Doris Lessing's former West Hampstead home sells for £2.1 million
Doris LessingPublished: 3 September, 2015 By GEOFFREY SAWYERNOBEL Prize-winning author Doris Lessing’s former home in West Hampstead has sold for £2.1million.read more
View ArticlePartner of West Hampstead barmaid is convicted of stabbing her to death in...
Natalia Czekaj was found dead at her homePublished: 3 September, 2015 By WILLIAM McLENNANThe boyfriend of a popular West Hampstead barmaid has been convicted of killing her in what police described as...
View ArticleCouncillor who quit Labour group says public were 'manipulated' over library...
Angela Pober, pictured with Frank Dobson last year, will stay at the Town Hall as independent councillorPublished: 15 September, 2015 EXCLUSIVE by RICHARD OSLEYWEST Hampstead councillor Angela Pober...
View ArticleFull story: Councillor quits Labour claiming party misled public over library...
Angela Pober, an independent councillor, at Wednesday's full council meetingPublished: 18 September, 2015 By RICHARD OSLEYA COUNCILLOR has quit Camden’s Labour group with a series of astonishing claims...
View ArticlePlans for 'cat cafe' in West Hampstead delayed as pussies get gazumped
Anna Kogan Nasser says that her cat cafe has been gazumped and she’s looking for new premisesPublished: September 24, 2015 By TOM FOOTIT might have been the purr-fect business for a parade of shops in...
View ArticleEruv poles to be installed in West Hampstead to create new zone for observant...
How the poles will lookPublished: 2 October, 2015 By DAN CARRIERA SERIES of poles mapping out an eruv – a religious boundary for observant Jews – is to be installed in West Hampstead.read more
View ArticleDownton Abbey star Jim Carter joins 'Stop The Blocks' protest against West...
Jim Carter, Carson in Downton Abbey, at Saturday's demonstrationPublished: 6 October, 2015 By TOM FOOTDOWNTON Abbey star Jim Carter has urged the Town Hall to halt the redevelopment of former council...
View ArticleTories say they were pelted with rocks after trying to take photos of...
The site in Liddell Road (Pic: @jonbaguley)Published: 12 October, 2015 By TOM FOOTTWO Conservatives say they had a fist-sized stone hurled at them after they started taking photos of a group of...
View Article'Captain Nam', the West Hampstead cobbler, retires after 30 years
Nam Ho has a shop in West End LanePublished: 22 October, 2015 By TOM FOOTHE was known as “Captain Nam” by his prison warders after he was thrown in jail for seven years without trial at the end of the...
View ArticleBereaved husband calls for re-testing for elderly drivers after wife killed...
Desreen Brooks, pictured with husband Ben, died in a collision in West HampsteadPublished: 9 November, 2015 By WILLIAM McLENNANTHE husband of a young mother who was killed when an 85-year-old man drove...
View ArticleRebus author Ian Rankin urges book lovers to shop local on visit to West...
Author Ian Rankin at West End Lane Books in West Hampstead with event organiser Danny van Emden and shop manager Kim MorrisPublished: 13 November, 2015 By STEVE BARNETTINSPECTOR John Rebus creator Ian...
View ArticleFormer council offices in West Hampstead squatted
Squatters inside the former council offices in West Hampstead this afternoon (Friday)Published: 13 November, 2015 EXCLUSIVE by ELLA JESSELA GROUP of squatters has occupied the former council offices in...
View ArticleJeremy Corbyn's brother Piers says Camden would be 'stupid' to evict...
Piers Corbyn is a 'negotiator' for the Camden MothershipPublished: 18 November, 2015 By ELLA JESSELPIERS Corbyn – brother of Labour Party leader Jeremy – has urged the Town Hall not to evict a group of...
View ArticleCrowds turn out to hear astronaut Chris Hadfield explain what it's really...
Chris Hadfield at the event organised by West End Lane BooksPublished: 23 November, 2015 By PAUL COWLINGHUNDREDS of space fans landed in Swiss Cottage this week to hear astronaut Chris Hadfield talk...
View ArticleLabour chiefs ignore pleas to work with squatters in council offices as they...
Councillors Flick Rea and Angela Pober meet the Camden Mothership squatters in West HampsteadPublished: 26 November, 2015 By ELLA JESSELCOUNCILLORS have criticised the Town Hall for the “criminal...
View ArticleScotland Yard rules 'skeleton in the cemetery' murder case could still be...
Marion Duignan's remains were found at Hampstead Cemetery in 1956 Pic:OxymanPublished: 26 November, 2015 By RICHARD OSLEYAS cold cases go, the unsolved mystery as to how the skeleton of a murdered...
View ArticleJudge tells squatters they must leave council buildings left empty for two years
The squatters are joined by Green Party Sian Berry outside court this morning (Friday)Published: 27 November, 2015 By ELLA JESSELA GROUP of squatters occupying Camden Council's former office buildings...
View ArticleEvicted Camden Mothership squatters leave West Hampstead council offices
The scene at West End Lane this morning (Pic Ian Cohen)Published: 28 November, 2015 By GEOFFREY SAWYERSQUATTERS who occupied vacant council offices in West Hampstead with the aim of turning them into a...
View ArticleDame Edna star fears home is at risk to basement dig next door
Barry Humphries as Dame Edna EveragePublished: 3 December, 2015 EXCLUSIVE by ELLA JESSELONLY the very bravest would dare to ruffle the feathers of Dame Edna Everage, known around the world for her...
View ArticleThe Thick Of It actress Rebecca Front is star guest at West Hampstead Library
Rebecca Front with West End Lane Books owner Danny Van Emden, right, and shop worker Heidi BlackabPublished: 14 December, 2015 By TOM FOOTTHE Thick Of It star Rebecca Front has revealed how she once...
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