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News, comment and features
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The Mayorwatch blog reports that the Green candidate for Mayor, Sian Berry, has warned that changes to planning laws will pose a threat to the continued availability of laundrettes throughout the capital.
The risk arises because the government intends to make temporary "permitted development" rules permanent and to extend them to cover light industrial buildings and laundrettes. Property owners would be able to convert such premises to housing without obtaining planning permission from.......
HERE is about the diversity of interests, people and places in the suburbs of London
HERE is not in the West End, Southbank or Shoreditch
HERE in the suburbs we aren't the swanky super-rich, the celebrity glitterati or bearded hipsters
HERE is where the cinema creatives of London produce their best output
HERE is where life is a rich diversity of race, religion and culture
HERE is where most of London lives.
Talkies Community Cinema's second HERE suburban.......
Tottenham Civic Society have set up an online petition with the aim of preventing the further dereliction of 7 Bruce Grove, the only building in Tottenham which bears an English Heritage Blue Plaque.
The petition reads as follows:
TO: REDWING ESTATES LIMITED
To restore this derelict historic building, in line with the planning permission that has already been granted.
Why is this important?
No. 7 Bruce Grove is one of the most important historic buildings in Tottenham. It is one of a.......
The first month of this year's Artist-in-Residence scheme in Broomfield Conservatory was brought to a close with a very popular drop-in workshop, giving visitors an opportunity to learn how to create ceramic leaves.
Cathy Taylor's five-month residency goes by the overall title "Spirals of Life", each month having a different theme, but all within the overall concept of "biological sculptures".
Cathy's report on last Sunday's workshop:
"The ceramics leaf-making workshop in the Conservatory in.......
The Friends of Broomfield Park have written to Enfield councillors to express serious concerns about the impact of budget cuts on the management and upkeep of parks in the borough and on Broomfield Park in particular - "one of the jewels in the borough's crown".
The letter from the Friends, sent ahead of last week's full meeting of the Council, listed some of the impacts which the proposed cuts would have: reductions in grass cutting in parks, use of volunteers to pick up litter after.......
Prizes of up to £1000 are being offered to artists living in Enfield or Haringey for an artwork which illustrates what life in the two boroughs might be like if environmental improvements had been made.
The competition is being run by Enfield and Haringey Green Parties in conjunction with Collage Arts. The challenge they are setting is to create art that depicts, embodies, or expresses what it could be like in Enfield and Haringey if one or more of the questions below were to be.......
Nine of the UK's leading environmental campaigns have come together to publish a manifesto outlining ways in which the next Mayor of London could tackle the capital's growing environmental problems.
Greener London: What the next Mayor can do to improve our capital has been produced by the Campaign for Better Transport, the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England, Friends of the Earth, the Green Alliance, Greenpeace, the London Wildlife Trust, the National Trust, the Royal.......
A charity which helps promote good practice among organisations involved in managing and supporting London's parks and other green spaces is calling on everyone who values them to lobby candidates for the upcoming Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections.
The London Parks and Green Spaces Forum has written to Friends of Parks groups throughout the capital suggesting points which should be made to candidates. The Forum is particularly concerned about cuts in expenditure on parks by.......
Noah's Ark Children's hospice explain the objectives of their Building the Ark Appeal.
A hospice building for children and families in North London
Our Building the Ark Appeal is raising funds to construct North London's only children's hospice building. Complementing our sector-leading 'hospice at home' and community-based services, a hospice building will allow us to offer a complete hospice service for the 1,086 children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.......
The budget approved by the full meeting of Enfield Council on 24th February includes an increase in Council Tax of 1.99 per cent. However, because of a reduction in the contribution to the Greater London Authority the effective increase will be smaller - 1.78 per cent.
The paperwork for the budget debate is available at this link. This describes the background to the budget and medium-term financial plan and the cuts which will be made to various council services. To access.......
Enfield CCG is reviewing local urgent care services to make sure they are meeting the needs of our local population. We want to hear your views on how you access and use urgent care services.
Urgent care services are the services that are there to look after you when you have an injury or an unplanned illness and you need immediate advice and support. Enfield CCG commissions a range of urgent care services so that patients in Enfield can access care for non-life threatening illnesses and.......
The Department for Transport seeks feedback on proposed changes to penalties for the offence of using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving.
This consultation seeks feedback on proposals for increasing the fixed penalty notice (FPN) level from £100 to £150 for all drivers. It also invites views on increasing the penalty points from:
3 to 4 points for non-HGV drivers
3 to 6 points for those that hold a large goods vehicle (HGV) licence and commit the offence whilst driving.......