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BATTLE FOR TRAFALGAR

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POWER STATION COUNCIL HOMES APPROVED By Charlotte Lillywhite

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PLANS TO build more than 200 council homes at Battersea Power Station have been approved, as part of its £9billion regeneration.

Wandsworth Council has formally approved proposals to build 203 homes on an undeveloped plot of land on the iconic 42-acre redevelopment site by 2029, in partnership with Battersea Power Station Development Company (BPSDC). The new council homes will be offered to people on Wandsworth’s waiting list, and have been described as marking a major step towards tackling the borough’s housing crisis. The council has a long-term lease on the land, lasting for hundreds of years, which is owned by freeholder BPSDC. It comes after the council’s previous Labour administration announced last year it was partnering with BPSDC to build affordable homes on the site, which marked a major turning point for the regeneration. Labour had previously fiercely criticised the redevelopment masterplan, which was approved under Tory control, for only agreeing to build 386 affordable homes, or nine per cent, of roughly 4,000 homes. The application had not yet been approved when Labour lost control of the council in the local elections in May, with the Conservatives

now ruling as a minority administration. In a new report, planning officers confirmed the scheme has won planning permission and will go ahead. The homes will be provided in a building up to 18 storeys tall, which will have communal gardens and a roof garden. Construction is due to start in 2027, with the homes expected to be completed and occupied by 2029. The council homes come in addition to the level of affordable housing already agreed by the developer, which takes this to 15 per cent.

Conservative council leader Robert Morritt said: “This decision kick-starts an exciting time for Wandsworth as we move at pace to deliver more high-quality homes for rent or sale across our borough. Working in partnership with Battersea Power Station, this well-designed development of 200 properties shows our commitment to good growth and building homes for local people.” The scheme will be supported by grant funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA). Tom Copley, deputy mayor for housing and

Southwark and Lambeth ‘facing exodus of primary school pupils’ There could be thousands fewer primary school pupils in Southwark and Lambeth by the end of the decade

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residential development, said: “The Mayor and I are proud to be working with Battersea Power Station and Wandsworth Council, providing investment to deliver social housing at one of London’s most iconic regeneration sites, as we work to build a fairer, more prosperous London for everyone.” James Saunders, CEO of BPSDC, added: “These new homes represent another important milestone in the delivery of our vision for Battersea Power Station, and we’re delighted to be bringing them forward in partnership with Wandsworth Council and the GLA. “Alongside today’s announcement, we continue to make strong progress across the wider development, with construction on the final section of Electric Boulevard, our pedestrianised high street, beginning soon.” The number of homeless households on Wandsworth’s waiting list in March last year was 11,183, including 3,771 homeless households. The council homes will come forward in phase five of the regeneration, which is split into eight phases overall. More than 2,200 homes have been delivered so far in the redevelopment, including 386 affordable homes at New Mansion Square in partnership with Peabody. New cultural attractions and experiences, along with extra homes and workplaces, are planned for future phases of the regeneration.

By Alex Orr SOUTHWARK AND Lambeth are facing an exodus of primary school pupils, with thousands fewer school kids expected by the end of 2029.

The two South London boroughs will be amongst the worst-hit in England, according to new data from AI company Skubl, which predicts both Southwark and Lambeth will lose more than 13% of their current pupil cohort. There are set to be 2,500 fewer primary school pupils in both Southwark and Lambeth, with Sutton, Merton and Kingston

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upon Thames also badly hit. The average drop in primary school pupils in inner London is expected to be 9.4%, compared to just 4% across the country as a whole. This data comes after the News reported Southwark and Lambeth had lost more than 14,000 residents in a single year. The council has previously expressed concerns about a plummeting birthrate in Southwark, which is currently 36% lower than 15 years ago. The administration acknowledged high housing costs are a key cause of families leaving the borough.

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NEWS 3 By Molly Hunt WHEN BETH White and Molly McCabe met on a dating app just over a year ago, they had no intention of starting a business. But once they got together, they quickly realised they had a shared ambition - to one day open their own lesbian pub.

Beth, 36, from Southampton and Molly, 32, a south-east London native who was born in King’s hospital and grew up in Crystal Palace, had both spent the majority of their careers in film and TV. But in April this year, amid a changing industry and jobs that felt increasingly under pressure, they decided to take the plunge and pursue their dream. They found a space on Coleman Road in Camberwell, which was formerly the St George’s Tavern. “We walked in and we were just like, this feels right” Molly says. “There were so many things that pieced together that kind of made it work. I used to live two minutes from the pub so that was one thing. Beth is from Southampton – and it’s just off Southampton Way. And it’s on the corner of Rainbow Street, which felt really appropriate.” Beth continues: “It’s a complete mess, but there was just something about it that we thought - we could make this really good. It’s got the bones of something that could be amazing.” They decided to name the pub Dorothy’s, a homage to the legendary lesbian club Gateways that existed on King’s Road where the password to get in was Dorothy’s, and which for a long time was one of the only places in London where lesbians could meet openly. Molly and Beth wanted to open a “sapphic space” as they noticed a lack of these kinds of venues, especially in South London. “There’s not really many places that are dedicated to sapphics. There’s so many one-off nights, which are great, but we want to create somewhere permanent, that you can just go to randomly, that you don’t have to plan a month in advance,” Molly explains. “We wanted a space where people won’t be judged by anyone else or have funny looks if they kiss their partner or hold

Bath White and Molly McCabe hope to turn the run down building into a new lesbian pub

BUILDING UP DOROTHY’S Meet the couple behind Camberwell’s new lesbian pub their hands, where if they want to hit on someone, they’ve got a 99% guarantee that they are the right sexuality.” They credit the Old Nun’s Head in Nunhead as an exception. “I think there’s obviously a lot of pubs closing, a lot of queer venues are closing, but I think of them doing so well, and it makes you think, there is a need for this and people will come if you do it right.” They have big dreams for Dorothy’s. As well as wanting to serve a sub-£6 pint and house white wine, they also plan to have kitchen residencies as well as supper clubs, women’s sport screenings, LGBTQ+ discussion groups, charity collaborations, and eventually a podcast exploring lesbian history. And they are in

the process of partnering with a range of lesbian-owned alcohol brands. However, opening your own pub is no easy feat, especially without any direct experience running a hospitality business. The space requires a lot of work before it can open. “Right now, it’s a tip. The kitchen got condemned. So we’ve got to get a whole new kitchen in. It definitely needs a complete redecoration. We went round with an electrician the other day who said basically the whole thing needs rewiring”, Molly says. All of this led to Beth and Molly starting a crowdfunder - which has currently raised over £24,000 - and making Instagram and Tiktoks to help them raise

the awareness and the money needed to get the pub up and running. And, as well as money, Beth and Molly say over 130 people have got in touch offering help in many forms - from brand partnerships and accountancy to painting, plumbing and electrical work: “People were lining up saying, we can help you… I do genuinely think, if you need something done, get a lesbian to do it”, Beth says. Beth and Molly say they want Dorothy’s to be a safe place in a world that feels “a bit mental at the moment”. Their goal is to make it as inclusive and accessible as possible, and to showcase as many different aspects of the diverse community as possible, describing Dorothy’s as somewhere “where

someone can come into the venue and go, ‘oh, that person looks like me, or has maybe similar life experiences to me’… and hopefully feel automatically more comfortable.” They still have their work cut out for them, but Beth and Molly are confident they can achieve their goal. They received their premises licence recently, and the plan is to open in October. One first date and a lot of hard work later, their pub dream is about to become reality. To support visit crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dorothyslesbian-bar Follow @dorothys.ldn on Instagram

Deptford brewery to celebrate 10th birthday with ‘pagan lager festival’ Friday September 11 - Saturday September 12 By Myfanwy Fleming-Jones A DEPTFORD brewery is marking its 10th birthday with a two-day lager festival featuring live music, street food, dancing and a giant sausage roll.

Das Harvest Fest, organised by Villages Brewery and local craft beer retailer Hop Burns & Black, returns to Deptford on Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12. The annual festival was launched in 2021 to put Deptford on London’s beer map while raising money for local charities. Villages Brewery taproom manager Greg McCarron-Shipman said: “Villages’ mantra is ‘To Do Things that Bring People Together’ and Das Harvest Fest is certainly that. “Each year, in the spirit of the harvest, we look to give back to the local area, so with some good old pagan pageantry and

barrel rolling, plus this year the return of Deptford’s Longest Sausage Roll, made by our good friends at Toad Bakery, we’ll all be dressed up for the harvest parade to raise funds for Lewisham Foodbank.” This year’s celebrations will mark a decade of Villages Brewery, with specially brewed beers on tap alongside a selection of rare German imports from Hop Burns & Black. Food will be provided by Hardy

Yard Pizza and Pratt Schneiders. The festival will run from 6pm to 11.30pm on Friday, September 11, and from 3pm to 11.30pm on Saturday, September 12. Tickets cost £14 and include a Das Harvest Fest glass, a free pint of Villages beer and 10% off merchandise and festival special beers. Walk-ins are also welcome.

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RYE LANE CLOSED FOR 10 DAYS DUE TO ‘DANGEROUS STRUCTURE’ AT FORMER CINEMA WHICH COULD COLLAPSE Residents have been evacuated and ten bus routes diverted

The old Tower Cinema in its heyday Inset; An old programme poster for the Tower Cinema

By Alex Orr and Molly Hunt RYE LANE in Peckham will be closed for at least a week because of a “dangerous structure” at the site of a former cinema.

A part of the road near 114-116 Rye Lane, at the site of the old Tower Cinema Gateway, has been closed to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists since last Friday for emergency works. The area around the Tower Cinema, which was built in 1914 and finally shut its doors in 1956, is expected to be closed for around seven to 10 days, according to Southwark Council. During this time, an exclusion zone will be in place, with no one allowed to enter the closed area or pass through the barriers, including residents. The council is supporting residents who have been affected by the closure and cannot currently return home by providing them with temporary hotel accommodation and welfare support.

But residents and local business owners expressed their frustrations about the “mayhem” caused. They told the News the closure, which has led to 10 bus routes being diverted, had caused chaos in the area and badly affected footfall at businesses on the side further away from Peckham Rye station. Yusuf, owner of homeware store Fares on the other side of the works, said: “Customers who travel and come down – they aren’t coming. “Buses can’t get through, which means people would have to walk all the way down from Peckham High Street and they just aren’t coming.” Pedestrian access around the closure is via Blenheim Grove and Choumert Grove, but Yusuf said the council had not done enough to communicate what was going on. He added: “I didn’t get told anything. No one knew what was going on, even the buses were still trying to come through and getting turned around because they

didn’t know anything.” Local resident Sofiane, who has lived in the area for 36 years, added: “It’s causing mayhem”. Ademile Bakray-Odeyemi, owner of Infinity Textiles on Rye Lane, said she was told the building was about to collapse, adding: “The building has been there for years, and we didn’t get a letter or anything.” She called on the council and government to do something for the businesses affected: “They have to do something for us. It’s not fair.” Southwark Council confirmed that impacted businesses would receive support, with leader James McAsh saying: “Council officers are speaking to affected businesses to understand what they need, including access, deliveries, signage and practical support while the closure is in place.” For now, Cllr McAsh said the immediate priority was public safety, with structural engineers working at pace to stabilise the

The current scaffolding at the old Tower Cinema

site with scaffolding and temporary hotel accommodation provided to affected residents. He said: “I know the closure of Rye Lane is deeply disruptive for residents, businesses, visitors and everyone in Peckham and beyond. “I want to thank people for their patience and understanding while urgent work is carried out to make the former cinema site safe.” “This is a fast-moving situation,” he added, “but our focus is clear: keeping people safe, supporting those directly affected, helping businesses through the disruption, and reopening Rye Lane as soon as it is safe to do so. We will continue to provide updates as work progresses.” The old Tower Cinema was designed by architect H. Courtenay Constantine and used to stand at roughly 100 feet tall, with a “fabulous” tower and dome, according to architect and Peckham local Benedict O’Looney. It was one of at least six cinemas in

Peckham in the early 20th Century but stood out for its size, boasting more than 2,000 seats, renaissance revival design and Christopher Wren-esque style. Rye Lane was heavily bombed during WWII, but the former tower was likely truncated after it closed in 1956. The old auditorium was then demolished and converted into a car park, with the entrance to the cinema hollowed out to make space for a passageway, leaving the smaller tower that still remains. Benedict said he wanted to ensure that the current site, which now seemed in danger of collapse, could be maintained and prevented from being knocked down. And, with the old cinema now back in the public eye, he added it would be a good opportunity fully to restore it to its former glory. Speaking on behalf of the Peckham Society, he said: “We love the Tower Cinema and dare we reconsider rebuilding the lost two stages with a beautiful renaissance revival design?”

