Category Archives: Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc

Tiber Gardens vandalism

Lisa Tang reports some mindless vandalism with a can of paint at Tiber Gardens, just North of Regents Canal.  The garden area here has a lovely Southerly aspect over the canal basin and has much potential for refurbishment, but it … Continue reading

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Islington Council in farce on Rufford Street

The saga of the huge blue sea containers stacked two high on Rufford Street and Randells road drags on like a Whitehall Farce set in Islington Town Hall (see posts  with photos of just how big these things are here … Continue reading

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How Important is Local Safety to You?

Do you want more police on the beat in our area? If you’re interested in the improving the quality of life in King’s Cross, one of the most valuable meetings that you should consider attending is the Caledonian Ward Safer … Continue reading

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Noise pollution, Gifford and Pembroke Streets

The wretched St WIlliam’s Yard development is going through an incredibly noisy phase of construction as the site is cleared and sheet piles are driven along the site boundary to enable the basement car park to be dug out.  The … Continue reading

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Horrible crime at Coatbridge House

The pre-Xmas edition of the Gazette reports the grisly trial of Halil Ates for a savage attack in Coatbridge House on the Bemerton Estate.  In 2004 Ates beat, imprisoned and tortured a Polish guy to whom he had illegally sublet … Continue reading

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CCTV on the Bemerton Estate

A correspondence with David Renton who lives there has revealed a big argument raging on the Bemerton about whether to have CCTV and how to fund it.  The history in complex but basically the residents are being asked to pay … Continue reading

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Pembroke parking problem

The building site at the old Marquis of Salisbury pub at 64 Pembroke Street staggers slowly on.  The guys who work there habitually drive their vans over the grass verge to park them behind the bollards on the old stub … Continue reading

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Council remove licence from local shop selling alcohol to teens

The shop attached to the garage on the Cally Road was caught three times selling alcohol to under age kids all witnessed by undercover police.  The Council has now taken their alcohol licence away – quite right too.  The Gazette … Continue reading

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