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Smarter Start: A free webinar for people thinking of starting a business

This FREE introductory webinar is for anyone thinking of starting a business and located in a London borough. The session will give you an overview of what's involved in starting a business / working for yourself and help you clarify whether it's the right route for you.
Q&A: Managing anxiety during the Coronavirus outbreak

Recently Healthwatch Enfield hosted an online event with Age UK Enfield and representatives from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust, answering questions submitted in advance about managing anxiety during the Coronavirus outbreak. A recording of the event is now available on YouTube.
111 First: Accessing urgent and emergency care in London

As of 30 September 2020, the NHS has been asking patients with an urgent, but not life-threatening, health problem to contact NHS 111 first if they think they need to attend A&E. This can be done either online or by phone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the service is free to use (including from all mobiles).
The Cards for Good Causes shop is back, starting on Saturday

For the 27th year in succession, Palmers Green United Reformed Church will be hosting the Cards for Good Causes Christmas card shop. Undeterred by Covid, enough volunteers have come forward to open the shop inside the church for six hours a day, six days a week for nearly seven weeks. They are doing this in a truly good cause, because when you buy your cards from Cards for Good Causes you can be certain that the money will be going to the charities.
From the frivolity of Fragonard to the satire of Hogarth: Baroque and Rococo in Britain and France

A new art course from Enfield & Southgate WEA begins after half-term, when Colin Lomas will be looking at Baroque and Rococo art to show the impact of the political, social and religious changes in art and architecture between 1600 and 1800.
How has the Coronavirus affected Enfield's care homes?

Just under a quarter of care homes and nursing homes in the London Borough of Enfield experienced an outbreak of Covid-19 during the first wave. This is one of the findings of a report published by Healthwatch Enfield which looks at the impact of the Coronavirus on the borough's 89 care, nursing and assisted living homes. The report is based on a survey of staff, patients and residents' relatives carried out in August and September.
Make and donate uniform wash bags for North Mid staff

The North Middlesex Hospital is again appealing for people to make and donate washbags for NHS staff uniforms
Stitch! is back in business!

After a busy fortnight rebuilding and settling into their new home inside Palmers Green post office, Stitch! is back up and running. The previously bare and boring shop in front of you when you enter from the street is now a cosy and colourful treasure trove of fabrics, wools, threads, buttons and general haberdashery.
Enfield Town plans revealed

Enfield Council's proposals for Liveable Neighbourhoods improvements to Enfield Town will make walking around the Town much easier and safer. Disabled people will benefit from 14 new blue badge bays. For those visiting or passing through by bike, there will be through cycle routes, mainly taking the form of protected lanes, but they will not go along the main part of Church Street. Public spaces will be enhanced.
Age UK Enfield dementia-friendly activities

Age UK Enfield have been busy creating opportunities for people affected by dementia to find meaningful activities and connect people. They've put together a programme of online sessions, postal activity packs, YouTube activities and telephone groups.

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Step-change for station
New lift helps people to access Piccadilly Line at Cockfosters, reports Olivia Devereux-Evans Cockfosters Station has become the 80th tube station to go step-free after an “overnight” lift installation. The complex operation saw a lift shaft craned into the station and a lift built on site. New tiling was “carefully selected” to reflect the Art […]
We need to be more ambitious on climate change
Enfield Climate Action Forum co-founder Francis Sealey reacts to the launch of the council’s climate action plan In September, Enfield Council launched Enfield Climate Action Plan 2020, declaring it wanted the authority to become carbon neutral by 2030 and the whole borough by 2040. Unfortunately, in my view, the plan’s ambitions fall far short of […]
Petition against low-traffic scheme debated
Report by Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Police, fire and ambulance services did not object to a controversial low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) when the plans for it had been finalised, according to town hall chiefs. Richard Eason, Enfield Council’s healthy streets programme director, told councillors the emergency services did not oppose the final designs for the […]
Ethical eats
Vegan Gemma Parkes welcomes the arrival of a plant-based market in Enfield I was excited to see Enfield Charter Market transformed last month into a plant-based piazza for the first time in 700-year history. The Vegan Markets UK event gave vegan and vegan-curious locals the chance to explore plant-based food and beauty products. The company, […]
Estate agents benefits ban ‘discrimination’
Data shows Enfield borough estate agents to be among most discriminatory in London, reports Jessie Mathewson, Local Democracy Reporter, and James Cracknell Enfield estate agents are among the worst in London for discriminating against tenants on benefits, new analysis has revealed. The BBC Shared Data Unit found that 94% of properties advertised for rent in […]
Get creative with us
Emma Jenkins wants to help mentor students hit by the A-Level results fiasco This summer we watched as students got their exam results back amid the chaos and confusion of algorithmic-determined grades. As an Enfield resident and teacher who has worked with GCSE and A-Level students, I was heartbroken to see their hard work go […]
Enfield Town redevelopment includes 26-storey tower
Deutsche Bank reveals high-rise plans for Enfield Town Conservation Area, reports James Cracknell A 26-storey tower block is being proposed for the centre of Enfield Town as part of a redevelopment of Palace Gardens shopping centre. The ‘Palace Square‘ scheme, revealed this week, would include a new “boutique” cinema, gym, redesigned shopping mall, restaurants, and […]
Thrill of the Enfield Chase
Stephen Haywood from Thames21 introduces Enfield Chase Restoration Project, which aims to plant 100,000 trees in the borough Enfield residents will soon be gifted with a new woodland to explore and enjoy. For generations to come, we will once again be able to see parts of Enfield Chase as the forested land it once was, […]

