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About 5.10pm last night (Monday) a group of teenage boys gathered on our drive by our car and one of them then rang our doorbell (see attached picture). They were laughing and acting suspiciously and ran off when my husband called out of the window to ask if he could help them. My husband then chased them down the road and caught up with one who denied doing anything and said he goes to Kingsdale school. When we got back to the house, we realised they had punctured the back left wheel of our car leaving us with a flat tyre and an undrivable car until fixed. They have used a screwdriver/ knife to puncture it. We just wanted to let others know to be vigilant - we live near Dulwich library. Also, if anyone happens to recognise the boy, please let us know ? we would love to have a conversation with his parents!

I fully support your plea alji and it is entirely reasonable. Too many dog owners don?t follow the rules and think everyone finds their dog as appealing as they do. Only recently a dog with muddy paws jumped up on my daughter, which startled her as well as smeared her coat in mud. The dog owner shrugged and gave a half hearted apology as if to say ?it?s out of my hands?. But if my child approached an adult at full speed which startled them and then smeared their muddy/ dirty hands over their coat, I wouldn?t expect them to be fine about it. Dog owners should have full control over their dogs and be able to call them back at any moment. If not, they shouldn?t be off the lead in public. Responsible dog owners understand this. alji Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would like to appeal to dog owners to stick to > the rules about where dogs can be off the lead in > Dulwich park. The path around the perimeter is > where dogs can be let off the lead, but there are > clear signs around most of the rest of the park > indicating that dogs should be kept on a short > lead. > > I walk in the park with my toddler and baby most > days, and almost every time we are accosted by > dogs off the lead where they shouldn?t be. This > morning a dog jumped up into my toddler?s face > which was terrifying for him, but sadly not the > first time this has happened. I asked the owner to > put their dog on a lead but they walked away > without doing so. The park is for everyone to > enjoy and so I would like to plead with people > with dogs to abide by the rules. My toddler has > been jumped up on several times and now is > starting to be afraid of dogs. > > Thank you for taking the time to read.

Thanks Cora. I?ve added comments. It?s my understanding that development to this height should not be allowed as ED is deemed a suburban area (vs Peckham which is deemed urban) but I have less and less confidence that Southwark Council will follow its own rules these days. I found the link above didn?t work so adding again here: https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can find the application by searching 3185

I just wanted to warn local residents about our builder Daniel Sawicki of Evoke Projects based on Temperley Road in Balham. He carried out an extension and refurbishment for us and overbuilt part of our extension roof above our neighbour's land, so we now have a trespass issue with our neighbour (and claimed he didn't know this wasn't legally permitted, despite running a building company in London for 15 years!). We've also had multiple issues of damage by his team (including to our Vitrocsa sliding glass doors and Caesarstone worktop) which he?s refusing to repair and he's refusing to finish the snagging. This is despite our architects, who are acting as contract administrator, holding him contractually accountable for the work. I know he is working in Peckham at the moment so just wanted to warn others. Please PM me if you need more details.

I agree with the sibling policy for primary and junior schools (when parents need to take their children to school). But I don't see why senior schools have a sibling policy when most senior school children can make their own way to school.

If you're interested in supporting the campaign against City and Heathrow expansion locally, there's a HACAN East faciliated meeting on Tues 22 October at Herne Hill Methodist Church (the Dulwich end of Half Moon Lane). Below is an extract from an email sent by John Stewart of HACAN East: 22nd October: Dulwich/Herne Hill ? Herne Hill Methodist Church, 155 Half Moon Lane, SE 24 9TS, 7.30 -9pm (aimed at people in Dulwich and Herne Hill) The purpose is to allow you to meet fellow supporters in your area to see if there is an appetite to be active locally in campaigning against London City expansion plans. A number of areas are also affected by Heathrow planes and we can consider them as well. I will facilitate the meetings.

gkb, thanks very much for sharing the suggested bullet points - really helpful. I have just sent my response email.

Another plea for as many people as possible to submit comments to the Heathrow consultation and ask for respite from flights over our area. The deadline is Monday 4 March. See BB Camberwell?s post on 16 February above for relevant links. Even if you are not personally disturbed by the noise currently, it will get worse as the arrivals/ departures to Heathrow will nearly double. Due to stacking planes we are overflown by noisy, relatively low flying Heathrow planes from 4am to 11.30pm every day when it is a westerly wind, which is at least 70% of the time. We are also overflown by City airport planes the remaining 30% of the time as there is no joined up thinking by the Government on the impact of flight paths. This is a valuable opportunity to make the case for the provision of respite for our area. Some parts of West London currently get respite so it can be done.

We have family staying over Christmas one of whom is severely allergic to nuts. We would like to eat out before Christmas and usually go to Pizza Express as they cater but just wondering if anyone knows any other nut allergy friendly restaurants in the area? Thx a lot

My husband?s chiropodist recommemded Thuja (which is a natural remedy that?s also great for molluscum) for my daughter?s verucca. We hadn?t found Bazuka to be effective - just made her foot sore and bleed. Thuja has got rid of it after applying daily (well most days!) for around 4 to 6 weeks. We didn?t bother covering it with plasters/ tape. It is much more gentle and ultimately effective so definitely recommend. You can get it from Healthmatters.

