PENALTIES for fly-tipping are to be upped as the Town Hall comes under fire for piles of uncollected rubbish stacking up in West Hampstead.

CAMDEN’S dedicated police force will be combined with neighbouring Islington next year as part of a cost-cutting merger.

THE Town Hall was thanked this week for resettling Syrian refugees in the borough, and then told to do much more.

CAMDEN Council pumped out social media posts advertising a major clothing label without telling residents it had been paid to do so, writes Richard Osley.

Crews were busy in Finchley Road when a fire broke out in Camden Town. Picture: Shademan Irvanipour

Published: 24 November, 2016
by WILLIAM McLENNAN 

HAMPSTEAD Heath's famous model boating pond has been “ruined” by a recent overhaul, according to life-long enthusiasts.

THE new island on Hampstead Heath’s model boating pond was officially declared open on Friday, bringing an end to the controversial £23million dam-strengthening project.

A DEDICATED father-of-three who was killed by a bus on his way home from a night out has been described by friends as a “lovely man” who was like “north London’s Del Boy&rdq

STAFF and students at Parliament Hill School were delighted to see a heron (pictured above) visit its school pond, thought to have flown over from Hampstead Heath.

A PRIMROSE Hill newsagent has been granted permission to sell alcohol despite objections from neighbours worried that the change will lead to rowdy disturbances.

NEIGHBOURS of a luxury hotel set to open in Camden Council’s former offices in King’s Cross have urged planners to throw out a proposal to add a roof terrace for guests.

FORMER Hammer Horror favourite Judy Jarvis admitted being a bit star-struck when she was reunited with actress Suzanna Leigh at the weekend.

A FIRE which wrecked a West Hampstead maisonette was caused by a “stray firework”, investigators believe.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision near Mornington Crescent Underground Station.

A BIG Issue seller found dead with a cigarette believed to be packed with a “legal high” in his hand died from acute heart failure, an inquest has ruled.

THE new island on Hampstead Heath's model boating pond was officially declared open today (Friday) - bringing to an end the controversial two year, £23m dam strengthening project. 

THIS is the moment a man calmly walked into an off-licence to buy a bottle of beer after stabbing his wife of more than 30 years to death. 

AN actor who lost one of his legs in the 7/7 bombings is preparing to play the lead role in a Shakespeare production that has stirred memories of his late father.

A JEWISH boy from Belsize Park has been reunited with a skullcap he lost on his way to synagogue last month after being tracked down by a kind-hearted jogger.

A LIBRARY was awash with film crews last night (Wednesday) as a question and answer session with playwright Alan Bennett was broadcast live to cinema audiences across the country.

A LUNCHTIME steam session at a naturist spa ended in chaos when a man accidentally poured body oil onto a sauna’s hot stones and set the building on fire.

FORMER Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said he was struggling to see the “sanity” in global politics as he delivered a lecture on ethics at a Belsize Park church.

IT is one of the oldest tricks in a jokebook, a prank which could have come straight out of the pages of the Beano.

Margaret Hepburn took up swimming at the Heath Ladies’ Pond in her 70s

Published: 3 November, 2016
by ELLA JESSEL
 

A SUPERVISOR at the Town Hall’s housing repairs department who admitted stealing bathroom fittings worth £12,500 walked free from court this week and vowed to tell “my side of eve

A MATHS ace reckons he is the man who won too much – and has blasted bookmakers in Camden Town for refusing to take any more bets from him after a perfect streak of wins.

A COUPLE from Belsize Park are spearheading a bid to change the law so they can have a civil partnership, an option currently only open to gay and lesbian couples.

PIZZA giants Domino’s is to become the latest big-name food chain to move into Kentish Town.

A NEWSAGENT’S bid to secure an alcohol licence is at risk after neighbours warned that nuisance behaviour is on the rise in Primrose Hill.

BELSIZE PARK residents are celebrating after a Town Hall bid to site a phone mast at a block of council flats was thrown out by planners.

A PENSIONER from Bloomsbury is threatening the Town Hall with legal action over the approval of its own plans for a 25-storey tower in Somers Town.

POLICE officers who delivered first aid to a man savagely beaten with bottles and stabbed in the head by a stranger have been praised for their life-saving actions.

SAFER streets campaigners appear to have drawn first blood in a massive row over a new cycle lane through Bloomsbury.

TO some, Sheila Karsberg was the enigmatic, eccentric figure who carried a toy meerkat with her at all times and could be found walking the streets of Camden Town and Highgate.