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DRUG-RELATED
JackCrossley,18,diedaftertakingMDMAatnightclub
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TEEN DEATH WAS
DRUG-RELATED
Jack Crossley, 18, died after taking MDMA at nightclub
REPORTER inclinedtobecauseyouseeing
CRAIGRICHARD otherpeopledoingit.
craig.richard@ “Butinotherclubsyoudon’t
london.newsquest.co.uk seeitquiteasmuch.”
JoeRyansaidFabric“seemed
THE death of a “reliable, good like the place that accepted
friend” following a night out at drug-taking”, but that the
Fabric nightclub was drug-relat- “music was the main draw”
ed,acoronerhasruled. for him and his friends, who
JackCrossley,18,fromWorces- had been there twice before
terParkwenttotheclubinFar- August5.
ringdononthenightof August5, MrRyanpaidtributetohis
2015,withtwofriends,JoshGreen friendwhilegivinghistestimo-
and Joe Ryan, Poplar Coroner’s ny.Hesaid:“Jackwasalways
Courtheardyesterday,Wednesday, happy.Hewasreallyfunny.
January4. “He would never let you
The three friends were taking down.Hewasagoodfriendto
MDMA,boughtinWorcesterPark, have.”
as well as in the club’s smoking IslingtonCouncilclosedFab-
area, throughout the night, Mr ric in September 2016 on the
Greensaid. recommendationof theMetro-
AstheywereleavingFabricone politan Police after six people
of the club’s security guards no- haddiedthereintheprevious
ticed that Mr Crossley appeared fouryears.
unwell,andtookhimtothemed- The club’s general manager
icalroom. Luke Laws insisted the club
WiththeformerCheamSchool JackCrossley,18,picturedleft,withfriends.Inset:TheFabricnightclub had a “zero tolerance” policy
student’s heartbeat racing and Picture:DavidMirzoeff/PAWire to drug-taking and had made
breathingaccelerating,theclub’s Ms Joanna Hockenhull had “Wearetalkingaboutanaïve changespriortoitsreopening
on-site paramedics called for an givenamedicalcauseof deathas druguser. this weekend, with expanded
ambulance. MDMA toxicity prior to today’s “So many youngsters just securityandwelfareteams,and
Mr Crossley was taken to the inquest. don’tperceivetherisk. increasedCCTVcoverage.
Royal London Hospital and suf- Giving her determination at “We have all done foolish Hetoldthecourt:“Wedon’t
feredtwocardiacarrests,thesec- the end of the morning’s pro- thingsandjustonthisoneocca- wantanymoredeaths.Wedon’t
ond of which was fatal. Doctors ceedings, Ms Hassell, said: sionitendedintragedy.” wantthesixwehavehad.
abandoned efforts to resuscitate “Jack had done MDMA twice Mr Crossley’s friend Josh Turning to face Mr Cross-
himjustbefore9amonAugust6. before and has gone to a club, Green told the court: “In Fab- ley’sfamily,headded:“Ican’t
CoronerMaryHassellruledhis and is doing what seems like rictherearealotof peoplewho begintoimaginewhatyouhave
deathwasdrug-related. otherpeopledo. aretakingdrugs.Youaremore gonethrough.”
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 2
Several people across south London received gongs in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List
Honoured for dedication and hard work
PHOTOGRAPHERS, dance globalrecognition. WhilstworkingasaPrin- withneuro-disabilities. MBE for charitable services
teachers,anti-slaveryambas- Afterjoiningthebodynow cipalBuildingControlofficer Shebeenamemberof the toHumanRights.
