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Three men jailed for human trafficking and modern slavery crimes in Ponders End

Met Police detectives found that the group was involved in forcing vulnerable adults into forced labour, domestic servitude and sex work from their base in Durants Road

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London ambulance crews star in latest series of BBC fly-on-the-wall doc

The work of the UK's busiest ambulance service is showcased in the latest series of a Bafta-winning TV series

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New campaign launched to boost vaccine uptake across the capital

London has some of the lowest vaccination rates in the UK

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New UK rail factory officially opens – with Piccadilly Line trains first off production line

The Yorkshire facility run by German firm Siemens will construct four-in-five of the new rolling stock for the tube line

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Call to for police to crack down London on acid attacks

Figures show only one-in-seven recorded acid attacks in London in recent years have resulted in charges being brought

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Fury as library users react to news of council’s planned closures

Residents concerned by the proposed closure of eight borough libraries have voiced their anger

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Row over proposed Travellers site next to skatepark in Edmonton

Enfield Council is currently consulting on five sites for Travellers to live around the borough

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Enfield In Bloom winners revealed ahead of awards ceremony

More than 100 gardens and green spaces have been named as winners of the annual borough-wide competition

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‘Integrity’ of planning committee questioned after Labour councillor wins approval for ‘unsafe’ application

Labour members of the committee voted to approve Labour councillor Mustafa Cetinkaya's application for a dropped kerb outside his home despite the "danger" it presented

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Network Rail ‘sorry’ for delays to station accessibility upgrade

Planning approval was given for two new lifts and walkways at Palmers Green Station last year but construction has yet to begin

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Award for newly-built ‘extra care’ scheme in Winchmore Hill

Reardon Court was developed by Enfield Council to aid independent living for residents aged over 55 years

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Post Office relocation planned in Bush Hill Park

The new branch location is proposed to open twelve hours longer than the existing site

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Khan wades in on Labour freebies row

The London mayor said his own approach was to "over declare" on his donations

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North London hospital trust admits it must ‘speed up’ cancer treatment amid backlog

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust currently has 390 patients waiting beyond two months to start cancer treatment

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New boss arrives at rail firm ahead of looming nationalisation

Greater Anglia's new managing director Martin Beable could be the last boss to run the company as a private entity

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‘Schools transition’ event helps primary pupils and parents pick secondary preferences

Enfield Council's education service hosted hundreds of families at Cineworld to help them choose secondary schools

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Khan ‘lobbying’ Starmer to create London youth mobility scheme with EU

London mayor wants an Erasmus-style deal where students can study abroad and others can study here

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Lamé ducks out of City Hall night czar role

Amy Lamé will quit at the end of this month after years in the job and said it had been “a real privilege to serve Londoners”

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Plans for new cemetery to address ‘shortage’ of burial spaces in Enfield

Enfield Council wants to create space for thousands of graves on a Green Belt farmland site near the M25

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Tributes to The Enfield Society’s ‘model of commitment’

Local historian and author Monica Smith has died at the age of 91