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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk
Sout H Sout H wark residents fear the tessa Jowell Centre has created a “two-tier system” that cuts off their access to vital healthcare services.
At a council meeting, West Dulwich resident David Dean was told that only patients registered with GP surgeries in Southwark could use the state-of-the-art facility.
But the extreme south of the borough has few surgeries, often making it more convenient for people like David to register in Lambeth.
David who used the Dulwich Community Hospital for blood tests before it became the Tessa Jowell centre in May 2020 said: “I used to be able to get up at seven o’clock and jog down to the old place and get seen straight away.
“Now I can’t so I have to go to King’s which is a much longer journey. It’s crazy - we pay Southwark Council tax!”
David asked a doctor at a council meeting on Tuesday, September 20, whether he could use the centre, and says he received “a flat no”.
From Gypsy Hill and West Dulwich, the nearest surgery in Southwark is The Lordship Lane Surgery - roughly three miles away.
Francis Bernstein, a Gypsy Hill resident registered with a Lambeth GP, said: “The problem is we don’t have a choice. We’re completely out of catchment for all these Dulwich GPs in the very south of the borough.
“There’s a little bubble around Dulwich. But what about other people who live in the south of Southwark?”
With sprawling housing projects, being built at places like Crystal Palace Park, Francis fears that his area’s rising population could exacerbate the problem.
“Today is not a crisis but if we’re not planning local healthcare for the new people they will bring, then we will have a crisis,” he said.
The New Southwark Plan recognised the need to “support improvements to…GP provision” as part of the Crystal Palace and Gypsy Hill area vision’.
The director of integrated care and commissioning at the South East London Integrated Care Board has agreed to set up a meeting with Francis to clarify which services are available.
NHS S taff shortages forced a Peckham GP surgery to pay an “inordinate amount of money” to a recruitment agency because it couldn’t get the staff it needed.
Becky Stephens, a doctor at The Gardens Surgery off Peckham Rye Park, and clinical director of Improving Health London, a federation of general practices, said staffing was “very difficult”.
The revelation comes amid an NHS staffing crisis described by Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee as “the greatest in its history”.
Speaking at the multi-ward panel meeting in
Dulwich Village on Tuesday, September 20, she said: “Unrealistically, there’s quite a lot of people I’d like to clone and I think recruitment is a big problem.
“If we could recruit all the people that we wanted to recruit that would make a massive difference.
“In my practice, we’ve just paid an inordinate amount of money to a recruitment agency for the first time ever because we couldn’t recruit through any of the usual channels. I think staffing - that’s very difficult.”
In July, a Health and Social Care Committee report said “almost every healthcare profession is facing shortages”.
Their research suggested that the NHS in England is short of 12,000 hospital doctors and more than 50,000 nurses and midwives.
The committee predicted that 475,000 more workers in health and 490,000 more social care
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Its services include blood tests, a diabetes clinic, health visiting, speech and language therapy and more.
The News contacted the NHS South East London for comment but received no reply at the time of going to press.
The Tessa Jowell Centre was named after the late Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, who long-campaigned for an integrated health facility for her constituents.
workers were needed “by the early part of the next decade” to avoid collapse.
Earlier this month, public service union UNISON said that improving staff pay and conditions would be key to retaining staff.
UNISON Head of Health Sara Gorton said: “Staffing shortages are getting worse by the day. That means constant struggles to fill rotas and move people to where they’re most needed.
“The government needs a long-term answer to workforce pressures. Ignoring targets that show the public how safe and effective their NHS services are won’t fix the underlying funding gap. Nor will removing the people needed to manage the never-ending juggling act.
“Any solution to the workforce crisis has to begin with an urgent commitment to increasing NHS pay and protecting staff against rising household costs That’s the way to ensure they stay working where they’re most needed.”
The parliamentary committee review said: “A radical review of working conditions is needed to reduce the intensity of work felt by many frontline professionals and boost retention.”
A spokesperson for NHS South East London said: “As in other areas of the country and capital, NHS South East London is undertaking work to improve recruitment and retention across the ICS, including in primary care. Alongside GP recruitment and retention schemes, there is significant work underway to support primary care to introduce new clinical and professional roles into their teams – such as physiotherapists and mental health practitioners – to provide expert care to patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. Using a specialist recruiter to support individual practices with their recruitment needs for a wide range of specialist roles can help to ensure a more effective and efficient recruitment process for the practice.”
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.ukA BeRMON dSey woman opened her toilet to the public for three days straight to help mourners lined up in Her Majesty the Queen’s lying in state queue.
From Friday to Sunday, Henrietta Onyema, 63, let thousands of people, including olympic champion Kelly Holmes, use the bathroom of her Thames-side home on Bermondsey Wall East.
The full-time foster carer had been driven crazy by the lack of toilets while queueing to see the Queen’s coffin on Thursday: “When I went, I realised there weren’t a lot of toilets. I felt the least I could do was open my toilet for everyone.
“Initially I was screaming ‘free toilet free toilet!’ so I got a friend of mine to write a big poster to put outside the house to let people know they could use it.”
One over-eager mourner was so grateful for the service he walked upstairs, through Henrietta’s bedroom, giving her the fright of her life.
“I was at the balcony telling people to use toilets and someone came upstairs. I screamed but he just wanted to say thank you!”
Fearing for her safety, Southwark Council built a temporary door in the hallway so people couldn’t walk through her house.
At one point, national treasure Kelly Holmes walked through her door: “She was
In total, customers donated over £200 which has all gone to the St. Peter and The Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Rotherhithe.
Henrietta, who has lived in Bermondsey for twenty years, went through dozens of industrial-size toilet rolls. Fortunately, her water usage isn’t metered.
She stayed open for over 60 hours, mopping and cleaning until the very last customers walked past late on Sunday.
Even when she went to bed, she kept her door open.
“I don’t know where the energy came from - it’s God who did it. I was just bouncing at the age of 63. You wouldn’t think I had problems with my legs.”
As well as her toilet, Henrietta offered free coffee, tea and biscuits to peckish punters, with help from her friends Pauline Boachie, Moji Sumaila, Ann McLaren, Chi Akamelu and Amina Ahmed.
“I realised people were selling tea, coffee and water which was very expensive and I felt bad about it because in my culture we don’t make money from the dead. Most Nigerians are like that - we give,” she said.
Reflecting on the Queen’s death, she said: “I was crying. I was really so very sad. I was not myself. It was an important moment in history.”
Henrietta reserved special thanks for Peter Hopper, the Southwark housing manager who fitted the emergency door.
A host of local heroes worked to ensure the queue went smoothly on a weekend
that saw approximately 250,000 people descend on Southwark.
The Council’s street cleaning team worked 24 hours a day, completing extra waste collections and street maintenance to keep the line clean and tidy.
Southwark’s Young Advisors delivered nine thousand leaflets to local homes and businesses to share news and advice as the queue began to build.
Community wardens, like Miguel Gomes and Andy, kept people in the queue safe and in good humour. They supported anyone who needed help, offering first aid and personal safety advice.
Miguel, 48, said: “We worked pretty much straight from Thursday until Sunday evening at ten o’clock. It was great, the public liked the whole approach.”
As the queue dwindled at the end of their shift on Sunday night, Andy and Miguel, joined it, making it just in time to pay their respects to the late Queen.
Miguel said: “I felt so cold and got hot shivers. To stop right there in front of Her Majesty the Queen and bow - I’ll never forget it.”
SPeCtatorS at the illuminated flotilla procession down the Thames, commemorating the Queen have hailed the “fantastic spectacle”.
On Saturday, September 24, thousands gathered along the thames’ banks to watch 150 brightly-lit boats float from Albert Bridge to Tower Bridge. Led by the Queen’s row barge, Gloriana, the procession passed beneath seven bridges, each dazzling with light shows curated by lighting artist Leo Villarreal.
Michelle Amin, 56, travelled 200 miles from Ammanford, Wales to witness it. She said: “It was incredible to see such a unique event.
“The lights of each boat, the reflection on the water, the crowds on London Bridge, all backdropped with St Paul’s. Seeing the royal Barge, with the rowers and the flags, was particularly poignant. It is something I will
never forget.”
The procession departed around sunset, went through central London, and finished at a Tower Bridge bathed in purple light at 8.15pm.
Gary Jenkins, vicar of St James’ Church on Jamaica road and St anne’s in thorburn Square, came to remember the Queen.
He said: “It was a fantastic spectacle. It was very powerful to see all those boats pass down the river. there were thousands upon thousands watching.
“When Gloriana went through Tower Bridge, she sounded her horn and all the other boats sounded their horns and the crowds applauded. It was incredible to witness.”
The flotilla featured both manpowered and motorised vessels with Gloriana manned by celebrity rower and TV presenter Ben Fogle.
The event raised money for the RNLI, supporting the construction of a new lifeboat station at Waterloo Bridge.
Photo by: Andrew Christy Henrietta invited people in to sit on her throne which included above Dame Kelly Holmes (pictured above)A 30-ye AR OL d man has been charged with the rape of a woman in her 20s in Burgess Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.
David Joseph, 30, of Keyworth Street, Elephant and Castle, was charged with multiple violent and sexual offences on Monday, September 26.
He has been charged with two counts of rape, assault by penetration, robbery, non-fatal strangulation and possession of cannabis.
His alleged victim was hospitalised after the attack off St George’s Way, Camberwell, on September 25.
She was taken to hospital for assessment and is now being supported by specialist officers.
Joseph was kept in custody and appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, September 27.
F IR eFIGHT eRS R e SC ued a middle-aged man from a flat fire in The Blue in Bermondsey before police arrested another man on suspicion of arson.
Firemen wearing breathing apparatus fought their way to the fourth-floor bedroom, where they found the victim at around 7am on Monday, September 26.
They placed a ‘fire escape hood’ on his head, to protect him from the noxious fumes pouring from the Market Place
maisonette, and took him from the property.
The man, aged in his fifties, was rushed to hospital but his condition is not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing. A second person was treated for smoke inhalation by paramedics.
Police, who were called to the scene at 7.19am to reports of a residential fire, arrested a man on suspicion of arson. The suspect was taken to hospital as a precaution and then placed under police custody.
The fire, which damaged part of the second floor of a split-level maisonette,
was under control by 8.29am.
Three fire engines and around fifteen firefighters from Dockhead, Old Kent Road and Deptford fire stations attended the scene.
Police could be seen outside the flats above market square hours after the fire had been put out.
The fire escape hood, used to help the stricken victim, offers fifteen minutes of protection against carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen chloride and acrolein.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Brigade and the Metropolitan Police Service.
A 31-ye AR OL d man has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) after a fifteen-year-old boy was stabbed in broad daylight in Peckham last friday.
Thomas Denton, of Barry Road, East Dulwich, was arrested the same day and charged with a litany of offences the following Sunday.
Police were called to Rye Lane at 4.14pm on September 23, following reports of a stabbing. Officers and paramedics found the teenage victim suffering with injuries and rushed him to hospital where his condition was deemed
non-life-threatening.
As well as section 18 GBH, Denton has been charged with criminal damage and common assault of an emergency worker.
He was also charged with causing fear or provocation of violence by words, writing, and using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour, to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He appeared in custody at Croydon Magistrates Court on Monday, September 26, 2022.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD 4783-22Sep. Alternatively, people can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers 100 per cent anonymously on 0800 555 111.
