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News September 2001 - E: <font size="1"><a href="mailto:ken@myvillage.co.uk">ken@myvillage.co.uk
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<td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><font size="1"><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b><a name="deb"></a></b></font><font size="1"><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b></b></font><font size="1" color="#FFCC00" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Debate:</b></font><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b></b></font></font>
<font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b>Do you want a 24 Hour City? - September
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<p><font size="1">Ken Livingstone's much vaunted plan to turn London
into a 24-hour city takes a step closer to becoming reality as Camden
Council announces plans to designate three areas within the borough
as suitable for 24-hour drinking and dancing - Camden Town, Finchley
Road & Kilburn Road. But is it a good idea or not ?... We want
to know what you think.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Camden Council's arguement is that if they restict
late night activities to defined areas, they can make sure it is
properly regulated and policed, enabling them to balance the needs
of local residents, local licensees and people who want to go out.
Clubs, cinemas and clubs are to be included in the scheme.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Some residents are saying that the 'Night in - night
out' scheme will actually lead to an increase in the anti-social
behaviour including drug dealing which already takes place in these
areas. The council say in response that the police say that there
is no link between crack and heroin dealing being associated with
licensed premises and that the scheme will actually allow them to
bring in measures to better control crime such as better lighting,
crime prevention activities etc. </font></p>
<p><font size="1"><b>What do you think?</b> Will the scheme have the
positive effect of increasing the night time economy of the local
area, or will it lead to an increase in anti-social behaviour?</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Is this a sensible policy bringing London's nightlife
into line with other European cities or the thin end of a wedge
that will lead to increasing problems for Camden residents?</font></p>
<p><font size="1"><b>Are you a local resident who has something to
say? We'd love to hear from you. <br>
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Log onto our <a href="http://www.blackevents.co.uk/ubb/Forum11/HTML/000069.html">Message
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<p><font size="1">Join celebrities including Michael Palin, Bill Oddie
and Esther Rantzen for Camden's Car Free Day on Sunday 22 September.<br>
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Car Free Day will see four kilometres of streets in Camden closed
to traffic from Endsleigh Place to New Oxford Street.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Former Monty Python star Michael Palin will open
the day's event at 11am, while ex-Goodie and birdwatcher Bill Oddie
will be reading at a Teddy Bear's picnic, just one event at the
fun-packed day. And That's Life and children's charity supporter
Esther Rantzen will host the grand finale from 4.40pm - a parade
of giant puppets organised by Rise Phoenix, an arts and theatre
group. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Esther is also there to support fundraising activities
for local charities, such as The Camden Mayor's Charity, Coram Family
and Great Ormond Street Hospital which is celebrating its150th anniversary.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Other activities include a concert on a huge outdoor
stage, a Victorian fair, market with foods from around the world,
horse-drawn bus, free skating lessons and a skate competition. The
British Museum will be offering two-for-one tickets to the Queen
of Sheba exhibition, as well as classical and theatrical and martial
arts performances on its forecourt. There will be a 'green highway'
offering demonstrations of low-pollution transport, such as rickshaws,
electric and horse-drawn vehicles. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Camden's Executive Member for the Environment, Cllr
John Thane, said: 'This event is getting even bigger and better
by the hour. We want people to enjoy entertainments on the streets
without the usual dangers of traffic noise and fumes.' </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The event is free and open to all. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">More details can be found at: <b><a href="http://www.camden.gov.uk/carfreeday" target="_blank">www.camden.gov.uk/carfreeday</a></b></font></p>
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Town: A Matter of Life or Death - September 2002</b></font></font></td>
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<p><font size="1">Police will hit the streets in an effort to reassure
Camden residents after a crime filled summer that has seen six killings,
two stabbings and two drive-by shootings. <br>
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The over rising fear of crime and violence in the community has
led to the organisation of a meeting, Camden Town: A Matter of Life
or Death. <br>
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Reverend Nicholas Wheeler of St Michael's Church in Camden Road,
told MyVillage that the meeting is a way of "inviting people
who belong to Camden Town to come together to build some new partnerships,
to think of some new ways of moving forward."<br>
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The reverend continued, "I think there's a lack of focus, and
there needs to be some joined up working that might involve talking
to drug users and local residents, trying to understand what's going
on. It's not only about drugs; there are some bigger questions like
how Camden holds together as a community. There are so many people
that come to work here in the week, and those that come on the weekends.
The local community struggles with that. And the social needs here
are so great and the sheer number of demands and diversity of those
demands sometimes overwhelms the agents that deal with them. Camden
is physically a crossroads and that makes it a very transient community,
so it's quite hard to establish a community at the best of times,
and then these other factors come into play."<br>
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Meanwhile officers from Operation Trident have been placed into
Camden to investigate drive by shootings, of which there were two
in August. Reverend Wheeler believes that this recent influx of
violence is "partly because of a lack of focus on Camden as an area,
the whole agenda around improving pavements and street cleaning
and those kinds of physical improvements and reducing street crime
are important, but they're only one part of the jigsaw. I've sensed
myself that there are more people on the streets who are struggling
with drink and alcohol addiction and conversation can be a risky
business."<br>
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He added, "We must be careful of being alarmist, that's when fear
sets in and people become paralysed and resort to demonisation and
you do more damage to your community."<br>
<br>
The meeting will be held in partnership with Camden Town Centre
Management and the Metropolitan Police; there is also an internet
initiative to be launched soon called the Camden town safety net,
which will allow people to report incidents on line. <br>
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The meeting will take place at 7pm in St Michaels Church, Camden
Road, on 25 the September. </font></p>
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