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  • Inquest into Ridgeway death sparks road safety checks

    Police have pledged to look into road safety at the scene of a crash in which a popular restaurant manager was killed. Adem Mehmet died instantly from a severe head injury when his car swerved into a 313 route bus on the Ridgeway, in Enfield in

  • More pressing issues to address than parking

    After receiving another fine (at present £50) for the major felony of a parking offence – I am curious to discover where my money will go. While I fully appreciate parking laws are a requisite that benefit everyone, I do wonder if it is really

  • Reason to be very concerned

    Concern is rising about the London Ambulance Service (LAS). The number of paramedics leaving the profession in London has almost trebled in the last three years, according to a new report. This is very serious news for Enfield because we are more

  • Parking at new shops is silly

    While I would be the last to complain about the extra jobs that are coming to Enfield on the A10 retail park, it does bring to light issues around shopping there. Firstly, there is the huge reduction in parking spaces taken up by the new stores

  • Commit to teaching gender equality

    As William Hague convenes ministers from around the world at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, women in South Sudan are being tied up and raped as they try to seek safety from the conflict there. Women in war zones are particularly

  • Road space should have increased

    I am writing in response to R P Blows (‘Car-cultists demand temples to parking’, Opinion, June 18) and K Brown (‘Cycle highway? Doomed!’, Opinion, June 18). Mr Blows anti-car tirade is unwarranted because the extensive ownership of a car is the

  • Volunteers need encouragement

    Two or more years ago there was a group of volunteers called the Street Hawks – a small dedicated band of people who were co-ordinated by one council staff employee as part of her job, to encourage, hold meetings and organise groups to remove large

  • Quartet scoop golds at Dance World Cup

    England has finally had some success at a World Cup, and it has come in the form of four Enfield children. Rebecca Yianni, seven, of Cockfosters, along with siblings Christian, nine, Isabella, seven and Grace Chiotis, six, of Winchmore Hill, all

  • Crime levels 'challenging' on Hertford Road say police

    Police are planning to increase their presence along the Hertford Road following concern from traders. This comes after shopkeepers Allan Millwood of Albany Radio, and Dean Partridge of Everitt flourists, claimed a crime spree including shoplifting

  • Public sector to take strike action today

    Teachers and council staff are set to strike today as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and pensions. Enfield Borough Council says frontline services such as waste and recycling will be affected in the strike today by members of trade unions

  • Sporting stars produce top ten finish at youth games

    Sporting teenagers once again produced a top ten finish at the London youth games. Enfield’s sporting talent finished eighth out of the 33 London boroughs after competing over the past nine months across 38 different sports. More than 800 young