Trust Thamesmead’s long-held dream of creating first class outdoor sporting facilities in Thamesmead is to become reality with the news that the community development agency has succeeded in gaining two major...   [Plus]

Trust Thamesmead’s long-held
dream of creating first class outdoor sporting facilities in
Thamesmead is to become reality with the news that the community development agency has
succeeded in gaining two major
sources of funding.

The Football Foundation, the UK’s largest
sports charity, has
pledged £1.
075 million
with another £525,000
coming from the
Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the
national housing and regeneration agency for
England.

Despite the difficult financial climate, this
outcome, which is the
result of a lot of hard
work over a number of
years, will allow Trust
Thamesmead to build
Sporting Club Thamesmead, a new community multi sports hub on
the site of Thamesmead Town Football Club.

The new facility will provide an iconic community sports pavilion with changing facilities, indoor activity rooms and social facilities available
to all residents of Thamesmead.

Outside there will be a new full size floodlit synthetic turf pitch for year round community football and other sports, a full sized senior grass
football pitch and ancillary grass pitches in the
adjacent Crossways Park, and a floodlit Multi
Use Games Area available for a wide range of
sports and activities.

The scheme also features enhanced parking and
access to the site, as well as improved spectator
facilities for supporters and members of
Thamesmead Town FC.

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Greenwich Council has won the right to stop
two businesses in Greenwich selling alcohol
following repeated incidents of under-age
sales.

Mr Joseph Kantsa appealed against a decision
by Greenwich Council to revoke his licence to
sell alcohol at his two businesses in Plumstead
and Charlton.

At the hearing held at Bromley Magistrates
Court the bench dismissed Mr Kantsa’s appeal,
finding in favour of the Council’s decision to
remove his licence to sell alcohol at 379 Woolwich Road, Charlton.
Mr Kantsa was also ordered to pay £1,000 towards the Council’s
costs.

Under the Licensing Act 2003, a licensee is allowed to carry on selling alcohol while an appeal is pending.
Greenwich Council revoked
Mr Kantsa’s licence on 25 March 2008 because
of under-age sales.
Mr Kantsa lodged an appeal
and the appeal dates were postponed on a
number of occasions at his request.
During
this time, the Council carried out further test
purchases at the store and on three separate occasions alcohol was sold to someone underage.

Greenwich Council and the police gave evidence at the hearing.
The bench found all the
witnesses for the Council to be truthful and
credible whilst Mr Kantsa was found to be unwilling and/or unable to control his premises.

Kantsa also lost an appeal against the revocation of the licence for his other premise Kantsa
Food & Wine at 71 Plumstead Common Road,
SE18 at a hearing at the same court.
On this
occasion the Council was awarded £3,000 towards costs.

Local MP, John Austin has described the
Mayor of London’s decision to axe the
Greenwich Waterfront Transit as “a massive blow to Thamesmead”.
John Austin
added, “This will mean a loss of £40 million
of investment in the area”.

“Boris was elected on the promise of more help
for outer London.
Bexley has already seen one
of the lowest allocations of transport monies by
him and now he axes what would have been a
life-line for Thamesmead.
It is even more
amazing as his adviser is former Bexley Tory
Leader, Ian Clement and Bexley Council has
been campaigning, along with me, for the extension of the GWT to Belvedere and Erith.
I
wonder what Bexley councillors think of their
former Leader now?”
John Austin said: “The Transit scheme has been
scaled down over the years from a possible tram,
to a guided bus and then to an ordinary bus
which would run for part of its route on dedicated highway but the Mayor’s decision to axe
the scheme altogether is a massive blow.
The
GWT would have provided a vital link for Abbey
Wood and Thamesmead with the Jubilee Line
station in North Greenwich.
Thamesmead is
one of the most isolated areas in London and its
residents are more dependent upon public
transport, and buses in particular, than the London average.

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Crayford’s New Bridge
Two of Crayford’s ward councillors and local
traders gathered near Waterside Gardens to watch
the lifting into position of the town’s new footbridge.

The bridge is part of a project to redevelop Waterside Gardens which will also include a water feature, an amphitheatre, a remembrance area and a
new coffee shop.
The park will formally re-open
early in the summer following completion of the
work and establishment of the new plants and
lawn.

“All the features in the new Waterside Gardens
have a historic link to Crayford’s industrial past,
so what we’re beginning to see is a lovely new park
emerging in the centre of the town, that pays tribute to the area’s rich history,” said Cllr John Waters, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and
Housing.

