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'Cyclists don't stop': disabled residents frightened of floating bus stops as council urged to reject them

Protesters turned up to the Town Hall in anger at the council updating its plans for Queensbridge Road

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Sarah Gayton, Sarah Leadbetter and John Thornton outside Hackney Town Hall

Residents slam 'ill-considered' council plans to close junction to cars

More than 3,000 vehicles drive along Scriven Street every day, which Hackney Council says creates a high risk of collisions between turning traffic and cyclists

Author: Lizzie McAllister

The junction between Queensbridge Road and Scriven Street

Council investigating death at 19-storey tower block after residents complain about faulty lifts

Town Hall working to establish full facts after man passes away on day both lifts were ‘briefly out of service’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Council investigating death at 19-storey tower block after residents complain about faulty lifts

Campaigners fight to save Haggerston’s Acorn pub as demolition looms once again

Campaign for Real Ale and Hackney Society speak out against plans for seven-storey block of flats

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block

Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block

New plan to demolish Acorn pub emerges just weeks after it won protected status

Scheme, which Lisa Shell from the Hackney Society says will cause ‘harm’, follows earlier, unsuccessful application to bulldoze Victorian building.

Author: Hackney Citizen

Acorn pub in Haggerston saved from demolition after achieving Asset of Community Value status

Campaign for Real Ale sought protection after application to knock down the early Victorian building in Queensbridge Road was put in earlier this year

Author: Hackney Citizen