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Published: 6 April 2007

Smuggler ‘took her own life’

Coroner says international drug dealer not murdered

AN international drug smuggler found dead at her Newington Green home was not murdered, a coroner ruled on Tuesday.Detectives initially suspected that Beverley... > more

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World’s largest portrait of Princess Diana on show
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Summit over school’s future
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writings on the wall as christ appears for easter
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‘Children on the hunt for hidden eggs
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Backing singer for the stars has returned to studio after 40 years

Grandmother of five sang with the Beatles and Rod Stewart in the 1960s

A GRANDMOTHER of five is releasing her first single in 40 years and is hoping for chart success a second time round. > more

School ‘embarrassed’ Blair - THE backstage politics over the establishment of a contorversial city academy in Islington are revealed in a new book. > more

Riot police in stand off at squatters’ party - RIOT police were called to help break up an illegal squat party on Saturday night at a former black cab dealership on... > more

Lib Dems approve further inflation-busting pay rise - FOR yet another year, Islington’s Liberal Democrats have awarded themselves an inflation-busting pay... > more

Asbestos cancer alert for 1970s boiler room mates - DOZENS of middle-aged people who grew up on an Archway estate in the 1970s could be suffering... > more

Hunt for Tube skier - A DAREDEVIL stuntman who skied 197 feet down an escalator at Angel Tube station and then posted film of the escapade on the internet... > more

Police name man sought after hit-and-run fatality - POLICE have named the man they are hunting in connection with the hit-and-run death of a Holloway Prison... > more

Roundabout threatened by Olympic gateway plan - WINDSWEPT Old Street roundabout could be demolished under radical plans for one of Islington’s most hated... > more

Salute to school where skills are top class - AN Islington primary school has won an award for the high standards shown by pupils. > more

MINISTER JOINS TV VET TO GREET CRUELTY LAW - TELEVISION’S Animal Hospital has been visited by a government minister launching new legislation... > more

Chatroom ‘stranger danger’ warning - A SCHOOL website is teaching pupils about “stranger danger” in internet chatrooms. > more

Legal aid solicitors cave in - ISLINGTON’S solicitors have bowed to government pressure by signing up to a contract reforming the legal aid system. > more

The doctor will see you now… by candlelight - PATIENTS at a state-of-the-art doctors’ surgery were treated by candlelight when a power cut plunged 3,000... > more

FAITHS MEET TO SOUND OF POUNDING DRUMS - RELIGIOUS groups came together for the first community festival staged by Islington Faiths Forum. > more

Inspectors ask how £100,000 grant is spent - GOVERNMENT inspectors have criticised a tenants’ body for failing to account for how it spends its money. > more

Probe to clear school over equipment deal - TOWN Hall investigators say they are confident that a complaint of financial mismanagement at a Highbury... > more

Wicked send-off for the mayor who puts charity centre stage - STARS of the West End musical Wicked entertained a glittering audience at the Town Hall on... > more

MP launches hunt for hero - HEROES of a certain age are being sought by Labour MP Emily Thornberry. > more

Orwell’s Big Brother eyes up his doorstep - IT is not so much a case of “Big Brother is watching you” but more “Big Business is watching you”. > more