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Westminster & City News Established 1857, part of the London Weekly News group FREE TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 WIN! TICKETS TO THE OLYMPIA HISTORIC AUTOMOBILE FAIR AND AUCTION SEE PAGE 13 Crackdown on diesel drivers WESTMINSTER council is set to introduce a crackdown on diesel drivers with a new the-polluter-pays “D-charge”. As part of its drive to create a greener, healthier city, the council is poised to trial emissions-based charging for diesel cars parking within Marylebone. “In a pilot programme to be in- troduced from April 3, the charge for pay-to-park bays during normal parking hours will be raised specifically within F Zone for diesel cars, some of the heaviest of polluting vehicles. This will apply to visitors into Marylebone, with resident’ permits unchanged,” said a council spokesman. The surcharge will add 50 per cent to the current rate of £4.90 per hour in F Zone. Customers are currently able to park and pay per minute up to a maximum of 240 minutes, meaning charges will be 8p per minute in real terms and 12p per minute for diesels. “Marylebone suffers some of the highest pollution levels in London. A ‘polluter pays’ principle will have the aim of reducing harmful vehicle emissions and any money raised will be spent on initiatives to promote sustainable transport,” said the spokesman. Actress Joanna Lumley is backing traders from Berwick Street Market who fear the Soho institution could be killed off by a council move Weknowthatmovingcanbeverystressful. over parking. The Ifyouareconsideringmoving,thenletushelp traders have lost takethestressaway. their parking spaces to developers. FULL STORY ON PAGE 4 Hundreds of music venue jobs at risk Neverdoneyogabefore? Comeandgiveitatry. Ourknowledgeableand Small clubs fear rates rise could force many to go bust nurturingteacherswilltake careofyoureveryneed. Wehostavarietyof BY GEOFF BAKER awaited with trepidation – and tect the clubs, many of which have puts the onus for noise manage- traditionalandheated [email protected] even the mayor’s office admits that been under threat after incomers ment on the agent of change. That yogaandPilatesclasses it could put “a number at risk”, es- to their area protest to authorities means the incoming individual or inShepherd'sBush. WESTMINSTER’S struggling sma- pecially in the West End. about the noise, forcing venues business. This could be a resident ll music clubs face a risky two Although a report published last that cannot afford expensive moving into a flat near a music years of treading water before the week by the mayor revealed that soundproofing to shut down. venue. It could also be a developer Lotsofdifferentpricingoptions much-hailed rescue plan promised the number of closures of grass- Under the mayor’s plan, it will building a new music venue near by Sadiq Khan and night czar Amy roots music venues has slowed and be up to new residents or busi- a residential building. NewStudentSpecial-unlimitedclasses Lame can throw them a lifebelt. was lauded as making “great nesses who move near to the “The mayor has pledged to put for10consecutivedaysfor£25 In the meantime, club owners progress” and marking “a major venues to pay for any soundproof- the agent of change principle in Valentine'soffer14th-16thFebruary- fear that dreaded rates hikes com- step towards rebuilding London’s ing themselves. the next London Plan. The draft bringyourlovedoneforfreetoanyclass ing in April could force many to live music scene”, the future of However, the clubs will not get London Plan will make specific go bust. small clubs remains dangerously this protection for another two reference to music venues. It will 88GoldhawkRoad,Shepherd’sBushW128HD Hundreds of jobs are now at uncertain. years at the earliest. be published for consultation later Tel:02087467191 stake in the capital’s small music Mr Khan has vowed to intro- The mayor’s office revealed: venues as a new rates review is duce a new agent of change to pro- “The agent of change principle TURN TO PAGE 3 Email:[email protected] HAVE YOUR SAY IN OUR NEW POINTS OF VIEW SECTION –SEE PAGES 6 & 7 website:www.theflyingyogi.co.uk 2LONDON WEEKLY NEWS THE BIG INTERVIEW TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 NHS frontline staff ‘are on CMN emotional edge most of time’ Part of Capital Media Newspapers Limited The London Weekly News Group Westminster & City News (Established 1857) Kensington & Chelsea News (Established 1857 & 1869) Fulham Chronicle (Established 1888) Hammersmith Chronicle (Established 2015) Shepherd’s Bush Chronicle (Established 2015) London Weekly News (Established 2014) DIRECTORS Philip Evans 07796 951991 Hannah Walker 020 883 59721 Tim Dixon (Editor) 07739300485 Editorial email [email protected] News Editor Geoff Baker 07864 992274 Reporter Jack Dixon 07973 565078 Sport - Tony MacDonald 07711 169427 Advertising Sales Executive Seniha Slowinski 0208 768 4930 / 07800 607121 JJulie Messenger, inset, has been providing expert guidance to the team of filmmakers behind the BBC’s groundbreaking series Hospital Trades/ ULIE Messenger has media unprecedented behind-the- ally gets under the surface. It job simply to manage beds and the Services 0208 768 4920/22 been working in and scenes access to the five West Lon- looks at what it means to work in through-put of patients,” Julie ex- Recruitment: 0208 768 4923/24 around the health ser- don hospitals within the Imperial the NHS.” plains. Motors 0208 768 4925/31 vice for the last 35 College Healthcare NHS Trust. Julie now works as head of “In the show you see what are al- Property 0208 768 4925/31 years. In that time she As an academic consultant, nursing at the Open University most like war rooms being set up Leisure/Ents 0208 768 4921 has experienced hospi- Julie’s role has been to advise the but retains close links to the to try to cope with it. Retail Advertising Display Manager tal wards operating close to capac- production team on their use of health service, having spent most “There are consultants talking Garry Cole 0208 768 4926 ity and nursed patients with the language and selection of footage, of the 1980s working in clinical set- about the amount of time they are Classified and Customer Service most complex conditions back to helping to ensure that what goes tings before making the move to having to spend on bed manage- Manager health. to air is truly reflective of day-to- education. ment rather than clinical care – Candy Brown 0208 768 4919 But today the challenges of day life on the wards. She is still in the process of re- and there’s no easy answer for Distribution working on the frontline of the She says the series has shone a viewing later episodes of Hospital that.” Hayley Bright 020 8768 4916 NHS are greater than ever – and light not only on the financial that will be broadcast over the Imperial is home to many of the the mounting pressure places a pressures of the Imperial opera- next few weeks, offering feedback world’s leading experts in the med- huge weight of responsibility on tion but also on the everyday im- and translating medical jargon. ical field, and it therefore faces the the shoulders of doctors and pact of stretched services on It has been an eye-opening