobody was watching them because there was a different presence of the authorities. So we thought we’d do something about it “Technology has the potential to help us. The app makes it super easy to do something in one or two clicks,” she addded. Users fill out a form which details the location of the mess, which is sent to Southwark Council, with the option of attaching photos. The mum-of-two and director of LawTechUK, a legal technology company, said: “We have a local WhatsApp group where someone jokingly said ‘there should be an app for that’. Turd Alert is designed to help us all keep our streets clean by making it easy for you to report dog fouling in your local area.”
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With the help of local lady Mabel, attendees will find out about local historical landmarks like the Trocadero Super Cinema on New Kent Road. It had the largest Wurlitzer organ in Europe, a gold staircase, and gained a reputation for both opulence and rowdiness.Thetour will also reveal the back stories of local historical characters such as Charles Babbabgem, inventor of the first computer. Attendees can also look forward to special appearances from Elephant and Castle legends Michael Caine and Charlie Chaplin. Yuripari Dance Group will put on a salsa dance workshop while African drumming group Kaagô will intersperse the tour stops with their songs.The tour will end with tasters and discounts on dishes prepared by the food traders on Castle Square and Ash Avenue.Thetours will leave at 1pm and 3pm from Castle Square on Saturday, August 20 and will last one hour and a half.
Visitors will trace Elephant and Castle’s history, from ‘Piccadilly of the South’ to the modern day. John Whelan said: “Elephant and Castle was known as the ‘Piccadilly of the South’ because there were so many department stores. “But many were destroyed in WW2 - german bombers aimed for the roundabout and transport links hence it got a lot of bomb damage. “It was also a terminus of transport. If you were going to the south of London, you’d go through Elephant and Castle.”
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk South e a S t london NhS doctors are urging people with long-standing persistent coughs to visit their gP in a bid to tackle lung cancer. The ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign is being launched after recent figures suggested people at risk one of the UK’s deadliest cancers might not be comingCancerforward.healthchiefs are asking the public to contact their GP team if they have had a persistent cough for longer than three weeks or see other symptoms like coughing up blood or persistent breathlessness. Dr Jonty Heaversedge, Joint Medical Director for the South East London Integrated Care Board, said: “We are going further and faster in our efforts to tackle cancer and have seen record numbers of people coming forward for tests and checks in the last year thanks to our campaigns and early diagnosis initiatives, but for lung cancer, we have not seen referrals bounce back at the same rate as other cancers.“Itisvital that people stay alert against suspected lung cancer symptoms, so if you have a continuous cough or breathlessness, don’t ignore this or assume it’s something else, please visit your GP and get it checked out – it probably won’t be cancer but if it is then catching it early can help saveReferralslives.” for most types of cancer quickly returned to pre-pandemic levels after the first wave of COVID-19 but lung cancer referrals only returned to pre-pandemic levels in May 2022. This is despite lung cancer being one of the most serious types of cancer. Last year, it was the fifth biggest cause of death in England, accounting for 26,410 deaths. Over the last year, the NHS has seen record numbers of people being checked for cancer with over 5.3 million people referred between June 2021 and May 2022.
Southwark Council aims to clean dog mess within 48 hours of it being reported, part of its litter picking service. “We are not responsible for whether the council does its job, but your alerts encourage them to do so”, Jenifer said. The council says “dog mess is not only unpleasant but also dangerous to the public’s health, particularly for young children as it can cause serious illnesses”. According to the app’s description, there are 81,000 dogs in Southwark and if 10 per cent of owners don’t clean up after their dog, that leaves three tonnes of dog poo on the streets. Although the app only works in Southwark currently, Jenifer says she plans to expand it nationwide. Southwark Council says dog owners who don’t scoop poop can be fined £50, rising to £1000 for repeat offenders. It’s not the first time Dulwich dogs have come under fire in recent weeks. Earlier this month, a Dulwich horse riding school owner accused a German Shepherd of panicking her horse, causing it to topple over in Dulwich Park.
hiS tory will be brought to life this Saturday thanks to a series of free animated walking tours around elephant and Castle. Community theatre group ‘The People’s Company’ are hosting historical tours led by professional dancers, actors and performers. John Whelan, Artistic Director of the People’s Company, said: “People like history brought to life. It’s okay doing a tour where people do chalk and talk but we really humanise the history.”
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk “gettiNg a sample of poo? this is not a pleasant thing to do. i kept saying to myself ‘i will do it tomorrow’.” So said Sekyi Armah-Tetteh, who was among the hundreds of thousands of people in south-east London who were sent bowel cancer screening kits to use atTohome.use the kits, you collect a small stool sample with a stick and put it in a small tube, before sending it to a lab for tests. The testing used to be only open for people aged 60 and over. Now the NHS in south-east London has expanded the range to 58 and over - meaning 100,000 more people are eligible. Once you reach the right age, you get sent one every two years until you are 74. The NHS plans to send the kit, called a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), to everyone over 50 by 2025. Sekyi said: “I was sent a bowel cancer screening kit when I had just turned 60. When the box came, I opened it with hesitation...“ThenIgot a reminder, and I thought I should be brave. If anything is wrong, it is better to arrest it before it gets worse. “I sent the kit back and I got the all clear like most people. If I had known that at the time, I would have done it straightaway. “If you get a bowel cancer screening kit, please use it straightaway. It isn’t anything scary.” The test can detect blood, which could be a sign of bowel cancer ? even in people with no symptoms – and determines if you are among the two per cent of people who need more tests. In the UK, 43,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year, and over 16,500 people die from it - more than 45 a day. But it can be easier to treat if doctors find it early. The new NHS campaign - “Your next poo could save your life” - is particularly focusing on those who are less likely to do the test: men, people sent the bowel screening kit for the first time, people in deprived areas, people from some ethnic and faith communities, and people with a learning disability.
