Threat to ‘eyes and ears’ of estates
The Town Hall’s plan to save £109,000 a year by sacking a quarter of its caretakers and handing over part of their duties to a private firm has been greeted with a sense of dread, warn Stuart Doran and Dave Gingold
AN overflowing pipe was sending... > more |
Bottom line? Readers’ kind act is priceless for youths
A GREATER critique of council attitudes could not have been made than that reflected in the extraordinary generosity of two of our readers prepared to keep a youth project alive.
The refusal of the Lib Dem and Tory coalition to spend a mere... > more
For hire: a cabbie’s kindness – no charge - HUMANITY, goodness and trust are still alive and well, whatever we say. Last Tuesday afternoon (July 28)... > more
Rowton’s vision must survive - I HAVE been following the reports and correspondence in the Camden New Journal and have been very troubled to read... > more
Help me find my poor dog Tyler. . . - MY poor little sick dog Tyler got out of the house on Wednesday, July 27. He was spotted at 1pm confused at the Total... > more
Mystery of the bones of Regent’s Park - THERE'S a long history of bones turning up in Regent’s Park, (Regent’s Park bones ‘not Blitz victims but overspill... > more
WD 1940? - AT several places along Mill Lane, NW6 and at least one place in Frognal, Hampstead, there are War Department marking on the old... > more
Questions bad for your health - NHS Camden are circulating a consultation document. It is an insult to call this a consultation. > more
Priorities - ON the same day that I read in the New Journal that Camden had reduced its funding for homelessness, our building received the delivery... > more
Short-cut in the balance - SALLY Gimson (Will passage short-cut remain closed? July 30) asks why the passage between Regis Road and Arctic Street is... > more
Politically incorrect, but doing a good job - HOW rare nowadays to find any body that is “largely made up of white males over 40” when the average age... > more
Get involved with police watchdog - ANYONE interested in our drive to recruit more members from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities and young... > more
Caretaking standards - I’VE worked for Camden for over 10 years as a caretaker.
I pick up litter, broken glass, needles, TVs fridges, furniture and, my... > more |
