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Messages from Steven Wright, Chief Inspector Neighbourhood Policing, Camden UPDATE At last good news. Within the last hour, 7pm Sunday 5th April, the Kingsway area has been declared safe and is now open to pedestrians. The majority of premises have had power restored and many also have gas. People have been allowed access...

To report the non-use of parking suspensions, the Contact Camden telephone number is printed on all suspension signs for this purpose and is the best way to ensure reports are investigated quickly, and where possible bringing bays back into use when the applicant agrees.   There is also an online form available via the suspe...

TIM HUNKIN'S MACHINES The new London arcade of home-made coin operated machines 'built by enthusiasts (twinned with 'The Under The Pier Show' seaside arcade) 1a Princeton St, London WC1R 4AX Opening hours:' Wednesdays 11am - 6pm' Thursdays 11am - 7pm' Fridays 11am - 6pm' Saturdays 11am - 6pm Have a look at the...

The Met Police Holborn and Covent Garden Safer Neighbourhood Team offer free information on local crime issues and crime prevention tips by email. They now also offer local residents and businesses the chance to feed back local crime concerns through anonymous electronic surveys. Your valuable feedback lets the police team s...

Holborn Voice often likes a walk around our area.  We admire the architecture, the diversity of retail businesses many of whom remain independent (we still miss The Lamb Bookshop), and the amount of greenery. We glare at the underused P&D bays and sigh at oversubscribed CA-D. Despite that, we think how lovely it is to live or...

Police in Camden, Islington and Westminster will be teaming up for the launch of Operation Venice, a tri-borough crime prevention and detection tactic looking at moped crimes and theft of mopeds. Throughout the operation the three boroughs will be working with their partners tackling moped crime and reminding people that the...

Courier fraud is a sophisticated fraud where scammers telephone the victim purporting to be someone from their bank, the police or other law enforcement agency. They then dupe the person into revealing their PIN and handing over their credit or debit card to a courier or taxi driver, who may not know they are being used as par...

Twenty-eight-year-old Adam Donen has been appointed Bloomsbury’s first Composer-in-Residence. Over the course of the next year, he will be composing Symphony to a Lost Generation, an 80-minute choral symphony inspired by the First World War and its continuing relevance to our presence. Its first performance will be by...

Congratulations to our H&CG elected wards councillors.  Holborn Voice looks forward to working together with you to make Camden an even better place. Photo: R. Latham HOLBORN and COVENT GARDEN 'ALLEN, Jeremy LIB DEM 222 'BARBER, Lewis CON 601 'BRAIN, Nikki GREEN 480 'CARLYLE, Robert IND 162' FROST, Alison CON...