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‘Big part of the team’: Meet the kitchen worker with learning difficulties using specialist how-to videos to feed theatregoers
With support from the council and colleagues at the Almeida, Jemaine Williams can refer to AutonoMe videos to help him cut the perfect baguette
Read More‘Important investment’: Girls’ football team in plea for council funding amid concern for its future
‘There’s an appetite for the sport but we do not have enough money to continue,’ parent tells councillors
Read More‘Lifeline’: Campaigners call for council U-turn on Sobell ice rink closure
Ice hockey players and skaters fear for people’s wellbeing if historic rink is shut down
Read MoreChair of Islington’s Family Carer Action Group wins council accolade
Virginia Bovell says her Dignity in Care Award is ‘recognition’ for local families
Read MoreNew council chief executive promises to deliver ‘a fairer Islington’
Victoria Lawson, Hounslow’s environment and culture chief, announced as successor to Linzi Roberts-Egan
Read MoreCollapse-prone concrete discovered at Islington school – with classes moved to protect students
RAAC concrete was found in a roof at St Aloysius’ College in Highgate
Read MorePlans for ‘landmark’ 150m skyscraper in Old Street win approval in face of local discontent
99 City Road is set to be 50 per cent taller than Islington’s new planning strategy allows
Read MoreIslington Council to wind up its commercial arm after nine years
Only memorials and pest control are making money for the firm
Read MoreMurder investigation launched after man stabbed to death in Holloway
Police and politicians appeal for information about incident on Axminster Road yesterday morning
Read MoreCampaigners occupy empty Islington flats as they urge government to give them to families in need
Housing Rebellion wants Ministry of Justice to hand over the 28 flats by Pentonville Prison to the council
Read MoreFormer Arsenal club shop in Finsbury Park to become Asda Express
Council grants licence to supermarket giant despite objections over availability of ‘cheap alcohol’
Read MoreBuilding in Angel could become a pub again for first time in over two decades
Council considering application for site where Empress of Russia pub once operated for almost 200 years
Read MoreChurch wants to turn Upper Street phone box into ‘inspirational’ miniature library
Plan is part of ‘Adopt a Kiosk’ scheme that has seen iconic phone boxes given creative new uses
Read MoreParents of children on free school meals offered help with school uniform costs
£150 grant towards school uniform available if child is starting secondary school
Read MoreUnite Students applies to remove cladding from seven-storey blocks
Company reviewed cladding and fire safety remedial work following building safety advice
Read MorePlans to demolish Edward Rudolf House to make way for office block
The Children’s Society moved its headquarters out of the building in 2019
Read More‘So joyful’: Happiness all around at Islington Town Hall as number of weddings returns to pre-pandemic level
Big days are back after couples were forced to put plans on ice during Covid
Read MoreMildmay Library set for a refresh to make it more ‘welcoming’
Islington Council has submitted plans that would give the library a new look
Read More‘Future is bleak,’ say ice skaters as council signals end is nigh for historic Islington rink
The surface at Sobell leisure centre looks set to be turned into a soft play area
Read MoreWoman found unconcious in bed covered in vomit and blood on same day coroner raised concerns over her care
Inquest hears that Rose Hollingworth, 83, should have been checked on that morning – but ultimately the delays did not contribute to her death
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