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Published: 16 October 2009

ARTIST BANKSY SET TO REVEAL SELF-PORTRAIT

‘£250,000’ piece by cult graffiti painter on show at bar exhibition

CLUES to the identity of elusive guerilla graffiti artist Banksy are set to be revealed when a never-before-seen self-portrait of the artist goes on show in an Upper Street bar. > more

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Victory in school’s fight for new home

Planners support bid to rebuild primary on recreation ground but Mayor Boris has final say

SCENES of jubilation and dismay greeted the decision on Tuesday that will clear the way for Ashmount School to be rebuilt on open land in Upper Holloway. > more

Girl’s meningitis death stuns primary school - A HIGHBURY primary school pupil died on Saturday after being struck down by both meningitis and septicaemia. > more

‘All we want for Christmas is a Tube station at the weekends’ - PLANS to close Archway Tube station every weekend in the run up to Christmas will “cripple”... > more

Widdecombe effect ‘ruined my career’ - A LABOUR councillor has blamed the Ann Widdecombe effect after failing to win selection as a candidate in Finsbury... > more

Asbestos killed retired labourer - A RETIRED labourer died from asbestos-related disease after cutting up the toxic substance in the 1960s, an inquest heard. > more

Singer backs ‘Free Sam’ campaign - SINGER Lois Winstone, daughter of actor Ray, is headlining a series of music and art events in support of Sam Hallam as... > more

Family dispute claim that father took own life in window plunge - AN elderly carpenter may have fallen out of a fourth floor window as he tried to clean it... > more

Refuse trucks run on vegetable oil - THREE 26-ton rubbish trucks working for Islington Council are being fuelled by vegetable oil in a trial aimed at saving money... > more

Probe into gun siege shooting - AN investigation has been launched after police marksmen shot Islington drug users’ representative Richard Hiorns... > more

‘Girl pushed into canal’ - A GOOD samaritan described to jurors this week how he ran to the aid of a schoolgirl as a man tried to drown her in the Regent’s Canal... > more

Scout leader is jailed - THE Scouts were forced to reassure parents this week after an assis tant leader was jailed for 15 months for having sex with under age... > more

Police release images of pensioner attack suspects - DETECTIVES have released CCTV images of two women they want to speak to following the robbery of... > more

Window protester has bike stolen - THIEVES have stolen a bicycle that was placed in a shop window to replace an artist’s paintings in protest at a steep business... > more

Bard’s ‘imbecility’? Sir Ian approves... - FREE weekly work shops are available for Islington teenagers wanting to get involved in the National Youth Theatre (NYT). > more

Vote to keep cameras rolling - TOWN Hall meetings will continue to be broadcast on the internet after councillors voted to continue funding filming. > more