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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 25 January 2008
 
‘X-RAYS WON’T BEAT KNIVES’

College boss rejects calls for machines to scan students for blades

A COLLEGE principal has hit out at calls for knife detectors in the wake of recent fatal stabbings warning they could “criminalise” young people. > more
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End of an era as club bids a funny farewell
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MP tells registrar in gay marriage row to ‘Get on with your job’
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Massive curtain to dull sound of Springsteen’s stadium rock
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Did ‘gentle giant’ take in his killer?
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Tube worker suicide ‘over childhood abuse’

A TUBE track engineer took his own life after he was haunted by flashbacks to his childhood when he was subjected to years of sexual abuse, an inquest heard.
Christopher Allen, 33, hanged himself from the bannister of his council home in Marlborough Road, Holloway, in August.
He died just weeks after the birth... > more
 
Labour call for ‘zero tolerance’ to tackle violent crime - NAMING and shaming and metal detectors in schools are some of the controversial measures being called... > more

Charity that trains thousands falls victim to flats developers - Managers at a £2million training scheme for some of Islington’s most disadvantaged people fear... > more

Nightclub tightens up security after shootings - OWNERS of a Finsbury club where two people were shot last year have agreed to stricter security demanded by police. > more

Crime-hit park blooms again - A CLERKENWELL park that was once a magnet for anti-social behaviour has scooped a prestigious award for its radical transformation. > more

‘Face court or your victims’ choice in youth crime fight - MINOR offenders should be judged by their victims rather than sent to prison, according to Liberal... > more

Battle lines are drawn in Nag’s Head arcade case - PLANS for a super-arcade in Nag’s Head have united teachers, police and residents in a courtroom battle... > more

Ken’s 24-hour travel pass pledge hailed - PENSIONERS have welcomed London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s manifesto pledge to extend the Freedom Pass to 24-hour... > more

Drug dealer found guilty of manslaughter - A “SMALL-time” drug dealer has been found guilty of manslaughter in a retrial over the part he played in a street brawl which... > more

Freud in psychoanalyst’s chair for talk on life with famous family - THE author of Hideous Kinky, novelist Esther Freud, will talk to a psychoanalyst about her... > more

Apology for lofty outburst - STRICTLY Come Dancing star Kate Garraway’s husband has apologised for the couple’s “emotional” outburst at a planning meeting last year. > more

Wait for hearing aids too long, health bosses admit - PATIENTS face a wait of up to a year to have hearing aids fitted, new figures reveal. > more

Robbers knock out victim - AN assault victim knock ed unconscious by teen agers had just popped out to buy bread. > more

Town Centre chairman dies of heart attack, 54 - IAN Gault, chairman of the Holloway Nag’s Head Town Centre Management Group, has died tragically of a heart... > more

£100,000 prize goes to charity - AN unlucky Lottery winner has forfeited a £100,000 prize after failing to come forward within the 180-day time limit. > more

Dean: My role in community - The Church of England has appointed a new dean of Islington. > more

Hopes of parking deal for carers - A CARER is one step closer to winning special parking rights for thousands in the borough who give up their time to look... > more

Solar power gives new chicks a kick start - THESE fluffy winter chicks are the first to arrive at Islington’s Freightliners Farm in Sheringham Road thanks to... > more

Self-trained painter is a law unto herself - CONSERVATVE gran dee Kenneth Clarke MP was in Islington explaining how he reluctantly allowed a completely unknown... > more

Licensing row over ‘noisy’ millionaires - A BUDGET hotel has declared war on a soph isticated millionaires’ haunt because the noise coming from the club is... > more
 
 

 

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