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10:00
Priory Urban Green Space after most of their Portland Stone borders were stolen. Resident John Goodman next to one of the patches of bare ground where one of the Portland Stone blocks used to be.

A volunteer who battled to save a community garden in West Hampstead has voiced his disbelief after vandals struck.

Yesterday, 12:00
Royal College of Nursing  president Cecilia Anim visits Marie Curie Hampstead Hospice

A century of nursing was marked at Hampstead’s Marie Curie Hospice at the weekend with a VIP visit.

Yesterday, 08:00
Friends of Parkland Walk voicing their concern for the proposal to allow construction vehicles access to a site near to the Holmesdale Rd entrance via the walk. Pictured right Cathy Meeus

A conservation group has rallied to defend a nature reserve in the face of a new planning application.

Fri, 18:09
Campaigners claim the development of the proposed mansion will do irreperable damage to the narrow Highgate lane

Community groups are calling on the council to listen to their concerns and their own officers’ recommendations and dismiss plans to demolish and rebuild a Highgate mansion overlooking Hampstead Heath.

Fri, 15:05
Community organisers invite everyone to celebrate midsummer. Photo: Mike Goldwater

St James Square will be alive with pop-up stalls, tasty food and drink, competitive events, a treasure hunt, games, and stalls manned by local organisations and charities.

Fri, 13:56
The proposed Cycle-Superhighway route will connect Swiss Cottage to Portland Place in the West End (pic: TfL)

The campaign co-ordinator against the CS11 scheme has blasted the leak of the public consultation results and has written to the Secretary of State for Transport to express his concerns.

Fri, 12:56
Residents feared for the iconic TV mast at Alexandra Palace. Image: Steven Wright

Muswell Hill residents were somewhat alarmed to see images of the iconic TV mast being lifted from Alexandra Palace, the birthplace of television.

Fri, 12:55
Police are alerting people to criminal activity at the Santander in Muswell Hill

Police have warned that a Muswell Hill cashpoint has been targeted by scammers.

Fri, 11:28
Lara is at home recovering from her transplant.

A Belsize Park woman with leukaemia who beat the odds to find a transplant match is home from hospital and recovering.

Fri, 11:14
Sebastian Sparrow with mother Sally and father Jamie before he died

The parents of a baby who was mistakenly pronounced dead and left dying alone in The Royal Free Hospital have spoken of their ‘unimaginable trauma’ following an inquest into their son’s death.

Thu, 17:30
Haverstock Hill orange paving

Residents in Belsize Park have taken to graffiti to express their disdain for the council’s taste in colour after bright orange “flexi-pave” was installed around 15 trees in Haverstock Hill.

Thu, 16:38
Apprentices may soon take home more cash. Picture: PA/Joe Giddens

All apprentices starting a job with Haringey Council would be entitled to £7.20 per hour, the National Living Wage, from tomorrow if the council vote to follow the recommendations of a new report.

Thu, 10:43
Alexandra Park School could govern other schools in Haringey

An ‘outstanding’ academy could unite Haringey schools once they tumble out of local authority control, affecting thousands of children and their parents.

Thu, 07:00
Kim Blake with her daughter Chloe. Photo curtesy of the Blake family.

A heartbroken Kentish Town mother said a leading weight-loss surgeon who showed “reckless disregard” whilst caring for her daughter at had “got what he deserved” following news he has been struck off.

Wed, 17:54
Air Studios Lyndhurst Road

Culture secretary John Whittingdale has intevened in the campaign to protect Air Studios from a neighbouring basement development.

Property

10:17
The Kae collection, Popping Yellow chair, also available in other colours, £485, available from The French Bedroom Company, PA Photo/Handout

Spring into action with these smart buys for your home

Yesterday, 09:30
PA Photo/thinkstockphotos

From measuring up to safety first, here are five tips for a safe and productive weekend of doing it yourself around the home

Fri, 15:09
Hampstead Heath Extension

The Heath Extension was listed for sale earlier today with adverts on Zoopla and Rightmove advertising a property on Hampstead Way NW11 for £100,000,000.