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COMMUNITY CINEMA TO BE LAUNCHED IN CRYSTAL PALACE

Celebrating South London culture through film By Myfanwy Fleming-Jones

A NEW monthly community cinema has launched in Crystal Palace, aiming to bring affordable and sociable film screenings to the local community.

Crystal Palace Community Cinema is run by a small team of film industry professionals and volunteers, who hope to build the organisation alongside the people who live in the area. The team includes film professionals John-Paul Pierrot, David Newlan and Louise Owen, alongside Beth Mander, owner of The Paxton Centre – a creative space in the heart of Crystal Palace and one of the cinema’s founding venue partners. John-Paul, who has lived in Crystal Palace for five years, said the area’s independent and creative character made

it a natural home for the project. “Crystal Palace already has such a strong independent and creative character, and it felt like a natural home for a community cinema that could bring people together while showing an adventurous mix of independent, international, documentary, classic and overlooked films,” he said. The idea came through John-Paul’s

work with the London Short Film Festival, where he visited community cinemas in Nunhead and Sydenham. He said he was inspired by seeing local people come together to watch films in non-traditional cinema spaces. “The screenings felt sociable, accessible and genuinely connected to their communities,” he said.

The 38-year-old, who grew up in Charlton, is now a freelance film professional working with film festivals, distributors and filmmakers to help films find and build audiences. The new cinema community is planning its first screenings for October and November, including All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.

The film was directed by Andrew Haigh, who grew up in Croydon. The team is also hoping to host a rare screening of James Broughton’s The Pleasure Garden, a 1953 film which was shot in Crystal Palace Park. “Being able to show a film in Crystal Palace that was actually made here more than 70 years ago feels exactly like the kind of thing a community cinema should be doing,” John-Paul said. Rather than having a permanent venue, the cinema will use different spaces and venues across Crystal Palace for its screenings. The team hopes this will allow the project to connect with different parts of the community while celebrating the area’s history and culture through film. The cinema is starting small but hopes to become a lasting part of the Crystal Palace community. “Community cinemas only work if people turn up,” John-Paul said. “So whether you’re someone who watches films every week or you haven’t been to the cinema for years, we want this to feel welcoming and accessible.” www.crystalpalacecinema.co.uk

6 NEWS CGIs of Borough Triangle development including replacement food hall

One of the families making the challenge. (L: Edith)

CGI of the proposed Borough Triangle development (centre)

SOUTHWARK COUNCIL ADVISED TO REFUSE AMENDED PLANS FOR BOROUGH TRIANGLE

The number of affordable homes has dropped from 230 to 60

By Ruby Gregory

Local Democracy Reporter SOUTHWARK COUNCILLORS have been advised to reject amended proposals for a scheme in Elephant and Castle after the affordable housing offer dropped to 10 per cent.

Applicant, Berkeley Homes has submitted a new Section 73 application for its Borough Triangle development, which was narrowly approved by Southwark councillors last year. A Section 73 application lets a developer apply to vary or remove conditions attached to previously approved planning permission. Under the latest plans, Berkeley Homes wants to reduce the total amount of affordable housing from 35 per cent to a minimum of 10 per cent by habitable room. This equates to the loss of 170 affordable homes. The developer also plans to widen the stair and lift cores in some of the buildings and update some of the internal layouts and design of the homes to comply with the latest fire regulations. Southwark Council’s Planning Committee has been recommended to

refuse the plans at a meeting next week (September 9). Planning officers working for the council have said the proposed development would fail to deliver “sufficient public benefits” due to the “low level” of affordable housing on offer. They also don’t believe there are enough public benefits to outweigh the heritage harm it has on the character and appearance of the Trinity Church Square Conservation Area – particularly because of the height, scale and massing of Blocks A and B. Berkeley Homes still plans to build the same number of homes as the consented scheme, consisting of 892 flats in four tower blocks up to 44 storeys high. However, the number of affordable homes has dropped from 230 to 60. The previous affordable housing offer included 153 social rent homes, but now only 42 social rent homes could be built. A Berkeley Homes spokesperson previously told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that they aim to deliver 20 per cent affordable housing, provided it could access “the full benefits” of the Government and the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) new

planning route. However, planning officers said they could only consider the formal offer of 10 per cent affordable housing that is being proposed, and said they had not seen “any evidence” that Berkeley Homes has explored grant funding or Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) relief. The number of wheelchair accessible homes are set to stay the same, but the number of affordable wheelchair accessible properties has dropped from 31 to 20. Due to changes to internal layouts, the number of rooms across the development has reduced from 2,667 to 2,572 – a reduction of 95 rooms in total. According to its planning statement, Berkeley Homes has encountered several viability challenges with the approved development, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, high interest rates, “spiralling” construction costs and greater regulation. Planning consultancy Lichfields argues it is necessary for Berkeley Homes to submit the Section 73 application with the proposed amendments to ensure the scheme still goes ahead. The development is set to create 1,780sqm of public space. Flexible commercial, food, drink and leisure uses,

including a live performance music venue and a cinema are all still included in the latest plans. The plans will also deliver a public piazza and a new community centre, likely for the local Latin American community. A number of buildings, including the Elephant and Castle branch of the popular food hall, Mercato Metropolitano, are set to be demolished to make way for the development. At the end of last year, Mercato Metropolitano confirmed to the LDRS that its Elephant and Castle site will stay open until the end of 2026. A replacement food hall is part of the planned development. But until it is finished, most of the 40 traders with stalls in Mercato Metropolitano will have to find alternative arrangements. There are plans to accommodate some traders in a temporary nearby location by Berkeley while the scheme is under construction.

A BLOCK BY BLOCK BREAKDOWN OF THE BOROUGH TRIANGLE DEVELOPMENT

• Block A: 294 flats, 38 storeys, will also feature new community centre, public toilets, retail and commercial units • Block B: 372 flats, 44 storeys, will also

feature retail and commercial units • Block C: 131 flats, 10 – 14 storeys, a new long-term food hall will be built there • Block D: 95 flats, 18 storeys, retail and commercial space is also proposed

During the public consultation stage, the amended plans received 54 objections and two letters of support. Objections were in response to the reduction of affordable housing, along with reducing the affordable housing offer for wheelchair accessible homes. Other concerns included the height of the buildings and the impacts on the daylight and sunlight of neighbouring properties – which were raised in the previous consented scheme. One person in support of the plans said: “London is in a housing crisis with a shortfall of over 60 per cent on housing completions and 90 per cent on starts. This development is taking underutilised land and providing hundreds of homes with appropriate densification of the area.” Local groups, Southwark Law Centre and the 35% Campaign, raised concerns over the new affordable housing offer and lack of family-sized housing. The council’s Planning Committee will ultimately decide on the plans this week.

NEWS 7 By Evie Flynn THE PEARLY King and Queen Jimmy Jukes and Michelle Thorpe accepted the Freedom of the City of London last week – the highest honour the City can bestow.

The pair were alongside 21 other Pearly Kings and Queens from across London who were honoured in a ceremony on Thursday 3 September, at the historic Mansion House in the middle of the City. Bermondsey and Rotherhithe charity fundraiser and Pearly King Jimmy, who runs the UK Homes 4 Heroes charity with Michelle, said the day “ranks one of the highest days” of his life, alongside the time he received an MBE from the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2015. The Freedom of the City of London is a civic honour that dates back to the Middle Ages. Today it is more of a symbolic award given to figures with “outstanding contributions to society”. Jimmy also celebrated his birthday on the Thursday and said: “It was the best birthday present and happy days all round. “It is an honour. I was born and bred in Bermondsey, we are local people and normally people like us don’t get these awards but we are so proud of it. We work so hard.” The honour started as a status symbol for a “free man” who was not the property of a feudal lord. This meant they had the right to trade and own property within the City of London. Some of these historic privileges have carried on to today, meaning Jimmy and Michelle can walk livestock over London Bridge if they want to, as Freemen have the special privilege of crossing the bridge toll-free with their animals. The Pearlies were joined by Barbara the sheep at the ceremony, named after Eastenders actress Barbara Windsor, who was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2010. Jimmy said the ceremony was particularly special because a “mass declaration of freedomship”, with 23 Pearlies being honoured at once, has never happened before.

PEARLY KING AND QUEEN HONOURED WITH PRESTIGIOUS CITY AWARD ‘We are so proud’ say Jimmy Jukes and Michelle Thorpe

Michelle Thorpe (left) Jimmy Jukes (right) with the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Dame Susan Langley DBE (middle) The honour is well deserved, as the pair started the charity Homes4Heroes in 2010 to support homeless military veterans. Jimmy inherited his title as Pearly

King when his father passed away, with his family’s Pearly tradition dating back as far as 1903. Michelle did not inherit her title as Pearly Queen of Rotherhithe and was

instead chosen by the Pearlies and crowned in 2012.

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BERMONDSEY STREET FESTIVAL TURNS 20 All photos: BSE1 & Ryan Savage.

It returns on Saturday 19th with music, food and family activities By Evie Flynn BERMONDSEY STREET Festival is returning to SE1 on Saturday, September 19, to celebrate the community fete’s 20th year.

The street itself, alongside the neighbouring parks, will transform into a vibrant community celebration, with music, food, family activities and entertainment planned across the area. On the main stretch of Bermondsey Street there will be artisan craft and community stalls from 11am until 7pm. Shops along the street will also be opening their doors, while visitors can meet local

makers and groups or shop from a range of independent businesses. Leathermarket Gardens, the open green space just off the west side of Bermondsey Street, will transform into the Family Fun Hub. Running from 11am until 6pm, there will be face painting, live music, family activities and food and drink all under the theme of ‘nature and the environment’. Highlights of the day include the wellloved Dog Show and Maypole Dance. Plus, between 3pm and 4pm, there will

be a Wild Things Dress Up and Disco, with prizes to be won for the most creative nature-themed outfits. Over in the neighbouring Tanner Street Park, festival-goers can enjoy a mix of live music performances and a delicious selection of food vendors from 11am until 8pm. Tanner Street Park draws a huge crowd every year, with benches and green space offering the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the music.

