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hundreds of Dulwich residents threaten legal action over LTN
By Herbie Russell
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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Hundreds of Dulwich Village residents have threatened the council with legal action over its latest Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) proposals.
In October 2022, the council began consulting on two, ‘substantially identical’ designs which both meant closing Turney Road to traffic. Five residents’ associations, comprising over 617 members, are demanding Southwark Council ensures the rest of the consultation is ‘fair’ and ‘unbiased’. They say consultation has so far been carried out ‘unlawfully’, with survey responses used “selectively to present a misleading picture”. Streets and parks boss Cllr Catherine Rose said she would make ‘no apology’ for keeping young children ‘as safe as possible’. In the letter, dated December 1, the residents’ associations wrote: “We consider that the consultation was conducted in a manner that was unlawful. “Data and survey responses have been used selectively to present a misleading picture of the results of the phase one engagement. “The questions were structured so as to force the council’s own analysis upon respondents,” it adds. In the letter, signatories argue the consultation process ignores the Gunning principles necessary for legal consultations. The principles say that consultations must allow adequate time for responses and properly consider their content. The Turney Road consultation initially gave respondents just two weeks to respond, extended to just over four following a public outcry.
A council officer responded saying the designs could still change so they would give a ‘detailed response’ after phase three of the consultation scheduled for ‘early in 2023’. The Dulwich Village LTN has been fiercely contested by local residents ever since their June 2020 introduction, during the first lockdown. Elderly and disabled drivers have described feeling ‘isolated’ by the restrictions through the main junction, which only allow emergency vehicles through. Cllr Catherine Rose, cabinet member for leisure, parks, streets and clean air, said: “We adhere to statutory requirements to ensure that any consultation process is fair, transparent and accessible.
“We design our surveys to capture the full range of responses from the community in an unbiased manner, so that all voices inform any decision. “The Dulwich junction has been a tremendous success, a heavily used active travel corridor for the wider area, it allows thousands of pedestrian movements, safer cycling and pavement journeys for people of all ages and levels of mobility. “Turney Road is currently a street-facing junction with significant pedestrian movements due to the junior and infants schools there, I make no apology for considering all options to make routes for young children, as safe as possible.”
16 January from 7pm to 8pm at Bermondsey Village Hall, Kirby Grove. As well as increasing pedestrian space, proposals include replacing bollards with an ANPR camera. Local businesses are being asked to say what times they receive deliveries, so any future traffic restrictions don’t impact them. Street association BermondseyStreet.
London is in favour of the proposals but has also raised some concerns. These include worries that an extended pavement will be taken up with tables and chairs and encourage noisy drinkers to congregate. The group also says that some people might be unhappy about a traffic filter being imposed. Changes were made to Bermondsey Street in
Council hits back at blue badge holders
Southwark Council has told blue badge holders opposing the Dulwich Village Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) restrictions to think about the children. MP Neil Coyle In an open letter, blue badge holders
had urged the council to lift measures stopping disabled drivers from going through the junction. But Southwark Council has replied saying blue badge holders aren’t the only people with “protected characteristics” and that kids and mothers benefit from the scheme. The letter from a council officer said: “You will be aware of the high usage of the junction by children, wheelchair users, pushchairs and pedestrians with mobility impairments, which is significantly higher in volume than blue badge holders. All of the aforementioned groups, and cyclists, would be significantly adversely affected if the Dulwich Village/Calton Avenue junction was opened up and widened to allow the two way passage of blue badge holders.” Currently, pedestrians, cyclists and emergency service vehicles can pass through the junction but blue badge holders cannot. In April 2021, Southwark Council announced that blue badge holders would be exempt from blue badge restrictions following a public outcry. But these exemptions only applied to ANPR cameras around Dulwich Village. Blue badge holders were, and still are, banned from passing through the junction itself. A spokesperson for local campaign group One Dulwich said the council lacked “sympathy” and failed to address the points they’d raised..
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Young vixen set free after sneaking into shop By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Peckham shopkeeper got more than they bargained for after discovering a fox in their storage room.
The vixen snuck into House of Essentials, a homeware store on Rye Lane, early last Sunday morning. January 8. Shop workers arrived to find the terrified animal “wedged beneath a stack of boxes” and called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA). RSPCA inspector Harriet Daliday said: “CCTV footage showed the fox entering the storage room first thing in the morning, but when she failed to emerge later in the day, the shop owners became concerned and called us to help at 2.30pm.
“She had managed to wriggle her way into a tiny gap under some boxes, making her incredibly hard to find in the extremely full storage room. “The poor girl was absolutely terrified when we got to her, and she was really wedged beneath a stack of boxes. I had to get right down onto the floor to help her get free. “We had to be extra careful because the shop owners had expressed concerns she may have an injured back leg, but once we got her out we could see she was spritely and uninjured.” The rescue was successful and the RSPCA returned the fox to the wild soon afterward. Harriet said: “I released her into a nearby quiet side street with a lovely green space. We always aim to release animals as close to where they are found as possible, so they know where they are and can easily get back home.
“She was a lively girl and very happy to be back out and free to find her way home. It’s a really lovely moment when you can release an animal back to safety.” The RSPCA has reminded the public to look after wild animals, keep a safe distance and report any concerns to their emergency line. Kamran Raza, a spokesperson for House of Essentials, said: “We were very surprised to find the fox in our storage room! The RSPCA were brilliant and we were really pleased they were able to help rescue and release the fox back to safety.” Anyone concerned about the welfare of an animal should call 0300 1234 999. Members of the public can find out more about how to help injured wildlife by visiting the RSPCA website. To help the RSPCA continue rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animals in desperate need of care please visit: www.rspca.org.uk/give.
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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk The RSPCA is appealing for information after two guinea pigs were found dumped in a freezer bag outside a construction site in Deptford.
Two female guinea pigs were discovered in a Coca-Cola freezer bag outside the site, near Pepys Playground in Deptford last Saturday, January 7, at 10:30 am by a member of the public. RSPCA inspector Harriet Daliday said they are ‘relieved’ the animals were spotted. “Thankfully a passer-by thought it was odd to see a freezer bag hanging on the construction site door frame and decided to investigate,” she said. “After finding the terrified guinea pigs huddled inside, she kindly brought them to her home and cared for them whilst waiting for us to arrive. “We are very relieved the guinea pigs were spotted. If they had been left there for more than a day it’s very unlikely they would have survived.” She explained that this was not the first time they had been called out to the area. “We also rescued an abandoned kitten a few weeks ago not far from this site - and we’re worried the cost of living crisis could be the cause of these irresponsible actions.
“Times are tough right now, but we urge anyone who is struggling with caring for an animal to reach out for help. However difficult things are, abandoning pets like this is irresponsible and cruel.” The ‘adorable’ pair are now safe and happily snuggled up at the RSPCA’s Leybourne animal centre. The RSPCA said they’ve seen a 24 per cent increase in reports of animal abandonment this winter. They are supporting owners with practical help and advice, available on their dedicated cost-of-living hub. The charity has also launched a dedicated phone line for those looking for support. Harriet added: “Serious money worries mean even the most loving owners are concerned about caring for their pets. Sadly we predict that even more animals will be abandoned or neglected as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. “To those able to do so, please help us to protect animals from the cost of living crisis this winter. To join the Winter Rescue and help our rescuers be there for animals in need, please visit our webpage.” If anyone recognises these guinea pigs or has any useful information they can ring the RSPCA confidentially on 0300 123 8018. Advice on understanding a guinea pig’s needs and how to care for them can be found on the RSPCA website.
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Four police officers are being investigated over the strip-search of a 15-year-old in Walworth Exclusive
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Four police officers are being investigated over the stripsearch of a fifteen-year-old girl at Walworth Police Station.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) told the News that a police sergeant and three police constables have been given misconduct notices. The IOPC investigation into the incident, which took place on December 11, 2020, is ongoing. Misconduct notices notify officers that they are being investigated but this does not necessarily mean there has been any wrongdoing. An IOPC spokesperson said: “We can confirm that four Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers have been
served misconduct notices as part of our ongoing investigation. “A police sergeant and three police constables have been served notices in relation to the arrest and detention of the child, who was strip-searched by MPS officers. “The serving of misconduct notices does not necessarily mean disciplinary proceedings will follow. Due to the sensitivities surrounding this matter, we cannot provide any further information at this time.” The Met Police referred the Walworth strip search to the IOPC in May 2022 after they received a complaint about the incident. The search happened just eight days after Child Q, also fifteen, was stripsearched at a Hackney school, on December 3 2020. Child Q, then aged fifteen, was searched while menstruating, by police at her east London school because
teachers thought they could smell cannabis on her. In a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review prepared by City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership, the child’s family say she was made to bend over, spread her legs, and use her hands to spread her buttocks while coughing. The Hackney incident triggered protests attended by hundreds and the Child Safeguarding Practices Review said racism was “likely” a factor in the child being searched. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor previously said police should adopt a “safeguarding first” approach. “Strip search is an important tool for us but we must ensure children subject to intrusive searches are dealt with appropriately and respectfully and we follow all procedures correctly,” she said.
Camberwell trans woman condemns PM’s decision to block Scottish bill over safety concerns Sarah Jane Baker spent nearly 30 years in male prisons By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A gender activist, who plans to run in the next general election to become the first transgender MP, has called the Prime Minister and his cabinet “cowards” for his decision to block a Scottish bill concerning trans people.
The Prime Minister has said on Tuesday that he intends to block a Scottish bill that impacts people wanting to change gender at 16. This comes after the Scottish parliament last month approved rules lowering the age at which people can apply for a gender-recognition certificate to 16, whilst removing the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the bill could undermine women’s safety and infringes on the Equality Act of 2010. By blocking legislation passed by the Scottish parliament, the Prime Minister has come in for fierce criticism from nationalists - who see it as infringing on the powers of the devolved assembly to pass its own laws. Westminster’s decision to use section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 for the first time, to halt the gender recognition bill,
has been called the “nuclear option”. The controversy over the bill has also seen Labour leader Keir Starmer at odds with his party in Scotland, who backed the bill. Starmer said on Monday that 16-year-olds should not legally be able to change gender. Sarah Jane Baker, a trans woman who grew up in Camberwell, has condemned the decision, claiming it is Sunak’s way of appealing to right-wing elements. During the bill process, concerns were raised about abusive males potentially taking advantage of the new system - and the Prime Minister raised these concerns as part of his justification for blocking the bill. But Sarah takes issue with this. “Trans women have been entering womenonly spaces for hundreds of years with nobody knowing or not caring,” the 53-year-old told the News. “I feel that Sunak is trying to win the support of the anti-trans extremists who are currently aligning themselves with fascist groups across the world. I would suggest that Sunak and all the other cowards in his cabinet tread extremely carefully regarding transgender issues”, she said. Sarah, who is now hoping to win as an independent for the Richmond Park seat in West London at the next general election, claims the changes to the
Gender Recognition Act in Scotland do not impact single-sex spaces. “The safety of all people is paramount to me,” she explained. “But it continues to be the case, as it always has been, that trans women are generally legally able to access most women’s spaces already without any problems - apart from being on the receiving end of attacks from transphobes. “There are exceptions - such as in prisons and women’s refuges - where there have always been procedures and risk assessments to ensure that the different needs of both women and transwomen can be met.” Sarah is well aware of these exceptions in prisons, having spent more than half her life in them. After experiencing a “childhood full of abuse”, she spent nearly thirty years in numerous prisons - for attempting to murder another prisoner, after being imprisoned for kidnapping and torturing her stepmother’s brother. Last year, she was featured in a Channel 5 documentary, which detailed the realities of being inside one of the UK’s highest security prisons, HMP Full Sutton. Sarah spent two years in there, living
amongst some of the country’s most notorious serial killers, including Dennis Nilsen. “We used to play scrabble. He would always cheat,” she said in the documentary. Although Sarah said she knew as a child she was “a girl trapped in a boy’s body”, it was only in 2011 that she was able to come out as a transgender woman whilst in prison. She remembers being allowed to walk around the wing in women’s clothing. But the law didn’t allow her to have any hormones or treatment, meaning she had to stay in male prisons. She said this meant she had to do her own castration inside: “It was horrific but I managed it.” Having been released from prison in 2019, she has since thrown herself into local causes in Richmond, and while
initially planning to run in Camberwell and Peckham, she felt there was no hope of her getting elected. “I was going to do it for Camberwell but I don’t think a trans person would stand a chance there,” she said. She added that she had already garnered “quite a lot” of local support in Richmond Park, where she lives now, adding: “The only seat in the UK I believe I could possibly get is this one.” In light of the recent debate, she will be campaigning outside 10 Downing Street for the trans community on Wednesday, January 18, 5-6:30 pm. The final decision on the bill is expected to be decided by the Supreme Court. ‘HMP Full Sutton: Evil Behind Bars’ is available to watch on Channel 5 catchup.
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man who killed four members of the same family in Bermondsey is still set to face a murder trial
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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk The man who killed four family members on Bermondsey’s Bonamy Estate is still set to face a murder trial.
Joshua Jacques, 28, had already admitted to the lesser offences of manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. But at a hearing at the Old Bailey on January 13, the Crown said it would pursue murder charges, pending receipt of an expert’s report. The trial, if it goes ahead, is set for November 27 this year. A decision will be made at an earlier hearing on March 2, following the findings of the expert’s report. At 1.40am on Monday, April 25, police were called to Delaford Road and discovered the victims’ bodies, all of whom were pronounced dead at the scene. They were Samantha Drummonds, 27, her mother Tanysha Drummonds, 45, grandmother Dolet Hill, 64, and Ms Hill’s husband Denton Burke, 68. The killings of the “fun-loving”, “caring” and “kind” family horrified the “very peaceful, quiet, very settled community”. Denton Burke’s sister, Juleth Hutchinson, said her brother “was a
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Joshua Jacques fun-loving and warm-hearted kind man whose laughter would bring joy to anyone in his presence.” She said his wife of fifteen years, Dolet Hill, “was a loving mother, grandmother, wife and friend who never turned anyone away and her smile will truly brighten anyone’s day.” Guy’s Hospital described Ms Hill, a pharmacy assistant at Guy’s Hospital for twenty years, as a woman with
“impeccable strength” who “always welcomed everyone with an open heart.” Brandon Estate resident Tanysha Okori-Akuffo “was a doting wife, caring mother and a great friend,” Ms Hutchinson said. Ms Hutchinson added that her daughter Samantha Drummonds “was an upbeat, fun-loving, bubbly young lady who adored her grandmother Dolet”.
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Ukrainian refugees have found sanctuary at a free, rapidlyexpanding English language class in Peckham.
Originally from Kyiv, Alisa MasokhaJones, 33, spoke to the News about her fledgling school in April, just weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, the volunteer-run school has grown to seventeen students, six teachers and has two classrooms at Harris Academy Peckham. The school’s GoFundMe page has so far raised £3,045 and Alisa is appealing for more donations to keep it growing. A fully qualified English language teacher, she said: “Many of the students came here by themselves and have bonded. They often gather half-an-hour before class just
to socialise… I see friendships happening.” As of August 2022, more than 115,000 Ukrainians have fled to the UK but, for many, the language barrier makes it hard to find work and meet people. Class member and fashion designer Nataliya Zhulida said the lessons had helped her to “adapt to England” and “wonderful” London. Alisa, who works in admin by day, began by teaching one student in her own home but when more Ukrainians joined, she had to expand. In July, venue rental company School Space agreed to give her a twenty per cent rent discount on a Harris Academy classroom. They have since let her use a second room for free. She struggled to find Ukranian-speaking teachers but eventually recruited six Russian-speaking volunteers. “At the beginning, it was a bit wobbly and then
everyone found their feet,” Alisa said. The students, from places including Crimea, Mariupol and Kyiv, learn pronunciation, vocabulary and language structure. Elderly couple Igor and Liudmila found refuge in Greenwich. Igor said: “I like the courses because the training takes place according to modern and effective methods, which allows me to learn English from scratch in a short time.” Asked about life in the UK, he said: “I really like the people in the UK. They are welcoming, polite and very friendly. People dress and behave in a way that pleases them and always try to respect someone else’s personal space. I really like the museums, architecture, bridges and public transport.” Donate to their GoFundMe page here: www.gofundme.com/f/english-classes-forukrainian-guests-in-peckham
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The boy who was thrown from the tenth floor of the Tate is doing adapted archery and gentle judo as his condition gradually improves.
