South London Weekly - March 20th 2026

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THE LEGACIES OF BOROUGH BOY GEORGE NICHOLSON

The man behind Coin Street’s affordable housing on the South Bank and Borough Market as a foodies’ paradise

By Issy Clarke

BORN A year after World War II in Borough, amid the bombed-out buildings and industrial landscape of the area, George Nicholson went on to ensure local people were given affordable homes while transforming the fortunes of Borough Market.

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The 79-year-old recently died on 1 February. A campaigner and local politician he fought tirelessly to get ‘homes for ordinary folk built’ in Coin Street on the South Bank and as the area went from being dominated by docks and factories to offices he took Borough from a wholesale market to the internationally renowned destination that it is today.

The whole of North Southwark was in the throes of redevelopment in the 1980s and except for a brief period spent sailing around the world as a ship’s engineer in the 1970s, George spent much of his life here. He lived for a period on Copperfield Street, and later on Great Suffolk Street.

George was pivotal in the Coin Street Campaign - a 1980s movement to prevent a 13-acre plot of land on the South Bank from being turned into offices. The campaign successfully purchased the site in 1984 and today it is run by a social enterprise and home to housing co-operatives, gardens and shops.

“The area flooded regularly at the start of the 20th century,” said Iain Tuckett, a Director of Coin Street Community Builders who got to know George through the campaign in the 1980s.

“It had all the works and warehouses and was made up of housing for the poor. Often people would work in the docks or in the print.”

But Iain explained in the 1970s and ‘80s there was a “change in the function of the area” driven by a push to relocate the City of London and the West End onto the southern

bank of the River Thames.

“George’s particular passion was to keep a residential community,” he said. “Shops, schools, everything was closing. He wanted to get housing for ordinary folk built.”

In 1978 George waded into local politics, securing election to Southwark Council as a Labour councillor representing Cathedral ward until 1982. In 1981, while still a councillor, George was also elected to the Greater London Corporation - the predecessor of the GLA - to represent Bermondsey and would go on to become chairman of the GLC’s planning committee until it was abolished by Prime Minister Margret Thatcher in 1986.

He used his political influence to champion the causes he was passionate about, pushing the GLC and council to build more affordable homes for families in central London.

Sir Simon Hughes, who incidentally was George’s opponent in 1981 GLC election, paid tribute to the Labour politician he lost out to before he became the MP for the area two years later. He said: “George Nicholson was a great Southwark and London politician and campaigner. George did a huge amount to enable greater social housing, a fairer London, a safer and more prosperous River Thames, strong London county government and a successful Borough Market.

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“Though we were once opponents and from politically different traditions, I respected, liked and worked with George on many campaigns. Our borough and London owes him much.”

Borough Market was George’s other great achievement - he served on its Board of Trustees for more than 30 years rising to become its Chair and worked tirelessly to turn around the ailing market’s fortunes.

He drove the idea of transforming it from a dying wholesale market supplying produce to London’s greengrocers into a farmer’s market where shoppers could buy food directly.

“George Nicholson was instrumental in shaping Borough Market into the renowned food destination it is today,” said Shane Holland, chair of Borough Market. “Serving first as a trustee and then as Chair for 11 years until 2006, he played a pivotal role in securing the Market’s future and defining its modern identity. Without his vision, dedication and leadership, the Market as we know it simply would not exist.

“He will be greatly missed, and his legacy will continue to be felt by the traders, visitors and local community who bring Borough Market to life every day.”

Iain Tuckett added: “He had a really wide range of interests. You could know him

for years and then find out something else about him. He was interested in jazz, very interested in photography and held a number of exhibitions and published a couple of books. He was passionate about issues around community and neighbourhood, but also about the River Thames.

“He was a very good writer and he was very funny. He was what you would call the life and soul of the party.”

Ruth Gee, the Deputy Leader of the Inner London Education Authority between 1982-86, on which George sat while he was a member of the GLC, said: “Civic duty” ran through George’s bloodstream, like sugar in seaside rock; he wanted positive change for ordinary working people. He once wrote of his determination to “look at the world afresh, unburdened by previous convictions and training”.

“It made him a good friend with whom to debate the latest copy of the Guardian, FT Weekend or the Economist. While his body grew weaker, his intellectual capacity remained. I’ve cherished his friendship and that of his partner Julia Smith, who survives him, since those days of County Hall in 1981.”

There will be a celebration of George’s life will at Coin Street Community Centre,108 Stamford St, London SE1 9NH, on 7 June in the afternoon.

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OUR TOP FIVE EVENTS

coming up

for families across South London

By Maya Sgaravato-Grant

URBAN ELEPHANT FESTIVAL

Elephant and Castle’s Festival of culture, food and dance is back and as big as ever.

The free street event will take place in Walworth Square, Sayer Street and Castle Square - with a pop-up in the new Belfield Clarke Square - over the course of an afternoon, and will host artists and street performers from all corners of the globe. Don’t miss out!

Date: Saturday 21 March

Time: 12pm-6pm

Price: Free

Target Audience: All ages

Location: Walworth Square, Sayer Street and Castle Square, SE17. urbanelephant.co.uk

YOUR TOYS, UNICORN THEATRE

Bring along a toy and watch it come to life!

Slot Machine Theatre is hosting a unique play, developed in workshops

with children, which sees the toys of the audience come together in a wild adventure. The spectacle promises a unique day out for the little ones.

Date: Sunday 22 March – Sunday 12 April

Time: Most days at 10.30am and 1pm

Price: £15.50

Target Audience: Children aged 5-9

Location: Unicorn Theatre (Clore), 147 Tooley St, London SE1 2HZ. unicorntheatre.com

YOUNG TRADERS MARKET

Know an aspiring young trader?

The Young Traders Market at The Blue Market in Bermondsey town centre will give keen young entrepreneurs, aged 16-30, a unique platform to showcase their goods and talent.

Traders selected by Big Local Works, in partnership with the National Market Traders’ Federation, will receive a pitch, table, and gazebo for free. The winners of each event will be able to participate in the 2026 regional final for London and the South East.

Date: 11 April, 9 May, 6 June and 4 July.

Time: 10am-4pm

Price: N/A

Target Audience: 16-30 year-olds

Location: The Blue Market, Bermondsey, SE16 3UQ

BROCKWELL BARK DOG SHOW

The dog show is returning to Brockwell Park on Bank Holiday Monday.

‘Brockwell Bark’ will feature games and prizes as dogs compete in categories such as Best Pawformance, Village Veterans, and Sit Happens, a musical round to find the dogs who’ll sit to a beat. Enter your dog and have a blast.

Date: Monday 4 May

Time: 2pm-5pm

Price: Attendance is free; a small donation is requested to enter your dog into a category

Target Audience: All ages

Location: Brockwell Park, Norwood Road, London SE24 9BJ

TINY PLANET, THE ALBANY

Discover the magic of puppetry with Half a String’s new show Tiny Planet. Watch a tiny wanderer explore a world no bigger than a house in the centre of a galaxy. Live camera projection brings the collision of asteroids and the evolution of new creatures to life.

With echoes of The Little Prince, Half a String call the spectacle ‘a journey to explore how we all can sometimes feel impossibly small and infinitely gigantic’.

Date: Thursday 2 April Time: 2.30pm

Price: £9.50

Target Audience: Children aged 5-11

Location: The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, SE8 4AG thealbany.org.uk

SOUTHWARK IS NOW THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOROUGH FOR BUYING A HOUSE IN SOUTH EAST LONDON

In 2017, the average property in the borough would set you back just over £331k, but by November 2025, this had risen to an eye-watering £590k

By Frankie Hills

HOUSE PRICES in Southwark have almost doubled in past nine years, making it the most expensive borough in south east London to put down roots, that is according to the ONS median house price dataset.

In 2017, the average property would set you back just over £331k, but by November 2025, this had risen to an eye-watering £590k, a 78% increase.

The recent increase in prices has now made Southwark the most expensive borough to buy property in south east London.

These drastic changes to housing prices came in 2023/24. Throughout that year, the price of the average home in Southwark rose from £405k to £584k. Prices also surged nearly 38% in neighbouring Lewisham, with homes on average increasing from £350k to £483k over the course of that year.

By December 2025, ONS data also revealed the median prices of each property type within Southwark too, with detached properties now costing

buyers on average £1,759,000, Semidetached properties £1,244,000, Terraced properties £851,000 and Flats and maisonettes £486,000.

The news comes as figures released last year show that Southwark also outpaced London in terms of average rent per household, with a standard two bedroom property setting renters back £2,250 a month.

Sebastian Kalmar from estate agents Kalmars told us: “Areas such as Peckham have also become a lot more desirable, with it offering residents a wide variety of leisure activities and access to its vibrant restaurant scene.”

Sebastian also provided further perspective, citing the changing nature of the economy down Old Kent Road.

“The changing economy of the area is also playing a role, particularly down Old Kent Road, where industrial sectors are winding down, in their place industries like tech are becoming more prominent.”

When asked about his thoughts on how the changes to Southwark’s property may affect the community, Sebastian went on to say: “Being a lad

who is originally from Peckham, you were often ashamed of being from there because it was considered such a rough area. I think the other day I saw it being described by one outlet as ‘the coolest place in the universe’, and I think that’s an incredibly positive thing.

“The changes that are happening are bringing the affluence of middle classness to previously deprived areas.”

However, this view on the changing nature of Southwark’s property market isn’t without detractors Siobhan McCarthy, leader of the Aylesham Action Group in Peckham fighting the largest development in the area for a generation told us: “I think, off the top of my head, 80% of people in Peckham and Southwark won’t be able to afford these homes, so I think it’s only for a certain subsect of

society that’s being able to afford that.

“We are within the top 10 most deprived areas in London. So there is a demonstrated need for affordable housing here.

“The problem is, these developments don’t do anything for residents here, instead rise in property prices is being caused by people moving here and upgrading their homes and I don’t think it is curing any social problems we have down here.”

Berkeley, the developer behind the Aylesham redevelopment, projects it will value the new flats at £850 per square foot, meaning if the development goes ahead, the price of an average apartment can be projected to reach more than £600,000. Meanwhile, the average income in Peckham sits at £34,100 a year.

Siobhan added: “People are already

being priced out of the neighbourhood, out of the places where their family and friends are.

“I just think it sends a message to young people living around here that this place isn’t for them, when actually they should be able to feel like there’s things for them here, whether it be jobs or opportunities.”

The cost of living, houses prices and a housing crisis has resulted on a record number of families moving out of the capital with primary schools across London closing as pupil number fall.

Southwark recorded the largest drop amongst inner London boroughs with at least one dependant child throughout the last decade. Conversely, outer boroughs such as Barking and Dagenham have seen increases of 35% over the same time period.

THE MICHELIN STAR PUB

By Pablo Munoz

A CAMBERWELL pub The Kerfield Arms has become Southwark’s first to earn a Michelin star.

The ceremony took place on 9 February in Dublin and the pub run by Rob Tecwyn and Adam Symonds was joined by The Harwood Arms in Fulham as a star holder.

Opened in 2025, just off Camberwell’s high street — 16 Grove Lane — it is located at the site of an old Victorian pub of the same name and serves seasonal British produce, prior to that it was known as the Crooked Well.

Michelin Guide inspectors said chef Jay Styler’s dishes show “how simply

delicious pared-back cooking can be”.

Co-founder Adam Symonds said:

“Receiving this recognition is not something we expected or even set out to achieve, but we could not be happier to join such a celebrated list and to be one of only two pubs in London with a star.

“Our prices will remain the same, and we will continue to offer what might just be the UK’s cheapest Michelin starred deal – our £12 midweek lunch special.”

The Bridge Arms in Kent is the only British pub to have lost its star in the Michelin Guide 2026 after giving up its lease last summer, so The Kerfield Arms’ inclusion maintains the number of Michelin-starred pubs in the UK at 19. theker�ieldarms.co.uk

NEW TOILETS UNVEILED AT MORDEN

New Cross and Surrey Quays underground stations expected to get loos next

By Frankie Hills

TRANSPORT FOR London (TfL) has unveiled two new customer toilets at Morden Underground station, as part of a £15 million plan to improve access to toilets for customers on the network.

In South London New Cross Gate and then Surrey Quays are also expected to get new toilets.

In 2024 London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, committed to spending £3 million a year over 5 years to improving toilet facilities across the city. Morden station is therefore the first station to benefit from the expansion of public toilets from this commitment in 2026.

A gender-neutral and an accessible toilet are now available at Morden Station, both with baby changing facilities, located where the former ticket office was situated.

Accessible toilet facilities were installed last year at Clapton, Seven Sisters and White Hart Lane Overground stations as

part of the programme. The next stations due to be outfitted with similar accessible facilities will be New Cross Gate and Acton Central Overground stations.

Stations due to receive work also include Colindale, Leyton, Northolt and West Ham Underground stations, as well as at Surrey Quays London Overground station.

By Maya Sgaravato-Grant

‘THE SUN AT NIGHT’, ST GILES’

To mark the Spring Equinox, St Giles’ Church is hosting an immersive show exploring our relationship with the Sun.

Created by artist David Henckel, ‘The Sun at Night’ consists of a 30-minute floating installation made using high-definition NASA footage of the sun’s movements. Accompanied by a bespoke programme of events, ranging from concerts to drawing workshops, the exhibition has been called ‘the perfect fusion of the holy trinity –science, art and religion.’

Date: Friday 20 - Sunday 22 March

Time: Various times

Price: Free / Pay what you feel

Location: St Giles’ Church, Camberwell Church St, London SE5 8RB liveatstgiles.com

BEAUTY AND DESTRUCTION IN WARTIME EXHIBITION, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

Gain new insight into the lives of Londoners during the Second World War by seeing the capital through the eyes of artists.

With stirring images of burning buildings, rescue efforts, and the mass movement of people, the exhibition portrays moments of loss and as well as of human perseverance against the background of a changing city.

Over 45 paintings and drawings will be on display alongside photographs, film, objects and oral histories.

Date: 20 March - 1 November

Time: 10am - 6pm

Price: Free

Location: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ. iwm.org.uk

QUEER SCORE, THE ALBANY (AND OTHERS)

A new festival centering LGBTQ+ artists will arrive on London’s music scene this April.

‘Queer Score’ will take place in venues across London, and feature a number of artists, DJs, and musicians putting on a variety of innovative, clever, and meaningful performances. From classical music to cabaret, head along for a festival like no other.

Date: Friday 10 April - Sunday 12 April

Time: Late afternoons through to late evenings

Price: Varies - see venue website for details

Location: Friday - The Albany, 2A Douglas Way, London SE8 4AG

Saturday - Hoxton Hall, 130 Hoxton St, London N1 6SH

Sunday - Space Talk, 18-20 St John St, Barbican, London EC1M 4AY queerscore.co.uk

PECKHAM SALVAGE YARD REOPENS

The Peckham Salvage Yard is back and as good as ever. Nestled in the district’s creative quarter, with over 70 traders dealing in 20th century furniture, vintage clothes, along with a number of other curiosities and collectibles, there is something for everyone.

