The world-renowned Tottenham-based textile artist and Windrush elder Althea McNish has been honoured with a blue plaque at her former home on West Green Road in Tottenham. The plaque was unveiled at a ceremony on Monday 15 May, coinciding with the 99th anniversary of her birth. Althea McNish, who passed away in 2020 at the age...
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MAKES CHRISTMAS DONATION TO LOCAL FOODBANK
London, Monday 19 December, 2022; Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish international midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg today visited Tottenham Foodbank to make a special delivery of essential items donated by the Club and its players ahead of Christmas. Foodbanks provide emergency food and support to people living in poverty – currently a foodbank parcel is handed out every...
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to host second major Jobs Fair of the year
London, Tuesday 29 March, 2022; Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is set to host its second major Jobs Fair in the space of six weeks as the Club continues to drive employment opportunities for people within its local community. The latest event on Tuesday 5th April will be delivered in partnership between Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and...
Flat fire – Tottenham
Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to a fire at a flat above a shop on High Road in Tottenham in the early hours of this morning. Half of the ground, first and second floors of the building were damaged by fire. Eight people were out of the building before the...
Reigning Miss England Rehema Muthamia visited Tottenham.
Miss England Rehema Muthamia, who is of Kenyan heritage, visited cafe Lemon in Tottenham and met some local people during Black History Month. “I take this month to analyse my identity as a black British African woman, and how I navigate through society. As well as educating myself on the immense strength and great sacrifices...
The Last Elm
Some of you might recall in July last year the premier of Bruce Grove Stories, to showcase a new short film by BBC documentary-maker Alex Jones about the community and neighbourhood of Bruce Grove in Tottenham and a specially-commissioned poem about Bruce Grove by the poet Abondance Matanda. The event highlighted the project to bring...
Video: protesters demand coronavirus protections for Downhills Park construction workers
Residents of Keston Road, who live within sight of a development in progress next to Downhills Park, were unimpressed by the manager’s apparent lack of concern for the workers’ health. They noticed that the workers seemed to be operating closer than two metres apart from one another, despite government regulations. In response, the residents staged...
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