Crouch End News
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Travel update
Suffragette line
Suffragette line disrupted after Harringay bridge strike
Trains between Gospel Oak and Barking Riverside may be cancelled until 3pm after a vehicle hit a bridge in Harringay. London Buses accept rail tickets.
Heatwave
Heatwaves Could Cost London £25bn in a Decade, Mayor Warns
City Hall says this summer's heatwaves cost London about £2.5bn in lost work, and could cost over £25bn in ten years. Sadiq Khan takes the figures to COP31.
Schools
St Mary's Hornsey Plans to Halve Its Reception Places to 30
St Mary's CE Primary in Hornsey wants to cut its Reception intake from 60 to 30 from September 2028. Haringey's Cabinet decides tonight whether to put it out to consultation.
Transport
More Off-Peak Moorgate Trains at Hornsey From 14 December
Great Northern is doubling its off-peak Hertford North to Moorgate trains from Monday 14 December. The extra trains call at Bowes Park, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey and Harringay.
Housing
Haringey leads London for council home starts since April
Haringey Council started 343 council homes from April to September 2026, more than any London borough, City Hall figures show. Published 10 November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street footfall up 16% in first traffic-free week
Footfall on traffic-free Oxford Street rose 16% and spending 28% in week one, City Hall says. The 390 from Archway now uses Wigmore Street, where speeds held.
Air quality
Crouch End air pollution alert: high levels forecast Tuesday
A high air pollution alert covers Crouch End and all of London on Tuesday 10 November. Fog and still air trapped smoke from fireworks and wood burners.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally fireworks: BGT drone stars light sold-out night
Drones by BGT runners-up Celestial, fireworks and Eats Everything filled a sold-out Saturday at Alexandra Palace. Tonight's 6pm family show is sold out too.
Business
Nord N8 gym opens on Crouch End Hill in December
A gym with a sauna and a one-degree ice bath opens at 4 Crouch End Hill in December. Full membership is £175 a month, with 60 cheaper opening places.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council's auditor finds four weaknesses in 2025/26
KPMG will issue a disclaimer of opinion on Haringey's 2025/26 accounts and has found four weaknesses. It may add more once the housing and CQC reports land.
Remembrance
City Hall Remembrance service marks 110 years since Somme
The Mayor of London laid a wreath at City Hall on Friday for the Somme, the Gulf War, Bosnia and Iraq. Hornsey's own service is at 9.45am on Sunday 8 November.
Transport
Night Tube at 10 saves Crouch End about five minutes
Crouch End has no Night Tube station, so the trip home ends on a half-hourly night bus and saves about five minutes. Times checked for November 2026.
Crime
Crouch End knife crime falls to 3 as Haringey drops by 20%
Crouch End ward recorded 3 knife offences in a year, down from 10, while Haringey fell 19.7% and Alexandra Park ward rose from 7 to 25. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street traffic free: how to get there from Crouch End
The 390 has left Oxford Street and its stops have moved, but the Victoria line still reaches Oxford Circus from Finsbury Park. Checked November 2026.
Cost of living
Haringey family hubs: £4.7m extends free benefits advice
City Hall's £4.7m extends free benefits advice at Haringey family hubs, with weekly appointments in Muswell Hill and Wood Green. Checked November 2026.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally unveils TV plaque and a countdown clock to 2036
Alexandra Palace unveiled a World Origin Site plaque and a clock counting down to 2036 for TV's 90th anniversary. The free display runs until 30 November.
Council
Haringey budget: Ally Pally grant cut, new Highgate pay bays
Haringey's draft budget would cut Ally Pally's grant, add pay bays on Hampstead Lane and outsource Park Road Pools, with a £35.4m gap still open. Comments close 4 January.
Licensing
Haringey licence rulings: Mayor can now have the final say
From 3 November Sadiq Khan can call in Haringey Council licensing decisions on large venues, live music, later hours and festivals, and rule on them himself.
Transport
TfL fare dodger crackdown: 24 arrests in first month
Plain-clothes BTP officers and TfL inspectors stopped 467 people and made 24 arrests in a month of Operation Vector. What it means at Haringey's stations.
Planning
Haringey's final Local Plan: 21,535 homes, fewer in the west
The final draft of Haringey's Local Plan lifts the borough target to 21,535 homes but asks Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Highgate and Stroud Green for 1,250, not 1,500.
Wood Green
Wood Green red route starts Monday: no stopping on the High Road
The Wood Green red route starts Monday 2 November: no stopping at any time on the A105 High Road or the first metres of 14 side roads, except in bays.
