Brick and mortar-board: Hackney Community College’s Brickwork courses building a plumb reputation
HCC’s Paul Reed and James Bragg on the how, what and why of studying this most crucial of trades
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Hackney waterway in the running for new wildlife-friendly reedbeds courtesy of charity Thames21
Nine potential Lea Navigation sites, five of which are in the borough, included in online poll – with voters being entered into a special prize draw
‘Poking starts from 10’: Tattoo promotion prompts warning to zero rated Stokey Bears
Burger joint’s owner Tom Reaney gets the needle after threat of prosecution and insists ‘We aren’t tattooing people’ before attacking critics in belligerent birthday outburst
Wilmer Place scheme approved despite Abney Park Trust’s biodiversity concerns
Flats and offices will be built on the site of a former carpet factory as part of scheme that finally kills off possibility of large supermarket there
High Court quashes ruling that Hackney Council failed to comply with equality legislation
Town Hall successfully appealed against ruling that it fell foul of Equality Act when it placed disabled, homeless man in hostel room he claimed was unsuitable
DWP apology for error in double amputee’s fit to work assessment
Man was told he could go up and down steps despite having had his legs removed just months before and using a wheelchair
Titbits – Labour Councillor in burger flip, as Abbott’s charity accounts get a Mensch-ion
Patrick Moule in Twitter fast-food furore; Diane Abbott cajoled to Companies House by Tory tattletale
Extra £3.4 million payment to contractors carrying out work on Town Hall
Scheme’s costs have risen to around £16 million, according to papers from a committee meeting held last month.
Diane Abbott misses Article 50 vote as Meg Hillier joins Labour rebels and votes against
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP was said to have been taken ill, but BBC radio presenter questions whether it was “Brexit flu”
New plan to demolish Acorn pub emerges just weeks after it won protected status
Scheme, which Lisa Shell from the Hackney Society says will cause ‘harm’, follows earlier, unsuccessful application to bulldoze Victorian building.
Growing Communities forced to quit Stoke Newington ‘patchwork farm’ site
Organisation says it had five-year agreement with TSB to use land but that solicitors had now asked the growers to move out
Bus brouhaha: Labour accused of ‘playing politics’ over fate of number 73
Tory Stamford Hill councillor says London Mayor is effectively being let off the hook following amendment to motion calling for original route of 73 to be restored
Lib Dems pressure Diane Abbott to vote against triggering Article 50
Hackney Labour MP represents constituency that overwhelmingly backed Remain but has indicated she will not block divorce from EU
‘They helped me get my smile back’: NHS manager Mandy Stevens praises Hackney mental health staff
Stoke Newington resident speaks candidly about depression that ‘ripped the heart and soul out of me’ following treatment at City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Fifty shades of fray in Stoke Newington as residents donate coats to those in need
Councillor in charge of homelessness praises of grassroots library-based scheme after locals roll up their sleeves for a good cause
Funding formula plan ‘will devastate Hackney schools’, NUT rages ahead of public meeting
Education Secretary has said plan will lead to ‘end to historical unfairness’ – but Jamie Duff, from Hackney NUT, believes it will lead to cuts locally