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southwark labour rejects calls for more street cleaning staff 17,782 incidents. Fly-tipping incidents went up across London as a whole by about seven per cent over the same period, from just over 360,000 to about 384,000. Southwark says it ranks so highly because it logs all fly-tipping, not just incidents reported by the public. Cllr Dan Whitehead, Southwark Liberal Democrat finance spokesperson, said: “Southwark residents are sick of Labour ignoring them and refusing to listen to complaints regarding basic services. We can see that our streets are getting dirtier, that phone calls from constituents are being left unanswered, and that Labour continues to dither and delay on climate change. The party could have changed its attitude on all of this, but decided to snub residents instead by voting down our amendment.”
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Southwark Council voted down a plan to add more street cleaners into the budget last week, despite complaints over the dirtiness of the borough's streets.
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The council blamed the reduced budget on the heavy cuts it has had from central government since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition came to power in 2010. Southwark was also the eleventh-worst local authority in the country for fly-tipping, out of more than 300, from April 2020-March 2021, the latest figures available. There were 21,386 incidents over the period, an increase of more than 20 per cent from the previous year, when there were
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to spend £666,000 on hiring more street cleaners. The party also proposed adding more staff into the council's contact centre with a spend of £245,000. The proposal was voted down by Labour. As the News has reported, Southwark cut the number of street cleaners by eighteen per cent between 2010 and 2021, despite a steep increase in the borough's population over the same period. The budget for street cleaning has fallen by 21 per cent over the same period.
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council has cut the number of community wardens in the borough by 74 per cent since 2010, it has emerged - after the council announced a new £2m investment in a 'community warden taskforce' last week.
Internal council figures show that Southwark had 73 uniformed officers in the 2010/2011 financial year, when Labour gained control of the council. The number of wardens fell to 37 the next financial year, dropping steadily over the years until the figure reached nineteen in 2018/2019, where it remains now. The new figures emerge after Labour announced a £529,000 investment each year over the next four years in a 'community warden taskforce', as we reported last week -
with the aim of tackling anti-social behaviour in 'hotspots' that officers have identified around the borough. It is unclear how many new wardens will be in the taskforce. Labour blamed the cuts on the reductions in local government funding from central government since 2010, when the Conservatives were in power in Westminster with the Lib Dems. Cllr Merrill, Southwark's cabinet member for a safer, cleaner borough, said: “The council has had to make difficult decisions due to the cut in local government funding set in motion with the deepest cuts happening when the Liberal Democrats were in coalition with the Conservatives. "With a two thirds cut in real terms to government funding it is only due to Labour’s excellent management of the council’s finances that we are able to allocate money towards the taskforce”. M I L L WA L L E X C L U S I V E
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THE BODY of a 61-year-old woman in Nunhead may have tragically lain undiscovered for years, despite neighbours repeatedly complaining about a bad stench.
Police, who say they are trying to ascertain when she passed away, discovered the woman after Storm Eunice broke a balcony door open.
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Tinie's new fried chicken is on its way to camberwell
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joshA@southwarknews.co.uk The rapper Tinie Tempah is launching his own food brand RAPS in March, which will be available for takeaway in Camberwell.
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Not content with the glitz and glamour of music and television, Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu better known as Tinie Tempah - will open his new food business at Willows on The Roof, an open air space on the John Lewis on Oxford Street. It will deliver to Camberwell, as well as Brixton, Shoreditch, Hackney, Dalston, Queen's Park and Wilsden. “RAPS just felt right,” said Tempah, who has won twelve major awards for his musical flare, including BRITS and MOBOs. “Food is an exploration of culture through its ingredients and flavours and London, the city I’m from, is rich with diversity and culture; it was really exciting to work on something where I was able to combine the food I love and grew up on (both in the home and on the high street) and the music that inspired me to be who I am today.” On Tempah's menu is a number of aptly named wraps, such as "Buffalo Soulja", which contains buttermilk fried chicken with buffalo sauce, blue
cheese, pickles tomato and lettuce, alongside "Unruly", packed full of jerk fried chicken, plantain, homemade jerk BBQ sauce and lime mayo slaw. Tempah's contemporary, grime artist and longterm vegan JME also gets a wink with the "Jmeeee", a meat-free wrap with THIS* isn't chicken goujons, vegan smoked cheese, vegan lime mayo, tomato and lettuce. Both meaty options are £9.95, although the vegan alternative is slightly more at £10.50. Plumstead-born Tempah, who grew up on Walworth's Aylesbury Estate, has partnered up with Kitchen Ventures to bring about this new feather in his cap. "RAPS is an inclusive community of indulgent and healthy soul food fans, with hip hop ideologies at its core brought to you by Tinie Tempah and Kitchen Ventures," reads Kitchen Venture's website. "The brand delivers a nostalgic nod to Tinie’s early childhood spent frequenting the chicken shops of South East London after school and to family dinners, RAPS is both a trip down memory lane and a celebration of Tinie’s desire to reinvent a classic wRAP," it adds. The 33-year-old is famous for two number-one singles, "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars", alongside numerous other top tens, including "Trampoline".
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joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Tens of thousands of people have reacted in disbelief after a single piece of jackfruit was spotted going for £160 in Borough Market, despite the fruit fetching under £1 in its native Brazil.
The eye-wateringly pricey fruit was photographed by BBC journalist Ricardo Senra and shared on Twitter last week. The image has since gone viral and been liked nearly 100,000 times with hundreds of comments. “I don't want to leave Brazil," said one Twitter user. “With jackfruit costing this absurdity, it’s practically impossible to live outside.” Other commentators were more tongue-incheek. “My God, let’s export jackfruit,” said one. While another added: “I am disgusted with England, but next week, I am going to sell jackfruit.”
Their comment was posted alongside a photo of a list of flights from Brazil to the UK. Jackfruit - the largest tree-borne fruit in the world - is commonly found in Asia, Africa and South America. It can often be picked for free in parks and forests in these areas. In India, for instance, jackfruit is seen as undesirable and stigmatised in rural areas as a poor man's fruit. It is commonly used in the UK as a vegan alternative to meat due to its stringy texture and rich nutritional value, and has become increasingly popular in the west as people shift towards meat-free diets. However, fresh Jackfruit is typically very expensive in non-native countries, like the UK, due to its size, which creates higher transportation and storage costs. Unlike most other conventional fruits Jackfruit also has an extremely limited shelf-life and can perish in only a few days. One can of Jackfruit normally fetches around £3 - £8 in the UK.
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'Unattended candle' causes Peckham blaze By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk The London Fire Brigade has issued a "candle safety warning" following a dicey home fire in Peckham late last week.
Flames swept through the maisonette on Carlton Grove, Peckham, in the early hours of Friday morning (25 February), damaging half of the first floor. Two men escaped from the property relatively unscathed before firefighters arrived, yet one was treated on the scene for smoke inhalation and later taken to hospital in an ambulance. "When firefighters arrived most of the front of the first floor of the property was alight," said subofficer Phil Davies, who attended the scene. "Crews worked hard to prevent the fire spreading to any of
the neighbouring properties." Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters from across New Cross, Peckham and Old Kent Road spent hours trying to quell the fire. Firefighters were first altered to the blaze at 01:58 a.m. Friday morning and managed to bring the flames under control by 03:19 a.m. Investigators at the Brigade believe the fire was accidental and caused by an unattended candle. "Candles, incense sticks and oil burners are one of the most common causes of fire," said Davies. "We’d recommend swapping traditional candles for safer flameless LED alternatives, but if you do use real candles, it’s so important to never leave them unattended." Firefighters said the house fire demonstrates the importance of having smoke alarms fitted in your home, and ensuring they are working.
"The occupants were alerted to the blaze by smoke alarms and the early warning allowed them to get out safely and call 999," said sub officer Davies. He added: "You should have working smoke alarms in every room where a fire can start, plus a heat alarm in the kitchen and the bathroom. They should be tested regularly." The Brigade issued a number of candle safety tips, following the Peckham fire. These include: Making sure you put out any candles, incense and oil burners when you leave the room and especially before bed Keeping them away from materials that might catch fire - like curtains, furniture, clothes and hair. Being aware that tea lights get very hot and without proper holders can melt through plastic surfaces like a TV or bath.
The police say the victims, who were both assaulted in their SE21 home, are a mother in her early 50s and her daughter who is in her early 30s. They were assaulted by a man who is thought by police to be known to the pair, and the attack is being treated by officers as a “domestic incident.” Both mother and daughter have
sustained serious head injuries and one of the victims remains in hospital in a serious, but stable, condition. Detectives from the Met’s Central South Commander are investigating the attempted double murder, which appears to be an isolated incident. At this stage, one person has been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.
Attempted murder of mum and daughter in ‘domestic’ on Kingswood Estate
By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk The Metropolitian Police have launched an investigation into the attempted murder of a mother and her daughter on the Kingswood Estate last Monday morning, 28 February.
Bread a Manger is too close a name to their own, says Pret By Kit Heren
The owners of Bread A Manger, which employees just three people in the Blue market got a letter from Pret lawyers ordering them to change the name, logo and marketing materials. Bread A Manger said these changes would cost up to £8,000, enough to put the tiny bakery out of business. “I thought it was a joke at first,” said co-owner Fouad Saber. “We thought it was a scam. It was quite funny, we were laughing. Then I checked the lawyer online and we saw they were a big company. “Now it feels a little bit stressful.” Mr Saber and his business partner Bertrand Kerleo founded the business in May 2020 after losing their jobs in the pandemic. They have one employee and Mr Saber’s wife Myriam also helps out in the shop sometimes. Pret has 8,000 staff and 550 shops. The company was valued at £1.5 billion when it was sold to German conglomerate JAB in 2018. “You have to start somewhere... we have worked hard for two years. But I think now we just have to try to survive.” Bread A Manger’s customers have rallied round. One regular is a judge, Mr Saber said, and put them in touch with a lawyer. The next step is to reply to Pret’s legal letter by Thursday
(March 3.) Pret wants Bread A Manger to change its name this month. “I’m not scared at all, I don’t care who says it,” Mr Saber said. “I will not be depressive for that.” Mr Saber is from Lyon in France. “It’s the capital of the Resistance in World War Two!” he said. “We are fighters in Lyon, and I will fight this.” Bread A Manger’s main business is artisanal cakes and pastries. The logo bears no resemblance to Pret’s. Mr Saber said there was no pun or similarity with Pret intended in the name. “Anyway, we are not even in competition!” The closest Pret is more than a mile away, off Tooley Street near London Bridge. Defiant Mr Saber added: “It’s actually quite positive for me to be honest with you. Who can say that they’re a tiny little business and they fight and make trouble for a big company? It’s like fighting with Coca-Cola!” Jo Holinska, Head of operations, London City at Pret A Manger, said: “Thousands of Pret Team Members across London have worked hard to earn the trust of customers in the city over the past four decades, and although we appreciate it when other businesses take inspiration from what we do, this name is just too close, especially when many of the products are similar too. “We’re more than happy to give the business the time it needs to make these changes and to provide any support we can, and we’ll be getting in touch again to see if we can resolve this in a fair and amicable way.”
Later it was hit by numerous missiles fired by the US-led coalition as it battled the militants. IS then set what was left of the library on fire before their retreat. More than one million books, including many priceless and irreplaceable texts, were tragically destroyed in the fighting. The 20,099 books donated by Book Aid International cover a broad range of subjects across the sciences, engineering, the humanities and medicine. Book Aid International’s donation is part of a wider renovation of the university, which has taken two years and required the removal or detonation of the remains of 3,000 bombs and 200 missiles. “This is an extraordinary moment in the history of our city. The library’s re-opening is not just important to the students – but to all of us who lived through that terrible time,” said Dr Sayf Al Ashqar, secretary-general of libraries at Mosul University. “It is a symbol of a new beginning and
we would like to thank everyone who made it possible,” he added. Book Aid International first began supporting the library after being approached by Mosul University professor and founder of the Mosul Book Bridge project, Dr Alaa Hamdon. He said: “I have always believed that libraries are the lighthouses of knowledge – providing a beacon for those who value learning. ISIS extinguished that light for a time, but now our lighthouse is once again burning bright." Founded in 1954, Book Aid International is a charity that sends books to public and community libraries, alongside libraries in prisons, refugee camps, hospitals, schools and universities. It aims to offer those in need the chance to read, learn and change their own lives for the better. In 2019, an estimated 19 million people read the books which Book Aid International provided, according to the organisation's own figures.
kit@southwarknews.co.uk A small Bermondsey bakery is facing a legal threat from coffee giant Pret A Manger over similarities in the two companies’ names.
Library destroyed by Islamic State receives 20,000 books from Camberwell charity By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk A university library in Iraq which was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) has been restored thanks to a Camberwellbased charity.
Book International on Coldharbour Lane has sent more than 20,000 books to the University of Mosul library, which re-opened on February 19. The library - formerly described as “one of the best in the Middle East” was devastated by all sides in the war against the terror group. “There are few places in the world which have suffered a more direct attack on learning than Mosul, and we are incredibly proud to have played a small role in restoring the book collection which was destroyed,” said Alison Tweed, Book Aid International chief executive. The library was one of IS’s first targets after they captured Iraq’s second-biggest city in 2014, and they proceeded to use the campus as a base.
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ROTHERHITHE’s ODESSA STREET GATHER IN SOLIDARITY Exclusive
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk "Nobody believed even two weeks ago that we had a chance against Russia. But we will win because even a one million people army can do nothing against 40 million people who fight like lions."
The words of Larysa Moore, a Ukrainian woman living in Southwark, rang out at a demonstration of support and solidarity on Odessa Street, a quiet residential road in Rotherhithe named after the Ukrainian Black Sea port on Sunday. Organised by local man John Taylor, the demonstration drew about 40 people bearing yellow-and-blue placards and flags to the pavement outside the Ship and Whale Pub on a cold bright day. Ms Moore added: "The main thing Putin doesn’t understand and he cannot accept is that if we want to join NATO, if we want to do this or that, it’s our decision. You don’t need to tell us what to do. But they think we are [a] brother nation and we need to be joined with Russia and to be in the Soviet Union. This is very painful." She told the crowd defiantly that "our boys are ready to die and send [the Russian] warships to go wherever they want to go, but not to give up." Ms Moore, who is married to Southwark Aquatics chairman Andy, said: "Thank you everyone that is here to support my country. We are very emotional and very upset and horrified because I have family and friends back home. This is scary when you call them every morning and try to find out 'is everybody alive? Is everybody safe?'" She thanked the British people and government for their support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, and neighbouring eastern European countries. Her emotional speech ended in a spontaneous round of applause from the gathered crowd.
Larya’s family staying to fight Over recent days and weeks primary school teacher Larysa Moore has been calling home every few hours to get a sense of how her family and friends in Ukraine are holding up amid the Russian invasion.
Her brother, who is 56, is a former army officer and has been conscripted into the reserves in their home city of Poltava in central Ukraine. His wife and two daughters, their husbands, and a young grandson are all there with him. "They're going to stay and fight if need be," she said. "At the moment, they're pretty much waiting…They're hiding in the cellars every time there is an air raid." Ukraine has borders with several countries, including Russia, Hungary and Poland, all of which have historically influenced the Ukrainian culture. Large parts of Ukraine are primarily Russian-speaking. But Ms Moore said: "There is a joke that two Ukrainian people meet up and create three political parties. Now it has shocked even me, Ukrainian through and through, how united people are. "This is the biggest miscalculation of Putin, he thought the Russian-speaking areas would be happy to be Russian. But they put up the hardest opposition to his weapons.”
