tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63106515404800833862024-02-07T11:32:22.478+00:00The Hackney PostHackney's latest newsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-55273440634956118552007-03-21T16:36:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:17.238+00:00 HACKNEY'S NO SMOKING CAMPAIGN<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIoBbaFAgQhbEn0lQoYwJUOI5AxzevQqC5jEa9KfCmIg7VJYl8VuksZqi9XK6xfDMrdhpy9LUC1zzmpaHxg7V93K_op7xcTj4stgJIQqGpDLObqMWftRuJibBepCNuS27sxjsf4iyB7XC/s1600-h/news_pubsmokingbest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIoBbaFAgQhbEn0lQoYwJUOI5AxzevQqC5jEa9KfCmIg7VJYl8VuksZqi9XK6xfDMrdhpy9LUC1zzmpaHxg7V93K_op7xcTj4stgJIQqGpDLObqMWftRuJibBepCNuS27sxjsf4iyB7XC/s200/news_pubsmokingbest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044390459465360210" border="0" /></a><b>HACK</b><b>N</b><b>E</b><b>Y </b><b>co</b><b>unc</b><b>il is spending</b><b> hundreds of thousands of </b><b>p</b><b>ounds on a s</b><b>moking ban enforce</b><b>ment and awareness </b><b>campaign to be launched this </b><b>week. </b><b>But is it good use of </b><b>money, asks </b><i>Harriet </i><i>Shawcross </i><br /><br /><br /><span class="fullpost">A Post invest</span><span class="fullpost">igation has found that the total cost of the council’s campaign is in excess of £230,000 for</span><span class="fullpost"> two years.<br /><br />A public relations blitz will be launched tomorrow to mark the 100 day countdown to the introduction of the ban on July 1.<br /><br />Even pro-smoking campaigners argued last night that the expenditure is a chronic waste of money since the ban will be largely self-enforcing. They argue that an obedient Hackney public will defy predictions of widespread non-compliance.<br /><br />Businesses in the borough will be sent posters and leaflets warning that smoking will be illegal in all enclosed public spaces.<br /><br />Our disclosure comes after Hackney council admitted last week that it is giving six-figure salaries to its top bureaucrats.<br /><br />But the council claims its large-scale information campaign and enforcement procedures are essential for the effective introduction of the legislation.<br /><br />A Council spokeswoman was unable to confirm how the majority of the money would be spent. She said: “We have 10,000 leaflets hot off the press, and we will be running seminars to help businesses affected in the coming months.”<br /><br />The £230,000 budget also includes translation services in Somali, Bengali and Kurdish.<br /><br />Meanwhile, an army of council staff will be employed to enforce the ban – but the council has refused to disclose how many additional staff will be employed.<br /><br />She added: “We hope we will not have to do much enforcement. If you look at the other areas that have banned smoking most people respect the legislation.”<br /><br />The Post understands that the £230,000 figure does not include the costs of posters, which have already been provided by central government.<br /><br />Campaign groups warn the spending is excessive and could be better spent on public services.<br /><br />Simon Clarke, director of pro-smoking lobby Forest, said: “This is a total waste of money, which could be far better spent improving the borough’s hospitals or schools.”<br />“What we have discovered from Ireland and Scotland is that smoking bans are self regulating. The people who police the bans are the publicans themselves, as they are worried about being fined.”<br /><br />Landlords claim the council is not doing enough to help them prepare for the ban and some say the costs will force them out of business.<br /><br />Mary O’Riordan, landlady of The Kings Head on Kinsgland Road, said: “We’re looking to have an extension with a roof over it, to give smokers somewhere to go. All of that costs money, but the council won’t spend money helping publicans.”<br /><br />“They’ll spend it on training town hall staff to police the pubs. They would be better off if they helped with covering the costs of what we’re doing.”<br /><br />Anti-smoking campaigners said the spending decision is worth the investment.<br /><br />Deborah Arnott, director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) said: “This is not about comfort, it is about health. Second hand smoke causes thousand of deaths in England every year.”<br /><br />“The ban will only be self enforcing if the people who are going to enforce it know about it. This does not seem like a disproportionate amount of money, given the amount of publicity that is needed.”<br /><br />The Department of Health is providing every local authority in England with a grant to enforce the ban.<br /><br />Publicans not displaying a no-smoking sign will be fined £1,000 and anyone lighting up illegally will receive an on the spot fine of £50.<br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-25267985210230864692007-03-21T16:33:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:17.403+00:00 DALSTON THEATRE COMMMEMORATION <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TeEsR3ToRHIn5NpVlevNUMYGSvd0GqEXlGWo9-emr4L9emHJc6NVNvEymsL7VpB4s27t1xHF5ciiVm2xood-k5oIoGaAORQthKbAZWnHWa_jyPpPkRO47zM27CF6CAVEKNjL9tFIMOLM/s1600-h/dalston2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TeEsR3ToRHIn5NpVlevNUMYGSvd0GqEXlGWo9-emr4L9emHJc6NVNvEymsL7VpB4s27t1xHF5ciiVm2xood-k5oIoGaAORQthKbAZWnHWa_jyPpPkRO47zM27CF6CAVEKNjL9tFIMOLM/s200/dalston2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044417388910306194" /></a><br /><b>RESIDENTS commemorated Dalston Theatre last weekend with three days of events under the name ‘Goodbye Cruel World’, writes </b> <i> Tom Calverley </i><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />The programme had a suitable radical and alternative tone, kicking off on Friday with a vegan café and a talk on political prisoners. On Saturday, alternative grassroots news outlet Indymedia ran workshops and exhibitions along the theme of the future of Indymedia London. <br />That evening, anti-racist campaign group No Borders showed documentaries about struggles around the world, including Woomera Breakout, Nolager Nowhere and Latitude 36. The night was rounded off with Ska from Radio Revolucion, hip-hop MCs and DJs playing reggae, jungle, drum and bass and dub step. Sunday’s proceedings closed with more vegan food and a cinema. <br />The former theatre, nightclub and community centre on Dalston Lane was demolished by Hackney Council in February, despite attempts to save the building through political campaigning, court injunctions and squatting.<br />The structure, dating back to 1896, plus two adjacent houses built in the 1820s, was knocked down to make way for the new East London Line Dalston tube station, a bus station and residential tower blocks. <br />The Organisation for Promotion of Environmental Needs Dalston (OPEN Dalston) campaigned to save the buildings. Bill Parry Davis, OPEN’s chair, said of the demolition: “I think the council are philistines and they will regret it. I think people will be shocked when they see what’s being built to replace the buildings.<br />“These developments aren’t meeting the needs of the local community, particularly the need for family accommodation.”<br />Hackney Council's Planning Brief for the site prescribed 50 per cent affordable housing, but according to OPEN, the new developments will have only 24 per cent affordable housing of which only half will be social accommodation.<br />There are also environmental concerns. Parry Davis said: “They’re putting 30,000 cubic metres of concrete over the station site, which will cost £39m. Not only will the carbon footprint be phenomenal, there’s no need as it’s only there to support the bus station. So it will cost £2.5m per bus stand, which seems very expensive.”<br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-18807238415540593102007-03-21T16:09:00.000+00:002007-03-21T16:23:52.855+00:00 HACKNEY FEARS YUPPIE INVASION <b> ESTATE agents have exposed the scale of skyrocketing house prices ahead of the East London Line extension, writes </b> <i> Tom Calverley </i><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Property experts told the Post they expect at least a 10 to 15 per cent rise by this time next year across the borough as thousands of City workers flock to Hackney.<br />Mayor Ken Livingstone has billed the extension, which will include the construction of new stations in Dalston, Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street, as a way to diminish social exclusion.<br /><br />But experts confirmed that high earners are already snapping up Hackney property in their droves because of the forthcoming direct link with Canary Wharf and the City.<br />Daren Haysom, manager at Foxtons Shoreditch, said: “Hackney is already well connected to the city by buses, bike and on foot, so the East London Line will be more a link to Canary Wharf. It’s really attractive for couples when one works in the city, the other works in Docklands.