[from Hornsey and Crouch End Journal]
Attacks on lone women
nlnews@archant.co.uk
10 July 2008
A SECLUDED nature trail in Crouch End has become a “hunting ground” for muggers preying on lone females - with two more victims having been attacked.
Two women in their 40s were hauled into bushes and mugged in broad daylight - bringing the total number victims [...]
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Guided BAT WALK next Friday evening, 11 July. The Walk will be led by Richard Meyers, from Islington Ecology Centre.
It will start at 9.30 pm. And you may find it useful to bring a torch.
Meet at Crouch Hill entrance, (opposite Ella Road), on the Islington stretch of the Parkland Walk. If the weather is [...]
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[from Hampstead and Highgate express]
Victim’s warning after another attack on the Parkland Walk
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
04 July 2008
A 40-year-old Highgate woman has warned against women using the Parkland Walk, after becoming the sixth victim of a violent robbery there in the past five weeks.
The victim, who did not want to be named, decided to speak out today (July [...]
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[from Muswell Hill Journal]
Action over land grabs
nlnews@archant.co.uk
01 May 2008
OWNERS of a Muswell Hill house that allegedly had its back garden extended onto a nature reserve have been forced to remove a fence on the contested site.
This comes as Haringey Council announced a crackdown on illegal movement onto council land - known as encroachment - with [...]
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[from Haringey Council]
Views sought on second stage of Parkland Walk proposals
Wednesday 27 February 2008
Residents are being invited to give their views on the second part of Haringey Council’s proposals to improve the longest nature reserve in London.
The council has launched a public consultation on the plans for the northern stretch of Parkland Walk, which runs [...]
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[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton]
Popular walk set for improvements
nlnews@archant.co.uk
23 January 2008
WORK is due to start this month on improvements to a stretch of Parkland Walk.
The work includes improvements to drainage, path repairs in muddy and rough areas, and better signs in the stretch of the walk between Highgate and Finsbury Park.
Councillor Brian Haley, [...]
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[from Muswell Hill journal]
Teen throws stones at car
nlnews@archant.co.uk
09 January 2008
A TEENAGE yob who pelted a car in Muswell Hill with stones was caught in the act by police this week.
A man was with his silver Rover car at The Viaduct, off St James’s Lane, on Saturday when it was hit with stones from Parkland [...]
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[from This is Local London]
Pregnant woman punched in racist attack
By Elizabeth Pears
Police are appealing for information following a racist attack, in Stroud Green last month, on an Asian woman who was days away from giving birth.
The 32-year-old mother, was taking a walk with her partner and their young child at around 2.15pm along Ferme Park [...]
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On Sunday 25 November there will be a ‘Winter Ramble’ on the Parkland Walk, when Richard Meyers, Conservation Officer with Islington Council, will lead a ramble looking at various aspects of the natural history of the Walk.
The ramble will start at the corner of Ella Road on Crouch Hill at 2.30 pm, and finish at [...]
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[from Hornsey & Crouch End Journal]
Thumbs-up for Walk makeover plans
nlnews@archant.co.uk
03 October 2007
PLANS for improvements to Parkland Walk have won overwhelming approval from residents, Haringey Council has announced.
Seventy-nine per cent of consultation respondents are satisfied with plans for the nature trail between Finsbury Park and Highgate Tube Station - just 10 per cent dissatisfied.
Of the 23 [...]
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