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Glimmer of hope for Southwark primary schools facing financial crisis Exclusive

By Herbie Russell

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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark’s battle to protect primary schools has turned a corner, with schools climbing out of financial trouble.

In June last year, the News revealed that sixteen schools were in a budget deficit but this figure has now fallen to twelve. A budget deficit does not necessarily mean a school is at risk of closure.

While schools still face a £2.8 million budget black hole, this suggests Southwark’s strategy to defend primary education, ratified in December, could be working.

Cabinet Member for Children, Young People, Education and Refugees Cllr Jasmine Ali said: “I remain optimistic… I’m optimistic that we can limit the damage and limit the school closures by having this joined-up approach.”

Schools across the UK face a funding crisis due to falling pupil admissions caused by the cost-of-living crisis, the pandemic, rising house prices and falling birth rates.

Primary schools get funding on a perpupil basis, so when rolls fall, schools are left scrambling for cash.

This is because, when schools have undercapacity year groups, they struggle to maximise their use of resources.

For example, if a classroom has ten rather than twenty pupils, the school still needs to employ one teacher, but with less per-pupil funding to pay their wages.

To combat the crisis, Southwark Council ratified its schools’ strategy last December.

It outlined a policy of working with schools to manage their pupil admissions, and use amalgamations and closures as a last resort.

The strategy report said: “It is the principle of the council to protect a high quality of education; keep every one of our schools open where possible; maintain parental choice; minimise movement between schools.

“The education team is committed to working with individual schools to assess the feasibility of keeping a school open where there are falling numbers of pupils. This will involve practical support for the schools, including the assessment and advice of school financial plans and risk assessments.”

Pupils outside Townsend Primary School Sadly, some schools have already been forced to close, or consider closure, as a result of the funding crisis.

Last December, cash-strapped St Francesca Cabrini Primary School in Honor Oak confirmed it will shut at the end of this academic year.

Townsend Primary School is currently consulting on closure as it struggles to fill a gaping £599,000 budget deficit.

There is one other school with a budget deficit exceeding £500,000. Southwark Council did name this school, but said it is applying to join an academy trust.

Parents have previously accused the council of failing to tell them when their child’s school is in trouble. There is a sense that, if parents were informed earlier on, they might be able to help through campaigning and fundraising.

But Southwark Council fears that if they release the budget deficit figures for individual schools, parents will take their children out

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It also said that local authorities should be given the power to manage academies’ pupil admission numbers and closures.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: “We have invested an extra £2 billion both next year and the year after, which will be the highest real terms spending on schools in history, totalling £58.8 billion by 2024-25.

“Our national funding formula distributes funding fairly, based on the needs of schools and their pupils.

“It is for local authorities to balance the supply and demand of school places, and they can allocate funding to support schools with falling numbers of pupils. We expect local authorities, academy trusts, and other responsible bodies in an area to work collaboratively in managing school places as they have routinely done through other demographic changes in recent years.”

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unnecessarily, worsening the problem.

Talking about St Francesca Cabrini school, Cllr Ali said: “They decided to put the feelers out and were talking about the falling rolls but just in that small space of time of it being put out there, some families took up to three children out of that primary school!”

If parents want to know their school’s financial situation, a Southwark Council spokesperson said: “Parents are communicated with from the schools themselves, and can request this information from their child’s school governors or head teacher at any time.”

The crisis is far from over. Southwark’s overall primary school budget deficit could exceed £5 million by 2023 to 24 and rise to £10 million the following year.

There are also 5,850 surplus primary schools out of 26,399, a 22 per cent under-capacity.

This month, Cllr Jasmine led a cross-party London Councils resolution to pressure the government to keep school funding in line with

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Olivia, 23, and George, 6, both received life-saving treatment for liver failure at King’s College Hospital.

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Baby bank opens in Bermondsey

By Isabel Ramirez

isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Bermondsey food pantry has now opened a baby bank, giving out free clothing, prams and more.

Young liver failure patients to lead eighteen-mile hike to raise funds for hospital that saved their lives

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Two young liver failure patients will be leading an eighteen-mile hike to raise funds for the hospital that saved their lives.

King’s College Hospital Charity is having their annual fundraiser, The Great Hospital Hike, and registration is now open.

The eighteen-mile hike will be led by two young patients who were both treated at King’s after being seriously ill with liver failure.

Olivia Wills, 23, and George Baker, 6, were patients at King’s in 2019, facing separate battles with serious liver illness, their lives hanging in the balance.

They received life-saving care at the hospital, which included George receiving a liver transplant at just five years old.

The hike will take place on September 16 and will follow scenic trails between King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, Camberwell and Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley.

On the same day, there will be a Little Hospital Hike - a four-mile walk that starts in Bromley.

The charity hopes that more than 500 hospital staff, patients, volunteers, friends and family members will hike together to raise £100,000 to take care further at King’s.

Funds raised go towards vital work such as pioneering liver research, developing play facilities for children, and enhanced support and spaces for parents with seriously ill children in hospital.

Gail Scott Spicer, the charity’s Chief Executive, said: “The Great Hospital Hike is for everyone who has benefited from King’s care, and for everyone who might need that care in future.

“What makes it so special is bringing patients, families and hospital staff together

ABOVE: George received a liver transplant in April 2022. RIGHT: Olivia at King’s after being diagnosed with acute liver failure at King’s to walk side by side to support King’s.”

It costs £15 to register, with each participant committing to raise at least £150 in support of King’s College Hospital Charity. Go to supportkings.org.uk/hike to sign up. The Great Hospital Hike will set off from the bandstand in Ruskin Park, next to King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, SE5 9BD. The Little Hospital Hike will set off from The Knoll Pickhurst Lane, Bromley BR2 7DD.

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Bermondsey Pantry - which found a permanent home last year after serving the community as a food bank - opened the baby bank next door right beside Southwark Park on Slippers Place.

Kathy Heather, founder of Love North Southwark, the charity behind the project, said: “The food pantry is popular but we noticed we would sometimes get things for babies donated. We would put them out and they’d get picked up straightaway.”

She said she saw a TV programme about people reusing nappies and not being able to afford baby food.

“Being a new parent is hard enough, but money struggles put even more pressure on them. I knew we had to help.”

It opened in November and works to support young families with free clothing, prams, baby bottles, blankets and more. They are open on Wednesdays from 10 am - 1 pm and no referral or appointment is required.

“It’s free unless you want or are able to make a donation,” she explained.

“Everyone is entitled to twelve items of clothing, one winter coat, one set of nappies and four items including two items of baby food.”

The baby bank also gets visitors to fill in a form about their specific needs. “This is so if there’s something they can’t find, but really need, like a pram - we can call them as and when we get one in.”

Kathy said they are always looking for prams as they’re expensive and they get lots of requests for them from mums.

“We accept donations all week from Monday to Friday 10am - 1 pm, when the food pantry is open. We want people to know we are open and there’s some great stuff!”

Kathy explained that it’s hard to get people to come because of the stigma around it. “We don’t ask any questions about why someone’s there.

It’s important they feel comfortable to come.”

Named Betty’s Baby Bank after her grandaughter, Kathy said that by calling it Betty’s she can help get rid of stigma.

She explained that if she is contacting a family she can say “Betty has this or that item rather then saying it’s a baby bank.”

Meanwhile, the food pantry continues to grow, with around 150 people using it every week.

You can find the baby bank at 4-5 Gataker Street, Slippers Place, SE16 2EN (the same address as the pantry). Betty’s Baby Bank is open on Wednesdays 10 am - 1 pm.

Bermondsey Pantry is open Monday to Friday 10 am - 1 pm. You can donate via justgiving and searching for Betty’s Baby Bank

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Southwark News, Thursday January 26 2023

‘On the breadline’ - now on the picket line

Man dead after ‘falling multiple Emergency workers strike outside Waterloo Ambulance Station HQ storeys’ in Bermondsey

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A man is dead after ‘falling multiple storeys’ on the Dickens Estate in Bermondsey.

Striker: Eddie Brand Murray Smith

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A paramedic had said his family is “on the breadline” as striking ambulance workers picket outside Waterloo Ambulance Station.

Another ambulance worker who has worked for 37 years said the situation was “the most difficult” he had ever seen.

Thousands of call handlers, paramedics, drivers and technicians walked out, demanding improved pay and conditions, on Monday, January 23.

Outside Waterloo Ambulance Station, the depot from which ambulances serve much of Southwark, workers gathered from 11am.

Father-of-two, Eddie Brand, 57, an emergency medical technician told the News: “Things are dreadful at the moment. I’ve been in it for 37 years

and it’s probably the most difficult time we’ve had.”

This is the third time ambulance workers have walked out in five weeks after talks with Health Secretary Steve Barclay collapsed earlier this month.

On Monday, UNISON union’s head of health Sara Gorton met with Steve Barclay and said there had been a ‘change in tone’.

“Ministers know unless they come up with some hard cash for a pay boost for what’s left of the current financial year, there can be no resolution to the dispute,” she said.

Striking workers are also demanding government solve the social care crisis which sees hospital beds filled with patients who are ready to be discharged because care homes have

no space.

Eddie said: “The call-outs are higher than we’ve ever had and with the problems in the hospital where we’re unable to unload.”

He said new paramedics are already looking for new jobs because they’re angry that they’ve “trained at university for three years to stand in a corridor”.

He said the government should invest in more health centres to free up beds for patients.

Father-of-three and team manager Murray Smith, 50, said: “I’ve been in the job for a long time and we’ve gone many years without a pay rise.”

He said he was striking “for his family”. “With the cost of living, everything has gone up but wages

haven’t... you’re on the breadline… it can be very difficult,” he said.

His colleague Eddie earns £42,000 a year having worked for almost four decades and reached the top of his band.

He questions how young people can afford to live on significantly lower wages. The basic starting salary for paramedics is £27,055.

“I’m stuck here now. If I was young I would have looked elsewhere… I feel sorry for the youngsters,” Eddie said.

Asked if he’d leave the profession he said: “It’s ingrained in me. I still love and enjoy doing the job but we need to be allowed to do it properly.”

Motoryclist with suspected spinal injuries ‘waiting well over an hour’ for ambulance on night of the strikes

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police were reportedly left waiting for an ambulance for well over an hour due to strikes after a motorcyclist was injured in a collision at The Blue.

The Met Police said the collision occurred at around 5.10pm on Monday, January 23, on Southwark Park Road, near The Blue market square in Bermondsey.

An officer at the scene told the News that today’s ambulance strikes have stopped medical assistance from arriving sooner.

The victim is currently wrapped in tin foil and cannot be moved by police because she has suspected spinal injuries, the officer said.

Southwark Park Road between Galleywall Road and St James’s Road is closed to traffic in both directions

but pedestrians are still being allowed to walk through.

Ambulance call handlers, paramedics, drivers and technicians are taking part in twelve-hour walk-outs today in a bid to secure better pay and conditions.

Well before the strikes, ambulance waiting times have soared beyond NHS guidelines.

From 2021 to 2022 in Southwark, the average response time for category two incidents, including strokes and heart attacks, was already over 25 minutes, significantly over the recommended eighteen minutes, according to NHS data.

During strikes, ambulance workers will still respond to the highest priority incidents such as cardiac arrests and where there is a request for immediate backup at the scene.

The London Ambulance Service has been approached for comment.

Police were called to the scene on Sunday, January 22, at 4.59am and found the man unresponsive and suffering “major trauma injuries”.

A crime scene was established and tragically the man was pronounced dead shortly after the London Ambulance Service arrived.

Detectives from the local investigations department attended the scene and have deemed the death non-suspicious.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “On Sunday 22nd of January at 04:59am Police were called by the London Ambulance Service to the Dickens Estate, Marine Street SE16.

On attendance police found an unresponsive man who had suffered major trauma injuries as a result of falling multiple stories.

“A crime scene was established in the immediate vicinity and unfortunately the man was pronounced deceased shortly after the London Ambulance Service attended.

“Detectives from our Local Investigations department attended the scene and the death was deemed as non-suspicious.”

Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to call 101 and quote CAD reference 1238/22JAN23. Alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers or contact fearless.org.

Woman rescued from flat fire in Rotherhithe

By Kevin Quinn kevin@southwarknews.co.uk Firefighters have issued a smoking safety warning after rescuing a woman from a flat fire in Rotherhithe last week.

Part of the living room was damaged by fire at a block flats on Rotherhithe New Road on Wednesday night, January 18.

The rescued woman was taken to hospital and the fire is believed to have been accidentally caused by smoking.

A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “We’d rather you didn’t smoke at all, but if you are a smoker, it’s absolutely vital you ensure your cigarette is completely out when you’ve finished smoking it.

“Never smoke in bed and avoid smoking on armchairs and sofas – especially if you think you might fall asleep.

The Brigade was called at 9.34 pm last night and the fire was under control in just over half an hour by 10:06 pm.

Fire crews from Deptford, Old Kent Road, Dockhead, New Cross and Peckham attended.

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Southwark News, Thursday January 26 2023

Police admit peckham murder investigation was ‘not acceptable’ in damning report

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police failed to interview key witnesses when investigating the murder of Ola Raji, a Met Police review has found.

Ola, 20, was shot and stabbed on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, on the East Surrey Grove Estate in Peckham by two men.

His family complained about the investigation and a police probe has now admitted the Met’s service was “not acceptable”.

Although three people were arrested during the course of the investigation, seven years on, nobody has been brought to justice.

Ola’s sisters maintain that they, and much of the community, “know” who killed their brother.