Date: Sunday 29 March

Time: 10am-5pm

Price: £2 entry

Location: Unit 8, Copeland Park, SE15 3SN hackney�leamarket.com

OUR PICK OF SOUTH LONDON’S BEST EVENTS COMING UP

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8 NEWS

By Issy Clarke

HOUSING PROTESTORS will gather outside the council’s offices next week to protest what they describe as the ‘full-scale gentrification’ of the Old Kent Road.

Activists from Save Old Kent Road and Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) will meet outside Southwark’s Tooley Street offices before a meeting of the full council next Wednesday (18 March) at 6.30 pm.

A second protest is planned for Saturday 25 April, when crowds will meet at the Michael Faraday monument in Elephant and Castle opposite the Northern line entrance of the tube station at 12pm before marching down the Old Kent Road. They will criticise the amount of affordable housing planned along the Old Kent Road, claiming that of 20,000 new homes in the pipeline just 5,000 will be set at the cheapest social rents.

There are also fears that music venues such as Ormside Projects in the Penarth Centre off Ilderton Road, as well as Venue MOT and Avalon Café, could be lost –although the Penarth Centre is a listed building meaning it will be protected.

However Southwark’s Cabinet Member for New Homes Helen Dennis said she was “incredibly proud” of the council’s work regenerating the Old Kent Road and said currently 63% of the new homes being built there are affordable, with 42% at social rent.

Plans to redevelop the Old Kent Road date back to 2015 when the Old Kent Road was designated as an ‘opportunity area’ by the Mayor of London – a status given to areas seen as having potential for new homes and jobs.

The area plan, which has been in the pipeline since 2016 and will go to the Planning Inspectorate for approval in June, contains proposals for 20,000 new homes, 7,000 of which the council says will be affordable.

It also involves the creation of 10,000 new jobs and upgrading parks and community facilities like Bramcote Park in South Bermondsey and refurbishing the BMX track next to the Ledbury Estate.

It also includes the long-delayed Bakerloo line extension from Elephant and Castle towards Lewisham, with new stations along the Old Kent Road.

Save Old Kent Road, a local campaign group, said: “In 2021, Southwark Council found that 93% of people in Southwark require either social or affordable housing. Since then, things have only got worse. There are now over 22,000 households on Southwark Council’s social housing waiting list and over 10,000 people in Southwark Council temporary accommodation.

“The need for genuinely affordable council housing around the Old Kent Road is extreme, but all Southwark Council have done is hand over a cheque to developers and asked them to fill in the number.”

Jerry Flynn of the 35% Campaign, which advocates for more affordable housing in new developments, said: “Opportunity areas like the Old Kent Road should be

PROTEST AGAINST ‘OVERDEVELOPMENT’ OF OLD KENT ROAD OUTSIDE SOUTHWARK

the opportunity to solve our housing crisis, not for big developers to make big profits. The promised 5,000 social rented homes are not enough and even this number is under threat from the so-called emergency measures proposed by the Mayor and government, which will cut the affordable housing requirements on new private housing.

“Southwark Council must take a stand against this and insist on at least 35% affordable housing on private developments and it must fight for the money to build council housing.”

Cllr Helen Dennis, Cabinet Member for New Homes and Sustainable Development said: “I’m incredibly proud of what the council is delivering along the Old Kent Road, and especially the

levels of genuinely affordable housing being achieved, alongside the delivery of community projects. Currently 63% of the new homes being built here are affordable, with 42% being social rent.

“In the last week, I have been at events celebrating the completion of 162 new council homes on the Tustin Estate, the start of 200 social rent homes at Devonshire place, and a further 215 council homes on the Ledbury Estate. These new homes will make a huge difference for people on Southwark’s housing waiting list. Last year, Southwark built more council homes than any other local authority in England, and the Old Kent Road is a big part of that story.

“Overall the plan will deliver 20,000 new homes, help create much-needed

jobs, and create new parks and green spaces for residents to enjoy. And money from development is already making a difference – last week we celebrated work starting on the renewal of Bramcote Park, £700,000 of investment from S106 money. This sits alongside other projects like the community centre, LEX 2, and the refurbishment of the BMX track next to the Ledbury Estate. We will continue to invest in and campaign for the local infrastructure to support development. Our plans include the extension of the low-carbon Heat Network, new cycle lanes, and a new Health Centre, and the recently introduced Bakerloop bus is helping make the case for the Bakerloo Line Extension which is so desperately needed in South-East London.”

Woman charged with murder of 52-year-old in Elephant and Castle

By Issy Clarke

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Officers attended the address and sadly found the body of a 52-year-old man. He has since been named as Henrik Slotsaa. News outlets have reported that Henrik is a Danish banker. According to his LinkedIn profile he was employed by Citibank Euorpe plc. He described himself as a “senior banker with a career of over 20 years.” His next-of-kin has been informed and continue to be supported by specialist officers. Joanna Cierpka, a Polish national, and Henrik were known to each other. She was remaned in custody after he short court appearence ahead of preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey.

Detectives are appealing for anyone with information to come forward, no matter how insigni�icant you m-ay think it is. You can come forward to police by calling 101 stating CAD 2142/16MAR26 or by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to remain anonymous.

ETHOS & VALUES

Our ethos is one of being uncompromising yet caring in everything that we do. This is how we have created a happy and safe learning environment, with firm but fair discipline. Our community is built on three core values that guide everything we do:

AMBITION

Ready to learn: we bring all the books and equipment we need, and our homework is complete.

We arrive at school and lessons on time, wearing the correct uniform.

We persevere: we always try our best, even when it’s challenging. We never give up.

COMPASSION RESPECT

We show kindness to everyone. We include others and make them feel valued and important.

We always look out for each other and speak up for what’s right. We do not tolerate bullying, discrimination or harassment of any kind.

We move around the school calmly and sensibly.

We show good manners to all. We speak to and about others in ways that are kind and dignifying. We follow all routines and instructions.

The quality and presentation of our work are exceptional. As a community, we respect others’ rights to learn.

We take care of our environment.

There are two versions of the MMRV vaccine, protecting against measles, mumps, rubella and chicken pox.

One contains porcine gelatine, the other does not. Both are safe and effective.

Ask your GP practice or nurse about the MMRV vaccine

By Issy Clarke

SOUTHWARK COUNCIL’S libraries are officially the best in London, after the borough scooped a prestigious award with judges praising its campaign to encourage local people to discover the pleasure of visiting their local library.

Southwark Libraries, which has 12 branches in Southwark, has been named the London winner of the British Book Awards 2026 Library of the Year prize. It is one of eight libraries and library authorities from across the UK to be declared regional and county winners, out of a shortlist of 42.

Judges selected organisations which engaged communities “in meaningful, lasting ways”.

The council launched its Be at Southwark Libraries campaign in October last year, encouraging residents to visit their local library and re-discover the joy of getting lost in a book.

The council said in a Facebook post: “From ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) lessons, to Rhyme Time, to finding a quiet corner to escape to a different world – our libraries are here for our residents.

“Since launching the campaign, we’ve seen a sustained rise in memberships and loans, and a growing sense of shared pride in these brilliant public spaces.”

As part of the National Year of Reading public libraries will also be receiving a £150,000 funding boost. A total of £5,000 will be split between the five regional winners in England, which includes Southwark.

Southwark Libraries has 12 branches: Blue Anchor Library (South Bermondsey). John Harvard Library (Borough), Southwark Heritage Centre and Walworth Library (Walworth Road), Una Marson Library (Aylesbury Estate), Brandon Library (Kennington), Camberwell Library, Peckham Library, Nunhead Library, Grove Vale Library (East Dulwich), Dulwich Library, Kingswood Library and Canada Water Library.

SOUTHWARK WINS LONDON LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARD

Councillor Ellie Cumbo, Cabinet Member for Parks and Culture, said:

“We’re thrilled to be named the regional winners of the British Book Awards 2026, Library of the Year. It’s a fantastic recognition of our ‘To Be’ campaign, which inspired more residents to rediscover their local library, with Canada Water Library alone welcoming

Southwark is asking residents again whether Lower Road cycle lane should be made permanent

By Issy Clarke

SOUTHWARK COUNCIL is asking residents whether they think the Lower Road cycle lane should be made permanent.

The consultation on the future of the cycle lane between Rotherhithe Roundabout and Bestwood Street opened on 12 March and will run until Thursday, 2 April.

It is the third consultation related to the Lower Road cycle lane in the space of two years; however while the previous two consultations were informal, this is a statutory consultation on new designs which incorporate the feedback given by residents last year.

The 1.4km stretch of Cycleway 4 along Lower Road has been controversial ever since it was installed in 2024, with some

over 150 new members during the campaign launch. Overall visits have risen dramatically, and we’re on track for around 1.6 million visits this year, up from about 1.4 million last year.

“We’ve worked hard to reimagine what libraries can be, transforming them into inclusive community spaces that reflect the changing needs of local

people. From traditional book lending to theatre spaces, cafés, banking hubs and our popular Library of Things borrowing service, there’s something for everyone. Our libraries also have a thriving digital offer, from free Wi?Fi and public computers to e?book lending and online resources, helping residents stay connected, learn new skills and enjoy

claiming it has made traffic worse in the area and led to more accidents, while others have praised the new route as making London greener.

Whereas before there were four lanes of motor traffic, two northbound and two southbound, a southbound lane was removed to accommodate a new cycle lane.

The council carried out two informal consultations last year on proposed changes to the cycle lane which have now been incorporated into the new

design. This included reintroducing a lane of traffic between Redriff Road and Plough Way by moving a handful of parking bays from Lower Road to Cope Street, work on which will be finished by the end of this month.

The second consultation in November 2025 was focused on improving the safety of Lower Road, including changes to the layout of the Culling Road, Ann Moss Way and Chilton Grove junctions.

According to the council, cycle trips along the route have increased by more

than 50 per cent since the cycle lane was put in.

Traffic sensors detected 336,750 cycle trips between March and May last year, compared with 214,653 in the same period in 2023.

Since 2018 cycling along the route has almost doubled, increasing by 81 per cent, while there has been an 8% reduction in motor vehicles and a 61% reduction in large lorries.

Officers will continue to monitor traffic and congestion in the area and consider

reading in whatever way suits them best.

“While many libraries across the country have sadly closed, Southwark continues to invest and innovate. From the opening of the Una Marson Library on Aylesbury Estate to major upgrades at Dulwich and Brandon, we see libraries as an integral part of community and will continue to prioritise them”.

any further action that may be needed. The council will also work with cycle safety campaign groups to promote cycling safety awareness on the route.

The council is now carrying out statutory consultation on proposed changes to the scheme and to inform its decision on whether to make the cycle route permanent.

Cllr James Batteson, Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency, Jobs and Transport, said: “Our Streets for People programme is creating a cleaner, greener and safer borough where it’s easier for people to get around by walking, cycling and wheeling.

“The Lower Road cycleway has increased the number of trips made by bike and we’re now consulting on proposed changes to the scheme to improve it. I’d like to thank everyone who has already taken time to provide thoughts and feedback on Lower Road, including local residents, businesses and people who use the route, which have all helped suggest important changes to the scheme.

“The statutory consultation is now open until 2 April 2026 where people can provide further feedback.”

All residents are invited to submit views to the consultation on consultation.appyway. com/southwark/order/d3c1a76e-467746ae-a3d1-9f78c60ee6ff

12 NEWS

By Evie Flynn

YO COMICS!, a free-entry comics fair designed for young people aged seven to fourteen, is returning to Stanley Arts in South Norwood on Sunday 22 March.

Launched in 2025, the fair offers a platform for everyone from professional comic creators to budding young artists to showcase and sell their work.

Alongside the market stalls, visitors can enjoy creative workshops led by leading names in comics, as well as a free reading room for a quieter moment.

Professional creators will be selling comics and graphic novels from just a few pounds, signing copies and chatting to young people about their creative process. Guests include favourites like Gary Northfield, Tor Freeman and many more.

The fair is organised by Helen Jones and co-founder Hannah Lee Miller. Helen is currently completing a PhD on children’s comic-making at Goldsmiths, runs an after-school comics club and has co-written a book on comics in education. Hannah has worked in children’s television production on shows including Peppa Pig and Hey Duggee, alongside creating and selling her own comics.

Helen said: “We started Yo Comics! because we wanted to create a comics event for all ages, but particularly for seven to fourteen-year-olds. We felt this age group had a real love of comics but no events specifically aimed at them.

“Other comics fairs might sometimes include material that is not suitable for younger readers, so we wanted to create a safe space for all young comics readers and makers.”

There will be six workshops running throughout the day, all for just £3 each. Character design fans can team up with Marc Jackson (the Beano, The Phoenix, GOOF) to invent unforgettable characters, while master storyteller Woodrow Phoenix (Donny Digits) will share his comic building blocks to help budding writers form brilliant plots.

COMICS FAIR MADE FOR KIDS BY KIDS

Aspiring publishers can join Comics Youth for an introduction to micropublishing, where participants create, print and even distribute their own mini-comic or zine. Gary Northfield (The Phoenix, Bog Eyed Books) will guide children in crafting Mighty Mega Pets adventures, and Tanya Scott (Wizkit) will help conjure up medieval monsters. There’s also a dynamic manga and zine-making session with manga brand Mayamada.

Library, where you can pick up a free copy of the Phoenix and the Beano and sink into a bean bag for some relaxed reading. In the Megaphone Zone, visitors can help create a giant collaborative comic and 3D mega mural.

work. Inspired by the joy children take in running their own playground comic fairs, they now offer schools and youth groups the opportunity to exhibit and sell their creations alongside professional makers.

There will be a number of free activities on offer too. Head to the Chill Out Comics

The organisers created the fair to give young people a platform to share their

This year, over twelve youth groups and young creators will be taking part in the

fair, ranging in age from six to fourteen.

When: Sunday 22 March, 11am – 5pm

Where: Stanley Arts, 12 South Norwood Hill, SE25 6AB

Price: Free entry, workshops are £3

To book a place on a workshop, visit: yocomicsfair.co.uk

Let’s Dance: Peckham’s Palais reopens after 11-year hiatus

By Niall Holden

THE 500-CAPACITY nightclub has a 6am licence and a new cocktail bar.

Palais has staged a stunning return this February, bringing the beating heart of Peckham’s ‘golden mile’ back to life.

The revitalised iconic landmark joins established Peckham nightlife venues Jumbi, The Carpet Shop, and The CLF Art Lounge.

Palais is the first venture south of the river for Night Group – the team behind East London’s Night Tales and Netil 360.

The basement venue boasts an 11,000 square foot dance floor and a FunktionOne five-way sound system, promising audiophiles unparalleled depth and clarity: ‘No phones, no distractions — just sound, movement, and shared experience.’

