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We must preserve a hidden gem for future generations
• RESIDENTS in Highbury are being consulted by developers on plans to build 150 new homes on the National Children’s Home (NCH) site, in Highbury Park (Campaigners in fight to save ‘secret garden’, October 23).
The site, which many years ago housed a children’s home, includes a huge area of open land which is a wonderful “secret garden”, almost 100 years old. Amazingly, experts believe the garden is a survival of ancient grazing land on Highbury Hill. > more |
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Let CCTV fight crime - I AM pleased to see that the police have renewed the dispersal order on the Elthorne estate and that Homes for Islington will be putting in... > more
Cut breast cancer toll - BREAST cancer touches so many families. One out of every nine women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some time in our lives... > more
Skips were just rubbish - THE trouble with skips was that they didn’t work all the time for all residents (Bring back our skips, October 30). The trouble with the letter from... > more
A time to remember - I SHOULD like as many people as possible to join me for the Remembrance Sunday parade and inter-faith service at the War Memorial... > more
We need to change law - IF it’s true that council leader Councillor Terry Stacy is having the punitive leaseholder repayment options reviewed, what a relief. > more
Beware of zombies - AS a cyclist, I am sick of the hypocrisy of non-cyclists. In 10 years of cycling in London I have had three accidents involving pedestrians... > more
Pensions scandal - IT is a national scandal that the state pension is worth just 16 per cent of national average wages. Millions of elderly continue to struggle... > more
Not easy being green - GREEN Party politicians have posed outside the council’s offices in Upper Street, complaining that they have a low rating for energy... > more
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