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Three years for man who had 3,000 indecent images of children
A MAN who admitted possessing nearly 3,000 indecent images of children has been sentenced to three years in prison and banned from working with children for life. Thomas Caulfield, 40, from Woodpeckers Lodge Gater Drive, Enfield, admitted a
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Parliamentary motion in support of McKinnon shut down
A PARLIAMENTARY motion against Gary McKinnon's extradition to America to face hacker charges has been suspended by officials. In the Early Day Motion, tabled by Enfield Southgate MP David Burrowes and signed by three other MPs in the two days
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Two charity barbecues this weekend
ENFIELD residents are making the most of the summer weather by organising two charity barbecues this weekend. Mustafa Ibrahim is hosting his annual barbecue on Saturday at 5pm at 13 Oak Avenue, Enfield. This year, he intends to raise £2,000
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Cradle in the wind: baby Elton lookalike up for prize
A BABY girl has won a place in a lookalike contest as 62-year-old rocker Elton John. Matilda Gant from Manor Road by day is a normal baby in a romper suit but undergoes what some would call a remarkable transformation when she dons a pair of
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Informative fun day out for all the family at Jubilee Park
SERIOUS fun – with local information and displays – is on offer in a police-organised day out in Jubilee Park. Fun events will include a schools football competition, on one of the park’s six football pitches, coaching sessions from Tottenham
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Free Tudor event at Forty Hall next weekend
ENFIELD Museum Service will present a weekend of free family-themed activities about Tudor life. The Tudors event will take place on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 July from 11am-4pm at Forty Hall, Forty Hill. On Saturday, people are encouraged
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Primary school gets public exhibition
ARTISTS as young as six will have their art publicly displayed at a public gallery in Edmonton. The collection is a culmination of an entire year's work from all ages of Churchfield Primary school pupils, and ranges from paintings and charcoal
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Bogus police asked for pin
One recent evening around 8pm I was contacted over the phone by two men claiming to be a Detective Sergeant and a constable from Scotland Yard. They claimed they had arrested two youths attempting to buy goods at Argos using my credit card details,
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‘We have vowed to run race next year’
Having just arrived home from holiday and been given a copy of your June 24 paper, the article ‘Race for life runners given parking tickets’ and a photo of myself and daughters Fleur and Julie who took part on the day, was rather misleading as it looked
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This is no time for heaters
Now that at long last we appear to be having decent summer weather, with temperatures in the high 20s, why is it that many buses running in London still have their heaters on full blast? Many people in my group have consistently complained to Transport
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Garden of Eden no more
Over a period of years I have noticed plants go missing from my front garden — notably pinks (small carnation-type flowers). My front garden leads into Bridlington Road with no fencing and Bridlington Road leads into Jubilee Park, so receives heavy
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Chase Farm was excellent
We strongly endorse the call for a ministerial review of the decision to close the accident and emergency (and other departments) at Chase Farm Hospital. So often nowadays, many of us have reason to complain about bad service or the poor standard of
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Fines are not so charitable
I am amazed at the insensitivity displayed by Councillor Michael Lavender and his ticketing officers for penalising those trying to raise funds for such a crucial charity ‘Race for life runners given parking tickets’, Enfield Independent, June 24). At
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Taxing game of two halves
It is all very laudable of MP Joan Ryan to urge the change of name from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Rebate (‘Call for name change to benefit all pensioners,’ Enfield Independent, June 10). However, despite my efforts to get an answer from this
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Thank you for fete help
Thank you for fete help I would like to say thank you to all the residents of Enfield, Whitewebbs Museum of Transport and Enfield Council who donated various wartime memorabilia and artefacts towards the Forties-style fete that was held by the 19th
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Closures are health threat
I agree with Mr and Mrs Fairhead (‘Chase Farm was excellent’, Opinion, July 1), as when my wife was given a diagnosis the doctor recognised the anxiety this had caused her and was so disappointed that he had to re-schedule due to a full appointment
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A matter of timing
Healthcare for London has released the results of the consultation for four major trauma centres in central London and eight hyper-acute stroke units, well in advance of their meeting on July 20, when a decision is to be made on these proposals for the
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Hive warming party and other bee-lights this weekend
A HIVE-warming party for a new crop of bees will be held this Sunday, with public honey-tasting and the chance to try on a beekeeper's suit. Woodcroft Wildspace, a charity that signed a three-year lease for the site in November last year, is
