Fiddling on the roof – Scout drama cast ensure dry run
ACTORS playing scouts have taken inspiration from their characters by “doing their best” to fix the roof at Islington’s King’s Head Theatre.
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‘Murder victim’s plan to steal and sell baby’
A MAN murdered with an axe may have been killed to stop him embarking on a baby-selling scheme, a court heard yesterday (Thursday).
Nightclub shut down following shooting
Published: 18 December 2010
by TOM JACKSON
Concern at drug use sparks homes swoop
POLICE acting on complaints about anti-social behaviour raided homes in Barnsbury on Tuesday.
‘The council’s naked streets policy has stripped us of our customers’
Sir Jonathan Miller labels removal of bus stops ‘mad’ and calls for rethink on traffic masterplan
OPERA director Sir Jonathan Miller has called for the reinstatement of a “key” bus stop outside Inverness Street market after traders say its removal has cast doubt over the future of their businesses
Distraught teenager’s plea for return of stolen artwork
THE haul may have left the thief who stole the rucksack feeling that they might as well have not bothered, but for a distraught teenager this colourful bag and the collection of personal sketches insi
Anger as tarmac is laid on top of the cobbles in historic Little Green Street
Council claims resurfacing is ‘temporary measure’ and not related to controversial plan
IS this the beginning of the end of Kentish Town’s oldest street?
The ‘crazy’ Whittington A&E cutbacks
Renowned GP slams NHS plan to close vital Whittington A&E
THE leader of Britain’s doctors has warned health bosses not to shut down a major casualty unit serving hundreds of thousands of Camden residents.
Parking wardens’ message: ‘do as we say, not as we do’
CEO is ‘permitted’ to park wherever he wants as he issues tickets
THEY clobber you as soon as your tyre tracks hit a yellow line – but as our pictures show, the rules are easier to bend if you are one of Camden’s own parking wardens.
Junior office temp Fiayyiaz Hussain accused of fraud that cost council £150k
Money destined for construction firm ‘was siphoned off and never recovered’
A JUNIOR council worker stole nearly £150,000 of public money from the Town Hall after tampering with the payments system, a court heard on Tuesday.
Peace and goodwill? Haverstock School pupils perform war satire for festive show
IT is not the obvious pick for a festive show – but producers of Haverstock School’s Christmas play wanted to do something a bit different this year.
Marjorie Vennall's centenary
SHE’S got a friend for every year of her life, and centenarian Marjorie Vennall was joined by them all on Saturday when she celebrated a hundred years living in Gospel Oak.
Fire tragedy: Two children die in St John's Wood blaze
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl died in a fire this morning (Thursday) at a block of flats in St John's Wood.
Sheephaven Bay pub quiz raises huge donation for New Journal hamper fund
Pictured: Staff at the Sheephaven Bay hand over the giant cheque for the New Journal Christmas hamper appeal to assistant editor Tom Foot and reporter Josie Hinton.
Town Hall target: 7,000 new homes in ten years
SPACE for 2,000 homes needs to be found in the west Hampstead area in the coming decade, according to a draft report drawn up by the Town Hall’s planning department.