Odessa has come under attack from the Russian military, with reports of ships off the coast being shelled in recent days. There were also reports of Ukrainian troops on the small Zmiinyi (Snake) Island heroically defending the position
under heavy fire, although their actual fate is unclear. In Rotherhithe, event organiser Mr Taylor said: "From Odessa Street on the Thames we send a message of sympathy and admiration to Odessa on the Black
Sea... "We hope that people in Odessa can actually see this message of solidarity. From what we read it appears that the Ukrainian army is putting up determined resistance and they have a very good cause to fight for." Former MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Sir Simon Hughes told the assembled crowd of his efforts to promote democracy in Ukraine in the years after the fall of the Soviet Union. Hughes praised the courage of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, who has stayed in Kyiv even as it comes under attack from the Russian invading force. "He is doing a most amazing job of leading his people and inspiring his people," Hughes said. Referring to Ms Moore, he added: "Our friend referred to the right of Ukraine to choose its own destiny. It is doing so in the most amazingly brave way."
Many Russians have been appalled by the actions of their government and have taken to the streets in protest, despite the danger they face from an oppressive police who are empowered to crack down on dissent. And Ms Moore said that in spite of the invasion, she and her fellow Ukrainians were "not against" Russian people. She said: "We love these people, we want to be friends. We want to keep our independence. We want our country to live the way we want to live." If you would like to support a local organisation helping people fleeing the war in Ukraine, you can donate to the Lewisham Polish Centre. The centre is supporting refugees who have crossed the border into Poland. It is raising money to send items to refugee centres in the country. Learn more and see how else you can help on page 8.
“We must talk, not shoot” - Russian Millwall fans want peace I wish this madness ends as soon as possible
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By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Russian fans of Millwall FC have called on both Ukraine and Russia to end the fighting that broke out last week.
“I absolutely do not want to get into the politics, all sides in this conflict have a lot to say to each other, but the main thing is that we must talk, not shoot,” said Maxim Prokhorenko, head of the Millwall Supporters Club Russia. “I wish this madness ends as soon as possible.” “All common people I know in Russia, England and Ukraine… are against the war,” he added. Prokhorenko - who is half Ukrainian and has a father living in Ukraine - complained that the current UK sanctions on Russia, particularly the travel bans, will prevent him and his compatriots from attending Millwall games. “I wanted to come to England with my daughter this April to visit three games, my friends from London wanted to come to see Russia this year, but the politicians decided a different way,” he said. Prokhorenko’s last trip to see Millwall was cancelled due to Covid. He lost money on hotel bookings, visas and flights, which could not be refunded.
Still, Prokhorenko was optimistic that things would improve and he could reunite with the Lions once more. “I want to say, keep the faith, my friends, we will take over these hard days and finally meet at the Den and have a few happy pints in Whelans and Old King’s Head.”
The 43-year-old from Moscow was first introduced to the Bermondsey-based club by British builders who were constructing a “big factory for Heinz” in Russia during the ‘90s. “I was against posh clubs and glory hunting so all these premiership clubs were not my story,” he continued.
Prokhorenko has since gone on to head the Millwall Supporters Club Russia, which meets in Moscow's Churchill Pub to drink “a pint or two” and watch Millwall play together. “Millwall is the only club mostly famous for its supporters, most of the people thought that it’s because of hooligans – but the reality is that Millwall is a big and strong family who can defend themselves and are proud to stand for the club and its colours,” said Prokhorenko. “Many people don’t understand it, but the real Millwall fans do.” Another Russian Millwall supporter, Maxim Yepanchin, also wanted to see more peaceful times. “I hope that the conflict in Ukraine will end soon and life will return to normal,” says Yepanchin. “I believe that it is beneficial to everyone.” Yepanchin, who described the Lions as “the only football club of its kind in the world,” said he had not been to The Den yet, but hoped to visit London "one day soon”. He said: “The love for Millwall is united and will always help us to get out of any
situations and temporary complications in relations between our countries with honour. “I am sure that the English guys will welcome us as cordially on English soil as we did them in Moscow,” he added. Yepanchin said he had never any problems with football supporters from any country, least of all England. “During the World Cup in Russia in 2022, I talked a lot with fans from different countries, and neither I nor my friends had any problems with anyone,” he said. “We drink Carling… discuss what is happening on the football field and exchange other news. In general, we do everything that Millwall fans do in London pubs.” Dmitry Kokorin, a 47-year-old Muscovite and IT programmer, said he was similarly saddened by the conflict in Ukraine. “Unfortunately it's impossible for us to go to Great Britain again. I feel sorry about the war campaign," he said. “I am sure [there] should be [a] political way to solve the problems between our Governments. "But our country chooses to fight.” Once the current geopolitical tensions were over Kokorin hoped to welcome English Millwall fans to the Churchill Pub in Moscow. Here he hoped they could "meet" and "watch football together". "[I am] happy to be part of the family,” he added.
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‘Ridiculous Home Office nonsense’: Southwark notables demand visa waivers for Ukrainian refugees coming to UK By Joshua Askew
joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Numerous public figures across Southwark have called on the UK government to lift visa restrictions for Ukrainians escaping the conflict with Russia.
“The Prime Minister’s words over the weekend about generous provision for refugees fleeing Ukraine will remain rhetoric unless matched by immediate changes in Government policy to lift significant visa restrictions," said the Bishop of Southwark, Christopher Chessun. In a speech on Sunday, PM Boris Johnson vowed the UK will be "generous" towards Ukrainian refugees coming to Britain. However, Home Secretary Priti Patel later refused to waive all visa rules for Ukrainians fleeing the violence, citing security concerns. Under the current rules, only Ukrainians with immediate family in the UK can seek refuge in the country. This means that the UK will not allow in Ukrainians with siblings, grandchildren, grandparents, or wider family who are resident here. The Bishop described Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week as a "shocking act of aggression" which "is unleashing a humanitarian crisis and forcing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian nationals, including large numbers of women and children, to flee from their homes and seek safe refuge elsewhere in Europe." The European Union (EU) estimates that up to four million people may try
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Sir Hughes calls for Russia to be banned from annual Soviet war memorial event
Vladimir Putin at the war memorial
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk A longstanding former Southwark MP has called on the council not to invite the Russian or Belarussian ambassadors to an event honouring the Soviet casualties of the Second World War, in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Former Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP Sir Simon Hughes said that the Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) event at the Soviet War Memorial in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, by the Imperial War Museum, should not include Russia and Belarus unless Russian troops have withdrawn from Ukraine by May
1. Belarus has supported the Russian invasion. Ambassadors of all the countries of the former Soviet Union - including Russia, Ukraine and Belarus - are normally invited to the annual event, which is usually held on May 9, the day when Russia and other eastern European countries celebrate victory in the Second World War. The UK and western European countries celebrate VE Day a day earlier on May 8, because of the time difference. Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the Ukrainian ambassador has laid their wreath on May 8 in a separate ceremony. Sir Simon said in a letter this week to Southwark Council leader Kieron Williams: "I write formally to make the
following requests: "Unless Russian troops have left Ukraine (in my view including Crimea) or a peace treaty has been freely signed by the democratic authorities in Ukraine before 1 May, this year Southwark Council should move our civic celebration of VE day to 8th May, specifically invite the Ukraine Ambassador but inform the Soviet War Memorial Trust and the Russian and Belarus embassies that these two embassies will not be invited to attend or permitted to lay wreaths on 8th or 9th May, and that any other former Soviet states which publicly back Russia in the UN or elsewhere are also told that they will not be invited or permitted to participate this year. "Like many others I presume, I shall not attend any ceremony on 9 May with Russian or Belarus presence but will attend any ceremony that is held on 8th May, provided Russia and Belarus are not invited or permitted to take part and that the Council has invited Ukraine to attend." The practicalities of uninviting Russia to the war memorial event appear complicated. Although Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park is owned and managed by the council, the Soviet War Memorial is run by a separate organisation, the Soviet War Memorial Trust. Southwark Council, the Soviet War Memorial Trust and the Russian and Belarussian embassies were all contacted for comment.
touch with several constituents who were "very worried" about family members in Ukraine. He claimed that "ridiculous Home Office nonsense" around bureaucracy was "blocking" many Ukrainians from reaching safety in the UK. However, he also said that further difficulties for those wanting to leave were being created by the Ukrainian government, which now wants "men of a certain age" to "stay and fight." "The Ukrainian resolve is very impressive, although it saddens me that the area I just visited just a few weeks ago is now under sustained attack," he added. Peckham and Camberwell MP Harriet Harman was also dismayed by the government's current policy towards Ukrainians in need. "As desperate Ukrainians flee war, the Home Office is still applying normal visa restrictions to everyone except those with immediate family in the UK. They need to widen the categories of those who are able to come via family connections." "The Government must also work urgently with European countries to provide a simple sanctuary route so the UK can play its part alongside others," she added. Harman pointed to bigger issues surrounding the government's stance towards Russia. "The Government must take further action against kleptocrats who hide their ill-gotten wealth in the UK. For years, the Government has been warned about money laundering in the UK by corrupt elites who sustain and
profit from the Putin regime." It has been reported that nearly £2 million has been donated to the Tory Party by Russian linked individuals since PM Boris Johnson took office in 2019, following an investigation by The Sunday Mirror. “It is unthinkable that in 2022 we are seeing war break out in Europe, and my heart goes out to the people of Ukraine at this terrible time, said Cllr Kieron Williams, leader of Southwark Council. “As a borough of sanctuary, we will support our Ukrainian community in any way we can, and will welcome those fleeing the conflict ... We ask them [the government] to reconsider their strict controls which, unlike in Europe, do not even allow safe passage for the close family of Ukrainians already settled here, and ensure that the resources such as housing, employment and social support are available for those escaping this harrowing situation.” On Monday night, 28 February, the Home Secretary said expanding the visa scheme was something ministers were “absolutely working on”. Speaking in a pre-recorded interview aired on ITV, Patel said policies were “evolving” and there will be “further changes and announcements … in the next few days as well”.
The Prime Minister’s words over the weekend about generous provision for refugees fleeing the Ukraine will remain rhetoric unless matched by immediate changes
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk Environmentalist group Greenpeace lit up Tower Bridge on Monday night, February 28, with a message protesting against the war in Ukraine. Greenpeace's message said "No War" and "Peace Now", and the group condemned the Russian invasion in a separate statement.
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How Southwark can help Ukraine By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk At least 406 Ukrainian civilians have been killed since Russia invaded the country last week, including numerous children, according to the United Nations (UN).
Meanwhile, the UN says more than 600,000 refugees have been forced to leave Ukraine since the conflict began. And with fighting still raging inside the country, these figures are expected to climb much higher over the coming days. A number of Southwark-based organisations and public figures have condemned the violence and called upon the UK government to help Ukrainians, especially through waiving visa restrictions for those wanting to flee the country. Here is a list of organisations through which you can support Ukraine.
Help Ukraine Emergency Appeal
The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain has organised a funding page to supply humanitarian aid, including medical supplies and relief, for Ukrainians caught up in the conflict. Around 16,000 people have raised more than £800,000, despite the appeal having an initial goal of £500,000. It accepts donations of any size, with individuals donating small sums of £5. A link to this page can be found here: https://www.gofundme. com/f/helpukraine
Keep The Kyiv Independent Going
Another campaign launched after Russia’s attack is to support the Kyiv Independent, a local newspaper based in the Ukrainian capital. The campaign’s organisers say it is vital that “The Kyiv Independent continues to work, bringing the world trusted, important information about facts on the ground.” “We need your support in this difficult and unpredictable task. From cyberattacks, bombings, ground invasions - it is hard to predict what the days ahead will bring and what we will need to respond,” they added. A link to the page can be found here: https://www.gofundme. com/f/kyivindependent-launch
Pray for Ukraine By Joshua Askew
Lewisham Polish Centre & The Polish White Eagles
The Lewisham Polish Centre in Forest Hill and the Polish White Eagles in Balham have asked for donations of aid, including food, sanitary and hygiene products, medical aid, baby milk, winter clothing and money. Magda Harvey, of the Polish White Eagle Club, said: “The response is great. People are really helping. And it’s not just Polish people that are coming and bringing stuff. “There are English people … all nationalities are chipping in and bringing something. It’s amazing.” All donations will be sent to Poland, where there are currently hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, although the Lewisham Polish Centre temporarily asked people to “slow down” with donations as their carriers were being outpaced. They have since resumed accepting donations for their “care packages”. “We thank you for all your overwhelming generosity and solidarity,” they said. Both groups are on Facebook and Twitter.
joshA@southwarknews.co.uk The Bishop of Southwark has called on everyone to "pray for the people of Ukraine."
Ukrainian organisations
There are also a range of organisations inside Ukraine that still need help and support, although they are not specifically focused on the war itself. Tabletochki is a charitable foundation supporting children fighting cancer. Happy Old - or “Zhiznelyub” is the first charitable foundation in Ukraine for support and allaround development for older people. Meanwhile, Women Perspectives helps women who have faced domestic violence and discrimination inside Ukraine. All organisations are open to public support and can be found online. This list is not exhaustive and there are dozens of other campaigns and initiatives worthy of your support.
The British Red Cross
An emergency appeal has additionally been announced by the British Red Cross. The medical charity is asking for monetary donations so they can provide food, water, first aid, medicines and warm clothes for people affected by the crisis. “Even before recent developments, this eight-year conflict has hit people daily on all levels. It’s brought suffering, death, injury and separation from loved ones, as well as the huge mental toll of ongoing violence and insecurity,” said the organisation. “Further escalation will worsen an already appalling humanitarian situation and wreak havoc on more lives,” it continued. Please scan the QR code to visit the campaign.
“This act of aggression impacts very harmfully on a free, democratic European state and on all the nations of Europe," said the Bishop of Southwark Christopher Chessun. "I exhort you to pray for peace and justice for the people of Ukraine,” he added. The Bishop's message was sent out on the morning of Russia's military assault on 24 February across the entire Diocese of Southwark, an area covering South London and East Surrey. It comes as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York released a joint statement saying: “The horrific and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is an act of great evil. We call for a public decision to choose the way of peace and an international conference to secure long term agreements for stability and lasting peace,” the pair continued. The Bishop of Southwark coordinated an hour of prayer at 6.00 p.m. on Shrove Tuesday which was joined on YouTube. He has also requested prayers in churches over the weekend and commended Pope Francis’s call for a day of fasting and prayer on Ash Wednesday.
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By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk The Bermondsey Carnival, a community festival for the area whose history stretches back to 1900, is under threat after its funding was cut by Southwark Council this year.
