• Camden Town gets 16 additional policemen

  By MsCamdenTown at 23:59 on 13/12/11

  

  We all owe a lot to the men and women of the police force as they help keep our streets safe and look after us in times of trouble. Camden Council has just invested in 16 more roles for police in the borough, with positions to be filled from April 2012. The police are intended to patrol the borough more frequently and concentrate on known violent hotspots. Councillor Abdul Hai, Cabinet Member for Community Safety said: "We want...

• £250,000 wedding ring stolen in Chester Terrace attack in Camden

  By MsCamdenTown at 12:26 on 06/12/11

  

  You hope that some things are sacred in life, but one woman was just rudely awakened when her beloved wedding rind was wrestled from her hand.  The lady in question was out with her six year old child and friend when two unknown thugs violently took it off her. To make it even worse, this ring was actually a very rare and expensive diamond, called the Graff ring, which was around 20 years old and had a four-and-a-half carat...

• Camden Town Cycle Theft- what can we do about bike thieves?

  By MsCamdenTown at 16:36 on 14/11/11

  

  We all know that people in Camden Town love cycling you only have to view the high street to notice that about a fifth of it is taken up by bikes- but we're also pretty sure that Camden Town DOES NOT like bike theft- and there's a lot of this going on in our area. Walking through Camden Town today is was struck by the fact that out of every ten bikes that were chained up to lamp posts, at least one of them were missing a saddle or a...

• Occupy London- did any Camden students go to the protest?

  By MsCamdenTown at 01:09 on 10/11/11

  

  Occupy London has been making headlines over the last few weeks with people camped out at St Paul Cathedral and a tent army of angry students and protesters trying to make a point. Today, the protest took a new level with a big student march against an increase in university fees and Camden Town- and Central London was gridlocked and had a strange atmosphere. Cars were either at a standstill or shunted down side roads, so the main...

• Video: London Riots August 2011

  By Camden People at 23:22 on 08/08/11

  

  London is being rocked by a series of riots across the capital since the trouble in Tottenham over the weekend. Rioting has spread across several communities across greater London, including Enfield, Islington, Croydon, Hackney, Brixton, and Peckham. Here are some of the stunning videos captured during the recent events. Caution: Some of these videos contain strong language.

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