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.ukPOLICe HuNTING a suspect who allegedly masturbated on trains in front of women have released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incidents.
A man allegedly masturbated in front of a woman on a train from East Croydon to London Bridge on Monday, August 29.
Then, on Tuesday, August 30, at around 9.15pm, a man allegedly followed a
woman on a train from West Hampstead to Bedford and masturbated in front of her.
British Transport Police (BTP) believe the pictured individual may have information that will help them with their investigation.
If you recognise him or have any further information, please contact BTP by texting 61016 or calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference 2200088600. Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
NORTH BeRMONdSey residents have slammed oceandiva executives over their plans to moor a huge party boat at Butler’s Wharf Pier, Shad Thames.
At a meeting on Wednesday, September 21, furious locals argued that the 1500-capacity boat’s passengers will create noise and rubbish every time they disembark.
Smart Group, which owns the yacht, has applied to make Newham’s Royal Docks its home port, but would also be able to dock at several Thames piers, including Butler’s Wharf.
At the meeting, one furious resident said: “It is a conservation area and it is very, very narrow and dense… and you want to chuck 600 people into one narrow street… I don’t think you really care.”
North Bermondsey’s Lib Dem Councillors Rachel Bentley and Emily Tester assured worried
residents they were “on their side on this”.
Cllr Rachel Bentley, Southwark Liberal Democrat member for the North Bermondsey ward, said: “We have grave concerns about the disruption that Oceandiva could bring to our local area as well as on the wider communities who live along the Thames.
“The owners and operators of Oceandiva have been trying to bring their super luxury events vessel to London for many years and need to respect residents’ repeated message that it is not wanted.
“This mega boat could have an unprecedented impact on Shad Thames in terms of noise, nuisance and anti-social behaviour.”
A council officer also said that Southwark Council and Southwark Police would make representations to Newham Council.
Attending the meeting, Greg Lawson, CEO of Smart Group, assured residents that he had “a great history in operating venues”.
He and another executive sought to reassure
residents that they wouldn’t suffer from latenight parties.
One executive said: “The likelihood of anyone disembarking at 10.30pm at Butler’s Wharf is practically zero - they’re likely to be going to the other piers.”
However, they were unable to give residents categorical reassurance that the boat would never disembark as late as 10.30pm.
The decision to grant a licence falls to Newham Council. They would be responsible for any regulation of licensing conditions, with Oceandiva offering a direct phone line to the public for noise complaints.
But the Southwark Liberal Democrats pointed out that this did not provide enough clarity as to who will enforce any licensing issues that occur outside of Newham.
Police hunting ‘train-masturbator’ release photo of man they want to speak to
TRA deSMeN HAV e begun work to pedestrianise the road outside St Peter’s Church in Walworth, “making it more attractive and improving views of the church”.
While most residents appear to be supportive of the Liverpool Grove scheme, some people are worried about parking and the impact on funeral processions.
Works began in early September and will cut the road off from vehicles, pave the street, introduce new seating and improve lighting.
Liverpool Grove resident Lino Barzoni said: “I think it’s a good idea. It will give more space for people to socialise and it will make the street more beautiful.”
Part of the Walworth Low-Emission Neighbourhood Scheme, the development comes after several rounds of consultation.
Engagements and workshops held from November 2020 to November 2021 saw the Council seek guidance from residents living on Liverpool Grove and surrounding streets.
The November 2021 consultation report concluded that while most residents liked the scheme, some had concerns about loss of parking, antisocial behaviour and the impact on local business.
66 per cent of those surveyed said the scheme would benefit Liverpool Grove residents. This dropped to 60 per cent among those who actually live on Liverpool Grove.
Pedestrianisation will mean the loss of parking bays on the Walworth Road side of Liverpool Grove, while the parking behind and beside the church will remain.
One local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “The problem is where are people going to park? All the roads are shut off as it is.”
Funeral processions, which once drove up the road to the church gates, will now also have to take the less picturesque route from behind the church.
Cllr Catherine Rose, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks, Streets and Clean Air, said: “We’ve worked closely with St
Peter’s to design improvements to the area that both complement the church and allow for their continued access needs.”
Deqa Mahmoud, 36, a part-time carer whose son attends a nearby school, likes the scheme: “We have too many cars in London and it’s a great way to get people walking and cycling.”
Liverpool Grove resident Jamie agreed, saying the works would create “a pocket
for the community”.
Chris Greenwood, owner of the cafe Louie Louie on the corner said he was “delighted” by the plans which could give the cafe more outdoor seating and stop cars “whipping into Liverpool Grove”. However, during the consultation, people had said Louie Louie was the only local business likely to benefit, while others would suffer due to reduced parking.
T He SIGHT of workmen tearing up the dulwich Village Junction has driven a wedge through local residents as the low traffic neighbourhood saga continues.
Council contractors began “interim works” two weeks ago, which is seeing plant beds installed to “improve” the hotly-contested junction for cyclists and pedestrians.
Some residents say the installation of planet bed buffers will stop cyclists from speeding through the junction and that further pedestrianisation will make it more attractive. But local campaign group One Dulwich has slammed the Council’s “sham consultations” and accused it of making changes “by stealth”.
A spokesperson for the group said: “The works came as a complete surprise to us and the shops. This is reconfiguring the junction by stealth.
“Southwark originally said that they would co-design the junction with the community. Then it said that it would produce its own designs and invite the community groups, including local shops and campaign groups to comment on them.
“No invitation has been issued to comment on the changes they are making now. Once again local residents and shopkeepers are being ignored.”
Briged Gardner, 81, a member of the local community group Friends of Dulwich Square, says the Council did consult local people through in-person surveys over the summer.
In favour of the changes, Briged said:
“After six months’ bedding-in and datacollection, in July, Southwark used an outside consultation firm, both in person on the Square and online, to find out
residents’ views. To answer concerns, interim measures are being introduced.
“New flowerbeds and benching will delineate a cycle route, with a lightcontrolled pedestrian crossing, and also provide complete pedestrianisation on the shop side of the Square and make it more attractive, sociable and comfortable, particularly for older people.”
But One Dulwich maintains that these surveys failed to reach enough people and that the consultation should have been spread across the Village.
On its website, Southwark Council says these are “interim changes” in advance of permanent changes to be made after the winter of 2022.
But One Dulwich believes newly installed “granite kerbs and island infills” are “clearly designed to be permanent fixtures”.
Last Christmas, the Council told residents that the Low Traffic Neighbourhood measures were being made permanent, banning non-emergency vehicles from passing through.
But One Dulwich said: “It’s not too late for them to see the error of their ways.”
Councillor Catherine Rose, cabinet member for parks, streets and clean air, said: “The final, permanent decision on what the junction will look like will be taken after a co-design process. While we get to that stage, some improvements have been made to ensure the safety and ease of travel for the large volume of pedestrians and cyclists who now use the junction. As well as this, we are improving interim access for those wheeling in chairs, mobility scooters or other pedestrians and road users with impairments or disabilities. Most drivers now comply with the changes, but we want to further ensure that drivers are prevented from ignoring the signs and travelling across the junction.”
SOuTHWARk LIBeRAL democrats have slammed the Council for failing to reduce the number of fossil fuel vehicles in its fleet.
The opposition party says it’s discovered that, since its 2019 climate emergency declaration, the council uses nine more fossil fuel vehicles.
Cllr Graham Neale, Southwark Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson said: “Liberal-Democrat-run Southwark Council was the first authority to use biodiesel fuel in its fleet. We had a practical vision to reduce CO2 emissions nearly 20 years ago.
“But this current fleet contract seems like a lazy, retrograde step. It’s miles away from a commitment to saving the planet for our children. Southwark Labour is
saying one thing, and then cutting corners on the environment.”
Southwark Lib Dems point out that Labour rejected the Liberal Democrats’ environmental budget amendment in 2021.
It would have forced the Council to cut its fossil fuel fleet and only replace vehicles with electric alternatives.
The council has purchased seventeen electric vehicles for its fleet in the past three years but the Lib Dems say this is less ambitious than other local authorities.
Suffolk County Council, for example, announced this year that it will switch to an all-electric fleet of dozens of vehicles in mid-2023.
Southwark Council is investing £1 million in biodiversity projects to protect and improve Southwark’s green spaces.
This is part of the £7.5 million that the council has announced it will spend on
green projects in its updated climate action plan.
Cllr Catherine Rose, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks, Streets and Clean Air, said: “We are working to reduce the overall number of vehicles in use. But while specialist vehicles are essential to deliver services to help people living in Southwark, we are continuing to decarbonise our fleet as swiftly and efficiently as possible
“In addition to the 19 electric vehicles already in use, we are trialling fully electric refuse trucks, street lighting, sweeping and mechanical broom vehicles. We’re working to get all of these on the streets of Southwark, in the coming months.
“We are also investing in our electric charging infrastructure with new heavy duty fast chargers, soon to be fitted in our depot. This is critical to support our transfer to a non-fossil fuel fleet.”
Liverpool Grove resident Lina Barzoni
Gary Alexander will run London Marathon this year for the first time, in memory of his dad, who passed away during the pandemic.
Alexander, who played for Millwall from 2007-2010 says: “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. But during my football career I was never able to.”
Gary’s dad was a big supporter of Evelina London Children’s Charity, and sadly passed from Covid during the pandemic. “It’s been really hard to get motivated with my dad’s passing - but I’m running in his memory, and raising money for a cause he donated to all of his life.” Alexander has raised nearly £5,000 already.
Since leaving football, he says he’s a bit out of practice but adds - “as soon as I got the call from Evelina saying I could run on behalf of them, I got straight back into training!”
He says he’s been training himself for three months to prepare for the race on Sunday.
When he can, Gary, now 43, coaches at Ballers’ Academy - the local awardwinning football academy that mentors young players based in Rotherhithe.
Academy manager Jamie Mehmet said: “Gary scored one of the best goals ever at Wembley in 2009 against Scunthorpe United, so he’s a great example for the kids to look up to. He comes in and works with the strikers at the academy to give them tips on goal-scoring.”
Anyone wanting to donate can search ‘Gary’s page’ on the JustGiving website.
CHeRR eLL e W HARTON will be running the London Marathon this Sunday to raise money for evelina London Children’s Hospital after they saved her son’s life.
The hospital is the focus of Cherrelle’s fundraising, after they diagnosed her young son’s complicated illness and saved his life last year.
Evelina London, a part of Guy’s and St Thomas’, treated Cherrelle’s son August-James in October 2021.
August-James, also known as AJ, initially went to Lewisham Hospital A&E in September 2021, after he began suffering with a rash and a fever.
Doctors suspected he had an infection, but could not locate it. After battling his illness on antibiotics at home for a few days, he was admitted into Lewisham Hospital.
AJ was in Lewisham Hospital for a week, where professionals were unsure what was making him unwell. His fevers were persistent, and his feet began to swell, making it difficult
for him to walk. In October 2021, he was transferred to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
AJ, who is now 5 years old, spent 22 days at Evelina London in total, including 10 days in the paediatric intensive care unit. The doctors at Evelina diagnosed AJ with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis – also known as HLH – a rare immune disorder where the body overreacts to an infection. The disorder causes severe inflammation and damage to tissues such as the liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
AJ is now back at school and can’t remember his time in hospital.
