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New parking restrictions anger Heath users

Susanna Wilkey NEW parking proposals have incensed people who go to Hampstead Heath by car to walk and enjoy the facilities around Kenwood House. Plans for a controlled parking zone (CPZ) have been branded a stealth tax by residents and Heath users say... » MORE
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Celebrities back plans to expand naturism on Hampstead Heath

Katie Davies HUNDREDS of campaigners including Julian Clary and human rights protester Peter Tatchell are backing a scheme to increase the area for nude male sunbathing on Hampstead Heath. A petition with more than 1,000 signatures will be presented to t... » MORE

Gay men warning

GAY cruisers on Hampstead Heath are being urged to report any assaults to police. The appeal comes after a man was attacked and his car stolen by three masked men at Jack Straw s Castle. He was attacked when he returned to his car at around midnight on Mo... » MORE

'Modernist rubbish' in heart of Hampstead

Tan Parsons RESIDENTS have blasted plans to replace a 1950s house in the heart of Hampstead with what they fear will be modernist rubbish . Planning permission was given by Camden Council to demolish the Holly Walk house in 2005. But critics say there h... » MORE

Plea for more protection for Heath

HEATH bosses want more protection in the wake of last week s victory against developers plans to send trucks down a rural lane. A scheme that would have seen hundreds of trucks passing along the tranquil Millfield Lane to a building site at Fitzroy Farm... » MORE

Ben Whishaw, Jane Campion and Abbie CornishHampstead love story in line for Cannes award

A FILM depicting a love story rooted in Hampstead is shortlisted for the top prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Bright Star, directed by Oscar winner Jane Campion, premiered at the French festival on Thursday. The film tells the story of poet John Ke... » MORE

Ghetto fears from West Hampstead housing block

RESIDENTS have condemned plans for a housing block in West Hampstead, saying it will create a ghetto out of keeping with the area. Octavia Housing and Care submitted plans in October to demolish Olive and Douglas Waites houses on Priory Road to make way... » MORE

Campaigners celebrateVictory for Hampstead Heath campaigners

Ben McPartland CAMPAIGNERS have won a landmark victory after plans to send hundreds of 22-tonne dump trucks along a tranquil lane bordering Hampstead Heath were thrown out. This week a planning inspector delighted conservationists, swimmers, allotment hol... » MORE

Guard valuables on Hampstead Heath this summer

POLICE are advising people to leave their valuables behind when they come to visit Hampstead Heath this summer. The Ham&High reported a series of incidents on and around the Heath last week. Since then, other crimes have taken place. On Thursday last week... » MORE

Fitzroy site inspectionCampaigners battle developers at public hearing

Ben McPartland A TRANQUIL rural lane on the edge of Hampstead Heath will be turned into the slow lane of the M1 if developers get their way, a planning inspector has been told. Residents, conservationists and Heath users turned out in force at a public... » MORE
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