COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED & A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY. Su Sazzagoni has become Hackney’s favorite Italian restaurant or to be more accurate, Sardinian restaurant and deli. Located in the heart of lovely Victoria Park Village, Su Sazzagoni has earned rave reviews from locals and others further afield [...]
He is young, articulate and dedicated to social inclusion. His aspiration is to get all young people, all over the UK involved in helping their local communities – as he believes this will prevent many from falling into crime. He held office as the Vice Chair of Hackney Youth Parliament (HYP) in 2008, finally taking [...]
In going after adult establishments, Hackney Council have gone for easy prey. The sex industry does not have the lobby power or open support, other industries such as gambling have … On Wednesday 12 January, the licensing Committee voted to approve a new ‘nil’ policy on ‘sex’ establishments. If approved by full council on 26 [...]
How is this for an unlikely story? A working class Massachusetts woman, married with two kids, sees her brother sentenced to life imprisonment for a murder she is sure he did not commit. Despite having once dropped out of college, our heroine virtually abandons her domestic set-up, goes back to school and gains a law [...]
At around 10:30 pm Tuesday 11 January, a man was arrested on the corner of Leabridge Road and Hillstowe Street in Clapton. However the police version is differing from what witnesses are saying. Police say the 23 year old black man was arrested by plain clothes police officers, who were conducting a “robbery patrol” of [...]
Main feature: THE KING’S SPEECH (12A) 12.30 Tue Thur (both Parents & Babies only) 3.15 not Sun Tue Wed 6.00, 8.45 daily Diary: Screenings featuring digital projection are indicated with a ‘D’. FRI 7 Jan The King’s Speech (12A) 3.15, 6.00, 8.45 D SAT 8 Jan At 11.00am: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of [...]
National Rail and Transport for London (TFL) recently released their performance reports for the period of July to September 2010. For Hackney, this information is pertinent as most residents get about, using at least one if not more modes of public transport. The reports look at rail services by train operators: Heathrow Express, C2C, Chiltern, [...]
Police are appealing for witnesses to the New Years morning shooting, of a 23 year old man in Upper Clapton Road. The man was found with gunshot wounds to his chest outside Hendale House, Northwold Road E5, and remains in stable condition at an east London hospital. It’s believed a fight broke out, outside the [...]
As reported by The Duchess of Hackney on her blog. Two violent incidents in Upper Clapton and Well Street in South Hackney. “Apparently police were called around 6.30 am to just outside the Olympia Caribbean Restaurant, on Upper Clapton Road, where they found a man in his early 20′s with a gunshot wound to his [...]