Guests should make sure they’re hungry, as the food line-up is extensive and varied. To name a few, Santo Remedio will bring award-winning Mexican cuisine, local favourite Comptoir will bring its bar and bakery treats, while another SE1 staple, Kin + Deum, will be serving up its Thai flavours. The festival's roots go back to 2006, when a dog collar shop, a couple of local restaurants and a band gathered

in Tanner Street Park. What began as a modest get-together grew into the first official Bermondsey Street Festival in 2007 and, fast forward 20 years, the community event has flourished into a staple of the SE1 calendar. From its humble beginnings, the festival grew every year and, by 2010, what had begun in Tanner Street Park stretched from Crucifix Lane at the top of the street all the way to Bermondsey Square at the bottom. The event is entirely volunteer-run, with new faces encouraged to join the set-up and take part. Organisations are also invited to support the festival through sponsorship. For any sponsorship opportunities or to volunteer, please contact hello@bermondseystreetfestival.com. Saturday, September 19 Bermondsey Street, SE1 Tanner Street Park: 11am - 8pm Bermondsey Street stalls: 11am - 7pm Family Fun Hub in Leathermarket Gardens: 11am - 6pm bermondseystreetfestival.com

8 NEWS The dancefloor at Tola

A midwife in training - Zilal had already delivered five babies

FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED TO SAVE INDEPENDENT PECKHAM CLUB AFTER ‘DEVASTATING’ BREAK-IN

The DJ booth was completely emptied

Tola first opened on the high street nine years ago but it’s now in danger of going under EXCLUSIVE By Alex Orr A FUNDRAISER has been launched to save an independently-owned nightclub in Peckham after a “devastating” break-in.

Tola, a late night bar and music venue on Peckham High Street, suffered a break-in on Wednesday, August 26, with roughly £30,000 worth of equipment taken from the premises. One of Tola’s owners, Marc Germani, said he arrived early the morning after

salary for a week to keep the nightclub’s doors open, aware that the venue is not owned by a big corporation. “We’re not a big commercial club,” Marc said, “we don’t have big backers. “We’re surrounded by these places where, if you have a bad weekend, it doesn’t matter. But with us, if we have a bad week, we struggle. “We’re pulling out tricks left, right and centre to stay open.” He admitted he was not optimistic about the police recovering the equipment, despite ample CCTV evidence.

cultural not-for-profit, despite a long appeals process supported by cultural organisations, local councillors and Music Venue Trust.” The statement went on to say the business rates system “does not reflect the reality of grassroots cultural spaces like IKLECTIK”. The team at IKLECTIK recognised that business rates are set centrally by the Government. However, it said it was “deeply disappointed that Southwark Council did not recognise our role as a not-for-profit cultural provider and grant us discretionary rates relief, which is within their power.” A Southwark Council spokesperson said: “We look carefully at every application for business rates support

and use the same rules for everyone. Iklectik Art Lab applied for this support, but after looking at the information provided, the council decided it did not meet the rules needed to receive it. “We know organisations like Iklectik Art Lab can play an important role in the community and we worked with them to resolve the issues to see if there were any special reasons to make an exception, but none were identified. As a council, we must make sure public money is spent fairly and that the same rules are applied to every applicant.” The venue will continue to operate as normal until 25 October, with the team saying updates on final programming will be announced on its Instagram @ iklecktikartlab.

Peckham Levels music venue to close IKLECTIK is due to shut on 25 October By Evie Flynn THE MUSIC and cultural venue IKLECTIK at Peckham Levels is set to close on 25 October after Southwark Council rejected its application for business rates relief.

The venue reopened in October 2025 after being closed for two years, but has announced it will close again just a year later. IKLECTIK is a “grassroots initiative” dedicated to “experimental music, sound art, and underground culture”. In a statement posted on Instagram last week, the team said: “A major factor has been the denial of the business rates relief we sought as a

Tola was founded by Marc’s friend and Peckham local boy, Tom Broadbent, nine years ago, with Marc joining as a co-owner last year. “We were one of the first, if not the first, late night venues in Peckham open till 4am where people could go and dance, listen to house music, have a good time and stay up late,” Marc said. “Now there’s loads, but we were one of the first ones here, and it would be sad for us to die.” He stressed that Tola continued to be a popular venue in Peckham, adding: “We still have extremely good events here.

It’s constantly packed.” The co-owners had debated setting up a fundraiser for two weeks, hesitant about asking people for money during a cost of living crisis. “Everybody’s stretched - the last thing I want to do is go out and ask people for money,” Marc admitted. “But when reality hit, we realised this is possibly going to be the end of our business and we’re going to have to do it. It’s not really an option. “If it can claw back some money and we can get back onto an even keel, let’s do it.” © IKLECTIK

the break-in to find the bar completely empty and all of the music equipment, including turntables, speakers and microphones, ripped out of the DJ booth. Marc, who grew up in Battersea, said: “I came in and looked at the bar and it was completely empty. I was thinking, ‘wow, we must have had a good night on Saturday’. “Then I looked over to my right and the fire door was ajar.” “It’s been devastating,” he added, “we weren’t able to do payroll. It completely crippled us.” Tola’s staff were happy to delay their

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A NEW film showcasing a service that supports around 5,000 Lambeth and Southwark patients each year to get home sooner or avoid hospital altogether has been released by Lambeth Together.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ @home service provides urgent care for people in their own homes, preventing hospital admissions and helping to free up hospital beds at Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospitals. The film highlights the experience of one patient, Sally, who explains how the @home service helped her recover at home during a period of intense illness, where she would otherwise have needed a hospital stay. It also features staff from the service who explain how patients get expert care at home from a team that includes doctors, nurses, therapists, pharmacists, social workers and nursing rehabilitation support workers. In the film Sally said: “I had bloods, I had drips, I had electrocardiograms (ECGs), ultra scans, occupational therapy (OT). I had the lot, all come into my house. “The difference coming home and being in your home environment [makes] – straight away you’re empowered. All of a sudden you’ve got your own independence back. “And on top of that they’re a really good team because they’re really respectful. I mean they’re really good professionals, these people. “I had more continuity with the @home team than in a hospital, because I was having the same nurses, the same doctors, the same occupational therapists (OTs).

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Patients shine at the Transplant Games TRANSPLANT PATIENTS from Guy’s and St Thomas’ have returned from the Transplant Games in Sheffield in a blaze of glory, having secured dozens of medals in a range of events.

The annual event gives transplant patients of all ages and backgrounds the chance to come together and take part in a wide variety of activities, from cycling and swimming to racquet sports, running and archery. Evelina London sent a huge group to this year’s games. Over 30 VIPs aged 2-17 years old (Very Important Penguins, referring to the urology and kidney departments on Penguin Ward) took part in the games, bringing back an incredible 46 medals, including 15 golds. Alongside the huge medal haul, the VIPs won the prestigious ‘Best Kidney Kids’ award for the second year running. The Evelina London kidney transplant service was the ﬁrst

Annual Public Meeting – 16 September GUY’S AND St Thomas’ annual public meeting will take place on Wednesday 16 September, from 6pm until 7.45pm.

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ever established children’s kidney programme in the UK when it began in 1968. The service now treats a ﬁfth of the UK’s child kidney transplant patients in an average year. Evelina London paediatric advanced nurse practitioner and Evelina VIPs team manager, Grainne Walsh, said: “The Transplant Games are our way of supporting families beyond the clinical setting, helping children build friendships with people who truly understand their experiences. “These children have overcome enormous challenges and the Games are a celebration of everything they have achieved. It’s about helping them realise they can get on in life, chase their ambitions and change the world.” Travel and accommodation for the Evelina VIPs was once again funded by a generous grant from the Evelina London Children’s Charity, enabling patients and families to attend and take part who may not have had the chance otherwise.

“As you can tell, I’m a great advocate because I really feel they gave me my life back. Really strongly feel that.” The @home service, who are based at the Elmcourt Health Centre in West Norwood and Walworth Road Health Centre in Elephant and Castle support people with a range of conditions including serious infections, breathing difficulties such as chronic pulmonary obstructive disease (COPD) and heart failure patients who become sick. Dr Krishna Misra, Clinical Director for Integrated Local Services at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “We are really proud of our @home service which helps local people get the care they need, in their own home, wherever it’s safe and appropriate to do so. “Research shows that many patients recover faster and more effectively at home because of factors like better sleep and a lower risk of hospitalacquired infections. “Sally is just one of the many thousands of people in Lambeth and Southwark that we are helping to recover at home, by bringing together skilled healthcare professionals who monitor, treat and support patients in familiar surroundings that they call home.” Guy’s and St Thomas’ is a member of Lambeth Together which is a partnership of voluntary and community organisations, the NHS, Lambeth Council and others, focused on improving health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities for people in Lambeth. Watch the film at: www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/wellat-home

New energy partnership GUY’S AND St Thomas’ has announced a new energy partnership to modernise hospital infrastructure and reduce carbon emissions.

The partnership with Meridiam will help upgrade ageing energy systems across the Trust’s estate. It will improve reliability, reduce energy costs and support longterm sustainability. The ﬁrst project will deliver a new low-carbon heating and energy system at St Thomas’ Hospital. The work will replace older equipment and help prevent disruption to services. The partnership will also protect NHS funding by using private investment, allowing more resources to be focused on patient care.

NEWS 11 By Ruby Gregory Local Democracy Reporter A 68-YEAR-OLD grandfather of 12 from South London has graduated with a first-class degree in social work.

Chris Osagbaekhoe, from Thamesmead in South East London, collected his BA from Goldsmiths, University of London at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster last Wednesday (September 2). Chris, who was born and raised in Nigeria, had previously studied psychology and counselling between 2013 and 2015. He has four children and is a grandfather of 12. At the age of 64, he decided to pursue a social work degree as a mature student, which was inspired by his desire to help the most vulnerable people in society. In 2024, he transferred to Goldsmiths in New Cross after experiencing some setbacks while also living with a disability. Chris, who lives with pain as a result of having one leg shorter than the other which rocks his spinal cord, said he felt encouraged to advocate for others and empower them. He hopes his graduation will inspire others, especially mature students and people with disabilities to follow their passions – whatever stage they are at in life. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) on the morning of his graduation, Chris said: “I’m a person that lives with a disability. Part of the inspiration was to empower people to empower themselves, and part Elly Baker AM of the motivation was to be a voice to the voiceless – that was my inner drive. “I’m happy there were challenges along the way, but because of resilience and faith, and the support from Goldsmiths University, we are celebrating success today.” Chris’s disability means he is often in a lot of pain. He said Goldsmiths and his tutors helped to accommodate his disability by providing a suitable parking space, which he said was a “massive and major support”. He struggles to walk long distances so even with Goldsmiths being located close to New Cross Gate station, the journey by public transport would have been very uncomfortable and

68-YEAR-OLD GRANDAD GRADUATES AS A SOCIAL WORKER Four year ago Chris, who has 12 grandchildren, decided to pursue the degree as a mature student Chris Osagbaekhoe’s wife, Ayo T Osagbaekhoe (left) and his lecturer, Dr Carmen Yau (centre) Credit: Goldsmiths, University of London

