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'A complete gentleman’: Tributes to Romford artist who worked for Disney

Romford-based artist Robert Bryan sadly passed away on April 14

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Ben Lynch

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Beloved local artist Robert Bryan, whose skills ranged from painting to bagpipe-making, has sadly died at the age of 72.

Audrey sat at the top of the stairs

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'Staunch and fascinating' activist and intellectual Audrey Jancovich...

Jo Stanley

Joseph McCall lived in Harold Park for many decades, served in the RAF in WWII and later worked as a milkman in Collier Row

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Beloved Collier Row milkman 'Lucky Joe' dies aged 99

Daniel Gayne

Sir Clive Sinclair demonstrating his C5 electric vehicle, the battery-come-pedal powered trike, at Alexandra Palace in 1985

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How Clive Sinclair began the UK’s tech revolution from a house in Islington

Emma Bartholomew

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Ken Watts in 2016 at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium

Tributes paid to Islington D Day veteran who spearheaded Normandy landings

Emma Bartholomew

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Ann Tricks, who was known as the Pink Lady of Islington

Tributes paid to the Pink Lady of Islington, who went viral after...

Emma Bartholomew

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Albert Pinching 1939-2021.

Tributes to Islington scout leader and London historian

William Mata

Arsenal fan Danny Bailey

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Tributes paid to 'Gooner legend' who died of Covid 'caught at Euros final'

Emma Bartholomew

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Ruby Lambert turns to music as a child in her recovery from brain injury

£15k donated to music and drama groups in tribute to Ruby Lambert

Mike Brooke

Michael Raab at Raab's bakery in Essex Road

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Tributes paid to legendary Essex Road baker Michael Raab

Emma Bartholomew

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Kelvin Sanderson, who founded the Museum of Funeral History in Islington

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Tributes paid to founder of Islington's Museum of Funeral History

Emma Bartholomew

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Mary Collins with granddaughter Maia, daughters Michelle and Vicki, and granddaughter charlotte

Actor Michelle Collins pays tribute to 'striking and beautiful' mother Mary

Michelle Collins, Actor

The Duke leaves hospital in London today. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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Obituary: Prince Philip - a life of service

Chris Bishop

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Mayuan Mak

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Tributes paid to owner of 'world-class' Islington venue

Charissa Cheong

Sharon Jobe. Picture: Submitted by Mike Power

Tributes paid to Islington activist who was the ‘beating heart of...

Franki Berry

John White in the New Orleans Community garden

Award-winning New Orleans Estate stalwart John White dies ages 91

Sam Gelder

George and Dimitra with family members.

Much-loved owner of former Essex Road chippy George’s Fish Bar dies

Richard Assheton