Benefit cheat caught by council
A Finsbury fraudster with £80,000 in the bank has been ordered to repay £12,000 of housing and council tax benefits.
Shopkeeper fakes own death
The owner of an Essex Road off licence has been jailed for faking her own death and making £2m of life insurance claims.
Pizza delivery man injured in bike crash
A pizza delivery man was thrown from his motorcycle after a stunt by teenage pranksters in Lofting Road, Barnsbury on 26 February.
School enraged at councillor’s ‘prison camp’ insult
Neighbours of an Islington school are fuming that planning permission for a new sports hall was approved despite one councillor branding the design like a “prison camp.”
Eggs-ellent!
Pancake-lovers had a flipping great time at a Barnsbury church’s celebration of Shrove Tuesday this week.