Giant McDonalds at Olympics will hit child health, says Hackney MP
Shadow Minister for Public Health Diane Abbott slams plans for the world’s biggest McDonald’s in the Olympic Park
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Calling all Hackney filmmakers!
Hackney Film Festival 2011 calls for submissions; closing date 12 August
Let the games begin
It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid
Missing 15 year-old Hackney girl Roche Hector-McQueen found ‘safe and well’
The missing schoolgirl has now been found, according to Hackney Police
Police appeal for missing Hackney man
Campbell Anderson is classed by the authorities as a vulnerable male and is not likely to approach anyone
Shoreditch film project captures local life
At the Intersection: Art and Economies documents the area
Anti-social behaviour: how Hackney residents can get help, advice and report it
Trained officers from Hackney Homes, the police and the council are out and about to meet residents concerned about noise nuisance and ‘difficult’ neighbours, 20 July – 3 October 2011
Muslim Tory minister Baroness Warsi visits Hackney Jewish communities
Stamford Hill residents welcome co-chairman of the Conservative Party and Eric Ollerenshaw MP, former Hackney councillor
Little reporters’ competition: win tickets to The Apple Cart Festival 2011
Get to be a reporter for the whole festival, and talk to the bands, the comedians, the magicians and more (for 14 year-olds and under)
Clissold Park play area to become smoke-free
The council, as part of the Hackney Tobacco Control Alliance, is introducing a new no-smoking initiative in the borough’s most popular park
Twenty arrested in Dalston immigration and drugs swoop
A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridley Road and at Dalston Junction
Hackney GP joins protest against NHS changes
A human chain thrown around the Homerton Hospital included some of Hackney’s most senior NHS staff who joined patients and others to protest at radical plans to overhaul the health service
Hackney floating allotments win green award
Boaters’ gardening efforts are praised by top botanist
Have your say: council consults on dog control in Hackney
The Town Hall is asking what residents think about its proposals to introduce three new measures to tackle ‘dog nuisances’
How power, money and art are shifting to the East End
The Olympics have fuelled regeneration, but while many welcome the changes, some fear its character will be lost