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  • Young people get painting at Selby Centre

    Young people painted their way to an art qualification at a community centre. Volunteer It Yourself, a charity for young people, hosted a day for people aged between 16 and 24 to learn graffiti and street painting. Young artists practised on

  • Kurdish community worried as teen joins fight against ISIS

    A “reserved” teenager is feared to have travelled to northern Iraq to fight against ISIS. Silhan Ozcelik, 17, from Haringey, left the UK in late October. Friends and family fear she intends to fight with Kurdish forces against Islamic State.

  • Builders on lunch break escape collapsing roof

    Two workmen had a lucky escape when a roof collapsed while they took their lunch break. The roof of a flat above the Tottenham Town Bakery in West Green Road fell in on Friday. Builders had left the property for lunch and there was nobody in

  • Trailblazing teachers quit jobs to work on new app

      A teacher and school finance officer are giving up their jobs to work on a new app for supply teachers. Luke O’Dwyer, finance officer at South Harringay Junior School, and Raj Kotecha, deputy headteacher at South Harringay Infant School, are

  • Teaching union to address councillors this evening

    Representatives of the National Union of Teachers are due to address councillors at a meeting this evening. Haringey Council will hold its full council meeting this evening, with consultations, fly-tipping, and trade unions all on the agenda.