Burglary rates are falling, insist police

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Burglary rates are falling, insist police
nlnews@archant.co.uk
26 August 2009
POLICE insist soaring rates of burglary insurance claims are at odds with the borough’s falling break-in rates in crime-hit streets.
Hornsey and Crouch End were named and shamed as the second most risky areas to live in the capital according to the number of insurance claims filed last [...]

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Haringey is London’s top burglary ‘hotspot’

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Haringey is London’s top burglary ‘hotspot’
5:09pm Thursday 30th July 2009
By Elizabeth Pears [...]

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Shoppers urged to ditch plastic bags

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Shoppers urged to ditch plastic bags
nlnews@archant.co.uk
06 February 2009
A COMMUNITY group is hoping to rid its area of plastic bags, replacing them with new sustainable canvas bags.
They are hoping to introduce the new environmentally friendly bags to the Harringay area in the coming months and have released several initial designs.
Millions of plastic bags are used [...]

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Graffiti vandal’s internet boasts

[from Islington Gazette]
Graffiti vandal’s internet boasts
nlnews@archant.co.uk
24 December 2008
A GRAFFITI artist believed to be part of a gang of vandals has posted pictures of himself spraying scores of his distinctive “tags” on the internet.
The Islington-based vandal has been caught bragging and posting photos of illegally defacing property across the north of the borough on internet sites [...]

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Parkland Walk robber guilty

[from Haringey Independent]

Parkland Walk robber guilty
4:38pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008
By Charlotte Gray [...]

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Charity collection scam

Leaflets about a clothes collection by The Children’s Welfare Foundation are around in our area.
It appears this is a scam commercial company not a charity who collects the clothes.
Read full story: Dodgy “good cause” children’s welfare foundation wants your help

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New park team plan a ‘poor use of resources’

[from Hornsey and Couch End Journal]
New park team plan a ‘poor use of resources’
nlnews@archant.co.uk
19 November 2008
OFFICERS who have patrolled Haringey’s parks for years will not be able to apply for jobs in a new parks policing force, it has been revealed.
Councillor Ron Aitken (Crouch End, Liberal Democrat) asked why Haringey Council had not pursued the [...]

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Locals strike back at ‘warts and all’ guide

[from Islington Gazette]
Locals strike back at ‘warts and all’ guide
nlnews@archant.co.uk
12 November 2008
A NEW “warts and all” guidebook threatens to “let the cat out of the bag” about London – and Islington comes in for some serious abuse.
The Not For Tourists Guide to London calls Archway “grimy”, Holloway “grotty” and one of the area’s best-known pubs [...]

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Booze deaths highest in capital

[from Tottenham, Wood Green & Edmonton]
Booze deaths highest in capital
nlnews@archant.co.uk
06 November 2008
MEN in Haringey are more likely to die from alcohol-related illnesses than in any other area of London, a report has revealed.
The Dying for a Drink? report also shows more than 10,000 adults – or six per cent of the borough’s population – are [...]

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Tax rise fears after Icelandic banks crash

[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal]
Tax rise fears after Icelandic banks crash
nlnews@archant.co.uk
10 October 2008
MILLIONS of pounds of Haringey Council cash could be lost as a result of the Icelandic banking crisis, it has emerged.
The council has around £37million of deposits in three Icelandic banks which folded this week – understood to be the biggest [...]

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