sadors,andcharityandcom- knownastheAssociationof withthelocalcouncil,hede- RoyalHospitalof Neurodisa- MrsPatelisananti-slavery
munity workers are among Photographers(AOP)in1977 votes much of his time for bility(RHN)LondonCommit- ambassador who has raised
those named in the New andbecomingalifemember thecommunity’sbetterment. tee since1959,andbecameits nearly£1.5mforanti-slavery
Year’sHonourslist. seven years later, he served Heworkspromotingequal chairin1975,leadingateam charities.Herprofoundsense
Herearesomeoftherecip- ontheBoardasadirectoron opportunities, social inclu- of volunteers to help raise of social justice stems from
ientsfromacrosssouthLon- morethanoneoccasion. sion and welfare including moneyfortheRHN. whenshebecameatrusteeof
don,northSurreyandKent: Avril Hitman, 63, from worldwidemissionaryactivi- MassaNandra,78,wonan Anti-Slavery.Internationalin
Mr Peter William Daze- Chislehurst,wasawardedan tieswiththeKhalsaParchar- MBE for services to charity 1996. She proposed an annu-
ley, 68, from Kingston, for MBE for services to people ak Jatha International, and andthecommunityinSouth alballtoraisefundsforthe
servicestophotographyand withlearningdisabilitiesin UnitedNations. London, including founding charity and volunteered to
charity; Bromley through dance and Mr James Gregory Warn- the Indian Cultural Society lead the organising commit-
Mrs Avril Froma Hitman, arts. er, 80, from London, was (ICS)inGreenwich,organise teeherself.
63, from Chiselhurst, for In1985,creativeactivities awarded a BEM for servic- eyecampstocurecataractsin Mrs Rita Yvonne Roberts
servicestopeoplewithlearn- forpeoplewithlearningdis- es to heritage and people India, and helping open two Upchurch,84,fromCroydon,
ing disabilities in Bromley abilitieswerenon-existentso withlearningdisabilitiesin SikhtemplesinWoolwich. wasawardedanMBEforser-
throughdanceandarts; TheQueen’sNewYear’s she founded Magpie Dance, Greenwich. In1964hesetuptheICSto vices to the development of
Mr Sewa Singh Nandhra, HonoursList growingthegroupintoasuc- For the past 40 years, he help vulnerable members of cosmeticcamouflage.
66,fromNewCross,forser- MrsVanitaPatel,60,from cessful inclusive contempo- hasplayedasignificantpart theAsiancommunitysettle. Mrs Upchurch has devot-
vicestothecommunitypar- Kingston,forcharitableser- rarydancecompany. in the process of informing Hewasinvolvedinsetting ed her career and much of
ticularlyinWoolwich; vicestoHumanRights; Startingwithaonce-week- andeducatingthewidercom- uptwoSikhTemplesinWool- her life to improving the
Mr James Gregory Warn- Mrs Rita Yvonne Roberts lysessions,Magpienowsup- munityof boththeheritage wich and opened a drop-in livesof thosewithfacialdis-
er,80,fromLondon,forser- Upchurch,84,fromCroydon, ports3000peopleagedeight of the industrial era, along- daycentreforelderlyAsians figurement.She developed
vicestoheritageandpeople for services to the develop- to80annually. sidehisworkraisingaware- intheboroughofwhichheis a new camouflage make-up
withlearningdisabilitiesin ment of cosmetic camou- The training programme nessof theneedsandvalues currently chair of the man- technique which continues
Greenwich; flage. provides development from of peoplewithlearningdisa- agementcommittee. to help people with various
Mrs Jennifer Cooke, 76, Mr Peter William Daze- youth to adult schemes and bilities. Hewasinstrumentalinthe formsofdisfigurement.
fromLondon,forservicesto ley, 68, from Kingston, was accesstoperformatthePea- Mrs Jennifer Cooke, 76, establishment of an annual Herspecialmake-upsystem
supportingpeoplewithneu- awardedaBEMforservices cock Theatre and Trafalgar from London, was award- gokartingfundraisingactiv- andpalettetomixthecolours
ro-disabilities; tophotographyandcharity. Square. ed an MBE for services to ity to support research into for the perfect coverage of
Mr Massa Singh Nandra, Anaward-winningfineart Sewa Nandhra, 66, from supportingpeoplewithneu- blooddisordersatKing’sCol- allscarswasdisplayedatthe
78,fromKent,forservicesto photographer, Mr Dazeley’s New Cross, was awarded ro-disabilities. legeHospital. British Design Centre Lon-
charity and the community work has been exhibited all an MBE for his community Mrs Cooke has helped to MrsVanitaPatel,60,from donin1986andwonamedical
insouthLondon; overtheworld,earninghim workinWoolwich. raisecloseto£1mforpeople Kingston, was awarded an awardforinnovation.
