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The Latest Breaking News from Islington

Trying to get a council house in London? Experts reveal 'brutal reality' of how long you'll wait

Boroughs say the wait for a family home is 12 to 15 years as they explain who gets housed as a priority

Evening Standard

Couple who painted £2.6million Islington townhouse black are ordered to repaint it white after furious neighbours complain

Edmond Curtin painted the front of his property in a dark charcoal shade, prompting fierce objections from neighbours

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‘The ad libs had us shaking behind the camera’: Corbyn and McKellen cameos raise panto’s profile

Star turns are boosting ticket sales this season, including Islington show featuring MP’s Wizard of Oz and Olivier winner’s Toto

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Kate Garraway finally sells £1.7m Islington home as she battles 800k debt after husband's death

The Celebrity Traitors star racked up a mountain of debt from caring for her husband Derek Draper, who died from long Covid complications last year

Evening Standard

Dramatic video shows wrongly-freed Algerian sex offender arrested in north London as he tries to dupe police

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was arrested in Islington after a huge police manhunt

Evening Standard

Foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail arrested

The Met confirmed Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was detailed after he was spotted by a member of the public on Friday morning.

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'Moving to Islington is impossible for an ordinary person,' local MP Emily Thornberry tells Parliament

London MPs lined up during a debate in the Commons to highlight the scale of the housing crisis facing the capital

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Man charged with arson after fire at asylum seeker hotel in Islington

Mark Neville, 64, of Islington, appeared at Highbury Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where he was remanded in custody

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Islington stabbing horror: Young woman fighting for life after attack in north London park as man arrested

A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody

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Man who stabbed teenage motorcyclist to death in Islington is jailed for 14 years

Deonte Mowatt-Slater, 16, crashed a stolen moped into a lamppost after being fatally stabbed in north London last year

Evening Standard

Jeremy Corbyn to play ‘Wizard of Oz-lington’ in Christmas pantomime

‘Local theatre is where the real wizardry happens – sparking imagination and spreading a bit of joy,’ the Islington North MP said

The Independent UK

Little Simz at The O2 review: pure unfiltered aura

4/5 The Islington-born artist has a way of making you feel part of something, and tonight was no different

Evening Standard

Watch: Bizarre moment Iceland worker whips customer while yelling 'empty your bag' at north London supermarket

One onlooker filmed the ordeal at the self-service tills at the Islington store and Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene

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Police appeal following attempted rape in Islington

Officers were called to Gillespie Park just before 7pm on Tuesday following reports of an attempted rape

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Boy, 17, fighting for life after double stabbing near London train station

Police were called to reports of a fight between several men on Essex Road, Islington, early on Wednesday

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Girls locked up for killing ‘vulnerable’ man, 75, in unprovoked street attack

Fredi Rivero was set upon in Islington, north London, on February 27 and died in hospital the next day.

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Three girls locked up for killing 75-year-old in attack filmed on mobile

Fredi Rivero was set upon in Islington, north London, on February 27 and died in hospital the next day.

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Pensioner’s death ‘was forced upon him by three girls’, daughter says

Fredi Rivero was set upon in Islington, north London, on February 27, and died in hospital the next day.

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The Independent UK

Man arrested after fire at asylum seeker hotel in central London

The blaze took place in the grounds of a premises in Dingley Road, Islington, shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Man, 64, arrested after fire at asylum seeker hotel

The blaze took place in the grounds of a premises in Dingley Road, Islington, shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Man arrested on suspicion of arson after fire at asylum hotel in Islington

Police were called to the scene of the fire at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel on Wednesday evening

Evening Standard

Council condemns ‘despicable attack’ at asylum seeker hotel after fire

The blaze took place in the grounds of a premises in Dingley Road, Islington, shortly after 10.50pm on Wednesday.

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Ex-Labour councillor charged over Westminster 'honeytrap' scandal

Ex-Islington councillor charged over Westminster honeytrap scandal which saw senior MPs receive and exchange explicit images

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Most in-demand areas among home buyers are outside the 'London banana'

The ‘banana map’ that went viral last week hides the reality of London’s property market

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Man guilty of killing teenager who crashed stolen moped into lamppost

Deonte Mowatt-Slater, 16, was stabbed in the neck and chest by Francie McCarthy in Islington, north London, in October 2024.

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