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Published: 23 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
FINSBURY Health Centre has won a stay of execution after shell-shocked health bosses admitted they are for the chop instead.
Islington Primary Care Trust...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
TRUANCY officers, specialist schools advisors, Black History Month staff and up to 17 teachers are in the firing line as Islington Council...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
“OUR hands are tied,” warned new Labour council leader Councillor Catherine West on Tuesday as she began a briefing on...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THE controversial academic who blew apart the idea that growth in rich countries is good for public health is leading an inquiry into...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
LATE night student drinkers are set to clash with neighbours and keep Pentonville prisoners awake, as plans for a late night bar extension in...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THE days of having to practise off-ice are over for Islington’s Torvill and Dean wannabes after the Sobell Centre’s £550,...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
A MAN has appeared in court charged with possession of a sawn-off shotgun.
Mohamed Hashi Sharif, 26, of Holloway Road, Archway, has been...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THIS is an e-fit image of the man police want to speak to after an elderly woman was conned into letting strangers into her home.
The 67-year...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
IT’S already famous for its delicious ethnic food stalls – but now Whitecross Street, close to Old Street Tube – is about to launch a...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
A PASSER-by assaulted three men urinating in a Finsbury Park street.
The men were outside Thane Villas, in Seven Sisters Road, just before 9pm on Saturday when their attacker...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
PLANS to build a “secure unit” for unstable criminals inside a mental health hospital have been dropped because of a funding crisis in the NHS. ...
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Published: 23 July, 2010
by SIMON WROE
POLICE investigating the death of Mark Warren, brother of boxing promoter Frank Warren, have ruled out foul play.
Mr Warren, 43, suffered multiple injuries...
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Published: 22 July, 2010
by JOISE HINTON
THE mother of a man shot dead during a police siege 10 years ago has tragically ended her own life after being unable to come to terms with her son’s...
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Published: 22 July, 2010
by TOM FOOT
CAMPAIGNERS have warned they will stage a second massive protest outside the Department of Health if they do not receive immediate confirmation that health...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
A RADICAL in the world of commerce, it has survived the recession in the high street, hungry property developers, and the demise of book shops in the wake of...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
A LAST-DITCH effort has been launched to save a 150-year-old terraced house and garden threatened with demolition in a Canonbury conservation area.
An...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
A NOISY nightclub which kept Barbican residents awake into the early hours at weekends has been forced to close at midnight.
The decision to...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
AN EMERGENCY summit has been called to ease rising tensions in Tufnell Park after a shooting took place just over a week ago.
Although no one...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
A STAB victim who risked his life to rescue a woman fleeing from an angry motorist is urging witnesses to help capture his attacker.
Passers-...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
CONFLICT on the towpath between walkers and cyclists in Islington is becoming so bad that it is only a matter of time before someone ends up in the canal....
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
PRIMARY schools in Islington face an uncertain future as the autumn intake of pupils is expected to drop by more than half in some cases.
The...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by PETER GRUNER
FUNERALS can be glum affairs. But at the farewell for Archway’s Alfie Carretta, lead singer with the world-famous Zimmers, even the vicar was dancing in...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by RÓISÍN GADELRAB
THE sound of drums signalled the start of a huge day of festivities in Paradise Park on Saturday.
Visitors to the park would have been...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
THE first ever Cally Carnival was branded a resounding success this week as residents turned out to enjoy the fun – and leave with new skills.
The plan, for every...
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Published: 16 July, 2010
by JOSH LOEB
CIRCUS loons and puppet-makers partied in the sun at the Pleasance Theatre for Holloway’s inaugural summer festival over the weekend.
The Big Day Out,...
