Category Archives: Current Affairs

Love The Cally? Then you’ll love this…

I start the morning with a huge smile. Councillors in Cally ward on the Islington side of KX have announced a road improvement programme for Caledonian Road that includes a new zebra crossing, road build outs, additional parking and canal bridge safety … Continue reading

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Camden Council Leader in live web chat

Cllr Nasim Ali, Leader of Camden Council, took local democracy another step forward this afternoon by taking part in a live web chat on the wearecamden.org website. A number of issues relevant to the KX area were asked by various participants, and Cllr Ali gave the … Continue reading

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Old mobile phones please!

Have you got any old mobile phones lying around… If so there’s a home desperate for them in Uganda via locally based Alison Hall’s charity Seeds for Development. Mobile phones are revolutionising the poorest parts of Africa, Uganda included. They … Continue reading

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Flash mob outside station

The Huffington Post is currently reporting a flash mob protest outside King’s Cross Station against Turkish air strikes that have killed Kurdish rebels.. Police have been accused of using excessive force and several arrests have been made. More here.

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Don’t forget Team Cally invites you along on Wednesday

Team Cally writes: ‘We were set up to improve the way that decisions are taken in Caledonian Ward, Islington (the area just northeast of KX station). We would like to invite you to the next Ward Partnership meeting so that we … Continue reading

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Boundary Commission proposed boundary changes in Kings Cross, Islington South and Holborn and St Pancras

Islington South is proposed to grow to accomodate the Camden wards of 'Holborn and Covent Garden' and 'Kings Cross' and also swallows up the City of London to become 'City of London and Islington South'.  But loses the Holloway Ward … Continue reading

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Local meeting for Caledonian Ward – get things done with each other and your councillors, set local priorities

It's always worth going to this sort of meeting – much more interesting than you might expect and you can really get things done. TEAM CALLY WARD PARTNERSHIP MEETING6.30pm, Wednesday 25th May Jean Stokes Community Centre, off Carnoustie Drive Dear … Continue reading

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Call for KX to be managed as a community – not just a strategic transport hub

King’s Cross Community Projects (KCCP: a local charitable trust) has just released the first ever analysis of the recently published Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) from the Government’s Department for Communities and Local Government for King’s Cross finding that it … Continue reading

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