Posted in Andover estate, Islington, Youth on 23 December 2007 | No Comments »
[from Islington Tribune]
Hoodies shun TV MP’s estate rerun
SHE was back on the Andover estate this week, but this time former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe could not find a single hoodie to browbeat.
But she did meet a man with a beard, Islington North Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, who turned the tables on the MP, telling [...]
Posted in Crime, Parkland Walk, Stroud Green ward on 23 December 2007 | No Comments »
[from This is Local London]
Pregnant woman punched in racist attack
By Elizabeth Pears
Police are appealing for information following a racist attack, in Stroud Green last month, on an Asian woman who was days away from giving birth.
The 32-year-old mother, was taking a walk with her partner and their young child at around 2.15pm along Ferme Park [...]
Posted in Business, Crime, Finsbury Park, Islington, Stroud Green ward on 19 December 2007 | No Comments »
[from Islington Gazette]
Kebab shop’s oven home to family of rats
nlnews@archant.co.uk
19 December 2007
BOSSES at a fast food empire have been fined a total of £25,000 after a rats nest was found in one of their ovens.
The shocking discovery at Woody’s Express, in Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, was just one of a catalogue of horrifying [...]
Posted in Andover estate, Blackstock Road, Crime, Finsbury Park, Islington, Six Acres estate, Tollington estates on 19 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
[from Islington Gazette]
Police open mobile ’station’
nlnews@archant.co.uk
19 December 2007
THE first mobile police station in Islington is set to help tackle the violence that has plagued a notorious Finsbury Park street.
There have been a number of violent incidents in Blackstock Road, Finsury Park, this year and shopkeepers have described the road as “lawless”.
Now the £35,000 mobile [...]
Posted in Cycling, Events, Finsbury Park, Sport on 17 December 2007 | No Comments »
[from London Cycling Campaign]
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Little Green Ride
LCC Ride   Medium Distance
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2008
Time:
Place: The ticket hall, Finsbury Park Mainline station
Description:Take the train out to the Hertfordshire for an easy paced ride taking as far as possible quiet lanes. We do around 30 miles with a stop at a country pub [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park, Hackney, Woodberry Down on 17 December 2007 | No Comments »
[from The Observer]
Faces of the year 2007: The actress
A dizzy year with the Doctor
Freema Agyeman made her debut as Dr Who’s feisty assistant, Martha Jones, in March. A former employee at Blockbuster Video, she will reprise her role [...]
Posted in Blackstock Road, Brownswood Road, Brownswood ward, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, Manor House, Woodberry Down on 5 December 2007 | No Comments »
Our December report
Tory Leader resigns / Springfield Ward bye-election
We have commented several times recently about how useless the local Tories are. It seems that their own (former) Leader shares that assessment. Eric Ollerenshaw has now resigned but in a particularly cynical act, ensured it was timed to trigger a bye-election on the Thursday before [...]
Posted in 96 Gillespie, Arts, Events, Highbury West ward on 2 December 2007 | No Comments »
96 Gillespie & The Wire present… an artist’s talk with Savage Pencil.
Artist’s talk at 96 Gillespie with a interview by The Wire Magazines editor in chief, Tony Herrington. This event forms part of the ‘Savage Pencil presents… Creatures of the Night’ exhibition schedule at 96 Gillespie.
Friday, 7th Dec 2007
7 -9 pm
Location: 96 [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park, Regeneration, Transport for London, Tube, Works on 1 December 2007 | No Comments »
London Underground posted a letter to many houses in N4 area listing a series of new improvements to be ran between 2009 and 2013 to Finsbury Park station.
The proposal is to:
Install lifts to provide step-free access to the LU platforms
Install ticket gates to improve security and help to combat fare evasion
Improve the exterior of Wells [...]
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