pro- challenge of coping with specialist nurses. ordinary NHS workers. cess, she says, to see camera crews trauma cases arriving from out- “It’s such a complex organisa- “This has been the single most given unprecedented access to in- side London. tion for people to work in,” she pertinent documentary I have tensive care units, surgical the- But the grinding backlog caused says. “People are working on an worked on that shows how indi- atres, patient waiting rooms and by the slow discharge of patients to emotional edge most of the time. viduals are actually working out even board meetings to lay bare other services has pushed the op- There are a lot of emotions run- there in the health service. It’s the pressures facing bosses at eration almost to breaking point. ning high but there is a deep com- true and authentic,” she says. some of London’s biggest hospi- “One of the surgeons in the pro- mitment and compassion among “It covers the frustrations peo- tals. gramme talks about the elastic of staff.” ple are working under but also the Among the major issues the se- the hospital being stretched and Julie has been providing expert compassion that staff have to do ries has uncovered is the desper- stretched,” Julie says. “But there is guidance to the team of filmmak- this for service users, despite in- ate shortage of beds and the only so far that it can stretch. ers behind the BBC’s ground- creasingly complex and difficult impossible decisions experts are “We know there are difficulties breaking documentary series working environments. forced to make when prioritising with out-of-hours provision. We Hospital. “Often we see programmes that patients. know there is poor referral Our Geoff Baker slams BAFTA over Kate –page 14 The six-part series has given the just scratch the surface but this re- “It is a massive infrastructure through to social care and that people with long-term complex conditions require highly specialised your council HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM beds. “It’s all tied into increasing pub- Adult social care Family information [email protected]<mailto:pa lic expectations that they will have B08e4n5e fi31ts3 3935 s0e2r0v 8ic7e53 2450 [email protected] care that is leading-edge and push- KENSINGTON & CHELSEA cC00ll22ee00aa n88ne77er55.rg33 Gr e16ree16ne08en01r e-@r lhbohtf.lginoev.uk<mailto:cl LH0fii8sob@4ur5alsb ir3nhi1egf3.sg 3o9v.3u5k<mailto:[email protected] np02lina0ng 8n@7inl4bg8h@ f3.lg0bo2hv0f.. ugkov.uk<mailto:plan- itnhgeJ upblaoituei nehndata-srd iokecsnt.oo”rw dny nbaomthi cs ihdaevsi nogf Accessible Transport [email protected] Parking - permit [email protected] 020 7361 3610 Register Office spent five years in and out of hos- 020 7361 2390 Family Information Services (renewals) Council tax [email protected]<mailto: li- 020 8753 2140 pital arranging care for her hus- [email protected] 0207 361 3302 [email protected] 020 7361 3019 020 8753 6681 [email protected] registeroffi[email protected]<mailto:reg- band, who died 18 months ago. 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TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 WESTMINSTER AND CITY NEWS LONDON WEEKLY NEWS3 Music venues say rates Council blasted rise will be death knell over ‘worrying’ rehoming plan BY GEOFF BAKER against the council’s aim to acquire 200 new [email protected] private rented properties, which they say could see up to 40 per cent of next year’s new WESTMINSTER City Council has been applicants pushed into accepting a one-time slammed for “worrying” plans to send the offer of a private rented property, thereby borough’s homeless to Coventry and other ending the council’s duty to provide them cities in the Midlands. with social housing in the long term. The Conservative-led council has an- “Labour is further dismayed that the cur- nounced plans that would see increasingly rent plans do not ensure those with a long- large numbers of Westminster residents who standing local connection be prioritised for have lost their homes and are in need of tem- the right to stay locally compared to others porary accommodation sent to properties in in similar need,” said the spokesman. the Midlands. “Labour also has demanded a basic com- Furious Labour councillors are fighting a mitment that those with care needs, jobs in Night czar Amy Lame, move that would mean hundreds being Central London, children at local schools or forced to take a private rented flat that would a long-standing local connection must not be above, faces more work. end any responsibility for Westminster to forced to accept a private rented-sector offer Right, Ken Wright, owner of find them a permanent home. that would end any option for Westminster the Phoenix Artist Club, A spokesman for the Labour councillors to eventually supply them with permanent claims “more will be said said: “Rising homelessness in London is housing. than done” being driven by soaring rents and house Labour group leader Cllr Adam Hug said: prices, a long-term fall in the availability of “This council’s decades-long atrocious FROM PAGE 1 council housing and cuts in government record on building social and genuinely af- housing support. fordable homes combined with the govern- this year and the final plan is “Many homeless families have people who ment’s insidious benefit changes have due to be adopted in 2019.” are in work or act as carers for elderly rela- created a perfect storm for Westminster res- But for some venues the life- tives and they could be at risk if moved to idents in desperate need for temporary ac- line could come too late –for outer London or beyond. commodation. the government is poised to “The council’s proposals also show no “This policy formalises and turbo-charges jack up business rates in April recognition of the strength of local connec- what has happened in recent years where which could cosh the clubs. research shows that very few a competitive disadvantage tions when deciding whether to house them Westminster residents in temporary accom- And the mayor’s office admits receive any business-rates re- when attracting international locally. modation are being sent further and further it is worried by the threat of lief. Such high core costs mean talent.” “According to the council’s plans, Coven- from home. new rates that could run to that venues are economically Mr Ken Wright, owner of the try, Birmingham and Leicester apparently “It is essential that Westminster radically rises of tens of thousands of unviable without financial sup- award-winning Phoenix Artist ‘offer the best opportunities’ for some of improves its council-house building plans pounds. port. Club off Charing Cross Road, Westminster’s residents to be rehoused.” and challenges the divisive government poli- “The government is review- “The 100 Club on Oxford highlighted other pressures fac- The Labour members are protesting cies that underpin these worrying plans.” ing business rates. They are Street now pays around £50,000 ing a number of the West End’s likely to increase for many per year in business rates on small venues. businesses in the coming top of £180,000 in rent and ser- “We are of course in Camden months. This is of concern to vice charges. and have to contend with a late- businesses across