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News, comment and features
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The rail company behind Great Northern has admitted that, despite boosting its training programme, it still does not have enough drivers to run all scheduled services, especially during periods of high annual leave (ie school holidays). And it would appear that planned service enhancements due in December will prolong this problem, as will the need to train drivers for new train fleets.
The article below is taken from www.thameslinkrailway.com (thanks to Donald Smith for drawing it.......
The first ever Firs Farm Wetlands Festival will be held on 16th July and will celebrate the progress of the project to transform an area of playing fields into a site for pond dipping, nature trails, educational tours, a relaxing walk or family picnicwalking - not to mention, the largest sustainable urban drainage system in the UK, designed to reduce the risk of flooding to local homes.
The celebrations will be hosted and organised by the Friends of Firs Farm. But they need help to fulfil.......
16 - 20 MAY 2016
Join over a million pupils and their families to celebrate walking to school.
Challenge everyone in your school to walk every day during Walk to School Week and make a real difference to your children's happiness and wellbeing.
www.livingstreets.org.uk/what-we-do/projects/walk-to-school-week.......
In support of a national charity's campaign to record and maintain the country's war memorials, a local church is providing access to information about fallen World War I servicemen.
Christ Church Southgate Green will be making its WWI Lives Remembered exhibition materials available to the participants in the Civic Voice war memorials workshop, which will be held at the similarly named church in Cockfosters on Friday 13th May.
All the display boards from last November's exhibition can now be.......
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With just weeks until the launch of EURO 2016, Enfield borough police are advising fans to take some simple steps to ensure that both they and their families can enjoy the event. Commander Dave Musker leading the policing operation for the Met, said, "We have been working closely with our EURO 2016 partners as part of our planning for this event to make sure fans can enjoy the coverage of the competition in a safe and secure environment.
“We ask fans to do their bit and.......
Enfield Council has found partners for two "community libraries" in the east of the borough. The builders are currently in at Ponders End Library, making room for the charity Age UK Enfield, which will be moving its headquarters to the library. Work is also under way at Enfield Highway Library, which will be sharing with a "public health services department".
Ponders End Library - and the new HQ of Age UK EnfieldTransforming the majority of the its libraries into community libraries.......
A book published by the Fabian Society with support from Groundwork, Keep Britain Tidy, the RSPB and the Woodland Trust addresses the challenge of maintaining the UK's parks and other green spaces in an age of Austerity.
Ed Wallis, the author of Places to Be: Green Spaces for Active Citizenship, sees green spaces as providing a "crucial community ballast". He sees an "opportunity to manage our green space in such way that empowers citizens, bolsters people’s sense of place and.......
To celebrate Dementia Awareness Week 2016 Healthwatch Enfield’s very own Lucy Whitman has organised special events where she will present her book People with Dementia Speak Out.
In the book, twenty-three people from diverse backgrounds share their experiences of living with dementia. The personal accounts demonstrate that with the right support at the right time, and above all with opportunities to continue to contribute to society in a meaningful way, it is possible to live well with.......
On 19th May Enfield Council will be exhibiting the final design plans for the A105 cycle lanes scheme, revised to take account of public feedback from the last consultation round. The exhibition will be held at Palmers Green Library from 3pm to 8pm.
On the evening of Wednesday 25 May there will be a co-design workshop for residents on the design of the public realm mprovements in Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill. People have to apply for a limited number of places on this workshop, so get.......
Following our successful MPs event in December, EDA will host a local Councillors Question Time.
Doug Taylor the Leader of the Council has confirmed his attendance. We’re still waiting for others to confirm.
This is your opportunity to put your questions about the issues which affect your life including, cuts to local services, your experience of living and working in Enfield as deaf and disabled people, people who experience mental distress and those with long term health conditions.......
Southgate District Civic Trust (SDCT) is encouraging people to play a part in conserving and protecting our local war memorials as part of a project to commemorate the First World War.
A free workshop in May aims to inspire people to survey and conserve our local war memorials. SDCT want to ensure that by the end of the centenary of the First World War in 2018, as many of our war memorials as possible are in a good condition.
Southgate District Civic Trust, along with Civic Voice,.......
The following information is taken from the London Elects website
How the Mayoral results are calculated
The Mayor of London is elected by the supplementary vote system.
Each voter has a first and second choice vote. If a candidate receives more than half of all the first choice votes they are elected immediately. If this does not happen, the two candidates with the most first choice votes go through to a second round. All other candidates are eliminated.
The second choice votes of.......