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‘Disastrous’: Thames Water under pressure after residents spot trees being felled during nesting season

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 19:00

Utility giant says it stopped the work in Woodberry Down when it became aware of nesting activity

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‘Why destroy a beautiful wildlife corridor?’ Residents question Hackney Council over ‘weeding’ of tree pits

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 17:36

Locals in shock after the flowers they had planted around street trees were pulled up

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Tube workers were abused almost 250 times a month during the pandemic, new figures show

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 12:49

Transport for London says actual number could be even higher because workplace violence is ‘underreported’

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‘Concerning’: More than 500 injuries caused by e-scooter collisions in London last year

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 11:45

London Assembly transport spokesperson says new figures reinforce need for ‘robust regulation’

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Delivery couriers stage rousing protest against ‘excessive policing’ in Hackney

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 May 2022 at 15:51

Crowds took to the streets earlier in the month when police attempted to arrest a driver in Dalston

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Woman lived with mould and damp for two years after ‘unacceptable’ delays at Hackney Council

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 May 2022 at 13:55

Housing Ombudsman orders Town Hall to pay the woman £1,500 in compensation

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Hackney local heads up UK delegation for G7 Youth Summit – and presents list of demands to German Chancellor

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 May 2022 at 10:40

Safia Sangster selected to lead team of four to Berlin to negotiate youth manifesto

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Homerton Hospital boss warns it will take ‘months, not weeks’ to replace staff at beleaguered fertility unit

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 19:03
Homerton Hospital

Acting chief executive Dylan Jones urges patients to get in touch with concerns after staff shortages forced the hospital to pause treatment

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Six patients with monkeypox are being treated at Homerton Hospital

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 May 2022 at 15:11

Medics say virus ‘does not spread easily’ and the risk to the general population is ‘low’

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Newly-elected Hackney Labour councillor Tom Dewey resigns

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 17:30
Tom Dewey

De Beauvoir voters will be going to the polls again once by-election is called

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‘Violent disorder’ at Dalston protest: Met’s ‘disproportionate and inflammatory approach’ raises concerns over policing – again

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 16 May 2022 at 18:34
Operation Vespa

Operation to clamp down on street robberies involving scooters escalated into ‘violent scenes’

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Parents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 14 May 2022 at 08:08
Community Speed Watch

Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’

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Calls for energy pre-payment meters in public places to help families in need with fuel bills

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 May 2022 at 14:09
Reverend Graham Hunter

‘I would like it if food bank distribution centres had a way to pay for fuel donations’

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Saved for next time: Covid documents to be archived for ‘future generations’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 12 May 2022 at 14:45
L to R clinical leads Gemma Davies, Gemma Evans at Hackney vaccination centre with Jane Tyler, vaccines volunteering manager, Volunteer Centre Hackney

The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis

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‘Populist hobby horses rather than tackling the cost of living crisis’ – Mayor responds to Queen’s Speech

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 07:13
Philip Glanville.

‘Instead of tackling the cost of living crisis, today’s proposals showed the Government seems bizarrely preoccupied’

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Council sorry after disabled candidate unable to mount stage for election results announcement

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 10 May 2022 at 23:31
Hoxton East & Shoreditch results

Independent Network candidate Peter Smorthit was stunned when he realised he would not be able to get on

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Local elections 2022: ‘Exhilarated’ Greens celebrate winning two seats in Hackney as Labour maintains firm hold

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 May 2022 at 19:27

Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock elected in Dalston and Hackney Downs – two wards where the party narrowly missed out in 2018

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Labour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 May 2022 at 13:20

Glanville glides home with 59 per cent of the vote, but insists the victory ‘is about a new administration’

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Local elections 2022: Parties drive home key pledges as Hackney gears up for some tight races

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 4 May 2022 at 13:04
Once more unto the polls... In 2016 we voted often

LTNs, housing, the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency are major battlegrounds

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‘We need to make violence against women and girls a political priority,’ says Women’s Equality Party candidate

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 3 May 2022 at 14:56

Tabitha Morton, the party’s co-deputy leader, is competing for a council seat in Clissold

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