Olympics organisers urged to ban tents for fear of Occupy-style protests
By Hackney Citizen • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: NewsTheresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
Theresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
Appeal made by parents of Aarron McKoy, who was shot dead on 1 January
Police arrest 19-year-old over the abduction and murder of a 20-year-old woman in Hackney
Safer Neighbourhoods officers cut as many wards share sergeants
Yes, we must regain control of the streets, but loose talk about rubber bullets and water cannon will achieve nothing
Local residents and businesses pick up the pieces and hope the next few days will be calmer
At street level in trouble-hit Hackney, residents paint a depressing picture of alienation, anger, boredom and mischief
Masked men and women barricade Pembury estate in largest confrontation of London riots yet
Youths ransack area and use burning vehicles, bricks and bottles as violence moves from Mare Street and London Fields to estate
Several shops in Dalston were broken into last night (Sunday) during the disorder that rocked north London following the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham. Some other Hackney stores are closing early today as a precaution