The young French lad was just six-years-old when Jonty Bravery (pictured), then seventeen, hurled him off the gallery terrace in August 2019. The random attack left the victim suffering life-changing injuries, including a bleed to the brain, fractures to his spine and broken legs and arms. Bravery is serving a fifteen-year minimum prison term for attempted murder. In an update posted to the boy’s GoFundMe page on January 15, which has raised over €400,000 (£354,000), the family said their “little knight” was making “considerable progress”. “We have registered our son for equine therapy and the swimming pool with his specialized educator. And the latter also accompanies him, since the end of October, to judo. She does it very gently… Our son has always loved
sports, he is delighted to do all this,” they wrote. They explained that, with the help of a speech therapist, he is making considerable progress in swallowing and breathing. Their post said: “He’s able to blow out candles again, he hardly makes any more wrong turns when he drinks liquids, and he’s starting to keep the rhythm of the songs better. “Our son’s teacher and guide are both very happy with his progress: he manages to follow in class despite his difficulties, because he is extremely courageous and hardworking.” In October, in another update, the family said the boy’s recovery had “contradicted doctors”. They had been teaching him to walk on uneven ground at a speciallyadapted mountain cottage in the Massif Central Mountains, France. “We had to catch him countless times, but he made progress in mastering his balance, starting at the end of the fortnight to lean his shoulders forwards or backwards, depending on the slope. A real little adventurer,” they wrote.
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£1,800 spent on ‘farcical’ housing meeting, claim Lib Dems Exclusive
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk “Distressed” residents living in dilapidated homes have slammed a “shambolic” council meeting about housing.
Attendees have questioned why the council allegedly spent £1,800 on refreshments but failed to provide a functioning PowerPoint presentation. Over 800 residents, appearing via Zoom and in-person, attended meetings on January 11 and 12 to vent about mould, disrepair and poor council communication. Jeffrey Boachie-Frimpong, 35, the Tabard Garden Estate tenant who found his neighbour dead ten months after warning the council about her living conditions, attended. He said: “It was just very bad. The presentation they were always referring to wasn’t there so people had to stand up and ask: ‘where’s this presentation?’ “The language used wasn’t the right language… if you don’t have a finance background people didn’t understand what was going on. It felt like a corporate presentation rather than a tenant presentation. “It felt like they had spent more on the refreshments - loads of sandwiches and desserts and brownies, muffin, croissants - they should have spent more time focussing on the IT.” Southwark Liberal Democrats told the News £1,800 was spent on refreshments despite there being only 125 in-person attendees across both meetings. Commenting, Cllr Jane Salmon, who attended the residents’ forums, said: “I was shocked by the shambolic set up of the meetings and saddened that the tenants and homeowners feel so distressed at the poor service they receive. “These meetings did nothing to alleviate their justified concerns that they are not being heard. To find out that the council spent so much on food for so few attendees makes this all the more farcical. “This shameful debacle shows that our residents are crying out for regular, local meetings where their concerns can be heard.” A council spokesperson said: “We are always grateful to our residents for volunteering their time to help shape council policy and inform how we provide services that meet their needs. “Treating residents with courtesy and respect is something that has long been reflected in the council’s values. “We asked tenants and leaseholders to give up their time to attend these resident-chaired meetings, with the option to join in-person and online, and we are grateful that so many did so – more than 850 in total across the two evenings. “Providing refreshments for our residents, many of whom had come straight from work, and with many struggling with the cost of living crisis, felt like the right thing to do, but we will certainly take on board all feedback as we plan future resident meetings.”
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MP coyle accuses council of ‘burying its head in the sand’ over discovery of dead woman in ‘swamp’ flat Exclusive
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Neil Coyle MP has accused the council of “burying its head in the sand” after a woman was found dead in her Borough flat.
The woman was found deceased on the Tabard Garden Estate on January 6 - likely having died months ago. An emergency housing officer made the shocking discovery ten months after neighbours warned the council about a leak into her flat, described as being like a “swamp”. Southwark Liberal Democrat Leader Victor Chamberlain called for an ‘urgent report’ into the incident. And Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, said: “The council needs to stop burying their heads in the sand. “They need to work out if they could have done more to fix those jobs sooner and whether they’re aware of any other opportunities to prevent these tragic circumstances.” Father-of-two Jeffrey BoachieFrimpong, 35, who lives below the woman’s flat, said he first contacted the council on March 6, 2022, when he discovered the lady living in a ‘swamp’. He had knocked on her door to find the source of a leak pouring into his family home and was ‘gobsmacked’ by the woman’s living conditions. But despite his warnings, he says the council failed to repair the leak over the next ten months, finally fixing it last week. Neil Coyle said: “From this case and others involving vulnerable people, sometimes it seems the council
Neil Coyle next to the Tabard Garden Estate
switches off rather than intervenes. “People who can be more difficult to work with and support are left more isolated. That should be avoided at all costs.” Southwark Council has said it is “deeply saddened” and is “supporting the police in establishing the exact circumstances”. It is yet to confirm whether the woman was registered as a vulnerable person and she is yet to be formally identified. Police and coroners were still trying last week to inform her next-of-kin. In a public statement, Cllr Chamberlain the leader of the opposition in the borough, said the council had “serious questions to answer”. It is one of the UK’s biggest social landlords, one of the most complained-
about boroughs in London and housing is a constant bugbear. “Southwark Council have serious questions to answer about their failure to protect this resident and how they respond to concerns about the welfare of tenants,” Cllr Chamberlain said. He has now called for a report to establish when concerns were first raised and what the council would do to ensure repairs are completed sooner. Controversially, he also said Southwark Council should name council officers involved in the incident. “These are dedicated officers employed, and on decent salaries, to specifically address these issues,” he said. Neil Coyle stopped short of calling for an investigation, saying that they
from Liberal Democrat Councillor Irina von Wiese, who said she was “in a state of shock” at Southwark’s housing. Southwark financial settlement from central government for this year is £162 million, up from £153 million in 2022 -2023. But Cllr Stephanie Cryan has said that once you “strip out inflation… its real-term spending value has decreased”. At the meeting, a council officer explained that “unprecedented economic problems” meant Southwark’s housing situation was “the worst I’ve ever seen”. He said the inflation rate on construction works had risen by 30 per cent in the first seven months of 2022. He explained that had “eroded the amount of major works that we can do.. that’s just a real-world practical issue that we face”. Southwark Labour say the borough’s finances have never recovered from their overall budget being slashed by a third in 2010 by the then Conservative
Lib Dem coalition government. The council this week approved a seven per cent rent increase for social tenants but the officer said this “still leaves us massively short of where we need to be”. Liberal Democrat Cllr Irina von Wiese said: “What Southwark’s council house tenants have had to put up with the past year is completely unacceptable. “I receive countless complaints from my residents about the state of their council homes and Southwark’s w o e f u l l y insufficient response to these issues. “I’m glad L a b o u r are finally admitting
“aren’t free and take time”. Labour councillors often point out that local authority budgets have been slashed in recent years, impacting the work and resources of housing officers. A recent report by the Institute for Government think tank found that cuts to neighbourhood services since 2010 have left English councils “hollowed out”. MP Coyle added: “The council has had very severe financial limitations imposed on it by central government but in these circumstances, and others, it needs to intervene. It needs to do this in its own financial interest. It’s not economically sensible to ignore difficult leaks. It’s certainly not in the human interest.” Southwark Council has said it cannot comment before the woman is formally identified.
Most vulnerable residents ‘will be at risk’, admits council’s housing chief Exclusive
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Southwark’s housing boss has said the most vulnerable residents will be “at risk” due to budget constraints.
Cllr Darren Merrill’s stark warning came a week after the News revealed that a woman was found deceased in her Borough flat, likely laying undiscovered for months. On Wednesday, January 11, councillors scrutinised Southwark’s 2023 budget but Cllr Merrill suggested the council’s settlement from central government was inadequate. “The point of this budget… is increasingly to make sure we’ve got enough officers… to make sure our properties are up to scratch,” he said. “But unless we have the budget to do those [things], that puts our most vulnerable residents at risk.” He was responding to a question
there is a problem, and now they have to get to work fixing it.” Cabinet Member for Council Home and Homelessness Darren Merrill
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Baby Albie, from Aylesbury, was born on Christmas Eve in 2020 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. A few hours after he was born, doctors discovered Albie had two life-threatening birth defects affecting his oesophagus (food pipe) and trachea (airway) known as trachea-oesophageal fistula and oesophageal atresia. Combined, these rare conditions meant that Albie couldn’t safely swallow. Albie was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, where he was put on a ventilator and had emergency surgery at three days old to enable him to swallow safely. Albie was also was born with a congenital heart defect called coarctation of the aorta – where the main artery in the body is too narrow
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to earlier diagnosis and treatment for people who may be unaware that they have one of the viruses. Since July 2015, all patients over the age of 16 having a blood test in the emergency department at St Thomas’ have been tested for HIV, unless they chose to opt out. This has resulted in more than 2,300 positive results. Dr Bo Wang, a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said:
“Southwark and Lambeth have some of the highest rates of HIV and hepatitis B and C in England. Testing is needed because infection often does not have any symptoms, so people wouldn’t necessarily know unless they have a specific blood test. Chronic hepatitis B and C infection are major causes of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, but with early diagnosis and management these complications can be prevented.”
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By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A Camberwell-based actress, who encourages people living with dementia to get involved with theatre to bring their memories to life, has been recognised on the King’s first Honours List.
Laura Harling, 36, has lived in Camberwell for the last twelve years. In 2016, she founded The Dot Collective - a charity that brings highquality theatre to those living in care, with a focus on those with dementia. “I started The Dot Collective after my grandma went into a residential care home,” she explained. “I had worked as an actor and producer and knew the joy theatre could bring people in care. “It seemed ridiculous that in London theatre shows were trying to pull in audiences while there were audiences waiting for the theatre to happen in care. During the pandemic, they ran a project called “A Map to You” - which saw them partner with Link Age Southwark to do online storytelling workshops. “We talked to people living with dementia and their families about their life stories and created short plays in response to their memories - which were staged as professional theatre for them to watch with their families and a public audience. “Some of the family members said they’d never heard some of their stories before - so they were really grateful to get to share the experience too.” Laura has had a prestigious career starting as a child actress, she has had roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. She has also appeared in numerous films including classics like David Copperfield alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Gosford Park and Jane Eyre. Laura said she is now mostly
actress makes Honours List for theatre work with dementia touring care homes in London and the south but the hope is to take it to a national level one day. “No one else is doing what we do,” she added. “Theatre is an activity that everyone can do together - and there’s no pressure from the activity for the participant to achieve something. “It tackles social isolation and is stimulating for everyone involved.” “The positive effects of arts on health and especially for people with dementia are huge. She added that making sure theatre is accessible is important. Another
project they do is tour shows into residential care and regularly work with the Alzheimer’s Society Southwark and Link Age Southwark. “During our recent Christmas touring theatre production, the non-verbal audience engaged by spontaneously getting up and dancing with the actors mid-show, it was amazing to see such a positive response to the work.” “Living and caring for dementia presents its challenges, so we are grateful to be able to offer carers support whilst bringing joy to people in care.”
Trailer released for new film set in Peckham By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk
The trailer has now been released for a film shot in Peckham that is being screened at the biggest independent film festival in the United States.
Rye Lane, directed by Raine AllenMiller will premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival later this month - and now the trailer is out. Sundance is based in Utah and is the biggest independent film festival in the United States. The romantic comedy stars Vivian Oparah (Class, The Rebel) and David Jonsson (Industry, Deep State), as Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, who connect over the course of an eventful day in southeast London. The film sees them help each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restore their faith in romance. Rye Lane is an original screenplay from co-writers Nathan Bryon (Bloods, Apple Tree House) and Tom Melia (Bloods, Zero Chill). It is produced by Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo of Turnover Films (Top Boy, Guerrilla), and Damian Jones of DJ Films (The Lady in the Van, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) Sundance Film Festival will run from
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Laura is on the New Year’s Honours List 2023 - the King’s first list - to receive a British Empire Medal (BEM). She said the news was ‘very unexpected.’ “I am so grateful for the recognition of this work - it was very unexpected. “I am thankful for the continued support of my peers and funders who allow The Dot Collective to revolutionise the way theatre is thought of in care and community settings, as well as providing stimulation, shared excitement, and joy for those who are most isolated,” she added.
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herbie@southwarknews.co.uk A man has been charged with arson after a series of linked car fires in Camberwell.
Nerijus Butkys, 30, of Jephson Street, Camberwell, was charged last Wednesday week, January 11, with four counts of arson. He appeared in custody at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 12. Police have been investigating five incidents that took place between Christmas Eve and Tuesday, January 10. They arrested Butkys on Tuesday, January 10. Detective Constable Kieran Mulvaney said: “We fully appreciate the impact that these fires have on the community, not only from a safety perspective, but also for the huge inconvenience caused to the owners.”
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A man was trapped in his car and had to be freed by firefighters after colliding with a building in Dulwich.
Police and the London Fire Brigade (LFB) were called to Woodwarde Road at 4.43pm, on Monday last week, January 9, to reports of a collision. According to the London Fire Brigade, one vehicle had collided with two parked cars and a garden wall.
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Officers found a man trapped inside the vehicle and, once freed, took him to a south London hospital. LFB said crews were called from Battersea and Brixton fire stations and the incident had been dealt with by 6pm. Just a day later, Twitter was awash with photos of another completely separate collision on nearby Barry Road - a four minute drive away. Images appear to show several cars damaged cars, including one which had mounted the pavement and lost a wheel.
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By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk The UK’s leading festival of live performance is set to return to venues across Waterloo next week with comedy, theatre and a brand new venue for circus, drag and burlesque.
VAULT Festival - the UK’s leading independent festival of live performance since 2012 - is back after a ‘tumultuous’ few years, which included being cancelled last year due to covid. The Vaults, a large underground network of tunnels under Waterloo Station, has its main entrance on Leake Street but some other venues across Waterloo are also being used nearby. The festival is running for nearly two months from January 24 – March 19. The programme features over 500 theatre, comedy, cabaret and late-night shows from some of the brightest talents across the live performance industry. VAULT Festival Director & CoFounder Andy George said: “There have been many times when the story of the festival could have ended - it’s been a tumultuous few years for us and our artists. “But through those challenging moments, we kept believing in the idea that VAULT Festival can affect positive change in our world through joy and creativity. Our resolve has been pushed to the limit. “But we’re back. And we can’t wait to share these fantastic artists and shows with everyone!” Alongside the renowned programme
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of live theatre and performance, VAULT Comedy Festival is the first chance to see fresh material from more established comics and debut performances from the next generation of comedic talent. Brand new this year is The Flair Ground: a special venue built specifically for cabaret, drag, burlesque, circus and performance art talent. The theme of reclaiming joy runs throughout the festival, considering how we hold onto beauty in bleak circumstances. Their diverse range of performances includes a long list of acts who have featured at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, such as comedian-turnedmagician Joz Norris with his one-man show Blink and Badass Be Thy Name by Police Cops - a ‘stupid’ comedy complete with a ’90s rave soundtrack. Although not all shows are suitable for children, there is a VAULT Festival family programme which is made for all ages - featuring shows with puppetry and interactive games. To kick the festival off with a bang, VAULT Festival invite you to their Big Birthday Bash - a night of cabaret and circus - to celebrate over a decade of VAULT Festivals. This event is on Friday, January 27 from 10:30 pm and is for ages 18+. Head to their website vaultfestival. com for the full programme and to book tickets to individual shows. Tickets can also be booked in person at the VAULT Festival Box Office from 5.30 pm during festival opening dates (Tuesday 24th January – Sunday 19th March.) Prices vary, ticketed events start from £6.