<br /><br />“People are realising it’s a very exciting place to be. I’m seeing people coming from central and West London, pushing prices up. We’ve seen growth in houses prices of up to 50 per cent in some areas.”<br /><br />The average house price in Hackney is currently £242,806 but experts believe it will soon near the London average of £325,000.<br />Alan Dantes, Branch Manager of Felicity J. Lord, said that local residents are being “outpriced”.<br /><br />He said: “Of our buyers currently completing, one in three are from outside the borough.<br /><br />“People are moving in from Highbury, Islington, even Clerkenwell. More investors are looking at Hackney. I think that Buy to Let will increase next year as you get a 7 per cent yield on the property in a year.<br /><br />“You could take something overpriced and within six weeks the market would catch up.”<br />Rents also look set to rise dramatically. Ismet Komuralp, Sales Consultant at Hamilton Fox, said: “The Tube puts the price up anywhere within the immediate 100 metres of a station by 50 to 75 per cent, and anywhere within 10 minutes walk of the new stops will go up in value, maybe by £30 to £40 a week. But you can only charge people so much rent.”<br /><br />The expected rise drew the wrath last night of residents who complain locals will be forced out.<br /><br />Meanwhile, campaigners claim the council is not providing enough affordable homes from the sale of its property. Only 12.5 per cent of the flats created as part of the Dalston Junction regeneration will be used for social housing.<br />Louise Brewood, head of the Broadway Market Traders and Residents Association said: “I have lived in Hackney all my life. I wanted a tube, more access, more accessibility. The problem is the way it’s being done and what’s being built around it.<br /><br />“Hackney council has given accommodation over to private development. It’s very scary. My kids will never be able to afford to stay here.”<br />Kathryn Moore, committee member of the De Beauvoir Association, said: “Many of the new flats are so small. I’m sure this will have a long-term negative social impact. I’m not really sure who will benefit from the regeneration that’s visible to date, except the builders.”<br /><br />A spokesman for housing charity Shelter said: “Anything that pushes up prices is of concern to us. London in particular is unaffordable already. That it is why we are saying it is important that social homes are maintained in these areas.”<br />A spokesman for Hackney Council said: “We are the only borough in London without a Tube line and the new line opens up access. The key thing about the Tube is it gives access to the rest of London.<br /><br />“The benefits to the area far outweigh the concerns, such as links to jobs and improved links for small businesses.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-69660283995084111312007-03-21T14:23:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:17.552+00:00KILLER DIY MAN JAILED<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojV2qJBAbjTZHbaXU0dOXKKlzwNGuBwAWlEVQCWfCGVp1omRMpVYVU3qeS58huaWfgye5x8hGCm_p9gYT4J3IY_j1E14XXkoMl3-2MRiVCdFyorxJayLvjqHSmZ7JlDamUNJU481xWu2m/s1600-h/1398010.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojV2qJBAbjTZHbaXU0dOXKKlzwNGuBwAWlEVQCWfCGVp1omRMpVYVU3qeS58huaWfgye5x8hGCm_p9gYT4J3IY_j1E14XXkoMl3-2MRiVCdFyorxJayLvjqHSmZ7JlDamUNJU481xWu2m/s200/1398010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044384188813108002" /></a><br /><b> A Hackney man who fitted an unsafe boiler that killed two toddlers and their grandmother was jailed this week, </b><i>writes Chloe Lambert. </i><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Atalokhia Omo-Bare, 50, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to twenty months. He installed the boiler for his friend Felicia Idugboe at a cheap rate in April last year, but failed to tell her not to use it until an extractor fan was fitted.<br /><br />Three days later Mr Omo-Bare broke down the door to Ms Idugboe’s house after she did not answer his telephone calls. Inside he found her sons Jeriel and Jaden, aged three and 18 months, and her mother Roseline, 66, lying dead in their bedrooms.<br /><br />Fears that the Omo-Bare could have struck again have been put at rest after police confirmed that the incident was a one off.<br /><br />Police issued a warning after concerns that Mr Omo-Bare could have fitted other appliances in the area.<br /><br />But DI Laurence Smith of the East London Specialist Crime Directorate told the Post no resident came forward.<br /><br />He said: “It’s a relief. There’s no indication he was working for any company. But it’s all losers with this case.”<br /><br />Post mortems showed they were killed by carbon monoxide fumes that had leaked from the boiler when Ms Idugboe turned the hot water on. <br /><br />Ms Idugboe, 37, and the children’s 22-year-old nanny, Teminiola Arogundade, were pulled from the two-storey house in Barking by firefighters.<br /><br />Both suffered severe long-term brain damage. Ms Idugboe, who was pregnant at the time of the incident, went into a coma and subsequently lost the child.<br /><br />Mr Omo-Bare, of Provost Estate, Hoxton, pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter and two counts of unlawful wounding. He had no qualifications for fitting gas appliances. At the Old Bailey this week he was sentenced to 20 months in prison, of which he is expected to serve ten months.<br /><br />The court heard that Ms Idugboe, originally from Nigeria, has been forced to give up her job and now relies on carers to wash and dress her and cannot walk on her own.<br /><br />The children’s nanny, Ms Arogundade, has also been unable to continue with her studies at Newham College.<br /> <br />Ms Idugboe had been friends with Mr Omo-Bare for 20 years. She told the court she had forgiven him and asked the judge not to send him to jail. <br /><br />Judge Peter Rook told Mr Omo-Bare: “You were like a father to the children who died. You are a very kind, caring and supportive man, I have no doubt whatsoever. But this case is so serious that I must pass an immediate custodial sentence.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-2716262760041602652007-03-21T14:19:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:18.541+00:00BLAIR SPEAKS FROM HACKNEY ACADEMY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4tEIyYw0q9NDySGupFOsCjLlr9eRlDHRcvHyPoLXI_rsKkfN9_sl6Kc1KxqKKGkx92jplaaeqBAa7QO3wcZwqIroczju_snurZIuEK7yh6_t6dPoLaJQXDMAIiMyIhAYEgEKk9G4WFct/s1600-h/tony_blair_24_350x470.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4tEIyYw0q9NDySGupFOsCjLlr9eRlDHRcvHyPoLXI_rsKkfN9_sl6Kc1KxqKKGkx92jplaaeqBAa7QO3wcZwqIroczju_snurZIuEK7yh6_t6dPoLaJQXDMAIiMyIhAYEgEKk9G4WFct/s200/tony_blair_24_350x470.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044382960452461330" /></a><br /><b>A pioneering city academy in the heart of Hackney was the venue for Tony Blair’s speech on policy reform on Monday, writes </b> <i> Pamela Welsh </i><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney Downs hosted the event, which saw the Prime Minister stand shoulder to shoulder with Chancellor Gordon Brown on the future of public services in the next decade.<br /><br />Blair said: "What we want is to keep these basic public service values, which are about access to quality public services irrespective of your wealth, but make sure those are truly personalised services where there's a much greater diversity of provider and the old ways of working are broken down." <br /><br />The government announced plans to “empower the citizen” and said that the academy system was one of the best ways to do this.<br /><br />Under the controversial model, schools are given greater freedom in return for sponsorship. Mossbourne, which cost over £25 million to build, specialises in information and technology, and has the freedom to choose pupils who are interested specifically in these areas. It was established with the backing of locally born businessman Sir Clive Bourne, a freight millionaire who died suddenly last month.<br /><br />The Prime Minister has had a close relationship with the school. Blair opened Mossbourne in September 2004 and used the academy as an example of his plans to double the amount of academies in the UK, after it was called “outstanding” by an Ofsted report in November.<br /><br />The school’s principal is Sir Michael Wilshaw, knighted for his services to education. He said:<br /><br />"Mossbourne sits on the site of the ill-fated Hackney Downs School, named the “worst school in Britain” in the mid-1990s. The boys’ comprehensive, whose alumni include playwright Harold Pinter was closed down in 1995 after direct government intervention.<br /><br />Hackney Downs councillor Michael Desmond said: “The big change in education in the ward has been the Mossbourne Academy. Over 1000 kids applied for the recent intake, and its massively oversubscribed. Just since then it has turned around the borough, after the closure of Hackney Downs School. For the first time in 20 years people are actually moving into the area for the education.