Hackney Gazette

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⚠️Thousands of children will have serious questions this Christmas: 🥺About abuse 😢About neglect 💔About isolation ☎️ Help Childline answer more calls and be ready: https://trib.al/FuOXbp3 @[NSPCC]

Calling all budding journalists! Registrations are open for our Young Reporter Short Course ✅ Runs for four months between January and April ✅ Students write one article per month within deadlines ✅ Letter of Recognition for those who complete the course Registration deadline is Friday 17 January, 2025. Want to know more? Get in touch 📧 [email protected] 📞 020 8722 6378 💻 www.youngreporter.co.uk

Tenants living in Hackney Council tower blocks have revealed the 'dangerous' conditions they have to live in. They face repeated problems with leaks and mould, and say that they feel abandoned. The council has claimed it has a "clear plan of action to tackle the issues impacting on the quality of life of those living in both blocks". Read more: https://trib.al/zHe1kIG

Support Childline today

Last Christmas, 5,499 children contacted Childline. Help @[NSPCC] be ready this year - give £20 which could help answer five calls: https://trib.al/sarGoDD

Footage shows the shocking moment a London driver injured a police officer during a car chase. Caleb Ayodele ploughed on with two flat tyres after police used a puncture trap to try to stop him in a chase near Cardiff. Swerving across the road in a BMW with cloned plates, he wrote off a police car and left one officer needing surgery before laughing as he locked the doors when he was finally stopped.

Calling 14-18 year olds! Do you want to be a journalist? 😍

📢 Are you aged 14 to 18 with ambitions of being a journalist? The Young Reporter Scheme - in partnership with Newsquest - is a schools programme giving students in school years 10, 11, 12 and 13 an opportunity to write for a real live online newspaper. Since 2008, the scheme has given thousands of students huge advantages through this unique opportunity. For more information and how to register, head to the Young Reporter website ➡️ www.youngreporter.co.uk This could be the start of your career as a journalist! 🤩

Remember the NSPCC in your Will

It’s so difficult to keep children safe when the world is changing so fast – bringing with it new dangers. We know just how much of a challenge it is – because we’ve been fighting to protect children for 140 years. By leaving a gift to the NSPCC in your Will, you’ll help ensure we’re always there for children. You’ll help us give support, guidance and protection – when it’s needed most. Find out more about gifts in Wills to the NSPCC today. Request your free gifts in Wills guide. https://trib.al/8eGWngb

Calling 14-18 year olds! Have you got ambitions of being a journalist? The Young Reporter Scheme - in partnership with Newsquest - is a schools programme giving students in school years 10, 11, 12 and 13 an opportunity to write for a real live online newspaper. Registrations are open ahead of September's new intake. For more information and how to register, head to the Young Reporter website ▶ https://trib.al/Q347XqJ See what former The Young Reporter Scheme students have to say about the scheme 👇

Are you talking PANTS yet?

Are you talking PANTS yet? Talk PANTS can help children understand that their body belongs to them. With the help of our friendly dinosaur, Pantosaurus, it can be roarsome fun too! ▶ Watch the video 🩲 Learn the rules ✉ Sign up for tips and advice #NSPCC https://trib.al/mRHrzSc

It's National Rollercoaster Day! 🎢 To celebrate - here is some never before seen footage of the UK's tallest, fastest and most weightless rollercoaster, Hyperia at Thorpe Park, being constructed.The mind-blowing timelapse footage shows the complete build which took 3,600 hours to complete over 15 months!

Talk PANTS today

Do you know what to say to keep your child safe from sexual abuse? Talk #PANTS can help you start the conversation - without using any scary words or even mentioning sex. https://trib.al/vTzDgLE #NSPCC

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