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Former Camden town hall becomes sexy London hotel

The old Camden Town Hall Annex has been transformed into an Austin Powers-esque hotel by The Standard.The Standard’s first property outside America is housed in an old Brutalist office block in Kings Cross.The Standard, London, harks back to the Swinging Sixties and recalls a bygone era, where love flowed freely and reminisces the loose living

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Camden Council announce new ten-year £18.9m leisure centre deal with contractors GLL

Despite pressure within the Labour group to bring services back in-house, last February the town hall decided it would continue to work with an external provider.It has now announced that external provider will continue to be Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), under their Better brand. The new contract covers five leisure centres – in Swiss Cottage,

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Camden in the age of the moon landing: From Peter Cook’s stolen car to building the Royal Free Hospital

A bus queue in Camden Road in 1968. PIcture: Richard LansdownA bus queue in Camden Road in 1968. PIcture: Richard Lansdown.Back then, the borough itself was scarcely half a decade old – but the late 1960s can be fairly thought of as the period which set the template for the next half-century from Hampstead to

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‘Much-needed spruce up’: Camden Town Hall refurbishment costs rise to £63m

The refurbishment of Camden Town Hall will cost £63 million, nearly £20m more than the council projected in 2016.Camden Council says the 80-year-old Grade II listed building on Judd Street – initially forecast at £44.2m – requires a “much-needed spruce up” and will “pay for itself” from rental revenue, but admits costs have risen due

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