Latest Letters

  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • THE way that electrical works and gas pipelines have been put up on the Popham estate spoils its appearance. The walkways look like an industrial estate, not a group...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • THE controversy over free school meals in Islington is still cropping up. Opponents want to go back to the previous system which divided the poorer pupils from the...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • THE economist Dr Allyson Pollock, ardent NHS supporter, commenting on the Health and Social Care Bill, has said that the measures proposed will destroy the NHS,...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • I AM puzzled by the suggestion that Islington Council is somehow liable for movement damage to a house in Richmond Avenue, Barnsbury, which may have been caused by...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • I WAS pleased to hear that the planning  inspector has dismissed the appeal against the refusal of planning permission and listed building consent for the...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • FURTHER to my letter regarding the Plus Bus service (All hail the yellow bus, April 8), I would like to suggest that two sets of double seats be replaced by the...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • DURING the redevelopment of Ironmonger Row Baths, an oral history project has been celebrating the rich history and personal stories within the baths (Mystery of 14th...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • THE issue of inadequacies in the dial-a-ride system affects not just users of the Leisure Club at Highbury New Park Day Centre but many other people who need help to...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • I FULLY endorse Thom Osborn’s comments about defensive cycling (Safer way to cycle, April 22) and I have been practising these ideas for more than 30 years....
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • AS the Islington Fairness Commission comes to its final meeting we should like to congratulate everyone concerned; for their initiatives, their willingness to consult...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • MAY I take this opportunity to applaud tenants and leaseholders on the Bemerton estate for making their voices heard loud and clear over the suggestion that the way...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 by SEAN O'HALLORAN As the royal wedding looms, ruling politicians, including Westminster Council, want peace campaigners to make way for an Establishment-friendly group of...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 A British diplomat’s take on the Red Army and Afghanistan  I am an old party pooper but if north London turns into a orgiastic bacchanal on Friday I will applaud...
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • WE were extremely concerned to hear of the stabbings in Mortimer Crescent (New Journal report, April 21) which left one person dead and another seriously injured....
  • Published: 28 April, 2011 • YOUR newspaper specifically referred to 450 jobs being axed at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead (New Journal, April 7). The breakdown of the “450 total...