Glenkerry Co-operative
@glenkerrycoop.bsky.social
GCHA housing #cooperative may well be last genuinely #affordablehousing in London. Glenkerry House is a #brutalist listed building designed by Ërno Goldfinger
I welcome every bike journey that prevents a motor vehicle journey
Councils and e-bike companies need to find a way of resolving this
Council seizes 1,000 'dangerously parked' e-bikes
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Councils and e-bike companies need to find a way of resolving this
Council seizes 1,000 'dangerously parked' e-bikes
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Kensington and Chelsea Council seizes 1,000 'trip hazard' e-bikes
Kensington and Chelsea Council says residents are
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November 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I welcome every bike journey that prevents a motor vehicle journey
Councils and e-bike companies need to find a way of resolving this
Council seizes 1,000 'dangerously parked' e-bikes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councils and e-bike companies need to find a way of resolving this
Council seizes 1,000 'dangerously parked' e-bikes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows
Around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics
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Around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics
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Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Homelessness higher than official figures, research shows
Around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics
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Around 189,000 families and individuals who faced the worst forms of homelessness such as rough sleeping, sofa surfing and living in tents were not included in official statistics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
V&A East Museum is set to open on Saturday 18 April 2026
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V&A East Museum opening weekend
V&A East Museum opens on 18 April 2026 for a new free cultural destination.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
V&A East Museum is set to open on Saturday 18 April 2026
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London 1980s housing crisis film, Hotel London, about a British Bangladeshi family made homeless in the mid 1980s, shown at the London Film Festival
Writer-director Ahmed Alauddin Jamal said "It's sad that nearly 40 years later it even more relevant"
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Writer-director Ahmed Alauddin Jamal said "It's sad that nearly 40 years later it even more relevant"
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London 1980s housing crisis film remastered for film festival
Hotel London being shown at the London Film Festival is
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November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
London 1980s housing crisis film, Hotel London, about a British Bangladeshi family made homeless in the mid 1980s, shown at the London Film Festival
Writer-director Ahmed Alauddin Jamal said "It's sad that nearly 40 years later it even more relevant"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Writer-director Ahmed Alauddin Jamal said "It's sad that nearly 40 years later it even more relevant"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New £10m bridge over the River Lea planned to connect east London boroughs Tower Hamlets and Newham
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November 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New £10m bridge over the River Lea planned to connect east London boroughs Tower Hamlets and Newham
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Autumn alliteration
🔹Bus depot development
🔹decoy diversion
🔹 Poplar poppies
🔹Bus depot development
🔹decoy diversion
🔹 Poplar poppies
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Autumn alliteration
🔹Bus depot development
🔹decoy diversion
🔹 Poplar poppies
🔹Bus depot development
🔹decoy diversion
🔹 Poplar poppies
Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you
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Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you
Sweeping new rules for renting in England receive royal assent - so what is changing?
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October 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you
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Labour slashes affordable housing from 35% to 20%
and withdraws single aspect and cycle parking guidance
Developers are making £ multi-billion profits, but it's housing affordability, quality & the living environment that are attacked, not profits
Why?
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and withdraws single aspect and cycle parking guidance
Developers are making £ multi-billion profits, but it's housing affordability, quality & the living environment that are attacked, not profits
Why?
www.bdonline.co.uk/news/governm...
Government and City Hall confirm two-year cut in affordable housing requirements from 35% to 20%
Long-awaited package of support to boost housebuilding in London also includes changes to design standards, relief from levies and changes to mayoral powers, in bid to increase density of schemes and improve viability
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October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Labour slashes affordable housing from 35% to 20%
and withdraws single aspect and cycle parking guidance
Developers are making £ multi-billion profits, but it's housing affordability, quality & the living environment that are attacked, not profits
Why?
www.bdonline.co.uk/news/governm...
and withdraws single aspect and cycle parking guidance
Developers are making £ multi-billion profits, but it's housing affordability, quality & the living environment that are attacked, not profits
Why?
www.bdonline.co.uk/news/governm...
What kind of society have we become where our public services "crack down on rough sleepers"?
"TfL spends £113k to crack down on rough sleepers"
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"TfL spends £113k to crack down on rough sleepers"
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October 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What kind of society have we become where our public services "crack down on rough sleepers"?
"TfL spends £113k to crack down on rough sleepers"
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"TfL spends £113k to crack down on rough sleepers"
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Big noisy turnout for the TOWER HAMLETS UNITY DEMO - a peaceful, community protest against racism, Islamophobia and the far-right (originally arranged as a counter demo against a UKIP demo, but thankfully that was cancelled)
¡No pasarán! East London is Anti-Fascist!
¡No pasarán! East London is Anti-Fascist!
October 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Big noisy turnout for the TOWER HAMLETS UNITY DEMO - a peaceful, community protest against racism, Islamophobia and the far-right (originally arranged as a counter demo against a UKIP demo, but thankfully that was cancelled)
¡No pasarán! East London is Anti-Fascist!
¡No pasarán! East London is Anti-Fascist!
Breaking news from Poplar:
It's 6 pm and it's dark already. Next week it's going to be even worse. Much worse. Word is coming through from other parts of the country that the situation there is much the same.
Ends.
It's 6 pm and it's dark already. Next week it's going to be even worse. Much worse. Word is coming through from other parts of the country that the situation there is much the same.
Ends.
