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Islington councillor's Coalition play shows why it's a pitch-perfect political parody on London debut

Phill Jupitus and Thom Tuck in Coalition; inset: Robert Khan Published: 1 March, 2013 Islington Labour councillor Robert Khan has been enjoying...
The day Jenny told John and Yoko: Get out!

Jenny Hastead only got the house-keeping job with Ringo Starr (inset) at his Highgate home because she told him she didn’t like the Beatles...
OBITUARY: Stanley Forman - Documentary maker and pioneer who opened up another world of cinema to the West in Cold War period

Stanley with Betty Baker, who worked with him as his assistant for more than 50 years Published: 1 March, 2013 by JOHN GULLIVER STANLEY Forman, an...
OBITUARY: Chris Murphy - Trade unionist who loved battling bosses

Chris Murphy, who died last month aged 66. Published: 1 March, 2013 by PETER GRUNER DESPITE the sad occasion, laughter burst out at the funeral...
Construction firm bosses under fire from priest over ‘aggressive’ letters to residents after fatality on estate

Cllr Martin Klute Published: 1 March, 2013 by PETER GRUNER and PAVAN AMARA EXECUTIVES from a construction firm at the centre of a row over...
FORUM: Government shows no care or compassion for our NHS

Dr Iona Heath retired in 2010 after 35 years in Caversham Practice in Kentish Town Published: 28 February, 2013 by DR IONA HEATH SINCE the current...
HEALTH: An illegal practice ‘done out of love’ - Young Somali women attend Town Hall discussion on female genital mutilation

Thursday’s meeting in the council’s main chamber was a chance for Somali girls to meet and talk about the change in legislation Published...
HEALTH: Lottery win for mental health unit

Published: 28 February, 2013 PSYCHOTHERAPISTS who have been working for free for two years after NHS bosses stopped funding their service have won a...
'Security, decency': Islington MP's bid to win greater protection for private-sector renters reaches the Commons

Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn Published: 27 February, 2013 YESTERDAY (Wednesday) Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn's Private Members Bill to...
Grave of Abraham Lincoln's chiropodist is found in Highgate Cemetery

Published: 23 February 2013 RESEARCHERS at Highgate Cemetery said this afternoon (Tuesday) that they had uncovered the grave of Abraham Lincoln's...
Mother reveals harrowing moment her baby died from pneumonia despite repeated phone calls to a privatised out-of-hours GP service

Published: 26 February, 2013 by ALICE HUTTON A MOTHER relived the harrowing moment her seven week old baby died of pneumonia despite repeated calls...
Arsenal Food and Wine 1, Big Supermarket 0. Independent grocery store competes thanks to support and loyalty of customers

Ibrahim Rahman, Mel Gough, shop owner Ozgun Koral and Hamida Published: 22 February, 2013 by PETER GRUNER A SMALL independent food store in...
What Islington is reading: civil rights novel The Help is borough’s most borrowed book

Rosemary Doyle, Islington Council’s head of library and heritage services, said: 'The Help was a big hit, probably helped by the movie of...
Girlfriend pays moving tribute to ‘blue bag’. Joseph Burke-Monerville planned to become forensic officer but instead he was shot dead in case of mistaken identity

Published: 22 February, 2013 by PAVAN AMARA A TEENAGER from a religious family whose friends described him as “polite” and a “...
X Factor winner Alexandra Burke appears on TV with her sick mum to discuss organ transplant issue

Alexandra Burke and her mother Melissa Bell, who is in need of a donor Published: 22 February, 2013 by PETER GRUNER SHE was The X Factor winner...
SAVE OUR WHITTINGTON: Dominic West, Annie Lennox, Sir Jonathan Miller, Ms Dynamite, Alexandra Burke, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Frears among big names backing campaign

Celebrities backing the Whittington campaign. Clockwise from top left: Martina Cole, Ms Dynamite, Charlie Higson, Max Stafford Clark, Alexei Sayle,...
SAVE OUR WHITTINGTON: Moving care out of the Whittington Hospital and into surgeries is 'asking for trouble' say GPs

Published: 22 February, 2013 by TOM FOOT GPs threatened with a “drastic loss of funding” have warned that moving care out of the...
Ahead of by-election, Tory candidate for Junction ward speaks out on home repairs bills: ‘I don’t like bullies'

Patricia Napier: ‘I don’t like people being ripped off’ Published: 22 February, 2013 by PETER GRUNER THE battle for Archway...

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