Scotland Yard’s Specialist Crime Professional Standards Unit, which examined the murder inquiry, has recommended that the murder probe be re-launched.

But the case has not yet been reopened and now the bereaved family must resume their fight to see the investigation resumed.

The report identified a host of police failings including poor communication, failure to follow-up leads and allowing an

Ola, with his and sisters Ruki and Zainab

CCTV image of two suspects

evidence file to go missing.

In one instance, a witness told police they’d seen two suspects running away from the crime scene but was never followed up to make a statement.

The report admitted: “Every effort should have been made to identify that person and encourage her to speak to the investigation team.”

There were also three residents living at a property overlooking the crime scene who were never interviewed.

The report said: “There is no rationale documented as to why these individuals are not traced and interviewed.”

The probe also found that officers

initially failed to find a house key on the victim prompting the family to change their house’s locks.

Months later, the key was found in Ola’s trouser pocket having been there the whole time. “This affected your faith in the investigation as to how something so obvious could be missed,” the report said.

The internal investigation also found that a file containing evidence went missing and was never relocated.

Police also failed to tell the family about a forensic review that was taking place due to a “breakdown in communication”.

Despite this litany of oversights, Ola’s family says they still don’t know

whether a new investigation will ever be launched.

Ola’s sister Zainab Raji said: “It should be a no-brainer that it should be reopened - it blows everyone’s mind.

“The investigating officer found in favour of most of our points of complaint and that showed there were failings in the investigation… but you’re at the mercy of the people looking into it.”

The family has now submitted another complaint to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The IOPC now assesses whether the handling of the police complaint was reasonable and proportionate.

The report did not find any evidence of

racial discrimination, which Ola’s family alleges played a role in the investigation’s failings.

But Zainab maintains that there was racial discrimination. She said: “I absolutely disagree with it - we all do.

“It’s hard to prove… but through my 36 years of life I’ve never been made to feel inferior to a different race but now I’m definitely seeing the difference in the way we’ve been treated.”

They say that if they were a white family, the investigation would have been more thorough.

The Met Police has been approached for comment but did not reply at the time of the print.

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Plaque installed in honour of hero Jimi - who died trying to save drowning woman in the Thames

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Bermondsey hero Folajimi ‘Jimi’ Olubunmi-Adewole, who died while trying to save a woman drowning in the Thames, has had a plaque erected in his honour.

The plaque at Cathedral Square, by Southwark Cathedral, says: “On 24 April 2021, he selflessly and bravely jumped from this place into the River Thames to rescue a woman who had fallen from London Bridge.”

Twenty-year-old Jimi leapt in with another person but tragically died in the choppy waters of the Thames.

While, the coastguard and marine police patrols pulled the woman and the other man out of the river alive, they could not find Folajimi.

His body was discovered almost six hours later after an extensive search involving police helicopters and other emergency services.

Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Folajimi’s brother Bolaji said: “We no longer feel sorry. Today we are celebrating life now. We are grateful for this recognition of Folajimi.

“Very big thank you to Living Bankside, to Southwark Cathedral, the Mayor of London for making this happen.”

The plaque was blessed by the Right

Michael & Olasunkanmi (Folajimi’s parents) with the newly unveiled memorial plaque

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In his opening speech at the unveiling ceremony, Amir Eden, executive

chairman of Living Bankside, said: “I hope that we can all take inspiration from Jimi. He’s a hero.

“This means so much to his family and friends and we are glad to have worked with them to recognise Jimi’s

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“Jimi touched so many lives positively.

He was an inspiration whilst alive and will continue to be an inspiration for generations to come.

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couple who have never used the internet are left baffled about Barclays Bank closures Bermondsey branch ‘only has one regular customer’ as it closes half of its branches in Southwark Exclusive

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk An elderly Bermondsey couple who have ‘never used the internet’ say closing one of the last Barclays branches in Southwark is ‘infuriating’ and they can’t believe they are the only regular customer using the bank exclusively in person.

Last week, Barclays Bank revealed they were closing two of their branches in Southwark, including one in Bermondsey they claimed ‘only has one regular customer who uses the bank as the only way to do their banking.’

Peter and Eileen Wisby have been using the Barclays bank branch on Tower Bridge Road since their nearest one on Southwark Park Road closed a few years ago.

The branch on Walworth Road is also set to close in April.

Peter, 84, has mobility issues due to a motorcycle accident in 2003 and would struggle to get to the last two remaining Southwark branches - Borough High Street and Rye Lane.

“The letter we got from Barclays announcing the [Tower Bridge Road] branch is closing said ‘this is how we can help you’ - and I thought, ‘how in god’s name are you helping when you’re shutting the bloody places down?’, Peter explained.

“It’s so infuriating.”

One of the reasons Barclays gave for closing the branches was that they were “less well-used” and the majority of customers now use online or telephone banking.

Across the two branches, Barclays say they found that 96 per cent of customers are using alternative ways in which to

undertake their banking, including via the telephone, online and the mobile app.

But Peter and Eileen said they have never used the internet - so online banking is not an option for them.

“And I don’t want to use the machines,” he said. “They’re confusing and half the time they don’t work. When I go to the bank, they do it all for me. I don’t know what I’ll do now.”

Even if they changed banks, they haven’t got any close by anymore. Wife, Eileen, 81, said: “We not only lost Barclays, but we

also had TSB - then last year they closed that and now we haven’t got a bank we can walk to.”

They said they go to the bank for many reasons - one being to sort out any issues in person, such as fraud. They were thankful for this recently after they noticed someone was spending hundreds on Just Eat and Debenhams using their card.

People who don’t get their statements online, like them, have to wait until it comes through the door.

“You can only see it when it comes through - so we then went in and got it sorted and the money was back in the account within a week.”

Issues concerning fraud cannot be sorted out at the post office - so now without a bank to go into, the couple says people like them don’t feel comfortable sorting these issues out over the phone.

“It’s frightening. Even my granddaughter has been scammed - you can’t trust them.”

Both said Barclays’ claim they only have one regular customer using the

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Rye Park and Common at 8.24pm on December 30, 2022 where they found Kalabe suffering from a stab wound.

Despite the efforts of emergency services, he died at the scene.

A post-mortem examination found the cause of death to be a haemorrhage and a stab wound to the heart.

Detective Chief Inspector Katherine Goodwin, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “Kalabe’s family and friends have been left devastated by his death, which occurred after a brutal and senseless attack when he was simply sitting in the park, minding his own business.”

Two teens charged with Peckham Rye Park murder herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of Kalabe Legesse in Peckham Rye Park.

Victim Kalabe Legesse

Bermondsey branch exclusively and not interacting with the bank in any other way is hard to believe.

“The only time that’s true is when the weather’s bad,” Peter said. “But when the weather’s reasonable - you get a load down there.”

“Last time I went, about two weeks ago there were people there asking for a loan, there were people using the machines. So it’s a load of old flannel.

Another local agreed that the closures don’t make sense.

Sue Price, Welfare Officer at Southwark Charities, said: “Given the amount of older people that reside in both areas [Bermondsey and Walworth], it seems ludicrous to say these branches are under-used.

“I often use the Walworth Road branch and it’s a struggle to get in because there are so many people using it.

“They need to take into account that not everyone feels comfortable using services online and over the phone.,” she added.

“Many people are now suspicious of scams - which is why in-person services are so crucial.”

The News asked Barclays Bank to comment and they referred us to their earlier statement, saying: “Our customers’ behaviour has changed significantly in recent years, with the majority choosing online banking. As we adapt, we are closing less well-used branches such as Walworth and Bermondsey, Tower Bridge Road branches, whilst investing in brilliant customer service and digital technology.

“We plan to open a Barclays Local – a pop-up cashless banking site where customers can meet a colleague face to face for banking support, as they would in a branch without the need to travel.”

They said they were in the process of trying to identify a suitable location and were working with the community to do so.

“Over 150 are already open, and we believe this supports customers in a much more flexible and sustainable model, in places where branch use has declined,” the spokesperson said.

Police have named the nineteenyear-old as Nah’shun Thomas, of Bournemouth Road, Peckham Rye, but cannot name the sixteen-year-old because of his age.

The pair are appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning, January 21.

Officers were called to Peckham

On Friday, January 6, a candlelit vigil was held in Peckham Rye Park at the spot where Kalabe was killed.

Speaking at the vigil, Rev Dele Ogunyemi of St Anthony and St Silas said “violence must be challenged” and the community would “stand shoulder to shoulder”.

Police are still appealing for witnesses.

Anyone who saw the incident, or who has information about what happened, is asked to call 101 with the reference 6165/30DEC22.

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Police release CCTV footage after waiter Charity offers even more left in coma from ‘unprovoked attack’ support for local businesses

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A Walworth-based charity, that supported one of the UK’s ‘most inspiring’ entrepreneurs, is offering a helping hand to local people wanting to grow their businesses.

A Brixton waiter has suffered life-changing injuries after being punched outside the restaurant he worked at.

Police have released footage of a man they want to identify in connection with the seemingly ‘unprovoked’ attack.

Marco Pannone, 25 at the time of the attack, reportedly from Fondi, a town in central Italy, was working at the pizzeria Canova Hall.

At around 12.10am on Saturday, December 3, 2022, police were called to the scene after a man was injured.

Police say that an hour before, at 11.10pm, Marco was approached by two men who spoke to him.

One man punched him in the face, causing him to fall and crack his head on the pavement.

CCTV footage shows two men whom police say ran towards Nursery Road.

Marco’s sister Veronica said: “From this attack, he had to undergo emergency surgery and was in a coma for eleven days.

“When he woke from this he slowly began to make some progress. Sadly, on December 26, he suffered a haemorrhage and urgently needed a second surgery.

“Since this operation, he has returned to intensive care. He has started the rehabilitation process for the second time, but now he faces more difficulties and problems along the way.

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“My family and I have been here since December 5, in a country we don’t know and surrounded by a language we don’t speak.

“We are here for Marco, to be close to him and to give him the strength he needs to recover. This situation is difficult for us as a family and we are scared of the obstacles we still have to face.”

Detectives have carried out several enquiries, including a review of CCTV from the area. They have reissued an image of a man they would like to identify, along with footage.

Detective Constable Edward Cartwright, said: “As a result of this incident, Marco, a young man, has been left with lifechanging injuries which resulted in him

Police want to identify this man.

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being kept in hospital over the Christmas period.

“Both him and his family are struggling to come to terms with the impact of the assault and will need time to process what has happened.

“We need to find the person responsible for this unprovoked attack, and I am asking the public to help. If you have any information, you can call police or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. If you have any information, please do come forward.”

Anyone who can help the investigation is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 85/03Dec22. To remain anonymous contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Alex Birtles (pictured), covered in the News last week, founded an app that locates sustainable businesses, which is set to launch in the next few months.

In her earlier stages, she said through a Hatch Launchpad programme - made for people who are ready to launch their business idea - she was able to connect with a like-minded peer group of fellow entrepreneurs, which helped her find her way in business.

“Coming from a corporate background, I didn’t have a network of entrepreneur friends that I came into this with,” she said. “It can be really helpful to find your people.”

Hatch has partnered with Southwark Council to offer a business Accelerator programme to help Southwark-based businesses thrive.

Through the programme, founders - who are already operating a business - will be supported to scale it through expert sessions on improving marketing, sales, pitching, finance, leadership and business management skills.

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The Accelerator is free to attend and all who complete the programme will also get the chance to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 to invest back into their business.

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What does levelling up mean to Southwark?

Peckham Rye Station snubbed in latest round, meanwhile Lewisham will receive £19 million for its town centre

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk One of the government’s flagship policies has been its promise to ‘level up’ the country through a £4.8 billion fund. But what does it mean to Southwark?

The borough has just missed out on the latest round of funding. Here we outline what ‘levelling up’ means, how it works, and whether it even matters in our borough.

How did levelling up begin?

First announced in the Conservative’s 2019 election campaign, Boris Johnson said levelling up would be the “defining mission” of his premiership.

It was a response to concerns that rural and coastal areas had been “left behind”.

There was a sense that London was being allowed to drive the economy at the expense of other parts of the UK. In 2020, the UK Treasury spending review announced a £4.8 billion purse to finance local infrastructure projects around the country until 2024 - 25.

How does the funding work?

Levelling up money is given to local authorities on a project-by-project basis.

Local councils must compete with one another by submitting project bids and hoping theirs is chosen.

But not all bids begin on a level playing field. Every local authority had been sorted into three tiers to help determine which bids get priority. Southwark is in tier three, the lowest priority.

In the foreword to the fund’s prospectus, Rishi Sunak wrote that “the fund is open to every local area it is especially intended

to support… ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and coastal communities.”

Southwark’s project bid Hoping to get a slice of the funding, Southwark Council prepared its own project bid focussed on Peckham Rye Station.

Peckham Rye Station is the busiest interchange without lift access and is deteriorating despite its Grade II-listed status.

The News understands that Southwark asked for £15.2 million, with £13.7 million going towards station improvements and the rest on improving Peckham Rye Square.

The £13.7 million station fund would go towards a new platform two, sustainability improvements, additional platform works, increased CCTV in the square and general public realm improvements This funding is in addition to a planned upgrade of the station which would see it get a new entrance, step-free access and improved platforms.

Southwark misses out Southwark wasn’t successful in getting funding from the 2021 allocation but was holding out for better luck in the second round.

On January 18, 2023, the government announced £2.1 billion to fund projects in 100 different communities.

