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There will be 100,000 tickets available for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012, which will be staged across two days, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June 2012, on Hackney Marshes. As the BBC's biggest ever free-ticketed live event and part of the London 2012 Festival, Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend will ... more
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An exhibition of artists' work charting changes in East London as a result of the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games opens on Wednesday 25 January, at the council run Hackney Museum.
Art on display includes artistic impressions of the Olympic site, photos through peep holes on Hackney building ... more |
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 The Blue Badge scheme for residents in Hackney and across England and Scotland has changed.
New badges were introduced on 1 January, aimed at reducing fraud and making it easier for severely disabled people who rely on the Blue Badge scheme to find a parking space.
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Local people are invited to show the world the real Hackney by taking part in an exciting filming project.
All you need to do is pick up a camera and think; what does Hackney Life mean to me? And then record your view of the area and upload it via YouTube at www.youtube.com/hackneylife2012 for the ... more
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 The search for Hackney’s untapped talent continued with auditions at the Hackney Empire, on Saturday (14 January).
As part of Hackney Council’s Discover Young Hackney12 (DYH), 30 contestants aged 13-21 danced, sang, rapped, and baffled the judges with illusions. Now, the best twelve acts have been ... more
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A free 24-hour confidential helpline for people affected by hate crime has been unveiled by the Council. The Stop Hate Line is for anyone who feels they have been subjected to any abuse related to disability, gender identity, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, faith, belief or sexual ... more
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 Four groups in Hackney can receive help to set up their own community composting scheme by spring 2012, with free support from the Council’s Recycling Team in partnership with the London Community Resource Network and Hackney based environmental charity ecoACTIVE.
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 Dalston C.L.R James, the first new Council library to be built in Hackney for over 20 years is set to open its doors on 23 January.
This brand new, state of the art facility will be one of the largest public libraries in the UK, and twice the size of the C.L.R James library that it is replacing.
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The new issue of N16 Magazine is now available across a variety of outlets in Stoke Newington, Dalston, Stamford Hill, Clapton, Central Hackney and beyond.
This the the 50th issue and marks twelve years of continuous publication, the first issue being published in early 1999. The magazine remains ... more
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 A specially selected gold coin from the ‘Hackney Hoard’ is now on display at Hackney Museum, the only part of the collection that will be available for the public viewing.
The $20 ‘Double-Eagle’ has been donated by the owner Max Sulzbacher, son of the original hoard owner. ... more
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Diane Abbott, the Shadow Health Minister and MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, has slammed the Government’s economic decisions, as youth unemployment hits a record high. Hackney North and Stoke Newington has seen a 80.6% increase in the number of 18-24-year-old young people claiming for ... more
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Hackney's Trading Standards team is urging residents to be aware of a Council Tax scam which is currently operating in the borough.
The scam involves telephone calls to residents from individuals claiming to be from the Council or the Treasury calling on behalf of the Council. They then ask for bank ... more
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 Hackney Council’s Trading Standards team is working with the Metropolitan Police to claim compensation from ‘rogue traders’ who have been trading illegally in the borough.
Hackney, in line with all local authorities, has powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to confiscate any financial gains ... more
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 Hackney Council will be reopening Clissold House to the public on 3 January, 2012 after 18 months of intense renovation work.
The Grade II* listed mansion, originally built as a private residence in 18th Century, now boasts a café – run by Company of Cooks - with indoor space, as well as an ... more
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 Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington and Shadow Health Minister, welcomed, on Tuesday 6 December, the evidence in the Guardian’s 'Reading the Riots'. Diane, who will shortly publish her own account of the riots, has warned that very little progress had been made in addressing ... more
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Organised by Benefit Claimants Fightback, the month of December will see protests, actions and demonstrations against the government's disability assessors Atos and the government's Welfare Reform Bill. What follows below is an edited version of their press release.
'With thousands facing ... more
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Winter is finally upon us, and the many homeless in the borough will find themselves freezing in the streets, with little food to eat, and will need somewhere warm and friendly to help get themselves through the cold, rain and ice.
Which is where Hackney Winter Night Shelter comes in. Run by ... more
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This website is happy to give free promotion to all charities and good works in the Stoke Newington area, so long as they contribute to the well-being of the parish. Our assistance will relate to local ventures and not necessarily to national organisations. Keep it local. Let's be hearing from you! ... more |
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