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Passengers see red over new bus route plan
Residents who use a key Enfield bus service have mounted a massive campaign to keep it running along its present route. A total of eight petitions containing 1,000 signatures and 70 separate letters against Transport for London's (TfL) plans to revise
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Garages to be demolished to make way for housing
Residents living in a quiet Enfield cul-de-sac have failed in their bid to stop Enfield Council selling off a run-down block of garages to developers. Plans to build four houses up to three storeys high and a block of five flats up to four storeys high
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Bowled over!
Few would imagine that lawn bowls links exotic Kuala Lumpur with the ancient hamlet of Winchmore Hill. The Maylaysian capital hosted the first Europe versus Asia bowling match last year, and this year Winchmore Hill Bowls Club put their name forward
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Professor analyses London bombings
The collective shock and grief felt by Londoners following Thursday's attacks is due in part to our loss of invincibility', according to a counselling expert at Middlesex University. David Griffin, a course leader in counselling, said that we have grown
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Talented athlete is confirmed as victim
Tributes are pouring in for Christian Small, who died in the terrorist bombings. Christian, 28, a talented hurdler who competed with Enfield and Haringey Athletics Club, was killed in an explosion as he travelled to work on the Piccadilly Line at Russell
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Thousands bow heads in two-minute silence
The people of Enfield joined the nation in a two-minute silence in memory of those who were killed or injured in the London bomb attacks. More than 10,000 council staff stopped work at the Civic Centre, while office and shopworkers stood outside their
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Police rally to protect Muslim community
Members of Enfield's Muslim community have come under attack following the London terror bombs. Since July 7, seventeen racially motivated incidents have been reported to police with Muslim women in traditional dress being a main target. Police have
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Traders feel the pinch in no-go zones
Traders based at Tube stations across the borough are counting the cost of the London terror attacks. Arnos Grove, Southgate, Oakwood, Bounds Green and Cockfosters Tube stations, served by the stricken Piccadilly line have been closed to city commuters
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Joker a hit in musicals
HMS Pinafore Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Until September 10 Ask most people, and they will know who Gary Wilmot is. But ask them which TV shows he was in, and they'll probably draw a blank. While Wilmot is now a familiar face of pantomime
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Thanks for additions
As a member of the Enfield Pensioners' Action Group, I would like to thank those concerned in Enfield Council, for installing new benches outside the library at Ordnance Road. There is now a memorial bench to Lou Prince, local champion of pensioners
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Take care on the open road
Does any one remember the courteous Highway Code rule that stated: 'If the obstruction is on your side of the road you should give way to oncoming traffic'. Other quaint rules were: the use of indicators is required if intending to change lane.
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Ken should know better
I listened to Ken Livingstone's heartfelt speech last Thursday's bomb atrocity with mounting disgust. I believe hipocrisy knows no bounds. Last year, despite koud protestations, he invited terrorist-supporting Islamic extremist Sjeikh Yusuf Qaradaqi
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Our sympathies are with the families of the bomb victims
On behalf of all my colleagues in the Labour Group at Enfield Council I am writing to express our horror at the bombings in London on July 7. We would like to express our condolences to the families of those who were killed. Our thoughts are with