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Kentish Town man faces execution

A FORMER taxi firm manager from Kentish Town who has mental health problems is facing the death sentence in China. Akmal Shaikh was arrested in September 2007 in Urumqi, north-west China, and sentenced last November to death by firing squad after he was c... » MORE
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The house in Kentish TownMan in fatal roof fall while fixing aerial

A MAN has died after falling from the roof of his three-storey house in Kentish Town. Martin Wilson, 58, suffered serious head and neck injuries when he fell on Bank Holiday Monday. Ambulances and police rushed to his Queen's Crescent home at 2.15pm. Para... » MORE

Importand day looms for community under threat

NEXT Wednesday should be a date to remember for the Haverstock ward. After a two-year struggle to achieve Town Green status for Talacre Gardens, Camden Council will finally make a decision as to whether they will self register this open space, so crucial... » MORE

Jon Snow joins campaigners at public inquiry

Ben McPartland CAMPAIGNERS have turned out in force in the battle to save a popular Kentish Town pub from redevelopment and possible closure. Newsreader Jon Snow joined MP Frank Dobson, Kentish Town councillors and regulars from the Torriano pub at an app... » MORE

Bus driver sentenced after crashing into bridge

A BUS driver who ploughed his double-decker into a railway bridge in Kentish Town has been banned from driving for six months. On February 11 2008, Carlton Smith crashed his bus in Prince of Wales Road. Passengers were forced to dive for cover as the roof... » MORE

Teenager stabbed in leg for mobile phone

A TEENAGE boy was stabbed in the leg for his mobile phone when a vicious mob attacked him in Kentish Town. Around 7.30pm, the 14-year-old victim was walking along Talacre Road when he turned to see three boys behind him. The three were joined by others, a... » MORE

Search for seventh sergeant in Kentish Town

Ben McPartland CALLS have been made to change recruitment guidelines for community police teams, after a Kentish Town ward was left looking for its seventh sergeant in four years. Cantelowes Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) is looking for a new leader afte... » MORE

The Forum in Kentish TownBungling robbers viciously attack club boss

Ben McPartland CROOKS posing as workmen targeted the boss of an infamous Kentish Town club in a frightening daylight robbery. Julian Molteno, who runs Sunday afternoon event The Church at The Forum, was temporarily blinded when robbers sprayed CS gas in... » MORE

Tom Stephenson with daughter LucyThe 50-year overdue library book

Ben McPartland RETURNING overdue library books is not normally a stressful experience – but you could forgive Highgate's Tom Stephenson for being a little worried. On Saturday, he handed back a novel exactly half a century late. Accompanied by his daughte... » MORE

Kentish Town headteacher battles off-licence

A KENTISH Town headteacher is fighting plans to open an off-licence opposite his school gates. My Shop, opposite Acland Burghley school in Fortess Road, was hoping to receive the green light to sell booze from Camden councillors last night. But headteache... » MORE
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