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ith London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) set to be extended across all London boroughs in August, the head of the nation’s lung charity says it will make a huge difference to people living with respiratory conditions. Poor air quality is impacting the health of Londoners, and it is mainly caused by polluting vehicles. Of the 500,000 Londoners living with asthma, more than half live in the outer boroughs – and
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“We know hundreds of thousands of people in outer London are living with a chronic lung condition and they tell us toxic air impacts their health” Sarah Woolnough, CEO of Asthma + Lung UK, has welcomed the news that these areas will soon be
covered by the expanded zone. “We can be absolutely clear that air pollution is a problem in the outer boroughs. We know hundreds of thousands of people in outer London are living with a chronic lung condition and they tell us toxic air impacts their health. They should be able to breathe clearer air too,” she says. More than four out of five vehicles already meet the standards. To check your vehicle and see support available visit tfl.gov.uk/ULEZ-2023
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Bermondsey woman named as one of UK’s most inspiring Entrepreneurs
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A businesswoman based in Bermondsey has been named as one of the UK’s most inspiring and dynamic female entrepreneurs by a campaign that celebrates women running small businesses.
Alexandra Birtles, 36 - who founded an app that locates sustainable businesses - is being profiled alongside 100 female entrepreneurs from across the country, as part of the campaign to celebrate the multi-achievements of women running businesses in the UK today. The f:entrepreneur Campaign was set up in 2017 to give more recognition to the women who run businesses in the UK. The aim was to raise awareness of the positive impact female business owners have, whilst inspiring the small business community. Alex co-founded In Good Company in 2021 - an app that shows you ethical, sustainable, for-good businesses in your local area. She has lived in Bermondsey for thirteen years and after doing a few different jobs, it was caring for her terminally-ill father that drove her to want to do something meaningful. “I’d always been driven towards business as a force for good,” she said, “and there’s a real gap in the market for people spending their money consciously.
So that’s where the idea came from. “I had just spent six months caring for my father who was terminally ill and sadly passed away before the pandemic. When something like that happens, it reframes what’s important. I wanted to do something purpose-driven. She explained that now more than ever is a tough time for small businesses: “We want to support the high street and smaller, more local businesses that are competing with online companies. “We’ve spent the past year building the platform and now we’re almost ready to launch.” In addition to the app, Alex was celebrated for her focus on supporting other female entrepreneurs and mentoring women who want to start a business. She also volunteers with a local environmental group and helped plant a new community garden, Octopus Garden, on Dunton road. On being named, Alex said: “It’s a bit unbelievable to be recognized in this way. But it’s not about me as an individual; I want to show that starting a business is an option no matter your age or gender. I wasn’t an entrepreneur and didn’t have friends who were business owners.” She explained that through the award, there is the opportunity to get involved in further mentoring for other women who need support. “I was so lost when I went into it - so it
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helps to have people you can reach out to in the same position. Alex said doubts held her back at the beginning. “My advice to women who want to start their own business - is just to start. “I spent a long time thinking about starting a business, I should’ve just got going with it. You can even start in a small way.” As well as promoting sustainability, many of the businesses featured in this year’s campaign also demonstrate a strong commitment to championing diversity and inclusion. F:entrepreneur was founded by Michelle Ovens CBE. “Congratulations to Alex and each of the talented female entrepreneurs featured in this year’s #ialso100,” Michelle said. “It’s so vital that we recognize and celebrate the phenomenal contribution that women running businesses are making across the UK, and the farreaching, positive impact they are having, not just on the economy, but on wider communities too.” To see the full line-up of the 100 women featured in this year’s f:entrepreneur #ialso100 list click here If you have a sustainable business that you would like to be listed on their app, get in touch with them on Instagram @ ingoodcompanyorg or email hello@ ingoodcompany.org.uk
From Herne-Hill in the south of the borough to South bank University in the north help is at hand for residents struggling to reduce their energy bills.
After being ‘inundated’ with questions from locals community group the Herne Hill Forum has organised a series of four talks from experts to shine a light on topics such as air source heat pumps, solar power, insulation and refitting homes to be more eco-friendly. This comes after they said they were ‘inundated’ with requests from locals keen to get their bills down. Giles Gibson, Herne Hill Forum Committee Member and Former Chair said: “The Herne Hill Forum was inundated with queries from people who wanted to reduce their energy costs.” He said they want to play their part in lowering their carbon footprint - but “knowing where to start is really hard. “These seminars should help both tenants and landlords make that start on the journey to a better, more sustainable home environment.” Funded by a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund, they are completely free to attend. The talks will take place in various locations across Herne Hill until February 2. For more information on the events and to reserve free tickets go to Eventbrite.com and search for Herne Hill Forum.
Meanwhile students at London South Bank University (LSBU) in the Elephant & castle doing energyspecific courses have opened a free advice centre, where residents can get money-saving tips and advice. Specifically for Southwark and Lambeth residents they are there to offer practical help such as how to access different funds, as well as additional support from the council, GLA, central government, and private companies. The students giving the advice are all doing various energyspecific degrees, Master’s or PhD courses.“The research they’re doing is on energy efficiency, how people can save money on energy whilst keeping their homes properly insulated and energy consumption.” This isn’t the first time LSBU have done something like this. A few years ago, they opened a legal advice centre, to offer locals free legal advice – something that is usually expensive and not accessible to all. The service is delivered by students and overseen by staff, to ensure it is professional. The LSBU Energy Advice Centre is open for face-to-face advice from 10 am to 1 pm every Thursday. Alternatively, they can contact them to get advice over email at energyadvice@lsbu.ac.u,k or go to www.netzerobuildingcentre.com/ energyadvicecentre The centre is at LSBU Energy Advice Centre, Clarence Centre for Enterprise & Innovation, 126 London Rd, SE1 0AE.
King’s Hospital releases new app to calm kids’ nerves before surgery By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk King’s Hospital has introduced an app, which will be rolled out this month, to help younger patients calm their nerves before surgery.
Paediatric patients at King’s College Hospital’s Denmark Hill site will be able to find out what it is like to have an anaesthetic at King’s from the comfort of their own home. “Little Journey” gives children and their parents or carers the chance to prepare for surgery by taking them
on a virtual tour of the hospital site. It gives younger patients the chance to meet doctor and nurse characters, see some of the equipment which will be used to care for them and find out more about what to expect on the day. It can be used on a smartphone in 2D or using a 3D virtual reality headset. Dr Asme Sheikh, Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at King’s College Hospital, said: “Coming into hospital can be overwhelming and we hope this app will help to make it a less frightening and more positive experience.”
She added that the app has already received ‘great feedback’ from children and their carers. “We are really excited to be able to roll out this brilliant app.” The app has been specifically tailored to King’s College Hospital and uses photos of the Denmark Hill site to help children become familiar with the surroundings. Two different versions are available; one aimed at younger children and the second at those aged eight and above. Little Journey was developed by Dr Chris Evans, an anaesthetic doctor, for his PhD at University College London.
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Southwark Blue Plaque nominee: Comedian Michael Crawford - aka Frank Spencer - grew up in Herne Hill Photo by Eva Rinaldi 2012
By Isabel Ramirez isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A Herne Hill-based actor, most famous for his role as the ‘hapless’ Frank Spencer in the ‘70s sitcom ‘Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em’, has been nominated to receive a blue plaque.
Michael Crawford OBE CBE (Michael Patrick Smith), 80, moved to Herne Hill at the age of ten, where he attended Oakfield Preparatory School in West Dulwich. He had a few stage roles as a teenager and by age fourteen, he was working steadily as an actor. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Frank Spencer and later for his portrayal of the original Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ in 1986. In 2002, he was voted 17th in a BBC television poll of ‘100 Greatest Britons.’ Crawford lived at 16 Half Moon Lane, Herne Hill, above the David Greig store (now the Peachy Goat vegetarian restaurant) where his stepfather worked as a grocer. The distinctive ‘DG’ tiling of the former David Greig store can still be seen at the address, which is now a vegetarian restaurant, Peachy Goat. In recognition of his career achievements, Michael was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, and a Commander of The British Empire (CBE) in 2014 for his services to charity, namely the Michael Crawford Children’s Charity
Guy’s and St Thomas’ statue set to be retained despite concerns over slavery links
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Hospital officials have scrapped plans to remove a statue of Thomas Guy following a long-running row over his slave trade links.
1. The Concrete House 2. Mona Hammond Cast member of Desmond’s 3. Michael Crawford OBE CBE 4. Albert Tedam, Community Police Officer.
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5. Francis Peek 6. Borough Chapel 7. Johnson Baharry VC 8. Dr Elsie Widdiwson OBE 9. George Dyer
and The Sick Children’s Trust. For the past nineteen years the News is proud to have been one of the founders of the Blue Plaque scheme here in Southwark and nominations are now open for next year. The scheme came about after the News and Southwark Heritage Association tried to find a way around English Heritage’s strict criteria, that a building must be standing and the person dead
for them to qualify. The latter was not really a problem, but the idea that so much of our rich heritage could not be recognised because a building was no longer there was not acceptable to us. Much of our physical heritage was destroyed in the Blitz, but it is perhaps the 1960s and ‘70s architects who did the most damage. So, we invited Southwark Council to join us in drawing up our
GALA Festival set to hold mammoth six-day event on Peckham Rye Park Exclusive
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wealth had come from investment in the South Sea Company, which was granted a monopoly to supply African slaves to South America by the British government in 1713. In November, the hoardings were removed so the statue could undergo conservation work. Some locals dislike the proposed plaques, calling them “pathetic.” Commenting on the plans on Southwark Council’s website, one person said: “Stop judging these people by today’s standards. At their time of living they did NOTHING wrong, or illegal. “You’re wrongly judging them by today’s standards… there is stuff we do today that’ll be condemned in centuries to come. These icons do not deserve it. And what they contributed to society and this country’s national heritage is worth more than some pathetic shaming plaque.” The Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation says the plaques would “help people to better understand” the history of Thomas Guy and how his wealth “has left a legacy that has long lasting impacts on society today”.
own Blue Plaques and getting local people to vote. There are now well over 50 blue plaques across the borough. To vote for Michael Crawford or any of the nominees for a Southwark Blue Plaque, please email isabel@ southwarknews.co.uk or admin@ southwark.org.uk with the name of the person you want to nominate. Voting closes on Thursday 1st June.
A popular music festival is set to hold a bumper six-day programme on Peckham Rye Park this year.
GALA festival 2022 was a three-day event but the 2023 offering would take place from May 26 to 28 and June 1 to June 3. Parts of the park would be cut off from May 15 to 25 while the festival is constructed. Event organisers have promised to treat the park with the “utmost sensitivity and respect” but some park guardians say the plans are “not acceptable”. A spokesperson for the park volunteer group Friends of Peckham Rye Park (FoPRP) said: “It is not acceptable that residents will have noise and disturbance for six days.” “Although not the fault of GALA, we are aware that the park benefits very little from this event – in fact so little it is hardly worth bothering about,” they added. Chair of FoPRP Liz Brough told the News that some debris from the 2022 festival was never cleared up. But Southwark Council has said the event’s profits would be used to improve the park and support FoPRP.
The council’s parks and leisure chief, Cllr Catherine Rose, said: “A number of benefits are proposed, including a broader range of free and subsidised tickets, as well as 1,750 more tickets for local people. “They [GALA] are also suggesting: opportunities for local businesses to provide services, for local traders to trade, local artists and creatives to showcase and local people to be employed, at the event, subject to planning and licensing approvals.” A spokesperson for GALA Festival said: “We work year-round with the council, local residents and our partners to produce a safe and
responsible event that treats the park and those who are affected by our use of it with the utmost sensitivity and respect. “To this end, in 2022, we undertook a sustainability report looking at the impact of GALA on the Park, and the steps we take to minimise this.” The festival has been held on Peckham Rye Park since 2018 and showcases a variety of music including bands, electronic music and jazz. Southwark Council has urged local residents to contribute to a consultation on the proposed events. Details of how you can get involved will be released in due course.
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The Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation previously said it would move the statue of the Guy’s Hospital founder to “a less prominent location”. But the charity has now submitted plans to install “permanent interpretation boards” around the statue to explain its “historic and social context”. This, it says, came after Historic England’s recommendation that such statues are maintained “supported by careful re-interpretation”. In June 2020, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation decided to cover the statue in hoardings, citing “a duty to address the legacy of colonialism and slavery”. That was after the Edward Colston statue was toppled in Bristol, sparking national debates around the ethics of historical statues. Campaigners had pointed out that Guy’s
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‘I went from being a number one gamer and overweight to running ultramarathons’ By Isabel Ramirez
isabel@southwarknews.co.uk A man who was once number one in the world on a popular video game lost four stone in eight months and now runs ultramarathons.
Sam King, who lives in East Dulwich, started the year on a high by running back-to-back marathons on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. But he said he wasn’t always like this. The 29-year-old management consultant grew up in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, and at age fifteen, he became addicted to playing video games. “I loved where I grew up and the summers were great - but there wasn’t much to do the rest of the time,” he said. “That’s when I started playing a lot of video games. At one point, I was number one in the world on the leaderboard for Call of Duty.” In addition to quite literally being at the top of his game, he said he was severely overweight. “At my biggest, I was nearly seventeen stone,” he said. It was upon his move to London was when he realised he had to lose weight and get healthy: “When I was about nineteen, I moved to London and it opened up a whole new world. I was off the video games, got a gym membership and started going five times a week.” He said this, as well as a change in diet, led to him losing four stone in eight months. But he wasn’t quite done there. “I never do things by halves. So when my brother asked me to do the London Marathon, even though I’d never been a runner and only had two months to train, I agreed.” He smashed his goal and ran it in just under 3.5 hours, and he said he’d “got
the bug.” In the last twelve months alone, he has completed twelve marathons and eight ‘ultramarathons.’ “Ultramarathons are typically anything over 50k and tend to be more extreme than running flat. They’re also very picturesque.” He recently found himself in the Wadi Desert in Jordan, where he ran 250k
and finished fourth out of 140 people - nearly half of whom didn’t finish the race because of the heat. “I’ve been lucky enough to travel to some amazing places with ultrarunning, and have plenty more planned, including the Arctic circle, the Amazon rainforest and the Sahara Desert. My aim is to run fifty marathons before I turn 30 - I have
twenty-four to go.” He is a member of the Dulwich running club and said he regularly trains all over Southwark. “My best advice is to discipline yourself if you want to achieve anything.” “I used to be lazy, and I knew it, and there were many days when I first started running when I couldn’t think of
Vimal’s deportation decision will take two weeks
By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Rotherhithe’s community hero Vimal Pandya will have to wait two weeks before finding out whether he can remain in the UK.
A Home Office tribunal was held today (Friday, January 13) but the judge said he will decide Vimal’s fate within the next fourteen days. MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle, who spoke in support of Vimal at the tribunal, said: “Vimal is loved in the local community as he has always gone above and beyond but excelled during lockdowns while helping hundreds of people. “His contribution in studying and working in the UK should be rewarded, his efforts during covid should be recognised and the Home Office should allow him to work again. “The Tories crashed the UK economy but their Home Office policies still prevent many people working and paying tax which is maddening and damages all of us. “Vimal’s efforts were recognised
anything worse to do. But discipline is important. No matter how you feel, get up and do what you’re supposed to do.” Sam has raised thousands for charity through his running, including for Ambassadors in Football - a charity that helps children from troubled backgrounds get into football.
Police confirm five-year-old boy was killed in collision By Herbie Russell herbie@southwarknews.co.uk Police have confirmed that a collision in Borough in November did result in the death of a fiveyear-old boy.
Vimal and his supporters gathered outside the court by Queen Elizabeth II but Home Office Ministers are undermining her recognition. This disgraceful situation cannot continue.” During the pandemic, Vimal delivered vital supplies to dozens of needy families and received a letter of thanks from the Queen for his work. A petition against his deportation
has received an extraordinary 165,273 signatures and raised over £21,000 to fund his legal battles. For Vimal, who arrived in the UK in 2011 as a student, the ordeal began in 2015, when he returned to the UK after briefly leaving to take an ill family friend back to India. On returning to British soil, UK
border staff said his college had lost its right to sponsor students and that he’d have to find a new sponsor. But they stripped him of his passport and biometric residence card, making it almost impossible for him to secure a new student visa. Since then, he has technically lived in the UK without permission.
The driver, a 49-year-old man who stopped at the scene, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving. Police were called to Newcomen Street and found two children injured, aged five and twelve, at 3.50pm on Friday, November 25. Both were rushed to hospital but, tragically, the five-year-old died a short time later. The twelve-year-old, known to the other child, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and later discharged. The driver has been released on bail without charge as police continue to investigate. Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call police via 101 quoting reference CAD 4709/25Nov.
