Posts Tagged ‘hoxton’
Voter registration in Hackney is amongst the lowest in London
New research shows that in seven Hackney wards fewer than 80 per cent of people are on the electoral roll, a figure below the national average
Read MoreHackney gets fired up about ceramics at Turning Earth studios
Hoxton studios are at the forefront of a discreet boom in hand-made ceramics
Read MoreFour jailed for murder of Hoxton teenager Marcel Addai
Brutal knife attack an example of the ‘terrible grip gang culture has on young men who embrace it’
Read MoreFour found guilty of Marcel Addai gang murder
Hoxton gang members face life in prison over fatal knife attack on teenager
Read MoreSkinning Out to Sea book review – Naval gazing
As a teenager, Mick Hugo swapped the dry land of East London for a life in the merchant navy. Now more than 50 years later, the Hoxton man has written a fascinating account of his seafaring days
Read MorePolice hunt two men over violent assault in Hoxton
Attack on East Road saw two men attacked with wooden stakes
Read MoreTwelfth Night celebrations come to the Geffrye Museum
Hoxton museum invites residents to burn holly and sing carols at its annual Christmas send-off
Read MoreDeveloper fined £700,000 for illegally building block of flats
Yusuf Sarodia ordered to demolish block of 34 flats he built in 2011 without planning permission
Read MoreSeventh man charged with murder of Hoxton teenager
17-year-old Marcel Addai was stabbed to death on a Hoxton estate earlier this month
Read MoreIconic Holborn Studios under renewed threat of development
Objectors say plans to develop ‘heritage asset’ canal-side studios will force out local businesses
Read MoreTeenager murdered in Hoxton named as Marcel Addai
The family of the 17-year-old stabbed to death on St John’s Estates say they are ‘devastated’ by the ‘wicked attack’
Read MoreResidents of New Era Estate in Hoxton secure means-tested rents
Housing charity managing the New Era estate has announced a “radical new rent policy”
Read MoreTrew Era cafe – review: the Russell Brand revolution will be caffeinated
The babyccino crowd is nowhere in sight at Russell Brand’s revolutionary café
Read MoreMiscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam loses bid for compensation
High Court rules Sam Hallam will get nothing to make up for the seven years he spent in prison an innocent man
Read MoreHoxton pensioner charged with Hatton Garden jewellery heist
74 year-old John Collins amongst eight to be charged with conspiracy to burgle
Read MoreHoxton artists given ultimatum: support demolition of studios or leave
More than 130 tenants in Cremer Street Studios told to sign letter in support of tower block development
Read MoreTower power – building up to more school places
The Town Hall is using the power of property values to circumvent the Government’s schools policy
Read MoreNew Era estate residents consider proposals for means-tested rent
New owners suggest that the estate’s richer residents could pay more to keep rents affordable
Read MoreToo tall for school: residents slam council’s ‘imposing’ tower proposals
Proposals unveiled to pay for new schools in Hoxton and Hackney Downs through sale of private flats
Read MoreVictory for New Era estate as Westbrook sells to charitable foundation
New owners Dolphin Square Foundation say they wish to ‘develop a rent policy that is demonstrably fair’
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