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News stories from 2003 (July-December):

19.12.03 - PARK TELEGRAPH POLE SAGA OVER AFTER LOCAL PRESSURE WINS THROUGH

18.12.03 - LOCAL RESIDENT LAURA EDGE CHOSEN AS PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR STROUD GREEN

18.12.03 - DELIGHT FOR LIB DEMS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS AS POLICE SAY FUNDING FOR MUSWELL HILL POLICE STATION CAN BE FOUND

18.12.03 - FEATHERSTONE SECURES RECYCLING COLLECTION FOR WOOD LANE

18.12.03 - COUNCIL 'SCROOGES' ENSURE UNHAPPY CHRISTMAS TO MANY YOUNG CARE LEAVERS

18.12.03 - "DECADE OF INCOMPETENCE" BY LABOUR COUNCIL LEADS TO £75M COUNCIL TAX HOLE

18.12.03 - CPA RESULTS - LIB DEMS QUESTION SUSTAINABILITY OF IMPROVEMENTS TO 'WEAK' HARINGEY COUNCIL

15.12.03 - GLOOM OVER YET ANOTHER POST OFFICE CLOSURE PLAN

15.12.03 - QUESTIONS RAISED OVER MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN IN CARE

15.12.03 - THREAT TO SCHOOL SAFETY RETURNS WITH NEW PLANNING APPLICATION

15.12.03 - LIB DEMS GO TO PARLIAMENT TO FIGHT AGAINST PLANS FOR ALLY PALLY

15.12.03 - STROUD GREEN THE VICTIM OF ACCORD'S NOT SO GREEN HABIT

11.12.03 - FEATHERSTONE DELIVERS MESSAGE TO BLAIR OVER PENSION BOOKS

9.12.03 - BUS ROUTE TRIAL TO GET GO-AHEAD WITH NEW ROUTE AVOIDING SOUTHWOOD LANE

9.12.03 - UPBEAT LIB DEMS CALL STROUD GREEN BY-ELECTION

9.12.03 - WOOD GREEN - FEATHERSTONE SECURES SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS TO WESTBURY ROAD

8.12.03 - DISMAY OVER POST OFFICE CLOSURE PLAN FOR TRIANGLE

8.12.03 - CALL FOR ACTION OVER JUNCTION AT BOTTOM OF MUSWELL HILL

8.12.03 - COUNCIL PR MACHINE - 'OUTRAGEOUS CHEEK' AS LABOUR COUNCIL ASKS FOR EVEN MORE RESIDENTS' CASH

8.12.03 - LIB DEMS COMMEND STAFF COMMITMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

2.12.03 - LIB DEMS COMMENT ON IRWIN RESIGNATION

1.12.03 - LIB DEMS SECURE REPAIRS FOR BIDWELL GARDENS

1.12.03 - LIB DEM COUNCILLOR BACKS FED-UP RESIDENTS OVER FILM CREWS

1.12.03 - LIB DEMS WARN THAT CHILDRENS' GREEN PAPER 'COULD FAIL CHILDREN' UNLESS GOVERNMENT PROVIDES ANSWERS

1.12.03 - MUSWELL HILL ROUNDABOUT - MEASURES DESPERATELY NEEDED AFTER UNDERTAKINGS BROKEN ON SAFETY

1.12.03 - LABOUR DISCLOSE FAILURE OF BULK RUBBISH CHARGES POLICY

1.12.03 - LIB DEMS CALL FOR LOCAL MPS TO OPPOSE TOP-UP FEES

25.11.03 - WATER MAIN MISERY HIGHLIGHTS FAILURES OF THAMES WATER

24.11.03 - ALBERT ROAD RECREATION GROUND - COUNCILLOR JOINS FORCES IN BULB PLANTING

24.11.03 - SCHOOL SAFETY - RELIEF MAY BE AT HAND FOR COLDFALL SCHOOL

24.11.03 - LIB DEM LYNNE LAUNCHES NEW ON-LINE DIARY

24.11.03 - GOVERNMENT FUNDING SETTLEMENT - BAD FOR HARINGEY

24.11.03 - FOUNDATION HOSPITALS - DISMAY AS LABOUR MP BACKS CHANGES

24.11.03 - RUBBISH COMPLAINTS - ONE PAYOUT STRETCHES CREDIBILITY OF SYSTEM

18.11.03 - MORE INVESTMENT NEEDED IN LOCAL LIBRARIES

17.11.03 - BUS ROUTE - FEATHERSTONE CHAIRS MEETING WITH RESIDENTS

17.11.03 - LIB DEMS URGE COUNCIL TO HELP PENSIONERS FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR PENSION BOOKS

