Posts by Niall Holden
‘Frankenchicken’ protest against Pret A Manger dodges Shoreditch for Bishopsgate
Anima International’s £1 million campaign against Pret A Manger’s chicken welfare record was due to land outside the sandwich chain’s Shoreditch High Street branch on Tuesday
Read MoreGreens accused of ‘lying to parents’ as Hackney nursery fees set to rise
A 3.8 per cent increase for families earning up to £70,000 will come into effect from the start of the autumn term
Read MoreTenant spent a year in flat rated ‘10 out of 10’ for rats – Peabody accused of failing her
A mental health nurse in key worker accommodation says the housing association passed her case between pest controllers, plumbers, builders and its own maintenance teams across more than 50 appointments — while rat urine ran through the seams of her wet-room floor
Read MoreLabour critics accuse Hackney’s Green mayor of ‘vibe’ politics and blast Garbett’s ‘waffle’ on targets
Councillor Ben Lucas leads chorus of Labour critics warning Zoë Garbett that ‘targets exist for a reason’, after the mayor pledged to measure success by ‘what people feel and experience’
Read More‘Uncertain’ future for 180 Stamford Hill pupils as Charedi primary school faces closure
So far, no alternative premises have been secured for the pupils
Read More‘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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