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The banker with a heart

A BUSINESSMAN is changing the lives of scores of poverty-stricken Indian women by lending them cash to get their businesses off the ground.

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Sir Paul praises police in return to shop floor

LONDON’S top police chief visited Haringey last week to thank staff for their hard work and tour the Quicksilver patrol base in Wood Green.

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Drug smuggler is jailed after deadly rum kills taxi driver

A “DECEITFUL and selfish” man has been jailed for 20 years for killing a
taxi driver from Haringey with liquid cocaine disguised as rum.

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From burglaries to the tsunami - the meticulous work of a real-life CSI

FACED with the chaotic scene of a brutal murder or the aftermath of a terrifying rape, most people would baulk and run a mile.

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Residents foot £500k bill for council website

HARINGEY Council has spent more than £500,000 on its website redesign, making it the UK’s fourth most expensive council website.

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Three Compasses makes a point of community spirit

A MUCH-LOVED watering hole at the heart of community life in Hornsey is in the running to be named the UK’s Best Community Pub.

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Farm box plan aims at a greens revolution

FAMILIES in Crouch End are being encouraged to get closer to the food on their dinner plates in a tasty vegetable box scheme link-up with a farm.

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Squeezed by greed

HARINGEYS green streets are being swallowed up by a rapid growth in the modern plague of garden-grabbing.

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Ally Pally fireworks funds fail to arrive with a bang

A LAST-DITCH attempt to save this years fireworks display at Alexandra Palace has failed, it was announced last week.

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Woman diverts ambulances in hoax 999 calls

A WOMAN from Haringey has been given an Asbo for making hundreds of hoax 999 calls, diverting ambulances from dealing with genuine medical emergencies.

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Double rapist is jailed for attacks on the vulnerable

A WOMAN from Tottenham who suffers from mental health problems has been praised for her bravery in helping to convict a violent rapist who preyed on her vulnerability.

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Carnival dropped last-minute amid crowd safety fear

A NIGERIAN carnival set for Finsbury Park at the weekend had to be cancelled at the eleventh hour.

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A teenage student stashed this gun and 300 rounds of ammunition in her home for friends in a gang. This week she begins a five-year prison sentence

A TEENAGER from Tottenham who stashed a gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition on behalf of a violent gang has been jailed for five years.

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Protest calls for pledge on future of hospitals

HEALTH campaigners from across north London lobbied government ministers to keep a promise to protect frontline hospital services during a protest at Whitehall last week.

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Featherstone is taking fashion moguls to task over images of women

AIRBRUSHED pictures of models and celebrities in magazines are placing young people under huge pressure to look perfect, Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone has said.

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Paloma has high hopes after airport model search

A WANNABE model from Haringey has made the final cut of a nationwide competition set up to discover Britains freshest faces.

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We meet one of the big cheeses of Muswell Hill whose love fuelled the sweet smell of success

FROM the decadent goo of gorgonzola to the earthy richness of Montgomery cheddar or crumbly Caerphilly  there is something on a cheese board to suit most tastes.

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Mums raise voice on breastfeeding

DOZENS of mothers and babies descended on NHS Haringeys headquarters last Thursday to demand more help for breastfeeding mums.

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Store defends putting squirrel on the menu

AN ANIMAL welfare group has hit out at a shop in Crouch End for deciding to stock squirrel meat on its shelves.

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