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‘Austerity had me shouting at the TV’:

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Assembly member bids to be MP hopeful

NEWS Pages 2-17 OPINION Pages 18-19

By Herbie Russell

In December 2021, Labour MP Harriet Harman announced she would stand down at the next election after almost forty years in the role, sparking a selection process for the safe seat.

A childhood spent as a young carer and seeing her parents struggle in low-paid, non-unionised jobs has shaped Ahmad’s priorities for the constituency.

She said: “I shouted at the TV a lot when Cameron and Osborne created austerity.

These were appalling, unnecessary political choices that destroyed people’s lives and

decimated public services.

“The low wage economy of the last decade has led to people in Camberwell and Peckham often working three jobs and still relying on food banks to feed their families, and having little resilience when their energy bills go up by 54 per cent as they did in April this year.”

While many of her rival candidates grew up in the area, Marina doesn’t share that local connection. Instead, she grew up in Crawley and first came into contact with south London politics as a student. She was elected councillor in Crystal Palace in 2018, where she was the first Labour BAME councillor in Bromley.

She stood down in 2021 so that she could fully focus on her Lambeth and Southwark constituency, having previously lived in Brixton.

But Ahmad says she is still attuned to “what residents tell me are the priorities for

Camberwell and Peckham” such as the costof-living, low wages and workers’ rights.

These are priorities she says she’s already working on. She recently launched a report into childhood hunger in London, making policy recommendations which would help families in the constituency.

Leading the Save Our Buses campaign in Southwark, Ahmad is also vocally opposed to proposed cuts to the No 12 and No 78 Camberwell and Peckham bus services.

In recent years, Harriet Harman has not had a constituency office in Camberwell and Peckham. Ahmad said: “I believe that a constituency office should be a community resource and a space that is used by local organisations.

“As a hands-on person, I would like to meet residents in the heart of the community and am already researching where such a hub could be situated and how it can be fully funded.”

Just Stop Oil said the buildings it targeted were chosen to represent “the four pillars that support and maintain the power of the fossil fuel economy — government, security, finance and media”.

At the MI5 building in Millbank, a bystander appears to intervene, causing an activist to spray paint on themselves.

All those arrested have been taken into custody at a central London police station.

Speaking outside Thames House, home of MI5, environmentalist Tez Burns said: “We want our future back… the UN says you need to act, the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) says you need to attack, the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the World Bank say you need to act and yet the government does nothing!”

She added: “And here I am, a normal person, having to do this?”

Just Stop Oil is demanding the government immediately halts all future licensing and consent for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK.

This is the latest in a string of acts of civil disobedience by the group, including throwing beans at Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ at the National Gallery.

On Thursday, October 13, Just Stop Oil protestors glued themselves to the St George’s Circus roundabout, resulting in 20 arrests.

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Marina Ahmad, the London Assembly member for Lambeth and Southwark, is hoping to secure party members’ votes in her bid to inherit Labour’s Camberwell and Peckham parliamentary seat.

arts Page 20 History Page 21 classified, jobs and family announcements Page 22 Public notices Pages 24-26 SPORT Pages 27-32

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Six people have been arrested after ‘Just Stop Oil’ activists splurged paint onto famous London buildings, including the News UK building on London Bridge Street.

The environmental group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which saw activists squirt paint at the Bank of England, the Home Office, the MI5 building and News UK, at around 8.30am on Monday, October 31.

Police responded to the paint attack on News UK, the home of major news outlets including The Times, The Sun, TalkRADIO We are a London and others, at 8.29am.

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NEWS 3 CGI image of restored Findlater’s”

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Stunning Baroque Revival at London Bridge

Jesse Rust’s mosaic

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Victorian-era winery beneath a London Bridge railway arch, known for its stunning Baroque Revival frontage, has been carefully restored.

Findlater’s Corner, sitting at the southern end of the bridge and topped by a large clock and ceramic stag’s head, was established by historic wine merchants Findlater’s Mackie & Todd in 1865.

Thanks to a £3million project by The Arch Company and Railway Heritage Trust, the building could be open to the public as soon as March 2023. Its four units will be used for retail or leisure.

Craig McWilliam, The Arch Company CEO said: “Findlater’s Corner is our most prominent retrofit development to date, with four arches in the heart of London

Bridge available for businesses to move into.

“Discovering the history of these arches – from uncovering the Jesse Rust “Express Dairy” glass mosaic, to learning about the significance of the iconic Findlater’s clock – has been a particularly special part of this project.”

Findlater’s Corner was established as railways into central London underwent a huge expansion in the mid-19th-century.

Its original Victorian frontage was replaced in 1900 with a new Beaux-arts facade, made from a glazed terracotta known as ‘Carraraware’.

Peckham-based project architect Benedict O’Looney said: “This is a proper south-London story. The Carraraware was made upriver at Doulton’s ceramic factory along Lambeth’s Albert Embankment.

“It was the perfect material for smoky

Edwardian London. Being glazed terracotta, also known as faience, it’s extremely robust and the rain would wash the London soot off.

“It cleans up easily and, because it’s made of vitrified terracotta, the detailing is like it was made yesterday.”

Because the Edwardian frontage was built over a Victorian predecessor, contractors had to restore a fusion of architectural styles.

Beside the turn-of-the-century facade are stucco walls that once held advertising boards perused by Victorian commuters.

“We’ve made a big effort to ensure these two architectures co-exist,” said O’Looney.

The clock atop the structure has been broken for years, but that has also been repaired and given new glass and hands by clockmaker Gillet & Johnston.

A ceramic stag head, symbolising the

Findlater’s Scottish ancestry, had become pockmarked and lost an antler, but now also returns to its former glory.

Over the summer, contractors were astonished to discover a mosaic beneath the render walls, the work of celebrated mosaicist Jesse Rust.

It marked the entrance to an Express Dairy, a place that received fresh milk delivered from the countryside, considered superior to milk produced by London cows.

O’Looney, who believes the mosaic pieces, known as tesserae, may have come from Venice, said: “The mosaic might the last surviving Express Dairy signage in the UK… its florid art deco lettering has been cleaned... I’m hoping a full restoration happens in due course.”

Inside, there was also a Ladies’ Room, a rare haven for Victorian women

conducting their business away from the prying eyes of husbands and fathers. Such places were vital headquarters for the early suffragettes.

The project, which began in January, involved 50 workers at its peak, taking roughly eight months to complete.

Private-equity-backed Arch Company bought over 5,000 arches and other commercial spaces from Network Rail in 2019 for £1.5 billion.

By Isabel Ramirez

The culture also emphasises purity and virginity. So when Jin Zhi said she was raped at seven-years-old by a neighbour, she claims her family brutally abused her and she was alienated. “I was treated as a ‘dirty girl’ and tortured. My family were planning for me to marry him when I turned seventeen so no-one would know he raped me. I had to escape.”

Following this traumatic start in life, Jin Zhi suffered PTSD and paranoia.

Her grandma’s insistence that she learn to read and write saved her. “It gave me the imagination to escape the terrible situation I was in,” she said. “I designed and wrote which helped me to survive.”

In 2004, she came to London with her ex-husband and their daughter. “He taught me a lot about Western art and English culture,” she said.

Jin Zhi studied at Central Saint Martins a few years later. “I had only had three years of education in China, so I know what a privilege it was to study there.

“It gave me the freedom to express

where I’m from and rediscover my female identity. Womanhood is something I now celebrate. Living here, I discovered the power of feminism and how open Western culture is.”

She went on to teach art, design and film at University of Arts London as a private teacher, at the different schools around Southwark, including Camberwell College of Arts.

Jin Zhi went through her own healing process, and wants to help others deal with their trauma through art. “I focus on childhood damage. I help my students overcome their harsh backgrounds using art as a therapy.”

In 2013, she started writing her books, which narrate her experience of China from the ‘60s to the ‘90s: an ‘unforgettable’ time of ‘painful’ Chinese cultural revolution. “It was a move from hard-line communism to a form of state capitalism,” she said.

“I’m still waiting for the right publisher that really understands the culture to do it justice.”

Despite the context she grew up in, Chinese culture remains close to her heart.

“I love China. And there are parts of the culture I will always celebrate and bring to my art. But staying there was too painful for the trauma I experienced.”

She has found a ‘great international community’ here in London and has been living in Camberwell for the last seventeen years. “For me, Southwark is the most fascinating place to be. I meet a stranger and we can immediately talk about politics, art, music, books. I am lucky to be here.”

Her art will be shown at The BeauVert in Camberwell later this month.

“My purpose is to show that art is not a luxury, but rather part of the big community in Southwark, entering people’s daily life. It has the power to heal our trauma.”

The free exhibition will be held from Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th November from 11am-5pm at The BeauVert, 43 Denmark Hill, Camberwell Green, SE5 8RS. Follow Jin Zhi Yu Ye on instagram @jinzhiyuyeautobiography

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Chinese feminist artist found freedom in Camberwell isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Chinese artist with a traumatic childhood has discovered her female voice in Camberwell and now helps others to heal through art.

When Jin Zhi Yu Ye was born in 1967, in Anhui Province, China, as the fourth girl in a row, her family didn’t want her. “In our culture, girls were seen as a burden,” she explained.

Her grandmother - whom she said raised her - saw her potential and wanted her to learn to read and write, to become what she called “a useful woman.” She said she remembers seeing her grandmother suffer for being a woman: “She was shamed for not being able to provide a son and she had bound feet.”

Footbinding was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size.

Jin Zhi said it was a way to control women by limiting their mobility.

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farewell victor!

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Mourners gathered at St James’ Church this week to celebrate the life of the much-loved “legendaryraspberry blower” of Bermondsey Victor Gardiner.

Seventy-eight-year-old Victor, who had learning difficulties, passed away from cancer on Saturday, October 1.

News of his death hit social media with a whole wave of tributes to the much-loved character.

At the funeral on Tuesday, November 1, family and friends shared memories of their beloved “cuppa tea” lover.

A horse-drawn hearse then carried Victor to Camberwell New Cemetery, where people bid the Bermondsey icon a final farewell that saw it go past the Blue and Millwall Football club. For anyone growing up in Bermondsey over the last 50 odd years Victor was a regular face in the cafés around The Blue in Southwark Park Road and in Surrey Quays, where he could often be found holding a take-away MacDonald’s paper bag that he randomly blew up and popped.

Sheldon Robinson, 55 a long-time family friend of the Gardiners’, said he “loved Victor

to bits. When I first met Victor, his nephew turned around and said to me ‘meet my Uncle Victor but don’t be alarmed’. I said asked ‘why’ and he said I’d soon find out.

“He went to shake my hand and blew the biggest raspberry and I as amazed by it. He was forever blowing raspberries - I loved him to bits.”

At the service, attendees listened to ‘There you’ll be’ by Faith Hill and ‘Country Roads’ by John Denver, finishing with ‘King of the Road’

by Roger Miller. People said the service was “beautiful”.

Victor was known for his constant hustling.

Wherever he went, he’d be selling bits and bobs, whether it be flowers, cigarettes or beer bottles., always saying “give us a pound.”

When he died, his niece Kelly put his profession down as ‘rag and bone man’, perhaps making him one of the last ever to be listed as such in London.

Bermondsey local Ken, former groundsman at St Michael’s School, said: “He worked all his life - always trying to make a penny. He used to go around with a barrow full of stuff and walk for miles. He was such a nice fella and never did anyone any harm.”

The funeral programme contained kind messages from people who had held Victor dear to their hearts and his unerring ability to “put a smile on people’s faces”.

Treacherous U-Turn ‘will cause serious accident sooner or later’

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Bermondsey drivers say the junction between Jamaica Road, West Lane and Southwark Park Road is so dangerous that someone will be killed “sooner or later” whilst the council and TfL have both blamed each other for the situation.

When the new Jamaica Road cycle lane was installed, the junction was redesigned so drivers can’t turn right from Southwark Park road into Jamaica road.

As a result, drivers caught unaware by the new rules often go straight across into West Lane, do a u-turn, and turn left into Jamaica Road - an illegal manoeuvre.

Worryingly, the treacherous junction is within a stone’s throw of three different primary schools and is a common route for families on the school run.

Steve Evans, chair of the Millpond Estate Tenants’ and Residents’ Association, said: “There’s not a single person I could think of who would say this is all good.

“In order to swing around, they’ll drive up onto the pavement in order to get the arc for the u-turn.

“They often go at high speed and we don’t think they’re paying sufficient

attention to everything that’s going n around them.”

He said TfL needed to act “sooner rather than later” or “somebody is going to get killed at some point”.

A Southwark Council spokesperson said: “This is a problem caused by the right turn ban from Southwark Park Road onto Jamaica Road introduced

by Transport for London as part of the measures associated with the construction of the cycle lane on Jamaica Road. TfL is aware of the situation and is looking at possible measures to address the problem.”

Helen Cansick, TfL’s Head of Healthy Streets Investment, said: “The changes made to roads in Bermondsey as part of Cycleway 4 are playing a vital role in enabling thousands of walking and cycling journeys in Bermondsey each week.

“The banned right turn from Southwark Park Road onto Jamaica Road was introduced in partnership with Southwark Council to discourage traffic in the area from using residential roads to access the Rotherhithe Tunnel. We are aware of people’s concerns about drivers making U-turns on West Lane and will be working with the council to look at measures to address these concerns.”

Police launch murder appeal following altercation outside popular restaurant

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A man died after he was stabbed in Waterloo during an altercation between two groups of men outside Cubana Restaurant in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Adrian Keise, 32, from Lambeth, was fatally wounded outside the Lower Marsh Street cocktail bar at 2.15am on Saturday, October 29.

