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ltn©DA20:© david.altheer@gmail.com Hackney’s attempt to create LTNs (low traffic neighbourhoods) comes to jammed halt in Morning Lane, Homerton E9, as seen from a 276 bus 260920

Now fancy that: how Hackney and other councillors benefit from LTNs

05/24/202207/07/2022 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS 0

  THE CLAIM THAT low traffic neighbourhoods adversely affect less-affluent areas in Hackney and other boroughs has been borne out by new research. Councillors

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

Whey-hey, it’s Hackney, where the town hall elite get salaries most of us only dream of

03/30/202204/19/2022 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS 3

PREDICTED TO RAISE TAX by at least 4 per cent, Hackney council is warning of further tough decisions that will hit home budgets. Yet

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Hope for rare Grade 2 listed railings as Hackney council promises a makeover

02/22/202207/31/2022 ARCHITECTURE, COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS 1

* UPDATE July 2022: work is under way, above, to start work on restoring the ironwork of the front railings. Footnote: Since this update,

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sainsbo©DA20q:© david.altheer@gmail.com coronavirus Covid-19 queuing at Sainsbury's in Dalston, Hackney E8, 250320

Are we Covid-safe? No, not Hackney and other parts of NE London as winter nears

10/13/202110/24/2021 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS, Shoreditch 0

NOW THAT COVID is no longer a threat, your life is pretty well back to normal, right?  Wrong, if you live in a northeast

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trees©DA21: david.altheer@gmail.com council planting of Scots/Caledonian (?) pine trees in Martel Place, Dalston, Hackney E8. Some dying 240921

Pining for beauty: Hackney does its Dalston best but then…

10/03/2021 COUNCIL, LATEST, NEWS 0

HACKNEYITES ARE FORTUNATE to have a borough council that is more eco-minded than most in London. Sometimes, however, little things can go wrong, as when

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sainsbo©DA20q:© david.altheer@gmail.com coronavirus Covid-19 queuing at Sainsbury's in Dalston, Hackney E8, 250320

Is Hackney failing to get thousands of ‘extremely vulnerable’ over-60s to take the vaccine?

07/12/202112/23/2021 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS 0

A MONTH AGO Hackney council alarmed readers of this news site with the disturbing pandemic revelation that 17,000 of the most at-risk residents —

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Ride-on row as free-speech fan complains to a Hackney man’s employer about cycling views peddled on Twitter

06/21/202106/27/2021 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS, TRANSPORT 1

THE BRITISH PRESS has traditionally been a guardian of our liberties, especially freedom of speech.  So it is surprising that a distinguished journalist has

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

06/12/202107/28/2021 COUNCIL, Hackney, HACKNEY SECRETS, NEWS 0

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

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

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

06/10/202106/10/2021 COUNCIL, CULTURE, LATEST, NATURE & CONSERVATION, NEWS 0

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

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

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

03/03/202107/07/2021 COUNCIL, Hackney, LATEST, NEWS 1

* UPDATE 060721: Mark Carroll, of Essex County Council, has been appointed the new chief executive of Hackney, replacing Tim Shields, who has retired

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