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-69801341072191705582007-03-21T14:14:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:18.600+00:00 PUB'S FUTURE UP IN SMOKE <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B-PkP1SMhdesMdasR-YIsV1xCmh6lk1TSdlgv_2AYXTA7fM7ZeZrNzbY9Aib5_ORoQCQQ7Q598qiLKcjrZFbqEWVBTbOeBah4daCADNraadLu1Vtl0C55a2PfWqnwb1XdNgfCAncwAoS/s1600-h/_41332948_smoking_pub_pa_body.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B-PkP1SMhdesMdasR-YIsV1xCmh6lk1TSdlgv_2AYXTA7fM7ZeZrNzbY9Aib5_ORoQCQQ7Q598qiLKcjrZFbqEWVBTbOeBah4daCADNraadLu1Vtl0C55a2PfWqnwb1XdNgfCAncwAoS/s200/_41332948_smoking_pub_pa_body.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044382049919394562" /></a><br /><b>AN ICONIC Haggerston pub that has been serving locals for 50 years is being forced to close due to the imminent smoking ban, the Post can reveal.</b> <I> Harriet Shawcross</i> <b>investigates.</b> <br /><span class="fullpost"><br />The Belgrave Arms, on Queensbridge Road, will serve its last punter in June because its landlord says his business cannot sustain the ban.<br /><br />Daniel Bradley has sold the pub to chain Punch Taverns. The Post understands the firm is set to resell the land for development into luxury flats. <br /><br />He said: “We’re a local pub for local people, and in this area everyone smokes. I just don’t believe we could survive the ban. If people can’t smoke in the pub then they will buy beers from the supermarket and drink at home.”<br /><br />Mr. Bradley, who has managed the Belgrave Arms for six years, added: “I think it’s a violation of human rights.<br /><br />“We should be able to have a sign saying ‘This is a smoking establishment’, and then people could chose if they wanted to come in. The full smoking ban is madness.”<br />The British Beer and Pub Association said that the Belgrave Arms is just one of thousands of other local pubs which will also be affected by the ban.<br /><br />A spokesperson said: “It has always been our concern that traditional back street pubs will suffer with the smoking ban. Pubs that are smaller, and are not focussed on selling food may, inevitably, be forced to close.”<br /><br />Simon Clark, director of pro-smoking lobby Forest, said that the loss of pubs like the Belgrave Arms could damage community spirit. <br /><br />He said: “Pubs are centres of social entertainment, without them everybody would be sitting at home in front of their televisions and computers. Councils need to jump off the anti-smoking band wagon and help their local communities.”<br /><br />Regulars at the Belgrave Arms said they were sad to lose their favourite watering hole. <br /><br />Wayne Burns, 52, from Broadway Market, enjoys a drink at the Belgrave Arms a few times a week after work on a nearby construction site. <br /><br />He said: “It’s a shame that it’s little pubs like this that are losing out. People enjoy having a smoke when they are drinking and I don't think the ban is going to change that. It’s fine to ban smoking in hospitals and offices, but not in pubs.<br /><br />“People go there to relax, play some darts and have a pint and a fag. It’s sad that soon we will not be able to do that.” <br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-46746550057487520792007-03-21T14:04:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:18.770+00:00HACKNEY'S ROMANTIC SIDE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xk8-W6PvDGRdou8JzJfS5Bpg5qmY_A106_z1bHJjj8mIv1l-V8gMMQ7ceekt5aU3EpLtHxTlq2YFoghvmWi1a75WRhMyH8eNF2GDdONGjp3AdOJ23t1maYhKar94GToOYWmhnFQDOBME/s1600-h/diamond+wedding.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xk8-W6PvDGRdou8JzJfS5Bpg5qmY_A106_z1bHJjj8mIv1l-V8gMMQ7ceekt5aU3EpLtHxTlq2YFoghvmWi1a75WRhMyH8eNF2GDdONGjp3AdOJ23t1maYhKar94GToOYWmhnFQDOBME/s200/diamond+wedding.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044380014104896226" /></a><br /><b>HACKNEY may not be renowned for its romance, but behind its tough façade the borough has been hiding an amorous streak, writes</b> <i> Pamela Welsh </i> <br /><span class="fullpost"><br />A couple who got married 60 years ago in a Hackney church have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary this month. David and Gladys Jones tied the knot in Hampden Baptist Church, on the edge of Victoria Park in March 1947.<br />The happy couple, who now live in Essex, met in a shoe factory in a London ravaged by the Second World War.<br /><br />David moved to London in his early teens, having been placed in an orphanage in Dagenham by his parents. He remains upbeat despite his difficult past: “It was the orphanage that got me the job at the shoe place, and without that, I would never have met Gladys,” he said.<br /><br />David, now 78, said: “We were childhood sweethearts. We met in 1943, when I started to work at the factory. I was 14, and she was a year older. She taught me how to use the machinery and it was love at first sight. I married her when I was 18.”<br />It has not always been an easy ride for the couple. After moving to Benfleet in Essex and starting a family, tragedy struck for the Joneses when their youngest son, also called David, died when he was just 19 years old. <br /><br />“I don’t like to talk about it much,” Mr Jones said, “but Gladys was always there for me. Over the years she has become my breath of air.”<br /><br />With the latest statistics showing that, on average, 13 couples per thousand get divorced in Britain each year, Mr and Mrs Jones have bucked the trend. Mr Jones said: “It’s so hard to explain. I suppose its being in love all this time. We’re as much in love now as the first day that we met.<br /><br />“I thought she was the best thing since sliced bread then and I still do today. It’s never turned into a companionship for us. We still love each other.”<br />The Joneses moved out of London almost 40 years ago, and enjoy their time out of the big smoke. Gladys, who is now 80 years old, worked as a barmaid before the couple opened up their own pub, the Chequers, which they ran for 14 years, They are now retired, and spend their time with each other and their 12-year-old grandson Harry.<br />David continued: “We live in a nice apartment in Rayleigh in Essex. We’ve lived here for four years; it’s very comfortable.<br /><br />“I haven’t been back to Hackney since, I’ve only moved through it. There have been tremendous changes there.” <br /><br />The changes in population, due to a huge surge in post war immigration, shocked Mr and Mrs Jones: “I think it’s for the better, there’s much more going on now than in the old days.”<br /><br />Their diamond wedding anniversary was celebrated by a special break in Bedfordshire. David says: “My son booked us a hotel in Bedford, overlooking the river there. It was very romantic.”<br /><br />And the Joneses are not the only Londoners to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary this year. Six months after their wedding, the capital saw another set of nuptials in much different circumstances: Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in November 1947. <br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-48960377319298552722007-03-15T12:20:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:19.091+00:00HACKNEY 'TOO DANGEROUS' FOR DELIVERY DRIVERS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hackneypost.blogspot.com/2007/03/ghanas.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041071541215638674" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YOqYP0F7KGU/RfV726V9NJI/AAAAAAAAAIY/l618cHE0r4I/s400/POSTRED1.gif" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZqWNHwrOshUPBdbOmERU8sdbld2syoopVN4TK3Qa9_pH4sqChrU1_sfHP8VoTBitMOdWgTiuMe_lOIUC7NKi7k7rNFUR1fnygpiqsxol25Uc21-qAk2iOODw5Zu7jae0QKC7YxGLH6mj/s1600-h/pizzaforweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZqWNHwrOshUPBdbOmERU8sdbld2syoopVN4TK3Qa9_pH4sqChrU1_sfHP8VoTBitMOdWgTiuMe_lOIUC7NKi7k7rNFUR1fnygpiqsxol25Uc21-qAk2iOODw5Zu7jae0QKC7YxGLH6mj/s200/pizzaforweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041842045463639554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">PARTS of </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ackney are so dangerous that takeaway firms are refusing to deliver to customers who live in them, writes </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Alistair Gray.</span><br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pizza chain bosses have told drivers to avoid the areas marked on the map above after a spate of assaults on workers.<br /><br />Managers at Domino’s have drawn up a blacklist of the worst trouble spots. The firm insists it was forced to make the move because drivers were subjected to “repeated attacks” in specific streets and estates in the borough.<br /><br />Internal guidelines, seen by the Post, tell order-takers to pay close attention to the area, since some locations in Hackney are “extremely dangerous” for their drivers.