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No date has been mentioned that I know of. Keep an eye on this page on the Council website https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/impact-on-council-services/coronavirus-parking-restrictions-and-controlled-parking-zones. The postponement of the East Dulwich CPZ is mentioned.

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It reopens on 14 May.https://www.southwark.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/recycling/recycling-centres/reuse-and-recycling-centre? It should only be used if you can't store the item at home. A free permit will need to be applied for in advance. Full details on the website.

The queue isn?t as bad as it looks. As has been said it moves pretty quickly. There are differing views of 2 metres (as a general rule I find it useful to think two trolleys or the width of a car space). Keep moving when you can. The exit and cash machines have tape showing where to keep clear. If you can also keep clear the pedestrian steps / ramp into the car park which weren?t taped on my last visit anyone coming in will b able to observe social distance. As for trolleys I saw people queuing with them and getting them at the entrance. Once inside you might have to hold back if someone in front of you wants the same item (please don?t reach over them) but this wasn?t really a holdup. I didn?t see queues to pay. It was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. Please wash your hands before shopping and say thank you to the staff. They are putting themselves and their family at risk to stay open for us. It looks like the lockdown is starting to have an effect but think about how many people you have contact with each day and how many they must. As you can pass on the virus without showing any symptoms we can all help slow the spread. This might be obvious to most but unfortunately not all. I know of a shop worker who was abused for telling someone to join the queue - they?d walked past that and a sign saying only one person in the shop at a time and this was week 3 of lockdown. The second was a hospital worker who caught the infection, two members of the household caught it and he ended up on a ventilator. Seems to be on the mend and they intend to take him off the ventilator. So if we have to adapt to a new normal that seems a small price to pay.

I don?t understand how people can?t recognise the seriousness but its still happening. If you are able to use the open spaces and see others not using it as intended have a quiet word. Tell them you didn?t see the sign at first / your experience / someone you know of or are worried about. They may not take it well then but may think about it later and change their behaviour. Odd as it may seem not everyone thinks in the same way. The ?official? advice isn?t totally clear either and there is plenty of conflicting information. Is it any wonder people have different interpretations? If you are choosing not to go out Weatherman Walking on BBC iPlayer is taking me on virtual walks along the Welsh Coast

The queue time from recent trips to Sainsburys was not as bad as the length of the queue suggested it might be. Electric car parking space in car park to entry to the store = 10-15 minutes Queue past the nursery, along the back of the car park and half way down the next lane = 25 minutes. People tended to overestimate the 2m so when people were let into the shop the queue moved quite a way. Once inside markings show 2 metres, though not everyone observes them, there were a few times I needed to wait while the person in front chose what they wanted. I didn?t see any queues to pay a cashier / self service / Smart Shop. Only one adult per party is allowed in the store. Entrance is via the main door, exit via the door in the centre of the store. Stock is starting to return to normal - there were toiletrolls, tinned tomatoes (though only single tins), hand wash. Flour shelves were pretty much empty and in some items there wasn?t the usual choice of brands. The queue outside is more noticeable but a shop probably takes only a little longer than you?d expect for a busy day when you have to queue to pay.

Sainsburys have been saying they will do a volunteer card but I?ve not seen it?s happened yet. Just had an email. If you are shopping at, or need someone to shop for you, Tesco, Asda, Morrison?s, Waitrose or M&S Give As You Live do store grocery cards you can preload. You choose a charity and they benefit each time the card is used. You / the person doing your shopping / person on the till don?t need to handle cash.

Just been to Sainsburys. Slightly over half an hour to queue / shop and pay (I used SmartShop as I normally do). Stock much better than last time I shopped there - still some empty shelves and a limited choice of some items but I got everything I went in for. There was pasta and Carex liquid soap. Announcements said there are still limits on some items and to check shelf tickets but I didn?t buy any restricted items.

