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</b></font><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">Racist Attack in Kentish
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<p><font size="1"> Police are treating an attack on two teenage boys
in Kentish Town last night as a racial incident. The two fifteen
year-old white boys are recovering in hospital, one with injuries
described as serious. The other boy is said to have slight injuries.
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<p><font size="1">The two were attacked at about 6.45 pm on Bartholomew
Road by a gang of as many as seven Asian men and both were stabbed.
Three seventeen year-olds and a fifteen year were in custody last
night for questioning about the incident. Three were being held
at Kentish Town Station and the fourth was being held at Albany
Station. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The police, who are not suggesting that the attack
is linked to any previous incident, have appealed for witnesses.
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<p><font size="1"><b> Phone Kentish Town police station on 020 8733
6134 if you have information</b></font></p>
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Binbag Bandit Raid Nets �74 - 18/06/01<a name="bin"></a></b></font></td>
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<p><font size="1"> Five men swathed from head to toe with binbags
and wearing balaclavas to conceal their identities, raided a laundrette
on Malden Road in Gospel Oak last week in broad daylight. The men,
armed with a handgun, a large knife and an axe confronted a cleaner
who was on the premises. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">When the cleaner told the raiders that she had no
key for a room where cash was stored, one of the men aimed the gun
at the cleaner's face while another smashed down the door with the
axe. Although terrified, the 47 year-old woman cleaner was not injured.
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<p><font size="1">Police were astonished that the crooks had staged
such an elaborate robbery on a laundrette for such a small haul.
Finchley flying squad officers are now investigating the robbery
which is the second that the business has suffered in the past year.
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<p><font size="1">A 60-year-old male pedestrian has been knocked down
and critically injured near Kentish Town police station by a squad
car answering a 999 call. The police car was travelling south down
Kentish Town Road with lights and siren on when it hit the man at
the junction of Holmes Road. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The car was responding to a call reporting an armed
robbery in progress at a betting shop in Kings Cross. The injured
pedestrian was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead where
a spokesman described his situation as critical but stable. The
police driver and his female partner were also taken to the hospital
suffering from shock. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">This accident follows two other recent incidents
involving police cars in the area. In September, a Vauxhall Vectra
police car crashed into another car in Camden Town and a WPC had
to be cut from the wreckage. And only three weeks ago, two police
officers suffered minor injuries after a crash with another car
at Patshull Road.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> On Saturday, Setanta O'Kelly, 33, appeared at Brent
Magistrates Court charged with the armed robbery of a bookmakers
in Kings Cross. He was remanded in custody pending a further court
appearance.</font></p>
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<td valign="top" height="12" colspan="2" bgcolor="#990000"><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><a name="tube"></a>Camden
Town Tube Plans Halted 05/06/01</font></b></td>
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<p><font size="1"> London Underground's �80m redevelopment plans for
Camden Town Tube Station have been brought to an abrupt halt after
Mayor Livingstone said the proposals were 'misconceived both locationally
and in architectural terms'.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">The mayor threatened to use his veto to block the
proposals unless they were substantially revised. LU has no choice
but to take the Mayor's views seriously because of his role as a
statutory consultant.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">The current plans involve demolishing 25 businesses,
the Electric Ballroom and the Trinity United Reformed Church and
filling the land between Kentish Town Road, Camden High Street and
Buck Street with a large modern glass and metal building. Public
consultation on the scheme had already been started but has now
been put on hold until the development is re-worked.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">Ken Livingstone's intervention comes despite five
years of work by LU and the scrutiny of eighteen different design
plans. LU said they were disappointed by the hitch but they were
unable to say what delay this might cause to the scheme's completion
which was originally expected by 2010.</font></p>
<p><font size="1">The Mayor reserved his sharpest criticism for the
thirteen-storey tower block which was to provide the financial underpinning
for the scheme. He called the block 'monolithic and uninspiring.'
He added that he would be unlikely to approve any plan that did
not include at least 50% affordable housing. One of his flagship
policies has been to increase the amount of housing available to
Londoners on low incomes like nurses and other essential workers.
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<p><font size="1">The upshot is that Camden residents and visitors
will have to wait at least a decade for the much-needed redevelopment
of the tube station which ahs become increasingly overcrowded in
recent years with 23 million passengers using it annually.</font></p>
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Arms fights for licence extension - 30/05/01</font></b></td>
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<p><font size="1"> Residents in Parkway are up in arms because they
say they are suffering sleepless nights because of noise from the
Dublin Castle pub which hosts live music. But Dublin Castle owners
say that they have well-trained customers who cause no disturbance.
Dublin Castle boss Henry Conlon even claims that his nine-week old
baby son can sleep undisturbed above the pub. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The pub has applied to Camden Council for an extension
to their licence so that they can close at 1.00am instead of midnight.
The venue is well-known for Madness gigs in the '70s and for giving
early breaks to bands like Travis and Blur. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Objections came from the Parkway Residents Association
who criticised the venue for frequently boisterous behaviour of
customers who left after midnight. </font></p>
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<td valign="top" height="12" colspan="2" bgcolor="#990000"><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Kingfisher
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<p><font size="1">One of Britain's brightest and most elusive birds
- the kingfisher - has been spotted in a Camden park. Birdwatchers
have spotted the bird thrice in recent weeks in Waterlow Park in
Highgate Hill.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> The park which is also home to several herons is
a mere ten minutes from Kings cross, right in the heart of the capital.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> One keen local birdwatcher said, 'These are very
dificult birds to spot, so we're delightd to have seen this specimen.
The holy grail would be to see a pair of them, which could mean
that they might even nest in the park. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">The kingfisher, whose feathers were at one time
eagerlky sought to decorate ladies hats, is daid to be enjoying
a revival in Britain. With its cobalt-blue and orange-chestnut feathers
and bright red legs, the kingfisher is a superb sight. However,
most people will only see a rapid and brightly coloured blur since
the kingfisher flies at great speed. </font></p>
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