“In just a few weeks the park will be complete and
we expect people of all ages and walks of life to be
enjoying this little haven in the middle of the busy
town centre.
There will be something here for
everyone in the community.
”
The project is part of a £2.
1m town centre regeneration scheme, being funded through a grant the
London Borough of Bexley secured from the
Homes and Community Agency as part of the
Thames Gateway Regeneration programme.
It is
aimed at transforming and modernising the area
and making it more attractive for residents and
shoppers, as well as helping to improve trade for
local businesses.

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Morrisons supermarkets will
soon be dominant players in
Bexley with a new store in
Welling to sit alongside those in
Thamesmead, Erith and Sidcup.

The new Welling store is scheduled to open toward the year end or early 2010 on the old CoOperative store site.
The company say the massive 64,000 sq ft store will bring Morrisons
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the car park to the rear of the store.

SUPERSTORE OPENS YEAR END Barnehurst Festival
Saint Martin’s Church, Barnehurst are pleased
to announce that they will be hosting The
Barnehurst Festival on 27th and 28th June
2009.
The weekend will be launched with a
parade through Barnehurst on Saturday 27th
June, starting at 10am at Barnehurst Methodist
Church, and finishing at St.
Martin’s Church
where the funday will commence, with
sideshows and attractions supported by many
local businesses, organisations and charitable
groups.
There will be performances in the
arena all day and lots of crafts, refreshments,
community groups, exhibitions and
stalls.
Other attractions include the beer tent,
lunchtime barbeque, ice cream factory, Mobile
Library, tug-of-war and a guest appearance by
spiderman! The day will conclude with a Barbeque at 5pm and Barn Dance.

On Sunday 28th June there will be open-air
worship at 10.
30am followed by a lunchtime
picnic on the Scout Field.

We would like to invite everyone to join us in
the celebrations and fun! We anticipate it will
be a fantastic community event and hope to see
you all there!
Shooters Hill accident
The police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Shooter’s Hill Road, Welling, in
which an elderly woman was seriously injured.

The incident happened at 08:45hrs Wednesday
8 April when the 79-year-old woman was
walking across a pelican crossing on Shooter’s
Hill Road near the junction with Constitution
Rise.

She was involved in a collision with a BMW
car and sustained injuries to both legs and her
pelvis.
She was taken to hospital where she is
in a stable condition.

Anyone who was in the area at the time and
saw anything is asked to contact Crimestoppers
anonymously on 0800 555 111.
A 21-year-old
man has been arrested in connection with the
incident and has been bailed to return on 30
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Greenwich Council tenants are seeing their proposed rent increases more than halved for the coming year. The new, lower levels have now been set, following a major injection of cash from the Government after...   [Plus]

Greenwich Council tenants are
seeing their proposed rent increases more than halved for the
coming year.

The new, lower levels have now been set, following a major injection of cash from the Government after the Council lobbied hard for the
extra funding.

Residents had been told their new rent levels
for 2009/2010 would rise by an average of £4.
58
per week.
Now they are getting the good news
that this average rise is only £2.
13.

Greenwich is also pleased to say it was able to
implement the change right from the start of the
new financial year, 6 April.

Councillor Chris Roberts, Leader of Greenwich
Council, said: “We are very glad the Government
listened to our arguments on behalf of residents
and agreed the funding to enable us to do this.

“We hope it goes to show we will fight as hard
as we can on behalf of the people of Greenwich to
ensure they get the best deal, especially in these
more challenging economic times.

“We are firmly on the side of our residents and
are doing everything we can to support them, and
protect them from the effects of the credit
crunch.
”
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Eltham hosts SwimFree launch
Greenwich’s Eltham Centre was host to the
national launch of the Government’s
Swim4Free initiative.

A host of VIPs including Culture, Media and
Sport Secretary Andy Burnham, Olympics
Minister Tessa Jowell, new world 400m
freestyle record holder Joanne Jackson, Paralympic gold medallist and new double record
world record holder Heather Fredriksen,
Olympic swimmer and eight-times world
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Ofsted and parents have praised
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most recent inspection.

The school has made significant improvements
under its new headteacher, Mr Malone.
The report comments ‘the very good leadership of the
new headteacher has galvanised staff’ and two
parents wrote in saying, ‘the new headteacher
has transformed the school’.

Ofsted inspectors visited the school on the 17th
and 18th
March after the school was given a ‘Notice to improve’ in an inspection in November
2007.
Mr Malone was appointed in January
2008 to give the school a new direction.

