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Ben: Three charged with murder

THREE Islington youths today (Friday) appeared in court accused of killing of soap star Brooke Kinsella s brother....

Essex Road post office to be franchised

A POPULAR post office, which campaigners fought for almost a year to keep open, is set to be franchised - the Gazette can reveal....

Ben: Memorial concert planned

FOUR pop stars have pledged their support in a campaign to hold a concert in Ben Kinsella s memory....

Ben: Popular student had so much potential

TEENAGER Ben Kinsella was a straight-A student – and one of the most popular students at his school. Ben had just taken his GCSEs at Holloway School in Hilldrop Road, Holloway, after studying there for five years....

Ben: MP calls for knife amnesty

ISLINGTON South and Finsbury MP Emily Thornberry this week called for a knife amnesty to end the trail of violence on Islington s streets....

Ben: TV Linda's grief over her son's pal

TELEVISION actress Linda Robson s teenage son cradled 16-year-old Ben Kinsella as he lay dying from stab wounds....

Ben: Shocking trail of teenage bloodshed

Tommy Winston, 18: The former Acland Burghley pupil was stabbed to death outside the Unicorn Pub, on the corner of Camden Road and Brecknock Road, Holloway, on January 3, 2006....

Ben: Closure threat to bar, warns police chief

THE BAR at the centre of the police investigation into the death of Ben Kinsella could be shut down, according to Islington s chief police officer....

Ben: Carrying a knife should mean 10 years in jail, say relatives

GRIEF-STRICKEN relatives marching for peace in memory of stabbed teenager Ben Kinsella demanded that anybody caught carrying a knife should be jailed for 10 years....

Ben: Respect from big-hearted teenager's friends

HUNDREDS of cards, flowers and heartfelt messages now mark the spot where 16-year-old Ben Kinsella was knifed to death – but friends paying vigil are still in the dark about what led to the attack....

Letters

Woolies closure will hit thousands hard

WITH reference to your article on the closure of Woolworths (Gazette, June 26), only a handful of stallholders think this sell-off would be good for the market, regardless of what the head of the stallholders' association says....

Lib-Dems can't be trusted with our sporting future

PEOPLE are waking up to what the Liberal Democrats are about – if it belongs to the people of Islington the Lib-Dems will sell it off to developers....

Hair cover-up not good for business

WITH regard to ""Headscarf row hairdresser told to pay £4,000"" (Gazette, June 26), I completely agree with this woman s decision....

Sobell facilities must be retained

WELL done Arsenal and Islington and all the other groups for the excellent cycling and sports fair that took place around the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, June 21 – a brilliant and free day out for lots of people!...

Sad day for democracy

I M a newcomer to Islington politics but was so angry at the Liberal Democrats plan to sell off the Moorfields School site that I went to listen to the council s overview committee when they discussed the matter last Tuesday....

Councillors sadly lacking in training

I READ with interest about a recent survey of 413 local councillors by ComRes for the Local Government Chronicle....

Too scared to visit husband’s grave

WITH reference to your article ""Grave robbers warning"" (Gazette, June 12), what is this country coming to, robbing mourners?...

Need help seeking long lost relatives

CAN anyone help with my family research?...

Green blame game

THE reply from the Green Party ( Greens not to blame for Boss effect , Viewpoints, June 19) to my letter about Green Councillor Katie Dawson s green credentials does them no credit whatsoever....

Hairdresser row should not have gone to tribunal

I BELIEVE it is a disgrace that hairdresser Ms Desrosiers has had to pay £4,000 to Ms Noah on the grounds of indirect religious discrimination (Gazette, June 19)....

Sport

Tyron's dreaming of Twenty20 glory

Tyron Henderson believes it is a fresh mental approach and not the potential riches of the Champions League that has driven Middlesex s dramatic Twenty20 improvement this season....

North London suffer promotion setback

ANOTHER valiant lower order effort was not enough to rescue North London from a fourth league defeat of the season. Starting the morning with realistic hopes of moving into the promotion places......

Sculley hails impressive win

ALEX HILL smashed 91 as North Middlesex stayed top of Divison Two with a performance skipper Brad Sculley labelled ""our best of the season""....

Hornsey feel the pressure after losing draw

Hornsey's stand-in skipper Chetan Patel was left to rue more lost points as his side were held to a losing draw by basement boys Bessborough....

Powe's about that? Tom is Islington's hero

A SUPERB unbeaten half-century from Thomas Powe guided Islington under-11s into the final of the Middlesex Cricket Association East Area Cup by beating holders Potters Bar....

Adjei at the double as Holloway take district crown

HOLLOWAY School are the champions of the year eight schools Camden and Islington district thanks to a brace of goals from Enoch Adjei. The side from the Sports College in Hilldrop Road......

