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East Street Market traders protest against above-inflation fee increases

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loses out.”

Last year, non-produce stalls paid £312 per pitch per month but from April this will rise to £343.20, and from £365 to £401.50 for fruit and veg stalls.

Fruit and veg traders are asked to pay more because they supposedly produce more rubbish - although many traders, even those who don’t sell produce, dispute this.

With UK energy bills expected to rise by 20 per cent in 2023, Southwark Council will also charge traders extra for energy usage for the first time.

Produce traders using electricity will pay a 20 per cent surcharge on their pitch fee, while non-produce traders will pay just 10 per cent.

Many fruit and veg traders use three pitches, which will mean total monthly payments of over £1,300 for them from April.

So for fruit and veg traders using three pitches and electricity, that’s a total fee increase of 28 per cent, way above UK inflation - estimated at 9.2 per cent in December.

Mohammed Milbory, who has sold fruit and veg on East Street since 1987, said: “They’re

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East Street Market traders have protested outside Southwark Council’s Tooley Street offices over “unaffordable” fee increases.

Southwark Council announced the new pitch charges earlier this month, explaining that inflation “running at over 10 per cent” had prompted the unprecedented price hike.

But with some of the Walworth traders facing fee increases of 28 per cent, many say the increases are unfair and disproportionate.

Tina Daley, 65, who has run a fashion stall for forty years, said: “We can’t sell any cheaper and the council wants more money.

“The community relies on the market’s existence because it’s competition to the likes of Morrison’s who could hike up their prices if we stop.

“If the market doesn’t exist it’s the consumers that lose out and the community

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not letting us work, they’re closing all the doors to us. They leave us no choice!”

Children’s clothing trader Monsurat Olaiya, 49, said there had been a lack of consultation over fee increases.

It’s the latest challenge for a market that, founded in 1880, has steadily declined in recent years.

Tina said in its heyday, the market had roughly 260 traders, but that this has now fallen to 100.

Traders are urging Southwark Council to copy Hackney Council, also Labour-held,

which has temporarily reduced fees for traders.

A Hackney Council spokesperson said it had introduced a 25 per cent decrease in fees and charges for the first few months of 2023 to help soften the blow of increased wholesale prices.

Many of the traders believe the council should reduce charges to attract new traders to unoccupied pitches, and give the market a much-needed boost.

Southwark Council has been approached for comment.

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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Millwall fan with a degenerative neurological condition has visited every London tube station to raise awareness about ataxia disorder.

Ben Spencer, 49, took four-and-half months to visit all 272 stops using his walking sticks and celebrated the achievement outside Tottenham Court Road last month.

A season ticket holder at the Den, and a former Lewisham bouncer, Ben has now set his sights on the summit of Snowdon.

Ataxia usually results from damage to a part of the brain called the cerebellum, which coordinates muscle movement and speech.

Asked why he chose the tube challenge, Ben said: “I’ve always enjoyed the tube…

I think it’s the history, the Londonness of

it - it connects everyone. The reason I’m doing this is to raise awareness of ataxia because the biggest problem is it taking years and years to get diagnosed.”

Ben, brought up around Lewisham and Lee, began developing problems with his mobility and speech ten years ago but his condition was misdiagnosed as a tremor and other conditions.

Only receiving a full diagnosis last July, Ben said: “It was frustrating. There was my partner pushing me to get more tests… but I got the impression I wasn’t being believed and so I just got on with life.”

While working as a bouncer around Lewisham, including the 286 gay club on Lewisham High Street, Ben learned ways of concealing his shake, brought on by ataxia. He said: “I’d have to be careful to not let people see my hands were shaking as it doesn’t look good to be a nervous bouncer.

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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A grandmother is thrilled to have had her surgery done “by R2-D2”, a state-of-the-art robot that operates through patients’ mouths at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital.

Barbara Jones, 75, from Essex, is one of the first people to be treated by the robot surgeon whose real name is Versius.

After having two benign cysts removed from her throat, the grandmother-of-three said: “When I first heard that I was going to be operated on by a robot, I said to my son ‘R2-D2 is doing my surgery!’

“I knew nothing about robotic surgery before, but it’s remarkable what they can do now.”

Versius removes tumours from people’s mouths and throats and means that patients can avoid more invasive types of surgery.

Known as transoral robotic surgery (TORS), robot-led surgery is a wellestablished technique but Versius is a particularly modern model.

During procedures, surgeons control its four modular robotic arms using a camera attached to one of the arms to see inside the patient.

It offers surgeons an enhanced 3D view inside the body and allows the operator to make big movements on the console that are scaled down to allow precise, surgical movements.

“It feels strange to be one of the first people to have this but I was more worried about just going into hospital and getting rid of the pain. It feels a lot better now, said Barbara.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ robotic head and neck surgery lead Mr Asit Arora led the surgery along with Mr JP Jeannon, a head and neck consultant surgeon.

Mr Arora has pioneered TORS in the UK since 2009, then with a different robotic system, and now teaches robotic surgery to clinicians across the country and Europe. He said: “Going through the mouth with a robotic system allows surgeons to safely operate in a tight, small space which is surrounded by important blood vessels and nerves.”

Ben Spencer with Millwall Manager Gary Rowett

thought I was West Ham - we had a laugh about it,” he said.

Ben’s condition is deteriorating by the day and he is being forced to use his wheelchair more often. He now aims to visit all 272 station using his wheelchair

but as only 92 are wheelchair accessible, he’ll visit most by bus. He also hopes to climb as far as he can up Mount Snowdon in Wales in June, accompanied by his toy tube carriage, in a challenge named ‘Taking the Tube up Snowdon’. © WallpaperUp (Creative Commons)/Credit: GSTT

‘R2-D2 did my surgery!’

“I could hide it by tensing my hands… the people I worked with didn’t mind because they could see I could do the job.”

Ben said his favourite south London tube station was Southwark “because of the architecture”: “It’s unique to get off the platform and get into the bit where there is the art deco stuff… it’s just really great.”

He doesn’t think there’s a worst tube station but, when pressed on Bermondsey Station, he said: “The politest thing I could say for that station is that it’s functional.

“Most stations have a beacon effect but Bermondsey is quite dark. The architecture is clever but it could do with some illumination.”

While at Stratford station, he bumped into Millwall manager Gary Rowett, who mistook Ben for a West Ham fan because of his claret-coloured outfit.

“He was really nice and really friendly and I said I’m a season ticket holder. He

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‘Schoolboy plunged to his death after viewing suicide posts online’

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk The tragic death of Southwark schoolboy Zaheid Ali highlighted the dangers of suicide posts online, as an inquest held last week relayed what the 13-yearold was viewing before he took his own life nearly two years ago.

“Very able” Zaheid Ali, a pupil at Ark Globe Academy in Elephant and Castle, threw himself off Tower Bridge after getting off a bus early on his way to school, on April 20, 2021.

In a parliamentary debate held this Monday, March 13, MPs urged the government to make suicide prevention teaching compulsory in schools.

Ark Globe Academy told the News it “continues to feel the impact of Zaheid’s tragic death” which has “affected our whole community” and grieving father Mumen Ali said at the coroner’s hearing that he was baffled as to why his beloved son took his own life.

Minutes after Zaheid entered the water bystanders threw lifebuoys, while others went to save him, but only managed to retrieve his coat and rucksack, after he was swept away by the currents.

Zaheid’s body was eventually pulled from the River Thames near a pub in Wapping eight days later. His disappearance into the murky waters of the Thames and the extensive search for his body sent shockwaves through local families and children.

At Inner South London Coroners’ Court last Friday, March 10, Zaheid’s suicide note containing the lyrics from a Japanese song about a fourteen-yearold who kills herself was relayed to the court.

Zaheid had also followed someone in the US who had killed themselves, posted a “countdown” to his suicide on YouTube, and written about his desire to kill himself on Twitter, the hearing was told.

In WhatsApp messages exchanged with friends from March 2021, found after he’d died, Zaheid had written “I hate life at the moment and kind of want to give up”, and other similar messages.

His father Mumen told the inquest he was “baffled” by what had happened to his son – who was born prematurely and suffered from a digestive disorder called internal malabsorption – as his behaviour had appeared normal.

He said his son had become “glued to his phone” and “stuck in his bedroom” in the Easter holidays prior to killing himself.

“We put it down to his hormones changing from being a boy to being a man,” he said.

The hearing heard how Zaheid “appeared to enjoy studying” in Year 7 but that he’d struggled to engage with school work when lockdown began.

Una Sookun, vice-principal of the Ark Globe Academy told the court he was “academically very able” but “quiet” with a “very small friendship group”.

The inquest comes amid growing concern about the impact social media and successive covid-19 lockdowns have had on children’s mental health.

Under the national curriculum, guidance on relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education does not explicitly recommend teaching about suicide awareness.

This is despite the fact that suicide and intentional self-harm is the third most common cause of death among

Calls mount to make suicide prevention lessons compulsory in schools

Zaheid Ali - pictures handed out by his family young people aged ten to nineteen, after accidents and cancer.

On Monday, March 14, MPs debated an e-petition demanding the government considers making suicide prevention lessons compulsory in schools.

The petition was started by three dads whose daughters committed suicide.

They walked 600 miles between all four UK parliaments to raise awareness of suicide prevention.

During the debate, Duncan Baker, Conservative MP for North Norfolk, said “70 per cent of children and adolescents do not get appropriate interventions at an early enough age”.

He added: “To introduce statutory suicide prevention teaching within schools would not only target the group that is most affected by suicide… but also make sure our children are equipped as they move into adulthood.”

The News asked Ark Globe how the school was working with students to

prevent future suicides.

In response, Matt Jones, Executive Principal of Ark Globe, said: “This has been a very distressing time, and our school continues to feel the impact of Zaheid’s tragic death. It has affected our whole community in many ways and we continue to reflect on how we can ensure our students always know they can talk to anyone about anything they need to in a safe environment.”

Alastair Smith-Agbaje, Chief Executive of the charity Lambeth and Southwark Mind told the News the demand for the NHS’s Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) had “phenomenally increased” in recent years.

He said Mind’s General Psychotherapy service worked with 25 per cent more clients this year than it did before the pandemic, which includes both adults and children.

Since Zaheid’s death, the charity has formed Suicide Bereavement Service

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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk more residents have come forward and now local councillors are on the case, since our story broke last week about a woman living in the North Peckham area who was being charged service charges for an estate that was torn down twenty years ago.

Joyce Iyinolakan, 44, has been living in a terraced bungalow in the North Peckham area for nearly four years. She said since they moved in they have been paying a weekly service charge including for communal cleaning and outside maintenance – services they have never received because they are not on an estate.

It then emerged that she was being charged as if she were living

on the North Peckham estate, which was redeveloped in the mid-1990s.

The regeneration scheme entailed the complete demolition of the 40-acre North Peckham estate of 1,444 council homes and included four adjacent estates, the Sumner, Willowbrook, Camden and Gloucester Grove estates - the last one of which Joyce’s home now sits on.

After months of investigating, Joyce finally got a refund of around £2000 for the four year’s worth of service charges she had been wrongly paying.

She said she was concerned that there must be other properties in a similar position.

One neighbour Cloreen Pluck has been living in a similar property for nine years and like Joyce, paying service charges.

She said since the story broke, she has now been contacted by the council, who told her they are

looking into her case.

The council said that it was ‘proactively contacting’ all involved.

A council spokesperson said: “It is correct that we overcharged a small number of residents in this area.

Since we discovered the error, we have paid out both compensation and arrears to the tenants concerned. We are proactively contacting the others we believe we may owe money to and will be reimbursing them if this is the case.”

The News previously reported that a resident had been refunded £10,000 but the resident has not yet received this, despite getting a letter from the council saying it wsa investigating the cases.

Ward Cllr Barrie Hargrove said he was told about the issue a while ago, but didn’t follow it up at the time.

“Joyce told me about this a while back but I didn’t follow it up then because she was telling me about a lot of other issues at the time,” he

explained. “Honestly, I thought it was normal for council properties to pay service charges. But hearing about the reality of it, I’m very disappointed.

“Well done to Joyce for being so persistent in finding out and informing people about this.

“Now the council can’t just sit back and wait for people to come to them. They need to be proactive and look through everyone who lives next to an estate and there needs to be some transparency from the council.”

He added that he would be following this up and writing to the council to ensure it was thoroughly looking into every house that could possibly be paying service charges they shouldn’t be.

Anyone who believes they are wrongly paying service charges should contact their Last week’s front page housing officer.

which helps affected families but is also preventative - providing advice to adults and children who are referred to the service.

In 2020, Southwark Council opened ‘The Nest’, a new mental health centre in Peckham, specially designed for young people.

Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP Neil Coyle said: “I am pleased Southwark Labour is providing additional mental health support for all young people but schools and education need to do more to ensure young men and boys feel confident to take up support.

“Too often seeking support is seen as a weakness and not a strength. The message must be ‘it’s ok not to be ok and to find help’.”

To find out more about Mind’s mental health services at www.lambethandsouthwarkmind. org.uk or call 020 7620 3999 or call Samaritans’ 24 hour line 116123

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Treat your mental wellbeing in the same way as you would treat your physical health In many ways mental wellbeing is like physical wellbeing; if you experience changes in your body you don’t hesitate to seek help, and the same should apply to your mental health.

If you are struggling, feeling low or anxious, or losing interest in activities you normally enjoy, you can take action to address this.

You can also proactively maintain good mental wellbeing – simple things such as a healthy lifestyle, spending quality time with family and friends, volunteering or learning something new can all support your mental health and wellbeing.

