Geoffrey Sawyer

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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch opposes precedent of ‘mega developments’ in residential streets

5 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

Sophie Hunter and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those objecting to the proposed new blockFEARS of a free-for-all in a conservation area has prompted acting A-lister Benedict Cumberbatch to join the objections against a new development in Dartmouth Park. The film star and his wife, opera director Sophie Hunter, have called on council planners to throw out a project that would see a two-storey, red brick 1930s house known as Lamorna demolished and replaced with a six-storey block of flats.
Death, but it's not the end of the world

Feb 11, 2025 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

Funeral director Paul FarrellThis article was published in our Eco 2025 green editionFUNERAL directors have begun using “Cocoon” eco-coffins so people do not have to harm the planet in their final farewell. Paul Farrell, who runs LDC Funeral Services in Tufnell Park, said the coffins would be offered free of charge for cremations during 2025. He said that wooden frames are reused at the end of each service, with an internal second coffin used for the cremation.
Clues to new Slow Horses character as film crews return to Camden

Jan 17, 2025 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

The production team at work in Bloomsbury [Simon Lamrock]NEW episodes of the hit Apple TV series Slow Horses were being shot in Bloomsbury this week. And it was impossible for passers-by not to see the clue pointing to a fresh character who may feature in the next instalment of the quirky spy show: the hint was big, red and included a giant picture of a new cast member.
A mission to tackle loneliness at Christmas - but we need your help

Nov 21, 2024 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

Let’s make this year’s appeal the best ever – it’s never been needed more!IT is a stark and heartbreaking line in a report full of statistics: Camden is officially the loneliest place in Britain. The figures were included in a public health report being digested by councillors this week and placed the borough in the unwanted top place for social isolation. It is an underlying secret, unnoticed as we walk through our busy, buzzing streets.
School opens doors to girls

Oct 24, 2024 | islingtontribune.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

The first girl in almost 150 years puts on the Hornsey Lane school’s uniformA SECONDARY school in Highgate is set to welcome girls for the first time in a century and a half. St Aloysius’ College in Hornsey Lane said it would be co-educational from September next year and parents and carers could get their applications in now for places in Year 7 – and what will be a landmark start to the academic year at the school. It is on the Islington side of the borough borders.
Review: The Crystal Maze Live Experience

Oct 16, 2024 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

The pictures are NOT the CNJ team – they are promotional pics for the attractionOur nostalgic adventure seeking reporter Geoff Sawyer ropes the CNJ office into reviewing a timewarp afternoon inside The Crystal Maze Live Experience. Will you start the fans pleaseAT its peak in the 1990s, nearly eight million people used to tune into The Crystal Maze, easily making it Channel 4’s ratings winner.
Food waste award for council and contractors Veolia

Oct 14, 2024 | westminsterextra.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

The collection service has been run using electric collection bikesWESTMINSTER City Council and contractors Veolia have won a top award for a service to collect food waste. The partnership tackled the complex problem faced by residents in 90 percent of properties that there was not enough room for them all to have a dedicated food waste bin. A new on-demand doorstep collection service was set up by Veolia, while a ‘neighbourhood’ provision of communal street bins was set up.
Friends of tragic Diego want law changed so child killers stay in prison for at least 30 years

Oct 3, 2024 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

Diego Piñeiro-Villar and his killer Edward CrowleyCHILDHOOD friends of a 12-year-old boy stabbed to death in a busy London street by a self-declared satanist have demanded that the killer is not released until he has spent at least 30 years in prison.
At last, a fitting memorial for 15-year-old Richard Everitt

Aug 15, 2024 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

Richard Everitt died in 1994FRIENDS and family of a schoolboy stabbed to death in a racist attack remembered him on Tuesday – the 30th anniversary of his death. And this weekend there will be a private memorial event for Richard Everitt, the 15-year-old, and a new sculpture unveiled for him at the Purchese Street Open Space in Somers Town. Richard was fatally stabbed in 1994 in what a judge later ruled was “an unprovoked racial attack”.
Woman wearing £185k watch robbed at station

Aug 1, 2024 | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Geoffrey Sawyer

The missing watchDETECTIVES are appealing for information after a woman had her designer watch stolen in a violent robbery in front of her children. The victim, aged in her 40s, was approached from behind by three men in Euston Road outside St Pancras International. They pushed her to the ground and forcibly removed her Richard Mille watch, worth about £185,000. Her three children witnessed the robbery at around 10.45pm on Sunday July 21.