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1 week ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Isabel Loubser |Daisy Clague
Arsenal fans celebrate outside the Clissold Park Tavern as their Gunners heroes triumphed in MadridTHEY were 500 miles from the Spanish capital – but the refrain of “North London Forever” was almost loud enough to have been heard by their heroes in Madrid. Supporters had packed the pubs of Islington on Tuesday for a night that will live long in the memory as Arsenal strolled past the 15-times European champions, Real Madrid.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Sikuris Sin Fronteras – Panpipes without Borders – play at the Titanic CafeBOLIVIAN musicians played together at a cafe in Holloway Road to commemorate their compatriot, 75-year-old Fredi Rivero, who died after a shocking attack in Seven Sisters Road last month.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
The charity celebrated a quarter of a century supporting the community with a fundraising walkA CHARITY that has helped Islington parents for 25 years has raised almost £5,000 in a fundraising drive to celebrate its quarter century anniversary. The Parent House held a sponsored walk on Saturday from the charity’s home in Calshot Street to Caledonian Park. Staff, parents, children and supporters finished their walk with a lunch made by Friends of Caledonian Park.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Friends from school days remember Shaquan Sammy-Plummer at a party on Saturday to mark his birthday [Vistolia Photography]THE school friends of a boy who was killed a decade ago surprised his family with a gala event to mark his birthday at the weekend. Shaquan Sammy-Plummer was 17 when he was fatally stabbed outside a party in Enfield in January 2015.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Leonardo ReidTHE trial of five men accused of killing 15-year-old Leonardo Reid began at the Old Bailey on Monday. Leonardo, who was from Archway and attended City of London Academy Highgate Hill, died after being stabbed at the filming of a music video in Elthorne Road in June 2023. Two other men were also stabbed at the scene. One of them, Klevi Shekaj, 23, died from his injuries, while the other survived.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Peter Holt, Jo Sherren and Joao Neves, who is the general managerA BELOVED north London pub has opened a sister outlet in Angel on the long-empty site of a bar off Upper Street. Pocket – the new name for the former Four Sisters pub in Canonbury Lane – has been more than two years in the making, and the idea for it was born when owner Pete Holt cycled past on his way to work and saw the venue was seeking new tenants.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Clerkenwell singer Alexandra Barrett with her team of supportersSIMON Cowell’s infamous judgement was no match for Islington singer Alexandra Barrett, who won four “yeses” from the panel at her audition for the new series of Britain’s Got Talent. Ms Barrett, from Clerkenwell, hadn’t performed for four years when she stepped out to sing to her biggest ever audience last October, including judges Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, KSI and Mr Cowell – with Ant and Dec watching from the wings, of course.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
Councillors and residents on the Andover EstateISLINGTON Council celebrated the completion of new homes on the Andover Estate this week, but long-time Andover residents continue to complain of damp, mould and security concerns that they say have been ignored for years. Works began on the estate four years ago, with 22 new homes – a mixture of much-needed two- and three-bedroom homes – now completed and occupied, and a further 20 expected by the end of March.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
COUNCIL TAX is going up this year after Islington’s Labour councillors voted to approve the annual budget. Households will pay 4.99 per cent more council tax in 2025 than in 2024, at £1,521.72 per year for Band D properties. This is the maximum amount local authorities are allowed to increase the bill without holding a referendum. The poorest households, however. will pay no council tax at all.
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1 month ago | 
islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague
After strike action, parents, teachers and pupils march onSCHOOLS fighting closure marched to the Houses of Parliament yesterday (Thursday), calling on government to invest in education as falling rolls and shrinking budgets lead to classrooms closing across London.
