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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 13 February 2009

TEACHER IN ROW MOVIE ROW FIGHTS BACK

‘I wanted children to get an idea about Shakespeare as a child’

A DRAMA teacher dismissed from a school in Islington following a row in another borough for showing the film Shakespeare in Love to young children has defended his actions. > more

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Council tax freeze or free school meals? It’s your choice (but will they listen to what you say?)
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Neighbours ‘need their sleep’ so gastropub has its hours cut
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From leak to flood, and a £15,000 bill
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Mosque opens it doors as part of neighbour celebration day
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Ex-airforce pensioner on explosives charge

Pensioner held for his own safety after sparking major bomb scare

A WHEELCHAIR-bound 75-year-old former RAF man has appeared in court charged with possession of an explosive substance, following a massive alert in Newington Green on Monday. > more

Flatmate’s smouldering cigarette led to fatal fire - THE careless disposal of a smouldering cigarette sparked a massive fire in a Canonbury... > more

Gobbledegook council-speak set for Golden Bull jargon award - PLAIN English campaigners have branded the reply to a simple request by an... > more

Patient’s claim: ‘Health care cuts have robbed me of my dignity’ - A DISABLED woman from Holloway says she has been made to feel like a “useless cabbage”... > more

Artist’s son admits killing friend in row over taxi fare - THE son of a leading artist is facing a life sentence after admitting killing “a good friend”. > more

Closure looms for ‘thorn in the side’ tenants’ group - A CONTROVERSIAL bid will be made on Monday to scrap Islington’s independent campaigning... > more

Drum’n’dance: £1m facelift transforms children’s centre - AFRICAN drummers and Indian dancers performed at the reopening of a Canonbury... > more

‘Little risk of suicide’ man found hanged - AN ENGINEER with a history of depression and social isolation hanged himself just days after social... > more

‘Five-a-side pitch too costly at £75’ - A ROW is brewing over plans to charge £75 an hour to hire indoor five-a-side pitches at the new Emirates... > more

‘Turn-keys’: Prison staff urged to reject proposals - NATIONAL prison staff trade union leader Colin Moses warned of industrial action over planned... > more

Prints build a complete picture of new architecture - POPULAR Barnsbury artist Marianne Fox Ockinga, famous for her colourful landscapes of... > more

‘Suspicious’ fire death discounted - DETECTIVES have dismissed early fears that the death of a man in a blaze at his Islington home on... > more