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Twenty roads in Haggerston, Hoxton and London Fields to close to through-traffic

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 30 June 2020 at 19:42

Town Hall transport chief defends scheme after residents and businesses raise concerns over the use of experimental traffic orders

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Young Hackney activist gets a special thank you from Town Hall waste team

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 June 2020 at 12:14

Eight-year-old Ciaran sees his name lit up on the side of a truck as council staff recognise his messages of support

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Petition to ‘save independent local news’ calls for ‘bespoke’ government funding

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 29 June 2020 at 22:51

Community news network urges people to write to their MPs after finding over 95 per cent of local independents have received no support during lockdown

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Town Hall warns of ‘significant backlog’ in registrations as face-to-face services resume

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 29 June 2020 at 20:30
Hackney Town Hall

Marriages and cancelled ceremonies to take priority as lockdown eases

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Rio Cinema board ‘baffled’ by rumours of commercial sell-off

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 29 June 2020 at 19:52
Rio Cinema. Photograph: Mark Hillary via Flickr

Directors dismiss claims from the Save Our Rio campaign, which has launched a petition to oust them

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Inclusive Pride flag flies above Hackney Town Hall for first time

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 29 June 2020 at 19:11

Lifting of the flag, with extra colours to represent queer people of colour and trans people, marks start of Pride Week

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‘Do the right thing’: Hackney’s grassroots music venues call for ‘immediate’ government support

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 June 2020 at 19:33

Borough’s venues sign letter to Whitehall asking for £50m care package and VAT relief on future ticket sales as lockdown restrictions continue

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Doctors, campaigners and politicians line up to call for incinerator ‘pause and review’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 June 2020 at 18:55

Local GP says North London Waste Authority has a chance to ‘save more lives than we will in our entire careers’ by halting plans

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VIDEO: Campaigners on their fight to save the Happy Man Tree

By Ellen Halliday | Thursday 25 June 2020 at 21:20

Ellen Halliday joined protesters as they delivered a symbolic papier-mâché axe to Hackney Town Hall

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Sanctuary Housing apologises as ‘basic essentials’ at Lynnett Court go unfixed

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 June 2020 at 20:27

Residents at retirement scheme complain of problems with fire alarm, emergency pull cords, lifts and vermin

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Economy chief calls for greater protection for small businesses renting workspace

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 June 2020 at 19:32
Cllr Guy Nicholson

Cllr Guy Nicholson calls for ‘concrete’ measures from government as licensees at Shoreditch’s historic Cleve Workshops fight eviction

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Hackney police’s stance on race disparity in stop and search ‘astounds’ equalities boss

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 June 2020 at 20:31
Police tape

Cllr Carole Williams criticises presentation given by officers, which led her to accuse them of policing ‘based on feelings and beliefs rather than stats and facts’

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Police identify no officer misconduct in Mare Street incident following ‘comprehensive review’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 June 2020 at 14:58

Youth-led monitoring group Hackney Account calls for ‘transparent conversation’ on use of force by police

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Theatre Exchange launches Hackney Social Radio for ‘young at heart’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 June 2020 at 21:52

Immediate Theatre aims to create ‘sense of community through airwaves’ for isolated people from tomorrow morning on Resonance FM

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Happy Man Tree campaign slams injunction against peaceful protest as ‘shameful’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 June 2020 at 20:36

Campaigners to present 22,000 signature petition to Hackney Mayor as council defends injunction as ‘last resort’

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Council warned of ‘serious and irreversible consequences’ of Frampton Park hall demolition

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 June 2020 at 20:05

Tenants’ association wants decision ‘reversed’ in wake of recent court ruling against the Town Hall over Holborn Studios

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Middleton Road stop and search incident ‘not in any way surprising’, says monitoring group

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 June 2020 at 19:45

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the IOPC after footage emerged of a Black man appearing to be kneed in the head by an officer while restrained

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Small Island, National Theatre Live on YouTube, stage review: ‘This story has never felt more relevant’

By Gabriel Wilding | Monday 22 June 2020 at 16:47

Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel exposes wounds inflicted by racism in Britain which have been left to fester

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Hackney Council announces two public artworks to honour the Windrush Generation

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 June 2020 at 10:18

Sculptures by Veronica Ryan and Thomas J Price will be the first permanent monuments in the UK to celebrate Windrush when they are unveiled next year

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Homerton Hospital leads the country with release of post-Covid recovery pack

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 June 2020 at 20:08
Homerton Hospital

Information for patients suffering long-term symptoms is highly sought after, with 12 other hospitals so far asking to use it

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