14.11.03 - LIB DEMS GIVE GUARDED WELCOME TO GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR HARINGEY SCHOOLS

14.11.03 - HIGHGATE - LIB DEMS CALL FOR REGULAR SWEEP FOR 'TREACHEROUS' STATION PATHWAY

14.11.03 - SOCIAL SERVICES - ONE STAR RATING IS NOTHING TO CELEBRATE

14.11.03 - 'SHODDY' COUNCIL GETS 'BEST VALUE' PERFORMANCE FIGURES ALL WRONG

14.11.03 - POOR VOCATIONAL A-LEVEL RESULTS RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS

12.11.03 - CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO END LITTER DISPUTE

10.11.03 - TRAIN OVERSHOOTING PLATFORM AT FINSBURY PARK YET MORE EVIDENCE OF RAIL DANGERS

10.11.03 - PRIORY ROAD - PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SORELY NEEDED, SAY LOCAL LIB DEM COUNCILLORS

10.11.03 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES PRAISED - BUT MORE INVESTMENT NEEDED

10.11.03 - LIB DEMS CALL FOR PLANNING RETHINK FOR CROUCH END

4.11.03 - SOCIAL SERVICES - LIB DEM AITKEN REVEALS CONCERNS OVER HOMES

3.11.03 - FEATHERSTONE SECURES NEW BUS SHELTER FOR BOUNDS GREEN ROAD

3.11.03 - OFFICIAL: IRAQ WAR COSTING HARINGEY OVER £9 MILLION

3.11.03 - HUMAN CHAIN - MAST PROPOSALS UNACCEPTABLE, SAY LIB DEMS

3.11.03 - HORNSEY HOSPITAL 'GREEN LUNG' IN DANGER

3.11.03 - STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON HARINGEY LIBRARIES, SAYS NEW INSPECTORS' REPORT

3.11.03 - COUNCIL'S UDP CONSULTATION A SHAMBLES

31.10.03 - FORTIS GREEN - REGENERATION OF GREEN SPACES SECURED

29.10.03 - LOCAL RESIDENTS FURY OVER INSTALLATION OF MOBILE PHONE MAST

28.10.03 - ALEXANDRA PARK SCHOOL WORKS - LIB DEMS SEEK ACTION ON ROAD SURFACE DAMAGE

27.10.03 - CALLS FOR SAFEGUARDS FOR RESIDENTS OVER SALE OF POLICE PROPERTY

27.10.03 - REPORT OF "NEAR MISS" ON LOCAL RAILWAY "EXTREMELY WORRYING"

27.10.03 - CASH STRAPPED COUNCIL - PLEADING FALLS ON LABOUR'S DEAF EARS

27.10.03 - LIB DEMS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER BOROUGH'S LIBRARIES

27.10.03 - HIGHGATE - VERDICT IMMINENT ON JUDICIAL REVIEW OF RETAIL PARK

27.10.03 - RECYCLING BOX LIDS "LONG OVERDUE" SAY LIB DEMS

27.10.03 - BUS STOP CLEAR UP AGREED IN MUSWELL HILL

27.10.03 - PALACE BUS STOPS SET TO BE MOVED

22.10.03 - STATION CLEAN UP: SO FAR SO GOOD

21.10.03 - DAMNING SSI REPORT PUTS HARINGEY ON THE SPOT

20.10.03 - PUBLISH POST OFFICE CLOSURE PLANS, DEMANDS FEATHERSTONE

20.10.03 - HIGHGATE - LIB DEMS RECEIVE ASSURANCES OVER FALLING LEAVES

20.10.03 - ABANDONED CARS - WAITING TIMES UNACCEPTABLE

20.10.03 - SOCIAL SERVICES - LIB DEMS DEMAND PUBLICATION OF INSPECTORS' REPORT

20.10.03 - WELCOME FOR ENFORCEMENT OF HIGHGATE PLANNING BREACH

17.10.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME SAFETY MEASURES AT MUSWELL HILL JUNCTIONS

14.10.03 - COUNCIL APOLOGIES OVER FAILURE TO ANSWER LIB DEM QUESTIONS

13.10.03 - LIB DEM MP SHOWN NEED FOR HORNSEY CROSSING

13.10.03 - FEATHERSTONE CALLS FOR ACTION OVER SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY

13.10.03 - MAJOR LOCAL CRIME SURVEY LAUNCHED

13.10.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME RESOLVE OVER HORNSEY TOWN HALL

13.10.03 - COUNCIL'S EXPENDITURE ON PR 'SPIN' UNACCEPTABLE

8.10.03 - PROGRESS AT HIGHGATE CPZ CALL-IN

6.10.03 - NAME CHANGE THREATENS LOCAL IDENTITIES

6.10.03 - FEATHERSTONE SECURES LITTER-FREE STATIONS

6.10.03 - LIB DEM QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ON SOCIAL SERVICES