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Grand Old Man of Bermondsey passes away
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100 years apart - John shows off a picture of him with his greatgrandson Lenny
At 102, John Cooper was active right up until the end
John Cooper in his RAF boxing team. He is on the far right of the back row
By Kevin Quinn kevin@southwarknews.co.uk John Cooper, the Grand Old Man of Bermondsey sadly passed away last week in what was his 103rd year.
The 102-year-old would have celebrated his 103rd birthday on June 30, but was suddenly taken ill last Sunday week and went into hospital, where he slipped away the following Tuesday evening with his son and daughter by his side. His eldest, Pat Gushlow, 75, told the News: “I’ll miss him so much. We all will. You don’t expect your dad to live until 102, but we thought he’d go on forever. He was always so fit, it was just the last few weeks in which he deteriorated.” John had lived in Bermondsey all his life, other than war years spent in Croydon and the Middle East with the RAF. He grew up on Abbey Street and after the war moved to his forever home on Southwark Park Road. He out-lived two wives and leaves behind four children, eleven grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren including Lenny (pictured above) who was born 100 years after John. Sadly one of his other daughter’s, also called Pat, died in 2020 aged 70. Sporting an athletic figure in his youth, John was active right up to the end and
was still making his regular bi-weekly visits to his favourite local, The Ancient Foresters in Bermondsey, for his one pint and a game of cribbage with his pal Arthur. Described as an absolute gent by all who knew him locally, John lived a life of service to his country, championed his fellow workers in Peek Freans Biscuit Factory and retired as a security guard for Sotheby’s aged 85. Even as a teenager John was something of a legend. In the summer of 1934, after leaving school aged just fourteen, he was walking by the Thames near Tower Bridge with some friends. Some other children ran up and told them that two boys were struggling in the river. John rushed over and pulled both out. One seemed to be fine but the other was unresponsive. John used the nowobsolete Schafer technique to save his life, turning the boy face down and pressing on his back. He had only learned the technique a few months before at school. “It was fate,” he told the News, when we interviewed him on his 100th birthday in 2020. “I thought he was done for but when I saw everything come up I knew that it had worked.” The story was covered on the front page
of the Mirror and John was given a hero’s reception at Bermondsey Town Hall under a red flag rather than the Union flag, he said - because the mayor at the time was a socialist. “I didn’t have a clue what any of that meant,” he added. “I just thought I was Jack the Lad!” He later became an apprentice toolmaker at a cigarette factory in the area. “There were factories on the end of every street in Bermondsey those days,” he explained. When the war started, he and his friends were keen to sign up but wanted to avoid the “horrible business” of fighting in the trenches and he signed up for the RAF. He was posted to Croydon, where he was a mechanic on Spitfires and Hurricanes. After a while he was transferred to Egypt, and also spent time in Mandatory Palestine, now Israel, and Damascus in Syria. “We saw lots of action... as soon as you saw those Stukas [a kind of German bomber plane], you ran,” he said. Always a sports fan, John was the trainer of an RAF boxing team that beat a local outfit in Tel Aviv on Christmas Day. He also played a lot of water polo. Back in Bermondsey after the war, he married his fiancée, who had waited four years for him, in St James’ Church off Jamaica Road. But tragically she died just two years later from tuberculosis. John
later remarried. He carried on as a toolmaker, first for an early plastic factory before moving onto Peek Freans, where he was a supervisor until 1982, when he took voluntary redundancy. “In other countries, the engineers are the top. Here it’s the accountants,” he said. “Somewhere like Germany the engineers lead the way in what a business makes. Over here it all comes down to what the accountants make of it.” He combined his job at the biscuit factory with work as a fitness instructor, and trained around 40 of his colleagues to run marathons, entering a team in the first London Marathon on 1981. “We used to go all over, we ran three marathons on Snowdon and two by Windermere,” he told the News. His time at the factory came to an abrupt end a year later, when now aged 62 he was asked to make 50 engineers redundant. “I told them, ‘you can make that 49 because I’m leaving first’,” he said. John then became a security guard at Sotheby’s, the fine art auction house, where he crossed paths with several celebrities - often without knowing who they were. He said: “A man came in one day and people were sort of pointing him out to me and saying ‘that’s Freddie Mercury!’ I
said ‘who’s Freddie Mercury?’ We had all sorts in there - we had the Queen... we had Elle Macpherson.” Mr Cooper eventually retired in 2005. “An 85-year-old security guard! Can you imagine?,” he said. An avid Millwall fan, he only stopped going to the Den a few years ago and was featured in fanzine The Lion Roars last year, having gone to his first game in 1928. Nursing a pint of Guinness, he spoke of his fond memories of Millwall games in decades gone past - but lamented the rise of today’s more technical style of play. A great reader and lover of puzzles and crosswords, John was in good form right up until the end. He would enjoy talking to young and old alike on football and all world events. Delighted to get out and about after lockdown and despite a fall near his home on Southwark Park in November 2020, where he appealed in the News to help find a good Samaritan who helped him get an ambulance, he lived independently. On lockdown he joked: “I was going to do laps of my garden, but Captain Sir Tom Moore got there first!” Asked for the secret of his longevity, he said:“Guinness, jellied eels and vinegar!” But he added: “Seriously, I think it’s keeping fit that’s the most important thing. I’ve kept very active all my life.”
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outhwark Council’s housing boss has admitted that the borough will struggle to look after its most vulnerable residents without more financial backing. His foreboding words came days after the News revealed that a woman was found deceased in her Borough flat, probably having lain undiscovered for months.
Who is to blame for this crisis? On the one hand, we have the Liberal Democrats saying there are inefficiencies in the maintenance system. On the other, the Labour council points to a chronic lack of funding. While the Liberal Democrats are probably right that the system needs to be streamlined, you can’t help but feel that Labour have a point. Of course, Lib Dem Cllr Irina von Wiese could be right in saying that outsourced private maintenance companies need to be better scrutinised. Yes, there is a massive communication problem where council tenants feel they are ‘fobbed off’ by the council. But money talks. And there’s not enough of it. With ever-shrinking budgets, the council struggles to fund the estate refurbishments needed. West Dulwich’s Kingswood Estate is undergoing a multi-million-pound refurbishment to prevent mould and damp, but these expensive projects are increasingly rare. There is also the issue of social isolation, which is a particularly serious problem for the vulnerable residents to whom Cllr Merrill referred. Once upon a time, each estate would have a dedicated caretaker who knew residents, checked up on them, often lived on the estate and had emotional ties to the people they were employed to look after. Now we have a system where a single housing officer can be responsible for thousands of residents. With resources spread so thin, the council is vulnerable to tragic situations where elderly and disabled residents can be forgotten. The government has asked us to accept that real-term cuts to council budgets are needed due to Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. But the real problem is that there is no political will among the ruling party properly to address the housing crisis. When Britain was on its knees after World War Two, Clement Attlee embarked on the biggest housebuilding programme the country had ever seen. It wasn’t perfect. But it was, at the very least, a radical attempt to ensure people had a comfortable and safe place to live. Despite its economic difficulties, the government didn’t shirk its responsibilities to the vulnerable residents. The Prime Minister mustn’t shirk his responsibilities either. Flyer_A5.pdf
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he London première of Smoke by Kim Davies is coming to Southwark Playhouse. This gripping modern adaptation of Miss Julie is set in a pre-‘Me Too’ New York at a BDSM party. It asks audiences to question our pre-conceived conceptions around BDSM communities. With a series of Q&As involving sex positive activists, and BDSM advocates, this production aims to tackle notable prejudices such as ‘kink shaming’. To continue the Q&A theme of the play, the News met up with the two leads, Meaghan Martin as Julie, and Oli Higginson as John, to pose these questions, writes Michael Holland...
You both are very familiar with your characters – how have they developed over the years of working on SMOKE? Meaghan: The characters have developed a lot since we first did the Research & Development workshop in March 2021. I feel fortunate to have had time to live with Julie, both directly and indirectly during this time. I feel that she has become more fleshed out and alive and it’s given me the space to accept some of her nuances and flaws in a way that I may not have been able to if the process had been faster. Oli: Both the characters in SMOKE are incredibly nuanced, complicated people — often contradictory to the point of hypocrisy. They are mercurial and chameleon-like — just like real human beings are. So their slipperiness means that the more time you can spend with them the better, of course. John is a character who has lived in my psyche — for better and for worse! — for almost two years now. But then, when we began rehearsals this year, re-visiting the character in 2023 felt quite different. And I suppose that’s the mark of good writing, it’s the same words, the same story, but every day it feels a little different.
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How close will it be to Miss Julie?
Meaghan: I’d say it’s as close to Miss Julie as you want it to be. If you’re familiar with Miss Julie you will notice a lot of parallels. If you’re not familiar you won’t be lost. I have really relied on the source text as my way into the character so I see so much of the original in Smoke, but I think what Kim Davies did so well is striking the right balance between using the source text for inspiration but also telling a wonderfully new story. Oli: Tough to say! It has strong reverberations of the Miss Julie dynamic running through it, but ultimately Kim has sort of melted the Miss Julie material down and reformed it, stretched it around, pulled it about into something quite different and contemporary that propels the conversation around gender, power, and consent into new territory. One could say it isn’t a Miss Julie adaptation at all, but simply a brilliant modern play in its own right.
What attracted you to this play, the script or the subject matter?
Meaghan: For me it was the storytelling. I found it to be a real ‘page turner’ when I
first read it. I wanted to know what was going to happen between these two people. At the time I wasn’t familiar with Miss Julie so I was very surprised by the ending – not that it exactly mirrors Miss Julie because it definitely doesn’t. Oli: I first read the play in 2020 right around the same time Michaela Coel’s fantastic TV series I May Destroy You came out. Both Coel’s I May Destroy You and Davies’ SMOKE dive into the grey areas of sexual relationships in the 21st century. The themes of both really stuck with me. I was struck by, despite so much progress, how much further we really have to go in making sense of sex, gender dynamics, and consent. Like so many of my peers I’m passionate about how we can keep growing into a more evolved, safer, fairer society. And I feel like this play begins a complex, nuanced, and difficult but essential conversation that might help realise that goal. So, yes, I love the writing, I love that it’s a two-hander, I love that it’s 70 minutes of one real-time conversation in a kitchen. It’s that simple. But I feel it’s an important play for our times, too.
How do you think it will be accepted post-’Me Too’? Meaghan: I think it’s a play that was ahead of its time when it premiered in 2013. I think audiences didn’t have the acceptance of the nuances of consent that we have now so I believe that it’s actually better suited to a 2023 audience. Oli: Hmmm I think ‘accepted’ is an interesting term. In the case of SMOKE, I don’t think it’s telling you to ‘accept’ anything. Maybe it’s inviting you to think for yourself. It’s not a sort of science lesson. Relationships aren’t maths, they aren’t one plus one equals two. They’re messy and confusing, and often difficult to make sense of. The play is set in 2012, so it’s pre-‘Me Too’. In some sense it’s a period piece. But I think the question remains as to how much the world has really changed post-‘Me Too’. Potentially it is wishful thinking to assume we now live in this enlightened age of equality. At the end of the day I think that SMOKE will be received in as many different ways as
there are audience members with their own lived experience. It’s undoubtedly a very relatable story, how it relates to you will depend from person to person.
Why do you think it has taken so long to come to London?
Meaghan: The show was on in Edinburgh in 2019 which was only six years after it premiered in New York City. I’m not sure why it only is reaching London in 2023, but I would imagine the pandemic plays a big role in that. However, as I mentioned before, I think it’s more relevant than ever as it’s very much in a similar vein to some of the most popular television shows of the time such as White Lotus or Succession so perhaps the delay to a London premiere was for the better! Oli: I’m not sure really. In a way the play was ahead of its time and maybe is coming into its own now that we’re in a 2023 headspace. I know Kim was under a lot pressure when first writing the play in 2012 to make the characters less morally ambiguous — so that there
could be a clearer hero and villain dynamic in the piece to fit in with the simplified narratives we tell ourselves about what life is like. I applaud her for sticking to her truth and writing the play that spoke to her lived experience. And I think in recent months — especially on TV — audiences have been increasingly drawn to flawed, complex characters who don’t fit in to tidy hero-and-villain stereotypes. So maybe SMOKE is part of a movement of some kind, who knows. There have been some brilliant past productions of SMOKE, and all of us working on it currently are really excited the play is finally making its London Premiere in a production that feels very fresh, daring, and powerfully relevant. Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD from 1st 25th February. Admission: £22, £16, £17.50 (cons) Box Office: 020 7407 0234 (Mon-Sat, 10am-9pm) www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/thelittle/smoke
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This week saw the opening of the musical ‘Six’ at its new home, The Vaudeville Theatre, writes Katie Kelly...
It has already had quite a wild ride since 2017 when it was written in two days by a couple of students, for the Edinburgh fringe. It was a runaway success and though silenced for a while by Covid, the six wives of Henry VIII have been singing their stories, all over the world since then and there is no sign of them slowing down The aim of the show is to buck the forever trend of history being written by men, for men even when it’s about women. The words from President Jefferson in another history-themed musical, ‘Hamilton’, come to mind: ‘Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory. You have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story’. Like Hamilton, Six is not the theatrical equivalent of eating your greens, good for you but unexciting. It’s a wild musical romp of a show which allows each of the wives the opportunity to do exactly that. The all-female cast stretches to their band, the ‘Ladies in waiting’. This is girl power all the way, from curtain up to curtain down. The performance takes the form of a ‘pop’ concert though each story is sung in an individual style. From huge
power ballad ‘Heart of Stone’ by Jane Seymour to the more subtle song of Katherine Howard,’ All you wanna do’, which cleverly exposes the abuse suffered by a young woman who is then slut-shamed by history. In the middle there is an absolute delight of a number, ‘Get Down’ by Anne of Cleves, played by Dionne Ward-Anderson. Rejected by Henry for not living up to her ‘profile pic’ she glories in the independence this gives her as a rich and single woman, with sass and style. It feels unfair to single out one performer in a uniformly strong cast. The only thing lacking from this show is a little more time and perhaps a little more depth. At 80 minutes with no interval, audiences might feel a slightly short changed, given the price of a West End ticket. The writing is witty and we could have heard a little bit more from the characters in spoken word. The standing ovation is designed in when the audience are encouraged on to their feet and to get their cameras out, but heartfelt nonetheless. Six, however, left me wanting more… Vaudeville Theatre, 404 Strand, London WC2R 0NH until 29th October. Times: Varied - see website for details. Admission: £29.50 - £69.50 Booking: 0330 333 4814 www.thevaudevilletheatre.co.uk
Annual Imagine Children’s Festival return next month The Southbank Centre’s annual Imagine Children’s Festival returns from 8-18 February 2023 with a vibrant cross-arts programme, offering creative and playful experiences for families to make memories together and enjoy the February half-term.
Imagine Children’s Festival is London’s leading arts festival for children aged 0-11 years, with a programme bursting with music, storytelling, comedy, poetry, dance, visual arts and plenty of interactive activities. This year’s Imagine is a Relaxed festival, meaning people can enter and leave the auditorium freely, and there is an open attitude towards audience noise and movement. In addition, there are specific sensory-
adapted shows, BSL-interpreted and non-verbal performances programmed, allowing a more inclusive and welcoming environment for all. With over 100 events packed into eleven days and 50% of the festival completely free, Imagine makes world-class artistic experiences accessible for everyone. Ruth Hardie, Head of Public Programming at the Southbank Centre, said: “Imagine Children’s Festival is about children and families exploring new ideas and experiences together and, with half of the festival’s events free and all performances relaxed, the festival continues its mission; to give every child a space to play, create and express themselves.” Imagine Children’s Festival centres
the importance of play and discovery so children try new things and get excited to learn more about the world around them. Hackney street artist STIK brings STIK, STAMP (8-16 Feb), a free workshop where families can contribute to the artist’s new art series. Work can be displayed in a gallery in the Royal Festival Hall or taken home to keep. Children can discover the joy of music with a live stage performance of the critically-acclaimed CBeebies TV Show, YolanDa’s Band Jam (14 Feb) or party with 7-year-old DJ Archie, the current Guinness World Record holder for the World’s Youngest Club DJ, in Daytime Rave with DJ Archie and friends (11 Feb). The One and Everything Family Trail
(8-17 Feb) is an adventure to discover mysterious scripts, secret alphabets and learn about the world’s endangered languages, inspired by award-winning author Sam Winston. Children can get writing and drawing with Cressida Cowell, the award-winning Children’s Laureate and creator of the How to Train Your Dragon franchise in Magic and Dragons with Cressida Cowell (12 Feb). Beloved duo Jarred and Hobbit bring a new action-packed beatboxing and comedy hoopla, The Mighty Kids Comedy Beatbox Show Strikes Back! (15 Feb) while classical music comes from the Aurora Orchestra’s Debussy and the Snow Elephant (12-13 Feb), a muchloved storytelling concert with beautiful chamber arrangements.