Chris Osagbaekhoe has graduated with a ﬁrst-class degree in Social Work at the age of 68 Credit: Goldsmiths, University of London

risked disrupting his studies. He said: “The nearest train station to

the school is not within easy walking distance for me. The struggle of jumping

in and out of the bus and train, especially during that morning rush hour— sometimes I don’t get a seat, but driving to [Goldsmiths] makes life easier for me.” Asked what he plans to do next, Chris said he’d like to launch a communitybased project or open a community centre to help young people and keep them away from a life of crime. A multi-instrumentalist who can play the drums, the keyboard, guitar, bass guitar and the trumpet, Chris also wants to use his musical talents to inspire the next generation. But first, he says, he has set his sights on finding his first job as a qualified social worker. Chris says his phone “hasn’t stopped ringing” from family, friends and the local community. “They now see me as an inspiration, they see me as having set the pace,” he

on a lovely new space for that,” she said. Freeweaver works predominantly with natural fibres, earth-pigment dyes and handwoven cloth, combining traditional techniques with contemporary design. A large wall covered in colourful yarns forms a centrepiece of the studio, with visitors encouraged to experiment with their own colour palettes and combinations. “We are all about making weaving accessible to the public,” Janine said. “It is a well-known technique but people hardly see how it is done.” The studio offers workshops where participants can make scarves, cushions and table runners, as well as develop their own projects and experiment with more unconventional techniques. Janine, who trained in traditional Scandinavian weaving, travelled to Japan around a decade ago to explore its textile history before bringing the techniques she learnt back to her practice in London. The studio’s work has already attracted attention beyond Greenwich. Freeweaver has been commissioned by Academy Award-winning film designer

Anne Pinnock to contribute to the set design of upcoming Robert Eggers film Werwulf, following the success of his 2025 film Nosferatu. The studio is also working with designers preparing for London Fashion Week, incorporating its historic weaving techniques into collections, including projects with the King’s Trust and an independent South African designer. Its work can also be found at Greenwich Market, where the studio sells handwoven scarves and cushions for £150 and £95 respectively. Janine said the surrounding area provides a constant source of inspiration, from Greenwich Park to the changing seasons. “We like the walk through the park and seasonal inspiration there, with Japanese cherry blossoms in March for the sakura look,” she said. The studio is currently showing Cloth from the Forest, an exhibition based on Janine’s textile research with wild silk communities in East India. Further exhibitions and projects are planned over the coming months. Freeweaver is also planning to

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says. “They said, ‘the pace that you set is so high, we’ll try and catch you up on that’. So, that gladdens my heart, that my story is motivating people within my family and outside my family, and to know that with determination, you will get there.” Dr Carmen Yau, Lecturer in Social Work at Goldsmiths, said: “Chris’s journey is one of extraordinary determination, courage, and hope. He reminds us that education can be transformative at any stage of life. “His story has given me a powerful reminder of why we are here at Goldsmiths, why we do what we do every day. It speaks to the values that underpin social work and our education at Goldsmiths alike: belief in people’s potential, resilience, and the power of hope.”

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Greenwich weaving studio draws on maritime history for new creative space By Myfanwy Fleming-Jones FREEWEAVER STUDIO has just opened a new home just a short walk from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

Freeweaver Studio has moved into The Weavers Loft at Meantime Studios, where its naturally lit workspace offers visitors the chance to explore traditional and experimental weaving techniques. The studio specialises in Japanese floor-loom weaving and is run by Dutchborn textile artist Erna Janine, who began weaving in 1994 and has spent the past three decades teaching and developing her own textile practice. Its new home has a particularly fitting history, having previously been used by the Maritime Museum for archival and textile restoration work. Janine said the studio’s location has also allowed her to explore the connection between her work and Greenwich’s maritime past. “Part of my practice is dealing with maritime fibres like linen and hemp. It is a wonderful coincidence to get our hands

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18 NEWS By Harrison Galliven Local Democracy Reporter A BATTLE to save a Wimbledon pub from closure looks to have become a glass half full situation with the local community hoping to collectively own it by Christmas.

The diminutive pub has become a firm favourite among local residents, beer enthusiasts and AFC Wimbledon fans, thanks to its convivial atmosphere and historic charm. So beloved is it that some have even dubbed it the “community’s living room”. Now, after facing off an existential threat in the form of a redevelopment battle, locals will have the chance to buy shares in The Trafalgar, with the hope of bringing the pub into full community ownership by Christmas Day. “When this opens up you will have this nice cosy part of history you can own a piece of…and it’s got pints,” said Oli Carter-Esdale, barman at The Trafalgar in South Wimbledon. The Save the Traf campaign will launch its community share offer next week, giving members of the public the chance to invest in the pub and help raise £250,000 towards the purchase of the freehold. Rebecca Coleman, a local resident and member of the Save the Traf campaign, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) what this development means for the pub. “We were really relieved,” she told the LDRS in reference to the freeholder’s decision to give locals the chance to buy the pub rather than sell it to a developer. “It was really lovely to finally say we have an option to buy the pub.” “It has been a very busy two weeks though,” she added. “There was a time when we thought we were going to tell everyone we couldn’t do it.” The LDRS previously reported how the pub fought off redevelopment plans that would have seen the site, parts of which date back 150 years, demolished. Save the Traf first floated the idea of a Community Benefit Society model (CBS) at the start of the summer, but at the time, campaigners were uncertain whether the current freeholder Adenbuild would give them the opportunity to buy the pub. Following months of “back and forth” and what campaigners described as “boring legal agreements”, Adenbuild has now agreed to give the community a protected period in which to purchase The Traf’s freehold, alongside Oli’s existing lease. With this major hurdle cleared, Save the Traf is now putting all its efforts into raising funds to buy the freehold ahead of its initial Christmas Eve deadline. If completed, the CBS would aim to raise around half of the money needed to secure the freehold. The pub would then have to rely on private donors and potential loan funding through Merton Council to make up the remaining shortfall of the £500,000-plus required. Despite acknowledging the scale of

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South Wimbledon punters want to buy their local by Christmas the fundraising challenge ahead, Save the Traf remain confident that their approach is the right one. “This is the right way to do it but you need a strong community to do it,” Rebecca said. A CBS gives members an equal say in decisions about the pub and ensures that money made at the bar is reinvested to keep it running for generations. From September 9 until November 17, members of the public will be able to purchase shares ranging from £250 to £50,000. Members will receive discounts at the bar and a birthday pint, while Oli said he is exploring ways to recognise

investors on a “wall of honour” inside the pub. The group said it is also trying to keep the shares affordable, recognising that South Wimbledon is one of the more deprived parts of Merton. “We are trying to get people to see this as a social investment,” Oli told the LDRS. The Trafalgar’s red-brick corner plot is one of the area’s oldest surviving buildings. It stands opposite a modern school campus and is surrounded by the towering High Path Estate, which is itself undergoing extensive redevelopment by Clarion Housing. “Almost everything will change around

here soon,” Oli told the LDRS. “This pub can’t be replaced.” “You can’t replace an ancient woodland simply by planting some new trees,” added fellow Save the Traf member Andrew Harding, who was sitting alongside his dog, Scooby. The group has looked to other successful community-run pubs across the capital for inspiration. Oli hopes The Trafalgar can join Tottenham’s Antwerp Arms and Charlton’s White Swan as another successful example of the CBS model. “So much time has gone into this, but the best thing is that in doing this the

Despite the efforts of the emergency services, he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene, the police said. The man has been identified as 39-yearold Lambeth resident Thomas Carey and his next of kin are being supported by specialist officers. Detective Chief Inspector Alison Foxwell, who is leading the investigation, said: “Our thoughts remain with

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community has grown, and friendships have been formed,” Oli said. The pub already has a reputation for bringing people together, with some regulars even having met their future partners at the bar. Now, the group hopes the CBS offer will strengthen those community ties even further. An early survey suggests around 200 people are interested in joining the CBS, with many more expected to come forward following next week’s public launch meeting at St John the Divine church on September 9. More information can be found on the Save the Traf website.

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CITY HALL DEFENDS ITS PLAN FOR GREEN BELT HOUSING By Kumail Jaffer

Local Democracy Reporter CITY HALL has defended its “pragmatic” approach to building new developments on high quality green belt sites across London amid accusations of carving up land that’s long been protected.

The Draft London Plan, which directs development regulations across the capital, claims that construction on brownfield sites alone will not meet the city’s housing needs going forward. Greater London Authority (GLA) officials have identified 10 broad locations for growth (BLGs) within the green belt where there are good transport links, including in Crews Hill and Chase Park, a proposed new town in Enfield. Around 56,000 of the 558,000 homes that the Mayor is hoping will be built in London between 2028 and 2037 are located within the green belt. Deputy Mayor for Planning Jules Pipe said City Hall was taking a “pragmatic” approach to meeting the capital’s housing needs. This involves taking advantage of “well located pockets of green belt” to develop them at a “reasonable density” with sixstorey developments. However, he stressed that the Mayor was still focused on a “brownfield first approach”. “This is after having sweated all other sites,” he told the London Assembly Environment Committee. “Green belt is at the bottom of the chain in terms of where anyone is looking to build. But the reality is, eventually we will run out of brownfield space in the foreseeable future.” Assembly Members suggested that some of the sites identified as BLGs were high-quality green belt sites rather than

inferior land which the government has sought to build on. However, Mr Pipe said that any so-called ‘grey belt’ sites that may be available in London are “not necessarily well located for housing”, adding: “The approach is driven by transport and accessibility rather than the quality of the land.” He also confirmed Sir Sadiq Khan would tend to oppose any developments pitched outside of the designated BLGs on green belt land. But he warned: “I don’t want to say there will never be a successful application on grey belt, because there could be a development on a car park that wasn’t included in the BLG next to a Tube station, for example.” Last Wednesday week Mr Pipe, appearing in front of the Housing Committee, explained: “Random bits of grey belt and the far-flung bits of London near the M25 are not sustainable in terms of the socio-economic quality of life for those people who would be put in places where there wouldn’t be shops, doctor surgeries, access to hospitals, and so on. “So again, another reason to choose a well-located place in the green belt that is accessible in terms of public transport.” The Draft London Plan states that any green belt developments will be “well connected and viably serviced, in turn minimising the amount of land needed”. It adds: “This will come with improved access to good quality green spaces for Londoners and an increase in biodiversity. The BLGs identified have the greatest potential to meet London’s good growth needs due to existing infrastructure (or opportunity to enhance it).” The approach was criticised during the same evidence session by campaigners, including John Sadler, Operations Director at CPRE London, who said the

Draft London Plan did not have “strong protections” around green spaces and infrastructure. “There’s a great variety of threats to parks and green spaces which are being built over,” he said. “These are valuable, socially and environmentally. This can be

forgotten when we talk about the wider green belt. We also need to talk about new parks and green spaces, not just to fight back against what could be lost. “Some green spaces have been locked up by developers – more could be done to release those sites. More could be done

to ensure developers look to build on brownfield first. There is some benefit to intensification around transport hubs, but when you start going into green belt, there aren’t the services that are needed to make these places work – they are urban sprawl by another name.”