On the first floor, Night Group has opened Ballroom, a new cocktail and listening bar. It will be a space for conversation and connection, before DJs

take over to lead dancers into the night.

Originally built in 1867, the Jones and Higgins Department Store building was once considered South London’s answer to Oxford Street.

Designed by Southwark architects

Henry Jarvis & Sons, the building was based on Venice’s Piazza San Marco.

During its heyday, the store included a delicatessen, haberdashery, carpet shop, and furniture store. By the 1960s, it was even hosting fashion shows and Santa’s grottos.

But following the UK’s post-war economic slump and rising local unemployment, in 1980 the Jones and Higgins Department Store closed its doors.

What remained after part of the building was demolished to make way for the Aylesham Centre, became Peckham Palais: a nightclub centred around house, techno, dubstep, and bass.

Since 2011, the building lay dormant. For nearly 15 years many feared for the building’s survival.

EXCLUSIVE

By Evie Flynn

BERMONDSEY GRAN and food bank founder Kathy Heather is taking her first tentative steps into politics as she stands as a Liberal Democrat candidate in South Bermondsey ward.

Kathy, who has lived and worked in the area all her life, says she wants to “get the spirit of Bermondsey back” by revitalising local businesses, improving playgrounds and prioritising maintenance issues across the ward.

She has run Betty’s Baby Bank since 2022 and the neighbouring Love North Southwark food pantry since 2020, helping hundreds of families through the cost of living crisis by providing low-cost food and baby essentials.

Although a self-confessed political novice the grandmother is also chair of the Rouel Road Tenants and Residents Association, a role she says has given her first-hand experience dealing with damp, mould, repairs and safety issues on the council estate off St James’s Road in Bermondsey.

The South Bermondsey candidate says she was motivated to stand seeing what she describes as the “deterioration” of the Bermondsey –particularly in The Blue shopping area.

“I’ve been thinking about running as a Liberal Democrat councillor for a couple of years now,” she said. “I was always walking round the area thinking I wish I could change this or that. I then started to question – why is it not being done?

“I believe the Lib Dems can get to the core of it and decipher what is going on in our borough. The road sweeping, the green spaces, the housing crisis – I have damp and mould myself so I know what that’s like to deal with and how hard it is.”

South Bermondsey ward is a Labour stronghold, with its three council seats currently represented by the Mayor of Southwark, Cllr Sunny Lambe, alongside Cllr Leo Pollak and Cllr Cassandra Brown. In the 2022 the three Labour councillors secured 53 per cent of the vote in South Bermondsey with the Liberal Democrats securing 37 per cent of the vote as the runners-up.

However, voter turn-out is always lower than in the general election and the margin between the final Labour winner and the top Liberal Democrat in South Bermondsey was just 352 votes – a difference that could prove significant when a local personality and community leader like Kathy stands.

Kathy is standing alongside fellow Liberal Democrat candidates and Southwark residents Vinayak Banerjee, who moved here from India where he used to train children from slum communities to play football and Gordon Mackay, who was a member of Parliament in his native South Africa. She said she believes residents have been “let down” over the past 15 years of Labour-running council, with key community issues left unresolved.

She claims that South Bermondsey no longer caters for local families, noting that the nearest large shopping centres are more than a mile away in Walworth or Surrey Quays.

One of Kathy’s priorities if elected would be restoring the area including and The Blue Market, which currently has a number of empty shopping units. Bermondsey BID has highlighted that rising rents and small unit sizes have long made it difficult for traders to

BERMONDSEY BABY BANK FOUNDER RUNNING TO BE LOCAL COUNCILLOR

operate, and past attempts to revive the market struggled to maintain lower rates.

Kathy’s plan to reduce rents and encourage new businesses aims to address these challenges, while ongoing redevelopment in the area is expected to bring more residents and footfall to support the market and high street.

“Families with young children are having to travel on public transport to buy a pair of shoes or go to a big supermarket,” she said. “Some people can’t afford to pay the extra one or two pounds charged for items at smaller local shops.”

Southwark Council has chosen an operator to run a new multi-arts centre on the site of the former Thorowgoods in Bermondsey. The former furniture shop has been vacant for seven

years and will now be taken over by Bermondsey 223, a new company planning to deliver a photographybased arts offer.

Kathy questions the usefulness of spaces like this for families, asking why supermarkets and other essential shops aren’t being developed instead.

Meanwhile, Kathy also wants to improve playgrounds and green spaces for children living on housing estates, criticising park closures that, she argues, could often be avoided with minor repairs.

Speaking about the local playgrounds, including the one on the Kirby Estate, which has been closed due to “health and safety concerns,” she said: “Children deserve to play safely close to home.

“Seeing broken swings and rusted equipment go unrepaired is frustrating

when a simple fix could keep parks open. If one swing is broken, instead of repairing it, the whole park is shut.”

Since the last local election, playground improvements have been a key focus for the Liberal Democrats in their wards of North Bermondsey, Borough and Bankside, and Surrey Docks. In 2024, the Liberal Democrats earmarked £300,000 from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to upgrade around 30 playgrounds, many of them on estates, providing a much-needed makeover for spaces long plagued by sinkholes, rusting equipment, and broken swings.

In 2025, council documents show £30,000 was approved for improvements to the Kirby Estate playground, alongside £65,000 for the London Bridge and West Bermondsey playground programme.

Kathy said: “The large tower blocks and new developments mean local children are lucky to find a park near them.”

Green space is also a major focus of the Liberal Democrats’ 2026 manifesto, How to Fix Southwark, which sets out a “Six to Fix” plan. If elected, the party pledges to open eight new parks and green spaces across the borough and plant 130,000 more trees.

Kathy added that she has helped establish allotments on her estate and the nearby Slippers Place estate and continues to work on a long-running project to rebuild the Rouel Road playground, which she says has taken six years to progress.

Instrumental in bringing Kathy into the Liberal Democrat fold is current ward councillor for North Bermondsey Rachel Bentley, who stood against MP

She pledges to restore The

Blue shopping area to its former glory

Neil Coyle in the last general election. The Liberal Democrats ran Southwark Council in coalition with the Conservatives for eight years, from 2002 to 2010, and North Southwark and Bermondsey was the constituency of MP Simon Hughes for over 32 years.

Sir Simon was elected in a controversial surprise by-election in 1983, amid anger over homophobic tactics being used against Labour candidate Peter Tatchell, but he established himself as a prominent figure in the Liberal Democratic party. He served as Deputy Leader from 2010 to 2014, and as a government minister in the coalition from 2013 to 2015. His successful run of elections ended in 2015, and the Lib Dems have not managed to take back the seat.

Rachel Bentley failed to make a significant dent in Neil Coyle’s majority

Although a self-confessed political novice, the grandmother is chair of the Rouel Road Tenants’ and Residents’ Association

is something she wants to emulate herself if elected.

“I feel like I have the community spirit and understanding needed for this role,” Kathy explains. “I live here and know people – I’m on the ground every day, but most importantly, I will know how to solve things.”

She claims that there is an overly bureaucratic approach to governance under Labour, arguing that more time should be spent “hands on” fixing problems. Citing damp and mould as an example, she said she had seen instances where mould was “painted over” rather than properly resolved.

“It might cost a fortune, but in the long run it will fix the problem, and be cheaper.” she said.

two years ago despite aiming to capitalise on his previous suspension from the Labour Party, with only the Green Party and Reform increasing their share of the vote in third and fourth place respectively.

Rachel came across Kathy after volunteering at the food pantry when it first opened and helped to deliver items in her car to vulnerable and elderly residents in the area.

“We’ve now been friends for five years,” Kathy said. “I’ve been watching her do everything she does as a councillor, and she’s excellent. She was born for it.

“Knowing Rachel has given me confidence to run myself – knowing I have someone to talk about casework with or go to for advice.”

Kathy says that people “really know and recognise” Rachel, which

Commenting on recent political tensions within the local Labour group, Kathy said the departure of former Southwark Labour chair councillor Kath Whittam and her eventual deflection to the Green Party raised questions for her about the state of local politics.

Whittam, a former Labour councillor for Rotherhithe ward and member of the party for 42 years, was among those unhappy with the decision to rerun the Southwark Labour leadership election back in July.

“I saw the loyalty and dedication Kath showed for Labour over in Rotherhithe, and her defection made me question why she left,” Kathy said. “It makes them seem like they are hiding things from their own councillors and if that’s the case, what are they hiding from the public?”

Cllr Victor Chamberlain, leader of the opposition at Southwark

Labour could lose grip on Southwark as surprising poll suggests council could move to no overall control

By Issy Clarke

A NEW poll suggests Labour could lose power in Southwark for the first time in 15 years predicting the council could fall to no overall control.

The bombshell poll predicts that Southwark Labour and the Liberal Democrats could take home the same number of seats in the May local elections, with neither party achieving an overall majority.

This would be the first time Labour has failed to win an outright majority in the borough since booting out the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2010.

Council, is clearly delighted to get a local community champion in as a Southwark Liberal democrat candidate: “We’re so lucky to have Kathy join the team - she’s a true Bermondsey champion who lives and breaths her community,” he told the us, “and we cannot wait to have her on the council to bring her passion and drive to help her neighbours into the town hall.”

Kathy’s work in the community has won her several local awards, including a Southwark Stars award and a Southwark Civic award. In 2023 she was also named a Coronation Champion and received a medal in recognition of her voluntary service.

Asked how she would balance council duties with her existing work, she laughed: “Well, I’ll still be in the Blue Anchor pub every Friday. I want people to know I’m not going to become super political. I care about people.

“Whether I get elected or not, I will still be here doing what I do. It’s time for a change. We need to get our spirit of Bermondsey back.”

Southwark Labour was approached for comment about the specific issues in South Bermondsey mentioned by Kathy but did not respond.

Local elections are taking place on Thursday 7 May 2026. Register to vote here or type ‘elections’ into the Southwark Council website.

You need an appointment to visit both the Baby Bank and food pantry. To arrange a 20 minute appointment, pop into 4-5 Gataker St, London SE16 2EN or call Kathy on 07730465160.

The poll warns of an electoral wipeout in London facing Labour, which could see the party lose control over all but two of its 21 councils – Newham and Redbridge.

Swathes of Labour-run south London councils could fall to the Greens, including Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich. according to the poll carried out by data firm Bombe on behalf of the Guardian.

Across London, Labour would drop from first to fourth place overall, while the Greens would clinch first place, winning nine councils.

Even Camden, the local council where the Prime Minister’s own constituency is located, could fall from Labour to no overall control.

Despite the growing momentum behind the Greens locally, who until last July had no representation on the council and now have four councillors who have defected from Labour, Southwark would not be one of the south-east London boroughs to turn Green in May.

However elections expert Lord Hayward cast a note of doubt over the polling, telling the Standard he was “absolutely confident” that Labour wouldn’t face a wipeout in the May local elections.

He told the newspaper: “It’s easy to say we’ll write them all off, but I find it very hard to believe that places like Brent and Lewisham will be anything other than Labour controlled.”

16 NEWS

By Kumail Jaffer

Local Democracy Reporter

SADIQ KHAN has rejected claims of being “anti-car” as he launched a new road safety plan including more 20mph zones and zebra crossings as well as a review into whether to charge SUV drivers in London.

The Mayor of London said the 43 proposals laid out in his rebooted Vision Zero Action Plan would make London’s roads “safer than any city in the country and any major city in the world”.

The document, launched alongside Transport for London (TfL), is City Hall’s major strategy plan to fulfil the Mayor’s pledge that there will be no deaths of serious injuries on London’s roads by 2041.

It builds on the first Vision Zero action plan published in 2018, after which the capital saw bus safety standards introduced and the rollout of 20mph zones.

After a progress report in 2021, City Hall and TfL expanded their coverage of controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and expanded London’s dedicated cycle network, as well as providing free training for cyclists and motorcyclists.

TfL say that 24 per cent fewer people were killed or seriously injured on London’s roads in 2024 compared to the 2010-2014 baseline, with the aim being to reach 70 per cent by 2030.

City Hall Conservatives’ Transport Spokesman, Thomas Turrell, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that the road safety package was effectively a Trojan Horse for the Mayor to introduce more anti-motorist measures – and that current data suggested casualty figures aren’t coming down by enough.

He also suggested that proposals to charge SUV drivers were equivalent to a “family car tax” in the capital.

Mr Turrell said: “Sadiq Khan is burying his head in the anti-car sand. TfL’s Vision Zero plan is about the Mayor of London carrying out his anti-car agenda, rather than trying to keep Londoners safe.

“Whether it is clamping down on family vehicles or blanketing London in LTNs and 20mph zones, these schemes ignore the fact that at the current rate, the Mayor is 1,200 years away from his target of eliminating road deaths.

“More of these ridiculous see-whatsticks policies are making Londoners’ lives worse, not better.

“We must be clear that Sadiq Khan’s family car tax would be a disaster for Londoners trying to get around and would fall on the backs of poorer Londoners the hardest – this is not about making London safer, it is about an ideological agenda. Sadiq Khan’s war on motorists cannot be disguised by claims that he is trying to make the capital safer.” Reform’s Keith Prince added: “From what I’ve seen of Vision Zero, it’s yet another way to punish London’s drivers.

“It sets an unattainable target, and will ultimately be deemed as a failure –along with most of Sadiq Khan’s various schemes and ambitions.”

In response, Sir Sadiq challenged his critics to “go and meet a bereaved family” for themselves before taking aim at road safety measures.

“I’m not anti-motorist, I’m anti-death,” he told the LDRS. “I am not anti-car, I’m anti-people being injured.

“Go and meet someone who’s had a leg amputated. See the consequences of driving too fast or driving dangerously on our streets. There have been 262 fewer deaths because of our policies.

“Thousands of fewer people are injured

SHOULD SUV DRIVERS BE CHARGED IN LONDON?

“I’m not anti-motorist, I’m anti-death. I am not anti-car, I’m anti-people being injured. There have been 262 fewer deaths because of our policies.

because of our policies. We know that by reducing speeds we’ve reduced collisions by 34 per cent, we’ve reduced deaths by a quarter. That’s something I’m really proud of.”

Lilli Matson, TfL’s Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, told the LDRS that London is “outperforming” other major cities like New York and Paris but admitted they “need to go further and get there faster”.

She added: “London has made fantastic progress over the last 10 years – but having met people who have been injured or lost loved ones, every death is one too many. So we have to go further and this action plan is about setting out new evidence-based approaches that will help us make our roads even safer for the future.”

SUVs – also known as sports utility vehicles – come under intense scrutiny in the TfL report. Research from Clean Cities last year showed that the proportion of cars defined as an SUV in London is now 31 per cent – up from three per cent in 2003.

“Oversized models, such as large SUVs, make it harder for drivers to see people walking and cycling nearby,” the document reads.

