What is it about the British, bureaucracy and duplicity? HERBIE RUSSELL, left, tells the story of a talented footballer-turned-Army officer and a century-old wound that a government
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Hackney council is splashing out £4.5 million on a new pool for its popular lido
SPLASH! AN EMAIL PLOPS into Loving Dalston’s email tank from Hackney council: London Fields Lido is to get a new, separate learner pool. If
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Lido fans splash-happy as watershed moment goes swimmingly for saviour Hackney council
* Update 040118: London Fields Lido opened early today and a steady stream of users arrived throughout the day, praising the improvements. Opening hours 6.30am-9pm (under
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All hope for Haggerston Baths has drained as Hackney sells lease to an equity fund
“NEW TENANT FOR HAGGERSTON Baths” was the dull title of an important Hackney council press release. Yet its very understatement made it eye-catching.
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London Fields Lido repairs go swimmingly — sort of — as skilled repairers tackle unexpected problems
LOVING DALSTON CAN TODAY report good news. Repairs to London Fields Lido are going well enough to be described as on target for a
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Lakeland comes to the Rio, and this Kendal mountains contest can get you free tickets
* UPDATE 060517: The winner of the contest is Harriet Addison. WE’VE ALL fantasised about a few days in Cumbria, especially now that our fallen
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What’s happening with our wonderful lido? Exclusive pictures offer signs of hope as repairs continue
THESE ARE THE FIRST pictures showing work to repair the leaky London Fields lido. Above, at the start of the job, scaffolding is being
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Emptying London Fields’ leaking lido is easy — hiring the best contractor is not going swimmingly
REPAIRS TO London Fields Lido have got off to a bad start or, to be precise, no start. Days before the date, Wednesday
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London Fields Lido to close as Hackney council searches for solution to its off-the-wall horror
* Update, Friday 141016: Hackney council late yesterday announced the closing period, the end of November 2016 until spring 2017, for repairs to London Fields Lido, as exclusively reported
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Why Dalston pioneer Mosquito moved upscale to Islington but failed to ride the London cycle boom
THIS MONTH or early the next the last signs of a business that blazed a trail in Dalston will be thrown into a recycler.
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