“We realised after he came out that he could have died,” said 36-year-old Cherrelle. “I would like to raise as much money as possible for Evelina London Children’s Hospital as a way to say thank you and to show my appreciation for everything they did for AJ and our family, and to ensure they can continue to help other families like ours in the future.”
You can donate to Cherrelle’s cause: https://tcslondonmarathon.enthuse. com/pf/cherrelle-wharton-c3dd3
A BeRMONdSey scout leader is embarking on her first marathon this Sunday to help local children who have had to drop out of activities because of money worries.
Southwark District Scouts provides scouting to 600 young people across the borough and Alice Nicholas, 27, has been involved in the movement for 20 years. Originally from Cambridge , now living in Rotherhithe and working for the V&A Alice is a cub scout leader with 20th Bermondsey Scouts.
“It’s my first London Marathon, so I’m feeling the pressure,” she said. “I was given this opportunity because Southwark District Scouts run one of the water stations near Rotherhithe, and in return the marathon give the scouts a spot for a runner, so it’s really a community involvement.”
“It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
To train for the race, she’s been exploring the local area with London City Runners, a running club based in Bermondsey. “When I first joined, I couldn’t keep up – but the other day I went along and was surprised at how much easier I found it. They’ve been really supportive.”
“I’ve been given the challenge of fundraising £2,000 for Southwark Scout District so we can continue to provide amazing opportunities for the over 600 scouts aged 6-18 in Southwark,” Alice explains.
“The money we raise will be spread across all 14 groups, so it will help lots
“For example, my scout group is going sailing in Southampton this weekend –they’ll be learning how to sail and even sleeping on the boat!”
The scouts charge a monthly fee, but some parents may struggle to pay it. “This money will hopefully go towards helping kids who had to drop out because of not being able to afford it.”
“I’ve raised over £500 so far – but I’m hoping to get as close to our £2000 target to help as many kids as possible.”
She says the passion for the cause dates back to her childhood. “I started brownies when I was seven years old and was involved all through my teenage years. Being a part of it really helped my confidence.”
“Here in London, lots of kids don’t get the chance to go camping or learn outdoorsy skills – Scouts gives them the opportunity to do that.”
“It’s not just singing around a campfire!” Alice says.
“It’s learning to speak publicly, how to organise activities, how to step out of your comfort zone to face your fears.”
She explains that the scouts learn practical skills, from starting a fire to updating a website. “These are skills that young people will use throughout their lives,” Alice adds.
“Southwark has one of the worst child poverty rates in the country, so I am proud to be helping to give young people an opportunity to have fun and build skills and friendships for life.” Anyone wanting to donate can do so at ‘Alice’s London Marathon for Southwark Scouts’ on the Go Fund Me website.
of kids who may not have had these opportunities before.”
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk
MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle has slammed the government’s mini-budget as “a giveaway for the very richest, paid for on a gamble”.
Announced on Friday, September 23, the budget signalled sweeping tax cuts and removed the cap on bankers’ bonuses.
Labour MPs have said the budget disproportionately benefits the wealthy and will saddle the next generation with huge debt from high borrowing.
In a written statement, Neil Coyle said: “Despite now looking to trash the previous six plans and breaking their own rules on borrowing, the Prime Minister and Chancellor voted through every single previous measure, taking the levels of tax in the UK to their highest point since the 1950s.
“Their plan to fix this high level of taxation does little to nothing to help those struggling right now, and I’m
F IV e ye ARS on from setting up a food bank in his constituency office, Neil Coyle believes a “catastrophic” mini-budget will see food bank use rise.
The MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark established the food bank at his constituency office on Jamaica Road in 2017.
“When I stood in 2015 we could see rising prices and street homelessness… numbers were going through the roof back then,” he said.
As well as non-perishable food, it supplies people with toiletries and is somewhere where Neil refers people to other available services.
Neil says the food bank has scaled down since the first lockdown when his personal office was filled with towers of beans and cereal.
But speaking on Friday, September 3, hours after the mini-budget signalled sweeping tax cuts, Neil says food bank use will continue to rise.
The 45 per cent top rate of income tax will be scrapped as will the planned corporation tax rise from 19 to 25 per cent.
Neil said: “There was nothing in that today that will help the average couple living in Southwark…the people who come into our food bank aren’t millionaires.”
Fortunately, he says “there’s a network we can rely on”. Two Trussell Trust food banks are within a fifteen-minute walk of
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.ukLONdON COuNCILS are asking the government for a Covid-style emergency budget boost to see them through the cost-of-living crisis.
Cross-party group London Councils, which represents all 32 London boroughs, say boroughs could be forced to make £700m in savings by next year without
fearful that the next few months will be even tougher. Instead, it is a giveaway for the very richest, paid for on a gamble –which when it inevitably fails will fall on working families.”
Tax cuts include reducing the basic rate of income tax to 19 per cent from April 2023 and scrapping the 45 per cent higher rate of income tax.
The planned corporation tax rise from 19 to 25 per cent has been cancelled and the recent national insurance rise will be reversed from November.
Coyle continued: “Whilst I didn’t want to see people’s national insurance rise, and voted against it, the u-turn needs to be weighed against the cuts announced for the very richest.
“If you earn £25,000 you will get back roughly £280 – this won’t even cover the rising cost of living since it was introduced. Someone earning over £1 million a year will get back £54,000 –over double your working salary, for doing absolutely nothing!”
Thinktank The Resolution Foundation said the tax cuts would boost growth
in the short-term but prompt a rise in interest rates and see an additional £411bn of borrowing over five years.
After the budget announcement, the pound fell by almost 2 per cent, trading close to $1.10 against the US dollar for the first time since 1985.
Coyle wrote: “The damage of this reckless plan started the moment the words left the Chancellor’s mouth, with our currency and markets dropping sharply. The levelling-up lie which voters were sold at the last election is now well and truly dead.”
He continued: “We already have the lowest levels of investment of any country in the G7 despite having the lowest level of corporation tax – I have no reason to believe not raising this as planned from 19% to 25% (which would still leave us with the lowest level) will do anything to encourage more investment.
“The reason for the lack of investment is blindingly clear for anyone who wants to see it, Brexit has made it difficult to impossible for businesses to operate here.”
By Matt Pearce news@southwarknews.co.ukReSTAuRANTS ANd takeaways in Southwark are facing daunting challenges in the months ahead, despite recent intervention from the government.
Local businesses in Southwark are working hard to adjust to the cost of living crisis and spiralling energy prices.
Prime Minister Liz Truss recently announced a six-month price cap on energy bills for UK businesses, charities and public sector bodies, following the cap announced for domestic energy bills. Trade body UK Hospitality fear a “cliff edge” is still in sight for businesses when this six-month period ends.
Energy costs will be rising to unprecedented levels this winter. Some businesses are having to make extreme sacrifices, such as cutting staff or passing the cost onto the customer by raising prices.
The News spoke to three local businesses this week explaining how they would be dealing with the price hikes next month.
One business owner in Dulwich is resigned to selling his café on Lordship Lane, as he cannot keep up with the rising bills.
Suleyman Ciftci, owner of Dulwich Café, said: “Rent at the moment is £70,000 (per annum), so how you gonna survive, plus the gas, plus the electric? It’s getting mad. So I try now to sell. Because I can’t afford it. Last two years now I can’t take any money. The business is just running for itself, that’s it, I can’t make any money.”
Suleyman laments his lack of staff, but cannot afford to hire as many workers as he needs. “Normally we work six to seven people, we have four people now,” he said.
The forty-six-year-old has run Dulwich Café for 17 years, but finds he cannot get enough business through the door. He said customers already complain about his prices, and raising them will not help.
making any money. It’s very, very difficult.” Another local business is not as worried about the energy costs, but admitted it would have to raise its prices to combat the deficit.
JB’s Soul Food in Peckham has warned customers about changes to the menu prices for weeks, and delayed them over the summer holidays to cater for their school-age clientele.
“Because we have a lot of school children, we haven’t raised the full price or nothing,” said Jennifer Hawes, 56, who runs JB’s Soul Food with her husband Fitzroy. “But we have to because of the energy prices. We had to raise from the 1st September – we were waiting for school to go back.”
“It’s bad we have to pass it on to the customer, but because we have so many school children [customers] we wait until school go back. Before we stand the loss,” said Jennifer, who has lived in Peckham for thirty years.
JB’s Soul Food has withstood rising bills for as long as possible over the summer, but is now forced to pass them to the customer to prevent damaging her business long term.
In Camberwell, two new business owners are feeling the squeeze. Oliver Costello and Rebecca Spaven opened Frog Bakery in April this year, and are facing unprecedented challenges for a new business venture. The psychological effect of financial difficulty for small business owners also takes its toll.
“It’s daunting,” said Camberwell resident Rebecca. “It’s our first business as well, for both of us. So we can already be feeling out of our depth, and then having this extra pressure - which is daunting even for experienced business owners – it’s a lot.
The pair are determined to not raise their prices, as “the customer’s getting affected too”, but admitted they would have to if facing closure.
his constituency office.
“We’re going to see food bank use rise, we’re going see more people pushed into more desolate measures,” he said.
He believes Brexit has played a significant role in the current economic malaise: “They’re not acknowledging the damage Brexit had done to the workforce in this country. Why do we have more
vacancies than unemployed people?”
Reflecting on the thousands who have volunteered at food banks, Neil says some food banks, such as Southwark Foodbank in Peckham, are short on volunteers once more.
“We’re going to need this army of volunteers and we’re going to need them more than ever,” he said.
“We charge for a cup of tea £1.30, [customers] complain, say it’s expensive,” said the forty-six-year-old, who lives in Camberwell. “But how am I gonna pay for the water bill, the gas bill? It’s not only gas, water and electric, it’s business rates – do you know what I mean? If you sell a cup of tea for £2.50 then no one’s coming. I just work for my business, I don’t work for
Frog Bakery wanted to expand their workforce to alleviate some working hours from the owners, but with costs rising, they can’t take the risk. “Six months in, we want to be getting in an extra baker, and not be working so many hours [ourselves], but I don’t think it’s possible,” said Oliver, who lives in Nunhead. “Going into the Christmas period the temptation is to get more staff,” he explained. “We have to be very careful about that. Were just going to have to push a bit harder.”
an increase in funding closer to the rate of inflation.
It says an emergency financial package, like they received during the pandemic, would be a buffer against costs associated with rising homelessness, soaring rents and the energy crisis.
Cllr Georgia Gould, Chair of LondonCouncils, said: “With thousands of Londoners already struggling to make ends meet, the government has a critical opportunity to announce further help for households and the services they rely on.
“Councils are already providing a safety net to communities and doing all they can to support people who are struggling.
Financial support from the government for councils is crucial for continuing this work.
Boroughs stand ready to work with the government to find long-term solutions to support our residents and businesses in the capital.”
The group says the money could also be spent on social care provision - a
local authority responsibility - which is “essential” to maintaining London NHS performance.
London Councils is also urging action on longer-term issues facing the capital and wider country, such as delivering net zero and securing greater devolution for local communities.
Suleyman Cifti, owner of Dulwich Cafe
T H e WINN e RS of the Southwark Business excellence Awards 2022, in association with London South Bank university (LSBu), have been revealed.
