Podcast feedRoyal Café Closed by Network Rail Rent Hike
The Royal Café has been serving up food and drink to locals and tourists in Camden for twenty-four years. It’s a part of the community. It was started by Ayse and her husband in 1993 and they’ve run it ever since. But now they’re having to shut up shop because Network Rail, who owns the property, has increased their rent by 100%.
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Kill Bill Homeless Protest
A homeless protest has been started beside Broadcasting House. The protesters are the same group of homeless men we went to speak to a few weeks ago. They’ve decided enough is enough and this time they won’t be moved on. They’re calling for action on homelessness now.
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World of Whoa!
Catherine Carroll’s World of Whoa! is back.
The cuts to local libraries has the ‘Whoa! Don’t do that!’ factor. Catherine speaks to George Binette, who is part of the Speak Up for Libraries campaign.
The threatened closure of a greasy spoon on Gray’s Inn Road has had all the staff at ITN studios saying ‘Whoa! That’s where I get my chips!’. In support of their love for their local cafe, we bring you a report from ours: Royal Cafe.
Listen up and get ready to say Whoa!
Written and presented by Catherine Carroll with editing and contribution by Freddy and Teresa.
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Libraries Under Threat
Speak Up for Libraries is a campaign fighting to protect libraries from cuts and closures in Camden and nationally. In recent years, local government cut backs have hit libraries hard and it looks certain that there will be more to come. On Tuesday 9th February a rally to petition Parliament has been organised by Speak Up for Libraries group. George Binette from Camden Unison is involved in the campaign. He came into our studio to tell us more.
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Inside the Camden Mothership
The ‘Camden Mothership’ was the name given to a recent squat in the former Council offices on West End Lane. It didn’t last long as the Council wasted no time in having them evicted, branding the squatters ‘freeloaders’.
For their part, the squatters said they were there to reopen the building to the public as a community centre and space.
Are the Council right to be so dismissive of the squatters as time wasters and freeloaders? Or are the squatters pointing out an uncomfortable truth about the council’s sale of public land?
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