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Camden Parking Services are proposing a rationalisation of pay & display machines and will be carrying out a trial period from 9th September through to 4th October 2013. The reasons for doing so is that from December 2011 the council have used a cashless system which has progressively been increasing over the last few years....

Local resident Gillian Mosely has written to Cllr Jones to request a review of the decision to keep the hours of operation of the CA-D unchanged. Our ward councillors Julian Fulbrook and Sue Vincent have also commented.  Cllr Jones replied, "This issue has been considered carefully and in great detail in recent mo...

A letter from Cllr Julian Fulbrook: I am mystified as to why we have a demarcation line in this ward: 24/7 control of residents' parking bays in Covent Garden, and then this bizarre free-for-all in residents' bays in the rest of the ward, near enough to the West End to become a free parking lot particularly at weekends and i...

Following on from the results of the consultation on Controlled Parking Zones, the cabinet member responsible, Cllr Phil Jones Cabinet Member for Sustainability, made his decision on 3rd July.  As a result of lobbying by Cllr Olad, the meeting was turned into a public meeting so that a deputation could be made to Cllr Jones be...

The Metropolitan Police Service is putting an extra 2,600 neighbourhood police officers onto the streets of the capital to fight crime in the heart of London’s communities. Safer Neighbourhoods Teams [SNTs] are changing. With more officers and additional responsibilities, SNTs will take a stronger approach to catching crim...

Whilst idly swimming through the internet one lazy afternoon, by chance HV found a website specialising in the recording of Freedom of Information Act requests.  In particular, a section devoted to Camden FOIs. Here's an example: Please provide a breakdown of the ten locations that have produced the most Penalty Charge Not...

This may not be fascinating, but it is handy... From 1st July there won't be any need to separate your recylable glass, paper and plastics - it can all be bundled together into the same bin or bags.  Your food waste will still need to be sperated.  There, now we've told you. http://www.camden.gov.uk/recycling

The potential loss of residents parking has been averted thanks to the persistence and diligence of our ward councilors, particularly by Cllr Awale Olad.   Cllr Phil Jones, cabinet member for sustainability – in charge of parking – acknowledges his, “…strong advocacy on behalf of ward residents”. The proposed business bay th...

It's with considerable sadness that HV says goodbye to The Lamb Bookshop - our local independent bookshop.  Goodbye Harriet.  Goodbye Ben. Thank you for selling us great books at good prices over the years. Here's how the story was reported by the CNJ.  

Here's a message from Cllr Julian Fulbook: For some time ward councillors in Holborn and Covent Garden have been campaigning for the removal of unused, or illegally used, telephone kiosks. In an era of widespread mobile telephone use many of these kiosks are wholly redundant. Anyone who dares to look inside some of the tel...