This included a regeneration scheme in Gateshead, a Cornish rail link and even a £19 million town centre regeneration in neighbouring Lewisham.

But once again, Southwark had missed out.

The Local Reaction Local politicians have been scathing of the decision to snub Southwark.

Southwark Lib Dem Leader Cllr Victor Chamberlain described it as a “disgrace”.

“This Conservative Government has chosen to ignore the pleas of our local community, showing yet again they are taking families here for granted. Had our bid been successful, the lives of people in Southwark would have been significantly improved,” he said.

He added: “Instead, we have been left out and forced to fend for ourselves while the Prime Minister lines the pocket of his own area. It’s a disgrace.

“The people of Southwark have been let down today, but the Liberal Democrats will ensure that the Government’s decision does not mean we are left behind. We will never stop fighting for a fair deal for our community.”

Speaking before the announcement, the council’s education boss, Labour councillor Jasmine Ali, was equally critical of the ‘levelling up’ agenda.

“They’ve tried to make people think that the streets are paved with gold here in London,” she said.

She added: “You show me a place in this country where there is the multi-level deprivation we see right across London.”

National Fallout The latest funding round has been heavily criticised since it was announced.

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been forced to defend against accusations that there has been a tilt away from funding the north of England.

He told Times Radio on Thursday, January 19: “It’s simply untrue that the levelling up fund is concentrated

disproportionately on London and the south-east.”

He added: “If you look per capita at the amount we’re spending, the biggest winners are those in the north-west.”

It has also been pointed out that Rishi Sunak’s own, relatively wealthy, Richmond constituency in Yorkshire was getting £19 million of funding.

Labour’s Lisa Nandy said levelling up, by pitting local authorities against each other, was “Hunger Games-style”.

Does it even matter?

According to a recent YouGov survey, Southwark is one of just four places in the country where residents say their area has improved in recent years. This is despite not having received a penny in levelling up cash.

The only four local authorities where residents said their local area had “generally improved” were Hackney, Islington, Southwark, and Tower Hamlets.

The survey found that, of the 361 local areas surveyed, residents in 142 said their area had “generally declined” in recent years.

Astonishingly, seven in ten of the local authorities targeted in round one of levelling up funding say their local areas have gone downhill.

The report concludes: “With many top priority areas from the first round missing out on the funding announced today, it remains unclear if the government’s strategy to Level Up areas in the North and Midlands is having, or will have, any discernible effect on local public opinion about opportunities and improvements in their communities.”

It’s still early days for levelling up,

especially as many of the projects funded in 2021 are still ongoing. But so far, its success appears to have been limited.

Asked to comment on the survey’s positive assessment of Southwark, Council Leader Kieron Williams said: “Southwark is a fantastic place, and it’s great to see our borough up at the top of this table. There’s so much we’ve improved over recent years.

“Our schools continue to go from strength to strength, our parks are looking fantastic, we’ve opened new libraries and leisure centres, we’re building thousands of new council homes and we’ve invested millions in our town centres and in local community projects. It all adds up.

“I’m determined to maintain that progress. That’s why this week we launched Southwark 2030, to bring residents, community groups, businesses and public services across our borough together to agree our ambition for the decade ahead.”

“I know that’s not going to be easy. After a decade of Conservative governments, people across our community are finding it harder and harder to get by. Hollow words about levelling up from the Prime Minster mean nothing when poverty is rising. Awarding millions to his own consistency does nothing to replace the billions in funding that has been taken from local services in our borough and so many others over the last twelve years.

“However I always come back to the fact that we have such an amazing community, with so many strengths.

That’s what gives me so much optimism for the decade ahead. That and the feeling we may soon have the Labour government our community so urgently needs!”

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Cinema on a knife-edge as eleventh-hour talks beckon

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A treasured Bermondsey cinema could permanently draw its curtains amid tense rent negotiations.

Bermondsey Square landlord Oval Real Estate has increased Kino Cinema’s rent in line with inflation - believed to be fourteen per cent.

Oval Real Estate and Kino are holding eleventh-hour negotiations on Thursday, January 26. If unsuccessful, the cinema could close the same day.

As well as the rent hike, Kino has said on Twitter that the service charge has been increased “substantially”.

Employees say they have been left scrambling after being given just eight days’ notice of the imminent closure.

On Twitter, some users raged against what they believed were “unsustainable rent increases”. But Oval Real Estate told the News that Kino’s lease was signed back in 2014 with fixed inflation-tied uplifts on rent.

Oval Real Estate bought Bermondsey Square in May 2022 so did not preside over that lease agreement.

It would not say how much service charge had been increased by but described it as “marginal”.

Oval Real Estate also said that Kino has benefited from two rental concession periods during the pandemic and

remedial cladding works, but obviously the cinema had lost revenue throughout that period.

First opened in 2009 under the name Shortwave Cinema, the 48-seat venue and bar is regarded a bastion of independent arts culture by many.

A clause in the cinema’s original planning permission means the property should be retained as a cinema.

If Oval Real Estate wants to change it, it would have to submit a change of use application to Southwark Council.

Former local MP Sir Simon Hughes, who has helped bring the two parties to the negotiating table, believes “it would be difficult for them to change it” because of the protections afforded to community assets.

Oval Real Estate said it hoped to retain Kino as a tenant, but when pushed by the News would not say whether it would pursue a change-of-use application if they left.

A Kino employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “It just really upsets me that we’re running out of spaces that show good art and culturally enriching films… without an alternative.

“We have regulars who come in five to six days a week. You don’t find many places like this and when we’ve told people [we’re closing] so many have been completely devastated.”

“I’m not happy with the amount of notice we’ve been given. I think it’s unfair

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and unprofessional,” she added.

Asked whether Thursday’s negotiations will be successful, Sir Simon Hughes said: “We’ve had some good conversations and lots more parts of the jigsaw are in place.

“We’ve moved in the right direction and we know what the issues are better.

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A spokesperson for Oval Real Estate said on Tuesday, January 24: “We’re definitely open to engaging” but said they were yet to have a direct conversation with Kino’s ownership.

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Special offer for readers for Caribbean Tasting Day

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk

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A Camberwell-based cafe is holding a special tasting day for their new Caribbean fusion menu and is offering a discount for News readers on food worth up to £60.

The BeauVert, a Caribbean Fusion Bistro in Camberwell, are hosting a fullday drop-in event to give people the opportunity to taste their new menu for a fraction of the normal price.

Chef and Camberwell resident, Patricia Johnson who is originally from West Moreland in Jamaica - will be cooking all the dishes. Owner of The BeauVert, Sonia, said: “Patricia will be focusing on healthier options of Caribbean cuisine, adding a fresh vibrant new taste.

“With the voucher, you’ll be able to have a tasting feast of a breakfast or brunch meal and then a main meal with extras.

“Each meal will be a selection of several different dishes.

“For example, for our Brunch menu, one option is a range of fully loaded avocado on toast options updated with Caribbean influences of ackee and salted codfish.”

They can be for takeaway or to eat in and there are vegetarian and vegan options available too.

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“Both options bought will allow you to taste a range of dishes that would usually cost £60,” Sonia said.

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To receive 20% off use the promo code: SOUTHWARKNEWS Sonia added: “Our frequent menu updates incorporate a range of seasonal produce, in addition to our traditional international ingredients, aimed to help offset our footprint.

“As a small business, we are constantly striving to reduce waste and have collaborated with programmes such as Too Good To Go to help in our efforts.”

Electric car drivers are livid that the sixteen car chargers owned by the Decathlon store at Surrey Quays haven’t properly worked since October.

A local resident said the chargers have broken intermittently for years and sometimes stop him from taking his son to football practice.

Since the News got in contact, Decathlon has said five chargers are up and running and a permanent fix is coming “very soon”.

But for one local Dad, who wished to remain anonymous, it has already been a huge inconvenience.

“Sometimes I can’t take my boy to football because my car isn’t charged. Even worse, I’m still paying my subscription to BP even though I can’t use those chargers,” he said.

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A BP spokesperson blamed Decathlon, saying that it had “constantly been chasing” them about the chargers, most recently in December.

London drivers are under increased pressure to switch to electric vehicles following the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone.

From August 23 drivers in all London boroughs, with vehicles that don’t meet emission requirements, could face a daily charge of £12.50.

Liberal Democrat councillor for Surrey Quays Nick Johnson said: “It is extremely disappointing to see that the electric charging points operated by Decathlon have been out of action for so long.

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Oliver Rock, 42, was found guilty of causing a public nuisance, alongside three others, after blocking Cranford Parkway during an Insulate Britain protest on October 1, 2021.

Fellow Southwark resident and Insulate Britain protestor Christian Rowe recently escaped a conviction for his role in the exact same protest.

Fresh from the guilty verdict on Wednesday, January 18, Oliver Rock said: “As the climate and ecological crisis accelerates, the attempts by the state to ignore our perilous situation become increasingly absurd and authoritarian.

“I am extremely grateful to my codefendants for their courage and dignity

New laws designed to prevent disruptive protests are currently being considered by the House of Lords after MPs voted in favour of them back in May 2022.

The amendment to the Public Order Bill would mean police don’t have to wait for disruption to take place before shutting down protestors.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also said police will have more clarity over what constitutes “serious disruption”.

Insulate Britain protestor Christie Rowe said his not guilty verdict shouldn’t make protestors “complacent”.

“It just means that the police and the prosecutors will adapt their tactics, and the government their laws, for ensuring the punishment of future protesters, whom this government is intent on silencing,” he said.

The Crown Prosecution Service plans to summon 56 Insulate Britain supporters to court this year, with the last trial scheduled to begin on December 4, 2023.

said he blamed “Labour’s pitiful” record on building council homes.”

“These shocking findings from Shelter show the extent of the hardship being faced by so many in our Borough. Labour must accept this is a crisis of their own making,” he said.

He said Labour should have backed the Lib Dems’ “radical” policy of requiring all new housing developments to contain 50 per cent affordable housing.

He added: “Building a pitiful 166 council homes in four years and only bringing 0.5 per cent of the 2,700 long-term empty homes back into use.”

In 2021, Southwark Council adopted an ‘empty homes action plan’. They pledged to use mechanisms such as Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) and Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) to forcibly take possession of empty homes.

Cabinet Member for Council Homes and Homelessness Darren Merrill said: “The absurd claim that the council is to blame for the housing crisis facing Southwark and London more widely totally obscures the problem. Every day families are forced out their homes by spiralling household

bills and Local Housing Allowance rates are outstripped by extortionate rent levels in the private sector.

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“The GLA’s most up-to-date figures show Southwark as having the most new build starts of all tenures last quarter, and we have the most ambitious council home building programme in the country, with 2,500 completed or on site before May 2022 and another 1,000 starting before 2026. Three quarters of all empty homes in Southwark are privately owned and our empty homes action plan seeks to drive this number down as far as possible.”

2,784 local children live in temporary accommodation

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Thousands of children are living in temporary accommodation in Southwark, a new homelessness report has revealed.

The homelessness charity Shelter found 2,784 children are living in temporary accommodation in Southwark - the ninth worst of London’s boroughs.

While Southwark’s homelessness per person rate is the eighth worst in England, with a staggering 1 in 46 people not having a stable home.

Shelter’s homelessness stats include people living in temporary accommodation, social services accommodation, hostels, as well as on the streets.

According to the report, ten people slept rough on Southwark’s streets on any given night in 2022.

But Shelter says this is “widely considered to be an underestimate” because people sleep in concealed locations and often prefer to bed down on public transport.

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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Two south Londoners who robbed cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife in front of their children now await sentencing, while a third was cleared.

The jury heard how Cavendish had a “Rambo-style” knife put to his throat during the traumatic invasion of his Essex home.

Romario Henry, 31 of Bell Green, Lewisham, was found guilty of the “incredibly violent” raid following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court on Monday, January 23.

Ali Sesay, 28, of Windsor Road, Croydon, admitted two counts of robbery at a previous hearing and is awaiting sentencing.

Oludeua Okorosobo, 28, of Flaxman Road, Camberwell, was found not guilty of two counts of robbery.

Speaking after the trial, Mark and his wife Peta Cavendish said they would not let the “horror” of the attack “define our family”.

At 2.30am, on November 27, 2021, balaclava-clad intruders broke into the family home while the couple were in bed.

They went to investigate and, having realised people were in their home, began retreating to the bedroom.

As Mr Cavendish tried to activate an alarm, two of the men entered the room and threatened the couple.

The court heard how Mr Cavendish was seriously assaulted a number of times and violently threatened in front of his family.

Jurors heard how Peta had to cover her three-year-old child, who was also in the bed, with a duvet so they could not see what was happening.

The robbers made off with a Louis Vuitton suitcase and two high-value watches.

While Henry and Sesay have

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A carpenter from Herne Hill has been slapped with a guilty verdict after he stopped traffic outside Heathrow Airport.

throughout these proceedings, and for the wonderful support we have experienced.”

He, Ruth Cook, Roman Paluch and Stephen Pritchard will be sentenced on March 10.

The maximum sentence for causing a public nuisance is life imprisonment.

It is the fifth trial over Insulate Britain protests but the first to result in a guilty verdict.

Southwark resident Christian Rowe, 25, was found not guilty of causing a public nuisance on January 11, 2023, despite participating in the exact same protest.

The jury reportedly took four hours to deliver a not-guilty unanimous verdict.

