Hackney news

 

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• Health inspectors find private company Harmoni is jeopardising Hackney patients’ safety through lack of doctors
  Hackney Gazette 22 May 13
  Care Quality Commission inspectors have found private company Harmoni guilty of running the out-of-hours (OOH) GP service for Hackney with so few doctors they are potentially placing patient’s safety at risk.
• Unlucky for some - Hackney landlord renting to 13 tenants fined for breaching safety requirements
  Hackney Gazette 22 May 13
  A landlord has been fined £3,000 for renting out a property to 13 tenants in Hackney without meeting safety requirements.
• The Haggerston pub hopes to reopen doors following mouse infestation
  Hackney Citizen 21 May 13
  The Haggerston. Photograph: George Steptoe A popular pub which had to close after Hackney Council found it was infested with mice is carrying out a deep clean of its premises and may be allowed to reopen tomorrow. The Haggerston in Kingsland...
• Primary parents up in arms over “Mossbourne military-style” uniform drills
  Hackney Gazette 21 May 13
  Brook Community Primary School parents are up in arms about the military-style uniform drills they say have been imposed on their children since the head of Mossbourne Academy took over the helm.
• Education in brief
  Hackney Citizen 21 May 13
  Aerial view of the Olympic Park with the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Media Press Centre (MPC), now iCity, in the foreground. Photograph: Anthony Charlton / ODA * Hackney Community College and Loughborough University are among the...
• University of East London calls on students to back ‘Reuse, Reduce, Recycle’ campaign
  Hackney Citizen 21 May 13
  Clothing banks and donation points where students can drop off unwanted possessions have been set up in University of East London (UEL) halls of residences as part of a drive to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation. UEL says belongings...
• School trips will never be dull again thanks to Hackney Wow guide
  Hackney Citizen 21 May 13
  Little monsters: children run riot in Springfield Park as part of their research for the guidebook. Photograph: Hackney Wow. For people of a certain generation school trips are synonymous with hours spent sitting on a coach stuck in traffic...
• Neighbours heartbroken after attempts to save Stoke Newington garage fail
  Hackney Gazette 21 May 13
  Neighbours’ attempts to rally round and save Ozan Garage in Batley Place, which has been in the community for 22 years have failed.
• New legislation on the cards to tackle council “propaganda rags” like Hackney Today
  Hackney Gazette 21 May 13
  The Local Audit and Accountability Bill will clamp down on tax-payer funded council papers and “deliver the Coalition agreement pledge to impose tougher rules to protect the independent free press from unfair competition by town hall...
• Hackney girl speaks out about domestic abuse to break down stigma
  Hackney Gazette 21 May 13
  A brave young woman is sharing her personal story of domestic abuse to help raise awareness as well as thousands of pounds for its victims in the process.
• Two assaults in space of a week close to Mare Street pubs
  Hackney Citizen 20 May 13
  Two early morning assaults have taken place in the space of a week, just yards apart and both in the vicinity of Mare Street pubs. Yesterday (Sunday) a man was beaten up close to The London Fields pub, Mare Street. Police were called at around...
• Olympic sceptics should raise the white flag says Boris Johnson, as iCITY signs £1billion media centre contract
  Hackney Gazette 20 May 13
  The “single most difficult thing to pull off” in terms of Olympic legacy, according to London Mayor Boris Johnson, was cracked last week, when a billion pound deal to secure the future of the £295m taxpayer-funded Olympic media...
• Regeneration is ‘one way street’ fear Narrow Way traders
  Hackney Citizen 20 May 13
  Narrow Way: a narrow-minded approach? Photograph: Hackney Citizen Businesses in an historic shopping street hit hard by the 2011 riots fear plans to pedestrianise the area for a trial period will further harm trade. The Narrow Way in Hackney...
• Plans afoot for multi-million pound retail and residential overhaul of Dalston’s Kingsland Shopping Centre
  Hackney Gazette 20 May 13
  The owners of Kingsland Shopping Centre are about to launch a consultation on a multi-million pound retail and residential regeneration scheme.
