From brides to butterfly-lovers, skaters to scholars, there is something for everyone at Clissold Park. Now its fans are being encouraged to show their support for the popular Stoke Newington attraction by voting it the nation’s favourite park. The historic park is one of the 1,448 Green Flag sites in the running for the annual […]
Fire fighters are currently attending to a fire that started at just after 7:00 am at the UK Supermarket on Church Street. Six fire engines , two each from Holloway and Stoke Newington fire stations and one each from Islington and Kingsland fire stations arrived at the building which consists of a convenience […]
Officers from Hackney are appealing for information to help trace a man who has not been seen since May 2012. On Friday 11 May 2012, Zbigniew Konieczny left his home in Stoke Newington High Street, N16 to go to work on a building site near Shepherds Bush. He never returned home and was reported missing […]
At a meeting coordinated by Liberal Democrat Cllr Ian Sharer, following a request for protection from Islamic leaders at the Cazenove Road Mosque and North London Community Centre (NLCC) in Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, a deal was struck with North London Shomrim to include the local mosque in their neighbourhood watch rounds. Following the […]
A cyclist had to be extracted from under a car this evening, following a horrific accident outside Albion Parade, along Albion Road near the corner of Clissold Road, at about 7:20pm this evening. Eyewitness described how the cyclist, a male in his twenties, was dragged about 5 metres under the car, which then mounted the […]
R Zone residents are taking to the streets of Hackney on Saturday morning (11 January), to raise their objections to the council’s planned implementation of the R Zone CPZ in Stoke Newington. Their objections concern a consultation process that effectively promised the council would abide by a majority decision by the residents, as to whether […]
A play scheme that first took root in Bristol, has recently been copied in Stoke Newington. Children in Hackney are set to reclaim the streets, thanks to a groundbreaking scheme that will close selected streets to through traffic, turning them into “play streets”. Hackney has become the first borough in London to introduce Temporary […]
A cyclist riding through Stoke Newington Church Street, was knocked off his bike on the corner of Bouverie Road on Monday, at about 4pm. The car driver was making a right turn into Bouverie Road, without indicating as the cyclist came from the opposite direction. The driver then attempted to flee the scene but smashed […]
This rich cultural festival is back for a third year. With Nigerians making up a large group of West Africans, who call Hackney home, it’s only fitting a festival celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba people should take place in in the borough. Yoruba’s hail from the Western part of Nigeria…their native language […]
As part of Hackney’s Torch Rely celebrations Stoke Newington Town Hall is set to play host to its first music festival, WoodStoke on 21 July. The event includes a well-‘stoked’ bar, live music from five up and coming bands and a silent disco for festival goers to dance to their choice of two music styles […]
