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Baroness with roots in a Cypriot village

Published: 04 June 2010 by RÓISÍN GADELRAB HER grandparents lived off the land in a tiny Cypriot village, her father worked in the...
Overdose student’s ‘dark’ tale on laptop

Published: 04 June 2010 by JOSIE HINTON A CREATIVE writing student died after taking an accidental overdose of anxiety pills prescribed by his doctor...
Licence protest - Cabbies’ blockade against illegal taxis hits West End streets

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM SCORES of black cab drivers blocked West End streets in a protest against illegal minicabs. Licensed black cab...
The Xtra Diary - Simulations of Church Street Library

Published: 3 June 2010 ABOVE: Detail from the publicity for Church Street library EVERYONE knows that film and television are vulnerable to...
Marcin Bilaszewski death: Man in court

Published: 04 June 2010 THE man accused of murdering Polish builder Marcin Bilaszewski near Finsbury Park station, has made a brief Old Bailey...
Parliament Square protest camp faces wait - trespass proceedings issued by Mayor Boris Johnson

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM PROTESTORS in Parliament Square are being made to wait to hear whether they will face eviction. Dozens of...
CCSS inquest team’s royal award - volunteers honoured by the Queen

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A GROUP of volunteers who help grieving families through the distressing experience of attending the inquest...
Move over gnomes – Garden that’s an angel’s delight

Published: 04 June 2010 by PETER GRUNER SHINING, six-foot angel sculptures – one of them depicting Princess Diana – watch over the...
Dangerous dogs seized in early morning Packington Square raid

Published: 04 June 2010 POLICE have seized a pair of American pit bulls and arrested two men following a raid on a home in Islington on Wednesday....
Congestion zone axe ‘could bring bus and Tube fare rise’

Published: 04 June 2010 by PETER GRUNER LONDON Assembly member Jennette Arnold this week vowed to fight public transport fare increases in Islington...
African wanderlust of nonagenarian artist

Published: 04 June 2010 by PETER GRUNER ONE of Islington’s best-loved artists, Anne Cloudsley, has a retrospective exhibition at Highgate...
Artists’ Flourish - Innovative exhibition aims to challenge assumptions about care system

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A NEW exhibition aimed at challenging assumptions about the care system has opened in Bloomsbury. Flourish,...
Rent rises force small businesses out in Store Street - replaced by a giant advert

Published: 4 June 2010 by JOSH LOEB ITS name is Store Street – but residents say there is barely anywhere to go shopping! Where once small...
City Hall to cut funding for safe haven that has cared for youngsters in need since 1960s - St Christopher’s Fellowship faces axe

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM WESTMINSTER'S only remaining children’s home is facing closure after its funding was slashed. The...
Truancy - Schools report less absenteeism after using automatic text and call system

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A TEXT-a-truant service designed to catch teenagers bunking from school by sending messages to their parents...
WECH auction off hundreds of stolen cycles

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM HUNDREDS of stolen bikes are recovered by police every day in London. And for every bike returned to its...
Back to nature! Mozart Estate's new playground is opened

Published: 4 June 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM CHILDREN on the Mozart estate in Queen’s Park got to grips with their new playground this week. The new...
Aga Khan centre in King's Cross Railway Lands talks

Published: 03 June 2010 by DAN CARRIER AN Islamic centre bankrolled by one of the world’s richest men has become the latest potential tenant to...

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