Category Archives: Local issues

Bingfield Street – lights fixed

A small thing but i have been nagging HfI for months about two broken lights in the entrance to the Outram Place car park where Bingfield Street ends.  They have now put in a lot of work to repair wiring … Continue reading

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CEMEX noise pollution on Bank Holiday

These guys at the CEMEX/ReadyMix plant on Rufford Street never give up – at 0910 this morning on the Saturday of the Bank Holiday weekend a wave of deliveries of sand and gravel began.  About 6 lorries delivered in the … Continue reading

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Sex worker detritus – Outram Place

There has been a big improvement in the condition of the undercrofts of 29-35 Outram Place since HfI put a gate up to stop cars using the area, after months of nagging by reisdents and Councillors.  The amount of sex … Continue reading

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Rufford street – tipping

These mysterious boards are typical of the sort of odd things that get tipped in the area.  Will report and try to get moved

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Murder at Egg nightclub on York Way

Shocking news in the Islington Gazette of a murder at the Egg nightclub on York Way/Vale Royal.  The full story is here.  Some comments attributed to residents in the nearby Maiden Lane estate about drug dealing and noise though raise … Continue reading

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New CEMEX noise pollution video

Working from home a fair bit lately and the noise from the CEMEX plant on Rufford Street is driving me mad.  Lots of beep-beep-beep vroom crash.  So i worked out how to edit video and have put together a compilation … Continue reading

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Problems at Pentonville……

Some pretty remarkable reporting in the national press of corruption amongst prison staff at the ‘Ville on the Cally.  Some 14 staff have been suspended in one go.  The main story is in the Guardian here and a good comment … Continue reading

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Robbery Gifford Street 25 July

If you were around Gifford Street near the entrance to Bingfield Park at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday 25 July did you see a man robbing a woman of her handbag or someone runnign awy. See the (belated) incident board … Continue reading

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