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Published: 25 January 2007

COPS LOOK INTO GALE TRAGEDY

Town Hall could face charges over death of two-year-old

DETECTIVES have discussed whether unprecedented manslaughter charges should be brought against Camden Council after a two-year-old boy was crushed by the boundary wall of a housing estate... > more

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Winds bring down trees
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Minister’s fears over late-night booze licence
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Crime rise ‘a temporary blip’ insists Mayor Ken
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Mother of truanting boy from hit-list school in court
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Scandal of heirlooms dumped in the rubbish

We reveal how Town Hall broke its own rules in clearing flats

THE clearance of a dying pensioner’s possessions into a skip broke council rules, a Town Hall spokesman admitted last night (Wednesday). > more

Swiss police arrest fugitive estate agent - A HAMPSTEAD estate agent accused of stealing £420,000 in cash, shares and jewels has been dramatically... > more

Hunt for lost patient missed fire door clue - NURSES searching for a missing elderly patient failed to check a ward’s fire exit, an inquest has learned. > more

Customer details in bank bin bags left out in street - BARCLAYS Bank left the account details of customers in bin bags lying overnight in one of London’s busiest... > more

One way held up - TOWN Hall environment chiefs upheld a controversial decision to introduce a one-way system uphill on College Crescent from Finchley... > more

Critics silent as ‘stocktake’ backs Asbos - LIBERAL Democrats have been accused of backtracking on crime policy after spending nearly nine months reviewing... > more

Swimmers condemn plan to shutdown baths - SWIMMERS have urged the Town Hall to scrap a four-week deadline over the closure of their favourite pool. > more

Dismay as swindler’s helpers escape charges - PROSECUTORS have dropped cases against bank account holders who received money from council swindler... > more

Inquest clears mugger of tragedy - A PENSIONER mugged on her doorstep did not die as a result of her injuries, an inquest has found. > more

Estate freezes on coldest day - ELDERLY council tenants were left with no heating or water for four days on their Camden Town estate because of a mix-up at... > more

Anger at plan to float ‘ugly’ stage again in Kenwood - CONSERVATION groups have condemned an application by Kenwood concert bosses to repeat last year’s... > more

Tags to save Heath trees - HAMPSTEAD Heath’s oldest trees are to be “tagged” to ensure their survival. > more

Water co in dock over shoddy work - CAMDEN Council is prosecuting Thames Water for more than 100 offences of shoddy work and illegal road closures. > more

Heath walkers’ left-out feeling - A DRAFT plan for the future management of Hampstead Heath has been criticised for having only four lines that mention walking... > more

Free chief ploughs on with Foundation plan - THREE wards at the Royal Free Hospital closed last year to stave off a cash crisis will stay shut, the Hampstead... > more

Buddhas are beheaded in garden raid - BUDDHA statues were found smashed and beheaded after a gang of burglars caused havoc at a Kentish Town garden... > more

Dalby Street debate fires up again - THE debate over a proposed seven-storey block in Dalby Street, Kentish Town, reopened on Monday when the council... > more

Youth’s voice reaches to top - THE Book of Grievances – a book made up of the thoughts of young people – may not only end up in the hands of politicians at the Town... > more

Steamed up about station dome - A HALF-DOME of aluminium and glass… this is the first glimpse of how King’s Cross station could look. > more

Rat-run re-route for Olympic cycle races - THE changes the 2012 Olympics will bring to the face of Camden became clearer this week as a report put an £18 million... > more

Patient files go to India - CONFIDENTIAL patient letters will be sent to India to be transcribed in a controversial cost-cutting move. > more