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Urban Food Fest gets three more years at Cowcross Street plaza
Street food market wins permission despite complaints from local residents about noise and anti-social behaviour
Read MoreTown Hall hits out at government ‘failures’ in its Covid exit strategy for schools
Report says lack of Covid funding for councils and schools is a ‘savage indictment of so-called levelling-up policies’
Read MorePublic health boss hails vaccine effort as Islington reports lowest infection rate in London
Jonathan O’Sullivan says latest figures are ‘tremendous’, but warns that we are ‘likely to be living with the virus for some time’
Read MoreCoronavirus safety measures: What you need to know about voting in person on 6 May
Find out how Islington Council is gearing up to make this week’s elections safe
Read MoreRow over ‘underhanded’ approach derails Amazon Fresh store opening
Licence application delayed till next month with police set to be reconsulted
Read MoreCouncil bosses brand consultation on mandatory jabs ‘unhelpful’
Borough chief reveal they were ‘particularly concerned’ with low uptake among adult social care staff at start of year
Read MoreRaise repair concerns before homes handed back to council, housing association tenants told
Partners for Improvement required to fix problems before its properties are brought in-house next April
Read MoreVole call: Help protect the endangered riverside dwellers by joining charity survey
Residents asked to record sightings of water voles, Britain’s fastest declining mammal, so experts can try to turn their fortunes around
Read MoreIslington in Bloom: A gardening contest for green fingers
Competition set to run until early July, with categories that cater to people of all ages and abilities
Read MoreHolloway Prison redevelopment: Campaigners accuse Peabody of ‘backtracking’ on Women’s Building
The housing association says ‘standalone building was never the intention’
Read MoreIslington Mayor backs residents over ‘saturation’ of licenced venues in Archway
Janet Burgess joins local forum in opposing the openings of two more venues
Read MoreCovid culture fund to help dozens of Islington venues
Government grants to revive performance and visual arts as lockdown loosens
Read MoreBowie-inspired venue in Finsbury Park sees late night hours curbed amid resident concern
Residents in City North development raise fears over noise from purpose-built venue
Read MoreResidents complain of noise nuisance from ‘dark store’ warehouse on pedestrianised alley
Neighbours say they feel driven out noise of reverberating trollies as company pledges
Read MoreBeer pong club shut down following New Year’s Eve Covid restrictions breaches
Venue slammed for ‘catastrophic catalogue of infractions, incompetence and deliberate law breaking’
Read MoreLTNs had ‘no impact’ on fire response times in London last year, new figures show
Capital’s fire service says response times in inner London ‘remain quicker’ than in outer London
Read MoreCouncillors fear residents without water meter face ‘financial disadvantage’
Thames Water faces questions as debate over billing changes continues
Read MoreTown Hall bails out leisure centre firm again despite ‘significant financial risk’
GLL’s rent payments, which during the first lockdown amounted to over £1.2m, deferred for a third time
Read MoreNHS chiefs defend role in US takeover of GP practices as campaigners condemn ‘lack of transparency’
Local health bosses claim ‘no ill intent’ with two local surgeries set to come under control of American insurance giant
Read MoreGet involved in re-designing Bingfield and Woodfall parks
Council invites residents to have their say on plans to transform green spaces
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