Officers and paramedics, responding to reports of a stabbing, found Keise fifteen minutes later near a block of flats in Frazier Street, just around the corner.

He was rushed to hospital but died a short time later. Police are urging people who were in the area that night to get in

contact.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, who is leading the investigation, said: “We know there were a lot of people in the area at the time, either socialising or returning home, or to local hotels, and I’m keen to hear from them about what they might have seen or heard.

“People in the area may have assumed this was just a pub argument, and thought nothing more of it. It may have been something that you thought was insignificant at the time, but it could be vital to our investigation.

“Did you hear raised voices or see the attack take place? Did you see anyone running away from the area? Did you film or photograph the attack? If so, we need to hear from you.”

His family have been informed and continue to be supported by specially trained officers.

A post-mortem examination will soon establish the cause of death.

DCI Howie added: “Adrian had the rest of his life ahead of him and my thoughts are with his family and friends as they come to terms with his tragic death. I would urge anyone with information to do the right thing by them and contact us today.”

Anyone with information that could help the investigation is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 681/29Oct. You can also share information, photos and videos directly with the investigation team here. To remain anonymous contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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‘An e-bike killed our puppy Toco!’

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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A ten-month old puppy died after being in collision with an e-bike, which the dog’s owner says was speeding through Dulwich Park.

On Wednesday, October 19, Ana Paula Garey was walking through Dulwich Park with her twelve-year-old son and their puppy, Toco. “We were walking in the park and the bike came really fast,”

Ana explained. “The dog was running off the lead and I just heard him squeal and ran over. The man on the bike said he didn’t see Toco so didn’t try to dodge him.”

Ana said she immediately picked the dog up and went straight to the vet. “I didn’t have time to take any photos of where it happened or call the police.

“When I got to the vet they couldn’t do anything because Toco had already died of a punctured lung.”

Ana says they’re all very sad and her son doesn’t want to go to the park anymore. “He’s only just moved to a different country from Brazil, where it was too dangerous for him to play out on his own. Now he doesn’t want to go to the park because of what happened to Toco.”

She said the man was riding a green rental e-bike, and claims he was definitely over the 5mph speed limit the park has for vehicles passing through.

She said they were not interested in pressing charges, but wanted people to be more aware of the dangers of cycling.

“A bike is still a vehicle. I want people to be more conscious of this. There are

a lot of people who don’t respect the rules.”

Trevor Moore, member of the Dulwich park Friends committee - who help to maintain the park said: “This is terrible news. It’s as a result of lots of people on two wheels going too fast in a shared space. In a park, it has to be the people riding bikes and scooters that are aware of kids and dogs and vulnerable people around them.”

“A park is not a public highway,” he added.

“We will be putting our heads together on how we can liaise with the council to improve the education of people and awareness.

Cllr Catherine Rose, Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks, Streets & Clean Air, said: “We are very sorry that Ms Garey and her son lost their dog in such upsetting circumstances.

“We have reported the matter to the police and offered the family our support.

We know that the majority of cyclists are safe and responsible, but we ask that people take special care on shared pedestrian and cyclist spaces, such as cycle routes through our parks.”

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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Walworth flat fire that damaged part of a Thurlow Street flat on Sunday was probably caused by an e-scooter, according to the London Fire Brigade.

Five fire engines and 35 firefighters were called to the fire at 4.06pm last Sunday, October 23 and brought it under control by 5.03pm.

An LFB spokesperson said: “It’s incredibly concerning we are continuing to see a rise in incidents involving e-bikes and e-scooters.

“When these batteries and chargers fail, they do so with ferocity and because the fires develop so rapidly the situation can quickly become incredibly serious.

“Lithium-ion batteries are susceptible to failure if incorrect chargers are used and there is a significant risk posed by e-scooters which have been converted.”

Fires caused by e-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. In 2022, there have already been 203 fires believed to have been caused by the vehicles.

This is almost double the 106 fires caused by e-bikes and e-scooters seen throughout the whole of 2021, and over quadruple the 40 seen in 2020.

In November, passengers were evacuated from a Parsons Green tube train after an e-scooter ‘exploded’ on board.

The LFB spokesperson continued: ”We are predominantly seeing fires in ones [batteries] which have been purchased from online marketplaces and batteries which have been sourced on the internet, which may not meet the correct safety standards.

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Walworth flat fire probably caused by faulty e-scooter “Our advice is to try and store and charge these items in a safe location if possible, such as in a shed or garage, and if they have to be stored inside, make sure there is smoke detection fitted and your means of escape is not obstructed.

“However we know this won’t be possible for everyone, so if you are charging them indoors, please follow our advice on safe charging and ensure everyone in your home knows what to do in the event of a fire.

“We would also suggest people try not to charge them when they are asleep, so that if there is an issue they can react quickly.”

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police are appealing for witnesses after three males tried to steal a 43-year-old’s E-bike in Southwark Park this week, leaving him with face and head injuries.

LFB’s e-bike and e-scooter safety advice: ∙ Always use the correct charger for the product and buy an official one from a reputable seller. ∙ Batteries can get warm during their use and it is advisable to allow them to cool down before attempting to recharge as they could be more susceptible to failure. ∙ Batteries should always be charged on hard flat surfaces where heat can dissipate. ∙ Batteries can also pose a risk if they have been damaged, so try to ensure they are not getting knocked around while in use or while being carried as spares as this can increase the chance of damage to cells. ∙ You should always make sure you unplug your charger once it’s finished charging. Always follow manufacturers’ instructions when charging and we would advise not to leave it unattended or while people are asleep. ∙ Ensure you have smoke alarms fitted in areas where e-bikes or e-scooters are being charged and make sure they are tested regularly. ∙ Never block your escape route with anything, including bikes and scooters. Store them somewhere away from a main through route.

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Police were called to the scene at 7.05pm last Monday, week, October 24, just after the incident took place.

The victim was cycling through the park when he was stopped by the three males, believed to be in their late teens, wearing black and with their faces covered.

They launched an unprovoked attack, pushing him off his E-bike before stealing it.

The victim gave chase and recovered the bike with help from a member of the public.

Police said that the suspects fled in the direction of Southwark Park Road.

The victim sustained head and facial injuries in the attack.

There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 5833/24Oct. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Mum of man stabbed to death in broad daylight asks How can his killer only get seven years?

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Killer: Momodou Lamin Faal

Grieving mum Shawna Manboard

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk The distraught mother of Jobari Gooden, who was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Peckham Rye, says her son’s killer’s “ridiculous” seven-year custodial sentence encourages knife crime.

Peckham-born Jobari, 27, was studying accounting, working in construction, and enjoying life with his girlfriend, when he was brutally slain by Momodou Lamin Faal, 28, of Lyndhurst Way, Peckham, on Friday, December 17, 2021.

On that day, horrified Christmas shoppers watched as Faal repeatedly slashed Jobari in what police later described as a “frenzied attack”.

Faal then chased his victim, who ran some distance before collapsing, before escaping on a bicycle given to him by an acquaintance.

His distraught mother Shawna Manboard, 55, said: “The day Jobari died, I died. It’s like I’m here but really I’m dead, wondering ‘why am I still living?’… God might as well take me up too.”

Although police say Faal was “plainly the aggressor” in the “sustained attack”, he was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in August and was sentenced at the Old Bailey last Thursday, October 27.

Faal’s defence lawyer had argued the possibility that Jobari could have brought the knife, and that Faal disarmed him and inflicted the fatal wounds.

As result, the judge’s verdict was a seven-year-custodial sentence with a five year extended licence. This means when Faal is released following his seven-year sentence, he will have to abide by certain conditions for five years or risk jail.

Jobari’s grieving mother says the “light” sentence is despite the jury being shown CCTV footage of Faal slashing at Jobari, and four separate witnesses testifying that Jobari didn’t have a knife.

The prosecution have said that Faal, who

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Two men in their twenties were killed in a Railton Road incident that saw one male shot and another run over on Sunday night.

Officers were called to the road between Brixton and Herne Hill at 7.50pm following reports of gunshots last Sunday, October, 30, and found two injured men who were later pronounced dead at the scene.

Police now believe two cars had been driving in the Railton Road area when one collided with a moped, killing the driver.

They say a man from the car involved in the collision left the vehicle and was chased by a male from the second vehicle.

The male from the second vehicle, armed with a firearm, is said to have shot him before returning to his car and fleeing the scene.

A homicide investigation is underway and numerous roads in the area remain closed off. Officers are still working to formally identify the victims and inform their next of kin.

Victim: Jobari Gooden

was already facing deportation, had also tried to evade police capture by obtaining false identification, dressing as a woman, and booking a one-way flight to Gambia.

When police found him at an address in Gillingham, he gave his name as ‘Omar Barrow’ and answered ’no comment’ to all questions.

Shawna told the News: “Faal is trying to say Jobari attacked him with a knife.

This is the person who tried to leave this country using a fake passport. How can you believe this person? I know my son.

Everyone who knows Jobari knows he wasn’t somebody who walked with a knife.”

In court, Faal said there had been a “long history of incidents between the pair” and Shawna said they had an altercation in 2013.

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Howie, Senior Investigating Officer, said: “Faal claimed to have been acting in selfdefence but was plainly the aggressor. He

repeatedly stabbed Jobari in a frenzied attack in full view of horrified members of the public, who were shopping in the local market. Faal told the court that he was a drug dealer and he falsely claimed there had been a long history of incidents between the pair – but there was no justification for the disgusting violence that occurred that day. This was the senseless loss of a young man’s life which has torn his family apart. “ Shawna is terrified that Faal, a selfconfessed drug dealer, with prior convictions including knife possession, drug offences and assaults, could soon be roaming the streets. She also says a sevenyear sentence could send a “dangerous message” to youths embroiled in knife crime.

As recently as Friday, September 23, a 15-year-old boy was knifed in broad daylight on Rye Lane.

“What are they showing the youths?

They’re saying ‘you can kill somebody

Manhunt after two men killed

There have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

Witnesses have said about a dozen shots were fired and white forensic

tents have been put up along Railton Road as teams investigate, where debris could be seen strewn across the road.

Two crashed vehicles could be seen at

and you will do just seven years’… that’s why so many of these youths are killing people,” she said.

Jobari’s girlfriend was with him on the day he died. She said: “I’m so sick of hearing in the news every day that there’s either a stabbing or a shooting and the justice system is handing out such light sentences. That’s no justice at all.”

Moments before Jobari’s death, she had been with him at the McDonald’s on Rye Lane. “He was so happy that day,” she said.

She had known him since they were just eleven-years-old and says Jobari was much loved by her six-year-old daughter.

“He used to drop my daughter to school when he didn’t have work. He loved her, he absolutely adored her, and she adored him.

“It’s really affected her. She doesn’t want to go to school because she’s worried if she leaves me that I’ll die. Whenever she hears Jobari’s name she cries.

“She wishes she could ask God for him

the crime scene - a silver car that had lost one of its tyres, and a moped.

A single-decker 322 bus was also within the police cordon.

back and it’s hard for me to say that we can’t get people back when they have already gone.”

Shawna thanked the police for its investigation but added: “It’s a shame that police officers work that hard and then get let down in the court.”

Hoping to appeal the verdict, she says the pain is as unbearable as it was the day she received that fateful call.

“I’m a single mother and I raised my son for 27 years. It wasn’t an easy journey but I brought him up.

“We were very close. We spent all our time together, even before he went to work in the morning. I did not go anywhere without him. If I was travelling, it was with my son.

“This destroyed my life. I spent thirty years working so hard in this country and now I regret it. I thought you had justice here. If this was a white guy he killed, he would never have got off like that. Without Jobari, my life will be empty.”

Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove of the Central South Command Unit, responsible for policing Lambeth and Southwark, said: “I am shocked and saddened by this incident. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of the two young men who have tragically lost their lives. This incident will cause a great deal of concern throughout the local community and across London.

“We are supporting Specialist Crime detectives, who are working at pace to confirm the specific sequence of events and identify and arrest those responsible.

“Local officers are on the scene and patrolling the local area to speak to local residents, seek witnesses and provide visible reassurance. I would urge anyone with any information however small to come forward to help bring whoever is responsible to justice.”

Local residents will see an enhanced police presence in the area and are advised to speak with officers if they have any information.

Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 6166/30Oct. To remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Southwark Remembers

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them

The Worshipful Mayor of Southwark, Southwark Council and the Royal British Legion, invite you to attend the borough’s Remembrance Service on Sunday 13 November 2022 at St Saviour’s War Memorial, Borough High Street, SE1.

This service will be led by the Very Reverend Andrew Nunn, Dean of Southwark. Please gather by 10:45am.

Contact mayors.office@southwark.gov.uk for further details of the borough events.

An Armistice Service and a Remembrance Sunday Service will be held will be held at West Lane War Memorial, SE16 (off Jamaica Road), on Friday 11 November 2022. Please gather at 10.45am. Please contact either mayors.office@southwark.gov.uk or Gary Magold. gary.magold@btinternet.com for more information.

Other services are being held on Remembrance Sunday, November 13 at: Southwark Cathedral, Braganza Street/Kennington Park, St George’s Cathedral, Surrey Regiment, Old Jamaica Rd (at 10am), Lordship Lane, Wells Way, West Lane, Camberwell Green, St Stephen’s Church, St Peter’s Church, St Giles Church, Precious Blood Church, London Bridge Station, and Goose Green.

Please check online for more details.

Members of the public are most welcome to attend these services.