Sustainable urban gin distillery, Jim & Tonic, clinched Business of the Year at the Gatsby Gala Awards Ceremony, held at Ministry Venues – Elephant & Castle. The grand finale on September 21 had a Jazz-age theme which was a new twist on the traditional, sitdown Gala Dinner of the previous Southwark Business Excellence Awards, combining a Roaring Twenties theme with all the exhilaration and excitement of the winners’ announcements.
Guests enjoyed a welcome cocktail sponsored by Willmott Dixon, ahead of the ceremony in
The Daisy Buchanan Theatre. Adroit Accountax sponsored the photo booth so colleagues could take home memories from the night.
Street food, including pizza, burritos, tacos, nachos, brownies and cakes, was served at The Fitzgerald Foodcourt while guests enjoyed live swing music and Charleston dancing, with the after party continuing into the small hours.
TV presenter Fayon Dixon hosted the ceremony which saw commended, highlycommended and winners announced in 11 categories:
THe WINNeRS WeRe:
• Best Employer sponsored by Berkeley Group – Platypus digital
• Best New Business sponsored by Lendlease – osteopathy on the Green
• Best Charity or Social Enterprise sponsored by Linkcity & Bouygues UK –London Bubble Theatre Company
• Contribution to the Community sponsored by Elephant & Castle Town Centre – Bizzie Bodies
• Business Commitment to Education & Skills sponsored by Alumno –Borough Market
• Entrepreneur of the Year sponsored by Tribe – Sunny Hodge, diogenes the dog
• Best Business for Customer Service –National Vintage League
• Business Pivot Award – Jim & tonic
• Business Resilience Award – Jim & tonic
• Outstanding Team Award – theatre Peckham
• Sustainable Green Investment Award sponsored by Landsec – Jim & tonic
Jim & Tonic won three category awards along with Business of the Year, sponsored by LSBU. Owner/director Matt Warner said: “We are absolutely blown away. I think entering the awards is a time for reflection. So often you get caught in the weeds of doing the day-to-day
London Bubble Theatre Company
stuff, you don’t really sit back and look at what you’re doing on a wider scale. These awards validate the fact that we’re on the right path and doing the right thing. It’s a real shot in the arm, and worth all the long hours, the hard times the low points.”
Master distiller, Hendre Barnard, added: “Our long-term goal is to do better, to not rest on our laurels. We’re never satisfied so we’ll be back next year, stronger and pushing harder to see where we can improve.”
Business of the Year is chosen by the programme’s associate partner, LSBU.
Sarah Moore-Williams, Dean, School of Business at LSBU, said: “On behalf of London South Bank University, I want to congratulate Jim & Tonic who we selected for this award due to their fantastic, creative sustainable business plan, serving the needs of now, whilst protecting the future of our community and planet; all based here in the heart of our local community.
“Through our lead sponsorship of these awards, we look to promote, and showcase the incredible innovation, creativity and ingenuity of the local businesses in Southwark. Our connection to the local business community helps us build strong partnerships, which are both beneficial to the businesses we work with and our students who are
looking to enter the business community upon graduation.”
The Southwark Business Excellence Awards 2022, in association with London South Bank University, were held in partnership with Southwark Chamber of Commerce and Southwark Council.
The team would like to thank all the sponsors – Alumno, Berkeley Homes (Capital) plc, Elephant + Castle Town Centre, Landsec, Lendlease, Linkcity and Bouygues UK, Tribe as well as the programme’s supporters – Adroit Accountax, Pulse Consult, Southwark News and Willmott Dixon.
For more information on the Southwark Business Excellence Awards, and sign up for the latest news go to www.southwarkawards.co.uk
Contribution to Community Outstanding Team Award Bizzie Bodies Theatre Peckham
T He FAMILy of the murdered Peckham man ola raji has criticised the police over “inexplicable delays” to a report about alleged failings in the 2015 murder investigation.
Ola, 20, was travelling home after watching a football match, when he was shot and stabbed on the East Surrey Grove Estate, Peckham, on April 2, 2015.
The report, which addresses the bereaved sisters’ allegations of the police investigation’s “cultural bias” and incompetence, was meant to arrive in July but the family say they’ve been told to wait until October.
This is just the latest delay. After the sisters first complained to the IOPC in June 2021, they didn’t receive a response for ten months.
Ola Raji was travelling home after watching a football match when he was shot and stabbed on the East Surrey Grove Estate, Peckham, on April 2, 2015.
He had been confronted by two
individuals outside the Damilola Taylor Centre, who gunned him down before stabbing him in the back with a bladed weapon. Police arrived after receiving reports of shots fired, and found Ola collapsed on the ground between two parked cars. Ola was given first aid but died from a single gunshot shortly after arriving at hospital.
CCTV footage showed two suspects fleeing the scene around 10.30pm, possibly via a cut-through from Cator Street, but nobody has seen justice for the tragic murder.
Speaking to the News in June, Ms Ware, 37, said: “We were very trusting of the police because they have been tasked with protecting the community but now I don’t trust them to do anything. The investigation was cr*p from the beginning and we found ourselves in a situation where we were leading them to evidence.”
According to the complaint, when police searched Ola’s body, they said his house keys were not on his person so his family changed all their locks.
Months later, police allegedly found the keys and told the family they’d missed them because they were “deep” in his pocket. This led Ola’s family to question the thoroughness of
the entire investigation.
The family say the police’s door-todoor appeal, which the sisters say only happened at their prompting, failed to speak to lots of neighbours.
Shockingly, their complaint claims police effectively told Ola’s grieving mother that she “didn’t seem shocked” and asked whether she was “expecting this”.
The complaint was initially submitted to the IOPC but then referred back to the Met Police for them to investigate internally.
Crimestoppers, a charity independent from the police, is offering £20,000 to whoever can provide information that leads to a conviction.
Speaking to the News, Ms Ware said: “It’s been devastating – that’s the only way to describe it. I was pregnant when my brother passed away and I think about my mum losing a son and how heartbreaking it is. It’s been a nightmare that won’t stop.”
The News asked the Met Police why the report has been delayed but received no explanation. Instead, the Met Police spokesperson said the report “has been completed and is currently being reviewed”.
PASS e NGe RS uS ed the recently opened Northern Line extension from kennington to Battersea, via Nine elms, over five million times in its first year of operating.
Open since September 20, 2021, and costing £1 billion to build, the line saw the construction of two brand new tube stations - Battersea and Nine Elms.
It line was built to boost business and residency around Battersea and Transport for London (TfL) says the line could see 10 million trips each year by 2024/25.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, said: “I’m delighted that one year on from opening, the Northern Line Extension has seen more than five million journeys made.
“As London continues to recover from the pandemic, it’s vital that we encourage people back on to our public transport in order to make a cleaner, greener and better London for everyone.
“The two new stations on the Northern Line are at the heart of these efforts – the Northern Line Extension
has improved the links between these south London neighbourhoods and the rest of the capital, cut journey times, and played an important role in drawing people back onto the network.”
The extension cost £1.1 billion, under budget by £160 million and funded by a £1 billion loan to the Greater London Authority by central government.
The costs will be repaid through developer contributions in the Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea area, and through business rates.
Of the two newly built stations, Battersea is busier, seeing 80,000 journeys every week compared to Nine Elms’ 40,000 trips a week.
Andy Lord, TfL’s chief operating officer, said: “We opened our new Northern line stations with great pride and excitement a year ago and it has been fantastic to see how quickly they have become part of the fabric of the city as people have returned in increasing numbers to the Tube network following the pandemic.”
It is hoped that the Northern Line extension will help deliver 20,000 new homes and 25,000 new jobs to what is being called the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea opportunity area.
that a lack of permanent officers had been a “significant issue”.
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.ukPOLICe SHORTAGeS have seen some of Southwark’s southern wards go months with depleted Safer Neighbourhood Teams, it has emerged.
Dulwich Village, Dulwich Hill and Goose Green wents weeks, and in Dulwich Wood’s case months, with insufficient patrolling officers.
And for several months after September 2021, Southwark’s three Dulwich wards didn’t have their own dedicated sergeant. A sergeant based at Gypsy Hill was forced to cover these three wards on top of their existing allocation.
All these areas are now fully staffed but Chief Inspector Steve Boswell agreed
Speaking at the South Area Multi Ward Meeting at Chris Church, Dulwich Village, on Tuesday, September 20, Goose Green Councillor Charlie Smith said shortages had caused an “epidemic of shoplifting”.
The Labour councillor said: “I remember a few years ago each ward had five officers, a sergeant, a couple of PCs, so on and so on.
“Of course, that’s not the case now. I go to the local neighbourhood meeting and I’m surprised to see that a sergeant’s moved on, or he or she is covering two wards, or there’s another officer that’s disappeared. It’s just not good enough.”
“There is an epidemic of shoplifting along Lordship Lane… they [shopkeepers] say the thieves are so blatant they come straight in and steal because they know they can go out onto the street on a push bike or a car and
there’s nobody there to catch them,” he said.
In 2016, Mayor Sadiq Khan pledged that every London ward would have two police constables and one police community support officer. But Neighbourhood Inspector Tom Cornish told the News that Goose Green, Dulwich Village and Dulwich Hill, had sometimes gone weeks with insufficient staff. According to a source close to the police, Dulwich Wood also went months with only two officers after September 2021.
At the multi-ward meeting, Chief Inspector Steve Boswell from Southwark’s Safer Neighbourhood Teams said: “Currently, we are fully staffed. That wasn’t the case a few months ago and I was called in and spoken to by some of the ward chairs about the current situation of where officers are.
“My background was public order
policing but part of that was resources as well so I am aware of how challenging that is but also how important having the right numbers in the right places is.”
The government aims to recruit 20,000 police officers by 2025 and Inspector Boswell explained that this had caused an influx of new recruits.
New officers spend six months on response teams and six months on neighbourhood teams which can make it harder for them to embed in communities.
Chief Inspector Boswell said: “That’s not ideal and you want consistency and you want officers to be there in the long term but this is a short-term fix.”
Inspector Tom Cornish said: “The Metropolitan Police Service is an expanding organisation thanks to thousands of new recruits but this has created a temporary imbalance between experienced and newer officers.
“However, as these newer officers gain experience we are able to identify and retain officers with an aptitude for Neighbourhood Policing and retain them in these roles.”
Bridgett Furst, Dulwich Village Ward Panel Chair said: “We are all aware of the cuts to police numbers and the knock-on effect this has had on seeing police patrolling regularly, which is why I would encourage everyone to join their local neighbourhood watch so that we can have the best network possible.
She said their Safer Neighbourhood Police Team was “excellent” and that their community support officer is “very well known”.
The shortage in local police officers reflects a national fall in police numbers in recent years. In 1996, there were 247 police officers per 100,000 people but by 2018, this number had fallen to 199 per 100,000 people.
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tessa Jowell, the late and much-loved former MP for dulwich and West Norwood, was uniquely well-placed to understand the health needs of her constituents.
As well as being a former health minister, she had been a psychiatric social worker before her parliamentary career. Sadly, she passed away in May 2018.
But two years later, in May 2020, twenty years after she first began lobbying for an integrated community health facility, the Tessa Jowell Health Centre was opened.
With its beautiful building and wide range of services, from mental health provision to children’s community health, it commemorates the tireless public servant fittingly.
