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  • Set up larger NHS services

    It has been suggested that London should have five larger council areas: north, south, east, west and central. I support this suggestion but with huge cuts in public services in England, I suggest the next government abolish all fragmented NHS Trusts

  • Thank you for your support

    On September 6, 84 golfers played at Whitewebbs Golf Course to raise money for Enfield Breast Cancer Support Group, a branch of Cancer Research UK. Over the day £2,667 was raised from not only the golf but also raffles and an auction. Can I

  • Suffering more than most

    I was sorry to read that David Burrowes MP had such an terrible ordeal at North Middlesex accident and emergency unit and I am pleased he is now on the mend. Unfortunately, his is the second case I have heard of recently of a patient suffering a ruptured

  • Waste depot should close on Sundays

    Maybe people who do not use Barrowell Green Recycling Centre are not aware that it is open on Sundays yet closed on Mondays. What a pity. Now, one could argue, this is desirable so more people could get there on their day off. But, on the other

  • Mother calls to improve safety on A10

    A mother who lost her son in a car crash almost two years ago is on a mission to improve safety on the road. Sarah Boyton, of Elsinge Lane, lost her 17-year-old son, Jack, in a car crash in December 2012 on the A10. Jack was killed alongside

  • Age UK cannot match what hospital offers

    If Age UK does what is best for each person as Mr Forde claims (‘Age UK does what is best for each person’, Opinion, August 20), perhaps he can tell us how many people attended his week-long hearing advice clinic in Enfield and how many of them were

  • 'Writing makes me really happy'

    A seven-year-old outshone competitors from all over the country to take second place in a writing competition. When Elizabeth Osibogun, of Edmonton, handed in her 500-word story The Witch and the Princess at Welbourne Primary, in Stainby Road,

  • Sobieroj wins Grovelands Park Run at first attempt

    Salim Sobieroj won the Grovelands Park Run with his first attempt of the course on Saturday. A time of 17.02 was enough to see Sobieroj finish a tenth of a second ahead of Richard MacAulay in second place, just edging out the London Heathside Runners

  • Bush Hill Rangers held to draw with Southall

    Bush Hill Rangers continued their strong start to the new Spartan South Midlands Division One season with a 1-1 draw against Southall on Saturday. Having lost only once in their first seven, Bush Hill looked en-route to a fourth win of the season

  • Enfield Water Polo keep up goal blitz to thrash Blue Marlin

    Second-placed Enfield Water Polo Club continued their fine London League form with a 20-7 victory over Blue Marlin at Southgate on Wednesday. Hosts Enfield took a 2-0 lead inside just 40 seconds, with Rob Lucas slamming home two well-worked goals

  • Man left critically ill in suspected hit and run

      A man was left in a critical condition after he was apparently hit by a car. The man, believed to be in his early 30s, was found with multiple injuries on Meridian Avenue, close to Picketts Lock Lane flyover, in Enfield, in the early hours of

  • Artist creates special mural for war exhibition

    An artist painted a special work to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Malcom Gray, of Enfield, has created a mural of Royal Flying Corps fighter pilots shooting down an enemy airship over North London.