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Band profile - Shabby Rogue - Your Local Guardian

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:52:42 -0800

Band profile - Shabby Rogue
Your Local Guardian
Shaun and I recording in my bedroom in Finsbury Park. It was a small room made chaotic with mics and mixers and instruments and beer cans so we called it ...

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Pub hosts search for funniest song - Camden New Journal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:43 -0800

Camden New Journal

Pub hosts search for funniest song
Camden New Journal
Ben Glasstone, from Finsbury Park, whose entry, Love and Specs, is about a myopic man who falls in love with a woman on the Tube, believes musical comedy is ...

Night of tears – and joy – for fans in green - Camden New Journal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:40 -0800

Camden New Journal

Night of tears – and joy – for fans in green
Camden New Journal
Mohammad Ali, a shopkeeper in Blackstock Road, said: “It was a good game even though we seemed physically tired. We were so happy because 24 years is a long ...

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Call for 'eyesore' bridge clean-up - Camden New Journal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:25 -0800

Call for 'eyesore' bridge clean-up
Camden New Journal
Now Network Rail is being urged to clean up the Seven Sisters Road bridge, give it a new coat of paint and put up a sign saying: “Welcome to Finsbury Park. ...

On Two Wheels Part 5: The great confusion - The Wharf

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:21:46 -0800

The Wharf

On Two Wheels Part 5: The great confusion
The Wharf
... officer to give them their proper title) and asked him whether I was allowed to park my scooter in a pay-and-display bay on busy Green Lanes. ...

Algerian Londoners celebrate World Cup qualifier - BBC News

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:08:12 -0800

BBC News

Algerian Londoners celebrate World Cup qualifier
BBC News
BBC London viewer Naomi Hepworth filmed the crowds outside her home in Finsbury Park as they headed into the centre of the city. Algeria booked a first trip ...

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MP Lammy calls for more Turkish-speaking police officers - Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:13:03 -0800

MP Lammy calls for more Turkish-speaking police officers
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
That is the damning verdict from Tottenham MP David Lammy, who spoke out against Turkish gangs' silent stranglehold over swathes of Green Lanes and ...

Council 'has lost thousands' over property sell-off - Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:56:52 -0800

Council 'has lost thousands' over property sell-off
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
They were a disused garage in Effingham Road, Harringay, at £111000, another disused garage in Ida Road, Tottenham, for £70000, and a flat in Steele Road, ...

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Family's appeal to save son's life - Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:52:00 -0800

Family's appeal to save son's life
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
But the chance of finding a matching donor of the same ethnic make-up as Caribbean-born Jermaine Louis, 24, of Salisbury Road, Harringay, is just one in ...

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Police reject blanket 20mph plans - Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:51:54 -0800

Police reject blanket 20mph plans
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
A campaign was launched to cut down on make danger roads like Wightman Road in Harringay a 20mph speed zone. Residents said a lack of enforcement should not ...

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Brave firefighters honoured after catching knifeman - Islington Gazette

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:35:46 -0800

Islington Gazette

Brave firefighters honoured after catching knifeman
Islington Gazette
Wayne Sang, 33, was lying in the street having been stabbed twice by addict Julian Stephens, 34, after a chase along the middle of Seven Sisters Road, ...

'Stolen goods' cafe shut down - Islington Gazette

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:35:45 -0800

'Stolen goods' cafe shut down
Islington Gazette
La Roma in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, had become the hub of a stolen goods trade among north African men. And when police raided it on November 3, ...

Toilet venue for gay arts festival launch - Islington Gazette

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:30:44 -0800

Toilet venue for gay arts festival launch
Islington Gazette
A CONVERTED public toilet in Finsbury Park played host to the opening of this year's annual gay arts festival. GFest, the gayWise LGBT Arts Festival, ...

Women must seek - Londra Gazete

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:21:34 -0800

Londra Gazete

Women must seek
Londra Gazete
This conference is on Wednesday, 2 December, from 12.30-4.30pm at the Turkish Cypriot Association at 628-630 Green Lanes. Meanwhile, Hackney will be running ...

