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Town Hall ‘poised’ to close schools in response to falling pupil numbers

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 18:52

Primary schools in jeopardy as demand for reception places continues to drop

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Staff at Hackney doctors’ surgery named ‘GP Team of the Year’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 17:14

Richmond Road Medical Centre in Dalston recognised at the prestigious National General Medical Practice Awards for fourth year running

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Thousands of laptops still needed for Hackney home learners, says Deputy Mayor

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 January 2021 at 20:09

Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, the borough’s education boss, on the digital divide, exam grading, and free school meals

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Two rapid testing sites for people without Covid symptoms open in Hackney

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 18 January 2021 at 19:43

The centres in Dalston and Stoke Newington are aimed at people who cannot work or volunteer from home

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Breakin’ Convention – Social DisDancing, Sadler’s Wells, stage review: ‘A celebration of local culture and resilience’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 18 January 2021 at 19:15

This condensed version of the annual hip-hop festival, performed in December before restrictions tightened, has ‘an overarching message of hope’

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A third of Hackney residents may have had coronavirus, according to Public Health England

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 15 January 2021 at 19:58

Watchdog gives clearest picture yet of Covid’s spread across the borough, as Homerton Hospital is stretched to the limit

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Homecoming, Luan Goldie, book review: ‘A subtle and engrossing story’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 15 January 2021 at 18:08

The Stoke Newington-based author explores, in ‘lyrical prose’, the ‘tangle of contemporary identity’

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Council’s housing waiting list plans will ‘make terrible situation worse’, warn campaigners

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 20:40

Morning Lane People’s Space calls on Town Hall to ‘contest government’s limits, not concede to them’

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Anti-LTN campaign group issues formal legal challenge to Hackney Council

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 20:00

Horrendous Hackney Road Closures applies for judicial review over what it claims were ‘unlawful’ consultation and assessment failures

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Precious You, Helen Monks Takhar, book review: ‘A great lockdown read to gobble up and ponder’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 17:37

The Stoke Newington author’s first novel is a ‘gloriously dark parable of envy between generations’

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Happy the Man by Gareth Evans

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 12:53

The local poet pays tribute to the Happy Man Tree, which was felled earlier this month

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LTNs: ‘The policy is environmentally unjust’

By Clair Battaglino | Thursday 14 January 2021 at 12:26

Local resident Clair Battaglino on her experience of the new traffic measures, and why she wants to see them ‘halted and reversed’

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Sandford Court residents celebrate as Covid test centre relocated

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 20:57

The site, which provoked multiple complaints from locals, has moved to a recently vacated bus garage

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Hackney energy firm to help deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen-powered train

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 20:13

Arcola Energy, based in Dalston, tasked with developing ‘potential game-changer’ in country’s ambition for zero-emissions rail travel

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Council chief executive announces retirement after 13 years in the job

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 17:51

Hackney Mayor pays tribute to Tim Shields, who will step aside on 31 May

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‘It struck fear into us’: Happy Man Tree campaigners slam Town Hall for ‘overreach’ in court injunction

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 10:50

Following the tree’s felling earlier this month, locals speak out about their ‘humiliating treatment’

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‘Slap in the face’: Anti-lockdown posters at local Wetherspoons spark outrage

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 January 2021 at 19:40

Baxter’s Court pub removes material following condemnation from council leaders and ‘infuriated’ health workers

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Borough leader defends mayoral system as campaigners call for referendum

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 11 January 2021 at 21:26

Mayor Glanville responds to accusations of ‘top-down, we-know-best approach’ from anti-LTN campaigners

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Sistah Space campaign accuses council of failure in equalities duty

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 11 January 2021 at 20:29

Group renews demand for ‘safe and secure’ premises for the domestic violence charity, whose founder vows to keep fighting

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Town Hall brings over 100 cleaning staff back in-house

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 January 2021 at 15:47

Cleaners working at council buildings across the borough joined the environmental services team at the start of the year

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