There are lots of resources and services available online now to help you look after your mental wellbeing or access the support you need for mild to moderate mental health difficulties:

Better Health - Every Mind Matters

This is an NHS-approved website full of free resources. It helps you tackle anxiety, low mood, stress, and trouble sleeping. You can also access a free personalised Mind Plan as well as selfhelp cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques.

Visit www.nhs.uk/ every-mind-matters

NHS talking therapies

NHS talking therapies are free, effective and confidential treatments delivered by fully trained and accredited NHS practitioners.

The therapies can help with common conditions such as depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, body dysmorphia and post-traumatic stress disorder.

To be eligible you need to be registered with a GP. To find your local NHS talking therapies service and selfrefer go to nhs.uk/talk

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n The free NHS App is a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services. n It is available to anyone aged 13 and over who is registered with an NHS GP practice in England and the Isle of Man. n As well as finding local mental health services the NHS App allows you to l Order repeat prescriptions l View your health information l Get health advice using the health A-Z on the NHS website l Find NHS services near you n For more information visit nhs.uk/nhs-app

n Connecting with others, being active and doing little things that make you happy can make a big difference to how you feel. n And the friendly group of women and men at Scarborough Mates, a community charity, can certainly attest to this! n The group meet up each weekday at a former railway station building – which has been remodelled and now has a craft room, workshop, model railway room, ceramics room and a kitchen – to try out new activities, exchange ideas and chat over a cuppa. n One of the founders and trustee Charles Airlie said: “We have been going for five years. The essence of the Mates is we help each other. We are trying to tackle isolation.”

Hub of Hope

Hub of Hope, run by the charity Chasing the Stigma, enables you to find out what’s available locally and nationally to help you tackle anxiety, depression, trauma or PTSD and their causes, such as financial concerns, loneliness, gambling or substance misuse.

Visit hubofhope. co.uk or download the free app and simply type in your postcode to get started.

Cuppa and a n Patti Chico, 76, a retired midwife and trainer added: “The camaraderie Chat – It’s good to talk is wonderful. I cannot praise the place enough, it has such a lovely atmosphere.”

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Shout

The Shout website includes resources and tips to support you when you’re feeling anxious, low, stressed or overwhelmed.

For more information visit giveusashout.org

Samaritans Self-Help

You can use Samaritans Self-Help to explore relaxation techniques, record your mood every day, look for patterns in how you’re feeling, make a personal safety plan and store images of things that give you hope.

Find out more at selfhelp.samaritans.org

If you are experiencing more serious issues, having thoughts of suicide, are harming yourself or have thought about self-harm it is important to tell someone, and not struggle alone.

If you cannot wait to see a doctor and feel unable to cope or you need somebody to talk to, contact one of the organisations below to get support right away.

Papyrus If you are under 35 and experiencing thoughts of suicide, or for anyone that is concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide, Papyrus’s website, text, email and telephone services are available 9am - midnight, 7 days a week, 365 days a year Visit papyrus-uk. org or call 0800 068 4141. You can also text 07860 039 967 or email pat@papyrus-uk.org

Help in a crisis

NHS urgent support Find your local 24/7 NHS crisis line on nhs.uk/ urgentmentalhealth or visit 111.nhs.uk

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Man wounded after reports of shooting in Nunhead Exclusive

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A man aged 24 has been treated for gunshot wounds after reports of a shooting in Nunhead last Friday evening, March 10.

man was taken to a local hospital by a member of the public prior to both police and ambulance attendance.

“Armed response and officers from AS BCU attended the incident and a large crime scene has been put in place.

No suspects have been arrested at this time.

“The victim remains stable in hospital and his injuries remain non life threatening or life changing.

“There is not believed to be any wider risk to the public. The investigation will be managed by colleagues from Specialist Crime.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Tweet @MetCC quoting CAD 7856/10MAR. Alternatively, you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

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Bike hangar collision in March

Baby is hospitalised in bike hangar collision that ‘council was warned could be dangerous’ Exclusive

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk An eleven-month-old baby was hospitalised after a car collided with a roadside bike hangar which councillors were reportedly warned was dangerously placed.

It was the second collision in three months involving the bike storage box on Grove Lane, at the junction with Stories Road, in Demark Hill. The baby is believed to have made a full recovery.

The News understands that Southwark Council had been warned about its placement and that the council’s roads chief, Cllr Catherine Rose, had said she would “follow up” on whether the hangar should be moved - yet the hangar remained in place.

A Grove Lane Area Residents’ Association (GLARA) spokesperson said: “We as

residents are ready and willing to work with the council to make improvements to Grove Lane and we want to see the council honour its manifesto commitments to reduce traffic on main roads - because this was foreseeable given it was the second accident on Grove Lane involving the bike hangar in the last three months.”

The bike hangar was installed in autumn 2021, alongside another on Harfield Gardens.

The eleven-month-old baby and a woman were hospitalised following a collision involving the bike hangar at around 2.30pm on March 6.

Neighbours said the mother of the child was “beyond distraught”.

No arrests were made.

There was also a collision involving the same hangar at 5.59pm on December 2, 2022, but thankfully nobody was hurt.

It is understood that, in October 2021, Cllr Rose met with GLARA representatives to discuss ways of improving Grove Lane.

It is believed that Cllr Rose promised to review several aspects of the road layout including the bike hangar’s placement.

No action appears to have taken and, astonishingly, the bike hangar was replaced following the December collision.

Some residents believe Grove Lane has become more dangerous due to the Dulwich Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) and Champion Hill No Entry Scheme.

They say the schemes have displaced more traffic onto main thoroughfares like Grove Lane.

However, according to Southwark Council’s traffic analysis data, traffic on Grove Lane has fallen by 12.7 per cent compared to pre-Covid levels.

But a Times investigation previously found that MetroCount, the company responsible for gathering many local authorities’ traffic data, could be underestimating traffic flow.

Southwark Council has been approached for comment.

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Armed police were called to Honiton Gardens, a set of flats near Gibbon Road, by the London Ambulance Service at 10.34pm.

Ambulance workers had informed police of a fight taking place where a victim had been shot in the leg.

A member of the public had rushed the 24-year-old hospital where he was treated for gunshot wounds to the leg which were not considered lifethreatening or life-changing.

Attending officers did not find any suspects and a large crime scene was put in place while investigators conduct their enquiries.

A Met Police spokesperson has sought to calm local residents’ concerns saying “there is not believed to be any wider risk to the public”.

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‘Mould is making us sick’ schoolgirls demand a stop to insufferable living conditions Exclusive

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Girls from a local secondary school, who found all but two of their class had experienced severe issues with mould, damp or flooding, went to the council offices to demand change to the way repairs are done in Southwark council homes.

Students from Notre Dame RC Girls School joined community leaders and residents at the Southwark Council offices to raise the alarm about mould, damp and repairs issues.

They began working on this campaign, after discovering that, in a group of 37 students, all but two have experienced these issues.

The group - led by Southwark and Peckham Citizens, a local alliance of Citizens UK - gathered at the offices on Tooley Street last Thursday, March 9 to demand change to the current repairs service.

Albinia Stanley, Community Organiser at Citizens UK, said: “Our key demand is for each Southwark home to have a named ‘caretaker’ who works within the Council Repairs Service and is responsible for holding cases and improving the communication with residents and the standard of repairs.

“Last April, [Council Leader] Cllr Kieron Williams promised to work alongside Southwark and Peckham Citizens to

improve the repairs service - yet nothing has been done to work with community leaders to improve housing conditions in Southwark homes.”

The call for a caretaker will take some long-standing council tenants back to a time decades ago when all housing estates usually had a council caretaker, often living on the estate, who would be a point of contact for residents with problems ranging from repairs to anti-social behaviour.

Nowadays Resident Services Officers - more commonly known as housing officers - are often responsible for referring repair cases to maintenance teams, many of which are outsourced by the council.

Residents complain that there are not enough of these officers to meet current demands of issues around mound, damp, heating and hot water repairs.

The News is often inundated with people wanting to highlight the problems they face in their homes and the lack of communication over repairs from the council. In a bid to understand the pressures being faced by these officers, we submitted a Freedom of Information Request to Southwark Council to see just how many households each Resident Services Officer is responsible for.

It has revealed that there are just 78 Resident Services Officers responsible for 48,164 council homes, an average of 617 each. And on large estates like the East Dulwich Estate one officer covers 806 homes, on the Aylesbury Estate in Walworth there is one officer for 738

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southwarknews.co.uk homes and on Dulwich’s Kingswood Estate one officer for 733 homes.

We plan to publish a full report on our findings shortly and we will be asking the council if it believes the system works or whether an alternative system like that being called for by Southwark and Peckham Citizens should be considered, given the rising calls for change.

Denise Williams-Dean, Co-chair of governors at Southwark Citizens, said in her address to the council: “It’s a crisis that is ruining our homes and the health of our children. As a chair of governors at a Southwark primary school, I’ve seen how much it affects children’s education when homes are not safe or healthy environments.

In order to push for change, they prepared a giant invitation, addressed to Cllr Kieron Williams to involve them in the promised Southwark Repairs Improvement Plan.

After finding Cllr Williams wasn’t available, deputy council lead Cllr Jasmine Ali agreed to listen to their demands in his place. She promised to “feed everything back to him.”

Pupils proceeded to share personal

stories of living in poor and unsanitary conditions. For example, one student, Sarah, 15, who lives in a flat in Peckham, explained she had suffered from flooding from a young age.

“When it rains, the pipe is unable to withstand the flood. Despite being fixed on many occasions it’s still happening,” she said.

“One time when I was thirteen, my mum broke her ankle and was unable to walk so I had to clear the drain myself. The flat flooded again.

“My mum has contacted the council so many times. And still, we are living in fear of heavy rain,” Sarah said.

“We want to be heard and we need to be heard,” another student, Chioma, 15, said.

After voicing their stories and demands, they said they were not leaving without a confirmation that someone from the council would attend their Citizens Housing Meeting, due to take place on Monday, March 20.

Cllr Jasmine Ali responded: “You’ve said yourself that it is a systemic problem which we will not be defeated by. I’ll assure you that our officers are committed to getting

on top of this.

“We are trying to get the repairs services right. We always want to hear from young people.”

Asked about whether she would attend the meeting, Cllr Ali said: “I’ll make every effort to be there, and if I can’t attend for whatever reason, I’ll make sure someone comes along.”

She then confirmed that Cabinet Lead for Housing, Cllr Darren Merrill, would attend.

On hearing this news, a social worker and member of Southwark Citizens, said: “This is really positive. It’s hard to feel heard by the council but it feels like they are listening and they do want to help.”

One of the security guards at the Southwark Council office who was overseeing this even commented that he too has been experiencing lots of these issues in his home.

At the public Citizens Housing Meeting later in the month, community leaders will share stories, map properties in poor repair, and present solutions.

The public Citizens Housing Meeting will take place at 10 am on Monday 20th March in Peckham Square. and eclectic spirit of our community in the way that Rye Lane has.

“We look forward to welcoming returning and new visitors as film fans explore the fantastic local businesses, galleries and nightlife they see on the screen.”

to Yas and Dom’s budding romance – whether that’s buying records at Peckham Soul Records, shopping at Rye Lane and Brixton Market, catching movies at the Peckhamplex and the Ritzy Brixton, or waving at boats from Millennium Bridge.

Director Raine Anne-Miller grew up in south London, which she said encouraged the choice to set it there.

“It was originally written to be set in

Camden,” she said.

“I’m from Manchester but I moved to south London when I was 12. It’s an important part of London for me, but it’s just an important place in general – the history of it, its identity, the multicultural influences.

“Growing up there, going to Nour Cash & Carry with my Gran to get seasoning did so much for me and I really wanted to showcase it in a different way,” she added.

Maps of the locations will be distributed across shops, cafes, restaurants, and retail outlets in the south London area, plus available to download on the Southwark Council website.

Cllr Kieron Williams, Leader of Southwark Council, said he believes this film has the potential to bring more tourists south of the river.

“Peckham is the heart and soul of south London and Rye Lane is the heart of Peckham, so it’s wonderful to have so much of that colour and vibrancy captured in this heart-warming film.

“We were delighted to welcome the cast and crew to our borough for the filming and to see local businesses getting involved. Southwark is fast becoming a global centre for filmmaking, but few have captured the rich diversity

By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk As a new film largely set in Peckham is released to UK cinemas, which is set to ‘boost tourism’ in the area, here are all the locations that feature in the movie...

After premiering last week at Peckhamplex, the romantic comedy, starring David Jonsson and Vivian Oparah, will be released on Friday, March 17 in cinemas across the UK. Set in the vibrant heart of south London, Rye Lane follows the whirlwind romance between Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.

Teeming with an eclectic mix of characters - including some surprising yet charming cameos by a few familiar faces - fast-paced, witty dialogue and contemporary pop culture references, Rye Lane is a funny and fresh ode to love and dating in the 21st century.

The movie was shot on location in Peckham, Brixton and along the Southbank, with local landmarks providing a lively, colourful backdrop

The full list of south London locations used in the film: Tate Modern Millennium Bridge Morley’s, Peckham Nour Cash & Carry, Brixton Brixton Market Brixton Ritzy Ebony Horse Club, Brixton Persepolis, Peckham Tola, Peckham Rye Lane Market, Peckham Peckhamplex Il Giardino, Peckham Peckham Soul Records

The film was produced in partnership with BBC Film and BFI.

Catch Rye Lane in UK cinemas from Friday, March 17.

