[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by ROISIN GADELRAB
Published: 11 July 2008
Parents outside the Andover Early Years Centre this week
Last hope for nursery hailed as ‘an amazing community’
Parents plead for closure reprieve as merger with nearby centre looms
PARENTS will have one last chance to save a Finsbury Park nursery after councillors [...]
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[from City and Islington College]
Charter spells safety for Blackstock Road
Determined to build a strong reputation for business and leisure, key partners within the Blackstock Road community signed a Charter on Thursday, 29th May at City and Islington College to pledge their support for a safer and more attractive area for traders, residents and visitors.
Famed for [...]
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Posted in Amwell Court, Blackstock Road, Brownswood ward, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, London, Police, Portland Rise, Regeneration, School, Woodberry Down, Works on 8 June 2008 | No Comments »
Thursday, June 05, 2008
April and May 08 update
Greater London Authority and Mayoral elections
Labour actually had a good result in London on 1st May, which has largely gone unreported due to the Mayoral contest.
We gained Harrow and Brent from the Tories, and held all of our constituency seats.
We took a London wide seat from the Lib [...]
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[from Islington Gazette]
Anger over cuts to school places
nlnews@archant.co.uk
30 April 2008
A HEADTEACHER has hit out at Islington Council for slashing the school places available due to fears new city academies will lure students away.
Education chiefs agreed to cut annual intake at Islington Arts and Media School (IAMS) in Turle Road, Finsbury Park, by 30 places to [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Islington Tribune - by PETER GRUNER
Published: 4 April 2008
Pass the biscuits… for a very British protest
DOZENS of parents and children sat down for an impromptu protest “picnic” on the steps of Islington Town Hall last night (Thursday) .
The demonstration (right) outside a full meeting of Islington council was against the plan [...]
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Posted in Amwell Court, Blackstock Road, Brownswood Road, Brownswood ward, Crime, FinFuture, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, People, Police, Portland Rise, Regeneration, Royal Mail, School, Woodberry Down, Youth on 3 March 2008 | No Comments »
Councillors Report – March 08
Kings Crescent estate
Negotiations with the potential new development partners are going well. They have inevitably raised a significant number of issues concerning the draft PDA, so will take some time - at least a couple of months - before we know for certain whether we can proceed with them.The refurbishment of [...]
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[from Bridget's blog]
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The Centre for Lifelong Learning is itself a good example of this. The original building was Finsbury Park School, one of those familar redbrick London schools. Similar ones, Ambler School and Gillespie School, still flourish nearby. Finsbury Park merged with Ambler and the site closed as a school in 1964. It later became [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Who will put black teenagers on road to success?
THE search is on for entrepreneurs from Islington’s Afro-Caribbean community who will “inspire” young people to venture into business and improve their life prospects.
Community worker Desmond Riley is planning to launch a series of talks in May aimed at teenagers who might enjoy working for [...]
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[from Islington Tribune]
Praise as school just gets better
TEACHERS and pupils at a Finsbury Park school are celebrating one of its best ever Ofsted reports.
Inspectors described Islington Arts and Media School as “good and rapidly improving” with “some outstanding features”.
The Turle Road school was classed as “good” overall, with the care, guidance and support offered to [...]
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Posted in Alexandra National House, Blackstock Road, Brownswood Road, Brownswood ward, Crime, FinFuture, Finsbury Park, Hackney, Kings Crescent estate, New River ward, Queen's Drive, Regeneration, School, Silverlink, Transport for London, Tube, Woodberry Down on 17 November 2007 | No Comments »
Councillors Report – November 07
London Overground
In the coming month, Transport for London will take over control of the East and North London Lines, which will be rebranded as London Overground. This is potentially the biggest single improvement in public transport in our part of London for decades.
Among the benefits promised on the North London [...]
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