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Saturday, August 8th 2020

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It’s obvious that there is widespread distrust of the police

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How the Weekend Arts College helped as I was growing up

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What about the flag?

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It appears Camden has different rules for parking…

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Rethink the design of the new flats because of the pandemic

• BACTON Low Rise estate was demolished a couple of years ago, but construction of phase-2 of the proposed redevelopment has not...

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Games involving war or violence will desensitise youngsters

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The toy gun the 12-year-old had looked real

• THE police certainly seemed to over-react, but the toy gun looked real, and might have been used at any moment, (Met Police is...

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Never allow those with privilege to be the censors

• IT goes without saying that supremo rap artist Wiley outburst of anti-semitic bile was repugnant, (Race hate Twitter walkout,...

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Lyndhurst Hall has history

• WE thank NW Gilby (The hall was sold to the council, July 30) for the correction of our July 23 letter, (This vision is...

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Lets’s have some fun, Camden

• DURING the lockdown I played a series of music shows in my front garden for my neighbours. I saw the good it did. Recently a...

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There are legal limits to free speech

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Labelling Israel a racist state is accurate

• JANE Hassid repeats the official explanation for the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey, (Sir Keir Starmer is the best chance for...

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Support doctors in calling for better systems

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Pond swimming should remain free

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Camden have some of the most stringent policies on developers and affordable housing

• SOME key facts were missing from last week’s CNJ article about “payments in lieu” agreements, (Revealed: Dozens of cash deals...

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The planning system is weighted in favour of those with money

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Pay carers a proper rate

• MARTIN Connolly (Forget the clapping, pay them properly, July 30) was not before time. Time for the recognition he so...

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‘Consultation’ on the future of Carlton school is flawed

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A large rubbish site of restaurant waste

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Buses disfigure the landscape

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The streatery initiative is élitist

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Coronavirus renders HS2 scheme an utter nonsense

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Is it time to declare the gulls urban pests?

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Watch out cyclists about

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Masks have helped my tube travel in an unexpected way

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What a tip, Camden!

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Heckling welcome

• AFTER hearing recorded crowd noise at Saturday’s FA Cup Final, it struck me that Camden Council could enhance the appeal of its...

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Thanks for the annoyance

• I READ the CNJ every week and over the past few weeks you have published letters that have angered me and I have really...

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They cut down an ash tree and now they’ll cash in

• A VERY old and beautiful ash, which was at least 70 years old and the subject of a tree protection order, was felled on June 22...

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Weighing the cost of measles and more…

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People are right to worry about Camden’s rebuilding model

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Cyclists and joggers can be a threat

• ALTHOUGH there are signs clearly saying bikes are not allowed in Primrose Hill park, many irresponsible cyclists treat it as a...

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Enforce the Highway Code

• HEAVEN help us – at the moment we have cyclists using the pavements, going the wrong way on one-way streets, ignoring red...

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Cyclists have taken over as they practise for a yellow jersey

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The public want change and Labour must lead

• MY trade union general secretary, Unite’s Len McCluskey, said recently that the Labour shadow cabinet is looking like an...

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Sir Keir Starmer is the best chance for change

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If a simple road job is done like this, what hope HS2?

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There must be a way to avoid this road closure

• CAMDEN Council and SF Stefan continue to cause complete chaos in the borough – the latest disruption being the closure of...

From the West End Extra

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The best of British…

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Bring back conductors to make sure travellers wear face masks

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Move a bus stand for a so-called ‘streatery’?

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Support streatery staying till September

• WE understand that following receipt of a very small number of complaints seeking the closure of the summer streatery, the...

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The empty premises should be occupied by shops we need

• I AM surprised that £30,000 has been allocated to help the Belsize Village restaurants, (Diners to go al fresco with a...

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At times like these, surely Camden wants to support these local businesses

COPY OF EMAIL TO: Cllr steve.adams@camden.gov.uk • DEAR Steve, please can you help ensure the village streatery carries on for...

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O brave new streatery world!

• ALLOW me to express my regret for the churlish comments I made about the Belsize Village Streatery reported in your issue of...

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Disappointed by the shortsightedness of move to shutdown streatery

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A long-established freedom has been taken away

• TO readers surprised and bemused at the continuing public outcry against enclosing the Hampstead Heath bathing ponds and...

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There was a charge for swimming when I started there in 2014

• WHILE having great sympathy for the person who wrote last week about the need to swim in Hampstead Heath Ponds as benefiting...

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The Men’s Pond has been such a happy place…

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At The Heath & Hampstead Society we did what we could

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Police raids helped here

• THIS week saw two police raids on Peabody Buildings, WC1. The first had over 10 officers arrive after a fight between two men...

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This case shows there’s something wrong with English policing

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Handcuffing a 12-year old is cretinously stupid

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Time to look at where the C-charge extends

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Promise of an investigation has not been kept

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Providing best possible care

• SHAHRAM Parvin’s letter (A care charity is forced to shrink for the sake of a private business, July 23), incorrectly suggested...

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We call on the government to reject the appointment of Tzipi Hotovely

• A NEW Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom has just been appointed. Tzipi Hotovely is currently minister for settlement...

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The hall was sold to the council

• RE: This ‘vision’ for our neighbourhood is horrifying by Neighbours of West Kentish Town, a correction please (Letters, July...

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The old police station site is not the answer for this school

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All children are precious and deserve the best

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It’s not a question of speed, it’s if road changes are properly thought through

• YOUR editorial (Radical roads rethink is vital but shouldn’t be rushed, July 23) points out that vital road schemes – even if...

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MPs should speak up on Camden’s imposing new traffic schemes

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These street plans have history

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The Parkway plan made no sense

• TRANSPORT for London or Camden Council sent round a circular exhorting us to voice our opinion on the lane closure on...

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Red lines continue to slow traffic

• IT’S great to see that the lanes at the bottom of Parkway have become two again, partly due to a citizens’ group taking action,...

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Why don’t squawking, screaming gulls go back to sea?

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Forget the clapping, pay them properly

• AFTER much fanfare and weekly clapping for carers and key workers, they have not been deemed worthy of a pay rise in the same...

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Government must plan to avoid dysfunction and despair

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This online GP consultation is dangerous

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