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
nlnews@archant.co.uk
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 Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, Police, Tollington ward on 8 February 2009 | 2 Comments »
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Islington Tribune – by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 6 February 2009
HAVE POLICE LOST OUR CONFIDENCE?
After three murders in year, survey reveals low approval rating
CONFIDENCE levels in police are lower in Islington than anywhere else in London, new figures compiled by the Met have revealed.
Police chiefs have been stunned by the statistics, which show only 29 [...]
Posted in Crouch End ward, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Haringey, Islington, London, Stroud Green ward, Tollington ward, Youth on 30 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Islington Gazette]
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 [...]
Posted in Brownswood ward, Crime, Crouch End ward, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Hackney, Haringey, Harringay ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, London, New River ward, Seven Sisters ward, St Ann's ward, Stroud Green ward, Tollington ward on 2 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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
Posted in Blackstock Road, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, Tollington ward on 26 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Islington Gazette]
Rise in parking costs slammed
nlnews@archant.co.uk
26 November 2008
ANGRY drivers say Liberal Democrat-run Islington Council is squeezing more cash out of them with new wardens and higher charges.
It has recruited another 30 parking wardens and increased the cost of pay and display machines.
In Finsbury Park the cost for a two-hour stay has risen by 150 [...]
Posted in Crime, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Islington, London, Police, Seven Sisters Road, Tollington ward on 21 November 2008 | 3 Comments »
[from Islington Gazette]
Drugs raid arrests
nlnews@archant.co.uk
21 November 2008
A DRUGS laboratory and cannabis shop operating from a disused barber’s shop was busted by police officers.
The Gazette was on the scene as part of Islington’s drug scene was exposed by police with rams and buzz saws.
They smashed into Firm Cut barbers in Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, where [...]
Posted in Energy, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Haringey, Islington, Stroud Green ward, Tollington ward on 20 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Hornsey & Couch End Journal]
‘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 [...]
Posted in Andover estate, Crime, Finsbury Park, Islington, London, Police, Tollington estates, Tollington ward, Youth on 8 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Islington Gazette]
Man stabbed several times in street attack
nlnews@archant.co.uk
05 November 2008
A MAN escaped with his life after being stabbed in the early hours of Monday.
The 20-year-old was recovering in hospital this week after being stabbed in Durham Road, at the junction with Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, just after midnight. He was taken to hospital with [...]
Posted in Andover estate, Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, London, People, Police, Six Acres estate, Tollington estates, Tollington ward, Youth on 1 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune – by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 31 October 2008
Tim Westwood in the pimped-up police riot van on Monday
Pimp my ride… from cop riot van to mobile recording studio
Battered vehicle saved from scrapheap for DJ’s TV show will tour estates
HIP-hop came to the Andover estate in Holloway on Monday when Radio 1 [...]
Posted in Finsbury Park, Finsbury Park ward, Highbury West ward, Islington, London, Tollington ward, Unemployment, Youth on 22 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[from Islington Gazette]
Six in 10 kids facing poverty
nlnews@archant.co.uk
22 October 2008
SIX out of every 10 Islington children is living in or on the brink of poverty – and not a single ward escapes destitution, according to new figures.
Statistics released by “4 in 10: The End Child Poverty London Project” reveal that in 12 of the borough’s [...]
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