Housing
Haringey council housing gets the regulator's lowest grade, C4
Haringey's council housing has been graded C4, the regulator's lowest. Almost 4,000 fire safety actions were overdue and half of repairs were late.
Housing
Seven Sisters council homes win UK affordable housing award
Rowan Court, 46 Haringey council homes for social rent in Seven Sisters, has won RIBA's Neave Brown Award 2026 for the UK's best new affordable housing.
Climate
Haringey climate grants of up to £50,000 close 29 November
Haringey's £100,000 Community Carbon Fund closes at 11.59pm on 29 November. Groups can bid for up to £50,000, and residents up to £1,000 with no constitution.
Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park murals unveiled, designed by six residents
Two murals shaped by six Finsbury Park residents are now up on Wells Terrace and inside the Tube station, one of them showing locals waving to arrivals.
Libraries
Hornsey Library adults' library shuts 30 November for RAAC
Hornsey Library, Crouch End's library on Haringey Park, opens 10am to 6pm most weekdays and Sunday afternoons. Its adults' library shuts 30 Nov to spring 2027.
House Prices
Haringey House Prices Fall 1.4%, First Drop Since January
The average Haringey home was worth £633,221 in August, down 1.4% on a year earlier. Flats fell 3.0%, and July's rise has been revised down to 0.3%.
Transport
Green Lanes Cycle Lane Plan: Meeting Due Before Christmas
Haringey plans a segregated cycle lane on Green Lanes from Turnpike Lane to Hermitage Road, the borough's worst A road for injury collisions in 2025.
Transport
Piccadilly line shut at Turnpike Lane 28 Oct to 1 Nov
No Piccadilly line trains at Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green or Bounds Green for five days from Wednesday 28 October. Rail replacement bus PL6 runs.
Wood Green
Wood Green High Road red route approved, cameras to enforce
Haringey has approved a red route on Wood Green High Road, Turnpike Lane to Bounds Green Road. No stopping at any time, camera enforced, £197,000 scheme.
Hornsey
Priory Road N8 death: two men charged after Hornsey fight
Richard Payne, 67, died five days after a fight on Priory Road, Hornsey. One man is charged with murder and one with manslaughter; police want witnesses.
Haringey Council
Haringey empty council homes: 818 vacant, 301-day relets
Haringey had 818 empty council and temporary homes on 11 September. Standard relets took 301 days on average in March; the new target is 46 days.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council this week: red route, call-ins end
A red route for Wood Green High Road is up for sign-off on 13 October, and councillors lose their planning call-in from 31 October. Every meeting, 12 to 16 October.
Food hygiene
Crouch End food hygiene: 16 fives, a 2 on Turnpike Lane
Double Apple Kitchen on Turnpike Lane was rated 2 after an August inspection that reached the register late. 16 of 20 new ratings in N8, N10 and N6 are 5s.
Highgate
North Road Highgate petition: 3,285 sign for school safety
3,285 people have signed a Haringey petition for a lollipop patrol, signals and speed cameras on North Road, past the bar for a full council debate.
Haringey Council
Haringey betting shops: 55 in the east, 6 in the west
Haringey has the 12th highest density of gambling premises in England, and almost all are in the east. An estimated 7,462 residents face the most severe harm.
Wood Green
Wood Green fire: man dies in Granville Road house blaze
A man died in a house fire on Granville Road, Wood Green, on Saturday night. Hornsey crews were among 40 firefighters. What LFB has confirmed so far.
Planning
Crouch End YMCA: 174-room rebuild plan, gym would close
YMCA London City and North has applied to demolish 184 Tottenham Lane and build 174 en-suite rooms. The Crouch End Fitness Centre is not in the new building.
Highgate
Highgate North Road crash: girl, 16, dies near school
A 16-year-old Highgate School pupil died after a car hit her on North Road on Thursday morning. A driver, 68, is on bail and police want dashcam footage.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council this week: 37 council homes, SEND plan
Haringey approved a builder for 37 social-rent homes at Woodridings Court N22 on 28 September, name and price kept secret. Scrutiny took SEND and adult care.
Food hygiene
Crouch End food hygiene ratings: 30 fives, none below 3
30 of 42 food businesses inspected in N8, N10 and N6 in July and August scored 5. Four got a 3, including Paesan on The Broadway. Every rating, with dates.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace Panorama Room: £3.5m rebuild, plans 30 Sept
The Panorama Room comes down in February 2027 and is rebuilt for £3.5m on a Haringey Council loan. Planning and listed building plans go in by 30 September.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace concert noise: 46 complaints, 0 breaches
Seven concerts drew 46 noise complaints from 14 addresses. Sound peaked at 65db against a 75db licence, and Uber was geo-fenced off two Muswell Hill roads.