The official borough service is traditionally attended by the First Citizen of the borough, past Mayors, Free Citizens, Honorary Aldermen, Southwark’s three MPs, the Leader of the Council and opposition parties, Southwark’s London Assembly Member, representatives from The Royal

British Legion, members of HM Armed Forces, members of the Emergency Services and the Deputy Lieutenant.

The Royal British Legion is the national custodian of remembrance, a role which ensures that those

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who gave their lives for peace and freedom are duly remembered. With this in mind, The Worshipful the Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Sunil Chopra urges the citizens of Southwark to buy a poppy and wear it in support of the continued good work being carried out by the Royal British Legion.

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Shocking report on child poverty

By Herbie Russell

The report revealed that 7,244 Southwark children live in food insecurity and many London boroughs are in an even more dire state.

Marina Ahmad, Greater London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark, is demanding Mayor Khan - also from the Labour party - establish a Childhood Hunger Commission for London. It would promote universal free school meals for primary and secondary schools, and map out gaps in support

the possibility of rolling out universal school meals to secondary school pupils.

Labour-run Tooley Street has funded free school meals during term time since 2010, but free school meals for secondary school pupils remain meanstested.

Chris Price, chief executive of Pecan, a Peckham-based community charity, added: “Children need to be able to have access to healthy foods every day, through term time and holidays. This will build a stronger, healthier and more engaged new generation.”

The report said the government’s levelling up agenda was “pitting London against the rest of the country” even though London has some of “starkest health inequalities”.

The Mayor of London has been approached for comment.

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and-a-half years imprisonment.

last Friday, October 28 at Woolwich Crown Court.

The court heard how he was found to have intentionally touched and kissed the girl when she was just fourteen and engaged in penetrative sexual activity when she was fifteen.

Southwark’s political and community leaders are urging the Mayor to take action on food insecurity after a shocking report revealed the extent of child poverty in London.

man jailed for sexual activity with 14-year-old

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Bermondsey man has been found guilty of having sex with a teenage girl under the legal age of consent and sentenced to six-

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Works to revitalise the historic Canada Dock, by restoring wildlife habitats and building boardwalks across the water, have begun.

Thomas Castles, 32, was charged with five counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child under the age of sixteen, between 2018 and 2019.

Castles, of the Neckinger Estate, had pleaded not guilty, but was sentenced

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services for families across London.

Marina Ahmad said: “People are no longer choosing between eating or heating. All too often they cannot afford either. Too many parents are giving up meals every day so that their children can eat.”

The report found the cost of a grocery shop is at a 42-year high with food inflation rising above fourteen per cent.

According to its findings, the top four UK constituencies with the highest levels of child poverty are all in London.

Tower Hamlets was number one, where a staggering 51.4 per cent of children were found to be living below the poverty line. This is defined as when a household’s income is 60 per cent less than the median average.

To tackle food insecurity, Southwark Council recently said it was considering

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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Major tourist attractions such as Tower Bridge could be disrupted as City of London Corporation workers prepare to strike against their “extremely wealthy” employer.

The City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body for London’s historic centre, employs 1000 GMB union members as guides, park keepers, technicians and more.

But strike chaos beckons after 83 per cent of members voted to reject the Corporation’s “non-negotiable” three per cent pay offer plus a winter fuel payment of £1,000. They are holding out for an inflation-matching rise.

Anna Lee, GMB London Region Organiser said: “The Corporation continues to host lavish dinners and functions, whilst these low-paid workers are struggling to meet the costs of life’s basics and bills.

“The Corporation could choose to fund a real pay rise but they prefer to spend it on banquets for the bankers - this is unacceptable to our members so we will now move to an industrial action ballot.”

Although the Corporation often acts like a local authority, responsible for bin collection, children’s services and other council obligations, it also runs many of the capital’s major tourist attractions.

Anna Lee, GMB London Region Organiser said: “The Corporation continues to host lavish dinners and functions, whilst these low-paid workers are struggling to meet the costs of life’s basics and bills.

“The Corporation could choose to fund a real pay rise but they prefer to spend it on banquets for the bankers - this is unacceptable to our members so we will now move to an industrial action ballot.”

Although the Corporation often acts like a local authority, responsible for bin collection, children’s services and other council obligations, it also runs many of the capital’s major tourist attractions.

Canada Docks revitalisation begins

As part of the Canada Water Masterplan, developer British Land is transforming the existing shrubland into three distinct wetland habitats.

It is hoped that this will enhance biodiversity, providing a haven for birds, fish, amphibians and invertebrates.

James Turley, Project Director at British Land, said: “Canada Dock is a focal point for the area and a large part of Canada Water’s history.

“Over the next 18 months, British Land will be sensitively restoring the waterfront and bringing it into a new lease of life, with improved habitats for wildlife alongside seating and a new boardwalk for local people to enjoy renewed use.”

The full timeline for the works is as follows:

October – December 2022

∙ Hoarding installed to fence off the construction site. Open fencing panels will provide visual access where possible, enabling people to observe the works in progress whilst maintaining a safe separation. ∙ Hoardings erected to the south west corner, diverting the pedestrian access route to Surrey Quays Shopping Centre around the work compound, instead of along the waterfront. This is required to enable access to the Dock for plant/machinery.

New Year 2023

∙ Groundworks / earth moving begins and piling commences, including reducing the water levels to enable full access Spring 2023 ∙ Access between The Range and the Dock will be temporarily reduced while works on the southern dockside take place. This will be kept to a minimum both in terms of space and duration.

Summer 2023 ∙

Landscaping begins, to provide a basis for varied habitats

∙ ∙

Construction begins on the 170m boardwalk traversing the dock Autumn 2023 Planting begins to create new wetland, and water levels begin to increase

Spring 2024 ∙

Scheduled date for completion

Further details will be made available during the refurbishment.

In partnership with contractor Galldris, they are also building a 170m boardwalk across the dock which steps down to seating at the water’s edge.

The development, which requires groundwork, landscaping and planting, is expected to be completed in time for Spring 2024.

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‘Autism’s got Talent’ held in Blackfriars

By Isabel Ramirez

isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Blackfriars-based theatre hosted an annual talent show for people diagnosed with autism, with acts coming from all over the world to perform and show their support.

Anna Kennedy with actor Gary Webster

“The show is a celebration of this huge sector of society that just wants to be accepted.”

Anna added that auditions for next

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Anna Kennedy OBE, known as “the Simon Cowell of the autism world” started the event eleven years ago. “I have two autistic sons, so celebrating the talents of groups who feel misunderstood in society has always been important to me,” she said.

“I was doing an anti-bullying campaign and after that, a lot of people with autism started sending me videos of them doing their talents. Singing, dancing, playing piano, you name it! They’d been bullied and this was their escape from that.

“I then had an idea to create a show after I met some people from Pineapple Performing Arts. They invited me to the Mermaid Theatre, and agreed to support us in the project. They loved the idea of creating a space where autistic individuals of any age could come and share their talents.”

The Mermaid Theatre in Blackfriars has hosted ‘Autism’s got Talent’ every year. “It’s not a competition; it’s a showcase of real talent,” explained Anna, saying 600 people attended the event earlier this month. “Acts from all over the world came, who had all heard about it through social media.

“As well as being an entertaining show, the event really works as a platform for kids and adults diagnosed with autism.

The chance to perform in front of an audience boosts their self-esteem and gives them hope.

“One of the girls was in a mental health unit when she was chosen to perform. At the end of the show, she said performing was her motivation to get better.”

Anna said that since the pandemic, life for autistic people has got harder: “There are lots of parents waiting for diagnoses and since lockdown, it’s got worse. Without a diagnosis, they can’t access early support which is crucial for their development.

year’s show are now open: “All people have to do is sign up on the website and send me a little bio about themselves.”

An actor best known for being in

Eastenders, Gary Webster, attended the show and later paid his tribute via Twitter. He said: “It was a great honour and very humbling to be asked

to be involved in such a fantastic night.

Congratulations to all the participants and their families. A night that will stay with me forever.”

put the idea to the school when she mentioned that Joyce Salter went to school on the site where Compass School stands today. Joyce died from scarlet fever at just eight-years-old, which inspired her parents’ work to improve public health.

Tragically Keeton Road School was destroyed in the first night of the Blitz and later it was home to Scott Lidgett boys’ school, briefly taken over by Southwark College before becoming Compass School. The site is now undergoing mayor redevelopment, but Compass will remain within the new scheme.

“I never dreamt that the sadness of Joyce’s death could inspire such a beautiful little film,” Sheila said.

“To see her come alive and play with kids who would have been her classmates at Keeton’s Road School brought tears to my eyes!”

She came to the launch last week with husband, Graham Taylor, local historian

and author of ‘Ada Salter: Pioneer of Ethical Socialism’ (2016). Graham wrote the book after learning that Ada’s local contribution had often been overlooked next to her husband’s work.

Marcus Huntley, Principal of Compass School said: “When Sheila first came we weren’t sure what our role would be - this film was perfect. Another thing she told us about, was that Ada Salter had started chess clubs. So we recently started one too. We want to make sure the Salter legacy will continue to live on through this and our history. The school is incredibly proud to play its part in the Salter Centenary celebrations.

“We are committed to ensuring the Salter legacy continues through our history curriculum, ensuring pupils continue to engage in a fantastic range of enrichment opportunities including our new Ada Salter-inspired Chess Club, and placing “community” at the heart of our mission.”

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children frOM a Bermondsey secondary have starred in a film about local heroes - on the site where the daughter of a revered MP and his wife attended school.

Compass School in Bermondsey, joined up with Ocean City Media to produce a short film as part of the Salter Centenary celebrations.

Ada Salter was the first female mayor of Bermondsey, her husband Alfred the doctor and MP for the area; tragically their little daughter Joyce died of scarlet fever.

‘ADA’, written by Sarah May, describes how the Salters’ work benefited the Bermondsey community, which included increasing the number of green spaces in the area and encouraging high aspiration for all.

“The film captures the legacy of Ada

Salter through the eyes of her daughter, Joyce, as she travels through time witnessing the changing landscape of Bermondsey,” Ben May, head of drama at Compass explained.

“From improvements in housing to the beautification of Bermondsey and opportunities for young women, our film

celebrates the extraordinary vision and legacy of Ada.” This year marks 100 years since Ada Salter was elected as Bermondsey Mayor and her husband, Alfred Salter, became an MP. Sheila Taylor, Coordinator of the Salter Centenary, was the person who first

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Boyfriend raises thousands in honour of his girlfriend

By Isabel Ramirez

isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Herne-Hill man has raised thousands for Guy’s hospital cancer patients after his girlfriend of six months was diagnosed at just 27.

After his partner Lucie Simpson received a devastating cancer diagnosis, Toby Lock has raised over £8,000 to support others facing similar.

Twenty-eight-year-old Toby recently cycled more than 200km in one day in a fundraising ride in honour of girlfriend Lucie - whom he met on dating app Hinge - and to raise funds for Guy’s Cancer Charity.

In February this year, Lucie received the news that she had breast cancer at the age of 27. She said it had always been in the back of her mind that it might happen. “My mum had it when she was 29 - so it was always in the back of my mind. But you never think it’s going to be you.”

She was referred to a team at the Guy’s Cancer, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and quickly began treatment. “It all happened so fast,” Lucie said.

Lucie had five months of chemotherapy before a double mastectomy and is currently undergoing radiotherapy at the Cancer Centre at Guy’s.

“Toby has been so supportive. We’d only been together six months when I got diagnosed!” Lucie explained. “When I got the news, I basically said - ‘are you in or out?’ But he was in, and has been all the way.”

As well as supporting Lucie directly, Toby wanted to give back to the staff at Guy’s to thank them for the care she received.

He said: “Despite it being such a

Lucie undergoing chemotherapy devastating time, the care Lucie has received has been amazing and the team at Guy’s Cancer have made the journey so much easier.”

In July, Toby decided to raise money for the charity by cycling from their home in Herne Hill to St Albans in Hertfordshire, where Lucie is from, to Devizes in Wiltshire where he is from.

He nicknamed the ride “Tour De Luce”.

Toby said: “I’ve been cycling for a few

years now, but nothing like this before.

I did a lot of training, but it was still really difficult.”

The cycle took 14 hours to complete and they’ve currently raised nearly £9,000.

“We just wanted to give back for all of the care that Lucie has had. If fundraising in some way helps someone else to get the cancer treatment that they need, that’s the end goal.”

during December.”

It’s a delay on TfL’s original timescale.

On September 8, Cllr Bentley was reportedly told by TfL that it would take eight weeks to repair. That would have meant the sign would be repaired on November 3.

TfL confirmed that the Bermondsey Station frontage was damaged in a “slow-speed collision” in May and that it is “working to replace the sign as soon as possible”. But it added that the

work is “complicated” which helps to explain the delay.

It’s not the first time the Bermondsey Tube Station sign has run into trouble.

Last year, a bus careered into it while avoiding an oncoming emergency services vehicle, believed to be an ambulance.

The 47 bus mounted the pavement and smashed into the sign at 6.30pm on Tuesday, August 17, cracking windows on the upper deck.

Bermondsey Station sign could be fixed in time for Christmas

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Bermondsey station’s muchmaligned broken sign should be repaired by Christmas, according to a North Bermondsey councillor.

The sign has been broken since May when a lorry reversed into the station’s facade. Since then, it has read ‘Station’ rather than ‘Bermondsey Station’.

Lib Dem Cllr Rachel Bentley, who earlier this month told the News the collapsing canopy was “emblematic of TfL’s struggles”, has received an exciting update.

“Latest from TfL is that Bermondsey tube station’s sign will be fixed in December. Hopefully in time for Christmas,” she tweeted.

