THE start of a public inquiry into controversial plans to develop Smithfield Market developed into a battle this week.
The market’s butchers are at loggerheads with English Heritage over a plan to demolish the derelict General Market building, much loved by conservationists. > more
£3,000 bill for council boss trip - ISLINGTON Council has defended plans to use £3,000 of public funds to fly chief executive Helen Bailey to South Africa for a 10-day... > more
Voice of Homer in King’s Head play - HIS voice can be heard from Tahiti to Timbuctoo, but for the next four weeks the true form of Homer Simpson can be found... > more
Schools’ budget penalty scrapped - HEADTEACHERS ac ross Islington are breathing a sigh of relief after plans to claw back millions from their budgets were... > more