<br /><br />The document states: “If you notice any of these areas while taking an order, politely tell the customer about the problems with delivery and ask them to meet the driver in some other place.<br /><br />“Remember, if the customer is unlikely to leave the house, please inform your manager and do not argue with them.”<br /><br />But the move has drawn the wrath of frustrated residents who believe they are being criminalised for living on a particular street.<br /><br />Included on the blacklist is Balmes Road, a street in upmarket De Beauvoir Town.<br /><br />Rob Chapman, councillor for the area, admitted crime was one of the biggest concerns of his constituents but insisted the firm’s action was “unnecessary”.<br /><br />He%</span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-28466391349461349852007-03-15T12:17:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:19.795+00:00NEW SCHOOL TO SPEND BIG ON SECURITY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdldjzErlHvBU1UD1s0wJge9g7NlvArsvN7mjz-ylD0gqVJXDjxQC7jgAdvitxEHRLxuOxPCWBjoGhODk6Lr6reN49P3-hLKXA_j6Ez4vctBOhxxUZrkJ9so1PHAq21rLKwl5I5x_Ic2G/s1600-h/new_ag_security1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdldjzErlHvBU1UD1s0wJge9g7NlvArsvN7mjz-ylD0gqVJXDjxQC7jgAdvitxEHRLxuOxPCWBjoGhODk6Lr6reN49P3-hLKXA_j6Ez4vctBOhxxUZrkJ9so1PHAq21rLKwl5I5x_Ic2G/s200/new_ag_security1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042127768163006082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">A FLAGSHIP city academy whose headmaster faced an auditor investigation over spending at his previous school is allocating hundreds of thousands of pounds for security, writes</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Alistair Gray.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Documents obtained by the <span style="font-style: italic;">Hackney Post</span> show that the Petchey Academy in Dalston has set aside almost half a million pounds for US-style monitoring technology for staff and pupils.<br /><br />David Daniels, the principal <span style="font-style: italic;">(below)</span>, was already involved in controversy after accountants Deloitte and Touche found financial irregularities at his previous school in White Hart Lane, Tottenham.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgIdfgCLih__sbXXDm9E0jj9v1EeIJgCN6glYB0lUPJjLRrCaB-ir6RFNDsMm64gW2mNULx_duVNfwyf0o5xB7wnwz-F4CK0jFwsNDsgwp-pC9nrvTgzqbAgy3MRefc0FzkPDp4hNfWLP/s1600-h/new_ag_headteacher.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgIdfgCLih__sbXXDm9E0jj9v1EeIJgCN6glYB0lUPJjLRrCaB-ir6RFNDsMm64gW2mNULx_duVNfwyf0o5xB7wnwz-F4CK0jFwsNDsgwp-pC9nrvTgzqbAgy3MRefc0FzkPDp4hNfWLP/s320/new_ag_headteacher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042127974321436306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Petchey Academy’s business manager, Jennie MacLaren, claims the school’s new security system, which will include electronic swipe cards and extensive CCTV monitoring, is necessary to prevent theft from its state-of-the-art computer suite.<br /><br />She insisted that Petchey would secure good value for money because it is putting the contract out to tender.<br /><br />Ms MacLaren said: “There’s lots of very valuable IT equipment for use by our children that has been bought by government money and we need to protect it as much as we possibly can.<br /><br />“In addition, we want to create a secure environment where everyone is kept as safe as possible. We are using government money as must act appropriately.<br /><br />“There is a considerable risk of damage and theft and installing a security system is an insurance requirement.<br /><br />“I don’t consider this excessive. It’s just one security guard on during the day and one at night.”<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTE8E_RtIVAO7eHMY5YQ-FUh1c0DPxnDUlBh6uPwb4Ja-OmOaIE6P0aoNHGN_Iu3u-1ZnP24kA8heXcaTzKvYEK4MxnlAt1bCkIErC4vtdLelRsyTs1HjxpB_Icd7FeQxwRgZa3vaJw3NK/s1600-h/new_ag_security.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTE8E_RtIVAO7eHMY5YQ-FUh1c0DPxnDUlBh6uPwb4Ja-OmOaIE6P0aoNHGN_Iu3u-1ZnP24kA8heXcaTzKvYEK4MxnlAt1bCkIErC4vtdLelRsyTs1HjxpB_Icd7FeQxwRgZa3vaJw3NK/s320/new_ag_security.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042126634291639906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At least five firms will compete for the three-year contract, for which the school is prepared to spend between £210,000 and £450,000. They have until the end of April to submit a bid to facilities management firm Bernard Williams Associates, who are coordinating the project.<br /><br />Principal David Daniels was appointed to Petchey from White Hart Lane School in Tottenham for his expertise in running inner city schools.<br /><br />Yet the Deloitte and Touche report into his time at White Heart Lane, which was released in January, found that tens of thousands of pounds was spent on “alcohol and flowers” for staff, and that some equipment had not been properly accounted for.<br /><br />It also said that a café and catering business in the school was being run for profit and without tills, so that no accounts were properly kept.<br /><br />The report said: “There is no evidence to confirm that there was no personal use of the groceries, as these were not delivered to the school.”<br /><br />Mr Daniels did not return the <span style="font-style: italic;">Post’s</span> calls this week.<br /><br />Ms MacLaren insisted the school atmosphere would remain open and friendly despite the introduction of stringent security. “The children are already familiar with having a security guard so there’s no problem there. People now have to go through extensive checks before they can work with children.<br /><br />“The system also allows us to prevent them going to areas they’re not supposed to, like lift mechanics.”<br /><br />East London-bred entrepreneur Jack Petchey, who has a broad capital portfolio and recently acquired 200 pubs, sponsors the £34.2m Academy.<br /><br />The school, which opened in September with 180 founding pupils, will eventually hold 1,200 and specialise in medical and health education.<br /><br />The National Union of Teachers has defended the security spending as essential. A spokesman said: “The effects of having an inadequate security system are devastating and upsetting for staff and students alike.<br /><br />“This figure is small beer compared to the loss of children’s well being that arises from theft and assault.<br /><br />“Only this week a boy was stabbed in another London school. It is necessary to take precautions to make the working environment as safe as possible.”<br /><br /><a href="http://hackneypost-news.blogspot.com/2007/03/comment-security-in-schools.html">COMMENT & ANALYSIS: The <span style="font-style: italic;">Post's</span> News Editor discusses security in schools.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJtesJqa6HrLLpn4QrBv2Al_ruDA6zMoIConxLTiK6qkrbEtuBDzNDHv4CWyfi1nLh-TgC5tmQx3YzOL5MHf6PjPpnxk7YFXnlQZ1T-8TU5_YK1cpBaOuGhpvp1d-WiVMuwSZVnfRuQl9/s1600-h/new_ag_security2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJtesJqa6HrLLpn4QrBv2Al_ruDA6zMoIConxLTiK6qkrbEtuBDzNDHv4CWyfi1nLh-TgC5tmQx3YzOL5MHf6PjPpnxk7YFXnlQZ1T-8TU5_YK1cpBaOuGhpvp1d-WiVMuwSZVnfRuQl9/s320/new_ag_security2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5042127360141112946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-13400597617165670362007-03-14T16:10:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:19.879+00:00BLACK ACTIVIST STORMS CONFERENCE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hackneypost.blogspot.com/2007/03/ghanas.html"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041365729295545506" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtWUCjYMe2hzGl9fPTkvVZ-GxDBDrPdWZebX_O1aOSLtbdb4LyIWBjAzQleXii7KFe4mxi4qYqRFdUxzcezqwM0Z5PleTQPxygM9K1YRGrD8-lYoKjhJAN7nFM9QDFJmRIhNjyMXqdfuk/s200/news_blackactivist_ravsembhy5croppedlight.jpg" border="0" /></a><b>DIANE AB</b><b>BOTT MP was upstaged at her </b><b>high-profile conference this weekend, when a bl</b><b>ack activist wrapped in chains </b><b>stormed </b><b>the platform to protest against th</b><b>e country’</b><b>s “white supremacist institutionalised racist establishment”, writes </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Ravender Sembhy</span><b>.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />As the opening speeches of the Hackney Schools and Black Child Conference were coming to a conclusion, a well-built black man in a thick silver chain leapt on to the stage and squared up to Superintendent Leroy Logan, Deputy Borough Commander of Hackney.<br /><br />Local luminaries and celebrity Tim Campbell, winner of BBC reality show The Apprentice, looked on in horror as the activist, who refused to tell the Post either his name or affiliation, demanded that speakers addressed the issue of white supremacy.