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Person taken to hospital after 'safety concern' shuts M25 near Enfield

5 days ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Olivia Carter

The M25 was closed from shortly after 11am to 1pm (Image: Highways England / Traffic Cameras UK) A person is in hospital after emergency services responded to a safety concern on the M25 near Enfield. Paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service were called shortly after 11am this morning (April 22) with reports of concern for the safety of a person on the motorway.
Man charged in connection to stabbing inside Enfield restaurant

6 days ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Olivia Carter

A man has been charged in connection to the stabbing which occurred on April 15 (Image: fsHH) A man has been charged in connection to a stabbing inside a restaurant in Enfield. The charge follows reports of an incident in Greens Lane at around 2.30pm on April 15, that saw police and ambulance crews dispatched to the scene. A 19-year-old male was found suffering stab wounds that were not life-threatening or changing.
Pope Francis has died aged 88, The Vatican confirms

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Emilia Kettle

Pope Francis has died aged 88, Vatican camerlengo Cardinal Kevin Farrell has announced. The senior official said on Monday (April 21): “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis. “At 7.35am this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the house of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His Church.
£300,000 available for groups through 'community chest' fund

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Feeling lucky? Apply for grant from Meridian Water community chest (Image: Pixabay) A cool £300,000 cash has come on stream from the Meridian Water ‘community chest’ fund for the people of Edmonton. The money is for anything that improves neighbourhoods or opens opportunities to young people.
Toby Carvery failed to tell council of plans to axe 400-year-old oak

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Nathalie Raffray

Enfield Council, landlords of Whitewebbs Park, say the oak tree felled by Toby Carvery was 'healthy' (Image: Woodland Trust) The restaurant group that felled a "healthy" 400-year-old tree failed to tell landowner Enfield Council that it was planning to do so. The council is now seeking legal action against Toby Carvery after it chopped down the ancient oak tree on public land in Whitewebbs Park on April 3.
Man, 30, caught with knife and bag of cocaine in alleyway

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Josh Bolton

Volodymyr Hryma of Palmers Green was caught with a knife and a bag of cocaine (Image: Met Police) A man from Palmers Green who was caught with a knife and a bag of cocaine has been sentenced. Volodymyr Hryma, 29, of Dorchester Avenue, was in an alleyway off North Drive, Hounslow, on March 23 when he was searched by police. Officers found a folding pocket knife with a three inch blade as well as a small snap bag of cocaine.
Medical update issued after teen stabbed inside Palmers Green restaurant

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Poppy Huggett

Medical update issued after teen stabbed inside Palmers Green restaurant The London Ambulance Service has issued an update after a 19-year-old was taken to hospital following a stabbing at a restaurant in Palmers Green. Paramedics were called at 2.47pm on Tuesday, April 15, to reports of the incident on Green Lanes.
Toby Carvery defends felling of ancient Whitewebbs Park oak

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Nathalie Raffray

Toby Carvery has defended its decision to fell an ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old. The tree, which measures 6.1 metres around its trunk, is located near the Whitewebbs House Toby Carvery car park within the Whitewebbs Park. The oak had been assessed as dying and a risk to the public by tree experts employed by the company’s owner Mitchells & Butlers, and was cut down on April 3, the PA news agency understands.
Noel Park playground opens in Wood Green after 4 years

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

2 1/1 Families really made a fun day of it when a new children’s playground opened in the Noel Park neighbourhood after a four-year campaign. Activities like face painting were laid on, with a football competition in Wood Green’s Russell Park when the Mayor of Haringey came to make it official. The play space was finally ready after four years of planning to get it off the ground, with money from the Noel Park Big Local community fund.
The boroughs where the housing waiting list could take more than 100 years to clear

2 weeks ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Noah Vickers

The waiting list for a family-sized social rented home in Westminster, Enfield and Merton would now take over a century to clear completely at the current rate of progress. Photo: Pixabay The waiting list for a family-sized social rented home in some London boroughs would now take over a century to clear completely at the current rate of progress, new research has found.