Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, Police, Six Acres estate on 13 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
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‘Drugs’ shooting shocks estate
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13 August 2009
PAUL DELAPPE outside Fallowfield: “”Estate is bad for drugs
A MAN was shot in the head for his BMW and three mobile phones just yards from people’s front doors.Detectives are investigating whether last Thursday’s shooting – during which the victim narrowly escaped with his life – was a drug [...]
Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, Police, Stores on 13 August 2009 | 1 Comment »
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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 [...]
Posted in Charity, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, London, People, School, Youth on 1 August 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Young advisers to help shape centre
Youth Work Now
1 August 2009
Islington Council has recruited a group of 14 young advisers to help develop a flagship youth centre in Finsbury Park.
The new centre, which is being funded using cash from the government’s Myplace scheme, will give young people access to a safe space where they can [...]
Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, London, Police, Six Acres estate on 11 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
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‘Puppy farms’ breeding wild dogs
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02 July 2009
PC George Thomson with two pitbulls which had to be destroyed after a raid on a council flat in Finsbury Park
ILLEGAL “puppy farms” on Islington housing estates are breeding hundreds of banned danger dogs every year worth up to £8,000 a litter.
Two dangerous pit bull terriers alleged [...]
Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, Police, Transport for London, Youth on 31 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Islington Tribune – by CHARLOTTE CHAMBERS
Published: 29 May 2009
Joint operation: teams at the Tube station targeted men between 16 and 25
Police station crackdown targets knives and drugs
POLICE have sent a warning to anyone hoping to bring drugs and knives into Finsbury Park: you will be caught.
Last Thursday a joint operation by British Transport [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park ward, Islington, Regeneration, Six Acres estate, Works on 30 April 2009 | 1 Comment »
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£4m blow for council after developer pulls out of estate scheme
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30 April 2009
CREDIT crunched Islington Council is set to lose £4million after a private company pulled out of a flagship regeneration scheme.
Developer John Laing and housing association One Housing Group had been planning to build 164 new flats on the rundown Six Acres Estate.
The [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Business, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Hackney, Haringey, Highbury West ward, Islington, London, People, Stroud Green ward, Unemployment, Youth on 10 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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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 [...]
Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, People, Transport for London, Tube, Youth on 14 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Islington Tribune – by ROISIN GADELRAB and PETER GRUNER
Published: 13 March 2009
YOUTHS TO BE BANNED FROM TUBE STATION
Police bid to tackle youngsters intimidating staff and passengers
GROUPS of youths look set to be banned from Finsbury Park station following reports of a campaign of intimidation against staff and claims that gangs are recruiting [...]
Posted in Andover estate, Finsbury Park, Islington, Regeneration, Six Acres estate, Works on 1 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Rundown estate gets a new look
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18 February 2009
Robert Burbage, 55, chairman of the Six Acres Tenants’ and Residents’ Association outside one of the repainted blocks
DECADES of neglect had resulted in one of Islington’s biggest council estates become a dilapidated haven for gangs of drug dealers and criminals.
But residents on the Six Acres Estate, [...]
Posted in Events, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, People on 17 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Ahmed Saad and Labour leader Cllr Catherine West
Mosque opens it doors as part of neighbour celebration day
Community event shows new face of the Finsbury Park place of worship
ONCE a hotbed of extremism, Finsbury Park’s towering red brick mosque opened its doors on Saturday to hundreds of local residents as part of a [...]
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