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BEATEN, BUT NOT EVEN A STATISTIC
Police criticised for failing to report brutal attack on teen
THE failure by police to record or investigate an attack that left a teenager needing hospital treatment has angered witnesses and led residents to cast doubt on official statistics showing falls in crime. > more |
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Commons hears plight of ‘shit-heap’ homes tenants
End this punishment and release cash for repairs, MP urges
TENANTS must be experiencing a heavy bout of déjà vu but it did not stop them descending on Parliament on Tuesday afternoon to demand – for the umpteenth time – investment in their council homes. > more |
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Wedding smiles from daughter of tennis coach in park tragedy - WITH the death of her father still painfully fresh in her mind, it has been the toughest period of... > more
End of road for mayor’s driver - THE man who has chauffeured Camden’s mayors for 19 years was guest of honour on Friday at a Town Hall party to celebrate... > more
New police chief pledges to take on youth crime - THE borough’s new police chief will go undercover in Camden Town to get to grips with its unique drug market... > more
‘You were hopelessly out of your depth’ charge in bar row - THE youngest councillor at the Town Hall has faced a barrage of criticism and accusations that he is... > more
Should we beware of the dog owners? - A SPATE of vandalism in a Belsize Park nature reserve has sparked a whodunnit mystery with some very unlikely suspects... > more
PM’s tribute to ‘remarkable’ politician - A TRIBUTE by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Alderman Roy Shaw was read at his funeral on Friday. > more
Minister snubs plea for talks on lab plan - MINISTERS have snubbed Town Hall chiefs by refusing to discuss the £500 million medical research centre proposed... > more
Elderly trapped in tower block by broken lifts - WHEN you live with disability in a 19-storey tower block, a broken lift can amount to a prison sentence. > more
‘We won’t stand for our benches being taken away over boozers’ - A PUBLIC bench has been removed from outside West Hampstead Library after it became... > more
Pensioner crushed to death by bus - A HOMELESS pensioner was “mown down” at a notorious Swiss Cottage junction by a bus driver who failed to see him... > more
Talacre protesters put case - A GOVERNMENT planning inspector will decide whether road changes needed to build a seven-storey apartment block in Kentish... > more
Moves afoot to pave the streets with musical gold - THE streets of Camden may be paved with gold by September if an exciting project that could see Camden... > more
Crash claimed life of ‘flamboyant’ actress - A FORMER actress was crushed under the wheels of a 38-tonne lorry, an inquest heard. > more
Maiden Lane wants its very own waste recycling unit - GIVE us recycling facilities on our estate! > more
From the high life to death in a smelly flat - AS the wife of a chief of police in Sierra Leone, Sarah Leigh once moved in diplomatic circles, meeting foreign ministers... > more
Free’s Sinbad is a serious business - DOCTORS swapped their scalpels and scrubs for cutlasses and lamé pantaloons for the triumphant return of the Royal Free panto. > more
Lib Dems pick black candidate - AN NHS worker is in line to become the Liberal Democrats’ first black councillor in Camden. > more
Hospital worker found dead in stairwell ‘was due to be evicted’ - THE death of a 46-year-old woman, whose body was found in the stairwell of nurses’... > more
Hampstead Town Hall board urged to resign - THE trust that runs the Hampstead Town Hall should resign immediately to give the venue a fresh start, the Heath... > more
Bunnies get free dental check-up - RABBITS rejoice – a South End Green vet is making dental problems a thing of the past for long-in-the-tooth bunnies. > more |
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