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Camden's oldest person to receive Asbo

AN abusive pensioner has been banned from waving his walking stick in an aggressive manner after becoming the oldest person in Camden to get an Asbo. After terrorising parts of Dartmouth Park and Kentish Town, Terence O Rourke was handed th... » MORE
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Investigation into Boyzone star's death closes

The investigation into the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has closed, it was confirmed today. The 33-year-old Highgate resident was found dead in Majorca in October last year. His body was discovered slumped on a couch after a night spent out club... » MORE

Kenwood and the Miltons to get extra car club spaces

Residents in Highgate will have more access to car club vehicles, according to the Lib Dems, after the council agreed to adopt proposals to provide more car club bays in the area. The initial scheme, set up last year, failed to include the Miltons area... » MORE

MP's damning list of 90 ungritted roads in Haringey

Hornsey & Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone has published a list of 90 roads in Haringey where residents complained that they were not gritted during the snowfall before Christmas. The list, which was put together after over 200 residents responded to the MP s call f... » MORE

Out of tune after an off-key visit to Mozart

I recently left a hat of great sentimental value on a table outside Cafe Mozart at Swain s Lane, where I have been a regular customer for years. I realised the loss immediately but after 10 minutes of searching under tables and asking staff and customers... » MORE

A Highgate hero who repelled Russians in Afghanistan

IN 1885 an incident occurred on the banks of the Kushk River in Afghanistan. It came to be known as the Panjder incident. Little is known save that several hundred tribal Afghans died attempting to prevent a Russian advance which would have had dire conse... » MORE

Hollywood brothers pay tribute to Highgate stalwart

THE son of a popular Highgate man who died last week has credited his father for inspiring him and his brother to Hollywood success. Jonathan Nolan, 33, who wrote the screenplay for Hollywood blockbuster The Dark Knight which his brother Christopher, 39,... » MORE

Future of Witanhurst to be decided

UNDERGROUND streams and heavy traffic will be the rallying cries of campaigners at a meeting tonight to decide the fate of a Grade II-listed Highgate mansion. Witanhurst was bought by private developers more than two years ago. An extravagant redevelopmen... » MORE

Concerns mount over Athlone House demolition plan

Ben McPartland CONTENTIOUS plans to demolish a historic building on the fringes of Hampstead Heath have finally been lodged, much to the anger of conservation groups. Nearly 18 months after plans to level Athlone House were first revealed to the public, d... » MORE

South African comic book artist is banned from UK

By Emma Seymour AN ARTIST, whose life in Hampstead inspired his drawings for a critically acclaimed comic book, has been blocked from returning to England despite living here for three years and making a home with his girlfriend. Nikhil Singh, 33, who il... » MORE
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