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COUPLE’S £1m ‘DAY OF JACKAL’ CON
Names of dead children ‘stolen’ to create false identities
A COUPLE who masterminded a £1 million Day of the Jackal-style benefit fraud using the names of dead children face jail today (Friday)... > more |
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Town Hall team visits estates to inspect maintenance work
Cross-party councillors told of poor quality workmanship by building firms
A MAJOR investigation into workmanship standards on Islington’s estates saw... > more |
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Teens to get summer graffiti lessons - TEENAGERS are to be taught how to spray graffiti art in controversial council-run classes starting next week. The lessons, run as... > more
Academy hit with £4m VAT bill for canteen - BOSSES of a new city academy are scratching their heads over how to sidestep an unexpected £4 million VAT bill... > more
Kindness for victim of robbery - IT was an act of extreme kindness by any standards, but on Caledonian Road it bordered on holy. Robberies are not uncommon on the... > more
£800,00 donation for ‘super school’ - A GRANT of £800,000 has been awarded to Islington’s first city academy. The money was donated to the Church of England... > more
Daughter’s plea to men who found collapsed pensioner - THE daughter of a pensioner who died after collapsing in the street is desperate to contact three men who... > more
Parking wardens to go ‘softly’ - PARKING enforcement giant NCP has renewed its contract with Islington Council after fighting off competition from five other... > more
Young patients hear African choir’s songs of protest - A renowned blind choir from Africa performed a moving concert of freedom songs at Moorfields Eye Hospital... > more
Figures show fewer complaints about Whittington midwives - MIDWIVES at Whittington Hospital receive seven times fewer complaints a year than... > more
Blue badge cheat motorists nabbed - TWO women who displayed fake or stolen blue badges, used by disabled drivers, have been fined hundreds of pounds. > more
Passing doctor gives attack victim first aid - AN off-duty doctor came to the rescue of a man who was beaten up and dumped in the middle of Holloway Road. > more
Firm’s bid to restore landmark - A FIRM of electricians is offering to make a £2,500 donation towards the restoration of an Islington landmark. > more
‘My stressful life in flat with mice that are as big as rats’ - IT began with Gifty Acheampong’s kitchen ceiling splitting open in November last year... > more
Fashion workshop price ‘oversized’ - ONE of Britain’s top fashion designers, desperate to buy the workshop he occupies, faced despair this week over the... > more
Celebrity chef helps boost food festival - CELEBRITY chef Antony Worrall-Thompson opened the fourth Whitecross Street Food Festival on Friday. > more
Cash box taken in daylight raid - ROBBERS made off with a security box stuffed with notes in a daylight raid outside an Angel takeaway on Monday. > more
‘Love of Money’ gang are named - COURT orders banning the identification of five members of an armed gang were lifted this week. > more
Con artist woman robs OAP - A CONFIDENCE trickster befriended a pensioner before walking into her home, hitting her over the head and stealing her handbag... > more
There were spiders, and the mayor rode a donkey – that’s neigh word of a lie - A MENAGERIE of animals was centre stage on Saturday at the annual Gower... > more
Beating stress is as simple as a walk in the garden in Holloway - STRESSED out and need somewhere to unwind and relax? > more
Lib Dems defend record as Labour demand housing rethink - THE construction of new council homes looks set to be the crunch election issue with both Labour... > more
Praise for school - A SPECIAL school in Finsbury has been judged “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors. > more
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