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  • More dirt dished onto ‘tired’ town

    CATFORD'S inhabitants say their town is "sad and tired", "dirty" and an "absolute disgrace". Last month News Shopper, sister newspaper of This Is Local London, invited residents to share their views on the town, in response to a Canadian visitor who

  • Parking ticket in own garden

    A driver was left dumbfounded when he came home from work to discover a parking ticket slapped on the windscreen of his car which had been left in his own front garden. Jason Beck, who lives in Strawberry Lane, Carshalton, could not believe he received

  • Bidders unveil Ally Pally plans

    Alexandra Palace could soon house a cinema, hotel, museum, new ice rink, indoor bowling, gym and 'children's entertainment' under plans unveiled this week by one of the two bidders for the 125-year lease. Firoka (Heythrop Park) Ltd revealed large public

  • Unholy row over noisy church

    A noisy church congregation in Tottenham has been told to love thy neighbour by turning the music down. Residents living near the Christ United Pentecostal Ministries, in Eade Road, have been kept awake by boisterous singing and loud music late into