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Co-owners Dot Fraser (front), Noel Fraser (left) and Max Perryment (shop worker and ukulele expert) at Dots music shop. Picture: Polly Hancock

Camden Town shop buys ukuleles from The Apprentice contestants out of pity

A popular Camden Town music shop has been swept up in a whirlwind of showbiz excitement.

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Punch & Judy show at Fair in the Square

Land train to appear at Highgate’s Fair in the Square

A special train will be passing through Highgate Village for this year’s Fair in the Square event on Saturday June 15.

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The Olympic Torch Relay in Camden

Figures reveal cost of Olympic Torch Relay to Camden, Haringey and Barnet

Last summer’s Olympic Torch Relay cost Camden, Barnet and Haringey councils more than £100,000 each, new figures reveal.

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Judge Harry Lomas pictured with the winning cook-off dish. Picture: Nigel Sutton.

Gefiltefest Jewish food festival arrives at the London Jewish Cultural Centre

More than 600 people enjoyed a day of gastronomic delight last Sunday at the UK’s only Jewish food festival.

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Swing dancers at the Thanet Youth and Community Centre. Picture: Dieter Perry.

Community enjoy re-launch of Thanet community centre in Kentish Town

Around 150 people celebrated the start of a new era for a popular community centre following the death of a former director who saved it from the brink of collapse.

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Manager Ian Griffiths in front of The Grove. Picture Polly Hancock.

Manager allowed to continue at Golders Green bar The Grove after violent attack

The manager of a Golders Green bar will continue in his post despite calls by police for him to be removed after two teenagers suspected of underage drinking were attacked outside the venue.

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Queens Park Rangers' Andros Townsend. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Spurs youngster withdraws from England squad as betting charge hangs over him

Tottenham player Andros Townsend has been charged with allegedly breaching betting regulations by the Football Association and today withdrew himself from England’s squad for the European Under-21 Championship.

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Mila Kunis at the European premiere of Oz The Great and Powerful in February. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Sexiest woman in the world spotted on Hampstead Heath

It must be funny to make the news simply because you went for a walk on Hampstead Heath. It’s certainly never happened to Heathman.

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The dead man has been named as 52-year-old Robert Yates.

Dead man found in West Hampstead street named

A man who died after he was found lying in a road in West Hampstead with head injuries has been named as Robert Yates.

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New Camden mayor Cllr Jonathan Simpson with Mitch Winehouse, mayoress Marcella Puppini and girls from the Maria Fidelis Gospel Choir who performed at Camden's Mayor making ceremony. Picture: Polly Hancock.

Camden, Barnet and Haringey elect new mayors for the year ahead

An internationally-acclaimed trio of singers brought a touch of 1940s glamour to Camden’s mayor-making ceremony.

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30th anniversary of Sidings Community Centre

West Hampstead community centre celebrates 30th birthday

Old and new users of a West Hampstead community centre gathered together last week for a celebratory lunch in honour of its 30th anniversary.

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Alison Worster in the garden at her Kentish Town home. Picture: Nigel Sutton.

Kentish Town woman lands Chelsea Flower Show spot fresh from college

A rookie garden designer is set for a bright future after landing a once-in-a-lifetime spot at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show just months after completing her training.

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UCS headteacher Kenneth Durham with sixth form students outside the school entrance. Picture: Nigel Sutton.

Outgoing University College School headteacher will miss pupils when he retires

A highly-respected headteacher set to retire after 17 years at the helm of a top Hampstead secondary school says he will miss the company of young people when he leaves.

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Cllr Abdul Hai. Picture: Polly Hancock

Tasers could spark ‘arms race’ between police and criminals in Camden

The use of Tasers could spark an “arms race” between police and criminals in Camden, the council’s crime chief warned this week.

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Sgt Alun Jones with a taser at Camden Town Hall. Picture: Polly Hancock

Getting Tasered in the US ‘most painful experience of my life’ says Metropolitan Police sergeant

Sgt Alun Jones is one of the only police officers in London who knows what it feels like to have 50,000 volts coursing through his body after being Tasered.

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Ch Supt Ben-Julian

Crackdown on mobile phone theft epidemic brings 10 arrests in Camden

Ten people have been arrested in Camden today in a blitz on the growing epidemic of mobile phone thefts and related crime.

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Cllr Abdul Hai said there will be a visible police presence around mosques. Picture: Polly Hancock

Woolwich killing: Police to patrol mosques in Camden and Barnet to ‘reassure community’ after barbaric killing

Police will patrol mosques in Camden and Barnet following the barbaric killing of a soldier in Woolwich.

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Dr Michael de Freitas

Hampstead developers criticised for digging basement extensions on the cheap

The thorny issue of basement excavations is one that simply will not go away in Hampstead, with fresh controversies unearthed nearly every week.

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Arlene Phillips backed residents over The Adelaide this week. Picture: Chris Jackson/PA

Ex-Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips joins fight against demolition of Primrose Hill pub

Strictly Come Dancing star Arlene Phillips has thrown her weight behind a campaign to save a historic pub from demolition.

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Imelda Staunton, winner of best actress in a musical at the Olivier Awards 2013 for her role in Sweeney Todd, with co-star Michael Ball at the awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Michael Ball to headline Gershwin Greats night as part of Kenwood Concerts 2013

Michael Ball, the legend of West End and Broadway musicals, has been revealed this morning as the headline act for the closing night of summer concerts at Kenwood House.

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Naomi Eisenstadt

Fears Camden’s “squeezed middle” will become the “new poor”

Families in Camden need an income of £70,000 “just to get by”, according to a new Town Hall study.

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UCS headteacher Kenneth Durham with sixth form students outside the school entrance. Picture: Nigel Sutton.

Outgoing University College School headteacher will miss pupils when he retires

A highly-respected headteacher set to retire after 17 years at the helm of a top Hampstead secondary school says he will miss the company of young people when he leaves.

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Heritage See all

Master brewer Jenna Dunseath, Katherine Ives director of Lauderdale House and Publican Dan Fox outside The Bull, Highgate with some of the ingredients of the new Nell Gwyn inspired beer.

Pub landlord brews special fundraising beer for Lauderdale House project

A Highgate landlord is brewing a special beer to help raise funds for historic Lauderdale House – inspired by a royal mistress who once lived there.

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Obituaries See all

Designer Storm Thorgerson, whose album cover artwork included Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, has died. Picture: PA/Yui Mok

Obituary: Storm Thorgerson, designer of Pink Floyd’s iconic Dark Side of the Moon album cover, dies

Pink Floyd album artist Storm Thorgerson has died at the age of 69 after suffering from cancer.

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Exclusive preview of new Tim Rice musical From Here to Eternity at West End Live

An exclusive preview of Tim Rice’s new musical From Here to Eternity will be among the performances at this year’s West End Live.

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