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Endurance Campaign Demonstrates the Cruelty of Human Trafficking 20th July 2011
Phil Knight Collaborates with Helen Bamber FoundationLaunching on Monday 25th July 2011 at 5pm, campaigner and musician Phil Knight will undertake one of the most challenging anti-human cruelty campaigns ever carried out. In aid of Emma Thompson’s Helen Bamber Foundation the campaign, known... Read More
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Liberal Democrats back local residents in fight to stop Hornsey train shed 22nd June 2011
Liberal Democrats have this week backed local residents in their fight to stop a giant train depot being built at Coronation Sidings in Hornsey. A strong consultation response to Haringey Council was made by Hornsey Councillor Robert Gorrie, backed by local Liberal Democrats and Lynne... Read More
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Camden due to lose four from the Safer Neighbourhoods team 22nd June 2011
Camden Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Councillor Abdul Hai, today urged Deputy Mayor Kit Malthouse to reconsider plans to reduce the number of police Safer Neighbourhoods sergeants in the borough. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is proposing to reduce the number of... Read More
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Shaka Zulu hosts ‘Drumming’ good night 21st June 2011
Shaka Zulu, London’s iconic South African venue in the heart of Camden opened its doors this week to the creative events industry for a celebratory night of networking and fund raising for the event: ISESTALKS Out of Africa.Lively talks were given by Richard Foulkes, president of ISES, Martin... Read More
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Camden domestic abuse support service wins national recognition 15th June 2011
Camden Council’s domestic abuse support service is one of only nine organisations in the UK to be accredited. Camden Safety Net has gained accredited status through Leading Lights, a national standards programme for Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) services. The service... Read More
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‘Diabetes – are you at risk?’ 15th June 2011
To mark Diabetes Week, Lloyds pharmacy launches its ‘Diabetes - are you at risk?’ campaign. To raise awareness of the serious complications that can be caused by diabetes, including the 5,000 limbs that are lost to the condition every year, a stunning temporary ‘limb mountain... Read More
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Highgate magistrates fines car dealer for ‘clocking’ cars 15th June 2011
A Haringey car dealer was fined £3,000 at Highgate Magistrates Court at the beginning of June for supplying a car which had had its recorded mileage reduced by nearly 90,000 miles.The local man whose car lot was in Tottenham received the fine of £3,000 with costs of £1,331 for mis-describing... Read More
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Its a waste: pinkham way planning application 15th June 2011
Haringey Council has received a joint outline planning application from The North London Waste Authority and Barnet Council for the Pinkham Way site. Once the application has been checked to ensure that all the required documentation and plans are present, details will be available on the... Read More
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We are The Poor Old Man of Europe again. 9th June 2011
Baby boomers living in comfort today could fall into a precipice of unexpectedly undignified later life if the falling levels of spending on social care and the rising spiral of demand continue to diverge at the current rate.That's the finding of a report commissioned by over-50s organisation... Read More
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We are The Poor Old Man of Europe again. 9th June 2011
Inspired by the famous red Routemaster, the New Bus for London reinstates the much-loved hop on, hop off platform, and introduces a third door and a second staircase making it quicker and easier for passengers to board. With a sleek asymmetrical front window and a panel of glass wrapping around... Read More
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Residents encouraged to bid for Big Society funding 9th June 2011
Community-minded residents are to be given the chance to bid for a slice of a £600,000 fund set up by Barnet Council to kick starting local projects.The Big Society Innovation Bank will allow residents and not-for-profit groups to submit bids for sums of between £500 and £50,000 to help turn... Read More
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Local residents join the fight for fair funding 2nd June 2011
Local residents have this week joined MP Lynne Featherstone and local Liberal Democrats in a defining moment in the four year battle for fair funding for Haringey’s schools, by jointly sending in a strong response to the government’s school funding consultation.At least fifty local people united... Read More