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London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon, (pictured) a long-term campaigner for Dial-a-Ride, said that “the report highlights how highly valued the service is, but equally how frustrating it is when the service does notThework.”Liberal Democrat and former deputy leader of Southwark Council said in a foreword to the report that “the recommendations... must now be acted upon to ensure every Londoner can move around our great city.” Dial-a-Ride boss at TfL James Mead said TfL was grateful to Age UK and Transport for All for the report, and that staff would be looking closely at theTfLrecommendations.isworkingon a new booking system for Dial-a-Ride that will come in next year, and recruiting more staff to cut waiting times. Mr Mead said: “We are proud to provide a Dial-a-Ride service, which we know is vital in helping people lead rich and independent lives. It’s a free service that we fund entirely, and we keep it under constant review in order to meet the diverse needs of our wide customer base. “We know that the long waiting times for booking are unacceptable and are taking steps to put this right. A new, simpler booking system will be implemented next year and we are also recruiting more staff to take bookings, both of which will cut waiting times. “We are pleased that customer satisfaction was at 93 per cent in the most recent survey but are not complacent.”MrMcgeachy pointed out there are also other special ways for elderly and disabled people to get around London. One is the Taxicard scheme that gives people cheaper taxi rides, although “there are even more problems with that than with Dial-a-Ride,” he said. But Mr McGeachy praised TfL’s travel mentoring service. Staff at the service give people who are anxious about using public transport advice about journey planning, and even sometimes go with them on the first couple of trips to boost their confidence. “Mentoring is a great service, but hardly anyone knows about it,” he said. Email travelmentor@tfl.gov.uk or call 020 3054 4361 between 09:00-16:00 Monday-Friday to find out more or book an appointment.
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk t ra NSP ort for l ondon ( tf l )’’s proposed bus cuts would have a disproportionate influence on the poorest in the capital and the disabled, a l ondon a ssembly member has warned. The Green Party’s Sian Berry said: “One third of all bus journeys are made by people in households earning less than £20,000 per year. “We are also concerned about the disproportionate impact of the proposals on disabled Londoners, considering that 10% of daytime bus passengers are disabled.”
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TfL ended its consultation on cutting sixteen bus routes - four of which are in Southwark - on August 3, in response to pressure from the government to slash spending. We reported last week that more people have been riding two routes through Southwark in many weeks in 2022 than at the same times in 2019, before the pandemic. Geoff Hobbs, TfL’s director of public transport service planning, said the cuts would “take into account all public and stakeholder responses” and “the latest ridership data”.MrHobbs said: “The pandemic has had a devastating impact on TfL’s finances, requiring government support to keep public transport in London operating. “The government set a number of conditions before it would provide emergency funding, including reducing the extent of our bus network.” one third of bus journeys are made by households on less than £20k
Other changes that the charities call for are communicating more clearly about the service, cutting down the number of journeys refused, consulting with users about changes to the booking system, reducing late arrivals and making sure journeys are as efficiently scheduled as possible.
Exclu S iv E By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk t ra NSPort for london (tfl) is facing calls to improve dial-aride, its free service that helps elderly and disabled people get around the capital. Dial-a-Ride is a free transport service TfL put on for people over 85 and disabled people. Users have to register, and there are 42,000 on the books at the moment. Users made about 125,000 trips in the first half of the year.TfL say they prefer trips to be reserved in advance, and users can make one advanced booking trip a week. There are no limits on next-day and same-day journeys. But some people using a Southwark service for visually impaired people told the News in June that they have long struggled to book transport on Dial-A-Ride from their respective homes in Lewisham and Streatham to the centre off Blackfriars Road, paying out hundreds of pounds a month for taxisNowinstead.TfLis facing fresh calls to improve the service, including: Allowing longer bookings (some users say journey lengths are capped at five miles, although TfL said there are officially no restrictions) Increasing the number of advanced booking trips to three a week, from one Improving the phone booking system, with some people tired out by waiting fifteen or twenty minutes to speak to someone Extending operating hours to midnight on weekdays and 1am on weekends, to allow users to have nights out Confirming email booking requests quicker to give users more certainty The calls come in a report, by elderly people’s advocate charity Age UK and disabled people’s charity Transport for All. John McGeachy, senior campaigns officer at Age UK and one of the report’s authors, said that Dial-a-Ride was a good service overall, but that these changes could make a real difference to people that use it. “It’s things like Dial-a-Ride that can become forgotten transport modesit’s such a shame because these things can change people’s lives,” he told the News. “The reasons we started working on it was all of our local teams were talking about social isolation. “It’s an incredibly complicated subject but one small piece of the puzzle is around improvements to community infrastructure that would make people more confident. “For example, lots of people we talked to say they really struggle with the long waiting times when you book by phone... It’s frustrating and stressful and potentially quite tiring.” TfL has been struggling financially since the pandemic and these changes would cost money, although at the time of writing it has been offered a new funding deal from central government. Mr McGeachy added: “In the grand scheme of things, the network is facing so many cuts, unfortunately these smaller services are the ones that get dropped to the bottom of the queue.”
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PrePare to unleash latent yearnings you may be harbouring to tread the boards when visiting ColaB theatre’s production of Bertie watkins’ ‘the west’, writes Carolyn Hart Taylor… In an age of inclusivity, opting for an interactive genre is a theatrical winner, especially when audience members enter fully into the world of a Wild West where gunslingers stand trial in Ulverston Town. Entering COLAB’s building is virtually entering ‘The Wild West’. Suddenly you’re in a saloon bar in Ulverston, playing cards and singing West Virginia. Spaghetti Western tunes are whistled ominously, the town marshal arrives alerting folk of a train robbery at Blackrock, and henceforth we are genuinely involved, thirsty for more cowboy action. Events develop, and working collaboratively we interrogate our gunslinger in jail, using his sweetheart Belle Star as collateral. As a group, we come together to vote for bar, church, bordello, farm and cowboy boot store. We even get to spend the ‘honest’ dollars earned for restoring justice to Ulverston.Adivision amongst the townsfolk in court meant hollering ‘lynch him’, or ‘free him’ as the judge delivers a wonderfully comical trial. All the actors did a grand job of strutting around in Stetsons and chaps whilst directing events in a way that encourages us to jump on board. Die-hard Western fans partake in the obligatory shoot-out with the eight shots supplied that they are advised to useMostwisely!ranwith it, adopting a Southern drawl as they talked to actors, others were more low-key, but by being there, everyone is part of Ulverston Town and all part of the Wild West! Prompting us to examine what we have created is a Matrix-inspired theme that shakes us out of our cowboy existence and into the world of the ‘blue pill’ that asks us to question what is reality, and if we make our own, can we change it? Interestingly, audience members being instrumental to events share responsibility for the production’s success, so maybe that’s why some became so involved, as well as the fact that it is sheer good fun being part of the cowboy/cowgirl experience and abandoning reality to enter the experience whilst deciding how far you are willing to go in it. Ingenious immersive concept, total escapism into an alternate reality where anything can happen.
