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High-flyers! Hungerford primary kids take to the air in scheme to promote wellbeing -

Published: 21 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM CHILDREN spun themselves into cocoons and flew like birds at Hungerford Primary School in Holloway on Tuesday...
Mouna Hamitouche - first Algerian mayor champions children

Published: 21 May 2010 by PETER GRUNER BRITAIN’S first Algerian Arab mayor – mother-of-three Mouna Hamitouche – was installed in...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: New Labour council - leader Catherine West: 'I hope I'm up to it' - regime makes fairness and affordable housing top priorities

Published: 21 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB LABOUR’S Catherine West officially took over as council leader on Tuesday with a vow to make...
Cigarette caused fatal blaze at artists’ studios in Clerkenwell - death of Polish-born Aleksandra Rosiak, a tragic accident, says coroner

Published: 21 May 2010 by JOSIE HINTON THE death of a woman in a fire at a block of artists’ studios and workshops in Clerkenwell was a tragic...
Police get new powers to tackle youth gangs in Caledonian Road

Published: 21 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB POLICE have been given extra powers to disperse groups of youths in Caledonian Road following reports of a...
Restaurant boss’s book - Faruque Ahmed on 'Bengali Journals and Journalism in Britain 1916-2007'

Published: 21 May 2010 by JOSH LOEB BY night, he oversees the cooking of lamb balti and tandoori chicken and makes sure his customers are kept happy...
Finsbury market trader wins battle to stop flats and shops grab

Published: 21 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB A MARKET trader has succeeded in her fight to prevent the Town Hall seizing control of a multi-million...
Nick Clegg visits City and Islington College - new deputy PM gets a mixed reaction from students

Published: 21 May 2010 by PETER GRUNER DEPUTY prime minister Nick Clegg received boos as well as cheers when he visited City and Islington College on...
'Ingerland', by Jocelyn Pook - the ‘beautiful game’ to get Royal treatment at Opera House

Published: 21 May 2010 by PETER GRUNER A THEATRE composer from Highbury has written a new opera featuring football supporters and WAGs –...
Driven out? Parking chief quits job - Councillor Danny Chalkley stands aside in Westminster Council’s cabinet reshuffle

Published: 21 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM MOTORCYCLE campaigners have welcomed news that City Hall’s parking chief has quit. Councillor Danny...
After apologies for damage to a 400-year-old burial ground… - JA Cornish told: Carry on in the graveyard

Published: 21 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A BUILDING contractor criticised for damaging dozens of gravestones in a 400-year-old burial ground has been...
Veterans’ joy as Bomber Command memorial gets the go-ahead in Green Park - WWII RAF tribute approved

Published: 21 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM PLANNERS have defied a chorus of criticism to give the go-ahead for a giant memorial in Green Park to...
Parliament Square campaigners told to expect eviction before Queen's visit - GLA exploring ways to dismantle “mess and chaos” on World Heritage site

Published: 21 May 2010 by DALLIA M ABDEL MONIEM PEACE protesters in the Parliament Square camp say they have been told by police to expect eviction...
'THESE TOXIC TRAINS ARE OUT OF LINE!' - Calls for air and noise pollution action at Marylebone station - too close to Blandford estate say campaigners

PUBLISHED: 21 MAY 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM PRESSURE is mounting for tough action to be taken against train companies who have been accused of creating a...
London Metropolitan University bosses cleared by inquiry - no involvement in financial scandal

Published: 21 May 2010 by TOM FOOT AN independent investigation has cleared London Metropolitan University bosses of any wrongdoing in last year...
Forum: Labour group leader Paul Dimoldenberg: "Let’s sing praises of young people"

Published: 20 May 2010 THE problem with politics is that, if you’re not careful, it can take over your life. Thankfully, with two teenage...
Xtra Diary: Crime novelist Ruth Rendell - “My characters sometimes try to take over a plot and I have to crush them,”

Published: 21 May 2010 Great writing is no mystery WHAT does it take to write great fiction? A certain iciness of persona, according to Ruth...
For Ian Wilder... Former councillor is honoured with plaque

Published: 21 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A COUNCILLOR of “rare integrity” has been honoured with a memorial in the heart of Soho. Friends...

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