News - Hackney Citizen (Page 321)

Claims of crackdown on prostitutes in Hackney denied by top police officer

Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence says streets are ‘not a safe place’ for sex workers as support group leads criticism of alleged enforcement

Author: Hackney Citizen

CPZ parking ‘cock up’ caused chaos for Clapton residents, councillors told

Cycling superhighway in Stoke Newington was another issue which provoked flashpoints between residents and politicians

Author: Hackney Citizen

It’s wild! Jubilee Primary School pupils create mural of wetlands’ flora and fauna

Teachers let schoolchildren’s creativity run riot on visit to London Wildlife Trust’s Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve – and this funky artwork was the result

Author: Hackney Citizen

Pupils with London Wildlife Trust learning officer Aleksander Makucewicz in front of the spectacular mural they created

Council’s pension fund’s exposure to CO2 emissions to be slashed in half – but is this too little, too late?

Move may not go far enough to placate environmental campaigners, but pensions committee chairman Councillor Robert Chapman says it is in reality the best arrangement possible

Author: Hackney Citizen

Town Hall criers: Banners were unfurled to highlight the climate change crisis

Council’s anti-crime chief Caroline Selman joins police on weapons sweep following spate of stabbings

Cracking down on knife crime remains ‘massive priority’, she insists amid alarm about attacks and concern over changes to police use of stop and search

Author: Hackney Citizen

Non-electric cars set to be banned from parking in parts of Shoreditch

Charging points would be installed to try and encourage motorists to make the switch to cleaner vehicles

Author: Hackney Citizen

A CGI image of how one of the streets near Old Street could look under the project. Image: Hackney Council

Hackney Road Recreation Ground set to be renamed after ‘notable Hackney citizen’

Green space near St Leonard’s Church and Columbia Road would be rechristened “Fairchild’s Garden” after famous horticulturalist Thomas Fairchild

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Road Recreation Ground as seen from Google Streetview

Not going down the Tubes: Village Underground to stay put for another 15 years

Owner Auro Foxcroft says he is “thrilled” with deal after council announces extension to lease

Author: Hackney Citizen

Not going down the Tubes: Village UndergroundNot going down the Tubes: Village Underground

Another stabbing: Police called to Kingsland High Street after latest attack

Dalston has been the scene of numerous attacks in recent weeks, and on Wednesday deputy mayor is set to answer question about council’s ‘interventions’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Met Police HQ confirmed details of the latest attack, which took place in the early hours yesterday

Government’s ‘laughable’ £36,000 handout ‘won’t do anything’ to fix housing crisis

MP Meg Hillier describes sum as “laughable” while Mayor Philip Glanville calls for councils to be given more power to build affordable homes amid crisis of families living in homeless hostels

Author: Hackney Citizen

Protest: Meg Hillier MP pictured last year at a protest by renters group Digs Photograph: Digs

Brawl between orthodox Jews and traffic warden in Stamford Hill probed by police

Parking has been a contentious issue in Stamford Hill. Hackney Council has said the warden did nothing wrong and was subjected to threats

Author: Hackney Citizen

A still from footage of the incident which has been circulating online

Hackney Greens warn council’s Morning Lane plans risk being ‘missed opportunity’

Samir Jeraj, who stood for Mayor of Hackney last year, says purchase of Tesco site looks as though it will “do little” to solve the housing crisis

Author: Hackney Citizen