One brief shining moment

Explaining modern art today is a tall order, because art is sometimes a fleeting experience. It is like the tree having fallen in the forest, but did it really fall if no one saw it? Artists employ various...

A fishy story about London

There is a town in North London called Crouch End. Just south is the larger borough of Islington. Both are considered part of North London, though like all of the communities in London, each has its own history and...

UK straight couple looking for gay couple to join their fight

Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, whose civil partnership application was rejected last month in Islington, UK, are looking for a gay couple to join their fight before the European Convention of Human...

London Naadam 2009

11 July 2009 - Highbury Fields, Islington, London The Launch of the 2009 Mongolia Charity Rally and the London Mongolian Naadam will take place on Highbury Fields, Islington, London on Saturday 11th July 2009. In true Mongolian style all of the vehicles on the Rally...

Murdered Teenager Ben Kinsella Achieved 10 GCSE's with Grade A* in Graphics

It has been revealed that murdered 16-year old schoolboy, Ben Kinsella, who was stabbed to death after post-GCSE celebrations with friends had been awarded TEN passes including Grade A* in his favourite subject,...

Youth sentenced to life for knife murder of schoolboy

A 16 year old was today sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 14-year-old boy. The sentence is one of the longest handed out for a youth in the UK."A 16-year-old youth was today sentenced to life for murdering the schoolboy Martin Dinnegan last June. Joseph Chin will...

Paranoid Schizophrenic Killer of Elliot Guy Sentenced

Colin Welsh, 42, the killer of Elliot Guy, 27 in London twenty months ago, has been jailed for life for manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.  Welsh has a history of schizophrenia, drug-taking...

Thousands Attend Knife Crime Victim Ben's Funeral

Hundreds of people in fancy dress, including friends of teenage stab victim, Ben Kinsella, who dressed in bright colours and Ben's trade mark oversized white plastic-framed sunglasses.  The ceremony took...

Teenagers march in London over latest teenage murder

Hundreds of teenagers gathered in London this morning to protest the latest teenage muder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in North London over the weekend."Police stopped the traffic as Ben’s friends and family, including his sister, the former EastEnders actress Brooke...

Police arrest four over stabbed teenager

Police have made an arrest in the well-publicized London murder of the younger brother of an East Enders actress."LONDON (Reuters) - Four teenagers have been arrested over the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella in north London, Scotland Yard said on Tuesday. The four,...

London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...

A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million...

Banksy 'backs ban on plastic bags'

Looks like the plastic bag has had its day...."Banksy, the secretive guerrilla artist, appears to have joined the growing campaign to ban plastic bags.  The graffiti artist is thought to have struck again...

Give up your car and get £100

"Drivers are being encouraged to give up their cars - with an offer of £100 to put towards a bicycle. The scheme has been launched by Islington council, which wants to slash carbon emissions in the borough. It...

Council Preserves Banksy Murals

Trendy Islington council realises the value of Banksy artwork.."Graffiti removal teams in north London have been ordered to preserve work by guerrilla artist Banksy.  Islington council said the policy was in...

ITV under fire for attack on teens

"ITV's flagship current affairs series, Tonight With Trevor McDonald, has been accused of deliberate misrepresentation in one of its programmes, 'Ann Widdecombe v The Hoodies'. Sir Trevor McDonald has promised to investigate the complaints personally, after community leaders...

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