I'm also very sorry that we have lost Cllr Russell, who always seemed to work very hard for the area. I hope he will want to/be able to stay involved in local affairs in some capacity.

It is nice that our new councillor is a woman, and I look forward to seeing her out and about, getting to know her new ward and constituents!

(I notice she is from Deptford - but I am sure that the local Labour Party members would not have selected her as a candidate if she had not been able to show them that she has the interests of this area at heart - unless she was a "paper candidate"?)

Perhaps Cllr Afiku would like to use the forum to introduce herself to everyone?