COLAB Tavern, 16 Harper Road, SE1 6AD until October 1st. Times: Weds – Sat 7.15pm, Saturday matinees 2.30pm. Admission: £28.50. www.colabtheatre.co.uk ©_Jan Versweyveld
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a da P ted for the stage by director ivo van hove, who killed My father is an anger-soaked letter by critically acclaimed writer Édouard louis to his father. Returning home to the small, conservative town in the north of France where he grew up as a gay teenager, a son finds his dying father virtually unrecognisable from years of alcoholism, social deprivation and gruelling manual labour. He starts to wonder: who’s responsible? Who Killed My Father is a furious indictment of the political elite and a son’s declaration of love. Exclusively for the Young Vic, this is a rare opportunity to see Hans Kesting (Roman Tragedies, Kings of War) perform the production in English for the first time.
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The Jubilee Line has changed the character of the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe area forever, and with the Canada Water masterplan set to bring in thousands of new residents with the promise of quick access to central London, that change will continue to deepen in the years to come. For both Sir Simon and Mr Hulse, the positives more than outweigh the downsides. “It did bring up house prices, but the benefits of putting us on the map are transformational,” Sir Simon said. “Both stations have enormous usemillions and millions of people coming in and out every year.”
The Bakerloo Line extension could possibly be in with a chance of getting revived by a new Transport for London funding deal - although Sir Simon recalled that it was one of the first campaigns he worked on in the early 1980s. If the extension does happen, it will be interesting to see how the area changes, as Bermondsey and Rotherhithe haveand if developers can be enticed to pay their share.
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk i t M ay seem unthinkable to people who were born after the year 2000, or who came to the area later, but Bermondsey used not to have its own tube station. That made Bermondsey and Rotherhithe one of the worst places in inner London for getting to the West End and other parts of the city centre, according to Sir Simon Hughes (pictured), who was MP for the area for more than 30 years.“You had to go by bus, it was very slow and congested, it took ages often,” he said. “And therefore effectively, the job opportunities for people were limited to going further out south-east, or more local.”Adding: “It wasn’t a realistic option to go and work in the West End.” Although it is worth pointing out that it for those people living in Bermondsey at least it was a short bus ride or walk to either London Bridge, Borough or Elephant & Castle tube stations to the west.Inthe 1980s, an opportunity came along to change this. With the redevelopment of the Surrey Docks and Canary Wharf areas by the London Dockland Development Corporation (LDDC) under Conservative minister Michael Heseltine, Margaret Thatcher’s government launched a plan to extend the Jubilee Line south-east. There had been other plans to extend the line before, stretching as far back as 1949, as well as a plan to build it out as far as Thamesmead that lasted much of the 1970s before being scrapped, according to a study by UCL. At that point, the line ended at Green Park. The plan was to extend it down through Charing Cross (later changed to Westminster), Waterloo and London Bridge, before going fast to new stations at Canada Water and Canary Wharf, serving those two new financial and residential developments. There would be no stops in between, meaning the Bankside area and Bermondsey would remain without stations. As Sir Simon put it: “It seemed the flaw in that was there was going to be mega disruption without any great advantage necessarily to most of the people who already lived here. “From the beginning I took the position that we should support the idea of the line but only on the basis that it also stop at stations particularly in Bermondsey, but also in the Bankside area.” That would not come cheap. Each of those stations was estimated at the time to cost £25 million, according to Sir Sir Simon. The UCL study said that the contract cost for Southwark and Bermondsey stations was actually £70 million and £69.6 million respectively. He said that he was told at first by the people planning the line and supporting it politically that “it was unrealistic in engineering terms” to include the Bermondsey and Southwark stations. Because it was a piece of infrastructure that affected only part of the country, the extension needed a private bill to be approved in both houses of parliament, as well as going before separate committees of MPs and peers. The bill was first put to parliament in 1989, six years after Sir Simon came to the House of Commons as MP for Bermondsey.Hesetabout blocking it in order to get his way. “My tactic was to block the bill and delay it until [Bermondsey and Southwark] stations were included. “All private bills come on a list, if there’s no opposition, they get put through on the nod. If you oppose them they get put in a queue. Then you can put amendments down. It’s a very effective delaying tactic.” Eventually, he said, a letter came to light that that said it was going to be cheaper to agree to build Bermondsey and Southwark stations than to have to keep on fending off Sir Simon’s attempts to block the bill. The two stations were agreed as part of the Jubilee Line extension plan in late 1990, according to the UCL study. The project was finally given the go-ahead from the government in 1993. In the meantime came wrangling over where exactly the stations would be, especially Bermondsey, according to Sir Simon.“There was still obviously some opposition because the Keetons Estate lost open space [that became Bermondsey Tube station]. “It was a bit like the infill campaign,” he added, referring to Southwark Council’s policy of building new council flats on open spaces and garage sites. “People were saying ‘hang on we don’t want a great big thing, you know. And so the negotiations started to try to make it smaller, and less offensive to the eye.”
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The light and airy station, designed by Ian Ritchie architects, was meant to have offices on top, but this has never happened.Otherareas of concern were the escape shafts, which had to be dotted at various points along the line. These included Durand’s Wharf in Rotherhithe, which lost twenty square metres of parkland, and Russia Dock Woodland, which lost 1,500 square metres of newly planted woodland. Both of these had some opposition from local people, but surveyors did not consider the loss “a significant impact”. Sir Simon said that another “little battle” he and other supporters fought, and lost, was to have Canada Water station named ‘Canada Docks’. “The LDDC thought it was more attractive to sell it as ‘Water’ rather than ‘Docks’”, he said. Nearby Surrey Quays station on the East London Line (now the Overground) had also been hastily renamed from Surrey Docks a few years earlier without much consultation, he said. Building work began on the Jubilee Line extension in December 1993, once funding had been secured. The total outlay on the extension was nearly £3.5 billion, up from initial estimates of about £2.1 billion. At first, about £400 million of that was supposed to come from Olympia & York, the developers of Canary Wharf. But they went bankrupt after the 1989 property market crash. Their cut was paid for by a consortium of Canary Wharf bankers, with the government covering much of the rest, other than £25 million from British Gas, and £2.4 million from another Canary Wharf developer. The project was delayed by nearly two years because of the funding gap caused by the collapse of Olympia and York. At one point during the delay, a banker called Lord Rogers complained about the “dangerous principle” of seeking private sector funding for the extension. He called on the government to “stop dithering about the Jubilee Line and talking nonsense about getting landlords to pay when the nation as a whole will be the beneficiary of its completion.”
