10 September 2024
The police have issued a statement and appeal for information after a teenage boy was found in Green Lanes, Palmers Green, with stab wounds on Monday afternoon. London Ambulance Service sent a helicopter, which landed in Broomfield Park. The victim's condition was assessed as not life threatening or life changing.
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11 May 2024
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pensioner in Millicent Grove, Palmers Green, on 7th May.
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21 February 2024
The Metropolitan Police have launched a survey with the aim of finding out Londoners' views about stop and search.
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06 February 2024
Police are treating the New Year's Day fire in St John the Evangelist church as arson. It was preceded by a campaign of misogynistic harrassment of the vicar, Rev Julie Coleman. Repairs and redecoration will cost 'tens of thousands' and the church may be out of use for six months.
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20 December 2023
Images of two crashes in Palmers Green this week. How can we put an end to reckless driving? Why is it not at the top of the police's priorities? Why do magistrates award such lenient sentences to people who endanger the public?
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27 November 2023
Karl Brown, chair of the Palmers Green Ward Panel (CAPE), provides advice about ways of reporting crime.
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27 November 2023
'Report, report and report.' That was the key message for us all emerging from the latest PG CAPE, writes its chair, Karl Brown. Without information, crime statistics will be misleading, and with many more eyes and ears across our community than the police can muster, we are ideally placed to provide intel on potential and actual bad things.
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09 November 2023
In the run-up to the first Palmers Green local community hub, Enfield Climate Action Forum has published a list of the issues that most concern people. The full timetable for the hub has now been published, along with details of the discussion leaders and the topics.
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11 October 2023
Two recent public meetings have raised the profile of complaints about car 'meets', 'boy racers' and speeding on the A10 and elsewhere. They have already led to some action being taken, but do the police and council have the resources and powers (and determination) required to resolve this longstanding issue?
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04 October 2023
Enfield Council is seeking input from residents and businesses to help develop its Serious Violence Duty Strategy for the period 2024-25.
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04 October 2023
Karl Brown, chair of the Palmers Green ward panel, reports on discussions at its most recent meeting on 12th September.
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02 August 2023
This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available.
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26 July 2023
The Casey Review, set up in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police office, identified serious shortcomings in the standards of behaviour and internal culture of the Metropolitan Police Service. In response, the force's Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has launched a two-year reform plan called A New Met for London. Enfield residents will have an opportunity to learn about the plan and provide feedback at a community engagement event on Friday 4th August.
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07 June 2023
This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Arnos Grove ward is now available.
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30 May 2023
This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available.
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24 May 2023
The Palmers Green ward forum on 22nd May discussed many issues raised by residents. The Safer Neighbourhoods Team answered questions and there were briefings by the Young Mayors and the chair of the Ward Panel.
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23 May 2023
The safer neighbourhoods team are conducting an online survey to find out residents' views on local policing priorities.
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