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remembering the towering figure of the lion-hearted youth club ‘miracle man’ John Motton

An old picture of one of the many teams that John established at the club

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk At 6ft 4 and weighing seventeen stone, with a head of bright blonde hair, John Motton was hard to miss.

But ultimately, it was his dedication to the youth of south London that made him a towering figure in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe.

Sadly, John passed away surrounded by his family on February 17, 2023, aged 75, after a long illness. But his legacy is imprinted in the memories of the hundreds of children who passed through the Red Lion Boys Club in Rotherhithe, from 1988 to 2018.

John Motton was born on Sayers Street on July 15, 1947, and grew up in Walworth with his two older sisters Barbara and Marlene. He met his wife Maureen when they were both teenagers, as Maureen lived above John’s aunt on nearby Carter Street.

They “immediately clicked”, would have three children, and were happily married for 55 years until John’s death.

John spent his early career working as driving a double-decker around south London. It was a far cry from the community youth work he would later dedicate himself to. But driving a bus through the 1981 Brixton riots, where he was shot in the shoulder with an air gun, and had his bus pelted with petrol bombs, may have prepared him for the chaos of controlling crowds of excitable children at the Red Lion Boys Club for 30 years.

In the early ‘80s, John would take his children Nicola, Matthew and John to a local youth club but was shocked when he heard organisers shouting and swearing at the kids. It made John and Maureen wonder whether there was a different way of doing things.

So in 1988, John took over the Red Lion Boys Club on Hawkstone Road, which is now unfortunately closed. When he joined,

John helped the club win many football trophies including the London Cup the youth club was a minimal affair. It had just one football team, a set of sparsely furnished rooms, and a handful of children.

That soon changed.

Under John, the club grew to include fifteen football teams ranging from the under-sevens to under-sixteens. Snooker tables were brought in, a gym set up and discos held every Friday.

But it was the atmosphere John created that made boys flock from all over London, Maureen said: “There were a lot of clubs where if you couldn’t afford it, you couldn’t go in. That wasn’t John. If you didn’t have your subs you came in, you played. Money wasn’t anything. Their happiness was all he wanted.

“For a club in Bermondsey at that time there wasn’t a single bit of graffiti in that club, not one fight.”

“We were known for our parties. It was always ‘don’t turn the music off we want another half hour’,” said his daughter Nicola.

Maureen added: “He wouldn’t see anyone go hungry. He even started the canteen at the club - cooking so children who didn’t

John passed away aged 75

get a meal at a home could come in and get a meal. That was the kind of man he was.”

John was proud to run a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic club. “It didn’t matter who you were or where you came from, everyone was equal at the club… it was a safe haven,” Maureen explained. She told the News that he was dubbed the ‘miracle man’ by parents of the youngsters attending the club after they saw the transformation that he had undertaken there.

Hundreds of budding footballers passed through Red Lion Boys FC, including Charlton’s Jason Euell and Dulwich Hamlet’s former player and manager Jason Rose. But the most notable prodigy to train at the club was a young Rio Ferdinand, who became good friends with John’s son Matthew.

The England centre-back and Man United star stayed in contact with the family and sent them a heart-felt tribute after hearing of John’s passing last month.

Red Lion Boys FC was hugely successful, winning the London Cup, League Cup and League 5-a-side Cup. On one occasion, the team played, and won, on the hallowed

Wembley turf, with John driving the team there in his double-decker bus.

“They smashed it out the park. Everything they were in, they won. It was medals, medals, medals,” said Nicola.

John’s hard work didn’t go unnoticed. In the early ‘80s he was visited by Prince Phillip, with whom John apparently got on well.

The entire enterprise was funded by John and his family, receiving no financial support from the government, council or the federation of boys’ clubs.

The club was briefly commandeered by squatters. But a warning from a policeman that the club was loved by Millwall fans, some of whom were due to pass by that evening, was enough to disperse them.

In October 2018, John suffered a burst aorta and emerged from the other side of a fourteen-week induced coma. Ever the fighter, he constantly battled with his health after that, but he never fully recovered.

However, he still found the strength to be a much-loved, fun and hilarious grandfatherof-eight and great-grandfather-of-two.

His great-grandson Frankie said he’d lost

The Walworth bus driver who transformed the fortunes of the Red Lions Boys in Rotherhithe passes away surrounded by his loving family his “best friend” when he found out he’d passed.

The Red Lions Boys club building was sold off by the federation and closed in 2018. It was later bought by Southwark Council, which is reportedly planning to redevelop the site. “I’d open that club tomorrow because the children today are the next generation and, if they’re running wild, what’s life going to be like?” Maureen said.

But whatever comes of the Red Lions Boys Club, the happy times it hosted, and the memories it created, will forever live on in the minds of the boys, now men, who passed through its doors. And at the centre of those memories will be the gentle giant, John Motton.

The funeral is on March 20. The procession will leave 1 Holbeck Row, Peckham, SE15 1QA, at 2pm and arrive at the Honor Oak Crematorium, Brockley Way, London SE4 2LJ at 3.30pm. The family have said they welcome everyone who knew John to join them to celebrate his life.

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Rally organised against pub’s non-existent kids’ drag queen event in SE22

Turning Point UK demonstrators

Counter-protestors outnumbered the Turning Point UK rally

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Over 100 counter-protestors opposed Turning Point UK’s rally against a non-existent children’s drag queen event outside an East Dulwich pub.

Approximately sixteen members of the right-wing group were outnumbered by local residents and activists at the Great Exhibition pub on last Friday morning,

March 10.

Turning Point UK was protesting against a ‘Drag Queen Storytelling’ event despite the pub’s claims that no event was ever scheduled for Friday.

Turning Point UK, which says such drag queen events are inappropriate for children, claims the pub had planned an event but deleted the online post as part of a “cover-up”.

A Met Police spokesperson said 150 people attended and did not report any

arrests being made.

It was the second such protest in recent weeks. The first was held by Turning Point UK on Saturday, February 25, outside the Honor Oak pub over their ‘Drag Story Hour’, which saw five arrests.

Local resident Annette Martin, 75, who attended the most recent protest as a counter-demonstrator, said: “It was very lively. There were. loads of counterprotesters. When I arrived there was a line of police between us and them.”

A spokesperson for Turning Point UK said: “We are very pleased with the result of our protests, as inappropriate Drag Queen Story Hour events have been

trending in the media for the past couple of weeks.

“Our protests are focused on awareness, not actually physically preventing adult performers from reading to children, as that is for the government to legislate, or for the police to act when necessary.”

While there was no drag event on the day, the pub had previously held one in July 2022.

The Turning Point UK spokesperson said: “While the session today had been cancelled, we were happy to still protest the venue as they have not committed to age restricting future drag events they plan to host there, with other events still

listed on their website.”

In a tweet, the Great Exhibition pub said the pub would open as usual and that it remained “committed to offering events at this pub that are magical fun, inclusive and appropriate”.

The Met Police confirmed that officers were deployed to the scene at 10am to respond to any disorder that might have taken place. There was minor traffic disruption in the area and Crystal Palace Road from the junction with Underhill Road was temporarily closed.

By 1pm, police said the demonstrators had dispersed with Underhill Road reopened to traffic.

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Leyton Square voted ‘saddest playground’ in whole of London

Paul at the place where he found the dog

A dog-loving Bermondsey man is searching for the owner of an “Italian greyhound” pup he found dead on the Thames banks.

man on the search for the owner of drowned dog he found on Rotherhithe beach this will bring peace to the owners.”

An RSPCA spokesperson said: “If someone finds the body of a dead animal and is concerned they might have been cruelly treated or neglected, we ask them to report this to our national cruelty and advice line.”

“This sounds really upsetting and we’d encourage those with firsthand information to report this to the police, and the RSPCA on 0300 1234 999,” they added.

If you believe this was your dog contact: herbie@southwarknews.co.uk

An example of an Italian Greyhound

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Young maestros call checkmate at Southwark’s first-ever inter-school chess tournament

By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Young chess boffins battled it out at the first-ever Southwark Schools Chess Tournament which saw Sacred Heart School romp to victory.

The competition was held at lunchtime at Sacred Heart, in Camberwell, on Friday, March 3, and involved players from St Thomas the Apostle, Notre Dame School and Ark All Saints.

Miss Joan Laffan, librarian at Sacred Heart School, and tournament organiser, said: “Students’ athletic ability is celebrated regularly, but this is an opportunity for our more intellectual and less athletic students to be recognised for their talents and skills in a game of chess.”

“It has been an amazing experience organising and hosting this event. We hope to host another tournament soon,”

she added.

Sacred Heart players were calling checkmate all day, grabbing a stunning eighteen wins and one draw from 21 games.

Reflecting on their success, JustinLloyd Casilagan, from Sacred Heart, said: “I really enjoyed playing against other schools. I hope to play others again soon.”

Rachel, from Ark All Saints School, described it as “a very new experience for me that has challenged me to work harder”.

The results are: 1ST Sacred Heart School 18wins - 1 draw 2nd St Thomas the Apostle 14 wins - 1 draw 3rd Notre Dame School 6 wins 4th Ark All Saints School 3 wins

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Paul Townsend, 52, a builder living on the Longfield Estate, found the dog on Rotherhithe Beach, a stretch of shore off Rotherhithe Street near the Mayflower pub, on Saturday, March 5.

Sadly, the dog was not microchipped and has since been cremated - but Paul is still keen to find out who its owner was.

“I’d like to fill them in and let them know where it was found, and that I’d tried my best. I’m happy to speak to them if they get in contact,” he said.

Paul, who owns a seven-year-old Akita-German Shepherd cross, had seen people talking about the dog on social media and had to intervene.

“Me and my friend got down there and I spotted the dog straight away.

It was right by the boat. I thought ‘it’s so sad to see’ it brought tears to my eyes”, Paul said.

He added: “I love dogs, I’ve had dogs all my life… I’ve ever never heard of a dog being found on the Thames.”

The pooch, probably an Italian greyhound, is described as white with brown-grey patches and roughly eighteen months to two years old.

Paul said the body looked as if it had been there for less than 24 hours.

He took the dog to the London Animal Hospital in Denmark Hill where it was checked for a microchip.

As of April 6, 2016, owners are legally obliged to get their dogs chipped in case they get lost.

The London Animal Hospital confirmed it had received a two-yearold dog marked as ‘stray’ who was not chipped, which had since been cremated.

But there has been an outpouring of thanks for Paul, with people praising his caring nature.

One social media user wrote: “Paul, so sweet of you and your friend. I’m so happy people do care about our fur babies.”

Another wrote on the NextDoor site: “Thank you so much Paul! I’m hoping

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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Peckham-based park, which was where Rio Ferdinand played football as a child, has been voted the ‘saddest playground’ in London.

Children’s charity London Play ran the London’s Saddest Playground campaign in a bid to turn the spotlight on poor play facilities in the capital. They said they are offering to work with groups who nominated their local playgrounds to turn things around.

Leyton Square park in Peckham came joint first, along with another south London park.

The park was nominated by Peckham resident, Mary King, who said she used to take her kids there before they went along one day and found it all fenced off.

“I always took my kids there, it’s great for younger kids especially,” Mary said.

“The park is a brilliant space and it’s got really nice long swings. The kids were excited to go in the summer but we went along last August and found that it had all been burnt out,” she explained.

In 2016 Rio Ferdinand issued a plea to save his childhood playground, but Mary said it appears to have been forgotten about again.

“I presume it was vandalism, but no one knows what has happened. There is still fencing around it. It’s not safe,” she added.

“I’ve seen little kids playing around in the dangerous fences.”

Mary said she contacted the local councillor, who assured her it is being fixed.

“It’s great news that they are on it but we need some more communication why does it have to be left abandoned with no sign?”

The park that now shares the title is Crystal Palace Park in Bromley. It was nominated by seven-year-old Wilf who said: “Lots of people use the park and for its size, the playground is rubbish. It only has one swing and a sandpit.”

As part of the competition, they will be offered support with campaigning and fundraising to improve substandard playgrounds over the coming months.

London Play is calling on people in London to let them know about poor play services, facilities or policies in their areas. As well as poor quality playgrounds this could include afterschool clubs or holiday play schemes which are threatened with closure or reductions in their services; or too many signs prohibiting play on a housing estate.

Email them at info@londonplay.org. uk with details

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NUMBER’S UP! Bingo club set to close

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isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Surrey Quays-based bingo club is set to close as it says there has been a ‘loss of footfall’.

Buzz Bingo Surrey Quays, located on Teredo Street, is facing closure in April.

It changed over from Gala Bingo in 2018.

This comes as Buzz Bingo proposes to close nine of its 91 Clubs due to the ‘ongoing and challenging operating environment.’

The Surrey Quays Leisure Park opened in 1998 and a bingo hall has always been a big attraction there for over twenty years.

The company said the closure will potentially impact 22 colleagues in the Surrey Quays club. Dominic Mansour, Chief Executive of Buzz Bingo, commented: “In common with the entire leisure and hospitality sector, Buzz Bingo has failed to see customers return to the high street in the same numbers as before the pandemic.

“This, coupled with a squeeze on

family finances brought about by rising inflation and energy prices alongside a jump in our own operating costs means we have no real option other than to cease trading in nine of our locations.

“There will now be a period of consultation, with the likely last trading day across all nine sites being Monday, April 10. The management believes the proposed closures provide the best possible outcome for all of Buzz Bingo’s stakeholders as it looks to secure a sustainable and successful long-term future for the business and its remaining c. 2300 employees.