6.10.03 - LESSONS MUST BE LEARNED FROM SYLVESTER CASE

6.10.03 - POLICE COMMITMENT STRONG ON FRONT COUNTER

6.10.03 - BUS DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGHT

30.9.03 - PARTY CONFERENCE DELIGHT, AS LOCAL LIB DEMS SCOOP NATIONAL AWARD

30.9.03 - LIB DEM REPORT SHOWS SOME WAY TO GO FOR 'BETTER HARINGEY'

30.9.03 - FEATHERSTONE REVEALS NO. 10'S COVER UP OVER RICIN INCIDENT

30.9.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME PCT PLANS FOR HORNSEY CENTRAL HOSPITAL

29.9.03 - HIGHGATE CPZ - LIB DEM OPPOSITION BRINGS LABOUR EXEC BEFORE KEY WATCHDOG COMMITTEE

29.9.03 - WORDSWORTH HOUSE RESIDENTS UPSET BY BROKEN PROMISES OVER NEW WALL

20.9.03 - LIB DEMS SECURE ASSURANCES OVER SLIPPERY HIGHGATE PATH

19.9.03 - BRENT EAST WIN – LIB DEMS ON COURSE FOR VICTORY IN Hornsey & Wood Green

19.9.03 - SIX MONTHS OVERDUE WHEELIE BIN FINALLY DELIVERED

19.9.03 - PLANS FOR NEW HOMES IN CROUCH END REJECTED

16.9.03 - LIB DEMS: COUNCIL MAKING NOTICE BOARDS OUT OF TREES

15.9.03 - LOCAL TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES MUST IMPROVE DELAY FIGURES

15.9.03 - LIB DEMS URGE COUNCIL TO HELP PENSIONERS FIGHT TO KEEP THEIR PENSION BOOKS

15.9.03 - FORTIS GREEN COUNCILLOR SECURES STREET LIGHT REPAIRS

9.9.03 - CAMPAIGNING KIDS WANT BASKETBALL NETS

9.9.03 - FEATHERSTONE'S BREAKTHROUGH IN BATTLE TO END ST JAMES'S LANE MISERY

9.9.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME CHILDREN'S GREEN PAPER, BUT COUNCIL WEDDED TO SECRECY

9.9.03 - SCRUTINY TO OVERSEE BERNIE GRANT CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING LIB DEM PRESSURE

8.9.03 - PUT HIGHGATE CPZ ON HOLD, SAY LIB DEM LOCAL COUNCILLORS

8.9.03 - MUSWELL HILL TO SWISS COTTAGE BUS ROUTE – FEATHERSTONE SECURES VITAL MEETING WITH MAYOR KEN

8.9.03 - ALARM AS POST OFFICE INDICATES FURTHER CLOSURE PLANS

8.9.03 - CALL FOR URGENT ACTION TO IMPROVE LOCAL GREENS AND CORRECT PAVING HAZARDS

8.9.03 - LIB DEMS CALL ON NEW POLICE SUPPORT OFFICERS TO TACKLE FLYPOSTING IN MUSWELL HILL

3.9.03 - LIB DEMS VOICE CONCERN OVER UNCERTAIN TFL FUNDING FUTURE

1.9.03 - LIB DEM COUNCILLOR PENS NEW BOOK ON SECRET SERVICES

1.9.03 - MINISTER SAYS POST OFFICE CLOSURES INEVITABLE

1.9.03 - NHS PLANS FOR NORTH LONDON COME BEFORE KEY COUNCIL COMMITTEE

1.9.03 - LIB DEMS LAUNCH NEW AID IN FIGHT AGAINST ABANDONED CARS

1.9.03 - FEATHERSTONE SECURES ACTION OVER HAZARDOUS JUNCTION

26.8.03 - RAT RUN AWARD NO COMFORT, SAY MUSWELL HILL LIB DEMS

26.8.03 - DUMPING SITE – MUSWELL HILL AND FORTIS GREEN COUNCILLORS CALL FOR ACTION

26.8.03 - COUNCIL MUST IMPROVE DISABLED ACCESS AS FIGURES SHOW BOROUGH BELOW TARGET

22.8.03 - GIVE US SOME BINS, SAY HIGHGATE RESIDENTS

22.8.03 - CROUCH END GRAFFITI – LOCAL COUNCILLOR URGES RESIDENTS TO USE ‘HOTLINE’

19.8.03 - COUNCIL REPORT PAINTS SORRY STORY FOR EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION IN HARINGEY

18.8.03 - BUS ROUTE - HUGE RESPONSE AS RESIDENTS WRITE TO KEN IN LARGE NUMBERS

18.8.03 - COUNCIL ADMIT CONSULTATION 'LIMITED' TO MAKE LONDON RECYCLING TARGET

18.8.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME PCSO PRESENCE IN HARINGEY

