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Sadiq Khan misses affordable homes target — even after it was cut
Only a tenth of affordable homes completed since 2015 were social rent, as the London mayor misses his downgraded delivery target by thousands of homes
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Mossbourne refuses to apologise to pupils as academy trust defends record before councillors
Academy trust leaders said they would not say sorry to children the safeguarding review found were harmed
Is Vodafone down? Users report issues with broadband and mobile internet
VodafoneThree users have reported issues with the broadband provider.
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Ofsted hails ‘rigorous’ curriculum as Grasmere Primary secures top rating
Grasmere Primary School, located on Albion Road and part of the LEAP Federation, earned a 'Strong Standard' rating.
Council spent £10,000 on parking charges in a year
Hackney employees clocked up more than £10,000 in parking penalties and road charges over 12 months
Council consults on Tyssen Street greening as campaigners cry foul over play area
Low Traffic Hackney backs new trees and benches at Hoxton Trust garden but disputes the council's account of what happens to the car bays
Aldi to rebrand as 'Baldi' for one day to help break Guinness World Record
Aldi will temporarily rebrand itself as 'Baldi' on Friday (July 10) in tribute to Pitbull’s headline show at BST Hyde Park.
Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things
Seven in 10 employees use their work laptop for personal things – including applying for jobs, online shopping, and booking holidays.
Family’s five-year battle over collapsing council flat: ‘It’s dangerous’
Doudou Panda says repeated repairs at his Haggerston home have failed to stop leaks that have caved in a bathroom wall and left his children too frightened to use the toilet
Ruth Ellis granted posthumous conditional pardon 61 years after hanging
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon
Ofcom fines Virgin Media £28m for stopping millions of customers from switching
The penalty comes after communications regulator Ofcom uncovered a 'widespread' and 'often deliberate' pattern of call-handling failures
John Lewis proposes major in-store change putting 200 jobs at risk
John Lewis has proposed shutting down its in-store foreign currency exchange and gift wrapping services
Hundreds unite in London for Moorfields Eye Charity fundraising walk
Nearly 600 people from the sight loss community have come together in London for Moorfields Eye Charity’s flagship fundraising walk, Eye to Eye, helping raise more than £91,000 so far to support breakthroughs in eye health and patient care
Greens accused of U-turn as they approve Woodberry Down ‘double decant’ to avoid £13.5m overrun
Up to 32 council households face being moved twice under a schedule signed off at Mayor Zoë Garbett's first cabinet — despite the Greens' past attacks on the estate's demolition-led regeneration
Revealed: Hackney went nearly seven years without a housing repairs contract as homes decayed
Council missed an entire structural repairs cycle after its main contractor deal lapsed in 2019 — a gap insiders say left tenants in damp and mould
UK film production company enters voluntary administration amid major restructure
UK film production company, Mission Digital Ltd, whose credits include Project Hail Mary, Barbie, and Enola Holmes 2, has entered voluntary administration.
Nigel Farage resigns as MP to trigger Clacton by-election amid donations row
Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election as he denies wrongdoing over allegations about financial support.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to make statement on 'future in public life' today
Nigel Farage will be making a statement on his "future in public life" amid scrutiny over financial support given to him by a convicted fraudster.
Nationwide, Barclays, HSBC, NatWest and Lloyds to change how they offer bank accounts
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and Nationwide have pledged changes after the FCA found some customers were not offered basic bank accounts.
'I was sent flying' - freak crash forces Hoxton man to end epic wheelchair challenge
Hackney man Peter Smorthit, who was attempting to travel the length of the UK and back again in a wheelchair, has been forced to abandon his journey after being hospitalised.