Christian Rowe, who represented himself in court, said: “It must have required tremendous insight and trust for the jury to see through the obtuse impositions of the law, through our constrained defence to the truth of the imminent danger the climate crisis places us all in. I am extremely grateful to each of them for that.”

been convicted of their crimes, Okorosobo’s defence successfully argued he had lent his phone to Sesay.

That is why it connected with cell masts in the Ongar area of Essex that night and did not mean he was physically there, he argued.

In a statement, Peta and Mark Cavendish said: “Although nothing can ever erase what our family went through, there is now some comfort that two men who broke into our family home and stole from us, assaulted Mark and terrified our children are now convicted and will be facing what we hope will be an appropriate sentence for their actions and we hope moves some steps in preventing this horror happening to another innocent family.”

Detective Inspector Tony Atkin, of Loughton CID, said: “Today, we have two men now convicted of an incredibly violent robbery in the family home of Mark and Peta Cavendish; somewhere where they should have felt safe and protected from men like Sesay and Henry.

“This was a traumatic incident, made all the worse by the fact that it happened in the presence of the couple’s young children. The bravery the family has shown in the face of this incident has been humbling.

“Although Mark sustained serious injuries, thankfully he has now made a full recovery and is able to focus on his fantastic career.

Police are still hunting two men in connection with their investigation, named as Jo Jobson, from Plaistow, and George Goddard from Loughton. Goddard also has links to the Isle of Dogs.

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Southwark Blue Plaque scheme: will Selfless Rotherhithe PCSO Albert Tedam get your vote?

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Rotherhithe Police community support officer, who saved someone’s life and dedicated his time to the local community right up until his final days, has been nominated for a blue plaque.

Albert Tedam, a veteran Rotherhithe police community support officer (PCSO) was a well-loved local and colleague, before tragically dying of cancer two years ago, aged just 55.

He had been with the Met police for nearly seventeen years, most of them in the Rotherhithe safer neighbourhood team (SNT). He lived on the Brandon Estate.

When he died in 2021, he left behind a wife and four children, as well as his loyal colleagues.

PC Kev Webster, who worked alongside Albert for years, said: “Even when he was diagnosed - none of us knew. He was still working and walking the streets up until days before he passed away.

“So instead of being around family, he sacrificed his last days serving Rotherhithe.”

Devoted to the community, another colleague, Abdul, remembers a time when

Albert actually saved someone from jumping into the Thames.

“He had a welfare visit in St Mary’s Church Street for an elderly male who was suicidal,” Abdul said.

“As soon as he got there, the man legged it, and Albert ended up doing a foot chase all way down to the Brunel museum, where he stopped the man from going into the river. He saved his life.”

They added that losing him was ‘a massive loss’ and they want him recognised for the example he set for people in that role and people in general.

“He had all the local knowledge, even more than people who had lived in Rotherhithe all their lives,” PC Paul Green commented. “Losing him was a massive loss - we won’t replace that local knowledge.”

“Because of how important he was, he had a special funeral, which community police officers don’t usually get.

For the past nineteen years the News is proud to have been one of the founders of the Blue Plaque scheme here in Southwark and nominations are now open for next year.

The scheme came about after the News and Southwark Heritage Association invited Southwark Council to join us in drawing up our own Blue Plaques and

getting local people to vote. There are now well over 50 blue plaques across the borough.

To vote for Albert Tedam or any of the nominees for a Southwark Blue Plaque, please email isabel@southwarknews.co.uk or admin@southwark.org.uk with the name of the person you want to nominate.

Voting closes on Thursday 1st June.

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Children’s education should always be a priority

W

hile it’s good news that Southwark is turning a corner in its fight to protect primary schools, the government’s inaction could yet scupper the progress made. Sadly, there could be a cyclical reason for what amounts to negligence.

Inner city schools tend to be most affected by falling admissions. This is because the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis have seen many families leave major cities in search of cheaper housing and a better quality of life elsewhere.

Schools at risk of closure are disproportionately in major cities. Whereas major cities like Birmingham and London have seen nine and seven per cent decreases in pupil admissions, this compares to just two per cent in less urbanised areas like Kent and Essex.

In a statement given to the News, the Department for Education, led by MP Gillian Keegan, said schools should adapt to the situation as they “have routinely done through other demographic changes in recent years”.

But the demographic changes we are seeing now are anything but routine. What is routine about the successive socio-economic earthquakes the country has seen in recent years? Consider Brexit, the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis.

A cynic might suggest that as inner city authorities tend to be governed by Labour administrations, our Conservative-led government is unlikely to view it as a top political priority. But the future of our children should always be at the top of any government agenda - irrespective of the party in power.

We as a paper believe that Southwark parents need to be armed with as much information as possible so they can ensure their child receives the best education available. That is why we will continue urging Southwark to be more transparent about the budget deficit for individual schools.

The council worries that parents will panic and take their children out of schools at the slightest sniff of trouble. But we maintain that, if parents are properly engaged, this doesn’t need to be the case.

In our interview, Cllr Jasmine Ali even suggested that our headlines on school closures “don’t help” but parents aren’t fools, and shouldn’t be treated as such.

Rest assured, our responsibility is to parents and we will tell them when a school is in financial peril.

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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council will take a wrecking ball to 373 Aylesbury Estate flats after approving the next stage in its redevelopment.

There are concerns that the new development will have just 163 social rent homes compared to the 327 currently onsite. There will also be 82 intermediaterent homes, which will be 80 per cent of the market rate.

In total, the new development will deliver 614 new residential units, with 369 of those to be privately owned.

Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, January 17, a spokesperson from the campaign group Refurbish Don’t Demolish, said: “You’ve admitted that there’s a loss of social housing. I would suggest it would be much more cost-effective and fairer to residents on the Aylesbury… to refurbish and retrofit their homes for the climate emergency.

“If you make the decision to demolish, which I’m assuming you will, then you will have to live with that. But this is not solving the climate crisis or the housing crisis…”

The council decided to redevelop the Aylesbury Estate in 2005 after concluding that refurbishment would be too expensive.

This was despite 70 per cent of residents voting against the estate’s redevelopment in 2001.

Across the entire Aylesbury Estate, the New Southwark Plan envisages building 4,200 new homes with at least 2,249 social rent homes.

But given that a 2015 survey showed there were 2,402 social rent homes, objectors say the overall development delivers a net loss of social rent flats.

Southwark Council says it has adopted a phased approach to development because construction costs and funding can change over the years, meaning fixed overall budgets are inappropriate.

The site is currently home to the Padbury, Ravenstone, Wendover and Winslow blocks. 60 homes in those blocks still have people living in them.

The council says it has given these residents a variety of options such as

Southwark News, Thursday January 26 2023

373 Aylesbury Estate flats to be bulldozed as next stage of redevelopment gets go ahead

allowing them to move to new homes being built on the estate or council properties being built elsewhere in the borough.

There is concern that a 26-storey block is out of character with the area and will tower over neighbouring Burgess Park.

Currently, all the blocks on the site are between six and fourteen storeys.

Southwark Council had previously said the site should only accommodate blocks measuring a maximum of twenty storeys.

Catriona Sinclair, from local community group Friends of Burgess Park, said: “The landmark building is now 26 storeys high.

If you walk along Albany Road this does not

introduce you to a new redevelopment site.

“There’s actually a row of tall buildings now along Albany Road because the limits have gone up and up each time.”

The planning committee’s decision was unanimous.

Cllr James McAsh, cabinet member for The Climate Emergency and Sustainable Development, said: “We are very pleased that NHG have got the go ahead for this next phase of new housing on the Aylesbury Estate, especially as it comes on the back of around 560 new council homes being built on the First Development Sites A and B. “This application is part of a much wider

redevelopment of one of the country’s largest council estates that will mean new and improved housing for local people including much needed family homes and homes for the over 50s, a mix of council rents, social rents, shared ownership for people who need help getting on the property ladder, and private sales to help fund the building of truly affordable homes.”

John Hughes, group director of development and deputy chief executive at Notting Hill Genesis, said: “We welcome Southwark Council’s decision to approve planning permission for Phase 2B.

Following extensive consultation with the community we feel satisfied that the plans provide much-needed new housing for the area, balancing the needs of existing residents while encouraging those from outside the area to become part of a wellestablished, thriving neighbourhood.

“While this is an important milestone, there are a number of further steps which must now be taken before we can start to deliver this project. These include receiving final approval from the Mayor of London and finalising our planning obligations (known as a section 106 agreement) with the council.”

Huge office block to be built next to Blackfriars Bridge

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk An eighteen-storey office block will be built overlooking the Thames Path next to Blackfriars Bridge.

Approved by Southwark’s planning committee on Tuesday, January 17, it is part of the wider Bankside Yards Development.

Developer Native Land’s new building will include 10 per cent affordable workspace and 51 per cent discounted on market-level rents.

Bankside Yards is a scheme being built on the site of Ludgate and Sampson House. The new development will include apartments, shops, offices and a hotel.

Historic planning permission, obtained by a different developer, was for seventeen “very large” luxury apartments.

Native Land said it decided to build offices instead due to “a change in the markets” but did not specify what changes.

Dan Clarke, speaking for Native Land, said the building was “a highquality office scheme designed by

Make Architects which will provide a striking and highly sustainable and energy efficient building”.

He added that Native Land had hoped for a taller building: “I’m glad your officers have recognised the quality… to be honest with you we did try for a higher scheme but there was a healthy debate and we have settled where we are.”

Councillors were told that the move away from residential development on the plot wouldn’t affect the amount of affordable housing being built elsewhere on the Backside Yards scheme.

According to the Bankside Yards website, 650 residential apartments of “exemplary standard” are planned.

Asked about changing work practices since the pandemic, Mr Clarke indicated the building might suit a “high-end” company needing to reduce its office space while maintaining a Central London location.

He said: “With this location in the centre of town they can maintain that headquarters address without necessarily the large-scale space needs.”

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returned and reworked Theatre Peckham are pressing replay on the critically acclaimed production of Sunny Side Up written and performed by David Alade.

Following on from its sold-out run at Peckham Fringe in 2022, this lyrical piece, blending drama and poetry, transfers to the main stage for a threeweek run.

Based on a true story, Sunny Side Up is an unforgiving coming-of-age story set in the mind of Peckham-born David, looking at his younger self – Little D. The journey sees a young Black boy go from childhood innocence through a harsh transformation into manhood,

all leading up to the loss of his father, Sunny.

Told via spoken word and featuring a host of characters this epic, playful and heartfelt play forces us to question how society shapes the vulnerabilities and masculinity of young black boys.

David Alade says, “excited is an understatement. I feel fulfilled to be able to tell this story, a story of family, love, and grief. Super chuffed that following Sunny Side Up’s success at Peckham Fringe 2022 I get to bring back a newer, longer version in a bigger space with a wicked set!

“Working with Suzann and bringing our ideas together and giving life to

what I’ve written is what has made this process beautiful, I can’t wait for people to meet Lil D.” Leading the creative team will be director Suzann McLean (Theatre Peckham’s Artistic Director/CEO), joined by designer Natalie Pryce, and rising star in sound design Rasaq Kukoyi championed by award-winning sound designer Tony Gayle.

Director Suzann McLean says, “Sunny Side Up rings true for all that Theatre Peckham is about, providing a space for the young people of Peckham to platform their own unique stories.

“David is an exceptional creative, both his writing and his performance are captivating, which makes the play is so compelling for audiences.

“It’s a 70 minute wake-up call, a call for change in the way society shapes young black boys for the battle of life.”

Theatre Peckham, 221 Havil Street, SE5 7SB from Tuesday 14 February to Sunday 5 March, 8pm (matinees at 2pm, 3pm & 4pm on different dates). Admission: Full Price £17.50, Concession £12, Peckham Local £6.

Booking: www.theatrepeckham.co.uk 020 7708 5401

Alex Edelman stepped out on to the Menier stage almost with caution on the opening night of his show, Just For Us, , writes Michael Holland.

There was a hint of a nervous stoop and a look of shock for the few seconds it took him to realise the theatre was full with American Jews, British Jews, New Yorkers, Bostonians, the curious and the press all applauding him. Within an instant he was fending off the cheers with mimed thank yous and hands that said, ‘please stop, I don’t deserve this’. By the end of the evening we all knew that he did.

Halfway through the show I thought the title meant it was just for Jews, as he makes no excuse for the Jewishness of his act, that is liberally showered with Yiddish that he translates for the few Gentiles there, but Just For Us was actually what someone told him after he gatecrashed a meeting of white nationalists - A meeting which became the backbone of the evening as he took us from first seeing the

‘invite’ on Twitter, his journey to Queens in New York, the private apartment the gathering was held in, the people there and where they were sitting, and ultimately to his leaving.

But built in to the potential tale of terror amongst the ‘Nazis’ we were treated to diversions off to Coco the talking gorilla, a horse with eight legs, and his ultra-Jewish family that are the source for a good part of Edelman’s comedy - Much to our enjoyment - and having Christmas one year without having a clue how to celebrate the season of goodwill in his Jewish household.

He tells of growing up on the spectrum, his constant visits to child psychiatrists, and how his mother would change them if they didn’t find anything wrong and ‘cure’ him.

And after each diversion he would bring us back to the racist meeting where he would once again pick up the story and introduce us to another one of the other participants. He would pick away at their sad traits one by one as they thrived off lies and conspiracy theories. And all

the while never letting us forget that, although he had turned it into comedy, he was very vulnerable in those surroundings.