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 3
Out with
£10m contract to signed which will see staff go in council care homes LONDONMAYORSadiqKhan
hasaxedthenew£350,000
Cash-strapped council set to ‘Borisbuses’inabidtomake
old coin
savingsinthecapital’strans-
portbudget.TheRoutemaster
bus,dubbed‘Borisbuses’after
beingintroducedbyformer
ANEW12-sided£1coinwill mayorBorisJohnson,willbe
berolledoutonMarch28,the rely upon charity’s carers “discontinued”accordingtoa
governmenthasannounced. reportreleasedbyTransport
The old ‘round pound’, forLondon(TfL)justbefore
which was introduced more Christmas.ItisbelievedMr
than30yearsago,willbein KhanabandonedtheRoute-
circulation alongside the masters,whichcost£50,000
newcoinuntilitceasestobe morethanastandardbus,not
legaltenderonOctober15. REPORTER can’taffordtopayforthese onlytosavemoneybutalso
People are being urged to JOEDEMPSEY services when they are becauseofwantingtodeliver
return the £1 coins before joe.dempsey@ pocketingsomuchforthem- alesspollutingbusservice.
they lose their legal tender london.newsquest.co.uk selves.” Thereportsaid:“Newcapital
status.Theycaneitherspend Cllr Evans also pointed investmentwillbereduced
them before October 15 or CASH-strappedSurreyCoun- to a report by the Leonard significantlyaswediscontinue
bankthem. tyCouncilissettorelyona Cheshire disability charity purchasesofNewRoutemas-
Around £1.3bn worth of charity’scarersasittriesto in November, which showed terbuses.Wewillcarryon
coins are stored in savings filla£30mblackhole. thatthecouncilturneddown investinginthefleethowever,
jarsacrossthecountry. The county council and nearly80percentofrequests byretro-fitting3,000vehicles
Some of the round £1 Surrey’ssixclinicalcommis- forsocialcare. withEuroVIstandardemission
coins returned by the pub- sioninggroupsarepreparing Surrey County Council technologyby2020.”Thenew
licwillbemelteddownand tosignacontractwithCross- alsoawardedthecontractfor buseshadbeenaflagshippol-
reused to make the new £1 roadsCareworthanestimat- independent carers support icyinMrJohnstoncampaign
coin, which was announced ed£10mwhichwouldseethe SurreyCountyHall Picture:JonSharman services and home-based tobecomeLondonMayor,but
inthe2014Budget.Thenew charity’sstaffgointocouncil showed the majority Con- ting measure with Conserv- breaks for carers to Action werecriticisedfortheircost
£1coin,whichresemblesthe carehomes. servativepartyhadits“pri- ative councillors voting to for Carers Surrey in No- andproblemswithheatcondi-
oldthreepennybit,hasbeen Acouncilspokesmansaid oritieswrong”. increasetheirallowancesby vember because it could no tions.Commuterscomplained
hailed as “the most secure themovewouldallowcarers The number of people upto60percentinMay2014. longeraffordtomaintainthe whentheywerefirstunveiled
coinintheworld”. “torechargethebatteriesand throughoutthecountyneed- Theallowanceincreaseled council-runservices. thesmallerwindowsledtothe
It boasts several new se- providehelpwiththeirphys- ing social care, across all to the shock resignation of Mel Few, cabinet member busesbecominghot.