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Breaking news from Poplar:
It's 6 pm and it's dark already. Next week it's going to be even worse. Much worse. Word is coming through from other parts of the country that the situation there is much the same.
Ends.
It's 6 pm and it's dark already. Next week it's going to be even worse. Much worse. Word is coming through from other parts of the country that the situation there is much the same.
Ends.
Shame on them
"The government and the mayor of London have agreed to change the quota for the amount of affordable housing for new developments in London from 35% to 20%"
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"The government and the mayor of London have agreed to change the quota for the amount of affordable housing for new developments in London from 35% to 20%"
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London affordable housing quota reduced from 35% to 20%
Sir Sadiq Khan agrees a deal with government to lower quotas to try and speed up housing projects.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Shame on them
"The government and the mayor of London have agreed to change the quota for the amount of affordable housing for new developments in London from 35% to 20%"
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"The government and the mayor of London have agreed to change the quota for the amount of affordable housing for new developments in London from 35% to 20%"
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"Water companies told to refund £260m to customers for poor performance"
"Thames Water – the UK's largest water company - has been penalised the most at £75.2m for its performance in the 2024/25 year"
And guess where they'll get the money from - us!
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"Thames Water – the UK's largest water company - has been penalised the most at £75.2m for its performance in the 2024/25 year"
And guess where they'll get the money from - us!
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Water companies told to refund £260m to customers.
But bills are still due to rise to fund improvements to water infrastructure.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Water companies told to refund £260m to customers for poor performance"
"Thames Water – the UK's largest water company - has been penalised the most at £75.2m for its performance in the 2024/25 year"
And guess where they'll get the money from - us!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Thames Water – the UK's largest water company - has been penalised the most at £75.2m for its performance in the 2024/25 year"
And guess where they'll get the money from - us!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Frozen housing benefits and rising rents feel like 'quicksand'
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Frozen housing benefit see families plunged into homelessness
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October 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Frozen housing benefits and rising rents feel like 'quicksand'
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Glenkerry House from Chrisp Street Market
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Glenkerry House from Chrisp Street Market
Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis?
One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block
@peteapps.bsky.social for the Guardian
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One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block
@peteapps.bsky.social for the Guardian
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October 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis?
One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block
@peteapps.bsky.social for the Guardian
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One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block
@peteapps.bsky.social for the Guardian
archive.ph/IYw0T
Met bans UKIP from protesting in Tower Hamlets
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UKIP banned from protesting in Tower Hamlets over disorder fears
Police say any UKIP members assembling in the area, which has a high Muslim population, face arrest.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Met bans UKIP from protesting in Tower Hamlets
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Rainbow 🌈 over Carradale House (and the bus depot development 😠) just now
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rainbow 🌈 over Carradale House (and the bus depot development 😠) just now
According to Historic England, we are the "coolest example of #Brutalist architecture" 😎
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Brutalist Architecture Explained in 60 Seconds 🏢 #history #london #england
YouTube video by Historic England
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October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
According to Historic England, we are the "coolest example of #Brutalist architecture" 😎
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No trip to the Yabsley St. recycling centre is complete without a photo across the Thames of the Millennium Dome (now with a partially-cleaned canopy)
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
No trip to the Yabsley St. recycling centre is complete without a photo across the Thames of the Millennium Dome (now with a partially-cleaned canopy)
The last time I could see The Shard from my balcony was in 2012 before The Panoramic occluded it
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The last time I could see The Shard from my balcony was in 2012 before The Panoramic occluded it
Disappointing by East London Mosque Trust
But the people using this to whip up hatred and division are even worse
'Inclusive' race bans women and girls over 12
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But the people using this to whip up hatred and division are even worse
'Inclusive' race bans women and girls over 12
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'Inclusive' Muslim Charity Run bans women and teenage girls
The Muslim Charity Run says its
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October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Disappointing by East London Mosque Trust
But the people using this to whip up hatred and division are even worse
'Inclusive' race bans women and girls over 12
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But the people using this to whip up hatred and division are even worse
'Inclusive' race bans women and girls over 12
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Visit City Hall
Did you know that City Hall is open to the public?
(I didn't - I'm going to take a look in the coming week)
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Did you know that City Hall is open to the public?
(I didn't - I'm going to take a look in the coming week)
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Visit City Hall
Did you know that City Hall is open to the public? See inside the cutting-edge architecture, attend a public debate in the Chamber, or simply enjoy a delicious lunch in London’s Kitchen Café.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Visit City Hall
Did you know that City Hall is open to the public?
(I didn't - I'm going to take a look in the coming week)
www.royaldocks.london/articles/vis...
Did you know that City Hall is open to the public?
(I didn't - I'm going to take a look in the coming week)
www.royaldocks.london/articles/vis...
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
Should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers - a son of a bricklayer, born in Poplar in 1905 - be seen as the real father of computing?
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Should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers - a son of a bricklayer, born in Poplar in 1905 - be seen as the real father of computing?
archive.ph/Vwv7d
October 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies
Should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers - a son of a bricklayer, born in Poplar in 1905 - be seen as the real father of computing?
archive.ph/Vwv7d
Should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers - a son of a bricklayer, born in Poplar in 1905 - be seen as the real father of computing?
archive.ph/Vwv7d
Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition
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Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition - The Greenwich Wire
Campaigners have launched a petition calling for control of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel to be transferred from Greenwich Council to Transport for London.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Hand Greenwich Foot Tunnel to TfL, lift campaigners demand in petition
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