Piccadilly station, a site that has sat derelict for decades. In contrast, handing over control of stations to bodies like City Hall will allow local leaders to use Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) and Development Order powers to regenerate land around stations densely. “Control of their stations and the land around them will be the first step to regeneration for many urban neighbourhoods,” the report, released today, reads. “Mayoral control of stations and surplus land adjacent to them is the greatest opportunity for devolution to help cities to densify around more stations than they are today.” Solving this “density gap” around urban stations would reduce Britain’s housing shortage as a whole by around 25 per cent, as well as cutting commute times and rejuvenating high streets. Anthony Breach, Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities, said: “Building a lot of homes around existing stations is one of the most effective ways to boost city economies. In a low growth economy like Britain, it is one of the most glaringly obvious problems to fix. “Going big on homes around stations will make a significant dent in the

housing shortage. It’s worth around a million homes in Britain. It makes public transport far more efficient and cuts commuting times. It expands the labor market which is good for productivity. It regenerates areas that residents have seen fall into disrepair. “Fixing this uniquely British problem will deliver significant returns. But the Government must also be clear eyed that without speedy planning reforms and rail devolution – good intentions will get stuck in the swamp of delay, red tape and inter-agency bureaucracy.” The report recommends the government create a ‘fast track’ to give Mayors control of stations without having to go through the “full rail devolution” application process that could take years. “Securing greater local control more quickly makes it much easier for mayors to pursue densification and more likely that the Government can achieve its wider urban housing agenda,” the authors added. “Mayors would be able to assume control of stations on a rolling basis, starting with stations identified as simpler and with promising development opportunities by the audit, before expanding their scope to more complex stations at a pace that suits the mayor and

the regulator.” With control, Mayors can utilise MDCs – like Sir Sadiq Khan has used in Old Oak and Park Royal, and Oxford Street – to deliver major regeneration projects on underused land around stations. They could also used Mayoral Development Orders (MDOs) which can help developers proceed faster through the planning process to densify current buildings. Sem Moema, Labour’s housing spokesperson on the London Assembly, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “Transferring this land could unlock thousands of homes Londoners desperately need. “It would also help us make better use of land across the capital and build on the Mayor’s work to deliver homes on public land. “We should use public land to build the homes London needs and help fund the infrastructure needed to support them.” A spokesperson for the Mayor of London said: “The Mayor recognises that Londoners need more homes in the right places, with connections to jobs and other local services. “His draft new London Plan makes clear that housing delivery and economic growth is only possible with

investment in transport and other crucial infrastructure. That’s why he continues to make the case for transport projects and rail devolution across London that could bring substantial benefits to local communities, in addition to supporting significant housing delivery. “The Mayor will continue doing everything in his power to drive vital investment and sustainable growth across the capital as we build a better, fairer, more prosperous London for everyone.” A spokesperson for Platform4, wholly owned subsidiary of Network Rail established to lead the regeneration of surplus railway land across the UK, added: “Platform4 was established in November 2025 to unlock rail-led and rail-adjacent brownfield land at pace, enabling wellconnected homes, workplaces and public value across the country. “New homes have been established as a strategic priority under GBR, embedding housing delivery into the heart of the rail network’s future direction and supporting faster, more joined-up decision-making on the release of land for development. “Over the last five years, Network Rail’s property development team and LCR, now both part of Platform4, have unlocked 33,000 new homes.”

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Local Democracy Reporter HANDING OVER control of Network Rail land in London to Sadiq Khan could see 535,000 homes built around stations in inner boroughs and over a million across the city, ministers have been told.

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ADEEMOOLUM PAYNEE CANDASAMY Deceased Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 anyone with a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the deceased, late of 6 Flat, Martin Court, Birch Grove, London, SE12 0SR, who died on 31/12/2024, must send written details to the address below by 12/11/2026, after which the Estate will be distributed with regard only to claims and interests notified. EMG Solicitors Limited, Eridge House, 1 Linden Close, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 8HH. Ref: C000043564 KATHLEEN BETTY WARNER Deceased Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 anyone with a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the deceased, late of 18 Granby Road, London, London, SE19 1EW, who died on 07/09/2015, must send written details to the address below by 12/11/2026, after which the Estate will be distributed with regard only to claims and interests notified. Debenhams Ottaway LLP, Ivy House, 107 St Peters Street, St Albans, AL1 3EW. Ref: HLK/78593-1 CAROLINE MARY MACKIE-OGILVIE Deceased Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 anyone with a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the deceased, late of 2 West Park, London, SE9 4RQ, who died on 10/06/2026, must send written details to the address below by 12/11/2026, after which the Estate will be distributed with regard only to claims and interests notified. Morr & Co, Prospero, 73 London Road, Redhill, RH1 1LQ. Ref: JW3.Ogilvie.175880.2 LICENSING ACT 2003 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Arcade Arena London Ltd has submitted a premises licence application to the London Borough of Lambeth The application is for a new licence for the premises known as Arcade Arena, Lambeth High Street, London, SE1 7SJ (Former Fire Service workshops). The application proposes the provision of regulated entertainment (plays, films, recorded music) and the sale of alcohol. The full application, including hours of operation between 09:00-23:00 each day and proposals for conditions to promote the licensing objectives may be inspected at the offices of the Licensing Authority at the address below on the Council’s website, www.lambeth.gov.uk. Anyone who wishes to make representations concerning this application must do so in writing to: The Licensing Authority, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd floor, Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG, or via the licensing authority’s website at www.lambeth.gov.uk/ licensing, no later than 25th September 2026. It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with this application, for which the maximum penalty on summary conviction is unlimited. www.licensinglawyers.co.uk 01491 729 454

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Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A205 GLA ROAD (RUSHEY GREEN, LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF 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 enable gas main replacement works to take place at A205 Rushey Green in the London Borough of Lewisham. 3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on Rushey Green between its junctions with Catford Broadway and Honley Road. The Order will be effective at certain times from 7.00 AM on the 14th September 2026 until 5.00 PM on the 25th October 2026 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 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 11th day of September 2026 Andrew Ulph Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL TREATMENT LICENCE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dhara de Araujo Pereira, trading as Dhara Araujo (DA) Beauty & Aesthetics, has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth for a Special Treatment Licence in accordance with the London Local Authorities Act 1991, in respect of the premises situated at: 409–411 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7DG The treatments for which the licence is sought include: • Laser Hair Removal • Laser Tattoo Removal • Facials • Advanced Facials using specialist equipment • Nail Treatments, including BIAB, Manicure and Pedicure • Lash Lift and Lash Extensions • Eyebrow Treatments, including Henna Brows, Brow Lamination and Eyebrow Shaping Any person wishing to make representations regarding this application must do so in writing to: Licensing Team, London Borough of Lambeth PO Box 734, Winchester, SO23 5DG or by email to: licensing@lambeth.gov.uk Representations must be received within 28 days of the date of publication of this notice, no later than 30 September 2026. The record of the application may be inspected through the London Borough of Lambeth Licensing Authority. Date of publication: 11 September 2026 Dhara de Araujo Pereira Trading as Dhara Araujo (DA) Beauty & Aesthetics

LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM Traffic Management Order The Lewisham (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Consolidation) (Amendment No *) Order 202* The Lewisham (Charged for Parking Places) (Consolidation) (Amendment No *) Order 202* 1. The Council of the London Borough of Lewisham proposes to make the above Traffic Regulation Orders under Sections 6, 32, 35, 36, 45, 46 and 49 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) the effect of which is to:- (a) carry out amendments to the roads included within the Rushey Green South Controlled Parking Zone (R) by including Arngask Road, Fordel Road, Glenfarg Road, Sandhurst Road, St Fillans Road and Torridon Road (between Sandhurst Road and Brownhill Road) within the zone, to operate Monday to Friday between 9am and 7pm; (b) prohibit waiting by vehicles in the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice; (c) provide permit holders parking places in the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice for use by valid permit holders only within the appropriate zone, operational on the days and times as specified therein; (d) provide shared use permit holders and pay by phone parking places in the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 3 to this Notice, for use by vehicles for which the appropriate charge is paid or valid permit holders for the appropriate zone within the operational days and hours specified therein 2. Where a new restriction has been proposed in the same length of road, the existing restrictions will be replaced by those proposed restrictions. (N.B. In the lengths of Sandhurst Road and Torridon Road as specified in this Notice, the existing pavement parking will be removed and replaced with on-street bays and/or no waiting at anytime (double yellow lines) as appropriate. 3. Copies of the draft Order plans and Statement of the Council’s Reasons for proposing to make the Order may be obtained by emailing a request to trafficorders@lewisham.gov.uk quoting reference ‘PTO-1112’. 4. Comments on the proposals for or against, together with the reasons for which they are made should be sent through the lewisham.traffweb.app website or in writing to trafficorders@ lewisham.gov.uk or Lewisham Transport Policy & Development, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU, quoting reference ‘PTO-1112 to arrive by 9 October 2026. 5. All written representations received concerning Traffic Regulation Orders are public documents that may be inspected by any person on demand. Schedule 1: No Waiting At Any Time (includes certain parts of the roads only) Arngask Road – on both sides, its entire length; Fordel Road – on both sides, its entire length; Glenfarg Road – on both sides, its entire length; Sandhurst Road – on both sides, between Verdant Lane and St Fillans Road; St Fillans Road – on both sides, its entire length; Torridon Road – on both sides, between the boundary of the designated red route side roads adjacent to the junction with A281 Brownhill Road and Sandhurst Road. Schedule 2: Resident Permit Holders Only Monday to Friday between 9am and 7pm (includes certain parts of the roads only) Arngask Road – on both sides, its entire length; Fordel Road – on both sides, its entire length; Glenfarg Road – on both sides, its entire length; Sandhurst Road – on both sides, between Verdant Lane and St Fillans Road; St Fillans Road – on both sides, its entire length; Torridon Road – on both sides, between the boundary of the designated red route side roads adjacent to the junction with A281 Brownhill Road and Sandhurst Road. Schedule 3: Shared Use Resident Permit Holders and Pay By Phone Monday to Friday between 9am and 7pm Arngask Road – south side, at the side of No.9 St Fillans Road; north side, at the side of No.7 St Fillans Road. Dated 11th September 2026. Zahur Khan, Director Public Realm, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU.

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ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – TRELAWN ROAD

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – LANGLEY LANE

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable water main replacement works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily: (a) prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding, or waiting, including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading in the length of Trelawn Road which lies between its junctions with Effra Road and Morval Road; (b) suspend the one-way traffic system in the length of Trelawn Road that lies between its junctions with Effra Road and Morval Road.

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable building safety inspection works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth intends to make an Order, the effect of which would be to temporarily: (a) prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding in the length of Langley Lane which lies between its junction with South Lambeth Road and outside Nos. 8 to 12 Langley Lane; (b) suspend the one-way traffic system in the length of Langley Lane which lies between outside Nos. 8 to 12 and its junction with Bonnington Square.

2. The alternative route for affected vehicles will be available via Morval Road, Barnwell Road, Dalberg Road, Mervan Road and Effra Road.

2. The alternative route for affected vehicles would be available via Bonnington Square, Vauxhall Grove, Harleyford Road and South Lambeth Road.

3. The Order will come into force on 14 September 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.

3. The Order would come into force on 7 October 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 1 month, to allow for contingencies, or until the works have been completed whichever is the sooner. In practice, it is anticipated that the works would take 1 day to complete.

