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WARNING: Stay away from Russell Square. Don’t listen to music in the street.  Don’t wear your headphone anywhere you can be seen. Don’t make phone calls or check emails unless you’ve found safety inside an armoured café. And, finally, don’t walk on any street unless there is copious CCTV...

UPDATE The Tavistock-Torrington Place saga has come to a hiatus, of sorts, with Camden’s cabinet members choosing to agree with the Officer’s report at a meeting on 5 September. Despite the huge cost of appointing an independent inspector, a barrister and acquiring extra traffic management expertise (SYSTRA), th...

Richard Osley's blog rounding up the election mentions our hustings... IN 2014, I was moaned at for not getting down to the deep south on the election day tour. At the hustings organised by Holborn Voice, there was a real sense that this is a corner of the borough where residents do feel a little cut off from the rest of...

The social and architectural history of Holborn is the subject of author Alec Forshaw’s latest book, An Address in Bloomsbury. Centred on two historic properties, both of which happened to have, at different times, the same address of No.49 Great Ormond Street, it covers the development of the Holborn area after the Great Fi...

It's easy to sit back and complain.  It's easy to avoid going to meetings or taking part in consultations. It requires time and effort - but it's worth it when things change for the better. Our H&CG Ward councillors work tirelessly on our behalf. We need to tell them what we think and what we want. They may not always agree wi...

Using Camden's app, HV was delighted by the swift response after reporting two incidences of fly-tipping. Reported in the morning and the rubbish was gone by the afternoon - amazing. The app allows you to report environmental issues in three simple steps: Location - a map pops up with your location, take a photo of what you...

These messages were Tweeted 4th December 2017

Moped Crime, our top priority! Many of our residents are understandably concerned and frightened by these brazen moped enabled criminals. The thieves conceal their identities with balaclavas and full face helmets, wear generic clothing and ride stolen mopeds. They do not fear CCTV or witnesses. The crime takes place in a mat...

Our Safer Neithbourhood Team at Holborn Police station currently advise you to not use your mobile phone in the street unless you really need to.  Here's a local map of robberies in the first week of May this year. The spate of scooter and bike enabled crime seems to be getting worse and worse.  HV has witnessed a numbe...

The Met Police at Holborn have asked that we draw your attention to citizenaid.org and the affiliated free app. This provides free advice, training and guidance on what to do in the event of a shooting, stabbing or bombing. This is what CitizenAid says, "We believe that being prepared really matters. Those first 5 minutes co...