• Stoke Newington residents can have their say on new school

  By poppy_smith at 11:37 on 25/03/13

  

  Members of the community are being encouraged to have their say about revised plans for a brand new school which will provide hundreds of much needed secondary school places in the south of the borough.     Mossbourne Academy – one of the most successful schools in the country – wants to open a second school on the former site of Cardinal Pole lower school, near Victoria Park. The school will utilise the...

• Trading Standards warn against unsafe skin products medicines in Stoke Newington

  By poppy_smith at 11:46 on 09/03/13

  

  Hackney Council is advising residents to steer clear of unlicenced medicines as they are potential health risk and illegal skin lightening products as they contain dangerous banned substances that are harmful to the skin. During a visit to Obaako, 118 Ridley Road, earlier this year Trading Standards officers confiscated illegal prescription drugs including Penicillin, Ampicillin and Amoxicillin. Skin lightening products Caro Light,...

• Stoke Newington film night to become monthly event

  By JulieGK at 20:46 on 06/03/13

  

  Launched in April 2012, Spotlights is a film night in Newington Green hosted by Whirlygig Cinema that showcases emerging film talent. At each event three up-and-coming filmmakers are given half an hour slots to screen and discuss their work, and take part in a Q&A at the end of the night. Spotlights takes place in Spanish gastro restaurant Trangallán and contributes to their busy events programme including cabaret,...

• Council claims budget will protect front line services in Stoke Newington

  By poppy_smith at 09:49 on 03/03/13

  

  The £1.1billion budget which this year includes funding for public health for the first time, will be spent on essential services including education, crime reduction, housing, adults and children's care, refuse collection, parks and green spaces, and recycling.  This is despite government cuts that have seen £82 million taken out of the Council's budget over four years, including this financial year.   ...

• Historic Abney Park memorials get safety check

  By JulieGK at 20:27 on 25/02/13

  

  Visitors to Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington are being advised to observe safety notices while essential health and safety inspections are carried out. The Cemetery dates back to 1840 and there are a large number of memorials, some of which are very old and require to be inspected. Inspections of the grave stones and memorials started today (Monday). Some may need to be cordoned off or possibly laid flat and anyone visiting the...

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