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Posts by Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Windrush Generation public artworks shortlisted for Turner Prize

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 13 April 2022 at 12:47
Artist Veronica Ryan with her sculptures

Artist Veronica Ryan’s sculptures were inspired by her childhood trips to Ridley Road Market

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Local and mayoral elections 2022: All the candidates vying for your votes on 5 May

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 April 2022 at 11:08
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

With 57 seats up for grabs in 21 wards, the borough is set for a fierce contest

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‘Hope is important’: Labour’s Philip Glanville on challenging the police and ‘fighting Hackney’s corner’ as he seeks third term as mayor

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 7 April 2022 at 12:32

The current borough leader says he will be excited to get on with a ‘job half done’ if he is re-elected in May

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‘My life is on hold’: Women waiting for fertility treatment at Homerton Hospital speak out over delays

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 April 2022 at 14:03

Hospital apologises for distress caused by ‘extraordinary and unforeseen operational challenges’

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Liberal Democrat mayoral hopeful says ‘tough talking’ and togetherness needed as she homes in on children’s welfare

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 4 April 2022 at 18:01

Accountant Helen Baxter talks about her priorities for the borough ahead of May’s elections

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Child Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 April 2022 at 17:41

Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school

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Hackney resident speaks out over lack of bike storage as #thisisawkward campaign reveals cyclists’ eye-popping workarounds

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 April 2022 at 11:29

Frances Cherry, who has to keep bikes in her toilet and hallway, wants the council to convert car spaces into storage hangars

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‘The pandemic has not gone away,’ warns Hackney’s public health boss

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 31 March 2022 at 15:00
Dr Sandra Husbands

Cases in City and Hackney have risen by nearly a quarter in the last week

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Homerton Hospital forced to cancel operations as staff come down with Covid

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 30 March 2022 at 15:05
Homerton Hospital

Cases are up 24 per cent in Hackney according to the latest set of figures

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What exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 18:41
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?

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Child Q: ‘Mortified’ Hackney police chief issues fresh apology to teenage girl and her family

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 12:41
Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

Borough commander Marcus Barnett says he is ‘genuinely sorry’ for the heartache caused

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Green Party mayoral candidate calls for ‘deep police reform’ as she outlines her priorities for Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 28 March 2022 at 18:37

NHS worker Zoe Garbett on Child Q, LTNs, cost of living and giving ‘power back to the people’

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Child Q: School apologises for teenage girl’s ‘harrowing’ experience

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 March 2022 at 17:18

Governing board accepts the child ‘should not have been left in the situation that she was’

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Child Q: Two officers who conducted strip-search removed from frontline duties

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 March 2022 at 14:13
Met Police HQ confirmed details of the latest attack, which took place in the early hours yesterday

Police watchdog investigating three constables for their involvement

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Child Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 March 2022 at 19:50
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People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust

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Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 March 2022 at 15:10

Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present

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‘Strong about-turn’: Covid cases rise in Hackney following the lifting of restrictions

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 March 2022 at 13:34
Covid-19 test

‘If these figures do continue they are signalling a very, very unwelcome change of trend’

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Russia conflict: mother recounts journey to escape war at Hackney gathering in support of Ukrainians

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 March 2022 at 08:01
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A mother spoke at a gathering in Hackney offering support to Ukraine, of the trauma of her escape from her war-torn country after taking cover in a bomb shelter . Fighting back tears Liudmyla  described how life in Ukraine changed in a heartbeat. Just a few short days after her arrival in the UK and…

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Met Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 March 2022 at 14:26
Statement from Detective Superintendent Dan Rutland, who is part of the local policing team in Hackney

Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor

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‘We can only hope it ends soon’: Hackney Speaker on his bond with Ukraine and his fears for the country following Russian invasion

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 7 March 2022 at 11:44

Cllr Michael Desmond visited Ukraine a number of times during his previous term

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