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Reading skills gap between boys and girls in Islington widens

The attainment gap for reading skills between boys and girls in Islington has increased, new figures show.

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London’s declining child population blamed on cost of living, childcare and lack of social housing

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Clerkenwell Ward Partnership & Family Day at The Peel

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Almost 20,000 religious and race hate crime offences recorded in London

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Traffic levels in Islington fall – despite rise across Britain

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TfL has brought just four prosecutions against noisy passengers since 2020

15 October 2025

Transport for London (TfL) has brought just four prosecutions against passengers for loud phone conversations or playing audio on their devices since 2020.

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Get your hands dirty!

15 October 2025

Community gardening sessions are running this autumn in several local parks and gardens.

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TfL staff at risk of removal “left in limbo,” Mayor admits

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Thousands of energy efficiency upgrades installed for households in Islington

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More deaths from suicide in Islington – as number reaches record high in England

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Smithfield market’s new location to be confirmed soon

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Hundreds of mental health crisis calls per day in London

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The Dark Side of Clerkenwell

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London is “on the frontline of the nation’s gambling crisis”, ministers told as calls grow to grant TfL power to ban ads

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Dozens of Islington council homes sold off under Right to Buy rules

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Met Police to scrap anti-social behaviour officers to boost neighbourhood policing

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London needs wider pavements or pedestrian numbers risk “stagnating”, TfL told

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William Morris: Politics and Art

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