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Fire cuts will affect terror response: Dirty bomb decontamination unit will be moved miles from Kingsland

A specialist decontaminating machine which would be deployed in the event of a dirty bomb attack in the City will be moved out of Hackney and six miles out of the capital if draft fire plans are implemented, it has emerged.

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Hackney fundraiser has his bike stolen weeks before charity cycle ride

A fundraiser who was planning to cycle over 300 miles for charity has had his bike stolen just weeks before the ride.

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Velma Meade, Andrea Saunders and Rosalie Obi-Isichei

Food safety graduates from Stamford Hill celebrate their achievements

Nine Stamford Hill residents pose with the fruits of their labours after graduating from a food-safety course.

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James Sweeney died of stab wounds. Picture: Metropolitan Police

Further arrest made over James Sweeney’s fatal stabbing in Hackney

Another man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, following a fatal stabbing in Jessam Avenue, Upper Clapton.

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Homerton University Hospital, in Homerton Row where Harmoni failed to provide out of hours doctor cover on Easter Sunday.

Health inspectors find private company Harmoni is jeopardising Hackney patients’ safety through lack of doctors

Care Quality Commission inspectors have found private company Harmoni guilty of running the out-of-hours (OOH) GP service for Hackney with so few doctors they are potentially placing patient’s safety at risk.

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Zoe Palmer from The Golden Co, photo credit Eric Tourneret

Founder of The Golden Company nominated as unsung Hackney hero

The inspirational woman who came up with a vision of a bee-keeping social enterprise The Golden Company to help disenfranchised young people has been nominated as an unsung local hero.

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Chat's Palace in 1913

Iconic Chat’s Palace celebrates 100th birthday

A former library and iconic Hackney landmark which has seen the likes of music stars Leona Lewis, Labrinth and Rudimental come through its doors, will turn 100 this month.

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Clissold Crescent

Unlucky for some - Hackney landlord renting to 13 tenants fined for breaching safety requirements

A landlord has been fined £3,000 for renting out a property to 13 tenants in Hackney without meeting safety requirements.

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Brook Community Primary  School

Primary parents up in arms over “Mossbourne military-style” uniform drills

Brook Community Primary School parents are up in arms about the military-style uniform drills they say have been imposed on their children since the head of Mossbourne Academy took over the helm.

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Supporters standing outside Ozan Garage in Batley Place

Neighbours heartbroken after attempts to save Stoke Newington garage fail

Neighbours’ attempts to rally round and save Ozan Garage in Batley Place, which has been in the community for 22 years have failed.

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Hackney Today

New legislation on the cards to tackle council “propaganda rags” like Hackney Today

The Local Audit and Accountability Bill will clamp down on tax-payer funded council papers and “deliver the Coalition agreement pledge to impose tougher rules to protect the independent free press from unfair competition by town hall newspapers and propaganda.”

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Charity runner Anna Rickman.

Hackney girl speaks out about domestic abuse to break down stigma

A brave young woman is sharing her personal story of domestic abuse to help raise awareness as well as thousands of pounds for its victims in the process.

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The Mayor of London Boris Johnson with representatives from Loughborough University

Olympic sceptics should raise the white flag says Boris Johnson, as iCITY signs £1billion media centre contract

The “single most difficult thing to pull off” in terms of Olympic legacy, according to London Mayor Boris Johnson, was cracked last week, when a billion pound deal to secure the future of the £295m taxpayer-funded Olympic media centre was signed, with a promise of 4,500 jobs and a Tech City legacy.

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Lucas Rosselli, one, from London, inspects a model landscape of London made from 2,186 sugar cubes. Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

It might look sweet, but a sugar cube recreation of London’s skyline is not for eating.

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