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Emma Bartholomew

Senior Reporter

Emma Bartholomew covers all the news in Hackney and Islington, from crime and politics to education, town planning and health. 

An artist's impression of what the new energy recovery facility could look like. Picture: Grimshaw A

Climate Emergency

'Dirtier than coal': Does north London really need a new 700,000 tonne...

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Hackney, Islington, Camden and Tower Hamlets councils are working on the four-year LIFT initiative

Technology

Cross-borough project LIFT will promote 'fairer access to tech economy'

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An artist's impression of the North London Heat and Power Project

Climate Emergency

Campaigners urge north London incinerator bidders to pull out

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Engraving depicting Elizabeth Chivers, in the agonies of despair as she drowns her illegitimate daughter in a pond near...

Hackney History

International Women's Day: book tells stories of Hackney women in history

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St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens have been taped off by police investigating a stabbing

Knife Crime

Man's face lacerated in Lower Clapton stabbing

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Pupils with their headteacher Jackie Benjamin at Tyssen Community School, which is soon set for a name change 

Primary school's £10,000 uniform appeal for name change over slavery

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David Fonseca, 27, Adilson Mendes-Namdja-Uare, 23, Edmilson Caimanque, 23, threatened two women inside a brothel with a...

Women raped and robbed in Stoke Newington brothel

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A faulty smoke alarm at the property in Durrington Road

'Nobody should have to live like this': Rogue landlords fined £22,000

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Tanya Cramman with her son Jon, after he coached the London Mets adult team to success in Britain's National Baseball League

Finsbury Park's baseball community mourns death of London Mets co-founder

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The cannabis farm in Rosina Street, Homerton was raided by police and the London Fire Brigade

Hackney Police | Video

'Largest cannabis farm we've ever seen,' say Homerton police

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