For 16 years, I have met up with five friends for an annual yomp in the English countryside – and we are enjoying that companionship more than ever<br>
By Jim Dunton2021-06-03T06:00:00
Practice commissioned to lead work on New Spitalfields and Leyton Mills urban design strategy and development framework
Gort Scott has been commissioned to develop a blueprint for the redevelopment of a 25ha swathe of east London that could host up to 5,700 new homes.
The practice is leading work on the future of the New Spitalfields and Leyton Mills area of the Lea Valley, to the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, alongside public-realm specialist We Made That and consultants Hatch, Sweco, Cushman Wakefield and Turley.
New Spitalfields Market is due to relocate to a new base at Barking Reach in 2026, while the framework area’s other key elements are Temple Mills Bus Depot, the Leyton Mills Retail Park and the Eton Manor section of the Olympic Park.
Two men convicted for murder of Chad Gordon
News • May 25, 2021 20:00 BST
[Victim: Chad Gordon]
Two men have been convicted for the murder of a man who was shot and killed on his own doorstep in Finsbury Park.
Chad Gordon, 27, was shot as he opened the door to his address in Wiltshire Gardens, N4 on the evening of 18 May 2020. He was the victim of mistaken identity in an escalating feud between two local groups.
At the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 25 May two men were convicted as follows:
- Mason Sani-Semedo, 19 (05.09.01) of West Green Road, Tottenham was found guilty of murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
By Press Association 2021
Duijvenbode arrives at a previous court hearing (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
A houseboat owner has been warned he faces “substantial” fines for breaching Covid-19 regulations after police broke up illegal parties on his vessel, including one believed to have been attended by more than 70 people.
Jordy Nicholas Van Duijvenbode, 31, pleaded guilty to holding a gathering of more than 30 people and a second charge of participating in a gathering of two or more people in an indoor space.
Police were alerted by members of the public to reports on February 5 and February 13 that large music gatherings were taking place on his canal boat while London was under lockdown restrictions, east London’s Stratford Magistrates’ Court heard.