Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter, Author at Camden Citizen

Residents speak out on alarms and fire escapes as draft council safety charter pledges Town Hall ‘will always listen to you about safety’

Oriel scheme predicted to ‘enhance local health and wellbeing outcomes’

Pub chain is asking to extend opening hours to 11pm every day in its outside area

Francis, whose appointment was welcomed by all parties, to support Gingerbread charity for single parents

Plans for four-floor ‘board game environment’ on Tottenham Court Road pass go despite neighbours’ noise concerns

Labour rejects outside assessment of falling school rolls as detracting from local knowledge

Sustainable grocer faces opposition to its plans to sell alcohol

Rhyl to absorb Carlton school, which is ‘very much a victim of falling rolls’, according to Cllr Angela Mason

Town Hall, developer and Network Rail can’t work out who owns a small strip of land, almost scotching a major housing development

Proposal to turn Charlie Ratchford Centre into housing voted through by planning committee

Local health bosses claim ‘no ill intent’ as four local surgeries come under control of American insurance giant

Calls to the council about financial help have now overtaken the number about food support

Cancer referrals now back to pre-Covid levels, but doctors fear ‘pent-up demand’ in those yet to come forward with symptoms

Operators vow to work with residents and councillors who criticised 2am closing time

Reduction in income from tax of 4.9 per cent expected as Town Hall puts £1.5m into employment support

Proposals for daily permit of £6 will come forward to Town Hall cabinet in July

Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens oppose 2.75 per cent increase to payments ‘when residents are suffering’

Councillors in calls for focus on specific and hard-to-reach groups as demand for support among carers leaving service ‘overwhelmed’

Georgia Gould says Town Hall ‘stands ready’ to support residents through the second wave of coronavirus

Council moves to address widening ethnicity pay gap as cohesion chief pledges action to tackle disproportionality

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Over a third of council tenants and leaseholders do not feel safe in their homes, survey reveals

Councillors set to decide on Moorfields Eye Hospital relocation in ‘major step’ for local NHS services

Wetherspoons in talks with neighbours over Ice Wharf beer garden as police warn of ‘undesirables’

Sabrina Francis becomes first Black woman to serve as Mayor of Camden

Immersive Monopoly experience rolls high as council grants booze licence

Town Hall blocks opposition calls for independent review into future of local schools

Camden residents voice ‘upset’ over Farmdrop delivery warehouse

Contentious school merger to proceed as families boss acknowledges ‘difficulty and pain’

Mystery of Potteries Path branded ‘bloody shambles’ by councillors

Residents condemn community centre demolition as ‘massive overdevelopment’

NHS chiefs defend role in US takeover of GP practices as campaigners condemn ‘lack of transparency’

Rising number of residents in financial trouble is pandemic’s ‘fourth wave’, warn councillors

Coronavirus: ‘We’re not out of the woods with cancer treatment,’ warn medics

Immersive theatre company ‘delighted’ after securing spot in Stables Market

Council tax increases by 4.99 per cent amid squabble over ‘fantasy budgets’

Motorcycle parking charges: Campaign calls for rethink as councillors hear ‘eye-opening’ concerns

Heated debate over members’ allowance at Town Hall splits councillors on party lines

Council works to tackle mental health impact of pandemic as assessment of need prioritised

All Camden care home residents now vaccinated, council leader announces

Town Hall to ‘urgently implement’ new priorities for tackling race inequality