“These closures will, very sadly, impact a number of our colleagues and so our priority is to support all those affected and to do everything we can to minimise job losses. I personally want to thank them for their commitment and service to Buzz. Believe me, no one wants to make the call to close clubs. However, it is my belief that it’s these decisions that will allow us to restructure the business for long-term growth and to protect the livelihoods of our colleagues for the long run”.

Two men Jalees Selby-Gangera, 18, of Woodfield Close, Erith and Enriko Spahiu, 20, of Elmhurst, Belvedere, were charged last Thursday with murder and attempted murder after being arrested earlier in the week.

Last weekend they charged another two men after making a series of arrests.

Twenty-year-old Connor Brooks, of Horsa Road, Erith and Bradlee Reeve, 33, of Chapman Road, Erith were both charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder last Saturday, March 11. They both appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court the following day.

A 16-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and a 53-year-old man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder have been released on bail.

No further action will be taken against a 17-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.

Police said 24-year-old Kai (pictured) was shot by ‘balaclava-clad’ attackers

8.50pm.

He is believed to have made it 15 metres to a nearby driveway on Hillside, but despite paramedics and police being on the scene within minutes he was unable to be saved.

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By Isabel Ramirez

Detectives leading a murder investigation after Bermondsey man Kai McGinley was shot in Erith have now charged four men.

following a car chase in Erith on Thursday February 9.

Witnesses have said that Kai was in a white Mini Clubman when he was rammed and surrounded by a masked gang on Pembroke Road, at around

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isabel@southwarknews.co.uk Two wooden buildings are nearly complete on Old Kent Road, meaning they could be open to the local community in a matter of weeks.

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The Livesey Exchange has been building itself a new home ahead of the demolition of the Ledbury Estate.

For the past five years, this grassroots community project for local creatives and entrepreneurs were using the garages beneath the estate’s tower blocks.

Their new home, LEX 2, near Curry’s, Old Kent Road, off Lovegrove Street, will feature two buildings with more scope for local people to benefit from the massive regeneration taking place in the area.

Livesey Exchange founder, Nicholas Okwulu, said the site’s location would help local people reap the dividends of the Old Kent Road regeneration: “It’s smack bang in the middle of what could be the future Old Kent Road high street.

It’s smack bang in the middle of the gravy train and that’s what I wanted.”

The scaffolding is down at the new Livesey Exchange which means the building is nearing its end, and council leader Kieron Williams, who visited the site for an update, says he’s ‘convinced’ of its potential for the community.

Nicholas says the centre been made out of wood so it can quickly be demolished in the future. The site is earmarked for future development as part of the Old Kent Road Area Action plan so the Livesey Exchange only has the premises for the next fifteen years.

The buildings, which are due to open in the spring, comprise eight large hireable spaces. Some of these will be classed as ‘affordable’ to allow people to hire them for fixed periods.

A condition of hiring the ‘affordable’ space is that people will have to have a business plan and complete it by the time they have to move on.

There will also be a cafe with a seating area, two commercial kitchens, a dark kitchen (for food delivery work), and a spacious mixed-use area available for theatre productions, corporate events and much more.

Nicholas said they were not about helping just a few people - they’re trying to be a helping hand to anyone with ideas and a lack of opportunity or knowledge of how to achieve them. “It’s not about people coming into the space and staying here for good. We’ll get people in and then help them when they move on.”

He said there would also be job opportunities for young people to get experience, such as in the cafe, adding: “Something that small businesses

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struggle with is training young people so they may be less likely to take them on.

“So they could come through here and be taught the basics to able to get a more permanent job,” he said.

Nicholas saw the need for a space that everyone felt they could use and get something from. “Lots of places are being built under the guise of community,” Nicholas said.

“But what they really are is gated communities. And I really don’t want this to be another gated community - it needs to be approachable.”

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and £18,000 in Livesey Exchange crowdfunding.

After visiting the building and hearing plans for it, Cllr Kieron Williams said he was “convinced” of the benefits the centre would bring to the community.

“There’s obviously a lot of change happening here on Old Kent Road,” he said.

“All the change often involves new people coming into an area, but what really matters is those who’ve been there all along or most of their life, feel there’s something in it for them.

“Why I’m excited about it is that it’s a real pathway for people. This is not just a building, it’s a way into skills provision, into different industries.

“I can absolutely see a really wide group of people from the community coming in and seeing what’s going on here.

“You might come in for lunch, but you might leave thinking ‘I could get an apprenticeship’,” he added.

Luca Cruz Cahn, 24, who lives in Peckham, is making a film documenting the development and will be using the space for videography. He said: “Nicholas, born and bred in south London, has helped so many in our community to better their lives.

“The new Livesey Exchange will be a community hub for people in Southwark to thrive, and I’m so excited to see it in action.

“The most important is the idea of

community business, which is important for young people to understand. Young people need to know, that in order to compete in London, you have to have a viable business model and something tangible to offer,” Luca added.

So what’s different about LEX 2?

“The difference here is, it’s nicer, more aesthetically pleasing, it’s got a smaller footprint to LEX 1. It’s for everyone.

Come, we’ll listen to your plans, we’ll see how we can help you,” Nicolas added.

There is the opportunity for local businesses to deliver training sessions at the centre too.

Anyone wanting to get involved in any way or to enquire about the space, email info@pempeople.com.

By Herbie Russell

soon as possible.

On July 11, 2022, a member of the public alerted police to an incident on Brockley Rise at 1am.

A woman had suffered grazing after being pushed to the ground and a man was arrested at the scene.

Officers established that he was PC Andrews, an officer attached to Central South Command Unit which covers Southwark. Police said the woman was known to him.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards was informed and PC Andrews was suspended from duty.

Detective Chief Superintendent Seb Adjei-Addoh, who leads the Central South Command Unit, said: “I am saddened by this incident and grateful to members of the public who raised the alarm, resulting in PC Andrews’ prompt arrest.

“Under the leadership of Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, everyone in the Met is clear that we must root out those who corrupt the integrity of our organisation. This will take time, but we are absolutely committed to achieving high standards.”

Met Police officer jailed for 16 months for shoving a woman over in Honor Oak

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Met police officer has been jailed for a year and four months after pleading guilty to pushing over a woman in Honor Oak while off-duty.

PC Thomas Andrews (pictured) pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm at Woolwich Crown Court on January 19 and was sentenced at the same court on Monday, March 6.

He also received a restraining order and will face a misconduct hearing as

Photo by Jezrael Smith and Pempeople/Livesey Exchang

By Isabel Ramirez

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From emergency care to fundraising half marathon HOLLY FLEET, a journalist from Epping in Essex, has run a half marathon in aid of the hospital she says has given her life back. Holly ran from St Thomas’ Hospital in central London to St George’s Hospital in Tooting and back again with her partner, Callum Campbell, to raise money for Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity.

After months of heavy bleeding and severe pain, Holly was initially diagnosed with proctitis (inflammation of the lowest part of the large bowel). But by November 2021, things worsened and she attended St Thomas’ emergency department.

Surgery quickly followed to treat ulcerative colitis, a condition where the colon and rectum become inflamed and small ulcers develop, which can bleed and produce pus.

Holly, spent two months at St Thomas’, including a week in the intensive care unit.

When it was not possible to control the bleeding and pain with medication Holly was offered a type of surgery called an ileostomy where the small bowel (small intestine) is diverted through an opening in the tummy (abdomen) known as a stoma.

Holly, who calls herself ‘Stoma Babe’ on Instagram to raise awareness of the condition, said: “I had the surgery done, but because I was really unwell before it, I had to have a blood transfusion. I was in the high dependency unit for about four days after the surgery and then I had

to go back to intensive care. After that my vitamin levels started to balance out a bit more. I was in hospital until the end of January 2022.”

Holly is thankful for the care she received at St Thomas’, including from her surgeon, and the critical care and nursing teams who supported her recovery, who she says were “so helpful and so kind to me”.

Holly is raising awareness of ulcerative colitis, which the Crohn’s & Colitis UK charity says affects at least 1 in every 227 people in the UK. The condition can develop at any age, but is most often diagnosed in people between 15 and 25 years old.

One possible complication of ulcerative colitis can be an increased risk of developing bowel cancer.

Holly said: “If there is any sort of bleeding, you should never leave it.

You should always go to the doctor, you should always push for an answer.

“What I want to get across, particularly to young people, is that you can still have a life with a stoma. You can still feel good about yourself. That’s why people have the stoma surgery to give them their lives back.”

Ashley Sartini, a gastrointestinal matron at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “Holly has come so far from the patient we met one year ago. A big thank you to her and to Callum for their fundraising efforts.”

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Holly Fleet and partner, Callum Campbell at St Thomas’

Kidney patient: ‘Donation is life-changing’ SARAH JONES is an active organ donation campaigner and founder of Share Your Wishes, after having a kidney transplant at Guy’s in May 2006.

Sarah, 50, from Burgess Hill in Sussex, said: “It’s nearly 17 years since I received my kidney transplant. This was a kidney gifted to me by a courageous family, who agreed to organ donation.

Sarah Jones at Guy’s Hospital

The neonatal unit won the Paediatric Awards for Training Achievements (PAFTAs) award for best training unit in London.

The national PAFTAs are held in partnership with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and recognise the very best in paediatric training in the country.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is a leading UK centre for renal transplantation and the treatment of kidney disease and it has the largest kidney transplant service in England.

In the year to March 2022, there were 71 adult living donor kidney transplants at Guy’s and St Thomas’ – the most in the UK. To find out more about organ donation, go to www.organdonation.nhs.uk

New cancer ward at Guy’s

Evelina London neonatal unit wins award THE LONDON School of Paediatrics recently published its Trainee Doctor End of Post Survey results, which show the neonatal unit at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’, is rated as the best in London for training experience.

“I would urge everyone to talk to their loved ones about organ donation and their wishes for this.

“We have to make the conversation around organ donation the norm and as families will always be asked to support your loved one’s decision, it’s vital to leave them certain.

People know that it can make a huge difference to the recipient, but it is also life-changing to their friends and family.”

A NEW state of the art ward for adult cancer patients has opened at Guy’s Hospital.

It was designed with input from patients and staff.

Olive ward

Olive ward has 14 beds in total, in three-bed and single ensuite rooms, including an isolation room for radiotherapy patients. The arts scheme was designed with artist Sophie Smallhorn and includes

artwork from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation’s collection.

Olive ward is part of a project to deliver four new cancer wards at Guy’s Hospital. This will include a dedicated ward for teenage and young adult patients. The project is part funded by Guy’s Cancer Charity and will be fully completed later this year.

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Broken heating leaves camberwell Estate residents shivering as temperatures drop to -1

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Residents on a Camberwell estate often go several days without heating or hot water and are forced to waste money on expensive portable radiators.

Tenants and leaseholders on the Sceaux Gardens Estate were left shivering for a week earlier this month, as temperatures plummeted to -1, after their temperamental heating system broke again.

The News understands that Southwark Council has since brought in portable heating units while they fix the broken communal boiler.

Lakanal House tenant and mum-ofone Natisha Husbands says the heating has regularly broken ever since she moved into the block in 2017.

She said: “It’s been terrible. It’s so

freezing I basically have to wrap up my child, who is ill because of the situation and other children in the building are sick as well.

“And they [the council] just don’t care. We did ask for vouchers because our own heaters are taking up a lot of money.”

The post-war estate, comprising six blocks with 370 apartments, grabbed national attention in 2009 when the Lakanal House fire killed six people.

As well as prompting a groundbreaking enquiry into fire safety regulations, Lakanal House was refurbished and residents began moving back in 2016.

While internal pipework was replaced during the block’s refurbishment, it is unclear whether any improvements to the boiler system were required.

Sceaux Gardens’ Tenants’ and Residents’ Association Chair Mike

By Herbie Russell

herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police have made no arrests one month after a brutal attack on a woman, possibly involving a hammer, outside Harris Academy School in Bermondsey, on Valentine’s Day morning.

Concerned residents attending a London Bridge and West Bermondsey police meeting on Thursday, March 2, were stunned to discover the attending

Natasha Husbands and the Sceaux Gardens Estate Edge said: “We’ve got problems with the centralised boiler house. One of the boilers is completely kaput and the other one has intermittent problems.”

Natisha said she won a legal case

against the council over heating failures last August and was awarded £1,400.

But she says little has changed since then.

Southwark Council is supposed to

refund households £3 for each day the heating breaks but Natisha doesn’t think she’s ever received that compensation.

Southwark Council has been approached for comment.

officers had no knowledge of the incident.

A Met Police spokesperson has said leads are being pursued and, following the News’ enquiries, released a description of the assailant, who is still at large. The suspect is described as a 5’7” black male of average build, in his mid-twenties with short afro hair, wearing dark clothing and a dark backpack.

Police were called to the scene on Southwark Park Road at around 9.30am

on February 14, after a woman had been attacked while walking her dog. Rumours spread that the woman had been struck with a hammer and, while police said a hammer had been found nearby, they could not confirm whether it had been used in the attack.

Police said they did not believe the suspect and the victim were known to one another and the woman is understood to have recovered from her injuries.

Another meeting led by the Met’s Safer Neighbourhood Team for South Bermondsey, where the attack took place, is scheduled for 6pm to 7pm, on March 22, at St Anne’s Church on Thorburn Square.

Concerned residents are expected to attend and ask about the progress of the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the police on 101 quoting reference 1982/14FEB23

Still no arrests after brutal attack outside Bermondsey school

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Housing repair issues have got so bad, children are now getting involved

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his week, this paper covered the school girls who challenged the council after finding out most of their class had dealt with severe repair issues in their homes.

