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Videos give advice on supporting a child with challenging behaviour

Enfield Council has produced a series of short videos with advice for parents with a child who has challenging behaviour. The videos are hosted on the Enfield Libraries Facebook page.
Deadline extended for Inspiring Women Start Up Programme applications

Are you a woman in London thinking about starting a business? Enterprise Enfield have extended the deadline for applying for the next Inspiring Women Start Up Programme. You can apply up to 10am on Tuesday 26th January and the programme begins on 3rd February.
Filling the space between us with Living Letters

Are you a person of 'mature years' who's missing meeting people - perhaps because you're shielding? Is conversation and human interaction lacking from your life? A new project from Chickenshed could plug the hole in your life and create intergenerational friendships.
Get a home-delivered mid-eastern menu and help local community food projects

Local community interest company (CIC) Cooking Champions are offering another menu for home delivery or takeaway, and this time the theme is Middle Eastern. All profits go towards funding the various community food projects that Cooking Champions are involved in. Since the pandemic arrived, Cooking Champions have provided thousands of hot meals for people who need them.
Please support LTNs – they are for everyone’s safety and wellbeing

An article by Better Streets for Enfield presenting data showing that low-traffic neighbourhoods reduce road danger, allow more people to cycle, reduce car ownership, are not socially unjust and do not hinder emergency vehicles.
Piece by piece...

The next items of street art being created for PG under commission from the Palmers Green Action Team are taking a while... But that's hardly surprising, as they're a set of mosaics which will adorn Palmers Green Station and are being put together one little piece at a time.
Controlled parking zone consultation: Cedars Rd and part of Highfield Rd, N21

Enfield Council is consulting on the idea of a permit parking scheme (or Controlled Parking Zone) for the Cedars Road area of Winchmore Hill. The consultation is open to people living in Cedars Road and Highfield Road, as well as others who feel they may be impacted by the proposals. The deadline for responding is 22nd January.
Help fund home starter kits for Enfield's homeless people

Enfield Council has launched a crowdfunding appeal on Spacehive to raise money for home starter kits for homeless people who have been found somewhere to live by the council.
How the Ruth Winston Centre has kept in touch with its members

The Ruth Winston Centre's familiar building in Green Lanes has been closed to members since March, but RWC continues to provide for its members. Like, it seems, almost all organisations, it has moved online and is using Zoom to run its classes - exercise, arts and crafts, dance, music, games and much more. Below, Centre manager Elizabeth Thoree updates readers on how this Palmers Green institution and its members have been copying with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Year-on-year increase in cycle lanes usage

Enfield Council has released the latest figures for the number of bikes passing Palmers Green Triangle in either direction. Compared with December 2019 usage average weekday usage was up by a half and average weekend usage doubled.

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Education to perform
PQA Enfield vice-principal Xenia McGinley on how the performing arts academy has been providing tuition for local young people during the pandemic After providing a whole host of exciting virtual performing arts activities throughout last year’s pandemic lockdown, plus a hugely successful virtual cinema screening event, PQA Enfield has been even busier since returning to […]
Residents remain divided over low-traffic schemes
Council reveals 30,000 fines have been issued to drivers in three months, report James Cracknell and Olivia Devereux-Evans People living within two new ‘quieter neighbourhood’ areas installed by Enfield Council remain divided over the schemes, research by the Dispatch suggests. While more local people appear to be against Enfield’s low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) than in favour, […]
Council defends manager’s pay rise
Report by Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter A 19% pay rise for a senior officer at Enfield Council was linked to a management shake-up that saved £1million per year, chief executive Ian Davis has said. The £31,478 increase in salary and pension contributions awarded to executive director of place Sarah Cary was partly down to […]
Reaching out to ethnic minorities during the pandemic
Claire Fisher from Healthwatch Enfield on the results of its research into how BAME communities have been affected by Covid-19 More than half the people we surveyed from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in Enfield said that they have not received the help and support they need during the coronavirus pandemic. This sobering […]
Conference on cervical cancer
Awareness-raising event planned for later this month, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter Campaigners from different political parties have teamed up to raise awareness of a cancer that causes hundreds of preventable deaths in the UK every year. The cross-party Enfield team has set up an online conference to provide information on cervical cancer and […]
Going platinum
Leanne Kyte from Platinum Performing Arts on how the Edmonton-based arts school is helping young people Welcome to Platinum Performing Arts! We are an award-winning performing arts school, offering a wide range of dance, singing and drama classes for young people aged from three to 21 years. We pride ourselves in exceptional standards of teaching […]
Second Covid-19 jabs given against government advice
Report by James Cracknell and Olivia Devereux-Evans A number of GP practices in Enfield are issuing second Covid-19 vaccination jabs to patients against the advice of government, the Dispatch understands. Several elderly people in the borough have come forward to confirm they have received their second follow-up injection of the vaccine in recent days, despite […]
Row over support officer appointment
Report by Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter A row has broken out over the creation of a new post to provide policy advice to senior decision-makers at Enfield Council. Conservative group leader Joanne Laban says the appointment of a cabinet support officer shows the Labour administration is “out of touch”, but council leader Nesil Caliskan […]