Free Events Highlights Include: • Daily Trails and Workshops: One & Everything Family Trail (8-17 Feb), STIK, STAMP (8-16) and Wellbeing Wind Down (12-17 Feb). • Dance and Performance: Rise and Fall (9 Feb), Rhymes LIVE (10 Feb) and The Marvellous Myth Hunters (12 Feb). • Clore Ballroom Takeovers: Daytime Rave with DJ Archie and Friends (11 Feb), ZooNation Youth Company’s Hip-Hop Half-Term (15 Feb) and Top Draw (17 Feb).
Tickets: www.southbankcentre.co.uk / 0203 879 9555. See website for full listings. Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, SE1 8XX
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Funeral Announcement William “Billy” McMinn
In loving memory on the first anniversary of
Neill Owen Leary
Died peacefully at home on 2nd January aged 88. Friend to all and the most dear Dad to Paul, John, Alan and Heather. Loving Grandad to Claire, Daniel, Katherine, Maxwell and Zoe.
Patricia Titchner’s passing
Donations to RAF Benevolent Fund.
She is dearly missed by her devoted husband, Fred Titchner, family and friends.
Funeral service to be held at Holy Trinity, Rotherhithe SE16 5HF On Tuesday 31st January at 1.30 pm. Followed by private cremation.
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I love you dearly, with all my heart My cherished wife and friend. Ours is a love that deepened through the years, a love that will never end. You watched over me in good times and bad, you honoured every wedding vow As you cared for me in sickness and health. I feel lost without you now. I’ll always feel so grateful For all the memories throughout the years, Moments which mean everything to me I remember through the tears
Passed on 8th January 2023
To Michelle ‘Shelley’ Eagle
Funeral to be held on Thursday 26th January 2023. 10:45am at Margate Crematorium CT9 4LY
Shelley, Swan amongst Ducks. Thus, not encouraged to ‘fly’ But, good people don’t ‘die’… So, it’s see you later, not goodbye.
Billy’s family would like to invite you back to The Swan, Westgate CT8 8QG
I’ll honour you forever xxxxx
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (SCOTT LIDGETT CRESCENT, OLD JAMAICA ROAD, TABARD STREET, HENDRE ROAD, HEARNS BUILDINGS, TISDALL PLACE, CALTON AVENUE, KENNINGTON PARK PLACE, LOWER ROAD)
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (DARRELL ROAD)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC 1.
2.
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC 1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable sewer works to be carried out, it made, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
2.
Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:
Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in Darrell Road, outside No’s 42, located between Upland Road and Underhill Road.
3.
The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Upland Road, Crystal Palace Road, Underhill Road. Upland Road, Hindmans Road, Underhill Road.
4.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
5.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
6.
The works will be in operation between the 30th January – 23rd February.
7.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
(a) Scott Lidgett Crescent, between East Lane and Bevington Street (b) Old Jamaica Road, between Abbey Street and Marine Street (c) Tabard Street, Cycle route and carriageway located outside and opposite 11 Tabard Street to its junction with Long Lane and Long Lane to Borough High Street (d) Hendre Road, at it’s junction with Old Kent Road and it’s blocked end (e) Hearns Buildings, between Elsted Street and Tisdall Place (f) Tisdall Place, between Hearns Buildings and Tisdall Place (g) Calton Avenue, between Gilkes Crescent and Court Lane (h) Kennington Park Place, between Kennington Park Road and St Agnes Road (i) Lower Road, (north bound) ban the right turn into Surrey Quays Road from Lower Road 3.
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The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) as indicated by the signs displayed (2b) as indicated by the signs displayed (2c) as indicated by the signs displayed (2d) not applicable (2e) as indicated by the signs displayed (2f) not applicable (2g) Court Lane, Dekker Road, Woodwarde Road (for cyclists) (2h) Brixton Road, Camberwell New Road, John Ruskin Street. Walworth Road, Camberwell Road, John Ruskin Street, Dale Road, Cooks Road (2i) Lower Road north, Roundabout, Lower Road.
4.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
5.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
6.
The works will be in operation for (2a) 26th – 27th January (2b) 30th January (2c) 30th January – 27th March (2d) 31st March (2e) 1st February (2f) 1st February (2g) 2nd – 3rd January (2h) 2nd – 3rd January (2i) 30th January – 22nd February
7.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated this 19th January 2023 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 05526821-conway (2b) 44664542-conway (2c) 06903667-conway (2d) 26566000/55365530-conway (2e) 84486351-conway (2f) 98755383-conway (2g) LBSCR12239-1aquinnahomes (2h) 55494159-conway (2i) 56754859-conway LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14(1) (BOYSON ROAD, CRIMSCOTT STREET, FRIERN ROAD, VERNEY ROAD, ADDINGTON SQUARE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC
Dated this 19th January 2023 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: 6357/0020439600000011
Notice of Application to Vary a Premises Licence made under Section 34 of the Licensing Act 2003 Please take notice that I / we LASSCO Ltd have made application to Southwark Council to vary the Premises Licence in respect of Ropewalk and Arches 46 & 48 - 53, Ropewalk, Maltby Street, SE1 3PA The proposed variation is as follows: Variation to licensed hours Days
Start time
Finish time
The retail sale of alcohol:
Monday to Saturday Sunday
10:00 10:00
22:30 21:00
Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday Sunday
07:30 08:30
23:00 21:30
A register of all applications made within the Southwark area is maintained by: The Licensing Service, Hub 1, 3rd Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London, SE1 2QH A record of this application may be inspected by visiting the office during normal office hours by appointment on 020 7525 2000; details are also available on our website at http://app.southwark.gov.uk/licensing/licenseregister.asp
1.
The Council of the London Borough of Southwark hereby gives notice that to enable various works to be carried out, it intends, to make, an order, the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicular traffic from entering part of the above named roads.
It is open to any interested party to make representations about the likely effect of the application on the promotion of the licensing objectives. Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Service at the office address given above and be received by the Service within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/business/licences/how-to-lodge-a-representation
2.
Whilst the works are in progress, or whilst the authorised traffic signs/road markings are displayed, no person shall cause any vehicle to enter, proceed, stop, wait, load or unload at any time in:
Note: it is an offence to knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application. A person guilty of such offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(a) Boyson Road, between Red Lion Row and Camberwell Road (b) Crimscott Street, between Willow Walk and Grange Road (c) Friern Road, between No’s 38 and No’s 3 to it’s junction with Upland Road (d) Verney Road, between Rotherhithe New Road and Ilderton Road (e) Addington Square, entire length, between Camberwell Road and Depot Street
Date of application: 10th January 2022
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
3.
The alternative route for affected traffic (2a) Camberwell Road, Boundary Lane, Red Lion Row. Camberwell Road, Westmoreland, Red Lion Row. (2b) Grange Road, Dunton Road, Willow Walk (2c) Upland Road, Underhill Road (2d) as indicated by the signs displayed. (2e) not applicable
4.
The existing ‘one-way’ working in Crimscott Street will be made ‘two-way’ for access and egress purposes for (2b)
5.
Exemptions will be provided in the Order to permit reasonable access to premises, so far as it is practical without interference with the execution of the said works.
6.
The restrictions will not apply to any vehicle being used in connection with the said works, or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
A copy of the map showing the location of the land to which this notice relates can be inspected at the offices of the Council at 160 Tooley Street London SE1 2QH or by appointment.
7.
The works will be in operation for (2a) 3rd February (2b) 6th – 7th February (2c) 6th – 16th February (2d) 6th – 9th February (2e) 9th – 10th February
Anyone wishing to make objections to the intended appropriations should make them in writing no later than 4pm on 2 February 2023 at the address above (FAO Simon Chambers) or by email to simon.chambers@southwark.gov.uk stating the grounds of objection.
8.
Further information may be obtained by contacting Road Network Management at ttmo@southwark.gov.uk
Dated 12 January 2023
Dated this 19th January 2023 Ian Law Traffic Manager London Borough of Southwark Network Management , Regulatory Services Environment and Leisure 160 Tooley Street PO Box 64529 London SE1 5LX Ref: (2a) 37410621-conway (2b) 77000923-DC-careys (2c) 77000912-DC-hobart (2d) 80498701conway (2e) 48920762-conway
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 SECTION 122(2A) NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPROPRIATE LAND ON THE AYLESBURY ESTATE BOUNDED BY ALBANY ROAD, WESTMORELAND ROAD AND PORTLAND STREET LONDON SE5 AND SE17 PART OF WHICH IS OPEN SPACE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Southwark intend to exercise powers pursuant to Section 122(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 to appropriate for planning purposes and then to housing purposes land on the Aylesbury Estate bounded by Westmoreland Road, Portland Street and Albany Road, London SE5 and SE17, part of which is open space.
Doreen Forrester-Brown Director of Law and Governance
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK SAWYER STREET AREA IMPROVEMENTS The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Sawyer Street area) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Sawyer Street area) Order 202* 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; 1 DIRTY LANE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 9PA (Ref: 22/AP/4321) Display of 1 x internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 x internally illuminated projecting sign and 1 x internally illuminated menu sign to Unit 102A of Borough Yards. Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Anna Poulose ) UNIT 1 THE WILLOWS 80 WILLOW WALK LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5SY (Ref: 23/AP/0052) Replacement and repair of the roof at units 1-6 the Willows (Within: Pages Walk CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) BUTLERS AND COLONIAL WHARF SHAD THAMES LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 2PX (Ref: 23/AP/0048) Listed building consent to display three non-illuminated painted signs (Within: Tower Bridge CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 153 TURNEY ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE21 7JU (Ref: 23/AP/0044) Construction of a new rear extension with a new slim sliding door system on the ground floor. New glazed openings at the ground & first floor on the North side. New door and window in the entrance porch. (Within: Dulwich Village CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) CALVERTS BUILDING 52 BOROUGH HIGH STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 1XN (Ref: 22/AP/4282) Change of use of 3 Calverts Building from office (Class E) to a single residential dwelling (Class C3), together with a rear first floor extension and associated minor alterations. Creation of new office floorspace (Class E) above the existing bin/bike store in St Margarets Courtyard and associated alterations (Within: Borough High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Kerri Simpson 020 7525 3487) SECOND FLOOR FLAT 176-178 OLD KENT ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5TY (Ref: 22/AP/4097) Erection of a mansard roof extension to extend an existing second floor flat. (Within: Thomas A'Beckett And High Street CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Agneta Kabele 07548097486) 31A URLWIN STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE5 0NF (Ref: 22/AP/4129) Replacement to change the door and frame in same location and to same size but in style matching the windows in the front of the building. F&E Joinery have carried out a site visit to supply a double glazed hardwood door and a fanlight with casement window. The new glazing bars
will have a lambs tongue profile of Georgian style to match style of window on front of building. (Within: Grosvenor Park CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) 50 ALMA GROVE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 5QB (Ref: 23/AP/0078) Erection of a new greenhouse between the outrigger and the boundary fence (Within: Thorburn Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Sean Gomes 020 7525 0666) ALLOTMENTS GARDENS FIELDING STREET LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 (Ref: 23/AP/0091) Listed Building Consent: The works are to rebuild the boundary wall in accordance with the drawings provided. The adjoining garden walls are to be rebuilt into the new wall where required. The contractor is to rebuild the wall at the end of the residential gardens to 20 to 24 Sutherland Square inclusive and on the boundary of the Fielding Street Allotment site. The new wall is to be 215mm THK Masonry Wall with London Stock bricks (reclaimed to match existing condition if possible) in an English Garden Wall Bond. Using 1:1:5 Cement:Lime:Sand Mortar mix. The new wall is to be block bonded into the existing garden walls. Class A engineering bricks for lower 300mm. The new wall is to generally be 23 brick courses high and the maximum wall height above the highest ground level will be limited to 1.45. (Within: Sutherland Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Athena Hylton-Thompson 020 7525 2161) 58 TRINITY CHURCH SQUARE LONDON SOUTHWARK SE1 4HT (Ref: 23/AP/0094) Listed Building Consent: Repairs to lower ground floor front room floor and relaying of paving to front area. (Within: Trinity Church Square CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDLB (Contact: Eleanor Heagney 020 7525 5403) 228 WALWORTH ROAD LONDON SOUTHWARK SE17 1JE (Ref: 23/AP/0050) Display of an externally illuminated replacement fascia signage with the updated logo and text and externally illuminated projecting sign (Within: Walworth Road CA) Reason(s) for publicity: STDCA (Contact: Michèle Sterry 020 7525 5453) Dated: 17 Jan 2023 - comments to be received within 21 days of this date. STEPHEN PLATTS Director of Planning and Growth
1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effects of the Orders would be:(a) within Controlled Parking Zone 'C1' in SAWYER STREET on the south-east side, between its junctions with Loman Street and Pocock Street, to reduce in length an existing permit-holders only parking place by 12 metres (new bay will be 36 metres in length); (b) within Controlled Parking Zone 'C2' (i) in SAWYER STREET on the south-west side, north-west of its junction with Sturge Street, to increase in length an existing permit-holders only parking place by 8.5 metres (new bay will be 18 metres in length, and will be facilitated by the relocation of an existing cycle hangar by 2 metres north-westward), and (ii) in POCOCK STREET on the south-east side, west of its junction with Sawyer Street, to add a new car club only parking place (6 metres in length); and (c) to accommodate the above-mentioned parking changes (i) amend existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) in POCOCK STREET and in SAWYER STREET (at the locations described above in item 2b), and (ii) add new ‘at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) in SAWYER STREET (at the location described above in item 2a). Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) ‘permit-holders’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the Controlled Parking Zone listed, are permitted to park within the hours of operation for that Zone. Parking charges listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 3. For more information contact George Hutchful of the Council's Highway Development team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 4. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details. 5. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223028_Sawyer Street’ by 9 February 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 6. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Councils in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK COOKS ROAD PERMANENT ROAD CLOSURE The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Cooks Road) Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Cooks Road) Traffic Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Cooks Road) Order 2023 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 19 January 2023 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended (‘the 1984 Act’). 2. The effect of the Orders are, on a permanent basis: (a) to provide a ‘no motor vehicles’ restriction in part of COOKS ROAD, between its junction with Fleming Road/Otto Street and a point 27 metres south-east of that junction, prohibiting the movement of motor vehicles, which includes certain exceptions and exemptions (listed below); (b) to remove an existing ‘permit’ parking place 23 metres in length, within CPZ ‘J’ in COOKS ROAD south-west side (south-east of its junction with Otto Street); and (c) to amend waiting restrictions (i) add an extended length of new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions in COOKS ROAD south-west side to accommodate the above-mentioned parking changes, and (ii) convert existing timed waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) to ‘at any time’ (double yellow lines) in COOKS ROAD south-west side (at its junction with Otto Street) and on the south-east side of both FLEMING ROAD and in OTTO STREET either side of the junction with Cooks Road. NOTES: (1) These Orders would supersede similar provisions at the above locations implemented by way of experimental Orders made under section 9 of the 1984 Act (which would be revoked). (2) Exemption to the restrictions described in (a) preceding would be provided for emergency services vehicles and for vehicles used for road maintenance, refuse collection or cleansing purposes; exceptions are provided for postal service, taxis and (on a discretionary basis) disabled persons vehicles (registered to Southwark resident ‘blue badge’ holders), rapid response healthcare workers vehicles and SEND vehicles. (3) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. 3. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 23 January 2023, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 020 7525 3497 for booking details. 4. Any person desiring to question the validity of the order/s or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
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LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
DOCKLEY ROAD AREA IMPROVEMENTS
SOUTHWARK SPINE 4 - BELLENDEN ROAD AREA
