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Camden New Journal - Forum: Opinion in the CNJ
Published: 16 July 2009
 
Blow whistle on tower fire risks

After Camberwell Sunand Prasad argues that high-rise blocks are not inherently dangerous – poor design and
management make them so


THE preliminary findings of the report into the circumstances behind the fire in a block of flats in Camberwell, south London... > more
Letters
More free concerts please – it’s what the bandstand’s for
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Station upgrade was not stopped by businesses
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Robust action necessary on council homes sell-off
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The ups and downs of scaffolding
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COMMENT & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
 
Our millions mismanaged and they want to keep it secret

IN an astonishing turn of events, an internecine war has broken out among the various public organisations responsible for a large Victorian building in Camden Town known as Arlington House.
It was once called Rowton House, way back at the beginning of... > more

No consultation on caretaking
- IN the June round of District Management Committees (DMCs) a question was raised about the caretaking service... > more

Facts about programme to improve housing
- WE are sure you will want your readers to know the facts about the Decent Homes programme to... > more

Lobbying the government is no answer
- PETER Wright (Letters July 9) raises some important points about administration costs in Camden’s... > more

Hampstead against BNP
- I WAS disgusted by comments made by BNP leader, Nick Griffin earlier this week, when he suggested that immigrants to the... > more

Just consider cyclists
- AS a cyclist who takes extra care when pedestrians are using the towpath ahead of me it annoys me when I see other cyclists... > more

Good news on primary school places
- AT last some good news on primary school places in the Belsize area. > more

Need for two or three additional forms of entry
- LINDA Grove misrepresented my comments in her letter (Schools crisis is no one-off, July 9). > more

Who’s to blame for decline of Arlington House?
- I WORKED at Arlington House for 10 years and when I arrived in the early 1990s it was the biggest... > more

Grieving for troops’ families
- I AM 83 years old. In World War Two the man who was to become my husband had a below-knee amputation in Italy... > more

Not fit for purpose
- AS soon as I read (Camden gets its first public outdoor gyms, July 9), I dashed round to my local park give it a go. > more

Simple interest
- “A CHANGE is as bad as a tragedy in the making” says the headline (July 9) over the letter about sports funding from Simon... > more

Privatising health
- I NOTE there is a public meeting tonight (July 16) to again protest the privatisation of doctors’ surgeries in Camden at which... > more

Brockway legacy
- I WAS gratified to read John Gulliver’s “Blair meddling in the legacy of Brockway” (July 9). What an insult to the memory of that great... > more

PR gesture
- I HAVE noticed the flags put on lampposts by the Council telling us to support our local shops. > more

The fight goes on
- THERE are 17,000 plus on the housing list and I know there are currently 564 families occupying one-bedroom flats who... > more

Revisiting urban myths
- ONCE again on the issue of council housing, rather than aiming to start an informed debate, the New Journal has simply stoked... > more
 
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