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Published: 30 November 2006

RIOT COPS AT SCHOOL

Headteacher makes official complaint after pupil stand-off

RIOT police were called to a West Hampstead school during a flare-up between scores of rival school students on Friday.
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Lib Dems go for grand slam
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Greens woo defectors
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Emma’s full of praise for ‘discerning audiences’
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Glenda hits out at Blair for ‘undiluted failure’over Iraq

‘British troops being used as human shields’ says Hampstead and Highgate MP

HAMPSTEAD and Highgate MP Glenda Jackson has accused the government of using British troops as... > more

Harry Gitter - In last week’s article ‘Change law and let me sell heroin to addicts’ we mistakenly said that pharmacist Harry Gitter of Macey’s in Lismore Circus... > more

Housing body comes under fire - A GOVERNMENT scheme which hands tenants of council flats and cheap housing association homes a bigger chance... > more

Gang victim suffers punctured lung in stabbing - A TEENAGER suffered a punctured lung when he was stabbed twice by a gang of up to 15 youths in Camden... > more

Big Frank joins law centre row - FRANK Dobson, the MP for Holborn and St Pancras, has waded into the row over potential cuts to legal advice centres. > more

University in talks to sponsor Academy school - UNIVERSITY College London is trying to raise cash to turn Camden’s proposed new secondary school into a... > more

Charity debt probe - A TRUST formed to safeguard residents’ interests during the regeneration of King’s Cross is under investigation by the Charities... > more

‘We’ll raise a rumpus over park road’ threat - A PARK will be split in half by a new access road to allow a seven-storey development to go ahead in the teeth... > more

Coroner to open spy’s inquest - THE death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko will be investigated at St Pancras Coroner’s Court from today (Thursday). > more

‘Save historic pub names’ - THE Camden Civic Society’s annual general meeting on Tuesday night heard how the Society wanted new planning rules introduced... > more

Patient puts Free chief under fire - ROYAL Free chief Andrew Way was accused of putting a spin on the provision of crucial hospital services in a heated... > more

Reclaim Hampstead old Town Hall, call - MANAGERS of the former Hampstead Town Hall building in Belsize Park should be sacked and the building reclaimed... > more

Police plug gaps as burglaries rise - BURGLARIES have risen sharply in Camden as political pressure for more community policing and a chronic shortage of... > more

Rock to stop the violence - A NIGHTCLUB at the centre of a murder investigation in King’s Cross is introducing rock music to its Saturday nights in a bid to... > more

Storm in a coffee cup - A HIGHGATE School pupil has criticised a coffee shop’s policy towards students after he was thrown out by police on Friday. > more

All smiles at opening at £1.7-million face-lift for boys’ club - FORMER boys’ club in King’s Cross is re-opening as a state-of-the-art community centre... > more

Hospitals told: don’t treat so many people - HOSPITALS treating patients too quickly could cost the borough’s health authority £6 million, the New Journal can... > more

Bullying drug addict banned from estates - A HEROIN addict who bullied tenants out of their homes before turning them into crack houses has been banned from... > more

Decision delayed in row over cycle paths - A DECISION on whether to allow more cycle paths on Hampstead Heath has been postponed until November next year. > more

Merry Christmas – and you’re sacked - THIRTY Town Hall posts will be axed over Christmas after finance chiefs agreed a ‘centralisation’ project last Wednesday. > more

Man arrested after assault - A MAN arrested following a sexual assault in Kilburn on Thursday night has been granted bail. > more

Tories hold ‘primary’ in search for winner - TORIES are to stage a US-style primary contest, open to all voters, to find a candidate to stand in Hampstead at... > more

‘Jail won’t deter knife carriers’ says rapper - MANADATORY sentences for knife crime should be ruled out according to a Tufnell Park rapper – who launches his... > more

Decriminalise drugs, cops told - DECRIMINALISATION of heroin and cocaine is the only way to prise Camden from the clutches of drug-barons and alleviate the... > more

‘Save bridge mural’ plea from artist - AN artist has called for a fading mural on a bridge in West Hampstead to be rescued before it deteriorates beyond repair. > more

One-way to annoy people - TOWN Hall environment chiefs have agreed to introduce a one-way system on College Crescent from Finchley Road to Fitzjohn’s... > more

Honours winners take a bow - THE Town Hall’s departing anti-social behaviour guru Ian Walker rejected his ‘Mr Asbo’ tag as he was honoured by Camden... > more

Patisserie faces closure as centre takes slice of trade - A PATISSERIE in King’s Cross fears it could be forced to close after 15 years following a drop in trade... > more

Labour of love at Midland Hotel - RESEARCHERS have found that traffic on the Euston Road always slows down at a point near the cross roads by Judd Street... > more