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News, comment and features
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Enfield Council's planning committee has approved the latest planning application for the redevelopment of Chase Farm Hospital. The application covers the appearance, size and layout of the new hospital, and was approved unanimously.
Preparatory work for the redevelopment work has now begun, with demolition of unused buildings and alterations to some of the internal roads taking place.
Construction of the new hospital itself is due to begin in spring.
The next public engagement event is.......
Govia, the company behind the Great Northern and Thameslink brands, is planning to close ticket offices at Palmers Green and other stations where average ticket sales are low. Instead, a station "host" will be available on the "concourse", selling a limited range of "popular" tickets. However, the plans do have a positive aspect - there would be a Host at the station from first to last train every day.
According to Govia's "Stakeholder Manager" (PR person?), these plans would only.......
Enfield Council is holding a series of free car seat checks for parents to ensure they have the correct child restraints for their child and vehicle.
The sessions, which will take place right across the borough, start on Wednesday 17 February 2016 and will continue right through until October.
The law states that all children under 135 cm, or roughly 4ft 5in, tall must use the proper child seat when travelling by car, but, worryingly, research by the Royal Society for the Prevention of.......
Positive people from the local community needed - could you spare two to four hours a week for a year to help turn a child's life round?
This is the question that Chance UK is posing. By becoming a Chance UK mentor you would be helping inspire a primary school child with behavioural difficulties, who otherwise when a little older might find themself drawn into anti-social or criminal activity.
And the benefits are not all one-way. The work can be tremendously personally rewarding.......
Excerpts from Council Questions 28 January 2016. All the questions below relate to Cycle Enfield, but there were many more questions and answers on a wide range of subjects.
Click here to read the complete list of questions and answers.
Question 1 from Councillor Neville to Councillor Anderson, Cabinet Member for Environment
I made the Cabinet Member aware on 17 December 2015 of a post by the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) urging its supporters to vote for the council's proposals.......
The notes of the meeting of the Cycle Enfield Partnership Board (Enfield West) have been provided to all participants, along with the slides used for four of the supporting presentations.
The main headings below are links to PDF documents. The bullet points are my very rough attempts at describing the content and conclusions of the documents.
Notes of the meeting (click to download0
The notes do not in general duplicate the information contained in the presentation slides. .......
Can you be a good neighbour? North London Hospice is seeking volunteers to befriend patients in their own homes. Over 70% of people with a life-limiting diagnosis prefer to receive their care at home. Many of these patients are isolated, or have families or carers who would appreciate a friendly smile and some support.
You can make a difference by volunteering a few hours of your time – full training and supervision provided.
For more information, please join us at our community tea.......
Eclectic and entertaining plays during Write Here, Write Now
Eclectic and entertaining plays - Wed 17 - Sat 20 Feb
There'll be five plays and they reflect the writers’ diverse backgrounds, experiences and interests. Read about all the plays below or on our website. Performed in the intimate.......
Broomfield Conservatory's artist in residence for 2016 is Cathy Taylor. In conjunction with fellow Friend of Broomfield Park June Dawes, she will be exhibiting her botanical sculptures set among the hothouse plants in Broomfield Conservatory. The exhibition - Spirals of Life - starts this Sunday (31st January) and continues until the end of June........
Following last week's meeting of the Enfield West Partnership Board, the revised proposals for cycle lanes along the A105 will be considered by Enfield Council's Cabinet on 10th February. If, as seems likely, the proposals are approved, they will then be sent to Transport for London (TfL) for its approval. If given the green light by TfL, the proposals will then be subject to a period of statutory public consultation.
Following the consultation, the engineers would move on to.......
North London Samaritans have got through the first stage of a submission to the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore the "Tin Tabernacle" in Bowes Park for use as a call centre and community centre. To succeed in Stage 2 they need to prove that there is sufficient demand from community groups and other organisations who would wish to hire such a hall.
The "Tin Tabernacle" is otherwise known as Shaftesbury Hall and is situated in Herbert Road, very close to Bowes Park station. Originally.......
On the Bowes & Bounds Connected website Donald Smith has posted information about changes to the last collection times for post in North London. The changes take effect on 15th February and apparently apply only to collections from pillar boxes, rather than post offices.
Not for much longer!Monday to Friday
Current last collection: 17:30
Last collection wef 15/2/2016: 16:15
Saturday
Current last collection: 12:00
Last collection wef 15/2/2016: 10:30.......