Students from Notre Dame RC Girls School in Elephant and Castle joined community leaders and residents at the Southwark Council offices to raise the alarm about mould, damp and repairs issues.

We know that council tenants in Southwark are no strangers to these problems. But judging by these young advocates, the issue seems to have reached new heights.

The students’ arrival at the Tooley Street offices has created a storm on social media with the well-known housing activist and journalist Kwajo urging students to “keep returning until they listen”.

It’s reassuring that news of children living in unacceptable conditions provokes such a strong emotional reaction. Especially since the landmark ruling that two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure to the mould in his family’s Rochdale flat.

We receive a huge volume of calls every week from people wanting to highlight these issues, but sadly we can’t report on them all. However, in a bid to get answers for the people of Southwark, we looked into what might be behind the council’s seemingly slow response to repair issues.

A Freedom of Information Request revealed that there are just 78 Resident Services Officers responsible for 48,164 council homes, an average of 617 each. This would suggest that maybe the girls had a point in calling for each home to have a ‘caretaker’ to ensure repairs are done more efficiently.

Another meeting has been organised in Peckham Square where school kids will join community leaders and, once again, share accounts of their housing problems.

Southwark Council Leader Kieron Williams and Housing lead Darren Merrill couldn’t attend last Thursday’s meeting, but hopefully they will be at this next one.

It is nothing short of depressing that children have to come out of school to address these problems they are dealing with daily.

Perhaps this can set an example to all young people in Southwark that getting involved in local democracy does have the power to ignite some much-needed action - but in the words of Cllr Jasmine Ali: it’s a shame they had 22:35 to meet like this.

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Director of Berlusconi tells all

Theatre director James Grieve started life living on the edge and seems to have tried to live his life that way ever since. And by ‘on the edge’, I mean being born in Folkestone on the Kent coast rather than anything riskier, but James, in his university years and without any prior training, decided, with friends, to set up a company to produce and direct plays.

Now, that is a recklessness found

mainly in the young but actually set Mr Grieve on a course to be where he is today, writes Michael Holland...

I asked James when he first realised he wanted to become involved with the theatre, and he told this tale of horror: ‘My grandmother was an actress and one of my earliest memories is seeing her play the wicked witch in the local pantomime.

When the wicked witch died I was inconsolable so my Mum had to take me

backstage to find my gran miraculously resurrected in her dressing room. From that moment I knew theatre was magic.’

An incident that could put most children off theatre forever.

After his formative years spent in a dream world of being either a footballer or fronting an indie band James came to the realisation that he ‘probably wasn’t the new Eric Cantona or Liam Gallagher’.

Instead, with his mates, he started a theatre company.

This is how he tells it: ‘I figured going on tour with a theatre company was probably the next best thing to my fantasy careers. Like most directors, I started out as an actor but I soon found myself losing concentration on stage because I was looking around thinking about all the things I would do differently if I was in charge. Most directors are control freaks…’

He adds with no nuance.

For five years the company were ‘producing and directing plays on a shoestring in fringe theatres and at The Edinburgh Festival. We had no idea what we were doing so we made it up as we went along and learned by making mistakes.’

Learning on the job gave James enough experience and knowledge to be noticed because it led to him becoming ‘assistant director to Josie Rourke and the late, great

Guernsey, Greenwich, Garfunkel’s and Ghosts While growing up in the Channel Islands, Paul Morrissey’s favourite TV show was Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em. He then got to see Frank Spencer - sorry - Michael Crawford in the original Phantom of the Opera, and it was these events that set Paul on the path of becoming a theatre producer, writer and director, writes Michael Holland...

But life is never that straightforward.

‘My original intention was to be a performer and I was lucky enough to get a place at Bretton Hall College in Leeds studying Theatre Arts,’ he begins.

‘I then got in to the company of Blood Brothers and after two years with the show, I decided to further my training and got a place at the Royal Academy of Music in London. It was there, however, that I decided performing wasn’t quite right for me.’

Nevertheless, Paul met James Milton there and they decided to set up a theatre company. Those intrepid entrepreneurs went on to produce a number of UK and International productions including Cats, Chess the Musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and The West End Men, which toured China, Europe and the UK before playing a six-

week season at the Vaudeville Theatre in the West End - A ‘career highlight’.

Paul is now based in Greenwich where he lives with his wife whom he met when producing a concert version of Les Misérables in the place where Victor Hugo wrote the book. He quite rightly counts that as a special time.

He then revealed how lucky he feels to do this work: ‘It can be a bit of a rollercoaster, but having the opportunity to work on incredible plays, musicals and concerts is a real gift. And also meeting and working with some truly astounding people.’

But that rollercoaster means downs as well as ups. The man of many talents claims he could write a book about the times things didn’t go well, recalling when ‘my entire cast missed a flight to Switzerland because they were having breakfast in Garfunkel’s.

Working on all those iconic productions ignited Paul’s love of writing, which he was able to spend more time on in lockdown. That means his latest play, When Darkness Falls, cowritten with James Milton, will soon open with Paul directing and the show’s illusions designed by John Bulleid, an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle.

‘It’s a spine-chilling ghost story,’ he

starts to tell me just as a bolt of lightning rattled our windows in separate parts of SE London and shook our Zoom screens! After I’d crept back out from under my desk, he continued. ‘Set on the island of Guernsey – the Island I grew up on – it tells the story of John Blondel, a history teacher who runs the local Historical Society. As part of the Society’s weekly podcast, a paranormal expert has been invited to give a talk on the island’s paranormal history.

While John, a non-believer, listens to the speaker’s stories – many of which are based on true events – the night takes a dark turn revealing disturbing truths and unforgettable terrors…’

Now too scared to carry on with the interview I quickly finished up by asking if Mr Morrissey had anything he’d like to add: ‘Only that we are genuinely thrilled to see our own work on the stage - And what better way to do it than with an ‘edge-of-your seat’ thriller! We’ve worked hard to make sure audiences experience a first class show.’

I’m already on the edge of my seat!

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Howard Davies which was incredible onthe-job training’. James now understood directing plays was an actual job you could do to make a living.

James Grieve now lives in Bermondsey and has his production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical currently on a UK Tour. ‘It lands at New Wimbledon Theatre in May’, he wants me to add.

And he has a new musical Berlusconi in rehearsals, which he was keen to talk about: ‘I met the writers Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan almost four years ago when they approached me with a first draft and some demos. I was intrigued by Silvio Berlusconi as a subject for a musical and as soon as I heard the music I was hooked…

What is so brilliantly accomplished in Ricky and Simon’s writing is that the serious message of this musical is delivered with such incredible wit and charm and so many laughs. It adds up to a prescient, utterly compelling, wildly entertaining new musical. It is a very special privilege to make a World Premiere of a new show and I am beyond excited to share it with audiences.’

The press release blurb says: ‘A hilarious, naughty, noisy expose of the original perma-tanned media mogul and populist politician told through the eyes of the formidable women ready to share their

side of the story and break the veneer of that million lira smile. As Silvio tries to enshrine his legacy by writing the opera of his life, his detractors are closing in…’

Which all sounds like a lot of fun.

James was pleased to report that rehearsals are going well and that ‘I am fortunate to be working with a company of astonishingly talented actors who are bringing the material thrillingly to life.’

We had come to the end of our time together as rehearsals resumed, so I gave James the last word: ‘I’m hugely excited our show opens at the beautiful new Southwark Playhouse Elephant. It’s a fantastic space, a properly thrilling new addition to the London theatre scene and a major asset to Southwark. We are very lucky in this borough to have another wonderful new theatre on our doorsteps.’

I left with one of the show tunes ringing in my ears and am already looking forward to hearing it again at the new theatre.

Berlusconi A New Musical is at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, The Main House, 80 Newington Butts, Dante Place, SE11 4FL from 25 March – 29 April.

Times: 7.45pm, matinees 2.30pm.

Admission: £7.50 - £28.

Booking: https://southwarkplayhouse. co.uk/productions/berlusconi/

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Teresa Scannell 08/02/1944 - 04/03/2023

Noreen Geraldine and Michael would like to announce the sad news of their mother passing away on 4th March.

Anyone who would like to pay their respects please feel free to attend.

Funeral will be held Friday 17th March 3:15 pm @ Honor Oak Crematorium.

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (FALMOUTH ROAD, MANOR GROVE, MORECAMBE STREET, RUSHWORTH STREET, THRALE STREET, UNION STREET, UPPER GROUND, WILDS RENTS, VARCOE ROAD) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:

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(a) Falmouth Road, at it’s junction with New Kent Road (b) Manor Grove, between Ormside Street and Ilderton Road (c) Morecambe Street, between East Street and Townley Street (d) Rushworth Street, at it’s junction with Webber Street to the side on No’s 94 (e) Thrale Street, at it’s junction with Southwark Street (f) Maiden Lane, footpath at it’s junction with Southwark Street will be closed (g) Union Street, between Blackfriars Road and Great Suffolk Street (h) Upper Ground, between Barge House Street and broadwall to Hatfields (i) Wilds Rents, at it’s junction with Long Lane (j) Varcoe Road, between Eagle Close and Bramcote Grove to it’s blocked end

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The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) New Kent Road, Harper Road (2b) Ilderton Road, Penarth Street, Ormside Street (2c) East Street, King & Queen Street, Browning Street, Brandon Street (2d) as indicated by the signs displayed (2e) as indicated by the signs displayed (2f) Redcross Way (2g) Blackfriars Road, Stamford Street, Rennie Street, Upper Ground, Hatfields, Stamford Street, Southwark Street, Great Guildford Street, Union Street (2h) Upper Ground, Cornwall Road, Stamford Street, Hatfields, (2i) Long Lane, Bermondsey Street, Decima Street (2j) Varcoe Road, Verney Road

4.

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

5.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Barge House Street and Broadwall, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2h)

6.

The existing ‘one-way’ working in Wilds Rents, will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2i)

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 1st – 9th April (2b) 3rd April – 28 May (2c) 3rd – 6th April (2d) 5th – 10th April (2e) & (2f) 5th – 10th April (2g) 1st April (2h) 31st March (2i) 4th – 7th April (2j) 3rd – 21st April

10.

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

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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK

A SECURE AND EXCITING FUTURE

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (LONG LANE, NUTCROFT ROAD, UNDERHILL ROAD

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(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 1.

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

2.

Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:

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(a) Long Lane, between Great Dover Street and Tennis Street (b) Nutcroft Road, between No’s 60 and Fenham Road (c) Underhill Road, between Dunstans Road and Langton Rise (d) Underhill Road, between Lordship Lane and Melford Road 3.

The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Pilgrimage Street, Great Dover Street, Bricklayers Arms, Great Dover Street. Great Dover Street, Silvester Street, Tabard Street, Pilgrimage Street (2b) Fenham Road, Naylor Road (2c) Underhill Road, Lordship Lane (2d) Melford Road, Lordship Lane, Wood Vale

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The works will be in operation for (2a) 28th – 29th March (2b) 27th – 31st March (2c) & (2d) 27th – 30th March

7.

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

Dated this 16th March 2023 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Environment, Neighbourhoods and Growth 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 84257250-conway (2b) 6372/W119075031-01825-rewrite-SGN (2c) 56690409-conway (2d) 78467783-conway LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (WINDSOR WALK, UPLAND ROAD, FRIERN ROAD, HENSLOWE ROAD) 1.

The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice, that, because of various works, it made, an order, the effect of which would be to introduce ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions and prohibit vehicles in part of the above named road

2.

Whilst the restriction is in place, and whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to wait, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading at any time in: (a) Windsor Walk, ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on the northern and southern side in a westerly direction from the end of the existing double yellow lines at it’s junction with Grove Lane to the permit holders/paid by phone parking spaces. (b) Windsor Walk, The cycle hoop (bike storage) located at Windsor Walk on the south side near the junction with Grove Lane will be relocated on the south side of Grove Lane outside No’s 101 in the permit holders/paid by phone parking spaces. (c) Upland Road, at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on both sides of the carriageway, between Barry Road and Friern Road (d) Friern Road at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on both sides of the carriageway, between Upland Road and Peckham Rye (e) Henslowe Road, at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions will be introduced on both sides of the carriageway, between Upland Road and No’s 50

3.

An alternative route is not applicable.

4.

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

5.

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

6.

The restriction will come into force for (2a) & (2b) 24th March – 24th April (2c) 27th March – 25th May (2d) 27th March – 16th August (2e) 18th April – 14th August

7.

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

Dated this 16th March 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

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PUBLIC NOTICE – LICENSING APPLICATION LICENSING ACT 2003 On March 10th 2023, University of the Arts applied to Southwark Council for a new premises licence at Camberwell College of Arts, 45-65 Peckham Road, SE5 8UF. The application seeks to permit the sale by retail of alcohol from 12.00 until 22.00 Monday to Sunday.

THE PREMISES WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAVE FOR PRE-BOOKED SHOWS The application can be viewed by appointment on 020 7525 2000 at The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, SE1 2QH. Or online at: http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp Any person may make a representation in writing relating to this application to be received no later than April 7th 2023 addressed to the Licensing Service above.

