Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
‘Unsafe’: Hackney residents demand better lighting on borough’s ‘darkest road’
One Pembury Estate resident claims lights on Shellness Road were out for six months
Read MoreHackney councillors trained to use drug overdose kits amid concern over synthetic opioids
At least 16 councillors have been taught how to provide emergency treatment using a Naloxone kit
Read MoreTown Hall to investigate mislabelled fire door at 18-storey block in London Fields
Door confirmed to withstand fire for an hour – despite a sticker on one side suggesting it would only provide 30 minutes’ protection
Read More‘Untenable’: Green councillors table motion of no confidence in Hackney Mayor over Eurovision party photo
Borough leader Philip Glanville has taken leave of absence after being suspended by Labour
Read MoreHackney Mayor to take extended leave after being suspended by Labour over party photo
Deputy mayor Anntoinette Bramble set to fill in as calls grow for Philip Glanville to resign
Read MoreWedding fever at Hackney Town Hall as delighted staff celebrate post-pandemic boom
The borough’s ceremonies manager says numbers have recoveredafter tough few years
Read MoreGrants on offer for events celebrating transgender awareness and LGBT+ history
Residents can apply for up to £1k in funding before 20 August deadline
Read MoreHackney Council offers £1k grants to residents for events celebrating this year’s Black History Season
Town Hall wants to hear ideas from residents before 20 August deadline
Read More‘Real community feel’: New plant-inspired mural set to brighten up Dalston
Artist Claire Ward-Thornton is finishing off a nine-metre-high artwork on Wilton Way
Read MoreHistoric leisure centre in Lower Clapton set for roof repairs to ‘minimise health and safety risks’
Council applies for listed building consent to work on 126-year-old Kings Hall
Read MoreCampaigners speak out after ‘one of largest police raids on Ridley Road in recent memory’
Police say six arrests were made for drugs and weapon offences, but campaign group calls raid ‘intimidating and traumatising’
Read MorePoliticians back move for Hackney to formally become a borough of sanctuary for refugees
Council hopes to officially join network of places in the UK that welcome asylum seekers and refugees
Read More‘I’ve never put the safeguarding of anyone at risk,’ says Hackney Mayor as he faces questions over disgraced former councillor
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
Read More‘Real privilege’: Hackney Council’s chief executive to depart in August after period of extended leave
News comes just a day after the borough’s mayor acknowledged the ‘uncertainty’ surrounding the top job
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor pleads guilty to five charges of possessing indecent images of children
Tom Dewey, 36, has been released on bail and will be sentenced on 15 August
Read MoreHousing campaigner accuses council of ‘roping in tenants to collude in cutting services’ with online survey
Pat Turnbull criticises Town Hall questionnaire, which asks council tenants to prioritise services in order of importance
Read MoreHackney Mayor acknowledges ‘uncertainty’ as he unveils council’s third chief executive this year
Dawn Carter-McDonald to replace the departing Ian Williams as acting chief later this month
Read More‘Deeply offensive’: Hackney residents hit out at council plans for events in Abney Park Cemetery
Town Hall applies to host a range of activities that it says will help pay for cemetery’s running costs
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘not made aware’ of police investigation into Tom Dewey until after council elections
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
Read MoreLondon Fields residents call for public toilets to be left open until later as anti-social behaviour continues
Park user group says problems with people relieving themselves out in the open are ‘unacceptable but predictable’
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