House Prices
Haringey House Prices Up 1% as Camden Falls 10.1%
The average Haringey home reached £638,690 in July, up 1% as annual growth more than halved. Flats fell 0.4%, and Camden dropped 10.1% next door.
Sport
London Blitz U19 Win 11th National Title for Haringey
The Finsbury Park club's under-19s beat top seeds Nottingham Caesars 12-8 in Coventry for an 11th national title, with Abdul-Samad Ilupeju named MVP.
Travel
Crouch Hill reopens 17 September, six weeks early
Thames Water expects Crouch Hill to reopen on Thursday, 46 days before the 2 November date. The W7 goes back to its normal route from Friday.
Travel
Haringey bus strikes over: cab air conditioning by May 2027
Arriva drivers accepted the deal, so the October strike dates are gone. Buses will get cab air conditioning by May 2027, with a 35-minute rule meanwhile.
Health
Whittington maternity: £34.6m released, works start 2026
The Whittington's board has released £34.57m to start rebuilding maternity and neonatal care. Services stay open, and this first phase runs to October 2027.
Planning
Highgate School plans: 273 objections, 8 years of work
Five applications to rebuild Highgate School drew 273 objections and 11 supporting. Works could run six to eight years, with a decision due by year end.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council £21.7m Over Budget After Three Months
Haringey is forecast to spend £21.7m more than it budgeted, on top of £84.3m of emergency government support. Cabinet sees the Quarter 1 figures on 15 September.
Housing
Muswell Hill Renter Wins £7,885 Back From HMO Landlord
A tribunal ordered a Muswell Hill landlord to repay 90% of a year's rent, £7,884.84, over an unlicensed shared house. How to check your own home and claim.
Travel
Haringey Bus Strike Called Off, Drivers Vote on Offer
Friday's Arriva walkout did not happen. Unite postponed it after an improved offer and is balloting drivers. Seven strike days to 20 October hang on it.
Crouch End
Stephen King's Crouch End: Six-Part Prime Video Series
Amazon MGM has commissioned six episodes of King's 1980 horror story, the one set on these streets. Filming starts next year. No cast or locations named yet.
Transport
Crouch Hill Station Shut Two Sundays, 6 and 13 September
Crouch Hill and Harringay Green Lanes have no trains on Sunday 6 and Sunday 13 September. TfL's advice covers the Walthamstow end of the line, not this one.
Travel
Bus Strikes: Seven Dates Left, and the Walkout Was Paused
Unite has paused the strikes and is balloting drivers on a new offer. Seven dates remain in the diary, every one a Friday or a Monday in Haringey term time.
House Prices
Haringey house prices rose £15,386 as Islington fell 8%
Haringey rose 2.5% to £634,444 while London fell 2.5% and Islington 8.1%. It ranks fifth of 33 boroughs and is the dearest of the 14 that rose.
Schools
Haringey GCSE results 2026: the three schools that published
Hornsey School for Girls got 71% to grade 4 in English and maths, down from 75%. Highgate and Channing published too. The council published no figures.
Travel
Crouch End Bus Strike: 41 Off, the 91, W5 and W7 Still Run
The 41 and N41 are off at the Broadway, but the 91, W5 and W7 keep running. Route by route at six local stops, and the dates of the next walkout.
Community
Alexandra Park boardwalk: plans in after £24,337 raised
Friends of Alexandra Park raised £24,337 from 427 donors. The boardwalk plan for Bruce's Platform is now with Haringey, decision due 11 September.
Schools
A level results 2026: 51% A*s at Highgate School
Highgate School posted 51% A*s and Channing 62.4% at A*-A, while Fortismere reports its best ever sixth form progress. England's A-or-above rate: 28.3%.
Community
Civic Centre time capsule: send a photo by 16 October
Haringey will bury a time capsule at the restored Civic Centre before it reopens in 2027. Anyone with a link to the borough can send a photo until 16 October.
Transport
91 bus: Crouch End to Wood Green extension signed off
The 91 will run beyond Crouch End Broadway to Wood Green through the new Heartlands estate after Haringey signed off the last road changes on 23 July.
Housing
Haringey renters' forum: first meeting 2 September
Private renters can put repairs, rent rises and rogue landlords to the council at the first forum, 6pm on 2 September at George Meehan House, Wood Green.
