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‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down
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19 November 2009
A CAF: that had been taken over by dealers in stolen mobile phones has been shut down.
La Roma in Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, had become the hub of a stolen goods trade among north African men.
And when police raided it on November 3, they found a stolen camera [...]

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‘30 bullets’ fired into sports store with machine gun
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12 August 2009
MACHINE gun fire rang out across a busy street on Tuesday night as two men sprayed bullets into a shop.Up to 30 shots were fired at a sportswear store with no name in Seven Sisters Road, close to the junction with Yonge Park, Finsbury [...]

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 7 August 2009

From left, Business Forum chief executive Talal Karim, previous chief executive Despina Johnson, London Assembly member Jennette Arnold and Forum chairman Paul Morris

£80m shops, offices and homes plan for buzzing fashion centre

Entry arch to go up at street market under ambitious regeneration scheme
THE man who [...]

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City North Site, Finsbury Park, London by Benson & Forsyth
29 July, 2009 | By Richard Waite

First Look: Benson & Forsyth has revealed its detailed proposals for a £80 million mixed-use scheme next to Finsbury Park station, north London
The practice landed the 46,000 sq m project in June last year (2008) after seeing [...]

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Punter robbed in bookies raid
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23 July 2009
ARMED men burst into a bookmakers, threatened staff and robbed a customer of cash and mobile phones in an early-morning raid.The men hit the Coral bookies in Green Lanes, between Hewitt and Seymour Roads, Harringay, at 8.30am last Wednesday, police said.
The men, described as black and aged between [...]

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 3 April 2009

Jeremy Corbyn

‘We don’t want slums back’
MP’s warning at meeting aimed at saving Finsbury Park from falling victim to the recession
ISLINGTON North MP Jeremy Corbyn has called for Finsbury Park to fight the recession and save young people from the danger of growing up in [...]

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Bid to ease car park ‘anarchy’ has stalled
nlnews@archant.co.uk
25 February 2009
PLANS to break the traffic gridlock at a retail park have stalled – despite being given the green light three months ago.
Some landowners in the Arena Retail Park in Green Lanes, Harringay, have failed to sign up to a scheme proposed by Sainsbury’s to overhaul [...]

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 20 February 2009

Tumi Monika, a shop assistant at Best Look in Fonthill Parade

Street where chic meets cheap is to get all dressed up
Parade of fashion shops will put up welcome sign as part of profile-raising makeover
FINSBURY Park’s Fonthill Road fashion centre – frequented by television personality Vanessa [...]

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Shoppers urged to ditch plastic bags
nlnews@archant.co.uk
06 February 2009
A COMMUNITY group is hoping to rid its area of plastic bags, replacing them with new sustainable canvas bags.
They are hoping to introduce the new environmentally friendly bags to the Harringay area in the coming months and have released several initial designs.
Millions of plastic bags are used [...]

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Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER
Published: 6 February 2009

Katherine Wratten

Sit down, have a cuppa… and get to know your neighbour

Pubs, cafés and churches offer warm welcome as community draws closer
THE solid citizens of Highbury will “celebrate their neighbours” tomorrow (Saturday) in the first of a planned series of events to help people cope [...]

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