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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Grenfell Tower fire: Hackney mayor reveals number of council high rises that have sprinklers installed

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 17 June 2017 at 06:50
Grenfell Tower fire

Philip Glanville says fitting was based on fire risk assessments carried out by council

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General Election 2017: Residents raise concerns over missing postal ballots

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 7 June 2017 at 17:17
Once more unto the polls... In 2016 we voted often

Several locals say they are yet to receive their voting papers from the council for tomorrow’s poll

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Campaigners to ‘fight on’ after council rubberstamps bingo hall demolition

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 June 2017 at 16:25

Residents demand changes to ‘unfair’ planning process after failing in last-ditch attempt to block proposals

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Residents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 June 2017 at 16:15

Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today

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Number of people registered to vote has fallen, new figures reveal

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 June 2017 at 12:45

Council blames drop on 2014 switch to individual registration despite past criticism over electoral roll inaccuracies

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Teenage poet takes first prize in hard-fought Hackney talent show

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 May 2017 at 12:15

Chifa K wins Alter Ego 2017 to mark start of borough’s long-running youth arts festival

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CitizensUK demands tougher action on rogue landlords in Town Hall protest

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 May 2017 at 13:04

Campaigners want council to bring in licensing scheme in Hackney to help combat criminal behaviour

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Climate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 May 2017 at 15:01

Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy

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Tree felling in Hackney tripled in a single year, new figures show

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 May 2017 at 15:38
Clissold Park

Council cut down nearly 200 trees across the borough in 2016, but says work is necessary to ‘protect residents’

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‘Darkness to descend’ on Eastern Curve Garden as nine-storey tower threat looms

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 15:51
Young couple in Eastern Curve Garden

Community blog raises concerns over redevelopment plans for neighbouring Thames House

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Mayor urges residents to get involved in Hackney housing strategy

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 25 April 2017 at 12:08

Town Hall consulting on plans to tackle rogue landlords and build more homes, but local renters’ group says proposals could be ‘braver’

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Village Underground lodges plans to turn old ABC cinema into arts venue

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 April 2017 at 17:06
Easy as ABC: the venue as it looked in 1963 (left) and how it looks now (right).

Group addresses concerns over future of existing tenants as consultation on Hackney Arts Centre nears end

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Hackney Council to launch ‘innovative’ house-building company

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 April 2017 at 13:45
Philip Glanville.

Have your say on the Town Hall’s new housing strategy, which it says ‘could enable more affordable homes to be built’ across the borough

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Titbits – mediums and misspellings spook council

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 April 2017 at 13:49
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Military battalion parades through Hackney in freedom exercise

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 5 April 2017 at 12:29
Speaker Rosemary Sales greets the battalion

Local unit marks 50th anniversary with colourful procession to celebrate council honour

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Fossil fuels: ‘Council wrecking the planet’, claim green campaigners

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 30 March 2017 at 12:36
Divest Hackney protest

Divest Hackney protests as Pensions Committee digs in its heels over £21m fossil fuel investments

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Business rates: MP Meg Hillier and Hackney Council warn government ‘not to compromise’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 29 March 2017 at 17:23
Meg Hillier

Hackney’s elected representatives raise ‘real concerns’ over Whitehall plans for boroughs to keep all business rates income

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London Fields Lido to close until summer

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 29 March 2017 at 10:17

‘Urgent repair works’ on crumbling pool walls to begin in April

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‘We beg the council to reconsider’: Father of child with special needs slams cuts to early support

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 28 March 2017 at 12:33
Martin De La Mora

“Without the team, my son Martin would not be able to say ‘I love you’”, says Francisco De La Mora

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Finnish ‘baby box’ scheme to launch in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 27 March 2017 at 13:16
Baby box in Scotland

New and expectant parents to receive free baby products following successful trial

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