BELSIZE PARK NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
	Parents push Balls for Belsize primary school PARENTS met with education secretary Ed Balls yesterday to demand a new Belsize Park primary school to cope with demand for places. The MP was visiting the Harmood Children s Centre in Chalk Farm to launch the government's families and relatio... » MORE

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'Career criminal' jailed over Budgens robbery

A MEMBER of a professional gang of crooks who disguised themselves as police to break into a Belsize Park supermarket has been jailed. James Williams, 49, was sentenced on Monday to 11 years imprisonment for robbing a worker at Budgens i... » MORE

Teenager arrested over Belsize 'rape'

POLICE have made an arrest in connection with the alleged rape of a young woman in a Belsize Park flat. Last week the Ham&High reported how the police and forensic teams were called in to a basement flat on Fellows Road after a young woman made the allega... » MORE

Conmen posed as police in Budgens robbery, court hears

Ben McPartland A SOPHISTICATED gang of robbers posed as police to trick their way into a Belsize Park supermarket, a court has heard. Four men conned their way into Budgens in Haverstock Hill, handcuffed a member of staff and demanded the key to the tills... » MORE

Woman 'raped' in Belsize flat

A YOUNG woman has allegedly been raped in a rundown Belsize Park flat, the Ham&High has learned. An incident involving a 23-year-old victim is alleged to have occurred in the early hours of Saturday in a grubby basement flat in Fellows Road. Police are so... » MORE

Funding hopes grow for new Belsize Park school

Susanna Wilkey CAMPAIGNERS for a new school in Belsize have been given fresh hope from a letter sent by the Secretary of State for Schools to a Camden councillor. Last month the Government announced a £200m fund to build permanent classrooms for reception... » MORE

Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby Chris Martin are expanding

BELSIZE Park A-listers Gwyneth Paltrow and hubby Chris Martin are following in the footsteps of fellow Camden developers Alastair Campbell and Jamie Oliver by spreading out into the house next door. The couple have snapped up the property adjoining their... » MORE

XO marks the spot in smashing Belsize Park

Just like the cult 60s caper filmed nearby, seeing XO with its chrome and bold colours is a flashback to the past. But its efficient service and sublime food make it a must for contemporary diners, writes Joseph Connolly Smashing Time. It s a little-kno... » MORE

Primrose Hill pensioner, 94, robbed by cowards

A 94-year-old man was taken to hospital after being robbed of a paltry £55 by two men posing as Good Samaritans. Great-grandfather of two, Victor Stone, of Primrose Hill, has branded his attackers as cowards . After pretending to help him into his flat... » MORE

Have-a-go solicitor makes citizen's arrest

Katie Davies A solicitor's Belsize Park birthday celebrations turned out even more memorable after he caught a mugger. Xabier De Beristain Humphrey, now 32, was in The Washington pub in England s Lane on Saturday night. The fireworks, however, really got... » MORE

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