Residents are accusing Transport for London (TfL) of ignoring their pleas for a pedestrian crossing linking the dangerous' Regents Park Road and Finchley Road near Henlys Corner. TfL is currently carrying out maintenance work to the A406 North Circular
GCSE results published last week showed that most schools in Barnet were continuing to improve. Copthall School, in Pursley Road, Mill Hill, saw 67 per cent of its students achieving five A*-C grades, a jump of 11 per cent from 2005 and higher than the
Proposed council by-laws to stop controversial raves at the Welsh Harp Nature Reserve could prove ineffective, according to official Barnet Council committee papers. Raves at the beauty spot have become a bone of contention for residents of West Hendon
WATER spurted out all over a main road because of "safety checks". Thames Water carried out the work in Widmore Road, Bromley, this morning at the site of a main which burst yesterday. These checks involved pumping water out to remove air pockets and
Two travellers run out of petrol, only to find themselves stranded in the middle of a rainstorm. Where can they go for help but the nearest abandoned castle, which - wait for it - just happens to be haunted. Think you've heard it all before? Well, you
Grief and humour make strange bedfellows, yet Richard Everett's latest play, Entertaining Angels, struck a chord with widows in West Sussex. Focusing on Grace, a recently widowed clergyman's wife, this bittersweet comedy premiered at Chichester Festival
Children and young people around Battersea were invited to a fun event last week to highlight a very serious problem - youngsters getting on to railway tracks. Wandsworth is a hot-spot for the extremely dangerous activity, which is why Network Rail organised
This month you have three chances to win an elegant outfit from Jacques Vert's Bromley store which has just celebrated its first anniversary in The Glades shopping centre Jacques Vert continues its line of elegance this autumn/winter with smart suits
YEAR of the Dog Again is the latest offering from one of hip-hop's long time servants. DMX has been making records since 1998 but this, his latest album, offers nothing new. This is the major fault of an album that sounds familiar in theme and execution
P.DIDDY once labelled Mary J Blige the queen of hip-hop/soul'. Mary J is certainly a contender for the title but, in terms of hip-hop, Missy Elliot reigns supreme. The most prominent female artist in a genre dominated by men - Missy's revolutionary
MUCH like their Mancunian idols Oasis, Kasabian have long been willing to inform anybody within earshot of their status as the country's finest band. But, while the Gallaghers could point to Definitely Maybe as evidence, Mssrs Meighan and Pizzorno could
COCAINE worth more than £1m has been seized during a major police operation. Four people have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in Beckenham and Bromley, following the Met operation on August 30. Three men, aged 45, 26
THINK film and you think Hollywood. But if you are willing to broaden your silver screen horizons you could do worse than catch this excellently written and beautifully shot movie, which brings Spanish filmmaking to the English big screen. Starring one
HOW many more urban rappers can the market cope with? Well, Chamillionaire is the next to release an album and, while the sleeve claims it is anything but predictable, I have to beg to differ. His unique name apparently defines this unique artist. But
A female Father Cadfael of the 1940s, Sister Mary Bonaventure is the nun-cum-sleuth star of the Tudor Players' latest show, at Carshalton's Charles Cryer Theatre next week. The most famous work of little known playwright Charlotte Hastings, Bonaventure
SHE'S tried reality TV and movies, but now Paris Hilton has embarked on her most ambitious project by becoming a fully-fledged pop star. In a crafty move, the heiress swiped Christina Aguilera's producer to work on her debut album, which caused much
A MAN died at Leyton underground station when he was hit by a Central line train on Thursday, August 24. British Transport Police are not treating the death as suspicious. The Tube was suspended for two hours between Hainault, Woodford and Liverpool
A mother and daughter from Worcester Park who spent hours up to their necks in the sea to escape forest fires in Greece say they were just left to die by the emergency services. Julie Knox and her daughter Bernice, of St Clair Drive, were holidaying
THAMES WATER has announced plans to axe up to a quarter of its workforce as part of a major cost-cutting drive. The UK's biggest water firm plans to cut up to 300 jobs each year until 2010. News of the job cuts comes after the firm failed to hit leakage
WELL you've watched the show - all 13 weeks of it - now you can own a piece of it. The Big Brother house is arguably the most famous house in Britain and we are now giving you the chance to lay your head where BB housemate Susie laid hers. Dreams
A TRENDSETTER in the world of make-up is making an appearance in St Albans next week to reveal beauty secrets to women across the district. Peter Camburn is the make-up artist for Elizabeth Arden, whose advertising campaign is fronted by top Hollywood
BUS passengers on the 549 bus are having to take a very long and circular route when travelling from South Woodford to Loughton. The 549 bus has been diverted from its normal route along Buckhurst Way and on to Loughton due to gas main repairs close
GARDENER Alan Titchmarsh may be more famous for his green-fingered skills but he has also been carving a niche for himself as a novelist. He will be at Borders in London Colney at noon on Monday to sign copies of his new novel Love and Dr Devon' and
FROM tomorrow, 16 and 17-years in full-time education can travel for free on buses and trams in London. About 130,000 16 and 17-year-olds living in the Londonin full-time education or unwaged training can apply for a 16-17 Oyster photocard, offering