Given it’s such an important facility, it’s understandably frustrating that people living in places like West Dulwich, Gypsy Hill and Crystal Palace have been led to believe they can’t use it.
It’s been over two years since the centre first opened. Admittedly, a lot of this has been during the pandemic, but people shouldn’t still be unsure what services they are entitled to.
At a council meeting last week, several people were told that, because they’re registered with Lambeth GPs, they can’t access the centre, despite living a stone’s throw away.
There is also almost zero information available to patients online that outlines exactly which Tessa Jowell Centre services are available to whom.
As we discuss in this week’s paper, it’s a deeply turbulent time for the NHS. As it contends with staffing shortages and a seemingly endless waiting list, one can see how the intricacies of local healthcare might get overlooked.
Historic health planning has also left the south of Southwark chronically underserved with GPs. As a result, its residents are overly-reliant on out-of-borough facilities.
We must also consider that the Southwark Clinical Commissioning Group recently became the South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB), causing a maelstrom of bureaucratic confusion.
But ultimately, these excuses only go so far.
With Londoners facing extraordinarily long waits for treatment, patients must have a proper understanding of what services they have access to.
The people of Gypsy Hill and West Dulwich urgently need an audience with the ICB, so they can outline their concerns and confusions.
If it turns out that the Tessa Jowell Centre is indeed reserved for people registered with Southwark GPs, a proper cross-border strategy for south Southwark will be needed.
After all, it would be ridiculous if people were made to suffer drastic health inequalities just because of arbitrary constituency boundaries.
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SOu THWAR k COu NCIL has approved plans to build 24 social rent homes on a site which is currently just garages and onebedroom bedsits in Champion Hill.
The development, named Seavington House, will consist of nineteen flats and five terraced houses. It was given planning permission despite fears that it would cast a neighbouring block in shadow.
That neighbouring block, named 1a Dog Kennel Hill, hasn’t been built yet but has planning permission.
The council’s daylight consultant found that Seavington House would reduce sunlight to some of its windows by three times the accepted guidelines.
A spokesperson for Craftworks Architects, representing the 1a Dog Kennel Hill landowner, said: “It was our last course of action to object today because earlier this year in June we requested to officers that the boundary wall between the two sites be reduced in height. That was on the advice of the daylight consultant.
“The daylight report for the council for the impacts to the apartments proposed at Dog Kennel Hill has shown the visible side losses of between 65 and 82 per cent for those apartment
There will be nineteen flats and a three-storey terrace containing five houses on the site in East Dulwich
windows at the back. That’s three times the recommended guidance.”
But Southwark Council’s daylight surveyor said Seavington House was “very well designed” and allowed natural light to surrounding residential properties.
The council report also noted that daylight distribution to 85 per cent of rooms in 1a Dog Kennel Hill would still comply with the guidelines.
Cllr Richard Livingstone, Labour member for Old Kent Road, also spoke
in favour of the scheme: “I think we do all know that we’re in desperate need of new social housing in this borough so I think this is a good scheme.
“I’m particularly encouraged by the four-bedroom properties because it has been a bugbear of mine where we have developments of social housing that don’t include four-bedroom housing.”
The 24 social rent homes are made up of nineteen flats and a three-storey terrace containing five houses.
S62.5 per cent of the new homes will have two or more bedrooms which exceed the minimum 60 per cent requirement set out in the Southwark Plan 2022.
As part of the development, there will be tree planting and the construction of a new children’s playspace.
The committee of five Labour councillors and one Liberal Democrat gave the plans their unanimous approval at a meeting on September 21.
HOSPITALIS ed CHIL dR eN across Southwark have received thousands of care packages so they can enjoy “simple comforts” while they’re away from home.
Rapid Relief Team (RRT) UK, a charity providing humanitarian aid worldwide, donated 2,660 packages to children at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and King’s College Hospital.
The packages, which contain snacks and toiletries, were described by one father as “incredible and really well thought out for families”.
The parcels were delivered to parents staying at Ronald McDonald Houses, spaces inside hospitals where families can enjoy home comforts while their
children are treated.
Emily Roux, a House Manager at Ronald McDonald House Charities UK, said: “These kits and packs have been so wonderful. The quality of each pack is superb. The families couldn’t believe how lucky they were, and they were so grateful to be receiving them for free.
“I was speaking to the mum of a 16-year-old girl who has recently suffered a cardiac arrest. Her daughter had developed a nail infection, and the care kits provided her with two nail files, which was exactly what she needed to help make her daughter comfortable.
“They also include lots of snacks, which are really appreciated by families, who often don’t have time to shop and cook in between hospital visits.”
In the UK, the RRT team has supported emergency services during major
incidents such as the Aberdeen train derailment, Whaley Bridge, the London Bridge attacks and Grenfell. The charity also works with other organisations and services to help tackle homelessness and food poverty.
Rod Buckley, Director at the RRT, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have teamed up with Ronald McDonald House Charities UK to share these ‘care kits’ and ‘comfort snack packs’ with parents and families with children in hospital.
“Families remain the bedrock of our communities and we understand that having a child in hospital is an incredibly painful experience, so we are pleased that we can provide some simple comforts in this most difficult time.”
Parcels were also given to children at Tooting House at St George’s Hospital.
JuS t 38 per cent of Southwark children have seen a dentist in the last twelve months, even though their teeth should be checked at least once a year, data has revealed.
The number of Southwark adults securing dentist appointments has also plummeted in recent years, according to
statistics uncovered by the Southwark Liberal Democrat Group.
The information request reveals that only 34 per cent of adult patients have seen a dentist in the last two years, down from 46.2 per cent in 2018.
Cllr Victor Chamberlain, Leader of the Southwark Liberal Democrat Group, said: “Far too many people in Southwark are struggling to see an NHS dentist and get the affordable dental healthcare they need.
“We’ve reached a breaking point in this crisis. NHS dentist appointments
are becoming harder to get than ever and some practices are shutting their doors to NHS patients altogether, but the government is missing in action.
“As the cost of living catastrophe continues to hit households hard, private dentistry is not a feasible alternative for the many people living in pain.”
The Liberal Democrats are urging the Government to set out an NHS winter rescue plan to help those in dental agony. They say this should include immediate action to reduce “dangerously long” ambulance waiting times and speed up
healthcare access for the almost seven million people stuck on NHS waiting lists.
Recent polling also found that one in five (21 per cent) adults unable to see a dentist have carried out DIY dentistry in a desperate attempt to relieve their pain.
In June, a member of staff at Linden Grove Dental Care, Peckham, told the News she’d heard about people buying online kits to self-administer fillings.
Louise Ansari, national director at Healthwatch England, said DIY treatments “risk long-term complications” and “children, the
disabled and the vulnerable are most atrisk”.
Cllr Chamberlain said: “It’s a national scandal that people in our community are desperately turning to dangerous DIY dentistry because our public health services have been run into the ground by this Conservative government.
“The Liberal Democrats are urging the Government to fund an NHS winter rescue package to improve access to NHS dental appointments, reduce ambulance waiting times and speed up treatment for those who need it.”
A BANk SIde charity have achieved gold at the 2022 London In Bloom awards for their contributions to green space in Southwark.
The awards recognise organisations that “maintain our precious Green Spaces” and had a record 347 entries.
Better Bankside and Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST) maintain nineteen individual parks and gardens across the borough, as well as urban forests, ponds and green walls.
Special praise was reserved for BOST’s Red Cross Garden, Borough, which received a gold category award.
Nicole Gordon, CEO of Better Bankside, said: “Green spaces play such an important part in urban communities and we are very proud to have been recognised for the hard work that has gone into creating and maintaining these essential areas across the SE1 district.
“Bankside Open Spaces Trust is an invaluable partner to work with on this initiative, which has grown beautifully with the help of their volunteer programme.”
The gardens are tended to by volunteers who participate in roughly twenty hours of gardening sessions every week.
The charities explore “different approaches to gardening in the city”
such as the planned new Low Line - a ‘corridor’ of plants and wildlife from Bankside to Bermondsey, via London Bridge.
Business Improvement District, Better Bankside and BOST say they adopt an
“ecological approach” to their gardens. They are organically managed, with no pesticides or weed killers, use peatfree compost, and plants are carefully chosen based on the environment they’re to grow in.
By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk
A PeCk HAM BORN hairdresser who started a salon in her hallway, has opened for business at Peckham Levels after a series of hard knocks.
Born and bred in Peckham, Oz Izzet’s parents had a restaurant on Meeting House Lane. “I grew up in there, but I wasn’t into cooking or waiting tables.
My mum’s friend had a hair salon and I used to sneak in there from when I was about 12 years old. By the time I was 15, I started working there every day after school.” After trying her hand at various things, she studied at both Camberwell College of Arts and London College of Fashion, before they turned into part of the University of Arts London. “I had a lot of different interests, but I knew hairdressing was in my DNA.” “I started a salon in my hallway at home, then had a studio in Surrey Canal Road.”
But when she finally landed her first big spot in Peckham, it was March 2020, two weeks before lockdown. “I was closed for most of 2020, still paying rent. A lot of people lost their businesses. That could’ve easily been me, but I just chose not to get paid, to sustain the business.
And it’s paid off.” Peckham Levels approached her for a space – “that felt really good,” Oz says. “And it happened at the right time.”
The Scissors of Oz launched last Saturday in Peckham Levels, with an
opening event. “This place was alive. Everyone was coming up to us and saying, ‘this area has never had a vibe like this before’.”
As well as launching her salon, Oz was determined to support female artists – “At the event I had a violinist from Peckham who’s a single mum like me [Kemi Omoniyi], the brow artist is from Peckham too [Pinar Ozcagdas], the DJ is from the Philippines [DJ So SHA] – they’re all female powerhouses with a story and vision to share!” Empowerment is Oz’s main focus. “My work is my therapy. It’s a very two-way business for me – it’s about community, we’re basically counselling people. We want them to leave feeling good about themselves.”
The Scissors of Oz can be found on Level 5 at Peckham Levels, 95A Rye Lane.
The salon is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10-2:30pm, Thursday 10-8pm and Saturday 9-6pm.
Oz Izzet - the woman behind The Scissors of Oz . Photo by Anthony YeungJoin us at a reunion bash for our friends and everyone who’s ever had a good time in the Vic. (Both of you.) We’ll also be collecting for Breast Cancer Now. If you can’t make it please scan the JustGiving QR code. Otherwise, see you Saturday.
Whilst Eureka Day prides itself on its ability to respect the values and beliefs of every individual, an outbreak of mumps reveals the ideological cracks that underpin their democratic utopia. As one parent quips, ‘If consensus was easy, everyone would do it’.
The fault lines rupture in the show’s funniest (and, god, is it funny) scene: a virtual town hall or, in the school’s jargon, ‘a community activated conversation’ that quickly goes awry. The parents’ group chat, projected above the stage, quickly dissolves into mudslinging on both sides. Although the committee’s desperate attempts to call the group to order were drowned out by the laughter of the audience this felt like no loss as you got the impression early on that you could predict the characters’ thoughts before they voiced them.
This was one of the play’s downsides - the dialogue a little too expected, the laughs maybe a little too easy.
In the second half, the stakes are raised. It becomes clear that the school’s desire to accommodate everyone has serious consequences and the committee is torn in two. One side is led by hyper-liberal stalwart Suzanne, who is played to
perfection by Helen Hunt and the other by normal newbie Carina, the equally wonderful Susan Kelechi Watson, whose bemusement at the school turns to horror as the play progresses.