London. It “Changes to business rates night levy imposed on us. could put a number of grass- are made every few years by Across the road in Westminster roots music venues at risk, es- the Valuation Office Agency. In no such levy exists. Soho has a pecially those in the centre,” some areas of the capital, Lon- 48-hour exclusion order in place said the mayor’s office. don is anticipating a further that moves all of their trouble “Our research shows grass- rise in business rates when new across to us in Camden,” said roots music venues bring rateable value assessments Mr Wright. £92 million to London’s econ- come into place in 2017. For The “Unless there is a joined-up, omy every year. They also sup- 100 Club this could result in cross-border policy on policing, port 2,260 jobs. On average, their business rates almost dou- licensing, noise control and en- each venue spends some bling.” vironmental control, there will £500,000 on developing and The government is also un- continue to be disproportionate Degrees Of Separation showcasing new and emerging der pressure from the House of expenses and liabilities im- by Jane Churchill talent. London’s grassroots Lords to give the clubs a break. posed on venues in one borough venues pay around £2.8 million A report published by the that neighbouring boroughs es- ‘Artistic response’ to Great War trench in business rates each year.” Lords’ Grand Committee in De- cape. Because of the importance of cember warned: “A growth in “I can, through sheer hard the small clubs to the economy, demand for property has led to work and effort, achieve five- VISITORS to Guildhall Art Fund, forms part of continuing jured in the First World War but Mr Khan is now calling on the increasing rents and landlords star hygiene ratings, win nu- Gallery’s new exhibition in The events to commemorate the also throwing light on the government to slash rates to deciding to sell property and merous awards, employ young City will walk through an 100th anniversary of the First work of tradespeople in a wide protect the venues. land to developers. This has apprentices and offer free use “If business rates were cut it placed rising financial burdens of the venue as a hub for cre- “artistic response” to a First World War. range of, often, hidden or un- would be a big boost to venues. on pre-existing operators of atives during the day –but a World War trench to view work A sky full of planes and cases usual jobs during those years.” It would allow them to invest grassroots music venues. chain coffee shop will be more by young people from the cap- of paper moths act as a memo- Alison Truphet, project man- in upgrading outdated infras- “Increased rental values lead attractive to landlords and ital’s schools and artist and set rial to those who died at the ager at Livery Schools Link, tructure. It would mean they to business rates going up. Very councils anxious to gentrify an designer Jane Churchill. Front, while apothecaries’ cabi- said: “I am thrilled with the art- could give customers a better few venues receive any busi- area, with no regard to the com- Echoes Across The Century, nets, tobacco tins and cooks’ work that the students have experience and it could help ness-rate relief, making them munity worth of an indepen- which runs from March 31 to matchboxes contain miniature created and their enthusiasm stabilise their businesses. economically unviable without dent venue. July 16, will promote under- worlds, and collaborative col- for this project, which im- We’re now looking at the costs financial support. This is par- “I’m afraid I’m rather scepti- standing about those who ex- lages depict scenes from the merses people in behind-the- and benefits of a business-rates ticularly acute in Central Lon- cal of claims by politicians to perienced the First World War trenches. scenes stories of the First discount for London’s grass- don where rates can cost tens protect and value venues. Put from behind the scenes by Jane’s own installation, De- World War. Jane Churchill has roots venues and will report of thousands of pounds. simply, money talks and coun- telling stories that provide grees Of Separation, exploring brought magic to this ambi- later this year,” said the “The government should of- cils lack either the funds or the glimpses of life through the love, loss, memory and con- tious exhibition in her own art- mayor’s office. fer full relief from business will to hold landlords and de- trades, including aircraft de- nection, provides the inspiring work, as well as the work that Fears of the repercussions of rates for grassroots music velopers to account. sign, saddlery, communication starting point for the whole vi- she has produced with more a rates hike have been echoed venues, recognising their vital “The biggest culprit for the and food. sion of the exhibition, as well than 200 young people.” by the Music Venues Trust, community role and financial death of grassroot venues in Working with 17 of The City’s as for the artwork she helped Jane said: “It has been a priv- which first warned of the dan- pressures. Central London has been the livery companies, children the children create. ilege to work with such tal- ger in a 2015 report. “Unlike many venues across central-government-imposed aged between seven and 17 Katty Pearce, City of London ented students and meet The trust said: “Broadly Europe, UK venues do not ben- Crossrail, which is of course from 14 schools were led by Corporation curator at Guild- amazing people during this speaking, when the rental value efit from subsidy from central immune from any commitment Jane to create artworks for the hall Art Gallery, said: “Echoes project, which brings together of a property rises, the business government. The average sub- to protect small and medium- immersive installation at the Across the Century will be a more than 600 artworks to cre- rates also go up. A small Cen- sidy across Europe is 42 per sized enterprises. City of London Corporation’s poignant and moving experi- ate an imaginary world – part tral London venue may be pay- cent, for France it is 60 per cent. “To sum up my thoughts – art gallery. The exhibition, ence for visitors to the art set design, part exhibition, ing tens of thousands of pounds This has a consequence of when all is said and done, there which benefited from £99,800 gallery, essentially, a tribute to and part walk-through experi- per year in business rates. Our putting UK grassroot venues at will be more said than done.” from the Heritage Lottery those killed or seriously in- ence.” 4LONDON WEEKLY NEWS WESTMINSTER NEWS AND VIEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 Traders’ parking blow Writing for you every week, London’s most outspoken entrepreneur Charlie ‘could kill off market’ pipes up! BY GEOFF BAKER placement parking spaces for [email protected] traders. This is despite the TRADERS at Soho’s Berwick £12 million extra parking rev- LAST week the bean counters at the ONS revealed the enue.” Street who are fighting council economy continued to grow at the end of 2016. This Cllr Dimoldenberg said offi- privatisation plans which could was good news, but I have a feeling that it’s not going wreck its colourful character cers from the authority had told to be all