The summer event in Southwark Park was given £35,000 by Southwark Council last year for a small edition, and has had about £80,000 for full-sized celebrations in the past. But organiser Russell Dryden of the Bermondsey Blue BID was told this year that there was no money for the carnival. Asked for comment, Mr Dryden said: "To be honest, I’d rather not say, I don’t want to say negative things. The carnival is a wonderful community event, its’ the only real big community thing that happens for local people in this neck of the borough. It’s an essential thing for people. He added: "Obviously budgets are cut, you’ve got to understand that money does get cut back. But it was run by the community for the community. It's nothing short of a tragedy." Mr Dryden said he was told by the council to apply for a culture grant. The council's 'Culture Together' fund offers up to £25,000 for bigger applications. Gary Glover, secretary of the Southwark Park Association 1869, a community group that represents the park, said the council's decision was "a real shame". He said: "We don’t just see Southwark Park as just for Bermondsey and Rotherhithe - it’s the park for the north of the borough." The association has sent a letter to council leader Kieron Williams that reads: "For years the free to attend Carnival has bought people of all ages and backgrounds together for a day of enjoyment and relaxation, without interfering with people’s access to their park." The carnival has been especially important to the tens of thousands of people who live in the surrounding area, the letter adds, many of whom are not rich and do not have gardens. "Without a dedicated budget from the council the future of the Carnival is in doubt. Reinstatement of £35,000 would cost about 54p a head of the
Russell Dryden local population, or a tiny 0.4 per cent of the Council’s overall Environment and Leisure budget of £88 million. As we come out of the pandemic, giving some certainty around funding for the organisers of the much-loved Carnival makes financial and social sense. "We call upon the council to urgently reconsider its decision." The councillors for the local north Bermondsey area, who as Liberal Democrats are all in opposition to
Labour, which controls the council, joined in the condemnation of the decision. Hamish McCallum, who is the leader of the Liberal Democrats in Southwark and a north Bermondsey councillor, said: "The Bermondsey Carnival is now, more than ever, vital in its capacity of bringing the community together following a tough few years. It’s a shame to see its funding cut, especially as it’s an institutional event for Southwark
that dates back to 1900.” The Bermondsey Carnival has a history stretching back to 1900, during the second Boer War, when the Daily Telegraph launched a charitable fund to support the wives and orphans of soldiers killed in battle. The carnival was set up to raise money for this fund and soon became an annual event. It continued through World Wars, the Great Depression, and different generations of Bermondsey residents
previously given a licence for the festival by Southwark Council last year, before Covid-19 forced them to postpone. The council has been running a consultation for a festival this summer over the past month. The festival would take place on the cricket pitch in the southern part of the park, bounded by the cafe and gallery to the north, and the athletics track to the south. The building would start on the morning of July 20 and the dismantling process would finish in the evening of August 5 - meaning disruption to the usual functioning of the park over more than two weeks in total. Proud Events said they had
"committed to look at" a building plan that would reduce disruption by setting up the perimeter of the festival space later than normal. The organisers said they wanted to hold the event - which they said would be Europe's first outdoor K-pop festival - in Southwark Park because of the area's young, diverse population and good transport links. Liberal Democrat councillors Hamish McCallum and Eliza Mann, who represent the local north Bermondsey ward, said they were concerned about a public space being used for a private, paid-for event. They said in a written statement: "Southwark Park is a public space
and we have concerns about the park being used for private purposes. In particular, shutting off a significant portion of the park for 17 days in the summer for a two-day event seems excessive. "This is of particular concern in an area where a significant number of households have no access to a private garden and use the park as a precious shared green space. "Secondly, we have concerns about the impact of the event itself and the risk of disruption to local residents through noise, litter, increased footfall and possible anti-social behaviour." The festival would run from midday to 9.15pm on both days, and there
coming and going – before petering out in the 1980s. But, on a late summer’s evening at Southwark Park Road’s the Ancient Foresters pub in 1996, two local residents, Mick Wilmer and Mac Clague, reminisced about the good old days of the Carnival. And, after receiving support from local community group, local councillors and later Mr Dryden's organisation Bermondsey Beat, the Carnival was back on the agenda. It relaunched in 1997 and has been an annual event again ever since, until 2020 when it was cancelled because of Covid-19. Mr Dryden and Phil Burkett have been running the carnival for more than twenty years, and brought it back in August 2021 in a 'bite-size' edition. The funding cut for the festival comes as the council runs consultation on a possible Korean pop music (K-pop) festival in the park in July this year, run by a private company (see article below). Southwark Council did not comment. The Southwark Park Association 1869 has launched a petition to get funding for the Bermondsey Carnival. Search for Bermondsey Carnival petition online.
Outcry over possible K-pop festival in Southwark Park By Kit Heren
kit@southwarknews.co.uk Local residents' groups and councillors have condemned a proposal to hold a K-pop festival in Southwark Park that could mean closing off part of the park for more than two weeks each year.
The Southwark Park Association 1869 said the proposed MIK K-pop (Korean pop music) festival on the weekend of July 30-31 would be the start of "a slippery slope" because the organisers are looking for "a permanent home" for an annual event, which would host up to 15,000 people. Organisers Proud Events were
would be no alcohol served on site. Organisers said they would try to minimise noise pollution. They added that they would set up a "Southwark Park community fund" to give money to local groups, although they did not provide any more details or respond to a request for further comment. Discounted tickets to the festival would apparently be available to local residents. The plans come as the News reports (see above) that Southwark Council has taken away the funding it gives for the Bermondsey Carnival, a longstanding community event organised by and for local people. Southwark Council did not comment.
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Having joined the Civil Service three months ago, Leon Soyinka Sinden “always wanted to work in government”. He explained: “It seemed such an incredible opportunity. I never thought I’d get in – I’d just give it a go - I decided to apply on a bit of a whim because I’d kick myself if I didn’t. And then it progressed and I Leon Soyinka Sinden, 19, London, PR and Communications got one interview after another and then eventually Apprenticeship got the job.” Leon Soyinka Sinden, 19, London, PR and Communications Working within Cabinet Office central Apprenticeship Having joined the19, Civil Service three months Leon Soyinka Sinden, London, PR and Communications communications, Leon operates within the Leon Sinden, 19, London, PR and Communications ago, Soyinka Leon Soyinka Sinden “always wanted to work in Apprenticeship community for the central Apprenticeship Having joinedand theengagement Civil Serviceteam three months government”. 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sasha’s Devastated Family appeal for witnesses They have released a photo of Sasha in her hospital bed, showing the extent of her injuries
By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk The family of Sasha Johnson, the young mother and activist shot in the head last May in Peckham, have spoken publicly for the first time to call for witnesses to the horrific attack to come forward.
Ms Johnson's sister, Shakira Williams, said the family were "left emotionally scarred and damaged" after the attack, which took place at a house party on Consort Road on May 23 last year. Four men were charged with conspiracy to murder, possession of a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life, but the case was dropped dramatically in court last week after the prosecution presented no evidence. Mother of two Ms Johnson, 27, remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital nine months after the shooting. Her injuries are catastrophic and permanent and the family have released a photo of Sasha in her hospital bed to shows the extent of her injuries and of the devastating impact this shooting has had on a young woman who had the whole of her life ahead of her. Ms Williams said on Monday, February 28: "We all got shot in the head and the pain has been so much at
times it’s like we couldn’t breathe." Referring to her sister, she added: "How ironic. Because when you saw that George Floyd couldn’t breathe thousands of miles away you took it to the streets of the UK to fight for justice. "Your boys are being so brave and strong. Mum is heartbroken. But she is being so strong. "The journey has been devastating. Never forget, we are blessed. Sasha you are alive. The doctors said you are a miracle. "You could be anyone’s daughter, mum, sister, cousin, aunt or friend, just at the wrong place at the wrong time. We are asking for justice for you. "You always helped so many people, no matter their age, background or race. "You were there for people and would do anything to help. Now is the time for people to speak up for you." Detective Chief Inspector Nigel Penney, who now leads the investigation, said: “I want to pay tribute to Sasha’s family who have shown incredible bravery and resilience throughout this ordeal. Their lives have been changed forever by the events of that night in May 2021. “We have been working tirelessly to deliver justice for them and for Sasha and those efforts continue. “Of course it was disappointing that
the case against those previously charged could not be taken forward, but it has only increased our determination to continue and to find a breakthrough. “Our biggest challenge is the wall of silence we have faced when appealing for witnesses to come forward. “Sasha was at a party when she was shot. There were plenty of people there. Yet many have not been willing to speak to us. “I know it is daunting but our officers are here to do all we can to support anyone who is willing to come forward. “I would also appeal to the wider community. If you saw anything odd on the night, heard a careless comment in the days after, if you’ve spotted someone acting unusually or if you have any other information – no matter how insignificant – we really need you to contact us. “Sasha was someone who always spoke up for others. Now it’s time for people to speak up for her.” Anyone with information can call the incident room on 0208 721 4622. Officers are ready to take their calls. Anyone who does not want to contact the police directly can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, by calling 0800 555 111 or by visiting the Crimestoppers website. They won’t ask for a name and they can’t trace calls or IP addresses.
Sasha with her son Mykell, aged 8
Sasha with her son Cavali aged 11
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People hospitalised after bus veers into traffic lights By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk A bus in Camberwell crashed into a traffic light Saturday evening, leading to a cyclist and one other person being rushed to hospital.
The accident occurred at 4:46 p.m. on February 26 at the junction of Denmark Hill and Love Walk, SE5, near Maudsley Hospital. The Metropolitan police said that a bus and a cyclist first collided before the bus veered off the road into a traffic light. It is thought the bus was trying to avoid the cyclist. Their statement read: "Police were called by the London Ambulance Service at 16:46hrs on Saturday, 26 February to reports of a collision involving a bus and a cyclist on Denmark Hill, SE5. "The bus subsequently collided with a traffic light. Emergency services attended."
The cyclist’s injuries were not lifethreatening, although they were taken to the hospital along with another person. In a statement, London Ambulance Service said: "We sent two ambulance crews, an incident response officer, a medic in a fast response car, and members of our hazardous area response team. "We treated two people and took them to hospital. A further three people were assessed at the scene, but they weren't taken to hospital." An eye-witness who arrived at the scene only minutes after the crash said she saw “about five ambulances” and “a couple of people were injured,” although there was no blood. She described how other members of the public were comforting the injured. “This was a very concerning incident, which must have been awful for those involved," said Tom Cunnington, TfL's head of bus business development. He
said the organisation has been "in touch" with the operator and will be assisting their investigation into what happened. The front of the bus was badly damaged by the crash, which blocked two lanes of traffic and was surrounded by a police cordon. The Met partially closed the road to traffic as they dealt with the scene and recovered the bus. The 185 bus was also diverted. This caused disruption for several hours Saturday evening. However, the road was opened again later in the evening and the flow of traffic resumed. At 7:15 p.m. an engineer attended the scene and repaired the broken traffic light. In 2011, five people were seriously hurt after a double-decker bus crashed into a row of shops in Camberwell. Up to 30 people were evacuated after the crash, which damaged two floors and ruptured a gas main.
the police presence in the park will cause considerable concern to local people, however I want to say that we do not believe there to be any wider risk to members of the community.” "This is a fast-moving and complex investigation, and we're following a number of positive leads as we work to establish what has happened to Jamie,” she added. Detectives will not be discussing any further details around the discovery at this stage. “Jamie's family are distraught and it is
imperative we give them the answers to the questions that they are now asking,” said detective inspector Pressley. "Anyone who has information that could help us piece together a picture of Jamie's life and who he had been interacting with should call us immediately.” If you have any information please contact the enquiry team on 020 8721 4622 quoting 'Operation Wominghall'. To remain 100% anonymous contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Murder investigation for missing man By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk The Metropolitian Police have begun a murder investigation after twenty-year-old Jamie Gilbey from Crystal Palace is thought to have 'come to harm'.
He was last seen on January 27 and was also wanted by the force in connection with a number of robbery offences. Officers on patrol in South Norwood Country Park in Croydon discovered a number of suspicious items, which were promptly sent for further analysis. A crime scene is now in place, while detectives await further information. No arrests have been made at this stage. The Met had previously appealed for information about Jamie’s whereabouts in a missing person appeal. Jamie’s family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers as the investigation takes place. Police remain in the area of Love Lane and continue to conduct searches. “My officers main on scene and providing a visible presence in the area for some days to come,” said chief superintendent Dave Stringer. "I urge any members of the public who have any concerns, or information that could help us bring Jamie’s family justice, to approach those officers and speak to them.” Detective inspector Melanie Pressley said: “We fully recognise this news and
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Free green skills training By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council, along with Lewisham and Lambeth, has set up an "innovative" green skills academy to help locals find work.
The multi-million-pound scheme, delivered in partnership with London Southbank University and the Mayor of London, will offer support into direct employment, apprenticeships, traineeships, training or self-employment in green and sustainability sectors. Anyone aged 19 and over in the borough, who is unemployed or in low-income work, can access training courses for free at local colleges and adult education providers. The green skills academy, as it is known, is being coordinated by the £44 million Mayor's Academies Programme. Southwark residents can retrain, upskill or seize new opportunities on London's growing green job market, which is set to double in size over the coming decade. The council hopes the new initiative will bring 1,230 qualifications as well as 382 jobs/apprenticeships and 119 work placements to the three London boroughs. Jobs will focus on green construction and retrofitting, transport, energy, waste,
recycling and infrastructure. The council's aim is to work directly with employers in these sectors to build skilled workforces, and give residents, including underrepresented groups, opportunities to overcome barriers to entry into green roles. They also want to drive growth in the green economy and improve the skills needed for both residents and businesses to help tackle climate change. “The green skills academy is a fantastic new resource to help our residents make the most of the growing green economy in London. It is part of our strategy to put people at the heart of our plans to tackle climate change, and to generate 5000 new green jobs in Southwark by 2030," said Cllr Helen Dennis, cabinet member for climate emergency and sustainable development. “I am proud that Southwark is a leading authority in London for our ambition to become net-zero by 2030 and I am delighted that the free training offered by the academy will open doors for our residents whilst also benefitting our environment." Activists have previously criticised Southwark Council's green credentials in an open letter, saying their current policies do not go far enough to reduce emissions and tackle climate change.
King’s College Hospital to feature in TV series on London trauma centres By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk King's College Hospital has featured in a series of Channel 4 shows about work in London trauma centres.
Trauma injuries, including road traffic accidents, falls and penetrating injuries like knife wounds, are the leading cause of death in people under the age of 44. The series shows how staff at London's network of trauma centres, including King's, care for patients with these serious injuries. King's featured in one episode of the series, which aired for four nights in a row from Monday, February 28. Dr Malcolm Tunnicliff, clinical director for trauma and consultant in emergency medicine at the hospital, said, “Thanks to London’s Trauma Network, severely injured patients in London and the south-east do receive timely, highly specialised care when they need it most. “From the pre-hospital interventions provided by the ambulance and air ambulance services to the many specialised hospital services, and then rehabilitation for those who need it, there’s a whole network dedicated to giving patients the very best chance of
survival.” Filmed during two busy weeks in summer 2021, the series shows roadside efforts to save people, as well as resuscitation, surgery, intensive care and rehabilitation. The London trauma system was established in 2010. Since then, trauma survival rates have increased by more than 50 per cent, saving thousands of lives. The London major trauma system as a whole, including the Royal London, St George's and St Mary's, as well as King's, treats over 12,000 people each year.
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Changes to affordable housing policy green-lit by the council
Twelve-storey tower block approved in Rotherhithe despite light impact By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk
By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council has approved a planning document which sets out new requirements for affordable housing at a meeting last week.
All developers will now have to provide a minimum of 35 per cent affordable housing, including student accommodation and sites where smaller numbers of houses are being built. Previously only residential developments containing ten or more houses had to contain 35 per cent affordable housing. A new fast-track process for
developments delivering 40 per cent or more social rented and intermediate rent homes is also being introduced. “The new policies and area visions are designed to make Southwark a fairer place to live and work,” said Cllr Helen Dennis, cabinet member for climate emergency and sustainable development. “We are particularly proud that our plan sets firm requirements on developers to build truly affordable homes, including new social rent homes.” “We have also laid out clear expectations around more affordable workspace to support small businesses and the local economy within the borough,” she added.
At present, there is no universally agreed definition of affordable housing. However, the government says affordable homes should cost no more than 80 per cent of average local rent. This would mean that an ‘affordable home’ would cost £800 per month in an area where the average rent was £1,000. The changes were announced in the Southwark Plan, which outlines the council’s development policy over the next fifteen years. There are more than 20,000 people currently on the housing register in Southwark. These are individuals and families who need to live in social housing.
A new private twelve-storey tower block on Rotherhithe New Road was given the go-ahead by Southwark's planning committee last Tuesday week, despite concerns about the loss of light for nearby blocks of flats.