Speaking to the News she shared TfL’s official update, which reportedly said: “The survey for structural damage to the canopy has been completed and we have instructed our contractor to proceed with manufacture and installation of the sign panels and associated bracketry.

“The usual timescale for the manufacturing is six to eight weeks, so we can expect the sign to be delivered

Lucie explained that the money is going towards research into the BRCA gene, which is what lead to her developing breast cancer.

Lucie said: “The care I received really was above and beyond anything I was expecting. Everyone involved was fantastic but the nurses were phenomenal.

“I actually miss going in for my chemo!” she added.

Clinical nurse specialist Grainne Finnerty, who worked in the breast cancer team while Lucie was undergoing treatment said: “To know that Lucie is continuing to do so well following the treatment is so heartening and to hear she was so happy with her care really does make everything we do so worth it.”

Following her treatment, Lucie’s care team are positive about her future and she’s recently been able to socialise with friends and begin getting on with her life again.

Toby is already looking at turning Tour De Luce into an annual fundraising event.

To donate to Toby’s fundraising, visit his JustGiving page

Head injury and arrest after ‘fight’ outside The Five Bells pub in New Cross

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A man in his 40s was taken to hospital with a head injury after a fight reportedly erupted outside The Five Bells Pub in New Cross, late last month.

Officers arrived outside 155 New Cross Road with the London Ambulance Service shortly after 1.21am on Sunday, October 23.

The Five Bells pub

having received reports of a fracas.

A 53-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of affray and later bailed while further enquiries are carried out.

The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting CAD 536/23Oct. To remain anonymous contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Young people with a lack of trust in police are giving new recruits at police stations a lesson about stopand-search tactics in a bid to improve relations on the streets.

Elevated Minds - based in Elephant and Castle - delivers programmes to support vulnerable young people facing exclusion from school, mainly from the BAME community.

“Self-fulfilling prophecy is real,” said Doreen Sinclair-McCollin, Director of Elevated Minds. “How children see themselves and behave is often fulfilled through the way they are treated by people in authority.”

One of the programmes they do is Cultural Awareness Training, which sees young people involved in the training of new police recruits in a bid to improve communication between the police and the black community.

Doreen said: “Young people, mainly black young boys, were getting stopped and searched before they were coming to me. So this project was born because they wanted to show the police how they made them feel.”

“There is a huge lack of trust in the police amongst the black community especially, as they often they’re put into a box and don’t feel represented in the force.

She explained the aim of the project is to begin to build confidence and trust in the police from the Black community. “They do this by discussing their experiences of racism, bias and discrimination.

“After this, they suggest solutions. They’re not saying they don’t want stop-and-search; they’re saying they want to see change in the way it’s done and the stereotyping involved.

So far, it’s gone down very well.”

Last week, the young people took their training to new recruits at Peckham police station.

One recruit said: “We’re hearing first-hand the accounts of people who have lived in this area, and what they’ve experienced when it comes to the police. For me, it’s very commendable. At the end of the day, this job is all about protecting the public - so the opportunity for the public to have their say is the best thing for us.

Another recruit added: “These sessions

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should be done more often to remind ourselves why we joined this job and the difference we want to make.”

And Elevated Minds isn’t just influencing new police recruits. Orisa Kolade, 47, a freelance artist and father based in Brockley, signed up to join the force after his son started telling him about what he was learning.

“My 17-year-old son got involved with Elevated Minds last year. Around the same time, my neighbour lost her son to a stabbing. I started going to neighbourhood meetings, but I felt like I needed to do more as people in our community, especially black people, don’t feel protected.

“That’s when my son said I should join the force. I was feeling very passionate about making a change at the time, so I signed up.”

He explained that he didn’t pass one of

the tests to get in. “Being from an artistic background, I struggled with the multiplechoice test. But I’m still trying to pursue other avenues into the Met because I want to see a change.

This week the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley urged new officers to “confront and challenge” racist, misogynistic and homophobic behaviour among their colleagues.

It comes after a report on the force’s misconduct procedures found that the internal disciplinary system is racist and misogynist, and allegations of sexual misconduct or discrimination are less likely to result in a case to answer than other claims.

Sir Mark, who was appointed to his role in September, previously pledged to root out misbehaving Met officers and estimated

that there were hundreds who should have been kicked out of the force.

Speaking at Hendon Police College in north London, at the ‘passing out parade’ this week, Sir Mark told hundreds of newly qualified officers and detectives: “You will find the vast majority of colleagues to be great team mates, but if you are unlucky, I do need you to help the Met on its journey to rebuild trust and confidence.

“I need you to have the confidence to confront and challenge inappropriate behaviour.

“This job has tough moments, but there is never an excuse for abhorrent racism, misogyny, homophobia or ableism.

“The Met on my watch will be ruthless in guarding our standards and integrity.

“Please remember: the standard you walk past, is the standard you endorse.”

Celebrating 50 years of free community theatre in Rotherhithe

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Rotherhithe-based theatre company that offers free community theatre to any age has been named as this year’s best charity in the borough.

London Bubble Theatre Company has been offering community theatre for all for 50 years. They work with the community to find ways of telling the stories of people who feel unheard in society.

Lucy Bradshaw, executive director of Bubble said: “All our activities are free to take part in, which makes London Bubble different from other companies. We never audition and we never charge our members.”

“Given the cost of living crisis it’s more important than ever to reduce barriers to people taking part in creative activities which support good mental health.

“The children we work with are often referred from schools or social services. Lots of them don’t have the tools to communicate.

They have a voice, but are not given the opportunity to express it.

“They may not have many adults they feel they can trust - maybe they’re in-care or in

the youth justice system.”

“This is all about giving them a space to do all of this - and have fun.”

Rotherhithe-based mum, Jasmia Robinson said a Bubble summer holiday club improved her daughter’s confidence.

“Mia-Rose, is an only child, so during the pandemic she couldn’t interact much with other kids. She’d started biting her nails and was really out of touch with socialising when she did go back to school.

“But after going to the drama week at Bubble, her confidence improved massively - and she’d stopped biting her nails. She loved being there - the staff are incredible.

“I really think they provide something that’s necessary in the community. It’s opened up a local circle and gives us the chance to meet our neighbours.”

Bubble has something for all ages.

“Someone could be 8 or 80 - we have something for them,” Lucy said.

The award for Best Charity in the borough was presented last week at the Southwark Business Excellence Awards, held in Elephant and Castle. Lucy added: “Winning the award is great recognition for us - we’re a small company compared to larger ones

in the borough. It’s even more special that we’ve won it in our 50th year of serving the community.” www.londonbubble.org.uk/

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This booster vaccination is being offered following the detection of polio virus in sewage samples taken from north and east London.

Polio is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system. It can cause permanent paralysis of muscles. You can read more about polio at https://bit.ly/polio-leaflets-for-parents

Dr Nancy Küchemann, GP and Co-Chair Partnership Southwark, urges all parents and carers to boost their child’s protection against polio.

Dr Küchemann said: “The polio vaccine is safe and effective and is the best way to prevent polio. All parents and carers will be contacted by the NHS to make an appointment and I would urge them to take up the offer as soon as possible.

Dr Küchemann added: “Please can I also encourage those who don’t have a GP to register at a local surgery.

GPs treat all common medical conditions and provide immunisations to adults and children”.

Where do I get my child’s vaccine?

If your child is registered with a GP, you would have already been contacted by the NHS to book an appointment locally, usually at your GP surgery or at one of Southwark’s Extended Primary Care Service (EPCS) that provide Southwark patients with additional GP and nurse appointments. More information is available at https://bit.ly/SEL-polio-vaccination-sites

What polio vaccinations does my child need?

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It is given when a child is: • 8, 12 and 16 weeks old as part of the 6-in-1 vaccine (DTaP/IPV/Hib/HepB)

Sangeeta Leahy, Director of Public Health, Southwark said: “There are signs the polio virus may be spreading in London and the number of children vaccinated is lower than it should be. Boosting your child’s immunity should help protect them and reduce the risk of the virus continuing to spread.

It is essential your child has all their childhood immunisations to give them the very best protection”.

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Protect your child from polio. Take up your child’s offer of a polio vaccination to further strengthen their protection. https://bit.ly/SEL-polio-vaccination-sites

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Take advantage of the chance to visit Kingsdale Foundation School and see for yourself how we bring the best out of our students. A tour of Kingsdale Foundation School enables you to realise why we receive such glowing reports. In the Autumn term 2022 you will have just that opportunity as we will be holding Sixth Form Open Days for entry in September 2023. Scholarships in Mathematics and the Creative & Expressive Arts are on offer for gifted and talented candidates who meet our entry requirements. Scholars receive free individual or small group tuition provided by expert professionals to the value of £1,000 per annum.

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We also pride ourselves on our excellent links to the best higher education institutions in the world. Residential trips to places such as Harvard and Yale in the USA are being organised once again subject to interest.

Prospective students are invited to come along to our Open Days or join our virtual tours to explore the fantastic opportunities and inspiring state-of-the-art facilities in our dedicated Sixth Form Centre. As Ofsted noted: ‘The range of subjects taught is imaginative, well constructed and contributes well to students’ achievement and their outstanding spiritual, cultural and moral development.’

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he rapid fall of Liz Truss has resulted in Rishi Sunak becoming the third Prime Minister in as many months and the fifth Conservative prime minister in the last twelve years.

In her short time in office, Liz Truss achieved an unprecedented level of recklessness, crashing the economy and forcing up the cost of mortgages by thousands of pounds a year.

Liz Truss made it her priority to cut taxes for millionaires and to increase bankers’ bonuses at the precisely the same time as the majority of UK residents were desperately worried about rising fuel bills and food costs are rocketing for those on low and middle incomes.

She also decided to re-start fracking across the UK, even though there was no new evidence to show that it was safe.

But this disastrous performance was simply the latest chapter in more than a decade of low growth and savage cuts to public services.

Rishi Sunak may be the fifth new Conservative Prime Minister, but there is no change in terms of their disastrous approach to governing our country.

Already Rishi Sunak and his chancellor Jeremy Hunt are looking at further cuts to the public services our communities rely on like the NHS, schools, social care and police, whilst also putting up taxes to pay for the harm their predecessors have done. And Rishi Sunak is on

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It is unacceptable that the Conservatives want working people to pay the price of their disastrous time in government.

Both Shell and BP have recently announced huge, unexpected profits, further demonstrating that Labour’s proposal for a windfall tax on oil and

gas companies is the right thing to do.

The people at the top of the Conservative Party may have changed again, but they have no new ideas and promise only more of the same austerity, cuts to public services and unfair tax increases.

It’s time for a General Election now and a Labour government to start sorting out the mess they have created and set our country on a path to a fairer, brighter future.

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As time goes on, it seems increasingly obvious that e-scooters are here to stay

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s time goes on, it seems increasinly obvious that e-scooters are here to stay.

The Department for Transport (DfT) recently extended hire scheme trials to May 2024.

Meanwhile, Will Norman, London’s walking and cycling commissioner, has said e-scooters can “play a useful role” in London’s transport network by “offering alternatives to car use”.

The expansion of these schemes and praise for e-scooters’ environmental credentials often goes hand-inhand with promises of improved regulation to ensure people’s safety isn’t put at risk. But clearly, this isn’t working.

Only last week, the London Fire Brigade issued new safety warnings about charging e-scooters indoors after a Walworth flat was damaged in a fire caused by a faulty battery. In 2022, there have already been 203 fires believed to have been caused by the e-scooters.

In 2021 there were 1,280 collisions involving e-scooters, compared to 460 in 2020. 309 included one e-scooter with no other vehicles involved in the collision.

And then there is the separate, but related issue of e-bikes. These are nothing new, but their increasing speed and popularity are making them more of an issue.

In this week’s issue, we report on how a small dog was killed by an e-bike as it whizzed through Dulwich Park.

A witness told us that it was going well over the designated 5mph speed limit, although this is unconfirmed.

E-bikes do have some regulations. The motor must stop running once you attain a velocity over 25 km/h (15.5mph) and have a maximum power output of 250Wh. But e-bikes are classified as ‘electrically assisted pedal cycles’ (EAPCs) so cyclists don’t need licences or to fit them with number plates. As a result, there is little chance of catching people who break the law on e-scooters.

There are lots of possible measures that can be taken - tougher restrictions on importing dodgy batteries, putting speakers on vehicles so you can hear when they’re coming, or cracking down on people illegally driving their private e-scooters on the roads.

