Residents on the Elthorne Estate have welcomed the installation of a new CCTV camera to monitor a trouble hotspot near Partington Close. Problems – including loitering, anti-social drinking and drug taking – have been building in a walkway in the North East side of the estate, near to Elthorne Park. The local community felt that CCTV [...]
Islington’s Labour Council is calling on the Conservative Mayor to reverse his unfair fare increases in a motion at next week’s Council meeting (Thursday 8 December). The Conservative Mayor has hiked bus, tube and train fares above inflation every year for the past four years in a move that has seen the cost of a [...]
Islington Labour’s local St. Peter’s Councillors – Gary Doolan (far left) and Alice Perry (second from left) – recently took a tour around the regeneration of the Packington Estate. On taking office in Islington last year, Labour inherited a Borough with chronically high levels of overcrowding. There were 3,000 overcrowded properties in the Borough and 350 [...]
Three Islington Organisations victorious in National Awards It’s been a good week for Islington, with local groups having picked up three national awards. 3R Awards Last week the Mayville Community Centre was crowned “Best Public Sector Building” at the 3R Awards (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit). The awards are supported by The Architects’ Journal, Construction News and [...]
Cllr Barbara Sidnell – Islington’s Executive Member for Crime and Community Safety – has responded to concerns from the community by bringing in a Dispersal Order in Finsbury Park to keep people safe over the Halloween and Bonfire Night period. The Dispersal Order, agreed jointly by the Islington Police and Islington Council, relates to the [...]
A campaign to improve the toilet facilities at Farringdon Station in time for the new Crossrail line, has finally been successful. Local Councillors and the local MP were extremely concerned that the original plans for Farringdon, which is being rebuilt as part of the Crossrail Project, did not include any plans to improve public toilet [...]
Tories in the London Assembly staged a walk out of a City Hall meeting yesterday (Wednesday 19 October) before Islington Pensioners Forum petition calling for action on fuel poverty could be heard. Showing a complete lack of respect for over 600 Islington residents who signed the petition, the walkout by the Tories meant the important [...]
Local pensioners yesterday celebrated the re-launch of the Sotheby Mews Day Centre. Sotheby Mews offers local pensioners a wide range of activities including keep-fit, line dancing, gardening, cake decorating, massage, tai chi, indoor bowls and yoga. It also hosts an extremely popular lunch club which up to 45 older people attend each day. The Centre [...]
Islington’s newest Councillor, Alice Perry will make her maiden speech in the Council Chamber at this Thursday’s (6th October) Full Council meeting. Cllr Perry was elected to represent the St Peter’s ward (the home of Conservative Mayor, Boris Johnson) at a by-election on August 11 and won an outstanding 52.5 per cent of the vote. [...]
Islington Council Leader, Cllr Catherine West, today spoke of her delight at the success of Islington Labour’s campaign to use Olympics money on sports events for the young, instead of disposable decorative bunting. The London Mayor’s Office had made £50,000 available to every London borough, but has insisted they spend this on celebratory “dressing” to [...]
