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In an online interview former councillor Ingrid Cranfield discusses tackling the youth violence crisis and problems with the selection of candidates for safe council seats

The Mayor of London is inviting groups to apply for Community Green Space Grants

The planning consultancy Lichfields has published a guide to the new revision of the National Planning Policy Framework

Winchmore Hill resident Jean Robertson-Molloy explains why she became a leading campaigner for the government to issue an official apology for 'past adoption practices'

Francis Sealey's interviews with local community activists continue with Karl Brown speaking about the Palmers Green Festival - how it started, how it's run and what innovations we can look forward to this year.

The NHS - on the Brink? was the title used by Professor Sue Richards for her talk to mark the opening of How Come We Didn't Know?, a photographic exhibiition tracing the increasing involvement of big corporations in the National Health Service. Sue Davies from Defend Enfield NHS outlines what Professor Richards had to say.

Bambos Charalambous MP has signed a letter to the prime minister urging her to commit to bringing the UK's greenhouse gas emissions down to 'net zero' before 2050.

This year August 1st is Earth Overshoot Day, the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from the rest of nature than our planet can renew in the entire year. This date moves about three days earlier each year as our consumption, population and emissions increase. We are currently living as if we had 1.7 Earths, a 70% overshoot.

The Talkies Short of the Month for August is 'Their They're There'

Following the cabinet meeting on 25th July, Enfield Council has issued a press release about its planned method of taking forward the Meridian Water project - major redevelopment of land adjacent to the North Circular Road in Edmonton to provide both housing and employment land.

A decision about whether or not the North Middlesex University NHS Trust should become part of the Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trst will be taken in early October.

In the second of the Citizen's Eye series of video interview, Francis Sealey of Enfield Voices and GlobalNet21 talks to Clare Rogers about the genesis of the Better Streets for Enfield campaign.