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
‘You’re just going to have to get used to it. These do happen this time of year’, she was told.
Read MoreResident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it
‘If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don’t know how I would’ve got out’
Read More‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour
Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour
Read MoreDiscarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground
Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames
Read MoreNear-impassable: resident raises alarm over ‘sea of bikes’ cluttering pavements near Broadway Market
Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.
Read More‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze
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
Read More70 firefighters tackle blaze at Clapton residential block
One maisonette was destroyed while five others were partly damaged
Read More‘They may well think that food just appears in plastic bags’: Growing Communities launches £450,000 bid for Dagenham education hub
Hackney-based social enterprise launches crowdfunder
Read More‘A green space for local people’: Residents oppose plan to extend Victoria Park festival season to 75 days
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
Read MoreHackney residents have three weeks left to apply for free voter ID for May mayoral and councillor elections
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
Read MoreResidents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool
While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot
Read MoreDisability group accuses Mayor Sadiq Khan of failing disabled Londoners in nightlife overhaul
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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