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Covid-19 surge testing in East Finchley after South African variant appears

Barnet Council leader Dan Thomas said discrimination, prejudice or hateful comments should not be t

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"Surge testing" is taking place in East Finchley this week after public health bosses discovered the South African variant of Covid-19 in the area.

The Royal Free Hospital in Pond Street

Coronavirus

Covid-19: Area around Royal Free one of few in UK to avoid deaths

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Kaleb Hanson has been encouraging his friends to help him raise money for NHS charities.

Charity News

Hampstead schoolboy's £1,500 NHS 'bake and create' fundraiser

Sam Volpe

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Abbey Road sign that is for sale in February 2020

Heritage

Abbey Road sign goes for £37,200 at auction

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A 2018 fire at the Orwell building, in Camden's West Hampstead Square development.

London Fire Brigade | Special Report

First-time buyers fear ruin as 'dream' flats fail fire safety test

Charles Thomson

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with a cake she baked under house arrest in Tehran.

Free Nazanin

Free Nazanin: Pressure on government rises as end of sentence approaches

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Al fresco dining will return to Westminster as lockdown restrictions are eased

Outdoor dining set to return to St John's Wood

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Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah after the Premier League match at Villa Park

Arteta concerned about Arsenal striker Nketiah

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Arsenal Women's manager Joe Montemurro

Arsenal Women to return to FA Cup action

Josh Bunting

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Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq (right) with then Ham&High editor Emily Banks at a march for Nazanin in 2017

Free Nazanin | Opinion

We must pray for Nazanin's return – and keep shouting her name

Emily Banks

The number of Covid-19 patients has fallen again at the Royal Free and Whittington hospital trusts.

Coronavirus

Patients being treated in hospital for Covid falls by a quarter

Charles Thomson

Forum '71 protesters upset at sewage problems at the Kenwood Ladies' Pond. Picture: Forum '71

Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath ponds: Price for discounted swimming sees sharp rise

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Cllr Adam Jogee, Catherine West MP and Lewis Freeman with Paul Saxton on his final day selling newspapers in Crouch End.

People

'Paul the Paper' shuts up shop in Crouch End for the final time

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Recently restored railings along North Hill, Highgate.

Highgate's Victorian 'pineapple' railings repaired and restored.

Will Durrant

Wai Tsang and Wenwen Pan

Crime

Jail for 'callous' Maida Vale couple who ran brothels

Sam Volpe

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Coldfall Wood

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Petition to save oak and hornbeam trees in Coldfall Wood

Will Durrant

Leila Roy in 2015

Leila Roy: 'A person of compassion, empathy, loyalty and civic solidarity'

André Langlois

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Police at a stabbing in Kilburn High Road

Knife Crime

Two teenagers stabbed in Kilburn and South Hampstead in separate attacks

Nathalie Raffray

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Playing in Pond Square Highgate during a scaled down Highgate Festival in June 2020 A scaled down Highgate Festival Will Fairhead (centre) and Eddie Ogle came together during Clap for Carers on Southwood Lawn Road.

Highgate band take music on the road for an 'impossible tour'

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Tony Parsons thriller Your Neighbours Wife is published by Century

Wine and murder blend in Tony Parsons' latest thriller

Liz Sagues

Alec Newman and Rachael Stirling in Clare Norburn's Love in Lockdown

Theatre

Crouch End writer on 'Love in The Lockdown'

Bridget Galton

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Cllr Richard Olszewski and Cllr Charles Adje.

Council

Camden and Haringey approve council tax rises amid Covid-19 impact

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Highgate based singer Manika Kaur releases her new album Ek in April

Music

World music star Manika on her mission to share inner peace

Bridget Galton

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Author John le Carré

Hampstead Heath

Call to remember John Le Carré during Hampstead Heath celebrations

André Langlois

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Bibi Khan, on the Ham&High Podcast

Podcast

'The community has given me strength,' says mosque president

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A 2018 fire at the Orwell building, in Camden's West Hampstead Square development.

London Fire Brigade | Special Report

First-time buyers fear ruin as 'dream' flats fail fire safety test

Charles Thomson

Coldfall Wood

Environment News

Petition to save oak and hornbeam trees in Coldfall Wood

Will Durrant

Barnet Council leader Dan Thomas said discrimination, prejudice or hateful comments should not be t

Coronavirus

Covid-19 surge testing in East Finchley after South African variant appears

Sam Volpe

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The Royal Free Hospital in Pond Street

Coronavirus

Covid-19: Area around Royal Free one of few in UK to avoid deaths

Sam Volpe

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A Covid-19 AstraZenaca vaccine at the NHS Nightingale facility at the Excel Centre, London

Coronavirus

'Real disappointment' over uptake of Covid vaccine among care home staff

Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

An aerial view of the proposed O2 Centre redevelopment.

