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Royal beacon in Golders Hill shines light for Queen

The beacon lit at the Diamond Jubilee event in Golders Hill Park.

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Frankie Lister-Fell

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One of the first Platinum Jubilee Beacons to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s 70 years of service will be lit in Golders Hill Park over the Jubilee weekend.

Cllr Sian Berry

Camden Council

Camden's scrutiny process condemned by Green Party opposition councillor

Nathalie Raffray

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Tom Walter, who runs the Piano House in Abbey Road

Hampstead repair man fundraiser after court appeal lodged

Nathalie Raffray

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Tom Fernandez

The Royal Free Hospital

Royal Free nurse raises £15,000 for HIV services

Nathalie Raffray

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Filippino Lippi's Madonna and Child

Renaissance painting discovered in pensioner's bedroom sells for £255k

Nathalie Raffray

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Cllr Adrian Cohen

Camden Council

Hampstead Town's first Labour councillor stands down weeks into office

Nathalie Raffray

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Cllr Stephen Stark (Con) next to an 'antisocial' phone box in South End Green

Calls for removal of South End Green phone box

Nathalie Raffray

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Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere when hydrocarbon fuels including wood, coal, natural

Air quality | Opinion

'In Camden we must work towards tougher air quality targets'

Cllr Adam Harrison, Camden Council

Emily's Walking Book Club prepare to set off across Hampstead Heath

Walking book club: Hampstead Heath, Death and The Penguin

Laura Brick

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband Richard Ratcliffe arriving in Downing Street

Free Nazanin

Nazanin was 'forced' to sign false confession by Iran

André Langlois

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Former health minister David Mellor leaves Aldwych House, London, where he gave evidence to the Infected Blood inquiry

The Royal Free Hospital

'I'm sorry people had to wait 30 years,' former minister tells inquiry

André Langlois

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Two people in suits holding a large replica banknote featuring Dr Flora Murray.

The Royal Free Hospital

Auction of rare banknote raises £120,000 for Royal Free Charity

Frankie Lister-Fell

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Karl Marx represents Highgate in Stars on the Tube

Books

Cartoonist creates celebrity tube stops

Bridget Galton

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Kerstin's clementine jelly uses gold leaf for a special occasion

Recipes

Gold and silver for a Platinum Jubilee party

Kerstin Rodgers

Edward de Mesquita founder and owner of La Creperie de Hampstead, with manager Redouane Ait Iich at the new kiosk

'Food is like clothing, it’s a fashion': Inside La Creperie's evolving menu

Frankie Lister-Fell

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A spectacular bolt of lightning ove the Suffolk coast as a huge thunderstorm brought an end to the s

London Weather

Thunderstorms to hit London this evening warns Met Office

Holly Chant

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Hampstead Activity Nursery held a protest on May 8 to save the nursery from eviction from Christ Church, Hampstead

Education News

Hampstead nursery slams church over impending eviction

Nathalie Raffray

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Andre Wilkins has filed a complaint over police aggression

Metropolitan Police | Video

Man files complaint following 'unlawful arrest' by police officers

Nathalie Raffray

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Jukebox Cafe at The Crypt room,Hampstead parish churchPictured L-R Shereen Abdullah,Bonnie Taylor,

Music

Church crypt gets makeover into 'jukebox jazz cafe'

Bridget Galton

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High level isolation apparatus in the High Secure Infectious Disease Unit at The Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free Hospital

What is the rare 'monkeypox' being treated at the Royal Free?

André Langlois

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Man holding caught fish outside

Hampstead Heath

Go fish: Anglers complain of limited access to Heath ponds

Frankie Lister-Fell

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Retail

Hampstead to welcome boho women's lifestyle brand Free People

Bridget Galton

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The Breach at Hampstead Theatre

Theatre | Review

The Breach: 'An uneven coming-of-age tale'

Caroline David

CGI image of luxury flats

Luxury apartments in The Bishops Avenue get green light

Frankie Lister-Fell

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The Fairytale was a three month encampment on Hampstead Heath during summer 2020

Music

Single evokes lockdown 'fairytale' camp on Hampstead Heath

Bridget Galton

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White range rover car on tarmac

Climate Change

'The law isn't important to us': Car tyres deflated by activists in Camden

Frankie Lister-Fell

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Emily's Walking Book Club started out on Hampstead Heath in 2012 and has grown to have 1,000 members

Books

Walking Book Club raises funds for Ukraine appeal

Bridget Galton

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hampstead hill gardens

Housing News

Camden house price rise the highest in all UK urban areas

Nathalie Raffray

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The Kantor Centre sports pavilion

Hampstead school removes sanctioned oligarch's name from pavilion

Frankie Lister-Fell

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A generic stock photo of an elderly lady adjusting her thermostat on at home in Liverpool.

Cost of Living | Opinion

'Time for an emergency budget to tackle cost of living crisis'

Tulip Siddiq MP, Hampstead and Kilburn