By Remi on 12/05/2012
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Lead

The new owners of 229 Lower Clapton Road, are not receiving the same ecstatic and warm welcome the pub next door which opened on Thursday has. Much of Clapton and afar have been quite giddy about the prospect of the Clapton Hart opening. By Thursday morning it reached fever pitch and judging by the twitter […]
By Hackney Hive on 13/01/2012
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Clapton, Crime

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after three linked knife point robberies took place on Thursday 12 January, between 9:30 pm and 10:00 pm in Ashenden Road, E5 and Glyn Road, E5. On all three occasions, the robbers targeted lone females forcing them to hand over their hand bags containing bank cards and […]
By Hackney Hive on 09/03/2011
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Hackney News, Lead

An elderly woman was killed this morning after she was hit by 2 vehicles at the junction of Lower Clapton Rd and Urnswick Road. Witnesses say she was hit by a lorry, then a car went over her. A woman who works nearby told Hackney Hive, “I stopped outside the shop I work at just […]
By Hackney Hive on 27/05/2010
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Clapton

Some residents and businesses in the Clapton area, were outside the new proposed Tesco Express, on Lower Clapton Road, last Sunday demonstrating against it’s opening. The retail unit on 144-146 Lower Clapton Road, has been empty since it was completed in 2006 and Tesco does not require planning permission, it does however require permission to […]
By Hackney Hive on 29/03/2010
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Books, Local Events
Private View for Amy Green’s “Drawings: A Show of Small Gifts.” This event has been featured in Time Out’s First Thursday Top 5 listing and is kindly sponsored by Kopparberg – Cider of Sweden – so free cider all night! The poet Stephane Mallarme saw that the making and effect of poetry is deeply similar […]
By Hackney Hive on 09/03/2010
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Books, Hackney News

Congratulations to one of Hackneys independent Book shops that has been short listed for The Independent Bookseller of the Year – South-East & London region. Pages, only opened less than two years ago, is a much appreciated addition to our list of other independent book shops scattered across the borough. Located on Lower Clapton Road, […]
By Hackney Hive on 04/03/2010
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Education

Year six Afro-Caribbean pupils in Hackney are being given computer game consoles to help them do better in maths. Under a new Learning Trust pilot scheme, twelve primary schools will be given Nintendo DS consoles for brain training games under a new Learning Trust pilot scheme. They will be available to take the consoles home […]
By Hackney Hive on 26/02/2010
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Crime

The Friends Chinese Take away on Chatsworth Road E5, was the scene of a drive by shooting on Tuesday 16th February at about 7:30pm when a group of young men inside the take away appeared to be the target of the shooter in a black car. The 4 shots went through the shop front glass, […]
By Hackney Hive on 25/02/2010
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Hackney News
A 22 year old man has pleaded guilty to three offences. Asif Butt of Elmcroft Street, Lower Clapton, E5, was caught after making three calls to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 22 April last year. Using a false name and details, he told police that nail bombs were being made at a house on Rushmore Road […]