The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (Dockley Road area) Order 202* The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting restrictions) (Dockley Road area) Order 202* 1.Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effects of the Orders would be:(a) within Controlled Parking Zone 'TS' (i) in DOCKLEY ROAD to remove an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place (16.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s Nos. 1 and 2 Eldridge Court, Rouel Road, and to formally extend an existing shared-use’ parking place by 6 metres o/s No. 3 Eldridge Court, Rouel Road (this parking place will remain unchanged in the street, at a total of 39 metres in length, this is an administrative change to more accurately reflect in the Traffic Order covering this restriction and what is in the street), and (ii) in ROUEL ROAD to add two new ‘shared-use’ parking places (each bay is 18 metres in length) on the north-east side between its junctions with Dockley Road and Spa Road; (b) within Controlled Parking Zone 'GR' (i) in SPA ROAD to remove an existing ‘shared-use’ parking place (19.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s No. 138 Spa Road, and to add a new ‘shareduse’ parking place (5.5 metres in length) on the south-east side o/s No. 138 Spa Road, and (ii) to relocate an existing car club parking place in ENID STREET on the south-west side (north-west of its junction with Rouel Road) south-eastward by 6 metres and increase the length of an existing ‘shareduse’ parking place by 6 metres to accommodate; and (c) to add new or amend existing 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines) to accommodate the above-mentioned parking changes in DOCKLEY ROAD, SPA ROAD and ROUEL ROAD, and convert 3 metres of existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) to 'at any time' waiting restrictions in SPA ROAD on the south-east side, north-east of the north-eastern wall of No. 138 Spa Road. 3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999 and the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, it proposes to: (a) construct a speed table of flat-top construction having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, in DOCKLEY ROAD extending from the north-eastern wall of No. 1 Eldridge Court, Rouel Road north-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres, including both ramps; and (b) relocate and replace an existing road hump of sinusoidal cross-section construction, approx. 3.7 metres in length, having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the greater width of the carriageway in SPA ROAD, centred at a point 9 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Rouel Road. Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) ‘shared-use’ refers to parking places in which holders of a valid permit for the Controlled Parking Zone listed, or ‘pay’ paid ticket holders are permitted to park within the hours of operation for that Zone. Parking charges listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking. 4. For more information contact George Hutchful of the Council's Highway Development team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 5. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effect of the Orders and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details. 6. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223029_Dockley Road’ by 9 February 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 7. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Councils in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
The London Borough of Southwark (Waiting and loading restrictions) (Bellenden Road) Order 202* 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Order under sections 6 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. 2. The effects of the Order would be in BELLENDEN ROAD, on both sides between its junction with Chadwick Road and its junctions with Danby Street/Maxted Road:(a) to convert any existing timed waiting restrictions (single yellow lines) to ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines); and (b) to add timed loading restrictions (single kerb blips) throughout this part of Bellenden Road, prohibiting loading between 8:00am – 9:00am and 4:00pm – 6:30pm every day of the week. 3. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Traffic calming) Regulations 1999, that it proposes to construct speed tables of flat-top construction having a maximum height of 100 millimetres and covering the entire width of the carriageway, in:(a) CHOUMERT ROAD extending from the eastern kerb-line build-out of Bellenden Road northeastward for a distance of 5.5 metres, including both ramps; and (b) DANBY STREET extending the north-western kerb-line build-out of Bellenden Road north-westward for a distance of 12 metres, including both ramps. 4. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE that it proposes under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the provision in BELLENDEN ROAD of a raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing, the centre of which would be located at a point 10 metres south of the south-eastern kerb-line build-out of Choumert Road (as measured from the eastern side), the ‘controlled area’ (‘zig-zag’ markings on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times) would be laid on both sides of the carriageway for a distance of up to 8 metres north-east of and up to 16 metres south-west of this crossing. Notes: (1) All measurements are in metres and are approximate. (2) The measures described in item 4 above would refresh and replace any existing traffic calming measure at that location. (3) This notice is being re-advertised to change the operating hours of the proposed loading restrictions described in item 2(b) from ‘7:30am – 9:00am and 3:00pm – 6:30pm every day of the week’, as published in the London Gazette and Southwark News on 27 October 2022. 5. For more information contact Coco Mak of the Council's Highways Transport Projects team Highways@southwark.gov.uk 6. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Order, and a revised statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders; paper or digital copies of plans showing the location and effects of the Order and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for booking details. 7. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2223018_Spine 4 Bellenden 3’ by 9 February 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 8. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Councils in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
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PUBLIC NOTICES 33
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
SYDENHAM HILL – TRAFFIC CALMING, CYCLING AND WALKING MEASURES: REVISIONS TO PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND SPEED TABLES
SYDENHAM HILL – TRAFFIC CALMING, CYCLING AND WALKING MEASURES
1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that, pursuant to arrangements made with the Council of the London Borough of Lewisham under section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000, in accordance with regulation 7 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012, and in revision to certain proposals advertised by public notice on 12 May 2022 (see https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4068599), it proposes under section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984:(a) the provision of raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossings in SYDENHAM HILL, the centres of which would be located:(i) at a point 7 metres north of the northern kerb-line of Dome Hill Park. ‘Zig-zag’ markings (on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times), would be laid on both sides of the carriageway for a distance of up to 22.5 metres either of this crossing; and (ii) at a point 47.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line build-out of Crescent Wood Road (at its north-western junction with Sydenham Hill). ‘Zig-zag’ markings would be laid on both sides of the carriageway for a distance of up to 22.5 metres either of this crossing. Note: these measures would replace the proposals in item 5(a)(i) and 5(a)(iii) of the public notice of 12 May 2022. (b) revised ‘zig-zag’ marking extents in SYDENHAM HILL:(i) at the proposed raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing the centre of which would be located at a point 9.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Crouchmans Close. ‘Zig-zag’ markings would be laid on both sides of the carriageway for a distance of up to 22.5 metres either of this crossing; and (ii) at the proposed raised ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing with parallel pedal cycle crossing facility the centre of which would be located 8 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Crescent Wood Road (at its south-eastern junction with Sydenham Hill). ‘Zig-zag’ markings would be laid on both sides of the carriageway for a distance of up to 22.5 metres either of this crossing. Note: these new ‘zig-zag’ marking extents would replace those stated in items 5(a)(ii) and 5(b) of the public notice of 12 May 2022 2. Southwark Council hereby GIVES FURTHER NOTICE under sections 90A to 90I of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the provisions of the Highways (Road humps) Regulations 1999, pursuant to arrangements made with the Council of the London Borough of Lewisham, that it proposes to construct speed tables of flat-top construction, having a maximum height level with the surrounding kerb, and covering the entire width of the carriageway at the following locations in SYDENHAM HILL:(a) at the ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing referred to in item 1(a)(i) preceding, extending from a point 2.5 metres north of the northern kerb-line of Dome Hill Park northward for a distance of 9 metres, including both ramps; and (b) at the ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing referred to in paragraph 1(a)(ii) preceding, extending from a point 44.5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line build-out of Crescent Wood Road (at its northeastern junction with Sydenham Hill) south-westward for a distance of 9 metres, including both ramps. These measures would replace the proposals in item 6(a)(i) and 6(a)(ix) of the public notice of 12 May 2022. 3. In addition to the above revisions, the proposal in item 6(a)(viii) of the public notice of 12 May 2022 to provide a speed table in Sydenham Hill extending from a point 9.5 metres south-west of the southwestern boundary of No. 81 Sydenham Hill south-westward for a distance of 9 metres, including both ramps, has been withdrawn. 4. For more information contact Coco Mak of the Council's Highways, Transport projects team highways@southwark.gov.uk. 5. Copies of this notice and the notice of 12 May 2022, together with plans showing the location and effect of the proposals may be either: found online at www.southwark.gov.uk/trafficorders, or inspected by appointment only either at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, or at: Transport Policy & Development, Lewisham Council, 4th Floor Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 020 7525 3497) for more details. 6. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices or send a statement in writing to: the Traffic Orders Officer, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or by e-mail to traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘Sydenham Hill TC revisions’ by 9 February 2023. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made. 7. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
The London Borough of Southwark (Cycle Lanes) (Sydenham Hill) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2023 The London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Sydenham Hill) Order 2023 The Lewisham (Cycle Lanes) (Sydenham Hill) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2023 The Lewisham (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 55) Order 2023 The Lewisham (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. 52) Order 2023 1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 19 January 2023 it has made the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, pursuant to arrangements made with the Council of the London Borough of Lewisham under section 9EA of the Local Government Act 2000, in accordance with regulation 7 of the Local Authorities (Arrangements for the Discharge of Functions) (England) Regulations 2012. 2. The effect of the two (Cycle Lanes) Orders would be to provide new mandatory with-flow cycle lanes, operational at any time and segregated in part, at some locations, from the adjoining motor vehicle traffic flow by way of a bolt-down kerb and having a width throughout of 1.5m, at the following locations:(a) in that part of SYDENHAM HILL which lies in the London Borough of Southwark, the west, northwest and north side, aligned with the western, north-western and northern kerb, a northbound, northeastbound and eastbound cycle lane, extending in sections from a point 7m north of the common boundary of Nos. 15 and 15a Sydenham Hill to a point 8m south-west of the south-western kerb-line build-out of Crescent Wood Road (at its north-eastern junction with Sydenham Hill); (b) in that part of SYDENHAM HILL which lies in the London Borough of Lewisham, the south-east, south and east side, aligned with the south-eastern, southern and eastern kerb, a south-westbound, westbound and southbound cycle lane, extending in sections from a point 3.5m south-west of the south-western kerb-line of the access road to Eddisbury House, Sydenham Hill to a point 5m northwest of the north-western kerb-line of Bluebell Close. 3. The effect of the two (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) Orders will be:(a) in that part of SYDENHAM HILL which lies in the London Borough of Southwark: (i) to provide free unlimited stay parking places, on the north-west and north side of the carriageway located to the immediate south-east or south of the cycle lane referred to in item 2(a) preceding and longitudinally aligned with the segregating kerb, at the following locations: (A) extending from a point 20m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Crescent Wood Road (at its south-western junction with Sydenham Hill north-eastward for a distance of 21m, and (B) extending from a point 8.5m east of the eastern kerb-line of the vehicular access to No. 41 Sydenham Hill eastward for a distance of 15.5m; and (ii) to introduce new or extend existing lengths of DYLs throughout the length of the cycle lanes referred to in item 2(a) preceding and on all other uncontrolled kerbside on the west, north-west and north side between a point 9m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 15 and 15a Sydenham Hill and a point 14m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line build-out of Crescent Wood Road (at its north-eastern junction with Sydenham Hill); (b) in that part of SYDENHAM HILL which lies in the London Borough of Lewisham: (i) to provide free unlimited stay parking places, on the south-east and south side of the carriageway located to the immediate north-west or north of the cycle lane referred to in item 2b) preceding and longitudinally aligned with the segregating kerb, at the following locations: (A) extending from a point 9m south-west of the south-western kerb-line of the vehicular access to ‘Cuddly Bear Day Care Nursery’, Sydenham Hill south-westward for a distance of 27m, and (B) extending from a point 12m west of the western kerb-line of Droitwich Close westward for a distance of 21m; and (ii) to introduce new or extend existing lengths of DYLs throughout the length of the cycle lanes referred to in item 2(b) preceding and on all other uncontrolled kerbside on the south-east, south and east side between a point 3.5m north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of the vehicular access to Eddisbury House, Sydenham Hill and a point 5m north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Bluebell Close; (c) in CRESCENT WOOD ROAD in the London Borough of Southwark, to introduce new or extend existing lengths of DYLs on both sides of the road, (i) for a distance of 11m at its south-western junction with Sydenham Hill, and (ii) for a distance of up to 10m at its north-eastern junction with Sydenham Hill; and (d) in WELLS PARK ROAD in the London Borough of Lewisham, to introduce new or extend existing lengths of DYLs on both sides of the road, (i) for a distance of 14m on the north-east side at its junction with Sydenham Hill, and (ii) for a distance of 10m on the south-west side at its junction with Sydenham Hill. Notes: (1) In the preceding, ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions (double yellow lines). (2) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (3) In 2 preceding, vehicular access to premises, side roads, access roads and private off-street parking will be maintained throughout the length of the proposed cycle lanes. 4. The effect of the Lewisham (Charged-For Parking Places) Order will be to substitute map tiles in the map-based schedule attached to the Lewisham (Charged-For Parking Places) Order 2017 so as to reflect the changes referred to in items 3(b) and (d) above. 5. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 23 January 2023 and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment and Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, or at: Transport Policy & Development, Lewisham Council, 4th Floor Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU, by appointment only. Contact traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or 020 7525 3497 for more details. 6. Anyone desiring to question the validity of the Orders 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 compiled with in relation to the Orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court. Dated 19 January 2023 Dale Foden - Head of Service - Highways, Environment and Leisure
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johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CHRIS KONGO has the chance to become a British and Commonwealth champion when he steps back into the ring in the Manchester Arena this weekend.
Bermondsey’s Kongo, 30, is fighting Nottingham-based Ekow Essuman, 33, on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jr’s bout against Liam Smith. Welterweight Kongo’s record stands at 14-1, his only defeat coming against Michael McKinson in 2021. Essuman is unbeaten in eighteen fights with seven KOs. The pair are battling over the BBBofC British, Commonwealth Boxing Council, IBF European and WBC International Silver welterweight titles. BOXXER-promoted Kongo’s last fight was against Sebastian Formella last June when he won on a unanimous decision. “For the last couple of weeks it’s just been hours of film-studying, hours of drilling and it’s all going to come off on the night,” Kongo told bet365 from his training camp. “I’m going through the scenarios over and over and over again, it’s just part of boxing and when the rewards happen it’ll be a great night. “It would mean the world to me, I’ve always wanted to win a British title, a Commonwealth title and this is the time now. “I’m definitely not going to let it slip out of my hands.” Kongo’s coach Ben Davison added: “He’s brilliant to work with, he’s got a great mindset. If you ask him to work on something or focus on something or to watch a certain fight, you know that he’s going to do it. “That makes it pleasurable to work and makes it worthwhile for what we’re doing. It makes us want to go above and beyond and do all we can to help Chris achieve his goals.” Walworth cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe (15-0; 11 KOs) is also on the bill as he aims to get the win against Poland’s former world champion Krzysztof Głowacki that would propel him towards a world title shot this year. Riakporhe has impressed with his ferocious power and has defeated fellow British contender Chris BillamSmith, the latter’s only defeat in the professional ranks. Riakporhe has trained with two-time heavyweight world champion Anthony
Chris Kongo
Kongo: ‘I’m not going to let it slip’ Bermondsey and Walworth fighters on Eubank Jr-Smith undercard Joshua, whose last defeats were against Oleksandr Usyk whom Glowacki took all the way before losing on points. ‘The Midnight Train’ Riakporhe tends to have a spectacular finish, as recent opponents Fabio Turchi and Deion Jumah can attest to. Riakporhe said: “I’m really pleased that [Glowacki] took the fight. Now
I can test ‘The Midnight Train’ once again and everyone can see how I fare against this opponent, this challenge. “Krzysztof Głowacki, ex-world champion, so he’s not a pushover, let’s just put it that way. So I have to be on my game, I have to be on my A-game and it’s going to be fireworks, believe me.”
Lionesses again edged out by Gills Kent County Cup semi-final Gillingham 1-0 Millwall Lionesses by Jeff Burnige at the Bauvill Stadium sport@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL LIONESSES were involved in another close and heartbreaking defeat to National League Gillingham last Sunday, this time by 1-0 at Chatham Town’s Bauvill Stadium in front of nearly 400 spectators.
After the FA Cup penalty shoot-out defeat last November, this time it was the Kent County Cup semi-final, a competition the Gills have dominated in recent years. Gillingham had just appointed as their new manager Dan Logue, the former
much-respected Millwall Lionesses coach and general manager. Conversely, Millwall boss Jack Wheeler was faced with the Lionesses’ first match since December 4, due to the Christmas break coming after two postponements in the month. He also had three new signings in goalkeeper Hope Smith, midfielder Stefania Pace and striker Shannan Drewe all ineligible. The long lay-off and a defence showing four positional changes saw Gillingham on top in the first half, and it was defensive indecision which allowed Breon Grant to score the goal which ultimately decided the tie in the nineteenth minute. Wheeler brought on the regular trio Otesha Charles, Jas Auguste and Chloe Burr, and this transformed the game, the first two after recovering from illness and in talisman Burr’s case from the birth of
her second child. Millwall were in the ascendancy in the second half, but the Gills defended defiantly, restricting the Lionesses mainly to long shots and set-pieces. In fact, Millwall goalkeeper Serena Hand had some saves to make on the break, and she was one of the now-normal four under-18 players in the starting lineup. The extra experience and power of the Gillingham players was telling in a physical game which the lenient referee allowed to flow, and they just about deserved their narrow victory. Charles and wide-right youngster Angel Reid caused problems up front, and Jade Keogh, back in midfield for this game, constantly drove the Lionesses forward, but once again Millwall showed even in defeat that they are now on a par with a good National League side.
