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Islington Gazette - Text only page News Bus crash injury man found deadA FORMER tower crane driver who was horrifically injured when he was run over by a bendy bus has been found dead at his Islington home.... Art show captures 40 years of estate memoriesTOP sculptor Anthony Gormley joined 2,500 people who flocked to see an estate transformed into a massive work of art on Saturday.... ‘Life-saving’ mental health project to endA 'LIFE-SAVING' service providing support to families with a mentally ill parent will close this month due to a lack of funding.... 'Satisfactory' school on 'path to success'ONE of Islington's most challenging secondary schools is 'rapidly improving', according to government inspectors.... Teenager charged with murder of schoolgirl Jessie Wright, 16A TEENAGER has been charged over the death of a 16-year-old schoolgirl.... Judges give disabled man hope in 'birth error' compensation battleA MATHS genius who overcame the disabilities he was born with to win an Eton scholarship and a Cambridge University Ph.D has won a vital round in his fight for millions in compensation.... Cinema to host comedy nightsWE all know talking in the cinema is rude – just don t tell the top stand-up comedians coming to Islington s Screen On The Green.... Police appeal over last hours of dead teenager Jessie WrightDetectives investigating the killing of a 16-year-old girl in Islington are appealing for information regarding her whereabouts up to 24 hours before her body was found.... Campaign may not be enough to save The Whittington Hospital, admit health chiefsMASS opposition to the closure of The Whittington Hospital s accident and emergency department may not be enough to save it, health chiefs have admitted.... £4.5million worth of heroin seized from vanONE hundred kilos of heroin with an estimated street value of £4.5million has been seized by police in Finsbury Park.... Letters Health centre is on the best siteISLINGTON Primary Care Trust PCT has been arguing for closure of Finsbury Health Centre and relocation of services away from the building, principally on grounds of financial viability, and also citing certain issues of fitness for purpose of the building... Hospital march was a truly moving experienceTHE Whittington march was something special. To march alongside so many people from across north London, united in defending our local hospital, was truly moving.... Our memories of The King’s HeadI USED to have the newsagents at 140 Upper Street in Islington before we emigrated to Australia and have fond memories of The King s Head Theatre.... Big difference in camera qualityI READ of the unfortunate chap who was stabbed in the face in Holloway (Gazette, February 25).... Mission’s 150th anniversaryTHIS year is the 150th anniversary of the founding of St Giles Christian Mission.... A family mystery...MAY I be permitted space in your columns to ask if any of your readers can assist in solving a family mystery?... Search for my fatherPLEASE can anyone give me any information regarding Francis (Frank) Barry originally from Coom, Gneeveguilla, Rathmore, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, who is my father and who was living and working in the Islington area in the mid 1950s for various b... A&E campaigners must take fight to the GovernmentIT is good news that all political parties locally, including Labour, are getting behind the campaign to save The Whittington Hospital in the run-up to Saturday's important community protest march.... We must do more to help support sex pest victimsI WAS very pleased to read that serial Tube groper, Colin Franklin had been jailed for three years (Gazette, February 18) and would like to congratulate British Transport Police on their great work.... Beware of Lib-Dem scaremongeringAS Islington s Liberal Democrats get increasingly desperate ahead of May s elections, they are escalating their scaremongering campaigns.... Sport A walk in the Park for SueSue Holt produced the run of the weekend for London Heathside, finishing second in the senior women s race of the Chingford Cross-Country League on Saturday. Holt clocked 31 minutes 31 seconds over the 8.4 kilometres at Trent Park. Johnny Naylor placed si... Angel book their place in the finalWALTHAM FOREST & DISTRICT LEAGUE CUP Vicky Park 1 Angel Islington 2 Angel Under-12s produced their best performance of the season to knock out league leaders Vicky Park and reach the cup final for the second year running. Jack Madden and Tom Blissett were... Don't dodge, Come PlayGYM sessions will never be the same again once a new sports and social club opens its doors to the Islington and Camden public next month. The Come Play Sport initiative hits the ground running during the first week in March, and organisers are calling on... What's On REVIEW: ALICE IN WONDERLANDJUSTIN MATLOCK reviews ALICE IN WONDERLAND (PG).... REVIEW: CHLOEDAISY COLLINS review CHLOE (15).... REVIEW: LEGIONJUSTIN MATLOCK reviews LEGION (15).... REVIEW: THE SHOUTING MENDUNCAN HEPBURN reviews THE SHOUTING MEN (15).... REVIEW: FATHER OF MY CHILDRENJUSTIN MATLOCK reviews FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (12A).... REVIEW: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOPJO USMAR reviews EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (15).... REVIEW: CASE 39JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews CASE 39 (15).... Barry Forshaw's DVD ChoicePick of the DVD releases.... REVIEW: MICMACSJUSTIN MATLOCK reviews MICMACS (12A).... REVIEW: THE CRAZIESJUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE CRAZIES (15).... ALBUM REVIEWS: JOANNA NEWSOM and DEAD LIKE HARRYAlbum reviews.... ALBUM REVIEWS: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS and KATHRYN WILLIAMSAlbum reviews.... LIVE REVIEW: DEPECHE MODETHERE'S a lot to be said for the O2 as a venue, which makes you wonder why it sat idle for so long as the much-derided Millennium Dome.... GIG REVIEW: MYSTERY JETSTHE presence of Mystery Jets as the closing headliners at HMV's inaugural Next Big Thing festival – a showcase of hotly-tipped indie acts across the chain's Camden and Islington venues... ALBUM REVIEWS: MASSIVE ATTACK and PLASTICINESAlbum reviews.... ALBUM REVIEWS: CORINNE BAILEY RAE and HOT CHIPAlbum reviews.... ALBUM REVIEWS: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG and ADAM GREENAlbum reviews.... ALBUM REVIEWS: ALICIA KEYS and DAVID BOWIEAlbum reviews.... Barry Forshaw's CD Choice... ALBUM REVIEWS: VAMPIRE WEEKEND and FYFE DANGERFIELDAlbum reviews.... THRILLER LIVE: REMIXEDHE may be Gone Too Soon, but the legend of MJ's simply incomparable glut of hits lives on in this eyeball-bursting evening.... MEASURE FOR MEASUREWITH clandestine plots, sex and scandal in spades, Measure for Measure is usually anything but a dull night's theatre.... DUNSINANEPLAYS about regime change have, unsurprisingly, taken on a new resonance in the aftermath of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.... THE 14TH TALEINUA Ellam comes from 'a long line of trouble-makers'.... JERUSALEMEVERY so often wind gets under the sails of a play and it soars on the sheer power of everyone talking about it.... HAVANA RAKATANIT promised an evening full of Caribbean sun, spice and steaminess – and that is exactly what this veritable festival of dance delivered.... 11 AND 12ÜBER-director Peter Brook left the UK for France 35 years ago to set up his company Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.... IN MEMORY OF EDGAR LUTZENDAVID Hauptschein's new play is based on Strindberg s Diary of a Madman.... STAGE FRIGHTABI Titmuss seems to be one of those people you either love or hate.... COSI FAN TUTTECOSI fan Tutte ('All Women are the Same'), includes some of the most beautiful operatic music ever written.... |