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Published: 25 April 2008

IN DANGER: OUR LEAFY HERITAGE

Trees face twin threat from vandals and developers

ISLINGTON'S leafy heritage – its distinctive street and garden trees – is under its biggest threat since World War II, according to campaigners this week. > more

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Striking schools are closed as head defends decision to open
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Harman: Too risky to have Boris as mayor
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Swoop forces pirate radio stations off-air
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Neighbours torn apart... by trellis
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Academies ‘damaging schools’

School ‘shocked’ at cuts to pupil numbers as union slams ‘disruptive impact’

CITY academies are having a detrimental effect on some of the borough’s schools, it was revealed this week.> more

Two in court after terror raids - TWO communities were in shock this week after anti-terrorist police arrested two young men for terrorism offences... > more

Murder charges give us hope, says victim’s brother - A MYSTERY killing which has haunted a Finsbury family for more than 20 years may be a step.. > more

Rebuild or renovate school? It’s a decision for new mayor - PLANS to rebuild a dilapidated but “architecturally important” primary school in... > more

Police raid results in return of church’s (dented) chalice - ARTICLES stolen from churches have been recovered after a police raid. > more

Dear diary... another night without sleep - A TEACHER has re vealed how noise from an Islington bar has almost ruined her marriage. > more

Bid for £44m to end gyratory misery for drivers - A MULTI-million pound bid for government cash could transform Old Street, Drayton Park... > more

Tower fall deaths 10 hours apart - TWO men fell to their deaths from nearby tower blocks within 24 hours. > more

Nostalgia night scores for charity - FOOTBALL fans dug deep on Thursday when a raft of Arsenal memorabilia went under the hammer to raise... > more

Call for inquiry as builders are named in price-rigging probe - PRICE-rigging by building firms may have cost tax-payers tens of millions of pounds.. > more

Theatre moves on from love goddess to Bacchus - SHOCK horror! Last year it was erotic love poems – this year the Little Angel Puppet theatre... > more

Good Vibrations at charity footy game - YOUNG people in care played their social workers at football – and won – in a charity event. > more

Smiling teapots, steel sculptures and atmospheric oil paintings among the offerings from art society - IT was an Islington Art Society (IAS) event but... > more

Former pupil returns to find school is flats! - A FORMER pupil found his old school in a rather different state than he left it when he returned on Thursday. > more

Archway art prize - DARING designers have made their bids to put art at the heart of Archway and earn a share of £1,000 prize money... > more

Library users keep up with the Times - EVER wondered what happened on the day you were born? Or how the papers reported major historic... > more

Going the extra 26 miles for kids - HOSPITAL staff stretched the limits of their endurance in the London Marathon to raise £10,000 for Whittington... > more