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Here's an opportunity for too many jokes - all of them either political or in bad taste.  I'll spare you as I'm sure you can easily make up your own... A message from Camden: Camden Council is offering 1,000 new shovels to help local community groups in the borough clear snow from footpaths over the winter. We'll still be doin...

TfL has produced a video giving viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek in to what was happening behind the hoardings at Tottenham Court Road during the recent upgrade work. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaWvKS01E0Q&feature=player_embedded and for more information on the Tube Upgrade plan and other lines,...

Roadsafe London has been set up by the Metropolitan Police Traffic department to allow you, the public, to tell them about criminal, nuisance or anti-social behaviour on London's roads. Their aim is to use your information to stop the most dangerous drivers putting everyone else at risk and to make London's roads as safe as they...

THEY WANT YOUR FEEDBACK TO THEIR TRAFFIC PLANS The London 2012 Games will attract large numbers of visitors to venues and their surrounding areas, which means some temporary traffic and parking restrictions will be needed. To avoid congestion and safety and security issues during the Games, London 2012 is developing plans with...

Named as one of the 100 Best Shops in London by Time Out. The citation: Number 21 in the full list. 'Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson and retailer Kate Wickes-Bull opened this co-operative-run supermarket in 2010, in a bid to halt the homogenisation of the high street and offer something different to local residents. The co-o...

Royal Mail own the huge site that includes the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office and the 'posties' car park. Bisceted by the borogh border on Phoenix Place, half of the site, the car park, is in Camden, and the sorting office is in Islington.  Whatever happens it's going to be a major development. Have your say about the future of t...

We are looking to increase our e-mail distribution list in your area. The benefits of this to you, or your business, are: >Regular local Safer Neighbourhood Team news and initiatives. >Crime Prevention advice around local issues. >Personal invitations to Safer Neighbourhood Team events. >Fast time intelligence from the l...

The Money Saving Expert website has this interesting article: It's not the test fee but repairing the "fails" that usually costs a fortune. Yet little known council run MOT centres don't do repairs, so there's no vested interest to fail you and thousands report a massive difference. Council-run MOT centres are set up to do t...

Boris has declared 'war' on "sloppy" and "badly‑managed roadworks". He's just introduced new, tighter standards for roadworks and made it easier for you to tell TfL when you spot sloppy examples so they can take action to sort it out. Boris will bike down there personally with his hard hat and shovel to fill in the offending...

A plane landing in Russell Square.  Nope, don't think it's anything to do with the Olympics just yet.  It's a coincidence of Google. Click here for the Google Maps Satellite image