UPDATE: The man arrested has since been bailed to return late August. A man and woman were injured this afternoon after a white van mounted the pavement at a bus stop on Upper Clapton Road. Police were called shortly after 4:00pm this afternoon (Monday, 1 August) to a report of a van in collision with [...]
Residents gather outside the Cost Cutter store on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Theydon Rd BREAKING NEWS: People along Mount Pleasant Hill in Upper Clapton were startled this evening at 7:15 when threy saw a 4 x 4 being chased by another car. What appears to be a domestic incident involving a young child [...]
Just in time for half-term, the new play area on Clapton Common opened and local residents celebrated its opening last week. The new wooden play structures for younger and older children include climbing structures with slides, various types of swings and wobble dishes. The climbing structure for older children has low levels that are easier [...]
Around 20 homes along Northwold Road have been evacuated following a burst water main, and fire fighters are helping residents to prevent water entering other buildings by using sandbags. Homes affected are between Fountayne and Durlston Rd. A spokeswoman for Thames Water said: “We have shut the 30-inch main to prevent any more water escaping and [...]
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath by her flatmate. There are 125,000 other ketamine users in the UK. Louise’s parents want to make sure it never happens to any of them…
Police say they are not treating the death of the 21 year old, found dead in her Evering Road, Upper Clapton flat on Wednesday 2nd March, as suspicious. It is believed Ms Cattell was found in her bath tub by friends who called emergency services, but was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. A [...]
- Homegrown talent, food and tunes from the heart of Hackney Summer has come to Springfield Park and there’s something for everyone. Springfield Festival – a day of homegrown talent, food and fun al fresco. The event is part of Parks for Life, a programme of healthy events happening in the borough’s award-winning parks and [...]
Join Alex Nightingale, in her misson to eat her way across the borough. From North Hackney to South Hackney and inbetween, Alex will be sharing her vegetarian epicurean adventure here, in the Hive food section. 79 Clapton Cafe Restaurant - 79 Upper Clapton Road, E5 9BU I might be mad, I probably am, but I appear [...]
Hackney council has apologised to the family of murdered teenager Godwin Lawson after a cleaning crew removed a memorial to him on Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill. 17 year old Godwin was stabbed during the early hours of Saturday March 27, and was pronounced dead at the scene. A promising student and footballer at Oxford United [...]
Police were called at 1:00 pm Wednesday 28 April to reports of a fight in Upper Clapton Road. They found a 17 year old male suffering from stab wounds The victim was air lifted from the square of the Ickburgh Estate on Ickburgh Road, to an East London Hospital. The condition of the victim is [...]
