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[from Hackney Gazette]
BIGGER BROTHER WITH CCTV
hg.editorial@archant.co.uk
14 March 2008

Cllr Alan Laing and borough police commander, Chief Supt Steve Dann, in the CCTV control room in Stoke Newington

FIFTY-FIVE new CCTV cameras are to be installed across the borough to help in the fight against crime.
There are now a total of 167 cameras viewed 24 [...]

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[from 24 dash]
French government learns from Hackney housing and regeneration projects
Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing , Local Government on Wednesday 5th March 2008 - 12:45pm
The French government has been learning from pioneering work going on [...]

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Councillors Report – March 08
Kings Crescent estate
Negotiations with the potential new development partners are going well. They have inevitably raised a significant number of issues concerning the draft PDA, so will take some time - at least a couple of months - before we know for certain whether we can proceed with them.The refurbishment of [...]

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The web site Piczo claims to have updated information about the Gangs in London with information about the ones in N4 area.
The following links document better which are the gangs in N4 locating them in a map: Hackney and Islington.
For N4 the names are Blue City, Queens Drive, Finsbury Park Man Dem, Holly Park Boyz [...]

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Council Tax frozen for third year!
Labour Group 15th January
The main business was setting the budget for the coming year. We expect to be able to freeze the Hackney element of the council tax for the third year running, whilst continuing to implement our manifesto commitments, for example doubling the number of teams removing graffiti.
Finfuture
Work should [...]

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[from Builder & Engineer online]
Hackney gets 2012 Olympic job centre
Monday, 14 January 2008
A new construction centre will help residents get jobs created by the regeneration of Woodberry Down and the 2012 Olympic Games.
Woodberry Works trains local people so they can gain the professional qualifications and experience needed to compete for the thousands of construction jobs [...]

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[from The Observer]
Faces of the year 2007: The actress

A dizzy year with the Doctor
Freema Agyeman made her debut as Dr Who’s feisty assistant, Martha Jones, in March. A former employee at Blockbuster Video, she will reprise her role [...]

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Our December report
Tory Leader resigns / Springfield Ward bye-election
We have commented several times recently about how useless the local Tories are. It seems that their own (former) Leader shares that assessment. Eric Ollerenshaw has now resigned but in a particularly cynical act, ensured it was timed to trigger a bye-election on the Thursday before [...]

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Councillors Report – November 07
   
London Overground
 
 
In the coming month, Transport for London will take over control of the East and North London Lines, which will be rebranded as London Overground. This is potentially the biggest single improvement in public transport in our part of London for decades.
 
 
Among the benefits promised on the North London [...]

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18 months in!
Children and Young Persons Scrutiny
The C&YP scrutiny commission, which Brian and Feryat are members of, has launched an important enquiry into the causes of youth crime. A fascinating range of academics and psychologists gave evidence to the first hearing in September, with local practitioners to follow next Monday.
Labour Group 18th September
The main discussion [...]

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