The building on the corner of St Helena Road will have 48 flats, twelve of which will be social rent homes. One will be for 'intermediate' rent - usually 80 per cent of normal market rates and the remaining 35 will be private. Five wheelchair-accessible homes will also be included, one of which will be a social rent flat. The block will replace a barber, a hand car wash - both a single storey - and a patch of green space. Southwark's planning officers recommended the development for approval, while noting that some homes in neighbouring buildings, particlarly Balman House
and 32 Rotherhithe Old Road would lose some sunlight. Tooley Street planners said this was acceptable. The building also falls short on Southwark's requirements for communal space for residents, which will mean the Croydonbased developer Regent Land and Development has to pay an extra fee to the council. Chairing the planning meeting, Cllr Kath Whittam said Southwark's head of council housing Cllr Stephanie Cryan, who was not at the meeting, was concerned about the air quality in the new building, given the business of Rotherhithe New Road. A spokesperson for the developers said they had tested the air quality and it was within legal limits. Four people objected to the new building on the planning application. No objectors spoke out against the development at the planning meeting on Tuesday. The plans got unanimous approval from the committee.
Residents fight back against alleged ‘unsafe’ estate development Exclusive
By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Nunhead Estate residents protested over the weekend against a rooftop and infill development they claim is "dangerous", saying the council is "riding roughshod" over their concerns.
Both leaseholders and tenants are angry about Southwark Council's proposal to build 27 rooftop flats and eighteen flats in infill buildings on the site. They claim the development will lead to an increase in noise during the construction period, worsen overcrowding on the estate and that the new additions to the buildings will be unsafe. The buildings affected are Goodwin, Creed, Tilling, Lancefield and Glover House, SE15 3PQ. which all were built between 1950 - 60. "Most people on the estate don't want this, but the council are trying to ride roughshod over us," said one resident, who wanted to remain unnamed. "The building I live in has a lot of structural problems because of age and badly built drainage and dampness, but they [the Council] are just not interested." The resident cited an ARUP report from August 2020, which raised doubts that buildings could cope with added wind pressure when gaining extra storeys, and also highlighted the risk of disproportionate
collapse in blocks that predate the 1970s. The council sought to reassure residents' concerns. "We would never, under any circumstances, allow works to go ahead where there was any doubt to the safety of our residents or the structural integrity of the building,” said Cllr Stephanie Cryan, cabinet member for council homes and homelessness. She continued: "We have currently
engaged professional, external services to review existing structures, fire safety and all the other information that we need to make a sound decision about progressing such a scheme, at any estate." Another resident, who also wished to remain anonymous, claimed the prospect of the development was causing elderly residents on the estate "severe" worries and that they are now "too scared to open
up letters from the council." Seventy-three-year-old Nunhead Estate resident, Mable Dalboa, voiced such concerns. “The building’s old. You can’t put more on top. It’s not safe.” “I’m not well and I’m worried about the noise and dust,” she added. The protestors have also complained that the council is not consulting residents effectively, with one claiming the
"consultation process is completely hollow and does not feel real. “The council is not listening to us," they continued. Residents on the estate have sent an open letter to the council condemning the plans, which has attracted signators from more than 60 households. In defence of the development, Cllr Stephanie Cryan said: “London’s housing crisis is hitting Southwark hard." "We have 3,500 households living in temporary accommodation and more than 16,500 households on our waiting list for a home. Half of these households include children, many of whom are living in overcrowded and cramped homes." "There is a real human cost to inaction, which is why we are looking at more than 70 sites across the borough to build new council homes," she added. As part of this work, we are investigating the possibility of extending a number of our estates upwards." Still, the residents maintained they were "by no means objecting to building new social homes." “What we are highlighting is these properties need to be built on new ground and not on top of spaces where residents are trying to live in comfort amidst the current condition and poor security of the blocks." "This is not how the council should go about it: it should not build homes by destroying others," they added.
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Windrush child & residents’ Monica gets MBE from Anne A Denmark Hill woman who lived in "terribly overcrowded" conditions after moving to London as a child as part of the Windrush generation has been given an MBE for her work supporting social housing residents.
Mum ‘living again’ after surgeons remove inoperable tumour the size of a football
A woman has been given a second chance at life after Guy's and St Thomas' surgeons took out a "huge" tumour from her chest that she had previously been warned was inoperable.
Giovanna Distefano, 37, had been told she had just three months to live after a scan revealed the 25cm stage 4 thymoma between her lungs. The mother of three contacted Andrea Bille a surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas', who has put together a crack team to treat people who were previously told their condition was inoperable. Mr Bille removed the tumour, as well as one of her lungs, in a ninehour operation that also needed the help of heart surgeon Gianluca Lucchese. Ms Distefano said: “I feel like I am
living again. I feel good. I’m walking two or three miles a day now, a bit like a 90-year-old woman, but I’m doing it. The surgery was a success. I can’t wait to go back to pilates classes and to start running again – having one lung isn’t going to stop me!” The operation was the only one of its kind which has been performed in the UK and is among just a handful in the world that are known to have taken place. Mr Bille said: “While this was a slow-growing tumour, it had become huge. Because Giovanna is young and fit, her body had likely compensated for the thymoma and so didn’t notice it for a long time. “A thymoma this big is rare – there have been only a handful of others that we know of in the world, and none in the UK.”
Monica Barnes was given the award by Princess Anne at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in February for her work as chair of the resident strategy group at the housing association Optivo, where her job for ten years was to tell company bosses about problems residents were facing. Ms Barnes said it was "a real pleasure" to get the MBE, but she didn't do the work to be given an honour. "I do it to help people and make sure their voices are heard," she said. Ms Barnes came to London from Jamaica at the age of ten and lived with her aunt, after her mother passed away. "Housing was an issue back then, as is well catalogued. You've heard the phrase 'no blacks, no dogs, no Irish'. We encountered all of that." They lived in various places in Brixton that were overcrowded, with several people living in each room. Finally she got a flat in a new development called Porchester Court in Denmark Hill, run by the housing association that would become Optivo. Ms Barnes said the new flat, which had a garden, made a real difference to her young family. "The environment you grow up in is totally important, and housing is a huge part of that." She set up a residents' association to foster more of a community in the new
development. "Keeping an eye out for each other was a good thing," Ms Barnes said. Asked how she thought housing for black people had changed since she first moved to London, she said: "It's gotten better but there is still a long way to go. You read some of the horror stories... "I still say that there's much work to do. I wouldn't want to get complacent." Ms Barnes added that she would encourage anyone living in a housing
association or council property to get involved in the management if they have the opportunity. "We pay the salaries with our rent. If you get the opportunity to hold officers to account, I would encourage people to grab it with both hands." Congratulations to Monica Barnes, a long term Optivo resident who recently received an MBE from Princess Anne in recognition for her years of work in making residents' voices heard.
Bermondsey school children are lapping it up
A Bermondsey school has been given ten laptops to help children without computers at home to do their homework.
Boutcher Church of England Primary School on Grange Road was given the laptops by the charity Computer Aid, which gives IT equipment and education to schools, usually in developing countries. Headteacher Eilidh Verhoeven said the laptops will be used to help children with their learning both in lessons and outside the classroom, including a computer club in summer. She said: "We are thrilled to receive these laptops as it will help us ensure children in homework club can complete online work and who have no access to devices or internet at home."
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Comment ‘Over a decade of short term Labour policy’
Hamish McCallum
Southwark Liberal Democrat opposition leader
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outhwark Council’s budget cycles always serve as a reminder of Labour’s short-term, superficial policies after more than a decade in power.
This year’s budget was a case in point. The Labour party cut its budget for key services, which may haunt us in the years to come, and used extra funding to reverse its own decisions. This was all done in the context of a greater financial settlement from the UK government. A Southwark Council report in January called the UK government’s provisional allocation of money to local authorities “a favourable near-term result,” which provided a real terms increase in council funding of more than 4 per cent. The UK government then gave an additional £2.3 million in funds to Southwark Council in February. There, clearly, was room in this year’s budget to protect key services. Yet, Southwark Labour’s decision as to what to do with £1million of this February money revolved around tackling crime with a new community warden taskforce and creating a hardship fund for residents. Both are admirable policies, on face value, that the Liberal Democrats voted through. However, they also spoke of a party having to deal with the result of years of short-term policies. It, for instance, should be no surprise that we need a community warden taskforce after the council reduced the number of officers it employed by 74
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They are all being harmed by pollution: 98 per cent of London schools are in areas exceeding World Health Organization limits. Children growing up in polluted areas in London have smaller lungs than children in the rest of England. The average loss of breathing capacity is about the size of two large eggs. It’s damage that will affect their health for the rest of their lives. In some places, you can taste and see the pollution. On the approach to the Blackwall Tunnel there are queues of vehicles alongside homes and schools; walls and windows are covered in a layer of black soot. Sadiq Khan has acknowledged that it’s the poorest Londoners, least likely to own a car, who
Shocking discovery - Woman may have lain dead in Nunhead flat for years – and was only found after Storm Eunice broke balcony door open Suppose they will blame it on lockdown not the 1st time Tina Diane Taylor, via Facebook
per cent between 2010 and 2021. Similarly, although inflationary pressures are beyond council control, our residents would be better prepared this year if Labour had not cut Citizen Advice Bureau funding in 2020. The party’s showcasing of new policies at the budget is nothing but back-pedaling on its earlier choices, which it has done in previous years too. In 2021, for example, the council used its budget to launch a new youth deal. But, a few years before, in 2016, Labour slashed its youth services funding by 50 per cent. The Southwark Liberal Democrats campaigned for the council to reconsider these decisions at every step and urged them to evaluate the impact down the line. This year we tabled a budget amendment that looked to invest into customer services and street cleaning finances after cuts of 41 per cent or 26 per cent respectively. We also proposed spending nearly five times the amount of money Labour dedicated specifically for climate change in order to speed up council action. Labour has a history of inaction, with Liberal Democrat pressure leading to the party finally allocating part of its £25 million climate emergency fund after it sat on it for a year. Most importantly, our second amendment looked to reverse Labour’s cuts to special needs and early years budgets by using the council’s own finances immediately. Labour may promise potential,
A toxic tunnel or more healthy bridges?
hen I read how air pollution stops children’s lungs developing properly, I see the children I know. Family, friends, neighbours. Children who live, study and play in London.
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are most likely to suffer from toxic air pollution. And yet he is pushing ahead with plans for a new road tunnel here. The Silvertown Tunnel would lock London into more pollution and congestion, draining away millions of pounds that could be spent instead on helping people to get around safely, without burning fossil fuels. The scheme is financed by a PFI deal, an approach which has been disastrous for universities and hospitals. Rather than taking a brave decision to update his ideas, the Mayor now claims that it will be too expensive to cancel the contract. Challenging the financial argument head on, Green London Assembly member Sian Berry recently put forward a plan to cover the cost of cancellation. She proposed a trial of smart road pricing at the Blackwall Tunnel: to raise income, reduce congestion and help get a London-wide scheme right. Cancel Silvertown and we can invest instead in better, cheaper public transport and non-polluting travel.
alternative funding for these services and it may vow to protect them indefinitely. But, words are not enough. When it had the money to guarantee these services (in the form of £1 million of the additional government money in February), it declined to use it. You could argue that paying for these special needs and early years services is outside of its remit. Yet, Labour contradicts this message by funding more community wardens while conceding in its own amendment that crime is primarily a responsibility for the police. When the party then predictably voted our amendments down, it sent a clear message to the many residents it has stopped listening to. It told you that poor customer services and street cleaning issues were problems for another day. It told you it was going fast enough on the climate emergency (even if multiple Southwark campaigners are slamming it for its dither and delay). And it told you it was happy to cut its funding to services for the vulnerable, again, even when it had the money to pay for them. February 2022’s budget consequently reminds us that Labour, after more than a decade in power, is still intent on creating the problems it later pretends to solve. As each day passes, and as the May 2022 election looms, it is becoming clearer and clearer that the only way to break this pattern is to vote Liberal Democrat.
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In 2000, on average 1,125 people a day crossed Blackfriars Bridge on bikes. In 2020, it was 8,900. What changed? Transport for London built a wide, smooth cycle path, physically separated from motor traffic. Freeing ourselves from Silvertown, we could return to plans for a much-needed foot and cycle bridge linking Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf. Could you ask your councillors to encourage the Mayor to make the healthy swap Southwark needs?
But yet owe them money on your rent .. you’ll get letter after letter and you know full well they’ll turn up and end up evicting you !! How the council / housing association haven’t been and visited the property in over 2 years is a joke .. what about the every ten month boiler inspection .. that if you don’t let them in they send you letters taking you to court and then gaining legal entry ?? Chris Dowse, via Facebook
Appalling and Peabody should be ashamed. Sad that the neighbours weren't close enough to know her movements too. Shiv Mckenna, via Twitter
'Teenager sexually assaulted in Burgess Park' The police need to be more active on Burgess show everyone the concerns are not being taken lightly by the metropolitan police the commander off the metropolitan police should also be piling on the pressure to South council and mayor off London and the mayor off southwark to use funding they have to resolve this situation don’t wait for anyone else to be put through this and until this can be done 100 percent must show police patrolling Burgess Park don’t want to hear insufficient police or funding CRAP EXCUSE act first talk.later Lucy Cope, via website
Maybe the council and police should start by putting lighting in burgess park .. no wonder so many of these attacks happen and go unnoticed. Esther Marie Becha, via Facebook
TfL considers axing number 1 bus from Canada Water bus station The number 1 is the classic London Bus service - clue is in the number. John Evelyn Garden, via Facebook
I was on the 1 yesterday standing room only from the strand to Canada Water. What a joke! Khan is bad news for London Kathryn Levene, via Facebook
Great so fares go up and then services get taken off, what do people who work late do Karen Johnson, via Facebook
What about the night route of the number1 bus? How am I supposed to get to work when the trains do not run that early! Leanne Kendall-Corps, via Facebook
Masks no longer needed on Tube, buses and other TfL services from tomorrow It will now be a personal decision based on our individual concerns. I am vulnerable. If I need to use public transport, cab etc. I will continue to wear a mask but I will respect the fact that others don’t have to. Alison Hamilton, via Facebook
It will be interesting to see by whom and where masks continue to be worn. I'm vulnerable, so there's no question for me, but as it protects others more than the wearer, it will be a test of how public-spirited people can be. Interesting times. Jane Dobbie, via Facebook
Southwark Council sinks £2m into tackling anti-social behaviour in the borough If you had as many community wardens as you do traffic wardens, you may actually catch someone. Paul East, via Facebook
Selling peanuts for peanuts: market traders anger over fee rise Used to love going to East Lane on a Sunday. The stallholders with all those bedding plants the sea food stalls the sarsaparilla stall. The last time I went very disappointing but at the same time it will be difficult for people like Ray with the increase. Ann Searle, via Facebook
Why is it when someone mentions East st Market all we hear is it’s rubbish and it’s changed! Hasn’t everything changed from 30 yrs ago! Sadly it has changed but that’s life I’m afraid. Mandy Whiffin, via Facebook
Always talk to ray down there feel sorry him and other stall holders eho have been there a long time Southwark Council are the worst Charlie Fuller, via Facebook
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Silent carnival cut lacks respect
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outhwark Council cutting funding for the Bermondsey Carnival is a real blow for the community. As Russell Dryden, one of the organisers, said this week, “it’s the only real big community thing that happens for local people in this neck of the borough.”
Mr Dryden and others told us that the funding for the carnival was cut unilaterally - without consultation. It is a shame, after nearly 25 years, that there was not more of a two-way conversation. It is also very disappointing that the council did not offer a comment to the local paper on why they decided not to give the usual grant this year. Southwark are often accused of being opaque, of not involving local people in their decision-making enough. This is a great example of why. At the same time, the proposed K-pop festival - possibly an annual event - is still being considered by the council. It is unclear how much money this will bring in. If it is enough to fund the carnival again next year, despite closing off a large section of the park for two weeks, maybe it is a price worth paying.
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ir quality is in the News again after a Liberal Democrat investigation found that air pollution monitors all over the borough are breaching World Health Organisation guidelines. The damaging effects, especially on our children, were called “Dickensian” in this week’s paper by Cllr Victor Chamberlain, a Lib Dem councillor for Borough and Bankside.