11.8.03 - DUMPED WASHING MACHINE STILL ON LOCAL PATH FOUR MONTHS LATER

11.8.03 - DANGEROUS FOOTPATH REPAIRED AFTER LIB DEM INTERVENTION

11.8.03 - BUS SHELTER SET TO RETURN IN TIME FOR WINTER SHOWERS

11.8.03 - LIB DEMS CALL FOR MORE IMAGINATION FROM COUNCIL OVER ROAD SAFETY ISSUES

5.8.03 - FEATHERSTONE 'PLEASED' WITH PROGRESS ON STATION CLEAN UP

4.8.03 - SAFETY CRACKDOWN AT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MUSWELL HILL

4.8.03 - LIB DEMS CALL FOR COUNCIL TO DEAL WITH HORNSEY COMMUNITY CENTRE REFUSE PROBLEM

4.8.03 - RELIEF AS BUILDING PLANS FOR GARDEN CENTRE REJECTED

31.7.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME YELLOW PAGES RETHINK

31.7.03 - ASSURANCES SOUGHT OVER NHS PLANS FOR NORTH LONDON

31.7.03 - RESIDENTS SUCCESS IN PLANNING FIGHT

29.7.03 - LIB DEM PRAISES WORK OF CARIS AFTER VISIT TO SUMMER PLAYSCHEME

29.7.03 - RECYCLING BINS DUMPED ON TRIANGLE OVERNIGHT

29.7.03 - LIB DEMS CALL ON COUNCIL TO CLEAN UP ITS ACT OVER HORNSEY FLY-TIPPING

28.7.03 - FEATHERSTONE ENSURES GARDEN VISITORS CAN 'CONTEMPLATE IN COMFORT'

28.7.03 - ACTION ON SOUTHWOOD LANE POTHOLES

28.7.03 - HIGHGATE JUNCTION - "LORRIES NOT SUITABLE" SUITS US FINE, SAY LIB DEM COUNCILLORS

25.7.03 - WELCOME IMPROVEMENT ON SCHOOL ADMISSIONS, BUT PRESSURES REMAIN, SAY LIB DEMS

23.7.03 - FULL COUNCIL - LIB DEMS CONDEMN LABOUR GAG ON RESIDENTS

22.7.03 - BIDWELL GARDENS MEETING 'HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE', SAY LIB DEMS

21.7.03 - HIGHGATE ESTATE - WELCOME FOR STEP FORWARD ON CAR PARK

21.7.03 - LIB DEMS CALL FOR PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT OVER EDUCATION FUNDING

21.7.03 - WOOD GREEN CLAMP-DOWN ON COUNCIL CARS AGREED

21.7.03 - LIB DEMS 'PLEASED' WITH HEARTLANDS CONSULTATION, BUT ALL CONCERNS MUST BE ADDRESSED

18.7.03 - LIB DEMS OFFER HELP WITH USE OF OLD BINS

18.7.03 - LOCAL HOSPITALS SET TO LOSE OUT IN NHS RATINGS GAME

18.7.03 - WHEELIES - SMALLER BINS WILL HELP REDUCE WASTE

18.7.03 - GREEN BOXES - LIB DEM VICTORY ON MANIFESTO PLEDGE

15.7.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME £75,000 FOR SAFER ROUTES FOR SCHOOLS INITIATIVES

15.7.03 - LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN HARINGEY WARN OF "BACKSLIDING" OVER CHILD PROTECTION

14.7.03 - NEW BUS – LYNNE ASKS FOR DEMOS ON SOUTHWOOD LANE

14.7.03 - FEATHERSTONE IN FIGHT FOR VITAL DAY CARE HOSPITALS

14.7.03 - LATE PAYMENT - LABOUR COUNCIL TOLD TO SETTLE UP

14.7.03 - HIGHGATE JUNCTION - LYNNE FEATHERSTONE WANTS ACTION ON TAILBACKS AND SAFETY

11.7.03 - GLA MEMBER NICKY GAVRON SNUBS HORNSEY GROUPS

10.7.03 - COUNCIL SNUBS BIDWELL GARDENS RESIDENTS

10.7.03 - DISAPPOINTMENT AS MP BACKS FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

8.7.03 - FEATHERSTONE SECURES PROMISE OVER RAILWAY RUBBISH

7.7.03 - LIB DEMS SLAM "VICTORIAN" MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE

7.7.03 - WOOD GREEN'S RECYCLING GREEN BOX BLUNDER

7.7.03 - HARINGEY STUDENTS SUFFERING OVER TUITION FEES

7.7.03 - LIB DEMS SECURE BINS FOR BROADWAYS

7.7.03 - LIB DEMS WELCOME BOOST FOR MAJOR BUS ROUTE

4.7.03 - FIGHT AGAINST GRAFFITI - COUNCIL SHIFT IS A STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION

2.7.03 - HODGE APPOINTMENT 'INAPPROPRIATE' SAY LIB DEMS

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