• Smash and grab heist: robbers ram-raid Hackney office
  Hackney Gazette 19 May 13
  An office behind Kingsland Road, Haggerston was ram-raided last night, and several men were seen fleeing on motorbikes just before 10pm.
• Hackney Homes evict severely autistic boy and his family, despite medical staff pleas
  Hackney Gazette 17 May 13
  A severely epileptic boy and his family were evicted from their home and split up last week due to bureaucratic rules – despite pleas from medical staff warning that the move could cause him to suffer life-threatening fits.
• Finsbury Park Samsung Galaxy knifepoint phone robbers jailed
  London24 17 May 13
  A man who brandished a six-inch blade as he robbed a man of his Samsung Galaxy phone in Queen’s Drive, Finsbury Park, and his partner in crime, have been jailed for robbery.
• Man critically ill in hospital following assault nearby Hackney’s Dolphin pub
  London24 17 May 13
  The victim was punched in the face and suffered serious head injuries when he fell and hit his head on the floor in the vicinity of the Dolphin public house in Mare Street on Sunday May 12 at 5am.
• Man critical after early morning assault in Mare Street
  Hackney Citizen 16 May 13
  An image of one of the men police want to speak with. Photograph: Metropolitan Police. A man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was assaulted near London Fields. Police are appealing for information following the incident, which...
• Residents ‘may be forced to pay for parking permit’ even if their street votes no
  London24 16 May 13
  New measures taken by Hackney Council mean that residents may have to pay to park on their street even if the majority vote against charges being imposed.
• Cash for a Shot Tin Roof: rain threatens to stop plays at Yard Theatre
  Hackney Citizen 16 May 13
  Crowds watch a performance at Hackney Wick's Park Theatre A groundbreaking stage space is under threat unless it can raise £10,000 needed to insulate its roof. The Yard Theatre in White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, has spent the last two years...
• No ‘white elephants’ on Olympic Park after future secured for iCITY development
  London24 16 May 13
  More than 4,500 jobs will be created in a £100million deal to transform the Press and Broadcast Centres on the Olympic Park, it was announced today.
• ‘Crisis of masculinity’ harming Britain, Hackney MP Diane Abbott warns
  Hackney Citizen 16 May 13
  Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North Stoke Newington Traditional family bonds must be bolstered to deal with a “crisis of masculinity” harming Britain, Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott is claiming today. Ms Abbott, Labour’s...
• Pioneering Hackney Wick theatre needs cash help to insulate its tin roof
  London24 15 May 13
  Nestled in an industrial estate in Hackney Wick is a small theatre with big ideas.
• Stik’s riot mural removed from public display and sold to celebrity dealer
  Hackney Citizen 15 May 13
  Stik's The London Riots mural prior to the sale. Photograph: Claude Crommelin A mural by street artist Stik has been removed from public display and sold to a celebrity antiques dealer. The piece, The London Riots, was painted on a garage...
• Inspirational spirit of Stoke Newington artist kept alive by health charity launch
  London24 15 May 13
  The spirit of a 29-year-old who died from cancer is being kept alive through a foundation set up to help other patients.
• Musician Plan B launches new charity in Hackney
  London24 15 May 13
  Musician and Ill Manors film director Plan B, aka Ben Drew, has launched a charity in Homerton.
• Legal challenge to government’s ‘bedroom tax’
  London24 15 May 13
  Disabled adults and families with disabled children from areas including Hackney and Southwark are today beginning a challenge to the legality of the government’s “bedroom tax”.
• Hackney doctors’ “grave concern” over Harmoni staffing cover: Care Quality Commission investigating
  London24 14 May 13
  Staffing of Hackney’s privately-run out-of-hours care service is under review, and doctors have expressed “grave concern” about staffing levels.
• Stoke Newington school staff vote for strike action
  London24 14 May 13
  Teachers at Benthal School in Stoke Newington school have voted to take two days strike action next week, claiming the school’s management team are behaving unreasonably.

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