But the government is not acting fast enough to take serious steps such as these. Instead, we face a ‘wildwest’ situation - where the government gives the implicit thumbs up to these electronic vehicles, while leaving local authorities and local people to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.

cryptic Puzzle Clues Across 4 Drawing of front of ship beside a small boat (6) 8 Brought up in a weddingdress? (7) 9 A stock tune? (6) 10 Acrimony shown by Vincent about control (9) 11 Calf love a longing to some extent (4) 13 He figures in established newspaper (5) 14 Annul a setback (7), 16 Ambassadors, for example, featured in weird tales (7) 18 Yellow for ever, in a literary way (5) 19 Metal for a smooth finish (4) 21 Silly underwear fashionable in a lower degree (9) 22 Matched with mine? (6) 23 Wise old man there’s a second to be found in an old lawgiver 24 Take sustenance in effort for agreement (6)

Clues Down 1 Reef right for wrecking a cargo boat (9) 2 A small fellow ready to turn out at a moment’s notice? (9) 3 The saint to dwindle away (5) 5 Bird of Prey with a light frame? (4) 6 A bullet for a detective? (6) 7 Manage a lever (6) 9 Turning this will make people pay up (5) 11 Rats, for instance, gobbling oil up, become bright red (9) 12 A rising island? (9) 15 This may well have been down some years ago (5) 16 He won’t release his clutches from a girl impetuous (6) 17 Kind of 15 down favoured by animals? (6) 20 A key but he hasn’t come of age (5) 21 Defeat one in a wager (4)

Quick Puzzle Clues Across 4 Kind of brandy (6) 8 Disloyalty (7) 9 Sitting down (6) 10 Foolishness (9) 11 Gown (4) 13 Plump (5) 14 Magazine (7) 16 counsellor (7) 18 Soil (5) 19 Vegetable (4) 21 Sincerely (9) 22 Tolerate (6) 23 Army formation (7) 24 Aptitude (6)

Clues Down 1 Thanks (9) 2 Waterproof sheet (9) 3 Temperamental (5) 5 Comply with (4) 6 Idea (6) 7 Club (6) 9 Stock (5) 11 Residue (9) 12 Army unit (9) 15 Affray (5) 16 Base (6) 17 Hooligan (6) 20 Rapid (5) 21 Smile (4)

Solutions to last week’s crossword Cryptic

Across: 1 Relevant 4 Garb 8 Pastor 10 Ordeal 11 Leave 12 Relic 14 Ensure 17 Denigrate 18 Delighted 22 Soiree 23 Order 24 Annoy 26 Infest 27 Tirade 28 Norm 29 Frighten Down: 1 Rope 2 Listed 1 Violin 5 Avenue 6 Bulletin 7 Arena 9 Recipient 10 Overshoot 13 Lever 15 Steed 16 Omission 18 Differ 19 Least 20 Trying 21 Depart 25 Mean

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Across: 1 Reformed 4 Mess 8 Recess 10 Matter 11 Sedan 12 Totem 14 Listen 17 Retaliate 16 Lightning 22 Hoodoo 23 Anger 24 Trend 26 Loathe 27 Tender 28 Reed 29 Wandered Down: 1 Rare 2 Factor 3 Russet 5 Estate 6 Strength 7 Mania 9 Semaphore 10 Malignant 13 Tepid 15 Sting 16 Bachelor 18 Locate 19 Goths 20 Indeed 21 Gender 25 Grid

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Weiwei curates freedom for prisoners

Every year Koestler Arts invite a top creative to curate their annual exhibition of Prisoner Art at the Southbank Centre and this year it was Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist who himself has lived behind a door locked by others and knows the feeling of having your whole soul suffocated, writes Michael Holland...

Pic by Mark Blower

Weiwei has been openly critical of his country’s lack of democracy and human rights. He has investigated the government and revealed corruption and cover-ups through his art, and it is this that has had him arrested and imprisoned without charge in the past.

Thankfully, with pressure from around the world, Weiwei was released and allowed to leave China.

As the proud recipient of over 20 Koestler Awards, I am a big supporter of the work they do in rehabilitating prisoners so make sure I always attend the annual show.

At the entrance, you are confronted with big works. A massive blindfolded bust almost blocks your way but your eyes look for a way around it and travel up to find a tapestry of an aquarium, the fish swimming freely. But then you realise the dimensions of the artwork are similar to those of a prison cell and you once again remember where you are and why you are there.

I negotiated my route around the gatekeeping bust and was welcomed by an ex-offender, highly trained in exhibition duties, asking if I needed any advice and explaining the feedback forms to me.

I thanked her and stepped into the exhibition proper and was instantly overcome with stifling claustrophobia, the walls and low ceiling were closing in

on me. This was déjà vu at its most dire.

Weiwei had laid out the exhibition like a prison landing. There was the hubbub of behind-the-door chatter coming from the ‘cells’ but when I looked no one was there, just the artwork hung close together, crowded in, banged-up in themes: portraits, animals, birds, landscapes, abstract…

Weiwei has recreated the worst aspects of jail for the exhibition, but that was his intention. He wants visitors to feel as he felt, as I felt and as thousands feel right now. Locked in a cell that at the same time will be your bedroom, dining room and toilet; a cell meant for one that you share with two others. Of course, prisons

are necessary, but the inhumanness of it is not necessary.

My initial thoughts were that hanging the show like the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition or the Whitechapel Open, which is cramming everything in, took away from the quality by adding quantity. But that was until I read Weiwei’s thoughts on this. After looking at over 6500 artworks entered from UK institutions he wanted to be as inclusive as possible and to let the artwork show how humanity responds when put in extreme circumstances. He managed to whittle the number down to more than 1800 to fit into the exhibition space and said: ‘Expressing oneself is a part of

Strange Clays indeed

Fingers and noses poking out of pink plinths, a woodland filled with statues frozen in metamorphosis, rats and slugs waging war on a domestic stage: this clay is strange, indeed, writes Madeleine Kelly...

The Hayward Gallery’s new

in Southwark

exhibition - Strange Clay - invites 23 contemporary artists to showcase the versatile brilliance of clay. The result is a show that is at times sublime and at times baffling but always new. There are some familiar faces, Grayson Perry, Magdalene Odundo and Edmund de Waal are all included,

but the exhibition roams well beyond these names placing the works of more established artists next to newer talent.

In the first room, Jonathan Baldock’s Facecrime, an array of columns sprouting human features, sits next to Betty Goodman’s House of the

being human. To be deprived of a voice is to be told you are not a participant in society; ultimately it is a denial of humanity.’

I had some favourites. I liked the isolated cottage by the coast, the sand and the sky forming the Ukraine flag that was reflected in the blue and yellow flag flying from the chimney. I loved the statue of Boris Johnson, tethered with ropes at the neck and being pulled off its plinth by those who have decided enough is enough of this idiot.

But for me, the best piece was the chess sets - Sweet and Sour - beautifully origamied into the shapes of the chessmen and ready to do battle. It

shows the ingenuity of those with little to do and lots of time to do it. Creating a game that they can play alone or against a friendly cellmate foe.

As well as the visual art there is also the written word to enjoy, with a selection of poems showcased on the walls.

Leave prejudices at the door and go in with an open mind.

South a large frieze whose fragments wriggle across the wall like an ancient fresco come to life. The two pieces are a staggering start to the show, both referencing ancient methods from whose ruins their ceramic practice grows.

The other rooms continually provide fresh spectacles, there’s Klara Kristalova’s ceramic studded woodland whose foliage smells like a sweet field; Liu Jianhua’s white cascade of familiar objects which rolls down the walls and across the floor; or Leila Babirye’s Easter Islandesque statues crowned with bike chains. Unlike with Baldock and Goodman’s pieces, many of the exhibits sit slightly uneasily next to each other, which can allow each new work to either drown out or get lost.

And it could be easy for works to get lost in an exhibition where bigger is often better. Brie Ruais worked with twice her body weight in clay to create two conjoined circular masses in Uncontrollable Drifting Inward and Outward together. Meanwhile, Takuro Kuwata uses traditional techniques to reinterpret Japanese tea bowls on a monstrous scale and one of Babirye’s statues is almost 3 metres tall.

There is something to be said for the power of sheer scale but this show can go astray when it values magnitude over mastery. Ken Price’s large clay

splats look like the vast droppings of an extra-terrestrial being and Baldock’s aforementioned columns look less ruined, more unfinished next to Goodman’s joyful fragments.

But in this vast undertaking of an exhibition, there are also small reminders of clay’s strange powers. Ron Nagle and Edmund de Waal place tiny objects in larger vitrines. Nagle’s objects are abstract interstellar contraptions that leave the viewer perplexed and entranced whilst de Waal’s white vessels draw attention to the space between them, hidden as they are behind walls of various opacity. Even in vast works, intricate details stand out such as in the decorative ceramic beads of Serena Korda’s And She Cried Me A River, in which the loose beads of the huge necklace suggest that the clay may yet fall apart.

There are moments where, in the Hayward’s desire to celebrate and uplift ceramics as an artform, it chooses to overlook a key characteristic of the medium: its fragility. But the devil is in the details and this show has plenty.

Koestler Arts Exhibition, Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX until December 18th. Daily from 10am. Daily tours led by ex-prisoners; for times see koestlerarts.org.uk Admission: Free Some of the entries are for sale: www. koestlerarts.org.uk/shop/

Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX until 8th January. Times: 11am – 9pm, Wednesday; 11am – 7pm, Thursday.

Admission: £15; Concessions available & Southbank Centre Members go free.

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History

‘I was classed as one of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK’

By Isabel Ramirez

isabel@southwarknews.co.uk An Ex-gangland figure, who moved to Walworth after spending eighteen years behind bars, talks to the News about life before and after he was dubbed one of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK and an inspiration for hit TV series Grangs of London.

Photo by Roar Media Creative

Stephen Gillen, 51, was born in London but was then shipped to Belfast at just six months old.

“I lived with aunts and uncles,” he explained. “But it was right in the middle of The Troubles, so I saw a lot of terrible things. It wasn’t uncommon for neighbours to be shooting it out in the flats all night.”

Exposed to violence as a child and suffering the loss of his surrogate mother to cancer, he was sent back to England. “I was the little child on the boat who had nothing. I was searching for a family.

“I experienced foster homes and was in care in the East End - so I was susceptible to grooming.”

“These villains of the day were the only role models I had,” he explained.

“They had all the nice stuff, they had the power; they seemed to have their life together.”

He got swept up into organised crime, being jailed for the first time at just fourteen years old for GBH. “I was a clever but crazy kid, so I progressed quickly. I played the game from the bottom to the top,” he said.

In his early 20s, he was jailed for attempted robbery and firearms offences which saw him serve almost seventeen years in Category A prisons up and down the country. “I was classed as one of the most dangerous criminals in the UK - which sounds silly to say.

“There were obviously more dangerous people than me. But because of the nature of gang warfare and the resistance I showed to being broken in there, I was considered as a threat. So they moved me around a lot.”

Over his life, Stephen said he’s spent around eighteen years behind bars, in over 25 different high-security prisons - at one point he was in the same unit as Charles Bronson.

“Some moves were worse than others. The prisons with a bad name have it for a reason. They’re there to break you.”

He said there wasn’t one moment of ‘epiphany’ but he reached a point where he couldn’t do it anymore. “I got to the stage where I couldn’t cope with how bad I felt about my life and what I’d done. I couldn’t hurt anyone else.”

In 2003, his final release from prison marked the end of his life as a criminal.

“I wanted to get out long before then, but I was involved at such a high level, detaching from that life took time.

“I’d moulded myself into a person, someone I now realise I never really

was.”

When he got out he spent years volunteering and went to university, moving around London. “I lived near Burgess Park for a while - and spent a lot of time around the Blue (Bermondsey).”

Having been through the system, and come out the other end, he is now able to advise criminal justice officials.

“We obviously need a justice system, and we have a lot to be grateful for in this country. But it is flawed.”

He said many people in prison are misdiagnosed. “They have mental

health problems, or they really shouldn’t be in prison. There are other ways to rehabilitate some people.”

“The fact is, there’s too much money spent on containment, instead of on giving people opportunities to step into their real light.

Stephen now uses his experience to help others turn away from crime.

He’s CEO of his own media agency Roar Media Creative and has written two books, including his life story, The Monkey Puzzle Tree - which is being turned into a film next year. In 2019,

he was nominated for an International Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.

He was also one of the inspirations for the hit TV series Gangs of London, which premiered its second series last month. “This was a privilege. It gave me a chance to give back and offer my experience and hope toward making things better for our children and youth.”

Now, with three children, wife Daphne and the life of crime behind him, he said he will not stop giving back. “Part of transformation is that

you have to forgive yourself, which includes being accountable for your actions. Not just giving lip service, but really owning it,” he added.

“I’ve been moving forward now for many years.”

“I get lots of messages from people who are in dark places, who see what I’m doing now and it gives them hope.

That’s what’s important to me.

Stephen’s books are available to buy on his website www.stephengillen.com Catch the new series of Gangs of London on Sky Atlantic and Apple TV now.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (REDCROSS WAY, ST AIDANS ROAD, TANNER STREET, GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, REYNOLDS ROAD) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we STEFANO CAZZATO 2 TROTHY ROAD Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of STEFANO CAZZATO 2 TROTHY ROAD SE1 5RR LONDON The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

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 at any time in:

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Monday to Saturday

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(a) Redcross Way, between No’s 50, outside Redcross Gardens (b) St Aidans Road, between No’s 5 (c) Tanner Street, at it’s junction with Archie Street (d) Great Suffolk Street, south bound lane of carriageway, between Lavington Street and Dolben Street (e) Reynolds Road, north bound lane of carriageway, between Cheltenham Road and Borland

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

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The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Marshalsea Road, Southwark Bridge Road, Union Street (2b) St Aidans Road, Forest Hill Road, Dunstans Road. (2c) as indicated by the signs displayed. (2d) Great Suffolk Street, Great Guildford Street, Union Street, (2e) Cheltenham Road, Hichisson Road

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.

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The existing ‘one-way’ working in Redcross Way, located between Marshalsea Road and Union Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2a)

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The existing ‘one-way’ working in Tanner Street, located between No’s 31 and Bermondsey Street, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes (2c)

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.

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The existing ‘one-way’ restrictions at Great Suffolk Street and Union Street junctions will be temporarily removed to allow for a vehicle diversion for (2d)

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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.

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

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 at any time in:

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (CAMBERWELL GROVE, SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD, COPPERFIELD STREET) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

(a) Camberwell Grove, between Mcneil Road and Grovelands Close (b) Southwark Park Road, between Reverdy Road and Longley Street (c) Southwark Park Road, between Almond Road and Raymouth Road (d) Copperfield Street, at it’s junction with Great Suffolk Street to the side of No’s 53 Great Suffolk Street.