“These design features significantly increase the severity of collisions –

including the risk of death – particularly for children, who are more easily hidden from a driver’s view.

“Those under nine are at the greatest risk. In Great Britain, SUVs are 14 per cent more likely to kill people walking and cycling than other passenger cars, 77 per cent more likely to kill children up to 18, and 209 per cent more likely to kill children under nine.

“As vehicles keep getting bigger, the danger to people outside them, particularly young children, continues to increase. Without action to address oversized and heavier vehicles, more people will be seriously injured or killed.”

City Hall sources also confirmed that Sir Sadiq will ask the Met Police to review its use of SUVs currently employed to ferry around high-profile politicians, including the Mayor himself.

Sir Sadiq would not confirm whether he was in support of banning or penalising SUV drivers, saying it was “really important to look at the evidence”.

“There aren’t many farms in London or places to go off road driving so it’s important to realise this is happening but also realise there are consequences of this happening,” he added. “TfL will be undertaking some detailed analysis into the impacts on road safety and the wider consequences of these larger SUVs.”

By Kumail Jaffer

Local Democracy Reporter

LONDONERS FACE a unique overheating risk in their own homes due to climate change impacting a densely built environment and an outdated planning and design system, the London Assembly has heard.

Extreme heat is becoming an increasing issue in London, with more than a tenth of the 3,271 heat-related deaths in 2022 – which saw record temperatures across the UK – in the capital.

This is due to the city’s increasing density of buildings and roads leading to the urban heat island (UHI) effect, where residents experience temperatures up to 10 degrees higher than in the suburbs or countryside as heat is absorbed there.

City Hall is currently drafting London’s Heat Risk Delivery Plan in a bid to cool down residents; this is despite summers already becoming hotter and drier every year. This could include ‘cool spaces’ around the city, thousands of water refill points and plans to plant thousands more trees.

While this may go some way to protect Londoners making their way around the city, people are still at risk of overheating in their own homes.

Currently, the London Plan encourages new developments to adopt “passive” cooling measures – such as trees, green roofs, and shading – rather than “active” measures, such as air conditioning (AC).

The 2021 London Plan states that the spread of active measures such as AC systems is “not desirable as these have significant energy requirements and, under conventional operation, expel hot air, thereby adding to the urban heat island effect”. Just five per cent of British

176-YEAR-OLD PUB DEMOLITION PLANS REFUSED AGAIN WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING ARE WE AT RISK OF OVERHEATING IN OUR OWN HOMES?

By Cameron Blackshaw

Local Democracy Reporter

PLANS TO demolish a 176-yearold pub in Woolwich and replace it with flats have been rejected for a second time.

Greenwich Council has refused plans to knock down The Anglesea Arms at 91 Woolwich New Road and build seven flats and a commercial unit in its place.

Previous plans to knock down the locally listed pub were refused last April. The council thought “insufficient information” was provided by the applicant to prove the pub was no longer commercially viable.

A new and similar application to demolish the Anglesea was submitted

households have AC units.

On Tuesday March 10 the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee was told that the “cooling hierarchy” present in the current London Plan – which means that active cooling is only implemented as a last resort – was “unhelpful”.

Ed Hezlet, Head of Energy at the Centre for British Progress, said: “It appears that the passive measures, particularly things like shading are very important.

But fundamentally, the real health risks are the heatwave conditions and therefore, passive and active measures are doing slightly different jobs.

“We want passive measures to ensure that people aren’t locked in to properties that force them to use air conditioning more than they otherwise might, that would cost them money.

“But I would say that the active measures are very important with dealing with tail risks of very, very high temperatures, and I think the way the hierarchy is framed puts these two technologies in opposition much more than working together with one another.”

He said that as temperatures increase, a failure to encourage efficient active cooling systems means “people will go out and buy lots of inefficient devices”.

“Therefore, it makes a lot more sense to think about how we incorporate active cooling efficiently in advance,” Mr Hezlet added.

Dr Anna Mavrogianni, Professor of Sustainable, Healthy and Equitable Built Environment at University College London, noted research showing that AC installation rose almost sevenfold between 2011 and 2022 showed it was a phenomenon that “we cannot ignore”.

She supported Mr Hezlet’s point that active and passive cooling should work

together, rather than in a hierarchy, “Passive cooling strategies could potentially empower residents so if there is a blackout there are solutions there that could maintain comfortable indoor temperatures for a longer time and also they could reduce overall cooling loads,” she said.

“At the time when the an active cooling system might be switched on, this could be delayed so we would be looking at shorter periods of time when active cooling might be needed.”

Earlier in the session, Polly Turton from Shade the UK had warned against the “growing demand for active cooling”, which is “putting additional strain on

our energy grid and causing a knock-on effect on infrastructure”.

She said the primary issue with overheating was tackling the “huge culture shift” in the development and design sector to more effectively “plan, design and manage our buildings in London” to have better cooling adaptations.

Dr Joel Callow, Founding Director of Beyond Carbon, said current regulations had trapped designers “in a system with contradictory aims”.

He added: “The planning system pushes for daylight criteria, which means larger windows, which goes against cooling criteria. Shading is not a historic

part of our architectural vernacular – it’s very hard to convince planners to let us install shading, because it might not look like a British building.

“The principal challenge is that both planning and building regulations cannot both be met. A well-designed, modern apartment with all the windows closed should stay cooler than the outside temperature.”

Dr Mavrogianni noted: “There is a lot of emphasis on having large glazing areas with no provision for shading or solar control. Windows can be a significant source of solar heat gains – having an unopenable window can contribute to overheating.”

by Dharmesh Shah

in December 2025, in which he posited that damage from squatters meant the pub could not be restored.

Planning documents claimed that last year the Anglesea had been “overcome with squatters” and it contained a hazardous electrical installation that posed an arson risk.

The squatters were removed from the site last August by police and the site was secured by an emergency contractor and members of Greenwich Council’s building control team.

The new plans received 79 objections, with many Woolwich residents unhappy to see the pub demolished. Objectors also felt its owner had not done enough to try and keep the pub open. The Anglesea

Arms had served beer to customers since 1850, but it called time when it closed in January last year.

Despite this new planning application providing more information about the proposed pub demolition, Greenwich Council refused the plans again last week. Council planners refused the proposal for similar reasons, feeling the applicant had not provided enough

information to show that the pub was no longer financially viable.

The council’s conservation department disputed whether The Anglesea needed to be demolished. The planning report stated: “The applicant has provided information which supports the demolition of the locally listed building.

“However, there is little information regarding the structural integrity of the

building. Without such fundamental information, it is not unreasonable to conclude it is sound structurally albeit in a neglected condition.”

The proposal was also refused because planners felt some of the residential units proposed were undersized and that the new flats would have a negative impact on some nearby existing residences.

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Putting Away Childish Things in Mottingham

THIS NOSTALGIC exhibition of items from the Museum of Everyday Life brings back many memories of childhood and growing up in the 50s and 60s - and beyond for some. Several items were generic to anyone who was around in those days, while most were specifically tied to the local area; mainly because the exhibits reside in the archive of the Lewisham Local History Society when it’s not on public view, writes Michael Holland.

Seeing toys and books you once enjoyed was comforting, but it wasn’t all kids’

stuff. An installation of washing drying on clothes lines took me back to a time when council estates always had poles to tie lines on and hang your washing up with clothes pegs. I remembered our bike-riding and ball games in the square were interrupted on sunny days when all the mums would use the clement weather to put their laundry out, thereby covering our play area with bed sheets blowing in the warm wind. And there was no argument. One, because the grown-ups were always right, and two, because there were always signs saying No Ball Games… There were local school blazers and

ties, old adverts from days when scented soap was for those that could afford to pay extra, 19th-century card games, like Happy Families, that stood the test of time, teddy bears, dolls and their houses, certificates for sporting achievements and for good attendance… They all left me wanting more. They all made me want to turn back time.

Precisely what an exhibition of this sort is designed to do.

Gerald Moore Gallery until April 4th. Full details and directions: https:// geraldmooregallery.org/

A testament to the importance of living life to its fullest

SOUNDTRACKED BY classic 90s’ dance tunes and set in the post-Thatcher North, Children of the Night is a coming-of-age tale that’s as gritty as it is glittery, writes Melina Block.

Danielle Phillips gives an intensely raw performance as Lindsay Jenkins, a teenage girl from Doncaster teetering on the edge of youthful naivety and adult tragedy. Phillips doesn’t hold back, balancing the laughs with genuinely unsettling moments. She is joined by best friend Jen, a confident and bubbly Charlotte Brown, and Gareth Redcliffe as her often-frustrated but always-loving father, Terry.

The power of the play lies in its ability to explore the tension between the vulnerability and invincibility that underpin youth, especially for young women. Phillips is key to this, providing ample warmth and depth to her portrayal of Lindsay, preventing her from becoming solely an archetype or cautionary figure.

The hedonism and hope of first nights out are amplified by frenetic

lighting and music, as is the darker underbelly of nightlife, as the young girls navigate increasingly precarious situations with predatory, bigoted men. The looming threat of HIV also lurks: a constant reminder of the disproportionately harsh consequences of impulsive decisions, and the even harsher treatment of those deemed to be from the more disposable corners of society.

Although there are some unsettling and bleak scenes, Children of the Night is, ultimately, a joyful production. The blaring music, garish (but fun) costumes, and unrelenting spirit of the characters all shine through even the darkest moments. A testament to the importance of living life to its fullest and looking out for each other, this play really does earn the - often overuseddescription of ‘life affirming’.

Southwark Playhouse Borough until April 4th.

Booking and full details: https:// southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/ productions/children-of-the-night/

During Sleep recalls the boundary between dream and waking life

AT THE Hayward Gallery, Chiharu

Shiota: Threads of Life and Yin

Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart unfold as immersive spectacles that seem to anticipate the smartphone before the spectator. Both exhibitions lean heavily on scale and atmosphere; whatever tactile or emotive charge they possess feels secondary to their visual impact. The works are meticulously staged, eminently photographable, but harder to grasp, writes Charlotte Lang.

Shiota’s Threads of Life typifies this tendency. Drawing on Red String Theory — or Akai Ito — the Japanese belief that our most meaningful encounters are predestined, connected by invisible threads that may tangle but never sever, Shiota literalises the metaphor at a monumental scale.

Born in Japan and based in Berlin since

1996, she frequently mines memory, displacement and fate as artistic material. Yet here, the conceptual scaffolding feels thinner than the webbing that fills the rooms.

In the opening installation, thousands of keys collected following a miscarriage are suspended within a vast canopy of red thread that engulfs the ceiling. Moving through it is undeniably beautiful: delicate, hushed, immersive. But beyond the biographical prompt, the work offers little resistance. The emotional register remains generalised, the symbolism overly legible.

In the next room, 3,000 anonymous letters of thanks hang along a winding pathway of red string. The gesture gestures toward intimacy, but the cumulative effect feels impersonal — gratitude abstracted into an aesthetic pattern.

Much of Shiota’s practice seems more aligned with set design than with

sustained inquiry: surreal, theatrical, faintly gothic. The final and arguably strongest work, During Sleep, replaces red with black thread woven densely through metal-framed hospital beds. The installation recalls an asylum ward, rendering the boundary between dream and waking life as something oppressive and entangled. It draws on a period after Shiota first moved to Germany, when she relocated nine times in three years and felt acutely disoriented. The work purports to explore memory, co-existence, body and consciousness. Yet despite its macabre atmosphere, I find myself searching for something more materially or intellectually anchored — some friction beneath the aesthetic surface.

Downstairs, Yin Xiuzhen (b. 1963, Beijing) presents similarly immersive works. The exhibition opens with Portable Cities: a baggage carousel sits beneath a

soft sculpture of an aeroplane fashioned from second-hand clothing, recalling her mother’s work as a garment maker.

Miniature cityscapes — approximations of landmarks including Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament — spill from worn suitcases, stitched from used garments. There is undeniable craftsmanship and care in the construction. Yet any critique of globalisation or accelerated modernity feels muted, absorbed into the charm of the presentation.

Her newly commissioned Heart to Heart is a monumental soft sculpture of the human organ, also composed of second-hand clothing. Grounded in the Chinese philosophical concept of Xin — heart-mind — in which thought and feeling are indivisible, the piece invites viewers to sit, walk around, and engage in “deep and meaningful” conversation. It is playful, even nostalgic, recalling the

rainbow parachutes of primary school playgrounds. But the interactivity feels lightly prescribed, viewers are invited to engage in “deep and meaningful” conversations - as though participation substitutes for depth.

Yin’s earlier work addressing Beijing’s rapid transformation — when, between the late 1980s and early 2000s, highways, factories and high-rise developments replaced networks of siheyuan courtyard homes, carries greater urgency. In those quieter pieces, the tension between loss and progress is more keenly felt. Yet they are tucked away in a side gallery, easily overshadowed by the larger, more immersive installations.

Hayward Gallery until May 3rd Booking and full details: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/chiharu-shiota-threads-of-life/

History

HOW NUNHEAD BECAME ONE OF LONDON’S GREAT VICTORIAN CEMETERIES

By Debra Gosling

WALK ACROSS Peckham Rye and make your way through Solomon’s Passage and you’ll emerge in Linden Grove, the road that leads up to Nunhead Cemetery. As you climb the hill going past the old waterworks, you’ll see the large stone gates ahead, beckoning you into another world - the world of the dead.

As you walk around this old Gothic cemetery on a hazy autumn afternoon you can see the mists of souls that lie beneath the tangled paths of ivy inviting you to stop and take a look at their memorial. Only the chattering of the birds, with the occasional rasping crow giving it that full graveyard effect breaks the silence. All around you there are stone monuments to lives gone by, some cracked and broken, some engulfed by greenery; a whole community that has gone to sleep beneath the canopy of sycamore trees. It’s just like a scene in Sleeping Beauty’s castle; pure magic.

Sad, mournful angels, stone urns swathed in funeral cloth, cherubs and stone pillars abound, commemorating loved ones like a stone version of Family Announcements.

Nunhead cemetery was built in 1840, a time when death was never far from the minds of the people of Victorian Southwark. London had become an overcrowded, choking city that bred diseases such as smallpox, scarlet fever and TB. Infant mortality was high and many women died in childbirth. But people were not afraid of death – after all, it was all around them and for the poorer families they sometimes had to live with a corpse in their house until they had raised the cash to bury it.

Many people made provisions for their funeral before they went and others had a whip-round to ensure their dearly departed had a good send off. They died younger in those dark, smoggy days. A quick look around the cemetery shows that the average age seemed to be around forty-three. Religious beliefs were much stronger than today and many believed

they would find peace and happiness for eternity in heaven, and for some it was probably a happy release from the dire conditions they lived in.