sunshine and roses over the next couple of years, have been dealt another blow. councillors: “There will be an es- which will mean that entrepreneurs will have to step up Now they have lost their park- timated £12 million increase in to the crease again and bat for their country. ing spaces –to developers. parking income during the 2016- During the last recession entrepreneurs proved their Traders’ leaders have 17 financial year when compared worth to the UK, with the number of private businesses with 2015-16. rocketing as individuals threatened by or impacted by the warned that the move could kill “Of this increase we had bud- contracting economy deciding to go it alone. the 300-year-old market. geted for a £4 million increase In 2016 there were 5.5 million private businesses, up Despite Westminster City following changes made to how 97,000 on the year before. More than 99 percent of these Council raking in an extra we charge for parking suspen- are SMEs and the economic backbone of the UK. What we £12 million through parking sions and increases in paid-for need to do is continue to add to those numbers with more charges and fines, now it has sole-traders and micro-businesses that can boost the re- parking charges.” taken the traders’ traditional silience and diversity of our economy. The breakdown of the increase spaces away – forcing them to Berwick Street’s Being your own boss is a tempting ideal and there’s a pcaary puapr ktos .£13 an hour at nearby colourful character lin £in5c.7o mmei lilsio ans ffroolmlo wpsa:rking sus- nleuamp binetro o sfe dlfi-fefmerpelnoty rmeeansot.n As fwtehry a yllo, uw’dh ow daonets nto’t twakaen tt htoe A protest against the loss of long time, reducing trade pensions; work for themselves, make their own rules and then reap vital parking has been launched and putting off customers. l£3.8 million from paid-for the rewards when the hard work pays off? by Labour councillor Paul Di- “Now the loss of parking parking charges; Our nation seems to agree. A survey by FreeAgent – moldenberg, who has been will hit the market traders l £2.4 million due to a higher- which provides cloud accounting software to freelancers, working closely with the mar- hard. than-anticipated increase in micro-businesses and their accountants – has revealed ket traders in the fight to save “Westminster Council is penalty charge notices. that one in 10 working Brits aim to start their own busi- their spaces. just standing by and has offered vans, which are essential to The council says: “While park- ness within the year. bkelotH waet afsoa triid mB: e“e Twrwhhiiescn ki s t hSaentr ocetoehute nMr cbiaalr’ds- myneoaa krhi nealgnp d £ w1e2ixt hpm epiclatliirnokgnin mgth oedr eess aptmhitiees agbroroionudgns df tr ouK itth,e evm empg eaHtrakobeulte,s sie na nathdne do athrIenear- tivniocgli apitnaiclteion mogv eet hhr aathts etw eyneed awerdsi,l tlwo m eb eaa irfneat iaarnilny- omUwKeTna, hna becsorc 3seo.s 2ra d brmiyeni 32lgl10 i.t17oo86n ,O mdmNeioslSlrp iseiott nBae t rptiihsettesoi cpafsulre ter ue celruxeerap rfseieecnndtaet inldnyc tiDwoa eolb crueekcnmiocnmbegree tri an,t hit nhtehtaiyert privatisation plans have caused next year. gestre Court. this level of income in 2017-18.” of the economy. so many problems and created “Surely the council could “But now these parking Traders at the market, one of The survey also highlighted the trend in ‘young- so much uncertainty. make available a few parking places have been lost as they are the oldest in London and dating preneurs’, with 67 percent, the largest percentage of the “The redevelopment works spaces for market traders’ vans? needed for the redevelopment back to 1778, are already uneasy age ranges surveyed, of 18-24-year-olds planning to become along Berwick Street have “Berwick Street traders have site works and Westminster about their future as Westminster their own boss at some point. been causing problems for a for many years parked their council has not provided any re- City Council wants to “privatise” This is the sort of news we want to hear and proves how the market by bringing in a com- entrepreneurial this country is. Starting a business in the mercial operator as the stallhold- good times is great, but the best entrepreneurs are those ers’ landlord, following a that kick off their enterprise in a challenging environment tendering process that opened last and go on to achieve great success. year. When I started Pimlico Plumbers in 1979 the country The traders have responded by was at another cross roads after a decade of economic dis- launching a campaign to keep asters, and it proved the best time to be entrepreneurial. And, for me, it worked out, but for a lot of small firms Berwick Street Market indepen- the results aren’t the same as they fail to get over the first dent as they fear that as rents go hurdle. Around half of new businesses go to the wall in up, the market will be trans- the first five years. There are, of course, many reasons for formed and the street will lose its this, from bad ideas to bad management, but a lot of the distinctive identity as longstand- time it’s down to a lack of experience. ing independent businesses are re- And, as an experienced new entrepreneur is a contra- placed by coffee bars and retail diction in terms, it’s important that those who have been chains. there and done it share their expertise and how they Robin Smith, owner of Soho earned the scars on their backs. Dairy and chairman of the A rewarding part of being a successful entrepreneur is Berwick Street Traders Society, the power to give someone help and advice. On the flip- said: “Street markets provide in- side, going it alone doesn’t mean that you can’t ask for creasingly important community help if you need it. I regularly get tweets, calls and messages from people services. who say I, or what has been achieved at Pimlico Plumbers, “Our market is a vital piece of has inspired them in some way. the social-economic infrastructure Most recently, I received possibly the most moving yet of Soho. from a lady in New Zealand whose small gas and plumbing “But unfortunately councils business was left on the brink after a big commercial can be slow to change and in the client went under owing them hundreds of thousands of time it takes to fully appreciate dollars. what they are losing, it is lost. Using Pimlico Plumbers as inspiration, the firm in- “The loss of parking for fresh creased its domestic work, developed a new strategic plan, fruit and veg traders makes it im- based on how I do things in the UK, and kitted staff out in possible to operate in urban cen- new uniforms and new attitude. tres and could be terminal for Just 18 months later they are turning a profit again and Berwick Street Market.” getting positive reviews for their work. The market traders are being I was very proud that my approach to business, and the plumbing industry, has helped another company and supported by national treasure proves the power of entrepreneurialism can travel around Joanna Lumley, who turned on the world. the Berwick Street lights at I hope that as we embark on the next step of the journey Christmas. into the economic unknown that other entrepreneurs can “If we lose places like Berwick encourage new business