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The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) as indicated by the signs displayed (2b) Southwark Park Road, St James Road, Rolls Road, Dunton Road (2c) Southwark Park Road, Raymouth Road, Rotherhithe Road, Galleywall Road (2d) as indicated by the signs displayed

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 18th November. (2b) 19th – 20th November (2c) 24th – 25th November (2d) 21st – 30th November

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

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Yasmeen Mohammad Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Burgers & Shakes, 94 Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4RZ The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

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Date of application: 25th October 2022

Dated this 3rd November 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) 6295/00146795-00000006-lanes (2b) DBNN/000031674170-001-thamesW (2c) 6273/00123021-00000002-lanes (2d) DBNN/22-05-004-JSM/GTC (2e) DBNN/6340-05-thames

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Dated this 3rd November 2022

The provision of late night refreshment:

Monday to Saturday Sunday

23:00 23:00

02:00 00:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday Sunday

11:00 11:00

02:00 00:00

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) (2a) NDBN/00176197-00000002-lanes (2b) 6200/ LBSCR12549-nationwide (2c) 6267/ XTD-13-18-241122-keltbray (2d)6286/33166611-UKPN

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: 22nd September 2022

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – 22/23 Q2 The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (MTS 2223-Q2) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (MTS 2223-Q2) Order 202* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The effect of the orders would be:(a) in CAMBERWELL GREEN on all sides of its south-easternmost extremity (o/s Block M Peabody Buildings) convert 16m of existing SYLs to DYLs; (b) in DOCKHEAD within CPZ ‘G’, convert all existing 'permit' to 'shared-use' and all existing SYLs to DYLs (i) north side from o/s Nos. 33/35 Dockhead and its junction with Parkers Row and (ii) south side from a point opposite a point 6m west of the common boundary of No. 37 and 39 Dockhead and its junction with Parkers Row; (c) in GALLEYWALL ROAD south-east of its junction with Hyson Road (i) north-east side remove 7.5m of existing 'short stay ' parking (28m remains) and add DYLs to accommodate, and (ii) south-west side update 16m existing SYLs to DYLs; (d) in GROVE VALE within CPZ 'ED', south-west side o/s Nos. 38 to 46 Grove Vale convert 20m of existing free 'short stay' parking to new 'stop and shop' pay parking in which either:- (i) vehicles may be left free of charge for up to 30 minutes, or (ii) vehicles which have paid the parking charge may be left for up to 2 hours, the first 30 minutes of which parking session would be free of charge, provided no vehicle may return to a parking place within 2 hours, between the hours of 8:30am and 6:30pm on Monday to Saturday inclusive; (e) in GROVE VALE within CPZ 'ED', add new SKBs operating Mon-Fri 8.30 am-6.30 pm on existing DYLs (i) north-east side o/s Nos. 23 to 27 Grove Vale (15.5m), and (ii) south-west side between Nos. 24 to 32 Grove Vale (25.5m); (f) in HALF MOON LANE formalise existing DYLs on the south-east side at its junction with Norwood Road; (g) in HERNE HILL formalise existing SYLs on the south-east and east side between its junction with Carver Road and its junction with Ruskin Walk, and formalise existing SKBs on the south-east and east side between its junctions with Carver Road and a point 5m north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 145 and 147 Herne Hill; (h) in HYSON ROAD south-west of its junction with Galleywall Road south-east side amend existing DYLs to accommodate a new build-out; (i) in NORWOOD ROAD formalise (i) existing loading bay for the purpose of loading only, operating 'at any time' north-east side o/s No. 39 Norwood Road (9m), and (ii) existing DYLs on the east side from its junction with Half Moon Lane; (j) in PARKERS ROW within CPZ ‘G’, convert all existing 'permit' to 'shared-use' and all existing SYLs to DYLs on both sides between southernmost extremity and south of its junction with Dockhead; (k) in POPE STREET (i) north-west and south-west side convert all existing SYLs to DYLs and (ii) add SKBs on the south-west side opposite No. 12 Pope Street, south-east and north-east add SKBs throughout - all new SKBs to operate 8am-7pm every day of the week; (l) in RYE LANE west side, formalise (i) existing inset loading bays for the purpose of loading only, operating 8.30 am to 6.30 pm Monday to Saturday (max stay 40m and no return within 2hrs) o/s No. 2 Rye Lane (12m) and o/s Nos. 20 to 22a Rye Lane (18m), and (ii) an existing 'limited stay' DPPP operating at any time (max stay 3hrs); (m) in SUMNER ROAD within CPZ ‘R’, south-west side o/s No. 272 Sumner Road, reduce 'shared-use' by 8.5m (37m remains), add 'limited stay' DPPP operating at any time (max stay 2hrs, no return within 4 hrs) and 2m new DYLs; (n) in TALFOURD ROAD within CPZ ‘PR’, south-west side o/s No. 80 Talfourd Road, split and remove 8m 'permit' and add DYLs to accommodate; (o) in TANNER STREET north-west side o/s Nos. 59-71 Tanner Street, convert 30m SYLs to DYLs and amend the operating hours of existing SKBs to operate 8am-7pm every day of the week; (p) in WALWORTH ROAD south-west side, o/s Nos. 278 and 280 Walworth Road change the operating hours of an existing loading bay for the purpose of loading only to operate 7am-7pm every day of the week (max stay 40m and no return within 2hrs); (q) add new DYLs in ALLEYN PARK west side o/s No. 9 Alleyn Park (9m) and east side o/s No. 16 Alleyn Park (6m), BOWEN DRIVE south-west side o/s Oldham House Bowen Drive (10.5m), CAMBERWELL GREEN on all sides of its south-easternmost extremity o/s Block M Peabody Buildings (9.5m), DULWICH WOOD AVENUE north-east side across the vehicular access near No. 36 Oakfield Gardens (9.5m), HATCHAM ROAD east side opposite No. 51 Hatcham Road (20m), ORMSIDE STREET east side opposite Nos. 143 and 145 Ormside Street (5m), and SOUTH CROXTED ROAD north-east side o/s No. 76 South Croxted Road (8m).

NOTES: (1) ‘DPPP’ refers to disabled persons parking places which may only be used by vehicles displaying a valid disabled persons 'blue badge' (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed; ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ listed or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the permitted hours. (3) In reference to 'stop and shop' pay parking mentioned in item 2(a), a parking session must be registered with the Council’s ‘Pay by Phone’ provider to obtain the 30 minutes free of charge parking in addition to a longer charged-for stay. The ‘Pay by Phone’ provider will calculate the total parking charge for the parking session payable automatically upon registering. (4) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions ‘SKBs’ refer to timed loading restrictions and ‘DKBs’ refer to 'at any time' loading restrictions. (5) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (6) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking

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Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Untype Limited Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Unit 6 Bridgehouse Court, 39 Webber Street, London, SE1 8QW The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days

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The supply of alcohol:

Monday to Sunday

08:00

22:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Monday to Sunday

08:00

22:00

The provision of late night refreshment

Monday to Sunday

08:00

22:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Sunday

08:00

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: 28th October 2022

Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Mathisuthan have made application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of Mac's Express - 2 Friary Road, Peckham, LONDON, SE15 1AQ The proposed variation is as follows: Extension of opening hours Days

Start time

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The retail sale of alcohol:

Monday to Sunday

00:00

00:00

Opening hours:

Monday to Sunday

00:00

00:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 29th October 2022

3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that it has approved under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the provision of a revised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing layout in COLLEGE ROAD, the centre of which would be located at a point 10.5m north of the common boundary of Nos. 124 and 126 College Road and which would provide a crossing facility across both the existing cycle lane and the main carriageway of College Road. ‘Zig-zag’ markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times, would be laid on both sides of the main carriageway of College Road for a distance of up to 16m on each side of the crossing.

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4. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999 and the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, propose to construct a speed table of flat-top construction having a maximum height level with the surrounding kerb in COLLEGE ROAD covering the entire width of the carriageway and cycle lane at the site of the ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing in item 3 above, extending from a point 6m north of the common boundary of Nos. 124 and 126 College Road northward for a distance of 9.5m.

Cut off is 2pm every Tuesday

5. For more information about these proposals please contact Katie Houselander of the council's Highways – Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 6. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of the Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Orders 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 Orders are made.

Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details.

7. Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223-022 MTS Q2’ by 24 November 2022. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

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

Dated 3 November 2022 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ALBION STREET)

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; WEBBER STREET STREETWORKS WEBBER STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 22/AP/3721) Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 15.0m Phase 9 slimline Monopole and associated ancillary works. Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) GRANGE COTTAGE GRANGE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7LH (Ref: 22/AP/3540) Demolition of existing Grange Cottage and the construction of part-one, part-two storey dwelling, including basement excavation, terrace construction and new green roofing (Within: Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Zoe Brown ) 1 PUMP HOUSE CLOSE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 7HS (Ref: 22/AP/3745) Extension of existing mezzanine floor, alteration to internal layout, and insertion of new second floor mezzanine level containing new bedroom. and bathroom. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 5A WESTMORELAND ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 2AX (Ref: 22/AP/2745) Retrospective erection of a single storey rear extension to provide a staff room (Within: Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Michèle Sterry 020 7525 5453) PAVEMENT OUTSIDE COSTA COFFEE RYE LANE LONDON SE15 5DW (Ref: 22/AP/3758) Installation of an internally illuminated freestanding double-sided digital advertisement unit - advertised space measuring 1065mm x 1895mm. (Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Sean Gomes 020 7525 0666) Dated: 01 Nov 2022 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth

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TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF DISABLED PARKING SPACES 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that because of development works, It intends, to make an order the effect of which will be to suspend and relocate sections of disabled parking spaces in Albion Street

2.

Whilst works are in progress or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, the following sections of disabled parking spaces will be temporarily suspended and re-located: (a) Albion Street: North eastern side, 11m of disabled parking spaces will be suspended/removed and relocated on the south western side of Albion Street located outside No.38

3.

The restriction will come into force on the 18th November 2022 – 26th February 2023.

4.

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

Dated this 3rd November 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:re-locateDB

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Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing

Former Lynn fighter aims for world title shot

Ellie Scotney took the European super-bantamweight belt from the champion

The Catford fighter, right, always looked in control

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk FORMER LYNN ABC amateur Ellie Scotney remains unbeaten in the professional ranks and now has her eye on the world stage after she claimed the European superbantamweight title by beating

Mary Romero at Wembley Arena last weekend.

Catford’s Scotney, 24, always looked in control and got the decision 9793, 97-94 and 96-94 on the judges’ scorecards after ten rounds.

Spain’s Romero, 37, was making her third defence of the title she won in 2020. Scotney’s professional record is

now 6-0.

Scotney put the pressure on early and rocked Romero with two rights in the fourth round before catching her opponent with a big left uppercut in the eighth.

Romero, knowing she was behind and needing a knockout, rallied in the last round but couldn’t do

the necessary damage as Scotney deservedly claimed the title.

Scotney – who is signed to Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing promoters – now hopes her latest victory lands her a world title shot.

“She threw us a bit when she backed off so it was a bit of adjusting on the go but I can do it in big fights, so it’s

Frustrating weekend for Canada Water

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CANADA WATER endured frustrating results in their respective league campaigns last weekend.

The club’s under-13s drew 3-3 at Ebbsfleet United Whites with the visitors’ goals scored by Sebastian Levenson Lao (2) and Daniel Samardzhiev.

Canada Water had a number of other opportunities but had to settle for a point ahead of their next game against Dynamo Youth.

The under-16s drew 1-1 away to Cobham Colts FC to continue their unbeaten start to the season, Mecca Maxime-Samuels on the mark.

Both sides struck the woodwork in a goalless first half before the home side took the lead after the break. But Canada Water didn’t panic and got back on level terms after David Cole was fouled 25 yards out following an impressive run and Maxime-Samuels fired home the resulting free-kick.

Despite the away side having their chances, goalkeeper Vinnie Sammland was called into action at the other end as he produced some excellent saves to ensure his team got a point.

Next up for the under-16s is a London

Cup first round game against Eltham Town.

Meanwhile, the club’s under-10 Dockers lost 2-0 away to Lewisham Project FC, their first defeat of the season.

Canada Water coach Charlie Pearce said: “In a game which the team

Canada Water under-13s

dominated they frustratingly didn’t have their shooting boots on, with both goals being scored on the counter.

“The team is a brand-new team and for the group to have the start that they have had is a fantastic achievement and one they should all be proud of. The team now face the challenge of coming back

from this disappointment in their next game looking to positively bounce back.”

The Dockers next face Kekoa.

The under-10 Porters saw their match at Cray Valley postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. They will hope to be back in action against Blackheath Rhinos Black.

promising,” Scotney said ringside after the bout.

“Taking [the title] from the champion...she beat two undefeated prospects [to retain the belt] so I made sure I ended that run.

“I want [Cherneka] Johnson for the IBF so that’s what we’re going to be working towards early next year.”

Hearn added: “I expect her to be mandatory now for the IBF world title.

It’s been the perfect development – [Jorgelina] Guanini, [María Cecilia] Román as well and now Romero.

There are no other levels to go to other than the world championship now.

“We represent [world superbantamweight champion] Mayerlin Rivas as well, that could be a big unification down the line. But I think Cherneka Johnson will be next and we’ll push for her to become mandatory.”

Scotney was supposed to fight on the undercard of the Conor Benn-Chris Eubank Jr bout that was called off last month after Benn returned a positive drug test.

“Well done to her for staying ready from the Benn-Eubank fallout,” Hearn said. “It’s difficult for the undercard to get rescheduled. She’s had her day, she got to fight on the Katie Taylor undercard as well and become European champion.”

