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Archway Market now three days with 25 stalls after Islington planning decision

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 21 June 2018

The stalls will be trading every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 8pm

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Kismet, book review: ‘haunted by doubts about the authenticity of her life’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 21 June 2018
Luke Tredget

Whether Kismet means destiny or division, Anna is about to test it

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Islington’s housing chief says ‘buy-for-temp’ scheme will get around government ‘red tape’

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 19 June 2018

Council agrees to buy private homes to provide temporary accommodation

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Revealed: Third of Islington’s ward partnerships failed to hold annual public meetings – in violation of constitution

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 19 June 2018
Richard Watts

Barnsbury ward partnership held no public meetings for five years

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Foodbank use in Islington rises 20 per cent as council blames welfare reforms

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 June 2018

The Trussell Trust numbers are up for both adults and children

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Islington Council ‘sorry’ for failing to help homeless woman’s daughter – who is now missing

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 June 2018

An recent investigation found the council ‘at fault’ in its handling of the case

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Finsbury Park residents announce move to give community a voice on planning

By Max Eckersley | Thursday 14 June 2018

Group to apply for Neighbourhood Forum status to give locals a say on the area’s development

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Islington Council refuses to provide details of ‘fundamental’ change to anti-crime services

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 June 2018
Richard Watts

Richard Watts has announced an overhaul of early intervention and prevention

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Machinal, Almeida – review: an expressionist masterpiece on marital life and motherhood

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 12 June 2018
Machinal

Natalie Abrahami’s production of this 1928 play has a current resonance about the social confinement many women face

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Islington Council defends holding £34 million in unspent house-building money

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 4 June 2018

Cllr Andy Hull says Section 106 money is under ‘detailed restrictions’

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Revealed: Islington Council’s youth service budget cuts

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 31 May 2018

Cuts of almost £2 million in five years to universal services

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Watts says Tory cuts ‘undermine’ Islington’s anti-knife crime efforts after Town Hall stabbing

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 May 2018
Richard Watts

Council Leader slams government in re-election speech

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Watts to re-appoint Claudia Webbe to Islington cabinet after failed Lewisham MP bid

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 May 2018

Council Leader says: “I intend to re-appoint the current Executive team on Thursday.”

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Claudia Webbe says ‘no plans’ for a Bunhill byelection if she becomes Lewisham East MP

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 May 2018

Councillor tells Citizen she will keep her seat despite MP bid

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Campaigners announce winning design for Mary Wollstonecraft statue

By Max Eckersley | Tuesday 15 May 2018

Artist and ‘modern legend’ Maggi Hambling chosen to create world’s first memorial to pioneering feminist on Newington Green

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Islington Council ‘sorry’ after failing to publish register of large payments since end of 2017

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 May 2018

Town Hall blames understaffing and vows to publish data next week

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Islington Council Leader congratulates Green Party’s Caroline Russell on re-election

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 10 May 2018
Council Leader Richard Watts (left) and Cllr Caroline Russell

Labour’s Richard Watts also hails his party’s 47-seat majority

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Islington council elections 2018: analysis

By Sarah Birch | Monday 7 May 2018
Islington election results 2018

Islington is the only local authority in London to see no change in council seats, but turbulence lurks beneath the surface

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Rationalism on Set: Glamour and Modernity in 1930s Italian Cinema, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: a sleek exploration of style on celluloid

By Islington Citizen | Wednesday 2 May 2018
Gastone Medin's set design for L’ultima avventura (The Last Adventure; Dir. Mario Camerini, 1932) Photograph: attributed to Aurelio Pesce, courtesy Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale

This photographic voyage through 1930s Italian cinema brilliantly illustrates the twin development of newfangled ‘talkie’ films and mid-century modern design

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Green Party’s Russell hits back at Watts’s claim ‘super-majority’ Labour council can police itself

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 2 May 2018
Council Leader Richard Watts (left) and Cllr Caroline Russell

Caroline Russell says more Green councillors will help scrutinise Town Hall

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