Man tells council workmen to leave after ‘Decent Homes’ ordeal
HOUSING bosses say 96.6 per cent of tenants are delighted with a refurbishment programme delivering new kitchens and bathrooms to council homes – so the residents of one Kentish Town street must just
IF you think you know the answer to this question: What’s the common word for “Ipsation,” then you should have been at the Oxford Arms pub in Camden Town on Monday.
Partner of man tragically crushed to death on a building site launches High Court action
THE fiancée of the carpenter crushed to death on a Hampstead building site has launched a £1million High Court compensation bid.
Health service staff sent ‘posh’ gift with survey about bosses
HEALTH service bosses sent boxes of posh chocolates to every member of their 2,000-strong workforce – just as staff were about to rate the performance of their employers.
First view of £520m project but concerns about safety remain
ITS architect has called it a “cathedral of science”, and a Nobel laureate believes it will “safeguard the health of generations to come”.
Martin Humphery recalls four decades struggling to protect Hampstead’s crowning glory
HAMPSTEAD’S greatest defender Martin Humphery recently celebrated his 80th birthday on safari in Africa.
Future of Witanhurst House unclear as Town Hall dismisses owners’ planning application
THE future of the second biggest private home in London was thrown in to doubt on Thursday night when the Town Hall’s planning committee dismissed an application for a massive building project at High
POP star Ms Dynamite has played gigs in some of the biggest and best-known venues around the world, but on Saturday she was back in her old neighbourhood and singing on a slightly smaller stage – the
It seemed like fun so I joined in, says great-gran
THEY say life begins at... 90? Or so it seems for 96-year-old Kathleen Falciola, who bounded around the stage as Dorothy’s faithful dog Toto in The Wizard of Oz on Friday.
A LANDLORD has defended his decision to allow members of a far-right group to meet in his Kentish Town pub.
Novas granted right to sell alcohol, but says it’s for somebody else
A CHARITY controversially won its bid for an alcohol licence at a new Camden Town restaurant even though it plans to sell off the property.
A DISABLED woman who has twice fallen down the stairs of her Kentish Town block has branded her housing association landlord “incompetent” for failing to fix a broken lift.
Calls for transparency over location of treatment base for addicts
COUNCIL and NHS bosses were on the receiving end of a rollicking at a public meeting after they admitted making mistakes over plans to open a new needle exchange and clinic for drug users.
ANIMAL rescue homes have warned they are in the middle of a “cat crisis” after a surge in the numbers being abandoned.
IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere New Journal photographers and reporters go.