Drugs – all tough talk and no science
There is little or no interest in scientific evidence from either the Labour or Conservative parties when it comes to tackling the problem, argues Sebastian Saville
I LIVE in Camden Town and walking home at night it is clear to see that alcohol... > more |
Clinging to the cowardly tradition of secrecy
SECRECY appears to have an unbreakable hold over public institutions in Britain. We can only be envious of the citizen’s right to know in the United States where much more information is put into the public domain.
The stranglehold of secrecy showed its face at the Town Hall on Monday when attempts to discover the details of a report into the flawed refurbishment of Swiss Cottage Library were swatted aside. > more
Mail and a broken organisation - ROYAL Mail is a broken organisation, some of whose staff and management have for years been conspiring against us... > more
Parking is a deadly fire hazard - THE flat where the fire in Auden Place, Primrose Hill started was completely gutted but luckily the rest of that particular building... > more
CAB passionately believes in value of volunteers - CAMDEN CAB is moving all its open-door bureaux to advice delivery by volunteers. > more
Once again, peace and safety on the Heath is under threat - IN 2006/2008, Heath for Feet helped fight a successful campaign to prevent the expansion of shared... > more
Representing residents’ views - IN your publication (Letters, October 29), Dr Peter Preston described the consultation currently being undertaken on the... > more
Fitzrovia bus troubles - PEOPLE are disappointed the New Journal has not deemed Transport for London’s proposal to divert 800 buses a day for 10 months... > more
Dispersal zone policy - YOUR article on the new dispersal zone between Regent’s Park and King’s Cross Road raised a number of important... > more
Drug scare stories - I AM shocked to learn about the scaremongering about a proposed new drug treatment centre for south Camden. > more
Prime nimbyism - JUST what is going on with the local planners and the Vale community? > more
Outrage at outage - AROUND 1,500 properties were left without electricity for three days for the third time within a space of a year. > more
Crown and US students - IF there’s such a shortage of council housing in Camden (B&B bill runs into millions, October 29) how come that the Crown Estate... > more
Hate crime - ON Friday, I joined thousands of people at a vigil in Trafalgar Square against hate crime. > more
An offer too far - FURTHER to your Comment (Our politicians have become consultantaholics, October 29) I recently received a circular from the council... > more
Sixty years for the estate - I WOULD like to mention the 60th anniversary of the Camden Camelot estate on November 6. > more
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