Despite this, it is important to acknowledge both that the council is making an effort to counter air pollution and that lots of the causes are outside Southwark’s direct control. Transport for London (TfL) manages London’s red routes, including some of the borough’s busiest roads like Old Kent Road and Jamaica Road. Meanwhile Southwark councillors have warned that the Silvertown Tunnel, long planned for Greenwich, is likely to cause tailbacks that could drive even more traffic towards Tower Bridge and Tooley Street when it is completed, possibly worsening the air pollution problem. We need Southwark to keep up the work it is doing to tackle air pollution, but also to go further - to put pressure on mayor Sadiq Khan to cancel the tunnel, even at this late stage.
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69 per cent get their first choice Exclusive By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk
revealed: dangerous levels of poisonous fumes in Southwark Exclusive By Kit Heren kit@southwarknews.co.uk People all across Southwark are breathing in dangerous levels of poisonous fumes, new data shows.
The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request by the borough’s Liberal Democrats, show levels of nitrogen dioxide of up to 51 µg/ m3 picked up by air quality monitoring stations - more than five times the level the World Health Organisation (WHO) calls safe as an annual average. The British government’s requirements are less strict, at 40 µg/ m3, but Southwark’s air still falls foul of these rules at several monitoring stations. Many of these monitoring units are by schools. Cllr Victor Chamberlain, who revealed the figures, said: “Labour’s broken promises are literally choking us and local children. Southwark’s air quality is a scandal. Our council are simply not doing enough to tackle it. We desperately need to go greener, faster.” The Lib Dems put forward a plan at the council assembly last week, Wednesday, February 23, to get the council to spend £430,000 on ten air purifiers that would filter out some of the nitrogen dioxide. Labour councillors voted down the plan after Cllr Catherine Rose called it “a generous subsidy to property developers, the construction industry, landowners and commercial operators” because Green Tree Solutions, the company that produces the purifiers, discusses the increased property values its devices can yield. Green Tree’s air purifiers have been used in London before - by the Conservative-run Wandsworth Council, according to the company’s website. Cllr Chamberlain dismissed Cllr Rose’s concerns, adding that the Lib Dems were “not trying to favour any particular company.” He said: “We’re looking for a practical solution that can help the people in our borough now, not some mystical way to solve the problem.”
Southwark is the fourteenth-worst local authority for air quality, out of more than 300, according to research by Asthma + Lung UK. Children are more susceptible to air pollution than adults because their lungs are still developing and they tend to spend more time outdoors. Cllr Chamberlain said: “It’s absolutely scandalous, it’s almost Dickensian that children in Southwark could have less opportunities because of poor air quality in 2022.” Southwark Council has brought in several measures to tackle air pollution in recent years, including school streets, the programme to close roads outside schools at pick-up and drop-off times, banning engine idling, and introducing 20mph speed limits on every road that it controls. Not everything in the borough is under the council’s control. Speaking at the council assembly, Lib Dem councillor Damian O’Brien pointed out that Transport for London’s (TfL) Silvertown Tunnel in Greenwich, backed by mayor Sadiq Khan, could lead to more traffic jams and more cars heading for Tower Bridge, as an alternative route across the river. Cllr Rose later told the News: “As a Labour run council we are getting on with cleaning up Southwark’s air. We have more than halved the harmful levels of NO2 pollution in our borough since 2013. Something we have achieved by reducing traffic using low traffic neighbourhoods, increasing the number of school streets, and expanding our monitoring network, to name a few. “Labour will keep on delivering that improvement. Last month alone we committed another £2 million to improve air quality around Southwark’s schools, and we will be setting out an even more compressive package of measures in our manifesto. “This real action by Labour is in stark contrast to the gimmicks put forward by the Liberal Democrats, who want to spend £430,000 on ten fake trees or so called air purifying units. In contrast Labour has planted over 10,000 real trees in Southwark in the last two years alone, which will do far more to clean up our air and bring countless other benefits to our borough.”
Southwark Council has offered more than 2,000 families a place at their firstchoice secondary school for the September 2022 intake - their highest percentage on record.
A total of 2,056 families received an offer at their first preference secondary school out of 2,965 applications, equating to 69 per cent. 2,791 (94.1%) Southwark families have received a secondary school place of their preference through the admissions process. Whereas 174 families were not able to be offered a school of preference and have been offered an alternative
– this is the lowest number without a preference recorded in the last five years. On Tuesday parents would have been notified by email from the eAdmissions system confirming their child’s offer and provide information on what to do next. The number of applicants wishing for a place at one of Southwark's secondary schools was 57 more than last year. This is the highest percentage and number offered since the council's records began in 2009. "After the past two years of disruption and challenges for everyone during the pandemic, this offers fresh and exciting hope for the future," said Cllr Jasmine Ali, deputy leader and cabinet member for children, young people and education. "I extend my sincere thanks to all the school and council staff who have worked so hard to manage the application process, and all the best to the children starting secondary school in September,” she added.
The email notifying parents/ guardians of their child's school will be sent to the same email address that was used by when registering to apply online. Families will also be able to find out the outcome of their application by logging into the eAdmissions website using their unique user name and password during the evening of 1 March 2022. "Transition to secondary school is an exciting time for families - we recognise however, families that did not receive a school of their preference and have been allocated an alternative school often have additional queries and/or support needs to help them through the change of school process," said a council spokesperson. "Our school admission officers will be available to meet with these families to provide direct support at secondary post-offer admissions surgeries which will be held online using the video call tool on the Zoom platform," they added.
Council belatedly spends £25m climate fund Exclusive By Joshua Askew joshA@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark Council has announced it will spend “a proportion” of its dedicated £25m climate fund, after months of inaction. In a statement to the Council Assembly delivered last week, Cllr Helen Dennis said the money would be spent on a range of environmental measures aimed at tackling climate change. These include: • £1m for replacing windows in tenanted street properties • £5.42 for decarbonisation and energy efficiency savings in council libraries and community buildings to reduce their dependency on gas in favour of renewables • An initial £1.1m investment in the Southwark Schools Decarbonisation Programme, which will focus on education and air-quality benefits • £2.18 m to accelerate the installation
of energy-saving LEDs in street lighting • Additional investment in cycle storage and a transition to cleaner waste disposal vehicles. Earlier this month the News reported that not a single pound from the council’s special climate fund had been spent since it was created in 2021. All in all, Cllr Dennis’s commitments mean that £13.6m of the designated pot will be spent, however she has signalled more decisions are still to come. Seventy nine per cent of all boroughwide emissions come from buildings, meaning investment in energy-saving efficiencies are a must if the council is to hit key climate targets. “We are pleased that Southwark Labour listened to sense and sped up their decision-making,” said Liberal Democrat Cllr Graham Neale. “The question is why did it take a year? One quick announcement will not stop the problem at its root: Labour is addicted to dither and delay when it comes to the climate emergency.”
The council has said the remainder of the money will be spent between now and 2030. “This will leave funding still to be allocated through the rolling programme from the rolling plan in response to updating our action plan, taking account of recommendations from our Citizen’s Jury and other ongoing processes,” said Cllr Dennis. “I am proud that we were one of the first councils to declare a climate emergency, the first council to signal its intention to divest from fossil fuels, and our climate action plan has recently been voted the second-best in London,” she added. Lib Dem Cllr Victor Chamberlain, who first raised the issue of the unspent climate funds with the council, said: “It is not acceptable that it has taken Labour a year to use this fund to tackle the climate emergency. The clue is in the name: we have to act urgently.” “We now need clarity about when this money will be spent and what impact it will have to tackle climate change,” he added.
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The touring exhibition of Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Edwardian postcards that first opened and closed because of Covid in March 2020 has now been able to open once again at Time & Talents, writes Michael Holland.
few days of visitors coming to see the postcards at the opening two years ago the whole world changed forever, and it is only now that I have been able to reschedule the local exhibitions that were all planned before.’ The Golden Age of Communication exhibition has been put together from Holland’s vast collection of Victorian and Edwardian postcards to and from Rotherhithe and Bermondsey, plus some postcards from other local collectors. Research has been done on the senders and receivers of those postcards from over a hundred years ago to form a picture of the life and
Between virus restrictions over recent months, the Golden Age of Communication tour has had successful exhibitions at Docklands Settlement, City Hope Church, and Surrey Quays Shopping Ce-ntre, and Curator Michael Holland is very pleased to return to the place where it all started: ‘After a great
in Southwark Tourist and communication the beast The launch of Jock McFadyen’s Tourist without a Guidebook exhibition at the Royal Academy coincides with Francis Bacon’s Man and Beast show, writes Ed Gray.
times of those who could very well be our ancestors; who lived in the streets that we now walk down; who lived in the houses that still stand today. We get an insight into the local work of that period, with many people working in the leather or brewing industry and many in domestic service. The exhibition gives an understanding of health problems before the safety net of a Welfare State and how children would be torn from the family to be placed in children’s homes to train up as servants; we follow romances that play out over time via the postcards they sent to each other, and of those
that fell in The Great War. There are hints at domestic violence, lack of work, and an itinerant community flocking to London to find employment. The exhibition shows that the ‘good old days’ that some people crave for were filled with the aroma of horse dung, illness, and were far from good. Time & Talents, The Old Mortuary, St Marychurch St, London SE16 4JE from 5th - 12th March. Times: Opening event 12 - 2pm Saturday 5th March; Monday Friday 10 – 4 pm. Admission: Free. Book a time slot through: Rebeccaphillips@timeandtalents.org.uk
We were treated to a DJ set from Xana, spinning and scratching her best vinyl from the 80s, over a huge split screen of shots from New York in that era. The tunes would not have been out of place in Studio 54; the footage fitting for going Across 110th Street, writes Michael Holland.
But then there was a sudden and unearthly silence and we were dropped into pitch blackness. A spotlight hit the ghostly white face that was unmistakably Andy Warhol. ‘Oh, wow,’ he said, without a smidgeon of wow. Anthony McCarten’s The Collaboration had begun. Warhol had been brought by his agent, Bruno Bischofberger, to look at the work of new, young art-scene favourite Jean-Michel Basquiet. The agent wanted Warhol to agree to collaborate with Basquiat, a union that would/should make them all richer and more famous. Warhol’s fame and relevance were fading fast at this time so for him to hook on to Basquiat’s rising star would be beneficial. Basquiat, conversely, who had not yet had work accepted by the great museums could do well to attach himself to an artist already acclaimed as one of the greats. Bischofberger tells Warhol he needs to become relevant again; that he needs to surprise his public and not be so predictable with his screenprints of celebrities. Basquiat, when having the same conversation with Bischofberger, is not
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sure about connecting his name with Warhol’s, but eventually they all agree. The Collaboration deals with how they might have worked and interacted with each other. And, yes, all the conversations in the play are supposition but when written by the author of Two Popes, Darkest Hour, and The Theory of Everything, you know it will ring of the truth. At their first meeting, Basquiat questions why he is working with someone ‘so white’. Warhol responds with, ‘I am human even if I don’t look it’. Basquiat doesn’t believe Warhol should
call himself a painter if he hasn’t picked up a brush for 20 years: ‘You’re just a selfplaying piano that plays its own tunes over and over again without actually playing - You’re the King of Repetition’. ‘Paint is just one more letter than Pain.’ ‘You just make prints of brands.’ ‘Fame turns us all into a brand. Soon people will be saying “I want a Basquiat” and you as a person will become invisible.’ And so it goes on with Warhol getting all the best put-downs that would not be out of place in Ru Paul’s Drag Race, with Basquiat countering by telling Warhol he has no soul. But collaborate they do.
These two people who are worlds apart come together to make art; one living in the past of a tormented childhood and a lifetime of feeling misunderstood, and the other living in a hectic present involving too much money too fast, too many drugs, and a close friend dying in police custody. The Collaboration is a fantastic piece of work with tremendous performances from Paul Bettany, who looks like he has been fasting to play Warhol, and Jeremy Pope as Basquiat. Perhaps Bettany appears to be giving the performance of his career as we all know how Warhol looks and sounds, so we can compare. Whereas, not everyone is quite so acquainted with Jean-Michel Basquiat. Even so, this is truly a collaboration of two actors peaking in this production. Kwame Kwei-Armah plays an important with some slick direction, as does the Young Vic with its walls covered in graffiti. The Collaboration tells just a small part of what is a tragic tale of two giants of the art world, both dead within a short while of the events portrayed here. The play ends with the sound of a Basquiat painting being auctioned for $110.5 million. Young Vic, The Cut, SE1 8LZ until April 2nd. Times: Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat matinees, 2.30pm. Admission: £10 - £50. Booking: 0207 922 2922 www.youngvic.org
The RA has put together a great pairing of two painters who understand surface tension and the possibilities of paint. Bacon grapples with internal post-war fury and savagery in overwhelmingly oppressive large-scale works; McFadyen is a tour guide to external post-capitalist detritus working on a similarly largescale. Lucien Freud described Bacon’s technique as ‘calculated recklessness’ and the phrase serves McFadyen equally well. There is such volume in Bacon’s work, figuratively and metaphorically. You hear the muffled weight of strangled screams and monstrous moans emitted by these twisting, writhing sinuous figures. Bodies move in slow motion contorted by paint that skims and spatters the surface. In these works Bacon elevates the tragedy of struggling brief lives lived within the human jungle to crucification status. Bacon’s aim was to paint skin like it was rhino hide. In his final painting, fittingly a bull exiting the ring, he created the fuzz of bull fur with his own dust. It’s hard to turn away from this triumphant metamorphosis of man and beast because here is the end of the struggle, the certainty of mortality finally realised while the painting remains alive yet, quickening your heart and branding itself into your retina forever. McFadyen loiters with wry intent in unloved alleys and street corners and opens them up to our eyes so you look up at big skies and feel your way along damp crumbling brush mark brickwork. There’s humour here and joy at discovering a sense of place. Here are the unknowable stories written all over our urban spaces if only we can stop and stare long enough; industrial echoes, graffiti tags, human expectation, ingenuity and failure and all the rendezvous for illicit purposes or drunken kisses or shelter from the elements. Jock brings all this to us, collecting forgotten places and guiding us through them with a rueful nod and a wink, human spaces, the mess of life. Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD Francis Bacon on until April 17th. (£22 - £24.50) Jock McFadden RA until April 10th (Free) Booking: www.royalacademy.org.uk
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Trinity Academy, as part of the leading Future Academies family of schools, provides a traditional and aspirational academic curriculum, broad co-curriculum, and excellent pastoral care as part of a fully rounded education for boys and girls aged 11-18 from a wide catchment area across south London. Our highly qualified teachers are subject specialists; our pupils benefit from small class sizes, a broad range of subjects including Latin, cutting-edge facilities and tried and tested classroom resources. Our values of knowledge, aspiration and respect underpin our high standards and our excellent academic results. This year Trinity Academy is celebrating the success of our first Sixth Form cohort who have received Cambridge University offers along with other Russell Group offers.
