Yet Blackstock Road is still not that area where you can open such diverse type of shops. Yet the crisis kicked in and attempts of creating a new high streets are vanishing. So that’s the reason behind the owners of Colibri Fashion Boutique that decided that was time to move to greener pastures in the not…
Category: Blackstock Road
‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down
[news link] ‘Stolen goods’ cafe shut down nlnews@archant.co.uk 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…
Finsbury to feature in moody love story
[news link] Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER Published: 4 September 2009 Hugh Grant Finsbury to feature in moody love story A NEW £1.5million feature film could do for Finsbury Park what the movie Notting Hill, starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, did for Notting Hill. Broken Lines, due to be premiered in the UK…
WOOLWICH: Teenager claims he killed David Cooper in self-defence
[news link] WOOLWICH: Teenager claims he killed David Cooper in self-defence 10:28am Wednesday 8th July 2009 By Court reporter » A FAILED asylum seeker killed a man who was trying to rape him, a court heard. David Cooper was found dead in his flat in Sir Martin Bowes House, Calderwood Street, Woolwich, in November last…
Row erupts over who takes clean-up credit
[news link] slington Tribune – by PETER GURNER Published: 26 June 2009 Paul Morris: ‘Bitterly disappointed’ Row erupts over who takes clean-up credit Community group dismisses politicians’ claims AN embarrassing row has blown up in Finsbury Park over who is responsible for major environmental and anti-crime improvements to rundown Blackstock Road. FinFuture – an independent,…
April update
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 April update – MORE AWARDS! Most improved council Last Wednesday Hackney was recognised as the most improved council at the Local Government Chronicle awards. The work of our local strategic partnership Team Hackney was also highly commended. Beacon Awards A fortnight previously, we had been awarded beacon status in two categories….
New police group to hunt most wanted
[news link] New police group to hunt most wanted nlnews@archant.co.uk 23 April 2009 A NEW unit has been set up to hunt down Islington’s most wanted offenders – and detectives have released pictures of the latest people in their sights. The new police Wanted Offenders Unit was set up this year to investigate cases where…
Our report to March
Thursday, March 05, 2009 Our report to March Councillors Report for March 09 Budget and council tax 2009/10 The council meeting to set the budget took place last night. As intended, we were able to freeze the Hackney element of the council tax again, for the fourth year in a row. Hackney is the only…
Your councillors’ report
Thursday, February 05, 2009 Your councillors’ report Councillors Report for January 09 Council performance and budget 2009/10 We intend to freeze the Hackney element of the council tax again, for the fourth year in a row. As far as we know, we are the only council in the country to be able to do this….
Sit down, have a cuppa… and get to know your neighbour
[news link] 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…
Traders’ power cut showdown
[from Islington Gazette] Traders’ power cut showdown nlnews@archant.co.uk 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…
When times are hard, turn to your neighbour for help, urges student
[from Islington Tribune] Islington Tribune – by PETER GRUNER Published: 09 January 2009 Student Katherine Wratten When times are hard, turn to your neighbour for help, urges student A GOOD neighbour network, described as the antidote to New Year “recessional gloom”, is being launched in Highbury by a 25-year-old university student. The bold idea aims…
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