curity features, including a icalandemotionalneeds”by ages,rose17percentoverthe allthemembersof thecoun- for adult social care, said:
hologram. enabling them to annually lastfiveyears. cil’sIndependentRemunera- “Carers play an invaluable THELONDONFireBrigade
Replacing£1notes,£1coins takeanextra500daysoff. A county council spokes- tionPanel(IRP). roleandmakesuchanenor- (LFB)hasappointeditsfirst
werefirstlaunchedonApril Thespokesmanaddedthat man said in November that Cllr Evans said: “It has mouscontributioninhelping womanasLondonFireCom-
21,1983.TheRoyalMinthas the contract would “ensure the council would need to come to something when a people stay in their homes, missioner.FromJanuary1,
produced more than 2.2 bil- families stay together in spendanadditional£24man- wealthy place like Surrey which is what they want. DanyCottonwilltakeoverthe
lionroundpoundcoinssince theirownhomeforlongerat nuallytomeetthisdemand. can’t support people who Thatiswhyitisvitalwedoas roleofcommissionerfollowing
that time. But there have atime”. It is estimated £10m of this havespentalifetimepaying muchaswecantohelpthem. theretirementofcurrentcom-
been concerns about round But the leader of the op- wouldbespentonproviding inforpublicservices. “WithoutSurrey’sunsung missionerRonDobson.Com-
pounds being vulnerable to position Labour party is themoreexpensivetypesof “The council chiefs have heroes we would face the missionerDobsonjoinedthe
sophisticatedcounterfeiters. “cautious” about the new support in care or nursing theirprioritieswrong.Alit- prospect of spending up to LFBin1979.In1996,hewas
Whenthenewcoinenters contract. home over the duration of tlewhileagotheyweregiving £10m more a year on care oneofthefirstseniorofficers
circulation on March 28, it Councillor Robert Evans, thecontractwithCrossroads themselves allowances rises fortheirlovedonesatatime atthesceneoftheCanary
mighttakealittlewhilefor Surrey’sLabourleader,said Care. of over 50 per cent and in- when growing demand for Wharfbombblast,andduring
people to start seeing it in Crossroads’carersdoa“ter- But Cllr Evans criticised creasingthenumberofcoun- services for older and disa- theJuly2005terrorattacks
theirchangeasitgradually rificjob”butarguedthatthe theCrossroadsCarecontract cillorsinreceiptofbonuses. bledpeopleisputtingourfi- hewastheBrigade’sSenior
filtersintogeneraluse. council relying on charities and contrasted the cost-cut- “It’s small wonder they nancesunderseverestrain.” OperationalCommander.
ISitaplane?Isitastar?
Clear skies last night Venusvisibleintheskyappearingclose
meantmanypeoplegazingat tothemoonandreadersareencouraged
themoonmayhavespotteda tosubmittheirphotographs
brightlightjustbelowit.
Professor Brian Cox took
to Twitter to reveal the an-
swer.
He revealed: “A few peo-
plehaveaskedmewhatthe
bright planet is below the
moon tonight. It’s Venus.
Verybeautiful.”
DuringJanuary,Venuswill
reach its peak height above
Venus is the
thehorizon,accordingtothe
BeckstromObservatory.
There was also a chance
last night of spotting Mars
andNeptuneandthismorn- star on a clear
ing stargazers were advised
tolookagainbeforethesun
cameupastheymayalsobe
abletospotJupiter. winter’s night
Did you see Venus last
night? Send your pictures
to digitalmedia@london.
newsquest.co.uk.
4 NEWS 02087226301 January5,2017
Walk-out by drivers gets reduced from six to three days
Length of strike cut but
commuters face delays
Expectdelaysonyourwaytoworknextweek
REPORTER drivers’union,wereduetowalk “This is a cynical ploy to mini-
SEANMORRISON out from Monday, January 9, misetheimpactonASLEF’sdriv-
sean.morrison@ whichwouldhavehaltedservices ers’ pay packets and maximises
london.newsquest.co.uk fortheentireweek.Theunionan- misery, disruption and hardship
nouncedthatstrikeswillnowbe forpassengers.
A SIX-DAY strike by Southern heldonJanuary10,11and13but “ASLEF’smoveshowspurecon-
Railway drivers next week has notonotherdaysnextweek. temptforthetravellingpublicand
beencuttothreedays,butthere Its general secretary Mick itstillcausesmassivedisruption
is a likelihood of further action Whelan said the move did not overnextweek.Thesestrikesare
in the dispute over driver-only meantheunionwasrollingback pointlessandtheyshouldcallthe
trains. andwarnedoffurtherstrikes. whole thing off and let common
Members of Aslef, the train A Southern spokesman said: senseprevail.”
