Camden Council in north London has approved a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that will allow police and council officers to fine street drinkers up to £100 for alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour. The order, effective from July, targets issues like loud music and public urination, excluding Hampstead Heath.
A fire destroyed the Camden Falcons FC clubhouse, leaving the team without a home field and forcing them to find alternative venues
The UK has broken its all-time temperature record for May, with highs reaching 33.5C. The heatwave is expected to persist, with warnings of increased illness and mortality rates, particularly for vulnerable groups. Experts stress the need for heat adaptation measures and emission cuts.
The Camden Highline, a £multimillion project to transform a disused rail line into a green walkway, is scrapped due to soaring costs and the 2026 energy crisis, despite community support and partial completion.
In inner London boroughs such as Camden, home to PM’s constituency, Greens hope to capitalise on collapse in Labour supportMay elections: What’s at stake across England, Wales and Scotland?In Highgate New Town, a north London housing estate whose brutalist architecture has been a fixture of film shoots, the enormous scale of the challenge Labour faces in the capital from the Greens was starkly evident.“I’ve always voted Labour. My entire family has, but it feels like a time for a change,” said Cynthia Boampong after opening her door to Lorna Jane Russell, for now the only Green member on the local Camden council but who could be returned after 7 May at the head of a much larger group. With support for Zack Polanski’s party expected to surge across the capital, nearby Hackney council is tipped to be the centre of a realignment of progressive voters, with polling suggesting the Greens could take the mayoralty and end up the largest party. The Labour bastions of Lambeth and Lewisham are also under siege. Continue reading...
Nancy Pexton, 70, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years for murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott, 69, in their London flat in Camden. Pexton stabbed Abbott 10 times and stole her gold Rolex watch before leaving the body to be found three days later. The court heard of "bubbling resentment" between the sisters.
Nancy Pexton has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years for murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott, 69, in a London flat in June 2025. Pexton stabbed her sister 10 times, left the body for three days, and stole her gold Rolex watch. The court heard of "bubbling resentment" between the sisters. Pexton also taped the victim's mouth in what the judge called a "deliberate act of degradation."
Nancy Pexton, 70, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 22 years for murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott, 69, a US citizen and film director, in her Camden flat on 10 June 2025. Pexton stabbed Abbott 10 times, taped her mouth, and stole her gold Rolex watch. The body was found three days later. Pexton fled the scene, called her GP claiming an overdose, and was arrested at hospital where police recovered the watch from her bag.
Nancy Pexton has been convicted of murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott, a 69-year-old US citizen and film director, by stabbing her 10 times and slashing her neck in her Camden flat. Pexton stole Abbott's diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch, a gift from her son, and left the body for three days before it was discovered. The court heard of a "bubbling" resentment between the sisters and a threatening message sent by Pexton in November 2024 warning Abbott to "watch your back". Sentencing is adjourned to Friday.
Nancy Pexton, 70, stabbed sister Jennifer Abbott, 69, and left her body to decompose in Camden flat for three daysA woman has been found guilty of murdering her sister by slashing her neck before making off with her diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch.Nancy Pexton stabbed her sibling Jennifer Abbott 10 times and then left her body for three days in her flat in Camden, north London, a court heard. Continue reading...
Nancy Pexton, 69, has been found guilty of murdering her sister Jennifer Abbott Dauward, a film director also known as Sarah Steinberg, at her flat in Camden, north London. The stabbing occurred on 10 June 2025, with the body discovered three days later. Pexton was arrested after a diamond-encrusted gold Rolex watch belonging to the victim was found in her bag. Abbott sustained multiple stab and slash wounds. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday.