<br /><br />After being repeatedly asked to leave by Superintendent Logan, the activist and his entourage, who were filming their leader’s every move, swiftly left the stage and calm was restored.<br /><br />Onlookers were left shaking their heads in disappointment. Hackney resident Delroy Jenkins said: “It’s a shame that some people have to spoil what was otherwise a brilliant conference. He’s the type of bloke that you want to avoid, he gives the black community a bad name.”<br /><br />At a workshop held later in the afternoon, the chained activist returned and demanded to be given a platform. Chairwoman Jennette Arnold eventually obliged, but on the condition that he stick to the topics being addressed, which were gangs, youth culture and peer pressure.<br /><br />However, the activist continued his diatribe. He said: “What I want to say is that institutionalised racism and white supremacism are holding black people back. It’s time that these issues were discussed.” Organisers asked the man to conclude, and he left shortly afterwards.<br /><br />Speaking at the conference, a spokesperson for Diane Abbott MP said: “I don’t have a clue who he is. Hopefully he’ll leave soon.”<br /><br />The conference, held at the Ocean Music Venue, was attended by nearly 300 people, and – apart from the interruption - well received. Keynote speakers, including Abbott, Mayor Jules Pipe and Apprentice winner Tim Campbell, received rapturous applause and cries of “Amen! Spread the Gospel!” from the largely black audience.<br /><br />Diane Abbott, who is one of the few black women in parliament, said: “It’s time to bring home to black parents the importance of education. Thirty years ago people realised that black children’s underachievement in schools was an issue, and here we are today and it’s still an issue. I want this generation to be the last generation of underachievement.”<br /><br />Tim Campbell, who shot to fame as winner of BBC2’s The Apprentice, spoke of the vital role of family in the black community: “I want to see black fathers stepping up and playing an active role in their child’s education, even if they are separated from their partner.” Campbell joked: “We need to make it illegal for men to leave their children!”<br /><br />Campbell was also keen to stress the responsibility of the black community as a whole: “It’s time to take some responsibility. It’s not about blaming the government, it’s about what we are doing as a community. Our kids want to leave schools with BMWs, but they should be wanting to leave with BScs, BAs and PhDs. It’s up to us to change the impetus. But we can’t do it as we are, fragmented. We need to unite.”<br /><br />Mayor Jules Pipe said: “We must break down inequalities through education. Hackney loves its young people, black and white, and their potential – we have to now maximise it.”<br /><br />Kenneth Attwell, a corporate trainer from Hackney, said of the conference: “It was very good and very inspirational. The speakers all made sense. I want to see their words turn into action now.”<br /><br /><a href="http://hackneypost-features.blogspot.com/2007/03/interview-diane-abbott-mp.html"> DIANE ABBOTT: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW</a><br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-48087172771394870372007-03-14T15:47:00.000+00:002007-03-14T17:23:25.344+00:00PODCAST ONLINE<span style="font-weight: bold;">The first ever <span style="font-style: italic;">Hackney Post</span> podcast is online, and available for download </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.argray.co.uk/hpost/hackneypost.m4a">here</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />The weekly podcast will be available from this website, before the newspaper is published each week. So if you want to hear what's making the headlines in Hackney every week, you know where to look.<br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-762384641370871482007-03-13T15:41:00.000+00:002007-03-13T16:17:04.059+00:00YOUTUBE VIDEO CAUSES CONTROVERSY<span style="font-weight: bold;">A YOUTUBE video made by a group of young Hackney residents has sparked controversy between those who love and loathe the borough, writes </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Sarah Bloch.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />The PatCorp Films video, entitled ‘The Hackney OC’, was posted on the website last year. It has attracted over 5,600 views, along with dozens of impassioned comments.<br /><br />The two-minute film, set to the theme tune of the popular American TV teen drama ‘The OC’, depicts three young men hanging out in Hackney, starting at Homerton railway station.<br /><br />They then ride through Hackney in cars and on buses while the camera lingers on shots of tower blocks and council estates. At one point in the video, the men stand outside a newsagent, miming a vicious attack as they laugh at a newspaper headline announcing ‘OAP battered in street attack’.<br /><br />More shots of boarded-up shops and litter in the streets are followed by footage of a punch-up in the park in a bleak view of the borough’s attractions.<br /><br />The video has received a mixed response from viewers: “I live in Hackney too (down the road from where this was filmed) and I don’t think it’s a sh*t hole. Ok some parts are a disgrace but they’re building it up now and it’s starting to look half decent.” One visitor to the site responds in colloquial text speak: “ive lived in hackney all my life an it aint as bad as every1 makes out it definatly dnt deserve 2 be worse area in london!!!!”<br /><br />Another comments: “The faults that are present in Hackney are not present everywhere. Hackney is a hotspot for gun crime and street violence. Many other places suffer from it, Hackney just happens to be particularly afflicted.”<br /><br />Viewers go on to complain about Hackney’s poor transport links with central London and high levels of violent crime, as well as the council tenant “vermin that have spoilt what I'm sure was a lovely area.”<br /><br />The video has prompted comparisons between Hackney and other areas, with one viewer commenting that: “Hackney ain't so bad, go to Tower Hamlets... the entire Borough is one big council estate. Newham's just as bad. Hackney is peachy mate, lived there all me life and never had no problems.”<br /><br />A comment that sparked a response of: “The town I lived in before I moved to London had virtually no serious crime, literally NO gun crime whatsoever and was a clean, safe place to live. Hackney is a particularly unpleasant place in many ways. I've not been beaten up or mugged there, just had to travel there to see a friend and gradually hated the place more each time I go.”<br /><br />PatCorp Films are the producers of 15 short humorous videos, and insist that the video, subtitled ‘Think beautiful people. Think glorious locations. Think Hackney’ is an ironic look at the borough.<br /><br />They said: “Most people have taken to it well. Some didn't quite get the irony. We all know the many charms of Hackney. And the God-forsaken parts like the expansive views from Homerton station.”<br /><br />YouTube, a US based site, allows people to share video clips over the Internet and has over 100 million users.<br /></span><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wO8j1w1WgS4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wO8j1w1WgS4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-87665429224022073842007-03-13T15:40:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:20.022+00:00RISE IN PRICES SPARKS HOUSING SHORTAGE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H8QapFQuK4SQttoeSqM94Bx2Sogr6fdJNJ0TG19ZU_y07sAUF6IbZhb8V0Lb_nQ8j7BEfIWDrTn_iS9GnLa752TYffp3M_6soA-ELIRTObuXxxan0EEycVc5Waojz5d0h5WB7wRkUNjR/s1600-h/bus_rm_forsaledownsrdcol.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8H8QapFQuK4SQttoeSqM94Bx2Sogr6fdJNJ0TG19ZU_y07sAUF6IbZhb8V0Lb_nQ8j7BEfIWDrTn_iS9GnLa752TYffp3M_6soA-ELIRTObuXxxan0EEycVc5Waojz5d0h5WB7wRkUNjR/s200/bus_rm_forsaledownsrdcol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041839833555482066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">A FURTHER rise in Hackney’s house prices has led to a drastic shortage of homes up for sale in the borough this spring, write </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ravender Sembhy </span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">and</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ronan Murphy.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Despite being dubbed the worst place to live in Britain by a Channel 4 property programme last year, Hackney homeowners are holding on to their property as demand reaches fever pitch.<br />As a result just 665 houses were sold in Hackney in the last quarter of 2006, the lowest of all London boroughs apart from the City.<br /><br />Nevertheless, property prices in Hackney have risen 14 per cent in the last year alone, a rate four per cent above the national average. This comes on top of an astonishing increase of 320 per cent in the last 10 years, making Hackney’s house prices the fastest rising in London.