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EC1 Echo is an online, independent, local newspaper for EC1. Sign up for weekly updates - https://bit.ly/EC1EchoNews www.ec1echo.co.uk Get involved: [email protected]
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 3h
TfL has brought just four prosecutions against noisy passengers since 2020

Transport for London (TfL) has brought just four prosecutions against passengers for loud phone conversations or playing audio on their devices since 2020.
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TfL has brought just four prosecutions against noisy passengers since 2020
Transport for London (TfL) has brought just four prosecutions against passengers for loud phone conversations or playing audio on their devices since 2020.
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The Peel @thepeelec1.bsky.social · 1d
@therestartproject.org is celebrating International #RepairDay at the Barbican Centre with an exciting session for those at any point in their repairing journey!
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4h
Get your hands dirty!

Community gardening sessions are running this autumn in several local parks and gardens.
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Get your hands dirty!
Community gardening sessions are running this autumn in several local parks and gardens.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4h
All tools will be provided. Everyone is welcome! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
No need to book, just turn up!
Contact Eremira - [email protected] / 07715 238075
More info on Wilmington Square here: facebook.com/WilmingtonSq...
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4h
...in Spa Fields, Wilmington Square, and St James Clerkenwell.
The focus is on general gardening maintenance, including:
Planting & Weeding
Pruning & Clearing
Log Edging & Habitat Management
Sweeping & Watering
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4h
Fancy some community gardening?
It’s a great opportunity to meet your neighbours, learn new skills, & enjoy time in nature.
The Clerkenwell Community Park Ranger & Wilmington Square Community Gardening Club are running volunteer sessions this autumn...
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History From Below @historyfrombelow.com · 5d
Interested in London's Social History? Join me on a walk through Clerkenwell’s dark past: prisons, paupers, gangs and grim tales that shaped one of London’s most dangerous districts in the 19th Century #socialhistory #workingclasshistory #londonhistory #clerkenwell #guidedwalk #walkingtour
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 1d
TfL staff at risk of removal “left in limbo,” Mayor admits

Ministers have been urged to suspend new immigration laws after it emerged that up to 300 Transport for London (TfL) staff could be at risk of removal.
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TfL staff at risk of removal “left in limbo,” Mayor admits
Ministers have been urged to suspend new immigration laws after it emerged that up to 300 Transport for London (TfL) staff could be at risk of removal.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 2d
Thousands of energy efficiency upgrades installed for households in Islington

Thousands of energy efficiency upgrades have been installed in Islington homes since a government scheme to fight fuel poverty was launched, recent figures show.
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Thousands of energy efficiency upgrades installed for households in Islington
Thousands of energy efficiency upgrades have been installed in Islington homes since a government scheme to fight fuel poverty was launched, recent figures show.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4d
More deaths from suicide in Islington – as number reaches record high in England

More deaths from suicide were recorded in Islington in the last few years, new figures show.
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More deaths from suicide in Islington – as number reaches record high in England
More deaths from suicide were recorded in Islington in the last few years, new figures show.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4d
Pension credit helping thousands of low income older Londoners transform their lives

More than 4,400 older Londoners have claimed up to £21.5million
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Pension credit helping thousands of low income older Londoners transform their lives
More than 4,400 older Londoners have claimed up to £21.5million in “vital” Pension Credit in the last year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has learned – with the recipients pleading for those eligible to take advantage.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4d
Smithfield market's new location to be confirmed soon

East London is the “preferred location” for a new combined Smithfield and Billingsgate market with a deal hoping to be struck within the next couple of months.
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Smithfield market's new location to be confirmed soon
East London is the “preferred location” for a new combined Smithfield and Billingsgate market with a deal hoping to be struck within the next couple of months.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4d
Hundreds of mental health crisis calls per day in London

Hundreds of NHS 111 mental health crisis calls are made every day in London, new figures suggest.
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Hundreds of mental health crisis calls per day in London
Hundreds of NHS 111 mental health crisis calls are made every day in London, new figures suggest.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 4d
The Dark Side of Clerkenwell

Step into Clerkenwell’s dark past: prisons, paupers, gangs & grim tales that shaped one of London’s most dangerous district.
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The Dark Side of Clerkenwell
Step into Clerkenwell’s dark past: prisons, paupers, gangs & grim tales that shaped one of London’s most dangerous district.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 6d
London is “on the frontline of the nation’s gambling crisis”, ministers told as calls grow to grant TfL power to ban ads

