"TENANTS have slammed plans to sell their estates to a private developer. The proposed sell-off would see Marcon Court, just off Amhurst Road, Hackney, demolished and redeveloped to include a large number of private flats alongside low-cost council housing.."
(Via Hackney Gazette Estate sell-off row: .)
5:21:44 PM.
"WORRIED residents have pledged to help raise funds for the London Fire Brigade in a bid to stop a mobile phone mast being put up on Stoke Newington fire station..."
(Via Hackney Gazette Bid to stop mast: .)
5:19:08 PM.
"A disabled pensioner riding a mobility scooter painted in the livery of Michael Schumacher's Formula 1 Ferrari ran down and killed an 88-year-old man, an inquest heard yesterday."
9:27:56 AM.
"A CRUMBLING Stamford Hill synagogue has been saved from falling into ruin thanks to a £49,000 grant. The Egerton Road synagogue is among the London places of worship set to benefit from a package of grants from English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund."
(Via Hackney Gazette.)
9:09:00 AM.
Primary school set for switch to academy site: "A NEIGHBOURING local authority and a Swiss accountancy firm will sponsor Hackney's fourth academy, which could be built on the site of a popular Homerton primary school, the Gazette can reveal. The Corporation of London, the local authority for the Squa"
(Via Hackney Gazette.)
12:07:41 AM.
Cemetery will need £5million to survive: "HIGHGATE cemetery bosses say they need £5million to safeguard the future of one of London s prime tourist attractions. The looming crisis has been caused by a lack of volunteers willing to look after the grade II listed cemetery, famous as the burial plac"
(Via Ham and High Express.)
12:07:36 AM.
