Ninety years of family tradition will come to an end when Muswell Hill jewellers shuts its doors for the last time, forced out of business by rising rents and sky-high parking charges.

Artists determined to keep art available for the masses are holding an auction with a difference – capping all bids at £1.

The man who stood at the helm of the Crouch End Fun Run and Festival for more than a decade was honoured with a special award at this year’s event.

Tottenham player Andros Townsend has been charged with allegedly breaching betting regulations by the Football Association and today withdrew himself from England’s squad for the European Under-21 Championship.

Tottenham blogger Alan Robins gives his verdict on Spurs’ season.

An internationally-acclaimed trio of singers brought a touch of 1940s glamour to Camden’s mayor-making ceremony.

Top lawyers, human rights campaigners, journalists and a former Children’s Laureate have all called on local MP Lynne Featherstone to oppose coalition government moves amounting to a “dangerous attack on civil liberties” which threatens to create “a two-tier justice system”.

Michael Ball, the legend of West End and Broadway musicals, has been revealed this morning as the headline act for the closing night of summer concerts at Kenwood House.

Coach Richard Scott says Middlesex must maintain a clean bill of health in the pace department if they are to cope with international call-ups.

Spurs correspondent Ben Pearce gives his verdict on Tottenham’s season, as Andre Villas-Boas’ side recorded their best ever points tally in the Premier League but missed out on the top four.

Arsenal Ladies manager Shelley Kerr says the competition is improving all the times as the Gunners prepare for Sunday’s FA Women’s Cup Final.

Jem Maidment reflects on Arsenal’s campaign after Arsene Wenger’s side rediscovered their steel to confound Tottenham’s head coach Andre Villas-Boas.

Reckless Abandon is fancied to continue his unbeaten record in his seasonal comeback in the Betfred Temple Stakes at Haydock on Saturday.

A giant rat is not something you generally expect to find beneath your dishwasher.

Middlesex County Cricket League - Premier Division

Hampstead (4pts) 306-6

Hornsey (1) 224-8

Nursery care in Haringey is more in danger than ever of becoming the preserve of the rich as providers struggle to offer free hours for three and four-year-olds.

Middlesex County Cricket League

Highgate 240-8 (4pts)

South Hampstead 140-8 (1)

Middlesex County Cricket League - Division Two

Southgate (0pts) 201

North Middlesex (10) 203-6

Helen Sweetlove was inspired to begin fostering after reading the story of Baby P.

From Teblese Selassie’s Hornsey home, she can see into the living room window of one of her former foster children. Another is just a few minutes away.

There are around 500 children in Haringey who are in desperate need of a loving home, yet the council has just 120 foster carers on its books – and most of them are in the east of the borough.

Mousa Dembele says Tottenham’s complacency cost them Champions League qualification after Sunday’s fifth-place finish in the Premier League.

Haringey is beginning to feel the burden of escalating rents and the government’s cuts as people claiming housing benefit start to move away from central London.

Premier League U21 final: Manchester United 3 Tottenham 2

Hornsey and Wood Green MP Lynne Featherstone wants you to get voting for your favourite independent shop

Thousands of people poured into Priory Park on Sunday for the 21st annual Crouch End Fun Run and Festival.

Gylfi Sigurdsson says it is vital that Tottenham keep hold of Gareth Bale this summer, stating that the club would find it virtually impossible to find a direct replacement.

Tottenham blogger Daniel Grigg discusses the climax of the Premier League campaign as Spurs beat Sunderland but missed out on the top four.

A new system for dealing with potentially dangerous potholes on Haringey’s roads will be approved by the council today.

More than 150 illegal gambling machines have been seized in Haringey in the last 10 months.

Andre Villas-Boas thinks Tottenham may have succeeded in their final day push for Champions League football had referee Andre Marriner awarded Gareth Bale a penalty - rather than book him for diving.

Premier League: Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0

Tottenham’s Andros Townsend says he has learned valuable lessons during his stellar loan spell with QPR – and he is keen to impress Spurs’ coaches again today when he faces Liverpool at Anfield.

An Olivier Award-winning actor who wowed London audiences as the autistic hero in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time has become an ambassador for a Muswell Hill charity.

GP Dr Helen Pelendrides spent Monday morning treating her patients at her Wood Green surgery. She spent Monday afternoon at her Haringey Council office, helping decide how – and where – to spend the borough’s health budget.

A Highgate landlord is brewing a special beer to help raise funds for historic Lauderdale House – inspired by a royal mistress who once lived there.

The Gospel Oak resident has been chief executive of the Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust since September. He talks missing signs, Victorian architecture and snoozing on a bench in Waterlow Park.

A flourish of yellow took hold of Waterlow Park as the friends and family of a former Channing School pupil took part in a charity walk to mark the anniversary of her death.

Niblett’s trademark intensity is met with softer elements that will widen her appeal without diminishing her gritty vitriol.

The 20-year-old’s first record reveals an artist with some promise – but only time will tell if it’s enough.