One day in the life of Alan the actor

Brad Pitt could not understand one word Cockney actor Alan Ford was saying during the filming of Guy Ritchie's Snatch, writes Dan Carrier > more

Thin Ice: A Resting Actor. A Busy day
by Alan Ford.
Orion, £9.99

VICTORY IN POOL FIGHT - A CAMPAIGN to save the Prince of Wales swimming baths in Kentish Town is likely to win a partial success with Labour councillors... > more

Mob killing suspects freed on bail - DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Swiss Cottage teenager Mahir Osman have ruled out charging anyone... > more

Post Office staff to walk out of branches - STRIKE action will hit Camden’s post offices on Monday – the same day Royal Mail hands over their Kentish Town... > more

Parents target dentists for school - PARENTS want to turn a dental hospital into a new school in a bid to satisfy the huge demand for secondary school places... > more

Priest swaps collar for a lawyer's wig - A PRIEST is swapping the pulpit for the court room in a return to his life as a lawyer – in order to fight for the rights of... > more

Holly Lodge murder ­ trial date set - GRIEVING relatives of four murder victims – including a highly respected Highgate couple – will have the opportunity to... > more

'Let us back into our pub' say punters - LIFELONG regulars barred from a historic Somers Town pub when it went upmarket have started a petition demanding... > more

Dobbo: Housing policy is 'daft' - THE government’s rigid refusal to invest in Camden’s crumbling council homes is the “daftest possible policy”... > more

'Bin the blades' call after fatal stabbings - TEENAGERS have been urged to give up their knives in a bid to prevent further stabbing tragedies on Camden’s streets... > more

Valentine's show proves too raunchy for landlord - A VALENTINE’S Day art exhibition staged in Bloomsbury to raise money for Aids victims has been told to close... > more

King's Cross objectors to take concerns to Mayor - MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone has demanded a meeting with objectors to the massive redevelopment... > more

Boasting killer faces the rest of his life in prison - A MIDDLE–AGED killer who boasted he would get away with murder now faces dying behind bars... > more

Sir Ian: 'We mis-sold cop station plan' - METROPOLITAN Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has acknowledged that secret plans which could see nearly... > more

French are urged to buy poets' home - THE French government is under pressure to buy Camden Town’s very own Poet’s Corner – the house where writers... > more

Dentists set to lose out on funding - A CHALK Farm NHS dental practice is set to lose 70 per cent of its funding due to a radical overhaul of how targets are hit... > more

Tube criticises plans for a new needle exchange - LONDON Underground has added its voice to the growing campaign against controversial Town Hall plans to... > more

Call for café to be part of park renovation - A LAST-minute bid to include a continental café in the grounds of revamped Cantelowes Gardens has won the backing of... > more

Bus murder accused in court - PSYCHIATRISTS are assessing the mental state of a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a No 43 bus after a row over... > more

Armed cops swoop - ARMED police made a dramatic swoop on leafy Primrose Hill yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, making at least one arrest... > more

Shops and bars link up to put troublemakers in the frame - MUGSHOTS of thieves and pub troublemakers are to be circulated among shops and bars... > more

Hampstead faces future without trees - THE leafy slopes of Hampstead could become nothing more than a memory for a generation as many of the area’s... > more