Posts by Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Islington’s green investment fund raises £1m target – with one resident throwing in £50k just before deadline
Contributions from local people make up a fifth of the final total – with councillors now exploring how to spend it
Read MoreBeloved Highbury football pub wins approval for ‘wholesale refurbishment’
The Gunners on Blackstock Road will add a basement for live music, new homes and a shop
Read More‘They shot her there and then’: Holocaust survivor shares horrific experience during Islington’s remembrance ceremony
Local politicians condemn antisemitism after Harry Olmer, 94, recounts the his family’s treatment at the hands of the Nazis
Read MoreSociety of Genealogists to vacate Islington headquarters – with developer hoping to turn it into offices
The Society, which helps people discover their family history, has used the building since 1985
Read MorePopular Arsenal football pub tables second bid for three-storey extension
The Gunners on Blackstock Road believes a building with new homes and offices can help boost trade
Read MoreDeadline for investing in Islington’s green fund extended until end of January
The scheme, which invites residents to invest in local climate-friendly projects, has so far raised over £850k
Read MoreFinsbury Leisure Centre one step closer to being replaced as councillors agree to approach designers
Move is part of a masterplan for more affordable homes, a new medical centre and improvements to nearby open spaces
Read MoreTown Hall urges government to ‘properly fund Transport for London’ as it reveals wishlist of cycling improvements
Environment chief says council is reliant on TfL for its plans as she hits out at Whitehall’s ‘political games’
Read MoreCouncil unveils next year’s budget with vow to ‘protect the most vulnerable’
Finance chief Cllr Satnam Gill outlines spending plans and £6.7m in cuts with dig at ‘disastrous’ Tory government
Read MoreHolocaust survivor, 94, to share his harrowing story during Islington’s online remembrance ceremony
Harry Olmer, who endured the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp, will speak on 27 January in an effort to spread message of hope
Read More‘Stands against reason’: Campaign groups push north London councils for eleventh-hour rethink on controversial new incinerator
Groups including Extinction Rebellion are calling for emergency meetings to be held before contract is formally signed next week
Read MoreSeventy firefighters tackle blaze at historic swimming baths
Crews arrived at Ironmonger Row leisure centre this morning after nine staff members and 15 customers had safely evacuated
Read MoreCouncillors to discuss official market stalls outside Finsbury Park school to deter illegal trading and anti-social behaviour
Large numbers of visitors have been causing problems near Grafton School, including an incident that saw excrement posted through a resident’s letter box
Read More‘Think carefully about festive plans’, Islington’s health chief urges residents
Jonathan O’Sullivan presses people to get their jabs, saying ‘every dose gives you some protection’
Read MoreBusiness Design Centre to become vaccination hub for second time as booster drive continues
The historic venue will be open for walk-ins and appointments from 18 December until 10 January
Read More‘Glyphosate obliterates insects’: Parents urge Islington Council to outlaw harmful weedkiller
Clean air campaigners say current phasing-out scheme is ‘not operating effectively’
Read MoreIslington community centre could be renamed in tribute to UK’s first Black female headteacher
Town Hall in discussions over plan to honour the late Yvonne Conolly
Read MoreCouncil rejects call to scrap ‘ill-thought-out’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – despite 10,500 signature petition
Conservative councillor was reminded that the government is committed to LTNs and ‘believe they work and want councils to carry on’
Read MoreCall for pause on incinerator plans: ‘If we are serious about net zero we must reduce the turnover of stuff in the borough’
Politicians backing the pause include MPs Jeremy Corbyn and Catherine West
Read More‘Let’s not wait until there is another fire’: Islington Council to improve staff training following tower block blaze
Cllr Phil Graham, whose Bunhill ward includes Godfrey House, said: ‘It’s something that’s very, very important’
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