Hackney chitter-chatter &tc

[klang]

Old St roundabout all over again.

We'll weave through

 

[andysays]

Lucky you!

I don't use that line very often, but it's always good to know it's there if I need it.

 

[Rob Ray]

Looks like Black Cat cafe (Pogo to the sightly older crowd) is closing for good this time:

 

[blossie33]

Looks like Black Cat cafe (Pogo to the sightly older crowd) is closing for good this time:

I had to check where the cafe was (Clarence Road, Lower Clapton) I don't think I've ever walked past it.
Shame it's having to close.

 

[Sue]

Looks like Black Cat cafe (Pogo to the sightly older crowd) is closing for good this time:

That's a shame, I'd no idea it was in trouble (and I live pretty close and go there from time to time). Did a great brunch and was always very busy when I went in. (And much better than the Pogo cafe incarnation where I once had cake I'd have sworn was made of whale blubber if I hadn't known it was a vegan cafe.)

 

[klang]

I had to check where the cafe was (Clarence Road, Lower Clapton) I don't think I've ever walked past it.
Shame it's having to close.

It was very nice

 

[klang]

I'd no idea it was in trouble

Me neither, but than I've never been a regular.

Shame, was one of the last cafes with a political theme left in the area.

 

[Pickman's model]

I see max caller has resurfaced, in Birmingham Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[marty21]

I had to check where the cafe was (Clarence Road, Lower Clapton) I don't think I've ever walked past it.
Shame it's having to close.

I walk past it a lot , but have never popped in , mostly because I walk back that way from Hackney Central Station which I use on my afternoon commute most days and I'm not in a popping into a cafe mood at 6ish in the evening.

 

[blossie33]

Re the tree fallen over the part of the New River at the junction of Seven Sisters Road and Amhurst Park - just passed on the bus and noticed guys working on the removal, they've taken the fence down and started sawing up the wood.
The path along side should be walkable soon

 

[marty21]

Re the tree fallen over the part of the New River at the junction of Seven Sisters Road and Amhurst Park - just passed on the bus and noticed guys working on the removal, they've taken the fence down and started sawing up the wood.
The path along side should be walkable soon

I noticed that this morning from the bus - it has taken a while!

 

[andysays]

I also noticed earlier today and was going to post an update.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Ah good. Thames Water asked me about this last week and said they would chase it up.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Witnesses of Stamford Hill shooting sought as woman 'not intended target'

Footage shows two cars speeding by as the innocent victim is left slumped on the ground in a busy street in Stamford Hill

www.standard.co.uk

Eyewitness claims 'woman shot from car window' in Stamford Hill

An eyewitness has claimed that a woman who was injured in a Stamford Hill shooting was “shot from a car window”.

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

Apparently a woman in her thirties got shot in the leg near Morrisons in Stamford Hill. Which is shitty.

But according to twitter it was “Hammas Gunmen” and is all Sadiq’s fault. Which I am mildly sceptical about.

 

[blossie33]

Hackney Police say there is no indication that the incident was hate related.

Stamford Hill: Woman shot in leg was not intended target - Met Police

The victim, a 38-year-old woman, was shot in the leg on Tuesday night in north London.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[pbsmooth]

Hackney Police say there is no indication that the incident was hate related.

Stamford Hill: Woman shot in leg was not intended target - Met Police

The victim, a 38-year-old woman, was shot in the leg on Tuesday night in north London.

www.bbc.co.uk

it was a sign of affection?

 

[blossie33]

it was a sign of affection?

I doubt it!

 

[Fozzie Bear]

my guess is fallout from the drugs trade.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

So ironic that “Tommy” “Robinson” would wade in, given his heavy consumption.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Didn’t know about this, but approve. Mad litter and fly tipping recently.

 

[GarveyLives]

Last night, a number of the people in Hackney who do not consider one of the borough's MPs, Diane Abbott, "odious" or "repugnant" or whose response to the mention of her name is "I can't stand her!!", responded to the decision of Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP to suspend her from the parliamentary Labour Party for nearly eleven months while his officials "investigate" a two paragraph letter which was 7-8 sentences in length, following the news this week that the Conservative Party's principal financial donor has called for her assassination.

Related footage and discussion of last night's protest appears below:

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An update on developments:

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[Sue]

This isn't good. Assuming gang related?

Armed police flock to busy Dalston road with multiple cordons in place after shooting

A major emergency services presence has been pictured at the scene of a shooting in Dalston.

www.hackneygazette.co.uk

 

[klang]

I'm actually getting an add for cheap last wills in that article.

 

[blossie33]

I'm actually getting an add for cheap last wills in that article.

Yes, I got that pop up too!

 

[blossie33]

BBC this morning ...

Hackney shooting: Child and three adults injured in Dalston

The child is in a serious condition after the four were shot near an east London restaurant.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[marty21]

BBC this morning ...

Hackney shooting: Child and three adults injured in Dalston

The child is in a serious condition after the four were shot near an east London restaurant.

www.bbc.co.uk

Heard about it last night, was it a Turkish restaurant ? Echoes of Murder Mile when the Turkish/Kurdish gangs went for it.

 

[Sue]

Heard about it last night, was it a Turkish restaurant ? Echoes of Murder Mile when the Turkish/Kurdish gangs went for it.

Yes.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

The accursed Standard has a bit more info:

CCTV shows drive-by gunman as girl, 9, fights for her life after restaurant shooting

Witnesses said gunman, riding on a stolen motorbike, sprayed bullets towards diners who dived for cover

www.standard.co.uk

Drive by shooting (motorbike). 5-6 shots into Evin restaurant.

Grim.

 

[klang]

The accursed Standard has a bit more info:

CCTV shows drive-by gunman as girl, 9, fights for her life after restaurant shooting

Witnesses said gunman, riding on a stolen motorbike, sprayed bullets towards diners who dived for cover

www.standard.co.uk

Drive by shooting (motorbike). 5-6 shots into Evin restaurant.

Grim.

fuck.

Been going to Evin's for years.