Hackney Citizen

Sadiq Khan on Andy Burnham, video still: Kumail Jaffer/LDRS Andy Burnham “gets it” when it comes to devolving power to mayors and ensuring London’s success will benefit the whole UK, Sir Sadiq Khan has said. However the Mayor of London says he won’t be afraid to challenge him if decisions are not in the capital’s interests.

Firefighters at the hotel fire. Photograph: LFB Around 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were called to a hotel fire on Amhurst Road yesterday afternoon, in an incident that forced the evacuation of 16 people but no injuries were reported. The fire broke out in two rooms on the fifth and sixth floors of the Travelodge near Hackney Central station. Those evacuated were taken to a rest centre and left in the care of the local authority.

Homerton Hospital Homerton hit its four-hour A&E target this year — but the four-hour target itself has been accused of steering hospitals towards the patients who are easiest to treat, while the sickest wait longest The four-hour A&E target has been the headline measure of NHS emergency care for two decades.

The Green Party has won a by-election in Hackney triggered by Zoë Garbett’s recent mayoral victory at the May local elections. Candidate Manal Massalha will represent Dalston ward for the party after winning 549 votes (57.7%) at the poll held on Thursday, June 25.

A housing estate in Hackney. Photograph: Stephen McKay Hackney Council bought 43 homes for temporary accommodation over two years without recording whether anyone was living in them at the point of sale, an investigation by the Local Democracy Reporting Service has found.

Sir Sadiq Khan with members of the Fire Service. Photograph: GLA While City Hall insists there is no ban on AC in London homes, the guidance for developers – instructing them to prioritise “passive” cooling measures such as shading – means they are less likely to include AC in building plans as it could make it easier for councils to refuse applications.

Elected: Noah Birksted-Breenat the count on Friday morning (26 June). Photograph: LDRS The Green party has held the Hackney Central ward seat in a by-election triggered by one of the party’s councillors resigning shortly after the May elections. The party’s candidate Noah Birksted-Breen won by a margin of 52 votes, with Labour’s Sheila Suso-Runge finishing in second place.

Ishaque Ali. Photograph: supplied by Ansar Ahmed Ullah The racist murder of Altab Ali in May 1978 is widely recognised as a turning point for the Bengali community in East London. His killing galvanised a generation of activists and united a community that had endured years of racist intimidation, violence and discrimination.

Image: Hackney Citizen When Hackney Labour rewrote the council’s constitution last spring, the loudest objection from the opposition benches was not really about minutes and motions. It was about a principle: that the rules of the game should not be redrawn by the team that happens to be winning. A little over a year later, that principle has had its revenge. The administration that redrew the rules is gone, and the people who protested loudest now hold the pen.

Cllr Jacob Cable (Green), newly-elected NLWA chair, with Cllr Madeline Church (Green) from Enfield and Cllr Peter Zinkin (Conservative) from Barnet who were elected as Vice-Chairs. Photograph: NLWA Cllr Jacob Cable, Hackney’s cabinet member for climate, clean air and transport, has been elected chair of the North London Waste Authority, the body responsible for managing waste and recycling for two million residents across seven boroughs.