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Posts by Max Eckersley

Two Hackney children attend schools run by firm at centre of ‘disturbing’ care home allegations

By Max Eckersley | Thursday 9 August 2018 at 15:30

Hackney Council says ‘no concerns’ have been raised about the schools after Cambian Group rejects reports of poor conditions in its care homes

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‘Scandalous’: Town Hall faces fresh criticism over council tax support cut as new documents reveal rejected options

By Max Eckersley | Tuesday 31 July 2018 at 14:26

Hackney Liberal Democrats and anti-poverty charity slam the council for going ahead with the cut despite analysis showing it would hit vulnerable residents hardest

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‘The whole community was a client!’: Hackney architects up for prestigious Stirling Prize for Jewish cemetery expansion

By Max Eckersley | Monday 30 July 2018 at 13:17

Waugh Thistleton co-founder talks to the Citizen about the nomination, how the project has given him a new outlook on burials, and what it’s like to live in a timber home

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Ground force: ‘Under threat’ community gardens to launch joint manifesto

By Max Eckersley | Thursday 26 July 2018 at 13:26

Cordwainers Grow, Dalston Curve and Daubeney Fields Forever want to protect ‘much needed’ green spaces from development

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‘Conversation around art is dominated by established names’: Hackney gallery to host first exhibition by young collective

By Max Eckersley | Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 16:46

Concrete Assembly’s multidisciplinary show at Guest Projects is ‘built on a desire for collaboration’

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Road closures: Fresh calls for a rethink after council admits getting traffic figures wrong

By Max Eckersley | Thursday 19 July 2018 at 13:02

Unfinished analysis puts new estimate on par with campaigners’ – but sides disagree over how much the data could still change

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‘Unsung heroes’: New exhibition shines spotlight on council staff

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 14:30

Photographer Andy Donohoe’s free Dalston show features portraits of street cleaners, librarians and park keepers

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One in ten nursing roles vacant at Homerton Hospital – as recruits from Europe ‘dry up’

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 12:59

Bosses set sights on India and the Philippines as they step up efforts to reduce staff turnover

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Lincoln Court: Contractor admits use of shopping trolleys during fire safety work is ‘unacceptable’

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 11:02

Council contractors spotted using supermarket trolleys to lug building waste in preparation for re-cladding

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London Fields tower block where bricks fell 100 feet faces a year of ‘major repairs’

By Max Eckersley | Monday 16 July 2018 at 16:20

‘Extensive corrosion’ caused brickwork to slide away from the top of Morland Estate last November – landing close to a primary school

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Hackney at Pride: Drag royalty join council staff for ‘solidarity march’

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 12:04

120 locals put on a colourful show for the annual LGBTQI+ parade

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Campaigners considering legal action after council approves Clapton garden build-over

By Max Eckersley | Tuesday 10 July 2018 at 14:55

Town Hall’s plan for 11 ‘genuinely affordable’ homes gets go-ahead – but new, permanent site for garden fails to win over opponents

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Hackney Carnival project for young adults with autism returns this summer

By Max Eckersley | Monday 9 July 2018 at 16:40

Two local theatre companies team up again to bring back the popular Carnival Collective

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Campaigners stage ‘satirical’ dodgeball protest outside oil giant’s clean energy festival

By Max Eckersley | Monday 9 July 2018 at 14:49

Activists, including local group Divest Hackney, take aim at Shell’s ‘sickeningly cynical’ Make the Future event

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Save Britannia campaign boost as ‘high-powered’ objection letter reveals major developer’s concerns

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 4 July 2018 at 10:44
Boost: Pat Turnbull (third from left) with fellow campaigners. Photograph: SBLC

Anthology says council leisure centre plans are ‘not value for money for residents’ in merciless 12-page dismantling

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Hackney Council denies claim of a ‘democratic deficit’ in bid to build on Clapton community garden

By Max Eckersley | Thursday 28 June 2018 at 15:17

Town Hall’s application to create 11 affordable homes on Daubeney Road will go before a planning committee next week

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‘Secularist plot’: Controversy-hit Jewish school lashes out at Ofsted after ‘Inadequate’ rating

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 15:41

Yesodey Hatorah says watchdog’s report shows ‘disrespect for the Orthodox community’ amid calls from humanists for the school to be shut

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Hackney brothers to ‘celebrate London’s gravel paths and dirt tracks’ in charity cycling event

By Max Eckersley | Wednesday 27 June 2018 at 12:42

Bike enthusiasts Andrew and Phil Diprose, who run The Ride Journal, are raising money for St Mary’s Centre

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