<br /><br />In the past 11 years Hackney has moved from being the 25th most expensive borough to live in London to the10th. According to Land Registry figures, the average price for a house in Hackney - £291, 626 - is now close behind the capital’s overall average of £322,000.<br /><br />This boom is partly due to the successful Olympic bid, which put Hackney firmly on the property map. There was an attempt by some homeowners to cash in early following announcement of London’s success, but, as prices continue to rise, those who waited are now unwilling to sell.<br /><br />Jay Wilson, of Victoria Park based Bentley and Bond Estate Agents, said: “Weeks after the bid some people were putting their houses up for double their actual market value. “The Olympics was, and definitely still is, a factor.”<br /><br />However, two years on from the Olympic bid and there are barely any sellers in the market.<br />Although estate agents anticipate a rise in homes being sold and bought during the spring, agencies all over Hackney are reporting a distinct lack of activity. Potential buyers are far outnumbering vendors.<br /><br />Amrit Arri, of Bunch and Duke Property in Mare Street, said that while the Olympics were a catalyst for the rise in prices the market was now being driven more by circular economics.<br /><br />“People see the prices going up and they’re less inclined to sell,” he said.<br /><br />“This creates scarcity in the market, which drives the prices even further up. Our prices have been going up at about two per cent a month. They say Hackney is the next Islington.”<br /><br />Joe Wood of Bentley and Bond said that he had seen three bedroom maisonettes priced at over £400,000.<br /><br />He said: “In five years the prices are going to be God knows what. Put it this way: I’d like to own property in Hackney right now.”<br /><br />He urged homeowners to exercise an element of caution and not delay selling until the last minute.<br /><br />“They should be very wary, as it could all quickly go against them,” he said.<br /><br />“Both Barcelona and Athens went into recession after staging the Olympics. There could be an overspill of property going onto the market in 2012, and prices could plummet.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-73810909626007565682007-03-13T15:35:00.000+00:002007-03-13T16:39:26.120+00:00ONE IN TEN KIDS EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED<span style="font-weight: bold;">ONE in ten children in Hackney are suffering from emotional disturbances according to a leading school governor, writes </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Andrew Wander.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Nick Morris, who works at Haggerston Girls School and Randall Cramer Primary, has warned that students are suffering from poor social skills as a result of chaotic and unstable home lives.<br /><br />He said: “Many of the children have parents that are separated. I know of at least one whose mother is a crack head.”<br /><br />Morris said the problem has become so bad that crucial exam results are suffering and teachers are unable to control unruly students.<br /><br />He said: “My own daughter was told by her teacher, ‘I can’t control the five disruptive kids in your class, you’ll just have to learn to concentrate’.<br /><br />“The problem begins at home. I could go into a nursery class and stick a sticker on the ones who are having problems at home. They will be aggressive, anxious and unable to socialise properly.”<br /><br />As children grow older their domestic difficulties can manifest in disruptive behaviour in class, Morris warned. “I would say that every class has at least one child with major difficulties, and two or three more with problems to some extent. By the time they get to secondary school it can be a real problem. I went into Haggerston [Girls] School the other day and saw the deputy head physically restraining a screaming girl.”<br /><br />However, Morris said that Emotional Literacy, an in-school programme launched in Hackney 18 months ago to tackle children’s emotional problems, is proving successful.<br /><br />He said: “We take dysfunctional children into small groups and encourage them to talk about their problems. When they realise that other kids might also have a drunk father who beats their mother, they tend to drop the veil of frustration that manifests itself in bad behaviour.”<br /><br />Mr. Morris’ comments come as a new report shows that a trial scheme that provides one-to-one counselling in schools has helped eight out of ten children to overcome emotional difficulties.<br /><br />The scheme, run by the NSPCC, is already being used successfully at Stoke Newington secondary school.<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-58079626151086787122007-03-13T15:30:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:20.127+00:00MORRIS FOR MINORS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4qIqkgoRBiy8JHfwAaDmG-1nE8OPBxmDqiCr9J7xUQ9kIwU6Wwpl2Myj2h1ddLjs46UU0sGNGhnBbmDfCVxDOQwJGFVDc07tSxMiNcJspwTYy9RSasp2DH6nq49jLq7vqQ9uVqBwCZ1R/s1600-h/3_new_rednose6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4qIqkgoRBiy8JHfwAaDmG-1nE8OPBxmDqiCr9J7xUQ9kIwU6Wwpl2Myj2h1ddLjs46UU0sGNGhnBbmDfCVxDOQwJGFVDc07tSxMiNcJspwTYy9RSasp2DH6nq49jLq7vqQ9uVqBwCZ1R/s200/3_new_rednose6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041840044008879586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Comic Relief is upon us again, and this week three teachers from a Hackney Primary School got into the spirit of things by taking up an unlikely dancing challenge.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sarah Bloch</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">reports.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />ANYONE who remembers their school discos knows that teachers are not famous for their dancing skills.<br /><br />But three Hackney primary school teachers were recently forced to prove the stereotype wrong in front of their school, and the nation, when Comic Relief’s Big Challenge team came knocking.<br /><br />The headmaster and two colleagues from Holmleigh Primary School, Stamford Hill, were grabbed at the assembly and given 24 hours to perfect a traditional folk dance.<br /><br />Staff then had to perform their routines in front of the whole school and a panel of expert judges, including Fame Academy choreographer Kevin Adams.<br /><br />He said: “Usually with a routine you get two or three days, so if I’d had 24 hours I’d have been panicking.”<br /><br />Their efforts will be broadcast this Friday in the BBC Comic Relief television spectacular.<br /><br />As part of The Big Challenge, surprised teams of school staff from schools across the country were set individual challenges – and given 24 hours to achieve them.<br /><br />Headmaster Kevin Ward said: “I thought to myself, ‘this will be interesting’; something that clearly the children were going to enjoy. On the other hand, I was worried about facing up to the kids wearing those costumes.”<br /><br />Morale was high to begin with, but the challenge was no easy ride for the brave threesome, who were whisked off by the Comic Relief crew to witness some proper Morris dancing before attempting it themselves.<br /><br />The group attended some intensive tuition sessions at the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, where they were coached under the expert eyes of the traditional dance group, The Demon Barbers.<br /><br />The traditional choreographed Morris dance routines take up to two years to rehearse and perfect, and feature tiny bells worn on the legs, originally thought to scare away evil spirits, and twirling white handkerchiefs.<br /><br />Diane Cabot, educational officer at the Society said: “Traditional dance forms are so good for young people. They have a fairly simple structure that is then repeated, so once you know how to do some of the basic structures in a dance, it gives enormous confidence and it lays down really good building blocks for later on in life. Apart from that, it’s whole body exercise, so you get really good aerobic exercise.”<br /><br />Year Four teacher Margaret Boateng was less keen on the proposed routine. She said: “I thought I was going to be doing breakdancing, spinning on my head, anything else but Morris dancing.”<br /><br />Teaching assistant Karen St Clair was also daunted. She said: “It was shocking to see the sort of dance we’d have to do. Watching the feet when we saw the demonstration, I thought we’d never be able to do it. The brain goes in one direction and the feet go in another.”<br /><br />Ms St Clair refused to give up, however. She said: “I wanted to show the kids that if a challenge is put up to you, no matter what it is, you can do it if you try.”<br /><br />The following day, children from the school donated money to Comic Relief for a special assembly, where they could watch their teachers dance.