The line was eventually opened fully in December 1999, although some parts had opened earlier that year. It was eighteen months behind schedule and more than £1 billion over budget. The new station at Bermondsey “transformed” the area, according to Robert Hulse, the former director of the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe. “When we moved here there was nothing in every direction,” he said. “There was the east London line as was, which is now part of the Overground, but it was a very short line and the surface was irregular, and unreliable. “Whenever we came home we’d get the Northern line and hope to find a bus, rather than rely on the East London Line. It’s made a huge, huge change to have the Jubilee Line. “They used to say -’build a bridge, you build a town’. In other words, a crossing point becomes a focus for community and so forth. That’s true of Tube stations as well, and train lines. The first example was the Metropolitan line.” Not all of that change in Bermondsey has been positive, of course. Rising property prices have been one result of the extension, and some feel that developers who benefited from the radically improved transport links in Bermondsey were never made to pay for it, which meant that essentially the taxpayer was supporting private profits in the property sector. Mr Hulse also said that it was appropriate that part of the extension of the Tube south of the river came past the site of the Brunels’ tunnel underneath the Thames. “Brunel built the first tunnel boring machine, or TBM. This was the tunnel that changed the shape of London. He used the technology that for the first time, enabled these“Nottunnels.bydigging a trench and covering it [the so-called ‘cut and cover’ method] but by burrowing a hole like an animal.”
Of course, Brunel’s TBM was made up of 36 men all digging away manually in a specially-built frame that was slowly and laboriously inched forwards under the river.MrHulse said: “Today’s TBMs are simply an automated version of that - they don’t have men in cages or bricklayers, but it’s the same principle. It’s the tunnel that changed the shape of London, and it’s the technology that brought the Jubilee Line south of river... So it is kind of full circle business in a way.”
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5 The restriction will come into force on the 30th August 2022 18th November 2022
1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out by Conway, it intends, to make an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
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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:
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003
Dated this 18th August 2022
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) CLUNY PLACE, SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, SPA ROAD, TABARD STREET, TANNER STREET, PARK STREET (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)
3 The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Maxted Road, Oglander Road, Oxenford Street, Bellenden Road Avondale Rise, Copleston Road, Danby Street (2b) & (2c) Forest Hill Road, Colyton Road, Homestall Road, Cheltenham Road, Ivydale Road, Merttins Road (2d) not applicable (2e) as indicated by the signs displayed Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform
The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days Start time Finish time
2022 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 6173/000811501980100 001re advertised (2b) 6200/LBSCR12549 (2c) 6216/77000901 (2d) 6081/92355459/6903667 (2e) 6134/LBW 00 38 060922 (2f) 6219/000811902980045 001
6 The works will be in operation for (2a) 30th August (2b) 30th August 2nd September (2c) 5th 9th September (2d) 1st 3rd September (2e) 31st August may be Network Management at gov uk u k C o f s 2 p m e v e r y T u e s d a y
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LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE
Matthew Park has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for the grant of a premiseslicence, in respect of the following premises: MOJO TAKEAWAY 18 KNIGHTS HILL, WEST NORWOOD, LONDON,SE27 0HY which would authorise the following licensable activities: Supply of alcohol Monday Sunday 12 22 30
4 The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform
Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 6452 London SE1 5LX Ref: 6063/DYL/parks&leisure/internal/MB/Aug Nov BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) BELLENDEN ROAD, BRENCHLEY GARDENS, GAZA STREET, BURRELL STREET (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)
(a) Bellenden Road, between Maxted Road/Danby Street to it’s junction with Avondale Rise (b) Brenchley Gardens between Forest Hill Road and Kelvington Road (c) Brenchley Gardens, between Kelvington Road and Brockley Way (d) Gaza Street, at it’s junction with Braganza Street to it’s blocked end (e) Burrell Street, at it’s junction with Southwark Street
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Please take notice that I / we Zainab Jaffa Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Jaffa Food Store, 168 Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4NB
3 Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises insofar as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works
1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out by Conway, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
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Dated this 18th August 2022 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 6241/08836897 conway (2b) 6157/61471253 conway (2c) 6157/86106633 conway (2d) 6123-000811918590045-001-Agilityre-writenewdatessep-thames (2e) LBSCR12629-orionaccess T o p l a c e a n o t i c e , p l e a s e e m a i l e m @ s o u t h w a r k n e w s . c o .
The retail sale of alcohol: Monday to Sunday 08:30 20:00 Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 08:30 20:00 Sunday 09:00 17:00
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) Cluny Place, at it’s junction with Bermondsey Street (b) Southwark Park Road, between Reverdy Road and Longley Street (c) Spa Road, between Alscot Road and Grange Road (d) Tabard Street, cycle route and carriageway located outside and opposite 11 Tabard Street to it’s junction with Long Lane and Long Lane to Borough High Street (e) Tanner Street, 20m either side of bridge (f) Park Street, between Stoney Street to No s 12 Park Street (carriageway and cycle lane)
3 The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) not applicable (2b) Southwark Park Road, Dunton Road, Rolls Road, St James Road (2c) Grange Road, Alscot Road (2d) Borough High Street Great Dover Street Silvester Street Tabard Street Pilgrimage Street Borough High Street (2e) Druid Street, Tower Bridge Road (2f) as indicated by the signs displayed
1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that, because of works to Cossall Park, it made, an order, the effect of which would be to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions in part of the above named road
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2 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: (b) Woods Road, which lies between Queens Road and Colmore Mews (on the south side) from the end of the existing double yellow lines outside Cossall Park entrance for 9m east new or extended lengths of ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions
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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 The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform The works will be in operation for (2a) 7th 9th September (2b) 3rd 4th September, with back up dates of 10th 11th September (2c) 5th 16th September (2d) 5th 22nd October, the works will be carried out in 2 phases (2e) 6th 7th September (2f) 5th 10th September information may be obtained August
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For information regarding this notice please contact Network & Parking at ttmo@southwark gov uk Dated this 18th August 2022
