Hampstead

American

[hamp-stid, -sted] / ˈhæmp stɪd, -stɛd /

noun

a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.

Hampstead British

/ ˈhæmpstɪd /

noun

a residential district in N London: part of the Greater London borough of Camden since 1965; nearby is Hampstead Heath , a popular recreation area

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Vincent Chan, 45, had passed vetting checks and worked for nearly seven years at the Bright Horizons nursery, West Hampstead before admitting to the charges.

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Labour former minister and MP for Hampstead and Highgate, Tulip Siddiq, pressed Bailey on the issue.

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Hampstead Heath's Mixed Pond could soon welcome swimmers year-round, as the City of London Corporation considers extending its season in response to the rising popularity of open water swimming.

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Chair of the City of London Corporation's Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen's Park Committee, Alderman Gregory Jones KC, said the review had been proposed due to the "increasing popularity of open water swimming".

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Jones said that during the winter "only members of the Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club can use the pond, by long-standing arrangement".

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