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Now that it's been a few weeks, here are my impressions: The stones used appear well laid (unlike Lordship Lane's pavements) and the overall workmanship seems of good quality There is nice street furniture replacing the colourful ones which were starting to look badly worn down. It's a bit too 'mineral', but I think it's because we need to give time for the planting to grow and of course, we're in winter. The repainted road is easier to navigate than the temporary arrangements of before. Draining of rain seems to work well, something which in my experience is often an issue on these large paved areas. Perhaps the openings in the planted areas are helping with this. We could spend years debating whether or not this junction should have been closed to cars or whether it's good value for money, but that wouldn't change anything as what's done is done. I think it would be more interesting to discuss how to make the most out of what we have now since, whether we like it or not, it's clearly here to stay. Will the planting done be enough and should we have more? (e.g. in large pots) Will cyclists cut across the space and need some obstacles to help guide them? (haven't seen it so far but it could happen) How could businesses, charities and other organisations use the space to make it a bit more alive? Somewhere people spend time in rather than just go through. Anyone else has ideas?

Taylor’s Greengrocers to open at 43 Dulwich Village Popular Maltby Street greengrocer arrives in the New Year. Good news for the village which doesn't have much choice for groceries! https://www.thedulwichestate.org.uk/whats-happening/taylors-greengrocers-to-open-at-43-dulwich-village

I fully agree. I hope you had some khinkali (Georgian dumplings), they're fantastic! They used to have only meat ones but now they also have mushroom ones and they're great. I always try to fit in a honey cake at dessert. Overall I appreciate that their food and menu seems to only improve with time.

Yesterday on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy87rmx2k5yo

Hi, I think it's a bit unfair, I find the consultation website quite good. Takes a little while getting used to, but you can then zoom on every part of every street, click and see what is going on in great detail and precision. Overall I am not against the changes, but one thing bothers me: the car parking on Gilkes Crescent & Dulwich Village. It's nice that they keep 19 public car parking bays, however they've gone from being free to costing £5.10 per hour, which seems extremely expensive to me. It's more expensive than on-street parking in Chelsea or Westminster, but Southwark is far from being as rich a borough as those. That would be a big loss of amenity to the locals (and not so locals who like to visit the village). I would suggest they offer 30min free parking and then paid after this at a more reasonable rate, in keeping with what they charge on, say, Lordship Lane.

Hi, We are looking for a night nanny, 2-5 nights a week to help with our 1 month old. We live near Bellenden Road and we have a separate bedroom and bathroom for the nanny to stay in.

Looking for a nanny, private chef, receptionist, property manager and cleaner but willing to pay £14/h. Oh and you're supposed to do all this in 2-3h per day. And I'll be monitoring your performance and tracking your KPIs. And you'll have to be LOYAL. But think of the learning opportunities! Yikes!

I'm glad you mentioned it, it's unfathomably bad and patchy. I've tried switching from EE to Three to Vodafone to Giffgaff (O2's network) and they were all crap, I ended up going back to EE and I'm still 'delighted' when I can get 2 bars of reception out of 4. It also seems like mobile phone companies aren't really seeing the problem. While EE and Vodafone admit their 5G is a little patchy, they claim to have perfect 4G coverage in the area (screenshots below). I wonder if there's a good way to report this issue to network providers?

Hi Magda. My wife and I recently had our baby at St Thomas’s. The care we received was great, and I liked that as a teaching hospital we always had two midwives looking after us (a qualified one and a final year trainee midwife), which isn’t the case in all places. Almost everyone we dealt with was caring and pleasant and it feels like a generally well run place. I also like that all the delivery rooms and most of the postnatal rooms have massive windows with great views around London from their location on the upper floors. In that respect Kings feels more like a rabbit warren. Comparison wise, we have many friends who recently had babies at Kings and said it was fine. Our antenatal class leader (a senior midwife) told us she would definitely choose St Thomas or Lewisham over Kings. The CQC reports are also much more flattering for St Thomas and Lewisham. Yes it’s a bit further away for the regular midwives appointments but it’s not that bad. And for the big day, our midwives reassured us and said don’t worry, when you start to have contractions, it’s extremely unlikely you wouldn’t have plenty enough time for the 30min trip from ED to Tommys. Overall I think they’re all fine, but as a regular visitor to both Kings and St Thomas, I would prefer to spend 5 days in the latter than the former (as we recently did due to c-section) and St Thomas generally feels less understaffed/reliant on locum staff than Kings

As Malumbu says, it's nothing new. Below are some pictures of Choumert Street market in Peckham during the summer. As you can see the awnings cover the whole sidewalk. So Bora is not causing any impediment to anyone, giving some free shade to pedestrians and a nice spectacle of fruit display - case closed. If you guys are looking for something to argue about, why don't you join the LTN debate on the transport forum?

I wonder if you have been able to deal with Lidl's head office as a first port of call. I would imagine them not being happy at all to hear this happened, and they would likely launch an internal investigation where they can interview colleagues, access CCTV records, etc. If that didn't work and the police isn't being more helpful, perhaps the media might help - it seems like something the Guardian might report on