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 5
Councillors reject application to build cemetery on greenbelt
Appealing decision to
halt multi-faith site
REPORTER
CRAIGRICHARD
craig.richard@
london.newsquest.co.uk
THE unanimous decision to re-
ject plans for a controversial
multi-faith cemetery on green-
beltlandinBansteadisbeingap-
pealedbythedeveloper.
An application for two build-
ings, a 55-space car park and
4,137burialplotson25acresof
pastureland in Croydon Lane
wasrejectedbyReigateandBan-
stead Borough Council’s plan-
ningcommitteeinAugust2016.
Councillor Keith Foreman of
Woodmansterne,speakingatthe
meetinginAugust,said589res-
identshadpersonallycontacted
him objecting to the proposal
which, he said, “showed the
strengthof feelingabouttheap-
plication”.
Head of places and planning
Natalia Achilleos had advised TheproposedsiteofthecemeteryinBanstead
councillorsof ReigateandBan-
steadBoroughCounciltorefuse the greenbelt.” The applicant, essary.
theapplication. AnishaAmin,appealedthedeci- MsAminarguedintheappli-
ShesaidinAugust:“Thepro- siononDecember13. cation: “There is a clear need
poseddevelopmentwouldconsti- Duetotheapplicationbeingon forthedevelopment(of themul-
tute inappropriate development greenbeltland,MsAmin,would ti-faithcemetery)…Burialspace
withinthegreenbelt,andwould have to convince the planning intheUKisbecomingscarceat
be harmful to the openness of committeethecemeterywasnec- aneverincreasingrate.”
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 6
Schools merger means pupils must move Research shows many adults checking phones
Parents ‘spying’
EVERY secondary pupil groupschools,whichop- Reigate. were given much warn-
ataBansteadschoolwill erates the three schools Joanne Holding said ing,either.
be displaced following involved. health complications Themotheroftwosaid
themergerof threeinde- Parents and pupils sufferedbyherdaughter she chose to send her
pendentprimaries. learned of the merger Lauren,aYear10Greena- daughterstothefee-pay-
Priory Preparatory via email at 10.45am on crepupil,meantthismay ingGreenacreSchoolaf- on teens texting
and Greenacre Juniors, Tuesday, the last day of notbeacceptable. tervisitingtheschooland
both in Banstead, and the Christmas break for Ms Holding said: “It learning about “what it
BramleySchool,Walton- pupils. wasashocktousall–we hadtooffer”.
on-the-Hill, will become United Learning said weretoldat10.45amyes- Shesaid:“Aslovelyas
Banstead Preparatory this was because it was terdaybyemail.Wehav- I’msureDunottarSchool
School,andmoveintothe the earliest opportunity en’thadaconsultation.I is,Idon’tknowanything
entireGreenacresite,in to“bringstaff together”, thinkthereisonetocome aboutit.Ihaven’tvisited
SuttonLane. asthedecisionwasmade butthisisoutoftheblue. it.” REPORTER
The move, scheduled shortlybeforeChristmas. “They have made Greenacre is current- JOEDEMPSEY
for September 2017, The group said stu- arrangements for the lyanall-girlschool,asis joe.dempsey@
meansallGreenacreSen- dentsinYears10and12 continuation of GCSE Bramley – while Priory london.newsquest.co.uk
ior School students will whohavealreadystarted studieswithintheUnited Prepisaboys’school. ALMOSTaquarterofLon-
havetomove.Theyhave examcourseswillbeable Learning group, but my Banstead Preparatory don parents check their
been guaranteed places tocontinuetheirstudies daughterhashealthprob- School will be a co-edu- teenage children’s phones
atotherUnitedLearning at Dunottar School, in lemstotakeintoconsid- cational prep school for to spy on their messages
eration. childrenagedthreeto11, and calls, a new research
“The new and will include a nurs- claims.