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Cheering Algerians throng London - BBC News

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:10:54 -0800

BBC News

Cheering Algerians throng London
BBC News
Naomi Hepworth filmed the celebrations outside her flat in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, north London. She said the fans "let off fireworks outside my ...

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Ware Cafe Fined After Flouting Hygiene Rules - East Herts Herald 24

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:14:50 -0800

Ware Cafe Fined After Flouting Hygiene Rules
East Herts Herald 24
A CAFE manager in Ware has been landed with a bill for nearly £1000 because he failed to put together the necessary food hygiene procedures. ...

Heroin wars, loan sharks and executions: the Turkish gangs terrorising north ... - This is London

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:22:20 -0800

This is London

Heroin wars, loan sharks and executions: the Turkish gangs terrorising north ...
This is London
Six months ago Ahmet Celik, a Turkish kebab shop owner who lived in the Green Lanes area of north London, disappeared from his home. ...

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Semaphore oasis abolished - Rail-News.com

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:11:43 -0800

Rail-News.com

Semaphore oasis abolished
Rail-News.com
November 15th saw a key stage reached in enhancing the Gospel Oak to Barking line, known as the GOBLIN by commuters, with the closing of Harringay Park ...

Birmingham pupils' mural aims to thwart graffiti menaces - BirminghamMail.net

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:47:50 -0800

Birmingham pupils' mural aims to thwart graffiti menaces
BirminghamMail.net
... Network Rail bosses to come up with a plan to clean up the bridge near Chester Road train station, Green Lanes, which had become a magnet for taggers. ...

Youth jam to sweeten Arsenal ground - Camden New Journal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:18:39 -0800

Youth jam to sweeten Arsenal ground
Camden New Journal
Talal Karim, chief executive of FinFuture, which represents residents, businesses and charities in the area, said: “I am so proud of the young members of ...

Award for fire crew who took on armed man in knife attack - Camden New Journal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:09:08 -0800

Award for fire crew who took on armed man in knife attack
Camden New Journal
The award was the result of their actions when they rushed to the aid of a stabbing victim in Seven Sisters Road in September last year. ...

Police shut 'den of thieves' restaurant - Camden New Journal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:09:07 -0800

Police shut 'den of thieves' restaurant
Camden New Journal
POLICE have used new powers for the second time only to shut a family restaurant in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, which had become a “den of thieves”. ...

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Red carpet treatment for pupils' royal visitor - Camden New Journal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:09:05 -0800

Red carpet treatment for pupils' royal visitor
Camden New Journal
... where he was greeted by Bishop Sandy Millar and members of the congregation. He was also given a tour of the Andover estate by residents.

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Cops close down Finsbury Park cafe after raid - Hackney Gazette

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:17:13 -0800

Cops close down Finsbury Park cafe after raid
Hackney Gazette
Officers secured a closure order from La Roma Café in Blackstock Road from Highbury Corner Magistrates Court last Friday. Two days earlier, cops raiding the ...

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Brave cops praised for chasing gunman - Hackney Gazette

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:10:22 -0800

Brave cops praised for chasing gunman
Hackney Gazette
... were Pc Katie McKay (now Brooks) and Pc Rhys Davies, who managed to talk a man down who was threatening to jump off a rooftop in Seven Sisters Road. ...

Finsbury Punk'd - Londonist

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:57:48 -0800

Londonist

Finsbury Punk'd
Londonist
Guide editor Laura Lee Davies said: "There are some great places in Blackstock Road but places like Archway and even Holloway Road often just get taken for ...

Anger as pocket guide 'ignores' Finsbury Park - Islington Gazette

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:51:20 -0800

Islington Gazette

Anger as pocket guide 'ignores' Finsbury Park
Islington Gazette
Nearby Blackstock Road - a once-bustling shopping area nicknamed "Little Algiers" still struggling to recover following a 600-strong police raid last year ...

