Town Hall set to let out empty car park in Clerkenwell to storage company
Council report says renting out the space could remove risk of anti-social behaviour
Read MoreWhittington Hospital’s maternity unit set for ‘long overdue improvements’
Hospital bosses say plans will create ‘modern and welcoming facilities for families, patients and staff’
Read MoreIslington Council joins £50m research project designed to tackle health inequalities across the country
Town Hall successful in bid to feature in National Institute for Health and Care Research’s initiative
Read MoreFive homes to be built on ‘unsightly car park’ next to historic Highgate Hill pub
Planners give go-ahead to developers in face of objections over design
Read MoreTown Hall consulting on plans to merge two primary schools in Barnsbury – as pupil numbers drop
Copenhagen and Vittoria primaries already work closely as part of the Islington Futures Federation
Read MoreNew library and housing in Archway likely to win approval from Town Hall planners
Major scheme includes a replacement headquarters for Archway medical centre
Read More‘We can spot things early’: Islington barbers join initiative to improve mental health of young Black men
Hairdressers across the borough have been trained up as part of a three-year scheme to tackle health inequalities
Read MoreKing Hamlin, Park Theatre, stage review: ‘Is there any coming back from social division?’
Gloria Williams’s new play gives a ‘nuanced insight into the effect of criminality on people’s personalities’
Read MoreTown Hall defends cut to communal heating in face of criticism from ‘very anxious’ residents
Community groups raise concerns over the move, but the council says it will mean people pay less during cost-of-living crisis
Read More‘Cramped relic’: Urgent action needed to ‘save lives’ inside overcrowded Pentonville prison, campaigners warn
Howard League for Penal Reform speaks out after ‘yet another tragic report’ on conditions at the Victorian jail
Read More‘Really exciting’: Community groups to help green up Islington in £1m council initiative
Thirty-eight ideas submitted by residents have been picked for funding
Read MoreCompton Arms boss ‘very happy’ as pub keeps hold of licence following complaints from neighbours
Town Hall bosses settled for imposing new conditions on the pub at a packed meeting
Read More‘Violence is a disease’: Islington Council launches five-year plan to tackle crime and drug-dealing across the borough
‘No-one is safe until we are all safe,’ says Town Hall’s community safety boss
Read MorePrimary school places could be cut in Islington as pupil numbers fall
One in five reception places went unfilled in the borough this year
Read MoreStaff at Compton Arms ‘totally overwhelmed’ by messages of support as they prepare for licence review prompted by neighbours’ complaints
The Canonbury establishment was used by George Orwell as a blueprint for his ideal pub
Read More‘Sacrilege’: Supporters of Shaolin Temple in Tufnell Park urge council to drop plans to move it
Town Hall planners want to use the site as a base for the Gypsy and Traveller community
Read More‘We are no longer sitting in silence’: Go Africa arts festival kicks off Black History Month line-up in Islington
Bike rides, book fairs and cooking lessons are among the activities taking place across the borough
Read More‘We need deeds and action’: Islington councillor calls for apology from Labour following report on racism within the party
Labour’s Cllr Valerie Bossman-Quarshie, co-founder of Campaign Against Afriphobia, wants apology for ‘every single person’ affected by Forde report
Read More‘Risk of a tragedy’: Parents urge council to install safer crossing by north Islington playground
Residents ‘keen to calm traffic’ near Wray Crescent playground, which is a minute’s walk from three schools
Read More‘Injustice for residents’: Islington Council calls for water supply to be renationalised following series of floods
‘Private sector has had 30 years to get this right’, says one councillor
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