Southwark Council has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under article 12 of the Greater London Parks and Open Spaces Order 1967 to carry out restricted works on Peckham Rye Common The Planning Inspectorate will decide the application on behalf of the Secretary of State The proposed works are the creation of an event space using temporary structures to accommodate Zippo’s Circus The structures will be contained to a maximum area of 10,000sqm The works will be located on the main section of the Common, North of the Café The works are proposed to take place between 18 26 September The works will not be fenced, but a number of temporary structures will be in place A copy of the application form and supporting documents can be inspected during office opening hours at Peckham Rye Parks Office, Strakers Road, London, SE15 3UA until Thursday 15 September 2022 A copy of the application form and supporting documents may also be obtained by writing to: Southwark Events, Culture & Events Team, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2QH Any representations should be sent in writing ON or BEFORE that date to The Planning Inspectorate, Commons Team at 3A Temple Quay House, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN or commonlandcasework@planninginspectorate gov uk
1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 16a of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2 The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3
The retail sale of alcohol: Friday 12:00 03:30 Saturday 12:00 03:30 The provision of regulated Friday 12:00 03:45 entertainment: Saturday 12:00 03:45 Opening hours: Fridays 12:00 04:00 Saturdays 12:00 04:00 A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app southwark gov uk/licensing/licenseregister asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below http://www southwark gov uk/business/licences/how to lodge a representation Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale Date of application: 16th August 2022
THIS DIRECTION is made under article 4(1) of the Order and, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 of the Order, shall come into force with immediate effect from the date of service (or, if applicable, publication) of notice of this Direction in accordance with paragraphs 2(5), 1(1)(c) and (if applicable) 1(2) of Schedule 3 of the Order and shall remain in force for six months from that date and shall then expire unless it has been confirmed by the Council in accordance with paragraphs 1(9) and (10) of Schedule 3 of the Order before the end of the six month period
Ian Law, Traffic Manager, London Borough of Southwark, Network Management, Traded Services, Environment and Leisure, 160 Tooley Street, PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX
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Schedule Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003
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3 The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle or cyclist from: (a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule; (b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice
SCHEDULE Land at no 41 Linden Grove Development consisting of the demolition of a building as comprised within Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
1 Made under the Common Seal of the London Borough of Southwark this 27 day of July 2022
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Name of applicant: M Walker, Culture and Events Team, 3rd Flr, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2QH Date of application: 18 August 2022
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 16a THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2022
4 The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark
The proposed variation is as follows: CHANGE TO OPENING, ALCOHOL AND ENTERTAINMENT HOURS AS SEEN BELOW CHANGE OF LAST ENTRY FROM 1AM TO 2AM AND REMOVAL OF CONDITION 841 Days Start time Finish time
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT) (ENGLAND) ORDER 2015 (AS AMENDED) DIRECTION MADE UNDER ARTICLE 4(1) WHEREAS the London Borough of Southwark (“the Council”) being the appropriate local planning authority within the meaning of article 4(5) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (“the Order”) is satisfied that it is expedient that development of the description set out in the Schedule below should not be carried out on the land shown edged red in the attached plan as it would constitute a threat to the amenities of the Council’s area unless planning permission is granted on an application made under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) NOW THEREFORE the Council in pursuance of the power conferred on it by article 4(1) of the Order hereby directs that the permission granted by article 3 of the Order shall not apply on the said land to development of the description set out in the Schedule below:
ARTICLE 4(1) DIRECTION Land at no 41 Linden Grove
Please take notice that I / we FQBSC LTD have made application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of PECKHAM AUDIO, BASEMENT 133 RYE LANE, SE5 4ST
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Oval Invincibles captain Sam Billings added: “Tonight, that was all about one man really, wasn’t it? Seriously special from Will Jacks. “He deserved his hundred from ball one. He looked as if he was playing on a different wicket. “He has been in class touch all year. And he showed it here tonight. On a good wicket, once he got in, there was no stopping him.” The Invincibles were in Trent Bridge on Wednesday (August 17) to face Trent Rockets Men. Go to southwarknews.co.uk for the result and reaction.
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a Nother B atti Ng collapse saw dulwich go down to defeat by six wickets in their aJ fordham Surrey Championship division 1 clash at Banstead last weekend. Dulwich elected to bat on an extremely hot day, but the innings got off to a frenetic start as openers Ollie Steele and Ollie Sykes went for their shots. They both gave chances before falling for 9 and 10 respectively within the first five overs. Skipper Chris Purshouse thus joined James Schofield with the score on 24 and together they rebuilt the innings, adding 38 in six overs against some innocuous bowling by the seamers. Schofield was the next to go after making 11, unluckily bowled by a straight one in an over that contained six wides. Banstead now turned to their spinners, who immediately found turn and unpredictable bounce, especially from one end. The score had advanced to 75 after 13.2 overs when Purshouse was caught behind for 26, off 29 balls. This opened the floodgates as the spinners shared six wickets in 13 overs for just 27 runs. Dan Crowley then went on the attack, making 33 off 30 balls and sharing in a last wicket stand of 29 with Jon Lodwick, who remained unbeaten on 4. Dulwich were dismissed for 131 leaving 19 of their 50 overs unused. Dulwich opened the bowling with leg spinner Ahmed Khan, who also got turn and bounce from the danger end. He took the first wicket in his second over and completed his ten overs for just 18 runs without conceding a boundary. But with such a low target to aim for the Banstead batsmen were able to treat him with respect while punishing anything loose at the other end. After two overs by Crowley left arm spinner Frankie Brown joined the attack and took the next two wickets. The fourth fell to off spinner Salaar Waqar who was more expensive, though not all the runs came off the middle of the bat. Harawal Wassam joined Patrick Rowe with the score on 77-4 in the nineteenth over, and together they knocked of the remaining runs, with Rowe finishing on 47 off 83 balls, and Wassam 31 off 32.Dulwich take no points from this game and remain in bottom place. Their next two games are against the sides immediately above them in the table, and they need to win both of them if they are to have a realistic chance of avoiding the drop. The first of these is this weekend at home to Old Wimbledonians, who have now dropped to ninth.
