• Murder victim named as Joseph Burke-Monerville from Islington

  By JulieGK at 22:47 on 20/02/13

  

  A 19-year-old man who was shot and killed in Clapton has been named as Joseph Burke-Monerville from Islington. Police officers were called after two men were shot while sitting in a parked car in Hindrey Road, Clapton, at about 8.20pm on Saturday. A third man, aged 19, was also in the vehicle but he was not injured. Joseph later died in hospital at 11.10pm, and the second victim, aged 22, is understood to be in a serious but stable...

• Islington council buildings become safe havens for young people in danger

  By JulieGK at 21:50 on 19/02/13

  

  Islington Council has joined local shops and businesses to offer safe havens for young people in danger. CitySafe Havens, set up by campaigning group London Citizens, are places which offer refuge to young people facing an immediate risk. Now the Town Hall in Upper Street and the council offices in Newington Barrow Way have become Islington's latest safe havens.  Staff are given training to help them deal with emergencies. The...

• CCTV released after bus driver assaulted in Islington

  By JulieGK at 21:23 on 19/02/13

  

  Police have released CCTV this week of two men they would like to speak to following an assault on a bus driver in Islington. The attack happened on November 14 last year and police need help with the unsolved crime. At about 01:50am the bus driver intervened during a fight between a group of passengers on a route N38 bus, travelling towards Walthamstow Central along Yardley Street WC1X. He got out of the drivers cab and was...

• Islington shop hid tobacco stash in hollowed-out beer cases

  By JulieGK at 21:44 on 10/12/12

  

  An Islington shop where suspect tobacco was found hidden in hollowed-out cases of beer has had its licence revoked after two seizures of illicit goods. Officers from Islington Council's Trading Standards team found the Marlboros and rolling tobacco when they visited Odesse Food and Wine, Barnsbury Road, N1 0GH on 20th April, 2012. This followed an earlier visit on 28th September 2010 when 25.3 litres of illicit spirits and 141 bottles...

• Robber forced heirloom ring off 19-year-old's finger

  By JulieGK at 21:57 on 14/11/12

  

  A robber forced a ring off his victim's finger as she was walked along Colebrook Row, Islington. Police released an apple for help yesterday after a 19-year-old woman was robbed between 10am and 11am on November 5. The victim was listening to her music as she walked along Colebrook Row onto the Regents Canal towpath. She was approached by a male who she thought was asking her for directions, as she took off her headphones to hear him...

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