Council investigating death at 19-storey tower block after residents complain about faulty lifts
Town Hall working to establish full facts after man passes away on day both lifts were ‘briefly out of service’
Queensbridge Road
Campaigners fight to save Haggerston’s Acorn pub as demolition looms once again
Campaign for Real Ale and Hackney Society speak out against plans for seven-storey block of flats
Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block
Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents
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.
Acorn pub in Haggerston saved from demolition after achieving Asset of Community Value status
Campaign for Real Ale sought protection after application to knock down the early Victorian building in Queensbridge Road was put in earlier this year