DIGGING a basement under your home is a sure-fire way to upset your neighbours and in Hampstead it is not unusual to discover you have unwittingly ruffled the feathers of an A-list pop star or a Hi

THE top boss of the Royal Free Hospital and the artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre were among those collecting awards in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

RESIDENTS say they are “disappointed” after plans for a 77-home development on former police garages by Chalk Farm tube station were given the go-ahead.

THE scriptwriters of the Christmas Day episode of EastEnders had soap’s most famous pensioner Dot Cotton eating her dinner with only a stray cat for company, having pulled her table cracker h

DETECTIVES are investigating the circumstances behind a fire which killed a man in a Boxing Day blaze at his home in Camden Town. 

FANS gathered this morning (Boxing Day) at the Highgate home of George Michael, the global pop star who passed away on Christmas Day.

A MAJOR transforma­tion of Swiss Cottage has been given the go-ahead by the Mayor of London.

A MAJOR transformation of Swiss Cottage has got the go-ahead from the Mayor of London.

A PROPERTY firm whose partners include a Tory politician has been fined for illegally letting out a terraced house where 14 people were found sharing a single kitchen and pest-control experts were

WITH its array of bird-feeders dangling from tree branches, lush plant-life and collection of ponds, wildlife expert Bill Oddie’s garden is an oasis for his feathered friends.

HIGH-speed Scrooges will shatter the peace throughout Christmas and Boxing Day with noisy bulldozing work.

RESIDENTS are fighting plans to build an office block in the courtyard of a housing estate in King’s Cross, claiming it will block out sunlight and turn their homes into “prisons”

A TEENAGE boy who was killed in a collision with a motorbike on the eve of his 16th birthday was widely loved for his “infectious smile” and sense of humour, friends said today. 

POLICE this evening (Saturday) called for witnesses to the road collision in which a 15-year-old cyclist was kille

A TEENAGE cyclist has been killed in a collision with a motorbike in Queen's Crescent this afternoon (Saturday). 

ONE of the key organisers behind Camden’s branch of Momentum – the group supporting Jeremy Corbyn – has warned that the Labour Party leader’s “new generation” of

Published: 8 December, 2016
By WILLIAM McLENNAN

THE future of a patch of land which for nearly 30 years was home to the famous “Hermit of Hampstead Heath” is in doubt – after he left the acre-sized plot to two mystery charities

A HIGH COURT judge has quashed a Town Hall decision that allowed a homeowner to dig out a basement under his Victorian cottage without planning permission.

A JOINERY firm that has worked out of a Camden Town railway arch for 20 years is moving its workshop out of the area after being “squeezed out” by a rent hike from landlords Network Rai

POLICE are investigating if a woman was deliberately pushed onto the tracks at Camden Town tube station. 

A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD boy is being treated in hospital after a lorry collision in Holborn this afternoon (Saturday).

IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Camden Town thanks to a barber’s shop which once again has pulled out all the stops to get people in the festive mood.

CAMDEN Council has brought pest controllers into its new offices in King’s Cross to battle cockroaches.

IT has been gathering dust for almost three years but a plan has now been unveiled to turn a much-loved pub in the heart of Hampstead village into “a local institution” once again.

A SUPERMARKET giant has revealed plans to build a 700-home residential develop­ment at its store in Chalk Farm.

POLICE have released CCTV footage of four men who conned their way into a elderly couple's home and before stealing their cash savings. 

A KITCHEN-HAND used a stainless-steel pot to capture a large tarantula on the loose in the Royal Free – before offering the thirsty stowaway a drink of water.

A PYTHON found by a binman in Highgate Village has been re-homed with a snake expert.

POLICE are investigating claims that a woman who was killed after being hit by a coach had been lying down under the vehicle’s wheels while it was stopped at traffic lights in King’s Cr

A WOMAN has been killed after a collision involving a coach in King's Cross this afternoon (Tuesday).

POLICE are hoping the public can help track down a suspect who carried out a “nasty robbery” that left an 87-year-old artist fighting for her life in hospital.

POLICE are to start “monitoring” school-run parents blocking the streets around a Camden Town school.

TRAIN passengers will light up a 12-foot Christmas tree as they donate to Oxfam at St Pancras International.