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Looking for secondary schools to help Love our Planet

Enfield Climate Action Forum will be running a competition for primary and secondary school pupils during this year's Big Green Week. To help promote the competition students from Middlesex Uni will be filming examples of best practice in teaching climate change subjects. They're seeking help in identifying suitable schools to do the filming.

Getting dolled up for a night at the movies

The glamorous world of Hollywood comes to the Millfield Theatre for three nights in June when SMP Theatre invite you to a Brand New, Original Musical Extravaganza Featuring All Your Classic Film Favourites!

Enfield's new mayor and cabinet

On 25th May, at Enfield Council's annual general meeting, a new mayor and deputy mayor were sworn in and details of the the new cabinet were announced.

Twalk your way to a healthier and happier life

Walk and talk your way to a healthier and happier life for you and your friends as you take a virtual journey from Enfield Town to England's highest mountain. The Enfield Twalking Challenge starts at the end of May and you have two months to reach the top of Scafell Pike. Just what the doctor ordered!

Safer Neighbourhood Team priorities survey

Palmers Green ward residents are invited to fill out the ward panel survey for May to register their policing priorities.

A big thank you to our nurses from all around the world!

Last week nurses around the world were celebrating International Nurses' Day and the team from the North Mid's children's and young people's department were in the mood for some fun!

Report recommends road pricing as fairer than fuel duty

As we transition towards electric vehicles that don't incur fuel duty, the Treasury faces a revenue loss of £30bn each year. Given the unpopularity of fuel duty, a report by Scott Corfe of the Social Market Foundation explores the case for introducing a nationwide road pricing system in the UK, setting out a model that is fairer than fuel duty, replaces lost tax revenue, and reduces the burden...

Council rivals announce their new teams

Both Labour and Conservative groups on Enfield Council have chosen their new leadership teams following the elections on 5th May and ahead of the council's annual general meeting next week.

NHS body surveying patients about their experience with urgent care services

The NHS body which procures services for patients in five north London boroughs - Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington - is preparing to run a new procurement process to find a provider for NHS 111 and out-of-hours services in the boroughs. As part of the process it is surveying residents about their experiences with these services as currently provided. One aspect of particular...

Safer Neighbourhood News for Palmers Green ward - May 2022

This month's edition of Safer Neighbourhoods News for Palmers Green ward is now available.

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Student wins prize for her big business idea
Enfield student wins major entrepreneurship competition An Enfield student has been named ‘grand champion’ at this year’s Big Idea Challenge, one of London’s biggest entrepreneurship and innovation competitions. Kadeisha Antoine, who is currently studying biomedical science at London Metropolitan University, collected the prize at a ceremony held at Museum of London earlier this month. The […]
Keeping older people active
Mark Huggard has been running fitness classes for Age UK Enfield for nearly two decades Mark Huggard has been working to keep Enfield’s older people fit and healthy since 2003. Mark was born and raised in Enfield and runs Age UK Enfield’s ‘Fit for Life’ project, with classes ranging from gentle exercise for people who […]
Wild festival in Winchmore Hill
Woodcroft Wildspace is hosting a festival this weekend A music festival in aid of local charities is being held in Winchmore Hill on Sunday. Wildstock Music Festival is organised by Enfield Chase Rotary Club and is taking place at the secluded Woodcroft Wildspace, a nature reserve and park in Downes Court managed by local residents […]
Protest against company’s climate-busting court action
Owners of Enfield Power Station targeted for blocking coal phase-out, reports James Cracknell Environmental campaigners staged a protest outside Enfield Power Station against what they claim is an “attack on democracy” by the site’s owners. Global Justice Now activists marched to the energy plant in Brimsdown as part of a national day of action against […]
Putting the bandstand back together
Work set to start on restoring Ponders End bandstand blown over during winter storm, reports James Cracknell Enfield Council is due to begin extensive repair work to a severely damaged bandstand in Ponders End Park. The structure was blown over by high winds during Storm Eunice, which battered the UK in February with winds up […]
Workmen help police arrest suspect after huge chase
High-speed police chase through Enfield Town ended when workmen jumped on fleeing suspect, reports James Cracknell Two maintenance men working on water pipes in a quiet street helped police apprehend a suspect who had fled following a high-speed car chase through Enfield Town. The Thames Water workers reacted quickly when they heard officers shout “armed […]
New mayor and cabinet confirmed
Labour’s picks for the new leadership team at Enfield Civic Centre have been revealed, reports James Cracknell The Labour administration at Enfield Council has revealed its new cabinet, while a new mayor of the borough has also been formally sworn in. At last night’s annual council meeting, where the council’s leadership team was officially confirmed […]
Four jailed over killing of young father in Edmonton
Christopher George, 26, was gunned down in a residential street in July 2020, reports James Cracknell Four people have been jailed for a total of 74 years for their role in the killing of a 26-year-old father-of-two in Edmonton. Christopher George died after being shot in Sebastopol Road on 29th July 2020. Two people – […]

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Do you remember Colin Fisher?
29 September 2019

We recently had an email from Bente Dalsbaek who is trying to trace members of her family from when they lived in Palmers Green in the 1970s. Can you help? I am writing to you in search for information about a Colin Russell Fisher, born in 1929 who lived at 89 Lakeside Road, The Larches, Palmers Green in […]
Temptation
02 July 2019
A message from Enfield’s past
25 May 2019

Back in 2019, a time capsule was found at Chase Farm Hospital from the days when it was Chase Farm Hospital School, founded to take poor and orphaned children out of the Edmonton workhouse. Here is how it was reported by the BBC.
Improbably famous in Palmers Green #5: Jack Hargreaves
28 December 2018

Its Sunday lunchtime. Probably in winter. From the kitchen, smells of roasting meat and potatoes, bubbling gravy, the windows steaming up. Dad has been pottering around outside in the cold all morning, doing odd jobs but now, while Mum cooks, he is in the living room in his chair in front of the television, still […]
Intimate demolition plans: Just a minute says Nicholas Parsons
26 September 2018

Nicholas Parsons and Steven Berkoff are among the latest stars who have trod the Intimate’s boards and are now calling for the theatre to be saved. Speaking to The Stage this week, Parsons said It would be so sad to see the Intimate Theatre disappear as many artists learned their trade there, perfecting their craft, […]
‘Intimate’ destruction?
07 September 2018

There may soon be one fewer historic building in Palmers Green following news this week of plans to demolish the Intimate Theatre and replace it with a new parish centre and flats. There have long been rumours that the Intimate’s days were numbered. St Monica’s, who own the site, first made a successful planning application […]