owners towards success and help Street Market we lose the heart of maintain the role of SMEs at the heart of British com- London,” she said. merce. “We lose the reason that Lon- doners love London and want to Views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of this newspaper live here. London’s leading service “And people who visit want to company all day - every day! see the real London – not smart new glass buildings and another 020 7928 8888 branch of Starbucks but a street that’s been trading as a market for 300 years. That’s the kind of his- tory that people want.” TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 LONDON WEEKLY NEWS5 High-profile guests at Falcons Moped gang mount smash-and-grab raid on designer store THE Falcons School for Girls at taught them how to work effec- Putney welcomed high-profile tively in a team. A MOPED gang smashed their way into a Louis guests during its STEM –science, During their session with the Vuitton store before making off with thousands technology, engineering and STEM ambassadors the girls be- of pounds’ worth of designer gear. mathematics –week. came scientists for the day. Mr The suspects drove a van through the front of Two STEM ambassadors – Molony helped the pupils think the store in Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, at Cyril Molony, the engineer who like engineers by showing them around 1am on January 24. helped to design the first MRI how to measure angles on circles They grabbed items from the store, where scanner, and Paul Winter, a accurately to produce some handbags can sell for more than £3,500, before highly knowledgeable brain sci- amazing Newton discs. making their getaway on mopeds. entist who developed a drug to Mr Winter also gave the girls The incident is the latest in a series of smash- treat migraines –held workshops information about the human and-grab raids by moped gangs on designer for pupils in Year 3, Year 4, Year brain and how it works in many stores in and around Central London. 5 and Year 6. mysterious ways. He encouraged A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police The head of mathematics at St a career in neuroscience and were informed at 12.50am last Tuesday that there Paul’s School, Andrew Ashworth gave examples of women he was a burglary in progress at a Louis Vuitton shop. Jones, also visited to give pupils knows who have had remarkable Above, Andrew “Officers attended and discovered a silver Ford some brain teasers and to set success in this field. Ashworth Jones Transit van had been driven into the front of the them a frog-themed maths chal- The fantastic week was engages pupils shop and left at the scene. lenge. A range of other activities rounded off with a special STEM during a maths “A number of suspects were reported to have was also organised to engage and assembly which was run by the workshop; entered the shop and removed goods. The value challenge pupils’ thinking in re- Year 5 pupils. Certificates were below, pupils of the items stolen is not known at this time.” lation to the importance of given to the girls who really experiment with He said no arrests have been made and in- STEM. shone throughout the week. the puzzles from quiries are continuing. The purpose of the week was Headmistress Sophia Ash- the Happy Puzzle to provide a fantastic opportunity worth Jones said: “It was a won- workshop Guide to NHS services for pupils and staff to recognise derful week which was exception- and appreciate the invaluable ally informative and entert- role that STEM has played in aining. The girls have been very HEALTH bosses have published a new guide to shaping the world we currently lucky to have met such esteemed local NHS services in a bid to help people stay fit live in. guests and have some great trips and well. Activities included a trip to and experiences. The booklet is available for free from libraries, The Science Museum to watch an “They were incredibly impres- GP surgeries, pharmacies and community centres IMAX presentation of A Beautiful sive on the tasks which were set in Hammersmith and Fulham. It includes tips on how to stay healthy while Planetin 3D. and it is essential that we ingrain making the most of local services. The girls also enjoyed a work- the importance of STEM subjects The guide has been published by the Ham- shop with the Happy Puzzle Com- into young girls. Hopefully some mersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning pany. They each solved complex of them will be encouraged to Group, which is responsible for planning local puzzles which helped to improve pursue the sciences in the fu- healthcare. their problem-solving skills and ture.” Khan: PM’s policy will put future generations of Londoners in peril OPENING OFFER UNDER NEW BY GEOFF BAKER Banging his drum for Lon- ‘Hard Brexit’ really would be fromJanuary-March MANAGEMENT [email protected] don, the mayor said: “I’m con- a lose-lose situation. £5 OFF fident that London will re- “Tell your political leaders BREXIT-MOANER Sadiq Kh- main as Europe’s leading that a ‘Hard Brexit’ deal is withthis an has claimed that Prime business hub. London is, and not in the best interests of Minister Theresa May’s hard- will always continue to be, your company. This won’t be advert line policy will wreck the fu- open. easy. But I’m confident that ture of Londoners’ children’s “Despite Brexit, London despite the Prime Minister’s children. will always remain a Euro- rhetoric, there is still a sen- The mayor of London has pean city – the cultural, so- sible deal to be done.” complained that Mrs May’s cial and economic capital of Warning Europe about the hard Brexit will “rip Britain Europe.” consequences of people apart” and will put future On the prospect of leaving across the world feeling left generations “in peril”. the single market, Mr Khan behind or sidelined, he said: Speaking at a summit in said: “Securing privileged ac- “Many people who voted to Davos, Switzerland, Mr Khan cess to the single market leave the EU did so because called on businesses and or- must be the top priority for of unease about the change ganisations across Europe to the negotiations. they’ve experienced in recent make the case to their politi- “It’s critical for London. decades. cal leaders for a Brexit deal Nothing else will do. 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This “The alternative is divi- 0207 610 6001 ! 07428 011 288 to discuss global investment would be bad news for Eu- sion, protectionism and iso- opportunities for London. rope as well as Britain. So a lationism.” 