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About William Perrin

Active in Kings Cross London and founder of Talk About Local, helping people find a voice online, trustee. The Indigo Trust.

Demolition of the Keskidee Centre

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Do you know this man suspected of stealing from a centre for deaf people on the Cally Road?

At the far North of the Kings Cross patch comes news of an especially callous robbery at a signing centre for deaf people.  Police text follows: The victim wishes to remain anonymous but said: “I would appreciate the help of … Continue reading

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Do you know anything about the fatal assault on Gerard Allison?

After an Easter break we return with some awful news. Every now and then the bad past of Kings Cross returns.  In this case a man severely assaulted in Keystone Crescent in August 2004 finally lost his struggle with life … Continue reading

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London policing changes – what is the MOPC?

This site in general is a strong supporter of the work the Met Police does in Kings Cross. There have been some substantial changes to the way the police priorities (for London as a whole) are set.  Basically the Mayor … Continue reading

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Give & Take Free community event and swap shop Saturday 31 March 10.30am-2pm Somers Town Community Centre

Just in from Camden – last minute news of a promising community event Give & Take to the West of Kings Cross.  There are some pics of the last Give and Take over in Facebook. >>Free community event and swap … Continue reading

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Fire Drill problems on York way

Some odd scenes are reported by a local resident with a bird’s eye view of York Way as fire drills on the railways lands site appear to go awry.  We received a copy of an email to a University of … Continue reading

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Kings Cross Station refurbishment – long term retrospective

So Network Rail has almost finished the refurbishment of the station and is merrily PR-ing it.   I was pleased that Tom Edwards at the BBC picked up on our long term work here exposing the cost over runs and … Continue reading

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Caledonian road fire aftermath

No one hurt but a charred motorbike

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