Scotney’s trainer, Shane McGuigan, agreed his fighter can go for a world title bout next. He said: “I think she’s ready, she’s done ten rounds for a third time.

“It shows she’s able to go through the gears, hold her fitness and I think she’s ready for world honours.”

Surrey stars far flung for winter club cricket

By Sport Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk A NUMBER of Surrey players are heading to Australia this winter – the first time since the pandemic they will be able to play club cricket Down Under.

Ben Geddes will be on the west coast in Perth to play for Kensington Cricket Club in the South Australian Grade Cricket League.

Cameron Steel will also be in Perth while Nico Reifer will feature for Gold Coast.

Josh Blake will play for Sydney’s Hawkesbury Cricket Club in the New South Wales Premier Cricket League, as well as train at The International Cricket Programme.

Dan Worrall is in Adelaide where he is also studying.

Laurie Evans will be with the Perth Scorchers in Australia’s Big Bash League in December and January.

Meanwhile, this month Gus Atkinson will be playing for the Northern Warriors in the Abu Dhabi T10. He will be joined in the Middle East by Evans who will be with the Chennai Braves.

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Photo by Rob Avis

Nana spot on as Dulwich recover

By Jeff Burnige sport@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL LIONESSES are five points clear at the top of the London & South East Regional Women’s Football League after their nervy 3-1 victory at Aylesford last weekend.

The Hamlet claimed a fourth league win of the season

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET boss Paul Barnes praised his players after they came from 1-0 down to beat National League South promotion hopefuls St Albans City 2-1 last weekend.

Shaun Jeffers gave the hosts the lead in the sixth minute but the Hamlet were level just eleven minutes later as Kyran Wiltshire put through his own net.

Dulwich got what proved to be the winner in the 53rd minute when Nana Owusu scored from the penalty spot after a handball decision.

It was Dulwich’s fourth win in fourteen league games this season and kept them out of the relegation zone, though only on goal difference above Concord Rangers.

The Hamlet bounced back from a

1-0 home defeat against Worthing the previous Tuesday.

Barnes was asked how his heart rate was after a tense finale.

“Just about slowing. The grey hair is probably a lot worse than it was before the game. But so pleased, so pleased,” Barnes told Dulwich’s media.

“We deserved something on Tuesday but didn’t get it so I was so pleased we won [Saturday] for everybody.

“Everybody left everything out there.

We talked about it in there afterwards.

I will also get a little bit emotional and personable and speak from the heart. I just said to them it’s about people, you find out about people when you’re in tough times. I don’t think anybody has let anyone down.

“There have been ups and downs...we had some honest conversations and to a man you trust everybody in there. So it’s

brilliant.”

There was a first league start for Kalvin Kalala, who had been sidelined with injury since joining from Dartford in the summer.

Barnes was pleased with Kalala’s performance but knows there is more to come from the winger.

He said: “We know what he’s all about, everyone at the club can’t wait to get him back. He was exactly what we told him to go and be – be a threat, go and enjoy yourself, get at your man constantly. And he was that.

“If I could be a little bit over-obsessive I’d have liked him to score and I think he should have scored. I think he should have had a goal contribution.

“The standards he sets as well, he wants to be in the Football League and we want to help him get there.”

Kalala was relieved to finally be back out

Nana Owusu scored the winner on the pitch.

“For me everything was good today because obviously we won,” he said.

“Personally after my first game of the season starting I feel really good.

“I was waiting for that for so long.

Playing now makes me so happy. I can’t wait to give more and show what I can do to the fans, for all the support they’ve given to us as well.”

Meanwhile, the Hamlet’s scheduled league game against Weymouth on Tuesday was called off.

Barnes’s side are back at Champion Hill at 3pm this Saturday when they take on fourteenth-place Hampton & Richmond Borough.

Dulwich have been drawn away against Taunton Town in the second round of the FA Trophy. That game will be played on Saturday, November 19.

Justice served as keeper heroics help Fish through

Red alert as Menace hit for five

By John Kelly

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk JUSTICE OWUSU produced three brilliant saves as Fisher beat AFC Stoneham on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first round of the FA Vase last weekend.

Remarkably, it was almost an identical outcome to the previous week when the Fish thought they were through following penalties after a 2-2 draw, only for the Football Association to order the game to be replayed due to the referee erring in not allowing a Stoneham player who had been sin-binned late on to take part in the shootout.

Ajay Ashanike’s side had to do it the hard way again after falling two goals behind against the Wessex League Premier Division side.

It took the visitors just five

minutes to level following the hosts’ fourteenth-minute opener.

Alli Abdullahi swept a pass across the pitch to Darnelle Bailey-King who beat his opponent on the left before crossing for Jacob Katonia to control and finish for a brilliantly worked goal.

But just as they were back in it Fisher quickly conceded again and went in behind at half-time.

There was a quadruple-blow for Ashanike when the influential Isaac Thompson was forced off injured, Manny Shoderu was sin-binned for dissent, the hosts went 3-1 up and Katonia had a penalty saved.

However, Fisher were not going to go out of a cup competition without a fight – with the experience of eight games in the FA Cup behind them this season – and got one back in the 78th minute through Joseph Adewunmi from Bailey-King’s cross.

Nine in a row for Lionesses

And four minutes from time, Katonia atoned for his miss when he showed some excellent footwork in the box before finding Cedric Nganga for the equaliser with four minutes left.

There was little doubt who the hero of the shootout was. Luke Thomas, Jed Brown and Manny Brown scored from twelve yards but it was goalkeeper Owusu who produced the decisive saves with three to help send his side through.

Fisher have been drawn against Jersey Bulls of the Combined Counties League in the second round of the competition for clubs in Steps 5 and 6 of the football pyramid. That game will take place on Saturday, November 12.

Fisher are away at Canterbury City in the SCEFL Premier Division this Saturday. Kick-off is at the earlier time of 2pm.

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk PECKHAM TOWN suffered a heavy 5-1 defeat at Red Velvet in their Kent County Premier Division clash in Sidcup last weekend.

The Menace went in front in the seventh minute when David Gabor was alert to finish after Nicky Meta’s shot had come back off the post and rolled across the goalline.

In an end-to-end game the sides went in level at the break but the hosts ensured they would take the three points with three goals in a seven-minute spell.

Red Velvet added another as they inflicted a seventh league defeat in twelve games on Mary Phillips’ side this season.

Peckham are ninth in the sixteen-team league.

Peckham travel to Rusthall Rovers in the Barry Manklow Inter-Regional Challenge Cup this Saturday. Kick-off is 1.30pm.

Always a difficult fixture for the Lionesses, they found yet another opponent determined to end this great run with a strong defensive operation.

Aylesford started well and created a couple of chances, but it was Millwall knocking on the door, and after 34 minutes Otesha Charles saw her excellent strike saved only for midfielder Maisie Joyce to follow up and make it 1-0.

Joyce scored four the previous week and clearly has a hunger for more. It was a surprise when the hosts equalised right on halftime with a good header from a free-kick, thus ending a run of four clean sheets for Millwall.

The pressure from the Lionesses became more and more intense in the second half but some heroic defending from Aylesford was frustrating them, until manager Jack Wheeler decided to make a triple substitution on 65 minutes, bringing on striker Lucy Jellett and midfielders Grace Seely and Ella Bailey both making their return from injury. Constant pressure seemed certain to bring the winner, but after Jellett hit the bar on 78 minutes the home keeper brilliantly tipped over the rebound.

Finally, on 83 minutes, the inevitable goal came, and it was from the deadly top-scorer Charles.

Aylesford had given their all, so Millwall were now dominant if a little anxiously protecting their one-goal lead. That anxiety eased in the last minute when Sophie Chapman hit a great shot which was again well-saved by the overworked keeper, but Jellett pounced on the rebound and made the points safe at 3-1.

The Lionesses’ lead and nine successive wins means that every opponent will be as determined as Aylesford were, but the next three games are in three different cups so their lead in the league will survive.

It is Richmond Park at home in the League Cup on Sunday at 3pm. That is followed by a prestige clash against third-tier Gillingham in the first round the Women’s FA Cup also at St Paul’s the following Sunday.

Millwall are still two divisions below their opponents following their administrative relegation of 2019, but this is a milestone in their return towards the top levels of Women’s football.

This should be a high-standard game, with the Lionesses playing the strange role of the underdog.

Southwark News, Thursday November 3 2022 SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Huddersfield Town - 1 Nakayama 9’ Millwall - 0 Date: Saturday 29 October 2022 Attendance: 17,717 Referee: Stephen Martin Man of the match: Sorba Thomas

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Terriers end lions’ unbeaten run

MILLWALL’S FIVE-MATCH unbeaten run was ended by Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions travelled to West Yorkshire on the back of a four-match winning streak that saw them climb into the top six for the first time since the opening day of the season, and it was clear that confidence was high.

The Terriers, however, were sat at the very bottom of the table after a dire start to the campaign, meaning that the visitors were listed as the heavy favourites before the clash. A grey, rainy afternoon up north hardly set the scene, and the opening stages of the match were far from inspiring.

It always felt like a moment of magic or madness would split the teams and it ended up being a combination of the two. In the ninth minute, Yuta Nakayama broke free down the left flank, firing an overhit cross that looped over goalkeeper George Long and flew into the back of the net to give the hosts the lead.

Gary Rowett’s men had failed to take control early on in the match, but they lost all their composure after the opener as the atmosphere ramped up at the John Smith’s Stadium and Huddersfield pushed for a second goal. They came close from a series of corners before David Kasumu opted to take aim from distance, forcing Long into a good save.

Danny McNamara had to clear a fourth corner off the line, but just when it looked like Millwall were about to cave in, Ollie Turton went down with an injury that allowed them the chance to take a breather and reset while the defender was subbed off.

Former Huddersfield man Scott Malone brought down Sorba Thomas down the left flank, giving the hosts a free-kick just

Fluke goal decides clash in West Yorkshire as Lions fail to threaten outside the box. The winger played the ball low to Kasumu, who totally missed the ball with his shot before first-half substitute Duane Holmes tested tested Long from outside the box.

The final chance of the half came when Millwall gave the ball away in the final third, allowing Holmes to break down the left. His powerful cross found Thomas, whose low header was saved by Long before the Welshman scooped the rebound across the face of goal.

The Lions truthfully could’ve been two or three goals down at the break and failed to register a single shot in the first half. On the plus side, Huddersfield took

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their foot off the gas at the start of the second period, but Millwall were unable to threaten either.

However, Mark Fotheringham’s side had the first real chance after the restart when Holmes played Danny Ward into the box after 62 minutes, with the striker firing his close-range curling effort wide of the post. Four minutes later, they threatened again when Kasumu set up Holmes on the counter. Charlie Cresswell put in a challenge in the box, with Holmes going down under the pressure, but referee Stephen Martin considered it to be a dive.

The Terriers pushed forward again, this time in numbers. With the ball at the feet

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Millwall mustered just one shot on target for the third time this season

of Jack Rudoni Millwall closed the ball down, forcing the former Wimbledon man to take aim from distance, firing narrowly over the crossbar.

With eight minutes left to play, the visitors were presented with their best chance of the game. Two substitutes combined as George Honeyman’s cross found Tyler Burey in the box, with the youngster just about making contact with the ball. However, Nicholls was able to rush back just in time to claim it off the line.

It was ultimately a sign that the Lions had nothing left to offer. Although Huddersfield looked to wind down the clock in the dying stages, Rowett admitted that his

side “could’ve played another five minutes and probably wouldn’t have scored”. The Millwall boss was keen to move on quickly as his side dropped down to eighth ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Birmingham City.

Huddersfield: 4-2-3-1: Nicholls; Turton (Holmes 31’), Lees, Helik, Nakayama; Kasumu (Boyle 88’), Camara; Thomas, Rudoni, Jackson; Ward (Rhodes 68’) Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara (Honeyman 76’), Cresswell, Cooper, Malone (Burey 59’); Shackleton, Mitchell (Evans 83’); Voglsammer (Bennett 77’); Flemming, Styles; Bradshaw (Afobe 60’)

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Millwall face final home clash before the World Cup Lions looking to continue red-hot form at The Den ahead of the international break

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL ARE looking to improve their impressive home record as they host Hull City at The Den.

Gary Rowett’s side have won seven of their nine home matches so far this season

The Lions had the second best home record in the entire division heading into the most recent round of midweek fixtures, picking up 21 points from their nine matches in SE16 so far this season.

Manager Gary Rowett has always stressed that his side’s top-six ambitions will likely hinge on their form in South Bermondsey, and there is a notable gap between the quality of Millwall’s performances at home and on the road.

It means that there’s an increased pressure to pick up points at The Den, especially against sides like Hull that have struggled so far this season.

The Tigers were optimistic heading

into the campaign after their takeover

by Turkish celebrity Acun Ilıcalı. They signed a number of big names like Ozan Tufan and Jean Michaël Seri, but they have failed to have the desired effect since arriving in East Yorkshire.

Hull sat eighteenth in the table heading into their clash against Middlesbrough on Wednesday, winning just six of their first seventeen games. It forced them to sack boss Shota Arveladze, with Andy Dawson still in place as interim manager heading into Saturday’s match. Liam Rosenior is the heavy favourite to take over, but it remains to be seen whether or not an appointment will be made in time for their trip to South London.

Despite their recent 1-0 loss against Blackburn Rovers, their form has improved recently, and Rowett isn’t surprised to see this given the quality in their squad.

“They’ve got some good players,” he

told the News.

“Not long ago they had the top scorer in the league in [Óscar] Estupiñán, who was a player that we looked at in the summer window.