6LONDON WEEKLY NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 Points of view Have your say Email Jack Dixon [email protected] Bowel cancer OPINION EVERY day I speak to patients and their families I F there is one issue that dominates the and see the pain, fear and pages of the London Weekly Newsmore struggle they go through than any other, it is the capital’s toxic air. when a bowel cancer diagnosis strikes. That’s Every week, it seems, we report on yet more why I’m encouraging your readers to show their shocking statistics about the poisonous smog support for World Cancer we are all unwittingly sucking up on a daily Day on Saturday February basis. And we make no apology for tackling 4. the subject once again in today’s edition. Bowel Cancer UK is As he approaches the end of his first year in working with nine other office, Sadiq Khan has on several issues failed cancer charities to unite to live up to the bluster of his own election everyone in a simple but rhetoric. But on the topic of air quality, his powerful life changing act – efforts should be applauded. wearing a Unity Band on Saturday February 4. By The announcement last week that experts joining forces we will make will carry out ‘air quality audits’ at 50 of a bigger impact in London’s most polluted schools – where transforming the lives of nitrogen dioxide levels vastly exceed legal millions who are affected by limits – is a welcome step towards protecting cancer. our children from the so-called silent killer. 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Theseholidaysareorganised&operatedbyNewmarketAirHolidaysLtd. phone calls. In 2016 alone, the RSPCA did not do their research ABTAV7812.ATOLprotected2325.Subjecttoavailability. ABTAV7812.ATOLprotected2325.Subjecttoavailability. There is, in short, a rescued a number of these SinglesupplementsapplyStandardphonecharges SinglesupplementsapplyStandardphonecharges before taking on a dog that TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 LONDON WEEKLY NEWS7 your letters and emails requires a lot of time and Pay inequality commitment; and an increase in the number of HERE in the UK, wages have these breeds being fallen by more than 10.4 per abandoned either because, cent over the last six years; as puppies, they didn’t sell men’s have dropped by a or became poorly, or as staggering 12 per cent, with breeding stock they women’s falling by even per couldn’t produce litters cent. anymore. However, it is young Once again, workers who have seen the organisations such as the biggest decline, with those RSPCA are left picking up between 18 and 24 years of the pieces, and the animals age suffering a whopping 16 are paying the ultimate per cent drop in pay. price –often with their To put this in perspective, lives. the collapse in UK wages is Ian Briggs equalled only by Greece. The RSPCA Chief Inspector only reason that family income hasn’t felt the full Rough sleeping impact is mainly due to in- work benefits and some THE latest government slight tax alterations, which statistics on rough sleeping have gone some way towards make stark reading, softening the blow to a drop particularly the huge of around seven per cent. increase in the number of Not all of us have taken rough sleepers in the last the pain, though. The five years. average UK wage is now Now is the time for the £26,500, but the top CEO Government to act – this wage is £4.3 million, making worsening situation simply the UK the most unequal cannot be allowed to society in the, whilst our continue. public services and NHS are London Councils has stripped to the bone. made clear that the pledge Ian Hodson to fully fund a new President, Bakers Food and homelessness reduction bill Allied Workers Union must be properly reviewed – costings must not be Lorries and heavy goods vehicles are disproportionately based on estimates and involved in the serious injury and deaths of people guesswork. walking and cycling in London, writes Assembly Member The capital continues to Caroline Russell in this week’s letters section account for a huge percentage of the lorry looks like, why not terms of injury and even homelessness total across bring forward the removal loss of life. England. of the 35,000 zero star-rated We now know that the The particular and ‘off-road’ HGVs operating in easily preventable cause unique pressures facing London, potentially saving was a faulty Whirlpool London – a spiralling many lives and preventing tumble dryer. housing crisis coupled with serious and life-changing Following the fire I TEL: 0207 1181190 the dramatic impact of injuries? launched a petition calling welfare reform on our Caroline Russell AM on the Government to urge poorest communities – London Assembly Member, Whirlpool UK to change must also be addressed. Green Party their safety advice to consumers, as Sir Steve Bullock recommended by the London Councils executive member for housing Tumble dryers London Fire Brigade, and to implement a full product LAST August a fire ripped recall of the faulty Dangerous trucks through Shepherds Court in machines. Shepherd’s Bush, an 18- In the meantime I want LORRIES and heavy goods storey block of flats Whirlpool to stop telling vehicles are overlooking Shepherd’s people they can use the disproportionately involved Bush Green. 26 families dryers. in the serious injury and were moved out owing to I hope my petition will deaths of people walking fire and water damage; four raise awareness of this and cycling in London. lost most of their issue, as many of the five These tragic, preventable possessions. million owners of these road deaths and injuries Luckily nobody was dryers don’t know they are are devastating families badly hurt, but the London dangerous, and put across London and the Fire Brigade said it could pressure on the world. have been much worse in Government and Whirlpool It is blindingly obvious to take appropriate action. that drivers must be able to Depending on how many see other road users and the people sign, we can force latest research confirms the Government to respond how unfair it is on lorry or get a debate in drivers to be manoeuvring Parliament. Please make heavy vehicles that do not sure you sign the petition allow them to see the people now. in the streets around them. Andy Slaughter I urge the Mayor to bring Hammersmith MP forward his star rating for HGVs before the proposed date of 2020. We cannot wait three more years before Andy Slaughter MP killer lorries are taken launched a petition calling off our roads. on the Government to We already urge Whirlpool UK to know what a change their safety dangerous advice to consumers 8LONDON WEEKLY NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 Heart-transplant pioneer to give lecture for charity PIONEERING and celebrated ply, without that operation in London’s Gerrard Street during a previous Chinese New Year –and one of the surgeon Professor Sir Magdi Ya- July 1974, I wouldn’t be here. limited-edition packs of cereal coub, pictured, reflects on his “The words ‘thank you’ aren’t time saving lives at Harefield enough – we need more brilliant, Tourism boost and limited-edition Hospital when he gives a special caring doctors like Sir Magdi.” lecture in Kensington in March. Sir Magdi was knighted in ‘cock flakes’ for Year of Rooster Proceeds from the lecture will 1992 and was awarded the pres- go to the Royal Brompton & tigious Order of Merit in 2014. Harefield Hospitals Charity and Previous recipients of this award COCK-A-DOODLE-DO! a range of limited-edition tion post on Kellogg’s Of- the Harefield Heart Science Cen- have included Mother Theresa The Chinese are coming packs of the corn flakes. ficial UK Facebook tre. and Nelson Mandela. The award, to London in record num- Welcoming the Year of #myperfectbowl. Sir Magdi established heart which is held by only 24 people bers. the Rooster, Kellogg’s is The Chinese New Year transplantation in the UK at any one time, recognises