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Burst water pipe causes traffic chaos

A WATER leak reduced parts of Wood Green High Road to a single lane of traffic and caused rush hour chaos this morning (Thursday). The road between Turnpike Lane and Wood Green stations was closed off to southbound traffic as Thames Water battled to fix a...

State-of-the-art service planned for hospital

PEOPLE with eating disorders from across north London could be treated at a new state-of-the-art facility in South Tottenham....

Troubled school gets a new head

A TROUBLED school is being given a new lease of life under fresh leadership....

School left sparkling clean - free of charge!

A SMALL army of workers made a clean sweep of a school, bringing it back to its shining best in time for the new term – and all for free....

Efforts to get explicit fly posters removed

A CRACKDOWN on sleazy posters glued to electricity cabinets in a family neighbourhood has been carried out. Enforcement officers swooped on a swath of advertisements, which seek prostitutes and lure young girls into the sex trade, springing up in Noel Par...

Former school pals plan year-long celebration

FORMER pupils at a school in Tottenham are planning a year-long reunion to celebrate all of their 50th birthdays. Former students from the now defunct William Forster School, next to the Broadwater Farm estate, plan to mark their half centuries....

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Sport

Svenja savouring the sweet taste of success

SVENJA Abel won her weight in wine when she was the first woman to cross the line in the inaugural Anthony Nolan Trust Royal Romp 5k road race in Regents Park on Sunday. Abel clocked 17 minutes and 23 seconds to win the top prize......

Diamond showing from the Blues

GARY Burrell was on target for Wingate as the Blues held Conference outfit Rushden & Diamonds to a draw at the Harry Abrahams Stadium. A crowd of just under 200 watched as two evenly-matched sides finished level in a pre-season friendly, with Ryman League...

We'll finish the job this time, vows Hornsey skipper

HORNSEY captain Chetan Patel insists that his side will finish the job and win promotion this season, having fallen at the final hurdle this time last year. The Crouch End side from Tivoli Road lead the Division Three table......

Byron saves NL from nervous end to the season

BYRON Hackshall was the star with both bat and ball as North London secured their safety with two games to spare. NL's Aussie took a stunning six wickets for just 43 runs, while James Baker recorded figures of 3-12 as visiting Indian Gymkhana......

North Mid can't open the gate

NORTH Middlesex s promotion hopes were all but ended in Division Two on Saturday as they suffered a seven-wicket home defeat to rivals Southgate. That leaves Evan Flowers' side 17 points off the all-important top two spots......

Middlesex County League is a wash-out

THE Middlesex County League fell victim to heavy rain on Saturday, with only one of the 15 matches surviving across the three divisions. Division Two leaders Winchmore Hill managed to record a rapid victory over Kenton......

Middlesex are in a rut, says frustrated star

MIDDLESEX must change their mindset quickly if they are to avoid another barren season in 2011, according to batsman Dawid Malan. The Panthers faint hopes of success this season were effectively ended on Sunday when they suffered their third straight d...

Borough bounce back after opening day defeat

HARINGEY Borough took three points from a possible six in the opening three days of their campaign, kicking off with a home defeat before winning away on Tuesday. Tom Loizou s side went down 3-2 to Dunstable Town on Saturday, conceding twice in the last 1...

Rothwell's Hounds will rise out of the ashes

HOMELESS Haringey Greyhounds have been forced to disband this summer – but owner Nick Rothwell insists the club will return stronger than ever with a new identity in 2011. The Greyhounds' 20-year existence came to an end......

Skolars will feel the Gee force again next season

LONDON Skolars have re-signed student international hooker Sam Gee for the 2011 season ahead of their final match of the current campaign. Skolars fought off bids from other clubs to ensure that 23-year-old Gee – who has scored nine tries......

Skolars celebrate biggest ever league win

SKOLARS recorded their biggest ever win against league opposition on Sunday, notching 13 tries in their second win of the season against basement boys Gateshead. Sam Gee scored his second hat-trick in successive games......

What's On

REVIEW: THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE (PG)....

REVIEW: THE LAST AIRBENDER

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE LAST AIRBENDER (PG)....

REVIEW: THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES

WILLIAM LEE reviews THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (18)....

REVIEW: BLACK DYNAMITE

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews BLACK DYNAMITE (15)....

REVIEW: THE FINAL

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE FINAL (18)....

