Tag: Local News

Message from Hackney Council Recycling Team Share your views about changes to your waste collections: Hackney Council wants to hear your thoughts on the upcoming changes to your waste collections. You’re invited to register for an online discussion group, taking place on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th October, from 2pm – 3.15pm. Register here to take part in a discussion...

Help Save Brooke Road Sorting Office – write and express your views to Stuart Simpson, Royal Mail CEO. His contact details: Email: ceo.office@royalmail.com Please remember to CC all of your emails to: ian.rathbone@hackney.gov.uk Post: Stuart Simpson, CEO of Royal Mail, 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0HQ Petition organisers say: We’ve been in communication with Councillor Ian Rathbone and he’s said...

Lea Bridge Ward Forum is on Thursday Sept 24, 7.30pm.  Topics for discussion: New Ice Rink Development and impact on Oxbow Island.   This ward forum is to discuss the planning application for a new double-pad ice centre on Leyton Marsh, in Leabridge Road, replacing the current building.  There will be a presentation from the Lea Valley Regional Park officers followed...

Here’s a short film from a few months back, an ode to the NHS, documenting the rainbow artwork in windows in our area of London, made by Josh Hine. A personal project created in lockdown to celebrate the wonderful NHS! Song: Rainbow connection – Sleeping at Last Film: Josh Hine (www.joshhine.co.uk)

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) wants to replace the current ice centre on Lea Bridge Road with a building that is almost twice the size. If planning permission is granted, it means we will lose precious Metropolitan Open Land (MOL), not to mention the huge impact of increased traffic, footfall and general disturbance to residents on Southwold and...

Thirteen short films (1 – 3 mins each) made by various park user groups across London (not including CPNAG, yet), in partnership with CPRE (The Countryside Charity) All worth watching!!! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgB6_gso82O7rFeLfX6opIg/videos CPRE London is London’s leading environment charity for protecting green spaces and making the city a better place for everyone!