Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
There has been yet another revelation of gross child abuse in the London borough of Haringey . It led to an angry exchange between David Cameron and Gordon Brown at Prime Minister's Questions, and a rather more considered question by Lynne Featherstone, LibDem MP for Hornsey and Wood Green. Most commentators (for instance Jonathan Calder ) have been kind to David Cameron, but I believe he lost his...
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green & Edmonton] Booze deaths highest in capital nlnews@archant.co.uk 06 November 2008 MEN in Haringey are more likely to die from alcohol-related illnesses than in any other area of London, a report has revealed. The Dying for a Drink? report also shows more than 10,000 adults - or six per cent of the borough’s population - are [...]
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal] Tax rise fears after Icelandic banks crash nlnews@archant.co.uk 10 October 2008 MILLIONS of pounds of Haringey Council cash could be lost as a result of the Icelandic banking crisis, it has emerged. The council has around £37million of deposits in three Icelandic banks which folded this week - understood to be the biggest [...]
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal] Threat to parks police gets big response nlnews@archant.co.uk 13 August 2008 MORE than 500 residents concerned about council plans to cut Haringey’s parks police force have contacted the Liberal Democrats, a councillor claims. The news comes as Labour-run Haringey Council announced consultation will begin on proposals to axe the parks constabulary and...
Matt Davies (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
My Lib Dem colleagues have 'called-in' the decision by Haringey's Labour Cabinet to relocate the Civic Centre in Wood Green. In a nutshell, this means that there will now be a special meeting of Overview & Scrutiny to decide what should happen - on Tuesday 19 August at 7.30pm (in the current Civic Centre) for those who want to attend. Do local residents want the Council to spend millions of their money...
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Haringey Council have taken the impressive move of shutting the High Road on Sunday, September 28, for an event to mark International Car Free Day, organised with the Sustainable Haringey Network. Cars will not be allowed in Wood Green as residents and shoppers enjoy entertainment, music, food and drinks between 10am to 4pm. The occasions will [...]
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
The family of a UK man who died from asbestos related illness has received compensation amounting to one hundred and forty thousand GBP (around two hundred and eighty thousand dollars). Jim Crowe, from Wood Green, worked as a clerk for Haringey Council, and died last year at the age of seventy nine. Mr Crowe was [...]
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal] Art gallery goes down the pan nlnews@archant.co.uk 02 July 2008 HOMELESS: Shiri Shalmy has had to move out of gallery:space AN ART gallery created in an old toilet block in Finsbury Park has been left homeless after Haringey Council pulled the plug on the lease, its boss claims. Fine arts graduate Shiri Shalmy, [...]
Hunter and Shooter (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Cllr. Ali Demirci is the latest councillor to cross the floor on Haringey Council from the Dim Lebs to Labour. Why? Because the Lib Dems don't have anything positive to offer the people of Haringey. At the recent elections, they lost two out of the three contests in Hornsey and Wood Green and, worse still, were a poor fourth in Tottenham - behind the Greens. The Conservatives locally and nationally...
Lynne's Parliament and Haringey dia (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
Keith Flett kindly wrote in the local newspaper about my push to get Oyster more widely accepted on train services: Full marks to Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, for raising the issue of pay as you go Oyster Card use on rail networks in Haringey. At the moment they can't be used on the line from Finsbury Park through to Hornsey and beyond, although the train operator First Group...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
Police and enforcement officers in Haringey have succeeded in closing down an illegal auction selling poor quality goods in Wood Green Town Centre.
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal] Bookmakers win licence appeal bid nlnews@archant.co.uk 09 April 2008 RESIDENTS fear that more betting shops will open in Green Lanes after a decision by Haringey Council to refuse a gambling licence was overturned at appeal. Bookmaker Metrobet has won an appeal against Haringey Council after its decision to reject a premises betting licence [...]
London Tour (Free subscription) | 19/02/2008
London Borough of Haringey Address : Civic Centre High Road Wood Green N22 8LE Telephone: 020 8489 0000 Website : www.haringey.gov.uk
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
[from Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton journal] Parking controls will kill us off, say traders nlnews@archant.co.uk 13 February 2008 A WAVE of new parking restrictions in Haringey have been met by mixed reactions from residents and traders. The controlled parking zones cover Bounds Green, Wood Green and Green Lanes and are set to start at the end of March. While [...]
A blog for Finsbury Park N4 (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
[from This Is Local London] Taking it slow in the suburbs By Caron Kemp The first 20mph speed limit in the borough was introduced in Wood Green in 2001. Since then, the same limit has been rolled out or proposed in 29 areas of Haringey, making it a contender to become the first London borough with a blanket [...]
