Posts Tagged ‘River Lea’
Project to rewild Old River Lea receives major grant from Mayor of London
More than £180,000 has been awarded to Hackney’s Rewilding the Old Lea project, which proponents hope will restore the body of water to its former glory
Read MoreJoy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes
Council praised for support in bringing local wildlife back from ‘absolute crunch point’
Read MoreVolunteers begin project to make River Lea an ‘oasis for wildlife’ again
Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston team up with council staff to plant vegetation and build habitats along the eroded riverbanks
Read MoreCampaigners call for action on ‘jaw-dropping’ amount of pollution in River Lea
Local groups and Hackney’s mayor speak out in anger as Environment Agency says it ‘shares their concerns’
Read MoreMan fined for lockdown boat party on River Lea
Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, told to pay £1,902 after organising bash for more than 30 people in February
Read MoreTown Hall ‘demands action’ from Environment Agency to clean up River Lea
Council leaders say ‘issues have gone on far too long’
Read MoreLocal small businesses join Hackney Bridge – one of the borough’s newest public destinations
Make your mark at the new canalside destination
Read MoreSewage flowed into East London’s Olympic Park wetlands six times during early summer heatwave
Campaigners say Thames Water’s failure to make data publicly available is ‘unacceptable in the 21st century’
Read MoreSwimming against the plastic current: Bettina Maidment on spearheading River Lea clean-up
The Plastic Free Hackney founder spoke to the Citizen after a team of 120 volunteers took part in the Big Spring Beach Clean last weekend
Read MoreLocal author’s Alaskan salmon odyssey nets him prestigious literary prize
Adam Weymouth, who lives on a barge in the River Lea, has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for his debut book
Read MoreCitizen joins forces with local campaigner Bettina Maidment for a plastic-free Hackney
‘Whether government has to enforce change, or businesses voluntarily move away from plastics to more sustainable options, change needs to happen!’
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for June 2018
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond – from the textile trade to art in a skip
Read MoreRiver Lea oil spill: Eleven groups demand answers over ‘substandard’ clean-up
Volunteers criticise the Environment Agency and the Canal & River Trust for their response to the disaster
Read MoreSwan stranded under bridge following River Lea oil spill
The bird, who has so far evaded rescuers, is now all alone after mate was safely caught last night
Read MoreBoaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Read MoreCharity’s River Lea reedbed drive hits 1000-metre landmark
Thames 21’s volunteer project creates habitats for wildlife and helps to reduce pollution
Read MoreFewer bins…less litter? Canal & River Trust plan to remove receptacles from towpaths meets concern
40 per-cent of litter bins could be removed from along the River Lea in a bid to prevent fly-tipping and “mistreatment”
Read MorePutting in a Shift – ideas from the public sought for new canalside community and business hub
Make Shift’s efforts to ‘transform underused urban space’ are currently being applied to Clarnico Quay, a disused site in between the Olympic Park and Hackney Wick
Read MorePlayer 2: Press Start: a look at two new, local video game ventures
Hackney is set to get button-bashing all over again with the arrival of GamePad and Four Quarters East
Read More2016 – A look back on the year we woke up as strangers in a strange land
What have we learnt? What has changed? And what is likely to stay the same? As the year draws to a close, we look back on a momentous 12 months
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