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NLWA signs contract for ‘significant’ Edmonton Incinerator project

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The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has signed the contract for the Edmonton Incinerator redevelopment with the infrastructure and renewable energy company Acciona.

People march along Fore St in a protest against the Edmonton Incinerator on 16.01.22.

Climate Change

Incinerator protest group WhatsApp infiltrated by waste authority member

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People march along Fore St in a protest against the Edmonton Incinerator on 16.01.22.

Climate Change

Protesters march in final attempt to prevent incinerator contract

Ben Lynch

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Pathway view of the proposed incinerator

Climate Emergency

Urgent call for meeting before incinerator is signed off

Julia Gregory Local Democracy Reporter

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Cyber attack 'cost Hackney Council £10m' - audit finds

Julia Gregory Local democracy reporter

Commuters during rush hour on the Jubilee Line in central London

Coronavirus

Hackney's mayor welcomes declaration of major incident amid rising...

Holly Chant

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Protesters rally in Camden against the Edmonton incinerator

Protests dashed as north London councils approve Edmonton incinerator

Michael Boniface

Jeremy Corbyn has joined climate campaigners in calling for a pause and review

Climate Change

Jeremy Corbyn and parliamentary group call for incinerator to be halted

Michael Boniface

Finsbury Park

There With You This Winter

Appeal for donations to help Hackney people struggling this winter

Holly Chant

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Protesters blockade the Edmonton incinerator site

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Two arrests as climate protesters blockade Edmonton incinerator

Andrew Brookes

Protests outside Islington Town Hall

Anger over authority rejecting call to pause Edmonton incinerator

Julia Gregory Local democracy reporter

Kaya Comer-Schwartz. Picture: Islington Council

Black History Makers: 'They said I profited from tokenism'

Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Designs for the new energy recovery facility

Environment News

What is the north London incinerator that councils continue to back?

Michael Boniface

Hackney Town Hall

Hackney Council

Drivers and assistants for special needs pupils vote to strike after...

Holly Chant

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Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn appeared via a pre recorded message at the Finsbury Park Mosque

Call to end Islamophobia in Islington at first awareness event

Kat Pirnak

Protest outside Hackney Town Hall on December 2

London Live News

Protesting workers in wage war with Hackney Council

Sally Patterson and Cash Boyle

The incinerator could deal with 700,000 tonnes of waste per year

Politicians urged to rethink plans for £600m waste incinerator

Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Haringey leader Cllr Peray Ahmet says climate concerns must be considered

Climate Emergency

Haringey first council to call for Edmonton incinerator pause

Michael Boniface

Residents have reported concerns about their safety.

Worries at lights shutting off around Hackney

Julia Gregory, LDRS

The extent of the pollution was shown in a YouTube film

Environment News

River Lea: Diane Abbott joins campaign against pollution 'inaction'

Blanca Schofield

The statue of Sir Robert Geffrye at The Museum of the Home (formerly called The Geffrye Museum). Picture: Ken Mears

Museum of Home 'wants to move' Geffrye statue

Julia Gregory LDRS

Finsbury Park in winter, January 2021.

There With You This Winter

There With You This Winter: Debt doctor Rippon Ray says people must get...

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Hackney Council

Community halls in Hackney have reopened

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Current London-wide Low Emission Zone in yellow and ULEZ expansion in light green.

Climate Change

ULEZ: Exemption for Blue Badge holders voted down

Joe Talora, LDRS

Wentworth nursery pupils plant bulbs in the newly opened Kit Crowley Gardens

Hackney History

Hackney residents celebrate unveiling of renamed Kit Crowley Gardens

Holly Chant

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Fireworks in Norwich's Earlham Park, 1997.

Bonfire Night

Clissold and Victoria Park fireworks cancelled due to budget cuts

Holly Chant

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Hackney's parks team at Shore Gardens, which has now been recognised with a Green Flag award.

Hackney Council

Hackney hits news record with 28 Green Flag parks

Holly Chant

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David Amess

'Very scary': Hackney leaders respond to David Amess death

Julia Gregory, LDRS

Protests over the closures of Fernbank & Hillside children's centres

Parents protest plan to close children's centres in Hackney

Julia Gregory, LDRS

Protest over Morning Lane development outside Hackney Town Hall.

Morning Lane council homes only possible 'if flats are sold' - says mayor

Julia Gregory LDRS