To arrange a tour of the Academy, please contact our Admissions via admissions@trinity.futureacademies.org We look forward to meeting you at our upcoming Autumn open events where you can meet pupils and staff
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Elimhouse Community Association Southwark An 11-18 Church of England Girls’ School
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Finance Officer Required As Soon As Possible
28 hours per week/4 days per week – Term Time plus 10 days Salary FTE starting at £33,474 rising to £35,949 Actual Pro rata salary starting at £23,351 rising to £25,708 per annum We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic Finance Officer to work in our vibrant and friendly 11-18 C of E girls’ school. The role would ideally suit a candidate who has experience in finance with strong literacy and numeracy skills. You will need to be well organised, have excellent attention to detail, be customer focused and have a good sense of humour to deal with the challenges of working in our fast-paced environment. Key Tasks and Responsibilities include: Compiling and maintaining financial records to audit requirements; Processing of invoices; Monitoring budgets; Credit Control; General administration tasks Person Specification includes: Experience of working in a school finance office is desirable, as is knowledge of RM Finance (training provided); Organised with a strong work ethic; Analytical mind-set and data-driven; Proactive; Be able to follow school procedures and use their own initiative as required and be a good team player; Have strong IT skills, including MS Office and data inputting Application documents are available through the TES website or by emailing apply@ssso.southwark.sch.uk. (School phone no: 020 7407 1843) Closing date for completed application form is 12.00 pm Friday 11th March 2022
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A popular Community Centre in SE15 seeks to appoint a Community Outreach Care Worker. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and passionate about providing good quality health care support and community engagement activities for BAME elderly people. He/she must be responsive, has an ability to reach out to vulnerable people enabling them to participate and benefit from services and activities available for vulnerable people, practically OAP in Southwark. This is a new project which aims to assist and enable local people to recover from isolation and loneliness due to the COVID Pandemic. The project will run an attractive and supportive programme of events and outreach services as the main part of the job. Some administrative experience is required and the ability to work in a supportive way as member of the staff team. Closing date 6pm on the 13th of March 2022
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School Direct Trainee Teacher Redriff is at the heart of a growing family of outstanding schools. We are sponsored by the historic and prestigious City of London. This support allows us unique relationships with The City, its Worshipful Companies, independent schools and seats of learning - including the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
We believe our future is bound up in the imagination and creativity of our children- this is at the heart of our curriculum. Inclusive and compassionate, we lead the London South East Maths Hub, and are accredited by the National Autistic Society for our work with disabled children. The Redriff Primary School Direct programme is a school-based model of teacher training where trainees are employed by a school within the partnership for an academic year (These schools include Redriff Primary School and Galleywall Primary School).
Trainees are released for approximately 40 days to complete academic study at Goldsmiths College. There is also the opportunity to work at another contrasting school for a 6-week placement.
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Starting on 1st September 2022 If this role is of interest to you and you can contribute to our future success, you can apply using: https://www.gov.uk/find-postgraduate-teacher-training-courses Should you require any other details please contact Rachel Wood on 020 72374272 For more information visit: www.redriff.co.uk/school-direct-programme
Closing date for applications: June 2022 Interviews will take place on: March-June 2022
City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.
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After School Club Play Worker Would you like to join an exciting and enthusiastic primary school and After School Club, providing support and leading activities after school? Would you like to work with a highly skilled team that provides outstanding education to its children and invests in their staff? We are looking for someone with experience in:
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Redriff Primary School (City of London Academy) is an outstanding school and as such we are looking to ensure our After School Club provision is interesting, valuable and appropriate to the children using the facility. This role will provide a variety of play, sports and learning opportunities and a key responsibility will be to maximise the learning value of the activities through planning and evaluation. The role also requires some food preparation and cleaning of equipment. Working hours 15:00 – 18:00 Monday – Friday. You will work closely in a collaborative team led by the After School Club Manager and receive a full induction. We are an enthusiastic and friendly team and part of an outstanding school. This post is suitable for those pursuing a career in working with children and families, aspiring teachers or future school direct candidates. Starting salary will be on City of London Academies Trust JE2, scale point 1-5. FTE salary of £21,815 - £23,425. Actual salary is £8,138 - £8,739
The successful candidate will have a minimum of a C grade in GCSE Maths and English and good IT skills. Training in Food Hygiene is desirable, although not essential. If you are interested in an informal discussion about the post, please email Jodie Marvin via vacancies@redriff.southwark.sch.uk For more information about the school and to download an application pack, please see our website www.redriff.southwark.sch.co.uk City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values.
The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment. City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128.
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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. Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Deverell Street, between No’s 1-20 Munday House (b) Hillsboro Road, between No’s 13 and East Dulwich Grove (c) Snowsfields, between Weston Street and Kipling Street (d) Rouel Road, between Spa Road and No’s 79 (e) Dockley Road, between Spa Road and No’s 6
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The alternative route for affected traffic: (2a) Bartholomew Street, Great Dover Street, Spurgeon Street. (2b) Thorncombe Road, Tarbert Road, Glengarry Road, East Dulwich Grove. (2c) Kipling Street, Long Lane, Weston Street. Weston Street, Long Lane, Crosby Row. (2d) &(2e) Spa Road, Grange Road, Southwark Park Road, St James Road, Dockley Road.
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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.
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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.
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The works will be in operation for (2a) 14th – 18th March. (2b) 14th – 20th March. (2c) 12th – 13th March (2d) & (2e) 3rd – 5th March and back up dates of 10th – 12th March.
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated this 3rd March 2022 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 6013/000805768710045-001-morrison (2b) 6048/LBSCR11915-1-RTS (2c) 6052- (2d) & (2e) 5862/LBSCR12012-1 & LBSCR1212-2amendment Ad3&10feb LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (EMERSON STREET) TEMPORARY ONE WAY SYSTEM 1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark, hereby gives notice that to enable development works to take place, it intends to make an Order the effect of which, will be to suspend the existing two way traffic flow system in Emerson Street.
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Whilst the restriction is in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, the existing two way traffic flow system in Emerson Street, at it’s junction with Sumner Street and Park Street, will be suspended, to allow for a temporary northbound one way traffic flow system to be implemented.
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The alternative route for affected traffic will be via Park Street, Great Guildford Street, Southwark Street, Southwark Bridge Road, Sumner Street.
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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 work and for works vehicles, any vehicle being used in connection with police, fire or ambulance purposes and anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
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The restriction will come into operation on the 18th March 2022 for a period of 18 months.
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network & Parking Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated this 3rd March 2022 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 4863sr/extension-newtto2022-2023
The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Rye Lane cycle link) Order 2022 The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Waiting and Loading restrictions) (Rye Lane cycle link) Order 2022 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed Routes) (Rye Lane cycle link) Traffic Order 2022 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 3 March 2022 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended (‘the 1984 Act’). 2. The effect of the Orders are, on a permanent basis:(a) to update the definitions of existing ‘one-way’ operations to work with new advisory contra-flow cycle lanes in the following locations:CHOUMERT GROVE i) south-eastbound between its junctions with Blenheim Grove and Chadwick Road, ii) north-westbound between its junctions with Mcdermott Road and Chadwick Road; CHOUMERT ROAD i) north-eastbound between its junctions with Bellenden Road and Reedham Street, ii) north-eastbound between its junctions with Choumert Grove and Alpha Street, iii) southwestbound between its junctions with Rye Lane and Alpha Street; and MCDERMOTT ROAD north-eastbound between its junctions with Maxted Road and Reedham Street; (b) to update existing ‘no entry’ points to include exception for pedal cycles in the following locations:CHOUMERT GROVE i) north-west of its junction with Chadwick Road, ii) south-east of its junction with Chadwick Road, iii) south-east of its junction with Choumert Road; CHOUMERT ROAD i) south-west of its junction with Reedham Street, ii) south-west of its junction with Alpha Street, iii) north-east of its junction with Alpha Street; and MCDERMOTT ROAD south-west of its junction with Reedham Street; (c) to introduce directional turning for vehicles, except pedal cycles, in Choumert Grove, Choumert Road and Reedham Street to reinforce the ‘no entry’ points at the above-mentioned locations in Choumert Grove, Choumert Road and McDermott Road; (d) to remove ‘permit’ parking in CHOUMERT GROVE i) the north-east side (10m in length) on the side of No. 11 Blenheim Grove, ii) the south-west side (8.5m in length) o/s No. 26 Choumert Grove; (e) to reduce ‘permit’ parking i) in CHOUMERT GROVE the north-east side o/s Nos. 11-13 Choumert Grove (9m remains), and ii) in MCDERMOTT ROAD the north-west side south-west of its junction with Reedham Street (17m remains); (f) to relocate an existing ‘permit’ parking place (12.5m in length) to the opposite side in CHOUMERT GROVE the south-west side on the side of No. 48 Choumert Road; (g) existing ‘shared-use’ parking places are i) reduced in CHOUMERT GROVE the south-west side on the side of No. 23 Choumert Road (10.5m remains), and ii) split in CHOUMERT ROAD north-west side to 24.5m remains o/s Nos. 88-98 Choumert Road, and 7m remains o/s Nos. 78-80 Choumert Road; (h) to relocate an existing ‘unlimited stay’ disabled persons’ parking place (6m in length) to the opposite side in CHOUMERT GROVE the south-west side opposite No. 1 Choumert Square; (i) to amend existing ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) to update existing single yellow lines or replace removed, reduced or relocated parking places in BLENHEIM GROVE on both sides either side of its junction with Choumert Grove, CHOUMERT GROVE, CHOUMERT ROAD, MCDERMOTT ROAD both sides at its junction with Reedham Street; and (j) to extend existing ‘at any time’ loading restrictions (double kerb blips) in CHOUMERT ROAD on the north-west side from its junction with Rye Lane to a point 27 metres north-east of its junction with Choumert Grove. NOTES: (1) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone ‘B’; and ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for CPZ ‘B’ or paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the hours of operation. All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 3. Copies of the orders, which will come into force on 7 March 2022, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details. 4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 3 March 2022 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
Notice of Application for a Premises Licence made under Section 17 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we Stephanie Morgan: Raw and Juicy London Limited have made application to Southwark Council for a new Premises Licence in respect of Stephanies, 134a Thurlow Park Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8HN The relevant licensable activities and proposed times to be carried on, or on from the premises are Days
Start time
Finish time
The retail sale of alcohol:
Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday
12:00 10.30 10:30
23:00 23:00 23:00
The provision of regulated entertainment:
Monday to Saturday Sunday
11:00 11:00
23:00 22:00
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday
06:30 06:30 06:30
23:30 00:00 22:00
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above (or by email via licensing@southwark.gov.uk) and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. Note: It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. Date of application: 10th February 2022
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Reporting Council Tax Setting 2022-23 Southwark Council agrees budget and council tax for 202223
For 2022-23, Southwark Council have increased the Southwark element of council tax by 1.99%, and the adult social care precept an increase of 1%, a total of 2.99%. The Greater London Authority approved an increase of 8.8% in their precept. Overall council tax rise is 4.37%. Analysis of council tax by council tax bands:
The budget and council tax setting reports are available on the Council’s website at www.southwark.gov.uk.
MARRIAGE/CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS APPROVAL NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR RENEWALS* TO LICENCES Notice is given that Paul Dumke has applied to the London Borough of Southwark for renewal of approval of premises for marriage/civil partnership ceremonies at The Garden Rooms, 34 Peckham Road, London, SE5 8QA A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp If anybody wishes to oppose this application, representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 21 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-arepresentation Date of Application: 3rd March 2022
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Public notice deadline is 4pm on Tuesdays. Please email em@southwark news.co.uk LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) PLANNING (LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS) ACT 1990 (as amended)
The planning applications listed below can be viewed on the planning register at https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can use facilities at your local library or 'My Southwark Service Points' to access the website. How to comment on this application: You should submit your comments via the above link. Comments received will be made available for public viewing on the website. All personal information will be removed except your postal address. Online comments submitted without an email address will not be acknowledged and those marked 'confidential' will not be considered. Written comments can be submitted to; Southwark Council, Chief executive's department, Planning division, Development Management, PO Box 64529, London SE1 5LX. Reason for publicity. The applications are advertised for the reasons identified by the following codes: AFFECT - development affecting character or appearance of a nearby conservation area; OR development affecting setting of a nearby listed building(s); DEP - departure from the development plan; EIA - environmental impact assessment (these applications are accompanied by an environmental statement a copy of which may be obtained from the Council - there will be a charge for the copy); MAJ - major planning application; STDCA - development within a conservation area; STDLB - works to or within the site of alisted building;
15 WEST SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4SN(Ref: 22/AP/0426) Minor external and internal alterations and refurbishment to Grade II listed Georgian townhouse. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) 15 WEST SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE11 4SN (Ref: 22/AP/0425) Minor external and internal alterations and refurbishment to Grade II listed Georgian townhouse. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) 67 ST GEORGES ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 6ER (Ref: 22/AP/0511) Refurbishment works; along with alterations to the lower ground floor, front area and vault; single storey extension to the rear; and internally to the second floor over the existing staircase and installation of rooftop condenser unit. (Within: West Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Athena HyltonThompson 020 7525 2161) 172 COURT LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7ED (Ref: 22/AP/0507) Replacement of existing windows and doors; alterations to the fenestration to the rear at ground floor level; re-design of patio area to the rear; installation of a green roof to the ground and first floor levels and the installation of 22x photovoltaic panels. (Within: Dulwich Village Dulwich Wood CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Hajnalka Kurti 020 7525 3701) THE LEDBURY ESTATE COMMERCIAL WAY AND OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK (Ref:
22/AP/0554) Redevelopment of the Ledbury Estate involving the demolition of Bromyard House, Skenfirth House, Sarnsfield House and Peterchurch House and the erection of 6 blocks ranging in height from 5 to 22 storeys to provide 340 new homes (including 224 replacement homes) and some non-residential space at ground level, together with access, servicing, car parking, cycle parking, cycle storage, plant, play and open space and landscaping. (Wi thin: Kentish Drovers And Bird In Bush CA) Reason(s) for publicity: MAJ AFFECT (Contact: Kiran Chauhan 020 7525 5513)
Dated: 01 Mar 2022 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date. STEPHEN PLATTS - Director of Planning and Growth
7 CAMBERWELL GREEN LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 7AF (Ref: 22/AP/0534) Construction of a roof and side extension to the existing residential dwelling (Use Class C3) at first and second floors in connection with the conversion of the existing residential flat, to create 2 residential flats on first to third floors., including the creation of two rear gardens, landscaping and refuse and cycle. storage. (Within: Camberwell Green CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Hajnalka Kurti 020 7525 3701) 36A SURREY SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 2JX (Ref: 22/AP/0487) New single glazed and slimline double glazed timber sash windows painted white No changes to structural opening (Within: Thomas A'Beckett And High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney ) 37 SUNRAY AVENUE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE24 9PX (Ref: 22/AP/0352) Loft conversion with two roof lights (Within: Sunray Estate CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anthony Roberts 020 7525 5458)
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (RODNEY PLACE, BANK END, RECORD STREET, BLUE ANCHOR LANE, SOUTHWARK BRIDGE ROAD, CHANCEL STREET, REDCROSS WAY, LEDBURY SREET (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) Advertisement of Decision of Planning Application Accompanied by an Environmental Statement TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 Mixed-use redevelopment comprising the demolition of all existing buildings and structures (listed mural to be removed and stored prior to demolition, and incorporated into proposed development); construction of three buildings arranged around a central plinth ranging in height from 10 to 38 storeys (maximum height +144.2m AOD) above single basement, ground and mezzanines floors, to provide a range of uses including 372 residential units (Use Class C3), place of worship (Use Class D1), retail (Use Classes A1-A4), and office / light industrial (Use Classes B1(a)/B1(c)); means of access, public realm and landscaping works, parking and cycle storage provision, energy centre / plant and servicing areas, and associated ancillary works. This application represents a departure from strategic policy 10 'Jobs and Businesses' of the Core Strategy (2011) and Saved Policy 1.2 'Strategic and Local Preferred Industrial Locations' of the Southwark Plan (2007) by virtue of proposing to introduce residential accommodation in a preferred industrial location. An associated Listed Building Consent Application has been submitted under reference 18/AP/3285 THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT (ES) submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) regulations 2017.
