Hackney Police were called to Southwold Road, this evening shortly before 10pm on to reports of a shooting. Officers attended the scene and found a 36-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken by London Ambulance Service to an east London hospital where he remains in a serious condition. A […]
UPDATE AYLA WAS FOUND TIED TO A BENCH LATE LAST NIGHT. SHE WAS REUNITED WITH HER OWNER THIS MORNING. Her owner is frantic with worry since she vanished this afternoon from outside Clapton Library on Northwold Road, and desperate to get her back. Ayla who is a rescue dog is thought to be about […]
A MAN who is believed to have been assaulted in E5 on Wednesday 10 July has now died. Shortly before 16.10hrs on that day, police came across an injured man on the pavement in Upper Clapton Road, close to the junction with Rossington Street, E5. Officers attended to the 47-year-old man, who had suffered […]
Back in January I was approached by a Hackney resident who was very concerned about the formation of a neighborhood Forum in North Hackney, which would have included his neck of the wood. He wrote a piece for Hackney Hive which I had every attention of publishing, but didn’t, as I needed more evidence. To […]
A 30 year old man was pronounced dead at a flat in Lee View House, Jessam Avenue last night at 9:10pm (Saturday 4th May) after police and paramedics were called to reports of an injured man. Earlier in the evening at 7pm, a 29 year old man took himself to an east London hospital suffering […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 21 yr old fashion merchandiser and DJ who attended the same exclusive girls school as Sienna Miller, Jemima Khan and Lady Sarah Armstrong Jones, was found dead at her Upper Clapton flat just after 3:10 am on Wednesday 2nd March. Police and ambulance service arrived at Louise Cattell’s Evering Road flat, after receiving reports […]
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 […]
