Residents have slammed Islington Council for raking in more than £100,000 in fines for one street in just one week after putting up ‘totally inadequate’ driving restriction signs. Gaby and Stephen Brown, both 64, were ‘astonished’ when they were slapped with two Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) on the same day in April this year. The couple, … Read more
Residents have slammed Islington Council for raking in more than £100,000 in fines for one street in just one week after putting up ‘totally inadequate’ driving restriction signs. Gaby and Stephen Brown, both 64, were ‘astonished’ when they were slapped with two Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) on the same day in April this year. The couple, … Read more
A lucky shopkeeper has scooped more than £600,000 after winning the lottery three times in ten years. Mehmet Ozer, who has run his own upholstery business in Islington, north London, for three decades, bagged the incredible sum after winning the EuroMillions in 2016, the UK National Lottery in 2018 and the Turkish National lottery in 1998. … Read more
Another secret protest tunnel underneath London has been found by stunned bailiffs trying to clear away campaigners railing against plans to fell trees for flats. Islington Council enforcement officers were gobsmacked to discover the burrow beneath Dixon Clark Court on Highbury Corner, Islington. It was said to have been masterminded by veteran activist Swampy and the … Read more
Thugs fire terrifying fusillade of fireworks at Islington apartment blocks as residents cower in fear Footage shows the explosives bouncing off a building in Finsbury Park last night Youths are seen running on street below before person filming retreats indoors Clip was posted online, with Met Police confirming local officers were informed It follows teens being … Read more
Ocado’s distribution hub plans halted by locals: Online grocer wanted to build depot next to school playground By Daily Mail City & Finance Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Ocado has been dealt a blow after residents in North London successfully halted plans to build a distribution hub … Read more
More than 1,000 homes in north London are being warmed by the hot air produced in the city’s notoriously sweltering underground tunnels. Enormous fans installed at the site of the abandoned City Road Underground station on the Northern Line are sucking the stuffy air upwards. A six-story shaft funnels the warm air over pipes and … Read more