Homerton Hospital boss warns it will take ‘months, not weeks’ to replace staff at beleaguered fertility unit
Acting chief executive Dylan Jones urges patients to get in touch with concerns after staff shortages forced the hospital to pause treatment
Read MoreSix patients with monkeypox are being treated at Homerton Hospital
Medics say virus ‘does not spread easily’ and the risk to the general population is ‘low’
Read MoreCelebrated cartoonist to shine light on people who feel invisible with Hackney art trail
Henny Beaumont – inspired by her daughter, who has Down’s Syndrome – is teaming up with businesses for a public exhibition in July featuring work by people with disabilities
Read MoreNoci, Islington Green, food review: ‘Bubbling atmosphere but a lack of Italian flair’
There’s an impressive buzz around Louis Korovilas’s new venture, but it’s missing some individuality
Read MoreNewly-elected Hackney Labour councillor Tom Dewey resigns
De Beauvoir voters will be going to the polls again once by-election is called
Read More‘Violent disorder’ at Dalston protest: Met’s ‘disproportionate and inflammatory approach’ raises concerns over policing – again
Operation to clamp down on street robberies involving scooters escalated into ‘violent scenes’
Read MoreParents call for measures to tackle speeding motor traffic outside Hackney New School
Council ‘needs to act now and create a School Street’
Read MoreCalls for energy pre-payment meters in public places to help families in need with fuel bills
‘I would like it if food bank distribution centres had a way to pay for fuel donations’
Read MoreSaved for next time: Covid documents to be archived for ‘future generations’
The plans and operational paperwork will be kept available, should future public health officials need to learn lessons from the two-year crisis
Read More‘Populist hobby horses rather than tackling the cost of living crisis’ – Mayor responds to Queen’s Speech
‘Instead of tackling the cost of living crisis, today’s proposals showed the Government seems bizarrely preoccupied’
Read MoreCouncil sorry after disabled candidate unable to mount stage for election results announcement
Independent Network candidate Peter Smorthit was stunned when he realised he would not be able to get on
Read MoreLocal elections 2022: ‘Exhilarated’ Greens celebrate winning two seats in Hackney as Labour maintains firm hold
Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock elected in Dalston and Hackney Downs – two wards where the party narrowly missed out in 2018
Read MoreLabour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney
Glanville glides home with 59 per cent of the vote, but insists the victory ‘is about a new administration’
Read MoreLocal elections 2022: Parties drive home key pledges as Hackney gears up for some tight races
LTNs, housing, the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency are major battlegrounds
Read More‘We need to make violence against women and girls a political priority,’ says Women’s Equality Party candidate
Tabitha Morton, the party’s co-deputy leader, is competing for a council seat in Clissold
Read More‘All SEN students deserve help’: Election candidates from Hackney and Islington sign up to community manifesto
Election hopefuls hear powerful testimony at event hosted by Hackney and Islington Citizens
Read More‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal
TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’
Read MoreVolunteers begin project to make River Lea an ‘oasis for wildlife’ again
Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston team up with council staff to plant vegetation and build habitats along the eroded riverbanks
Read More‘Face our shared history with honesty’: Hackney to play host to major art initiative on transatlantic slave trade
The World Reimagined will create educational walking trails featuring works by high-profile artists
Read MoreMariam, The Old Church, stage review: ‘Stand-out performances carry dialogue-heavy script’
This adaptation of Elizabeth Cary’s 1613 play picks up in the second half
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