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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Rows over London Fields ‘quietway’ and BBQs are battles in war for space

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 June 2016 at 15:28
london fields litter

A growing population brings with it growing pressures and competing demands

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Titbits – councillors, cuckoo mayors and Linden’s day out

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 3 June 2016 at 11:51
Titbits bird

Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough

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Abney Park’s Grade II-listed gates ‘saved’ as greengrocer’s plans prove fruitless

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 1 June 2016 at 16:18
Abney Park gates stoke newington

Council refuses to allow local business to expand its premises, after Abney Park Trust objects to plans

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Fume Free Streets slams ‘perverse’ proposal over London Fields ‘quietway’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 31 May 2016 at 14:37
london fields cycleway

Hackney Council should scrap original road closure plans, council officers to recommend

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Councillors clash over election of new Speaker of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 May 2016 at 20:48
Rosemary Sales

Opposition parties take the unusual step of proposing an alternative

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Sadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 24 May 2016 at 15:58
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Cllr Linden plans to step down as Deputy Mayor of Hackney

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‘Ban barbecues on London Fields,’ demand residents left fuming over heatwave litter

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 May 2016 at 15:44
london fields litter

Council says it will step up security during hot weather after London Fields was left covered in rubbish

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Abney Park Trust slams Stoke Newington greengrocer’s expansion plans

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 10 May 2016 at 17:10
Abney Park gates nature fruit and veg 219 Stoke Newington high street

Charitable trust fears for character of the historic park’s gates after shop’s planning application is submitted

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Government’s Right to Buy policy to cost Hackney Council £90m

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 9 May 2016 at 16:39

Councils will be forced to sell off their most valuable homes to fund the extension of the policy

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Labour wins Stoke Newington and Hackney Downs byelections

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 May 2016 at 15:51

Labour candidates Patrick Moule and Sem Moema claim comfortable victories in byelections

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Hackney voters in multiple polling cards mix-up

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 May 2016 at 14:18
Problems: some voters have received more than one polling card

Duplicate entries on electoral register remain despite efforts to remove them

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Voters complain of ballot problems at Hackney polling stations

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 May 2016 at 11:34
Once more unto the polls... In 2016 we voted often

Hackney residents had problems as they tried to cast their votes this morning for a new London mayor and London Assembly members

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No refugees from Syria have been provided sanctuary by Hackney Council

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 26 April 2016 at 17:53

The first Syrian refugee has yet to be resettled in Hackney, despite Mayor Jules Pipe last year saying the council wanted to ‘stand up and help’

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Council commission slammed for ‘dismissing’ PSPO opposition as ‘passing social media campaign’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 14:35
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‘The council have dismissed the groundswell of public opposition to Linden’s Law,’ says housing campaigner

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Pesticide Free Hackney campaigners urge council to stop using ‘toxic chemicals’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 11:58
Photograph: Pesticide Free Hackney on Facebook

Council faces calls to rid Hackney of pesticides but remains committed to following government guidance on weed control

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Campaigners to march against housing bill in weekend of protests

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 April 2016 at 18:09
Photograph: Dean Ryan / Kill the Housing Bill

Housing activists to hold vigil outside Hackney Town Hall ahead of a march into central London

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Boris Johnson delays making Bishopsgate Goodsyard decision

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 April 2016 at 16:04
Bishopsgate Goodsyard High Level Park Hammerson and Ballymore

Mayor of Hackney Jules Pipe calls for a more ‘creative, collaborative approach’ that includes councils

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Dance Tunnel did not apply to extend licence, Hackney Council confirms

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 12 April 2016 at 18:26
Dance Tunnel artwork credit Nick Cobby

Dalston nightclub has been ‘able to operate regularly until 5am’, claims Town Hall

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Last Dance Tunnel: beloved club to close in August

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 April 2016 at 16:42
DAnce Tunnel Dalston hackney

Hackney’s ‘licensing climate’ makes it ‘impossible’ to continue, says venue

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‘Unacceptable’ plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard hit setback

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 April 2016 at 15:44
Designs for the Bishopsgate Goodsyard development. Photograph: Hammerson plc

Boris Johnson’s own planning officers recommend that he reject the controversial scheme

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