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  • NHS Enfield board meeting tomorrow

    FIND out about the state of health services in Enfield at the NHS Enfield Trust Board Meeting tomorrow at 2pm. The meeting will be held at Committee Room 1, Holbrook House, Cockfosters Road. You can see the agenda here: http://www.enfield.nhs.uk/news_and_events

  • Disadvantaged teenagers make MOBO-flavoured music

    OUT of work teenagers had the chance to see how a music track is made with a MOBO award winning artist yesterday. Sixteen youngsters from Edmonton, Edgware and Colindale met Pat Leacock, who won the award in 1998 as part of the Jazz Steppers. The teenagers

  • Flapjacks teach children the value of maths

    CHILDREN learned about buying and selling while raising money for charity at their maths club last week. The Capel Manor Primary School maths club is run by TV maths whizz Mr Numbervator, or Isaac Anoom, who tries to improve pupils’ confidence

  • Owner appeals against 'dangerous dog' conviction

    A MAN convicted of allowing his dog to maul another dog to death is appealing against his sentence. Ernest Kyem was found guilty of owning a dangerous dog last November after he failed to turn up to his hearing at Enfield Magistrates' Court

  • Pubs urge punters to 'drink pink' for breast cancer charity

    REGULARS at two Enfield pubs are being encouraged to swap their normal drink for a pink tipple to raise money for charity. The Ridgeway Tavern, in The Ridgeway, Enfield, and the Stag & Hounds, in Bury Street, Edmonton, are taking part in a

  • Children create mural in park revamp

    CHILDREN will transform a vandalised shelter this Saturday as part of a community bid to revamp a park. The pupils, from George Spicer School and Bush Hill Park Primary, along with Edmonton community arts group ArtStart, will create a mural

  • Enfield Council leaders past and present: A comparison

    The leadership of Enfield Council swung from Conservative to Labour on May 6 - but how do the past and present leaders compare? REBECCA LOWE interviewed Mike Rye and his successor Doug Taylor to see how they stand up against one another.

  • CCTV images released of pregnant woman mugging

    CCTV images have been released of a vicious mugging of a pregnant teenager at Palmers Green train station. The woman was walking up the stairs when the man approached her from behind, grabbed her and pulled her down a flight of stairs before

  • Enfield Lock man charged with rape in park

    AN ENFIELD Lock man appeared in court charged with raping a woman in Cheshunt Park last Thursday. Reid Collins, 20, of Ramney Drive, Enfield, is alleged to have raped a 17-year-old girl between 5am and 5.30am. Collins has been charged with rape

  • Bounds Green escalator out-of-order until August

    THERE will be no down escalator at Bounds Green Tube station until late August 2010. Travellers can use buses 184 or 221 to Wood Green Tube station, one stop south on the Piccadilly Line, if they are unable to use the stairs.

  • Donkey Lane stadium boost for Enfield Town

    ENFIELD Town FC’s ambitious stadium project at Donkey Lane has been boosted by a big cash grant, writes Dominic Gover. The club have won £81,504 from the Football Stadium Improvement Fund. The money will be used to cover the costs of work already carried

  • Belgium success for Enfield Judo Club

    ENFIELD Judo Club continue to go from strength to strength. Members came home from the prestigious Belgium International Judogne with five medals. In the senior women's U57kg catergory, Siobhan O'Neill and Amy Thompson fought their way through different

  • Pick up your FREE copy of the Enfield Independent

    PICK up your free copy of the Enfield Independent at the following locations: Asda, West Mount, Edmonton, N9 0PN; Sainsbury's, Worlds End Lane, Highland Village, N21 1UJ; Sainsbury's, Green Lanes, Winchmore Hill, N21 3RS. All the latest news, leisure

  • Six men arrested in hate-crime police swoop

    SIX men have been arrested in Enfield following a police crackdown on hate crime. Mark Lynch, 33, off Woodlands Road, has been charged with assault and will appear at Enfield Magistrates' Court next Monday. A 21-year-old man was arrested