@HamandHigh

Serving Hampstead, Highgate and the surrounding areas since 1860. Got a story? Tweet/DM @Reaidi_

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EastEnders star set to leave BBC soap after 9 years as exit scenes filmed ift.tt/fz5C3YU

EastEnders star set to leave BBC soap after 9 years as exit scenes filmed

Harry Farr, who played Ollie Carter on the BBC soap EastEnders, is the latest cast member to depart the show.

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Only Fools and Horses star final appearance could air four years after his death ift.tt/24QNugt

Only Fools and Horses star final appearance could air four years after his death

John Challis’ final Only Fools and Horses documentary, A Marriage Made in Peckham, seeks a UK broadcaster.

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Spotify users face crack down on plan changes with 12-month ban ift.tt/ot20NxO

Spotify users face crack down on plan changes with 12-month ban

Spotify introduces QR code checks for Family and Duo plans, requiring members to share the account manager’s address or face removal and a 12-month ban.

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Everything to know as Blue Planet III with David Attenborough to air on BBC One ift.tt/yVOezRd

Everything to know as Blue Planet III with David Attenborough to air on BBC One

Blue Planet III marks 25 years since the original series aired, and will once again be narrated by David Attenborough

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North London restaurants join month long festival with exclusive menus ift.tt/yB5fn6l

North London restaurants join month long festival with exclusive menus

London Restaurant Festival runs until October 31, with exclusive menus, chef masterclasses and food tours at venues including House of Louie and The Hoxton.

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RSPCA’s longest-stay cat Hibiscus still waiting for a forever home after 8 months ift.tt/voOhID1

RSPCA’s longest-stay cat Hibiscus still waiting for a forever home after 8 months

RSPCA cat Hibiscus has spent eight months in care after being found underweight with fur loss. The longest-stay cat needs an experienced, quiet forever home.

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Market to become winter wonderland with Enchanted Ice Grotto and light displays ift.tt/usKMVAS

Market to become winter wonderland with Enchanted Ice Grotto and light displays

Camden Market unveils Christmas lights, night markets and an Enchanted Ice Grotto from November 26, with family fun, festive food and live brass bands.

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Mother launches pizza business to help autistic young adults into work ift.tt/62wxMfV

Mother launches pizza business to help autistic young adults into work

North London mother Aparna Bangur launches Pizza Party, a social enterprise using pizza training to help autistic young adults gain hospitality employment.

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40,000 sign petition to save DIY SOS as BBC 'rests' show after 27 years on air ift.tt/JSEV8bk

40,000 sign petition to save DIY SOS as BBC 'rests' show after 27 years on air

More than 40,000 people have signed a petition to save DIY SOS after the BBC said the show will be rested in 2027 amid ongoing cost cuts.

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Restored railway arches near Tube station now ready to welcome shops and cafes ift.tt/ApGJ32h

Restored railway arches near Tube station now ready to welcome shops and cafes

A dozen railway arches near Kilburn Tube station have been transformed to create a pedestrian street of new shops and businesses.

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Fresh from the farm: the veg bags helping a community eat more sustainably ift.tt/oWutrcZ

Fresh from the farm: the veg bags helping a community eat more sustainably

Debbie Bourne explains how Kentish Town Vegbox connects local households with seasonal organic produce while supporting small-scale farmers.

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From ballroom dancing to Wham!: The changing face of a Green Lanes venue ift.tt/vxFt6Jh

From ballroom dancing to Wham!: The changing face of a Green Lanes venue

Hugh Flouch from Hornsey Historical Society traces the colourful history of Harringay’s Salon Bal, from Jazz Age dancing to Bolts, where George Michael was once a regular.

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Ending rough sleeping means building homes people can afford ift.tt/xBmANkZ

Ending rough sleeping means building homes people can afford

Catherine West argues that tackling homelessness means investing in social and affordable housing and ensuring everyone has access to a secure home.

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Blue plaque honours the man who shaped London's iconic Tube network ift.tt/PAJcDXS

Blue plaque honours the man who shaped London's iconic Tube network

Frank Pick commissioned the famous Tube posters, roundel, Johnston font, moquette seating and many 1920s and 30s stations during his time at London Underground.

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A new plaque brings poet’s words home to Highgate after centuries ift.tt/SXaeIK0

A new plaque brings poet’s words home to Highgate after centuries

Francis Wilkinson tells how a new plaque on Highgate Hill celebrates poet Andrew Marvell, his lost cottage and the enduring power of his words.

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Waitrose unveils plan to open new convenience store in north London ift.tt/EpUtwag

Waitrose unveils plan to open new convenience store in north London

Upscale food retailer Waitrose has announced plans to open a new convenience store in Chalk Farm in 2028.

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How Highgate's Sacred Gin gets its flavour from a bitter herb and a tree resin ift.tt/78fRu0l

How Highgate's Sacred Gin gets its flavour from a bitter herb and a tree resin

Highgate craft gin brand Sacred Gin uses organic botanicals including juniper, orris frankincense and wormwood which it sources from an organic farm.

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The thin blue wool line: Knitted police are tackling speeding drivers ift.tt/qWuYIhl

The thin blue wool line: Knitted police are tackling speeding drivers

Steve Allen looks at the village fighting speeding drivers with knitted police officers and wonders whether a woolly police force could be the answer.

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Prince William reveals the 2 very different jobs he wanted instead of royal life ift.tt/FLTomck

Prince William reveals the 2 very different jobs he wanted instead of royal life

Prince William has spoken about childhood dreams of becoming a policeman or DJ, meeting Taylor Swift, and loving The Celebrity Traitors on The Graham Norton Show.

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Memories of Brent Cross - Saturday jobs in C&A and sandwiches by the fountain ift.tt/ajFcnqx

Memories of Brent Cross - Saturday jobs in C&A and sandwiches by the fountain

Brent Cross Shopping Centre turns 50: north Londoners share nostalgic memories of its fountain, vanished shops and wooden animals.

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