In the absence of any real leadership from Don (Mark McKinney), a bumbling old hippie more interested in keeping peace than making decisions, the two must battle it out amongst themselves. The play is not sympathetic towards antivaxx views but in the character of Suzanne it finds (if perhaps a little too neatly) sympathy for those who hold them. The possibility of resolution becomes more implausible in this half and the committee begins to wonder if beyond consensus they must find truth.
The play is at its best when it asks hard questions about the problems of community making, when it examines the very real cost of others’ values and opinions. But in choosing to centre it around the harmful views of anti-vaxxers, the answers can come a little too easily, allowing one to view it more as a spectacle than a lesson. It is only the final scene’s regime change that has a chance to unsettle an overly comfortable audience. For a fleeting moment we must consider the cost of being right.
The Old Vic, The Cut, SE1 until 31st October. Times: Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees 2.30pm. Admission: £12 - £125 www.oldvictheatre.com
T He 4TH edition of the Jerwood/ Photoworks award features two photographers whose work, though very different in style and content, wrestles with questions of identity and belongingmaking space for the unheard and unseen, writes Madeleine Kelly...
Heather Agyepong’s ego death was inspired by Carl Jung’s idea of ‘The Shadow’. Jung argued that every person had a shadow self-comprised of the qualities and attributes deemed inappropriate by one’s community.
To create her work, Agyepong delved deep into her shadow, identifying six characters which her photographs confront and console. Agyepong’s photos use double exposure to show how these shadow selves exist just out of reach of her conscious mind, surfacing for a moment and disappearing again. The blue hues of the images (Agyepong took Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue as inspiration) add to this slippery effect, as do the gauzy installations in the middle
of the room. The result is characters who appear constantly shifting, always just beyond reach, just beyond comprehension.
Meanwhile, Joanna Coates’ The Lie of the Land, though also a personal journey, takes its material not from the individual’s internal relationships, but the individual’s relationship to other individuals and in turn the land that supports them. The Lie of the Land explores the social history of rural North East England from the perspective of the working class women whose stories and toil often go unseen. Coates collaborated with twelve women who identify as working class in order to create this exhibition and the traditional documentary photography she uses unobtrusively gives these women space to define themselves beyond the lens. This is aided by the inclusion of a sound piece in which the women name themselves ‘Mother, miner, miner’s wife, meanderer…’ and accompanying short film placing the women at work within the landscape. Coates’ also provides two diaries in which participants alternate
between describing the effects of the influx of wealthy people to rural areas and wrestling with questions of class and self-definition. The resulting exhibition is a strong and tender portrait of a landscape at last in conversation with the people who shape it.
Both artists have provided compelling and compassionate installations charged with anger and joy. Agyepong’s work pulls you in and pushes you out, an effect that occasionally seems accidental, but it is nevertheless rich. Coates, however, is the standout. Her work makes a place for a group who are frequently made invisible by our rural narratives, who are pushed out by a bucolic obsession with the land that conveniently forgets the people who rely on it. Her work exists not just as a protest against art and policies that forget these women but a love letter to their survival in spite of this.
Jerwood Space, 171 Union Street, London, SE1 0LN until 10 Dec 2022.
Times: Wednesday – Saturday: 11am –6pm www.jerwoodarts.org
euRek A dAy begins with a school board meeting between the parents on the executive Committee of the progressive eureka day school in California, writes Madeleine Kelly...
Ben Schnetzer, Susan Kelechi Watson, Mark McKinney, Helen Hunt and Kirsten Foster in Eureka Day at The Old Vic
Joanne Coates, from The Lie of the Land
Heather Agyepong, from ego death
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1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it intends, to make, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
2 Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle/pedestrian to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in:
(a) Roper Lane, at it’s junction with Druid Street for 60m south
3 The alternative route for affected traffic will be via Tower Bridge Road, access for pedestrians will be via Tower Bridge Road, Tanner Street
4 The existing ‘one way’ working in Roper Lane, located between No’s 169 and Tower Bridge Road, will be made ‘two way’ for access and egress purposes
5 Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works
6 The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works,
1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out it intends to make an order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
2 Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings 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) Hatcham Road, between Record Street and No’s 60 Hatcham Road
(c) Abbey Street, between Druid Street and Enid Street
(d) Melior Street, between No’s 16
(e) Southwark Park Road, between Raymouth Road and Almond Road
(f) Ivydale Road, between Harlescott Road and No’s 232
(g) Long Lane, between Tennis Street and Tabard Street
3 The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) not applicable (2b) Record Street, Penarth Street, Hatcham Road (2c) Abbey Street, Tanner Street, Southwark Park Road, St James Road, Abbey Street (2d) Weston Street, St Thomas Street, Melior Street (2e) as indicated by the signs displayed (2f) Ivydale Road, Limesford Road, Inverton Road (2g) Long Lane, Pilgrimage Street, Great Dover Street, Bricklayers Arms, Great Dover Street Great Dover Street, Silvester Street, Tabard Street, Pilgrimage Street
4 Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works
5 The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform
6 The works will be in operation for (2a) 17th 19th October (2b) 17th October 5th November (2c) 18th 20th October between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2d) 18th October (2e) 18th 19th October between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2f) 19th 21st October (2g) 20th 21st October
7 Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark gov uk
Dated this 29th September 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 001 morrison (2b) 6174/77000874 DC/re ad (2c) 6225/XTD 02 44 181022 centurion (2d) 6247/000811913860040 Thames/SQS (2e) 6213/LBW 01 29 181022 centurion (2f) 6205/000811656790045 003 morrison (2g) 6244/45842837 Conway
Please take notice that I / we Turker Akcil, Roca Cafe Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Roca Cafe, 188 Grange Road, SE1 3AA
The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on or on from the premises are Days Start time Finish time
The retail sale of alcohol: Monday to Sunday 12:00 22:30
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 07:00 22:30
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH
A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app southwark gov uk/licensing/licenseregister asp
It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark gov uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below
Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly 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: 23rd September 2022
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD, STREET, ROAD, ROAD,1 The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads
2 Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed no person shall cause any vehicle to enter proceed stop wait load or unload in:
(a) Lyndhurst Way, at it’s junction with Chadwick Road
(b) Carver Road,between No’s 21 and No’s 35
(c) Henslowe Road, between No’s 76 and No’s 82
(d) Spa Road, between Ness Street/Frean Street and Rouel Road
(e) Burrell Street, at it’s junction with Southwark Street
(f) Hyndman Street, between Old Kent Road and Ruby Street
(g) Great Suffolk Street, south side lane of carriageway between Southwark Bridge Road and No’s 59
3 The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Chadwick Road, Grove Park, Bromar Road, Grove Lane, Grove Vale, East Dulwich Road, Peckham Rye, Copeland Road, Clayton Road, Peckham High Street (2b) Half Moon Lane, Ruskin Walk, Herne Hill (2c) Underhill Road, Barry Road, Upland Road (2d) Old Jamaica Roadd, Abbey Street, Jamaica Roadd, St James Road, Dockley Road, Rouel Road, (2e) not applicable (2f) Old Kent Road, Sandgate Street, Ruby Street (2g) as indicated by the signs displayed
4 The existing one way working in Chadwick Road will be made two way for access and egress purposes for 2(a)
5 Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works
6 The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform
7 The works will be in operation for (2a) 9th October (2b) 10th 12th October (2c) 10th 21st October (2d) 10th 11th October (2e) 10th 28th October (2f) 13th October, with back up dates of 20th or 28th October (2g) 6th October 11th November
8 Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark gov uk
Dated this 29th September 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) 6132/BTH1 03 47 260622 NR (2b) 6245/SEPOL0000203602ONSA kelly BT (2c) 6239/SEC50/HENSLOWEROAD oakdene (2d) 6210/LBW 00 69 101022 NR (2e) 6180/P 0095630/R9
40 PECKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE5 8PX
The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days Start time Finish time
The retail sale of alcohol: Monday to Sunday 11:00 15:00 16:00 23:00
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday 11:00 15:00 16:00 23:00
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 (or by email via licensing@southwark gov uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below
Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly 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: 20th September 2022
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 13 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION (Notice 2: This notice is for publication in local newspaper if Certificate C or D is completed)
Proposed development at: 222 224 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, London, SE1 1JX
Take notice that application is being made by: Plinius Ltd
For planning permission to: Creation of two Class E units at basement level by separation of ancillary storage room from existing ground floor retail unit and reconfiguration of existing recording studio, internal subdivision to separate ground floor retail unit and basement Class E units and replacement of rear entrance door with two doors
Local Planning Authority to whom the application is being submitted: Southwark Council
Local Planning Authority address: Southwark Council Planning, P O Box 64529, London, SE1P 5LX
Any owner of the land or tenant who wishes to make representations about this application, should write to the council within 21 days of the date of this notice
Signatory:
Lorenzo Pandolfi
Signature Lorenzo Pandolfi
Date - 26/09/22
Statement of owners' rights: The grant of planning permission does not affect owners' rights to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or lease
Statement of agricultural tenants rights: The grant of planning permission for non agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants' security of tenure
Owner' means a person having a freehold interest or a leasehold interest the unexpired term of which is not less than seven years
Tenant' means a tenant of an agricultural holding any part of which is comprised in the land This notice is for publication in a local newspaper
Owners or occupiers of land (including buildings) near the operating centre(s) who believe that their use or enjoyment of that land would be affected, should make written representations to the Traffic Commissioner at Hillcrest House, 386 Harehills, Leeds, LS9 6NF, stating their reasons, within 21 days of this notice Representors must at the same time send a copy of their representations to the applicant at the given address of this notice A Guide to Making Representations is available from the Traffic Commissioner's office
The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Fenham Road and Furley Road) Order 202*
1 Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Order under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended
2 The effects of the Order will be to update the layout of existing at any time waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) at the junction of Fenham Road and Furley Road, by extending existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in:
(a) FENHAM ROAD eastward of its junction with Furley Road, by 2 5 metres on the north side and by 1 5 metres on the south side; and
(b) FURLEY ROAD east side, by 1 5 metres north west of its junction with Fenham Road and by 2 5 metres south of its junction with Fenham Road Note: All measurements are in metres and are approximate
3 For more information contact Coco Mak of the council's Highways Transport Projects team Highways@southwark gov uk
4 Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Order, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at www southwark gov uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Order and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic orders@southwark gov uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made Email traffic orders@southwark gov uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details
5 Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking Road traffic and highway schemes responding to statutory consultation notices' at www southwark gov uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P O Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e mail to traffic orders@southwark gov uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223 019 Fenham and Furley Rd’ by 20 October 2022 Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made
6 Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e mail sent to the Councils in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected
Dated 29 September 2022
Dale Foden Head of Service Highways, Environment and Leisure
A J Pain Waste Management Ltd of 127 135 Ormside Street, London, SE15 1TF is applying for a licence to use 127 135 Ormside Street, London, SE15 1TF as an operating centre for 5 goods vehicles and 0 trailersLONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning southwark gov uk/online applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website
How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website All personal information will be removed except your postal address Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential will not be considered Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive s department, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX
Reason for publicity The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP departure from the development plan; EIA environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ major planning application; STDCA development within a conservation area; STDLB works to or within the site of alisted building;
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du LWICH HAML e T claimed their first National League South win since the opening day of the season by beating Cheshunt 3-0 on tuesday night.
