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More affordable homes built in Islington

More affordable homes were built in Islington this year, new figures show, as numbers rose across England.

two construction workers standing on scaffolding on a new build home

Fewer people in Islington completing cervical screenings

A woman in a white lab coat looking through a microscope

Green belt homes

A row of houses under construction

Rough sleeping charter

someone's feet in trainers sleeping on some flattened boxees on the street

Community • History

A ‘Ragged School’ Christmas in Clerkenwell

Several school children dressed in Victorian clothing being served plum pudding

Latest News

Sadiq Khan helping serve school dinners in a primary school.

Clarity needed over free school meals

5 December 2023

Sadiq Khan is under pressure to reveal whether he plans to extend his free school meal programme into the next academic year.

Latest Features

A woman buying a gift at the Christmas fair

News from The Peel: A very successful Christmas Fair

30 November 2023

Great fun was had by all at The Peel's Christmas Fair with over 200 people attending!

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Dodgy builders jailed

15 August 2023

Islington LTN anger two years on

9 December 2022

A woman lying down on a stage, playing a guitar.

Community • Features

Clerkenwell Festival Returns

9 August 2023

A map of the intended Barnsbury and Laycock liveable neighbourhood

Meeting announced for Barnsbury LTN

9 February 2023

A concept diagram of the intended development

Next step for leisure centre redevelopment

18 June 2023

An overcast Clerkenwell Green

Comment • News

The council’s plans for Clerkenwell Green don’t suit everybody

22 February 2023

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Features • News

New choir rises from ashes of defunded LSO Community Choir

6 April 2023

Two people cycle past a bike hangar in Highbury

Islington LTNs to be extended to cover 70 percent of streets

17 January 2023

Substantial new square near St Paul’s Cathedral planned

10 November 2022

The now closed Look Mum No Hands! in happier days, a long cafe with seating outside

Look Mum No Hands! EC1’s cycle workshop cafe bar has closed

9 February 2023