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Do you remember Colin Fisher?
We recently had an email from Bente Dalsbaek who is trying to trace members of her family from when they...
Temptation
We recently had an email from Bente Dalsbaek who is trying to trace members of her family from when they...
Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves
Its Sunday lunchtime. Probably in winter. From the kitchen, smells of roasting meat and potatoes, bubbling gravy, the windows steaming...
Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons and Steven Berkoff are among the latest stars who have trod the Intimate’s boards and are now calling...
‘Intimate’ destruction?
There may soon be one fewer historic building in Palmers Green following news this week of plans to demolish the...
Guest post: Palmers Green’s Cormac O’Duffy: the music of reconciliation
A memory of a talented Palmers Green family by journalist Frances Sealey. Visiting Dresden in the last week was quite...

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What are ‘driverless’ London Underground trains and why do they cause such a fuss?

For whole decades there has been talk of so-called “driverless” trains coming to the London Underground, and yet there are...
Leonie Cooper: I welcome the government’s additional help for jobs and businesses, but I wish they’d got it right the first time

Last week, Chancellor Rishi Sunak made a series of overdue changes to his Winter Economy Plan. In doing so, he...
Dave Hill: It’s hard to see the government’s wrangle with TfL ending well

Let’s start on an optimistic note, if only to sustain us on our trip through many miles of stupidity and...
Vic Keegan’s Lost London 166: The world-leading Anchor Brewery

The Anchor brewery started life immediately next door to the Globe Theatre on Bankside in 1616 when Shakespeare was still...
Charles Wright: Will Bishopsgate Goodsyard at last rise from the ashes?

It was 55 years ago, December 5 1964, that fire swept through the Bishopsgate Goodsyard in east London, just north...
Newham: Council decides choices for May 2021 governance referendum

Newham Councillors have voted to give residents a choice between retaining the current directly-elected Mayor (DEM) model of local government...
Alexander Jan: Government’s conditions on TfL funds would cause unprecedented drain on Londoners’ budgets

In the last day or two, the government’s apparent conditions to be attached to the latest round of financial assistance...
Letter from Grant Shapps shows that government proposed enlarging London congestion charge zone

The government proposed that Transport for London should massively extend the capital’s current congestion charge zone to the North and...

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Mayor rejects Goverment’s ‘unacceptable’ conditions for TfL funding
Sadiq Khan has rejected Government demands that he extend the Congestion Charge zone to the North and South circular roads.
Former City Hall aide Neale Coleman joins Govt’s National Infrastructure Commission
Neale Coleman has been appointed to the body which advises ministers on the UK’s major infrastructure needs.
City Hall unveils new heavy vehicle scrappage scheme
The new scrappage scheme follows an earlier scheme which saw 5,000 polluting vans taken off the roads.
TfL gets planning permission to build 460 new homes in Southall
The scheme will see 460 new 1, 2, and 3 bedroom properties built on land next to Southall station.
Mayor commissions research into future of central London’s economy
City Hall says the viability of the capital’s commercial and cultural centres is under "immediate threat".
Last year saw largest ever number of City Hall backed affordable homes get underway
The Assembly’s latest annual Affordable Housing Monitor shows 17,256 affordable starts got underway in 2019/20.
Crossrail costs rise again as bosses announce yet another delayed opening date
Crossrail bosses say the troubled rail link is unlikely to open before 2022 and will need a further bailout of...
TfL launches new mobile travel app to help Londoners get back to work safely
TfL Go app is available initially for iPhones with an Android version promised “by autumn”.
Mayor urges government to extend furlough scheme for creative & hospitality sectors
The Mayor’s call comes as new HMRC figures confirm that the number of employees requiring government assistance is increasing.
Siobhan Benita quits race for City Hall
Benita says the need to delay the election due to the Coronavirus pandemic means she is unable to continue.