By Sport Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk a you Ng Surrey side went down by 216 runs in the royal london One Day Cup to a Sussex outfit that kept their hopes alive in the competition at hove last weekend. Exceptional centuries by Chet Pujara, his second in three days in the competition, and Tom Clark, his first in one-day cricket to go with his brace of championship hundreds in his breakthrough season, gave Sussex a massive 378 for six. It was the highest List A total scored at Hove. And Pujara’s personal 174 was another one-day record for Sussex, beating David Wiese’s 171 against Hampshire in 2019. A depleted and very young Surrey side – Matt Dunn, at 30, was their only player over 24 – were never likely to compete with that. They didn’t, as the in-form Ari Karvelas took another four wickets, though Ryan Patel kept their far-fetched hopes alive with a stylish, 56-ball 65, and the impressive all-rounder Tom Lawes made an unbeaten 57 at the end of the day. Sheridon Gumbs, on debut and only 18, batted at No.5 and though he lasted just 13 balls for his 12 the lefthander looked a talent for the future with his easy timing. Surrey were dismissed for 162 in 31.4 overs to give Sussex a straightforward victory. And there were another three wickets for Delray Rawlins. Sussex did not look capable of such batting heroics early in their innings after the Surrey bowlers had reduced them to nine for two in the fourth over. The pitch inhibited strokeplay early in the day and Sussex, who had been asked to bat, lost the in-form Ali Orr in the third over, caught behind low down by Josh Blake off Lawes, and then Harrison Ward, who was bowled via the inside edge of his bat by Matt Dunn in the following over. What followed was a third wicket stand of 205 in 32 overs, a record for any wicket for Sussex against Surrey in one-day cricket. Clark was into his stride more quickly than Pujara, who had been drained by his heroic century against Warwickshire two days earlier and who appeared more suspicious of the batting surface than his young partner. It was only after Sussex reached three figures in the 21st over that Pujara emerged from his shell, jumping down the wicket to chip the slow left-armer Yousef Majid over midwicket for four, before cutting the next delivery for another boundary to bring up the hundred partnership. Clark, with a succession of powerful, left-handed drives, scored 104 from 106 deliveries, with 13 fours before he was lbw to Amar Virdi in the 36th over, with the score on 214. Pujara, recovering from his early diffidence, went on to reach an excellent century off 103 balls, with nine fours and two sixes. But then, wonderfully, he found another gear, surging from his hundred to 150 from just 20 deliveries. Overall, the India Test batsman faced 131 balls and hit 20 fours, and although he preferred to keep the ball on the ground early on there were also five sixes in his increasingly violent innings which didn’t end until the 48th over. When it did, the Surrey fielders lined up to shake him by the hand as he left the field, After Pujara and Clark the next highest scorer was Tom Alsop, with 22 and it was all lapped up by another big crowd at Surrey’sHove.next match in the RLC was on Wednesday (August 17) when they hosted Somerset at the Kia Oval. Go to southwarknews.co.uk for the report and reaction.
Banstead 135-4 (29.3) beat Dulwich 131 (31) by 6 wickets Surrey left-armer Yousef Majid By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk will JaCk S hit the second century of this season’s the hundred as oval invincibles clinched a seven-wicket win over defending champions Southern Brave at the kia oval last weekend. The Invincibles chased down the 138run target with 18 balls to spare as Jacks hit eight sixes in his unbeaten 108 off 48 balls.Left-arm fast bowler Reece Topley (3-24) continued his fine summer by claiming the wickets of Quinton de Kock (8) – Rilee Rossouw making the catch –and Alex Davies (4) after the home side chose to field first. There was less joy for Jason Roy as he was bowled for a two-ball duck, meaning he has just 10 runs from four innings in the competition. Jacks was thrilled with his outing as he was asked about his England ambitions. “That was a pretty amazing feeling,” Jacks said. “The most special thing was, every time I got on strike, everyone was cheering. I could feel that anticipation.” “There are so many good players out there that loads of people could be mentioned [for England]. Obviously Smeedy [Birmingham Phoenix’s Will Smeed] scored the first hundred the other day and then I’ve done that tonight. “There’s so much competition, which encourages you to keep working hard. Obviously we want to play for England, so we’ve just got to keep pushing.”
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“We need to add the quality to that character and not keep giving teams two goals at the start of games. If we do, we’re climbing a mountain every week. You can’t do that in the Championship. “We know what we need to do to get better away from home, and hopefully we’ll start showing it soon.” That doesn’t mean it’s not important, however. Many of the best Millwall sides in recent history have been defined by their character and attitude on the pitch. Malone believes that, in that regard, this is the best Millwall squad he’s played with. “The feeling on the pitch and in the dressing room afterwards, I’ve never seen that before in a Millwall side I’ve played in,” he claims. “We’re all over there at one point slapping each other on the heads, getting in close. I’ve never seen that in almost 200 games for the club.”Whether that will get the Lions to where they want to be is another matter, however, and one that remains to be seen. The obvious takeaway is that something needs to change on the pitch, even if the players have to keep the same mentality throughout the game.“It’s not a nice feeling when you’re looking up at the clock after 12 minutes and seeing yourself two goals down,” Malone says. “The first thought is that it’s going to be a long night and it’s going to be five or six, but this group doesn’t seem to think that way, we seem to get better. “When adversity comes and we need to climb the mountain, we always seem to do it, so maybe that’s a positive.”
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hoMe for M has often been Millwall’s saviour in difficult moments, even if the task at hand looks impossible. That isn’t necessarily the case against a side like Coventry City, who had finished in mid-table last year and were coming into the match off the back of some chaos regarding the state of their pitch, forcing them to postpone two Championship games. Yet the Lions did make the job harder than it needed to be. Within two minutes, they were 1-0 down when Kyle McFadzean fired a flickedon corner into the back of the net. It was a harsh contrast to Millwall’s performance just two weeks earlier when Charlie Cresswell scored from two set pieces to put Stoke City to the sword on the opening day. Things went from bad to worse soon after when Mason Bennett pulled up with a hamstring injury after two minutes. He was unable to continue and had to be replaced by Tyler Burey, with manager Gary Rowett later confirming that he’d suffered a grade two hamstring tear and would miss two months of action. The hosts were clearly shaken, and found themselves 2-0 behind just before the half-hour mark. Jake Bidwell’s cross found Matt Godden inside the penalty area, allowing the striker to lift the ball over Bartosz Białkowski to double the Sky Blues’ lead.Millwall were on the back foot, but really just needed one chance to establish themselves in the game. That opportunity came nine minutes before the break, when Coventry goalkeeper Simon Moore came rushing out of his goal to claim a free-kick. He ended up missing the ball, however, allowing Jake Cooper to flick his header into the back of an empty net to half the deficit. Moore would more than make up for his error with a series of stunning saves to deny George Honeyman and Murray Wallace from close range, but the Lions kept knocking at the door.
