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Small businesses to benefit from £500,000 grant

Government minister John Denham

8:40am Wednesday 17th March 2010

BUSINESSES in Enfield are due to benefit from £500,000 of Government funding.

June trial date set for extradited teenager

Andrew Symeou with parents Helen and Frank

7:40am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A BRITISH teenager who has been jailed in Greece for eight months will be tried in June, his family has announced.

Enfield Council cracks down on pooping pups

BINNED: All four dog mess bins have been removed from Cogan Recreation Ground.

5:07pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

DEFECATING dogs are being targeted by Enfield Council in a crackdown on irresponsible owners.

Mother campaigns for UK funding of cerebral palsy operation

3:40pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

A DESPERATE single mother is campaigning for a £28,000 cerebral palsy operation to be made available on the NHS after her son was diagnosed with the condition last year.

Parents welcome special measures to fight school expansion

Parents welcome special measures to fight school expansion

2:30pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

PARENTS have welcomed the news that their primary school faces special measures because it means plans to expand the school could be dropped.

Social networking is key to 21st century business

Social networking is the key to 21st century business, say Enfield entrepreneurs

1:04pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

HIGHER levels of redundancy in the recession have made becoming self employed an attractive proposition. As part of our We're Backing Business Campaign, reporter Hannah Crown speaks to entrepreneurs who decided to go it alone.

Optician gives youngsters leg-up into labour market

12:58pm Tuesday 16th March 2010

AN independent Enfield optician is supporting a Government campaign to help young people find jobs by offering dozens of training placements.

Escaped killer on the loose for a week

Fida Mohammed Utmanzi is being hunted by police after escaping from hospital

11:20am Tuesday 16th March 2010

POLICE continue to appeal for information after a convicted killer escaped from a mental hospital in Edmonton last week.

Decision on Palmers Green Library to be taken tonight

Decision on Palmers Green Library to be taken tonight

11:11am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A DECISION on the relocation of Palmers Green library from the former Southgate Town Hall building to a shopfront is to be made this evening.

A406 extension work begins next month

10:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010

THE long-awaited widening of a section of the A406 will begin next month.

Two cats go missing in Enfield

Lost: Felix

8:40am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A WOMAN is appealing for the safe return of her two cats after both went missing within a fortnight and a third returned home injured.

Fewer criminals brought to justice because of CPS weaknesses

7:10am Tuesday 16th March 2010

COURT cases in Enfield are being poorly prepared and managed, resulting in a falling number of criminals being brought to justice, a damning new report has found.

Children gearing up for Edmonton Carnival this weekend

Children gearing up for Edmonton Carnival this weekend

6:33pm Monday 15th March 2010

CHILDREN have been gearing up for the carnival in Edmonton on Saturday.

Burglar jailed for five years after stash found behind toilet

Jonathan Lisumbu

4:19pm Monday 15th March 2010

A MAN who stashed £9,000 in stolen cash and a pistol behind a toilet in his Edmonton flat has been jailed for five years.

Lifelong Spurs fan dons Arsenal shirt for Sport Relief

Giant sack race in aid of Sport Relief at Hedge End

3:38pm Monday 15th March 2010

STUDENTS from Southgate College are planning a week's worth of sports events to raise money for vulnerable people across the world.

School holds Haiti appeal cookathon

(L to R): Ryan Simon, John McLaverty from Oxfam, Ryan Mynett and deputy headteacher Beverley Jeffery

2:53pm Monday 15th March 2010

A SECONDARY school in Enfield has cooked up a novel way to raise money for the Haiti appeal.

Police raid uncovers Enfield cannabis factory

Police raid uncovers Enfield cannabis factory

2:16pm Monday 15th March 2010

AROUND 400 cannabis plants have been uncovered by police at an address in Enfield.

Palmers Green man facing Dubai jail 'would not kiss in public', says brother

12:45pm Monday 15th March 2010

A PALMERS Green man who faces time in a Dubai jail after being accused of kissing in public, has "done nothing wrong", according to his brother.

Top fashion guru overcame learning difficulties with help from Chickenshed

Top fashion guru Graham Hollick on his set of A Midsummer Night's Dream

11:19am Monday 15th March 2010

A MAN was classed as “educationally sub normal” at school has credited a local theatre company with inspiring his success at Paris fashion houses.

Palmers Green man faces jail for kissing in public

8:46am Monday 15th March 2010

A PALMERS GREEN man is facing a month in jail after being accused of kissing in public in Dubai.







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