Edelman does not keep still as he weaves in and out of the stools that depict the attendees, mimicking their vile words and actions. He shouts a lot. But he never loses the rhythm acquired from working this show around the world for quite a few years now - aided by the expert direction of Adam Brace.

Ultimately, he reveals that these Nazis he found himself amongst were ‘nowhere near as terrifying as my grandfather had told me’ but were merely ‘life’s losers’.

This dissection of the evil among us is sublime. And hilarious.

MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY, 53 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1RU until 26 February. Times: 7.30pm, matinees at 3pm Box Office: 020 7378 1713 (£2.50 transaction fee per booking) www.menierchocolatefactory.com (transaction fee per booking)

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Alex Edelman ‘Does it Just For Us’ - and we loved it!

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Premises Assistant Full -Time APTEC Scale 3 - 7 (£25,359 - £27,060) This highly successful multi-cultural comprehensive school is looking to appoint a full-time - 5 days which could include occasional Saturdays Premises Assistant. The successful applicant will have good interpersonal skills and be happy to work as part of the Premises team. Duties will include maintenance, cleaning, health and safety, security and other general site services within the school; some duties will involve physical activity such as lifting, carrying up and down stairs, ladder-work, porterage and small decorating jobs. As the key holder, at times there will be a requirement to work out of hours, which will be paid according to the scale above.

Contact the school on 020 7407 1843 or email apply@ssso.southwark.sch.uk for an application pack.

Closing date for applications is 12 noon, Wednesday 25th January 2023.

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Our school is committed to the safeguarding of children and all our appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and are a Living Wage employer. St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School, New Kent Rd, London, SE1 4AN Tel: 020 7407 1843 www.ssso.southwark.sch.uk

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Cleaners required asap Hours: 6.00 am to 8.00 am and/or 4.00pm to 6.00 pm Part-Time, £11.05 per hour, all year round We are looking to recruit friendly and enthusiastic cleaners for our outstanding, vibrant school. The successful applicants will work as part of a team that is responsible for the upkeep of classrooms and surrounding areas. Duties will include cleaning, buffing, sweeping, vacuum cleaning and other general cleaning. Times will be before school and after school. Hours are from 6.00am to 8.00am and 4.00pm to 6.00pm.

The job will involve alternative arrangements during school closure periods.

Previous experience for is not necessary, as training will be provided.

Our school is committed to the safeguarding of students so all our appointments are subject to medical clearance, two references and a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We are committed to Equal Opportunities.

To apply please complete the application form and return to School Business Manager, St Saviour’s & St Olave’s School, New Kent Road, London SE1 4AN Deadline for return of completed application form is 12 noon Wednesday 25th January 2023

Please note interviews will take place on w/c: 30th January 2023.

St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Penrose Street, Walworth SE17 3DT office@stpauls.southwark.sch.uk ∙ 02077034896

KS1 Class Teacher Start Date: April 2023 – (earlier start if possible) Contract: Fixed Term until the end of August 2023. Possibility of extension to a permanent contract Salary: MPS Are you an outstanding teacher who can make a difference to children’s lives?

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in a forward-looking

school to develop your own teaching skills and improve outcomes for all children.

Applicants are expected to be sympathetic to the Christian ethos of the school but not necessarily practising Christians.

For more details please contact Ms Tracy Ribbens, School Officer Manager, on 02077034896 or email office@stpauls.southwark.sch.uk.

Closing date: Midday Thursday 2nd February 2023 Interviews: Week beginning 6th February 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive suitable strong applications. If you are interested in working with us, please apply without delay.

St Paul’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Appointment of Trustees Millwall Community Trust is a registered charity and the Club Community Organisation of Millwall Football Club. As a Trustee, you will contribute to setting the strategic direction and overseeing the effective management of the Trust.

Working with over 8,000 people mainly in Southwark and Lewisham each year, the Trust has a clearer vision to use the unique passion of Millwall FC to connect and inspire the Club’s communities. The Trust aims to deliver high quality services which engage, enable and improve the lives of people, in key areas such as education and employability, school coaching & participation, community development, health improvement and facilities management. It is also proposing to expand its operations to include the Sevenoaks area. .......................................................................................................................................

We are seeking additional Trustees from diverse backgrounds who can bring to the Trust their enthusiasm and experience gained in their local communities. The Trust is seeking to broaden Board diversity. Applications are welcome from people of all abilities and characteristics, and in particular female, younger, black, Asian and mixed heritage applicants and those from UK ethnic minority communities. The Trust would welcome applications from candidates with a legal background.

Appointments are for three years and are unpaid. Trustees should be prepared to take part in Board meetings at least four times a year and to serve on at least one Committee.

If you are interested and would like to receive more information and details of how to apply, please email the Trust’s Secretary: pohalloran@millwallcommunity.org.uk Closing date for applications: 16 February 2023 Millwall Community Trust is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England No. 03920152.

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

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load unload or make certain movements in Crown Street.

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Dated this 26th January 2023 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: 6428

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BOYSON ROAD, CRIMSCOTT STREET, FRIERN ROAD, VERNEY ROAD, ADDINGTON SQUARE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC)

PUBLIC NOTICES 23

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Bankside Open Spaces Trust Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Bankside Open Spaces Festival 2023, encompassing Union Street, Flat Iron Square, Redcross way, SE1 1TD

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.

The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are

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: (a) Boyson Road, between Red Lion Row and Camberwell Road (b) Crimscott Street, between Willow Walk and Grange Road (c) Friern Road, between No’s 38 and No’s 3 to it’s junction with Upland Road (d) Verney Road, between Rotherhithe New Road and Ilderton Road (e) Addington Square, entire length, between Camberwell Road and Depot Street

Days

Start time

Finish time

The retail sale of alcohol:

Saturday 10 June 2023

12:00

21:00

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Saturday 10 June 2023

12:00

21:00

Opening hours:

Saturday 10 June 2023

12:00

21:00

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

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Camberwell Road, Boundary Lane, Red Lion Row. Camberwell Road, Westmoreland, Red Lion Row. (2b) Grange Road, Dunton Road, Willow Walk (2c) Upland Road, Underhill Road (2d) as indicated by the signs displayed. (2e) not applicable

4.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Crimscott Street will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2b)

5.

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

6.

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

7.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 3rd February (2b) 13th – 14th February (2c) 6th – 16th February (2d) 6th – 9th February (2e) 9th – 10th February

8.

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

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: 19th January 2022 LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WINDSOR WALK)

Dated this 26th January 2023 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) 37410621-conway (2b) 77000923-DC-careys (2c) 77000912-DC-hobart (2d) 80498701conway (2e) 48920762-conway

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in Windsor Walk, between Denmark Hill and Denmark for 86m East

3.

The alternative route for affected traffic is not applicable.

4.

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

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.

Please take notice that I / we ASSEMBLED GALA LTD Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Peckham Rye Park & Common, Peckham Rye, London SE15

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 between the 13th – 14th February 2023

7.

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

The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are: This Licence will permit a maximum of 6 event days per year on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holiday Mondays only (when Monday is a recognised Bank Holiday).

The supply of alcohol:

The provision of regulated entertainment:

Opening hours:

Days

Start time

Finish time

Thursday Friday & Saturday Sunday Any Sunday preceding a bank Holiday Monday Bank Holiday Monday

11:00 11:00 11:00

22:00 22:00 21:30

11:00 11:00

22:00 21:30

Thursday Friday & Saturday Sunday Any Sunday preceding a bank Holiday Monday Bank Holiday Monday

11:00 11:00 11:00

22:30 22:30 22:00

11:00 11:00

22:30 22:00

Thursday Friday & Saturday Sunday Any Sunday preceding a bank Holiday Monday Bank Holiday Monday

11:00 11:00 11:00

23:00 23:00 22:30

11:00 11:00

23:00 22:30

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 23rd January 2023

To place a notice, please email: em@southwarknews.co.uk

Dated this 26 January 2023 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: 6426/CAT-04-23-100421

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended) The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website.

How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of alisted building;

6 ST GEORGES TERRACE PECKHAM HILL STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 6DA (Ref: 22/AP/3980) Construction of a single storey rear extension at lower ground floor with roof terrace above; modifications to rear elevation at upper ground floor level to relocate door and reinstate new window; porch infill extension below entrance steps at lower ground floor at the front of the property. (Within: Peckham Hill Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) 3 FOUNTAIN GREEN SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 4TX (Ref: 22/AP/4182) Construction of a rear dormer extension and the addition of 1 roof light to the front roof slope and 1 to the side. (Within: Edward III's Rotherhithe CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) ARCH 865 CRUCIFIX LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 3JW (Ref: 22/AP/4243) Change of use to Class E (g) and external alterations to create new entrance Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) 15 TRAFALGAR AVENUE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 6NP (Ref: 23/AP/0010) Creation of a roof terrace on the existing flat roof at second floor level to rear of property, and the removal of a window at second floor level and its replacement by a door to provide access to the roof terrace.

(Within: Trafalgar Avenue CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) 2 OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4AZ (Ref: 23/AP/0111) Removal of Condition 2 (Occupation to be ancillary and incidental to enjoyment of dwellinghouse at 2 Darwin Street) and Condition 3 (Details of new fenestration and rooflights) attached to planning permission 95/AP/0175, for: Use of former public lavatories for domestic purposes ancillary to the single dwelling house at 2 Darwin Street, together with the erection of new boundary wall This Removal of Conditions application is submitted simultaneously with a separate Deed of

Release application, 22/AP/2448. (Within: Yates Estate And Victory CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Lauretta Doku 020 7525 5477) FIELDING STREET ALLOTMENTS 40 - 70 FIELDING STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref: 23/AP/0090) To rebuild the boundary wall that sits between the allotment garden and the neighbouring Grade II Listed homes.

(Within: Sutherland Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) A M HOUSE 106-114 BOROUGH HIGH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1LB (Ref: 23/AP/0138) The display of new internally illuminated fascia sign to the building. Reason(s) for publicity: AFFECT (Contact: Michèle Sterry 020 7525 5453) ROOF TOP 9057 254-268 CAMBERWELL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0DB (Ref: 23/AP/0122) Listed Building Consent: Proposed Rooftop upgrade to the existing telecommunications installation. Proposed removal of 3No. Antennas and 2No. cabinets. Proposed installation of 3No. Antennas, 1No. GPS module, 2no. 300?

Dishes, 1No. cabinet, 1No. flatpack frame and associated ancillary works. Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Gemma Williams 07926087097) 208 PECKHAM RYE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 0LU (Ref: 22/AP/4094) Construction of new timber clad au pair's annex to the rear garden. Annex to be timber framed set on screw piles. (Within: The Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Glenn Ruane 020 7525 5447) 33 GLENGALL ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 6NJ (Ref: 23/AP/0148) Replace the existing roof covering in order to repair the leaking roof. (Within: Glengall Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 9A BLENHEIM GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 4QS

(Ref: 23/AP/0166) The demolition of the existing 1990s house at No.9a Blenheim Grove and the construction of a new 2-bedroom home with a basement, housing a home studio.

(Within: Holly Grove CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403)

floor along with external works to front and rear garden (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486)

39 OAKHURST GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 9AH (Ref: 23/AP/0108) Replacement of existing windows and doors. (Within: The Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Ibrahim Azam 020 7525 2876)

STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth

SCOTTS SUFFERANCE WHARF 5 MILL STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2DE (Ref: 23/AP/0125) Conversion of loft above Flat 81 into additional habitable accommodation, including altering the roof from hip to gable, installation of dormer windows and additional rooflights on the north and south-facing roof slopes, solar PV panels on south-facing roof slope, and double doors to replace double windows in the lounge. (Within: St Saviours Dock CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anna Poulose ) 47-49 RYE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 5ET (Ref: 22/AP/4356) Proposed air conditioning and ventilation external plant on the roof . (Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Michèle Sterry 020 7525 5453) 52 WEST SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4SP (Ref: 23/AP/0126) Replacement of existing steps to rear of the property with a raised platform and balustrades and steps and alterations to the rear elevation (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anna Poulose ) 199 EAST DULWICH GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE22 8SY (Ref: 23/AP/0081) Demolition of existing conservatory and construction of a ground floor rear extension, removal of rear chimney, internal refurbishments to first and second

Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Prithibi Gurung Have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of IKIGAI JAPANESE AND KOREAN CUISINE, 220 LOWER ROAD, SE8 5DJ The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days

Start time

Finish time

The supply of alcohol:

Tuesday to Sunday

17:00

22:00

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Sunday

17:00

22:00

A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Date of application: 13th January 2023

Dated: 24 Jan 2023 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 25

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

SCHOOL STREETS PROGRAMME: GOODRICH AND BESSEMER GRANGE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (ALPHA STREET, BAWDALE ROAD, EAST DULWICH GROVE, MARSHALSEA ROAD, NUTCROFT ROAD, RED LION ROW)

The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (Bessemer Grange Primary School) Traffic Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (Goodrich Primary School) Traffic Order 2023

(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC

1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 26 January 2023 it has made the above Orders under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

1.

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

2. The effects of the Orders are:(a) to remake an Order for the existing ‘School Streets’ pedestrian and cycle zone in NAIRNE GROVE and WOODFARRS in the vicinity of Bessemer Grange Primary School to clarify the permit accessibility (Note: the existing operating hours of this ‘School Street’ will not be changed, and remains between 8.30 am and 9.30 am and between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by the Bessemer Grange Primary School); and (b) to introduce a pedestrian and cycle zone in DUNSTANS ROAD, in the vicinity of Goodrich Primary School. All motor vehicles except permit holders would be prohibited from entering or proceeding in the part of Dunstans Road which lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and a point 7 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Mount Adon Park, between 8.30 am and 9.15 am and between 3.15 pm and 4.00 pm (Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by the Goodrich Primary School).