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With 53 minutes on the clock, Burey was allowed too much space to hit the visitors on the counter. With the ball down the left flank, he cut inside and looped an effort at goal, smacking the post from distance. However, his rebound was turned home by Honeyman, who scored the first goal for his new club in front of a jubilant Cold Blow Lane End. The flow of the game really changed in the final 23 minutes, when Coventry midfielder Gustavo Hamer was given a second yellow card for pulling back Burey as he sped into the opposition’s half. With ten men, Mark Robins’ side faced a near-impossible challenge, but managed to keep their threat in the final third while defending bravely in their own penalty area. That was, however, until the 85th minute, when Benik Afobe set up late substitute George Saville in the box. The midfielder was able to find space and curl a low shot under Moore to win the match in the dying stages. It shows the character and spirit of this Millwall team, who overcame major adversity to secure a stunning comeback win in front of their own fans. If there were concerns surrounding the previous two performances, this certainly reassured any remaining doubters. Millwall: 5-2-1-2: BBiałkowski; McNamara, Cresswell (Leonard 81), Cooper, Wallace, Malone; Mitchell, Shackleton (Evans 90); Honeyman (Saville 81); Bennett (Burey 12), Afobe Coventry: 5-3-2: Moore; Dabo, Hyam, McFadzean, Panzo (Eccles 89), Bidwell; Sheaf, Allen, Hamer; Godden (Tavares 89), Gyökeres
ExcluSivE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk aMidSt the jubilant scenes of tuesday’s draw in Swansea, there’s another side to Millwall’s performance that perhaps isn’t thought about as much. The truth is that, for much of the game, the Lions were poor. They gave their opponents a two-goal head start in the first half, just like they did against Sheffield United and Coventry City. To say that their point in South Wales was fortuitous would be an understatement, and while it’s important to celebrate the moment, it’s crucial to consider the wider context too. One player who understands the potential consequences of their underwhelming performances is Scott Malone. In the aftermath of the draw, the left-back opted to focus on what went wrong rather than what Millwall did right towards the end. “In the first 12 minutes, we all know we didn’t start great,” he told the News after the game. “There were a few individual errors that led to the first goal. I don’t want to speak about other players’ performances, but it was definitely there when I got one in the box. It was there for me to put my foot through it, I should’ve done that. I think there were one or two other bits within that as“It’swell.all about helping your mate out, and I don’t think any of us did that so they went 1-0 up. We all know you can’t let their centre-half run three quarters of the pitch, play a one-to-one on the edge of the box and give them space to shoot. You can’t do that away from home.“Ithought we got to grips with it in the second half. We figured them out a little bit and it was a much better performance.“Thespirit in this group, the commitment and the drive, the attitude to never stop running for each other, it’s really helped us out in the last two games. They could be vital points come the end of the season.” Ultimately, those characteristics can only take Millwall so far in their bid for a top-six finish. “We can’t keep relying on character,” Malone adds. Ultimately, that’s something that the Lions have been accused of doing far too often.
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By Alex Jones at Swansea.com Stadium alexj@southwarknews.co.uk deSPite Not being named in the starting lineup, tyler Burey was Millwall’s best player against Coventry City on Saturday. As a result, he received significant praise from manager Gary Rowett, who previously told the News that he could head out on loan this summer. However, after his recent performances, the chances of that happening seem impossible.Hisimpressive showing against the Sky Blues earned him a place in the starting lineup against Swansea City on Tuesday night, a crucial game for the Lions as they searched for their first away win of 202223. Millwall have had significant issues with how they’ve started matches recently. Against Sheffield United, they were 2-0 down after just 20 minutes. Against Coventry, they trailed by the same scoreline inside half an hour. Against the Swans, this record became much worse rather than better, however. It took just 54 seconds for the hosts to take the lead, which they did with their first attack of the game. Olivier Ntcham’s flicked header landed at the feet of an unmarked Ryan Manning, who was afforded far too much time to fire the ball past Bartosz Białkowski for the opening goal.The hosts came again immediately after. This time, Ntcham wanted to find the back of the net himself. His curling effort from the edge of the penalty area was saved by Białkowski, who parried the effort straight into the path of Joel Latibeaudiere. The defender had an open goal to aim at, but somehow blazed his effort over the crossbar from point-blank range.
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It was yet an ominous start for Millwall and a sign of things to come. With 12 minutes on the clock, Michael Obafemi picked up the ball on the edge of the penalty area and took on Jake Cooper. He cut in and out three times before a gap opened up down the left, allowing him to breeze past the Lions’ captain and fire in Swansea’s second goal of the game. This is where the trademark Russell Martin team came to life. The Swans dominated the flow of the game without creating many clear-cut chances. By the half-hour mark, the hosts had racked up 75% of the possession, refusing to give Millwall a look in. It was clear something had to be done, and the Lions came out looking rejuvenated after the restart. Crucially, they seemed to be calmer and were able to have significant spells on the ball. However, Billy Mitchell’s scuffed effort after 47 minutes was the closest they came to getting back into the game until Rowett started making changes. Shortly after the hour-mark, the visitors made three changes at once. The Millwall boss changed the back line, bringing on Shaun Hutchinson and Ryan Leonard for Jake Cooper and Charlie Cresswell. Jamie Shackleton was also taken off for George Saville, despite creating two good chances earlier in the game. At this point, the Lions had firmly established themselves in the game but were struggling in the final third. That’s what prompted Andreas Voglsammer to be introduced for his Millwall debut with 15 minutes to play. Although he failed to have a major impact on the outcome of the game, he did smack the crossbar with an impressive lobbed effort in the final five minutes. It was stoppage time where Millwall truly came to life, however. Away fans headed for the exits to chants of “cheerio, cheerio, cheerio” as the electronic board was raised to indicate an extra five minutes. Three minutes later, the Lions found themselves back in the game. Danny McNamara, fresh off signing his new contract, whipped a low cross into the box. The Swansea defence tried to clear it for a corner, but centre-back Ben Cabango ended up diverting the ball into the back of his own net to give Rowett’s men a lifeline. It was a sign that Millwall truly don’t
Swansea’s Nathan Wood scored one of the two own goals in stoppage time