The Hamlet bounced back from their 2-1 defeat at Chippenham Town to win on the road for the first time in this campaign and end a seven-game winless league run.
It was a third victory in four games under Paul Barnes. Dulwich raced into a 2-0 lead by the ninth minute with goals from Danny Mills and Will Wood.
Mills added his second and his side’s third when he beat former Dulwich goalkeeper Preston Edwards in the 59th minute at Theobalds Lane.
The defeat against Chippenham Town at Hardenhuish Park meant Dulwich still hadn’t won in the league since beating Braintree Town 2-1 on August 6.
Chippenham took the lead in the 48th minute through Caine Bradbury before George Porter equalised seven minutes later.
Dulwich appeared set to take home a point but an 89th-minute goal from Joe Parker won it for the hosts.
The Hamlet had won in the FA Cup
and London Senior Cup in Barnes’ first two games in charge.
Despite being disappointed with the loss, Barnes was pleased with his side’s performances in his first three games.
“Gutted, absolutely gutted,” Barnes said last weekend. “I think the boys put in a great shift in terms of the information we got into them on Thursday, I thought we executed unbelievably well.
“I thought they deserved something but we know football is a cruel game. If we take our chances in the first half maybe it’s a different game, we don’t put ourselves under as much pressure. But I just said to them in there I can’t
fault them in terms of the week and a half, two weeks since we’ve been here. They’ve been superb in the way they’ve reacted.
“I don’t mind putting myself in the firing line. From my perspective it’s one of those that’s a gutter, but if we’re not a little more clinical you get nothing in this league.”
Dulwich are nineteenth in the table with eight points from ten games. They back at Champion Hill this Saturday when they face Folkstone Invicta of the Isthmian League Premier Division in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup, two rounds from the first round proper. Kick-off is 3pm.
By Jamie Bowman sport@southwarknews.co.uk ke ATON JeNNINGS and George Balderson both narrowly missed out on personal landmarks but Lancashire are sitting pretty at the end of a rain-effected day two of this final match of the County Championship against title winners Surrey.
Jennings fell agonisingly short of double century after he was dismissed lbw by a brilliant Jamie Overton inswinger for 199 before Balderson was the last man out four runs away from his maiden first class century.
But after reaching 512 in their first innings, Lancashire took five Surrey wickets for 123 to put them firmly in the box seat at a damp Emirates Old Trafford.
Surrey bowler Dan Moriarty said: “It was a long spell and a difficult wicket but I stuck at it. I came out today with simple plans to bowl to my field and not really try to take wickets and I ended up with five - it wasn’t what I was looking to do but I’m happy with it.
“We came out with the intent of bowling them out but we haven’t started as well as we wanted to with the bat. Tomorrow [Wednesday] we go again and we’ll try to chip away at that lead. We need to take time out of the game and bat as long as we can.”
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MILLWALL LIONeSSeS went top of the London & South east Women’s Regional Football League with a pulsating 6-2 victory over local rivals dulwich Hamlet last weekend.
Behind at half-time after a tenthminute Sophie Manzi header, the Lionesses turned in a stunning second half of attacking football, featuring six
different goal-scorers.
This much-anticipated game was played in front of an official paying attendance of 462, and the Hamlet gave the Lionesses a lot of trouble early on.
The opening period was frantic, and it was a physical and mental challenge for the Lionesses, but towards the end of the half they created two great chances involving young striker Kaydence Kabadaki.
In the second half, following an onfield chat from club captain Jordan
Butler before heading to the dressing room for a team talk from manager Jack Wheeler, the Lionesses were on fire. It was Guyana international Otesha Charles who lit the blue touch paper with a brilliant run from deep on the left and an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Then on 62 minutes legendary striker Gemma Bryant, on as a substitute, instinctively read a poor defensive pass, and gave the Lionesses the lead.
Dulwich then replied when Ellie
Milbourn superbly capitalised on a Lionesses mistake on 69 minutes, but almost immediately Angel Reid restored the lead with a clever chip into the nearpost top corner. Jasmine Auguste made it 4-2 from a corner, and on 86 Maisie Joyce scored the fifth from a free-kick on the edge of the box, after a Dulwich defender saw red for a desperate challenge. There was still time for Lionesses skipper Sophie Chapman to head home from Auguste’s corner to make it six.
Ebbsfleet United’s 2-1defeat to Worthing meant the Lionesses went top of the league for the first time since their controversial demotion from the FA Women’s Championship in 2019, and the standard of football encourages the supporters to firmly believe in a return one day soon.
This Sunday sees another big local derby with improving Bromley in the FA Women’s Cup at their impressive Hayes Lane stadium. Kick-off is 2 pm, and another large crowd is certain.
AS SuRR ey ’S players and management staff celebrated the 21st county championship triumph in the club’s history, Jamie overton looked across the kia Oval outfield and reflected on what has been a remarkable summer for both his team and himself.
Fast bowling all-rounder Overton was not even in Surrey’s first XI when he celebrated his 28th birthday back in mid-April. Left out of the side for the opening LV= Insurance County Championship fixture, away at 2021 title winners Warwickshire, Overton was instead required to play a second team game to work on a revamped run-
up and bowling action.
His whole first-class career, indeed, seemed to be in the balance after a 2021 season in which he took only six wickets at the deflating average of 75.66 in the eight championship appearances he made last year, following a move to Surrey from Somerset in the final months of the 2020 summer.
“Yes, it’s amazing to look back on what has happened since then,” said Overton, who has so far contributed 33 wickets in nine championship appearances at 24.72 while also scoring 345 runs, including one knock of 93, to Surrey’s title-winning campaign.
In addition, of course, his earlyseason form with ball and bat led to a dream Test debut for England against New Zealand in late June, a match at Headingley in which he scored
an impressive 97 and also took two wickets to showcase his chief assets of genuine pace and steep bounce.
An ankle injury sustained towards the end of July then meant seven weeks on the sidelines, but Overton returned this week in time to play a part in the 10-wicket trouncing of Yorkshire which, once second-placed Hampshire had lost against Kent at Southampton, meant that Surrey had an unassailable 27-point lead at the top of Division One.
“I never thought I’d play for England this summer,” said Overton, “because at the start of the season I was more concerned in getting my bowling back on track. Everything has just gone so well, and winning this title is what I came to Surrey for. This is a great club and I love playing at the Oval. I know
my role, with ball and with the bat, and I’m so pleased for everyone here that we’ve become county champions this year.”
The remodelling of Overton’s action, the root cause of his career transformation this summer, is testament not just to the drive and desire of the player himself but also to the work done with him by Azhar Mahmood, who joined his former county Surrey as interim bowling coach a month or so before the start of the season, and by Richard Johnson, the former England seamer who was Surrey’s assistant coach before departing to become Middlesex head coach last winter.
They both worked on Overton’s body position at the crease, stopping him from falling away to the offside in his
delivery stride, and also on accelerating his speed through his bowling action –from a shortened run-up but a more explosive approach to the wicket.
The result has been more accuracy and consistency in his bowling, but with no reduction in the pace which sets Overton apart from most other English quicks. A Test cap, and now a county title, are the tangible rewards in his summer to remember.
“To be a part of this Surrey pace bowling attack is also great for me,” added Overton. “Dan Worrall has been an unbelievably good signing this year and he has made a big difference. But to have Kemar Roach, Jordan Clark, Sam Curran and talented young lads like Tom Lawes and Gus Atkinson to bowl with too is just brilliant. It’s been an amazing season.”
Sam Curran Rob Avis The Hamlet won for the first time on the road this seasonWhile a lot of young players go out on loan before challenging for a place in the starting lineup, the midfielder was instead brought straight into the team.
Mitchell, 21, told the News that a loan spell was never an option. “I don’t think there was ever a stage where I was spoken to about a loan, which probably surprised some people,” he explains.
“Before I played a few games there was a season where I spent the vast majority of games being the nineteenth man, travelling on the coach and not even making the bench, or making the bench and not coming on.
“But I wouldn’t change my pathway, and in a good way it kind of makes the lads that’re here now and playing feel like I’ve been around for a lot longer than I really have because my face has always been in the building regardless of whether I was playing or not.
“For some of the younger lads who go out on loan and come back, they do great going out on loan but they come back and it’s a completely new environment that they’ve got to take on. So no, I wouldn’t change how I’ve done it.”
However, that isn’t to say Mitchell had never considered life away from Millwall, his boyhood club, even if it was just for a few months. In fact, he was determined to move away when he was younger, albeit that it wasn’t exactly for the right reasons.
“Maybe stupidly there was a point when I was younger where I thought that I almost wanted a loan, I thought that it’d be good life experience. That was probably more for the experience of going away and being independent than it was for the football.
“I’ve gradually built up my minutes over the seasons, going from eleven games in the first one to nineteen in the next and then playing over 30 last season. Had it not been for the hamstring injury two seasons ago I perhaps would’ve played even more.
“I absolutely love playing at Millwall, it’s perfect for me. The training ground is 25 minutes from my house and the stadium is 35 minutes, there’s not too many people that can say that currently!
“I’m really happy with how it’s gone so far and luckily I’ve had two managers that have quite liked me, that’s not always the case.”
Mitchell realises that this isn’t necessarily the normal route for a young player. Danny McNamara, for example, had five loan spells before breaking into Millwall’s first team. He’s since become the Lions’ starting right wing-back and was awarded a new deal over the summer to fend off interest from the club’s Championship rivals.
Mitchell is keen for young players to realise that there isn’t a set pathway.
“What I just said is by no means saying that loans aren’t good,” he stresses.
“Both me and Danny McNamara have proved that there are many ways of making it to the first team. I’ve kind of gone straight in and Dan’s done multiple loans, come back and now he’s flying as well.
“I think you’ve got to find the right recipe for you as an individual. It’s also a short career, football, but fifteen years can still be a long time so if going out on loan means that you get the right experience to come back and play in the Championship then I think it’s worth it.”
He sees his work with Millwall’s Community Trust as a way of paying back the club that has given him a platform to launch his football career. His priority is to show the Lions’ academy players how they can reach the first team, and he hopes to inspire a new generation of footballers to follow their dreams of achieving what he’s managed to make a reality.
“I went on trial at a lot of clubs and it never really worked out for me. Millwall was that one club that kind of gave me my shot and I’ll forever be grateful to them for that, the academy and first team included.
“You never know who you’re talking to. You never know if you’re speaking to that next kid who might play for Millwall’s first team or go beyond. Sometimes all they need is that one bit of inspiration.
“I certainly had a lot of chats where people did that thing for me and it really does get you going, it makes you think ‘what if I can make this team?’
“If I can help Millwall by getting them one or two more players through the academy through some of those chats then that’s a good thing.”
While the club as a whole obviously backed Mitchell to be a top talent, he dedicates a lot of his success to manager Gary Rowett. Where other young players haven’t been trusted with a place in the starting lineup, the midfielder has been a regular for the Lions and has featured in nine of their ten Championship
matches so far this season. Despite that, he’s adamant that he’s still got a lot of areas to improve in, although he believes he can become a well-rounded player that can reach the very top level.