“They’ve got players there, the likes of [Ryan] Woodsy who we know can get on the ball and dictate any game.

“They have good players like any team in this division. Whether they’ve found the right balance or the right level of consistency, again, is not really for me to be concerned about.

We’ll just look at their strengths and we’ll look at where we can hurt them.

“At home, again, we think we can beat anyone, but it doesn’t mean to say we’ll take anyone lightly. I think they’re very different situations.

“We’ll go there well prepared and we know that we’ve got to work as hard as we can to see if we can win yet another home game.”

Millwall will be without Ryan Leonard and Shaun Hutchinson [both

hamstring] for Saturday’s game, while question marks remain over Benik Afobe [knee] and Murray Wallace [groin]. Rowett should have the rest of his squad available barring any late injuries, but may opt to rotate his team after Wednesday’s match against Birmingham City.

matCh details Possible Millwall starting XI: 4-2-3-1

Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Malone; Mitchell, Saville; Voglsammer, Flemming, Bennett; Bradshaw

Match odds:

Millwall 17/20 Draw 12/5 Hull 16/5

Last meeting:

Championship (April 18, 2022): Millwall 2-1 Hull (Malone 51’, Bradshaw 55’; Eaves 87’)

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Adapting to new styles Millwall midfielder finds his feet in new formation, as top-six charge continues

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By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk CALLUM STYLES knows what it’s like to handle a play-off chasing campaign in the Championship.

The 22-year-old helped Barnsley reach the top six in 2020-21, a season in which they finished fifth before missing out on a trip to Wembley at the hands of Swansea City.

The Tykes, much like Millwall, were massive underdogs for promotion back then, and there’s a clear mentality that is required of the players in order to achieve such a feat against all the odds.

The Lions, however, have a fine in place for when players talk about their position in the league table, but this isn’t necessary for Styles, who is laser focused on what he wants to achieve during his loan spell.

“It’s easy to get carried away with where you are at the start of the season, but it’s all about where you finish,” he told the News.

“I think, instead of looking at that, we need to focus on each game. That’s why that fine is there, for us lads to focus on each game.

“It’s easy for complacency to find its way into us players and as a team, so it’s all about keeping that focus. If we’re winning, we want to keep that focus and we want to win more, and obviously if

we lose it’s the focus to bounce back and get another win under our belts.”

The only reason why that could become an issue is because Millwall are challenging at the very top of the division, something which has only materialised in the last three weeks.

The Lions occupied a place in the top six after beating West Brom at The Den on October 22, a result which extended their unbeaten run to five games.

Many players have highlighted a shift in mentality in recent weeks, but Styles points to both the formation and the fierce competition for places in the first-team squad.

“I think part of it is the formation, because obviously we changed it and went on a run, it might have been a good change at a good time and that’s obviously kicked us on.

“I also think the mentality of the group has changed a lot with us just wanting to win a lot more, and I can’t really put my finger on it, but there’s very good competition in each position, that’s a big part of it as well.

“That’s a big part of it as well. For some people, I don’t know which players specifically, they can get a bit complacent when there’s not really that competition in their position.

“It’s good to have that competition.

It’s like when you’re on that winning run, you need things in place to not get complacent.”

In order to achieve their goal, Millwall

will simply have to win more games than they did last season. Rowett has already highlighted the need to turn more draws into wins, and Styles agrees that they have to be more ruthless in order to pick up a tally that could give them a chance of winning promotion to the Premier League.

“It’s a weird one because you’d think a draw isn’t a bad result, but it kind of catches you out.

“If you were to draw ten games, it’s near enough the same to only winning three and losing seven but the ten draws sound a lot better because you’re not losing.

“In the end, you’re not really gaining much from drawing a lot of games.

Sometimes you just have to go for it, and it pays off sometimes and sometimes it doesn’t.

“If you went through the season winning one game and losing the next, I think you’d be very high up in the table.

“It’s so weird because you’d you’d go away to a really tough ground like Birmingham and think a draw is a really good point, but then again if you were to just do 50/50 in every game, it’s a massive difference.

“Sometimes you have to start the games well and really go for it, but there have to be times where, as a team, you don’t turn up, there’s things missing or the opponents are dealing with you well.

“It’s at those times where a point is

better than no points, so you have to adapt to the game and take the draw.”

On a personal note, Rowett has issued a challenge to Styles. It’s no secret that he, along with most of the club’s summer signings, were brought in to play in a back five. However, the Lions have since changed to a 4-23-1 formation, and the Hungarian international needs to find his best place in the starting lineup.

A natural midfielder, he has also featured at left-back and out wide, making him a versatile option that can fill in where required in Millwall’s incredible flexible squad.

“When I first came in, I was straight in at left wing-back in a back five, then I played a game and a half in centre-mid and obviously now I’m operating off the bench and now at right wing.

“I think my offensive skills suit playing at right wing. Obviously I’m a centre-mid but if the gaffer sees me best as the best fit on the right wing then I think I’m a good asset there.

“Hopefully I can get a few more goals, but the main thing is that I want to play on the pitch. Sometimes in the season or in your career you want to play in a certain position, but if the gaffer thinks you should play somewhere else you just have to adapt to that and play your best there to do the best for the team.”

By playing games, crucially in multiple different positions, Styles is forming new bonds with his teammates as they

begin to learn about him and his style of play, and vice versa.

It can certainly be seen as an important factor in Millwall’s improvement, even if it has taken quite a while for everything to click into place in order for them to mount a serious challenge at the top of the league.

“It’s important and it takes time, but the more days you get to train, the more you get to know the players, the more they get to know you, what you do, and what your best attributes are.

“I think I’m still getting to know the players, especially the ones around me, and it’s exciting to see where we can get to this season.

“I think it’s been more of an overall click. Obviously the new lads are involved in that, but everyone is on the same page from what we want to do in each game. The morale of the team is really good, as is the togetherness.

“I think all of those factors added together create a good atmosphere and a good group, so hopefully it’ll prove to be successful.”

Above all, Styles seems to be a perfect fit for this Millwall team in terms of personality, although he admits: “I wouldn’t say it’s perfect, because I wouldn’t say anything is perfect”.

“It’s a really good fit,” he adds. “I get on with the lads well and it’s a really good group. It’s good to be here and I just want to be playing games every week and winning.”

Southwark News, Thursday November 3 2022 EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk IT CAN be incredibly difficult for a football player to be dropped to the bench for a game, never mind when they are taken out of the squad entirely.

In fact, it can be even worse when said player is a young talent looking to play regular games in order to further their career, as is the case with Charlie Cresswell.

The 20-year-old was left out for five consecutive matches, forcing him to watch on as his Millwall teammates won game after game in the early stages of October.

However, injuries to Murray Wallace and Shaun Hutchinson have left Cresswell and Jake Cooper as the only two senior centrebacks available to manager Gary Rowett, giving the Leeds United loanee a route back into the team after a difficult period.

Crucially, he looks back at the ordeal as a positive experience rather than a concern, and his main aim is to nail down a spot in the starting lineup for the rest of the season.

“I’m loving the whole experience down here to be fair,” Cresswell told the News.

“Having recently been left out of the team, it’s been hard to take, but it’s those moments where you find out most about yourself and you find out how much you really want it. It’s great for my experience really.

“My sole aim is to come down here, help the team and try and play as many games as I can.”

As a young player, such an experience can be quite difficult to handle from a mental perspective. There’s always a challenge when it comes to bouncing back from such a significant obstacle, perhaps from a psychological aspect more than any other, but Cresswell believes that he’s thriving in such an environment.

“Obviously I want to play every game but it’s good for my experience,” he explained.

“I’m getting to know myself a little bit more and find out how to deal with these types of situations.

“It’s not going to be the last time that this will happen, it’s just getting used to it and getting prepared mentally for how to deal with and bounce back.

“I think with my personality and my character it’s all about doing my best every day.

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Cresswell clears his head

MILLWALL 31 Charlie Cresswell dropped out of the Lions’ team after they shifted to a back four

Leeds loanee raring to go after returning to Millwall’s firstteam squad “I’m not looking too far ahead, I’m just doing what I can do today and controlling what I can do day-by day. Hopefully that’ll stand me in good stead.”

Crucially, these challenges are new for a player that has only had a brief taste of senior football with Leeds’ senior team in the Premier League, but Cresswell highlighted the support from his teammates as a significant reason for why

he has been able to stay positive over the last few weeks.

“They are new challenges and I think it’s part of what this loan is.

“It’s about learning the man’s game because it’s the first full season I’ve had in first-team football. I’m really enjoying it so far.

“For a young lad to come down here, the players have been absolutely brilliant for

me, each and every one of them has helped me out whenever I’ve needed anything.

“It’s been a good experience so far and long may it continue.

There have, however, been a number of rumours in recent weeks surrounding Cresswell’s future. Some reports have claimed that Leeds are keen to recall him before sending him back out on loan to one of Millwall’s Championship rivals who

can offer game time, while others have reported that Norwich City are eyeing a permanent deal for the defender in the coming weeks.

“I don’t look at any of those reports,” he laughed.

“I’m just focused on what I do day-to-day here and I can’t focus on what’s happening in my future, because that’ll take me away from where I want to go.”

for the play-offs if they were able to turn just three of those draws into wins.

Rowett admits that he agrees with this theory, and as a result, he’s willing to risk suffering some frustrating defeats if it means his side stand a better chance of achieving their ultimate goal.

“We’ve been criticised previously, and we’ve been critical of ourselves, for drawing too many games,” he told the News.

“One thing we’ve tried to do this season is to win games, trying to be a little more positive in terms of some of those matches and not worry too much about drawn games or defeats.

“If you look at the moment, the likes of Blackburn are right at the top with lots of losses but they’ve won a lot of games. We’re in a good position in a similar vein because we’ve won nearly 50 percent of our games,

which wouldn’t normally be the case at this stage of the season.

“We spoke about that and the fact that, at times in games, it’s worth taking that gamble. I think, in every game, we’ve tried to chase it and win it. We’ve tried to get back into games quickly and make a lot of attacking substitutions.

“It doesn’t always work and have the desired impact, but we sit here now having won eight games as we stand. It’s a situation where you can go unbeaten for three games, draw all three and end up with the same amount of points as when you lose two and win one. It might not be from a psychological point of view, but it is from a points aspect.

“It’s certainly worth taking that extra little gamble to win games, but with that you have to risk losing them.

There are fine margins in this game and that’s never going to change.”

Millwall take a gamble on their play-off dreams Gary Rowett wants to turn draws into wins to bridge topsix gap The Lions have already made their best start to a Championship season since winning promotion in 2017

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By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT is determined to turn Millwall’s draws into wins in order to secure a place in the playoffs this season.

The Lions missed out on the top six by just six points in 2021-22, finishing

ninth in the Championship.

They ended up drawing fifteen of their 46 matches, which is more than any of the other play-off contenders

last season. Many supporters argue that it cost them the chance to fight for a place in the Premier League given that they would have qualified

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Gary Rowett is purely focused on winning games until the World Cup break

Murray Wallace has been one of Millwall’s top performers this season

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Lions want more through the door Millwall boss eyes January movement as transfer window nears EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL ARE beginning to put plans in place for the upcoming January transfer window, Gary Rowett has confirmed.

The Lions brought in eight players over the summer, with four signing for undisclosed fees while three joined on loan deals until the end of the campaign.

Discussing Millwall’s upcoming clash against Hull City, Rowett revealed to the News that his side were also interested in signing striker Óscar Estupiñán from

Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães before he joined the Tigers back in July.

He added that the club have an idea of how they want to approach the January transfer window, but stressed that these plans will not be accelerated until the extended international break for the World Cup. “It’s pretty much a continuous process,” Rowett explained.

“I think the international break will be a better time to really look in more detail, but of course we have a recruitment department that’s doing all of those types of things.

“For us, really, we’re concentrating on trying to win games, that’s our main

focus at the minute.

“I’m sure, as we head into November, we’ll start to have a few more of those meetings. They haven’t been something that’s really topical at the moment for us because we let that department get on with their job and we’ll try and get on with ours for now.

“I’m sure we’ll have some of those meetings in the next three or four weeks.”

The same can be said of players going in the opposite direction, with the likes of Isaac Olaofe in line to depart the club on loan in January.

The striker has been playing for the under-21’s in recent weeks after a move to a League One club fell through

on deadline day, and Rowett is keen for him to go out and play senior football at a higher level in the second half of the season.

“That’s just the natural progression if you haven’t played lots of minutes in the first team,” the Millwall boss admitted.

“He was going out in the previous window so there’s no reason really why anything would change at this moment in time, but that’s not to say he won’t be in our plans and not to say he won’t be able to change those plans.

“That’s going to be down to him having a chance to play in the first team and having an impact if he does get that chance, just like any other player.”

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MURRAY WALLACE is likely to return from injury ahead of the upcoming international break.

The defender was substituted early in the second half of Millwall’s 2-1 win away at Bristol City on October 15, having pulled up with a groin injury just before the hour-mark.

Gary Rowett admitted that Wallace had been battling the problem for a number of weeks, but that the match at Ashton Gate had proved to be a step too far given his incredibly physical style of play.

However, the Lions are hopeful that his return to action is imminent, meaning that he could be in contention for Saturday’s match against Hull City if the final stage of his recovery goes to plan.

“Muzza [Wallace] might be able to take part in some training, he’s not a million miles away,” Rowett told the News.

“I’d be very disappointed if he wasn’t back before the international break, but with the nature of his injury, we have to make good decisions, as tempting as it is to chuck some of the players straight back in.

“We have to make good decisions on when the right time is and we’ll see how that fares over the next 24 hours.”

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