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Islington Council is leading a £1.6million project to create new opportunities, improve local facilities and unlock the potential in the Cally area for thousands of residents – starting with conversations on improvements to a community centre and West Library.

Islington’s efforts to electrify its fleet are continuing, with the borough becoming the first in London to use an innovative new purpose-built fully electric refuse collection truck.     

To mark Islamophobia Awareness Month, Islington Council, Islington Faiths Forum and the Hate Crime Forum stand together to reiterate that any form of hate crime will not be tolerated.

Cllr Richard Watts, leader of Islington Council, said:

“As the country prepares to go into another four-week lockdown, I want to take this opportunity to thank residents for their patience and resilience in these very difficult times, and to pay tribute to each and every person who has helped support our community during Islington’s coronavirus response so far.

Islington Council will mark Remembrance Sunday with a series of small socially distanced ceremonies to commemorate those who lost their lives in two world wars and more than 70 other conflicts.

Two landlords have been fined a total of £110,500 after being convicted of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, in a successful prosecution by Islington Council.       

Some of the borough’s most creative, colourful horticultural creations have been recognised in the Islington in Bloom 2020 awards.     

Islington Council has partnered with leading weapons surrender charity Word 4 Weapons, to install six new knife bins around the borough. The bins provide a safe and anonymous way for people to dispose of knives, reducing the risk of them being used as a weapon or to cause harm.

Cllr Richard Watts, leader of Islington Council, said: “As coronavirus cases keep rising in London and the Government’s Test, Trace and Isolate system continues to flounder, we need to do everything we can to help protect the health of our families, friends and loved ones, and to protect our NHS and care workers.  As the virus spreads, all the evidence shows there will be more serious ill-health, hospitalisation and deaths, as we so sadly saw earlier this year.

Six of Islington’s green spaces have been recognised in the Green Flag Awards, which celebrate the most beautiful, well-managed sites in the country.