London Fields Lido: ‘Substandard finish’ means pool remains closed
Council says it will provide a new update when it is confident that the work will be completed to its satisfaction
Jon Burke
London Fields Lido: New delay could last ‘several weeks’
Popular swimming spot had been due to re-open this weekend after months of repair work
London Fields Lido finally gets reopening date – after end of summer
The pool will throw its doors back open to swimmers on the last day of September
London Fields Lido reopening faces further delay
Council to ‘announce opening date soon’ as swimming pool refurbishment is hit by fresh setbacks
London Fields Lido to close until summer
‘Urgent repair works’ on crumbling pool walls to begin in April
Interview: Why Jon Burke, Hackney Council’s eco champion, wants solar panels to blanket the borough
Cabinet member also states he wants tutoring service to be set up through libraries and would be against nude swimming at lido – despite ‘place for everyone’ slogan
Hackney councillor Jon Burke wants libraries to lend out power tools and kitchen appliances
But head of free market thinktank says he is sceptical about the idea taxpayer-funded authorities should buy goods on public’s behalf
Councillor Harvey Odze hails Donald Trump’s climate change ‘myth’ comments
Conservative apparently holds President-elect in high regard – at least when it comes to his opinions about the environment
London Fields Lido closure halted amid concern over plans to end gender segregation
Female users voiced preference for women-only changing area to be retained after plans to introduce ‘changing village’ were revealed
Britannia Leisure Centre given £300,000 refit – despite plans to knock it down
Pat Turnbull from the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign says facility will be sacrificed for homes to be sold at market rate
Titbits – growing Momentum, growing beards, and the council’s Olympic false start
Facial furniture, Labour elections and more cancelled council meetings feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Shouts of ‘Shami Chakrabarti!’ as councillors debate ‘inclusive education’
Lib Dems abstain from voting and Tories oppose motion proposed by Cllr Mete Coban lambasting grammar school expansion
London Fields Lido forced to close until next spring for ‘urgent repairs’
Swimming pool will be out of action from November so council can fix cracking tiles
Cllr Philip Glanville selected as Labour mayoral candidate
Current deputy mayor beats three rivals to win Labour nomination to become Hackney’s next mayor
Housing activists target Foxtons in protest at ‘rampant regeneration’
Campaigners celebrate Council’s withdrawal of controversial PSPO by staging ‘leaflet amnesty’ and occupying estate agent
Leaflet watch: Conservatives’ ‘absurd’ Seven Sisters Road one-way claim
Party’s Woodberry Down election literature suggests Labour plans to turn busy six-lane dual carriageway into single lane street