Dated 11 September 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager (The officer appointed for this purpose)

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 16A TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS – PLAY STREET DAYS – ROMMANY ROAD

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – RODENHURST ROAD 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable new gas main replacemnt works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily prohibit vehicles from waiting, including waiting for the purposes of loading or unloading a vehicle, in that length of Rodenhurst Road, the north-east side, between outside the common boundary of Nos. 20 and 22 Rodenhurst Road and its junction with Park Hill. 2. The Order will come into force on 21 September 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 2 weeks to complete. Dated 11 September 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager (The officer appointed for this purpose)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PREMISES LICENCE Name of applicant: Mr Taster Limited Postal address of premises: 78 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5EL Application Details: The application seeks a new premises licence to allow the sale by retail of alcohol (both on and off sales) and the provision of regulated entertainment (live music and recorded music) everyday 08:00h-00:00h , as well as late night refreshment everyday 23:00h00:00h. Full details of the application can be inspected on the licensing register, online at www.kingston.gov.uk or in person at the address given below. Deadline for representations: 5th October 2026 Representations must be made in writing to the Licensing Authority by post: Licensing Team, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Guildhall 2, High Street, Kingston upon Thames KT1 1EU or by email: licensing@kingston.gov.uk It is an offence to knowingly or recklessly make a false statement in connection with an application. The maximum penalty on conviction of such an offence is an unlimited fine.

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1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable local residents/ communities to hold special events (Play Street Days), the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order the effect of which will be to prohibit vehicles from entering and proceeding in that length of Rommany Road which lies between the southern boundary of No. 2 Rommany Road and the western boundary of No. 111 Rommany Road, on: (a) Sunday 13 September 2026, between 12pm and 3pm; and (b) Saturday 5 December 2026 between 3pm and 6pm. 2. The alternative route for traffic will be via Gipsy Road and St Gothard Road, and vice versa. Dated 11 September 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager (The officer appointed for this purpose)

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS – UPPER MARSH 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable bridge investigation works, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth has made an Order, the effect of which will be to temporarily: (a) prohibit vehicles from entering or proceeding in the length of Upper Marsh which lies between its junction with Westminster Bridge Road and the south-western boundary of the railway bridge; (b) suspend the one-way traffic system in the length Upper Marsh that lies between Beckett House and southwestern boundary of the railway bridge. 2. The alternative route for affected vehicles will be available via Royal Street, Centaur Road, Hercules Road, Kennington Road and Westminster Bridge Road. 3. The Order will come into force on 22 September 2026 and continue in force for a maximum duration of 1 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 1 night (01:00 a.m. to 03:00 a.m.) to complete. Dated 11 September 2026 Ben Stevens Highway Network Manager (The officer appointed for this purpose)

LICENSING ACT 2003 APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF PREMISES LICENCE Gloria Nok Tung Chan has applied to the London Borough of Lambeth to vary a Premises Licence, in respect of the following premises: Unit 3 Dance Studio Ltd, Unit 3 Ground Floor, Canterbury Court, 1-3 Brixton Road, London SW9 6DE The nature of the variation is as follows: The nature of the variation is as follows: To extend the permitted hours on Fridays for recorded music until 03:00, the supply of alcohol until 02:30, and the opening hours of the premises until 03:00. The application also seeks non-standard timings on New Year’s Eve, with recorded music and opening hours until 03:00 on New Year’s Day and the supply of alcohol until 02:30 on New Year’s Day, irrespective of the day of the week on which New Year’s Eve falls. The record of this application may be inspected during normal office hours by an appointment at the Licensing Section, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd Floor Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1EG , 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 05/10/2026 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).

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24 PUBLIC NOTICES LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH Notice 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; ADV = ADVERTISEMENT CONSENT FUL = FULL PLANNING PERMISSION LB = LISTED BUILDING CONSENT RG4= APPROVAL UNDER REG4 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. 206A Brixton Road London SW9 6AP Installation of three conservation-style rooflights, comprising one rooflight to the front roof slope and two rooflights to the rear roof slopes, together with internal alterations at third-floor level, including the removal and erection of partitions to provide two shower rooms and a study. (Please note: The reference number for this Listed Building Consent application is 26/02342/LB, but there is also an associated application for Full Planning Permission related to these works with reference number: 26/02341/FUL) 26/02342/LB 32 Stockwell Park Road London SW9 0AJ Reroofing of the rear roof slope of the main building. 26/02116/LB 33 Bellefields Road London SW9 9UH Erection of a single-storey ground floor rear wrap-around extension, including a balcony at upper ground floor level. 26/02430/FUL 34 - 36 Streatham High Road London SW16 1DB Replacement of existing condenser units to the rear - Retrospective. 26/02298/FUL Stockwell Bus Garage Binfield Road London SW4 6ST Application for Listed Building Consent in relation to installation of 56 no. dual gun and 1 no. single gun Kempower Satellites mounted on galvanised steel bases at floor level. Installation of a moveable skid mounted transformer, LV Panel and 4 no. Kempower D12 Triple Power Cabinets inside the main garage building. The installation of 4 no. Kempower D12 Triple Power Cabinets within the internal and external areas of the garage mounted at floor level inside existing rooms within the main garage building. Installation of 15 no. dual gun and 1 no. single gun Kempower Satellites mounted on galvanised steel bases and installation of 4 no. Kempower D12 Triple Power Cabinets at floor level. The installation of 3 substations, 2 no. LV Panels outside the main garage building and the installation of underground cabling and ducting within the internal and external areas of the garage. 26/02158/LB 94 Trinity Rise London SW2 2QS Erection of a single-storey side infill extension incorporating three rooflights, together with the erection of two rear dormer windows to the main roof, the installation of two rooflights in the front roof slope, and associated works. 26/02159/FUL 179 Kennington Lane London SE11 4EZ Display of 1 x non illuminated fascia and 1 x non illuminated projecting signs. 26/02170/ADV 10 Riggindale Road London SW16 1QJ Erection of a single-storey rear extension, relocation of the entrance door along the side elevation, and enlargement of an existing first-floor window on the rear elevation. 26/02362/FUL 98 Fentiman Road London SW8 1LA Installation of one additional timber framed vertical sliding sash window to the second-floor flank/ gable elevation of the existing second floor flat. 26/02370/FUL

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Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A21 GLA ROAD (BROMLEY COMMON, LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF STOPPING) ORDER 2026 1. Transport for London in consultation with the London Borough of Bromley 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 telecom works to take place at A21 Bromley Common in the London Borough of Bromley. 3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from stopping on: (1) Addison Road from its junction with Bromley Common to the extended common boundary of the vehicle access point to Nos. 93 – 101 Bromley Common; (2) Chantry Lane from its junction with Bromley Common to the extended north-eastern building line of No. 103 Bromley Common; (3) Bloomfield Road from its junction with Bromley Common to the extended south-western building line of No. 2 Broomfield Road; (4) Walpole Road from its junction with Bromley Common to the extended north-western building line of No. 2a Swingfield Court, Walpole Road; (5) Bromley Common between its junctions with Chantry Lane and Walpole Road. The Order will be effective at certain times from 14th September 2026 and 20th September 2026 every night 8.00 PM until 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:

9 Carson Road London Lambeth SE21 8HT Removal of an existing rear dormer and reinstatement. The re-modelling of a roof to include a gable end and small second dormer. 26/02230/FUL

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

Brockwell Park Dulwich Road London SE24 0PA Temporary use of part of Brockwell Park for funfair events to occur twice a calendar year over a five-year period from 2027 to 2031, involving the installation and de-installation of temporary infrastructure including fencing, rides, lighting, and other temporary structures and ancillary works.

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

Reconsult due to code change from FUL to RG4) 26/02343/RG4 Dated this Friday 11/09/2026

Dated this 11th day of September 2026 Andrew Ulph Co-Ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Rob Bristow Director - Planning and Sustainability Growth and Environment Directorate

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LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM St Matthews Academy The Lewisham (Prescribed Routes) (No.2) (School Streets) Traffic Order 2026 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lewisham Borough Council on 9 September 2026 made the above-mentioned Order under Section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Order will come into force on 10 September 2026. PTO 1073 1. The general effect of the Order will be to, make the provisions of “The Lewisham (Prescribed Routes) (No.3) (School Streets) Experimental Traffic Order 2025” permanent which introduces new ‘pedestrian and cycle zones’ to restrict vehicle access in the vicinity of, comprising the roads or parts of roads listed in column (2) of Schedule 1 to this Notice. These pedestrian and cycle zones will operate at the times listed in column (3) of Schedule 1 and with permits identified in column (4) and (5) to this Notice. 2. Copies of the made Order, plan and Statement of the Council’s Reasons for making the Order may be obtained by emailing a request to trafficorders@lewisham.gov.uk quoting reference ‘PTO 1073’. 3. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the 1984 Act, or that any 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 Order was made, apply for the purpose to the High Court. SCHEDULE 1 – PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ZONES (1) Item No. (2) Affected Streets (3) Hours of (4) Permit (5) Permit operation eligibility identifier SS53 1. ST MATTHEWS ST JOSEPHS VALE between Monday to Friday 1-139 ACADEMY its junction with Lee Terrace 8.15 am to 9.15 am, (inclusive) and a point 15 metres north 2.45 pm to 3.45 pm St Josephs Vale of its junction with Lee Terrace Dated 11th September 2026. Zahur Khan, Director of Public Realm, Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU.

Transport for London Public Notice ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 THE A2213 GLA ROAD (KIDBROOKE PARK ROAD, ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) 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 pedestrian guard rail repair works to take place on the A2213 Kidbrooke Park Road in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. 3. The effect of the Order will be to prohibit any vehicle from entering Kidbrooke Park Road at its junction with Eltham Road. The Order will be effective between the dates of 14th September 2026 and 14th October 2026 every night 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) 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.

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5. At such times as the prohibitions are in force alternative routes will be indicated by traffic signs. For A20 eastbound and north-westbound traffic via Eltham Road, Yorkshire Grey Roundabout, Westhorne Avenue and Rochester Way Relief Road westbound to normal route of travel. For A210 westbound traffic via Sidcup Road, Westhorne Avenue, Yorkshire Grey Roundabout, Westhorne Avenue and Rochester Way Relief Road westbound to normal route of travel. Dated this 11th day of September 2026 Andrew Ulph Co-ordination Manager, Transport for London Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

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HAMLET WRITE NEW STORYLINE

Boss: ‘I better get my suit ready!’ By John Kelly MARK DACEY joked he would have to get his suit ready for Wembley after guiding Dulwich Hamlet to their first FA Cup win in four years.

Dulwich defeated East Grinstead Town 4-0 to set up a second qualifying round tie against Isthmian League Premier Division rivals Welling United at Champion Hill. Ogo Obi scored a first-half half-trick before Gaspar Mico added the fourth after the break. It was the side’s first victory in the competition since a 2-1 win against Margate at Champion Hill in September 2022. “I better get my suit ready now, I’m on my way to win it!” Dacey said. “I thought we were good first half, should have had more, and then not a lot happened in the second half.” Obi scored in the 3-2 win at Leatherhead in the Hamlet’s last Isthmian League Premier Division game. “Epecially being a striker, confidence comes from scoring goals,” Dacey said. “He’s had a great week, he’s scored important goals. I think he’ll probably also be disappointed that he’s only scored the three. “But for the collective of us as a group, everybody was really happy that he got himself off the mark, and I think the most pleasing thing for me is watching the way that Dave [Smith] and Millsy [Danny Mills] were with him because there’s three of them ultimately competing for one shirt. So good week for Ogo, but we need him to kick on moving forward.” Dacey wants his players to take in what it means to get a win in the world’s oldest football knockout competition.