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The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it intends, to make an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
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Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload in: (a) Rodney Place, cycle lane (south side) between Munton Road and Elba Place (b) Rodney Place, between Elba Place and Munton Road (c) Rodney Place, between Elba Place and New Kent Road (d) Bank End, at it’s junction with Park Street and Park Street by No’s 59 (e) Record Street, between Hatcham Street and Penarth Road (f) Blue Anchor Lane, at it’s junction with St James Road (g) Southwark Bridge Road, cycle lane on the northbound side, located between No’s 94 to the junction of Great Guildford Street (h) Southwark Bridge Road, cycle lane on the southbound side, located opposite No’s 90 for 67m in a southerly direction. (i) Chancel Street, between Treveris Street and Burrell Street (j) Redcross Way, between Southwark Street and union Street (k) Ledbury Street, between Commercial Way and Bird in Bush Road
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The alternative route for affected traffic: (2a) not applicable. (2b) Rodney Place, New Kent Road, Elephant & Castle, Walworth Road, Heygate Street. (2c) Rodney Place, Rodney Road, Flint Street, East Street, Old Kent Road, New Kent Road. (2d) not applicable. (2e) Hatcham Road, Penarth Street (2f) Southwark Park Road, St James Road, Webster Road, Storks Road, Clements Road St James Road (2g) & (2h) not applicable. (2i) as indicated by the signs displayed (2j) Omeara Street, Union Street (2k) as indicated by the signs displayed
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The existing one way working in Redcross Way, located between Southwark Street and Union Street, will be made two way for access and egress purposes.
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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.
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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.
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The works will be in operation for (2a) (2b) (2c) 19th – 27th March (2d) 20th March (2e) 21st March – 8th April. (2f) 23rd March – 24th April. (2g) & (2h) not applicable (2i) 21st – 22nd March between 22:00hrs and 06:00hrs (2j) 22nd – 23rd March (2k) 21st – 22nd March
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Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Address: 596-608 Old Kent Road And Land At Livesey Place London SE15 1JB Date of Decision: 17 February 2022 Reference: 18/AP/3284 Case officer: Kiran Chauhan Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations, the main reasons and considerations on which the Local Planning Authority's decision is based has been set out in the Officer’s report and associated addendum. These reports and all other relevant documents and information underpinning the decision can be viewed at: www.southwark.gov.uk/planningregister by searching for application reference “18/AP/3284” or for “Civic Livesey”. The decision to grant planning permission can be formally challenged within 6 weeks of the decision. Steven Platts Director of Planning and Growth Sign up to receive information on planning applications in your area: www.southwark.gov.uk/planningregister
Dated this 3rd March 2022
Advertisement of Decision of Planning Application Accompanied by an Environmental Statement TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (as amended) Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 Devonshire Grove: Hybrid application consisting of: (Detailed Proposals) Demolition of all existing structures on site, the stopping up of the existing Devonshire Grove major arm (IWMF egress road) and redevelopment to include formation of a new road reconfiguration and widening of Devonshire Grove, widening of the foot ways on Sylvan Grove and Old Kent Road, construction of Building A at ground plus 38 storeys to provide 264 residential units (Class C3), flexible retail/employment floorspace (Class A1/A2/A3/A4/B1a-c), creation of a new public realm including new public squares and spaces ,associated landscaping and highways works and a new substation and all associated works. (Outline Proposals) Outline planning permission (all matters reserved) for comprehensive mixed-use development for the following uses in four Buildings (B, C, D and E) and a basement level shared with Building A: Up to a maximum of 301 residential units (Class C3); employment workspace floorspace (Class B1a-c); flexible retail, financial and professional services, food and drink uses (Class A1/A2/A3/A4/A5), flexible non-residential institutions (Class D1) and Assembly and leisure uses (Class D2); Storage, car and cycle parking; Energy centre; Substations; Formation of new pedestrian and vehicular access and means of access and circulation within the site together; and new private and communal open space. This Application is for a Phased Development for CIL purposes with details of the phasing to be secured by Condition. Address: 747-759 & 765-775 Old Kent Road London SE15 1NZ & Land At Devonshire Grove SE15 1NZ Date of Decision 17.2.2022 Reference: 19/AP/1239 Case officer: Kiran Chauhan Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessments) Regulations, the main reasons and considerations on which the Local Planning Authority's decision is based has been set out in the Officer’s report and associated addendum. These reports and all other relevant documents and information underpinning the decision can be viewed at: www.southwark.gov.uk/planningregister by searching for application reference “19/AP/1239” or for “Devonshire Grove”. The decision to grant planning permission can be formally challenged within 6 weeks of the decision.
Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Traded Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a)(2b)(2c) 5964/77000824-blu3/S278 (2d) 6025/LBSCR12348-1-bamnuttall (2e) 6057/13823138-ukpn (2f) 5990/95796483-conway-re-ad (2g) & (2h) 5810/77000778ardmore/S278re-ad (2i) 6019/HHH-00-60-210322-centurion (2j) 6015/XTD-01-37-220322-centurion (2k) 6006/003345WRWF-lanes
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McQueen bullet gives Hamlet win
Darren McQueen fires home the only goal
Gavin Rose’s side stay in sixth place in National League South By Simeon Wright at Champion Hill sport@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET retained sixth place in the National League South table after a tight 1-0 home victory over in-form Braintree Town at Champion Hill last weekend.
The Essex club, though third from bottom, had been on a superb run of seven matches unbeaten, but a first goal since early December for winger Darren McQueen means that the Hamlet sit in the play-off spots, level
made an opening for McQueen, who pushed the ball into the area before bending a left-footed shot across William Johnson and finding the topright corner. Early in the second half, Town striker Luke Holness took aim from 20 yards but shot straight at Charlie Grainger, and that was moments after Giovanni McGregor had a powerful half-volley deflected onto the top netting, creating the illusion of a goal to some of the 2,705 fans inside Champion Hill. McQueen might have had an assist to
when you’re a striker you need goals to improve your performance and get that extra edge. “Great result, great for myself and most importantly the team to get the three points because it’s very tight around those play-off places. “I had to dig it out a bit, it wasn’t one of my more natural finishes, but I’ll take it.” McQueen’s goal was his seventh of the season and his first since early December. The former Tottenham and Ipswich youth prospect is currently on a season-long-loan from National League outfit Dagenham & Redbridge and is one of a number of attacking assets Gavin Rose has at his disposal. Behind No. 9 against Braintree, Chike Kandi – with leading scorer Danny Mills a second-half substitute – was a three of Jordan Green, James Dayton and McQueen, who despite victory did bemoan some sloppy finishing from
the Hamlet. Dulwich couldn’t add to their lead despite Braintree ending the game with ten men following a second yellow card for Alfie Payne. McQueen added: “They are fighting for their lives in the bottom half of the table, we’re in the top half so one team’s fighting to stay up and the other for promotion. “I feel like first and foremost we had to win the battle before we could win the football match, we stood up to them and a bit of good play meant we got the three points. “We get the chances, I just feel like we need to take more. It’s good that we get so many because if we weren’t then it’s something to look at. We’re getting into the right areas but our end product has been a problem recently – crossing and finishing. “Today one was enough but on another occasion we might need more.”
Dulwich match-winner calls for a more clinical edge
By Simeon Wright sport@southwarknews.co.uk DULWICH HAMLET matchwinner Darren McQueen welcomed a gritty three points against Braintree Town last weekend – but admitted the side need to be more clinical as they pursue promotion this season.
McQueen scored the only goal of a poor match at Champion Hill, providing one of the only moments of quality as he bent a sumptuous left-footed effort into the top-right corner of William Johnson’s net, which secured an important win that keeps Dulwich sixth in National League South. McQueen told the News that his goal served as both an individual and collective confidence boost. He said: “Definitely [a relief to secure the win], and for me I’ve been out injured for five weeks, come back in and haven’t scored in the last couple so
his name after he got to the byline and crossed for McGregor, but Dulwich boss Gavin Rose had his head in his hands as the midfield playmaker missed from six yards out. McQueen made way for Reise Allassani in the 75th minute, the goalscorer receiving a standing ovation. Chances were few and far between in the final half-hour but the temperature of the game continued to rise. Braintree captain Matthew Johnson was lucky to escape a red card when he kicked out at Hamlet centre-back Ronnie Vint, before Town
No.8 Alfie Payne was shown a second yellow for a late lunge on Jordan Higgs, who wore a protective face mask for a sixth consecutive match. The win meant Dulwich put right a difficult week after they were eliminated from the London Senior Cup on penalties by the same Hendon side that the Hamlet beat by the same spot-kick scoreline to secure promotion to National League South in 2018. Next up for Rose’s side is a trip to fifteenth-place Hampton & Richmond Borough this Saturday. Photo by @Lockie_Photo_
on points with St Albans City and two clear of eighth-place Hungerford Town, who have played two games and one game fewer, respectively. Braintree ended the match with ten men and failed to create much during the 90 minutes, but did have the first chance when Khale Da Costa forced Charlie Grainger into action from 25 yards in the thirteenth minute. The ex-Leyton Orient stopper spilled the ball but was not punished for it. The breakthrough came in style after 28 minutes when Tyrone Sterling’s great work down the left
The attacker sends in a cross
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Fisher’s Fitz nets brace to deny Sheppey By John Kelly Johnk@southwarknews.co.uk
Sam FitzGerald gave the hosts the lead and then equalised as Ajay Ashanike’s side earned a welldeserved point. FitzGerald put Fisher in front before the break when he finished Isaac Thompson’s delivery for his first goal since September 2020. It took the visitors just five minutes to level after the break when Fisher failed to clear a corner and Danny Devine finished scrappily to the disappointment of most of the 143 in attendance. Sheppey went ahead three minutes later when Tommy Taylor gave away a penalty and Billy Bennett sent the goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot. But after one goal in his previous 51 appearances, FitzGerald got his second of the night, again applying the finish from another set-piece delivery. Fisher’s Luke Thomas then cleared off the line before Sheppey introduced former St Paul’s favourite Richie Hamill. Hamill had displayed his set-piece expertise on numerous occasions for Fisher but Taylor was equal to his 25yard free-kick as Sheppey pushed for a winner. FitzGerald had the last chance for the unlikeliest of hat-tricks but his header was saved. Fisher host Lordswood in the league this Saturday. Kick-off is at 3pm.
Young Lions ship four again By John Kelly Johnk@southwarknews.co.uk
George Walker scored to halve the deficit after The Hoops went into a 2-0 lead at the club’s Harlington training ground. The hosts scored twice more to ease to a comfortable victory. Next up for Kevin Nugent’s side is a trip to Wigan Athletic on Monday, March 21. Millwall: Gillmore, Smith, AdomMalaki, Allen, Penney, Topalloj, Walker, O’Brien, Leahy, Abdulmalik (Esse 75’), Davis.
Substitutes not used: Hefzalla, Hammond, Cotton, Dailly.
Chris Kongo confirmed for Wembley date The Bermondsey welterweight is on the undercard of Walworth’s Richard Riakporhe’s cruiserweight bout
By John Kelly Johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CHRIS KONGO will start his bid to get back into world title contention when he fights on the undercard of Richard Riakporhe’s world cruiserweight bout against Fabio Turchi at the OVO Wembley Arena later this month. It will be Bermondsey fighter
‘2Slick’ Kongo’s first fight of his multi-bout deal that he signed with promoter BOXXER to appear on Sky Sports earlier this year. Kongo’s record stands at 12-1-0, with seven knockouts. His first defeat was against Michael McKinson in their WBO global welterweight title fight in Gibraltar last March. The 29-year-old Kongo is now under the tutelage of Ben Davison who has worked with Tyson Fury and trains the world super-
Chris Kongo on his way to Gibraltar last year
lightweight champion Josh Taylor. Last month, Kongo outlined his ambitions after signing his new deal. “I have a new promoter to push me and get me to where I want to be at world level and to challenge for a world title, and of course a new trainer in Ben who will ensure that I get back to the top,” Kongo said. “I really can’t wait to get back in the ring now. The important thing for me this year is to get back to
fighting, keep active and climb back up the world rankings.” Meanwhile, Walworth’s Riakporhe (13-0, 9 KO’s) is aiming for a victory that would give the 32-year-old a chance at a world title shot later in 2022. Italian Turchi, 28, (20-1, 14 KO’s) is renowned as a big puncher and is a former WBC International cruiserweight champion. Kongo’s opponent on March 26 has yet to be confirmed.
Surrey support Roy’s decision to take break By Sport Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk SURREY DIRECTOR of cricket Alec Stewart said the club “supports and understands” Jason Roy’s decision to take a break from the game.
Roy will not feature for Surrey in the early rounds of the LV= Insurance County Championship after withdrawing from this year’s Indian Premier League. Roy was expected to play for Gujarat Titans in the IPL after he was picked up by the franchise in last month’s auction. Surrey say the 31-year-old will take
“a short indefinite break from the game to spend time with his family in the UK”. The club added: “Since the start of the pandemic, Jason has spent extended periods of time in heavily restrictive Covid-secure ‘bubbles’ around the world and away from home in order to play cricket. “There is currently no fixed date for Jason’s return to cricket but he will remain in contact with the club during this period, with staff keen to assist him where possible.” Stewart told the club’s website: “Everyone at Surrey is here to support Jason and fully understands his decision to step away from the game
for a period of time in order to be with his family. “When he is ready to return to cricket, we will be here ready to help and prepare him for his upcoming challenges in the game.” “After more than two years living under Covid restrictions and in a number of bubbles, I feel now is the right time to be with my wife and young children,” Roy explained. “I’d like to thank all of the Surrey coaching staff for their patience and Surrey members for their understanding. “I will be following the team closely while I’m away from the game and working hard to be at my best when I do get back to the middle.”
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FISHER MOVED up a place to thirteenth in the SCEFL Premier Division table after their 2-2 draw against Sheppey United at St Paul’s in Rotherhithe on Tuesday night.
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Jake Cooper celebrates his goal
Date: Saturday 26 February, 2022 Attendance: 14,638 Referee: Michael Salisbury Man of the match: Jake Cooper
THE LINE-UPS 3-4-1-2
33 Bialkowski 5 Cooper
4 Hutchinson
3 M Wallace
Ballard 64’
24 Michell
2 McNamara
32 Burey
17 Saville
7 J Wallace
The defender towers above everyone
20 Bennett Evans 16’
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Lovelace 90+1’
10 Sharp
11 Malone
THE RESOLVE that Millwall are showing is remarkable.
29 Ndiaye
Gibbs-White 56’
33 NorringtonDavies
24 Hourihane Fleck 87’
19 Robinson 3-4-1-2
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12 Egan 18 Foderingham
2 Baldock
34 Gordon Berge 71’
Head to Head 39% 6 2 4 7
Possession Shots Shots on target Corners Fouls
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A fourth straight win for the first time since March 2018, and despite all the adversity, they are right back in the playoff race. By the end of this game they were down to fourteen fit outfield players, including sixteen-year-old Zak Lovelace. It seems that with every victory Millwall manage to secure, they are left counting the cost of yet more injuries. There were collective groans in the sixteenth minute when Mason Bennett was forced off with a hip problem. Bennett had played such a massive part in the Lions’ recent resurgence. Yet thanks to another determined and gritty performance, that resurgence has now gathered even more pace. Sheffield United arrived at The Den unbeaten in their previous nine games and on a high after beating Blackburn in the closing stages in their previous outing.
But they were met by a Lions side looking to prove they aren’t just content to sit in mid-table for the rest of the season. Other than an early Oliver McBurnie effort that cleared the crossbar, the visitors posed very little threat in what was a tepid and scrappy first half that saw both sides cancel each other out as neither wanted to lose any ground in the race for the top six. Or, it seemed, with the ability to gain any ground. It’s been a feature of games at The Den this year that the first half lacks quality and is difficult to watch, before the second half is much better, with Millwall stepping up. In their last four wins on their own turf, all seven goals have come after the break. Before the half-time whistle, John Egan’s header from Connor Hourihane’s corner was the closest either side came to breaking the deadlock. Jed Wallace’s searching cross was just the wrong angle for Scott Malone, with Blades keeper Wes Foderingham coming out on top. Both sides emerged for the second half with a bit more attacking intent.
