James Barber

I've spoken to local Police. The car once located in the north of the borough had to be 'forensically lifted' due to the extreme nature of obtaining the keys and then taken away for detailed forensic examination. The former apparently takes a day to arrange and the latter several days to perform it was implied mainly due to queuing. The place this is done is in Edmonton north London. Thankfully what took place is exceptionally rare but useful to warn people in case their was any attempt to repeat this crime locally.

Hi Southwark Council, Shame the system hadn't been tested to ensure duff responses to residents emails and phone calls when asking for more biodegradeable bags. Has it now actually been tested? Generally, if anyone plans to complete the survey - and it is fundamentally flawed - make sure you add any comments IF you'd prefer to have a blue wheelie bins to the multiple blue bags and boxes. Officers have dug their heels in and refused to ask this question. Also, if you've had any issues as reported on this thread about rubbish being strewn around, nappies, etc, mention it.

Hi sedgwick, As a generalisation East Dulwich people arn't in my opinion whingers. Virtually every contact I get is from people that have real issues - often they show an endemic problem that needs fixing for the benefit of all. Sometimes the issue only affects that person but really needs a more considerate application of a rule. Sometimes an explanation of why a ruling has been made is all that's required. Hi louisiana, Sounds shocking and hpefully you'll make a formal complaint. Without such complaints the PCT can't easilly hold the GP practice to account.

Mobile reception might be helped by the new mast being deployed beside the railway line next to Greendale - just easy of the raileay bridge.. The associated cabinet is so big it must surely be for regular mobile services. Clever. Being on railway land it can side step planning permissions and the public process involved.

No. It USED to be 27m x 10m with one corner where you couldn't walk around the side. During the complete renovation its been shortened a. so it s regular size so schools can have races etc, and b. so that corner you now can walk around the pool side.

Hi cate, The pilot was planned to have two drops of food waste bags. One the week before the pilot started and another on 17 December. When I was briefed about the pilot I was told residents could call the 020 7525 2000 environment line for more BUT two sets of residnts so far have told me they were repeatedly foobed of and told to wait until 17 DEcember when they'll receive more. I've contacted the lead officer to get this sorted and clearly ridiculous. So, if you need bags please email me and I'll ask for them as the current process is not working and doesn't appear properly set=up or the call centre people havent had a new crib sheet issued/ training.

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Hi SeanHitz, The council would be required to repair the roof. The councils repair people might disagree with your surveyor. When I bought a freehold house the surveoyr said it needed the rood replaced urgently. We've just done it 8 years later and had no problems. Surveyors tend to be very cautious as no come back for that but if they miss something they can be sued. Equally the council can be painfully slow BUT when I leased a flat from a private freeholder that private freeholder was painfully slow. Usually I paid for the works to avoid the hassle. Hope this helps you.

Hi Andrew, Please do let me know of any East Dulwich casework that I can help with. Problably worth making it crystal clear that councillors hold the council to account. Opposition councillors hold the administrations councillors to account and scrutinise them and Home Ownership Council is a consultative body that also helps hold everyone to account on its defined areas of council housing.

Hi Nero, Attached is photo of the grit bin beside The Plough pub at southern end of Barry Road. The is the condition the contractors found it to be in and full of grit. Did you mean another grit bin?

Hi DJKilllaQueen, Which ward are you saying you live in that had faceless Lib Dem councillors? East Dulwich ward has had Lib dem cllrs only since 2006. Dulwich Village ward has had one Lib Dem cllr elected this May. Other than that we're surrounded by a sea of Labour councillors and have been for decades with the odd Tory councillor. Hi louisiana, Useful report and link. Thank you.

The Horniman Museum is a great resource for SE London. It's musical instrument collection I believe is of international standing with the bulk of the rest of the museum having regional value. This makes it quite tricky. It receives national funding which I'd guess results from the closure of the GLC by Thatcher but is largely a regional museum. The obvious thing would be for the bulk of such funding to be devolved to the appropriate level ie. London and the GLA which currently has Boris as Mayor. With some still coming from DCMS to recognise it musical collections. The transition is clearly of great concern. Probably the best way of showing REAL practical support NOW is to join the Friends of the Horniman Museum. It costs ?10 a year. I've attached the application form.

