Daisy Clague

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Reporter at Islington Tribune

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Four years after fatal stabbing, mural remembers ‘flower man of Islington’

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

An angel with the bench and painting where Mr Eastlake worked [Teri Tyndall]A NEW artwork has appeared on Essex Road to mark four years since the shocking murder of the “flower man of Islington”. This week, anyone passing the place where Tony Eastlake sold roses and daffodils for almost 40 years might have noticed a mural of an angel that has joined the memorial bench and commemorative painting put there in his memory after Mr Eastlake was stabbed to death in May 2021.
School closures: parents told they’ll get just £30 for pupils’ new uniforms

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

MP Jeremy Corbyn joins staff and parents calling for Highbury Quadrant to be kept open – before the decision was taken to close the primary schoolPARENTS will receive just £30 towards the cost of new school uniforms following Islington Council’s decision to close two primaries this summer. Cabinet councillors voted to proceed with the closure of Highbury Quadrant and St Jude and St Paul’s primary schools last month, on the grounds that there are not enough pupils to make them financially viable.
The Tribune tracks down man behind viral ‘shoplifting’ videos

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Videos posted on TikTok by ‘Axel’, allegedly showing thefts in Archway, that have have garnered millions of viewsVIDEOS of alleged shoplifting in Archway have garnered millions of views on TikTok – but who is the mystery vigilante behind the camera? At the start of April the anonymous account “@life.in.archway” began posting stealthily-filmed clips of people he says are piling Greggs wedges into their bags or strolling out with handfuls of sandwiches.
Victory for residents as slots venue bid is blocked again

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Fish and Cook stationery shop in Blackstock RoadCONTROVERSIAL plans for a 24-hour slots venue to replace a family-run stationery shop in Finsbury Park have been refused by the council for a second time. Luxury Leisure, which operates 270 venues across the country, has twice applied to open one of its Admiral Slots outlets on Blackstock Road – first in 2023, and then again last summer after the initial application was rejected.
‘Gambling is ruining too many lives’

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Founder of Humdingers Bakeries, Robert Hunningher, has told of his own struggle with gamblingA CHEF and cafe owner has spoken about the anti-social behaviour associated with bookmakers in Islington and his own recovery from compulsive gambling. Founder of Humdingers Bakeries, Robert Hunningher, has four cafes in north London, including two in Highbury and Hornsey, and was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Honours list in 2020 for setting up a food kitchen during the pandemic.
Eslam appeals for help to get reuse cargo bike back on road

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Eslam with the cargo bike which is now brokenWHEN you forget your old mobile phone in a drawer or supermarkets dump their leftovers at the end of a day, “you’re throwing away someone else’s gold”. This is the view of nutritionist-turned-local climate change activist Eslam Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed. A welcome face at community gardens and food banks in Islington, Eslam cycles around the borough collecting and delivering items that would otherwise be wasted to the local organisations that need them.
‘Drug driving’ arrest after Finsbury Park crash

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

A 28-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a car collided with a woman in Finsbury Park on Tuesday night. Police were called to Seven Sisters Road, close to the junction with Isledon Road, at around 9pm. A large cordon closed off the surrounding streets as medics treated the woman, a pedestrian, at the scene for her injuries. They are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.
Patients play part in an art operation

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Some of the people who worked on the River Place Health Centre mosaic workshops project at a health centre near Essex RoadONCE drab concrete benches outside a health centre off Essex Road have been revamped with mosaics co-created by more than 100 local people.
Sobell bounces back, 3 years after flooding

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Cllr Flora Williamson on the trampolineBOUNCY castles for adults, a children’s soft play and an internal zip line are among new facilities at the refurbished Sobell Leisure Centre following a destructive flood three years ago. While the much-loved trampoline park and ice rink – both destroyed by flooding – are no more, there is something for everyone else at the new Sobell including a sprung-floored gymnastics room, hall of sports courts, martial arts space and squash courts.
Arsenal super-fan who became players’ pal

1 month ago | islingtontribune.co.uk | Daisy Clague

Martin Wengrow with David Rocastle and Charlie GeorgeIT is the stuff of dreams – to celebrate a victory with the players who made it happen, to drink from the trophy in the changing rooms. So it was for former retail worker Martin Wengrow, who fell in love with Arsenal aged five when they beat Liverpool to win the cup in 1950. He quickly became a super-fan – one among thousands of boys hoping for Saturday afternoon glory at Highbury.