A Labour Party secretary and former Croydon Council candidate, who secretly recorded men urinating 30 times in two years, has been suspended. David Christison, ward secretary for West Thornton who stood for Labour in Waddon in 2010, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court last Thursday and pleaded guilty to two counts…
Dalston Peace Mural restoration plans were revealed last night at the Dalston CLR James Library, after the mural had been vandalised and kept in poor condition for several years. It was designed by community artist Ray Walker, who also worked on the ‘Battle of Cable Street’ mural in Tower…
Croydon residents have expressed excitement and approval at the proposed revamp of the historical Old Town area as the consultation period for the council’s plans gets underway. The £1.5m master plan aims to reinforce Old Town’s status as the borough’s historical centre by improving the area’s existing strengths such as…
A National Trust House in Hackney is celebrating Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans (LGBT) History month with a Shakespearean sound installation. It marks the first time for Hackney’s Sutton House to celebrate LGBT History Month, a grass roots initiative which has celebrated the role of LGBT communities in history for the…
The Metropolitan Police and community groups in Tower Hamlets have condemned a so-called Christian patrol group, which targeted the East London Mosque last month. Britain First, a far-right group of activists, uploaded a video of the ‘Christian Patrol’ in Tower Hamlets online, showing the group drinking and handing out leaflets…
A petition to save a Victorian landmark in Hackney has received over 1,000 signatures in 10 days. Haggerston Baths, a Grade-II listed pool complex in Whiston Road, has been at the centre of a long campaign, as residents battle to re-open the facility which has been boarded up for the…
Traders in Hackney branded a local pop-up café “yuppie scum” last weekend, as they protested against the rent subsidies it is receiving from the council. The Hackney Heart on the Narrow Way, which has an art gallery attached, is operating rent- and business rate-free, as part of Hackney Council’s regeneration…
Concerns from residents over anti-social behaviour in the Broad Green area of Croydon has led to the re-introduction of a dispersal order. The initiative by Safer Croydon Partnership was announced Tuesday and will give police the authority to break up groups of two or more people if they believe there…
More than 60 per cent of pupils in Hackney’s secondary schools have achieved five or more A-star to C grades in their 2013 GCSE exams, placing them above the national average. In figures issued by Hackney Council and Hackney Learning Trust, Hackney schools performed above the national average of 60.6…
Tower Hamlets is one of 16 local authorities at a greater risk of alleged ‘vote-rigging’ being reported, according to a report released today by the Electoral Commission. In the report, Electoral Fraud in the UK, the Commission called for voters to be required to show photo identification at all polling…
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