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Posts by Niall Holden

‘The loudest bass I’ve ever heard’: resident says her home was left shaking by car park party near Goldsmiths Row venue

By Niall Holden | Monday 1 June 2026 at 14:39

‘You’re just going to have to get used to it. These do happen this time of year’, she was told.

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Resident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it

By Niall Holden | Monday 1 June 2026 at 12:50

‘If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don’t know how I would’ve got out’

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‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour

By Niall Holden | Monday 1 June 2026 at 12:34
photograph of Hackney Town Hall

Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour

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Discarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground

By Niall Holden | Tuesday 26 May 2026 at 13:11
Video still of fire on Cottrill Gardens

Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames

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Near-impassable: resident raises alarm over ‘sea of bikes’ cluttering pavements near Broadway Market

By Niall Holden | Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 13:39
Video still of Lime bikes at Broadway Market, May 2026

Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.

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‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze 

By Niall Holden | Thursday 14 May 2026 at 18:42
Photograph of Amanda Woodhead, one of the residents of The Mount

Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris

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70 firefighters tackle blaze at Clapton residential block

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 6 May 2026 at 16:41
Photograph of Clapton fire 5 May 2026

One maisonette was destroyed while five others were partly damaged

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‘They may well think that food just appears in plastic bags’: Growing Communities launches £450,000 bid for Dagenham education hub

By Niall Holden | Friday 1 May 2026 at 15:04

Hackney-based social enterprise launches crowdfunder

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‘A green space for local people’: Residents oppose plan to extend Victoria Park festival season to 75 days

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 15:51
A large festival crowd gathered around a LIDO stage.

AEG Presents is seeking an extended residency in Victoria Park each summer until 2032, more than doubling the current 28-day threshold for major infrastructure

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Hackney residents have three weeks left to apply for free voter ID for May mayoral and councillor elections

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 08:28
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

Hackney goes to the polls on 7 May to elect an executive mayor and 57 councillors. Apply for your free ID before the 28 April deadline

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Residents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool

By Niall Holden | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 08:25
Black and white photo of children playing in large paddling pool.

While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot

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Disability group accuses Mayor Sadiq Khan of failing disabled Londoners in nightlife overhaul

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 08:41
A crowd of people queue outside a club.

Disability BackUp (DBU) has slammed the proposed licensing system, claiming the policy treats disabled Londoners as if they ‘simply do not exist’

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