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  • View plans for hospital site

    The Royal Free Hospital Foundation Trust planning application for the future use of the Chase Farm Hospital site is to be heard on November 21 at an Enfield Borough Council planning committee. The plans can be viewed at the council offices before

  • Protect workers from attacks

    Enfield’s frontline workers play a vital role in our everyday lives, be it keeping our streets safe, helping us in a medical emergency or getting us to work. Yet shockingly, my colleagues and I have uncovered figures which show that violence against

  • Do more to improve our air quality

    I am writing in response to K Brown (‘Cycle more to live longer’, Opinion, September 17). If he believes everything he reads in an overseas study, that is his choice. I prefer to form an opinion from facts, such as the following: car owners pay

  • Produce resources for our needs

    Solar panels are not very popular and there is doubt as to whether they are cost-effective. Why can’t they be put on top of tower blocks to benefit those who live in them? Hospitals, schools, factories, and many other places could also have them

  • Unison strike to affect council and schools

    Enfield local government and school staff are set to take strike action next week. Enfield's UNISON branch will strike on Tuesday over a claimed 18 per cent cut in wages since 2010, and a three-year pay freeze and a below inflation pay rise of

  • Big sleepout raises thousands for homeless charity

    A sleepout to help the homeless raised more than £11,000 for charity. All People All Places held the big sleepout at Enfield Town's Library Green to help raise awareness of people living on the streets. The charity has been working in Enfield

  • From East End to U-bend for former soap actor

    For three years Marc Elliott had the nation gripped with his EastEnders’ storyline revolving around his character Syed Masood having a gay affair with Christian Clarke, but after he decided to leave the prime time soap his career could easily have

  • MP signs for Men United to back cancer campaign

    Enfield North MP Nick de Bois has backed a campaign to tackle the inequalities faced by men with prostate cancer. The MP has joined the Men United campaign to tackle the most most common cancer in men. Men with cancer continue to face injustices