It?s not Pilates but Tania Brown does a Thursday evening vinyasa flow yoga class in St Barnabas Hall, Dulwich Village which parents/ carers are welcome to attend with their tweens/ teenagers. She?s an awesome teacher and this is coming from someone not very flexible or into yoga previously! www.taniabrownyoga.co.uk

Thanks for sharing this. I?m a member of HACAN but hadn?t seen it. Great to have the data to show that our patch of London is now constantly subjected to loud flights overhead and how much this has increased over recent years.

I agree there are good reasons for having narrow flight paths. There are also good reasons for rotating flight paths to give those under them some respite. Dulwich/ Herne Hill is constantly flown over by Heathrow planes when the wind is westerly, which is the vast majority of the time - see www.flightradar24.com In addition, when the wind is easterly we are then constantly flown over by City airport planes. I appreciate some parts of Dulwich/ Herne Hill suffer more than others - my house is directly under the flight path for both routes but some people just half a mile away will suffer much less noise. In any event there will be 700 more planes flying to/ from Heathrow once the third runway is built so even more people will be impacted in future. Now is the chance to have your say on the principles relating to flight paths.

If you are affected by aircraft noise due to Dulwich/ Herne Hill being constantly overflown by planes to Heathrow, please respond to the consultation about future flight paths. Ideally all areas under flight paths would be given some respite, whereas current policy is to concentrate planes in narrow flight paths which means less people are impacted but disproportionately badly (rather than the noise being shared around fairly). Please note the deadline is 28 March. Consultation paper is here: https://www.heathrowconsultation.com/respond-to-the-consultation/ Some useful pointers from HACAN at this link: http://hacan.org.uk/ (see under ?Shaping 2018 - safe, fair and equitable flight paths?) Thanks in advance

I would also recommend Annabel. Her Hogan psychometric testing was the best psychometric testing I've done - really helped me to understand my motivations/ values. Her specialism is with working Mums and she really gets it as a Mum herself.

10m is excessive - a much smaller length would also achieve Southwark's alleged health and safety aims. It is clearly a deliberate attempt to put parking under excessive pressure and then bring in a controlled parking zone. Why don't the Council listen to the objections raised by local people?

Lucymerc, I think you may have noticed the noise from the City airport planes as we had easterly winds for about a week or so last week. The City airport flights are low - about 1500 feet and pretty loud as a result. The majority of the time we get the Heathrow planes which are much bigger and louder planes but higher in the sky - around 4000 feet. Despite the height, because they're generally bigger planes, the noise travels much further and impacts a wider area. There are also more of them - flying from around 4.30am until 11pm at night. It is incredibly frustrating that we are on a flight path whichever way the wind is blowing so get no respite from noise. There appears to be no joined up thinking/ consideration of this by the powers that be. If you find the plane noise impacts you negatively, please reply to the Government's consultation on the 3rd runway at Heathrow (which will obviously increase the number of planes and therefore noise). See my previous post for details. It runs out on 25 May.

If, like me, the constant plane noise in East Dulwich affects you negatively, please respond to the consultation about the 3rd runway and airspace policy - links below. Deadline is 25 May. In the 15 years I have lived in East Dulwich, the plane noise has gone from minimal to loud and constant, as planes fly lower and in tighter flight path routes. This means that East Dulwich is constantly flown over - when the winds are westerly, we get the Heathrow planes and, when the wind is easterly, we get the City Airport planes (which are set to increase following Sadiq Khan giving permission to City airport to expand significantly). If the flight noise doesn't bother you, please don't respond to this thread - just be grateful they don't affect your health/ wellbeing 😀 For more information about which flights are overflying us, see www.flightradar24.com For more information about the consultation, see Hacan's website: www.hacan.org.uk Consultation document can be found at either of the links below: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/589082/consultation-on-draft-airports-nps.pdf www.gov.uk/dft/heathrow-airport-expansion Responses can be made via the weblink below or to the email address below: www.gov.uk/dft/heathrow-airport-expansion Email: [email protected] Thanks in advance

Does anyone know when tickets for the US tennis Open go on sale? Also, if you have any tips about attending the Open, that would be great too. Thanks in advance.

I say trust your gut. It has to be right or you'll just worry. Always better to have a bit of short term change than stick with a situation you are not happy with. Kids are resilient to change - it's more important that you find the right environment for the medium/ long term. If you feel it's not right, it doesn't matter that others are happy with the nursery. Everyone has different requirements/ expectations and you will find the right place for you and your child.

Anyone used this Norwich based company for bi-fold or sliding doors? If so, be good to know your experience - good, bad or indifferent. Thanks