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‘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’
Read MoreQuestions raised over homes at former Holloway women’s prison
Nearly 1,000 homes planned for site which once housed some of Britain’s most notorious women prisoners
Read MoreGreen campaigner urges politicians to halt plans for £600m waste incinerator
Ben Griffith says proposals are incompatible with the climate emergency as he goes on council tax strike
Read MoreCommunity leaders urge people to get involved in local campaign to tackle inequalities
The Town Hall is hoping its Let’s Talk drive will help people share ideas for a fairer borough
Read More‘Let’s support one another’: Islington health champion urges vigilance to avoid winter of rising Covid deaths
Oliur Rahman was laughed at when handing out masks at the start of the pandemic – now he’s one of an army of volunteers still helping to fight the spread
Read MoreCouncil set to strike deal for former police station on Hornsey Road as it battles ‘severe housing crisis’
Town Hall plans to build multi-storey block with half the homes at affordable rent
Read MoreAround 38,000 Islington residents at risk of depression caused by the pandemic, council report finds
Health scrutiny probe finds that fears of contracting the virus and worries about health and jobs have affected many people
Read MoreHornsey pub must remain closed after staff ‘cleaned up crime scene’ following October stabbing
Licensing committee revokes licence despite new management plan after previous serious incidents
Read MoreIslington Council’s fire safety training under the spotlight as councillors vent anger over lack of communication
Housing scrutiny committee chair and ward representatives complain that they were not made aware of a fire enforcement notice at a local tower block
Read MoreLitany of fire safety issues at Islington tower block saw council slapped with an enforcement notice
London Fire Brigade inspectors visited Godfrey House after a blaze gutted a 16th-floor flat back in April
Read MoreDeli and wine bar in St Pancras wins approval – but residents’ concerns over anti-social behaviour picked up by licensing boss
Camden Mews locals welcome plans for Half Cut Market but criticise council’s lack of action on drug-dealing and noise
Read MoreHistoric Italia Conti stage school to be turned into offices
The performing arts academy previously announced it would vacate this year because of the impact of the pandemic
Read MoreIslington becomes first London council to launch green investment fund
Residents and non-residents can invest between £5 and £20k until 31 December
Read MoreMore than 100 agency staff have been working for Islington Council for over two years
Town Hall principle says agency workers should not do more than a year, but it still uses fewer than most London boroughs
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