News & Events: July to September 2006
Green Flag award for Hackney's parks
Mayor Jules Pipe has welcomed the nationally-recognised Green Flag award for two of Hackney's parks. He said "I am delighted that Clissold Park has has its Green Flag re-awarded, and that Haggerston Park has won a Green Flag for the first time. Hackney has more green space than any other Inner London borough, and these awards are tributes to the hard work of park staff and other people who care about our parks."
GCSE results
For the first time in history more than half the pupils in Hackney schools received five or more A*-C GCSE grades. Provisional figures show that 51% of Hackney pupils gained five or more good GCSEs. Mayor Jules Pipe, said, "Four years ago, fewer than one-third of Hackney's kids got 5 good GCSEs - now more than half achieve this - a fantastic result. I pay tribute to the hard work of Hackney's students, as well as the parents, teachers, governors and everyone at the Council and Learning Trust who have helped deliver such impressive results." [Find out more]
Legal victory over Nike
Hackney Council has won a six figure sum from Nike in an out of court settlement after the sportswear giant produced an unauthorised range of clothing bearing the borough's name, and an exact replica of the Council's logo. The £300,000 settlement was based on a percentage of global sales figures of the range, which included trainers, footballs and t-shirts. Nike has apologised to Hackney and agreed to pay all the borough's legal costs as part of the agreement. [Find out more]
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