The visitors went close again when Jack Robinson forced Bartosz Bialkowski into a tricky save with a shot from the edge of the box, the Lions keeper tipping over. The Blades attempted a short corner but were intercepted by the quick-thinking Lions defence. Tyler Burey’s electric pace then took him to the edge of the United penalty area before he was hacked down by George Baldock, who was booked for his much-needed intervention from the visitors’ perspective. Millwall were growing in confidence at this stage. Burey and Wallace – now the front two after Bennett had been replaced with midfielder George Evans – were finding space in the wide areas and beginning to get balls into the box. But it was wing-back Danny McNamara who forced the free-kick from which the deadlock was broken. Wallace stood up the delivery perfectly for Jake Cooper who produced the definition of a towering header as no one could get near him to prevent him beating Foderingham. It continued Cooper’s remarkable scoring record against the Yorkshire side as it’s now five goals in his last six league games against them, including two winners this season. No current player in the Championship has scored more goals than Millwall’s No.5 against United. Blades boss Paul Heckingbottom was asked tongue-incheek afterwards if the key to promotion would be to sign Cooper. Just as the celebrations were dying down from the opening goal, there was more concern around the ground as a second injury of the day forced Gary Rowett into another substitution. Millwall’s attack has been shorn of so many players, but this
time it was a defender and perhaps the one you would want least to be out. Shaun Hutchinson has been a rock for the Lions this season, a leader and organiser and a better footballer than he is often given credit for. Hutchinson’s withdrawal meant a return for Daniel Ballard, who had been out since late November after knee surgery. At least Ballard is a like-for-like replacement for Hutchinson on the right side of the back three. He has many of his skipper’s qualities, though obviously not the same experience. Defensively, the Lions have not been as solid as in recent seasons, but they were superb in this game. After just five clean sheets in the first 26 games of the season, they have four in their last seven games. Each and every one of them put their body on the line. Rowett said afterwards his side were out on their feet with half an hour left, but they refused to give an inch to the away side. There is once again a sense between the team and the fans that something could be brewing. The fans have stuck with the side and last Saturday, you saw that. The home support helped bring this result home. The Den is back to being a tough place to visit. The Lions have now won nine league games at home this season, the same number they managed between June 2020 and May 2021. Having the fans back in SE16 has been of huge benefit to Rowett’s team. The play-offs are not a million miles away. A five-point gap at this stage of the season is nothing. We could be in for a rollercoaster ride towards the campaign’s climax.
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EXCLUSIVE By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk TYLER BUREY has moved to centre stage in more ways than one for Millwall recently.
Not only are the Lions relying on Burey to provide the goals and assists with so many attackers out injured, but the former AFC Wimbledon player has been deployed up front, which is not his natural position. Burey describes himself as an “outand-out winger” and that’s where he played when he was first introduced to the Millwall side. Burey started his first-ever league game for the Lions in a two-man attack with Mason Bennett and scored in the 2-1 win at Derby County. Then Burey and Jed Wallace were the unconventional front two after Bennett went off injured in the 1-0 victory against Sheffield United last Saturday. While some players are content to catch the manager’s eye and then hope to get their chance, Burey not only did the first bit but then told Gary Rowett he was ready to impact the team, the Millwall manager recently revealed. It’s pointed out to Burey that is a lot of confidence for someone who had never started a Championship game for the club. “That confidence has come from Hartlepool” Burey told the News. “When I went to Hartlepool I had the No.7 shirt so I knew what I had to do: I had to score, I had to get assists, I had to do something every game for us to get a goal or something like that. “When I came back to Millwall it was the same attitude as at Hartlepool, wanting to score goals, wanting to assist and help the team as much as possible. I had to bring that back to Millwall and keep my confidence going and high. That’s where it comes from, really. “I’m an out-and-out winger but when I went on loan to Hartlepool I was playing as part of a two up top. I’m familiar with it but of course I’m still a winger. “I’m in the team to do a job and I’ve got to do the job to the best of my ability. Wherever I’m playing, whether I’m out wide or up top, I’ve just got to work hard and try to do my best for the team.” It was something of a coincidence that Burey was given the No.7 shirt at Hartlepool considering the player with that number on his back at Millwall, Wallace, says he is a big fan of Burey and admires the youngster’s confidence. Burey ultimately wants to emulate Wallace, who has established himself as one of the best attackers in the Championship. “Jed’s very good for me, he’s always helping me,” Burey said. “He was talking me through the game [against Sheffield United], we helped each other. It worked out well in the end because we won the game. “He gives me all kinds of advice, switching my game up, working hard. Just all round how to improve my game and get better. “It’s like having someone in the position that you want to be in, so it’s great having Jed helping me all the time [to get there].” There may be a bit of an overnight success feel to how Burey has become so important for Millwall, but that certainly isn’t the case. Burey had to bide his time for a year-
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Tyler work paying off
One-and-a-half years between first Lions appearance and first league start – but attacker knew his chance would come and-a-half between his first appearance for the club – as a substitute in the 4-1 win over Huddersfield on the last day of the 2019-20 season – and his first league start last month. He insists he never lost belief he would get his opportunity in the starting line-up. “No, I always told myself if I kept working hard, kept pushing and kept learning, experiencing it, kept going, going, going, staying positive, I knew eventually I would get my chance,” Burey says. “Luckily I carried on working hard and I didn’t let my head drop, or my attitude drop, and I got my chance. “Whenever you go to a new club
you have to adapt to their whole environment. When I first came in I had to adapt. I came in under one manager (Neil Harris) and then he left so I had to prove myself again. “I had to keep going to get my chance and I took it this time how I wanted to. That’s just from me learning, learning and learning and working hard.” Burey has so far seamlessly adapted to the rigours of playing week-to-week in the Championship. He was still, effectively, a League Two player at the start of this year, playing his last game for Hartlepool on January 1. “In the Championship you’re playing against teams that have just been relegated from the Prem which is the
Tyler Burey in action against Sheffield United
After his first goal for Millwall, against QPR
best league in the world,” Burey says. “Playing against those kinds of clubs, of course the quality is going to be different. It’s the quality and patterns of play different clubs have. That’s been the main difference [to playing in League Two]. “I’ve adapted to it from training. When I first went up [to train with the first team] I used to take too many touches and lose the ball quite a lot. It was just to get two touches in my head, after I take my first touch the second touch is a pass. That got streamed into me. “Now I know I have to be quick compared to before I didn’t know I had to be that quick.”
He has also shown he is able to think quickly on the pitch. For his goal against QPR, he ran on to a brilliant flick from Wallace before bending an effort into the far-right corner. “I knew what I was going to do before I even got the ball,” Burey reveals. “It was similar to the shooting drills we do in training so I knew exactly what I was going to do. First touch to line it up, second touch I knew I was going to shoot straight away. “I always do shooting practice after training so it’s come in handy. I’m getting in the positions to finish now. Over my time at Millwall I have liked to get involved in the shooting drills after training –and it’s paying off.”
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Boss could be down to just fourteen outfield players
Lions captain Shaun Hutchinson was forced off against Sheffield United
By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk THE STORY for Millwall once again heading into a Championship game is around injuries and how Gary Rowett will be able to set up his team.
The Lions could be down to fourteen senior fit outfield players at Reading on Saturday, and that includes sixteenyear-old Zak Lovelace who has yet to start a game.
Earlier this week Millwall were still waiting to find out the extent of injuries to Shaun Hutchinson and Mason Bennett after they both went off in the 1-0 win against Sheffield United last weekend. If they are out then Rowett will have eight players unavailable, including Nana Boateng who made his debut against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup in January. Rowett should at least have Daniel Ballard available who can slot into Hutchinson’s right-sided centre-back
role. “I mentioned it after the weekend if you’re going to lose someone to injury, such an important player like Hutchy, the most acceptable situation is you’ve got someone like Dan Ballard ready, fresh and desperate to get back into the team,” Rowett said. “It’s not a good situation for us but at least we have the likes of Dan and Pearcey [Alex Pearce] both desperate to get back into the team and play games.
“In terms of numbers across the back five we haven’t got loads of options. But in terms of centre-backs at the moment we’re just about okay.” Benik Afobe is returning from a hamstring injury but hasn’t played since February 12. If Afobe is not deemed fit enough to start the game, and Bennett is out, it will leave Rowett without a conventional striker. The only real option available to him would be to start Jed Wallace and Tyler
Common ground – but Benno lets Zak get on with it
By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MASON BENNETT is the ideal person to offer Zak Lovelace advice after they both made their professional debuts at fifteen – but the senior teammate is happy for the youngster to learn his own way.
Lovelace – now sixteen – became Millwall’s second-youngest player ever when he came on as a substitute against Coventry aged fifteen years and 340 days. Bennett was even younger at fifteen years and 99 days when he made his debut in October 2011 against Middlesbrough, still Derby’s youngest-ever player. Bennett believes Lovelace will have a big future if he keeps up the hard work.
Zak Lovelace “We’ve had a couple of chats but I’m one that I’d rather them learn their own way,” Bennett said. “I had
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a similar upbringing. Yes, you’re in the training ground, yes you’ve got to be nice to people, but you’ve got
to learn your own way in how to cope with the environment and the demands of training. “He’s done well since he’s come in training with us. He’s still at school so I know what he’s going through. He’s got a bright future and he needs to keep working hard and take his opportunity when he gets it. “I found it really hard, I still had two years at school from the time I made my debut. It does change your views on life and your outcome after school. “But if I were to give advice to him it would be to enjoy his time at school. After your career, it’s only short, so you need something to fall back on. “He’s loving every moment of it and I’m sure he’ll be going into school with his head held high. He’s earned that, he’s done well so hats off to him.”
matCh details Possible Millwall starting XI: 5-3-2
Bialkowski; McNamara, Ballard, Cooper, M Wallace, Malone; Evans, Mitchell, Saville; J Wallace, Burey.
Match odds:
Reading 2/1 Draw 12/5 Millwall 6/4
Last meeting:
Championship (November 2 2021): Millwall 1-0 Reading (Afobe 71’).
Burey as a front two and bring George Evans into midfield for his first start since the 1-0 defeat at Blackpool on January 22. Both Wallace and Burey are at their best in transition moments, when Millwall win the ball back from the opposition who have left space for Lions attackers to run into. Rowett said his side will adapt with the players available. “If the game isn’t a game with lots of space and isn’t a game where there are some really good transition moments then it means it’s difficult to get a foothold in certain areas of the pitch in certain moments of the game,” Rowett explained. “So we have to adjust, but you always have to be ready to adjust anyway. We’ve had it before where we’ve played with a target man and that hasn’t worked and we’ve had to adjust from there. “The key at the moment is we haven’t got lots of options at our disposal so playing different ways and doing different things within games is obviously a lot more of a challenge. “We proved at Derby it wasn’t a massive problem, although Mason was obviously up there. We’ll have to adjust in a similar way to find solutions. “That’s going to be our challenge but we’ve got a group of players who will do everything they can to win games of football. “But it would be nice to have some of those players back to give us the best possible chance.” Reading surprised many people by appointing Paul Ince as interim boss last month to replace the sacked Veljko Paunović. Ince won his first game in charge, 2-1 at home to Birmingham City, but Reading were hammered 4-1 at Blackpool last weekend.
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Fulham 33 Bournemouth 31 Huddersfield T 35 Blackburn Rovers 34 QPR 34 Luton Town 33 Sheffield United 33 Middlesbrough 33 Nottingham F 33 Coventry City 33 Millwall 33 Preston NE 35 WBA 34 Blackpool 34 Stoke City 33 Swansea City 32 Bristol City 35 Cardiff City 35 Hull City 35 Birmingham City 35 Reading 34 Barnsley 33 Derby County 35 Peterborough U 33
21 18 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 13 11 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 9 10 5 10 5
7 7 11 9 8 9 8 7 9 9 10 14 10 9 8 8 7 6 7 10 5 8 12 6
5 6 8 9 10 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 13 17 18 18 16 19 20 13 22
53 70 24 61 10 59 12 57 10 56 9 54 10 53 8 52 12 51 5 51 2 49 -1 47 3 46 -1 45 4 44 -9 41 -18 40 -13 39 -9 37 -15 37 -25 29 * -24 23 -5 21 * -42 21
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Premier League Brentford linked with young star Tyler Burey, left, has made a big impact
EXCLUSIVE By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk TYLER BUREY has no interest in any transfer speculation around him – after London rivals Brentford were said this week to be monitoring his progress.
Burey, 21, scored his first two goals for Millwall last month, in successive games against QPR at The Den and away to Derby County, the latter which ultimately proved to be the winner. Former AFC Wimbledon winger Burey had already made a big impression on loan at Hartlepool
United earlier this season, scoring three goals in seven games before a hamstring injury kept him out for almost four months. Burey briefly returned to Hartlepool after his recovery but it was clear the Lions saw him as part of their plans when he played against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. Burey knows there is bound to be more reports of clubs taking an interest in him, but that doesn’t bother him. “I don’t focus on that. My focus is on Millwall, on me working hard, enjoying my time here and loving football,” Burey said. “I want to keep learning new things, so all the other stuff on the outside I
just clear out of my head. “I know what I need to focus on which is trying to start every week, playing well and doing my job on the pitch. “The other stuff is not my focus – my only focus is on my football.” Burey saw how Billy Mitchell and then Danny McNamara established themselves in the team after coming through the academy and, in the latter’s case, a similar route to Burey after going out on loan. “You’ve got to use that as motivation,” Burey said. “If they can do it, they’ve worked hard and trained well, why can’t you? “They’re good, quality players and I believe in myself as well so why
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can’t I [follow them]? That’s the way I thought and the future spoke for itself, really.” Burey had a major setback this season when he badly tore his hamstring last September and was out until December. “It was hard at the start, I was very upset, I was struggling to get my head around it,” he admitted. “But slowly I started to think positively and getting back into a routine of working hard. “It took me a while to get back to my normal mind process but as soon as I started getting back to that I could start seeing where the finish line was. “It came quicker than I expected.”
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Aldridge returns in new Lions role By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL HAVE confirmed the return of their former head of recruitment Alex Aldridge in a new, expanded role.
Aldridge left the Lions to become Stoke City’s recruitment chief in August 2020. Millwall announced the departure of Harvey Bussell, who was appointed head of recruitment in January 2021, this week. The club said: “Millwall Football Club is delighted to confirm the appointment of Alex Aldridge as Director of Football Operations and Recruitment. “Aldridge returns to The Den for a second spell having first joined as a recruitment officer in May 2015, before becoming head of recruitment two years later. He departed Millwall to join Stoke City in August 2020 and held the same position with The Potters up until last month. “His role will be to work closely with firstteam management, the board of directors and other senior staff to help drive the club’s football strategy and operations, and also contribute to shaping a broader longterm vision for Millwall which is ambitious, innovative and builds upon the existing strengths and traditions of the football club.” Lions Chairman John Berylson said on Millwall’s website: “We’re excited to welcome Alex back to Millwall, a club he knows inside-out following his extensive experience as part of our recruitment processes in the recent past. “He has extensive expertise in a variety of areas and comes back to us with real commitment and drive to help take the club forward on and off the pitch. “I previously mentioned that this summer was a big one in terms of recruitment and Alex will get straight to work alongside Gary Rowett and the first-team management in order to ensure it’s as productive and successful as possible both for the now and for the future.” Aldridge added: “I am delighted to be rejoining Millwall and will work tirelessly in my role to support Gary, Steve Kavanagh and the board in achieving the club’s longterm objectives. “It has been evident from our recent discussions that we have a shared ambition to drive Alex the club forward in Aldridge a number of areas and I am very much looking forward to the challenge.” The recycled paper content of UK newspapers in 2014 was 83.5%