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TCP Issue Forty-Five News News Photography Community Tottenham’s high streets Funding for High Road Images from the Grime to green: international street to receive multi-million- West development scheme vigil held in memory art collective plan Tottenham’s biggest pound funding approved by cabinet of Sarah Everard mural project Page 3 Page 5 Page 10-11 Page 12 tottenhamcommunitypress.co.uk facebook.com/tottenhamcp T @tottenhamcp TOTTENHAM E [email protected] April 2021 COMMUNITY PRESS No.45, Free Local news that matters to you Speaking to the Evening Standard in February, Oneica Williams, 23, the pregnant girlfriend of Tyreke Watson (who is expecting their child next month) said: “Tyreke was an amazing partner and did his best to make me happy. He was excited about being a father. Not only do his family and I deserve jus- tice, but so does our unborn child.” Detective Chief Superintendent Treena Fleming, who is responsi- ble for policing in Haringey, said: “My deepest sympathies lie with the family and friends of those who have lost their lives in this tragic way. “My top priority remains tack- ling violent crime in our com- munity – as one person killed or injured is one person too many. “But the police can’t do this on our own – my teams and I are working closely with the local authority, education and the health system to come together to prevent our young people getting involved in crime, recklessly car- Floral tribute to Gabriel Bringye Credit Lydia Odelana rying knives and getting killed on the streets of Haringey. “It is vital that we share informa- tion and work together if we want Increased police presence to keep crime levels down and put an end to this mindless violence that we have already experienced follows spate of murders in Haringey this year. “Stop and search is one import- Metropolitan Police and Haringey Council Continued on Page-3 As a not-for-profit organisation, we need your support to help outline plans to tackle violent crime produce Tottenham Community Press. Scan this code with By Luchia Robinson your PayPal app to support our community engagement. were not life threatening. fered by the two other male victims, publishers Social Spider CIC To date four people have been Both Tyreke and Anas were both 18, were not life threatening. with a one-off donation. he police have increased killed in Haringey since the start stabbed in West Green Road, N15. These murders and violent their presence in Totten- of the year − all four incidents In February, Gabriel Bringye, 37, attacks have happened despite a Tham following a spate of happening in Tottenham. was stabbed and killed in Jarrow recent report detailing total crime murders which have raised con- Tyreke Watson, 21, was chased and Road, N17. The police had been across the Metropolitan Police’s cerns about the rates of violent fatally stabbed in an attack, in Febru- called to the scene after concerns an North Area Basic Command Unit crime in the area. ary. Despite attempts to save his life, injured man had been found unre- (covering Haringey and Enfield), Officers are intensifying their he was pronounced dead at the scene. sponsive inside a car at the location. having dropped by 10% during the focus on gang activity, conducting 17-year-old Anas Mezenner and Last month three men were past 12 months since the pandemic more stop and searches as well as another male were found with attacked in Penshurst Road, N17. restrictions were set in place − knife weapons sweeps, issuing more stab injuries in January. Anas 19-year-old Nikolay Vandev died crime falling by 43% and violence arrest warrants, and increasing died; the other victim’s injuries from a fatal wound. The injuries suf- with injury down by 12% as a result. 2 No 45 APRIL 2021 TOTTENHAM COMMUNITY PRESS WELCOME Steadfast In Difficulties April 2021 No. 45 At Tottenham Community Press we believe that Tottenham deserves a newspaper that is written by and for local people, and which celebrates community in all its diversity. We believe that local news brings people together around the issues that matter most to them and ensures everyone can have a voice in local decision-making. Now more than ever we believe that the media should be responsive and accountable to the community it serves. Publisher David Floyd Editor Luchia Robinson Designer Jonathan Duncan Head of Community News Operations Paige Ballmi Mural by Carleen De Sozër in Stoneleigh Road Credit Karin Lock Head of Advertising and Membership An introduction from the editor Klaudia Kiss Head of Engagement ello, welcome to issue 45. Penny Dampier Haringey Council has been successful in securing JOIN US Hfunding that will change the area in many ways. Contributors Investments will go toward improving local high streets, includ- Lydia Odelana, Karin ing Tottenham Green Seven Sisters and Bruce Grove (p.3). Lock, Stephen Furner, Funds have also been approved to kickstart the High Simon Allin, Maria Road West development in the White Hart Lane area. This Online Joseph, Floe Davis, ambitious development scheme will see the creation of Sophie Bullock, Karim new homes and a community civic hub, as well as eco- Al-Abbas, Joan Curtis, nomic investment into local businesses, if a residents Henry Jacobs, Christina ballot confirms a ‘yes’ vote to the planned proposals (p.5). editorial The murders of Gabriel Bringye, Tyreke Watson, Nikolay Egan, Terry Egan Vandev and Anas Mezenner have caused alarm within the community. The police and council tell TCP about what they are doing to address violent crime in the area and meeting improve safety following these tragic fatalities (front page). The death of Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old woman who was attacked and killed in South London last month has had a massive impact on people nationwide. Members of the community joined in Chestnuts Park to pay tribute to 6th April Tottenham Community Press Sarah, and other women who have also been subjected to Selby Centre, Selby Road, Tottenham N17 8JL violence by men (p.10-11); resident Joan Curtis provides a personal commentary on p.15. Email [email protected] 18:30 Phone 020 8521 7956/ Street art collective Blank Walls are planning Totten- 07762 689 995 ham’s biggest wall mural, which will connect the com- munity to the green spaces of Tottenham Marshes (p.12). Published by Social Spider CIC What initiatives are happening in your area? We welcome EMAIL: [email protected] Tottenham Community Press is a your story ideas and are now accepting pitches from residents member of IMPRESS: The Independent Monitor of The Press. For more in Wood Green too. Get in touch: [email protected] information on the TCP’s complaints policy and how to make a complaint visit: tottenhamcommunitypress. co.uk/complaints Luchia Robinson, Editor TOTTENHAM COMMUNITY PRESS No 45 APRIL 2021 3 NEWS Tottenham’s high streets to receive NEWS IN BRIEF New financial multi-million-pound funding hardship chemes to revamp Totten- fund launched ham’s high streets are set Sto go ahead after Haringey by council Council’s cabinet agreed new multi-million pound funding. he Haringey Support The money brings approximately Fund has launched a £30 million of investment to the Thardship fund aimed area – with around half of this com- at providing assistance to ing from the council’s budget. residents receiving benefits The funding award - an in-prin- or with low incomes and no ciple funding offer of £10m from access to other help. the government’s Future High Cllr Seema Chandwani, Streets Fund (FHSF) programme, cabinet member for will enable works to start on the transformation and public schemes planned along Totten- realm investment said: “The ham High Road, improving the impact of more than a decade town centres of Bruce Grove, Tot- of austerity is clearly visible tenham Green and Seven Sisters. across our borough, with too Cllr Charles Adje, cabinet many people struggling to member for finance and strate- make ends meet, and having gic regeneration, said: “Totten- nowhere to turn when a ham High Road is the social and financial crisis hits. economic heart of a vibrant and Tottenham High Road “I know from personal growing community. It supports Credit Stephen Furner experience how hard that can retail, civic, employment, cul- investment comes at a critical form an underused yard space in around Bruce Grove and Seven Sis- be, and Covid-19 has only made tural, wellbeing, leisure, commu- time and I am confident it will south Tottenham into a mixed use ters will be enhanced, improving things harder, particularly nity activities, housing and more, help us to unlock Tottenham’s vast industrial and commercial site. the infrastructure around the five for those who were struggling enriching the lives of residents potential and support our wider The money will also support the schools in the area. before the pandemic. and visitors. commitments to addressing socio- area’s retail post Covid-19 and be Land such as Stoneleigh Car Park “No-one should suffer “Tottenham, just like high streets economic inequality.” invested in community assets such will be made available for residen- financial hardship in silence. across the country, faces real pres- The money will be used on plans as Bruce Grove Youth Space, the tial and commercial development Whether you’re a single sure to adapt for a digital age and to expand Holcombe and Totten- Cloud Garden and St Ann’s Com- to increase footfall in the local parent whose boiler has just there is a need to future proof the ham Green Markets and secure munity Centre. area, and benefit already estab- broken, a retired citizen town centres of Seven Sisters, Tot- Seven Sisters market.
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