Burglary rates are falling, insist police

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Burglary rates are falling, insist police
nlnews@archant.co.uk
26 August 2009
POLICE insist soaring rates of burglary insurance claims are at odds with the borough’s falling break-in rates in crime-hit streets.
Hornsey and Crouch End were named and shamed as the second most risky areas to live in the capital according to the number of insurance claims filed last [...]

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Haringey is London’s top burglary ‘hotspot’

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Haringey is London’s top burglary ‘hotspot’
5:09pm Thursday 30th July 2009
By Elizabeth Pears [...]

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Neglect is hurting street, say residents

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Neglect is hurting street, say residents
nlnews@archant.co.uk
02 July 2009
ALMOST 100 people have signed a petition calling for a boost for a boost for one of Finsbury Park’s most interesting high streets.
People living in the Stroud Green Road area of Finsbury Park say its diversity, lively cafes and pubs and rich variety of restaurants make it [...]

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‘We don’t want slums back’

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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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Graffiti vandal’s internet boasts

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Graffiti vandal’s internet boasts
nlnews@archant.co.uk
24 December 2008
A GRAFFITI artist believed to be part of a gang of vandals has posted pictures of himself spraying scores of his distinctive “tags” on the internet.
The Islington-based vandal has been caught bragging and posting photos of illegally defacing property across the north of the borough on internet sites [...]

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Parkland Walk robber guilty

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Parkland Walk robber guilty
4:38pm Tuesday 23rd December 2008
By Charlotte Gray [...]

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London bike park ‘one of the safest in world’

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London bike park ‘one of the safest in world’
Mark Prigg
17.12.08
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A LONDON bicycle park has been selected as one of the world’s best examples of cycle safety.
The £675,000 site in Stroud Green Road, Finsbury Park, has space for 130 bikes. It has 24 hour CCTV, automated locking cycle racks, and a smartcard [...]

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Charity collection scam

Leaflets about a clothes collection by The Children’s Welfare Foundation are around in our area.
It appears this is a scam commercial company not a charity who collects the clothes.
Read full story: Dodgy “good cause” children’s welfare foundation wants your help

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‘It’s not festive enough by half’

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‘It’s not festive enough by half’
nlnews@archant.co.uk
19 November 2008
FESTIVE lights will grace a shopping strip once again, but critics say they only cover half the area they should do.
Stroud Green Road will have its Christmas lights switched on in December, but they will stretch only from Finsbury Park station to the [...]

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Locals strike back at ‘warts and all’ guide

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Locals strike back at ‘warts and all’ guide
nlnews@archant.co.uk
12 November 2008
A NEW “warts and all” guidebook threatens to “let the cat out of the bag” about London – and Islington comes in for some serious abuse.
The Not For Tourists Guide to London calls Archway “grimy”, Holloway “grotty” and one of the area’s best-known pubs [...]

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