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Headlines

Community

Tributes pour in for ‘true Soho icon’ Ruby Venezuela
Memorial event set to be held at church after death of Madame Jo Jo's legend
17 August — By Tom Foot
From the Islington Tribune

Transport

Campaigners plan demo after Queen’s doctor dies in cycle crash
17 August — By William McLennan

Education

A-level results joy at Paddington Academy and Westminster Academy
17 August — By Tom Foot

Business

Licence hike could put us out of business, warn market traders
17 August — By Jamie Barton
From the Camden New Journal

Community

Out down in King’s Cross
16 August — By Dan Carrier

Other News

Community

Max the dog in dramatic rescue from ledge
Firefighters called out to save Jack Russell that had climbed out of the window
17 August — By Tom Foot

Community

Chomsky backs bookshop targeted by far-right group
17 August — By Tom Foot

Community

Council offers to clean up gardens for free after Carnival
17 August — By Tom Foot

The Xtra Diary

Matt the barber cuts costs on the canal
17 August — By The Xtra Diary

Crime

Man arrested after car crash near Houses of Parliament
17 August — By Tom Foot

The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Former Guardian editor calls for C2 bus to be saved
Alan Rusbridger speaks out over plans to axe service that links Mayfair and Great Portland Street with Hampstead Heath
17 August — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

New feminist bookshop opens in Soho
17 August — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Peace campaigner hails political leader who ‘wouldn’t press the button’
10 August — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Diary talks to John Marks, ex-chairman of the British Medical Association
03 August — By The Xtra Diary

The Xtra Diary

Muses’ monologues offer insight into Picasso’s character
27 July — By The Xtra Diary

Review

From the Camden New Journal

Community

Out down in King’s Cross
Queer Encounters, an online peek at King’s Cross’s recent gay past, is the brainchild of artist Elly Clarke
16 August — By Dan Carrier
From the Islington Tribune

Rock n Pop

Musicians put their heads together for mental health charities
16 August — By Róisín Gadelrab
From the Camden New Journal

Books

Hunter Davies gets back to his Beatles biography
16 August — By Gerald Isaaman
From the Camden New Journal

Film

Digging for victory in The Guardians
17 August — By Dan Carrier

Classical & Jazz

A second wind for flautists at St John’s Smith Square
16 August — By Sebastian Taylor
From the Camden New Journal

Art

A new drawn: Cartoon Museum is on the move
10 August — By Gerald Isaaman
From the Camden New Journal

Rock n Pop

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Lock Tavern; Gabrielle; The Kut
16 August — By Róisín Gadelrab
From the Camden New Journal

Theatre

Review: Little Shop of Horrors, at Regent’s Park Open-Air Theatre
17 August — By Paul Cowling

Letters

From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Don’t trust the newspapers – check it for yourself
16 August
From the Islington Tribune

Letters

Jeremy Corbyn is an anti-racist and has nothing to apologise for
• I SHARE Ruth Steigman’s anger at the onslaught against Jeremy Corbyn, (Corbyn’s...
10 August
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Keep the 274 as a single decker bus
16 August

Letters

Police need to remove vehicles without number plates from our streets
• THE latest terror in Westminster reveals that the offender was evidently driving a car that did not have a front registration...
17 August
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

We must not overlook the dangerous signs from the far-right
16 August
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Brexit will take away the right to live, love and study in the EU
16 August

Letters

We have a famously robust sense of humour in this country
17 August
From the Camden New Journal

Letters

Bojo: what a berk!
• HAS this parishioner from the Camden environs lost his mojo? Unkempt, he is not de...
16 August

More news

Health

Health trust’s apology for sacked nurse who set himself on fire outside Buckingham Palace
10 August — By Tom Foot

Property

Council chiefs at war with Mayor Khan over estate demolition vote
03 August — By Tom Foot

Property

‘Let us vote’ plea from residents fighting estate demolition
13 July — By Tom Foot

Property

Renovation halted at estate where ‘workers sleep overnight’
22 June — By Tom Foot
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