St George's Hospital staff are still in the dark over the full extent of plans to axe up to 150 jobs, three months after the shock announcement was made. Union bosses were expecting clarification today or within the next week over how many jobs would
Some 20,000 music lovers descended on Clapham Common on Sunday to listen to the likes of Babyshambles, Lily Allen, De La Soul and the Buzzcocks. One of the event's organiser's said: "This is the third Get Loaded event we've done and we are delighted
Lung cancer sufferer Roy Harward is now hoping for experimental drug treatment after Wandsworth health bosses twice refused his chemotherapy. Terminally-ill Mr Harward, 70, from Fontley Way, Roehampton, was refused two chemotherapy drugs by Wandsworth
Three new inhabitants of Chessington World of Adventures' Creature Features zone are sure to create quite a stink. Flower, Pepe and Fifi are a trio of 14-week-old skunks who have just been introduced to their new home in the Leatherhead Road park's interactive
A police officer who fitted two bathrooms and a boiler whilst on sick leave has escaped jail. PC Steve Trendell, 30, took 246 days off over a 14-month period while he set up a bathroom and kitchen business. Yesterday he was sentenced to six months,
THAMES Water says the London-bound carriageway of the A210 (Eltham Hill) will re-open on 9am on Saturday. It is the fourth time the firm has extended the deadline for repair works to be completed after a major 30-inch-pipe burst on August 15. If the
THE Lost Boys are now Old Boys, Wendy is a mother and a poet, Tinker Bell has been replaced by Fireflyer and Neverland is a polluted, autumnal landscape. These are the leaked secret details of the highly anticipated forthcoming sequel to JM Barrie's
Recorded on a cold late-summer's evening at Scarborough Castle last year, the re-formed Geordie punk rockers the Wildhearts rattle through their underground hits. The September 17 gig saw frontman Ginger back on stage with original bassist Danny McCormack
YOU may remember Allison Moorer as the barn singer in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer, but the Alabama gal is hardly a household name in the UK. Like her sister, Shelby Lynne, Moorer is an old-school country star, reliant upon good old-fashioned
IF you're expecting innovation from these hip-hop stalwarts, you'll be disappointed. Jurassic-5's fourth record is more of the slick, polished, rap-by-numbers sound which has been this outfit's trademark. There's a strict formula to be followed
The best album in ages. Fact. If you like to luxuriate in wonderful, harmonic, honey-coated, savvy pop music, then this is for you. While so many new indie bands are intent on stealing ideas from the post-punk era, Captain seem determined to distance
Feted as the next in a long line of quintessentially English bands, punk-pop trio The Young Knives wear their influences on their sleeves. But they are not The Kinks and lead singer Henry Dartnall is no Jarvis Cocker, despite his charity shop get-up
Commuters face two more days of misery next month after unions promised to repeat the action which stopped almost all trains through Wandsworth yesterday. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (Aslef) has announced plans to strike
ST ALBANS MP Anne Main is supporting a policy document launched by Tory leader David Cameron to define the party's aims and values. The document, entitled Built to Last, has been published as part of Mr Cameron's drive to modernise the Conservative Party
English and maths successes were recorded in this year's GCSEs, which were announced last Thursday. Across England and Wales, English grades were up 1.9 per cent and maths were up 1.2 per cent. However, these performances were offset by a drop in modern
A PUPIL of Hatch End High School achieved ten A*s in her GCSEs, despite coping with severe physical and communication disabilities. Claire Malone, 16, of Alicia Gardens, Kenton, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was born. But her mother, Jennifer
Grand plans to build a super hospital have been left in ruins after the Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt, withdrew her decision to build a critical care centre at St Helier in Carshalton. The announcement came just eight months after Ms
TRANSPORT for London has spent £24.5 million on the controversial West London Tram scheme, despite the possibility that it may not go ahead. The Ealing Times, a sister newspaper of This Is Local London, uncovered the figure after issuing a Freedom of
A predominantly British consortium has won the biggest construction contract for the 2012 Olympics, exactly six years before the first Paralympics event will begin. The Olympic Delivery Authority announced that the CLM consortium had been selected as
A WELDER has been found guilty of voyeurism after recording images of two naked young women. Dartford Magistrates' Court heard how Gordon William Bracey secretly filmed the two daughters of his then partner over an 11-and-a-half month period. Bracey
THE north Kent chief of the Monster Raving Loony Party has spoken of his battle with depression after appearing in court for hitting his partner. Appearing before Dartford magistrates last week, Lord Toby Jug - whose real name is Brian Borthwick - pleaded
POLICE are appealing for information about a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from home since Tuesday. Sarah Mutetsi left her home in Plassy Road, Catford, between 4pm and 4.30pm and was last seen in Lewisham town centre at around 5.30pm. At the
London Dungeon is on the lookout for 15 youngsters with an eye for all things gruesome to help decide the future of the world-renowned London Dungeon! As part of the 'Scream Team - mini board of directors' you will join London Dungeon executives to
GREENWICH'S deputy council leader says the chances of the Millennium Dome becoming the UK's first super-casino are "looking good". Councillor Peter Brooks was pleased with how the public examination of the council's proposal for a regional casino at
