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<p><font size="1">Camden Council are offering a prize worth �120 to
the person who comes up with the berst idea for fighting crime in
Camden Town. The Council are asking people who live and work in
the area for ideas on how to tackle illegal street activities, such
as drug taking, begging and prostitution. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">To find out what people think and what crime-fighting
ideas thay have, the Council and the Metropolitan Police are conducting
a survey of residents and businesses in the Camden Town area. The
survey asks people to describe the type of illegal activities they
see and how often, how this makes them feel about the area, and
how the area could be improved and made safer. The results of the
survey will help Camden Council and the Metropolitan Police to target
crime and disorder in the parts of Camden Town where it is worst.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> A prize of �120 worth of vouchers will be given
to the person who comes up with the most innovative idea for tackling
illegal activities in the area. The winner will be able to spend
their vouchers in a shop of their choice in Camden Town. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Copies of the survey have been posted to every business
in the Camden Town area and to every third residential address.
The return date is 8th February. Anyone who has not received a copy
and wishes to take part should contact Vickie Wallis on 020 8974
3367. </font></p>
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<p><font size="1">Camden Council have warned that exploding hot dog
cans could be on sale in the borough and that some people may have
already bought them. The rogue frankfurters could also make people
ill.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> Shoppers shouldn't buy the 400 gramme Ye Olde Oak
Foods cans of 8 Premium Hot Dogs, which have 'Best Before' dates
of September and October 2004. If you have any of these cans in
your larder, you should return them immediately to the shop where
you bought them. The shop should give you a full refund. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">"These cans are all being recalled by the manufacturers,
but they could still be on sale in Camden or in people's kitchens,"
says Olson Oxenham, manager of the Food Safety Team. "That's why
we're warning consumers not to open them; they could explode and
there's also a small risk of food poisoning," </font></p>
<p><font size="1"> Advice and information on all food safety matters
is always available from Camden Council on 020 7974 5596 </font></p>
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<p><font size="1">A man has been banned from King's Cross, Euston
and St Pancras stations for five years after Camden Council obtained
an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) against him. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Daniel Murphy, 20, currently living in the Euston
area, has a history of aggressive begging, abusive language, drug
use, spitting at rail staff and other anti-social behaviour. On
one day in September he was ejected from Euston station 13 times,
and four days later 17 times. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">A District Judge sitting at Highbury Corner Magistrates'
Court last week granted the banning order against Mr Murphy after
police, rail staff and shop staff at the stations spent a year gathering
evidence against him. British Transport Police joined Camden Council
and Railtrack in pushing for the ASBO, the first to be granted for
London mainline stations. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The order bans Mr Murphy for five years from anti-social
or nuisance behaviour anywhere in the London Borough of Camden and
stops him entering King's Cross, Euston and St Pancras mainline
and Underground stations, as well as Euston Square Underground station.
</font><font size="1">Nor is he allowed on the Euston Road between
Euston Square and King's Cross Thameslink. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Chief Inspector David Dickason is the British Transport
Police's Crime and Disorder Co-ordinator for London. 'This is the
third order we have had granted,' he commented, 'the first two being
for Underground stations. It is very important that people should
be able to use London's stations without being subjected to harassment.
This order is an important milestone in our efforts with the London
boroughs to stamp out anti-social behaviour on the railways.' </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Councillor Richard Arthur, Camden's Executive Member
for Community Safety, said: 'This is an excellent example of us
working in partnership with other agencies. We have been very proactive
in the use of these orders to crack down on unacceptable behaviour
and this is the eighth ASBO we have obtained. In fact the Government
white paper on Police Reform singles Camden out as an example of
good practice for our use of Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and
Anti Social Behaviour Orders.' </font></p>
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<p><font size="1">Adam Ant was detained by police near Camden Lock
on Monday (January 14th) and admitted to the Royal Free Hospital
in Hampstead under the mental Health Act. This follows his arrest
on Saturday in Primrose Hill. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Following that incident, he was charged with assault,
criminal damage and firearms offences (see below). </font></p>
<p><font size="1">A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Police were
called at 7.15pm on Monday regarding concerns for the safety of
a 47-year-old man. Police from Camden located him in the Camden
Lock area and took him to the Royal Free Hospital. He has been sectioned
under the Mental Health Act." </font></p>
<p><font size="1" color="#000000"><b>Adam Ant on firearms charges
- 14/01/02</b></font><br>
<font size="1">Eighties pop star Adam Ant has been charged with
assault and possession of a firearm following an alleged incident
at Primrose Hill pub the Prince of Wales on Saturday night. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The singer (47), famous for his pirate and highwayman
outfits, has also been charged with criminal damage and actual bodily
harm against a man in his forties. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The former popstar, real name Stuart Goddard, started
out as a punk but is best-known for top ten hits like Prince Charming
and Stand and Deliver.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> He was released on bail and is due to appear at
Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on January 18th. </font></p>
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<p><font size="1">A woman was killed and two men injured in a violent
incident at Euston Underground station on Friday evening.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">A spokesman for British Transport Police said: "A
woman is dead and two men have been injured following a stabbing
incident at Euston Underground station at around 1820. "</font></p>
<p><font size="1">A man travelling on a northbound Northern Line train
stabbed a woman as he alighted from the train at Euston. The woman
is believed to be an ex-girlfriend. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">"Two more stabbings took place on the platform and
in the booking hall area as members of the public tried to intervene.
The casualties have been taken to University College Hospital. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">"The assailant in his thirties and is white. The
man, who was stabbed in the arm, is aged 20-30, white, with a superficial
wound. "The weapon has been recovered from the last man to be stabbed.
The woman who died in this tragic incident was stabbed in the chest."</font></p>
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<p><font size="1">A man who has been stalking Camden Council leader
Jane Roberts for almost three decades has been detained indefinitely
under the Mental Health Act at Highbury Corner magistrates court.
David Phillips, 65, had broken the terms of a restraining order
imposed in September by writing to Ms Roberts and attending a Council
meeting. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Dorothy Johnstone, prosecuting, told the court that
Phillips first met Councillor Roberts as a labour Party activist
in 1973. He began writing to her at the hospital where she was a
child psychologist, phoned her at work and at home and even visited
her house. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">In a written statement read out in court Councillor
Roberts said that: "I feel as if he has invaded my whole adult life
and that I have been violated. It seems that my whole life has been
spent either trying to hide from him or suffering his harassment.
</font></p>
<p><font size="1">"I now feel sick, disgusted and furious at my treatment
by this man. I was destroyed by constantly being kept under surveillance
as if it was a military operation by him. It distresses me that
this has driven me to hatred of another person because that is not
my nature." </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Phillips' solictor said that he admitted breaching
the restraining order but that he had never threatened to harm Ms
Roberts. Phillips is currently an in-patient at a south London psychiatric
hospital. District Judge Ian Baker said: "The degree of the activities
makes it quite clear to me that detention in hospital until he can
be deemed to be safe is the most suitable option."</font></p>
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