Permits allowing vehicles to enter the ‘School Streets’ pedestrian and cycle zones will be available to residents of premises located within the zone, to registered carers or residents of premises located within the zone, to disabled person’s blue badge holders who are school staff, carers or dropping off and/or collecting pupils to the school and to SEND vehicles, by application to the Council. Exemptions would also apply in respect of emergency service vehicles.

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: (a) Alpha Street, between Choumert Road and Mcdermott Road (b) Bawdale Road, between Lordship Lane and Fellbrigg Road (c) East Dulwich Grove, between Red Post Hill and Green Dale (d) Marshalsea Road, south eastern side of carriageway, between No’s 198 and it’s junction with Borough High Street (e) Nutcroft Road, between No’s 60 and Fenham Road (f) Red Lion Row, between Boundary Lane and Westmoreland Road

3.

3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 30 January 2023, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Choumert Road, Chadwick Road, Bellenden Road, Maxted Road, Mcdermott Road (2b) Whatley Road, Fellbrigg Road, Hansler Road (2c) as indicated by the signs displayed. (2d) Borough High Street, Borough High Street Slip Road, Southwark Street. Southwark Bridge Road. Borough High Street Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road (2e) Fenham Road, Naylor Road. (2f) Westmoreland Road, Camberwell Road, Boundary Lane

4.

The existing ‘one-way’ in Choumert Grove, between Choumert Road and Alpha Street, will be made ‘two-way for access and egress purposes

4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

5.

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

6.

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

Dated 26 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure

7.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 14th February (2b) 15th February (2c) 16th – 17th February (2d) 11th – 12th February (2e) 13th – 17th February (2f) 13th February

8.

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

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK MELBOURNE GROVE PERMANENT ROAD CLOSURES The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Melbourne Grove) Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places and Waiting restrictions) (Melbourne Grove) Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Melbourne Grove) Traffic Order 2023 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 26 January 2023 it has made 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 (‘the 1984 Act’).

2. The effect of the Orders are, on a permanent basis: (a) to provide ‘no motor vehicles’ point road closures prohibiting the movement of motor vehicles, which are indicated by traffic signs and physically enforced by planters and flexible bollards in MELBOURNE GROVE (i) 2.5 metres south-west of its junction with Grove Vale, and (ii) 3.5 metres south-east of its junction with Tell Grove - prohibiting the movement of motor vehicles, exemptions would be provided for emergency services vehicles and for vehicles used for road maintenance, refuse collection or cleansing purposes; (b) in MELBOURNE GROVE to relocate two existing ‘limited stay’ disabled persons parking places on the south-east side further south-west from its junction with Grove Vale, to a new location o/s No. 1 & 5 Melbourne Grove; (c) within CPZ ‘ED’ (i) in MELBOURNE GROVE south-east side remove 13 metres of existing ‘pay’ parking o/s Nos. 1 & 5 Melbourne Grove and convert 7 metres of existing ‘pay’ to ‘shared-use’ parking o/s Nos. 5 & 7 Melbourne Grove, north-east side o/s Nos. 17 & 19 Melbourne Grove convert 10 metres of existing ‘permit’ to ‘shared-use’ parking, and north-west side introduce 15 metres of new ‘pay’ parking o/s Nos. 2 to 5 Melbourne Terrace; and (ii) in TELL GROVE reduce in length by 2.5 metres per side, existing ‘permit’ parking east of its junction with Melbourne Grove (59 metres remains on the northern side and 8 metres remains on the southern side); and (d) to add new and amend existing ‘at any time’ waiting in MELBOURNE GROVE (on both sides south of its junction with Grove Vale and on both sides south of its junction with Tell Grove) and in TELL GROVE (on both sides east of its junction with Melbourne Grove) to accommodate the above point road closures and parking changes.

NOTES: (1) These Orders supersede similar provisions at the above locations implemented by way of experimental Orders made under section 9 of the 1984 Act (which are revoked). (2) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits for the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) ‘ED’; ‘shareduse’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the CPZ ‘ED’ or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the hours of operation. (3) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (4) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking 3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 30 January 2023, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details.

4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 26 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure

To place a notice, please email: em@southwarknews.co.uk Cut off is 2pm Tuesday

Dated this 26th January 2023 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) 6307/90927156-conway (2b) 6308/75589155-conway (2c) 6322/10414279-conway (2d) 6358/LO00000500322770401-BT (2e) 6372/W119075031-01825-SGN (2f) 6313/75651977-conway

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark PUBLIC NOTICE: ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 29 THE (RESTRICTION OF TRAFFIC) SPECIAL EVENTS ORDER 2023 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2.

The purpose of the Order is to facilitate play streets as indicated in the schedule to this notice.

3.

The effect of the Order is to prohibit any vehicle/cycle from:(a) entering or proceeding in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice on the date and between the hours specified in that schedule;. (b) waiting (including waiting for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) in the length of street specified in the schedule to this notice.

4.

The prohibitions will not apply in respect of: (a) any vehicle being used for the purposes of that event or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes; (b) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by the Council of the London Borough of Southwark.

5.

The alternative route will be adjacent roads as applicable.

For information regarding this notice, please contact Network & Parking at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk

Dated this 26th January 2023 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: playstreets Schedule Road

Extent

Date of event and Prohibited Hours

St Francis Road

Between Dog Kennel Hill and its blocked end

Sunday 29th January 1pm – 4pm

Rodwell Road

Between Landcroft Road and Cyrena Road

Sunday 29th January 1pm – 4pm

26 SPORT

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Southwark News, Thursday January 26 2023

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk RICHARD RIAKPORHE produced another frightening performance to demolish Poland’s Krzysztof Glowacki in less than four rounds – and then called out prospective opponents after putting himself in the frame for a world title fight next.

Walworth’s Riakporhe, 33, stopped 36-year-old Glowacki with sixteen seconds left in the fourth to move his record to 16-0 on the undercard of the main event, when Liam Smith shocked Chris Eubank Jr. Riakporhe knew he had to win at the AO Arena in Manchester to ensure he now gets a crack at a world belt in a compelling cruiserweight division.

After a slow start to the contest when both opponents were feeling each other out, Riakporhe landed a huge right in the second before moving in for the kill with a flurry of punches, only for Glowacki to survive into the third round.

Glowacki did respond with some good combinations but Riakporhe was still able to get through with that fierce right.

It was another massive right that proved decisive and as ‘The Midnight Train’ moved in to unload another barrage referee Howard Foster stepped in to stop the fight with the Pole rocking on his feet.

Riakporhe revealed in the ring afterwards how confident he had been about a stoppage.

“I’m feeling good, I’m happy we got the job done in that fashion,” he said.

“We wanted a knock-out victory and I predicted round three or four. There are some people who put some bets on because I told them in the gym last week, so they’re going to be happy!

“We’re on the train. Next stop? Next stop all the champions.”

“Jai Opetaia, I know you’re watching this. Trust me, we’re coming for you.

[Ilunga] Makabu, you lot can’t run no more. [Lawrence] Okolie, [Arsen] Goulamirian, I know all of you lot and I think about you every day when I go to

Richard Riakporhe lands a left

Walworth fighter stops opponent to set up world title shot prospect sleep.

“Trust me, we’re coming for you.”

Okolie took six rounds to beat Glowacki in 2021, but Riakporhe wasn’t reading anything into his quicker finish.

He explained: “I never use Okolie as a reference, that I need to get [Glowacki] out before him, because I just feel like everybody’s got their different styles and everybody needs to focus on what they’re doing. When you try to compare, that’s when things can go pear-shaped.

Bermondsey’s ‘2Slick’ edged out on points

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CHRIS KONGO suffered just the second defeat of his professional career as Ekow Essuman defended his British and Commonwealth welterweight titles with a points’ decision in Manchester last weekend.

Bermondsey’s Kongo lost 114-114, 116113, 115-114 on the judges’ scorecards on the Chris Eubank Jr-Liam Smith bill.

‘2Slick’ Kongo appeared to be in charge in the opening rounds before his Nottingham-based opponent started to get the upper hand.

Essuman dominated the sixth and seventh rounds as he had Kongo on the ropes.

Kongo responded with a good eighth round before Essuman landed a big left

and right in the ninth.

It was a similar story in the tenth before Kongo came back strongly in the eleventh but it was still Essuman getting in the more damaging shots.

Kongo did rally again before the end of the last round but it was in vain as Essuman edged it.

“It was the experience of the having those other fights, those other twelverounders, those other really hard fights where I had to dig deep, where I had to go certain places and come back from it.

It helps,” Essuman said.

“As you come up through the ranks, people can look down on you, you’ve just got to keep beating who is in front of you, even when the odds are against you, you just have to keep pushing.

“Boxing is about what you can do when you are tired, not what you can do when you are fit and my name’s ‘The Engine’.”

“We’ve got the job done and that’s what we wanted and in that fashion.”

Riakporhe’s promoter, Ben Shalom of BOXXER, added: “He’s ready now, his power in both hands is ridiculous.

Ridiculous. I thought that was a mature performance.

“Chris Billam-Smith is there – Richard wants everyone. I really believe we’ve got the hardest-hitting cruiserweight in the country right here. It’s world titles, it’s Lawrence Okolie, it’s Chris Billam-

Smith. What a division we have. Richard Riakporhe, for me, could be top of the tree.”

Riakporhe defeated Billam-Smith, 32, on a split-decision in 2019 and both fighters are aiming to win world titles this year.

Surrey’s Billam-Smith was in the ring after Riakporhe’s victory, with both fighters showing each other the utmost respect.

Billam-Smith said: “I haven’t got a

world title yet, I understand that. We both want world titles, we both need to go away and get a world title and make a huge fight. I think everyone would want to see that again.

“Both of us are coming off the back of stoppages and that makes for a great fight. It was a really good performance from Richard [Saturday], probably his best yet as a pro. Which is exciting for me, it adds extra spice to the challenge.

I’m bang up for it.”

Fisher legend ‘loves it’ as he marks 50 years in coaching role

Steve Hiser, left, with ABA Champion Dave Walker and club secretary Con Sullivan

By Sport Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk COACHING LEGEND Steve Hiser still “loves it” as he celebrates a half-century with Fisher Boxing Club this season.

Hundreds of local boxing hopefuls

have benefited from Steve’s vast experience and knowledge of the sport.

During Steve’s incredible 50 years, the Fisher club’s boxers have won innumerable titles at all levels from National Schoolboy to ABA titles and international representatives.

Many Fisher amateurs have moved

on to great success as professionals, including former world welterweight champion Lloyd Honeyghan.

At the moment, Steve and his colleagues at Fisher have a keen group of young boxers learning the ropes and benefiting from the best instruction in boxing.

Steve was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2012 for services to young people in Southwark.

After 50 years coaching boxers of all standards, Steve is still full of enthusiasm about his role.

“I love it,” he said. “The camaraderie and the atmosphere is fantastic. It’s just one big family here.

For anyone interested in joining the Fisher Club, the main landline is 0207 939 7400. Select option 2 weekdays between 4pm and 8pm. The address is: Coxton Place, Druid Street, SE1 2EZ.

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Hamlet ‘saddened’ after Slough Town incident

Both sides investigating after alleged racist abuse of Dulwich player

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET chairman Ben Clasper said the club was “sad” after alleged racist abuse from a Slough Town spectator towards one of the visiting players last weekend.

Clasper confirmed the club have been in contact with Slough and anti-racist organisation Kick It Out as both sides investigate the alleged incident.

“The club is sad to confirm the reports of an incident of racist abuse being directed by a spectator at one of our players during the match at Slough Town on Saturday,” Clasper said on Dulwich’s website.

“Our priority is the well-being of the player who was the victim of the abuse as well as our other players and staff who experienced the aftermath and I would like to thank [manager] Paul Barnes and his coaching team and our EDI officer Danny Mills for their immediate and professional

reaction which allowed us to build a complete picture of what had occurred.

“The club will forward the information we have gathered to Slough Town following their own appeal for information from witnesses and based on our prior relationship, and following a conversation with my counterpart at Slough Town know we can trust them to take a proactive lead with the next stage.

“We are already in contact with Kick It Out and thank them for their advice and support. Our commitment to standing up against racism and all forms of abuse and discrimination extends beyond Champion Hill Stadium into every aspect of the game and our community.

“I would like to thank our own fans who provided valuable information on the day and hope that other spectators who witnessed the incident will come forward so that together we can all work towards identifying, calling out and eventually eradicating this from our game.”

Dulwich lost the game 4-3. The hosts were 2-0 up at half-time after goals from Ogo Obi and Matthew Lench in the seventh and 21st minutes.

Jack Holland pulled one back in the 49th minute but a goal from John Goddard on 58 minutes and an own goal from Joe Felix eight minutes later had the home side in control.

The Hamlet rallied as George Porter’s 77th-minute goal and Sanchez Ming’s in the 83rd minute set up a grandstand finish, but the visitors couldn’t rescue anything from the contest.

Dulwich dropped to sixteenth in the National League South table ahead of Tuesday’s game against Ebbsfleed United.

The Hamlet travel to Weymouth this Saturday for a 3pm kick-off.

Meanwhile, midfielder Jayden Clarke has joined former Millwall boss Neil Harris’ League Two Gillingham on a permanent deal. He scored six times in 26 appearances after arriving last summer.

