[from Muswell Hill Journal]
Action over land grabs
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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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The Friends of Wray Crescent Open Space are organising a Summer Festival in Wray Crescent park on Saturday 21st June 2pm – 5pm. There will be music, stalls, a community picnic and food to purchase, a bouncy castle, face painting, animals from a local city farm, the fire brigade and an under-12s 5-aside football competition. [...]
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[from Hackney Gazette]
CUBA JAUNT FOR PUNCH AND JUDY MAN
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk 18 April 2008
Konrad Fredericks
Punch and Judy have packed their bags and are off to Cuba.
Finsbury Park puppeteer Konrad Fredericks is taking them to an international festival in one of the few remaining communist nations in the world.
Mr Fredericks, otherwise known as Mr Punch, told [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by PETER GRUNER
Published: 11 April 2008
David Bellamy will be the top speaker at a conference organised by Finsbury Park-based Natural Death Centre next weekend.
Bury black, green is the colour for a funeral that’s eco-friendly
Charity offers tips on how to depart the world in a plain cardboard coffin
WORLD-famous [...]
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[from Hackney Gazette]
POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN HOTS UP
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
11 April 2008
HUNDREDS of protestors have spoken out about the seven threatened post offices in Hackney.
Campaigners from across the borough have made their voices heard by putting their objections down on paper.
Petitions have been submitted to Post Office Ltd calling for the threatened post offices to remain open.
The [...]
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[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Gazette]
Shoppers stuck for hours on the long Good Friday
nlnews@archant.co.uk
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
GOOD Friday turned into a nightmare for shoppers at the Arena Retail Park in Green Lanes, eyewitnesses have reported.
Frustrated drivers are said to have waited hours to get out of the centre car park near Harringay Green Lanes [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by PETER GRUNER
Published: 4 April 2008
Pass the biscuits… for a very British protest
DOZENS of parents and children sat down for an impromptu protest “picnic” on the steps of Islington Town Hall last night (Thursday) .
The demonstration (right) outside a full meeting of Islington council was against the plan [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 4 April 2008
Operation ‘not aimed at Algerian community’
BOROUGH Commander Bob Carr, who met business owners and residents yesterday (Thursday), has responded to criticisms made of the Blackstock Road operation.
He said: “We knew exactly who we were looking for and know what was going on [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 4 April 2008
Blackstock Road business owners with placards they planned to display in their windows
Was Blackstock raid heavy-handed?
A week on, police face backlash as small businesses hit out over massive police crackdown
CAMPAIGNERS from “Little Algiers” attended an angry meeting at Finsbury Park Mosque on [...]
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[from Islington Gazette]
Residents and traders back Blackstock Road raid
nlnews@archant.co.uk
02 April 2008
Officers in riot gear during the operation in Blackstock Road
SHOPKEEPERS and some residents of Finsbury Park have spoken out in favour of last week’s largest-ever police raid on organised crime in the area.
Thursday morning’s operation against 19 properties in Blackstock Road, which involved more [...]
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