‘Possibly iconic’ new look for Old Street station approved – but Hackney concerns remain
Transport boss ‘strongly urges’ Islington Council and TfL to alter plans amidst warnings of increased traffic flow
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‘Ground zero’ for Hackney New School found Inadequate across the board in damning Ofsted report
New head promises verdict cataloguing multiple failings in leadership, teaching quality and pupil outcomes will be ‘catalyst for change’
Council promises more robust support for LGBT+ schoolkids following ‘disturbing’ Birmingham protests
Deputy Mayor ‘welcomes’ recommendations to further develop voices of LGBT+ young people
New lease of life for derelict St Mary’s Lodge site on Lordship Road
Planning permission granted for construction of 360-pupil boys’ school for Orthodox Jewish community
Council strives to end off-rolling amid concerns over ‘detrimental impact’ on children
Governors urged to undertake ‘strong and regular analysis’ as local level of pupils disappearing from school rolls rises
Health boss to be quizzed over claims commissioning body’s ‘days are numbered’
Campaigners call for public consultation as CCG promises merger with other London boroughs would not affect care
‘Life is strange’: Soho House’s Concrete Space secures later opening hours
Councillors rebuke solicitor for ‘flippancy’ as popular event space awarded 4am closing time
Town Hall cancels Stoke-on-Trent move for homeless single mum
‘The stress is never finished,’ says abuse survivor as council says a move ‘further afield may be suitable in future’
Hackney ranked greenest London borough and third in UK for emission reductions
Green activists say ‘we must not rest on our laurels’ as schemes encouraging walking and cycling credited with 43 per cent drop in emissions
Liberal Democrat activists accuse Town Hall of ‘completely losing control’ of fly-tipping
Council’s own figures still in doubt as pledge made to develop system to ‘more accurately map’ locations of fly-tips
Dudley’s Bakehouse ‘confuses’ councillors in failed bid for later opening hours
Owner hits back at claims bakery is ‘Trojan horse’ for a bar: ‘We are not an alcohol-led business’
Tempers rise as Dalston bakehouse goes for 5am extension of booze licence
Councillors to settle debate next week as residents’ association ‘outraged’
Town Hall spends thousands in seven-year quest to cut down and poison tenant’s trees
Council confirms poisoning of stumps not ‘general policy’ as resident complains tenants are treated as ‘third class citizens’
Activists express alarm as number of ‘hazardous’ council-owned homes spikes 350 per cent in a year
Town Hall fails to explain sudden rise in ‘Category 1’ hazards as Liberal Democrats and Greens call for ‘action’
Father of blind 10-year-old ‘humiliated in Kafkaesque nightmare’ over disabled parking bay
Lack of clarity over policy leaves family ‘passed as a buck between uncaring officials’
‘Deeds, not words’: Town Hall commits to further action on climate change
Conservative councillors vote against commitment to net zero emissions as Town Hall challenged on fossil fuel investments