Sir Travel experts are pre- offering the chance for through the Harefield transplan- Magdi’s lifelong dedication to dicting a 40 per cent rise cereal lovers to win one began on Saturday and it tation programme, and pio- heart surgery and all he has in visitors from mainland of just 50 special packs promises to be a great neered several transformative done to make it more accessible. China this year. that will be unavailable one for the tills of the techniques in the field. In 1983, He says of Harefield Hospital: And as the capital’s for purchase in stores. capital as Forward Keys, the UK’s first combined heart Eastcote in 1974 with her great “It is such a unique, inspira- Chinese community cele- For the chance to get the company that pre- brates the start of its New their hands on one of and lung transplant was per- arteries the wrong way round. tional place with a special place dicts the number of over- Year, now Kellogg’s Corn these special-edition formed under his direction. When Angela was just months in the hearts of its patients and Flakes is offering London- boxes, fans have been in- seas travel-agent book- Another of his remarkable old, Sir Magdi performed lifesav- staff.” ers to win rare special- vited to create their very ings to London, forecasts achievements was establishing ing corrective surgery on her The lecture in on March 2 edition boxes of Kellogg’s own zhezhi cockerel and that in the first three the Ross Procedure, a heart op- heart. The operation was a great (6pm) at The Royal Geographical ‘Cock Flakes’. share their efforts online months of 2017 bookings eration whereby a diseased aor- success and appeared on the Society, 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 To crow in the Chinese for a chance to win. from American tourists tic valve is replaced with the pa- front page of the Daily Express. 2AR. Tickets (£25) are available New Year the famous ce- The zhezhi challenge – tient’s own pulmonary valve. Angela said: “I’m eternally at eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor- real company has given the Chinese art of paper will go up by 25 per cent One of Sir Magdi’s many pa- grateful to Sir Magdi and all the sir-magdi-yacoub-celebrating- its farmyard favourite folding – encourages fans and up 40 per cent from tients is Angela Boyle, of staff at Harefield, and so is my patients-research-at-harefield- Cornelius an oriental to share their origami China, when compared to Nuneaton. Angela was born in husband. I think that, put sim- hospital-tickets-28722419530. makeover, appearing on rooster on the competi- the same period in 2016. TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 LONDON WEEKLY NEWS9 Football clubs are told New airbag geared to save lives of city cyclists THE world’s first airbag for to play fair on staff cyclists has come to Lon- don and is set to save lives and prevent injuries. The Swedish invention Hovding could dramati- cally reduce casualties, BY GEOFF BAKER staff, and makes good commercial sense,” love to see more Premier League football which annually run into [email protected] said his spokesman. clubs join Chelsea in paying a real Living hundreds across the capi- “More than 60,000 workers in the city Wage. tal with its 610,000 daily PENNY-PINCHING London football clubs now benefit from the increased wage. And cyclists. have been written to by the mayor, telling while the capital accounts for more than “There are almost 3,000 employers Safety researchers say them “it’s not right” that they are not a third of businesses paying the Living signed up across the UK who pay the real the gadget is eight times paying their staff a fair wage. Wage in the UK, Sadiq believes London’s Living Wage –a third of these in London – safer than a normal cycling ultra-strong nylon fabric Sadiq Khan has called on the capital’s Premier League clubs can help it go fur- because they want to reward a fair day’s helmet. that won’t rip when As more than 400 cy- scraped against the Premier League football clubs to join him ther and set an example for other employ- work with a fair day’s pay. clists are seriously injured ground. “in working to make London a Living ers to follow.” “Living Wage employers report better or killed on the roads each “The protection is great- Wage city”. Mr Khan said: “London is the best city recruitment, retention and productivity – year, bike shops across the est where it is needed most The mayor has written to the chairmen in the world but it can’t be right that so so not only is it good for families, it’s good city are clamouring to and the airbag provides and owners of Arsenal, Tottenham Hot- many hard-working Londoners are strug- for business and good for London.” stock the new safety gear, extremely soft and gentle sPpaularc, e,W uersgti ngH tahmem U tno isteetd a na nexda mCprlyes ftoarl gthlien hg itgoh m caokste oefn ldisv imngee.t and keep up with After discovering sub-contractors hired awnhdic whh iisc hw ionrflna tliekse i na a snc aacrf- sh“oTchk ea bpsroerspstuioren .r emains other businesses across the capital by “As the mayor for all Londoners, I am under the former mayor were paid less cident to give cyclists cru- constant for several sec- paying their staff the London Living determined we create a city of opportu- than the London Living Wage, Mr Khan cial protection to the head onds, making it able to Wage. nity for everyone, and the London Living recently took action to ensure all staff and and neck. withstand multiple head “Only Chelsea – who signed up in 2014 Wage is a crucial part of challenging low sub-contractors working within the “Hovding is the world’s impacts during the same – pay their employees the London Living pay in the capital. My vision is to make Greater London Authority and its func- first airbag for cyclists and accident. Wage and Sadiq is calling on other Lon- London a Living Wage city and that is tional bodies are paid the increased capi- is the result of intensive re- “Researchers at Stan- don-based Premier League clubs to join why I am calling on our great city’s Pre- search since 2005,” said a ford University found in a tal rate of £9.75 an hour. the Blues and the other 1,076 businesses mier League clubs to join me in making spokesman for the inven- study that the thickness that are accredited,” said the mayor’s that reality. More than 300 additional employers tors. and stiffness of the Hovd- spokesman. “The likes of Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham signed up to pay their staff the capital’s “Through advanced sen- ing helmet is ‘near perfect’ “This figure is up from 724 the previous and Crystal Palace are not only top foot- hourly rate over the last 12 months. sors, Hovding can sense in terms of protecting year and compares with just 27 employers ball clubs but leading employers in Lon- Since 2011 the London Living Wage has the cyclist’s movement against concussion and who publicly backed the Living Wage in don. I’m calling on them to sign up and increased by 17.5 per cent. patterns and will react in head injuries caused by ac- 2008.” pay their staff the increased rate. And over the last year, major brands – case of an accident. The cidents. The mayor announced in October last “It’s a win-win situation: they can im- unique