London Legacy Development Corporation

Residents urged to have their say on a new bridge between Hackney Wick and Fish Island

The London Legacy Development Corporation will host two drop-in sessions over the coming week

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Residents urged to have their say on a new bridge between Hackney Wick and Fish Island

Debate rages over ‘giant glowing orb’ in Stratford as campaigners warn of ‘class-cleansing’

Newham Extinction Rebellion threaten to ‘disrupt’ MSG Sphere as campaigners demand proposal be rejected

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Debate rages over ‘giant glowing orb’ in Stratford as campaigners warn of ‘class-cleansing’

Town Hall sanctions rent caps in Hackney Wick to ‘protect its creative heart’

New developments will be forced to re-provide existing workspace at less than half the market rate

Author: Hackney Citizen

Town Hall sanctions rent caps in Hackney Wick to ‘protect its creative heart’

Telford Homes restart exploratory works at contaminated construction site

Hackney Wick residents call for assurances that noxious fumes will not be released again

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Telford Homes restart exploratory works at contaminated construction site

Contamination sparks calls for residents to have more say over Hackney Wick’s future

LLDC states fumes which threatened closure of primary school pose “no safety issue for residents”

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Contamination sparks calls for residents to have more say over Hackney Wick’s future

Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site

Principal speaks up for ‘young lungs’ at local primary school as council confirms carcinogenic hydrocarbons as cause of ‘odours’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site

Punk band Arrows of Love take aim at Hackney Wick planning authority with ‘prophetic’ fight song

Singer among the artists evicted from Vittoria Wharf, which is poised to be demolished to make way for a pedestrian bridge

Author: Hackney Citizen

Punk band Arrows of Love take aim at Hackney Wick planning authority with ‘prophetic’ fight song

Campaigners urge Olympic legacy chiefs to block concrete factory plans

Thousands sign petition condemning proposals for three concrete factories and an Asphalt plant at the Olympic Park

Author: Hackney Citizen

Impression of regeneration plans for the Olympic Park

Leader – Why this betrayal of the promised Olympic legacy?

As Hackney Wick artists are booted out of their studios, the body in charge of delivering the Olympic legacy looks set on betraying its own principles

Author: Hackney Citizen

Residents fume at plans to scrap cyclists’ crossing at Olympic Park

Hundred people brave rain to protest at plans to turn popular Monier Road bridge at the Olympic Park into “dangerous rat-run”

Author: Hackney Citizen

Vittoria Wharf demolition: Olympic legacy developers have ‘no grasp’ of community, say campaigners

Locals are launching a campaign to save the site with three-day Wickstock festival

Author: Hackney Citizen

Artists and residents from Vittoria Wharf

Queen Elizabeth Park eateries: Breakfast Club, Mason & Company, and Randy’s Wing Bar – reviews

The Olympic legacy has seen a raft of restaurants open up around Queen Elizabeth Park across the canal, giving hungry Wickers more choice than ever

Author: Hackney Citizen