Islington, England News

Berkeley Homes has submitted plans to the London Borough of Islington to transform a low density, 1980s business park into a low energy, high-density residential community in Islington.

Haringey Council has announced plans to introduce 20mph zones across the borough to make the roads "safer" - just months after the idea was dismissed for costing too much.

Staffing standards are not being met at Camden's controversial out-of-hours GP service - which was criticised over the death of a baby last year - an inspection has found.

A nursery where two former members of staff were caught watching a video with indecent images of children is set to close at the end of the month.

In areas of high HIV prevalence in England, half the local authorities have not made HIV a public health priority, according to an analysis conducted by HIV Prevention England partners and presented at the British HIV Association conference in Manchester last month.

Bosses at Camden Council say a list which claims the local authority has the highest number of staff earning more than 100,000 in the country is inaccurate and should be withdrawn.

Ashton's Kutcher's lovely US girlfriend Mila Kunis is working hard in Europe, but is during her down time has found a new royal drinking pal - Britain's Princess Beatrice! 29-year-old Mila and her boyfriend Ashton were joined by the 24-year-old royal and her partner Dave Clark, 30, for dinner on Saturday before embarking on a pub crawl to several ... (more)

Mr Jaipaul, from Birnam Road, Holloway, was stabbed 25 times as he walked home through the Andover Estate, off Seven Sisters Road in June 2011 Thomas McInerney, 21, Allan Kalema, 19, Warren Brooks, 25, Jojo Mafwa, 18, Tirrell Ball-Thomas, 18, Orvill Sterling, 18, and a 17-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons ... (more)

The 29-year-old actress and her boyfriend Ashton Kutcher were joined by the 24-year-old royal and her partner Dave Clark, 30, for dinner on Saturday before embarking on a pub crawl to several upmarket cocktail bars in London.

A family photo of Gloria Foster taken in 1980. She died in February this year after being left without care in her Banstead home for nine days.

A married couple from south-east London have been charged with stealing more than A 400,000 from a charity that aids war-torn communities in Afghanistan.

It might have cartoon giraffes and marble staffies, but his show at Southend's Focal Point Gallery is much duller than his experiments with naked five-a-side What is it about Eddie Peake ? Last year I watched a couple of his dance performances - called, obscurely, Amidst a Sea of Flailing High Heels and Cooking Utensils - at Tate Tanks and London's ... (more)

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh leave Buckingham Palace ahead of the State Opening of Parliament in London.

Mary Hassell is currently coroner at Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan and she will take up her position at St Pancras Coroner's Court in Kings Cross in the summer.

Camden Passage, a pedestrianised street in Islington lined with small shops and cafA©s, is a popular spot for local residents and visitors Islington is a mix of gritty and grand, of council housing next to mansions, in a small borough of 200,000 residents just north of Westminster and the City of London.

Labour Islington Council leader Catherine West hopes to challenge MP Lynne Featherstone in Hornsey and Wood Green.

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Members of the local Labour party met on Tuesday to begin the selection process for one of London's most hotly contested constituencies which has been named as one of the party's all-women shortlists.

One of the country's most famous felines - street cat Bob - will go on sale tomorrow in the form of a one-off hand painted teapot to be sold in aid of animal charity Blue Cross.

Council leader Catherine West has promised she "won't be causing a by-election" as she confirms she is hoping to stand for MP in nearby Hornsey and Wood Green.