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Parents anger over school places shortage

Susanna Wilkey PARENTS anger spilled over at a meeting in Swiss Cottage to discuss the severe lack of primary school places in the area. More than 100 families, the majority of which have yet to be offered a school place for their child, heckled Camden C... » MORE
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Blood splattered in Tube station after 'assault'

A SUSPECTED assault has taken place in Swiss Cottage Tube station this afternoon. Police, including dogs, swamped the area at around 5.20pm after reports of an attack. Witnesses described seeing blood splattered across the floor near the turnstiles next t... » MORE

Pupils and staff at Frank Barnes SchoolOutstanding Frank Barnes

Susanna Wilkey TEACHERS and governors at Frank Barnes School for deaf children are over the moon it has been rated outstanding in its latest report. The school, which is facing continued uncertainty over the proposed co-location with Edith Neville School,... » MORE

efitFace of Boundary Road arsonist

THIS is the face of the man police are hunting in connection to an arson attack which left a mother and her eight-year-old child homeless. Kathleen Aubrey, 41, and her daughter were asleep when a blaze ripped through their flat in Besant House, Boundary R... » MORE

Campaigners lose battle to halt academy plan

Susanna Wilkey PLANS for the Swiss Cottage academy are moving full steam ahead after parents lost their hard-fought legal battle over Camden Council s sponsorship choice. The council was accused of forging a backroom deal last year when it put University... » MORE

Revamped estate plagued by outbreak of fungus

Susanna Wilkey DOZENS of residents estate are complaining about potentially hazardous black fungus growing on their newly-installed windows. The windows are being fitted in all five skyscrapers at Chalcots in a £66million refurbishment w... » MORE

Kilburn parent welcomes Swiss Cottage Academy decision

AS a parent in the Kilburn area I know how difficult it is to get our children into a Camden secondary school. So I was really pleased when I heard that the Liberal Democrats on the council were making plans to build a new school at Swiss Cottage, and to... » MORE

Tube death pensioner named

A SWISS Cottage pensioner, who took his own life at Finchley Road tube station, has been named as Robert Peacock. Last Friday, Mr Peacock, 83, of Goldhurst Terrace, threw himself in front of a southbound Metropolitan Line train. British Transport Police r... » MORE

Cyclist hit by bus

A CYCLIST was hurt after a collision with a truck in Swiss Cottage. The 43-year-old rider suffered head and abdominal injuries after being hit by the Sainsbury s delivery lorry in the rush hour last Friday morning. The cyclist was crushed between the rai... » MORE

Man left injured after taxi rank brawl

A 25-year-old man was left with head injuries after a fight which could have started over a cigarette lighter. Police are appealing for witnesses and information to the brawl which happened in the early hours last Friday morning outside the Swiss Cottage... » MORE
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