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TWO HOURS LATE – OUT OF BUSINESS
Deadline heartbreak as traders lose shops in Town Hall sell-off
TWO small traders who missed the chance to buy their properties from Islington Council by just two agonising hours now risk losing their livelihoods. > more |
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The MP, the judge and the auction
Critics hit out at MP over controversial house deal
WHILE Emily Thornberry’s personal crusade is to secure more social housing in Islington, her High Court judge husband has bought a housing association property at auction for more than £500,000. > more |
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Shots fired at car on estate - A DRIVER escaped serious injury when he was shot while sitting in his parked car on a Holloway estate on Tuesday evening. > more
Patrol tracks down noisy parties, but only until 2am - IS the sound of Dizzee Rascal keeping your grandmother awake at three in the morning. > more
Couple hit by arsonists vow to go on trading - A DEFIANT shop owner has vowed not to bow to the arsonists who torched her Archway store, after it was set on fire... > more
Fears over late drinks at church - A CHURCH that doubles as a venue for pop concerts has sparked concern with its plans for later drinking and music. > more
Ill wind blows for roof turbine plan - A PROTEST against a planned new 30ft tall “blot on the landscape” wind turbine is expected on Monday at a South Area... > more
Jailhouse chapel rocks to the sound of bands with message - FORGET Johnny Cash performing at San Quentin prison, the scene in Pentonville’s Victorian... > more
Cigarette in hand, another Jagger lights up the stage - JAMES JAGGER, son of Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger and supermodel Jerry Hall, lit up an Islington... > more
Community comes together for day of family fun at centre - BALLOONS, face paints and stories were on the shopping list for scores of residents on... > more
Row over car park rages on - A SENIOR Lib Dem councillor accused of making “irresponsible” comments, which allegedly resulted in a Finsbury... > more
Estates’ green spaces ‘open to attack’ - THE decision by a government planning inspector to allow a “concrete monstrosity” to be built on an estate... > more
Mayor hails football’s young stars - ONE of the borough’s best-loved annual football competitions was played out on Friday with Islington Mayor Barbara... > more
TAG TRIBUTES TO ESTATE’S ‘WHELEY MAN’ - FRIENDS of a young father killed on his moped have covered walls in Gospel Oak and Kentish Town with graffiti... > more
‘Climate of fear’ as parents wonder: Who will be next? - A SENIOR figure in Islington’s Afro-Caribbean community this week called for urgent action to combat... > more
First strike by prison officers - HUNDREDS of prison officers at Holloway and Pentonville went on strike on Wednesday over low pay and conditions. > more
Still rockin’ after all these years - YOU are never too old to rock, as members of Islington’s Claremont Project are determined to prove today (Friday). > more
Licence to sing causes discord - PLANS to extend the licence of a Clerkenwell karaoke bar until 5am in the morning have caused an angry song and dance... > more
Campaign promises in run up to housing elections - THE battle for a place on Homes for Islington’s (HFI) board of directors is hotting up ahead of next week’s... > more
Still rockin’ after all these years - YOU are never too old to rock, as members of Islington’s Claremont Project are determined to prove today (Friday). > more
Life classes as artists draw on their past - A GROUP of art novices has been let loose on a blank canvas to experience the power of painting. > more
Appeal for witnesses - POLICE are appealing to the bus driver who may have witnessed an assault near the North One Pub in Angel to come forward. > more
Pension losers who are just too old - LIB Dem campaigner Bridget Fox is calling on the government to review the introduction of pension changes to avoid... > more
Partying barmaid died after night of cocaine and booze - A BARMAID died of a massive cocaine overdose at a Finsbury house party after taking seven times... > more |
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