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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 30 October 2009

STORM OVER GYM UNDER GARDEN BID

Conservationists warn of threat to trees in Georgian square

HORRIFIED conservationists are opposing plans to dig under the entire length of a back garden to create an underground gym and family room at a house in an historic Canonbury square. > more

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Back in Black? From boom to bust to oompah
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GPs outbid the private sector to win £8m NHS centre contract
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Will he or won’t he? Waiting for Banksy
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Music producer’s plot to kill girl who put his hopes of fame at risk
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BT bunglers paint over Ben tribute

Furious family hope to trace mystery artist who created ‘lovely portrait’ of stabbed teenager

BUNGLING BT contractors painted over a mural of murdered teenager Ben Kinsella three days before what would have been his 18th birthday on Tuesday. > more

Drug gangs feud summit talks to be staged - COMMUNITY leaders have called an emergency summit next week in the wake of three murders and dozens... > more

Suicide victim was ‘just too gentle for this world’ - A DESPERATE woman who went through the phonebook calling up churches looking for help, killed herself... > more

MP lashes Mayor Johnson on step-free Tube access U-turn - MP Jeremy Corbyn denounced London Mayor Boris Johnson this week for withdrawing... > more

Crackdown on bicycle thieves - A BLITZ on bike crime has been launched in Islington after it was revealed there were 1,348 reported thefts last year – slightly up... > more

Town Hall renews extra powers for police at Elthorne - POLICE have been granted renewed powers to ban groups of youths deemed to be causing a nuisance... > more

Am-dram society with its own place in theatre history - IT’S like something from a theatre lover’s wildest fantasy. > more

Award for gardens that (some) neighbours hated - A CONTROVERSIAL £100,000 landscaping scheme for Duncan Terrace Gardens at Angel has won a... > more

Volunteering for a new bank holiday - BRITAIN’S community service chief, Dame Elizabeth Hoodless chose a conservation site in Islington this week to... > more

Benchmark protest ‘We won’t stand for loss of seats’ - WEARY shoppers have launched a plea for more benches at the Nag’s Head shopping centre... > more

Arsenal parking row: ‘It’s not all over yet’ warning - ARSENAL has been warned that controversial coach parking rights secured under a three-year deal could... > more

End of the line – Running to Morden - EIGHTEEN-year-old Finsbury Park girl Ella Waldman is to run along the length of the Northern Line from High Barnet... > more

Out of line – Playwright says parking wardens have lost the plot - CELEBRATED Barnsbury playwright Nicholas de Jongh has declared war on Islington’s... > more

Coroner rules on canal death - AN open verdict has been recorded at the inquest into the death of a retired London Underground worker who drowned in the Grand... > more

Former chief exec calls for debate on theatre closure - THE former chief executive of historic variety theatre, Hackney Empire, has slammed plans to close the venue... > more

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