News - Hackney Citizen (Page 319)

Mayor announces council tax hike and £13.8m cuts

Philip Glanville blames ‘austerity years’ for tax rise but vows to protect key services in the face of further cuts

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Congratulations to the Citizen: Mayor Philip Glanville

‘You have to look deeper than a Pinterest board’

John McDavid, from new ‘design-literate’ estate agency Aucoot, on buying, selling and creating an inspirational home

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Hackney poet Anthony Anaxagorou penned words for star-studded climate film ‘A Love Song’

The wordsmith calls for ‘immediate action’ in the wake of President Trump’s threats to pull out of climate deal

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Recorder quartet Palisander to launch debut album at St John’s Smith Square

Group hit the headlines last year with a 24-hour ‘Recorderthon’ in Haggerston to raise money for six-foot tall instrument

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Recorder quartet Palisander to launch debut album at St John’s Smith Square

All Hackney councillors have been offered personal attack alarms as security precaution

Ongoing review of safety at ward surgeries which could lead to guards being stationed there to protect local politicians from any attackers

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Brick and mortar-board: Hackney Community College’s Brickwork courses building a plumb reputation

HCC’s Paul Reed and James Bragg on the how, what and why of studying this most crucial of trades

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Building bricks: HCC workshop technician Mandi measures up.

Hackney waterway in the running for new wildlife-friendly reedbeds courtesy of charity Thames21

Nine potential Lea Navigation sites, five of which are in the borough, included in online poll – with voters being entered into a special prize draw

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‘Poking starts from 10’: Tattoo promotion prompts warning to zero rated Stokey Bears

Burger joint’s owner Tom Reaney gets the needle after threat of prosecution and insists ‘We aren’t tattooing people’ before attacking critics in belligerent birthday outburst

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"F****** who should get their “f****** facts straight": Tom Reaney today lashed out at the media

Wilmer Place scheme approved despite Abney Park Trust’s biodiversity concerns

Flats and offices will be built on the site of a former carpet factory as part of scheme that finally kills off possibility of large supermarket there

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High Court quashes ruling that Hackney Council failed to comply with equality legislation

Town Hall successfully appealed against ruling that it fell foul of Equality Act when it placed disabled, homeless man in hostel room he claimed was unsuitable

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DWP apology for error in double amputee’s fit to work assessment

Man was told he could go up and down steps despite having had his legs removed just months before and using a wheelchair

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Titbits – Labour Councillor in burger flip, as Abbott’s charity accounts get a Mensch-ion

Patrick Moule in Twitter fast-food furore; Diane Abbott cajoled to Companies House by Tory tattletale

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