Tom Foot

United Kingdom

Deputy Editor at Camden New Journal

Deputy Editor at Islington Tribune

Deputy Editor at Westminster Extra

Deputy editor. Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune, Westminster Extra. Nepo baby. If it mews it's news.

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Articles

How Maureen took no nonsense behind the bar at ‘gangster pub’

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

Maureen Richards at the Lord SomersA LEGENDARY pub landlady of Somers Town who lived her life in the same street will be laid to rest next week at St Mary’s Church, where she was married. Maureen Richards worked and raised a family at the Lord Somers in Aldenham Street from 1963, running it single-handedly for many years until it shut down and demolished in the 1990s.
Cher Maximen murder: Man guilty of stabbing mother at carnival

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

Shakeil Thibou: guilty of killing Cher MaximenA MAN had been convicted of murder after a mother was stabbed in front of her daughter at Notting Hill Carnival. Shakeil Thibou, 20, of Masbro Road, Hammersmith, was convicted of Cher Maximen’s murder, attempted GBH with intent and possession of an offensive weapon. The court heard that Cher had spent the afternoon with her daughter and her friends among a crowd when she was caught up in an attack between rival men in Golborne Road.
Schools push to merge despite big opposition

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

Aicha LessGOVERNORS at three schools say they want to proceed with a merger despite overwhelming opposition from parents. Barrow Hill Junior School, Robinsfield Infant School and George Eliot Primary School announced plans last year to become St John’s Wood Primary School. If approved, a new school would initially be based in George Eliot and Barrow Hill before the lower school would move from George Eliot to new facilities on the Robinsfield site.
Hooray for Bollywood!

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

A scene in Leicester Square from the 1995 award-winning film Dilwale Dulhania Le JayengeA STATUE of a Bollywood blockbuster’s megastars is to appear in Leicester Square, on the 30th anniversary of the award-winning rom-com’s release. The bronze of Shah Rukh Khan and co-star Kajol will be the first statue honouring Indian cinema to be put up in the capital.
A ballad for Blitz: owner pens song for missing cat who survived Tube tracks ordeal

2 weeks ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Tom Foot

An injured Blitz after he was found on Northern line tracks at Tufnell Park station in 2020 following a terrifying ordealA SAD song with haunting lyrics about coming to terms with the loss of an adventurous cat who survived a terrifying ordeal on the tube has been released by its former owner. Emma Lynne, 21 – and up and coming singer – is hoping her single Are You Inside? might end the mystery of his disappearance.
After shock defection to Tories… are more set to quit Labour?

2 weeks ago | westminsterextra.co.uk | Tom Foot

Paul Fisher with the Tory group leader Paul Swaddle, left, as his defection was made public; he then said that Sir Sadiq Khan had ‘prioritised his own vanity projects at the expense of things he should have focused on, in particular crime’ AFTER the defection earthquake in Westminster a week ago the Labour group is wondering, “who will be next?” The Extra reported on West End ward councillor Paul Fisher’s shock announcement last Thursday evening that he was quitting the party he joined age 15...
Knowledge Quarter? We can’t even get on the wi-fi

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

Ursula Huws is frustrated at the lack of connectivityA PROFESSOR renowned for her expertise on teleworking is facing a communications blackout which she says makes a mockery of Camden’s self-styled “Knowledge Quarter”. Ursula Huws says her block in Coopers Lane estate, Somers Town, cannot access fibre optic cables that providers are now relying on for internet services.
Lightning strikes in West Hampstead sends bricks falling

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

Damage in West HampsteadWatch our online politics channel, Peeps, on YouTubeLIGHTNING blasted a top floor flat in a storm causing bricks to fall four storeys into the street and disrupt computer systems in local businesses. Chunks of white masonry crashed down into the street after the bolt from the blue in West End Lane and Broadhurst Gardens. The force of the strike had a mysterious impact on some businesses – blowing out fridges, wifi, gas supplies and discombobulating computer systems.
You had one job… Chalcots windows put in wrong way!

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

Nigel Rumble with his detective equipmentWatch our online politics channel, Peeps, on YouTubeTENANTS led their own investigation to reveal hundreds of window panes have been fitted the wrong way round on one of Camden’s biggest housing estates. The massive bungle has led to the council sending its contractors back into homes in Bray and Dorney tower blocks as part of a new programme of works.
Europe quaking - Arsenal batter Madrid!

2 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Tom Foot

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ARSENAL 3 (Rice 58 70, Merino 76)REAL MADRID 0ARSENAL summoned the spirit of 2006 – and then some – to humble Real Madrid in one off the great nights in the club’s history. Declan Rice smashed in two perfect free kicks before Mikel Merino picked out the far corner with an expert finish. It was no more than the Gunners deserved after they rained down on the Madrid goal in the second half with Courtois making a series of superhuman saves. Rice’s freekicks were things of beauty.