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My Favourite London Devils, Iain Sinclair, book review: ‘mapping space through memories’

By London Citizen | Friday 16 December 2016
Hackney author Iain Sinclair. Photograph: Eleonore de Bonneval

Author’s new book is an attempt to piece together a personal anthology of the literature of the capital

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Reclaim Holloway: the campaign that is fighting to shape the future of London’s prisons

By London Citizen | Monday 5 December 2016
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A broad coalition of individuals and organisations have joined forces to campaign for a community alternative to selling the empty site of Holloway Prison

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Air quality in London has failed to improve for ten years in some areas, study shows

By London Citizen | Tuesday 29 November 2016

Thousands of early deaths each year result from dirty air in the city – something described as a health emergency by campaigners.

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London politicians welcome government’s U-turn on Pay To Stay

By London Citizen | Thursday 24 November 2016
Tens of thousands of people in the capital would have been affected by the changes, it is estimated

Critics said proposed new rules for higher earning council tenants would have been unworkable

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Labour-run Islington Council tried to gag Green Party’s Caroline Russell over Fabric

By London Citizen | Wednesday 23 November 2016

Town Hall says sorry after sole opposition councillor received warning from lawyer that she was not allowed to speak about the iconic nightclub

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Motivated and mobilised: on the protest trail with Sisters Uncut

By Rachel Parris | Wednesday 23 November 2016

The feminist campaign group blocked Waterloo Bridge on Sunday in their latest protest against cuts to domestic violence services. Rachel Parris joined the demonstration

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‘No one understands why police have not seriously investigated Lutfur Rahman’

By London Citizen | Tuesday 22 November 2016
Ex-mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman

Claims file not sent to prosecutors backed up by CPS response to FoI request – but police force insists it did hand over evidence

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Fabric nightclub to reopen after it strikes a deal with Islington Council

By London Citizen | Monday 21 November 2016
Fabric. Image: Wikipedia/Creative Commons

Club was closed down after police voiced concerns about crime, leaving revellers devastated

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‘London’s Night Czar Amy Lamé should not be allowed to hide from scrutiny’

By London Citizen | Monday 21 November 2016
“Night Tzar” Amy Lamé (Photograph: London Assembly)

Conservatives demand that London’s newly-appointed night czar be grilled over what exactly she plans to do in her £35,000 per annum part-time job

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Climate campaigners plant pinwheels in Parliament Square to highlight public support for wind power

By London Citizen | Monday 21 November 2016
Campaigners from climate change charity 10:10 took bouquets of pinwheels to the Treasury along with a petition signed by just under 18,000 wind power supporters. (Photograph: Andrew Aitchison )

Charity wants government to ensure onshore wind power is able to compete with other forms of electricity generation

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