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Hackney primary school where ‘wellbeing is foundation of learning’ bags mental health award

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 12:20
Pupils at Daubeney Primary School and Headteacher Gregory Logan with the FutureEd Trophy

Daubeney Primary School in Clapton prides itself on fostering an environment where every pupil is known, valued and supported

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NHS worker ‘at breaking point’ as noisy neighbour ‘stops her sleeping for 14 months’

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 16:11
Tower blocks

The social tenant says her noisy neighbour keeps her up throughout the night and says it has been 14 months since she got a peaceful night’s sleep

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Short film celebrates tree lovers on mission to ‘green Hackney’

By Gabriel Stewart | Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 16:02
Tree Musketeers in park

Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run charity bringing together local communities to transform Hackney’s parks into diverse tree-filled spaces

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Mossbourne’s draconian ‘punishment no matter what’ regime linked to pupils’ self-harm and disproportionately targeted Black boys with harsh sanctions, damning report reveals

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 10:45
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Practices including ‘routine shouting’ and ‘public humiliation’ were found to be taking place

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Coroner warns Hackney landlord to act following six-month-old boy’s death

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 December 2025 at 16:44
Poplar Coroners Court

An inquest into the death of Baby Abdullah Ali prompted the coroner to flag concerns over knee-high thick and black mould in his family’s overcrowded flat

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TfL bosses urged to tackle violence against women and girls as offences rise

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 December 2025 at 10:35
Tube

Campaigners have called on Sir Sadiq Khan to address violence and harassment of women and girls on the capital’s tubes and buses

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Commission investigating school inclusion and children’s wellbeing issues call for evidence

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 4 December 2025 at 16:18
School stock image

Hackney’s Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission is conducting a review into how the council and its partners can better support children and young people in the borough

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Winter Toy Appeal hopes for festive miracle so every child can have a merry Christmas

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 3 December 2025 at 12:42

With less than a fortnight before the donation window closes, members of the public are being asked to give away a new toy so children living in extreme hardship can have a special gift to open on Christmas Day

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‘Not your typical high street’ – residents express concern over new Aldi on Hackney Road

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 3 December 2025 at 11:27
Aldi in London

A group of locals have said they are ‘extremely worried’ about the plans

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TfL projects set to become cheaper thanks to planning and financing reforms

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 December 2025 at 11:18
TfL

The capital has seen a number of projects greenlighted in recent years, such as the Elizabeth Line, the Northern Line tube extension and the recent DLR extension

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Scheme to stamp out rogue landlords approved by council

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 1 December 2025 at 16:11
Hackney Town Hall

From May 2026, most private landlords will need to apply for a licence for each property they let out

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MPs celebrate end of two-child benefit cap despite voting not to scrap it last year

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 28 November 2025 at 20:00
Parliament

Previously, almost all parents were prevented from claiming Universal Credit for more than two children

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Hackney faces ‘complete exhaustion of reserves’ without ‘urgent funding’ in Budget says councillor

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 28 November 2025 at 19:12
Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof speaking outside Hackney Town Hall

Campaigners descended on Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday (26 November), the same day the Chancellor made her Budget

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Council’s call for rent controls ‘would not lead to the skies collapsing’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 November 2025 at 18:38
Sam Pallis

Labour-run Hackney Council said the government needs to go further than Renters Rights Bill by empowering it to cap private rents

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Christmas plans in turmoil as 13 East London bus routes impacted by strikes

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 28 November 2025 at 15:49
236 bus on Mare Street

More than 350 bus drivers are expected to walk out in two 48-hour strikes over the festive period, impacting several routes through Hackney

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TfL ‘not on track’ for zero road deaths by 2041 as thousands died on London streets last year

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 November 2025 at 09:56
Busy London road

The Mayor of London has pledged to eliminate all deaths and serious casualties outright by 2041 as part of his Vision Zero Action Plan

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‘There’s real concern’ – Hackney health campaigners hold first rally outside Homerton Hospital

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 27 November 2025 at 20:10
Homerton Hospital

Campaigners have expressed concerns over a potential contract between a Hackney hospital trust and a controversial US data company

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Nine social houses to be built on Clapton estate as council tackles housing backlog

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 27 November 2025 at 11:45
Nye Bevan Estate

The social houses are the first to get the go-ahead of more than 300 the council plans to build in the coming years

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New levy on overnight stays could generate £240 million a year for London

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 November 2025 at 10:25
London skyline

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has welcomed new powers which would allow him to introduce a levy on overnight stays in the capital

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Sir Sadiq Khan vows to protect free school meals despite funding gap

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 27 November 2025 at 09:48
Sadiq Khan

The Mayor of London hailed the scheme as a ‘huge success’ and said it would continue as long as he retains his position

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