<br /><br />The headmaster was awarded eight out of 10 for his funky hip-hop style scarf dancing, and even managed a backwards somersault. The other two teachers each received seven points for their intricate clog dance, the forbear of modern tap-dancing.<br /><br />The money raised by the event, and a video of the team’s efforts, will be broadcast during this weekend’s BBC Comic Relief coverage.<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-1060514684958950402007-03-08T14:13:00.000+00:002007-03-13T12:05:38.515+00:00SEX OFFENDERS LIVING IN HACKNEY<onblur><b>More than 100 registered sex offenders are living in Hackney, </b><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Post</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><b>can reveal. Figures obtained this week show that 106 convicted sex offenders, including rapists and paedophiles, are living in the borough, writes </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Andrew Wander</span><b>.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />They have completed their sentence and are under constant supervision by police.<br />But the system monitoring them has been criticised by an official inquiry, which was set up after a man on the list kidnapped a three-year-old girl.<br /><br />Hackney has one of the highest numbers of resident sex offenders in London. It comes twelfth in the list of boroughs and has more than neighbouring Islington and Tower Hamlets.<br /><br />Each offender is under constant supervision by Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (Mappa), a combined monitoring system with input from the police, probation service, and prison authorities.<br /><br />Set up six years ago, Mappa monitors sex offenders who have served their sentence but are still considered a risk to the public. A panel of experts have the power to impose a series of conditions on their continued release. These may include banning individuals from socialising with children, possessing a camera, visiting parks or schools and from accessing the internet. If an individual on the scheme breaches their conditions or looks likely to re-offend, officers can send them back to prison.<br /><br />Of the 3113 sex offenders managed by Mappa across London last year, more than 200 went on to breach the conditions of their release licence, a 35% increase on the year before.<br /><br />A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers has admitted there is “a need for improvements” in the monitoring system.<br /><br />Last year an inquiry found that a series of failures allowed convicted paedophile Craig Sweeney to kidnap and abuse a three-year-old girl even though he was under the highest level of Mappa supervision.<br /><br />The Sweeney inquiry found that the paedophile had displayed suspicious behaviour before he carried out the kidnap, including touching a child’s bottom and making inappropriate comments. But he was not recalled to prison and was free to carry out his crime.<br /><br />It concluded: “Offenders such as Sweeney are by no means uncommon within the Mappa and criminal justice system.”<br /><br />David Scott, chief officer of London Probation insisted the situation was under control. He said: “The case studies and statistics in this report demonstrate that in London we are successfully managing some very challenging and dangerous offenders.”<br /><br />Terry Grange, spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers’ Public Protection Office said: “It is impossible to ignore the tragic cases reported on this year, which clearly highlighted the needs for improvements.<br /><br />“But lessons are being learnt and significant work is being undertaken to improve the consistent delivery of the arrangements and the training of staff undertaking this complex and demanding work.”<br /><br /></span></onblur>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-87056761301023944432007-03-08T13:12:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:20.278+00:00PUNKS SMASH RECORD<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hackneypost.blogspot.com/2007/03/punks-smash-record.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzLvYyQTz3DAqpfxyGsZn6EtLMpGycrclo6RN_UvOFHwInKsi7yH4LPyNiP6zm-3pRVQdhRvz77q4PxJR-i3WT8XOwxwM_gAglkMaSXNSTnKpXfqPdamyQJhZZvTcigzze6KRmppHkROn/s200/buck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039243433576123090" border="0" /></a><b>A punk band from Hackney has broken the world record for the most gigs played in one day.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Buck Brothers, a three-piece bad from Stoke Newington, played 28 gigs in 24 hours on Tuesday.<br /><br />The band started their record-breaking attempt at 11am in Leicester Square, with fans helping to carry their equipment across London to venues in Chalk Farm, Highbury and Hackney.<br /><br />By 9.30pm they had smashed the record, having notched up an incredible 27 gigs. They then returned triumphant to Leicester Square to celebrate with a full length set at the Sound Republic venue, bringing the total to 28.<br /><br />Singer Andy Duke, 28, said: "It was a real challenge. I’m delighted. Being able to spend the whole day playing music with fans following us around London - I couldn't ask for a more fun day!"<br /><br />The trio, who met at Buddhist Disco in Stoke Newington two years ago, are now preparing for a tour in Canada.<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-89431213974002096332007-03-07T17:17:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:20.418+00:00HOMERTON HOSPITAL STAFF PROTEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hackneypost.blogspot.com/2007/03/homerton-hospital-staff-protest.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZJ26Rr6DzAjq_3FSrKd6pUQRBlLJggsjX2JX_VNn1zuQj3BB8QEYnbz9IhjtTx0hTIOIBRWd6pKFbNfZlOPqfJaIQNRFUkmih5qBxykI7dRrwPF9E0q9JpBShkNZSJLCPOD968C4A2Wz/s200/news_cl_protest3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039234229461207746" border="0" /></a><b>Health workers from Homerton hospital protested against NHS job cuts and ward closures this week</b><b>, writes </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Chloe Lambert</span><b>.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Hundreds of angry nurses, therapists, doctors and advocates gathered outside Hackney town hall on Saturday afternoon, before marching on to Homerton hospital. The demonstration was part of a national day of action called by health worker unions across the country.<br /><br />Gill George, Amicus union representative and staff secretary at Hackney and City Primary Care Trust, was at the protest. She said cost cutting was already taking its toll on patients at Homerton.<br /><br />Ms George said: “We have got women who have just given birth and cannot get a cup of tea because the hospital cannot provide milk. Some are being discharged by the hospital six hours after they have give birth because of bed cuts. That is no way to run one of London’s best hospitals.”<br /><br />She said Homerton hospital had already lost a breast cancer specialist, a consultant and a rheumatologist.<br /><br />Paul Vousden, head of communications at Hackney and City Primary Care Trust, admitted there has been a reduction in beds at Homerton but said: “Medical advances such as improvement in pain relief means that patients now have to spend less time in hospital, thus allowing them to recover more quickly in the comfort of their own homes.”<br /><br />After marching to Homerton hospital, the protesters returned to Hackney town hall and were joined by workers from the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel.<br />Demonstrators handed out leaflets claiming that a £30m cut in community services was to blame for the job losses in Hackney.<br /><br />Nurses at the march said they were struggling to cope. They said they now have to cover two or three people’s jobs and were living in fear of further redundancies.<br />Mr Vousden said the protesters’ leaflets were “misleading” and that job losses were part of a modernisation programme designed to ensure value for money for patients in Hackney.<br /><br />But Cennet Condon, an advocate at Homerton, said: “We can’t provide a good service without staff and it is the patients who are suffering.”<br /><br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-5298059429701229102007-03-07T13:45:00.000+00:002008-11-13T02:21:20.538+00:00POLICE GET SMART WITH CRIMINALS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hackneypost.blogspot.com/2007/03/police-get-smart.