He said: “I’m not sure if their generation, whether it means as much as what it did when we were growing up. That’s my first win as a manager in the FA Cup, so I’m over the moon with it. So hopefully they do see it from a perspective of, you’ve played in the most prestigious English tournament that there is. “Like I said, we need them to kick on and keep pushing so that we can feel comfortable in them continuing to feature for the first team. Michael Chambers spoke before the game in the huddle about every year there are three or four teams that make the headlines and have those storylines.” Dulwich reached the first round proper under Gavin Rose in 2019 before a 4-1 defeat to League Two Carlisle United at Champion Hill. Dacey was speaking before Welling won their replay 2-1 against Faversham to confirm the second qualifying round tie in East Dulwich. “When the boys came in first day of preseason, getting to the first round proper was a goal of ours,” Dacey said. “Three games. It’s just a lot of football, but it’s in touching distance. It can be in touching distance, and every round that we can hopefully get through, it’s closer and closer. So that’s definitely the target for us. “And yeah, a favoured draw would be fantastic, whether it’s home or away. But we just want to make sure that we’re continuing to put ourselves in the hat. When the day comes, the day comes, but we’ve just got to keep pushing and building the momentum into the league now until the next round comes around at the end of the month.” Dulwich are back in league action on Saturday when they host Brentwood Town at 3pm.

Dulwich agonisingly fall just short in promotion race Dulwich 262-1 (44.3) beat Weybridge 258 (49.1) by nine wickets

By John Lewis

A SUPERB unbroken second wicket partnership of 240 powered Dulwich to a convincing nine-wicket victory over Weybridge in their final M.Zaidi & Co. Surrey Cricket Championship fixture of the season.

But Malden Wanderers’ defeat of leaders Sunbury meant that Malden would take the second promotion slot and restrict Dulwich to third place in the table.

Dulwich elected to field but saw the Weybridge openers put on 38 off the first six overs before Will O’Donnell took a return catch with his first ball. The second wicket pair added 60 before Akito Jacques struck in the 17th over, but Weybridge still seemed set for a commanding score. However Jacques, O’Donnell, Tommy Clout and Lucas Parry all kept up the pressure and steadily worked their way through the Weybridge batting, reducing them to 2249 in the 46th over. A spirited last wicket partnership of 34 in four overs lifted them to 258, with the final wicket falling off the first ball of the 50th over. The wickets were

Lionesses still winless By John Kelly

MILLWALL LIONESSES are still winless in the L&SERWFL Premier Division this season after their 3-2 defeat away to Worthing last weekend.

Ted Jones’s side trailed 1-0 at halftime following Amber Hazlewood’s goal. Chiedza Madamombe levelled in the 59th minute but the hosts

went back in front through Sophia Wickenden’s penalty with eleven minutes left. There were two goals in addedtime as Annabelle Gracey made it 3-1 before Madamombe’s second. The visitors couldn’t find an equaliser as they slipped to a third defeat in four games. The Lionesses are at The Den this Sunday ta face Ashford Town. Kickoff is at 1.30pm

shared around, with Clout and O’Donnell each taking three and Jacques and Parry two each. Skipper Ollie Steele held five catches behind the stumps. Jacob Rhodes and Peter Frettingham launched the Dulwich reply, and the score had reached 22 in the fifth over, assisted by a stream of wides, when Rhodes fell for two. Tommy Wright joined Frettingham, and the pair proceeded steadily at a rate of around five an over for 20 overs before increasing the pace to reach the target with 5.3 overs to spare. 18 year old Wright took the lead, reaching his fifty off 49 balls and his hundred off 90, before finishing

on 137 off 122 balls, his second century of the season. Frettingham played the anchor role at first, taking 93 balls over his first fifty, before accelerating to reach 93 off 133 balls, his highest score for the Club. So Dulwich’s promotion hopes foundered in the rain at Malden last week, but they still won six of their last seven completed matches. Kiwi overseas player O’Donnell stood out with 739 runs and 28 wickets, but he was well supported with both bat and ball throughout the side. This will hopefully stand them in good stead for another promotion push next season.

Fish have Kam-do attitude fall just short in promotion race

By John Kelly

FESTOS KAMARA scored in stoppage-time as Fisher won for the first time on the road this season with a 2-1 defeat of Sutton Athletic in the SCEFL Premier Division.

James Bessey Saldanha rifled a drive from outside the box into the roof of the net to give the Fish a 69th-minute lead. The hosts equalised through Elijah

Abraham with six minutes left after Fisher thought they should have been awarded a free-kick when Rafael Garcia appeared to be fouled in the build-up. Garcia was involved in the winner when he cut the ball back to Kamara who finished through a crowd of bodies. The Fish are up to sixth in the table ahead of their league game against Faversham Strike Force at St Paul’s on Saturday (3pm).

Surrey Sow up new signing By Sports Reporter SURREY HAVE signed frontline spinner and three-time winner of The Hundred, Nathan Sowter, on a multi-year deal.

The leg spin bowler makes the move to south London for the 2027 season on a white-ball only contract after spending five seasons at Durham. Sowter, who has been one of the standout domestic whiteball spin bowlers in recent years, has called the Kia Oval home for the last five editions of The Hundred. He was an integral part of the Oval Invincibles’ three titles in a row from 2023 to 2025 – with his crowning moment being named player of the match in the 2025 final. He was retained by MI London in the 2026 competition, delivering some excellent performances. Born in Penrith on the outskirts of Sydney, Sowter was part of New South Wales’ age-group before moving to the UK. He settled in Surrey and started playing with Normandy CC in 2013, where he continues to play. Sowter’s professional career started with Middlesex in 2015 after impressing for Normandy. He then made the move up to Durham in 2022. Impressive performances in the Vitality Blast and The Hundred have helped Sowter earn deals in the CPL and ILT20. He received his first England Lions call-up in March’s series with the Pakistan Shaheens in the UAE. Sowter has taken 196 wickets from 195 T20 matches and is excellent in the field, taking 76 catches in his T20 career. “I have loved playing at the Kia Oval in The Hundred, so I am looking forward to calling it home on a permanent basis,” Sowter said. “I’d like to thank Durham Cricket for their support over the past five seasons. But, when the opportunity to move to Surrey came up, it made sense for me and my family. Club cricket in the county gave me my shot at professional cricket, so it is nice to return as a Surrey cricketer. “I’m looking forward to joining a dressing room of familiar faces and help the team achieve its goals in the Vitality Blast.” Alec Stewart added: “Nathan Sowter has a proven track record of bowling at the Kia Oval and strengthens our squad for the Vitality Blast. We’re looking forward to welcoming him to Surrey.”

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MITCHELL DOES THE TYRICK

By Freddie Jennings

CRYSTAL PALACE picked up their first three points of the season under new boss Pierre Sage away to London rivals Fulham - who are yet to get off the mark under Alvaro Arbeloa.

Two-goal defender and returning Eagle earn first win under new boss Tyrick Mitchell opening half was undone. But once again it was Mitchell who inspired the response just after the interval. His low shot was nearly diverted home by Pino but instead the retreating Gonzalo Garcia charged back to clear and did, only for the ball to comically bounce back off Mitchell before rolling over the white line, after Garcia was somehow unable to clear his lines a second time. This time the Eagles were more defensively resilient having drawn level. Henderson denied tricky winger Oscar Bobb after a fierce attempt but it was Palace who started to look more likely to

score next. In the 77th minute Palace completed the comeback. After new Israeli fullback Anan Khalaili had his shot blocked, Chilwell fired home in front of the travelling supporters to send them into raptures. From there, Palace were able to show game-management which hadn’t been evident until that point in the clash. Fulham were unable to break the Palace resolve as they suffered a third straight defeat to start the season. The full-time scenes were indicative of a team extremely relieved to have answered some of the doubters that

have been criticising Palace since the exits of stars Maxence Lacroix and Daniel Munoz. Yet a flurry of new faces has given the South London team a fresh impetus that they hope will continue to blossom over the course of the campaign. French manager Sage remained cautious, however, and urged the side to find more control in certain situations after describing the mindset in the first half as “really low”. He further suggested the need for defensive improvements. He said: “I have to accept the story of today because that was the context of the game. But I

have to change things and to improve the way of defending with the players, because we were too open in the first half and not very well coordinated." The warnings are undeniably there for Palace but internally it appears as if there is an acceptance that the new philosophies which revolve around intensity and pressure might take a while to bed in. However, following the match-winning heroics of Mitchell, Palace have lift off in the 2026-27 season and Saturday’s visit of Ipswich Town will be another opportunity to put points on the board once again for the Eagles.

But the relentless pressure reaped rewards in the 25th minute as Kai Havertz drilled home a low drive, an effort goalkeeper Emi Martinez probably should have saved. Rogers almost restored Chelsea’s advantage five minutes later with a curling shot that flew just wide and only the woodwork thwarted Pedro Neto deep into first-half stoppage-time. It took Arsenal just five minutes of the second half to get their noses in front for the first time with a well-worked move which ended with Martin Odegaard scoring. Martinez prevented a certain third Gunners goal with a wonderful onehanded save from Bukayo Sako, before

substitute Estevao almost snatched an 89th-minute leveller which was somehow tipped over by David Raya. Sunday’s loss was Chelsea’s first under Alonso’s stewardship and the new SW6 boss wants the setback to act as a motivator in the weeks and months ahead. He said: “The team showed a really good desire and a good spirit to fight to the end. We were close with a chance from Este. “It is a defeat - we are disappointed. It needs to hurt, but it needs to hurt in a positive way because it is just game three. “There are still many games to play and we knew it was going to be a very

intense game today.” Alonso acknowledged Mikel Arteta’s side had caused his own charges plenty of problems after Rogers gave Chelsea their early breakthrough. He said: “We started well in the game scoring first - and in the next fifteen minutes they were really pushing us far. “We were defending low, struggling to get out a bit more, having the ball to be able to play out a bit more on the pitch. “Those fifteen minutes were hard and we had to suffer. Once we had conceded the goal, I think the game back to an even level from them, from us.” Alonso added: “We have had a couple of good chances before the end of the

first half. “But at half-time we have spoken - it was a very close game, very intense and we had to [produce] a really high level of concentration, not to give any advantage to them, to be in the game, to be fighting for it. “And for sure, the second goal we could have dealt with a little bit better. “It is part of the game you need to accept because they are a top side and they push you to the limits. “They over-rode a lot on the left side with many players. After that goal from Odegaard, we have kept going.” Chelsea will attempt to return to winning ways in the league on Saturday at home to Hull City.

Alonso wants defeat to 'hurt' as winning start ends

By Paul Green at the Emirates Stadium XABI ALONSO wants his new Chelsea side to feel the pain after going down 2-1 at champions Arsenal on Sunday.

The Blues made the perfect start inside two minutes when summer signing Morgan Rogers, who snubbed a move to the Emirates from Aston Villa in favour of the Blues, fired the visitors ahead from just outside the box. Arsenal responded strongly to the early setback and thought they had equalised through Riccardo Calafiori eleven minutes later, only for Ezri Konsa to be ruled offside after he hit the post seconds beforehand.

