photo issued by Chabad Islington of Rabbi Mendy Korer, co-CEO at Chabad Islington, talking on stage at a previous Islington menorah lighting. The coronavirus pandemic means Hanukkah celebrations will look very different this year but the message behind the Jewish festival remains "exactly the same", the rabbi has said.

Hanukkah – known as the festival of lights – is an eight-day celebration involving food, prayer and the lighting of a menorah.

‘Light in darkness’: Jewish community adapts for pandemic-hit Hanukkah

Detectives have released a CCTV image of two suspects they are seeking in relation to a fatal stabbing in north London earlier this month.
Police were called at 8pm on Monday September 14 to North Road, Islington, after 18-year-old Kamal Nuur was found suffering from stab injuries

Police were called at 8pm on Monday September 14 to North Road, Islington, after 18-year-old Kamal Nuur was found suffering from stab injuries 

Police release images of suspects after fatal north London stabbing

Two police officers were stabbed and another two injured

Teenager arrested after two police officers stabbed in north London

A man stabbed to death during New Year's celebrations in the capital has been named.

New Year's Day stabbing victim named

A father suffered potentially life-changing injuries, and his partner and two-year-old son were also hurt in an acid attack in north London.

Father suffers life-changing injuries in acid attack

Dr Jeroen Ensink was killed on the doorstep of his flat in Islington in December.

Man admits doorstep killing of university lecturer

Detectives have appealed witnesses after woman was raped at knife-point in north London after she was asked for cash.

Appeal after woman raped at knife-point in north London

A 25-year-old man has been shot dead in north London.

Man shot dead in north London

A dramatic rescue of two children and two adults from a burning building was caught on camera.

Children's rescue from burning building caught on camera

The moment man dumped a bag of rotten pork outside mosque has been caught on CCTV video. 

CCTV video shows man dump bag of rotten pork at mosque

A bungling robber who left his phone at crime scene has been jailed for more than three years.

Bungling robber who left phone at crime scene is jailed

A 20-year-old man has been found guilty of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in Islington.

Man guilty of murder after teenager stabbed to death

An inquest has been hearing from a taxi driver who witnessed the moment a teenager skidded off his moped and was flung into a lamppost.

Inquest opens into death of teenager in police pursuit

Police have launched a hunt for conmen who duped couple in their eighties out of £20,000 in life savings by posing as gasmen.

Police hunt conmen who duped elders out of life savings

A teenager has been convicted for the manslaughter of a 17-year-old boy stabbed to death with a “zombie killer" knife.

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