Heatwave
Heatwaves Could Cost London £25bn in a Decade, Mayor Warns
City Hall says this summer's heatwaves cost London about £2.5bn in lost work, and could cost over £25bn in ten years. Sadiq Khan takes the figures to COP31.
Schools
St Mary's Hornsey Plans to Halve Its Reception Places to 30
St Mary's CE Primary in Hornsey wants to cut its Reception intake from 60 to 30 from September 2028. Haringey's Cabinet decides tonight whether to put it out to consultation.
Transport
More Off-Peak Moorgate Trains at Hornsey From 14 December
Great Northern is doubling its off-peak Hertford North to Moorgate trains from Monday 14 December. The extra trains call at Bowes Park, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey and Harringay.
Housing
Haringey leads London for council home starts since April
Haringey Council started 343 council homes from April to September 2026, more than any London borough, City Hall figures show. Published 10 November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street footfall up 16% in first traffic-free week
Footfall on traffic-free Oxford Street rose 16% and spending 28% in week one, City Hall says. The 390 from Archway now uses Wigmore Street, where speeds held.
Air quality
Crouch End air pollution alert: high levels forecast Tuesday
A high air pollution alert covers Crouch End and all of London on Tuesday 10 November. Fog and still air trapped smoke from fireworks and wood burners.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally fireworks: BGT drone stars light sold-out night
Drones by BGT runners-up Celestial, fireworks and Eats Everything filled a sold-out Saturday at Alexandra Palace. Tonight's 6pm family show is sold out too.
Business
Nord N8 gym opens on Crouch End Hill in December
A gym with a sauna and a one-degree ice bath opens at 4 Crouch End Hill in December. Full membership is £175 a month, with 60 cheaper opening places.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council's auditor finds four weaknesses in 2025/26
KPMG will issue a disclaimer of opinion on Haringey's 2025/26 accounts and has found four weaknesses. It may add more once the housing and CQC reports land.
Remembrance
City Hall Remembrance service marks 110 years since Somme
The Mayor of London laid a wreath at City Hall on Friday for the Somme, the Gulf War, Bosnia and Iraq. Hornsey's own service is at 9.45am on Sunday 8 November.
Transport
Night Tube at 10 saves Crouch End about five minutes
Crouch End has no Night Tube station, so the trip home ends on a half-hourly night bus and saves about five minutes. Times checked for November 2026.
Crime
Crouch End knife crime falls to 3 as Haringey drops by 20%
Crouch End ward recorded 3 knife offences in a year, down from 10, while Haringey fell 19.7% and Alexandra Park ward rose from 7 to 25. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street traffic free: how to get there from Crouch End
The 390 has left Oxford Street and its stops have moved, but the Victoria line still reaches Oxford Circus from Finsbury Park. Checked November 2026.
Cost of living
Haringey family hubs: £4.7m extends free benefits advice
City Hall's £4.7m extends free benefits advice at Haringey family hubs, with weekly appointments in Muswell Hill and Wood Green. Checked November 2026.
Alexandra Palace
Ally Pally unveils TV plaque and a countdown clock to 2036
Alexandra Palace unveiled a World Origin Site plaque and a clock counting down to 2036 for TV's 90th anniversary. The free display runs until 30 November.
Council
Haringey budget: Ally Pally grant cut, new Highgate pay bays
Haringey's draft budget would cut Ally Pally's grant, add pay bays on Hampstead Lane and outsource Park Road Pools, with a £35.4m gap still open. Comments close 4 January.
Licensing
Haringey licence rulings: Mayor can now have the final say
From 3 November Sadiq Khan can call in Haringey Council licensing decisions on large venues, live music, later hours and festivals, and rule on them himself.
Transport
TfL fare dodger crackdown: 24 arrests in first month
Plain-clothes BTP officers and TfL inspectors stopped 467 people and made 24 arrests in a month of Operation Vector. What it means at Haringey's stations.
Planning
Haringey's final Local Plan: 21,535 homes, fewer in the west
The final draft of Haringey's Local Plan lifts the borough target to 21,535 homes but asks Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Highgate and Stroud Green for 1,250, not 1,500.
Wood Green
Wood Green red route starts Monday: no stopping on the High Road
The Wood Green red route starts Monday 2 November: no stopping at any time on the A105 High Road or the first metres of 14 side roads, except in bays.