But the small parish churchyards were overflowing and couldn’t cope with the amount of corpses needing burial. In some graveyards freshly dead people were lying just a foot from the surface, stacked on top of other corpses. It was unhygienic and distressing for relatives so something had to be done. It was decided to build seven great cemeteries on the outskirts of London, which were designed on the recommendations of one John Claudius London. He believed burial places should be a pleasant area to go and pay your respects, where there were gardens and paths to stroll around. He wanted cemeteries to reflect the nation’s progress in civilisation and the arts as well as being a school of instruction in architecture, botany and gardening. When he designed Nunhead Cemetery, H. James Bunstone Bunning took all this into consideration. The year before the architect had worked with Stephen

Gearey on Highgate and was also the surveyor for Brunel’s tunnel under the Thames. His vision for Nunhead was spacious groves with well kept lawns and paths that overflowed with flowers.

The space occupies fifty-two acres of land. At the highest point in the cemetery the hills are two hundred feet above sea level and command amazing views over London. For the Victorians it must have been a spectacular sight; even now you can see St Paul’s, the BT Tower, Guy’s and Canary Wharf framed through the trees – it’s a bit like looking out through the keyhole of a secret garden. People would travel up to Nunhead to get some clean air away from the city that clogged their lungs with soot and chemicals. For them, it was a day out and they’d bring a picnic, so once more they could have tea and cake with their late Auntie Maud.

Originally known as All Saint’s Cemetery, the graveyard was owned by the London Cemetery Company who built an Anglican chapel along with a Dissenter’s chapel inside the grounds.

The Dissenter’s chapel was sadly

destroyed by enemy action during World War Two. The Anglican chapel survived until 1974 when three juvenile arsonists set it alight, completely destroying the interior and roof. After that it lay blackened and crumbling until it was restored, providing a quiet place to sit and contemplate life – and death, of course.

The architect of the chapel was Thomas Little, who designed it from Kentish ragstone, a coarse brittle material that easily attracts dirt, although the facings are of Bath and Portland stone. The crypt is no longer open to receive bodies and has been sealed up.

In 1865 the Cemetery company suffered a major scandal when its secretary Edwin Buxton died, revealing that he had defrauded them out of eighteen-thousand pounds – a lot of notes in those days. But even so he was buried in Nunhead and his tomb can still be seen.

The company then decided to expand their deathly business into horticulture and stonemasonry, becoming a major

employer of the area. They built homes to house the workers; Kimberley Avenue being one such site. Henry Daniel was the first to establish a stonemasonry in Nunhead and Daniels Road is named in his honour. He also had works in Highgate but made Nunhead his home, building a large gothic mansion next to his workshops. He died there in 1867 and is buried in the family tomb at Nunhead. When the London Cemetery Company first opened its gates at Nunhead it was for a child’s burial. George Long Shand, a sail maker from Bermondsey, purchased the first grave space for his infant daughter and as the years passed he and other members of the family joined her in the plot.

What an emotive sight it must have been to watch a Victorian funeral making its way to Nunhead’s gates. The plumed black horses, their breath steaming out on a cold winter’s morning, would wait patiently as men in black top hats carrying black feathered standards would escort the hearse up the hill and into the gothic graveyard. In fact, funeral

directors liked to import the horses from Flanders, preferring stallions as mares and geldings tended to turn brown, ruining the sombre effect. At this point cremation wasn’t at all popular. It wasn’t until after 1900, when Golder’s Green Crematorium opened, that public opinion began to change. Before then, everyone preferred a decent burial with all the trimmings.

As can be expected in such a classobsessed society as the Victorians, people were not even equal in death. Around the outskirts of Nunhead can be found the less well off family gravestones – simple, rounded headstones with simple but powerful epitaphs.

For those that could only afford the bare minimum undertakers sold cheap little wooden coffins embellished with flimsy tin decorations on the coffin lid.

As you walk through the tangled paths you find that a lot of the graves have collapsed in the middle, displacing the stones. This happens when the buried coffin finally rots and caves in, taking a lot of topsoil with it and creating a void.

For those with plenty of moola, the top of Nunhead Hill was the place to be: nearer to God and with a fab view of the City of London below – shame they were all dead and couldn’t appreciate it. Nevertheless, monuments large and small tell a fascinating and frequently sad tale of people’s lives. There’s the couple who married and lost every child they had: six of them, and all mostly just months old. Only one lived until he was six years old. One large monument tells the reader that its occupant was a mother who died seven days after her child was stillborn. They are buried together. There are also the monuments of the well-heeled, like Thomas Humphreys from Deptford who made his fortune selling firewood, while Bermondsey’s Bryan Donkin, whose factory was on the site of Aylwin School, is remembered in his epitaph as being the inventor of the tinned food process.

There are loads of people buried here who, in their day, were very important people. There is a column dedicated to Admiral Nolloth, who gave his name to

the

with Bobby Abel, Surrey’s ace cricketer. Sir Polydore de Keyser has a mammoth tomb that tells us that he was the first Roman Catholic Mayor in the City of London since the reformation, as well as owning a posh hotel on the north side of Blackfriars Bridge.

Thomas Tilling, Peckham’s own omnibus businessman slumbers here, as does John Allan, a shipowner who probably has the most lavish and expensive tomb in the entire cemetery.

Many music hall stars are now doing a turn in their graves here, including Augustus Dureneau, who penned the music hall song ‘If you want to know the time ask a policeman’ (assuming he’s done the course at Hendon). He now lies in an unmarked grave after dying in poverty.

Red granite features in some of the best-kept tombs at Nunhead. The Livesey family has an obelisk inscribed with all the family’s names, including George Livesey, chairman of the Old Kent Road Gas Works. He provided the first free library for working men, now home to the Livesey Museum.

A large red granite cross commemorates Thomas Whichlow, a tanner who lived in Tanner Street and built up a good living from leather. One large vault remembers the Lucey family. Thomas Lucey started out as a lighterman on the Thames and ended up as a rich shipowner.

And let us not forget the heroes from the wars. There is a plot dedicated to commonwealth soldiers who died in Southwark. King’s College was used as a hospital for injured soldiers returning from the killing fields of Flanders. Sadly many didn’t recover from their wounds and so were buried at Nunhead. There are also memorials to the borough’s war dead and those from Australia.

A most poignant epitaph is to the Walworth boy scouts who drowned in a boating accident at Leysdown in 1912. Sadly, the original was stolen in 1969, so a new replacement memorial of Carrara marble was erected in 1992, which still stands today.

At the time it was a national tragedy and their funeral was a huge procession through the streets of Walworth and Peckham. A life-sized bronze statue of a boy scout marked their grave until it was stolen in 1969. Now a new memorial

has taken its place which lists the names of all the boys who died that fateful day. There are also separate plots in the cemetery for children and those of different religions and cultures. Many of the tombstones and statues have a meaning. Inverted torches represent life being snuffed out. Cut flowers and broken columns symbolise life being cut off. Many graves have stone urns with funeral palls draped over them - this is actually a Roman custom. Back in Victorian times, the whole coffin and the pallbearers would be draped with a large funeral cloth. Most of the angels in Nunhead are made of marble and were imported from Italy. The stonemasons would carve the base of the tomb and the angels would be attached to the top. After the First World War lavish funerals became a thing of the past. The country’s change in fortune, plus the concentrated amounts of death and grief, changed attitudes towards funeral customs. Also the increasing cost of maintenance put a strain on the London Cemetery Company. World War Two saw the iron railings disappear for the war effort and many parts of the cemetery were bombed as the Luftwaffe emptied their bomb chambers on the way home. By 1969 the company could no longer afford to maintain Nunhead and its gates were closed to the public. As the years passed nature took over the cemetery; ivy, sycamore, elder and brambles scrambled across the graves and covered the heavenly faces of the angels and cherubs. Nettles and dock leaves replaced the bedding plants and gravestones became one with the trees as roots grew down into the graves below.

By the seventies the cemetery was in a bad state of disrepair. There were horrific stories of vandalism; graves were smashed, graffiti covered those last words on tombstones. Even worse, there were rumours of black magic and witchcraft being practised after bodies were found pulled from their last resting place.

Yes, something had to be done. Southwark Council along with the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery has once again made Nunhead Cemetery a pleasant place to go. Much of it is still very wild and overgrown, and what gives Nunhead its unique, Sleeping Beauty atmosphere.

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IN MEMORY OF MY BROTHER IN HEAVEN,

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I will always be proud to say, ‘That was my brother’ Love you God Bless Susie XX

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Notice of Application to apply for a Premises Licence made under the Licensing Act 2003

Please take notice that

Name of Applicant: Mr. Naqibullah Shinwaray Have made application to the London Borough of Merton to apply for a New Premises Licence in respect of:

Full name postal address of the premises: Pizza, Chicken and Grill, 33 Upper Green East, Mitcham, CR4 2PF

The application is as follows: Late Night Refreshment – Both on and off the premises Monday to Saturday - 23.00 hours to 02.00 hours

A register of all applications made with the London Borough of Merton is maintained by: LICENSING SECTION, LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON, 2ND FLOOR, CIVIC CENTRE, LONDON ROAD, MORDEN, SURREY, SM4 5DX

A record of this application may be inspected by appointment at Merton Civic Centre. Please email licensing@merton.gov.uk or telephone 020 8545 3969.

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 Section at the office or email address above and be received by the Merton’s Licensing Section within a period of 28 days starting the day after the date shown below.

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.

Date application given to the Council: 11/03/2026

LICENSING ACT 2003

APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF A PREMISES LICENCE

TAKE NOTICE THAT I/WE

Applicant: JJ & TEAM LTD

Premises name: Pizza Hut Delivery

Premises address: 126 High Street, SE20 7EZ do hereby give notice that I/we have applied to the Licensing Authority at The London Borough of Bromley for a variation of a Premises Licence, submitted on this date: 18th March 2026

Proposed licensable activities:

Provision of Late-Night Refreshment: Sunday to Thursday 00:30 – 01:00 Friday & Saturday 00:30 – 02:00

The licensable activities are: Delivery of pizza by aggregators such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo.

Sunday to Thursday 11:00 – 01:00 Friday & Saturday 11:00 – 02:00 Under the above Act.

This is an application to vary the existing Premises Licence.

All representations must be received within 28 days after the date of application.

Any person wishing to make representations to this application may do so by writing, stating the grounds of objection, to: Licensing, London Borough of Bromley, Churchill Court, 2 Westmoreland Road, Bromley BR1 1AS.

Representations may also be sent via email to licensing@bromley.gov.uk

A copy of the application can be viewed at the Licensing Authority’s address during normal office hours by an appointment; or viewed on the Council’s website: www.bromley.gov.uk – search applications. It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with this application, the maximum fine on summary of conviction is currently unlimited.

Signed:

Date: 18/03/2026

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Notice of application to vary a Premises Licence

Notice is hereby given that Booze & Essential Putney Ltd has applied to Wandsworth Council to vary the premises licence at Booze & Essential Putney Ltd at 120 Upper Richmond Road, SW15 2SP as follows would like to extend hours to sell alcohol for three days a week – Thursday -6:00 am – 1:00am , Friday6:00 am to 1:00 am and Saturday – 6:00 am –1:00 am

Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing by 06-04-2026 stating the grounds for making said representation to: Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,Surrey,SM4 5DX or by email: licensing@merton.gov.uk

The record of this application may be inspected Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays) by prior appointment at the offices of Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,Surrey, SM4 5DX between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Information on all new and variation applications received by the Licensing Authority can be viewed on the Council’s website www.wandsworth.gov.uk

It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application, punishable upon conviction by an unlimited fine.

LICENSING ACT 2003

APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE

Bradley Ridge has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth to vary a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: The Inkspot Brewery, 2A Streatham High Road, London SW16 1DB

The nature of the variation is as follows:

The hours for on sales to be extended by 2 hours on Wed - Sat. This would be extended from 10:00 to 23:00 from Wednesday through to Saturday. There is no proposed changein operating hours of the business.

The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth Town Hall, Basement Room B08 & B09, 1 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RW, or via the licensing authority’s website, at www.lambeth.gov.uk/licensing

A responsible authority or any other person may make representation to the licensing authority in respect of this application. Representations must be made in writing, either by post to the above address, or by email to licensing@lambeth.gov.uk and must be received no later than 13/05/26

It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with a licensing application, and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction for that offence shall not exceed level 5 on the standard scale (£5,000).

LICENSING ACT 2003

Lucus Live Limited has applied to Lewisham Council for the grant of an annual Premises Licence at Event Area 6 Beckenham Place Park Beckenham Hill Rd BR3 1SY, proposing an annual 3-day event, initially 6-8th June 2026 providing Ibiza Classics Orchestra, Park Rock live and Sundown Country Music with the licensable activities, live and recorded music, exhibition of films, dance performance, entertainment similar to music and dance and the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises on Friday 18:0022:30 Saturday 12:00-22:30 and Sunday 12:0020:30.

The application may be viewed at Lewisham Council Safer Communities Service, 4th Floor Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, SE6 4RU by appointment between 9.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday (except public holidays) or at www.lewisham.gov.uk

Responsible Authorities or any other person may make representations regarding the application to the licensing authority by emailing licensing@lewisham.gov.uk Representations must be made in writing and received on or before 13th April 2026

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application, the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction is unlimited.

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A3 GLA ROADS (ROEHAMPTON VALE AND KINGSTON ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH) (TEMPORARY 30 M.P.H SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2026

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above named Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable telecoms works to take place on the A3 Kingston Road.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle travelling in a northeasterly direction on the A3 Roehampton Vale and Kingston Road to exceed a speed of 30 MPH from a point 2 metres north-east of the extended southwestern building line of No.12 Roehampton Vale and a point 16 metres south-west of a point opposite the extended north-easternmost property boundary of Roehampton Vale Cemetery, Stag Lane.

The Order will be effective at certain times between the 23rd March 2026 and 27th March 2026 every night from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(1) for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 20th day of March 2026

Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager Transport for London

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A VARIATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 34

Notice is given that: JJ & TEAM LTD, Suite 201, Moda Business Centre, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, WD6 2BW, has applied for the Variation of a Premises Licence for the following premises: Pizza Hut Delivery, 39 The Village, SE7 8UG

A record of this application may be inspected by appointment.

Other persons may make representations to the Council on this application by no later than 15th April 2026. Representations can be made in writing, by email or fax using the contact details above. Representations can only be made on the grounds of one of the four licensing objectives, namely:

- Prevention of Crime and Disorder - Prevention of Public Nuisance - Public Safety - Protection of Children from Harm

Any person who makes a false statement in connection with an application is liable on summary conviction to an unlimited fine.