The headteacher has significantly improved the
school buildings and replaced computer systems
for staff and pupils.
Student behaviour has also
improved and was deemed ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Many subject areas have new heads of department which has made a significant difference to
the school.

The schools overall effectiveness is now satisfactory and improving, with some aspects already deemed to be good.
The schools’ sixth
form was judged to be good and the report commented on, ‘how sixth form students are making
an outstanding contribution to the school community’.

Mr Malone said,”This is a team effort, pupils,
staff, governors and parents can be justifiably
proud.
We are all looking to making further improvements in the future.
”
A copy of the report can be found on the school
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Oyster Card abuse
Councillor Katie Perrior, met with Deputy Mayor
Kit Malthouse to discuss the Mayor’s plans for the
role out of PayBack London scheme to remove
Oyster cards from young people who abuse them
and they would have to earn them back by doing
Community Service.
It was a manifesto
pledge.
Perrior suggested Bexley could be a trial
borough for the scheme including officer support
and advice to make it a success.
Kit Malthouse
welcomed the offer and said that an announcement about further progress should be made
within the next two months.
Commenting on the
meeting, Cllr Perrior said: “I was delighted to be
able to discuss the possibilities of Bexley becoming a PayBack London trial borough with the
Deputy Mayor.
Our residents young and old have
a right to travel on the bus without bad behaviour.

I feel a scheme which introduces penalties to those
who do not behave will be to be benefit of all our
bus users.
“Bexley Conservatives promised in
their last manifesto to keep people safe.
This is yet
another example of how we go about our work to
ensure we continue to deliver on those promises”
• Another Tory manjfesto pledge three years ago was to
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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, met with Bexley Council Leader Cllr Teresa O’Neill and James Brokenshire MP, Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup in Sidcup High Street to meet some of the...   [Plus]

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
met with Bexley Council Leader Cllr
Teresa O’Neill and James Brokenshire
MP, Parliamentary Candidate for Old
Bexley and Sidcup in Sidcup High
Street to meet some of the traders and
to see for himself the problems facing
the High Street during these tough economic times.

In recent years Sidcup, and other areas such as
Welling and Erith have declined with many shop
units now lying vacant.

The trio met with shoppers and traders as they
went along the High Street, and even had the
chance to sit down and have a coffee with a group
when they got to the Colour Creative Design
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Our cash hungry council have now
targetted the popular annual circus, Zippos who have been giving
the community immense entertainment at half the cost of other
circuses that visit Bexley.
The
council have told Zippos owner
they can’t use The Green this year
unless they pay them £5,885 a week
which the circus say is unrealistic
and will have to cancel their
planned visit.

Zippos would have gladly paid around £2,000
rental for the week which
would have given them a
small profit but now the
council will get nothing.

Cllr Alan Dowling commented “ We are sorry that
Zippos Circus have decided
not to visit Sidcup Place for
a second year running
(please note they did not
visit last year either).

Fees for circus site hire are applied fairly and
consistently and are in line to similar venues in
other London Boroughs.
As a result of Mr Burton’s concerns we intend to invite competitive
tenders for circus visits during 2010.
This will
enable companies to compete with each other
for the site and set the market value accordingly.

Bexley residents who enjoy this form of entertainment will be able to see the Chinese
State Circus in Danson Park later in the
year”.

Zippo confirmed they couldn’t use The
Green last year because the ground conditions were unacceptable due to heavy
rain.
If the council decide to go to tender there are only two circuses that
could compete as Bexley is now
within the Lower Emission Zone
and the two are as different as chalk and
cheese.
Zippos are
traditonal with horses
etc.
and the other is
theatrical and twice
as expensive for
entry.
Zippos
owner Martin
B u r t o n
thought Bexley Council
were being
short-sighted
and money
grabbing but would miss seeing all of his regular visitors from the local
community and
hoped they
would und e r s t a n d
why they
won’t be
in Sidc u p
t h i s
year.

Alan Dowling
Gas Mains
ReplacementSouthern Gas Networks (SGN) started
working yesterday (27th April) to replace
old gas mains in Station Road, Sidcup.

This is part of a wider investment of £1.
1m to
replace more than four kilometres of old metallic mains in Sidcup with modern plastic pipe,
which has a minimum lifespan of 80 years.

The initial stages of the project have been taking
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Thirty nine voluntary community groups are set to benefit
from grant funding of £229,085.

Despite budget pressures the Council’s Community Grant Scheme will continue to help voluntary and community groups whose services are
available to Sevenoaks District residents.

