Camden's legendary gay pub, The Black Cap, has confirmed its reopening date, a smidge over a decade since it was forced to close. The pub, which has been a gay haunt since the winter of 1965/66 was forced to close in 2015 when the owners decided they wanted to redevelop the site. The owners themselves closed in 2020, and the company's administrators sold the building to a new owner who has been working to reopen the venue once again as a gay cabaret pub.
definitely see a different intensity of people experiencing different support needs. People suffering from domestic violence, trauma, people who are being evicted from their current accommodation. We are seeing more women on the streets.
London saw more than 440,000 fly-tipping incidents in the year 2023/24, with 50 incidents per every 1,000 residents more than double the English average. Data reveals that eight out of the ten worst locations in the country for fly-tipping are in the capital. It comes after more than a dozen London authorities increased fly-tipping penalties to 1,000 and hired more enforcement officers in an effort to combat the city's spiralling waste problem.
Residents in Camden filed more than 14,000 graffiti reports in the last three years, according to figures obtained under Freedom of Information legislation. This is equivalent to 6,582 complaints per 100,000 people, showing how the line between vandalism and art has been tested locally. Camden has gained notoriety in recent years for its vibrant street art, featuring large-scale murals to former residents such as Amy Winehouse.
Thames Water has confirmed the incident in Plender Street this afternoon (July 6). As a result of the incident, tap water flow has been impacted, with some properties experiencing low water pressure or no water at all.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police were in pursuit of a vehicle shortly after 2.30am this morning along Hampstead Road. During the chase, the vehicle was involved in a crash with a bus and lorry.
