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Town Hall’s Covid costs could reach £22.7m this year, early forecast shows

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 7 September 2021
Islington Town Hall

Council predicts £200k overspend even with government grants factored in

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Planners approve West Library revamp as £1.5m We Are Cally project moves forward

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 7 September 2021

Reading room at Grade II-listed library to be turned into employment hub

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Council to cut down on agency fees as staff bills rise during pandemic

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 31 August 2021
Islington Town Hall

Lateral flow tests for its employees have cost the Town Hall almost half a million pounds

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Grade II-listed family tomb at Bunhill Fields set for restoration

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 24 August 2021

The sunken burial chamber of the Pottengers is close to the grave of Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Dafoe

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Late-night deliveries banned at McDonald’s on Seven Sisters Road after residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 August 2021

Locals say drivers have been ‘urinating, defecating’ and ‘intimidating’ them

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Toasts from patrons fail to save Islington sports bar from tougher licensing conditions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 August 2021

Islington Sports Bar and Grill, a favourite with Arsenal fans, told to hire security guards after numerous licensing and Covid breaches

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Islington apprentice shortlisted for two awards opens up about mental health and working through the pandemic

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 10 August 2021

Molly Edlin talks to the Citizen after her nomination for best contribution by an apprentice in the London Councils awards

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Coffee shop gets go-ahead to sell wine despite neighbours’ concerns

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 4 August 2021
Islington Town Hall

High Ground owner tells licensing committee he ‘doesn’t like rowdy venues’

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Union cuts funding to London Labour following sacking of long-serving Islington caretaker

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 3 August 2021

Gary Bolister dismissed after taking part in video that inadvertently featured a shot of a local councillor in their home

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Islington Police praise knife amnesty response with more than 1,000 weapons surrended in just 10 months

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 3 August 2021

Scissors and building tools also found in special bins put up by the council following fatal stabbing of Tony Eastlake last year

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Green light for 91 new flats at Islington estate

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 July 2021

Plans approved despite concerns over loss of light and overdevelopment

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Residents urged to encourage friends to get vaccinated as take-up drops

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 July 2021

Community safety boss calls for ‘big push’ after raising concerns over low number of Black people having the jab

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Two people hospitalised despite being double-jabbed during recent rise in local Covid cases

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 July 2021

Islington’s public health director says some cases can be tracked to Euro 2020 football matches

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Islington councillor accuses Scotland Yard of ‘leadership failure’ amid claims officers are still stopping people based on cannabis smell

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 9 July 2021
Green party Assembly Member Caroline Russell

The Metropolitan Police vowed to end the practice eight months ago

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Corbyn leads tributes as university handyman Mick Gilgunn elected to Islington Council after landslide by-election win

By Jacob Dirnhuber, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 6 July 2021

Gilgunn wins with 59 per cent of the vote to fill seat vacated by former council leader Richard Watts

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Local rise in infections ‘particularly concerning’, says public health boss

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 14 June 2021

Cases ‘roughly doubled’ in the week to 4 June

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Angel shop’s booze bid prompts debate over antisocial behaviour

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 May 2021

Neighbours speak out over antisocial behaviour as appeals made to council to support local business

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‘It’s Cally’s time’: Councillor hails resident-led plan for Caledonian Road

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 May 2021

‘This much-maligned road will no longer be hiding its light under a bushel’, says Cllr Sara Hyde

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Road safety fears over newly approved sixth form for ‘high achievers’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 26 May 2021

Residents say one entrance is already ‘totally unsafe’ with pupil numbers set to swell to 900

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Allotment holders get new lease of life after council rule change

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 May 2021

Town Hall to scrap 10-year limit and return to annual tenancies

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