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Published: 7 March 2008

WHEELCHAIR DEMO TO STOP GP’S CLOSURE

Disabled patient plans daily protest outside threatened surgery

A WHEELCHAIR user is launching a one-woman demonstration outside her doctor’s surgery in Highbury in a last ditch stand to keep it open.
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Parents in fight to save popular nursery from move to new site
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Campaigners oppose new sex shop in King’s Cross
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Protesters stamp on plan to shut ‘handy’ post office
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Every fifth shop sells booze, survey reveals
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Banksy keeps flag flying after latest assault on mural

Plastic bag is artist’s new statement in wake of whitewash attack on his Tate tribute

GRAFFITI wars came to Islington this week after Banksy’s stencilled tribute to the... > more

Villa fan hurt in scuffle as Eduardo chants rile rivals - TWO men have been arrested and released on bail after a football fan sustained serious head injuries at... > more

Poet back before young audience - HIGHBURY’S own poet in residence, John Hegley, delighted schoolchildren at Islington South Library on Monday. > more

Tory ‘for sale’ sign on prison - PLANS to transform Pentonville into luxury flats and build a super prisons on the outskirts of London were unveiled by the Conservative... > more

MP’s angst at mugging claim - EMILY Thornberry MP has told how she feared for her political career after her claims that teenage crime was out of control appeared... > more

‘Upper Street to Coronation Street’ jobs move riles unions - UNION officials at Islington Town Hall threatened industrial action this week over plans to move jobs... > more

‘Added value’ school praised - AN Islington school has been hailed for the improving results shown by pupils. > more

Bid to build 274 flats - A MAJOR housing development is expected to be given the go-ahead after plans were submitted to the Town Hall. > more

Fewer win place at first-choice school - THE policy of allowing parents to choose which secondary school children attend is not working in Islington, an education... > more

Youth’s estate ban - A TEENAGER has been banned from the Packington estate in Islington. > more

Spot the Grot, graffiti-busting game all the family can play - EAGLE-eyed schoolchildren are leading the campaign to wipe out graffiti. > more

Care worker linked to Jersey abuse home - DETECTIVES investigating sinister discoveries in a Jersey children’s home have not ruled out links with a... > more

King’s Head theatre enjoying its second act - WHEN the King’s Head talismanic proprietor and producer Dan Crawford died in June 2005 the acting world held... > more

How Soundtrack project speaks volumes about artists’ creativity - MORE than 200 Islington youngsters showed off their innovative arts projects at LSO St Luke’s... > more

Is there a lot of demand for new garden patches? - JEREMY Corbyn is fighting to reinstate a 100-year-old law that would bring more allotments to Islington. > more