Riakporhe wants this to be his last fight before a world title challenge in a very competitive cruiserweight division. “It has to be, has to be,” he said. “If not then maybe somebody’s not doing their job. Either me or the team, I [wouldn’t know] what’s going on. “It’s in the best interest for everybody,
for the organisation [to have a world title shot next]. There is a big buzz in the cruiserweight division, especially in the UK, and these organisations need to start giving us the shots.” Riakporhe and Kongo’s bouts immediately precede the main event and all the action is on Sky Sports Box Office. Coverage starts at 6pm.
Surrey launch ‘A Life in Cricket’ By Sports Reporter sport@southwarknews.co.uk SURREY HAVE launched a new campaign aimed at showing youngsters there are non-playing opportunities in cricket and to provide them with examples showing how and where to work within the game.
It is the first of a trio of campaigns showing “the positive and powerful role cricket can play across an entire lifetime”. The club added: “For ‘A Life in Cricket’, Surrey CCC, The Kia Oval and the Foundation will partner with Street Child United, Wisden Cricket Monthly and The Authors Cricket Club to tell a wide breadth of cricket life stories and inspire as many aspiring young cricket
professionals as possible. “Young people involved with the currently ongoing Surrey Cricket Foundation and Street Child United programme will also receive specialist mentorship from departments across both Surrey’s and the campaign partners’ businesses. “Youngsters will get to meet and learn from people like Executive Chef Josh Stanton, Director of Programmes at ACE Chevy Green, Regional Director of Women’s Cricket Emma Calvert and Heritage Executive Paul Mooney. “We will shine a light on the possibility of ‘a life in cricket’ throughout the coming months, and content will be released across Surrey’s social media channels and website, as well as being regularly featured in the Wisden monthly magazine.”
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johnk@southwarknews.co.uk CAPTAIN JACK Holland said Dulwich Hamlet showed their “character” as they bounced back from successive heavy defeats to clinch a dramatic late win at Welling United last weekend.
With the score level at 2-2 in the 89th minute, Holland finished Frankie Raymond’s delivery to the net and then Dan Smith sealed the victory in the 92nd minute. Dulwich had lost 4-1 at home to Farnborough in their previous National League South game, after conceding all four goals in the first half. A changed side was then dumped out of the London Senior Cup after a 5-1 defeat at Wingate & Finchley in the quarter-finals. Last Saturday, former Dulwich defender Aaron Barnes gave the Wings the lead in the 26th minute but the Hamlet went in front after goals from Will Wood three minutes into first-half injury-time and Johl Powell a minute after the break. Ade Azeez levelled for the hosts with eleven minutes left but Dulwich struck late to take the points. “It was massive. After the last couple of performances we knew as a squad it wasn’t up to par,” Holland told Dulwich’s media. “The pitch the way it was, Welling are a good side, we know a few of their players, to come away with a win here is massive and hopefully it can springboard us now and we get a little run and climb the table. “Farnborough, we weren’t at it for the first 30 minutes and the game was done by then. It wasn’t us. The cup game, I know we left a few out, but it wasn’t good enough. Coming and putting in a performance [Saturday] was important to us and I think everyone put in a shift, the boys coming off the bench not just the starters. Even the boys outside [the squad], I heard James Comley here shouting at me. So as a collective it means so much for us.” Holland feels he should be scoring more from set-pieces. “Do you know what, it’s something we’ve mentioned and Frankie Raymond, to be fair, the balls he puts in are asking to be put away,” Holland said. “I’m glad I could get my one today. We’re such a
Hamlet show ‘character’ after heavy defeats
FISHER’S RESURGENCE continued with a 3-1 win at K Sports in their SCEFL Premier Division clash last weekend.
Jack Holland wheels away in celebration away support on Saturday and Tuesday,” Barnes said. “We’re confident in what we’re doing. I said to the boys in there, you look at the training session on Thursday after the last two results, the boys were brilliant in training. The positivity we talk about, supporting each other in times of adversity. You saw it throughout the game. “It went to and fro. I thought we deserved the win, that’s not me being biased, I thought the boys were good. We dug in at times as well and they showed what they’re all about. “I keep saying there are going to be times when I make mistakes and I hold my hands up. And there are going to be times when the boys pull out performances. What they’ve done is a credit to them with
the mental toughness they’ve shown after under-par performances the last couple of games, not being our true selves. “The fans deserve credit, the staff have been brilliant getting us ready for today. I thought collectively it was brilliant to see the fans at the end and I thought everybody deserved it after the last two performances we put in. “Hopefully that’s payback for the last two.” The Hamlet were due to travel to Bath City on Tuesday but the game was postponed due to a frozen pitch after an inspection at midday. Barnes’s side are away at Slough Town in the league this Saturday. Kick-off is 3pm.
Depleted Menace get first away win By John Kelly johnk@southwarknews.co.uk PECKHAM UNITED won 4-1 away to Fleetdown United in the Kent County Premier Division last weekend – despite having a matchday squad of just twelve players.
Substitute Joshua Montella scored twice after goals from Hamid Bangura and Jacob Kemp to seal victory. The Menace had to come from behind after the hosts went in front when Nathan Gamester was unsighted from a free-kick. Mary Phillip’s side were also hindered by the late arrivals of several players which meant they didn’t have a proper
warm-up and probably accounted for the side’s slow start. It looked like it was going to be one of those days when Peckham were denied what appeared to be a clear penalty when Kieran Dowding was taken down in the 20th minute. Peckham finally got back into the game eight minutes later when Bangura headed home Nicky Meta’s cross. It was all Peckham and Bangura was set to be in again but for a last-ditch tackle. Montella came on for Tidi Barry in the 58th minute and made an immediate impact. After Camilo Andres Nieva’s shot was parried, Montella picked up
the loose ball and found Kemp who finished to put Phillip’s side in front. It was 3-1 in the 74th minute when Montella went through and fired home at the near post. Gamester had been a virtual spectator since the early goal but he was called into action with twelve minutes left as he tipped a free-kick over the crossbar. That scare prompted Peckham to go on the attack again and they got their fourth in the 81st minute. Nieva had the chance to shoot from the edge of the box but instead he spotted Montella’s run and the finish was again clinical. It was the first time this season Peckham had picked up three points
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threat, last year we were a threat from set-pieces and we need to get back to that. I’m delighted to chip in. “We’ve mentioned before about character. The gaffer goes on about it a lot and what goes on in the changing room. After that first goal the reaction, we get a goal and then another one. They equalise and start to get on top a little bit, then we come back again. I think it shows what we’ve got in this changing room that we really can roll up our sleeves and drag out these wins.” Manager Paul Barnes was pleased with how his side responded to their previous two performances. “I thought it was the exact reaction we were looking for [after] the results
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Fish flying as brilliant goals seal win
away from home and they are ninth in the table. There is a break from the league this Saturday when Peckham host Forest Hill Park in the London Senior Trophy quarter-finals. Kick-off at The Menace Arena is at 1.30pm.
Peckham Town FC: 4-2-3-1: Nathan Gamester; Festus Ogunlana, Charlie Egleton (c), Adam Carrick, Ricardo George; Jacob Kemp, Tidi Barry; Kieran Dowding, Nicky Meta,Camilo Andres Nieva; Hamid Bangura. Substitutes: Joshua Montella (on for Tidi Barry); Tidi Barry (on for Camilo Andres Nieva).
The Fish had early chances, and had a Luke With goal disallowed for offside, before Isaac Thompson put them ahead in the 21st minute. Cedric Nganga beat his opponent on the left with some brilliant footwork before crossing to the back post for Thompson to produce an outstanding finish as he volleyed in from a tight angle. Ajay Ashanike’s side went 2-0 up in the 32nd minute. This time Thompson created the goal as he crossed from the right and With headed in. Three minutes into the second half the visitors took advantage against the ten-men hosts after former Fisher player Josh Biddlecombe had been sin-binned with Nganga making it three. It was another brilliant goal as Nganga set off on a run from the left touchline on halfway, bamboozling opponents before finishing into the bottom far corner. The Fish seemed to be cruising but Richard Jimoh gave them a scare and his side hope when he pulled a goal back. But Fisher never really looked like they would relinquish their advantage and Jacob Katonia almost added a fourth but it wasn’t needed as the away side got the points. After being bottom of the table for much of the season, albeit with games in hand due to cup runs, Fisher are now up to twelfth. Fisher host Rusthall in the league in Rotherhithe this Saturday. Kickoff is at 5pm. Also in the Premier Division, Stansfeld came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at Whitstable Town. Josh Oliver’s goals in the ninth and fifteenth minutes appeared to have the home side in total control. But in a goal-fest of a first half, Rob Hughes halved the deficit in the 22nd minute and then Ezekiel Miller levelled in the 35th. That result leaves Stansfeld in fifth place. They host Erith Town in the Kent Senior Trophy quarterfinals this Saturday. Kick-off is at 3pm. Bermondsey Town, looking for just a second First Division win of the season, were unluckily edged out 3-2 at home to Greenways. Farai Maganga got the winner for the away side with just two minutes left. Bermondsey travel to Bridon Ropes on Saturday for a 3pm kick-off.
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championship report Middlesbrough - 1 Forss 54’ Millwall - 0 Date: Saturday 14 January 2023 Attendance: 24,614 (505 away) Referee: Matt Donohue Man of the match: Dael Fry
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Second-half strike downs Millwall on Teesside
alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL DROPPED back out of the top six after a 1-0 defeat away to promotion rivals Middlesbrough.
The Lions came into the match on the back of a disappointing FA Cup exit at home to Sheffield United, although manager Gary Rowett was optimistic that his side could put the 2-0 loss behind them and focus on their trip to North Yorkshire. However, the visitors were pinned back from the start of the match and limited to very few clear cut chances, even though they registered a higher xG ratio [expected goals] than their opponents. Marcus Forss’ goal early in the second half was enough to seal the points for Boro, who seem to be in the driving seat for a place in this season’s play-offs. Matt Crooks and Tom Bradshaw were both given good chances at the very start of the game, but George Long and Zack Steffen found it fairly easy to save their respective, tame efforts. Long was thrown right into the action in the fifth minute, however, rushing off his line to deny Chuba Akpom a goal from the right side of the box. Middlesbrough were happy to hold possession throughout the early stages, but they lacked the final ball to really create a clear-cut opportunity. Millwall’s first sniff didn’t come until the fifteenth minute when Zian Flemming broke through on goal. He had Bradshaw and George Honeyman either side of them, but neither of them were in a good enough position to receive the ball, forcing the Dutchman to take aim with a low left-footed shot that was easily held by Steffen. Akpom, the top scorer in the Championship, was presented with two more good chances to turn the ball into
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Boro beat lethargic Lions to take control of top-six race George Long put in a superb performance to keep Millwall in the game on Saturday afternoon the back of the net, but he wasn’t able to make contact with either cross into the box. Andreas Voglsammer had a good opportunity to score from a similar position in the 26th minute, but he was also unable to get a touch on Honeyman’s dinked cross from the right. After 30 minutes, Millwall registered just 22% possession and one shot on target from two attempts, yet they had managed to restrain Middlesbrough until the game sprung into life in the 36th minute. A heavy back pass spilled out of play for a corner when Long couldn’t keep it in, with the Lions ‘keeper rushing to pick up the ball and take a goal kick. Akpom squared up to him, causing a huge fight that drew Jake Cooper in and ended with Long picking up a yellow card.
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Millwall’s last chance of the half came from a throw-in won by Bradshaw, with Flemming playing a quick one-two with Honeyman that allowed him to cross the ball into the box. Murray Wallace got his head on it but failed to convert from close range. Middlesbrough pushed forward in numbers to get a goal before the break, and the home fans were certain that they managed to do that seconds after stoppage time was announced. Hayden Hackney’s superb ball to Ryan Giles allowed the left-back to fizz a low cross that Shaun Hutchinson turned into the side netting, with Millwall clearing the resulting corner. It was clear that a Middlesbrough goal was a near-certainty, with Hutchinson helping to prevent the inevitable in the
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50th minute to deny Crooks an easy goal, with Millwall somehow winning a goal kick. Their luck was soon about to run out, however, as the hosts took the lead in the 54th minute. Forss picked up the ball on the right flank, firing a cross that bounced back to him off Wallace. The Millwall defender then slipped as he rushed past, giving him acres of space to rifle a low shot into the back of the net to put Boro 1-0 up. The goal prompted Gary Rowett to make a change, bringing off the injured Cooper for George Saville. Wallace moved over to centre-back as a result, with Callum Styles slotting in at left-back. It almost did the trick on the hour-mark when Flemming brushed past McNair to break into the box. However, he opted to pass to Honeyman
instead, who lost the ball instantly. Saville and Bradshaw had good chances to find an equaliser as the clock, but neither were able to hit the target from their chances inside the box. Middlesbrough ran down the clock in the dying stages, nullifying Millwall in stoppage time to beat the Lions on Teesside. Middlesbrough: 4-2-3-1: Steffen; Smith, Fry, McNair, Giles; Howson, Hackney; Forss (Archer 73’), Akpom, McGree (Bola 90’); Crooks (Watmore 78’) Millwall: 4-2-3-1: Long; McNamara, Hutchinson, Cooper (Saville 55’), Wallace; Mitchell (Shackleton 83’), Styles; Honeyman (Esse 83’), Flemming, Voglsammer (Bennett 70’); Bradshaw
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Millwall face the unknown in South Wales
Managerless Cardiff to test the Lions after tough run of January fixtures
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk MILLWALL ARE set to face another managerless side on Saturday afternoon as they travel to the Welsh capital to face Cardiff City.
The Lions head into the match on the back of consecutive defeats, losing 2-0 at home to Sheffield United in the FA Cup at the start of January and 1-0 away to Middlesbrough in the Championship last weekend. On the flip side, Gary Rowett’s side have lost just one of their last five league matches, putting them into an encouraging position to challenge for a place in the top six. It won’t be easy to achieve their goal, with the gap between Norwich in seventh and Reading in fourteenth just two points. A win could move Millwall back into the top six if other results go their way, but a defeat could drop them into the bottom half of the table if the teams below them pick up maximum points. Cardiff are fighting a different battle, as
they sit just three points and one place above Huddersfield Town in the last relegation spot. The Terriers have a game in hand on the Bluebirds as well, meaning that the prospect of League One football next year feels very real. Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Wigan Athletic was the final straw. The Latics’ 96th minute equaliser was enough to see them snatch a point and end the tenure of Mark Hudson, who has only replaced former Millwall striker Steve Morison as manager in mid-November. As a result, Cardiff are now on the hunt for their third head coach of the season, with former boss Neil Warnock the frontrunner at the time of writing. The lack of clarity surrounding the club’s immediate future and their tactical direction undoubtedly makes things harder for the Lions, who have experienced this exact situation on a number of occasions. Matt Taylor’s first game in charge of Rotherham United came against Millwall in October, while Middlesbrough and West Brom both travelled to The Den with interim managers in charge in the same
month. “It’s the same scenario,” Rowett told the News. “We’re more than halfway through the season and I think we’ve had this about five times already. “It’s a challenge, but it’s just a different type of challenge. Middlesbrough had Michael Carrick there for eight or nine games, we knew what we had to prepare for, yet we lost the game 1-0. We came away with nothing after all that hard work. “I don’t think it changes anything, it just means you have to go and focus on what you do. I think we do that anyway. “We know some of Cardiff’s strengths and maybe areas where we feel, if we do things well, we can cause them problems. “I don’t necessarily think it changes anything too much.” Millwall will be without Tyler Burey [hip] for Saturday’s game, while Scott Malone [foot] is still a doubt. Jake Cooper and Shaun Hutchinson should both be fit, but their involvement will hinge on whether or not they can return to full training at the end of this week.
