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Published: 16 November 2007

GREEN TAX IS PARKING MAD

Council ‘little better than a money-grabbing finance company’

THE borough’s motorists are on the warpath this week with owners of modest-sized vehicles claiming they are being stung by a new “green stealth tax” aimed at four-wheel drive gas guzzlers. > more

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Meet the climate cops protecting our environment
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Health and safety fears of ‘killer pears’
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Revealed... how the gyratory could look (if they find £6m)
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City footballers sports centre gets £4m regeneration money
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Heritage group in bid to save historic market

Developers question value of buildings

THE threatened Victorian fabric of Smithfield Market has been described as “unexceptional” and “weak” by architects as the public inquiry into its future pitted conservationists against developers for a second week. > more

Stadium prices are a stretch for limo VIPs - CHEAPSKATE millionaire football fans are clogging up Highbury’s streets with their stretch limos rather than paying out... > more

The great £6m property sell-off - ISLINGTON Council will announce plans to sell more than £6 million of properties next week, the Tribune has learned. > more

Downsizing families offered less than neighbours on the move - COUNCIL tenants in Islington who move to a smaller home in exchange for a cash bonus will... > more

Sponsored cycle raises £20k for Gary - SPONSORED cyclists came to the aid of cancer victim Gary Russell, who will die without life-saving treatment, after he... > more

Ken’s red revolution promises safer trains - TRAVELLERS to Silverlink rail stations are promised safer journeys at night following the route’s transfer to Transport... > more

Minicab driver’s killer found hanged days into life sentence - INVESTIGATORS are probing the death of a killer in a high-security prison three days after... > more

Change in law follows death of cyclist - THE horrific death of a Holloway cyclist under the wheels of a lorry has resulted in a change in the law. > more

Green roof at new Guardian HQ ‘dull, bland and cheap’ - THE Guardian newspaper – that bastion of social responsibility – was embroiled in a row this week over... > more

Police shut bar after shooting - THE manager of a bar closed by police last week following a shooting is to change its music policy. > more

Street drinking curfew backed - NEIGHBOURS have blocked an attempt to allow drinking outside a Finsbury pub until closing time. > more

TV star hails kids charity - CHANNEL 4 TV newscaster Jon Snow and officials from Arsenal FC paid warm tributes to a north London charity which runs a popular... > more

Town Hall streets ahead in tackling rough sleepers - Town halls across London are to learn from Islington how to tackle homelessness. > more

Robber strikes in his street - A TEENAGER is behind bars this week for his part in two knifepoint robberies in the Archway street where he lives. > more

Civilians killed during the London blitz are remembered as mayor leads tributes to our war dead - ISLINGTON’S Mayor Barbara Smith led the borough’s... > more

‘Racism contracts’ for Arsenal fans - ARSENAL fans could be asked to sign an anti-racist declaration or be excluded from matches in a new campaign to root... > more

Debate over future of homeless hostel - ISLINGTON Council has launched a consultation on plans to flatten a homeless hostel in Highbury Quadrant to... > more

Fond farewell to war hero and councillor - THEY read his favourite poem, If, by Rudyard Kipling and sang Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye. > more

Judge sets January date for murder trial - AN agonising wait for the loved ones of a stabbing victim may come to an end in the new year. > more

‘Green police’ hit the streets they aim to clean up - ISLINGTON’S new “green police” went into action for the first time this week. > more

£2,500 fines for badge cheats - THREE drivers who illegally used blue badge parking permits have been fined almost £2,500 by Highbury magistrates. > more

Lottery gives £800k boost to libraries - BOOKLOVERS in Islington have a bright future after the borough’s Library Service secured nearly £800,000 in lottery funding. > more

Blazing hot coffee - FIREFIGHTERS have raised more than £600 for charity from a coffee morning. > more

Judge on circuit - A NEW circuit judge has been appointed to a Finsbury court. > more