Seven Crouch End and Hornsey pubs worth the walk
Comedy at the King's Head, a courtyard at the Queens, a listed Victorian tavern on Hornsey High Street: the pubs we would send a friend to, and which one suits which evening.
No trains at Crouch Hill all day Sunday
The Suffragette line has no service anywhere today, Sunday 13 September, with replacement buses running instead.
New takeaway registers on Topsfield Parade
Chicken Valley has registered at 34 Topsfield Parade in Crouch End and is waiting on its first hygiene inspection.
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W7 back through Crouch Hill from 14 September
TfL's live status now ends the W7 diversion away from Crouch Hill station on Monday 14 September, nearly seven weeks earlier than previously advertised.
Priory Road flat could become six-person HMO
An upper-floor flat on Priory Road in Hornsey is the subject of an application to convert it into a house in multiple occupation for six people, now open for comment.
Council funds extra site checks at Woodside Avenue homes
Haringey has approved £6,900 more for clerk of works services at the Cranwood housing scheme on Woodside Avenue, covering handover and the defects period.
W7 skips Crouch Hill station until 2 November
Transport for London has the W7 diverted in both directions between Stroud Green Road and Crouch End Broadway, missing Crouch Hill station, until 6pm on Monday 2 November.
Planning & development
YMCA wants to demolish Tottenham Lane block for homeless young people
The charity has asked Haringey Council to knock down its almost century-old building in Hornsey and put up a taller one. What happens to the nursery, the gym and the after-school club is not yet on the record.
Schools
Former pupil opens nursery inside Hornsey School for Girls
Monkey Puzzle Crouch End is now running in the School House building on Inderwick Road. The records confirm it is open; they don't yet say what a place costs or who can get one.
Community
Crouch End raised £900 in three weeks for its clock tower
The landmark where the Broadway splits was paid for by whip-round in 1895, to thank the man who campaigned to keep Highgate Wood from developers.
Licensing
Licence granted for convenience store at 21 Park Road
Haringey's Licensing Sub-Committee has approved a new premises licence for Freshco Basket at 21 Park Road, N8, subject to extra conditions agreed with the Metropolitan Police.
Getting around
Contraflow on the Broadway until 21 September
TfL's traffic status page lists a contraflow in both directions on the A103 Broadway at the Middle Lane junction, in place for borough works until the evening of 21 September.
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The Morning Briefing
A quiet few days by local news standards. No planning decisions, no openings or closures worth flagging, and the transport disruption that did occur over the weekend is already history by the time you're reading this. The main thing worth your attention is what's on at ArtHouse Crouch End and Hornsey Town Hall over the coming week.
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Police make car break-ins a Weston Park priority
Officers have logged theft from motor vehicles around Weston Park as a local policing priority, citing a recent rise in parcel shelves being stolen.
Police set shoplifting priority for Crouch End Broadway
Officers are running plain-clothes patrols between Boots and Waitrose after a rise in theft and shoplifting reported on the Broadway.