“I’ve been working hard since I was a little kid to get a professional contract and it’s finally here, and now I need to push on again,” Clarke said on the Hamlet’s website.

“I left Tottenham when I was fourteen and now I’ve finally got another opportunity at a professional club, and now I need to make sure I have no regrets whatever happens.

“It’s been a crazy journey the last few years and you need the platform and to be playing, and I have been at Bedfont Sports, Hendon and at Dulwich and that has helped me get a move into the League.

“It’s been great being at the club for the last six months. I will miss Dulwich and try and come down as much as I can.

“Thank you to the manager, coaches and my team-mates for their support, and to the fans as well.”

Dulwich have replaced Clarke with 22-year-old attacking midfielder Cameron Thompson. He made two appearances for National League Torquay United this season.

Fish impress against shock promotion contenders Photo by Dave Anderson

By John Kelly

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk FISHER BAGGED their best SCEFL Premier Division result of the season as they defeated secondplace Rusthall 3-0 at St Paul’s last weekend.

Michael Sarpong gave Ajay Ashanike’s side the lead in the first half before a double from Jacob Katonia in the 75th and 90th minutes made sure of the points.

Seemingly marooned at the bottom of the table just a couple of months ago, the Fish are now eleventh. After runaway leaders Erith & Belvedere, who are 23 points clear, the table bunches up and Fisher are just eight points behind Rusthall with two games in hand. It was a fourth win in a row and they have lost just

The Fish are flying once in eleven games.

Fisher’s next game is in the league against Phoenix Sports in Rotherhithe next Tuesday. Kick-off is 7.45pm.

Neither Stansfeld nor Bermondsey Town were in action last weekend. The Stans were hosting Erith Town in the Kent Senior Trophy quarter-finals on

Tuesday.

Bermondsey are at home to Faversham SF in the SCEFL First Division this Saturday. Kick-off at St Paul’s is 3pm.

Meanwhile, Peckham Town were knocked out of the London FA Senior Trophy in the quarter-finals as they lost 2-1 to SCEFL First Division Forest Hill Park at The Menace Arena.

In front of a season-high attendance of 165, Malachi Medley gave the visitors in the lead in the 47th minute before Kieran Dowding levelled for Mary Phillip’s side in the 63rd minute.

But Medley was on the mark again ten minutes from time to send his side through.

Peckham return to Kent County Premier Division action on Saturday when they host Halls AFC. Kick-off is 2pm.

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Lionesses fall to league leaders

By Jeff Burnige sport@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL LIONESSES suffered their biggest defeat in eighteen months as they lost 4-1 at unbeaten tabletoppers Worthing in their London & South East Women’s Regional Football League encounter last Sunday.

Manager Jack Wheeler made four changes following the cup defeat to Gillingham the previous weekend, recalling strikers Otesha Charles and Shannan Drewe, plus defenders Jas Auguste and Julie Moulton.

The opening 20 minutes looked promising for Millwall, but first a brilliant free-kick and then a breakaway down the Lionesses’ left gave Worthing a two-goal lead going into halftime.

The hosts’ unbeaten run started after the non-league club decided to increase their investment in their women’s team following the European Championships last summer.

They look destined for promotion to the FA Women’s National League this season, and Millwall are the main challengers.

The second half again started well for the Lionesses, who possibly were pushing too hard to get back into the game, and twice more Worthing got behind them on their right to put the result to bed. The Millwall side kept battling and Wheeler sent on regular attacking full-back Millie Connell, new midfield signing Stefania Paci and goalscoring midfielder Maisie Joyce, which resulted in a strong last half-hour from the Lionesses.

Drewe scored a beauty to reduce the deficit, but they were unable to score again, and the staff and players held a long inquest in the changing room before emerging for the postmatch meal determined to put things right this weekend. The opportunity comes immediately as they face local rivals Dartford at Princes Park in the London & South East Regional League Cup. The highlight of the weekend came in a similar top-of-thetable clash in the Junior Premier League under-18 against league leaders AFC Stoneham, in which the Lionesses inflicted a 4-0 defeat on a side containing the granddaughter of former Lion David Stride. Millwall’s goals came from Millan ShakespeareSimms, Melanie Jones (2) and a stunner from Chloe Bryan.

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Millwall turn a corner with their away form Cardiff City win means the Lions have picked up 15 points on the road

By Alex Jones sport@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT believes that Millwall have turned a corner in terms of their away performances after they secured a win in the Welsh capital on Saturday afternoon.

Tom Bradshaw’s first-half strike was enough to down Cardiff City in a tight game, with the Lions doing the double over an opponent for the second time this season.

Crucially, it means that they have won four matches on the road in 2022-23, improving their away form drastically.

Millwall now have the seventeenth best away record in the division, which has played a big part in guiding them to the top end of the table.

Rowett’s men now sit just two points off third place with a game in hand on six of the seven teams above them, giving the manager confidence that his side can secure a play-off place at the end of the season.

“It doesn’t need to change [the away form], I think it’s already changed,” he told the News.

“I think we’ve won three out of the last five away games, so I think the away form has definitely picked up.

“Overall, in general, we’ve lost too many games away from home, that’s a fact. When you’ve lost something like seven or eight away from home and have won most of your home games, if you look at the top teams, they’re pretty consistent in their performances overall.

“We’ve certainly improved. To have beaten Bristol City, Preston, Watford and Cardiff in this period is much, much better. We waited a while for that away win and now we’ve picked up.

“Watching the game [vs. Cardiff] back, I thought we played really well in the first half. We very much controlled proceedings, they had a couple of counterattacks and transitions that made you feel as though it wasn’t quite as good, then in the second half we did what we had to do.

“Actually, it was a pretty good performance overall.”

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Bradshaw guides LIONS to a gritty win on the road

Millwall pick up all three points in the Welsh capital for the first time since February 2005

Cardiff City Stadium. Saturday, January 21sr.Tom Kick-off: Bradshaw3pm has now contributed to nine league goals so far this season

championship report Cardiff City - 0 Millwall - 1 Bradshaw 26’ Date: Saturday 14 January 2023 Attendance: 18,838 (1,268 away) Referee: Leigh Doughty Man of the match: Shaun Hutchinson

By Alex Jones at Cardiff City Stadium sport@southwarknews.co.uk WELSH INTERNATIONAL Tom Bradshaw scored a first-half winner as Millwall did the double over struggling Cardiff City for the first time since the 1970’s.

In fact, it was the first time that the Lions had won away against the Bluebirds in eighteen years, although you wouldn’t have noticed from the way that they started the match on Saturday afternoon.

Millwall carried an early threat but failed to really test Ryan Allsopp in the Cardiff net. Their best chance came when Mason Bennett took aim from 25 yards, but he skied his shot into the safe standing behind the goal.

It would soon be the Bluebirds’

to threaten, and they looked to be much more clinical. First, Kion Etete was given the chance to set up Jaden Philogene in a two-on-one position, but his final pass was caught by George Long. Zian Flemming tried to catch Allsopp off his line from the halfway line immediately after, but failed to fire the ball over the line.

Cardiff then hit the post after Philogene’s cross was met by the head of Etete, with the referee awarding a corner which the hosts failed to capitalise from.

Millwall had one of the bigger chances of the half, however, when Danny McNamara picked up a flickon from Jake Cooper after a free-kick.

He found the space to cross into the box for Flemming, who inexplicably missed from point-blank range.

The hosts almost made them pay immediately after Callum Styles was caught too far up the pitch at left-back.

Philogene’s cross was then met by Callum O’Dowda, who forced a superb save from Long before the offside flag was raised.

In the end, Cardiff were the ones who were made to pay after Cooper was able to flick on yet another free-kick,

this time into the path of Bradshaw down the left side of the box. The striker ran the ball into a seemingly impossible angle, but was able to slot the ball into the back of the net to give Millwall the lead in the 26th minute.

The Bluebirds looked for an immediate response, and were given a good chance when Cooper gave away a free-kick on the edge of the box, picking up a yellow card. Callum Robinson stepped up to take it, smacking the wall before Philogene blasted an effort over the bar.

Cardiff clearly struggled in the final third, which was evident when they managed to ruin yet another twoon-one situation after Cooper gave the ball away on the edge of the box.

However, Shaun Hutchinson stepped up to intercept the ball, preventing a certain goal. Millwall had the final chance of the half though, with Bradshaw firing a tap-in into the gloves of Allsopp.

Cardiff transformed themselves after the break and improved massively after the break. Etete’s onetwo with Robinson allowed the latter to curl the first chance of the second half wide while the pair continued to

threaten in the box. Millwall remained strong and kept the strikers quiet in the crucial moments.

A 60th minute substitution saw Ryan Leonard return from injury after months out injured, replacing Mason Bennett. It was clear that the Lions were going to move to a back five, and they managed to limit the hosts to just a handful of opportunities.

Gary Rowett’s men had a chance to win it in the 82nd minute when Flemming flicked a lovely backheel into the path of Jamie Shackleton, but the substitute stabbed the ball into the path of Allsopp. It was the last concrete chance of the game as Millwall picked up their fourth away win of the season.

Cardiff City: 4-2-3-1: Allsopp; Ng, McGuinness, Kipre, O’Dowda; Wintle (Ralls 69’), Rinomhota; Philogene, Ojo (Davies 69’), Robinson; Etete Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara, Hutchinson, Cooper, Styles (Malone 90’); Mitchell, Saville (Cresswell 90’); Honeyman (Shackleton 79’), Flemming, Bennett (Leonard 63’); Bradshaw (Voglsammer 79’)

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Millwall ‘keepers confirm their futures George Long penned a longterm contract with the Lions earlier this week

All three shot-stoppers sign new deals to remain at the Den EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GEORGE LONG, Bartosz Białkowski and Connal Trueman have all signed new contracts with Millwall.

Long, 29, has been the Lions’ firstchoice goalkeeper since replacing Białkowski, 35, in mid-September. He made his league debut for the club against Blackpool and has played almost every game since, only missing the visit of Rotherham United on New Year’s Day as his wife went into labour.

In total, he has featured seventeen times for Millwall this season, keeping seven clean sheets and conceding just fourteen goals, highlighting how important it was to tie him down with a new long-term contract.

“We spoke about Longy coming into the team, he’s performed really, really well,” manager Gary Rowett told the News.

“He’s a different type of goalkeeper to Bart and they’ve both got brilliant attributes, but he’s slightly different and he gives us a slightly different perspective on how we can play.

“I think there’s more to come from him but he’s shown a real level of

consistency, and the defensive record and performances have been really good.

That’s all you can judge him on.

“He’s made some good saves and, like I said, there are further improvements to come.”

It was a slightly bigger surprise to see Białkowski opting to remain at The Den, with the former Polish international extending his contract past this summer.

He played the first ten games of the Championship season, keeping three clean sheets and saving a penalty, but has dropped to the bench to support Long as the club’s new first-choice goalkeeper.

“I think everyone has a decision and

everyone’s decision is made by them and their families, and considered I’m sure,” Rowett added.

“I spoke to Bart about it, I wanted him here. I think he’s a fantastic goalkeeper, I think we’ve got two number one goalkeepers, you could ask very close to being three number one goalkeepers with Connal around, who’s played for Birmingham in their team in the Championship.

“I think that’s important. It’s important that we have that depth in quality and important that we have the skill, and it’s important that we have that competition for places as well. That’s all you can say.

“I spoke about how Bart was unfortunate to come out of the team and it was more that the team just needed something changing early season, it wasn’t necessarily down to Bart’s performances, which made it quite a difficult decision that was unfair on him.

“He’s taken it brilliantly, he’s supported George, got behind George, and he’s shown the class he’s got as a guy. I get on really well with Bart and that’s what it says about him as a person.”

Trueman, 26, is yet to play a competitive game for Millwall, having been named on the bench twice while featuring regularly for the under-21’s.

Lions need all hands on deck for promotion run-in

Gary Rowett wants his whole squad involved ahead of demanding run of fixtures Callum Styles and Jamie Shackleton have both failed to nail down a spot in the starting lineup this season

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT wants his entire squad raring to go for the second half of the season as they look to challenge for promotion.

The Lions are only outside of the play-off places on goal difference and could move up to third place in the Championship if they win their game in hand.

However, they face an incredibly difficult run of fixtures in the next few weeks. Should Luton Town fail to knock out League Two outfit Grimsby Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup, Rowett’s men will face seven league games in February, four of which are

away, while two of the three home games are against the runaway leaders at the top of the division.

They will face the same number of matches in April, which will likely be a defining moment for the club as they look to finally bridge the gap to the top six and compete for a place in the Premier League.

With Millwall’s squad still looking thin, Rowett will need everyone at their best as he tries to figure out a way to play his strongest possible team while keeping everyone fit and healthy during the latter stages of the campaign.

“We’ve got a really good squad of players, they’re really good characters,” he told the News.

“Everyone works incredibly hard, but we’ve got some very good players that haven’t started regularly over the last month, although it doesn’t mean that they won’t start regularly over the next few months. Any team is only as good as its squad and the depth of its squad.

“We’ve built it up. Not everyone can play, not everyone can start, and not everyone is going to be happy with that. As a manager, you just have to deal with that along the way. What I would say is that, with everyone we’ve got at the moment, I’m delighted that they’re there.

“I hope we get to the end of the window and our group is intact with a couple of additions.”

