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Ally Pally deal is off, says Firoka

MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Firoz Kassam has sensationally pulled out of the deal to take over Alexandra Palace....

Two flee 7am house blaze

A FAULTY gas boiler may have started a blaze that swept through two floors of a family home forcing two to flee for their lives....

'Inspirational' dad shot dead in ambush

A FORMER Royal Marine commando and private security expert shot in a ruthless robbery in Afghanistan was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled....

Police warn over gang move to Muswell Hill

THE CLOSURE of a club in Wood Green that was a known gang hangout has prompted fears that gang attention may be switched to Muswell Hill, police warn....

Fear road 'attracts drunks and vandals'

A HIDDEN mews in Muswell Hill may be attracting trouble, residents fear. A blue Volvo estate was smashed up with an umbrella causing £430 of damage just days after a resident saw a suspected drugs deal taking place in Hillfield Park Mews...

Fear road 'attracts drugs and vandals'

A HIDDEN mews in Muswell Hill may be attracting trouble, residents fear....

Homeless man, 30, found dead in street

A HOMELESS man who was found dead in an alcove outside Woolworths in Muswell Hill had to be identified by his fingerprints....

Letters

Sport

Harriers pair bid for relay gold

TWO north London sprinters will be charged with the responsibility of defending Britain's Olympic title in the climactic showpiece event of the Olympics on Friday. Highgate Harriers' 100m runner Simeon Williamson......

National pride is Edgar's spur

TYRONE Edgar is hoping that national pride can be his secret weapon as he prepares to take on the world s fastest men in the 100m in his first-ever Olympic Games. The 26-year-old, of Eversholt Street in Euston......

Emma is playing a waiting game

WHILE the majority of Great Britain's Olympic athletes have flown out to Beijing dreaming of medals, there are a few who are still hoping they get a chance to compete at all. One of them is Emma Ania......

One giant sep for North Mid

NORTH Middlesex took another giant step towards their second successive promotion when they beat Wembley to maintain their 18 point lead at the top of Division Two....

Scrini eases Hornsey woes

HORNSEY have all but assured their Division Three status after a magnificent win over promotion hopefuls Harrow Town. Club captain and skipper Ian Gregory did the early damage......

Haffeji's fireworks fail to mask NL's plight

NORTH London are staring relegation in the face after a heavy defeat at the hands of Shepherd's Bush. After losing their ninth league game of the season, Ian Johns' side......

Highgate's promotion dream fades

HIGHGATE'S once realistic chance of achieving promotion now looks like mission impossible after they suffered their fifth defeat of the season....

London North make it a hat-trick

LONDON North won The Lord s Taverners Ford Inner Cities Cup for the third time, beating defending champions Sheffield in the final at the Castle Ground in Arundel. The representative side had already won the national under-14 competition in...

North Middlesex show so much winning Spirit

NORTH MIDDLESEX held off competition from seven other teams to win the MCC Spirit of Cricket under-13 National Club Championship at Oak-ham School last Friday....

It's glum in rainy Glams

MIDDLESEX'S fading promotion hopes dimmed further in the Welsh gloom as rain consigned their County Championship match at Glamorgan to a draw. The result left Middlesex seventh in Division Two and 35 points adrift of a promotion place......

Majestic Middlesex

MIDDLESEX won their first trophy for 15 years in a thrilling Twenty20 Cup finals day, beating holders Kent with the very last ball of the tournament, writes Ben Pearce....

Patel cuts loose

SANJAY Patel struck a magnificent century to steer Hornsey to an unlikely victory, and send local rivals Highgate’s promotion push off the rails....

In-form Hill’s at the peak of his powers

NORTH MIDDLESEX extended their lead at the top of Division Two to 24 points after completely outplaying Harrow at Park Road on Saturday....

Trophy time for Ally Park’s athletic stars

ALEXANDRA Park School's stars of track, field and gymnasium were recognised at their annual sports awards earlier this month....

Hunslet Hawks 16 London Skolars 50

SKOLARS are four points from the play-off spots after recording successive victories for the first time this season and racking up a half-century of points in the process....

What's On

REVIEW: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG)....

REVIEW: WILD CHILD

JO CAIRD reviews WILD CHILD (12A)....

REVIEW: YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (12A)....

REVIEW: MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY (PG)....

Barry Forshaw's DVD Choice

Pick of the DVDs....

REVIEW: THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (12A)....

REVIEW: THE FOX AND THE CHILD

PEGGY NUTTALL reviews THE FOX AND THE CHILD (U)....

REVIEW: BLINDSIGHT

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews BLINDSIGHT (TBC)....

REVIEW: ELITE SQUAD

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews ELITE SQUAD (18)....

REVIEW: THE LOVE GURU

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE LOVE GURU (12A)....

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....

LIVE REVIEW: MY MORNING JACKET

After more than a decade in American alt-rock s hinterland, MMJ are finally on the verge of mainstream success with recently-released fifth album Evil Urges. While the encroaching synths on the album may have disconcerted...

LIVE REVIEW: XFM’S ALL DAY BREAKFAST

Alternative radio station XFM decided to take the bull by the horns and organise a string of gigs across north and central London spanning 24 hours....

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....

ALBUM REVIEWS: MYSTERY JETS and WE ARE SCIENTISTS

The latests CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: ELBOW and YOUNG KNIVES

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: LAURA MARLING and MICHAEL JACKSON

Album reviews....

ALBUM REVIEW: HALA and MGMT

Albums reviews....

The 39 Steps

IT'Snot the first time an adaptation of John Buchan s classic thriller The 39 Steps has been made, the first being Hitchcock's film adaptation in the 1930s....

OPERA OF SURVEILLANCE

PART of the Arcola s Grimeborn season of contemporary music and performance, Opera of Surveillance is certainly innovative but also accessible if you re interested in the new and unusual....

COLOURED LIGHTS

TRILBY ProductionsColoured Lights is a lively collection of some of the lesser known songs from the legendary Kander and Ebb's musicals....

TIMON OF ATHENS

SHAKESPEARE'S sharpest satire on the nature of greed is rarely performed – surprising, given its similarity to the much-loved King Lear....

THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG

THE honeymoon is over for Connie Fisher....

UNDER THE BLUE SKY

WHEN it comes to men, women and relationships – is there ever such a thing as platonic?...

THE WIZARD OF OZ

We ve all seen The Wizard Of Oz movie – it comes round every Christmas on TV and is enchanting no matter how many times you watch it....

WEST SIDE STORY

With knife crime being so much in the news at the moment, particularly in north London, this 50th anniversary revival of the legendary American musical has an added poignancy....

BIG BRUVVA – THE MUSICAL

LOVE it or hate it, one of the most successful, controversial TV series of the past decade has crossed over to the stage, destined for this year s Edinburgh Festival....

A SLIGHT ACHE

IS IT possible to walk away from a Pinter play feeling anything but baffled and slightly disturbed?...