airbag will then in- “They concluded that year an increase in the London Living prove staff recruitment, retention and including the British Library, IKEA, Ma- flate, fixate your neck and there is an eight-fold re- Wage from £9.40 to £9.75. productivity, while helping me promote jestic Wine, Lloyds TSB and London’s provide the world’s best duction in the risk of con- “He believes the Living Wage can be a the London Living Wage across the city.” Borough Market – have all become ac- shock absorption. cussion with the Hovding win-win for business as it can help re- Katherine Chapman, director at the credited as London Living Wage employ- “The airbag is designed airbag compared to tradi- like a hood and made in an tional helmets.” cruitment, retention and productivity of Living Wage Foundation, said: “We would ers. 10LONDON WEEKLY NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 31 2017 Beatles back in Will Sir Paul stage a Sgt Pepper anniversary gig? Chelsea for 50th BY GEOFF BAKER [email protected] THE Beatles are returning to Chelsea as part of a “Peppermania” which is also set to sweep the capital as the world’s most-popular band cele- brates “it was 50 years ago today”. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the release of the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and growing speculation that Sir Paul Mc- Cartney will mark the birthday with a one-off London gig, a new exhibition of rare photographs of The Beatles from that period is to open in March on the site where they used to get their hair cut. Proud Galleries at 161 King’s Road is to pre- sent The Beatles Unseen: Photographs by David Magnus, described as “a moving documentation of the legendary band’s phenomenal ascent by photographer David Magnus, who bore witness to some of their greatest moments”. The Beatles by David Magnus The gallery adds: “This exhibition, featuring many previously unseen photographs, is a fasci- on the song A Day In The Life at the end of the becoming a director and John Lennon and From My Friends, Fixing A Hole, Being For The nating and deeply candid insight into The Beat- Sgt Pepperalbum. George Harrison attending the launch party. Benefit Of Mr Kite, Getting Better, Penny Lane, les during a historic occasion taken at the The Beatles later invested in Dandie Fashions, Now, as this year marks the 50th anniversary Strawberry Fields Foreverand a seven-minute world-famous EMI Studio 1 in Abbey Road.” renaming it Apple Tailoring. The premises also of the release of Sgt Pepper, the Proud Galleries’ version of the album’s title track which is widely Proud Galleries now occupies the Chelsea site featured a hairdressing salon when the band Magnus exhibition, which opens on March 16, reckoned to be the former Beatle’s most rocked- which in 1966 was Dandie Fashions, the boutique would go to get their mops topped. will bring the band back to Chelsea, where the up performance. often frequented by The Beatles. Beatles biographers say the band were at- album’s famous cover was photographed at In Kensington, a Sgt Peppercommemorative The boutique was launched by fashion en- tracted to the King’s Road by the presence of the Michael Cooper’s Chelsea Manor Studios, just off concert at the Royal Albert Hall on June 1 has al- trepreneurs Freddie Hornik and Alan Holston clothing boutiques Dandie, along with Granny the King’s Road in Flood Street. ready sold out. The gig will star the copycat band with Guinness heir Tara Browne, the socialite Takes A Trip and Hung On You. Apple Tailoring “In 1963, at the age of 19, Magnus was invited The Bootleg Beatles performing the entire album who died in a car accident in South Kensington opened at 161 King’s Road on 23 May 1968, with to photograph The Beatles during a concert at accompanied by the Royal Liverpool Philhar- and was thought to have inspired John Lennon “fifth Beatle”, Apple Corps chief Neil Aspinall, Stowe School. This early work with the group monic Orchestra. allowed Magnus unprecedented access through- EMI’s studios at Abbey Road, where the leg- out their rise to fame, forming an illustrious endary album was recorded, is also expected to portfolio encompassing many rare and unique stage a star-studded playback of a new, remas- images,” said a Proud spokesman. tered 50th-anniversary edition of Sgt Pepper, “Magnus’ close relationship with the band which fans believe could now feature bonus and their publicist, Tony Barrow, granted him tracks of Penny Laneand Strawberry Fields For- Reader Reader exclusive access to record a pivotal moment in ever, the songs which were originally intended their career 50 years ago, when, on the weekend for the Sixties LP but did not feature as the Offer Offer of June 24 and 25 1967, The Beatles recorded record company wanted them for a single and their song All You Need Is Lovefor the first time The Beatles did not at the time include singles during a live broadcast for the BBC’s Our on their albums. It is not yet known whether the World, the world’s first live, international, two surviving Beatles, Sir Paul and Ringo Starr, satellite television production, which reached will attend the event. more than 400 million people worldwide. Meanwhile, Apple Corps, the Beatles company “Magnus documented rare, behind-the-scenes headquarters near Harrods, is believed to be footage of this historic event, including wonder- masterminding a deluge of commemorative re- fully frank photographs of the band relaxing leases, including a previously unseen The Mak- backstage away from the recording studio.” ing Of Sgt Pepperfilm which is likely to be aired Speaking of the intensity of the band’s influ- on the BBC before being released on DVD. Apple ence during that time, Magnus said: “As I came is also planning to produce a vast range of new from the EMI canteen, one of the female studio Sgt Peppermerchandise including guitar straps, staff stopped me, put a hand on my shoulder mugs, watches, calendars, badges, iPhone cov- and said to me ‘I must touch you as you’ve been ers, wallets, bracelets and toys. in the same room as The Beatles.’ A West End premiere is expected for a new “It was as if I carried an aura from The Beat- Moscow Followthe Beatles film marking the 50th anniversary. It les. This to me sums up Beatlemania.” Was Fifty Years Ago Today…Sgt Pepper And Be- &StPetersburg FallColours The Proud spokesman said: “This collection yondis now in post-production in time for June. is a captivating archive of an event that was not The film picks up on The Beatles as they end only a first for The Beatles but a first for the era 7daysfrom£899 Flyingdirectfrom 9daysfrom£1199 FlyingfromLondon their gruelling tour schedule in August 1966 – of television, which ignited a social revolution LondonHeathrow,MarchtoMay,July Heathrow,21,28September, coincidentally following on from Ron Howard’s and created the universal anthem of its era. &September,toNovember2017 5,12,19&26October2017 “Proud Chelsea will showcase a rare and re- recent Beatles documentary Eight Days A Week – TwooftheNorthernHemisphere’smost Exploreatrioofgreatcities. markable collection of this unique photo- to return to Abbey Road to record the landmark extraordinary,intriguingandexcitingcities. 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