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Campaigners urge Olympic legacy chiefs to block concrete factory plans
Thousands sign petition condemning proposals for three concrete factories and an Asphalt plant at the Olympic Park
Read MorePeaceful getaway or Fort Knox? Council seeks fewer CCTV cameras at £1.25m mansion for ‘at risk’ families
Stringent security measures proposed for Oxfordshire retreat include ‘anti-climb metal mesh fencing’ and six dome cameras
Read MoreCouncil urged not to ask about gender on official forms
‘Tiny changes to the current processes would be a step in the right direction to be more inclusive,’ says London Assembly Member Sian Berry
Read MoreBattersea Dogs & Cats Home to hold Healthy Pet Day on August 16
Free advice and services for dog and cat lovers will feature at the event, to be held at Morning Lane Tesco
Read MoreOutrage after Sainsbury’s warns gay couple for holding hands in shop
‘It felt like 1960s Britain’ says Thomas Rees of ordeal in supermarket’s Hackney Road branch
Read MoreTitbits – tobacco money and ‘nebulous’ decision-making
Council’s Stop Smoking services remain at odds with its investment in tobacco, whilst freesheet Hackney Today defends its editorial policy over Passing Clouds
Read MoreHackney Conservatives select Amy Gray as mayoral candidate
Ms Gray ran for the Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat at last year’s General Election
Read More‘Nine in 10 renters cannot afford minimum deposit to buy home,’ campaigners claim
Housing campaign group Digs calls for ‘radical change’ after study shows most renters stand little chance of owning their own home
Read MoreDalston’s NTS Radio to go global with international tour
Online radio station based in Gillett Square receives Arts Council funding for live shows around the world
Read MoreMan who survived 98 per cent burns says thanks to Homerton fire crew
Blaze victim Constantin Huber visits Homerton Fire Station after making remarkable recovery
Read MoreLeader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?
As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles
Read MoreProject inspired by Obama’s favourite ‘cradle to career’ scheme marks first anniversary
A lot has changed on the Pembury Estate in the years since the 2011 riots, writes Tara Joshi
Read MoreResidents launch campaign against plan to cut cars on Wordsworth Road
“It exacerbates danger to pedestrians, especially children, from speeding cyclists near Butterfield Green”
Read MoreResidents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park
Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”
Read More“It looks like Legoland now…” – residents speak out over Nightingale Estate regeneration plan
The £200 million scheme will bring 400 new properties for social rent, shared ownership and private sale
Read MoreTunde Okewale MBE: from part-time jobs, and a 2:2, to the honours list
The barrister, who got his break at Dalston Sainsbury’s, speaks on the “confidence barrier” blocking working-class professionals
Read More‘Tear down eco-friendly beach house’, council tells artists
Experiment has ‘unacceptable impact’ on Haggerston Baths, which has been empty for 14 years
Read MoreQuitters a ‘priority’ but council failing to kick its own tobacco habit
No cuts to Stop Smoking services in Hackney despite council investing millions in tobacco through pension fund
Read MoreHackney sets date for mayoral election
Ballot to take place on 15 September following resignation of Jules Pipe
Read MoreClissold Quarter in London is UK’s first development with ‘virtual’ show apartments
Higgins Homes use Oculus Rift technology to allow prospective tenants to ‘walk-through’ at their leisure
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