Just 9 days ago, 15 year old Shereka Marsh was part of a team of students from The Urswick School, who welcomed the Jamaican High Commissioner, Aloun Ndombet-Assambaand and other dignitaries to her school in Hackney Central. Yesterday afternoon she was shot in the neck and died at the scene, a home on Eastway in […]
Horrified train users watched as a 22-year-old woman fell onto the station platform, last night after receiving electrical shocks. Witnesses have spoken of seeing her jump on a freight train that pulled in, and later jumping off, when a man admonished her. They described her as possibly drunk. A British Transport Police (BTP) […]
London’s Perverted Children isn’t just a catchy and provocative title with little substance but a show which recounts the glorious decay of what has been dubbed the ‘London Berlin’ : Hackney Wick . Ok, that probably sounds a bit hackneyed (no pun intended). You may be thinking: ‘Oh The Wick kids are putting on a […]
Hackney Wick’s offbeat White Building has all the hallmarks of a sensitive Olympic legacy, but the possible scrapping of the Lea River Park walkway suggests that petty politics not community is the driving force
Public consultation until 15 March 2010 Residents are being reminded that there is still time to have their say on the Hackney Wick Conservation Area designated by Hackney Council. The Council took the unusual step of designating the new conservation area in November ahead of public consultation to safeguard the unique character of the area […]