The following variations are proposed: Provision of Late-Night Refreshment: Sunday to Thursday 00:30 – 01:00 Friday & Saturday 00:30 – 02:00

The licensable activities are: Delivery of pizza by aggregators such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo

LICENSING ACT 2003

APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF PREMISES LICENCE

Take notice that I: Sidhu Catering Ltd have made an application to Lewisham Council acting as the Licensing Authority, for a New Premises Licence in respect of Shere Punjab, 90 Verdant Lane, SE6 4LF

The details of the application are as follows: Sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises Monday – Sunday 12:00 – 23:00

The application and the Licensing Authority’s public register can be inspected at: Lewisham Council, Safer Communities Service, Licensing Authority, 4th Floor Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, SE6 4RU by appointment between Monday to Friday (except on public holidays) and between the hours of 9.00 am to 4.00 pm; or at www.lewisham.gov.uk

The last date by which responsible authorities or other persons may make representations to the Licensing Authority in relation to this application is: 9th April 2026

Any representations must be made in writing to the above address or by emailing licensing@lewisham.gov.uk

It is an offence knowingly or recklessly to make a false statement in connection with an application and the maximum fine for which a person is liable on summary conviction is unlimited.

Notice of application for a Premises Licence.

Notice is hereby given that Sabartnam Jeyakkumar has applied to Wandsworth Council for a new premises licence at ASJ Morley’s Ltd (Morley’s Chicken) 24 Roehampton High Street, London, SW15 4HJ for Sunday to Wednesday 11:00 to 02:00 and Thursday to Saturday 11:00 to 03:00

Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing by 08th of April 2026 stating the grounds for making said representation to: Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX or by email: licensing@merton.gov.uk

The record of this application may be inspected Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays) by prior appointment at the offices of Wandsworth Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,Surrey, SM4 5DX between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Information on all new and variation applications received by the Licensing Authority can be viewed on the Council’s website www.wandsworth.gov.uk

It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application, punishable upon conviction by an unlimited fine.

Notice of application for a Premises Licence.

Notice is hereby given that Renato Pjetergjokaj has applied to Richmond Council for a new premises licence at 34 High Street Hampton Wick KT1 4DB for Sale of alcohol by retail Sunday to Thursday 12.00 – 22.30 Friday & Saturday 12.00 –23.00

Any person who wishes to make a representation in relation to this application must give notice in writing by 14 April 2026 stating the grounds for making said representation to: Richmond Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX or by email: licensing@merton.gov.uk

The record of this application may be inspected Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays) by prior appointment at the offices of Richmond Licensing Authority, Regulatory Services Partnership (Serving Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth Councils) Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden,Surrey, SM4 5DX between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. Information on all new and variation applications received by the Licensing Authority can be viewed on the Council’s website www.richmond.gov.uk

It is an offence, under section 158 of the Licensing Act 2003, to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in or in connection with an application, punishable upon conviction by an unlimited fine.

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

Under The Town and Country Planning Acts

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council is considering applications as set out below under the following categories;

Written representations should be made within three weeks of the date of this advertisement to the Director of Planning, PO Box 80771, London, SW2 9QQ. Any comments made are open to inspection by the public and in the event of an appeal may be referred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Confidential comments cannot be taken into account in determining an application.

Application plans can be viewed online at www.lambeth.gov.uk/searchplanningapps – search using the reference number at the end of each application listing. The

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A3205 GLA ROAD (BATTERSEA PARK ROAD, LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER (NO.2)

2026

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable bus shelter installation works to take place at Battersea Park Road in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping in the Parking and Disabled Persons Vehicle Bay outside No.4 Battersea Park Road (Battersea Dogs and Cats Home).

The Order will be effective at certain times between 27th March 2026 and 27th April 2026 every night from 8.00 PM until 5.00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibition will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 20th day of March 2026

Paul Matthews

Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

26/00749/FUL

Units 1-6 Citadel Place London SE11 5EF Phased redevelopment of 1-6 Citadel Place including demolition and provision of residential uses (Class C3) and flexible commercial uses at ground floor (Class E) with associated landscaping, access, car parking and other works. For consultation purposes only and not part of the description of development above, the proposed development includes the following:

- 522 residential units, including 156 social rent units (35% by habitable room)

- 454 sqm Class E Floorspace - Four blocks between 9 and 23 storeys high - Six mews houses, three storeys high. 26/00601/FUL

Railway Arches 11-15, 17, 18 And 555 Valentia Place, Brixton London SW9 8PJ Refurbishment/redevelopment of Rail Arches with continued use as Class B2/B8 (formerly Use Class B1, now within Use Class E), involving demolition of front extension structure and installation of new shutter and a door to Arch 555, and the replacement of the shopfronts with windows above, along with other associated works. 26/00491/FUL

Clapham Manor Primary School Belmont Road London Lambeth SW4 0BZ Demolition of an outbuilding (sheltered canopy) within school playground. 26/00694/FUL

98 Strathbrook Road London SW16 3AZ Increase in height of brick piers and installation of railings to the front elevation. 26/00715/FUL

51 Loughborough Park London SW9 8TP Application for Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing roof level windows with single glazed timber casement windows. Replacement of existing ground floor rear door with timber door (Associated full planning with reference number: 26/00669/FUL received). 26/00670/LB

191 Amesbury Avenue London SW2 3BJ Erection of single storey ground floor rear extension (to Flat B). 26/00642/FUL

57 Brixton Water Lane London Lambeth SW2 1PH Conversion of the garage into a study and plant room, including the replacement of the roof and front/rear doors; replacement of the kitchen roof with a pitched roof and the french doors with crittall style doors; conversion of the ground floor shower room to a pantry and office to a bathroom; installation of a new lintel above the dining room window; conversion of the small first floor front room to an en-suite, including a jib door to the master bedroom; replacement of the timber gate with a traditional handmade iron gate; and removal/replacement of the cement render with lime render to the front facade. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 26/00614/LB but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 26/00613/FUL). 26/00614/LB

35 - 43 Bondway London SW8 1SJ Change of use from hostel for use by single homeless men (Sui Generis) to hostel for use as visitor accommodation (Sui Generis) and associated external works including cycle parking and a refuse store. [Re-consultation: change to description of development; provision of Hostel Management Plan and Market Report] 25/02795/FUL

44 Clapham Common North Side London SW4 0AA Application for Listed Building Consent for Internal works to all flats involving the rewiring of existing communal hallways and utility room lighting. Partial rewiring of sockets; replacement of fuse box; installation of new fire detection system and surface mounted emergency light fittings. 25/03833/LB

58 Clapham Manor Street London SW4 6DZ Creation of a rear roof terrace with glass balustrade on the existing rear extension, together with the construction of external access stairs and installation of two roof lights. 26/00610/FUL

361 Clapham Road London SW9 9BT Replacement of two pairs of non-original front-facing timber sash window sashes to Flat 6, installed into the existing retained box frames. No changes to the openings, brickwork, masonry, or sills. Like-for-like traditional timber profiles with slim heritage double glazing (Flat 6).

(Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 26/00668/LB but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 26/00667/FUL) 26/00668/LB London Fire Brigade Workshops 3 Whitgift Street London SE11 6AT Temporary change of use from former London Fire Brigade vehicle workshop (with other former authorised uses including temporary museum) to sui generis visitor attraction, leisure & entertainment facility 26/00701/FUL

Dated this Friday 20th March 2026

Rob Bristow Director - Planning, Transport & Sustainability Climate and Inclusive Growth Directorate

Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A24 GLA ROAD (TOOTING HIGH STREET, LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) ORDER 2026

1. Transport for London hereby gives notice that it has made the above-named Traffic Order under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specified in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order is summarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to allow new water connection works to take place on A24 Tooting High Street.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on Woodbury Street between its junctions with Tooting High Street and Bickley Street.

Local access will be maintained.

The Order will be effective at certain times from 8:00 AM on 23rd March 2026 until 5:00 PM on 3rd April 2026 or until the works has been completed. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.

4. The prohibition will not apply in respect of:

(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

Dated this 20th day of March 2026

Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager Transport for London

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LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – SOMERLEYTON ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH PARK AND MOORLAND ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out water mains replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order, the effect of which would be to:

(a) temporarily prohibit vehicles from waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in those lengths of

(i) Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Coldharbour Lane and Loughborough Park.

(ii) Loughborough Park, between its junctions with Somerleyton Road and Coldharbour Lane.

(b) temporarily introduce one-way traffic systems in the lengths of road, and in the directions specified below:

(i) Phase one – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Corry Drive and Loughborough Park, from north-west to south-east.

(ii) Phase two – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Eaton Drive and Corry Drive, from north-west to south-east.

(iii) Phase three – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Broughton Drive and outside the south eastern boundary of No. 47 Eaton Drive, from north-west to south-east.

(iv) Phase four – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Geneva Drive and outside the south eastern boundary of No. 46 Broughton Drive, from north-west to south-east.

(v) Phase five – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junction with the access road fronting Southwyck House, to outside the south-eastern boundary of No. 1 Geneva Drive, from north-west to south-east.

(vi) Phase six – Somerleyton Road

Somerleyton Road, between its junctions with Coldhabour Lane and the access road fronting Southwyck House, from north-west to south-east.

(vii) Phase one – Loughborough Park

Loughborough Park, between its junction with Somerleyton Road and outside the southern boundary of Hartland House, from south-west to north-east.

(viii) Phase two – Loughborough Park

Loughborough Park, between outside the southern boundary of Hartland House and the vehicular access to Evelyn Grace Academy, from south-west to north-east.

(ix) Phase four - Loughborough Park

Loughborough Park, between outside the southwestern boundary of No. 73 Loughborough Park and outside No. 55 Loughborough Park, from southwest to north-east.

(x) Phase five – Loughborough Park

Loughborough Park, between outside the southwestern boundary of No. 53 Loughborough Park and outside the north-eastern boundary of No. 31 Loughborough Park, from south-west to north-east.

(xi) Phase six – Loughborough Park

Loughborough Park, between outside the northeastern boundary of No. 31 Loughborough Park, and its junction with Coldhabour Lane, from southwest to north-east.

(c) temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in those lengths of Moorland Road, between its junctions with Hillmead Drive and Loughborough Park:

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles and pedestrians

would be available via:

(a) for the restrictions outlined in paragraph 1(b)(i)(ii)(iii

(iv) (v) and (vi): Loughborough Park, Moorland Road and Coldharbour Lane

(b) for the restrictions outlined in paragraph 1(b)(vii) (viii)(ix)(x) and (xi): Moorland Road, Coldharbour Lane and Somerleyton Road, or via Coldharbour Lane and Moorland Road.

(c) for the restrictions outlined in paragraph 1(c): Loughborough Park and Coldharbour Lane, and vice versa.

(d) temporarily prohibit vehicles from turning:

(i) right from Heritage Close into Loughborough Park (ii) right from the access road adjacent No. 2E Loughborough Park into Loughborough Park; or (iii) left from the access road adjacent No. 9 Loughborough Park into Loughborough Park.

3. The restrictions specified in paragraph 1 would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

4. The Order would come into force on 6 April 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 12 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – LEANDER ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable telecommunications repair and maintenance works replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in that length of Leander Road which lies between its junctions with Elm Park and outside the north-eastern boundary wall of No. 2 Medora Road.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via Medora Road, Craster Road, Ostade Road, Upper Tulse Hill, A23 Brixton Hill and Elm Park, or via Elm Park, Craster Road and Medora Road.

3. The Order will come into force on 24 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of one month, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take one day to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – BELVEDERE ROAD AND CORNWALL ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to provide a holding area and enable access for works vehicles associated with a nearby building development, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intends to make an Order, the effect of which would be to (a) temporarily prohibit vehicles from waiting or parking in Belvedere Road between its junctions with Upper Ground and Waterloo Bridge. (b) temporarily prohibit vehicles from parking or wait, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading in Cornwall Road, between its junctions with Upper Ground and Doon Street (c) temporarily prohibit vehicles from parking or wait, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading in Cornwall Road, between its junctions with Upper Ground and Doon Street (d) temporarily suspend the cycle lane in Belvedere Road between its junctions with Waterloo Bridge and Upper Ground.

2. The alternative routes for affected cyclists would be available via Waterloo Bridge, Stamford Street, Cornwall Road, Upper Ground and Belvedere Road.

3. The Order would come into force on 7 April 2026 and would continue in force for a maximum duration of 8 months.

Dated 20 March 2026

Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS –FENWICK PLACE

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable carriageway resurfacing and footway renewal works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intend to make an Order, the effect of which would be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding in that length of Fenwick Place between its junctions with Landor Road and Bedford Road.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Bedford Road, Lendal Terrace, Clapham High Street, Bedford Road and Landor Road.

3. The Order would come into force on 7 April 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 6 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner.

Dated 20 March 2026

Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS –BELVEDERE ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable footway and carriageway works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intends to make an Order, the effect of which would be to: (a) Phase one: temporarily prohibit vehicles travelling in a south easterly direction on the .unnamed access road opposite No. 7 Belvedere Road, from turning right onto Belvedere Road, so to travel in a south-westerly direction (b) Phase two: temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding in those lengths of Belvedere Road between outside the northernmost pedestrian entrance of Jubilee Gardens and outside the southernmost pedestrian entrance of Jubilee Gardens.

2. The alternative routes for affected vehicles would be available via Belvedere Road, Waterloo Road, York Road and Chicheley Street, and vice versa.

3. The Order would come into force on 7 April 2026 and would continue in force for a maximum duration of six month to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take a total of four weeks to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – LAUD STREET

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out water mains replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in those lengths of Laud Street which lies between its junctions with Vauxhall Walk and Tyers Street.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via Vauxhall Walk, Glasshouse Walk and Tyers Street, and vice versa.

3. The Order will come into force on 23 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 3 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take 6 weeks to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026

Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS –KEMPSHOTT ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable telecommunications repair and maintenance works replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in that length of Kempshott Road which lies between its junctions with Ellison Road and Tankerville Road.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via Tankerville Road, Guildersfield Road and Ellison Road, and vice versa.

3. The Order will come into force on 23 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of one month, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take one day to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026

Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS –ST OSWALD’S PLACE

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out water mains replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which would be to

(a) temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in those lengths of St Oswald’s Place:

(i) Phase one: St Oswald’s Place, between its junctions with Tyers Street and Tyers Terrace. (ii) Phase two: St Oswald’s Place, between its junctions with Tyers Terrace and Kennington Lane.

(b) temporarily suspend the one-way traffic system in Tyers Terrace between its junctions with St Oswald’s Place and Vauxhall Street.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles by the road closure outlined in (1)(a)(ii) above would be available via Tyers Terrace, Vauxhall Street, and Kennington Lane

3. The Order would come into force on 30 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 3 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take 4 weeks to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS –OAKDEN STREET

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out water mains replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, waiting, including waiting for the purpose of loading and unloading a vehicle or parking in those lengths of Oakden Street:

(a) Phase one: Oakden Street, between its junction with Monkton Street and outside the boundary of Nos. 27 and 29 Oakden Street.

(b) Phase two: Oakden Street, between outside the outside the boundary of Nos. 27 and 29 Oakden Street and the common boundary of Nos. 3 and 5 Oakden Street.

