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It’s a miracle nobody died: but could it happen again?
Safety alert as Camden Town comes to terms with devastating market blaze. Report by Richard Osley, Sara Newman and Simon Wroe
FIRE inspectors last night (Wednesday) went door-to-door ordering traders to step up safety measures at their shops and stalls in the wake of the devastating blaze which ripped through Camden Town on Saturday night. > more |
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Hawley to rise from the ashes
ONCE a monument to Camden’s celebrity rock’n’roll fraternity, the Hawley Arms pub stands as a ghostly reminder to the ferocity of Saturday night’s inferno.
Half-drunk pints, abandoned in haste, rest on the bar like a scene from a rocker’s Pompeii, while Polaroid snaps of smiling faces remain on the soot-stained walls. > more |
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Passengers escape death as crash rips roof off bus - WITH its mangled roof almost completely detached, it is hard to believe none of the top-deck passengers... > more
Vida, vidi, vici? Banksy gets blotted out while Camden burns... but was it really the work of a rival artist? - WHILE the Hawley Arms and the Lock Market burned... > more
'Superdrug’ advice is changed after tragic death - GOVERNMENT guidelines on the safety of “superdrugs” taken by three millions Britons have been changed after... > more
School facing £500k debt battle loses headteacher - THE headteacher of a cash-strapped secondary school has resigned. > more
Stabbing of two sixth-formers brings ‘enough is enough’ plea - A GANG attack that left two sixth-formers with stab wounds yards from their school gates on Tuesday... > more
Murder charge after corpse’s head is recovered from canal - A 45-year-old man was charged with murder on Monday following a grim series of discoveries that... > more
Goths-only rule goes as pub lightens up - DOORMEN at a Camden Town pub have relaxed its “Goths only” rules following a makeover. > more
Inquest fails to establish how ‘The Bear’ died in car crash - PET Shop Boy musician Chris Lowe was the key witness as an inquest concluded that no one would... > more
Thieves snatch treasured mosaics - THE mystery theft of three mosaics from outside a community centre has left its members puzzled and shocked. > more
Police set for return to school, despite protests - POLICE officers will return to a West Hampstead secondary school despite opposition from parents. > more
End of an era as Mary leaves nursery - SHE has been teaching toddlers their ABC at London’s oldest nursery since it first opened as a free nursery. > more
Mix-up costs borough £10m - FINANCE chiefs are fuming after the government took back nearly £10 million of funding which has been set aside for Camden since... > more
Stun gun attack - A TASER stun gun was used in a robbery that left a 26-year-old needing hospital treatment in the early hours of yesterday (Wednesday). > more
Victim’s security ‘at risk’ - A MURDER trial has heard how pensioner Allan Chappelow unleashed a furious volley at bank staff who posted a credit card and personal... > more
It’s goodnight to Rough Sleepers as charity shop is closed - IT opened with great fanfare less than a year ago, but this week the fashion-meets-charity shop... > more
Family moving on after 50 years - THEY have been a cornerstone of a community for 50 years, and the Cypriot food they specialise in has shaped the diets of... > more
NEWS IN BRIEF - Salma’s dad returns home - Where should pupils go? - ‘£10,000 raid’ - Reina plaque - Heath detour > more |
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