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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 a listed building; 79-161 ILDERTON ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 3JZ (Ref: 23/AP/0387) Redevelopment of the site to provide two separate buildings comprising large scale purpose built shared living (LSPBSL) units, conventional residential dwellings, flexible commercial and community floorspace, a not-for-profit café community use, children's playspace, public realm improvements, landscaping and other associated works. For information: the proposed development comprises a building of 27 storeys plus additional rooftop plant (54.64 metres above ground level, 91.73 metres above Ordnance Datum) and a building of 15 storeys plus additional rooftop plant (50.80 metres above ground level, 52.00 metres above Ordnance Datum), with each building containing a single storey basement. The development would deliver: - 609 LSPBSL units; - 118 affordable conventional residential dwellings; - 1,023 square metres GIA of flexible commercial and community floorspace (Class E/F), of which a portion would be affordable; 124 square metres GIA of not-for-profit café community use (Class E/F); - children's playspace and public realm improvements; and - other associated works incidental to the development.

Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ MAJ (Contact: Patrick Cronin 020 7525 5535) SITE OF THE FORMER BLACKFRIARS CROWN COURT 1-15 POCOCK STREET LONDON SE1 0BT (Ref: 23/AP/0513) Minor material amendment of planning permission 22/AP/1347 (approval date: 06.10.2022) for increase in mezzanine floor area at first floor level and serving stairs removed; removal of mezzanine and serving stairs at third floor level, and replacement with new third floor office space; revised affordable workspace, cycle parking and refuse; alterations to the façade including level 1 façade realignment, changes to fenestration, minor changes to entrance arrangement on Pocock Street and removal of retractable entrance canopies on Loman Street and Pocock Street, openings, doors, and addition of ventilation risers and louvres; relocation of one substation from ground floor to basement level 1; minor revisions to basement level 1 lightwell; internal reconfigurations; changes to terraces and layout of amenity spaces, facilities and structures on level 04 and 06 roofs, updated landscape design, PV panels layout and associated works. The amendments seek to vary conditions 1, 22, 23, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 and 40. Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ (Contact: Gemma Perry 020 7525 1146) UNITS 1 AND 4 CANADA WATER RETAIL PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 (Ref: 23/AP/0565) Approval of Reserved Matters (access, layout and scale) pursuant to outline planning permission 21/AP/2655 for the comprehensive commercial development of the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan site. Reserved Matters Approval sought for construction of a basement spanning Plots A1 and A2 comprising cycle parking, plant space and ancillary floorspace and associated works (all ancillary Class E) to support office and retail/food and beverage uses in Plots A1 and A2. This is as an application for subsequent consent accompanied by an environmental statement. Consequently the application is accompanied by a Statement of Conformity submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017. This ES Statement of Conformity should be read in conjunction with the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan ES which can be viewed in full on the Councils website (21/AP/2655). Reason(s) for publicity: EIA (Contact: Gemma Usher 020 7525 7935) UNITS 1 AND 4 CANADA WATER RETAIL PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 (Ref: 23/AP/0564) Approval of Reserved Matters (access, appearance,

landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to outline planning permission 21/AP/2655 for the comprehensive commercial development of the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan site. Reserved Matters Approval sought for construction of Building A2 (maximum height 55.2m AOD) comprising the following uses; offices (Class E), retail (E) and food and beverage (E), with cycle parking, landscaping, loading bay, plant and associated works. This is as an application for subsequent consent accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Consequently the application is accompanied by a Statement of Conformity submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017. This ES Statement of Conformity should be read in conjunction with the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan ES which can be viewed in full on the Councils website (21/AP/2655). Reason(s) for publicity: EIA (Contact: Gemma Usher 020 7525 7935) ARCHES 36-39 AMERICA STREET LONDON SE1 0NJ (Ref: 23/AP/0561) Change of use of Arch 36 (Car Wash Use Class B1) and Arch 37 (Production studio Use Class B1), Arch 38 and Arch 39 (Car park Sui Generis) to flexible uses under Use Class E and Drinking Establishment (Sui Generis); installation of shopfronts, creation of cycle and bin storage, demolition of external leanto structures to front, side and rear and the installation of substation. (Within: Union Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Kerri Simpson 020 7525 3487) MARITIME STREET CANADA WATER LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 (Ref: 23/AP/0566) Approval of Reserved Matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to outline planning permission 21/AP/2610 which proposed hard and soft landscaping to create a shared public realm space for use by pedestrians and vehicles on Maritime Street. This is an application for subsequent consent accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Consequently the application is accompanied by a Statement of Conformity submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017. This ES Statement of Conformity should be read in conjunction with the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan ES which can be viewed in full on the Councils website (21/AP/2610). Reason(s) for publicity: EIA (Contact: Gemma Usher 020 7525 7935) UNITS 1 AND 4 CANADA WATER RETAIL PARK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE16 (Ref: 23/AP/0562) Approval of Reserved Matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to outline planning permission 21/AP/2655 for the comprehensive commercial development of the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan site. Reserved Matters Approval sought for construction of Building A1 (maximum height 110m AOD) comprising the following uses; offices (Class E), retail (E) and food and beverage (E), with landscaping, plant and associated works. This is an application for subsequent consent accompanied by an Environmental Statement. Consequently the application is accompanied by a Statement of Conformity submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017. This ES Statement of Conformity should be read in conjunction with the Canada Water Dockside Masterplan ES which can be viewed in full on the Councils website (21/AP/2655). Reason(s) for publicity: EIA (Contact: Gemma Usher 020 7525 7935) KINGSWOOD HOUSE SEELEY DRIVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 8QN (Ref: 23/AP/0605) Installation of new security gates to entrance porch and new access ramp and steps to rear terrace.

Reason(s) for publicity: (Contact: Tracy Chapman 020 7525 1948)

publicity: STDCA MAJ (Contact: Zoe Brown 07849 702 088)

THIRD FLOOR FLAT 129 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4JJ (Ref: 23/AP/0550) Replacement of the 2 no. front single glazed softwood timber casement windows with hardwood timber Slimlite double glazed units of a simpler design. 3 no. single glazed casement windows in the side elevation will also be replaced with hardwood timber Slimlite double glazed units of a simpler design. 2 no. softwood timber sliding sash windows in the rear elevation are also to be replaced with hardwood timber sliding sash windows with Slimlite double glazed units of a simpler design. A steel safety railing is also proposed to the perimeter of the top of the parapet of the curved bay for roof maintenance. Cyclical repairs to the building including a new roof covering, external decorations and repairs of all three elevations. (Within: Kennington Park Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486)

283 WALWORTH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 2TG (Ref: 23/AP/0600) Display of 1x new internally illuminated fascia and 1x internally illuminated projecting sign. (Within: Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486)

SECOND FLOOR FLAT 176-178 OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5TY (Ref: 23/AP/0641) Erection of a mansard roof extension to extend an existing second floor flat (Within: Thomas A'Beckett And High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR FLAT 149 GROVE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8BG (Ref: 23/AP/0667) Alteration to windows by up-grading to double-glazed units. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 237 WALWORTH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 (Ref: 23/AP/0626) Construction of an infill extension across the 5th floor to accommodate new residential units to an existing residential block of 7 storeys (6 storeys above ground). The infill accommodates 1 storey of 3nos. residential units (Flats 62 to 64) 1no. of 1 bed and 2nos. of 3 beds. All private amenity spaces serve the living/dining/kitchen spaces. Existing roof solar panels and sedum covering are retained on the new roof. (Within: Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Mumtaz Shaikh 020 7525 0585) 10 LOVE WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8AE (Ref: 23/AP/0330) Demolition of all existing buildings on site and comprehensive redevelopment to provide a partthree and part-four storey new care home (Class C2 - Residential Institutions), including up to 63 bedrooms each with wet room, plus cycle parking, refuse/recyling storage, mechanical and electrical plant, new sub-station, landscaping and green/living walls, amenity areas, perimeter treatment and associated ancillary works. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA MAJ (Contact: Zoe Brown 07849 702 088) 10 LOVE WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8AE (Ref: 23/AP/0330) Demolition of all existing buildings on site and comprehensive redevelopment to provide a partthree and part-four storey new care home (Class C2 - Residential Institutions), including up to 63 bedrooms each with wet room, plus cycle parking, refuse/recyling storage, mechanical and electrical plant, new sub-station, landscaping and green/living walls, amenity areas, perimeter treatment and associated ancillary works. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for

RIVERSIDE HOUSE 2A SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9HA (Ref: 23/AP/0545) Installation of new A/C unit to rear of existing office building at Riverside House, 2A Southwark Bridge Road (Within: Bear Gardens CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Samuel Hepworth 020 7525 5465) BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR FLAT 149 GROVE LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 8BG (Ref: 23/AP/0530) Internal alterations with new kitchen arrangement and additional shower/WC facilities. (Within: Camberwell Grove Conservation Area CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 42 CARDEN ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 3UD (Ref: 23/AP/0576) Construction of a rear side infill extension, internal alterations floor plan redesign and all associated works. (Within: Nunhead Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Baddeley ) 18 CHOUMERT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 4SE (Ref: 23/AP/0615) Removal of Condition 4 'Hours of Use' pursuant to planning permission ref. no. 18/AP/0422: Change of use of the ground and first floor from A1 Retail to A3 Restaurant, alterations to the shopfront and installation of a flue and dumb waiter to the rear elevation. Conditions(s) Removal: The condition was put in place in regards to a previous business within a Use Class which is now invalid. Proposing to remove or change the condition to the extent that purposes can be carried out until 01:00 on weekends and public holidays (with the weekday times remaining the same.) This would allow the current business to remain viable and competitive in a location where many similar businesses operate until that same or later. It will also bring the conditions in line with the proposed licencing terms of a restaurant in a Cumulative Impact Zone which is also 01:00 on weekends. Proposing that the condition to be removed in its entirety or changed so that it no longer applies to Fridays, Saturdays, and Public Holidays.

(Within: Rye Lane Peckham CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Imogen Copps ) 8 GODMAN ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE15 3SR (Ref: 23/AP/0648) To provide access to and the use of the flat roof of the rear dormer and the installation of a new roof window to the rear roof slope at 8 Godman Road, London, SE15 3SR (Within: Nunhead Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: James Baddeley ) Dated: 14 Mar 2023 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date.

STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth

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By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET’S late, late match-winner last weekend George Porter knows the side face a tough run-in as they aim to avoid relegation from National League South but he believes a “rocking” Champion Hill can help them get the points they need to avoid dropping back into the Isthmian League.

The Hamlet turned the game on its head in the final six minutes against Havant & Waterlooville to spark jubilant scenes among the majority of 2,456 in attendance in East Dulwich.

Ex-Dulwich forward Muhammadu Faal’s 59th-minute goal looked like it would be enough to hand Hakan Hayrettin’s side a second consecutive defeat. But Johl Powell levelled in the 84th minute before Porter got the winner a minute into added-time.

Defeat would have meant the Hamlet dropping into the relegation places as they battle to extend their stay in the sixth tier into at least a sixth season.

The Hawks were reduced to ten men just sixteen minutes in when Joe Newton picked up two bookings in just four minutes.

Danny Mills was twice brilliantly denied by Josh Passley and Porter hit the woodwork between the hosts’ goals.

But Porter pounced late to finish a loose ball in the box and give the home side three crucial points.

“It was good. That was a tough game, Havant are a strong side, very physical. I thought we were brilliant, dug in deep,” Porter said.

“We knew their game-plan.

Obviously they had a man sent off early which helped us but we’re just so delighted to get the win.”

Porter said it was important that Dulwich didn’t veer off course after the visitors’ sending-off.

“That’s the thing since the gaffer’s

Hamlet find Port in storm Forward scores in added-time for crucial win in relegation fight

come in, that’s what he’s very good at, he’s always at us to stick to the plan which is something we’ve adapted to,” Porter explained. “We did a lot of work on Thursday. He says play your game, stick to the plan and chances will open up. We had a few chances in the first half but it wasn’t one of those panic situations.

“We have got a tough run of fixtures but I always say when you’re playing in front of that many people at home you’ve got to get this place really

johnk@southwarknews.co.uk JONATHAN HAGGERTY has moved up to bantamweight to take on the legendary Nong-O Gaiyanghadao for the ONE Muay Thai World Championship next month.

Rock-bottom Lancers end season with walkover

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk SOUTHWARK LANCERS Rugby Club saw their opponents handed a walkover for the fourth time in their last six games as their turbulent Counties 2 Kent 2022-23 campaign came to an end last weekend.

This time it was Sevenoaks II given an away walkover ahead of their scheduled clash.

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET face a “critical month” as their new stadium bid enters a consultation period – and the club again hit out at those opposing the development for “misinforming” and trying to “block” and “delay” the process.

George Porter

rocking, the home games are the bare minimum to pick up some points, and pick up points away from home.

“The supporters were brilliant.

When Johl equalised they were spurring us on and I was lucky to get the winner.”

Hayrettin added: “I’m so happy for everyone concerned. I did tell people when I came here it wasn’t going to be easy. We’re going to have to ride the storm, work hard, roll our sleeves up until we come out the other end.

And that’s what the boys have given us.

“In the short time space of time I’ve been here, to win two and lose one is fantastic so we need to keep pushing and driving and getting that ethos back into the team.”

Dulwich were two points above the relegation zone before their trip to Bath City on Tuesday night. Go to southwarknews.co.uk for the report.

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

Haggerty and Nong-O headline the bill at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Walworth Road’s Haggerty, 26, who is a former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai world champion, will provide Nong-O, 36, with the eighth defence of his title.

Haggerty’s kickboxing record is

20 wins from 24 fights, eleven by knockout.

Haggerty’s last bout was against Vladimir Kuzmin at ONE on Prime Video 4 last November. The fight was at catchweight after Haggerty was three pounds over at the weigh-in. Haggerty won by majority decision.

Haggerty moves up weight to take on legend

By John Kelly

The only two fixtures they played in that six-game schedule were against in Old Dunstonians, which resulted in a 52-15 defeat on the road, and Hastings & Bexhill, a 24-10 home loss.

