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Enfield teacher Yasmin Ali Khan is leading a new craze for writing poetry and posting it in public. Participants simply write a poem and post it in a public place where other people can read it. The writers also include their email address so they can receive feedback on their work.

Norman Keen, a pioneering charity campaigner, has been recognised for over a decade of tireless work. Norman, of Grange Park Avenue, Winchmore, was awarded the Stephen McAleese award for his work over 18 years setting up the east London branch of Headway, a charity that helps people who have suffered brain injuries.

A six year old Tottenham Hotspur fan who is a patient at Great Ormond Street Hospital was over the moon when he attended the hospital’s annual patients’ party. Harry Potter fan Archie Madden-Brine was delighted when he met the Weasley twins from the Harry Potter films.

Nearly £2 million has been donated by the Heritage Lottery Fund for the restoration of Forty Hall in North London. The £1.8m will be spent on restoring the site of the Tudor building Elsyng Palace, landscape management, improved access to the grounds, a new playground and a bridge across Maidens Brook.

The world famous Islington-born singer Leona Lewis is the headline act for a major event planned in London next summer.

A group of volunteer gardeners have been sprucing up the area surrounding a popular youth centre that has only recently reopened.