Millwall could move back into the play-off places with a win in South Wales
matCh details Possible Millwall starting XI: 4-2-3-1
Long; McNamara, Hutchinson, Cooper, Wallace; Mitchell, Saville; Voglsammer, Flemming, Bennett; Bradshaw
Match odds:
Cardiff 2/1 Draw 2/1 Millwall 29/20
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Championship (September 3rd, 2022): Millwall 2-0 Cardiff (Cresswell 63’, Afobe 90’)
Southwark News, Thursday January 19 2023 EXCLUSIVE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT has defended Murray Wallace after he was criticised for his recent performances.
Some supporters have been disappointed by the Scotsman, who has set incredibly high standards while playing for Millwall in recent years. However, after shifting to become a leftback in a 4-2-3-1 and suffering a groin injury in a 2-1 defeat to Bristol City, he hasn’t been able to show the same defensive strength as he has in the past. As a result, there has been some concern that he has become a liability in a strong back line, with some fans believing that he was at fault for Middlesbrough’s winning goal at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday afternoon. However, Rowett was quick to stick up for the defender, explaining that he has earned the right to go through a rough patch after a number of exceptional years at the heart of the Lions’ back line. “There are always going to be a couple of fans that are unhappy with something, so I wouldn’t necessarily judge it on that,” he told the News. “I think players go through great bits of form and they go through bits where they maybe have a game or two where things don’t quite go for them. I think any player has to ride those moments within a season. “Muzza has been absolutely incredible for me as a manager. He can play as a left-side centre-back in a [back] three, a left-side centre-back in a two, he can play left-back in a four, he can play left wingback. Whatever you ask him to do, he’ll go and do it with everything he’s got. “I think he’ll be the first to admit that he’s a player that’s wholehearted. At times when he’s feeling confident, his quality is really good. Then there will be other times where that’s maybe not a natural side to his game. “He keeps working hard, he keeps doing what he needs to do, but the least of my worries at the minute is Murray Wallace because he’s such a trustworthy player. “I think he epitomises what we are as a team. We’re not always going to be
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Millwall boss defends Muzza’s mistakes Gary Rowett praises key defender after rocky return from injury Murray Wallace has played the full 90 minutes in eight of the Lions’ last nine games wonderful on the eye but we’re all-effort, determined, disciplined and a team that shows desire. What we’ve got to do is get people in form, and Muzza has certainly
shown over a long period that he’s more than welcome to have a game where he doesn’t produce as good moments as he usually does.”
Tyler to miss key Championship games Millwall will be without young forward during busy February fixtures, due to hip injury EXCLUSIVE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk TYLER BUREY could be ruled out until the latter stages of February after picking up a hip injury.
The Lions have even fewer attacking options with Tyler Burey ruled out
The young forward had been struggling with the issue for a number of weeks prior to Millwall’s 2-0 defeat against Sheffield United in the FA Cup, which is where he suffered the knock after playing the final 30 minutes off the bench. He missed Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Middlesbrough as a result, and with his expected recovery time set at four to
six weeks, there is a chance that he will miss the Lions’ hectic run of fixtures in February as well. “Tyler got a bang to his hip,” manager Gary Rowett told the News. “There could be muscle damage there. I think he did it in the game, but he felt something there for a little while. “We had it scanned and they were saying that it’s probably a four-to-sixweek injury. “At that point, with a few bodies short, certainly in attacking areas, it feels a little bit worse. “Obviously for Tyler it’s been a little bit stop-start, and I thought he was starting to show some really good form. It’s a shame.”
In more positive news, Jake Cooper’s injury doesn’t seem to be as severe as Millwall first feared, meaning that he should be able to rejoin full training on Thursday alongside centre-back partner Shaun Hutchinson, who has a tight groin. Left-back Scott Malone is also nearing a return, although he is unlikely to feature against Cardiff City this weekend. “Scotty did a decent session yesterday [Monday], so we’re hoping that, by Thursday, he won’t be a million miles away from being back training with the group, which would be great,” Rowett added. “Obviously with his illness, he’s just
had a really strange period, and with the World Cup break it feels like that period has been longer. “Hopefully he won’t be a million miles away for Thursday but Saturday is a different ballgame. “The situation we’re in with bodies and players, rather than being a bit more aggressive, we’ll go the other way and look after the injured players a little more. “I’d hope that all of them will train on Thursday. Hutchy and Coops, if they’re fit and they train on Thursday, they’ll be available for Saturday. Scotty, training on Thursday doesn’t mean that he’s automatically available for Saturday because he’s missed a lot of training.”
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Long shines as Lions’ number one
George Long has played a big part in one of the strongest back lines in the Championship
Millwall ‘keeper determined to bounce back after birth of baby boy EXCLUSIVE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk NEW YEAR’S Eve was a turbulent night for Millwall goalkeeper George Long.
While some of his teammates were celebrating the start of 2023 in a quiet and sensible fashion, the 29-year-old had to rush his wife to hospital to give birth to a happy and healthy baby boy. Manager Gary Rowett confirmed the news soon after, with Long missing the Lions’ 3-0 home win against Rotherham United on New Year’s Day and their 2-0 defeat to boyhood club Sheffield United in the FA Cup a week later. “I’ve had a busy couple of weeks, but it’s been amazing,” he told the News. “Obviously it’s been quite difficult at times but it’s changed our lives for the better. It’s good fun but pretty difficult, as every parent knows. “The gaffer was really good, to be fair. I missed one of the games for the birth and then had a couple of days off straight away after, which helped. “My missus is doing the bulk of the work, especially during the nights,
which has really helped me, because it’s difficult if you’re not sleeping and you’ve got to turn up in training as well. “She’s been amazing and the gaffer has been brilliant as well, giving me time off and letting me have time at home for the first few days, which has been really good.” Getting back into the swing of things took a little while for Long, who dropped out of the team for Bartosz Białkowski to briefly reclaim his spot as first-choice goalkeeper. The former England youth international was put straight back into the starting lineup to face Middlesbrough on Saturday, which was far from the easiest game to make his return in. “I think it’s just standard procedure in football. Unless there’s anything majorly wrong, I think you’re straight back in when you can, so that was always going to be the case. “It’s obviously good to get back out and doing what you normally do in your routine in terms of training and games, but the work doesn’t stop when you get home.” It’s taken a long time for Long to be considered the number one shotstopper at a Championship club.
From his early days as a striker at the start of his youth career to becoming a goalkeeper in Sheffield United’s academy where he idolised England international Joe Hart, he has spent much of his time on the bench as a backup option. In fact, prior to this season, his only full Championship campaign came in 2019-20 when he finished bottom of the division with Hull City. He clearly learned a lot from that experience, including how to act as a goalkeeper. Mind games can play a big part in football, and his exchange with Middlesbrough’s Chuba Akpom at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday was certainly a prime example of that. Long refused to allow the striker to get the ball back quickly before a corner, which resulted in a huge scuffle that saw the ‘keeper given a yellow card while Akpom looked a shadow of himself on the pitch afterwards. “I was disappointed I got booked to be fair! I wasn’t trying to get booked because it was a backpass and they were on the counterattack. I thought that, if I gave them the ball straight away, they might swing it in while there’s nobody in there defending.
“I maybe should’ve let it go a little earlier but I thought I’d rather keep ahold of it for a few more seconds and let the lads get back in so we could set up and defend instead of giving them a head start.” The mental side of what goalkeepers have to do has really been put under the spotlight in recent weeks since Emi Martinez’s eccentric behaviour while playing at the World Cup for eventual champions Argentina. Long doesn’t think that his mind games are quite on the same level as Aston Villa’s number one, although he understands how much of an impact those sort of actions can have on opposition forwards. “I think it depends on the person really,” he explained. “Obviously Emi Martinez is one end of the scale, and then in the final you’ve got [Hugo] Lloris who’s at the other end of the scale, just going about his business. I think it’s very individual. “Clearly in that sense, in the penalty shootout, it played a massive part, so fair play to him. “In terms of myself, I’m probably not up there with Martinez in terms of his antics! I just get on with my job, try to
communicate as much as I can and be loud behind the lads in defence. “That’s how I go about things, nothing too extravagant!” Of course, Long’s main job is to keep clean sheets, which Millwall have been incredibly good at after overcoming a difficult period at the start of the season. Only the current top two, Burnley [25] and Sheffield United [24], have conceded fewer goals than the Lions this season [27], while Long himself has kept six clean sheets since replacing Białkowski in mid-September. “I think that speaks volumes about the team as a collective, and obviously the staff and the gaffer, that we defend as a team. “It’s not just me as a ‘keeper or the back four, I think it’s a collective thing, but obviously the lads in the back four have been outstanding. They’ve been limiting chances and limiting the work I have to do, but when I’m needed to make a few saves, it’s always good to chip in. “More often than not it’s two or three a game, if that, but if that helps to keep the clean sheet then it’s a great feeling to do so.”
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Danny sets out his Premier League dream EXCLUSIVE
By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk DANNY MCNAMARA is living in the moment and taking each game as it comes.
It’s the way that Millwall like to approach things, with their ultimate aim for the season being to secure a place in the playoffs and their highest league finish since 2002. But for now, the focus is on Saturday’s match against Cardiff City, and McNamara knows the importance of picking up a positive result after the Lions’ recent dip in form. “There’s a saying that you can’t get too high and you can’t get too low,” he told the News. “In the Championship, obviously anyone can beat anyone. We’re just going to go out there and rack up as many points as we can. “We’ll just keep performing the way that we’re doing, pick up our away form a little bit and we’ll be alright.” Of course, that doesn’t mean that he or his teammates don’t look at the table, although the ban on discussing Millwall’s league position means that the squad aren’t as focused on it as some of the supporters. The Championship is still incredibly tight, with the gap from Norwich City in seventh down to Reading in fourteenth just two points. However, while many believe that some teams will manage to pull away from the chasing pack, McNamara thinks that it will remain just as competitive throughout the campaign. “I think you’ll see a consistent thing going on where nobody runs away with it,” he explained. “Obviously Burnley are top of the league, they’re running away with it at the moment. With the rest, I think anyone can beat anyone. “It’ll be very tight towards the end of the season.” The right-back can, however, take a brief moment to explore his dream of taking his boyhood club back to the top flight for the first time since 1989-90, eight years before he was even born. Millwall are one of the biggest clubs in English football to never play in the Premier
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League, and fans are desperate for that run to end. “100 percent, that’ll be the dream,” McNamara admitted. “I think it’ll be a lot of lads’ dreams as well. “I think fans would be buzzing - it would be carnage in the Premier League! “We’re not going to get too carried away with that. We’ll just keep doing what we’re doing and seeing how it goes.”
Whatever happens this season, McNamara believes that progress has been made. After all, this is just his second full season of Championship football, and he is still a relative rookie compared to the rest of the back line. The 24-year-old does see himself as a more experienced figure in the first-team squad, however, although skipper Shaun Hutchinson often takes charge by barking
orders at him when things aren’t going well. “I’m learning in every game I play,” he claimed. “Obviously I see myself as more of a senior player where I can help the younger lads coming through like Rom [Esse]. “I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and hoping I can develop as the season goes on. “Playing alongside Hutchy, his
communication is massive. His experience is massive and he’ll tell me if I’m doing something wrong, although he’ll tell me if I’m doing something good as well. “He does give me a right bollocking, to be fair, but that’s all part and parcel of football and it’ll help me massively. “If we have an argument on the pitch, we obviously don’t carry it over. It’s on the pitch and it’ll help us in the game.”
Esse excites Millwall fans with classy cameos Gary Rowett sets out plans for star youngster after making first-team debut By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT has been impressed by Romain Esse’s impact off the bench for Millwall in recent weeks.
Romaine Esse has become a fan favourite after his impressive performances off the bench
The 17-year-old was called up to the first-team squad on Boxing Day, where he made his debut in the dying stages of a 2-0 win against Watford at Vicarage Road. Since then, the winger has made a number of cameo appearances where he has come close to scoring. While most of these have been late on, he played the final half-hour of the Lions’ 2-0 defeat to Sheffield United in the FA Cup, a game in which he was voted as NewsAtDen’s Man of the Match by the club’s supporters.
Rowett has set out a rough plan for the youngster’s development, admitting that his immediate future will lie with the first-team squad as they look to challenge for promotion to the Premier League. “He’s shown some good moments and a really good attitude for a young player,” he told the News. “Saturday was a good example. He came on and you could see that he wanted to make something happen. That’s the kind of exuberance of youth and that lack of fear. “He’s one that we’ve looked at and we’ve seen what a good player he is. He’ll be involved with the first team all the way through until the end of the season and obviously beyond, but that’s the first
bit. “I think he can impact the team off the bench, but in an ideal world he shouldn’t have to. At the moment, he’s in that position, which is brilliant for him and great for us in some ways because it’s a chance to see another young player develop. “There might be times where he’s not on the bench, there might be times where he might start if he does well. He’s a really talented player, he’s seventeen, he’s got great feet. He’s probably one of the best technical players I’ve seen come out of our academy and he’s also got a great attitude. “Who knows how that will develop, but at the moment he’s certainly done enough to be around the group.”
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EXCLUSIVE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk GARY ROWETT has admitted that he has become frustrated by the January transfer market, with Millwall still working to make their second addition of the month.
The Lions boss previously claimed that he wanted two new signings through the door, with the main focus being on a striker to replace Benik Afobe, who left The Den to join Hatta Club earlier in the window. However, the recruitment process has been slow, with Rowett previously saying that the club
“haven’t got the money to blow teams away” and “won’t be the first pick on a lot of top players’ agendas”. Millwall are unlikely to make any additions before Saturday’s trip to Cardiff City, meaning that the bulk of their transfer business will need to be done in the final stages of the window. “It’s disappointing because we want to strengthen,” he told the News. “We’ve been wanting to strengthen since the first day of the window. “I think it’s important that we do that because we’re in a brilliant, brilliant position. “For us, the same as staff, we’re always pushing for that to happen. As I said, everyone is working hard to try and achieve that. It’s never
Kongo: ‘I’m not going to let it slip’ Hayden heads for pastures new EXCLUSIVE By Alex Jones alexj@southwarknews.co.uk HAYDEN MULLER has left Millwall to join League of Ireland side Dundalk FC on a permanent deal.
Millwall are unlikely to make any signings before Saturday’s trip to Cardiff City quite that easy.” However, Rowett has refused to rule out strengthening in other areas of the pitch despite prioritising attackers. This is something that could become even more important if Millwall are unable to sign a striker before the deadline passes on January 31st, with the Lions open to any options that could help them score more goals in the latter stages of the campaign. “I’m a manager, I don’t think you’re ever happy,” Rowett joked. “My job is to always look for avenues to strengthen. I think part of this window is that we want to get the right profile of player, we want to strengthen attacking areas, but we also have to be mindful that we
might have to go about it in a slightly different way. “It might have to be that we strengthen a different part of the team because we can’t get the right player in another part. “You always have to look at it and that’s something that we’ll continue to do.” The club’s stance remains the same with outgoings following the departures of Afobe and fellow striker Isaac Olaofe, although interest remains in versatile midfielder George Evans. “At this moment in time, we’re in a position where we wouldn’t let anyone go, just because of the numbers in the squad,” the Millwall manager confirmed.
The News exclusively revealed that the 20-year-old centre-back was allowed to leave The Den this month, although a loan deal had initially not been ruled out. However, having made just four senior appearances for the Lions in the last four years, it was clear that a transfer would make the most sense for the player and the club. Millwall boss Gary Rowett agreed that it was the best outcome for all parties, but admitted that he wouldn’t be surprised to see Muller playing at Championship level if he can gain some more experience. “He worked really hard with us but it hadn’t really worked out,” he explained. “I think he’s a talented lad, and he could have a really good career in the game and get back to this sort of level. “He’s only going to do that by playing games and learning in a different environment. For him, he’d gone past that stage. He’d gone out on loan, come back and it hadn’t quite worked. “I spoke about this before, if they’re coming back off a loan, they need to be in our first team. If they’re not, then they might have to make that step elsewhere. “You’ve got to try and be fair to the young players. They’ve got careers, they’re desperate to start that. If you just keep them in the under-21’s or outside the squad, after a year or two that’s not the right thing to do, you’ve got to give them an opportunity. “If he does really well, I’m sure we’ll also benefit from that as a club.”
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