The Lancers lost all 22 league games this season as they finished on -10 points at the bottom of the twelve-team division, 38 points behind eleventh-place Maidstone.

The Lancers had a points’ difference of minus-659 with 171 points scored and 830 conceded.

Stans end losing streak in style

By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk STANSFELD ENDED their six-game losing streak in style as they defeated Punjab United 4-1 in their SCEFL Premier Division match at Foxbury Avenue last weekend.

Dan Parkinson scored the opener in the eleventh minute and Rob Hughes doubled the lead two minutes later to set the hosts on their way to just a second win in thirteen games in 2023.

Tommy Whitnell made it 3-0 in the 38th minute before Paul Vines pulled one back twelve minutes into the second half.

Bu Alfie Moynes made sure it would be a comfortable victory when he added a

‘Critical month’ for Dulwich stadium plans

fourth on 78 minutes.

The Stans are twelfth in the table, level on 39 points with Fisher, who weren’t in action at the weekend. The Fish have a game in hand.

In the First Division, Bermondsey Town couldn’t add to their two league wins all season as they were defeated 2-0 at Forest Hill Park. Scott Jarvis in the 73rd minute and Ade Onasanya five minutes from time got the hosts’ goal.

Fisher were in action against Deal Town on Tuesday night and travel to Welling Town this Saturday for a 3pm kick-off.

Stansfeld are away at Lordswood at the same time.

Bermondsey host Staplehurst Monarchs at St Paul’s, also at 3pm.

The current period relates to removing restrictions on their current site.

Dulwich said there had been “confusion” over why this consultation period was needed. The club provided an explanation in their latest statement on the process.

“Our current Champion Hill stadium site is protected for us and for sports and those protections are defined in agreements from 1990 and 2003,” the club said. “The new site which overlaps with the current site will be similarly protected under a new agreement, this is [Southwark] Council’s way of always ensuring that there is a home for Dulwich Hamlet FC and for sporting provision at Champion Hill. However, to allow development and construction on the new stadium to take place the protections on the current site need to be removed during the build period and that is what this application stage seeks to make happen.

“To address your questions about why if this is a simple step in the process we need a public consultation I would like to express again our thanks to the officers at Southwark Council for their diligence.

Throughout this process those that oppose the application that will secure the future of the club have sought to misinform, block, delay and challenge at every step ignoring the overwhelming community support, independent approvals and even the recent dismissal by a Judge of their latest claims. So, whilst it takes more time, it is important that a correct and comprehensive process is followed at every step to reduce the risk posed by those individuals.

“This is a critical month for the club. If we can get through these final few steps the work can begin on delivering not only the long-term home for Dulwich Hamlet Football Club but also the huge increase in sporting provision for the local community and help us deliver local clean up and regeneration efforts.

“We will provide another update as things progress with both the consultation period and our parallel process to work with the current and prospective owners of the site to manage the period of transition from the current stadium to the new stadium.

“Thank you for your questions, your support and your interest in our club and our community.”

28 MILLWALL www.newsatden.co.uk/ SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP Reading - 0 Millwall - 1 Voglsammer 11’ (P) Date: Saturday March 11th 2023 Referee: Michael Salisbury Attendance: 13,265 Man of the Match: Charlie Cresswell

By Alex Jones at the Select Car Leasing Stadium alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL’S 1-0 win against Reading was certainly not an advert for Championship football.

The match was cagey and uncomfortable. There was no rhythm, no intensity and few concrete chances, but once again, the Lions came out on top.

Reading manager Paul Ince said after the game that Millwall were no better than his side, but that Gary Rowett’s men “do the basics well”. They certainly did that at the Select Car Leasing Stadium over the weekend, especially given the way that the Royals set up to play the game from the very first minute.

As soon as the referee blew his whistle, centre-back Jake Cooper rushed from the halfway line towards the penalty box. Millwall played the ball to the back line before launching it forwards to the 28-year-old. He was hurled to the ground, but no foul was awarded, allowing George Saville to fire an audacious long-range effort past the post.

This was just the start of the physicality.

In the fourth minute, Danny McNamara clattered former West Ham striker Andy Carroll in the box, causing a huge uproar from the home supporters. The referee waved for play to continue, and seven minutes later, the visitors took the lead.

Zian Flemming rushed in to intercept a misplaced pass from Naby Sarr, immediately playing the ball through to Tom Bradshaw. The striker was cornered, so had to turn back on himself before spinning back around to play Flemming through on goal.

The Dutchman rushed towards the box, showcasing his incredible strength by shrugging off Nesta Guinness-Walker.

Joe Lumley was forced to rush out of his area, allowing Flemming to work the ball around him before being brought down by the goalkeeper for a penalty.

With both Bradshaw and Flemming on 13 goals, it was expected that one of the two would step up to take the spotkick. Instead, Andreas Voglsammer was chosen, rifling the ball into the roof of the net for an eleventh-minute lead.

Manager Gary Rowett went on to

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The Lions had the eighth best away record in the Championship after downing the Royals

Voglsammer’s spot-kick helps Lions win physical battle in Berkshire explain that the German is the club’s first-choice penalty taker, revealing that after the game, he said “‘I’m German, what do you expect? Of course I’m going to score!”.

The visiting fans were happy that he did, as the opportunities dried up immediately. The game was broken up by needless fouls while the battle between Carroll and Millwall defender Charlie Cresswell dictated the flow of the game.

The Reading striker clattered both him and Saville in the buildup to half-time as he miraculously avoided a booking, but the Leeds United loanee got some revenge by wiping him out inside the box as referee Michael Salisbury opted against awarding a penalty.

Chances were sparse immediately after the break. Millwall’s best opportunity

came from almost forcing an own-goal, when Voglsammer’s cross was almost turned into the back of the net by Sarr as Lumley came rushing out to try and claim the ball in the 50th minute. Ultimately, they both hesitated allowing the ball to bounce out for a goal kick.

Reading did improve as the clock ticked towards the hour-mark, but the next chance went the way of the Lions.

Voglsammer was once again afforded a huge amount of space down the left flank, allowing him to fizz an effort into the box. It looked like Bradshaw would get a touch on it, but he was beaten to the ball by Naby Sarr, who turned it out of the penalty area towards Danny McNamara.

The defender had a chance to recycle the ball, but his pass towards Flemming was poor and the Royals were able to regain

possession.

The hosts’ only real chance came in the 74th minute, when Millwall’s back line seemed to spread out in order to allow Tom Ince to run towards the edge of the box. He shifted the ball onto his right foot before curling his shot well over the bar.

Ince’s men pushed forward in search of a stoppage-time equaliser, but they almost ended up going 2-0 down when Bradshaw combined with substitute Oliver Burke to win back possession.

The Scottish international raced through on goal, creating a three-on-two situation with Flemming and Bradshaw and picking out the latter, but his touch was too heavy and Lumley was able to gather.

Nonetheless, Millwall got the win, which felt crucial in the context of the

promotion battle. It lifted them back into the top six over Norwich City, who lost at home to Sunderland, and showed the rest of the division that the Lions know how to win ugly games of football.

With their comparatively easy run-in, they will certainly need to do that again if they are to secure a place in the play-offs.

Reading: 5-3-2: Lumley; Yiadom (Mbengue 46’), Holmes, Dann (Moore 46’), Sarr, Guinness-Walker (Casadei 60’); Ince, Hendrick, McIntyre (Azeez 78’); Long (Joao 60’), Carroll Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Wallace; Leonard, Saville; Honeyman (Burke 78’), Flemming, Voglsammer (Hutchinson 78’); Bradshaw

Dockers Day at The Den for Huddersfield clash Lions’ legends return to SE16 to celebrate former glory

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL WILL be holding their annual Dockers Day celebrations during Saturday’s home match against Huddersfield Town.

The event is scheduled to recognise the club’s historical links with the dock workers who formed such a large part of their support in days gone by. A number of ex-dockers will be invited to the match, and there will be a focus on the successful members of the Millwall team which won

the FA Youth Cup in 1978/79.

Former midfielder Terry Brisley, who played for the club between 1975 and 1978, will also be in attendance to hand out medals.

Millwall’s FA Youth Cup Winning Class of 1979 was largely made up of young players from local estates. Their success came during a tumultuous time at the club where they faced significant financial hardship and the threat of liquidation, making the achievement all the more impressive.

They comfortably defeated a number of top sides on their way to the final, including

Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest. They then beat Manchester City in the final, winning 2-0 after a goalless first leg.

Unfortunately, their victory came in the same season that the first team were relegated to the third tier, and while there was hope that the success of the youth team could help them secure an immediate promotion, it never worked out.

Nonetheless, it was a momentous moment in the history at the football club, and Saturday’s clash with the Terriers will be used to celebrate what they accomplished 44 years ago.

The club will recognise their FA Youth Cup Winning Class of 1979

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Long delighted by lions’ shut-out Goalkeeper praises teammates after facing no shots on target at Reading

By Alex Jones sport@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL’S 1-0 win against Reading was hugely important to goalkeeper George Long.

George Long secured his ninth clean sheet of the season last weekend

Following the Lions’ narrow victory against Stoke City just over two weeks ago, they conceded two goals to Luton Town and three goals to Norwich City, picking up one point in the process.

Dropping out of the top six put added pressure onto their trip to the Select Car Leasing Stadium, where Gary Rowett’s men needed to bounce back to winning ways ahead of two league games at The Den, but it was equally as important to showcase their defensive resilience that has guided them into promotion contention ahead of the run-in.

They did what was required, as Andreas Voglsammer’s first-half penalty handed them all three points in a relatively one-sided affair, where Reading failed to muster a shot on target and managed an xG [expected goals ratio] of just 0.04.

“It’s been a bit of a theme,” Long said after the game.

“It’s similar to the Stoke game, going 1-0 up in the first half and then digging in for the second half. We’ve not performed incredibly well in terms of keeping the ball and showing bits of brilliance, but I think we’re just really hard to break down and we showed that today.

“Going away from home and not having a shot on your goal is brilliant. I think you’d be buzzing for them every week, wouldn’t you? It’s credit to the lads in front of me, they kept Andy Carroll so quiet.

“If they [Reading] did have a shot, it was from outside the box and didn’t let him hit the target. All credit to the boys in front.”

Long is right - that defensive resilience has been a key part of Millwall’s surge up the league table, having improved massively after a difficult run at the start of the season where they were struggling in the bottom half.

Grinding out narrow results has long since been an important part of how they approach games, and the 29-year-old thinks he knows why his teammates are so good at it.

“The big one is the mentality of the lads,” he revealed.

“When it’s the last 10 minutes and teams are throwing everything at us, everyone stands up to the test and no one shies away from it. Everyone is willing to put their head on the line and clear the box, sticking their foot in where it hurts sometimes.

“I think we’ve done that many times over the season. We’re just used to it now and sort of embrace it a little bit.

“Our home form has been excellent. I know we were beaten by Norwich, but on the whole, it’s been outstanding really.

“Going into two home games before a break gives us confidence and we’ll be going into both of them, looking to take maximum points.”

Voglsammer’s contribution over the weekend certainly cannot be ignored. Outside of his goal, he was a constant threat down the left, and it showed how unfortunate he has been to not score more than two goals for Millwall so far this season.

His penalty was exceptional, and Long has had to face them on a regular basis in training sessions, highlighting how hard it is to keep the German’s set pieces out of the back of the net.

“He’s class to be fair, free kicks or penalties,” he admitted.

“He gets so much power on them. Even though the keeper has gone the right way he’s still nowhere near it. I think he’s got great technique and he can smash a ball to be fair.”

“I’m going to have to start asking him which way he’s going and try and save it [in training]. It was a great penalty, and he took it well.”

At the back, Charlie Cresswell has played a crucial part for Millwall since stepping into the back four following Shaun Hutchinson’s injury. The centreback really struggled in the early stages of his time at The Den, but regular football has helped him to mature and gain vital experience at a high level.

On Saturday afternoon, the 20-year-old came up against former Newcastle, West Ham and Liverpool man Andy Carroll, a veteran striker who broke the British transfer record with a £35 million move to Anfield back in 2011.

Long was impressed by Cresswell, who worked incredibly hard to win the physical battle against the 34-year-old, nullifying his threat throughout the 90 minutes.

“Cressy was outstanding today for a young lad who is coming up against an experienced pro like Andy Carroll - he dealt with him incredibly well,” the goalkeeper said.

“He’s won his fair share of headers and didn’t let Carroll get the best of him. That was a big part of what they wanted to do today.

“He’s a young lad learning his trade, and to do at Championship levels is credit to him. Like any young player, when you go out on loan, you’re going to make mistakes.

“You’re learning on the job, trying to get things right and figure out yourself how to play. Cressy has had his ups and downs this season, but he hasn’t let it get to him.

“He’s carried on working hard and getting more consistent with time, which is inevitable. The more games you play, the more consistent you become.

“Today was a great show of what he can do. He’s a really old-school young lad, if that makes sense.

He just loves it and he loves a scrap. If you can do it against Andy Carroll then you should be alright.”

Despite the positives, Long has echoed the same message that his manager and his teammates have shared throughout the season. Millwall are living in the moment and taking each game as it comes, although they are loving life in the thick of the play-off race heading into the final weeks of the campaign.

Their good form gives them a lot of confidence going into a comparatively easy run-in, with most of their play-off rivals facing much harder finale.

Long is adamant that the Lions won’t be taking that for granted, although they remain determined to achieve their goal of bridging the gap to the top six after numerous seasons of narrowly missing out.

