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Campaigners speak out after ‘one of largest police raids on Ridley Road in recent memory’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 August 2023 at 10:05

Police say six arrests were made for drugs and weapon offences, but campaign group calls raid ‘intimidating and traumatising’

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Hackney transport chief defends ‘bold’ LTNs as campaigners again call for them to be scrapped

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 July 2023 at 21:32

Cllr Mete Coban fielded a number of questions on the controversial traffic measures at full council

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Politicians back move for Hackney to formally become a borough of sanctuary for refugees

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 July 2023 at 21:13

Council hopes to officially join network of places in the UK that welcome asylum seekers and refugees

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‘I’ve never put the safeguarding of anyone at risk,’ says Hackney Mayor as he faces questions over disgraced former councillor

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 July 2023 at 15:21

Tom Dewey pleaded guilty to five child porn charges in July – just over a year after his abrupt resignation from the council left Town Hall watchers puzzled

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Hackney girls’ school looks set to welcome boys in effort to combat drop in pupils

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 July 2023 at 18:32

Almost half of Year 7 places at Our Lady’s Catholic School in Stamford Hill are currently unfilled

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Scotland Yard’s reform plan wins cross-party praise – with Mayor of London hailing it as an ‘important step’

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 July 2023 at 10:57

Force to recruit 500 community support officers as it focuses on neighbourhood policing

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Parks boss ‘really proud’ as Hackney celebrates 29 Green Flag awards

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 19 July 2023 at 12:11

Abney Park becomes the latest to meet the international standard for a well-run green space

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‘Councils are haemorrhaging cycle training,’ instructors warn as they strike over pay

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 July 2023 at 11:43

Campaigners have been staging protests outside Town Halls across London

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‘Real privilege’: Hackney Council’s chief executive to depart in August after period of extended leave

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 18:10

News comes just a day after the borough’s mayor acknowledged the ‘uncertainty’ surrounding the top job

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Former Hackney councillor pleads guilty to five charges of possessing indecent images of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 11:34
Tom Dewey

Tom Dewey, 36, has been released on bail and will be sentenced on 15 August

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‘Nothing more distracting than hunger’: Praise for Hackney School of Food as council launches £300k free meals plan

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 July 2023 at 11:08

Town Hall unveils investment to combat child hunger, with an estimated 40 per cent of youngsters in Hackney living in poverty

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Housing campaigner accuses council of ‘roping in tenants to collude in cutting services’ with online survey

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 July 2023 at 11:23

Pat Turnbull criticises Town Hall questionnaire, which asks council tenants to prioritise services in order of importance

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Hackney Mayor acknowledges ‘uncertainty’ as he unveils council’s third chief executive this year

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 July 2023 at 10:45
Dawn Carter-McDonald

Dawn Carter-McDonald to replace the departing Ian Williams as acting chief later this month

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‘Deeply offensive’: Hackney residents hit out at council plans for events in Abney Park Cemetery

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 10 July 2023 at 13:59

Town Hall applies to host a range of activities that it says will help pay for cemetery’s running costs

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‘Duty of care’: Hackney Foodbank urges community to help fund holiday lunches for children in poverty

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 July 2023 at 12:23

‘Ten pounds can fund lunch for one child for a week,’ says CEO Pat Fitzsimons

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‘Overwhelming pride’: Hackney GP surgery wins prestigious NHS Parliamentary Award

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 July 2023 at 13:38

Richmond Road Medical Centre wins in ‘Excellence in Primary Care and Community Care’ category

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Hackney Mayor ‘not made aware’ of police investigation into Tom Dewey until after council elections

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 7 July 2023 at 12:58
Tom Dewey

Dewey was charged last week with three counts of making indecent images of children, possession of extreme pornographic images, and possession of prohibited images of children

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Four in 10 Londoners unable to ‘live with dignity’ amid ‘devastasting’ economic forces, report shows

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 6 July 2023 at 08:52

Charity foundation finds ‘decent standard of living is just not possible for lots of people’

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Ex-Pogues drummer releases charity single to raise money for St Joseph’s Hospice

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 13:47

St Jospeh’s chief says Andrew Ranken’s song ‘perfectly captures’ the serenity of the hospice’s garden

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Haringey Council accused of dodging scrutiny over major events at Finsbury Park

By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 4 July 2023 at 14:00

‘So much for the ‘Haringey deal’ which claimed the council was now ‘doing things together’,’ says local Liberal Democrat leader

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