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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 29 August 2008

‘SEND COUNCIL HIT SQUADS IN TO NURSERIES’

Demand comes after Ofsted finds 16 childcare providers ‘inadequate’

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Thieves take phone from wheelchair user
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Tough measures at bar venue for party on night Ben died
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Elderly will be hardest hit if post office shuts, bosses told
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‘Under-threat school fails to make minister’s target
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Team that failed Dinnegan boy faces job cuts

ISLINGTON’S Young Offenders Team – criticised a fortnight ago after an Old Bailey judge revealed it had failed in its duty to monitor the killer of Martin Dinnegan – was dealt another blow this week after the council confirmed a “substantial reduction in funding” to youth services. > more

‘We can’t go on’: Teachers walk out in academy protest - THE opening of a flagship city academy in Islington has been marred by a teacher exodus. > more

PCT chiefs hint at new polyclinic plan - FEARS that the private sector is set to seize control of doctors surgeries in Islington were raised... > more

Inquest rules out drug trial link to death - A KIDNEY patient involved in a new drug trial died hours after he had an operation to treat... > more

Police in hunt for club stab suspect - DETECTIVES have released images of a man wanted in connection with a near-fatal stabbing... > more

Boris bashes homes target - BORIS Johnson has defended his decision to axe the 50 per cent affordable homes target, claiming the scheme... > more

Councillor waxes eloquent on bees - ISLINGTON’S environment supremo heard a lecture on the importance of bumblebees at the... > more

Students’ behaviour sparks Asbo threat - UNRULY City University students so angered neighbours they considered taking out an Asbo... > more

Sprinter to help keep young lives on track - SPRINTER Dwain Chambers has been invited to the Manor Gardens Centre in Islington on... > more

Woman died after jump from balcony - A HOLLOWAY woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia leapt off her balcony after attempting... > more

It’s roll on 2012 as sports event marks start of countdown to London olympics - OLYMPIC fever swept through Islington on Sunday... > more

The Sir Alan of handbags and his apprentices - IT’S hard to escape the BBC show where young hopefuls vie to become tycoon Sir Alan Sugar’s... > more

Roundabout set for beach party - ARCHWAY roundabout’s lonely plight will be highlighted during a one-day festival when it is... > more