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Selfish 17,000 threaten Freedom Day delay as Covid cases surge in Hackney among minority of refusers

* Update 210621: despite government promises that it would stick to what became known as Freedom Day, the latest stage in the schedule of

elderflower©DA13: sparkling elderflower "champagne" © david.altheer@gmail.com

Silence from officialdom over Hackney job only for ‘Black… and People of Colour’

OFFERING JOBS ONLY to people from under-represented groups is unlawful because it is discriminatory. So says the law. Yet that is what a Hackney

Carleen©DA21: © david.altheer@gmail.com, overpainted art work of N Lon artist Carleen De Sözer commissioned by Ali Hussain for wall of Dalston Minicabs, Winchester Place, Hackney E8 2PG, 240421

Whiteout! How fake news wiped away some of Hackney’s finest street art

SOME OF THE FINEST ART SEEN on the streets of London has been wiped out by fake news. Hip-hop Raised Me, a striking collage

HackneyTH16: Hackney E8 010416 © David.Altheer[at]gmail.com

They bestride Hackney’s swanky corridors of power. And they earn nothing less than £100k

COUNCIL OFFICERS HAVE AGAIN been pocketing the kind of pay that suggests the town hall is in the money. This despite the Labour

Hostile-environment policy has led ethnic minorities to disdain vax clinics, says Hackney MP

A HACKNEY HEALTH CENTRE shut its door early because not enough people turned up for Covid-19 vaccinations. The Cedar Practice’s John Scott Centre in Green

jewish©DAfamily: © david.altheer@gmail.com dragonfly 2 men with children walking boy Lea/Lee canal in Clapton, Hackney,140420

Two thirds of Jewish ultra-orthodox have Covid, says study, as Stamford Hill struggles with virus

COVID-19 IS LIKELY TO HAVE infected two thirds of the UK’S ultra-Orthodox Jews, suggests a study commissioned by the community itself. The rate

Marie©DA20: © david.altheer@gmail.com Marie Murray, co-founder Curve Garden, Dalston Ln, Hackney, London E8 081116

Care about Dalston? Suddenly you and many others may find yourself studying a supermarket car park

WHEN DALSTONERS recently received a leaflet with a message from an agent of a big West End property investor, they may well have been

ChrisWreath©DA20e5: © david.altheer@gmail.com Christmas @ Clarence Pl/Clapton Sq, Hackney London E5, 171220

🎅Merry Christmas to all🎅… happy Hackney doorsteps into the 2020 festive season

IF THE SANTA EMOJI in the headline looks a little downcast it could be because the wreath displays are looking a little underpowered

KTs©DA13: hardware shop sign Kingsland Rd Dalston London E8 2013 © david.altheer@gmail.com

Things we may need but cannot afford: Hackney libraries find a way to let us hire them

THE CLASSIC “if only I had the right tool” excuse could soon be obsolete in Hackney households. The council has taken up the library

GeffryeBus©DA20:© DavidAltheer@gmail.com, protesters against Robt Geffrye statue at Museum of the Home, Haggerston, Lon, 301020

Protesters fail to topple Geffrye slavery statue at Hackney museum under attack from two sides

* Update spring 2021: The museum reopening is scheduled for Saturday 12 June this year. * Update December 2020: It shall not be moved, the

Care about Dalston? Suddenly you and many others may find yourself studying a supermarket car park

WHEN DALSTONERS recently received a leaflet with a message from an agent of a big West End property investor, they may well have been

Protesters fail to topple Geffrye slavery statue at Hackney museum under attack from two sides

* Update spring 2021: The museum reopening is scheduled for Saturday 12 June this year. * Update December 2020: It shall not be moved, the

Best woodworker in Britain? Dalston’s Emma thinks she might just nail it

* UPDATE 221020: The series described here, The Chop, has been, uhm, chopped, since a national newspaper noticed that some of a male contestant’s tattoos