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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Westminster Council - Conservative stranglehold remains as Lib Dems fail in their target wards - Labour win back Church Street seat

Published: 14 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM LABOUR emphatically recovered a seat in their traditional heartland of Church Street after less than two...
ELECTION 2010: Karen Buck wins Westminster North seat - Tory Joanne Cash hits out after parliamentary defeat - slams media

Published: 14 May 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM and JOSIE HINTON “TO be honest I had written a losing speech,” admitted an emotional Karen Buck...
Builder John Preston forced to retire after tripping on an uneven paving slab

Published: 14 May, 2010 by JOSH LOEB A BUILDER who was forced to retire after tripping over an uneven paving slab is taking Westminster Council to...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Labour -Victory to party that showed fighting spirit

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB HOW did they do it? While Labour seats across the country were turning blue, Islington North and South MPs...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Lib Dems - Audacity of hope From cheers to tears

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB BATHED in the orange light of the ageing Sobell Centre sports hall, Lib Dems slumped on the floor hours...
Local hero - Tree planted in memory of popular street cleaner Jorge Da Costa

Published: 14 May, 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM A POPULAR street cleaner will have a tree planted in his memory. Jorge Da Costa became a local hero around...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Polls chaos: threat of court challenge - Human rights lawyer ready to represent voters

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB LEADING human rights lawyer Richard Stein has been lined up to appeal for a judicial review into why up to...
Westminster primary schools - headteachers boycott Sats exams

Published: 14 May, 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM HUNDREDS of primary school children missed their Sats exams this week as headteachers took direct action...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: Independent Helen Cagnoni wins backing - director of the Federation of Islington Tenants’ Associations polls well

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB THERE was a second day of celebrations for Islington Labour on Friday as they seized control of the...
‘PARKING FIRM ARE FINE BY US’ - NSL Services set to be handed £50m parking contract

Published: 14 May, 2010 by JAMIE WELHAM PUBLIC confidence in City Hall’s parking operation is set to be tested after it emerged Westminster...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: On your case ‘I will peer over leader’s shoulder’ - Lib Dem's Terry Stacy vows to monitor new council leader Catherine West

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB LIB Dem group leader Terry Stacy is threatening to watch over the shoulders of new Labour council leader...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: New Labour council - 'axe will fall on executive members' allowances' / West - promise to deliver on manifesto promises

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB FOR years they have been living in the shadows. But now, Labour’s opposition cabinet are about to...
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2010: New Labour council - More euphoria for party as Town Hall falls to Red Rose + ISLINGTON COUNCIL RESULTS

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB THERE was a second day of celebrations for Islington Labour on Friday as they seized control of the...
Shrunk at The Cock Tavern Theatre - new play by former Almeida press officer Charlotte Eilenberg

Published: 14 May 2010 by JOSH LOEB CHARLOTTE Eilenberg used to arrange press tickets for theatre critics on a regular basis – and now she is...
Glittering award ceremony to honour ‘unsung’ heroes

Published: 14 May 2010 by PETER GRUNER AN “inspirational” headteacher who has taught in Finsbury for almost 30 years won a top award...
Special relationship - Michelle Obama writes to congratulate Elizabeth Garrett Anderson pupils on exams

Published: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB MICHELLE Obama is fast becoming Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School’s most famous pen pal. It has been...
Pedestrian safety on Regent's Canal towpath - British Waterways under attack for plan that ‘puts mothers with buggies at risk’

Published: 14 May 2010 by PETER GRUNER BRITISH Waterways (BW) are under attack for “lack of accountability” over a canal towpath access...
‘Loss of nerve’ sees Sats go ahead in Islington primary schools despite boycott

PUBLISHED: 14 May 2010 by ROISIN GADELRAB PRIMARY school headteachers in Islington have suffered a “collective loss of nerve” by...

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