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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 8 May 2009

BOMBSHELL AS CASINO FIGHT IS ABANDONED

Town Hall lawyers concede defeat to protests from campaigners

OBJECTORS erupted in fury at a planning inquiry on Wednesday after a Town Hall legal team – due to oppose a gambling casino in Archway – suddenly... > more

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Little Archie’s fine torn up as parking chiefs do a U-turn
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Murphy construction empire founder dies

A RECLUSIVE Irish millionaire who built up a construction empire from a goods yard in Tufnell Park died yesterday (Thursday).
John Murphy, founder of the civil engineering company known by its ubiquitous dark green lorries, hitch-hiked from County Kerry in Ireland to London in the... > more

Former MP’s aide abandons Labour for ‘more realistic’ Greens - A STALWART of Islington’s Labour group who was once an aide to former MP Chris... > more

Crashes pile up at danger junction - THREE near-fatal accidents have occurred at a King’s Cross blackspot since a 14-year-old schoolgirl was knocked ... > more

‘Bailiffs turned up at 6.15am over bill I’d already paid’ - A TUFNELL Park man is demanding an apology from Islington Council after a bailiff ... > more

Fury over fostered girl who has three-hour round trip to school - SOCIAL services have come under fire after a schoolgirl taken away from the family home... > more

Crossing victim stepped in front of lorry - A MACHINIST was hit by an 18-tonne lorry while shopping in Angel for a picture frame to hold a school... > more

Top artist – ‘Don’t believe it if they say you’re no good’ - ONE of Britain’s best-loved illustrators, Quentin Blake, urged children never to give up art... > more

Finnish DJ found dead after night out clubbing - A POPULAR DJ who spent his weekends at goth club night Slimelight at the Electrowerkz... > more

Drugs police swoop - A ROOM in a hotel has been boarded up after police seized crack cocaine and £1,000 in cash during a raid on four addresses... > more

Skull find halts work on cross-capital rail link - A GRIM discovery has halted work on the new Crossrail line in Farringdon. > more

Good woods! Pupil get a little closer to nature - NURSERY pupils have been getting down with nature on a series of visits to Islington’s... > more

Rebel courted as leadership vote looms - REBEL Lib Dem councillor Andrew Cornwell is believed to be being courted by all sides in the run... > more