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Another recommendation for Jasper. I had a small job (sticking light switch), he responded quickly, came out the next day and sorted it quickly and efficiently. Great value, and a nice guy too. We'll be using him again.

Thanks James. Will head over to Walworth Road this evening!

Does anyone know of any means of getting Christmas presents to local children who might otherwise go without? I know in some towns they have Christmas trees with wish lists in shopping centres, where local children can request presents. Failing that, I guess the Copleston Centre would accept gifts?

Another recommendation for Patryk. He's just finished completely renovating our back garden, laying paving slabs, artificial grass, and constructing two fences. The quality of finish is first class, he tidied everything up each day, and was very good value and trustworthy - we had no issues leaving him with a set of keys to the house. I'll definitely be getting him back when we do the front of the house.

Thanks Emski, much appreciated. It was hard enough trying to look for him while carrying a two-year-old, without the constant reassurance that "Princess Holly will use magic to find him Daddy!"

Thank you very much to everyone who helped to find my four-year-old this afternoon in Dulwich Park. In my relief at finding him and passing my details to the police officers with him, I didn't get to personally thank the man who found him, called the police and stayed with him until I got there. Or to the other people who were waiting with him. And a big thank you also to the people who helped me to look for him, especially the ladies who were attending a function at the Francis Peek Centre, the man who cycled round the park looking for him, and the lady who looked after my daughter while I searched for him. GPS tag is being fitted tomorrow!

You can use this calculator that I created a couple of years ago... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_LWyHqZ3x8w3YRJWOey9Wv6lcaeCmABPWbxXAYkXGY/edit#gid=0

Mark Rylance getting out of his G-Wiz on Choumert Road on Sunday.

It refers to the authors of the report (ie. Centre for London).

Very good news. The think tank report published earlier this month would have been quite influential in this decision, and that report included recommendations for a new station at Camberwell, and also a new tunnel between Wandsworth Road and Herne Hill that would allow for a Brixton interchange on the Southeastern line to Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye. Here are two extracts from the report... "The high costs of this approach lead us to propose a different solution for both Brixton and Herne Hill. The common feature at both locations is the Victoria/ Kent fast services, which could be put into a new tunnel running from near Wandsworth Road to a location southeast of Herne Hill. This would incur tunnelling costs but avoid the need for a tunnelled station on the Thameslink route at Herne Hill. It would free track capacity for additional stopping services and new Brixton platforms on the Southeastern line towards Peckham. In turn the ELL trains using the South London Line (SLL) might be able to use those tracks and platforms, and so avoid the need for an expensive new raised station. The existing ELL tracks through Brixton would then be freed up to provide additional capacity. Fast trains should gain more line capacity through the busy inner suburbs and a faster run giving shorter journey times. The full costs and (much larger) benefits of this scheme should be explored in detail." "Taking all this into account, we propose that new stations be considered at: Battersea (near Battersea Dogs Home, on the South London line); Beddington; Brockley; Camberwell; Clapham High Street and Wandsworth Road (southeastern platforms); Clapham East; and Tooting St Georges. Interchanges should also be considered at: Streatham (as discussed); Penge West to Penge East; New Cross to New Cross Gate; Lewisham and Lewisham South." Link to full report here - http://centreforlondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Turning_South_London_Orange.pdf

Map showing all the local petrol stations here, although the prices are out of date, and the BP on Peckham Road is now closed. http://www.whatgas.com/index.html?LatLng=51.45747,-0.07623&Zoom=13&MinLat=51.43141&MaxLat=51.48350&MinLong=-0.13065&MaxLong=-0.02181#.VenDuvnF98E And in answer to Reg's questions, there was a recent article in the Economist, showing that the number of petrol stations has declined by nearly 80% since 1970! http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21661001-though-plenty-gas-being-guzzled-filling-stations-have-become-scarcer-running-empty

By popular demand, I've updated the catchment map for primary schools in the area for the 2014/15 intake. Offers for the 2015/16 intake have only recently gone out, so distance figures are not yet available, but I'll do a further update then. In the meantime, here's what last year's map looked like... http://datacollator.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/primary-schools-around-east-dulwich.html And for comparison purposes, this was 2013/14's... http://datacollator.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/primary-schools-around-east-dulwich.html

Very helpful. Not sure if this will work but the link below should take you to a calculator where you enter your home easting and northing and it will do the calculation for you. I suspect if several people try to do it at once then they will overwrite each other's numbers, so maybe come back to it in a day or two (or in the middle of the night!) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An_oLkqLTjUKdFRtV0xmVk0wRjBaazBQLTBXS2x2NUE&usp=sharing#gid=0

Ha! I'm sure they'll score a few more on a flat track in Adelaide, but I fear it'll be more of the same in Perth.

I created this map using ward level data from the Metropolitan Police. Similar to the Met's own map, but they only show two-year changes. I thought it was interesting to look at a longer-term trend. It shows that compared to the rest of London, crime rates in this area are fairly low. The Lane ward is higher, but has seen one of the fastest rates of decline over the past 5 and 10 years. Overall crime rate for London is 91 crimes per 1000 population, and Southwark is 110. Of the 624 London wards, these are the rankings of selected wards... The Lane, 51st highest rate (150 crimes per 1000 population). 105th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-28%). Village, 331st highest rate (74 crimes per 1000 population). 167th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-24%). East Dulwich, 375th highest rate (70 crimes per 1000 population). 353rd highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-14%). South Camberwell, 451st highest rate (63 crimes per 1000 population). 256th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-19%). Peckham Rye, 455th highest rate (62 crimes per 1000 population). 219th highest reduction in crime over 5 years (-21%). http://datacollator.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/london-crime-statistics-by-ward.html