Sorry Peckhamgatecrasher no route for extra green wheelie bin collections. It's now fortbightly for those in the pilot area.IF you live close to a non 'pilot' area you could concievably wheel it round to there but risk you'll lose your bin. With christmas coming I would advise everyone in the pilot areas to have such decluttering sessions BEFORE Christmas when we all generate lots of rubbish and the fortnightly bin collections will test us all. Hi Chocoholic, IF you email me your detaisl I will ensure you get replacement bags - clear stupididty that if people want more food waste bags they shoudl be sent out - end of. please email me at [email protected] with your name and address.

Their is a waiting list for Saturday. Hence the public consultation about increasing the number of pitches from 20 to 30.

Hi Nero, The grit bin will be removed by the councils contractor if unrepairable and replaced at a later date. Attached is this years winter service plan just received hot of the press. The plan clearly requires all grit bins to be checked before the winter starts - so unfortunately of to a bad start. It states 64 manual grit spreaders which is perplexing as last winter more than 64 were purchased. So I've asked where the others have gone. Please do take a look and highlight anything that you think is missing, or could be done better and I'll ask.

Hi cate, Afraid Tetrapaks can;t go in the co mingling. The whole life of a Tetrapak in energy terms isn't good. Any collected tetrapaks get crated and shipped to Sweden for recycling. They're really complicated combination of high quality cardboard, aluminium and plastics. Complicated process to seperate all those. About a year ago I have an email conversation with tetrapak people asking for a full energy life cycle management report which they must have but they would'nt release it. So for now you'll need to take any to one of six 'bring' sites at major supermarkets - our nearest one in East duwich being Sainsbury's on Dog Kennel Hill.

Last night the Environment Director told me the figures for recyclnig in and out of the pilot areas will be available. Hopefully, they'll show the food waste 'pilot' with comingoling dry recyclecables and fortinghtly rubbish colleations is proving a roaring success. ANyone teething problems still out there?

Hi Pebbles, Problem gone?

Hi Nero, I've reported this and asked the accountable director whether all grit bins are inspected before the Winter Service Plan commences. I've still had no reply to when the offical Winter Service Plan will be issued or whether its even been agreed. I'm sure officers aren't winging it with snow forecast.

The regular bus stop is more overlooked with lots of passive surveillance ie. safer.

Hi dubluke, That was enough for me to report it and chase resolution. With darker night missing or gaping man holes need to be fixed quickly. Many thanks for bringing it to my attention - fingers crossed it wont take much longer to now get it fixed.

Hi dubluke, Can you give me a precise location and I'll chase council officers to get it fixed - nearest lamp post and the reference number on it? Hi Gussy, 13 October officers were checking how much matting for this muddy area would costs and if they had sufficient budget. Netting surface as its now clear grass wont stand the incredible popularity of the playground. I've sent a chaser email to officers asking if they've worked out whther they have the budget for this.

Hi Pearson, If your friend doesn't want to report it directly to the Police they can report is via Crimestoppers 0800 555 111. Failing that if they email me direct I'm in regualr contact with the Police and will happilly pass the details on in my name. Every reported crime is another piece in the jigsaw for our local Police to help protect us all.

Hi mum2theboys, COuncillors and officers are currently discussing what changes are required to Lordship Lane and Grove Vale before it goes to public consultation. One of the requests I've made is Grove Vale be 20mph. That car parking along Grove Vale be allowed which would narrow the road and help create 20mph atmosphere. Creating a raised crossing is hugely expensive. Due to the high road usage it would need a lot fo maintenance see Walworth Road raised crossings which within 12months fell to bits and have never lasted. Also with many thousands of bus passengers an uncomfortable journey. Imortantly a raising of the road is not the only way to create 20mph atmosphere.

Grit bins is an issue. We rarely get terrible winters like last winter for grit bins to be regulalry used. So most often in Southwark grit bins get used as rubbish bins or as they're plastic set alight. Additionally they need to keep their lids else waterlogging makes the salt/grit comibnation gell and hard to shift. But the flaps on the grit bins are usually the first thing to go. Last year we arranged for the council to buy 120 human powered salt spreaders for pavements to add to the three lorry salt spreaders. These 120 are enough to cover the whole boroughs network of 340km or 680km of pavements if the 600 street cleaners are well led and managed. Even using one of these spreaders at 1kph it should only take half a day. I've checked and Southwarks Winter Service Plan doesn't appear to have been issued - which last year commenced on 16 Noveber - so I've asked the director accountable whats happened to it.