Good morning
Good morning. Two new policing priorities have landed for the Broadway and Weston Park this week, a Park Road convenience store has cleared its licensing hurdle, and the roadworks disrupting Crouch Hill traffic and buses have residents asking when normal service resumes. Plus a live severe delay on the Victoria line this morning worth knowing about before you leave the house.
The big story
Police set shoplifting priority for Crouch End Broadway
Following a rise in theft and shoplifting reported on the Broadway, officers have made it a formal local policing priority as of 28 July. Plain-clothes patrols are focused on numbers 1 to 11 Crouch End Broadway, between Boots and Waitrose, where police say recent operations have already led to arrests. They intend to target prolific offenders and pursue Criminal Behaviour Orders against repeat suspects. READ →
In brief
Police make car break-ins a Weston Park priority
Officers have logged theft from motor vehicles around Weston Park as a local priority, set on 28 July, after a recent rise in thefts, often of parcel shelves. High-visibility and plain-clothes patrols will run during the hours these offences typically occur. READ →
Licence granted for convenience store at 21 Park Road
Haringey's Licensing Sub-Committee has approved a new premises licence for Freshco Basket at 21 Park Road, N8, which will sell groceries, fresh food and chilled goods alongside a small alcohol range. The Metropolitan Police withdrew their objection after the applicant agreed extra conditions; a public objector did not attend the hearing. READ →
Council funds extra site checks at Woodside Avenue homes
Haringey has added £6,900 to the clerk of works contract at the Cranwood housing scheme, 100 Woodside Avenue, taking the total to £61,182. The extra oversight covers the final stages of construction, handover and the defects liability period. READ →
Getting around
Contraflow on the Broadway until 21 September
TfL has a contraflow running in both directions on the A103 Broadway at the Middle Lane junction, in place for borough works until the evening of 21 September. TfL rates the severity as minimal but says delays are possible. READ →
W7 skips Crouch Hill station until 2 November
The W7 remains diverted in both directions between Stroud Green Road and Crouch End Broadway, missing Crouch Hill station entirely, via Hanley Road, Hornsey Rise and Crouch End Hill. The diversion, in place since 18 May, runs until 6pm on Monday 2 November. READ →
Victoria line hit by severe delays this morning
TfL is reporting severe delays on the Victoria line at Finsbury Park, caused by train cancellations and an earlier person taken ill at Green Park. The disruption was recorded shortly after midnight and is expected to continue through the day. SOURCE →
What's on
Know Your Numbers Week comes to Hornsey
Queenswood Medical Practice is supporting the national Know Your Numbers Week campaign from 7 September, urging local residents to get their blood pressure checked. SOURCE →
People are talking about
Residents ask how long Crouch Hill roadworks will last
A resident has asked online whether Crouch Hill will be closed all autumn, having noticed the W7 diversion via Stroud Green Road running all week. The diversion is already confirmed to run until 2 November.
Broadway residents notice hoarding at the old bank
A resident has asked what's happening at 23 The Broadway after hoarding went up and a licensing notice appeared in the window, pointing to the wine bar licence application already in progress there.