Thirty six local voluntary groups across the District will share between £100 and £21,300.
A variety of groups in Swanley and the northern
parishes will benefit including the following:
* Swanley and District Volunteer Centre will receive
£9,600 to develop and promote volunteering through the
recruitment, placement and support of volunteers.

* HAWK Youth Partnership Project who will get £8000
to work with young people in Hartley, Ash and WestKingsdown.

* North West Kent Council for Voluntary Service will
receive £1000 to provide information and support to voluntary groups in Swanley and the northern parishes.

Residents in Swanley are also set to benefit from
grants to the West Kent Independent Mediation
Service of £6,500.
Sports and arts activities across
the District will benefit from grants totalling
£18,700.

Due to the impact of the economic downturn, the
Council also set aside a contingency sum of £7,360
in the grant budget to help address this issue.

Any voluntary organisation will be able to bid for
a share of this fund to assist with the provision of
services connected with promoting employment,
providing training opportunities and debt advice.

Applications will be invited during the next three
months.

Cllr Elaine Bracken, the Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for Community Grants
says: “The numerous voluntary groups across the
District provide a huge range of services to the
area’s most vulnerable residents, and I’m glad we
can make this contribution to help them continue
the important work them do.
”
Information on the Community Grant scheme is publicised on the Sevenoaks District Council’s website,
www.
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A new face in the District is taking the lead
when it comes to helping residents with their
animal issues.

Ann-Marie Milton was recently appointed
by Sevenoaks as their new Animal Welfare Officer after two years spent working for the Borough of Poole Council in a similar position.

She will have a number of duties including
collecting stray dogs and finding them new
homes, reuniting lost dogs with their owners
and investigating complaints about noisy or
dangerous dogs.

The Animal Welfare Officer also works
closely with local PCSOs, town and parish
council’s and other dog owners in the District
to be kept informed of dog owners who do not
clean up after their dogs.

Working with animals is quite a departure
from Ann-Marie’s previous job though, before
retraining as an Animal Welfare Officer she
was a parking Civil Enforcement Officer!
“Being an animal welfare officer is certainly
a bit different from being a parking warden”
admits Ann-Marie.
“Finding stray dogs new
homes and reuniting lost dogs with their owners is very fulfilling, and I’m really looking forward to getting out and about in the District,
meeting the dogs and their owners.
”
Ann-Marie also strongly recommends that
residents make use of the Council’s animal
micro-chipping service.
The process only takes
a few moments, is virtually pain-free and is
there for life.

A small micro-chip is implanted that contains a unique number that corresponds with
the dog’s address and owners contact details,
recorded at the same time the micro-chip is fitted.
The details are stored on a central database.

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Reservations: 020 8300 0777 / 020 8300 2527
(Est 1984)
Shenton Dixon
returns with his
Strictly Soul Show
Amazing, brilliant
tributes by West End
show star Shenton
Dixon (the UK’s only
authentic Stevie
Wonder look-alike and
sound-alike) to George
Benson, Stevie Wonder
and Barry White.

Unmissable!
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
FOR DINERS
(Usual Top Quality Menu)
25th Anniversary
Celebration
Tuesday 5th May
Shenton Dixon
Swanley residents looking to
improve their fitness levels can
get walking and talking when a
new free health walk starts in
the town every Tuesday at 2pm,
starting and finishing at White
Oak Leisure Centre.

All ages and abilities are welcome to attend the
free walk, but it is aimed specifically at those
who are not used to walking or who are recovering from injury and want to get back into
physical activity.

The walks will be led by trained walk leaders
and will last between 45 minutes and an hour,
depending the pace of the walkers.
New walkers
are requested to arrive a few minutes early to fill
out a short health questionnaire.

Buggies and wheelchairs are welcome at the
walk, and it is suggested people dress appropriately according to the weather, and sensible
comfortable footwear is a must.

Cllr Elaine Bracken, Sevenoaks District Council Cabinet Member with responsibility for
healthy living, says: “Health walks have proved
very popular elsewhere across the District, with
over 100 people taking part on a health walk
each week, so I am delighted we have been able
to extend them to Swanley.
They are a great way
of meeting new people, as well as getting fitter.
”
• For more information about this walk, or any
other free walks in the District, ring Sevenoaks District Council on 01732 227000, e-mail healthyliving@sevenoaks.
gov.
uk or visit the health walks page
of the Council website,
www.
sevenoaks.
gov.
uk/healthwalks.

TAKE A WALK IN
SWANLEY!
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