school is ery. AsurveybytheNational
in Reigate All current pupils, as CitizenServicefoundthat
so I don’t wellasthoseduetostart, 24 per cent of Londoners
know if it atthethreeexistingjun- aged16and17claimtheir
will neces- ior schools have been parentshavecheckedtheir
sarily work. guaranteedplacesatBan- phonewithoutpermission. AlmostaquarterofLondonparentsarespyingontheir
Tlohterteo itsakae setsewadillPbreepc,raenatdedn.ewspac- 17Tpheirsiscecnotmopfaretedetnoaognerlys teenagechildren’smessages
into consid- United Learning said: across the UK as a whole they should check what NatashaKizzie,fromthe
eration for “Whilstthereisobvious claiming their parents elsetheirteenagerslookat national citizen service,
what’s best disappointment that the monitortheirphoneswith- online. said:“Teensandtheirpar-
forher. secondary school will outpermission. The research also sug- entsoftenhavetonavigate
“I don’t close,thereisgenuineex- Parents across the UK gestedteenagershadsome changes in their relation-
believe the citementaboutthepros- aresnoopingontheirteen- sympathy for their par- shipasyoungpeopleenter
teachers pectofthenewschool.” agechildren’ssocialmedia ents’position,with68per adulthood.
andmessaginghabits,with cent of teenagers in the “Forbothteenagersand
nearly three quarters of survey saying they felt theirparentsorguardians,
parentssayingtheyshould their mobile phone did freedomandindependence
keepaneyeontheironline give them more freedom, isanaturalpartof grow-
habits. but85percentaddedthey ingup.
72percentbelievethey understood that checking “Technology is a great
shouldkeepaneyeonwhat theirphonemadeparents facilitator. Parents and
their children are doing feel safer, knowing they guardians just want to
on social media, while 73 can contact them at any know that their son or
percentsaidtheythought time. daughterissafe.”
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 7
January5,2017 www.epsomguardian.co.uk NEWS 8
Surgery branded ‘inadequate’ making improvements
Medical centre out
of special measures
REPORTER
CRAIGRICHARD
craig.richard@
london.newsquest.co.uk
A TADWORTH GP practice
brandedas‘inadequate’hasbeen
takenoutofspecialmeasuresaf-
termaking‘realimprovements’,
accordingtoahealthwatchdog.
TheCareQualityCommission
(CQC) put Tadworth Medical
Centre in special measures fol-
lowingtwodamninginspections
inJuly2015andMarch2016.
At a subsequent assessment
in November, inspectors found TadworthMedicalCentreinTroyClose,Tadworth
the surgery in Troy Close was
providinga‘safe,caringandef- nity and respect and they were thatthepracticewillcomeoutof
fectiveservice’andupgradedits involvedintheircareanddeci- specialmeasuresandIcongrat-
ratingto‘good’. sionsabouttheirtreatment,ac- ulatethemontheprogressthat
Checks on infection control cordingtothereport. theyhavemade.”
hadnotbeenrobustattheprac- Thepracticewastakenoutof Thepractice’sownpatientsur-
tice,performanceontreatingdi- special measures on December veyresultsshowedasignificant
abeteswasbelowthenationalav- 29,theCQCannounced. improvement in how patients
erage,therewereinadequatefire ProfessorSteveField,chiefin- ratedaccesstoservicessincebe-
safety measures, and patients spectorof generalpractice,said: ingplacedinspecialmeasures.
saidserviceswerenotsufficient- “ItisclearthatTadworthMedi- Ruth Rankine, deputy chief
lyaccessible,accordingtoprevi- cal Centre has made some real inspector of general practice
ousreports. improvements since our previ- for the south of England, said:
SincethentheCQCfoundthe ousinspections,whereweidenti- “Sinceourpreviousinspections,
centre more transparent in its fiedseriousconcernsrelatingto wehavefoundthepracticehave
approachtosafetyandstaff had thesafedeliveryof servicesand takentoheartourfindingsanda
received additional training on leadershipofthepractice. definite improvement had been
howtofightinfection. “Thepracticeisnowproviding madeinallareasandthataction
Patients also said they were a safe, caring and effective ser- hadbeentakentoidentify,assess
treated with compassion, dig- vice. I am pleased to announce andmanageriskstopatients.”