Jon Burke - Hackney Citizen (Page 9)

London Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed

Council says it will provide a new update when it is confident that the work will be completed to its satisfaction

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London Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed

London Fields Lido: New delay could last ‘several weeks’

Popular swimming spot had been due to re-open this weekend after months of repair work

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London Fields Lido: New delay could last ‘several weeks’

London Fields Lido finally gets reopening date – after end of summer

The pool will throw its doors back open to swimmers on the last day of September

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London Fields Lido finally gets reopening date – after end of summer

London Fields Lido reopening faces further delay

Council to ‘announce opening date soon’ as swimming pool refurbishment is hit by fresh setbacks

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London Fields Lido reopening faces further delay

London Fields Lido to close until summer

‘Urgent repair works’ on crumbling pool walls to begin in April

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London Fields Lido to close until summer

Interview: Why Jon Burke, Hackney Council’s eco champion, wants solar panels to blanket the borough

Cabinet member also states he wants tutoring service to be set up through libraries and would be against nude swimming at lido – despite ‘place for everyone’ slogan

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Hackney councillor Jon Burke wants libraries to lend out power tools and kitchen appliances

But head of free market thinktank says he is sceptical about the idea taxpayer-funded authorities should buy goods on public’s behalf

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Councillor Harvey Odze hails Donald Trump’s climate change ‘myth’ comments

Conservative apparently holds President-elect in high regard – at least when it comes to his opinions about the environment

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Harvey Odze with David Cameron (Photograph: @HarveyOdze/Twitter)

London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation

Female users voiced preference for women-only changing area to be retained after plans to introduce ‘changing village’ were revealed

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London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation

Britannia Leisure Centre given £300,000 refit – despite plans to knock it down

Pat Turnbull from the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign says facility will be sacrificed for homes to be sold at market rate

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The Britannia leisure centre is located on the edge of Shoreditch Park

Titbits – growing Momentum, growing beards, and the council’s Olympic false start

Facial furniture, Labour elections and more cancelled council meetings feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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Shouts of ‘Shami Chakrabarti!’ as councillors debate ‘inclusive education’

Lib Dems abstain from voting and Tories oppose motion proposed by Cllr Mete Coban lambasting grammar school expansion

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Shouts of ‘Shami Chakrabarti!’ as councillors debate ‘inclusive education’