Camden Council

O2 Centre redevelopment consultation opened by Camden Council

Michael Boniface

Mik Scarlet, 55, from Camden Town

Camden Council

Camden disabled resident on fears over Haverstock Hill cycle lanes

Michael Boniface

Arabella Duffy, in character for her history videos

Education News

WATCH: Hampstead 8-year-old teaches history to audience of thousands

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Abbey Road sign goes for £37,200 at auction

Abbey Road sign that is for sale in February 2020

Heritage

Sam Volpe

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An eager collector shocked auctioneers by spending £37,200 on a street sign last week. At an online auction featuring many street signs from across Westminster, an unnamed overseas bidder bought an Abbey Road sign for the five-figure price -...

Kaleb Hanson has been encouraging his friends to help him raise money for NHS charities.

Charity News

Hampstead schoolboy's £1,500 NHS 'bake and create' fundraiser

Sam Volpe

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Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq (right) with then Ham&High editor Emily Banks at a march for Nazanin in 2017

Free Nazanin | Opinion

We must pray for Nazanin's return – and keep shouting her name

Emily Banks

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with a cake she baked under house arrest in Tehran.

Free Nazanin

Free Nazanin: Pressure on government rises as end of sentence approaches

Sam Volpe

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A 2018 fire at the Orwell building, in Camden's West Hampstead Square development.

London Fire Brigade | Special Report

First-time buyers fear ruin as 'dream' flats fail fire safety test

Charles Thomson

Things to do

Outdoor dining set to return to St John's Wood

Al fresco dining will return to Westminster as lockdown restrictions are eased

André Langlois

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Outdoor dining will return to St John's Wood High Street after Westminster Council announced the extension of its al fresco scheme.

Alec Newman and Rachael Stirling in Clare Norburn's Love in Lockdown

Theatre

Crouch End writer on 'Love in The Lockdown'

Bridget Galton

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Highgate based singer Manika Kaur releases her new album Ek in April

Music

World music star Manika on her mission to share inner peace

Bridget Galton

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Highgate Festival pink plaques. Organisers Alicia Pivaro and Catharine Wells with two of the 2020 plaques, commemorating Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, and Harriet Mellon.

Opinion

Highgate Festival 2021 needs ideas and volunteers

Kathleen Molnar

Tony Parsons thriller Your Neighbours Wife is published by Century

Wine and murder blend in Tony Parsons' latest thriller

Liz Sagues

Sport

Arteta concerned about Arsenal striker Nketiah

Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah after the Premier League match at Villa Park

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted his concern for the development of young striker Eddie Nketiah this season. The 21-year-old has not featured for the Gunners since a last-minute substitute appearance in a goalless draw with Manchester...

Arsenal Women's manager Joe Montemurro

Arsenal Women to return to FA Cup action

Josh Bunting

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Rehanne Skinner (centre top) leads a huddle with players after the fina

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham make trip to Brighton & Hove Albion aiming to bounce back to...

Josh Bunting

File photo dated 02-02-2021 of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. Issue date: Wednesday March 3, 2021.

Arsenal FC

Mikel Arteta dismisses Barcelona speculation due to being 'happy' at...

Jacob Ranson

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Saracens head coach Mark McCall watches the team warm up prior to the beginning of the Gallagher Pre

Rugby

Saracens kick start Championship life with trip to Cornish Pirates

Jacob Ranson

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Lifestyle

Highgate's Victorian 'pineapple' railings repaired and restored.

Recently restored railings along North Hill, Highgate.

Will Durrant

Victorian railings in North Hill, Highgate have been repaired and restored by Haringey Council.

The St Jude's weathervane

New weathervane for St Jude's after toppling by Storm Barney

Will Durrant

As one of Britain's leading art conservators, Simon Gillespie spends a lot of his working day up close to some of the world's greatest masterpieces.

Interiors

TV art conservationist on working with some of the world's greatest...

Zita Whalley

"Catering for Beanfeasts, Parties, Clubs" in Highgate West Hill, facing over Hampstead Heath

Hampstead Heath

'Having a beano': Highgate ghost sign evokes works outings to the Heath

Andrew Whitehead

dark peacock sideboard

Interiors

From drab to fab: north London upcycler on the benefits of restoring...

Hannah Gosset

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