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stoke newington residents will notice a change in their recycling from Friday, March 1 as the service becomes easier to use. Green sacks, replacing green boxes will be used by residents in street level properties, flats above shops and on low rise estates. The recyclable sacks will contain all dry recycling and are designed to solve problems people have had with the old green box service. Previously, recycling in green boxes was...

Hackney Council is asking residents and service users to give their opinion on its Equalities Policy over the next few weeks. The policy relates to the measuring of equality in the borough, and is linked to the Sustainable Community Strategy, both of which seek to improve opportunities and increase equality prosperity for stakeholders in Hackney. The following three objectives are up for discussion as part of the review of the...

Hackney Council have announced plans to introduce our very own 'designer' tote bags to celebrate market-culture and sustainable living in the borough. The Council have comissioned four international artists, all working out of Hackney in 2012 to design limited edition cotton tote bags which will be given out at four of our local markets, in return for tokens to be earnt from stalls. The first opportunity to get your hands on one of...

Police and Hackney Council are warning residents of a scam currently targeting the Borough, and attempting to obtain bank details over the phone. The scam has been used in other areas of the Capital, but cases are now being reported in Hackney. Crooks are phoning residents and pretending to be Council or Treasury employees, before explaining that a payment or refund is due on your Council Tax bill. They then request bank details in...

WEEE banks are the rather uncatchy name of Stokey's new recycling points for small electicals. Being launched all over the place, N16 has got itself two of the disposal units, which are targeted at broken items such as remote controls, phone chargers and hairdryers. There is one in the carpark of Morrisons supermarket, and one on Lordship Road, between Lordship Terrace and Lordship Grove and they are the convenient green-option for...

North London residents are up in arms about the threat to demolish long-standing community centre and performance space, the Highbury Roundhouse. Islington Council are proposing to knock down the building owing to its poor condition, but yet have not put forward a replacement site yet. Locals are concerned that they will not only lose an historical and much loved Islington landmark, but will also end up without a new venue as the cuts...

The controversial proposals to change the road structure at Amhurst Park in Stamford Hill have been amended to try and get locals on side. A survey put out by Hackney Council in November along with a drop-in session the week before Christmas showed a whopping 84.5% objection from participants. This per centage got even higher when it came to the issue of changing parking facilities and adding a bus lane. The Council took on board the...

As the new Council budgets were released this week, Hackney learnt that it is to be one of over 30 areas nationwide that are to see cuts of nearly 9% in 2011. The police force in the borough will have its funds reduced by around 5% and all public services will be subject to major reshuffles and redundancies. Speaking to one Hackney Council worker living in Stoke Newington on his reaction to the news, I was told:"They're cutting...

This comes after popular Stoke Newington Central councillor Louise Thompson made controversial comments on her personal Facebook book about the staff at The Scolt Head in De Beauvoir. She slated the bar staff by saying: ""We are now boycotting the Scolt's Head — w****r bar staff and no understanding of licensing policy." The Labour councillor then added: "Rudest bar staff ever — more Shoreditch  hipster than a...

Residents of Stoke Newington are invited to choose their favourite building scheme for the People's Choice Award in the Hackney Design Awards 2010. Twenty buildings in the borough have been shortlisted by a judging panel of architects and experts in development and built environment, for their high quality, contemporary designs and contribution to the surrounding areas. The closing date is set on Monday October 25 2010, with the...