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Bradders breaks Welsh hearts

Millwall’s number nine on scoring in his country’s international stadium EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk SATURDAY’S WIN against Cardiff City was special for Tom Bradshaw.

The Welsh international scored the winner in his country’s national stadium to help Millwall to their fourth away win of the season, keeping them within touching distance of the top six.

It explains why there are such strong personal links for Bradshaw, who was born in Shrewsbury before moving over the border at the age of two.

“My dad moved there for work, so I grew up on the coast in a place called Towyn, which is mid-Wales but right on the coast,” he told the News.

“We stayed there until I was sixteen, when I signed for Shrewsbury Town as a scholar. That’s when I moved back to England.

“I lived in Wales from the age of two to sixteen and did a lot of my education in Welsh. It was a great childhood and a time that I look back on with fond memories.”

After the Lions’ win on Saturday afternoon, Bradshaw stayed in Cardiff with his family until Sunday afternoon, when he returned to South London ahead of resuming training on Wednesday morning.

It shows how strong his links are with Wales, even if you can’t tell it from his accent. As a result, he has had fun teasing some of his family and friends who support the Bluebirds, although he claimed that he received more messages after the match than he sent out.

“It’s always nice to score against teams where you’ve got friends and family who are personally involved with that team. There’s been a couple down the years actually, one of my special memories was scoring against Aston Villa back in my Barnsley days. A lot of my family are big Villa fans, so to score against teams that a lot of your friends and family are either supporting or have supported for years, that’s always a great feeling.”

In terms of his

performances on the pitch, his strike against Cardiff means that he has contributed to six goals in his last six games, with his total for the campaign now at seven goals and two assists.

It shows how crucial his efforts have been for Millwall, who really do rely on him for a little bit of everything in every single game.

“I think that’s been the case for everyone this year, it’s one of our biggest strengths,” he admitted.

“Obviously Zi [Flemming] has scored ten goals, that’s been brilliant for us, but everyone has been chipping in with goals or assists. Clean sheets are massive for us because we’re not one of those teams that will score a hatful of goals every week, so those clean sheets are vitally important for us.

“The last six games have been good for me personally to help out the team with goals and assists, but it’s something that runs through the team where everyone chips in in similar ways.”

That has been a running theme from his time at The Den, as Bradshaw has often gone on lengthy scoring runs before getting injured or suddenly losing confidence in key moments.

His aim is to change that over the coming weeks, hoping that it could help his side to finally bridge the gap to the top six at the end of the campaign.

“When I’ve looked back on my career, a lot of goals do come in bursts,” he said.

“One thing that I’m trying to improve is, not necessarily the consistency of my performances, but the consistency of scoring bursts throughout the season.

“It’s been good so far this season, even just consistency of playing week in, week out. That’s been a great thing for me personally where it’s allowed me to build my confidence and robustness.

“I’ve played ten games in a row at the moment, which is something that I’ve really enjoyed, and it’s always more enjoyable when the team is successful as well. We’re doing well at the moment and, on top of our home form, we’re starting to pick up a few away wins as well, which is great for the points tally.”

Manager Gary Rowett has certainly felt some sympathy for him as the only out-and-out striker in the team following the departures of Isaac Olaofe and Benik Afobe earlier in the January transfer window.

It has meant that Bradshaw has had to play every single week, which he agreed has been demanding for his body, even though he really enjoys it.

“One thing that no footballer will complain about is starting week in, week out, because that’s what we love doing.

“It’s something that I’ve really enjoyed doing and I’ve loved, but obviously every team at this level is

going to want to have backups and other options in every position. I’m sure that’s something that the club is looking at in this transfer window.

“It’s something that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed and I love working for the team. Even if I don’t score or assist in a game, I always try to do my best for the team and help us to get the three points.”

Despite that, the club are working hard to sign a new forward before deadline day next Tuesday, with Hibernian’s Kevin Nisbet the latest player to be linked with a move to SE16.

This could be an intimidating prospect for many players, but Bradshaw is ready for the challenge of adding another attacker to the squad ahead of the second half of the campaign, adding that extra depth could help the Lions to challenge over a 46-game season.

“If we had three or four strikers and the club were pushing hard to get another one in, you’d be thinking maybe what we have isn’t enough.

“Being a footballer for so long, you know that every club needs options.

With the likes of Tants [Olaofe] and Benik going, we are drastically short on strikers.

“It’s not something I’m even thinking about really because I know that, at this level, clubs need options and that’s something that they’re trying to bring in for sure. For me, I’m enjoying my football and trying to concentrate on the next game and doing the best I can for the team.”

The main reason why Millwall are looking to strengthen is because of the departure of Afobe, who joined Hatta Club earlier in January. It was a difficult moment for Bradshaw, who has formed a strong partnership with the Congolese international, although he agreed that the move was best for the player and the club in the long term.

“I was over the moon when Benik came back,” he claimed.

“It was quite widely publicised that Benik and I got on really well both on and off the pitch, but that’s football sometimes! Sometimes options come up which are the best thing for the player and the club, and from knowing Benik, he has a lot of ties over in Dubai.

“I think it was the right thing for him personally. It was bittersweet where I was happy that it was the right thing and it worked out well for him, but obviously from my perspective I was sad to see him go because I got on well with him and enjoyed our partnership.

“I think I saw that he scored in his first game over there and he seems like he’s enjoying it, so fair play to him and hopefully I’ll see him over the summer at some point.”

Southwark News, Thursday January 26 2023 EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk COMPETING FOR promotion to the Premier League is one of the hardest tasks in all of football.

Only the two best teams in the Championship win automatic promotion, while the sides ranked third through sixth qualify for the play-offs.

Everything has to fall into place to be remotely near the top end of the table, meaning that some of the biggest clubs in the country end up falling short of their aim.

That pressure can be far too much for some players, but not for Zian Flemming.

“To be honest, I don’t feel that way at all,” he told the News. “I don’t feel any kind of pressure in a negative way.”

The Dutchman admits that he has no idea what the league table looks like at the moment - as long as Millwall are in or around the top six, he doesn’t care.

But that’s simply because he doesn’t need to. The Lions can’t secure a playoff spot in January, so focusing too much on their position isn’t going to help Flemming focus on the task at hand.

“I’m mostly just excited for a game, wanting to win it, wanting to score. Then, if we succeed and I succeed, I’ll be happy.

If not, I’ll be gutted.

“Luckily with the Championship there’s a game around the corner very quickly most of the time, so I focus on the next game. Maybe that’s what makes it a little bit easier, because the next game comes so quickly that you can already focus on it, and if you win that one then you make it up already.

“Everyone beats everyone, and if you get a few wins you immediately climb up the table.

“I don’t feel any negative pressure, just excitement. I played against relegation, especially last year, and that is pressure, that’s something completely different in my eyes.

“Obviously when the season gets further along, there are fewer games in hand and the top six will be in reach, that’s when every game counts and when the pressure will rise.

“It’s still different to when you play against relegation because it’s a negative, you’re trying to make sure that it doesn’t happen instead of trying to make something beautiful happen. That idea gives me joy instead of pressure.”

That fearlessness is a bit of a surprise,

Zian Flemming is still in contention for the Championship Golden Boot with ten league goals so far this season

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given that Flemming is just 24 years old and midway through his first season in English football. Surprisingly, the midfielder has never been part of a team that has challenged for promotion throughout a full campaign.

In 2017-18, he played 25 games as Jong Ajax secured the Eerste Divisie title, but they were unable to secure promotion to the Eredivisie as they are unable to play

in the same division as the club’s firstteam.

Three years later, he found himself back in the Dutch second tier where he helped NEC Nijmegen fight for a spot in the Eredivisie on loan from PEC Zwolle, but the season was abandoned in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

That courageous mentality isn’t necessarily something that comes

naturally, however, and Flemming believes that his experience in Holland has helped him to deal with the mental challenges that he now faces in the Championship.

“It’s something that you have to learn a little bit as well,” he admitted. “As I got a little bit older and played more games at a professional level, I had to figure out what the best way was to do that.

“It’s easier said than done, but you have to go and enjoy it. Especially as an attacking midfielder or an attacking player, you’re on the pitch to make something happen and trying to be there for at least that one moment in the game that can make the difference.

“You’ve got to try something, because if you play not to make a mistake, you won’t make the difference for your team.”

Boss Rowett sees Vogi’s future as a winger Millwall’s German attacker unlikely to be Benik Afobe’s replacement up front

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By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk

Andreas Voglsammer has scored just once for Millwall since joining from Union Berlin

GARY ROWETT doesn’t believe that Andreas Voglsammer will be the answer to Millwall’s problems up front.

The German has almost always been used as a winger since arriving at The Den over the summer, especially after the Lions switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation in early October. He has only started as a lone striker once since then, which was in a goalless draw against Birmingham City shortly before the World Cup break in November.

Rowett is still on the hunt for more forward options, with Tom Bradshaw the only senior out-and-out striker at the club following the departure of Benik Afobe earlier this month. However, the Millwall boss admitted that he could strengthen

in other areas in order to add goals to his team if they fail to find a suitable, affordable option.

As a result, some supporters have speculated that the Lions could add one or two wingers to the squad and use Voglsammer as an alternative to Bradshaw, although Rowett doesn’t believe that it will solve the club’s problems in the final third.

“I think, at the moment, the problem is that we don’t have many options out wide,” he told the News.

“You can only do what you’ve been capable of doing at the time. I think, at the weekend, I felt as though we could do that if we were chasing the game, that’s why I put Vogi on the bench, because I felt as though having Vogi coming on in

a forward position for 30 minutes might have given us an extra impact. He’s done that really, really well when he’s come on in games when he first signed.

“I felt that was something we could do, but we didn’t need it in the end. There was no point putting him up front when they were getting out wide with two strikers, they kept getting balls into fullbacks and attacking us, so he was better out there where he could stem that tide. I thought he did it really well.

“I think Vogi is one where we know that he’s played in a front two quite a lot in his career, he’s also played out wide for Arminia Bielefeld quite a lot in his career.

“I think he’s really flexible, but it’s like playing Mason [Bennett] down the middle. I don’t think suddenly someone

is going to go up there and score 20 goals for the season, it’s not quite as simple as that.

“You’re looking at the best balance in the team. If we weren’t scoring goals or we were struggling to win games, then of course we’d look at all of those options.

“Everyone’s valuable and everyone needs to step up. I think the biggest thing is the goals outside of Zian [Flemming] and Bradders, that’s the key.

“The key is that, in those areas, you’re paid to contribute to goals as well as the team performance. That’s something that we want to try and improve as the season goes on and get some of those players that are on one or two goals up to six, seven, eight or nine for the season. That’s going to be the challenge.”

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Riakporhe shows no mercy Page 26 Charlie Cresswell has started just one league game since the end of the World Cup break

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL HAVE submitted a bid for Hibernian striker Kevin Nisbet, according to reports in Scotland.

Gary Rowett believes centre back will remain amid transfer links EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT is determined to keep Charlie Cresswell at Millwall amid rumours that he could be recalled by parent club Leeds United.

Cresswell, 20, has struggled to secure a spot in the starting lineup since joining the Lions on loan over the summer despite scoring a brace on his debut against Stoke City. However, he fell out of favour after making a handful of

individual errors, while the Lions’ shift from a back five to a 4-2-3-1 formation has made it even harder for him to be involved.

It means that he has featured in just sixteen of Millwall’s 27 Championship fixtures this season, starting just thirteen games. As a result, the centre-back has been linked with a return to Elland Road, where he could then be loaned to Sunderland or sold to Middlesbrough, both of whom are competing with Millwall for a play-off spot this season.

However, the club are working under the assumption that it is business as usual surrounding Cresswell’s loan

spell, with reports claiming that the recall option in his contract has now expired.

Rowett also believes that the youngster will remain in SE16 until the end of the season, giving him one less area of the pitch to worry about in the buildup to transfer deadline day.

“For us, it’s exactly that,” he told the News.

“We’ve signed him because we believe that he’s a young player with fabulous potential. He’s shown that in the first half of the season, he’s played in probably half of our games.

“If you’re a young player, you want to

Millwall launch bid for Scottish striker Nisbet

play in every game, you want to play all the time. The reality is that sometimes it doesn’t happen through no fault of your own.

“He’s trained really well, he’s been incredibly professional. I think he’s been frustrated at times by not playing, but that’s part of that journey of being a top player.

“As far as I’m concerned, he’s with us until the end of the season, and until someone tells me otherwise, that’s where we’re at. I read all the stories like everyone else, but they are stories until anything changes, which I hope it doesn’t.”

Nisbet, 25, started his youth career at Easter Road before moving on to Partick Thistle, where he was then loaned out to East Stirlingshire, Ayr United and Dumbarton. He was subsequently sold to Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic before returning to Hibs in 2020.

He has, however, faced a number of injury issues, having ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] and torn his meniscus before the start of the current campaign. Despite that, he has returned to action in exceptional form, scoring seven goals in just six Scottish Premiership games so far this season, including a hat-trick against Motherwell and a brace against Dundee United.

Nisbet is also a senior Scottish international, having made ten appearances for his country since 2021, scoring once.

Gary Rowett is still working hard to get deals over the line before transfer deadline day next week.

Aidomo Emakhu is currently the only January recruit, having joined on a permanent deal from Shamrock Rovers at the start of the month.

However, with the departures of Isaac Olaofe and Benik Afobe, the Lions are determined to get at least two extra bodies through the door as they look to secure a top-six finish and fight for promotion to the Premier League in the latter stages of the season.

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