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A “PROLIFIC” mobile phone thief has been banned from carrying or possessing a newspaper or magazine in any café, bar or restaurant...
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TRAINSPOTTING author Irvine Welsh will be one of the star attractions at the fourth Stoke Newington Literary Festival, which kicks off next month....
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DOG walkers at leafy Barnsbury Square fear that a new “open gates” policy, introduced by the Town Hall, will mean pets bolting into the...
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ISLINGTON’S new mayor, Councillor Barry Edwards, will be sworn in on Thursday. He will take over the ceremonial role from Councillor Jilani...
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HOME Secretary Theresa May has today (Friday) announced a full judge-led inquiry into “police involvement in the murder” of a private...
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HUNDREDS of mourners – friends, family and wellwishers – said a final farewell to murdered teenager Joseph Burke-Monerville on Friday...
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IT’S normal for actors to suffer a bit of first-night nerves before the curtain goes up on a new play. But spare a thought for Jez Bond, who...
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POP-UP Café Sundays are back in Barnard Park, Barnsbury, for a second year.
From Sunday, May 19, a month of events will include...
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A MAN who was restrained by police during a disturbance at a hostel in Highbury has died, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC)...
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Arty wares
MEMBERS of a new over-50s art group will be selling their wares for the first time at the Tufnell Park Tavern Food Market on May 18. Any...
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REGULAR readers of this column may have noticed that I was kitted out in goggles and a cap in the accompanying picture before my lessons even started...
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PARENTS, pupils and teachers celebrated the opening of a new community AstroTurf football pitch at St Mark’s CofE School in Sussex Way,...
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POLICE have appealed for witnesses after a teenage moped rider was killed in a crash last Thursday in Downham Road, Islington, at the junction with...
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AN imposing building in Angel – currently housing an Italian restaurant – is being nominated for a green plaque because it is where...
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A LEADING coroner with a national reputation for holding hospitals, police and councils to account over preventable deaths has been appointed to the...
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“NOISY” industrial fans – which has sparked a one-man protest against Sainsbury’s Local Store at Holloway – are to be...
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Published 9 May 2013
Vandals last night burned down a brand new adventure playground, leaving residents furious and devastated.
The destruction of...
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Pictured Top: Michael Hussey
Pictured Bottom: Urban Soul Orchestra
Published: 9 May, 2013
by TOM FOOT
THE grandson of a white gold-mine owner from...