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Posts Tagged ‘Tower Hamlets’

Raising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season

By Claudia Lee | Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 10:32
Hackney Council black history season flag

Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’

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Locals restart campaign to ban ‘intimidating’ HGVs from Victoria Park Road

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 April 2025 at 11:30
Penny Wrout, Christine Jackson and Claudia Turbet-Delof

Residents warn of lorries gridlocking congestion zones and point to recent fatalities

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Campaigners call for local political declaration on NHS patient charging

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 1 October 2020 at 18:47
Hackney Town Hall

Save Our NHS lays out ‘moral and practical’ reasons for opposition to charges as Barts insists policy implemented ‘fairly, equitably and justly’

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Victoria Park to reopen on Saturday under strict ‘control measures’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 April 2020 at 18:55

Community volunteers to help ensure safe use of park as users warned breaches of social distancing could result in further closure

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‘This has to be fixed’: Town Hall bosses raise alarm on SEND funding

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 2 March 2020 at 16:45

Deputy Mayor joins campaigners invoicing government over funding gap as uncertainty over future position continues

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‘The Future is Ours’: Young Extinction Rebels call for change at East London Uprising

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 15 July 2019 at 16:22

Hackney Mayor promises ‘at least one annual occasion’ in which community will hold Town Hall to account on climate emergency action

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No Poll Tax 2 campaign urges Town Hall to scrap controversial relief cut

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 18 September 2018 at 11:34

Petition calls for exemption from bailiff action for those receiving council tax support

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Hackney in UK’s bottom five for pollution purged by trees

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 20 August 2018 at 14:40

Council restates commitment to plant additional 1,000 trees over next four years

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Hackney crime chief says cuts to blame for Tower Hamlets police merger

By Adam Barnett | Monday 12 February 2018 at 17:58
Caroline Selman

Cllr Selman said she would work to ‘minimise the impact’ on residents

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Council “fake newspapers”: Ten quotes that show cross-party concern

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 29 November 2016 at 16:16
Hackney Today Hackney Citizen Town Hall

Labour, Tories, Greens, Liberal Democrats and UKIP – all have slammed ratepayer funded rags in different places, at different times

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Exceptional home care that is as individual as you are!

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 October 2016 at 11:04

Triangle Community Services Hackney, Your Home, Your Care, Your Way

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Mulberry University Technical College to open for September ’17 enrolment

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 5 September 2016 at 15:26
Mulberry UTC 1

The new building in Bow will have a range of creative and digital and healthcare facilities, from labs to studios and even a theatre

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Developers accused of ‘daylight robbery’ in Bishopsgate Goodsyard row

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 March 2016 at 16:32
Designs for the Bishopsgate Goodsyard development. Photograph: Hammerson plc

‘No other proposed development has been predicted to have such a large effect on so many dwellings,’ finds independent study

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What are the alternatives to ‘boring’ Bishopsgate Goodsyard scheme?

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 November 2015 at 15:22

Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe and East London residents outline their own proposals for £800 million project

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Opening of 'misleading' Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 4 August 2015 at 15:55

Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs

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Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs gives hope to Rich Mix

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 June 2015 at 17:41

Arts organisation hopes election of John Biggs will prove decisive in financial feud with council

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Celebrating Women's History Month in East London

By East End Review | Monday 9 March 2015 at 16:13

There’s a series of events going on all over East London to mark Women’s History Month

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Hope for The Joiners Arms as campaigners win protective status

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 16 January 2015 at 12:18

Friends of the Joiners Arms secure Asset of Community Value status for Hackney Road pub

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Exclusive: Rich Mix could go bust over Tower Hamlets Council ‘loan’

By East End Review | Tuesday 13 January 2015 at 15:42

Shoreditch arts organisation in financial dispute with council over £850,000 and withheld development money

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Punters petition to get The Joiners Arms listed as a ‘community asset’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 December 2014 at 11:57

Campaigners seek Asset of Community Value status for ‘legendary’ Shoreditch gay pub facing closure in the new year

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