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By Highgate People at 14:08 on 03/02/12

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Are you ready for the digital switchover?

By LiseS at 18:45 on 22/01/12

If you're still using an old-style analogue TV aerial, time is running out to convert to a digital tuner as the London area will switch over from an analogue to a digital signal this April. London is one of the last areas in the UK to covert from analogue to digital, and the switchover will take place in two stages on 4 and 18 April this year. Any modern flatscreen TV will almost certainly be able to receive a digital signal,...
Downhills school deadline for academy conversion lifted - for now

By LiseS at 21:19 on 17/01/12

Downhills School in Tottenham, one of four Haringey schools under threat of forced conversion to academy status under controversial new government measures, has had the deadline for outlining plans to become an academy lifted pending a re-inspection of the school ordered by Education Secretary Michael Gove. Hundreds of parents of children at the school had protested against the forced move, launching a "Save Our Community...
Islington among worst areas for child poverty

By LiseS at 17:46 on 14/01/12

A report commissioned by the Campaign to End Child Poverty and released ths week, has listed Islington as one of the areas most affected by child poverty. Six of the top seven areas were London boroughs, with Tower Hamlets listed as the area with the highest proportion (52%) of children living in pvoerty, followed by Islington (43%) and Manchester (40%). Children are classed as in poverty if their family's income fell below 60% of the...
Dangerous dogs seized in Highgate

By LiseS at 19:16 on 11/01/12

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Status Dogs Unit and Bruce Grove Safer Neighbourhoods Team seized two female dogs suspected to be pit-bulls from a flat in Highgate yesterday morning. A man was also arrested on suspicion of possession of prohibited fighting dogs and taken to a north London police station. Bruce Grove Safer Neighbourhoods Team became the first Safer Neighbourhoods team in the borough to have dangerous dogs set as...

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Crouch End standing by for multi-venue music event!

By LiseS

Full timetable for tonight:

By LiseS at 13:20 on 15/11/11

Shops and cafes across Crouch End will be transformed into live music venues on Friday as The End festival comes to N8 - redubbed "Crouch Angeles" for one day only. The multi-venue event, modelled after the Camden crawl and with an emphasis on new music, kicks off at 3pm and continues throughout the evening. An eclectic range of venues, including the Clocktower Laundry on the Broadway, Little Paris Boutique on Park Road,...
Chase away the back-to-school blues at Jackson's Lane

By LiseS

The only London dates of John Peel's Shed take place at Jackson's Lane this week - don't miss out!

By LiseS at 08:59 on 05/09/11

September always has the whiff of getting back to school or work after a languid summer - even after a summer like we've just shivered through. But nothing cures the autumn blues like a trip to the theatre - and Jackson's Lane has a great season of performance, puppetry and children's shows to liven up the mistiest of September evenings. Direct from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Foursight Theatre return to Jacksons Lane with the...
All quiet in Highgate this evening

By LiseS

NicolaLH points out on Twitter: Rock stars/actors don't tend to riot!

By LiseS at 19:04 on 09/08/11

Highgate, Archway and Crouch End are open for business as usual this evening - supermarkets, restaurrants and local retailers are keeping their usual evening opening hours, and commuters are heading back home as normal. Following an armed incident at Costa Coffee on the Broadway earlier, Crouch End has a slightly increased police presence, but this is said to be largely precautionary. Highgate has not so far been afflicted by the...
Panic on the streets of North London - disorder reported in Crouch End

By LiseS

Video of last night's attack on Crouch End Blockbuster:

By LiseS at 11:46 on 08/08/11

The front pages are this morning dominated by reports of the rioting that took place in Tottenham and Enfield this weekend, seemingly prompted by the death of Mark Duggan on Thursday. Local reports suggest that a lesser degree of looting and disorder spread west to Crouch End, with a break-in at the Blockbuster video shop on Topsfield Parade. Information on the exact causes of the rioting and violent disorder that began in Tottenham on...
How healthy is Highgate? New interactive data maps reveal all

By LiseS

More on Haringey's health: http://tinyurl.com/3z54ojc

By LiseS at 18:19 on 04/08/11

The Department of Health's annual figures giving information on health and healthcare by area have been released for the first time as a series of interactive maps. 12 Public Health Observatories working across the UK collect information on key health indicators such as smoking, obesity and life expectancy; these Health Profiles can be directly compared across local authorities using the data maps at www.apho.org.uk. Latest...