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aJIe7tcrjZXvNFE8au8Sp_CxtuCGfTA-pmqc_aNCDA5vC0XuXGwRiJ7vtvnc55IqoaIMH5DJPaaxLjcDFodlYO9czAVnz57BCoBMbayJ-G28vywXWFr0cTC40Vk4ZgKujK15IIYkizO2/s200/1_news_fionagray_smartwater4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038877764355508658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Safer Neighbourhoods teams </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">have reported a significant drop in burglaries</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">as a result of SmartWater, an invisible solution dabbed on valuables to identify them with a unique DNA code, writes </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Fiona Gray</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />For the past six months police officers have distributed free packs of the product in five burglary hotspots across Hackney to help residents protect their homes against thieves. Police decided to expand the scheme after a successful trial in De Beauvoir last year.<br /><br />The coating only shows up under ultra-violet light, and Safer Neighbourhoods police teams now carry special torches to check if iPods, jewellery or car radios have been marked with the substance. Even a tiny speck of the forensic coating can identify the real owner.<br /><br />Residents in Newick Road and Roding Road in Lower Clapton, Bayston Road in Stoke Newington, Tudor Grove in South Hackney and Waterston Street in Haggerston have been given bottles of the anti-theft solution. It currently costs the police £40 to fit a home with SmartWater.<br /><br />Eileen Jones, 62, lives in one of the chosen burglary hotspots. She said: “I feel much safer just with the SmartWater sticker in my window.<br /><br />“My neighbour was robbed last year while she was in the house and I live alone, so I am glad the police have another way for me to protect my house and deter thieves.”<br /><br />Sgt. Brian Gordon, head of Safer Neighbourhoods in Haggerston, said: “There was a growing concern about burglaries around Waterston Street, but in the last six months we have had practically no thefts in the area. Once we get statistics on how successful the scheme has been, I hope [the police] will be able to finance it for the whole of Hackney.”<br /><br />He said he was pleased the scheme had expanded to include streets on his patch, but stressed there was more work to do.<br /><br />“This is a successful initiative and needs to be put all over the place, but the problem is who is going to finance it," he said.<br /><br />"Each SmartWater pack costs the police £40 a year per household. Our priority is residential areas but small businesses, especially around City Road and Old Street, need protection too.”<br /><br />SmartWater provides a special pack for businesses, containing a sprinkler system that is triggered when intruders try to get into a property or a sensitive area of a business, such as a cash room. It sprays the intruder with the invisible forensic coating, which stays on skin and hair for up to four weeks and on clothes indefinitely.<br /><br />Suspected burglars brought in to Hackney police station are then scanned with an ultra-violet light to check for the incriminating stains linking them with the crime scene, and can now be caught long after committing a crime.<br /><br />But the SmartWater scheme is just one part of larger a campaign launched by Hackney’s Safer Neighbourhoods teams to help people take simple steps to protect their properties.<br /><br />After a survey of security issues in the Shoreditch area, police are encouraging residents to keep bushes cut back to reduce the number of hiding places, make sure windows and doors look secure, as well as displaying SmartWater and Neighbourhood Watch stickers in their windows.<br /><br />Sgt. Gordon said: “There are lots of cheap, easy ways to keep your house safe and we visit every house that is burgled to educate people about them.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-38657024282513592272007-03-07T13:26:00.000+00:002007-03-07T13:31:30.267+00:00SCHOOLS FAIL DESPITE HUGE FUNDING<b>Hackney primary schools are scoring the worst results in the country, despite receiving massive government funding to boost their performances, writes </b><i>Rachel Rouse</i><b>.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />Over the last three years, Hackney primary school pupils have achieved the lowest grades in the country at Key Stage 2, the current yardstick of academic success at primary school level. But figures presented in the House of Commons last week raised fears that the money being poured into the borough’s schools is doing little to improve results.<br /><br />Jim Knight, minister for schools, released records showing that over the last eight years primary school pupils in Hackney have been receiving more funding per student than in any other borough in the country, barring neighbouring Tower Hamlets.<br /><br />Last year Hackney primary schools were allocated £5,810 per pupil, far above the national average of £3,770 per pupil.<br /><br />Critics are now suggesting that The Learning Trust, the company responsible for primary education in Hackney, is failing to make use of this extra cash to improve results.<br /><br />In August 2002 it took over the responsibility for education in Hackney from the local Council. This was the first time a private, not-for-profit company was put in charge of managing the education of an entire borough and its progress is being closely followed.<br /><br />Nick Morris, Governor at Randall Cremer Primary School in Haggerston, is concerned that Hackney’s children are getting a raw deal because the company has failed to put the extra funding to good use.<br /><br />He said: “Financially here people have got the worst deal. But the Learning Trust didn’t do anything quickly enough. Their motto is ‘Education for the Future’ and this is a very crass motto. The future is too late. It’s now these kids need to be helped.”<br /><br />But a spokesperson for The Learning Trust defended its record saying: “You look at the big picture and you see all this money but then you break it down and mostly it’s all been allocated. Every pupil will get ‘x’ amount then a range of top-ups are allocated to special needs, free school meals and English as a foreign language.<br /><br />“Since Hackney is one of the most deprived areas in London, with quite a number of special educational needs and more than 50 per cent of children with English as an additional language, a lot of the money will go towards this expenditure.”<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310651540480083386.post-15935146472172175872007-03-07T01:40:00.000+00:002007-03-08T15:38:18.343+00:00COUNCIL BUDGET BREAKDOWN<b>Schools are to receive millions of pounds worth of extra funding in a council budget described by critics as an attempt to tax residents by “stealth”, writes </b><span style="font-style: italic;">Kate Day</span><b>.</b><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />The new council budget announced an £8m boost for schools and free swimming lessons for under-18s during school holidays.<br /><br />Other measures in the spending spree include a £2.5 million investment in street lighting, a £550,000 facelift for the borough’s libraries and the extension of compulsory recycling at a cost of £250,000.<br /><br />But Conservative councillors attacked the council for hitting Hackney’s residents with stealth taxes, such as increased parking charges.<br /><br />Council tax has been frozen for the coming year, but rent and other service charges will rise when the budget comes into effect on April 1. Some tenants will pay an extra £5.95 a week in rent. Parking charges for council tenants are set to rise by up to 4.3 per cent.<br /><br />Mayor Jules Pipe insisted that careful budget management over the past five years had brought Hackney much needed financial stability. He claimed the swimming measure, which will cost £295,000, was evidence of the council’s commitment to the young people.<br /><br />He said: “The achievement of creating a sound base on which to rebuild council services should not go unrecognised.”<br /><br />Conservative Councilor Shuja Shaikh said: “On the surface this budget appears sensible, but dig a bit deeper and the frivolous appears.” He added that Hackney residents were already being hit unfairly by Olympic charges.<br /><br />Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shaver said the council needed to do more to tackle drug problems and gang culture in the borough, but welcomed the extension of recycling to include plastics. He said: “How could we have a proper recycling programme without plastic recycling? This is a big step forward.”<br /><br />The council budget comes just two weeks after the Greater London Authority announced that the council tax precept would rise by just over 5 per cent next year to £303 for the average property because they would pay through their council tax, the mayor of London’s precept and through the lottery.<br /><br />But Mayor Pipe said that the Olympics would be of huge benefit to the borough and added that the council was investing in an enterprise network to help local businesses to take advantage of construction contracts.<br /><br /></span>Ed.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03201881521100071528noreply@blogger.com0