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk a triP to Carrow road is a daunting prospect for any Championship side. In their last two seasons in the second tier, Norwich City have been the EFL’s version of Manchester City, strolling to consecutive league titles under Daniel Farke. In 2018-19 and 2020-21, they were dominant and ruthless. It’s no surprise that Millwall have failed to beat the Canaries in any of their last five attempts.Farke, however, is gone. His replacement, Dean Smith, has come under significant pressure after they were relegated from the Premier League once again last finishing, finishing rock bottom for the second time in three Unsurprisingly,seasons.fans and pundits alike bigged up Norwich. After all, their record in the Championship is staggering, with many supporters expecting another automatic promotion to the top flight this season. So far, those plans have fallen through in fairly spectacular fashion. Up until Tuesday evening, they sat bottom of the table with just one point.Millwall’s start to the season has been much better, although their away form has been a recurring issue. It’s what cost the Lions a place in the top six last season, and so far, they’ve struggled on their travels once again. Perhaps this is the worst possible game for Gary Rowett’s side. After all, despite their poor results, Norwich have often played well and dominated their opponents. They boast a squad that should, on paper, be capable of playing in the Premier League, and Smith is a highly-regarded manager for this level. Conversely, the match could be seen as an opportunity. Millwall’s style of play is direct and physical while the Canaries play fast, free-flowing football. Often, the former is the one that comes out on top, and that can certainly frustrate the home fans. Many Norwich supporters have already started to turn on the players and the manager, which could provide a toxic atmosphere in Norfolk on Friday evening should things go against the home side. One concern for Millwall is the way that their fixture list has become incredibly congested. The Lions travelled to Swansea on Tuesday evening for their most westerly match of the campaign, before going back the other way to play Norwich in their most easterly match just 72 hours later due to Sky Sports selection. For a side that have struggled when playing away from The Den, this will provide a real test for the Lions. It can also serve as proof that they’ve improved their form on the road and that they can finally make that next step to qualify for the play-off places. Rowett, however, is keen to reserve judgement on his side until they’ve played ten away games. Furthermore, he stresses that Norwich are in a “false position” given their quality and performances. Many supporters would agree, and it does feel like a matter of time until they finally start to click. Millwall will head to Norfolk with a thin squad. Mason Bennett’s grade two hamstring tear will likely see him ruled out until the end of September’s international break, while Zian Flemming (knee) and Tom Bradshaw (groin) are unlikely to feature either. While Rowett is keen to rotate his side this week, he only has a handful of options on the bench that he can bring into the starting lineup for one of their toughest games of the season. know when they’re beaten, as they pushed up the pitch in search of a late equaliser. Swansea stood firm, however, until the final additional minute. The pressure suddenly became too much, and they caved in. Scott Malone’s powerful cross looked like it was going to loop over everyone, but it ended up bouncing off Nathan Wood and into the back of the net for a second own-goal. This one, however, robbed the hosts of the win in the most dramatic fashion imaginable.Millwallcertainly didn’t deserve the result based on how the game played out, something which Rowett admitted afterwards. However, neither he nor his side will care one bit given how important that point on the road could end up being. One player who may feel slightly frustrated is Burey, who was initially credited with the goal before it was decided that Wood turned the ball into his own net. However, the young forward performed admirably once again, causing issues for Swansea’s back line with his pace and movement.
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Many Millwall fans have been crying out for a pacey forward to partner Benik Afobe up top, but they may have realised that the solution could already be at the club. With the team not performing as well as they’d hoped in South Wales, Burey stood out as one of the brightest players on the pitch, and he’ll certainly be part of Rowett’s first-team plans if he can keep up his current form.
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E xclu S iv E By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk gary rowett has claimed that he wants to add one more signing before the end of the transfer window. The Lions have signed seven players so far this summer and broke their transfer record to bring Zian Flemming to The Den at the end of June. Rowett’s side have been linked with a loan move for Everton youngster Tom Cannon, while reports from Ireland have indicated that they’ve had two bids rejected for Shamrock Rovers’ Aidomo Emakhu.TheMillwall boss has been quick to dismiss any transfer speculation, but went on to confirm that he’s still in the market for another addition before the transfer window shuts on September 1st. “A lot of the names that are mentioned are just links that people have put together,” he told the News. “They’ve got nothing to do with us and nothing to do with what we want to do. “I think we’re always looking to add. We’d like to add one more player before the window shuts if we can. Then really it’s just if there’s any other opportunities about that are worth doing. “We’re not looking to do lots, but another player is something that we’d like, to try and find the right player that can help us become better. That’s what we’ll look at. Rowett was open about his search for a striker before Millwall announced the signing of Andreas Voglsammer last week, but refused to reveal if he was looking to add more depth in a particular area of the“No,pitch.not really, we’re just looking to add a player in an area that we feel we have a little bit of a lack of balance in the squad. We’re looking to tweak and add numbers and a little bit of strength in depth where we can.”
Rowett believes that the similarities between German football and English football will help Voglsammer to hit the ground running at his new club, but has urged for supporters to be patient while he settles in over the coming weeks.“Ithink there’s slightly less of a transition for Vogi than for Zian because the Bundesliga is quite aggressive and quick. “But you have to remember that he’s still coming to a new country, he’s still learning a different way of playing, he’s got new teammates and he’s living in a different area. “We still have to accept that the transition is never an instant one, but we’ll see. We know about bringing these players in, and what we’ve got to do is give them the time to adapt. Hopefully sooner rather than later they’ll help us to impact games.”
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Speaking to the News, the Millwall boss highlighted Voglsammer’s key characteristics and explained why he opted to bring him to South Bermondsey this summer. “He’s a very explosive player,” he explained.“He’sgot good energy and a good ability to press. But most of all, he’s got that ability to play in any of those forward positions and add a bit of extra quality. “I watched a lot of him at Arminia Bielefeld in the 2. Bundesliga and in the Bundesliga. He was a regular doublefigure goalscorer for them in those divisions playing regularly. At Union Berlin, he stepped up but probably had slightly fewer starts. “So it’s difficult to judge his record but he always gave a good impact late on in games when you want that little bit of explosiveness and someone to go and stretch the opposition, run in behind and be aggressive. “I think his profile will help. He certainly fits the Championship, but we have to allow him that little bit of time to adjust. He’s come into the group and needs to get used to the Championship, just like Zian [Flemming]. “I think in Vogi and Zian, what we’ve tried to do is to bring in something a little bit different, and I think between those two we’ve got a slightly different technicality which we think will really help improve us in the long-term.”
Andreas Voglsammer made his Millwall debut on Tuesday evening.
a N drea S vogl S a MMer has already won over a number of Millwall fans after his impressive debut against Swansea City. Voglsammer, 30, became the club’s seventh summer recruit when he moved to The Den from Union Berlin. He wasn’t cleared in time to feature in the Lions’ 3-2 win against Coventry City but was named on the bench for their trip to South Wales on Tuesday evening. The striker was given fifteen minutes off the bench in place of Billy Mitchell, with the highlight coming in the 87th minute when he hit the crossbar with an audacious lobbed effort from outside the box. Despite being 2-0 down from the very start of the match, Millwall snatched a valuable point in stoppage time by forcing two own-goals, which many supporters believe was helped by Voglsammer’s introduction in the dying stages. Following the draw, manager Gary Rowett said he thought the former Bayern Munich academy player “did excellently” and “showed great quality” by “throwing himself about and starting to be physical”.
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