“It fills you with confidence, but you don’t want to take that for granted,” Mitchell explains.
“Having those two games out has definitely woken me up a bit and I think you have to always repay faith.
“It’s nice knowing that I’ve always got a good opportunity to play here and I’m hopeful that, if I can put in some better performances and maintain a good bit of form, then that can be repayment for putting me in the starting lineup.
“You always back your own ability. I always felt like I’d get to this stage at some point but I’m by no means the finished article, I’ve still got a hell of a lot of stuff to learn.
“I think I had a relatively average start to the season. The last couple of games have been better. I felt that, as much as it wasn’t a good game and result, I played well against QPR and I’ve been working really hard with the coaches for the last month or so on really trying to get on the half-turn, trying to open up the game and find forward passes a lot more.
“It’s important to know your strengths, and I think my strengths are keeping the ball and trying to keep things ticking over and being simple. At the same time, there comes a point where you have to try and add something going forward as well.
“If I can open the game up and play forward more, get the ball into the forward players, the no.10 or the strikers or whoever’s starting, that’ll only be a positive thing.
“I felt as though for the last couple of games that I’ve been doing that a bit better. It’s obviously not going to be a radical change overnight, that’s just not how these things work, and I think professional football players are more finely tuned than people realise. You can get stuck in your habits, but I’m working hard to try and improve in that sense, so if I can add a little bit of that to my game then I think, over the course of the season, it’ll be useful.”
There is, of course, increased competition in Millwall’s midfield this season. While the likes of Jed Wallace and Maikel Kieftenbeld have departed, the Lions have brought in George Honeyman, Jamie Shackleton and Callum Styles to increase their options in the centre of the park.
For some players, especially younger ones, that can be incredibly daunting, but Mitchell argues that the competition “always drives you to be your best”.
“All of those boys are top, top players and it means that you constantly have to be on your toes,” he adds.
“Obviously I had a period where I came out of the team for a little bit and I think that I wasn’t necessarily playing badly but I wasn’t playing to my full capability. It gives you a proverbial kick up the arse.
“I think it’s a good thing. All of them
are top professionals and they work really hard, and there’s no doubt that all of us will be rotated in and out over the course of the season, that’s part of the reason why you have a squad.
“I think this season I’ve learned that. Your role when you’re not in the team is just as big as when you’re starting.
“I get on really well with all of them. I know Millwall speak about bringing in good characters as much as good players in terms of recruitment, and I really think they’re top boys.”
Collectively, the Lions’ are obviously aiming for a place in the top six and promotion to the Premier League. Mitchell admits that his dream is to play in the top flight, but he’s determined to stay grounded. Nonetheless, it isn’t easy for a young midfielder to do that when he’s already played more than 70 Championship games, although he remains laser-focused on what he wants to achieve.
“I’ve kind of got a sly target that maybe by the end of this season I’d have hoped to have played over 100 games for Millwall, that’d be pretty cool.
“I can’t say that I think about it too much because you end up rolling with the times and don’t often take a minute to step back and say ‘wow, that’s pretty cool’.
“In the same breath, I think that’s a good thing because you don’t want to get too wrapped up in how many games you’ve played because it can be distracting at the same time.”
The midfielder has started eight of Millwall’s ten Championship games so far this season Photo by Brian Tonks
MILLWALL’S LAST match against Blackburn Rovers was fairly significant, but unfortunately for the Lions, it wasn’t for a very good reason.
Their trip to Ewood Park finished as a 0-0 draw, which is a respectable result on the surface given that the hosts were on a good run of form and challenging for a place in the play-offs. However, across the course of the 90 minutes, Millwall failed to register a single shot, making them the first team
to do this in five seasons and 2649 Championship matches.
Although it understandably comes across as a rather embarrassing statistic, it sums up Millwall’s strengths and weaknesses under Gary Rowett fairly well: strong at the back but unconvincing in the final third.
The Lions haven’t quite lived up to this billing so far this season, scoring eleven goals and conceding fourteen in their last ten league matches.
Nonetheless, as they prepare to return to Blackburn this weekend, they’ll be determined to prove that they’re a stronger and more balanced team than
they were on their last trip.
In fairness, Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side can be accused of being inconsistent as well. Rovers have won five and lost five of their opening ten matches and are currently on a run of winning one game and losing the next. As a result of this trend, Millwall fans might be a bit concerned to see that they suffered a 2-0 defeat in their last match away to Luton Town.
Rowett opts to discuss Blackburn’s strengths, however, explaining that their attacking prowess and unique tactical style helps them to win games of football, although it can also leave
them open at the back.
“I think they’ve shown in games that, if they score the first goal, they’ve gone on to win all of those games,” he told the News “They’re a team that plays things slightly differently. I think every team and every manager has their own style, and previously they were a team that wanted to pass the ball and build possession.
“I think they’ve made the most passes in their defensive half in the division, so it shows they want to try and play out from the back, but they’ve also got good attacking players that can hurt
any team as they’ve shown in the five games they’ve won.
“Any team in this division can beat you and you can beat them if you do the right things. They’re a good side, they’ve got good players, and they’re like a lot of teams in this division where they’re trying to get that extra consistency in their game.
“To play ten games and not draw a game yet tells you that they’ve been quite attacking and want to win games, and if they don’t then they’ll leave themselves a little bit open on the flipside.
“We’ll respect that and we’ll have to go there and do the right things.”
Rowett will have to make a decision about Millwall’s formation this weekend after admitting that he contemplated moving to a back four before their win against Blackpool. He decided that they didn’t have enough time to make the switch, which ultimately paid off as they secured a 2-1 victory, although many supporters are keen for the Lions to move away from their preferred 5-2-1-2 formation.
While Ryan Leonard remains ruled out with a hamstring injury, Millwall may be able to welcome both Shaun Hutchinson and Mason Bennett back into the matchday squad this weekend. Both have trained this week and will be in contention to make the trip to Ewood Park as a result.
GARy ROW e TT is unsure whether Millwall’s international players will be ready to play against Blackburn Rovers this weekend.
Most of the squad were given some time off at the start of the international break before returning to training, with the Lions beginning their preparations for Saturday’s match at the start of the week.
However, Callum Styles, George Saville and Charlie Cresswell won’t return to training until Thursday, with each player having played two games over the last two weeks.
Styles came off the bench for Hungary against Germany and Italy, although his side failed to qualify
Callum Styles’ Hungary narrowly missed out on a place in the semi-finals of the Nations League
for the semi-finals of the Nations League. Saville featured for Northern Ireland in the third tier of the same competition, while Cresswell played for England under-21’s in friendly matches against Italy and Germany.
While all three players started in Millwall’s last game, it remains to be seen whether they retain their places in the starting lineup at Ewood Park or if they’re given extra time to rest and recover ahead of a busy October schedule.
“I think it’s always the same,” Rowett told the News
“You get asked questions quite a lot about the international break, that you can get loads of good work in with the players. Well you can, but when three of your players that have been in and around the first team quite regularly are not around, you
can’t do that work completely.
“What you try to do is that you try to get across the ideas that you want and do the work that you want, but the main bulk of the work in terms of the team will be done on the Thursday when everyone’s back, it’s as simple as that.
“It doesn’t mean that we can’t isolate parts of the game and do some work on that in the meantime. That’s the main theory.
“I think we tend to work as though everybody’s starting anyway because everyone needs to know what we’re doing and everybody needs to be ready for the game. It doesn’t change that much, but when you haven’t got three players that could potentially start, it limits a little bit of that work that you can do.”
Cooper, Wallace, Zian Flemming will be determined to build up a run of goalscoring form after finding the back of the net against BlackpoolGARy ROW eTT is proud to become the second longest-serving manager in the Championship, but admits that he knows his tenure at Millwall won’t last forever.
With Rotherham United boss Paul Warne moving to Derby County after six years in charge of the Millers, Rowett has become the eighth longest-serving manager in the entire Football League.
While he’s pleased with what he’s managed to achieve in South Bermondsey since joining the Lions in October 2019, he’s also aware that he won’t be in charge of the club forever and that things can change incredibly quickly in football.
“Longevity in this job isn’t something that you go into it thinking that you’re
going to get because life doesn’t work like that as a football manager,” he told the News
“Having been here for three years, it doesn’t feel like three years but it’s certainly a good period of time to build things that you want to build.
“I’m very, very fortunate to do the job that I do and I continue to do it as well as I can. I’m also aware that this job doesn’t last forever, you’re never more than two or three results away from being under pressure and as a manager you accept that.
“I’ve always said that, you accept that it’s the position that you’re in. If you didn’t want to do that, you’d just go and get a nine-to-five job that you can do for the next 30 years, it’s quite simple.
“It’s the highs and the lows that we like and I think most managers accept that it’s a results industry, a results business and that’s what we all have to get to stay in the
job.”
One Championship manager who certainly wasn’t afforded enough time is Rob Edwards, a 39-year-old English manager who was sacked by Watford after just eleven games in charge.
Although Rowett agrees that it was a particularly harsh decision, he stressed that the former Forest Green Rovers boss will have been aware of how ruthless the Hornets are when it comes to hiring and firing managers, which is a common thing in English football.
“I think Watford have quite openly been a club that have changed managers quite regularly.
“Rob would’ve gone into the job with his eyes wide open, obviously no one else knows what he was told when he was given the job. I thought he did a fantastic job at Forest Green so I’m sure he wanted to challenge himself at the next level.
“Is it a results-based decision? Is that
the fact that Watford want to bounce back into the Premier League quickly? I faced that at Stoke where you take that job knowing that anything other than being in the top two isn’t going to be acceptable. You understand that.
“I suppose after eleven games it’s quite quick to judge a person. You have to bring some players in quite quickly to judge your methods, but again, I think” Rob will go on and get another job soon.
“I think he’s done well enough at Forest Green and I think most people will see that decision as being a little bit harsh in some ways, but I’m not an owner pumping millions and millions of pounds into my club.
“It’s easy as an innocent bystander to have a comment on it but if it’s your money you may feel differently. Who knows what they might’ve achieved if he was given more time, but you don’t get time as a manager.”
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By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk
GARy ROW e TT is adamant that Bartosz Białkowski will remain Millwall’s first-choice goalkeeper despite being benched against Blackpool.
The former Polish international had played 146 consecutive Championship games before he was dropped for the Lions’ match against the Tangerines.
George Long came into the team for his first league start since moving to The Den in 2021, playing the entire 90 minutes as Millwall secured a 2-1 win.
Despite this, Rowett believes that Białkowski will retain his place in the starting lineup for the foreseeable future, explaining why he gave Long the chance to come into the team in their last game.
“I don’t think it’s been an open position,” he told the News
“I think Bart’s played for three years, he’s been the first choice for three years. His form and everything else has dictated that and earned him the right.
“In the last game, I thought George deserved an opportunity to show what he can do. He worked incredibly hard, like I spoke about, and I decided to pick him for the game. That’s probably as much information so I can give at the moment.
“Bart’s a really popular member of the squad, he’s a great guy. I spoke to him at length and I think, while he was disappointed last weekend, he understands that Longy has sat there for eighteen months, working hard and preparing for games every Saturday while not having that opportunity.
“I felt that the time had come to give him a chance to show what he can do, that was it really.”
Gary Rowett boasts a 38 percent win record since moving to The Den George Long made his first Championship star for the Lions against Blackpool