News ‘Sole motive is profit’: Concerns raised over potential sale of seven East London GP practices to venture capitalists NHS bosses vow to carry out review of ‘whole structure’ of prospective buyer’s company By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter / 30 Jan 2024
News ‘No surprise’: More than 30 breaches of emissions limits at north London’s incinerator last year, new data shows Exploding gas canisters were to blame for the majority of rule breaks, as local waste authority boss calls on people to stop ‘irresponsibly’ putting them in household bins By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter / 12 Jun 2023
News Edmonton incinerator cost ‘spiralling out of control’, says campaign group Stop the Edmonton Incinerator Now Coalition urges North London Waste Authority to ‘reformulate its business case’ for the controversial facility By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter / 4 May 2023
News ‘Like mining for metals’: Meet the recycling sorters turning north London’s trash into treasure In 2019, waste company Biffa won a 10-year contract worth a reported £90m to process the area’s recycling By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter / 13 Sep 2022
News Police officer who emailed attempted robbery victim to tell her she was ‘amazingly hot’ keeps his job Detective chief inspector James Mason, who used to work in Hackney, barred from promotion for three years for gross misconduct By Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter / 8 Oct 2021