Thousands of renters around the borough have been impacted by Hackney Council’s public admission that the housing department’s internal reorganisation directly led to a high rise in past-due safety checks, especially electrical inspections. The restructure made an already serious backlog worse, pushing overdue electrical safety inspections from 15,000 to 18,000 homes. Officers admitted the backlogContinue reading “Hackney Council Is Behind On Housing Safety Checks After Restructuring”
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An Innocent Man Wins An Enormous Payout
A man was wrongfully arrested and detained at a Hawaii state psychiatric hospital for two years in a case of mistaken identity. Joshua Spriestersbach, 55, had been living on the street in 2017 when police arrested him for offences perpetrated by another man named Thomas Castleberry. At the time, Castleberry had already been incarcerated in Alaska since 2016, accordingContinue reading “An Innocent Man Wins An Enormous Payout”
The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable
The death of a 20-year-old described as a “beautiful soul” was directly contributed to by the non-availability of an in-patient bed in a Mental Health Assessment Unit, a report has concluded. Jack Peatling spent six days at home awaiting a bed before taking his own life on June 5, 2023. A prevention of future deathsContinue reading “The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 