FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 | History Defined

Week of reckoning for north London schools as fate of eight primaries to be decided

Hackney and Islington are set to decide the fates of a number of London primary schools next week

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

Watch: Terrifying moment Uber hits pedestrian before crashing into Islington cafe leaving passenger fighting for life

Exclusive: Dramatic footage shows passerby walking away practically unscathed after the car struck him on Upper Street

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2025

Islington crash: Woman fights for life after car hits cafe in Upper Street as police arrest driver

A man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

Police offer £10,000 reward for information on boy who disappeared in London in 2008

Alexander Sloley was a 16-year-old college student when he went missing from Islington

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025

‘It’s helping me build my future’: empowering migrant and refugee families in a London borough of sanctuary

In Islington, a panel of people with migrant and refugee backgrounds is allocating £500,000 in grants to directly help new arrivals who are where they once were

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Islington school closures 'setting children up for failure' parents warn as teachers strike for two weeks

Parents have warned that their children are being ‘set up for failure’ if their schools are shut

Evening Standard · Mar 15, 2025

Three girls face trial over death of pensioner in bus stop attack

Fredi Rivero was attacked in Islington, north London, at about 11.35pm on February 27, and died in hospital the next day.

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Pupils join forces for Routemaster bus tour protest against Islington primary school closures

The Islington pupils schools clambered aboard an open-top Routemaster and shouted ‘save our schools!’

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2025

Three teenage girls in court charged with manslaughter of man, 75

The man, named as Fredi Rivero, was attacked on Seven Sisters Road in Islington at about 11.35pm on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police said.

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025

Teenage girls accused of killing pensioner in 'random' Islington attack appear in court

Fredi Rivero died after the alleged attack near to a bus stop on Seven Sisters Road

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2025