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Published: 1 June 2007

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Youths’ Sunday rampage – police work 1 in 3 weekends

NEIGHBOURHOOD police teams across Islington are only working one weekend in every three, the Tribune has learned.
Residents said they were shocked to learn that the teams – brought in to combat thuggery, vandalism and low-level... > more

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Theatre star’s tragic death
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Alfie set to star on US ‘telly’
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Deaf youngsters get big kick out of arsenal coaching
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Ask me anything – tycoon

THE flamboyant Islington developer behind the £70million bid for 222 council owned properties this week offered to meet worried tenants to discuss their fears – “anywhere anytime.”
He also made a commitment save as many small shops and businesses as possible.
However, he warned that those on subsidised rents might see increases to bring them up to the commercial rates for... > more

Moves to tackle gun crime - POLICE have called an emergency meeting on Monday following a spate of shootings in Newington Green. > more

Three-month closure order for pub marred by violence - A ROWDY Old Street bar has been shut down for three months after a year of mob violence... > more

Politicians row as threat to shut post office looms - A POLITICAL row has erupted over the future of one of the borough’s biggest and busiest post offices. > more

Estate where it costs £84 to change a light bulb - HOW much does it cost to change a light bulb? > more

Blitz on the drinkers who bare all in park - NAKED street drinkers are terrorising people using a Holloway park. > more

Climber saved by surgeon’s team near Everest summit - A SURGEON at Whittington Hospital in Archway has been involved in a remarkable life-saving... > more

Music studio murder trial delayed again - A MUDER trial has been delayed until the autumn after the Old Bailey heard that psychiatrists need more time... > more

Actors cast around for sponsor - SPONSORS are needed for the next production planned by Barnsbury-based Young Actors Theatre – a murder... > more

Three minutes that decided crucial vote - A COMMITTEE room clock is at the centre of a row over the timing of a vote which allowed the Town Hall’s ruling... > more

£1.7m grant rescues torched playground - AN adventure playground attacked by arsonists is to rise from the ashes, with the help of a £1.7 million grant. > more

Writer’s slant on today’s Zimbabwe - ZIMBABWEAN - BORN novelist Valerie Tagwire will give a reading of her work at Borders bookshop at Angel on... > more

HANDS-ON healing books a library place - A RELAXING array of alternative therapies were on offer at a holistic health fair on Saturday. > more

Unsung heroes step forward - SOME of Islington’s unsung heroes will get a big thank-you for their hard work tomorrow (Saturday). > more

£5m legal aid bill for crime family ‘brains’ - THE “brains” behind a crime family’s empire has been told to hand over £5.5 million. > more

Armed police street arrests - ARMED police swooped on a gang of suspected robbers in Angel last Tuesday. > more

Park all set for urban fishery in huge revamp - UP until recently the lake at Finsbury Park had been primarily well known for its floating litter and the odd sunken... > more