(c) Phase three: Oakden Street, between outside the boundary of Nos. 3 and 5 Oakden Street and its junction with Bishop’s Terrace.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via Monkton Street, St Mary’s Gardens and Bishop’s Terrace, and vice versa.

3. The Order will come into force on 21 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 6 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take 5 weeks to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

STAY

INFORMED

6.

or

requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highways Network Manager (The officer appointed for this purpose)

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE IN LOWER MARSH TO INCLUDE SATURDAY [This notice is about the proposal to extend the current pedestrian zone in Lower Marsh to include the hours of 9.00a.m. and 9.00 p.m. Saturday]

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth proposes to make The Lambeth (Moving Traffic Restrictions) (Amendment No. **) Order 202* under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Order would be to extend the hours of the current Monday to Friday prohibition on vehicles entering or proceeding in those sections of Lower Marsh that lie between a point opposite the party wall of Nos. 80/81 and 82 Lower Marsh and the north-eastern kerb-lines of Launcelot Street and Frazier Street, and between the south-western kerb-line of Launcelot Street and Frazier Street and a point opposite the north-eastern wall of No. 140 Lower Marsh, to include Saturdays, between the hours of 9.00a.m. and 9.00 p.m.

3. If you have any enquiries about this matter, please contact the Lambeth Council’s Transport Strategy Team via the webform at: https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/form/transportstrategy-project

4. A copy of the proposed Order and other documents giving detailed particulars about it is available for inspection online at: https://streets.appyway.com/lambeth or www.lambeth.gov. uk/traffic-management-orders and at the offices of Lambeth Council’s Parking and Enforcement Group (Parking, Network Management & Fleet), 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London SW2 1EG, between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays, except on bank or public holidays. To arrange inspection please email trafficorders@lambeth.gov.uk

5. All objections and other representations relating to the proposed Order must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made (quoting reference “178 - Lower Marsh Market- Saturday extension”), and can be made using our consultation portal at https:// streets.appyway.com/lambeth or sent by post to Parking and Enforcement Group (Parking, Network Management & Fleet), London Borough of Lambeth, PO Box 80771, London, SW2 9QQ or by email TMOReps@lambeth.gov.uk within 21 days from the date on which this Notice is published. Any objection may be communicated to, or seen by, other persons who may have an interest in this matter.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

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Transport for London Public Notice

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

THE A205 GLA ROAD (VARIOUS ROADS, LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPING) ORDER 2026

1. Transport for London in consultation with the London Borough of Lewisham hereby gives notice that it intends to make the above named Trafc Order under section 14(1) of the Road Trafc Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose specied in paragraph 2. The effect of the Order isummarised in paragraph 3.

2. The purpose of the Order is to enable light columns replacement works to take place at A205 South Circular Road.

3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from:

(1) stopping on Westhorne Avenue between its junctions with Baring Road and Sidcup Road;

(2) stopping on St Mildreds Road between its junctions with Verdant Lane and Baring Road;

(3) stopping on Brownhill Road between its junctions with Rushey Green and Verdant Lane;

(4) entering or proceeding in an easterly direction on Brownhill Road at its junction with Plassey Road;

(5) stopping on Catford Road between its junctions with Thomas Lane and Canadian Avenue;

(6) stopping on Plassy Road between its junctions with Brownhill Road and Sangley Road;

(7) stopping on Sangley Road between its junctions with Plassy Road and Rushey Green;

(8) stopping on Lordship Lane and London Road between their junctions with Highwood Close and Park Hill;

(9) stopping on Rushy Green Road between its junctions with Sangley Road and Brownhill Road;

(10) entering Sangley Road eastbound at its junction with Plassy Road;

(11) entering or proceeding in a westerly direction on Sangley Road between its junction with Shorndean Road and No.44 Sangley Road, local access will be maintained from its junction with Shoredean Street and the extended western building line of 21c Sangley Road;

(12) proceeding in an easterly direction on Lordship Lane at its junction with Sydenham Hill;

(13) stopping in the parking and disabled persons’ vehicle bay on Laleham Road at the side of No.94 Brownhill Road at the side of No.114 Brownhill Road.

The Order will also:

(14) permit buses to turn left into Brownhill Road from either arm of Torridon Road;

(15) permit all vehicles to use the westbound bus lane on London Road between its junctions with Eliot Bank and Sydenham Hill;

(16) permit all vehicles to use the eastbound bus lane on Catford Road between its junctions with Catford Broadway and Rushey Green.

The Order will be effective at certain times between 29th March 2026 and 28th September 2026 every night between 9.00 PM and 5.00 AM or when the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. The prohibitions will apply only during such times and to such extent as shall from time to time be indicated by traffic signs.

4. The prohibitions will not apply in respect of:

(1) any vehicle being used for the purposes of those works or for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(2) anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a person authorised by Transport for London.

5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by traffic signs for access to Sangley Road westbound via Shoredean Street, Engleheart Road, Bowness Road and Plassey Road to normal route of travel. for access to Sangley Road eastbound via Plassy Road, Bowness Road and Engleheart Road to normal route of travel. for eastbound traffic on Brownhill Road via, Plassy Road, Bromley Road, Downham Way and Baring Road to normal route of travel. for eastbound vehicles under 7.5 tonnes M.G.W. on Lordship Lane via Sydenham Hill and Sydenham Rise to normal route of travel. for eastbound vehicles over 7.5 tonnes M.G.W. on Lordship Lane via Sydenham Hill, Kirkdale and Dartmouth Road to normal route of travel.

Dated this 20th day of March 2026

Andrew Ulph

Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – SANCROFT STREET

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable Thames Water to carry out water mains replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to be:

(a) temporarily prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding in those lengths of Sancroft Street as outlined below:

(i) Phase one: Sancroft Street, between its junction with Kennington Road and outside the north-western boundary of No.13 Sancroft Street.

(ii) Phase two: Sancroft Street, between outside No. 15 Sancroft Street and its junction with Cardigan Street.

(iii) Phase three: Sancroft Street, between its junctions with Courtenay Street and Newburn Street.

(iv) Phase four: Sancroft Street, between its junction with Newburn Street and outside the north-western boundary of No.60 Sancroft Street.

(v) Phase five: Sancroft Street, between outside the north-western boundary of No. 60 Sancroft Street and its junction with Vauxhall Street.

(b) temporarily prohibit vehicles for waiting (including waiting for the purpose of loading or unloading the vehicle) in that length of Sancroft Street which lies between its junctions with Kennington Road and Vauxhall Street.

(c) temporarily suspend the one-way traffic system in Sancroft Street between its junctions with Cardigan Street and Stables Way, while the closure outlined in 1(a)(i) is in effect.

(d) temporarily suspend the one-way traffic system in Sancroft Street between its junction with Stables Way and outside No. 15 Sancroft Street, while the closure outlined in 1(a)(ii) is in effect.

(e) Temporarily introduce a one-way system in Sancroft Street, operating in a north-west to south-east direction, between its junctions with Courtney Street and Cardigan Street, while the closure outlined in 1(a (iii) is in effect.

2. Alternative routes for affected vehicles will be available via:

(a) Phase one: Kennington Road, Kennington Lane, and Courtenay Street, or via Cardigan Street, Kennington Lane, and Courtenay Street.

(b) Phase two: Kennington Road, Kennington Lane, and Courtenay Street, or via Stables Way, Cardigan Street, Kennington Lane, and Courtenay Street.

(c) Phases four and five: Vauxhall Street, Black Prince Road and Newburn Street, or via Black Prince Road and Vauxhall Street.

3. Alternative routes for affected cyclists will be available while the closure outlined in 1(a)(iii) is in effect, will be via Newburn Street, Black Prince Road and Kennington Road.

4. The Order will come into force on 23 March 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 8 months, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works will take 14 weeks to complete.

Dated 20 March 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager

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MI LONDON ASSEMBLE STAR STUDDED HUNDRED SQUAD

By Sports Reporter

THREE-TIME CHAMPIONS MI

London, the most successful men’s team in the history of The Hundred, have assembled a starstudded squad at the 2026 auction as they aim for an unprecedented four-peat in the competition.

The franchise, formerly known as Oval Invincibles, will have a large chunk of its core back and a strong Surrey foundation, after adding Invincibles’ highly successful all-rounder Tom Curran (£260,000) and leg-spinner Nathan Sowter (£130,000) to their retentions of Rashid Khan (£175,000), Will Jacks (£250,000), and their new captain, Sam Curran (£350,000).

Curran, as well as Sowter, who was the player of the match in last summer’s final, have been with the squad since the competition’s inception, playing pivotal roles in their three championships.

World-class short-format cricketers like big-hitting West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford (£100,000) and New Zealand’s finest Trent Boult (£100,000) will link up with retentions Nicholas Pooran (£175,000) and Khan. To further add to the Surrey presence in the squad, to go with the highly accomplished Curran brothers and Jacks, who scooped up a record four player of the match awards at the recent men’s T20 World Cup, Ollie Pope (£31,000) has made the switch from London Spirit, Jason Roy (£31,000) from Southern Brave, and exciting lefthander Ollie Sykes (£31,000) gets his first chance in The Hundred.

The team also has vastly experienced campaigners in the form of the stylish

Strong Surrey flavour ahead of defence

James Vince (£190,000) and former England pacer Richard Gleeson (£65,000).

MI London’s fast bowling attack is completed by speedster Olly Stone (£50,000), and the parsimonious left

arm spin of Callum Parkinson (£31,000) finishes up the spin department that will be spearheaded by the likes of Khan, Sowter and Jacks.

On top of these fifteen players, the team management will have the option

Chathli gets new Surrey role

By Sports Reporter

KIRA CHATHLI has been named as the Surrey 50-over captain, taking over from Bryony Smith. Smith led the side to victory in the Women’s Vitality Blast last year and she will continue as T20 and club captain.

Chathli has been with Surrey since the age of nine and made her debut aged fourteen.

“Having started my journey with the club as a nine-year-old, it’s a huge honour to be named as a Surrey captain and I can’t wait to lead the team during the Metro Bank this season,” Chathli said.

“I want to thank Mybs [head coach Johann Myburgh] and Emma [Calvert, director of women’s cricket] for their trust in me, and the learnings I have taken from Bry to succeed as captain.

“We have a lot of talent in our squad, and I can’t wait for the team to show what they can do. It’s going to be an exciting season.”

Smith added: “Leading the team in the first year as a fully pro side has been a real honour and I’m so proud of everything that we achieved. It was a difficult decision to step back from leading the team in all competitions but I think it is the right call to allow me to focus on my captaincy in the T20 competition and my own game across all formats.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing Kira in this new role. Her passion for the team and her dedication to the game is second to none. She will serve the girls well.

“Kira and I have worked closely for the past few years, and I feel as though now is the right time to pass on the baton, I will continue to be a sounding board for Kira and offer support and advice whenever it’s needed.”

Chathli will lead Surrey out for the first time at Edgbaston on Saturday, April 11, before skippering the side at the Kia Oval on Wednesday, April 15.

Holme comforts for Fish as Duncan bags first-half treble

By John Kelly

LORENZO DUNCAN scored a first-half hat-trick as Fisher thumped Holmesdale 5-0 to consolidate their position in second place in the SCEFL Premier Division.

Ajay Ashanike’s side went in front in the ninth minute when Jack Gibbons took a quick short corner to Rafael Garcia whose cross was headed home by Duncan from eight yards out. In the 32nd minute, Alex Kozak crossed to the near post where Festos Kamara twisted to make space and his ball across the box deflected to Duncan to finish.

Any hope the hosts had of getting back into the game vanished when Malachi Hudson’s challenge on Adejola Lahan resulted in a red card. Garcia then laid the ball off to Duncan who chipped home his 20th goal of the season. It was his second hat-trick of the campaign - both of them scored from left-back.

A minutes before the half-time break, Armani Jordan Martin found Garcia and he set up Kozak to pick his spot inside he area.

The Fish eased up in the second half but there was another bonus when Chibueze Echem returned to competitive action after seven months out with a broken leg. He set up another substitute, Michael Sarpong, but his shot was saved. Fisher scored their fifth in stoppagetime when Kozak curled in a corner for Kamara to head home.

of adding two Wildcard picks on the basis of performances in the upcoming domestic season.

MI London will kick-start the defence of their title against Sunrisers Leeds on at the Kia Oval on July 21.

Fisher are eighteen points behind runaway leaders Whitstable Town but, crucially, now have an eight-point advantage over Hollands & Blair in sixth.

Fisher host Kennington at St Paul’s on Saturday (3pm).

Dulwich in mid-table driftbut positive stadium update

By John Kelly

DULWICH HAMLET’S season is drifting towards a an anti-climactic mid-table finish after their 2-1 defeat at Lewes last weekend.

Devonte West scored two goals in the first half before Danny Mills replied two minutes before half-time.

Mark Dacey’s side couldn’t find another goal and the result leaves them in eleventh in the Isthmian League Premier Division table, fourteen points off the play-offs.

There was better news off the pitch when chairman Ben Clasper delivered an update on the club’s proposed new stadium at Green Dale Fields.

“Work has begun on the development that will help the council deliver on its commitment for housing and regeneration, return the club to playing in a stadium it owns and deliver a return on a longterm investment for the stadium owners [Meadow Residential],” Clasper said.

“The demolition of the first section of the ground has literally paved the way to implementing our planning consent and work has already begun on the preparatory

work for phases two and three so there is no question of us resting on our laurels after completing phase one.”

Clasper added: “Development schemes of this scale are a once-in-a-generation opportunity and it is the aim of the football club to ensure we deliver the greatest possible benefit to the widest possible section of the population, increasing our work with local schools, sports teams and community groups.

“As custodians of the club our objective is to preserve the football club for the next generation and enshrine its position as an active and positive participant in the community.”

Fulham clean up their act

By Shane Stapleton

FULHAM BECAME the final Premier League team to register a clean sheet in 2026 after their stalemate against relegationthreatened Nottingham Forest at The City Ground.

The Cottagers twice survived big scares when they could have gone behind in the second half. First, Dan Ndoye was fouled in the area by Calvin Bassey but an offside call saved Silva’s side after the penalty had been awarded. Then Ndoye had the ball in the net only for the video assistant referee to rule another offside.

Forest full-back Ola Aina hit the crossbar against his former side and then at the other end headed Rodrigo Muniz’ effort that was on target over the bar.

Forest had a late chance but Taiwo Awoniyi fired wide when he should have hit the target.

The point still lifted Forest out of the relegation zone, above West Ham United. Fulham are eleventh as they chase European football next season.

"It was good [to keep a clean sheet]. We knew it would be a tough game, even if they are in a position that doesn't reflect the individual quality that they have,” Silva said. “The ability they have up front is at a very good level.

“We play to win games, it is our way but some games are very tight. It is important for us to keep the feeling of the clean sheet being positive.

"We were close to the three points. My approach is always the same: we didn't win, we got the point, next week we have another game and we want to be back to winning ways at home before we go to the international break”.