Housing
Haringey council housing gets the regulator's lowest grade, C4
Haringey's council housing has been graded C4, the regulator's lowest. Almost 4,000 fire safety actions were overdue and half of repairs were late.
Housing
Seven Sisters council homes win UK affordable housing award
Rowan Court, 46 Haringey council homes for social rent in Seven Sisters, has won RIBA's Neave Brown Award 2026 for the UK's best new affordable housing.
Climate
Haringey climate grants of up to £50,000 close 29 November
Haringey's £100,000 Community Carbon Fund closes at 11.59pm on 29 November. Groups can bid for up to £50,000, and residents up to £1,000 with no constitution.
Finsbury Park
Finsbury Park murals unveiled, designed by six residents
Two murals shaped by six Finsbury Park residents are now up on Wells Terrace and inside the Tube station, one of them showing locals waving to arrivals.
Libraries
Hornsey Library adults' library shuts 30 November for RAAC
Hornsey Library, Crouch End's library on Haringey Park, opens 10am to 6pm most weekdays and Sunday afternoons. Its adults' library shuts 30 Nov to spring 2027.
House Prices
Haringey House Prices Fall 1.4%, First Drop Since January
The average Haringey home was worth £633,221 in August, down 1.4% on a year earlier. Flats fell 3.0%, and July's rise has been revised down to 0.3%.
Transport
Green Lanes Cycle Lane Plan: Meeting Due Before Christmas
Haringey plans a segregated cycle lane on Green Lanes from Turnpike Lane to Hermitage Road, the borough's worst A road for injury collisions in 2025.
Transport
Piccadilly line shut at Turnpike Lane 28 Oct to 1 Nov
No Piccadilly line trains at Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green or Bounds Green for five days from Wednesday 28 October. Rail replacement bus PL6 runs.
Wood Green
Wood Green High Road red route approved, cameras to enforce
Haringey has approved a red route on Wood Green High Road, Turnpike Lane to Bounds Green Road. No stopping at any time, camera enforced, £197,000 scheme.
Hornsey
Priory Road N8 death: two men charged after Hornsey fight
Richard Payne, 67, died five days after a fight on Priory Road, Hornsey. One man is charged with murder and one with manslaughter; police want witnesses.
Haringey Council
Haringey empty council homes: 818 vacant, 301-day relets
Haringey had 818 empty council and temporary homes on 11 September. Standard relets took 301 days on average in March; the new target is 46 days.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council this week: red route, call-ins end
A red route for Wood Green High Road is up for sign-off on 13 October, and councillors lose their planning call-in from 31 October. Every meeting, 12 to 16 October.
Food hygiene
Crouch End food hygiene: 16 fives, a 2 on Turnpike Lane
Double Apple Kitchen on Turnpike Lane was rated 2 after an August inspection that reached the register late. 16 of 20 new ratings in N8, N10 and N6 are 5s.
Highgate
North Road Highgate petition: 3,285 sign for school safety
3,285 people have signed a Haringey petition for a lollipop patrol, signals and speed cameras on North Road, past the bar for a full council debate.
Haringey Council
Haringey betting shops: 55 in the east, 6 in the west
Haringey has the 12th highest density of gambling premises in England, and almost all are in the east. An estimated 7,462 residents face the most severe harm.
Wood Green
Wood Green fire: man dies in Granville Road house blaze
A man died in a house fire on Granville Road, Wood Green, on Saturday night. Hornsey crews were among 40 firefighters. What LFB has confirmed so far.
Planning
Crouch End YMCA: 174-room rebuild plan, gym would close
YMCA London City and North has applied to demolish 184 Tottenham Lane and build 174 en-suite rooms. The Crouch End Fitness Centre is not in the new building.
Highgate
Highgate North Road crash: girl, 16, dies near school
A 16-year-old Highgate School pupil died after a car hit her on North Road on Thursday morning. A driver, 68, is on bail and police want dashcam footage.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council this week: 37 council homes, SEND plan
Haringey approved a builder for 37 social-rent homes at Woodridings Court N22 on 28 September, name and price kept secret. Scrutiny took SEND and adult care.
Food hygiene
Crouch End food hygiene ratings: 30 fives, none below 3
30 of 42 food businesses inspected in N8, N10 and N6 in July and August scored 5. Four got a 3, including Paesan on The Broadway. Every rating, with dates.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace Panorama Room: £3.5m rebuild, plans 30 Sept
The Panorama Room comes down in February 2027 and is rebuilt for £3.5m on a Haringey Council loan. Planning and listed building plans go in by 30 September.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace concert noise: 46 complaints, 0 breaches
Seven concerts drew 46 noise complaints from 14 addresses. Sound peaked at 65db against a 75db licence, and Uber was geo-fenced off two Muswell Hill roads.
