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Tackling loneliness in Enfield

Enfield Asian Welfare Association launches new project to combat loneliness, writes Chetna Shah Enfield Asian Welfare Association has been helping bring people...

News

Concern over sexual health spending

Drop of £4m in Enfield is biggest in London, reports James Cracknell Silverpoint Medical Centre (credit Enfield Council) Spending on sexual...

Sport

At the top of our game

Southgate Hockey Club is still leading the way, writes chairman Neil Murphy Southgate Hockey Club play in the beautiful surroundings of Trent Park (credit...

Comment

Help save our theatre

Warren McWilliams, from amateur drama group Saint Monica’s Players, on why the Intimate Theatre must be saved Intimate Theatre in Green Lanes is on the...

Interviews

A lifetime of achievement

Monty Meth, president of Enfield Over 50s Forum, speaks to James Cracknell about the group’s work helping elderly local people Monty Meth has helped...

Features

Set in stone

Local historian Gary Boudier on how a Victorian landmark in Enfield has endured Enfield Town fountain 1895 (credit Enfield Local Studies Libraries &...

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Your feedback matters

The latest local health and social care updates from Healthwatch Enfield, by Claire Fisher Healthwatch Enfield volunteers at North Middlessex...

Comment

Bowes ties

In our regular councillor’s column, Katherine Chibah talks about cuts and campaigns I was proud to be elected as a Labour councillor in Bowes ward in May...

News

Shopping mall site sold for £72m

Report by James Cracknell Edmonton Green Shopping Centre was built in the late 1960s and early 1970s – then extended in the 2000s Edmonton Green Shopping...

Features

Care in the community

Peri Emirali began volunteering at North London Hospice after seeing how the charity helped her mother Paola Noto explains how North London Hospice is helping...

Features

Wildest dreams

Volunteers have helped to transform Bush Hill Park wildlife garden over the last year Carole Stanley on how an overgrown wildness has developed into a tranquil...

News

Warning as foodbank use rises

North Enfield Foodbank has seen a 9.2% rise in use over the past year (credit Trussell Trust) Report by Stephen Cox North Enfield Foodbank is preparing for...

Features

Shopping local is for life

Jo Johnson from Love Your Doorstep urges people to shop local all year round At Love Your Doorstep we’re celebrating our seventh year of supporting local...

News

Calls for better bus links rejected

More surgeries at Chase Farm prompt transport fears, reports James Cracknell Transport for London (TfL) has rejected calls to provide better access to Chase...

Events

Your all inclusive Christmas

A theatre in Cockfosters is gearing up for its annual festive extravaganza, writes Susan Jameson The festive period is a massively busy time at Chickenshed –...

Features

Putting down roots

Thousands of trees set to be planted by residents in Edmonton, writes Ingrid Cranfield Trees have innumerable benefits for us and for the environment. They...

Events

Intimate surroundings

Kate Durcan from London Pantomimers looks ahead to what might be the drama group’s last show at the Intimate Theatre With rehearsals well underway for...

Interviews

Living it lard

The owner of The Larder in Winchmore Hill is enjoying life in business, writes Dana Burstow Michael Ioannou’s beaming smile and the smell of great, fresh...

Comment

Working hard in Cockfosters

In our regular councillor’s column, Cllr Edward Smith talks all things Cockfosters Since the local elections in May 2018, a new team of Conservative...

Features

Supporting people with MS

An appeal by Martynne Layton, from the Shane Project in Edmonton Over 100,000 people in the UK have multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the central nervous...

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