Ministers are facing fresh calls to agree on a formal definition of harmful gambling so the Mayor of London can impose a ban on betting adverts on
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London is “on the frontline of the nation’s gambling crisis”, ministers told as calls grow to grant TfL power to ban ads
Ministers are facing fresh calls to agree on a formal definition of harmful gambling so the Mayor of London can impose a ban on betting adverts on public transport.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 6d
Dozens of Islington council homes sold off under Right to Buy rules

There were dozens of former council homes in Islington sold off under the Right to Buy scheme last year, new figures show.
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Dozens of Islington council homes sold off under Right to Buy rules
There were dozens of former council homes in Islington sold off under the Right to Buy scheme last year, new figures show.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 7d
Met Police to scrap anti-social behaviour officers to boost neighbourhood policing

The Metropolitan Police will redeploy officers dedicated to tackling antisocial behaviour (ASB) to neighbourhood policing teams, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)
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Met Police to scrap anti-social behaviour officers to boost neighbourhood policing
The Metropolitan Police will redeploy officers dedicated to tackling antisocial behaviour (ASB) to neighbourhood policing teams, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has learned.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 7d
London needs wider pavements or pedestrian numbers risk “stagnating”, TfL told

Two areas of Outer London have been picked out as examples of how to make walking and cycling more enjoyable in the city, as Transport for London (TfL)
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London needs wider pavements or pedestrian numbers risk “stagnating”, TfL told
Two areas of Outer London have been picked out as examples of how to make walking and cycling more enjoyable in the city, as Transport for London (TfL) is being told to make streets wider and less cluttered.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 11d
William Morris: Politics and Art

The next event in this autumn’s Reds on the Green series.
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William Morris: Politics and Art
The next event in this autumn’s Reds on the Green series.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 11d
Skills “crisis” primary factor for London’s housebuilding failures

A skilled worker “crisis” in the construction industry is undermining London’s ambitious housebuilding targets with a housing association saying last year it relied on one roofing contractor for
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Skills “crisis” primary factor for London’s housebuilding failures
A skilled worker “crisis” in the construction industry is undermining London’s ambitious housebuilding targets with a housing association saying last year it relied on one roofing contractor for 80,000 homes.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 11d
Met Police have “decriminalised” and “deprioritised” low-level crime due to cuts and botched laws, Mayor says

Funding cuts and the effective “decriminalisation” of shoplifting by the previous Conservative Government have led to low level crime rocketing in London,
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Met Police have “decriminalised” and “deprioritised” low-level crime due to cuts and botched laws, Mayor says
Funding cuts and the effective “decriminalisation” of shoplifting by the previous Conservative Government have led to low level crime rocketing in London, Sir Sadiq Khan has claimed.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 12d
The EC1 Echo article that inspired a Clerkenwell resident to commission a secret painting

A few years ago, Edwina Griffiths came across artist Tony Mills, whilst reading an article about him in EC1 Echo.
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The EC1 Echo article that inspired a Clerkenwell resident to commission a secret painting
A few years ago, Edwina Griffiths came across artist Tony Mills, whilst reading an article about him in EC1 Echo.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 14d
Fewer new homes started in Islington

Construction work began on fewer new homes in Islington in the year to April, new figures show.
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Fewer new homes started in Islington
Construction work began on fewer new homes in Islington in the year to April, new figures show.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 14d
More households hit by Universal Credit cap in Islington

More households in Islington had their Universal Credit capped in May, new figures show.
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More households hit by Universal Credit cap in Islington
More households in Islington had their Universal Credit capped in May, new figures show.
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EC1 Echo @ec1echo.bsky.social · 14d
Sadiq Khan says he intends to run for fourth term as Mayor of London

Sir Sadiq Khan has said he does intend to run for a fourth term as Mayor of London.
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Sadiq Khan says he intends to run for fourth term as Mayor of London
Sir Sadiq Khan has said he does intend to run for a fourth term as Mayor of London. The Mayor ruled out a return to Westminster politics after the next election in 2028 and insisted he has “the best job in politics”.
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