House Prices
Haringey House Prices Up 1% as Camden Falls 10.1%
The average Haringey home reached £638,690 in July, up 1% as annual growth more than halved. Flats fell 0.4%, and Camden dropped 10.1% next door.
Sport
London Blitz U19 Win 11th National Title for Haringey
The Finsbury Park club's under-19s beat top seeds Nottingham Caesars 12-8 in Coventry for an 11th national title, with Abdul-Samad Ilupeju named MVP.
Travel
Crouch Hill reopens 17 September, six weeks early
Thames Water expects Crouch Hill to reopen on Thursday, 46 days before the 2 November date. The W7 goes back to its normal route from Friday.
Travel
Haringey bus strikes over: cab air conditioning by May 2027
Arriva drivers accepted the deal, so the October strike dates are gone. Buses will get cab air conditioning by May 2027, with a 35-minute rule meanwhile.
Health
Whittington maternity: £34.6m released, works start 2026
The Whittington's board has released £34.57m to start rebuilding maternity and neonatal care. Services stay open, and this first phase runs to October 2027.
Planning
Highgate School plans: 273 objections, 8 years of work
Five applications to rebuild Highgate School drew 273 objections and 11 supporting. Works could run six to eight years, with a decision due by year end.
Haringey Council
Haringey Council £21.7m Over Budget After Three Months
Haringey is forecast to spend £21.7m more than it budgeted, on top of £84.3m of emergency government support. Cabinet sees the Quarter 1 figures on 15 September.
Housing
Muswell Hill Renter Wins £7,885 Back From HMO Landlord
A tribunal ordered a Muswell Hill landlord to repay 90% of a year's rent, £7,884.84, over an unlicensed shared house. How to check your own home and claim.
Travel
Haringey Bus Strike Called Off, Drivers Vote on Offer
Friday's Arriva walkout did not happen. Unite postponed it after an improved offer and is balloting drivers. Seven strike days to 20 October hang on it.
Crouch End
Stephen King's Crouch End: Six-Part Prime Video Series
Amazon MGM has commissioned six episodes of King's 1980 horror story, the one set on these streets. Filming starts next year. No cast or locations named yet.
Transport
Crouch Hill Station Shut Two Sundays, 6 and 13 September
Crouch Hill and Harringay Green Lanes have no trains on Sunday 6 and Sunday 13 September. TfL's advice covers the Walthamstow end of the line, not this one.
Travel
Bus Strikes: Seven Dates Left, and the Walkout Was Paused
Unite has paused the strikes and is balloting drivers on a new offer. Seven dates remain in the diary, every one a Friday or a Monday in Haringey term time.
House Prices
Haringey house prices rose £15,386 as Islington fell 8%
Haringey rose 2.5% to £634,444 while London fell 2.5% and Islington 8.1%. It ranks fifth of 33 boroughs and is the dearest of the 14 that rose.
Schools
Haringey GCSE results 2026: the three schools that published
Hornsey School for Girls got 71% to grade 4 in English and maths, down from 75%. Highgate and Channing published too. The council published no figures.
Travel
Crouch End Bus Strike: 41 Off, the 91, W5 and W7 Still Run
The 41 and N41 are off at the Broadway, but the 91, W5 and W7 keep running. Route by route at six local stops, and the dates of the next walkout.
Community
Alexandra Park boardwalk: plans in after £24,337 raised
Friends of Alexandra Park raised £24,337 from 427 donors. The boardwalk plan for Bruce's Platform is now with Haringey, decision due 11 September.
Schools
A level results 2026: 51% A*s at Highgate School
Highgate School posted 51% A*s and Channing 62.4% at A*-A, while Fortismere reports its best ever sixth form progress. England's A-or-above rate: 28.3%.
Community
Civic Centre time capsule: send a photo by 16 October
Haringey will bury a time capsule at the restored Civic Centre before it reopens in 2027. Anyone with a link to the borough can send a photo until 16 October.
Transport
91 bus: Crouch End to Wood Green extension signed off
The 91 will run beyond Crouch End Broadway to Wood Green through the new Heartlands estate after Haringey signed off the last road changes on 23 July.
Housing
Haringey renters' forum: first meeting 2 September
Private renters can put repairs, rent rises and rogue landlords to the council at the first forum, 6pm on 2 September at George Meehan House, Wood Green.