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  • Franchise to bring new trains after winning contract

    New trains will be brought in on a train line that runs through Enfield when a new operator takes on the franchise. The First Capital Connect (FCC) line which passes through stations including Enfield Chase and Palmers Green will now be run by

  • Gaming centre raises six-figure sum for wheelchair charity

    An Edmonton amusement arcade has raised £100,000 - enough to pay for 17 wheelchairs - for a disability charity. Cashino gaming centre in Edmonton Green raised the six-figure sum during the past 12 months for CHIPS, who provide wheelchairs for young

  • Death of a beloved pet

    I write regarding the unfortunate death of a beloved pet on Dryden Road last week. It is a tragic reflection on the state of Enfield’s community, manners and values that the perpetrator thought it acceptable to drive away without any thought to

  • Outstanding production

    May we through your newspaper express our thanks to Simon Gilbert and Company, the Enfield Community Singers along with the Freezywater Junior Singers and soprano Linda Watts for a wonderful show of Let the People Sing at the Dugdale Centre. They

  • Excellent care at hospital

    I feel I must write to you about the excellent care I have recently received at the urgent care centre based at Chase Farm Hospital. In January this year, I broke my wrist in several places while walking my dog in Hilly Fields. After a passerby

  • We are choking ourselves

    I am responding to yet another extraordinary letter to your newspaper (‘Gates will not solve the problem’, Opinion, May 7). Briefly, Bernard King said that because he lives on a rat run, and many other people suffer a similar disadvantage, everyone

  • Licensing scheme is nonsense

    I refer to your report on the proposal by Enfield Borough Council to license the landlords of some 27,000 privately-rented properties in the borough (‘Landlords on the attack’, Enfield Independent, May 7). I would like to expand on this. The proposal

  • Primary school represents Spurs at national tournament

    An Enfield primary school was given the chance to represent Tottenham Hotspur at one of the best premier league grounds. Boys from the Capel Manor Primary School in Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, took part in the Premier League schools tournament at

  • Hospital to hold consultation in bid to become foundation

    A hospital has launched a public consultation in a bid to become a foundation trust. North Middlesex University Hospital, in Sterling Way, Edmonton, has given the public a chance to give their opinion on the hospital before submitting its application

  • Dentist to take on 100km bike ride for cancer charity

    A Southgate dentist is gearing up to take on a 100km bike ride to raise money for bowel cancer. Dr Ketan Shah, of Crown Lane, Southgate, will be taking part in the London Nightrider event around the streets of the capital next month. The 37

  • Sir Kenneth Branagh at Alexandra Palace

    Sir Kenneth Branagh has expressed his support of Alexandra Palace’s theatre regeneration plans. The three-time BAFTA award winning actor has met with members of the palace’s regeneration team including chief executive Duncan Wilson to discuss the

  • Relay event to go ahead despite confusion over entries

    Organisers of a 24-hour relay run for a cancer charity have reassured runners that the race will go ahead. Confusion surrounding the Relay for Life, due to be held in Edmonton in June, had arisen afer mass advertising for the Race for Life, led