We're proud of you all

ISLINGTON Town Hall played host to a galaxy of the borough s sporting stars who gathered for the Islington Schools Sports Association Awards. Winners and nominees from primary and secondary schools across the borough were present......

Pupils are ready for National School Sports Week

The first ever National School Sport Week kicks off this weekend, and pupils from Islington and Camden are preparing to represent their schools against their peers. Launched in February by the prime minister Gordon Brown......

What's On

REVIEW KUNG FU PANDA

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews KUNG FU PANDA (PG)....

REVIEW: THE MIST

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE MIST (15)....

REVIEW; THE VISITOR

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE VISITOR (15)....

REVIEW: MES AMIS MES AMOURS

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews MES AMIS MES AMOURS (15)....

REVIEW: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN (PG)....

REVIEW: WANTED

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews WANTED (18)....

REVIEW: FEMALE AGENTS

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews FEMALE AGENTS (15)....

James McAvoy: Hollywood's most wanted

WHEN you meet an actor who has been elevated to the ranks of Hollywood s next big thing almost overnight, like James McAvoy, you don't expect his first words to be an apology....

Damian Lewis on The Escapist

LIFE in LA has not tempted Tufnell Park s arguably finest export Damian Lewis away from the joys of London....

REVIEW: ADULTHOOD

JUSTIN MATLOCK reviews ADULTHOOD (15)....

UPPER STREET: THE SOAP OPERA - WEEK THREE

FORGET Ricky and Bianca – estate agents and traffic wardens have got Islington on tenterhooks as a new live soap opera casts a dramatic eye on life in Upper Street....

UPPER STREET: THE SOAP OPERA - WEEK ONE

FORGET Ricky and Bianca – estate agents and traffic wardens have got Islington on tenterhooks as a new live soap opera casts a dramatic eye on life in Upper Street....

LIVE REVIEW: Roni Size and Reprazent

The sad truth is that as drum 'n' bass ages – incredibly, it is 18 years since jungle first took UK dance floors by storm – the clubbers and DJs seem ever-more jaded....

ALBUM REVIEWS: TOKYO POLICE CLUB and BLOOD RED SHOES

CD reviews....

LIVE REVIEW: CROUCH END FESTIVAL CHORUS

Over the past 20 years, the Crouch End Festival Chorus led by conductor David Temple, have established themselves as one of the most eminent and in-demand large choirs in the UK....

LIVE REVIEW: KT TUNSTALL

THE show is sold out, the venue is packed with bodies and all eyes look towards the stage expectantly....

ALBUM REVIEWS: COURTEENERS and FRANK TURNER

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: FOALS and GNARLS BARKLEY

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: MYSTERY JETS and WE ARE SCIENTISTS

The latests CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEW: RACONTEURS and ANGUS & JULIA STONE

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: ELBOW and YOUNG KNIVES

CD reviews....

ALBUM REVIEWS: SHERYL CROW and GOLDENBOY

CD reviews....

THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE

LISTENING to an audio book or a play on your iPod is a novel way to pass the time commuting to work, if you don't mind the odd inquiring look from passers-by when you re lost in a particularly good story....

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Shakespeare's farcical tale of Elizabethan middle England, the only one of his comedies set at home, is often labelled as the invention of the sit-com....

CANDIDE

LEONARD Bernstein s satirical operetta was written off as a failure after its early performances in 1956 – but English National Opera s first-ever staging of it gives it a wonderful new lease of life....

COLOURINGS

WE VE all done it – sat round the dinner table on a Sunday afternoon as the cutting remarks that colour family life fly....

RUNNING THE SILK ROAD

MARTIAL arts, Chinese opera, friendship and intrepid endeavours – with Running the Silk Road you definitely get your money s worth....

THE COMMON PURSUIT

It's 1968 and a disparate group of six Cambridge University undergraduates are brought together by their common interest in creating a truly literary magazine....

DICKENS UNPLUGGED

The ingenious minds behind the massively successful Reduced Shakespeare Company have now turned their attention to another of Britain s literary greats – Charles Dickens....

THE SMILIN’ STATE

PLAYWRIGHT Noel White s first attempt at putting a show together has, when all is said and done, delivered a wonderfully amusing and deliciously dark piece of drama....

HANNAH AND MARTIN

HANNAH and Martin takes as its basis the relationship between the eminent philosopher Martin Heidegger and his one-time pupil and lover Hannah Arendt, also a philosopher in her own right....

THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY

MELLY STILL'S modernised version of Thomas Middleton s The Revenger's Tragedy is a lavish and richly visual interpretation of a play which demonstrates that the bloody path of retribution leads ultimately to terrorism and...


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