Posts Tagged ‘The Guardian’
Everyone in Hackney can help tackle climate change, divestment experts urge
The borough’s investment in fossil fuels through its pension fund and the environmental implications were subjects of the Hackney Divestment Debate
Read MoreHackney social services condemned over failures after mother kills children
Coroner criticises staff who allowed woman suffering from paranoid schizophrenia unsupervised overnight visits
Read MoreLondon 2012: Phillips Idowu says he is focused and denies injury fears
• Charles van Commenee had said triple jumper was injured
• Idowu will jump at Diamond League meeting on Saturday
Pentonville prison escapee John Massey recaptured in Kent
John Massey, 64, who escaped from Pentonville prison, was arrested at a house in Kent, say Metropolitan police
Read MoreOlympic Park’s former artist in residence to deal with disillusionment
Neville Gabie’s next project will ‘explore how far away we might have moved from the original spirit of the Games’
Read MoreSam Hallam criticises Metropolitan police after murder conviction quashed
Young man jailed over 2004 killing then released by court blames Met police for taking away eight years of his life
Read MoreSam Hallam released after seven years in prison
Decision to release 24-year-old after appeal over 2004 murder conviction follows long legal battle by family
Read MoreHow a community’s outcry led to campaign for justice for Sam Hallam
Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005
Read MoreBody found in canal is EastEnders actor Gemma McCluskie
Police confirm that torso discovered in Regent’s canal in east London is that of actor who went missing last week
Read MoreAn alternative Olympic tour takes in Hackney’s art, history and fashions
As the Olympics loom, Alexandra Topping takes a tour within sight and sound of the London 2012 site
Interactive: an alternative tour around the site
Read MoreOlympics organisers urged to ban tents for fear of Occupy-style protests
Theresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
Read MoreGoldfrapp – review
St John at Hackney, London
Read MoreOccupy London protesters take over empty UBS bank offices
Activists host press conference in building owned by Swiss bank as St Paul’s Cathedral camp faces high court action
Read MoreHow Hackney reclaimed child protection social work
Is a model of social work that radically transformed child protection in one borough about to go mainstream?
Read MoreFlorence and the Machine – review
Hackney Empire, London
Read MoreLabrinth is SyCo’s latest signing but he doesn’t need a popstar bootcamp
Hard work and big tunes are all the Hackney producer cares about, but what if sleeping in the studio leads to a hobo beard?
Read MoreAfter the riots: the Hackney worker teaching young men to be ambitious
Youth worker Emeka Egbuonu’s book has much to teach policymakers following the riots, writes Rachel Williams
Read MoreThe Saturday interview: Mossbourne academy’s Sir Michael Wilshaw
Sir Michael Wilshaw is the super-strict head at Mossbourne academy in Hackney, and is rumoured to become the new head of Ofsted. Can he repeat Mossbourne’s success nationwide?
Read MoreLeona Lewis: the Hackney heroine has given Simon Cowell a lesson in taste
Collide singer talks epic spook-pop, riots and dodging Whitney style ballads with Sylvia Patterson
Read MoreWill the National Citizen Service stop young people rioting?
David Cameron says the scheme will restore values, responsibility and self-discipline. Its critics say it is too expensive and will not help disaffected youngsters
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