Fulham host Burnley on Saturday (3pm).

TEN MEN FOIL PALACE

Hosts let off hook as Leeds forward misses pen

By John Kelly

OLIVER GLASNER felt a lack of patience was the problem as Crystal Palace failed to break down a tenman Leeds United side that missed a penalty in their 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park.

Leeds forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin failed to test Premier League debutant goalkeeper Walter Benítez as he dragged his spot-kick wide after Will Hughes was penalised for handling from a corner.

Daniel Farke’s side then had left wingback Gabriel Gudmundsson sent off five minutes into first-half added-time for a second booking for a foul on Ismaila Sarr.

Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta came on an hour in and had the hosts’ best chance when his deflected effort forced Leeds stopper Karl Darlow to parry the ball away.

The Eagles had a goal disallowed with twelve minutes left when Jefferson Lerma

finished from close range, but Brennan Johnson was offside in the build-up.

“We’re not 100 per cent happy or pleased with the result, and also not with the performance, to be fair,” Glasner said.

“But we have to accept it. I think it was a very physical and intense first half, and then after the red card, second half, we had a lot of possession, but we moved the ball too slow, that's a topic we have. We know are talking about it, we are trying to improve in training.

“For me, it looks like when we are in this situation we get a little bit nervous, we know we want to score, we need to score, we want to score, and then we just make wrong decisions.

“We are in a rush where we don't have to be in a rush, and then giving the ball away, we should stay calmer and prepare the situation, and wait for our situation, especially in the final third, getting in the structure that we are also wellorganised behind the ball, because today

we delivered the cross, they cleared it, we were not in the right positions, we made a foul, they had the next long ball.

“Then we win the header, but they got the next long throw-in, and this is just to control it better, you need to stay in your structure and be patient.

“This is what it seems to be, that we are losing our patience in these situations, and then we are not that dominant, and of course on the other side it's to move the ball quicker and getting more players in the dangerous areas, and this is what we missed today.”

Darlow’s save from Mateta’s effort was the only one he had to make as Palace struggled to break down the ten men.

Glasner added: “We had it in two or three games where we didn't do well. At Nottingham [Forest], we played one half with a player more, we didn't score, it was today, and I think it was against Wolves.

“On the other side we did very well against Tottenham, and I think it's just a

kind of progress we need to do to show this more consistently, staying patient and relying that we will create our situations, because sometimes it's not so easy to play against ten men.

“We won the game here against Brighton last season with nine players, and then when you defend it very deep, with good box defending, it's sometimes not so easy. Then we need to be patient and wait for the situation, which we did very well against Wolves. Then we scored the decisive goal.

“Today we were close after this great set play, but yes, we know this is a part of our game we have to improve, this is what we will work on, but at the end, next clean sheet, getting a point, we wanted three, but today I think we have to accept the point.”

Palace are in Conference League action away to AEK Larnaca on Thursday (March 19). The tie was poised at 0-0 following the first leg.

Welling come through late storm in Lantern relegation battle

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PLAYING THEIR third consecutive away game, Welling United gave themselves hope of Isthmian League Premier Division safety with a thrilling 3-2 victory at fellow strugglers Potters Bar Town.

Welling let a two-goal lead slip before scoring a late winner.

It was Welling’s first-ever visit to The Lantern Community Stadium, with its artificial surface, and a very happy one for the large band of travelling supporters. It was also the first time this season that Welling have gone in at halftime with a two-goal lead.

on hand to clear. Then the hosts went close when Damaray Anyadike’s shot from the corner of the penalty area came back out off the inside of the far post.

Brandon Adams combined with Joe Re to work his way into a one-on-one with Mackenzie Foley but his shot was feeble and the Welling goalkeeper saved easily. After that, the Wings dominated the remainder of the first half.

The hosts’ goalkeeper’s escape was short-lived, though, and Welling doubled their lead in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage-time. From a freekick on the edge of the penalty area, Sam Smith fired into the top-left corner for his third goal in three games.

when it fell to him he volleyed home spectacularly.

Crucially, victory took Welling five points clear of their hosts and within a point of Hashtag United and safety, having played a game fewer. However, it was not the straight-forward win that they might have hoped for at half-time.

Both teams had chances early in the first half. Troy Howard’s effort for Welling tested goalkeeper Josh Shattell and, although he made the initial save, he was unable to hold it and was thankful that Dylan Adjei-Hersey was

Shattell kept out efforts from Lewis Gard, Dean Gunner and John Ufuah before conceding four minutes before half-time. Gard recycled a half-cleared corner on the left and clipped it in to the near post where Lekan Majoyegbe headed home via the underside of the bar. Gard then almost caught Shattell out of possession but he scrambled back to turn the ball round the post.

In an unusual position the season with that advantage, it seemed that the Wings were unsure on whether to twist or stick in the second period. Howard drew a brilliant save out of Shattell immediately after the break before the hosts started probing to get back into the game.

They gave themselves hope in the 66th minute when a hopeful pass forward somehow found its way to Anyadike and he hooked home from twelve yards out.

Then, with eight minutes remaining, the hosts drew level. Adams was lurking on the edge of the penalty area and

Boss Ryan Maxwell has built a determined resilience in the Wings’ team and that came to the fore when they went back ahead two minutes later. Ufuah did well down the left and delivered to substitute Jamie Reynolds and he finished clinically with his weaker right foot. That was not the end of the action, though, as the hosts refused to lie down. Re burst through and drew a great save out of Foley before they went even closer when Jacques Kpohomouh hit the outside of the post with a header.

Nana Kyei fired a free-kick well over for Potters Bar before the Welling players were able to celebrate the win with their one 150-plus supporters. Welling are at home to Whitehawk this Saturday (3pm).

LIONS BOSS EXPECTS STURGE BOOST

Millwall appealed controversial red card that changed game against Rovers

By Will Scott

ALEX NEIL expected Zak Sturge’s red card to be overturned and the left-back to be available for Millwall’s crucial trip to Championship promotion rivals Ipswich Town on Saturday.

Sturge, 24, was controversially sent off shortly before the hour mark against Blackburn Rovers for bringing down Yuki Ohashi as he was bearing down on goal, despite Jake Cooper covering. Blackburn went on to overturn a one-goal deficit to win 2-1.

Millwall appealed the red card on Monday, and a judgment was expected before the Lions head to Portman Road.

“We wouldn’t put the case forward unless we felt we’ve got a genuine and great opportunity of that getting overturned,” Neil told our paper. “I’d be surprised if it doesn’t. But listen, it’s football, you know what I mean? I’ve done this long enough now that nothing really surprises me anymore.

“But I think that, certainly, looking at our case, looking at the rules - I spoke to the referee after the game [and] what he said to me was that the linesman did not have any bearing on the red card. So they spoke to him, but he only spoke to him about the timing of the contact. There are pictures that we’ve seen since that show the referee doesn’t even have a clear view of it. They’ve got a player between the referee and the player [Ohashi].

“I still think that it’s too far from the goal. I still think his touch is taking him the wrong way. We’ve got two recovering defenders. There is a lot of mitigation in there for why we deemed it an extremely harsh red card, and I would fully expect it to be overturned.”

Meanwhile, Rovers boss Michael O’Neill admitted his side enjoyed some good fortune after Lions winger Femi Azeez appeared to be denied a clear free-kick on the edge of the box or a penalty as the contact continued inside the white line.

“Sometimes things go in your favour. I’ve felt over the season and even when I’ve been in, we’ve had two apologies for penalties that should’ve been given,” O’Neill said.

“Today we’ll take that decision if it went our way but the important thing was being able to capitalise on it.

“It’s always easier when you have an extra man but you can be impatient in your play. It was important to move it side to side which we did.

“It wasn’t a low block like against Oxford and then sometimes you make erratic, poor decisions. Today, predominantly, we did make the right decisions.”

It was a third win in seven games for relegation-threatened Rovers under O’Neill.

“We told the players they would have to be up for the fight today and be brave enough to play,” O’Neill said. “Some of the football was excellent and we defended by keeping the ball.

“We stopped an onslaught of longer passes into the box and having to deal with second balls. We could’ve done better with the ball in the final third but the first half was very good.

“When we had the extra man, I thought

our play was excellent. Sometimes, it’s not easy. The goals we scored, the movement on that side, Ryan [Alebiosu] and Mori [Ryoya Morishita] were brilliant.” Millwall were without Ryan Leonard, Casper De Norre, Caleb Taylor and Alfie

Doughty last weekend, all of whom were expected to be back within four weeks, Neil said at a Fans’ Forum on March 13. Neil was asked if any were in contention to make the squad on Saturday. He replied: “We should have one or two.”

QPR arrest slide with Foxes win Valley roars in survival bid

By John Kelly

QUENS PARK Rangers boss Julien Stephan said his side showed “great character” to come back to beat Leicester City 3-1 at the King Power Stadium and arrest a fourmatch losing streak.

Jordan James gave Gary Rowett’s hosts a fourteenth-minute lead but the Hoops turned the game around either side of half-time when Havey Vale levelled and then the same player crossed for Ben Nelson to turn into his own net.

Ronnie Edwards added a third in the 58th minute.

QPR had been dropping towards a relegation battle in the Championship but are now eleven points above the bottom three.

Rowett’s Foxes are two points from safety.

"We deserved this win because we showed great character, great personality, and very good collective connection,” Stephan said.

"Even though we conceded the first goal we stayed very focused on

By Patrick Fanning

CHARLTON ATHLETIC are set for a 20,000-plus Valley crowd against Norwich City on Saturday as they hit a sixteen-year attendance high with supporters flocking to SE7 to back their Championship survival bid. it will be the eleventh time this season that mark has been passed at The

what we needed to do on the pitch. It was very important for me mentally that we stayed focused. "We needed to manage cleverly at the end of the game and we did that very well."

Former Millwall boss Rowett said: ”It was like Christmas morning if you're QPR. We've given them three goals. I'm not taking anything away from their performance, they've worked incredibly hard to stop us getting into good areas.”

QPR play Portsmouth at Loftus Road on Saturday (3pm)>

Valley.

The game is also part of the club’s ‘Kids for a Quid’ initiative, with tickets for under-12s priced at just £1.

A record number of Schools Partnership tickets have been sold, with the Addicks set to be backed by more than 1,400 school pupils and their families from over 75 schools across Greenwich and Bexley.

By John Kely

AFC WIMBLEDON boss Johnnie Jackson was left to reflect on the “randomness” of a six-goal thriller after Dom Ballard hit a hat-trick to help Leyton Orient come from behind to win 4-2 at Plough Lane on Tuesday night.

Junior Nkeng scored twice after Ballard had given the visitors the lead in the fifteenth minute. Ballard bagged two more in the second half either side of James Morris’ goal.

The Dons are eight points above the League Two relegation zone.

“It was a game of two halves, we were

The U’s would have moved out of the relegation zone and closed to within six points of the

really dominant in the first,” Jackson said. “We came in 2-1 up - I think we should probably go in 4-1 up. I don't think that would be an exaggeration. With how we dominated the game and the chances that we created.

“Then, obviously, the game swings in the second half and they have more momentum. It becomes a more open, transitional second half. We couldn't get the control that we had in the first-half. Couldn't dominate the ball as much.

“Then you're open to the randomness of it. Obviously Ballard is a top player in their team. It was probably the difference in the end.”

Wimbledon host Peterborough on Saturday (3pm).

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MI London assemble star studded Hundred squad

BLUES BOOS ON HUMBLING NIGHT

Rampant PSG dish out lesson at the Bridge

By John Kelly

LIAM ROSENIOR said he “completely gets it” after Chelsea were booed off following their 3-0 Champions League defeat and 8-2 aggregate humbling by Paris Saint-Germain in the last sixteen at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night.

The Blues made a horrible start against Luis Enrique’s defending champions as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored in the sixth minute and Bradley Barcola added to it in the fourteenth minute. The rest of the game was played in a moody atmosphere, with Senny Mayulu scoring the third in

the 62nd minute.

To add to a miserable night when Chelsea became just the third English side to concede eight goals in a European tie, defender Trevoh Chalobah was stretchered off leaving the hosts to finish the game with ten men.

Home supporters chanted the name of former owner Roman Abramovich and let the side know their feelings on the final whistle.

“This is a fantastic football club where the fans want success instantly and that's rightfully so for the size of the club,” Rosenior said.

“I have to say, I understand because of the aggregate scoreline in the tie, why fans are frustrated. They want us to win. So I completely get

it and I understood that before I came in. I also want to make them happy and give them the nights they deserve. Not just me, but us as a group, as a team.

“That was a really, really difficult one to take because of the manner in which we went out this evening.” Rosenior explained his decision to take off Enzo Fernandez, Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro on the hour.

“It's a reality of where the group are,” Rosenior said. “They've played over 100 games in eighteen months. They've had no break in terms of the international games, the travelling that, say, Joao Pedro or Enzo Fernandez or Moises Caicedo do to South America. It's not an excuse. This is a by-product

of success of the Club World Cup and it's a great thing that the club achieved at the Club World Cup.

“You're seeing with [the injured] Reece [James], you're seeing with players, that if I don't manage their minutes, their likelihood of getting injured is increased very highly. So I want us to make sure we're in this competition next season as a minimum. We're still fighting for an FA Cup, but I have to make maybe really difficult decisions that at the time probably don't look great, to be honest. You never want to take off your best players when you're five goals down in a tie, but I want to make the right decisions for the football club in the long term as well.

Woodman backed for boss of year

By John Kelly

BROMLEY BOSS Andy

Woodman

has responded after receiving an endorsement from one of the most experienced managers in the EFL.

Bristol Rovers chief Steve Evans, who is in his tenth job in charge of a Football League club, reckons Woodman is the boss of the year across the entire EFL.

That was before the Gas travelled to Hayes Lane last weekend when Will Hondermarck scored the only goal of the game for the League Two leaders.

The Ravens then followed that up with another 1-0 win against Newport County at Rodney Parade on Tuesday night thanks to Corey Whitely’s goal against his former club two minutes from time.

Bromley are unbeaten in 20 league games and are five points clear of Milton Keynes at the top of the table. Woodman’s side have a nine-point buffer back to Notts County in the first play-off place with eight games left.

Woodman led Bromley into the EFL for the first time in their history in 2024 and he is now closing in on another historic promotion.

Former Arsenal goalkeeping coach Woodman was delighted with the praise from Evans.

"That's a nice compliment from Steve, and I've got a lot of respect for Steve," Woodman said.

"Steve's managed at the highest level, and despite what people's thoughts are of Steve, I've always had a huge amount of respect for [him]. I have to say, Steve probably gives someone like myself a lot of hope that we can get up to those levels because he's done it.

"So that coming from Steve, I didn't know that and that's muchappreciated and and it goes a long way."

Bromley face mid-table Colchester United at Hayes Lane on Saturday (3pm).