Extinction Rebellion to host event at Clissold Park this Sunday to highlight ‘worrying’ air pollution in Hackney
Breathing Space will feature talks, storytelling, arts and crafts, food, and more
Clissold Park
Hackney Council scraps this year’s Clissold fireworks with finances ‘under pressure’
Parks chief says the council has to ‘weigh up priorities’ as inflation and costs rise
The Citizen Gardener: ‘Many of our open spaces would not exist without campaigns or protests’
Kate Poland gives us lemons – how to grow them and put them to use – and a fascinating history of the people who have crusaded for our local parks
Town Hall calls off Clissold Park’s annual fireworks display due to Covid
Council hopes to stage ‘environmentally mindful’ event when it is once again ‘safe and reasonable to do so’
‘Requiem for a Bee’: Extinction Rebels to hold Clissold Park funeral march
Town Hall set to employ biodiversity officer starting next year
Council to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
High standards: Record number of Green Flags for Hackney’s parks
Borough now boasts 29 of the sought-after prizes – handed out to the world’s best green spaces
Woman catches Lyme disease from tick bite at Clissold Park, say residents
Hackney Council says only a small percentage of ticks carry the disease but urges people to check themselves after a park outing
Clissold Park goats Bob and Dylan put down after battle with arthritis
‘The dearly loved Anglo-Nubian goats will be much missed by park staff and residents alike’
Parents to ‘keep up pressure’ over education cuts with park protests
Colourful ‘School Assembly’ action on Friday to feature child-led march and speeches from teachers and politicians
Tree felling in Hackney tripled in a single year, new figures show
Council cut down nearly 200 trees across the borough in 2016, but says work is necessary to ‘protect residents’
Clissold House “could close down” warns User Group head, as financial hole widens
With Clissold House losing some £100,000 annually and politicians concerned about cuts, could now be the time for more private events?
Bah humbug! Complaints Clissold Park Christmas Market ‘charged £7.50’ to see Santa
Bearded sleighman’s alleged Scrooge-like presents and officious elf also criticised amid complaints about expensive rides and experiences
Outrage after fatal dog attack on cygnet in Clissold Park
Users of green space suggest setting up zones around water where dogs would have to be kept on leads in aftermath of incident
Elderly Clissold Park deer to retire to Devon to make way for young buck
Out with the old (deer), in with the new as council seeks to refresh ageing herd in Stoke Newington animal collection
Residents urged to dress up for Clissold Park fireworks display
No animals will be harmed during pyrotechnics extravaganza, insists council, after zoo creatures are given a check-up by vet