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New Wards Corner plan revealed

THE FUTURE of a popular Latin American market could be saved as developers for the site backed down and agreed to build a market hall into their plans....

Good Samaritan threatened with gun

A BRAVE man who tried to stop robbers escaping with a woman's bag was threatened with a gun just yards from a primary school....

Tragedy of train suicides

TWO patients threw themselves in front of trains after mental healthcare teams failed to 'properly' investigate their suicidal intentions, a coroner has ruled....

Clean-up aims to see a cut in crime

A MASSIVE clean-up operation of Edmonton s streets has begun in an effort to wipe out crime New York-style....

Goods seized in crackdown on businesses

DRIED caterpillars, banned skin lightening cream, fake condoms and vodka have been seized in a crackdown on Tottenham businesses....

Promotion for Tottenham MP

DAVID Lammy, the Tottenham MP, has been promoted in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's latest cabinet reshuffle....

Three quarters of kids living close to poverty

THREE quarters of children living in Tottenham are living on or below the brink of poverty, according to a new survey....

Demands for 'khat' cafe to be closed

OUTRAGED residents claim their lives have been made a misery by 'drugged-up' cafe users urinating in the street, wielding knives and intimidating passers-by....

Senseless death of our 'lovely guy'

THE first thing anyone who knew David Stoute recalls is laughter – so it is bitterly ironic that his family have been plunged into the deepest grief imaginable....

Estate raid after residents voice crime concerns

DRUGS and knives have been seized in police raids on an estate. Officers arrested three men, confiscated a quantity of cannabis and drug paraphernalia along with two lock knives and a kitchen knife in the raids on two business premises...

Letters

Sport

Easy at Ealing for Harriers' golden girls

HIGHGATE Harriers women were first 'A' and 'B' teams in the Ealing cross-country relay at Perivale on Saturday, finishing ahead of second placed Ealing and Reading AC. Highgate's winning combination was Anna McCutcheon......

Tyrone wants to be more than just 'best of British'

TYRONE EDGAR says he couldn t care less about his emergence as Britain s best 100m runner at the Olympics – he won t be satisfied until he has made an impact on the world stage. The 26-year-old former Highgate Harriers sprinter......

Stanford squad selected

MIDDLESEX announced their 15-man squad for the Stanford Super Series in Antigua – and pulled off a surprise by including two new signings. The Crusaders have signed 24-year-old batsman Neil Dexter from Kent......

Super Strauss sees Middlesex end on a high

MIDDLESEX ended their County Championship season on an improbable high as a second successive victory saw them finish in third place in the final Division Two table. Following on from their win at Worcester last week......

Ashford must be-Ware of Blues

WINGATE will face Ashford Town (Middx) in the First Round Qualifying of the FA Trophy after overcoming Ware on Saturday. The Blues have been handed a home tie and will battle it out with their Ryman Prenier League opponents......

Borough back to bottom

HAVING recorded their first victory of the league season the previous weekend, Borough sank back to the bottom of the league on Saturday. Facing the only side below them in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division......

Plucky Wingate suffer FA Cup Blues

WINGATE and Finchley slipped out of the FA Cup with their heads held high after a hard fought battle with Blue Square South opponents Bishop's Stortford. The Ryman Division One North side......

Park View share spoils in eight-goal thriller

PARK VIEW grabbed a draw against last season s league champions, with Ryan Butt tapping in Sallah Abdullahi s left wing cross for an early lead. Abbey equalised, only for Godwin Agbotro to grab his first of the game......

Greyhounds make their first point

GREYHOUNDS head coach Lee Mercer admits it is a relief to finally have a point on the board after his side held league leaders Oxford at Alexandra Palace on Sunday....

Third time not lucky for Mercer

AN IMPROVING Greyhounds side will have to wait for their first win of the season after losing an action-packed game at Alexandra Palace. With Ricky Rutherford making his return to the team......

Skolars ask Irving to develop their future

By Ben Pearce LONDON Skolars have unveiled Callum Irving as their new head coach this week, and have charged him with the responsibility of tapping London's young talent. Irving was Tony Benson's number two last season......

Rhinos stampede to mammoth win

RHINOS charged to a massive cricket score victory over struggling Harrow at the weekend, running in 13 tries and refusing to concede a single point. The wind played a major factor and the Rhinos were quick......

Skolars ask Irving to develop their future

By Ben Pearce LONDON Skolars have unveiled Callum Irving as their new head coach this week, and have charged him with the responsibility of tapping London's young talent. Irving was Tony Benson's number two last season......

Rhinos no longer at 100 per cent

HARINGEY Rhinos' perfect start to the season was ruined on Saturday, while Elizabethans maintained their own unbeaten start to the season with a four-point victory in Barnet. After two wins from their opening two league fixtures......

What's On

REVIEW: HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE

DAISY COLLINS reviews HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE (15)....

REVIEW: BRIDESHEAD REVISITED

JO CAIRD reviews BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (12A)....

REVIEW: FLY ME TO THE MOON

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews FLY ME TO THE MOON (U)....

REVIEW: GOOD DICK

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews GOOD DICK (15)....

REVIEW: HEAVY LOAD

STEPHEN MOORE reviews HEAVY LOAD (12A)....

REVIEW: TAKEN

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews TAKEN (15)....

REVIEW: APPALOOSA

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews APPALOOSA (15)....

REVIEW: DEATH RACE

AS DEATH RACE (15) opens we're told the US economy will collapse in 2012. The way things are going that could well be true....

REVIEW: THE FOOT FIST WAY

JUISTIN MATLOCK reviews THE FOOT FIST WAY (15)....

Barry Forshaw's DVD Choice

Pick of the DVDs....

FAVELIZATION

DRUMS are a smashing instrument – and in the hands of Brazilian band AfroReggae they rise to the level of musical tour de force....

RIFLEMIND

I'M ALL for realism but there comes a point when watching a dour old grump seething in his living room and painstakingly deliberating over Every. Single. Word. And. Thought. Becomes tedious....

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING

YOU'VE read the book, seen the film, and now, for a limited period only, you can catch your favourite tale of 17th century forbidden love on the stage....

BACK OF THE THROAT

FEAR can make even the most banal actions appear suspicious if you come at them from the right angle....

BACK OF THE THROAT

FEAR can make even the most banal actions appear suspicious if you come at them from the right angle. This is the dilemma faced by Arabic writer Khaled as he opens his flat door to two American...

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN

A class act – the phrase could have been invented to describe this exponent of the Great American Songbook....

EMANUEL GAT DANCE

A RINGING silence descended on the auditorium and I found myself suddenly unbearably itchy. I wasn t the only one....

JOHN WALTERS: THIS FILTHY WORLD

WILLIAM BURROUGHS once dubbed the American cult mover maker John Walters The Pope of Trash – a compliment in itself for someone who has courted controversy all his life....

ANTIGONE

BY its very definition Greek tragedy is never going to end well – but when it is performed as beautifully as this it is a joy to watch....

EUROBEAT

KITSCH camp comedy is the name of the game in this high energy musical homage to Europe s one and only song contest....

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