journalist & writer
By Sara Valle (ARCHIVE from April 2023) As Sadiq Khan expands the Ultra-Low Emissions Zone and Islington Council installs Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in the area, residents wonder if their health is being considered too. Reporting in Blackstock Road to find out more. https://youtu.be/I-IkKx4x5o4
By Sara Valle It’s a Friday evening and people crowd in front of Islington Town Hall’s majestic neoclassical building. Clouds gather in the sky and confetti piles on the few steps that lead up to the main entrance. Someone has just gotten hitched – their colourful gowns look brighter than the white blanket that’s the …
By Sara Valle (ARCHIVE: 2022 audio package) Visits to Goodinge community kitchen in Islington have spiked during the last few months. Basic grocery products and energy prices have gone up because of the inflation rate being at 11.1%, the highest in the last forty years. The cuts and tax raises announced in Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn …
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by Sara Valle The cool air of late May caresses your bare arms and your calves warm up as you pedal, dodging the cars. When you stop behind a red double-decker bus, a cloud of grey exhaust fumes hits you in the face. Now imagine all this but without the heavy traffic, the honking horns, …
by Sara Valle London is a metropolitan city with over nine million inhabitants roaming its streets, taking red double-decker buses, and pushing and fighting to get a seat in the Central Line at rush hour. If you step outside you realise a few things right away. First, the city is a melting pot – a …
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by Sara Valle Imagine the following scenario: you spend hundreds – sometimes thousands – of pounds on a tattoo design by your favourite artist. Just a few days later, when you’re finally able to share your beloved body art with the world after the tedious healing process has ended, your employer tells you that you …
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Text, photos, and infographics by Sara Valle If you’ve ever thought about buying in bulk, you might’ve been put off because of the inconvenience of having to carry empty containers to the shops or the high prices of organic food. But there are ways to make bulk shopping cheaper - while helping the environment at the …
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