Good morning
A quieter three days locally, dominated by one genuinely good piece of news for anyone who has used the maternity clinics on Middle Lane. Elsewhere, the Victoria line is still nursing a fault at Brixton, and ArtHouse Crouch End has two films worth your evening this week.
Getting around
Victoria line still slow after Brixton infrastructure fault
Minor delays continue on the Victoria line at Finsbury Park while TfL repairs infrastructure damage at Brixton, with the disruption running until just after midnight tonight (30 September). It follows a rougher weekend on the line that saw severe delays and a signal failure, so allow extra time if you're heading south through Finsbury Park this morning. SOURCE →
What's on
Baby-friendly Austen screening at ArtHouse Crouch End
A Babes in Arms screening of Sense and Sensibility today at 11:30, aimed squarely at parents with babies who want the cinema without the shushing. SOURCE →
Knife: the Rushdie attack, with recorded Q&A
ArtHouse Crouch End shows Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie on 30 September at 19:15, followed by a recorded Q&A. SOURCE →
Follow-ups
Whittington commits £34.6m to the maternity unit N8 relies on
The Whittington Hospital's Trust Board has approved an Outline Business Case releasing £34.6m for Phase 0 of its maternity and neonatal rebuild, covering enabling works such as demolishing the old energy centre and chimney and moving the chapel, due to finish October 2027. It matters here because the hospital's community midwifery teams run clinics from Crouch End Health Centre, Hornsey Central and Stroud Green Medical Clinic, and it offers home births to Haringey residents. Eighteen months ago this was still a business case on paper; now the money and the demolition contractors are real. READ →