“None of us are looking too far ahead,” he claimed.

“It’s an old cliche, isn’t it? You can’t plan ahead in football, you’ve literally got to take each game as it comes.

“You can’t take anything for granted, especially this late on in the season. You’ve got to really earn every victory and every point you get. It’s literally focus on the next one, try to get the win and move on.

“We’re always confident going up against anyone at home. We had a really tough run before coming here with Sheffield United, Burnley and Norwich.

It’s been a tough period.

“We’ve taken some big points out of those games, so we’ll be confident going into those two games.”

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Lions loanee has ‘burning desire to be the best’ EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones

alexj@southwarknews.co.uk CHARLIE CRESSWELL’S marked improvement since the turn of the year has been nothing short of astonishing.

The centre-back had a difficult start to life at Millwall, making numerous mistakes in the early part of the season.

Gary Rowett ended up switching from a back five to a 4-2-3-1 in October and the 20-year-old was dropped to the bench and then out of the squad entirely.

It was undoubtedly the nadir of his loan spell to date, as he was limited to a handful of sporadic appearances that then created rumours of a January departure. Championship rivals were linked with moves and had reportedly been in contact with parent club Leeds United, but Cresswell told them he wanted to stay at The Den. He had to be patient, but his time came when Shaun Hutchinson picked up a groin injury at the start of the year. Cresswell was brought into the team as a result and has hardly put a foot wrong, helping him to keep his place in the starting lineup over the club captain, who has since recovered.

His centre-back partner, Jake Cooper, put his improvement down to learning from mistakes and adapting to how Millwall prefer to play, but Rowett pointed to his ‘burning desire to be the best’ that he has shown on the training ground and during matches.

“I think he’s improved by learning what it is to be a centre-half in the Championship, which is one of the hardest positions for any young player to manage and master,” the manager told the News.

“There’s a lot of players that have been in the division for a long time and still will find it a real challenge because it’s such a competitive league.

Charlie Cresswell was voted as NewsAtDen’s Player of the Month for February

Gary Rowett explains key reason behind Charlie Cresswell’s improved performances “With Cressy, what you see is a lad that’s got a real burning desire to be the best, and you see that manifest in the way he trains and acts around the place, as well as his commitment to being away on loan for the season, which I think has been tremendous.

“What you have to do around that is learn very quickly in this division.

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He’s played really, really well. He’s had some extreme moments in games, but that’s what any young player is going to do when you want to play to a higher level. You can’t do that without making some mistakes.

“I think he’s learned to control his emotions better within games and he’s learned to make better decisions within games, but the Championship

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is still a challenge and you’re still going to make the odd mistake.

“I don’t think there’s any player, whether you’re 20 or 32, that’s not going to make mistakes, that’s the nature of the business.

“If you take the three centre-halves we’ve got in Coops, Hutchy and Cressy, I could play any two of the three at the moment. I trust every

single one of them and I think that’s a testament to Cressy for the way he’s certainly improved some of the elements around his game.

“It’s an area you don’t tend to rotate, but at the same time we’ve got three very, very good centre-backs with different experiences and qualities, but nevertheless all very good players.”

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Millwall face Warnock’s last dance at The Den

Lions want big win against legendary manager to start the international break with a bang

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk WINNING YOUR last game before an international break is crucial for any Championship side, especially at this stage of the season.

Millwall are looking to create a gap on the chasing pack before the run-in starts in April

When Millwall return to action on April 1st, they will have just eight games left to play. It will be a run that decides whether or not they secure a top-six finish, and heading into that period full of confidence will be absolutely vital in terms of achieving that goal.

Many supporters will see a home clash with Huddersfield Town as the perfect fixture, with the Terriers only off bottom on goal difference following their 1-0 defeat at West Brom last weekend. They will head into their trip to The Den in the relegation zone, having won just once in 2023 going into Wednesday’s home tie against Norwich City.

However, the clash could certainly end

up being much harder than most people expect it to be. After all, Huddersfield won the reverse fixture at the John Smith’s Stadium, a game which ended Millwall’s five-match unbeaten run back in October.

Furthermore, they will be coming up against one of the most experienced and iconic managers in English football in Neil Warnock, who will likely be visiting SE16 for the final time in his career.

The 74-year-old has faced Millwall 21 times in a managerial career that started all the way back in 1980, winning nine, drawing five and losing seven of those games. He has had a number of memorable moments against the Lions, many of which were caught on a documentary that was recorded in 2004, and the veteran certainly knows what to expect when he visits South London this weekend.

“We have a nice easy one at Millwall,” he joked before the game. “Nobody

wants to go down there, do they?”

“I always enjoy going to Millwall, you know what you’re in for.

“Gary [Rowett] has done a fabulous job, they’re in for the play-offs.”

The match could certainly be a banana skin for the Lions, who have often struggled against sides sat at the bottom end of the division. The likes of Hull City, Wigan Athletic and Bristol City have all frustrated the Lions at The Den so far this season, showing that a low block can help them pick up points on the road.

However, Rowett’s men have also improved in this respect, having learned how to grind out tight wins as they have done against Cardiff City, QPR, Stoke City and Reading earlier in the campaign. They will likely have to do it again this weekend, but Huddersfield’s patchy defensive record could make it an easier task. They also have the worst away form in the

Championship, having won just two of their eighteen games outside of West Yorkshire this season.

Millwall are still without Tyler Burey [hip], Billy Mitchell and Mason Bennett [ankle], although all three are in line to return after the international break, while Callum Styles [calf] is expected to miss the rest of the season.

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

Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Wallace; Shackleton, Saville; Burke, Flemming, Voglsammer; Bradshaw

Match odds:

Millwall 1/2 Draw 14/5 Huddersfield 6/1

Last meeting:

Championship (October 29, 2022): Huddersfield 1-0 Millwall (Nakayama 9’)

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top six in sight for lions after back to back wins

championship report Millwall - 2 Cresswell 48’, Voglsammer 55’ Swansea - 1 Manning 58’ Date: Tuesday March 14 2023 Referee: David Webb Man of the match: Tom Bradshaw Attendance: 12,470

By Alex Jones at The Den alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL TOOK a step closer to securing a play-off place after beating Swansea City 2-1 at The Den.

The win took the Lions up to fifth place ahead of Wednesday night’s Championship fixtures, level on points with Luton Town and ahead of Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and West Brom.

Many supporters would have been delighted to have secured the victory given the way the first half played out, with a lethargic tempo frustrating those who came to watch the game in SE16. George Honeyman was able to exploit space down the right flank, but Zian Flemming was unable to pick him out. When the versatile midfielder did pick up the ball, he was quickly closed down as Swansea started to dominate possession.

They had the best chance of the early stages, however, as Olivier Ntcham picked up the ball on the edge of the area, striking a fierce shot past George Long’s goal and out for a goal kick.

The sluggish opening continued into the first half, but Ryan Leonard did everything he could to liven things up. In the 17th minute, the midfielder picked up the ball near the centre

Clinical Millwall overcome odds to down struggling Swansea at the Den

circle, took a touch and launched a powerful effort at Andy Fisher, forcing him into an impressive save.

It clearly woke up Gary Rowett’s men, who continued to threaten. The initial corner from Saville was poor, but Tom Bradshaw was able to pick up the loose ball on the right, turning around before launching a mishit cross into the box, which Fisher had to tip over the bar.

Swansea could sense a more open game, and worked to quickly slow things down and limit the hosts’ time on the ball. They did so successfully until the 35th minute, when Honeyman was brought down on the edge of the area. The referee decided to let play continue as the ball rolled out to Flemming, who was able to chip the ball into the box from the right flank for Andreas Voglsammer to head wide.

Gary Rowett’s men had one last chance before the half-time whistle as Harry Darling was booked for a foul on Honeyman, giving the Lions a free-kick down the left. Andreas Voglsammer delivered it into the box, but it bounced straight out of play, summing up a truly woeful first half of football.

The manager clearly needed to set his team up in a different way, and he opted to switch to a 4-3-3 formation as a result. It paid dividends early in the second half as they won a throw-in down the right flank, which Ryan Leonard launched into the box.

Swansea tried to clear the danger but the ball landed at the feet of Charlie

Cresswell, who slid the ball under Fisher and into the back of the net to give the hosts a 48th-minute lead.

Millwall were not done there and could clearly sense blood, pushing forward in search of a second goal to put them into a controlling position.

They found it just even minutes after their first when Flemming set up Honeyman with a slick pass from the left. He, in turn, managed to play the ball into the feet of Voglsammer, who cut onto his left foot and fired a shot straight at Fisher. It was too powerful for the goalkeeper, who spilled the shot into the back of the net to give the

hosts a 2-0 lead with 55 minutes on the clock.

Their advantage was halved just three minutes later as Swansea looked for a quick response. Cresswell was called into action to clear two pointblank shots off the line, but the ball bounced back out to Matt Grimes, who took aim from the edge of the area.

His dipping shot deflected off Ryan Manning, wrong-footing Long before bobbling into the back of the net.

They were unlucky not to be level eight minutes later as Cresswell was required once again, blocking Joel Piroe’s shot off the line to maintain

Top: Millwall registered just 24 percent possession in Tuesday’s victory Left: Andreas Voglsammer had a bit of fortune to score his third goal of the season his side’s lead. The visitors were clearly not out of the game and seemed confident that they could return to South Wales with a point, pinning Millwall back heading into the dying stages of the match.

However, their threat was ultimately minimal. Their best late chance came from substitute Morgan Whittaker, who tested long with an audacious left-footed strike in the 83rd minute, and while the Lions had to handle a substantial period of stoppage time, they never looked likely to surrender their lead.

Once again, they did enough to see out the win in a tight game, as they have done throughout the season but particularly since the turn of the year.

All eyes turn to the visit of Huddersfield Town on Saturday afternoon, but Rowett has undoubtedly got his side in a perfect position heading into the final weeks of the campaign.

Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara, Cresswell, Cooper, Wallace; Leonard, Saville (Shackleton 76’); Honeyman, Flemming (Hutchinson 88’), Voglsammer (Watmore 76’); Bradshaw (Burke 76’) Swansea: 3-4-2-1: Fisher; Cabango, Wood, Darling (Naughton 84’); Walsh (Paterson 64’), Grimes, Ntcham, Manning; Cundle (Congreve 88’), Cullen (Whittaker 64’); Piroe

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Millwall boss won’t share points total required for top-six finish EXCLUSIVE

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL MANAGER Gary Rowett has an idea of what it will take for his side to secure a top-six finish, but he will not be sharing it with his players ahead of the promotion run-in.

The Lions moved back into the play-off places after their 1-0 win away at Reading last weekend, bouncing back from a little blip that saw them draw 2-2 with Luton Town at Kenilworth Road and lose 3-2 at home to Norwich City.

It will certainly give the players

confidence ahead of their final games of the season, given that they have a much easier run-in than the rest of their direct promotion rivals.

Millwall still have to face West Brom, Luton and Blackburn Rovers, but the rest of their opponents are all battling in the bottom half of the division.

Rowett revealed that he has a target of what his side will need to do to achieve their goal, although he is adamant that he won’t be telling the first-team squad what it is. Instead, the message is to keep working hard and winning games in order to finish as high up the league table as possible.

“I certainly wouldn’t share the

target with the players,” he told the News.

“Anyone who’s anyone can look at the last ten seasons in the Championship and have a look at a spread of points, which would be anywhere from around 68 points to probably 76 points to get you in the play-offs. There’s no guarantee that any of those are going to do that.

“For us, when you focus on one goal, it’s easier to focus on the dayto-day stuff. It’s easier to focus on what we need to do in training to give ourselves the best possible chance of performing at the weekend and what we need to do at the weekend to give ourselves the best possible chance of taking some

points.

“Then we take whatever points that come, whether that’s nought, one or three, and we move forward.

The problem at this stage is that you can’t sit here and say that a certain figure is what it’ll be - you don’t know.

“The aim is to keep the targets quite simple, which are the bits that you can control. That’s the everyday stuff: the habits, the attitude, attacking training with the intensity that’s required and the focus around some of the meetings to make sure that we’re prepared.

“Anything other than that just takes care of itself, that’s really how I view things.”

Vogi’s confidence shines through

By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk ANDREAS VOGLSAMMER is looking to build up a run of consistent goalscoring form ahead of Millwall’s promotion run-in.

The German has scored just three goals for the Lions so far this season, but two of those have come in the last two games. He followed up his first-half penalty against Reading with a strike against Swansea City on Tuesday night, with supporters hoping that he can continue to find the back of the net in the final weeks of the season.

Manager Gary Rowett certainly believes that he can, although he highlighted how important the 31-year-old has been for his side since joining from Union Berlin last summer.

“I think he’s been confident all the time, it’s more about getting him into those areas,” he explained.

“Sometimes, when you’re a wide player for us, because we don’t dominate possession in games, you find that you get pushed back up the pitch and it’s hard to get into those areas.

“I think he’s been unlucky. He’s hit the crossbar four times early on in the season and could have easily added a couple more goals to that haul.

“Sometimes, as a player, you get a little frustrated if you don’t get those early goals at the start of your career with a new club.

We spoke about how the wide players are so important to us, the wide players being a goal threat are so important to us.

“They work so hard for the team as well.

We’ve now got players like Burkey - who came in, scored a goal and has been a threat. We’ve got Duncan [Watmore] who has come in and been a threat, and you’ve got G [Honeyman] and Vogi who have now started to step up a little bit.

“That’s what we need - competition for places. That will take us a long way.”

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