Chener books https://www.chenerbooks.com will take an order and deliver locally for books they have in stock

A suggestion for indoor exercise is to play a YouTube video and Wal/ jog /run on the spot. This link to a run round Central Park has been posted on a Facebook group I?m on A playlist of music on your headphones while working out was another suggestion

SMBS and The CheeseBlock on Lordship Lane are open The CheeseBlock has a sign on the door saying 3 customers at a time. No queue or limit on customers at SMBS. There is tape on the floor marking 2 metres. SMBS has good stock, including fresh. Jones of Brockley is applying a 1 customer in the shop at any time Card payments only

Meg64 I?ve just checked the Council website and they say warning notices will be issued for four weeks in the Peckham West CPZ. That indicates the current plan is to issue penalties after the four week period expires. That would leave people time at the end of the current restrictions to move their cars. This is still not going to be enough time for you so I suggest you email them on [email protected] and advise that you have been advised to shield for medical reasons and ask what their arrangements are. Things change with the Coronavirus and I?m sure the Council are watching that so the warning notice period may change if the general lockdown is extended but if you email there may be arrangements that can be made but aren?t being made commonly known at this time. Hopefully the reply will give you one less thing to be concerned about. Stay Safe

Please note there are two CPZs in East Dulwich but the Council names for the zones doesn?t make that totally clear - one that started on 30 March and another proposed for later in the year. The Peckham West one (Oglander Road etc) started on 30 March and warning notices will be issued for an extended period. This is on the Council?s page on Coronavirus https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/coronavirus-parking-restrictions-and-controlled-parking-zones The CPZ that has been put on hold (Monica?s post including the email from Councillor Livingstone) is the one for Lordship Lane. Enforcement is reduced and looking at what the Council say if you park sensibly you shouldn?t get a penalty. If you park on double yellow lines, in disabled bays or on the footway you can expect a penalty. Rightly in my opinion. Restrictions have been reduced for key workers but not these. I can see they either affect traffic flow - vehicle or those with buggies or there may be blue badge holders who are not shielding or on the vulnerable list who need the disabled bays. NB the enforcement officers might not be issuing parking tickets. If they are on duty they have to wear their uniform. The Council can redeploy them for example to make sure the 2 metre social distancing is observed in queues. Please think before you have a go at them - they are working with all the contact with the public that entails and don?t have the option to work from home.

Rebecca, hope you feel better. The government is supposed to be issuing additional guidance and maybe that will say what?s already been said above but until / if that comes out its up to all of us to explain to those who are not seeing how what they see as necessary is meaning others are still at risk of transmitting or catching Covid19 and passing it on even if they don?t have symptoms. Maybe your employer hasn?t thought that by asking you to work they are causing you to travel - which I?ve had emails from TfL about. This is on the TfL website now. ?Please don't travel. Help us save lives. Help us protect the NHS. Mike Brown MVO, London's Transport Commissioner? If you look at the points made above / the government guidance what specifically is you going to work affecting. Maybe if you relate it to your situation and explain how it affects you / them those wanting you to work will understand its better, for now, for you not to work. The government hasn?t ruled out more restrictions if the current ones or how people apply them don?t slow the spread enough. The additional clarity that exercise is to be from your front door not driven to and vehicle checkpoints in some areas to make sure car journeys are for essential purposes show what the expectation was. I think this backs up your concerns? Is there a forum nannies use? I?m sure you won?t be the only one to ask this question.

The number of deaths to those tested is going to change - the government has said tests will increase to 10,000 and then 25,000 by the end of April. I?ve been checking the BBC number of cases in your area https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274. Again this is based on official figures (the number of cases reported by health authority) and gives the population. So maybe not the full picture but at least a like for like comparison. To me more relevant - the only way the death rate can be kept down is to keep down the number getting infected which is something we can all play our part in keeping down. I?ve not checked every day but the first I checked was 15 March and there were 28 cases for the population of 317,256 (0.009% of the population). Today there are 319 cases (0.1% of the population).

I?ve seen my first peacock butterfly in the last week and signs of nest building. Time to spend in the garden? This ma have some ideas on what you could do to make your garden more wildlife friendly. You will hopefully see the ?you build it and they come? results in a few weeks. RSPB Give nature a home in our garden activities https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden/ Or already getting birds in your garden I found this set of resources for schools taking part in the Big Garden Birdwatch but some of the resources might be of interest even if you have not children to share the birds in your garden with at the moment. https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-teachers/schools-birdwatch/resources/

Any sign of the extra Click and Collect? Has a second collection point appeared the car park at DKH? Lower the order amount limit and it might be something people could carry, payment would be taken in advance, you choose a time slot so social distancing would be easier to apply. The queue for those going into the store would be shorter. Won't need to use this for a couple of weeks but this supports all three bullets under ?Keeping customers and colleagues safe? on the Sainsburys website today. It would also free up more deliveries for vulnerable customers and those self-isolating. No sign their measures to increase access have worked at DKH - checked today and no Click and Collect slots for the next three weeks.

