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Published: 05 August, 2010
by TOM FOOT
NHS hospitals in north London, including the Whittington and the Royal Free Hospital, will begin discharging patients much earlier than expected after a cost-...
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Published: 31 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
A PROJECT that brought 12-foot runner beans to front gardens in Finsbury Park has been so successful it is competing for a prestigious Britain in Bloom award...
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Published: 31 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
AWARD-WINNING floral displays – Islington’s version of Kew Gardens, according to one fan – could still be saved.
Labour council...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by SIMON WROE
FOUR contenders for the Labour Party leadership faced questions on Asbos, prison reform and alternative sentencing at Islington Town Hall last Wednesday.
Ed...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THE Town Hall is looking to revolutionise the way it operates by striking deals with other London boroughs to share services in a bid to save...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS
A LEADING detective brought in to investigate the death of a five-year-old Islington girl said yesterday (Thursday) he wrote to a London police chief to...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THOUSANDS flocked to Finsbury at the weekend to enjoy Whitecross Street Party’s giant open-air art festival.
Murals, sculptures,...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
HOUSING chief James Murray has united both sides of the council in opposition to the coalition government’s housing benefits cuts.
The...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by JOSH LOEB
GOTHS and punks descended on Tufnell Park on Sunday for an Alternative Bring and Buy Sale.
The event at Upstairs at the Music Box, next door to the Boston...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
CAMPAIGNERS fighting cuts to the NHS delivered a petition of more than 25,000 thousand signatures to the Department of Health yesterday (Thursday).
The Defend...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist died in an accident in Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, close to the junction with Hornsey Road.
The man...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
AN ELDERLY widow was in a state of shock this week after thieves tricked their way into her Islington home and stole more than £20,000...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
A LEADING Highbury solicitor is joining a campaign to remove one of the borough’s traffic cameras which is “stinging” confused drivers out...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
A FLAMBOYANT property millionaire from Angel has stepped in to save a desperately needed night shelter for the homeless following a last-minute approach by...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
A TEENAGER playing basketball with a pensioner, a boy peering over a wall with two elderly sidekicks – unusual sights but these moments...
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Published: 30 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THIS is the “vital” classrooms block that teachers are still hoping to save through a High Court injunction, even though...
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Published: 31 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THERE were spirited scenes in the council chamber on Tuesday night as Labour voted through an unpopular budget of cuts to a heckling chorus....
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Published: 31 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
TWO Hasidic rabbis sporting “Free Palestine” badges were among visitors at the opening in Islington on Monday of a remarkable exhibition of...
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Published: 29 July, 2010
by JOSIE HINTON
FRIENDS of a mother who killed herself nearly 10 years after her son was shot dead by police said she never came to terms with his death.
They told how...
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Published: 29 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
CAMPAIGNERS are lobbying the Department of Health today (Thursday) with a warning to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley they will unleash a second wave of protests...
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Published: 29 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
A GYM fanatic fears he will be left having to use a wheelchair because doctors are not interested in treating the agonising back pain he suffers from.
Rene...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
HOLLOWAY School celebrated the opening of its new building in style on Friday with a rousing speech from former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, a spine-tingling aria...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
POLICE were called as teachers occupied the Town Hall chamber on Tuesday in protest at “punitive” £70,000 a week fines...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
SMART car-tipping has come to a quiet Islington backwater.
The craze blighted Amsterdam last year, where pranksters would tip the lightweight...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS
A PATHOLOGIST at the centre of a public inquiry into four post mortems he carried saw his findings into the death of a five-year-old Islington girl...