REVIEW: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS

PAUL Rudd's back, safely typecast as charming, bumbling executive Tim Wagner whose promotion onto the company's hallowed seventh floor relies on his ability to schmooze the bigwigs at their monthly dinner party. This is no ordinary dinner though, this is...

REVIEW: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD

AFTER top notch comedies Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Brit director Edgar Wright makes the leap to Hollywood with SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD (12) After Shaun s zombie rom-com antics, Wright takes genre-bending to new heights....

REVIEW: GROWN-UPS

ADAM Sandler ropes in a bunch of his comedian buddies into rediscovering their youth in GROWN-UPS (12A). You get the impression Sandler, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Kevin James, Chris Rock and the rest had a great time off camera....

REVIEW: THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE

THE trouble with reviewing any gazillion-selling novel adaptation is that slagging it off will sound like sour grapes or just trying to be different....

REVIEW: THE LAST SEVEN

IF you like that kind of thing, apocalyptic thriller on the cheap THE LAST SEVEN (18) has a few scenes that were shot locally....

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK

QUITE why these Minnesota muscle-poppers haven't found the fame and fans on this side of the pond that others like Weezer, Fall Out Boy or We Are Scientists have is a bit of a mystery....

LIVE REVIEW: SPENCER McGARRY SEASON

Not a small operation by any standard, the nine-strong Cardiff collective fill The Lexington's ample stage, boasting cello, sax, flute, keyboard, drum kit, guitars and two female singers....

ALBUM REVIEWS: QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and DAVID ROTHERAY

Pick of the CDs....

ALBUM REVIEWS: DANIEL JOHNSTON and THE CORAL

Album reviews....

LIVE REVIEW: THE DEAD WEATHER

Walking onstage to the strains of an early bluesman plying his trade, the Jack White-boasting supergroup blast through it with brutal opener Forever My Queen, literally tearing traditional blues a new hole as scrawny, bark...

ALBUM REVIEWS: SIGNE TOLLEFSEN and KELE

Album reviews....

LIVE REVIEW: The Riders of the Night

Music, football and comedy – and not necessarily in that order – is what you get with The Riders of the Night....

ALBUM REVIEW: WE ARE SCIENTISTS and NINA NASTASIA

Album reviews....

LIVE REVIEW: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

Rock pioneers Rage Against the Machine pulled off an unprecedented coup last year by winning the battle for the coveted Christmas Number One, beating heavily favoured X Factor singer Joe McElderry....

ALBUM REVIEWS: DETROIT SOCIAL CLUB and THE MISERABLE RICH

Album reviews....

REVIEW: RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE

IN A hit 1950s television show, five housewives compete for nomination as the Perfect Wife . Impeccably dressed and coiffed by Vivien of Holloway, they conceal the reality of their trivial...

REVIEW: ROOM ON THE BROOM

JULIA Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, writes books which are much-loved by children, and Room on the Broom is no exception. Telling the story of an absent-minded witch and her clever but unde...

INTO THE WOODS

REGENT'S Park may not quite qualify as a wood, but with a gentle summer breeze drifting through its elegant trees, this magical setting provides the perfect stage....

EUGENE ONEGIN

AFTER the Bolshoi Ballet's mesmerising performance of Spartacus earlier this summer, the Bolshoi Opera have a lot of live up to....

THE ADVENTURES OF SYDNEY AND ARABELLA, THE EXILED URBAN FOXES

A CONVEYOR belt of amusing insights are presented to the audience in this love em or shoot em role play about two urban foxes....

HAMLET HOUSE OF HORROR

IF you are looking for a good night out, you cannot do better than the vaudeville Hamlet currently packing the audiences into this small pub theatre....

VAVOOM! THE STORY OF A SHOWGIRL

VaVoom! is a delightful way to spend a summer evening. The energetic cast offers a warm, racy, musical comedy with a touch of reality check thrown in....

CINDERELLA

HEAD down to The Coliseum for the glammest 60th birthday in town as the English National Ballet put on a spectacular jubilee show with their 143rd production of Cinderella....

SONDHEIM BY SONDHEIM – CAMDEN FRINGE

AFTER a pretty dismal opening ensemble number, there didn t seem to be much hope for the hour-long list of songs that was to follow....

OTHELLO

THE idyllic tea lawn at Lauderdale House has tempted Veni Vidi Theatre Company back for the second year running to perform Shakespeare beneath the stars....

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