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Two Haringey men charged over heroin and crack dealing - Haringey Independent

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:31:47 -0800

Two Haringey men charged over heroin and crack dealing
Haringey Independent
Risti Mbu, 20, of Harringay, and Michael Blackstock, 20, of Hornsey, were arrested on Saturday in connection with selling heroin and crack cocaine in Medway ...

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Sex, lies and the Stasi - This is London

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:56:51 -0800

This is London

Sex, lies and the Stasi
This is London
The only route was through the League of People's Friendship, a dusty organisation on Seven Sisters Road. A few months later I was sharing a room with three ...

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Modern Warfare 2 £26 GBP At Sainsburys - IncGamers.com

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:32:17 -0800

Modern Warfare 2 £26 GBP At Sainsburys
IncGamers.com
Five stores will open especially for the event (Dulwich, Harringay, Forestside, London Colney and Greenwich), and we're told all stores will sell the game ...

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Stolen phone is returned to owner after Tottenham stop-and-search - Haringey Independent

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:02:42 -0800

Stolen phone is returned to owner after Tottenham stop-and-search
Haringey Independent
While on patrol on October 27, in Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, Haringey police's safer transport team stopped-and-searched a 31-year-old man. ...

SOCIAL CLUBS SHUT IN BLITZ ON GANG FEUD - Camden New Journal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:07 -0800

Camden New Journal

SOCIAL CLUBS SHUT IN BLITZ ON GANG FEUD
Camden New Journal
Five businesses in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, were also raided, this time in response to reports of handling stolen goods and complaints of harassment ...

'From affluent streets to children in poverty, we are a divided borough' - Camden New Journal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:06 -0800

Camden New Journal

'From affluent streets to children in poverty, we are a divided borough'
Camden New Journal
Mr Morris, 53, the youngest of five children born on the Woodberry Down estate at Finsbury Park, described education and employment as being at the ...

Hands off Bear plaque, says Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten - Camden New Journal

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:00 -0800

Camden New Journal

Hands off Bear plaque, says Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten
Camden New Journal
Some wags a few years ago asked to put a flag up for me on the Six Acres estate, where I used to live. I didn't take it seriously but the council did and ...

£500000 for Haringey playgrounds will help the children play - Haringey Independent

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:48:14 -0800

£500000 for Haringey playgrounds will help the children play
Haringey Independent
Sites earmarked for improvement include Bruce Castle Park, Campsbourne Estate, Appleby Close, Railway Fields, Muswell Hill Playing Field, ...

Mayor Boris gives the thumbs-up to Ashmount move - Hampstead and Highgate Express

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:06:56 -0800

Mayor Boris gives the thumbs-up to Ashmount move
Hampstead and Highgate Express
THE MAYOR of London has approved plans to allow Ashmount Primary School to move on to land adjoining Crouch End's Parkland Walk. ...

Bid to ban 'eyesore estate agents' signs - Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:16:20 -0800

Bid to ban 'eyesore estate agents' signs
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal
Last month campaigners counted almost 350 signs in their neighbourhood, the majority of which were clustered in the Harringay Ladder streets. ...

Crack house is closed down after complaints - Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:41:16 -0800

Crack house is closed down after complaints
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
The flat, in Effingham Road, Harringay, was a magnet for addicts and dealers and a focus of anti-social behaviour in the street, said police. ...

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Call for action over stations' ticket service - Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:07:59 -0800

Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Call for action over stations' ticket service
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
Ticket office opening times were cut by 69 hours at Finsbury Park, Harringay, Hornsey, Alexandra Palace and Bowes Park stations in August - despite ...

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Woodberry Down School mural knocked down for Skinner's Academy - Hackney Gazette

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:55:30 -0700

Woodberry Down School mural knocked down for Skinner's Academy
Hackney Gazette
For the past eight years visitors to Woodberry Down Community Primary School on Woodberry Grove have been greeted by a 20 foot painting of a magical ...

Park Rapists Jailed - 4ni.co.uk

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:02:55 -0700

Park Rapists Jailed
4ni.co.uk
Callem Fearnehough, 21, of Millfield, Six Acres Estate N4 was convicted on 25 September following a trial at Southwark Crown Court. ...

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