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Petition opposing library closures handed to council
A PETITION signed by more than 400 residents has been handed to Enfield Council, opposing the idea of closing libraries. Enfield North MP Nick de Bois handed in the petition this week as part of his Hands Off Our Libraries campaign. The
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Lessons in economics
Peter Attard’s support for a campaign to build a Greek school in Enfield should be carefully considered before the scheme goes any further. (‘It should be Greek to us’, Opinion, June 15) Whatever lessons we may learn from the cradle of civilisation,
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We’ve seen this before
Barnet and North Middlesex Hospitals are saddled with huge private finance initiative (PFI) loans. (‘Hospitals should join, claim MPs’, Enfield Independent, June 15.) With Chase Farm Hospital being free of any such schemes, is it any wonder both hospital
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No charity for wardens
I came out of Trent Park with my two daughters who were taking part in the Race For Life Cancer fundraising event and was amazed to find traffic wardens had managed to raise more revenue in three hours than many people had managed in a year of cajoling
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CPZs not for residents
The council has just published its new rates for controlled parking zone (CPZ) parking tickets. Buried near the bottom is the introduction of a commuter rate. This commuter rate lays to rest any claims that CPZs are about helping residents park near
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Alternatives should be found
On Friday night more than 300 residents from Enfield, Barnet and Haringey attended the public meeting at Broomfield School, arranged by David Burrowes MP and attended by Pinkham Way Alliance, Theresa Villiers MP, local councillors and concerned residents
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It should be Greek to us
I beg to differ with Mr Bines’ comments (“What happened to integration,” Opinion, June 1) concerning the building of a Greek school in Enfield and the effect it would have in integrating the Greek community. Mr Bines is obviously not a classical
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Taxpayers’ cash wasted
I would like to highlight a particular area where taxpayers money is being wasted, with double payments being made for GP consultations. Firstly, money is wasted when your GP is paid to have you on their list, for your medical needs. If you attend
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Highways not priority
With respect to the piece in last week’s paper (“Walk on the wild side”, Enfield Independent, June 8), I would like to clarify my position regarding animal highways in Enfield. Contrary to what the article says, it was never my intention to encourage
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We will be scavengers
The wheelie bins issue is a disgrace. No one has been asked if they want them — well, I haven’t — and as a reader wrote in last week’s paper (“Where is the space for bins?”, Opinion, June 8), where can you put them? Three will have to go across our small
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Smaller bins may be the answer
In response to the issue of wheelie bins (“Where is the space for bins?”, Opinion, June 8) I would like to say that I am an elderly, widowed, single disabled person living in Enfield. When the first wheelie bins were delivered to my address, I immediately
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Ponders End store could lose licence after illegal booze and tobacco seizure
A PONDERS End shop caught with a van-load of smuggled booze and tobacco could be stripped of its licence. Customs officers swooped on Ponders End Food Centre on February 1 this year, seizing 14 litres of vodka, 8,000 cigarettes, and more than 13
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Tube strikes off after sacked driver wins job back
TUBE strikes threatened for next week have been called off after a sacked driver was reinstated. An employment tribunal has ruled train driver Arwyn Thomas was unfairly dismissed by Transport for London, and other lesser punishments should
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Charity game for former Enfield boss and England Schoolboy
A CHARITY football match and fund-raiser day has been organised for the family of Del Deanus on Sunday, June 26. The game will be held by the Metropolitan Police Bushey between past and present players from their team against players from Deanus
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Enfield teenager sentenced for Herts burglaries
AN Enfield teenager has been sentenced for two burglaries after a probe into more than 100 break-ins across Hertfordshire and Essex. Jimmy Perry, 19, of Third Avenue, admitted taking part in two burglaries in the first half of last year and
