‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down

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

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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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Punter robbed in bookies raid

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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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Bid to ease car park ‘anarchy’ has stalled

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Bid to ease car park ‘anarchy’ has stalled
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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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Street where chic meets cheap is to get all dressed up

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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

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Shoppers urged to ditch plastic bags
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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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Sit down, have a cuppa… and get to know your neighbour

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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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Traders’ power cut showdown

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Traders’ power cut showdown
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14 January 2009

Mark Adolphus, from EDF, MP Jeremy Corbyn and Despina Johnson, of FinFuture

OUTRAGED traders plagued by 18 months of massive power cuts met with electricity bosses to demand compensation on Monday – only to suffer another blackout the very next day.
More than 50 businesses and residents in Finsbury [...]

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FACE TO FACE

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FACE TO FACE
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09 January 2009
Residents and traders frustrated with a spate of power cuts in Finsbury Park can meet energy bosses face-to-face on Monday (January 12).
Householders and businesses have complained that power cuts of up to four hours have disturbed the run-up to Christmas.
The charity, FinFuture, is hosting the meeting at Finspace [...]

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