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Published: 20 April 2007

‘PROBE SALE OF FAMILY SILVER’ CALL

Watchdog urged to investigate £60m shops auction

A FINANCIAL watchdog is being asked to investigate the sale of 220 Islington Council-owned properties – described as the “family silver” – at what critics claim are knock-down prices. > more

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At 90, Alfie’s talkin’ about his generation
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Hospital plans £50m rebuild of baby units
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Award-winning portrait of MP who came in from cold
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Workers’ miraculous escape from Holloway hotel blaze
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Anger at Archway supermarket plan

Deliveries and parking will ‘turn lives upside down’

FURIOUS residents and traders are demanding to know why Budgens are able to open a new supermarket in Archway without planning permission or consultation with... > more

‘Roadkill’ jibe sparks storm - ISLINGTON Tory Paul Newman should have known that jokes on the internet can backfire. > more

‘Deal’ rejected by murder accused - THE agonising waiting continues for the loved ones of musician and sound engineer Tom Easton after the man accused of... > more

Trouble on the menu - UNION chiefs are already heading for conflict with Cater Link, Islington’s new school dinner provider, just a week after it was announced... > more

Businesses are throwing away a hole lot of waste - HUNDREDS of tons of Islington business waste which should be recycled is going into holes in the ground... > more

Estate youths discover how it feels on the beat - POLICE and the so-called ‘hoody’ generation are getting to know each other better at a series of weekly... > more

Wake-up call goes to early-rising builders - LABOUR councillors have scored a victory following complaints about building contractors working on the Highbury... > more

Union protest at homes sale - UNION officials voiced dismay this week at a decision to sell off two of Islington’s children’s homes to developers. > more

Witness quick on the draw - A QUICK-thinking artist who sketched a man he saw climbing over garden fences has given police an important lead in an... > more

‘Ban drinkers from park’ - DRINKERS who intimidate mothers with young children could soon be ordered out of an Archway park. > more

We’re not hurting anyone, it’s our pub - SHE lost her job five years ago and, although she swigs from a can of lager, Michele, 52, insists she is not an alcoholic... > more