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News, comment and features
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The Tottenham Park Charitable Trust is warning people with family members buried in Tottenham Park Cemetery that their loved ones' graves are in danger of being deliberately damaged or removed.
The following warning was sent by Huriye Dervish:
I am part of a local community group called 'Tottenham Park Charitable Trust' . We are very concerned about the above Cemetery, which is privately run. If you google the cemetery you'll find a lot of information about our concerns.... we would like to.......
Palmers Green Police made the following announcement on their Twitter feed last week:
The Bogus roofers are around the Palmers Green area again. Victims have been told they have tiles missing. Some work is done then more money is demanded as more and more problems are discovered. Previous victims have been scammed out of up to £30,000.
They can often be very forceful or persuasive in getting their victims to sign up to their services. If you are having work carried out by people that fit.......
The dates and speakers at the 2018 Enfield Literary Festival have been announced. It will be held at the Dugdale Centre from 22nd to 30th June. The lineup below is incomplete, but is already pretty impressive. The theme is "Change".
The Festival is billed as "Enfield's first ever Literary Festival", which fails to acknowledge that there have already been four Lamb Festivals held at All Saints church in Edmonton (which arguably isn't Enfield, but that argument is rather.......
"Hi - I am Surayya , one of Talkies' volunteers. I will be bringing you a short film on this website each month.
"Please let us know what you think of this month's film, and watch this space to see what we will bring you in the coming months!"
2018 is one special year for sports. We’ve had the Winter Olympics and Paralympics; the Commonwealth Games are upon us and the footy World Cup begins again in a matter of months, and these are only a few of the mammoth sports events.......
Govia Thameslink Railway has published a report on the third phase of its Monday-to-Friday fugture timetables consultation, along with complete Monday-to-Friday timetables. The first improvements to service frequency will be introduced on Sunday 20th May, but it appears that we will now have to wait until December 2019 before frequencies reach those promised in the consultations:
Enfield's newly accredited Museum and Archive Service this month launches a programme of events in which visitors are invited in to learn about some of the objects in its collection.
The Service's accreditation status was announced at the end of March by the UK Archive Service Accreditation Partnership. The panel awarding accreditation looks at "an organisation’s ability to develop, care for, and provide access to its collections, and those areas such as resources and planning which.......
A guest article by James Cracknell, written in response to Sadiq Khan's call for all London local authorities to divest their pension funds from fossil fuel companies
When it comes to environmental problems, shifts in attitude can happen incredibly quickly.
Diesel was once heralded by car companies as a 'green' alternative fuel to petrol and drivers for years were conned into buying vehicles that ran on it. Evidence now shows this was a huge mistake – and politicians have been fast to.......
Construction of north London's first children's hospice has begun. Parents of young patients cared for by Noah's Ark Children's hospice laid the first bricks for the new "Ark" building in Barnet on 19th March.
Noah's Ark hospice cares for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Islington, Haringey and Hertsmere, where there are more than 1,200 children who could benefit from their services. However, it does not have its own.......
Updated guidance published by the UK's top authority on improving health and social care calls on local authorities to prioritise walking, cycling and public transport over private cars. Recommended measures include re-allocating road space by widening pavements and installing cycle lanes, closing roads and reducing vehicle speeds.
The fact that the Cycle Enfield and Quieter Neighbourhood programmes are designed to do just that is no coincidence. Over the last few years Government.......
A team of Nordic Walkers from Palmers Green recently took part in the inaugural Vitality Big Half, raising funds for Silverfit, a London-wide charity which enables people over 45 to regain or maintain their lifelong fitness.
Adding to what’s it’s so well known for – fun & free– the Palmers Green Festival has taken health and wellbeing as its 2018 theme. Its fare of world champion dancing, a fun-fair, two music stages, waggiest tail and other dog competitions, over 100 stalls to browse and lots more, will be augmented by a focus on building a stronger, healthier community and promoting healthier lifestyles.