Ramzy Alwakeel
Islington Gazette
United Kingdom
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Editor's comment: Why we've turned the Islington Gazette green for the climate crisis
Apologies to anyone who thinks the Gazette looks ill this week. → Read More
Springdale Road hit and run driver leaves man in hospital with leg injury
A hit-and-run driver in Stoke Newington left a young man in hospital with a serious leg injury on Saturday night. → Read More
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier will stand to replace John Bercow as speaker of the House of Commons, she confirms
Hackney South and Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier has formally thrown her hat into the ring to replace John Bercow as speaker of the House of Commons. → Read More
Editor's comment: It should be illegal to sit on empty homes
Today we report on parallel London-wide scandals: that of homes sitting empty across the capital, and that of the lack of adequate permanent social housing. → Read More
Mare Street crash: Woman treated by paramedics after being hit by bus near Morning Lane junction
A woman was hit by a bus in Mare Street shortly before midnight on Sunday. → Read More
Islington GCSE Results Day 2019: Students celebrate top grades, but three City of London Academies see drop in English and maths passes
Students at the City of London Academies Trust's three Islington schools were celebrating some excellent GCSE results today - but the percentage of pupils passing English and maths is down across the board. → Read More
Stoke Newington Church Street crash sees 73 bus driver taken to hospital after collision with minicab
A bus driver is in hospital after a collision between a 73 bus and a minicab in Stoke Newington Church Street. → Read More
Islington Gazette editor's comment: Archway shop's smashed window is a good Pride display
It’s common to see organisations “rainbow-washing” themselves in the run-up to Pride – putting up flags or rebranding products in expressions of apparent solidarity with LGBTQ+ people, but in a way that does more to market their stock than to actually engage with the discrimination faced by our community, or to support us at other times of the year. → Read More
Third secret meeting to take place over Islington Council whistleblower allegations
Councillors will meet behind closed doors next week to consider a secretive 132-page document regarding allegations made against a senior town hall employee. → Read More
Live music review: Saint Etienne and the London Contemporary Orchestra play Tiger Bay in full at the Barbican
The devil (or perhaps God herself) is in the detail when it comes to Saint Etienne, so hearing Tiger Bay given a unique live outing with its original orchestral score reinstated feels very on brand. → Read More
Hot Chip at All Points East 2019: Chunky synths and soulful vocals make for a joyous hour
Hot Chip's colourful catalogue of bratty but lovable synth-pop clearly keeps the rain at bay, because the moment the quintet leaves the All Points East stage the heavens open, and Victoria Park is a swamp of rave kids and panic. → Read More
Editor's comment: Trans women are women. Of course they should have the right to use the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond
Opinion Editor's comment: Trans women are women. Of course they should have the right to use the Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond PUBLISHED: 14:42 24 May 2019 | UPDATED: 14:42 24 May 2019 Kenwood Ladies' Pond. Picture: Polly Hancock "Am I right," the caller demanded, "in thinking this policy means an eight-year-old girl could now be confronted by a person with a penis in a public shower?" Apologies,… → Read More
Victoria line suspended between Seven Sisters and Walthamstow Central after dog wanders onto tracks
Northbound Victoria line services through Islington were ground to a halt this evening when an errant dog escaped onto the tracks. → Read More
Swain's Lane hit-and-run leaves cyclist in hospital as police try to find driver of black BMW
A hit-and-run BMW driver left a cyclist in hospital after a crash in Swain’s Lane yesterday evening. → Read More
Hackney Gazette editor's comment: Housing scandal proves outsourcing doesn't always offer best value
Cllr Sharon Patrick’s report into contractors playing the system to squeeze extra cash out of Hackney Council gives the lie to the notion that outsourcing represents good value for the public. → Read More
Editor’s comment: Right to buy? I’m not sure it is
I don’t blame anyone for wanting to buy their council house. → Read More
Old Street and Clerkenwell Road could be shut to through traffic as Islington plans improvements to notoriously unsafe corridor
Old Street and Clerkenwell Road will be shut to through traffic if ambitious new plans to make the area safer for cyclists and pedestrians go ahead. → Read More
Want to work for the Hackney Gazette and report on your local community? We’ve got the job for you...
Would you like to become a journalist, work on issues that matter to Hackney’s communities and be part of a pioneering project? → Read More
Islington civic awards 2019: Meet the best of the borough’s community heroes
Eight inspirational Islington residents will be honoured in tonight’s civic awards at the assembly hall in Upper Street. → Read More
Picture special: World Book Day 2019 at Islington primary schools
Gazette photographer Polly Hancock was out and about in Islington yesterday to capture the best World Book Day costumes. → Read More