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Sculptures on forecourt made of chopped-up trees divide opinions

An Gazette letter proposes an alternative to Islington Council's climate festival ' Islington Together: let’s talk about a greener future'.

Meg Howarth, Ellington Street, Islington, writes: Partners Islington is a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) ‘special purpose vehicle’, set up by a previous Lib Dem administration to manage the council’s 6,500 street properties. It isn’t, nor ever was, a housing association (Islington Council urges: ‘Raise repairs before Partners hands back homes’). ‘We wanted to get into as many basement flats as we possibly could, as we know there are concerns around damp.’ What programme manage...

Police also went to the Canonbury Road site to investigate reports of anti-social behaviour and a protest. Officers arrived at about 10.30am, and two women were arrested - one under the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 and another under the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 and on suspicion of obstructing a High Court officer. The Met Police said routine patrols will be taking place in the vicinity to "prevent further potential breaches of the peace and to uph...

Meg Howarth, Islington, full address supplied, writes:  Islington council’s claim that further environmental destruction at Highbury Corner is a price worth paying for a maximum of an additional 25 council homes on the existing Dixon Clark Court (DCC) estate - not 27 as spun by the town hall - is both absurd and misleading - but good to see that at least the High Court judges got the figure right (Judge permits Islington Council to evict eco-warriors).  Unlike the other major geographical j...

Calls to reconsider  Meg Howarth, Ellington Street, Islington, writes:  As 2021 begins, with a pandemic raging, the town hall’s political bosses seem intent on pursuing the destruction of the Dixon Clark Court (DCC) “little forest” at Highbury Corner. Here, thanks to the unwavering efforts of the tree protectors, the 52-year-old mature trees - planted when many Islington councillors were children or yet-to-be born - are still standing. For how much longer depends on the outcome of the l...