WEST HAMPSTEAD NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
	Brazilian is spared jail in West Hampstead fire prank A BIKE shop assistant manager sobbed as she was spared jail for a fire prank which left her bosses in West Hampstead with a £400,000 bill. Rafaela Schneider, 26, thought she had stamped out the flames after she and colleague Ezra Sprules, 41, put a light... » MORE

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Labour storms back to regain control of Camden Borough Council

Labour is back in control of Camden Council after four years of a Lib Dem/Conservative coalition, adding to the party's local delight at winning the Hampstead & Kilburn and Holborn & St Pancras Parliamentary seats earlier today. Among councillors elected at this evening s count at Haverstock School are: BELSIZE: Tom Simon (Lib Dem), Jonny Bucknell (Conservative), Claire Louise-Leyla... » MORE

Council leader Moffitt re-elected alongside Lib Dem colleagues

THE Liberal Democrats have returned their first three councillors in West Hampstead. Cllrs Keith Moffitt and John Bryant have been re-elected and Gillian Risso-Gill has won the third seat in place of Cllr Duncan Greenland who stood down before the electio... » MORE

West Hampstead man's asbo for slamming doors

SLAMMING doors is the latest crime to come under an Asbo clampdown in Camden. A West Hampstead man, of Minster Road, received the order to put an end to his anti-social behaviour, which has included slamming doors, after residents said his angry behaviour... » MORE

Northern Line works will hit business hard, says council chief

Like many of your readers, Camden Council has serious concerns about the Northern Line proposed closure programme, and I have voiced these concerns in the strongest terms to London Underground and Tube lines. Whilst we agree that the line is in dire need... » MORE

WHO'S WHO: Laurence Higgens, community worker

Laurence Higgens is the new manager of the Community Association for West Hampstead which was formed after the closure of the previous community centre. The 30-year-old has been working there for only a couple of months but is already enjoying the area.... » MORE

Woman, 83, dies in West Hampstead house fire

AN 83-year-old woman has died of severe burns after a fire at her West Hampstead flat. The blaze at Sidney Boyd Court in West End Lane broke out around noon on Friday. It took West Hampstead and Belsize firefighters an hour to bring the fire under control... » MORE

Phone mast plans for playground

A PLAYGROUND in West Hampstead could be the site of a new mobile phone mast, residents were furious to discover this week. Telecommunications giant Vodafone has applied to Camden Council to erect the mast in the Iverson Road Open Space wher... » MORE

Jubilee Line closures infuriate traders

West Hampstead shopkeepers are furious that Jubilee Line weekend closures are set to continue until next summer. Blunders by Transport for London (TfL) and upgrade contractors Tube Lines mean residents, passengers and traders face another six months of di... » MORE

West Hampstead station plans prompt anger

Susanna Wilkey RESIDENTS have criticised the proposed new West Hampstead Thameslink station entrance for being a monstrosity that will ruin the area. Network Rail is proposing to build a station entrance on Iverson Road to join to the new footbridge and... » MORE

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