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News, comment and features
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Starting on 20 May there will be an increase in the offpeak frequency of trains serving Palmers Green on Mondays to Saturdays. In response to enquiries from Dave Cockle of the Enfield Transport Users Group, Govia Thameslink Railway have confirmed that the offpeak frequency on the Hertford Loop will be increased from three to four trains an hour except on Sundays, when it will remain at two trains an hour.
We do not yet know how late into the evenings this increased frequency will apply and what.......
The following is a brief outline of some of the points raised at the Palmers Green Ward Forum on 8th February.
There is another summary, by Sarah Dodgson, on the Enfield Voices Facebook page, produced as part of the Enfield Voices Citizen Journalism initiative. There is also a video recording of the meeting made by Francis Sealey that he live streamed on Facebook (which not everyone can view - I'm one of those who can't, so I'm relying entirely on the notes I made at the meeting)........
Members of Make Votes Matter North London branch were among the campaigners for proportional democracy who staged a 14 fast and vigil outside Parliament.
Geraldine Anwar has provided a summary of the project updates given at the January 2018 open meeting of the Friends of Broomfield Park.
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"At the moment the strelitzia are performing well in the Conservatory"A group has been set up with the aim of improving the playground. Their project was allocated money from the Greenery surplus fund. Unfortunately, this did not meet the Council's strict criteria and they are now working with the Council to come up with a proposal that will be.......
- Enfield Council’s voter registration campaign launches on 6 February
- The date marks 100 years since women gained the right to vote
- Registering to vote is easy but don’t duplicate your registration
Enfield will be marking exactly 100 years since women gained the right to vote and the Representation of the People Act by launching its campaign “My Vote Enfield” on 6 February.
The campaign being launched by Enfield Council seeks to get as many people as.......
Enfield Refugee Welcome are now looking to apply to the Home Office to support a second refugee family in Enfield. It’s very much a team effort and we need more volunteers to help make this happen. There are a number of roles and tasks, so please consider if you could contribute and be part of the team.
A video clip in which Dr Zoe Williams gives instructions on treating a victim of an acid attack.
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Age UK Enfield has launched an exciting new project called the Memory Club. The group aims to offer meaningful activities and social interaction for people with Dementia and their carers. Age UK Memory Care Navigators will be available for carers to use to access support and advice.
Bambos Charalambous MP, Deputy Mayor of Enfield and local councillors and representatives from WMT, Mitre Construction and organisers from Friends of Broomfield Park
The Garden of Remembrance in Broomfield Park which was opened in 1929 and contains a memorial temple dedicated to those who died in the first and second world wars has been extensively restored. The Friends of Broomfield Park would like to thank the War Memorials Trust which provided a generous grant that funded the.......
On more than one occasion, on leaving the Alfred Herring, it's occurred to me that I might be seeing double. Surely there shouldn't be so many phone boxes along this stretch of Green Lanes? When almost everyone has a mobile and hardly anyone uses phone boxes? And at least one was installed quite recently? Is it time to go teetotal?
Well, that very sober body the Local Government Association (LGA) has also noticed this phenomenon, which it turns out is much more marked in.......
Palmers Green writer Alex Woolf was one of the presenters at the first Enfield Literary Festival(Photograph: Anne-Marie Sanderson)Last Saturday's first Enfield Literary Festival event attracted a roomful of people, young ahd old, to the recently refurbished Edmonton Green Library, keen to learn more about the trade secrets of locally and internationally acclaimed writers and hear about the borough's literary history.
Participants were able to hear talks and take part in creative.......