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Mum cheats death

THE MOTHER of a seven-month-old baby cheated death by just a few feet when an out-of-control school coach smashed into a block of flats....

Organisers preparing 'best festival yet'

THE FIRST details of events at this year s Muswell Hill Festival and Donkey Derby have been announced, promising to have 'something for everybody' from celebrity appearances to bands, choirs and authors....

Coach driver arrested after crash

A COACH careered into a block of flats in Muswell Hill after a collision with a car today (Thursday). Two people were injured in the crash – near the junction of Park Road and Muswell Hill – after a private bus reportedly lost control of its brakes....

'Cultural quarter not flats' for library site

TENANTS of workshops near the Muswell Hill library car park have called for it to be transformed into a vibrant cultural quarter rather than more flats....

Letters

Sport

Barnett and Dore-Weeks shine as Harriers take flight

HIGHGATE Harriers hosted the fourth Southern League Division One fixture of the season at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday, when some fine individual displays earned them second place on the day....

Ally Palace roar for Police show

HARINGEY Police & Community Boxing Club will host London's first ever open tournament this weekend, with fighters coming from all over the world to compete at Alexandra Palace....

Haringey starlet scoops ABA gong

HARINGEY Police & Community Boxing club have a new champion after Mohammed Joraat triumphed in the National Junior ABAs. The Iran-born Wood Green resident, 16, saw off Kevin Skill in the 85kg final by a resounding 7-0 points margin....

Tyron's dreaming of Twenty20 glory

Tyron Henderson believes it is a fresh mental approach and not the potential riches of the Champions League that has driven Middlesex s dramatic Twenty20 improvement this season....

North London suffer promotion setback

ANOTHER valiant lower order effort was not enough to rescue North London from a fourth league defeat of the season. Starting the morning with realistic hopes of moving into the promotion places......

Sculley hails impressive win

ALEX HILL smashed 91 as North Middlesex stayed top of Divison Two with a performance skipper Brad Sculley labelled ""our best of the season""....

Hornsey feel the pressure after losing draw

Hornsey's stand-in skipper Chetan Patel was left to rue more lost points as his side were held to a losing draw by basement boys Bessborough....

Crusaders cut loose

MIDDLESEX have all but qualified for the quarter-finals of the Twenty20 cup after a thrilling six run win over Kent on Tuesday night....

The accidental cricketer

When recounting his life Dirk Nannes speaks in short, start-stop sentences that span across years and several continents. Perhaps that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. This summer he is an opening bowler for Middlesex, but next year? Not even he seems completely sure....

The world at his feet

HE'S taught his skills to Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Ronaldinho, performed for thousands at White Hart Lane and the Nou Camp, and choreographed TV ads for Nike....

Magnificent Skolars end losing run

SKOLARS produced an impressive comeback on Saturday to beat an in-form York side. After last week's heavy defeat against Oldham, it looked as if Skolars might be due for the same again......

London Skolars 6 Oldham 40

SKOLARS suffered their heaviest defeat for six weeks as third-placed Oldham shut their oppon-ents out and conceded just six points in an utterly dominant display....

Skolars bin bad

SKOLARS almost pulled off an impressive comeback on Saturday but were left to rue a controversial sin-binning as Workington scored 14 points whilst Namila Davui was off the pitch....

What's On

REVIEW KUNG FU PANDA

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews KUNG FU PANDA (PG)....

REVIEW: THE MIST

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE MIST (15)....

REVIEW; THE VISITOR

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE VISITOR (15)....

REVIEW: MES AMIS MES AMOURS

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews MES AMIS MES AMOURS (15)....

REVIEW: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (PG)....

REVIEW: WANTED

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews WANTED (18)....

REVIEW: FEMALE AGENTS

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews FEMALE AGENTS (15)....

James McAvoy: Hollywood's most wanted

WHEN you meet an actor who has been elevated to the ranks of Hollywood s next big thing almost overnight, like James McAvoy, you don't expect his first words to be an apology....

Damian Lewis on The Escapist

LIFE in LA has not tempted Tufnell Park s arguably finest export Damian Lewis away from the joys of London....

REVIEW: ADULTHOOD

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews ADULTHOOD (15)....

UPPER STREET: THE SOAP OPERA - WEEK THREE

FORGET Ricky and Bianca – estate agents and traffic wardens have got Islington on tenterhooks as a new live soap opera casts a dramatic eye on life in Upper Street....

UPPER STREET: THE SOAP OPERA - WEEK ONE

FORGET Ricky and Bianca – estate agents and traffic wardens have got Islington on tenterhooks as a new live soap opera casts a dramatic eye on life in Upper Street....

LIVE REVIEW: Roni Size and Reprazent

The sad truth is that as drum 'n' bass ages – incredibly, it is 18 years since jungle first took UK dance floors by storm – the clubbers and DJs seem ever-more jaded....

ALBUM REVIEWS: TOKYO POLICE CLUB and BLOOD RED SHOES

CD reviews....

LIVE REVIEW: CROUCH END FESTIVAL CHORUS

Over the past 20 years, the Crouch End Festival Chorus led by conductor David Temple, have established themselves as one of the most eminent and in-demand large choirs in the UK....

LIVE REVIEW: KT TUNSTALL

THE show is sold out, the venue is packed with bodies and all eyes look towards the stage expectantly....

ALBUM REVIEWS: COURTEENERS and FRANK TURNER

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: FOALS and GNARLS BARKLEY

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: MYSTERY JETS and WE ARE SCIENTISTS

The latests CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEW: RACONTEURS and ANGUS & JULIA STONE

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: ELBOW and YOUNG KNIVES

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: SHERYL CROW and GOLDENBOY

CD reviews....

THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE

LISTENING to an audio book or a play on your iPod is a novel way to pass the time commuting to work, if you don't mind the odd inquiring look from passers-by when you re lost in a particularly good story....

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Shakespeare's farcical tale of Elizabethan middle England, the only one of his comedies set at home, is often labelled as the invention of the sit-com....

CANDIDE

LEONARD Bernstein s satirical operetta was written off as a failure after its early performances in 1956 – but English National Opera s first-ever staging of it gives it a wonderful new lease of life....

COLOURINGS

WE VE all done it – sat round the dinner table on a Sunday afternoon as the cutting remarks that colour family life fly....

RUNNING THE SILK ROAD

MARTIAL arts, Chinese opera, friendship and intrepid endeavours – with Running the Silk Road you definitely get your money s worth....

THE COMMON PURSUIT

It's 1968 and a disparate group of six Cambridge University undergraduates are brought together by their common interest in creating a truly literary magazine....

DICKENS UNPLUGGED

The ingenious minds behind the massively successful Reduced Shakespeare Company have now turned their attention to another of Britain s literary greats – Charles Dickens....

THE SMILIN’ STATE

PLAYWRIGHT Noel White s first attempt at putting a show together has, when all is said and done, delivered a wonderfully amusing and deliciously dark piece of drama....

HANNAH AND MARTIN

HANNAH and Martin takes as its basis the relationship between the eminent philosopher Martin Heidegger and his one-time pupil and lover Hannah Arendt, also a philosopher in her own right....

THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY

MELLY STILL'S modernised version of Thomas Middleton s The Revenger's Tragedy is a lavish and richly visual interpretation of a play which demonstrates that the bloody path of retribution leads ultimately to terrorism and...


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