The stakes were high for these two sides with morale relatively low. The hosts had started the campaign with two defeats at home to Chelsea and then at Sunderland, while the visitors had been beaten at Everton before succumbing to Enzo Maresca’s Manchester City at Selhurst Park. It was the South Londoners who took the points, courtesy of the efforts of two left wing-backs. A topsy-turvy affair saw Fulham take an early lead as youngster Josh King drove towards the heart of the Eagles defence and was rewarded for his determination as his deflected effort went in off defender Jaydee Canvot. Fulham continued their control of possession but Palace appeared to score a legitimate equaliser in the fourteenth minute as Eddie Nketiah set the ball back for Yeremy Pino to deliver into the box with the outside of his right foot, allowing Japanese international Daichi Kamada to prod home ahead of the oncoming Bernd Leno. However, it was judged that Kamada had started his run slightly too late as he advanced beyond Calvin Bassey prematurely. Eagles goalkeeper Dean Henderson did well with a reflex save to deny Timothy Castagne from close range, a key action that occurred minutes before Nketiah released the reliable Tyrick Mitchell on the left and he drilled home beyond the helpless Leno. The wing-back wheeled away in delight after a powerful strike that meant he was the first Palace player to score in the Premier League this season, after Gianluigi Donnarumma's own goal in the 4-1 defeat to City was the side's only previous one. Yet just as the away side thought they would get to half-time level it was the Cottagers who roared back with Cesar Palacios scoring his first for the club as he followed up on a rebound after Henderson had seemingly dealt with a prior attack. Palacios calmly slotted beyond the England stopper as the hard work the Eagles put into recovering the

SPORT 31 By John Kelly ALEX NEIL felt Newcastle United scored just after Millwall's best period of the game as a depleted Lions side with two teenage debutants pushed their Premier League opponents all the way before losing 1-0 in the third round of the EFL Cup at The Den on Tuesday night.

Brave Millwall bow out with second-youngest player in history on pitch

Millwall striker Lyndon Dykes tries to get an attempt on target I thought it probably came right off the back of our best moments and best momentum in the game." Neil added: "Honestly, I didn't really want to put Tairyk on the pitch, but the game was in the balance. I felt it would create an opportunity and a chance for us. We could win the game. "And my overriding emotion once the game's finished is, I'm disappointed to lose it, because I didn't think we deserved to lose." Meanwhile, Millwall's injury problems are showing no signs of an immediate significant improvement, with Neil

admitting he didn't know if anyone else would be available at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday. . One of Tuesday's absentees, Mark Sykes, should be back at Ewood Park after missing the last two games with concussion. Neil said after the 1-0 defeat that goalkeeper Max Crocombe and Derek Mazou-Sacko were rested against the Magpies. Midfielder Casper De Norre and centreforward Josh Coburn were the latest to be added to the mid- to long-term injury list. Coburn was spotted on crutches after

damaging his heel against Wrexham. Neil said he didn't expect De Norre to be back anytime soon after he went off in the 43rd minute of the same game. The Lions have been dogged by injury problems since pre-season, with Tristan Crama, Alfie Doughty, Mathis Servais and Mihailo Ivanovic yet to play a minute in the campaign. Veteran midfielder Massimo Luongo has also yet to feature this term after his ACL injury a year ago. Neil admitted the injury situation was influencing his decisions in games. "We've got three big games coming up,"

Dons' Stock rises as neighbours' slump continues By Mark Doig at Hayes Lane A GOAL in either half gave AFC Wimbledon a 2-0 South London derby win at Hayes Lane on Monday to hand Bromley their third consecutive League One defeat.

Jayden Stockley scored the opener and then assisted Myles Hippolyte to help Johnnie Jackson's side to a second league win in five games this season. Both teams had players making full debuts with Deon Woodman starting for the first time for the hosts and goalkeeper Joe Bursik making his first appearance for the Dons. Another Ravens signing, Jodi Jones, who was unveiled the previous Friday, was not in the match-day eighteen. The visitors went ahead in the ninth minute. James Tilley crossed from the right and Stockley headed

home from fifteen yards. Kamil Conteh fired over for Bromley, then Corey Whitely delivered a delicious cross that nobody was able to tuck home before Bursik was out quickly to save at the feet of Michael Cheek. Injury substitutions were necessary for both teams just shy of the half-hour mark. The Dons were forced to replace Tilley with Callum Maycock, while Bromley took off goalkeeper Shamal George with debutant Owen Mason coming on, and Woodman was replaced by Kamarl Grant. Steve Seddon shot high over the bar for Wimbledon before the teams had a chance apiece in firsthalf stoppage-time. Cheek hit a low first-time shot wide of the near post, then the visitors’ right wing-back Steven Sessegnon shot the wrong side of the upright at the end of their slickest passing move of the half. After the restart, George Saville

looped a header onto the roof of the net for the hosts before Stockley had a free header from a Seddon corner but nodded it straight into the arms of Mason. It was then Bromley’s turn to put together a swift passing move to give Konteh a sight of goal and his powerful shot was kept out unconventionally Bursik with his left leg. Midway through the second half, with the hosts starting to exert pressure, Wimbledon countered to score their crucial second. Stockley broke away down the right and sent a brilliant pass over the top to send Hippolyte away. He kept his composure and fired clinically inside the far post giving Mason no chance. Although there was much endeavour after that, the two defences coped with all that was thrown at them. Hippolyte pulled a shot wide at one end and Saville

hooked over at the other but the game petered out after that with the Dons holding on comfortably to claim the bragging rights. Summer signing from Port Vale Stockley, 32, credited Jackson for restoring his joy of playing. “It's been great," Stockley said. "Over time, you get to know different attributes from the players, the personalities of the group are great. “Everyone's slightly different in their own ways. They get motivated in different ways. So the way you speak to different people has to change. “But I feel like I'm an older player within the group. Not too old, but someone that can speak to everyone and there's some really great characters in there, whatever age. “And it feels like a really good place for me to be at the moment. I'm enjoying my football again massively - I've got the gaffer to thank for that and the club.”

Joe Willock scored the only goal nine minutes from time after Tairyk Arconte had hit the woodwork for the hosts. Millwall were without a host of firstteam players through injury and Neil sent on Tristan Parkes and fifteen-yearold Regan Anderson in the second half, the latter become the cub's secondyoungest ever player. Neil also handed a debut to goalkeeper Filip Marschall. Neil was proud of the display from his side. "I thought it was a really good performance from us," Neil said. "Looking at the two teams they've made three changes, we've made more. I think everybody who's connected with Millwall knows we've gone through a bit of an injury scenario just now where we've got a lot of players missing. "And to more than hold our own in the game against a Premier League team, who have been very good this season, they've scored two or more goals in every game that they've played, I thought they were limited to very, very little in the game in general. "And what you're hoping for in these types of matches is that the opportunities you do have, that they come first. And I thought that our opportunity came first. Tairyk burst through, he's one-on-one with the goalkeeper, hits the post, comes back, hits his leg, looks as if it might loop back in. And I thought there was also an incident that looked like a handball to me, where the lad sort of looks as if he leads with his arm. I'm interested to see that back, I'm not quite sure what it looked like. "But the two moments happened in our favour, prior to the goal. I think they had a couple of little bits in about the edge of the box, but it wasn't anything where I thought they should have scored. "And then we conceded the goal late on, which was disappointing, considering

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Neil said. "I was sort of limiting people's minutes. Zak Sturge was about to go on, and I changed my mind as soon as the goal went in because we just can't afford any more injuries at the moment." Mazou-Sacko only made his first appearance of the season last week against Wrexham after also being injured in pre-season. Neil said: "Derek, again, another one I didn't really want to put on. He was in the squad, we'd done a bit of work with him before the game, but he's just came back. So my concern and worry for him is trying to go in quick succession."

THIS WEEKEND'S FIXTURES Saturday, September 12 Premier League Chelsea vs. Hull (3pm)

Crystal Palace vs. Ipswich (3pm)

Liverpool vs. Fulham (3pm)

Championship West Brom vs. QPR (12.30pm) Blackburn vs. Millwall (3pm) Charlton vs. Portsmouth (3pm)

League One Wimbledon vs. Doncaster (3pm)

Blackpool vs. Bromley (3pm)

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New signing Yanis Issoufou, 19, was also sent on

Woodman: 'We've got to grow up quickly By Manuel Salazar BROMLEY BOSS Andy Woodman urged his players to keep the faith and not lose confidence after a third straight League One defeat sent them into the relegation zone.

TEENAGE KICKS 'NO GIMMICK'

Boss hands fifteen-year-old appearance in EFL Cup tie By John Kelly

ALEX NEIL said it was no "PR stunt" to send on two teenagers as Millwall chased the game against Newcastle United in the third round of the EFL Cup at The Den on Tuesday night.

Without a host of first-team players and with the side trailing 1-0 after Joe Willock's 81st-minute goal, Neil introduced defender Tristan Parkes, 17, for Jordi OseiTutu and attacker Regan Anderson for Lyndon Dykes. At aged fifteen years, nine months and 28 days, Anderson became

Millwall's second-youngest player. The Lions' previous secondyoungest player after Moses Ashikodi, Zak Lovelace, was in the starting XI against Matthias Jaissle's experienced Premier League side. Just a week earlier, Anderson was playing for the under-18s against Colchester United in Essex, scoring the goal for Chris Perry's side in a 3-1 defeat. The Lions ended the game with three teenagers on the pitch after deadline-day singing Yanis Issoufou was introduced for Romain Esse.

Alfie Massey, 20, also came on for just his fifth senior appearance. "I think the thing for us is, a lot of people do that as a bit of a PR stunt, and it's not a PR stunt for us," Neil said. "The fact that young Tristan's been on the bench for the last three games for us, and he's trained very, very well, that's why he's with the first team at the moment. "Reggie is literally the next available striker at the club, and he's fifteen. But he's equally done very, very well this year. He's played under-18s, I think he's played also under-20s so far this season.

"So, like I say, it's not just a gimmick. Since I've been here, one of my requirements is to make sure that I give our young players an opportunity and a chance to try and develop, and see if we can try and progress them. "Now our young players come through the academy, all the lads that we bring in. Yanis is nineteen, just come over from France. He played on Saturday, he trained one day, and then he played again this evening against Newcastle. "So when you look at those moments for him as well, he must be pinching himself."

AFC Wimbledon won 2-0 at Hayes Lane, with the Ravens conceding fourteen goals in their last three games. They have lost their last two homes games, after being unbeaten in their own backyard in the league since March 2025. "I've said to the players that we've got to grow up quickly now because we can't keep coming in here and saying we were unlucky with this, or just didn't get that right, it's not acceptable," Woodman said. "We are professional footballers and I'm a professional manager and we have to make sure we start turning a corner and get some clean sheets in the building. "The injuries didn't help, but that happens. I always say that I've got a noexcuse culture here with these players, that's what we've got a squad for. It does throw you out a little bit as you get to the latter stages of the game, if you want to put two up top and have used all your subs. "We've got to make sure we all stick together. We knew it was going to be tough. We knew it was going to be a bumpy road, but what we've got to do is keep believing and keep working. We've got to keep grafting on the training ground, and guess what? It will fall for us, I'm sure it will. "Our quality in the final bit was just not there. We'd just take an extra touch to put a cross in or we put it in too early. We were huffing and puffing and I just thought they were a bit more streetwise than us all over the pitch, with a little nudge to put us off balance or a little clever foul. "Just the way they went about their business was way more streetwise than we are, and we need to get that in our game quickly. "I'm not going to stand here and say we're having bad luck because we're not, we're not taking control of the game ourselves and doing what we need to do. "We've got to make sure we don't lose faith and don't lose confidence. We wanted to be in this league, so we've got to embrace it and we've got to expect it to be tough and make sure that we overcome it." THE RECYCLED PAPER CONTENT OF UK NEWSPAPERS IN 2014 WAS 83.5%