Its difficult to know what this is without a tape measure The BBC has a video. Three steps, two shopping trolleys, a bed, two benches in a park helped me to visualise it - more than I thought.

Generally people seem to be keeping their distance but as you say the pavements don?t always allow us to keep 2 metres and not everyone observes it. Not outdoors and it may not work for you with the buggy but can you bring the outdoors in or walk round a garden? Put on a YouTube video and walk while watching. A different view and a distraction. Going to give it a try walking on the spot at home. Also the World Walking app lets you do virtual walks - the steps you walk count to walking around Shanghai or the Wonders of the UK and there are milestones which give a bit of a write up to places of interest along the way. Your daily walk could take you along the London Marathon route or maybe you could complete the Bologna route.

We all need to do our bit. If people want to walk outside, and government advice based on the latest scientific knowledge is exercising outside if you maintain a 2 metre distance is a reason to leave your home then it?s a choice each person makes. That walk might be the difference between them staying calm or losing it with those they are going back to. Seems reasonable to me. Tarafitness was in PR park and people were maintaining a distance which wasn?t the case last weekend. There is more chance of picking up the virus, than the food you?ve gone for on Sainsburys from my last visit, admittedly before the latest restrictions were announced. The same cannot be said for those who gather when government advice is no gatherings of more than two or who travel on the tube on non essential travel which are banned. Yes it?s serious but we have to be led by government and health advice at the time. I*Rate Advice and information, for me, needs to be official so I can make an informed choice, maybe not always the right one but that?s democracy. I?ve seen twice now that Southwark has the second highest number of cases in the UK but not where the information is coming from. I?d expect figures to be higher here than say Westminster - there are more residents. Not to say it?s not a worry but could there be media sensationalism at play? The number may be high but what?s that out of. Maybe the number is high but as a percentage of the population say the number might be much lower. I?ve just checked the .gov.uk cases and Southwark is 4th on the list behind Hampshire, Lambeth and Birmingham for number of cases but the percentage of the population is the sam in Lambeth and Southwark. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14 The BBC cases in your area, based on Public Health England data,shows Southwark 181 cases (0.06%), Lambeth 188 cases (also 0.06%)

Contacting PALS at Kings College Hospital might be an idea. Patients returning home won?t have been able to shop and with panic buying its going to be even more difficult than normal. The hospital will want to clear beds. PALS can be emailed on mailto:[email protected]

Great idea. Your friend will probably come back with suggestions but it might also be worth contacting PALS. They are likely to know of things you can do for patients too. You can email them on mailto:[email protected]

This is serious but there is no need, yet, for the panic buying the empty shelves in Sainsburys on Dog Kennel Hill are showing. I gave up watching the news and just check BBC News every so often as it was too worrying and the panic buying is fuelled by media coverage. We?ve not been able to restock when our usual need for tea and coffee came up. Others have said they struggled to find loo roll. It?s a vicious circle and we all need to do our bit. Buy what you / your family need but don?t go overboard. Think of those who can?t buy toilet roll when they need or already use hand sanitiser on a daily basis as they have a reduced immune system, and so are in the vulnerable category, and can?t replace their stock because there is none to buy. BBC News has a checker for cases in your area. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51768274 @ 13 March local cases were less than 0.005%. It said ?There are 13 cases in Southwark, out of a local population of 317,256?

I?ve responded to the consultation, emailed my Councillors and submitted online contact forms to TfL and Kings College Hospital

Interesting question on how the surplus is spent. More detail on how the surplus is spent by Southwark. This is from the Council report ?Parking Annual Monitoring Report 2018/2019? published in January 2020. ?The surplus is reinvested in the highway network with 75 per cent of this spent on highway maintenance, with the balance spent on supporting borough wide measures including road safety? Table 2 on page 8 shows how the surplus for the financial years from 2014- 2019 has been spent - Road Safety including School Crossing Patrols, Contribution to fund Highway maintenance/improvement works, Environment Reserve, Housing and Community reserve, Contribution by council - estate set up costs.