Posts Tagged ‘News’
Locals to open boutique hotel on Dalston Lane
Former post office family will open luxury accommodation and a café later this month, with hopes for Olympic tourism next year
Read MoreSmalley Bois youth gang members convicted of Stoke Newington stabbing attack
Six teenagers were sentenced on the basis of CCTV evidence from a mobile parking enforcement van
Read MoreResidents slam council’s ‘flawed’ consultation over plan to build school on Hackney Downs
Locals have expressed concern about the lack of information available on a controversial proposal to ‘plonk a school in the middle of a park’
Read MoreEric Pickles imposes curbs on council PR spending
Communities secretary has banned councils from publishing their own newspapers more than four times a year
Read MoreCampaigners call for coalition cash for local eco-initiatives
Friends of the Earth is pressing the ‘greenest government ever’ to support carbon budgets for Hackney and other local councils
Read MoreLeaked report reveals concerns over accident risks at athletes’ village
Union blames weak employment rules and casualisation of workforce for risky working practices at construction site
Read MoreGet your teeth to a dentist, says Hackney NHS
Find out more about free NHS dental services at two local events next week
Read MoreCosmetic surgery in American hotel leads to death of British woman
Suspected illegal backstreet ‘surgeons’ operated on 20-year-old who complained of chest pains after buttock procedure
Read MoreEssex Wharf tower blocks decision looms large
“Disgraceful” development expected to impact on Hackney
Read MoreChatsworth Road awaits news on market
Traders and residents are urging Hackney Council to discuss their call for weekly street trading
Read MoreChatsworth Road grapples with plans for growth
Residents and traders are being asked to consider how they want the area to develop
Read MorePlans afoot for London Fields community council
Locals could have more say over issues that matter to the neighbourhood
Read MoreTen Mossbourne academy students win Cambridge University offers
Former Ofsted inspector praises ‘spectacular breakthrough’ at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, one of poorest parts of UK
Read MoreOlympics Anish Kapoor tower hopes to attract 1m visitors a year
Organisers expect sculpture to become one of London’s most loved attractions
Read MoreCharity’s struggle to meet demand for essentials of cookers, carpets and coats
Every week, Family Action volunteers scrutinise increasingly urgent and bleak applications for emergency welfare grants
Read MoreGilbert & George collect sex workers’ cards for latest works
Artists’ exhibition revisits ‘postcard art’ of their early careers
Read MoreMurderer of mother and two young girls 28 years ago is jailed for life
Tony Dyce raped and killed Norma Richards, then stabbed and drowned two of her daughters
Read MoreStrippers and vicar unite to fight cleanup campaign
Women’s groups in move to close down strip clubs, while vicar fears ban would leave workers in danger
Read MoreOperation Trident cuts threat provokes backlash
Victims of crime and MPs have voiced concern over plans to cut unit investigating violent crime within the black community
Read MoreOperation Trident may be ditched in spending cuts
Unit dedicated to investigating violent crime among London’s black communities at risk of being disbanded
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