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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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The number of homicides in London fell in 2020. What explains why these sad statistics change?

The headline figure is, in its grim way, good news, at least relatively so. During the calendar year 2020, the...
Croydon: Government tells council it should hold governance referendum on 6 May

Croydon Council has been told by the government it should hold its forthcoming referendum offering residents the chance to switch...
Charles Wright: Post-Brexit London needs a new cheerleader for the ‘world-class concert hall’ Boris Johnson once backed

February 20, 2015: a different time. Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Chancellor George Osborne shoulder to shoulder in the...
Alexander Jan: TfL’s Financial Stability Plan shows it cannot live by fares income alone

Last week, Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford released a 115-page TfL Financial Stability plan. It shows that what was...
Is Sadiq Khan ‘introducing a £5.50 commuter tax’ as Shaun Bailey claims? No, he isn’t

Yesterday on Twitter, Conservative London Mayor candidate Shaun Bailey wrote: “By introducing a £5.50 commuter tax, @SadiqKhan is punishing London’s...
London digs in for Covid’s dark winter days as vaccine programme picks up

Sadiq Khan has warned that “thousands of new Covid cases” are still being reported daily across the capital and urged...
Sadiq Khan takes 21-point poll lead into 2021 and is on course for a record-breaking win

The latest poll of mayoral election voting intentions tells us much the same thing as all five such polls during...
Vic Keegan’s Lost London 178: Cartwright, ‘Father of Reform’

The statue in the photo does not commemorate Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom. Edmund is remembered by the...

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TfL proposes bus and tube cuts and annual fares increases to achieve long-term financial sustainability
City Hall and Transport for London have published full details of the upcoming fares increase.
London’s entire bus fleet now meets ULEZ emissions standards
Transport for London says that its entire 9,000-strong fleet of buses now meet or exceed Euro VI emissions standards.
New road layout comes into effect at Old Street roundabout
The change will allow the overhaul of the neighbouring Tube station and surrounding area to move to the next phase
TfL funding enables creation of 2,000 new cycle parking spaces
Almost £1million has been awarded to 14 boroughs who will create the spaces over the coming months.
TfL publishes new road accident data dashboard
A new dashboard making road accident statistics easier to understand is now available on the Transport for London website.
First trains successfully run on Northern Line Extension to Battersea
The test Tube trains made a return trip through the 3.2km tunnels linking Kennington to the new Nine Elms and...
TfL backed scheme gets go-ahead to build 139 new homes in Kennington
The development will be built on land currently being used to facilitate construction of the Northern Line Extension.
Brent council approves TfL scheme to build 450 new homes in Wembley
40 per cent of the new homes will be made available on affordable terms such as shared ownership and Mayor...
TfL issues post lockdown travel guidance and urges passengers to walk and cycle if possible
With shops and hospitality venues reopening and the approaching Christmas season, passenger numbers are expected to increase across the network.
Crossrail gets additional £825m to ensure project’s completion
Ministers have agreed further funding following warnings that previously agreed packages of help will no longer be sufficient to complete...