Fri, 13:29
Rug and textile expert Aaron Nejad

As the London Antique Rug and Textile Art Fair returns to Marylebone for its sixth year, we get a tour of Aaron Nejad’s textile-filled St John’s Wood home and find out what to look for as a rug-buying novice.

Fri, 11:52
Parents on council housing waiting lists are being encouraged to give up their third child in exchange for a foot on the housing ladder

Parents on council housing waiting lists are being encouraged to give a child to wealthier, childless couples in return for a foot on the housing ladder.

Thu, 12:51
The Holly Bush

Beautiful buildings and literary legends abound in this historic part of north London where you can have the culture of a city with the feel of a village.

Thu, 11:26
Flask Walk, NW3, £2,000,000

Property in Hampstead is predominantly made up of large Victorian and Edwardian properties. Smaller, older homes are found in Hampstead Village itself, with the size compensated for by historical value and immense prettiness. There are also a few notable examples of 20th-century Modernism.

Wed, 17:24
The David Bailey art gallery lobby was personally curated by the artist

From celebrity spotting to a star endorsement, the final three apartments of The Chilterns development are the last word in luxury living in Marylebone

Wed, 13:46
The property includes many elegant period features

Inside the palatial north London apartment that could yours for just over £17 million

Tue, 19:49
Demand for homes surged to a 12-year high in February as buy to let investors rushed to beat the Stamp Duty hike

Demand for homes surged to a 12-year high in February, while the numbers of first time buyers dropped, as buy-to-let investors flooded the market in the rush to beat the forthcoming stamp duty hike.

Tue, 12:00
Lauren Rapacioli, Hadleigh Residential

Lauren Rapacioli, lettings agent at Hadleigh Residential, dreams of a perfect pink townhouse on Primrose Hill and remembers the halcyon days where a studio flat cost just £165 a week.

Tue, 10:01
Baker Street, Marylebone, NW1, £3,400,000, Foxtons, 020 7659 8100

Period features aren’t the be all and end all when it comes to house hunting. Fire up your imagination with these properties featuring stylish, contemporary fireplaces

Mon, 12:40
Belsize Park Gardens, Belsize Park, NW3

A steel and glass box with gated parking – luckily opens onto a walled garden so not exclusively for exhibitionists.

Mon, 09:16
Any property purchase that is not to be a person’s main home will be hit with a stamp duty land tax surcharge of three per cent

Estate agent Simon Gerrard outlines the changes that will affect landlords and tenants that were announced in the latest Budget.

Saturday, March 26, 2016
Children being inventive with their choice of planter. PA Photo/Paul Debois

The Easter holidays are upon us and there’s no better time than spring to engage the kids with gardening projects, or take them to outdoor places which will both inspire and delight them.

Sport

Harry Kane (right) swivels and scores Tottenham's equaliser at Anfield

Tottenham came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, with Harry Kane hitting his 22nd Premier League goal of the season at Anfield.

Harry Kane

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino believes Harry Kane is a strong contender to win the PFA Player of the Year award.

Etcetera

Ron Delavigne

Apart from his years as a prisoner of war, Ron Delavigne spent his whole adult life in Highgate.

We're Going On a Bear Hunt by Laura Hughes

Spring has truly sprung at the Children’s Bookshop and we’ve been enjoying a selection of treats.

Yesterday, 12:00
Compost. Picture: Joi Ito

‘I love compost like one loves a woman’.

Yesterday, 08:00
Borough of Hornsey Allotments Association

Old trophies and a biscuit tin of paperwork and memorabilia testify to decades of Hornsey Allotment Association produce shows.

Fri, 17:00
A still from Victoria

At the end of two-and-a-quarter hours, the first name to appear in the credits is that of the cameraman.

Fri, 12:00
Gigantes plaki

2016 is the International Year of Pulses. This humble bean is a trendsetter – pulses are the new black.

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