A blue heart poster placed in an Islington home window

MORE blue hearts are appearing in windows across the borough in support of environmental campaigners who are calling for clean air to become the norm.

Islington Clean Air Parents’ (ICAP) “Blue Hearts” campaign is encouraging residents to place the symbols in their windows to highlight the borough’s history of poor air quality.

“It is clear communities that have people living in highly polluted areas are more at risk of suffering from Covid-19,” said ICAP co-founder Helena Farstead.

“The fact that the air is cleaner since the lockdown is helping those with respiratory diseases, and it’s helping the people who are contracting the virus too.”

The Town Hall has set a target of becoming a net zero carbon borough by 2030.

An online consultation is currently taking place on its Vision2030 plan, which has replaced a series of workshops and public meetings cancelled since the coronavirus outbreak.