How to Fight Loneliness: ‘Show, don’t tell’ – review, Park Theatre
Neil Le Bute’s play is a tale of dark, unforeseen consequences
Read MoreOpposition groups stage Council AGM walkout over ‘assault on democracy’
Green party and Independent councillors slam Labour for ‘stifling criticism’, attacking service failures and position on Israel-Gaza war
Read MoreGP funding boost to free up 55,000 more appointments in Hackney – council says
Local health chief says millions to refurbish two surgeries in borough will ‘take pressure off’ other local healthcare providers
Read MoreMossbourne Federation announces ‘independent review’ into its own complaints procedures
Anne Whyte KC, supported by a team of solicitors at Fieldfisher LLP, is conducting the review
Read MoreCabinet reshuffle triggers opposition concerns over housing failures
Greens welcome housing chief’s resignation as Independent Socialists warn of overloading new boss
Read MoreHackney traders ‘deeply frustrated’ by City Hall delay on community land trust sites
East End Trades Guild say action over affordable workspaces ‘long overdue’ following Town Hall roundtable
Read More‘Unstoppable’: Sustainable food school marks milestone growth
Mayor Woodley cuts ribbon on Hackney School of Food’s new facilities, praising organisers’ ‘extraordinary’ ambitions
Read MoreEncounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘A temporal and cultural journey’
The first in a trio of shows combining the work of sculptor Alberto Giacomettit with that of other artists ‘engages thoughtfully with what we are made of’
Read MoreHackney’s housing chief out in mayor’s cabinet reshuffle
Clayeon McKenzie resigns as head of housing services after nine years, with Guy Nicholson replacing him
Read MoreNew documentary presents ‘intimate portrait’ of beloved Hackney rabbi
‘How to Get On With Everybody’ follows Rabbi Herschel Gluck in his efforts to build bridges between communities
Read MoreTitbits – Dressing down and dressing up
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreArtist embraces unease of being photographed in Shoreditch exhibition
Dianne Minnicucci’s series of portraits capture and revel in the discomfort of being in front of the camera
Read MoreStoke Newington library works enter next chapter as council grants contract
Structural repairs for Grade II-listed reading room expected to start in June following scaffolding collapse two weeks ago
Read MoreFinance chief declines to rule out inflation-busting service charge hikes
Cllr Robert Chapman quizzed over state of borough’s housing revenue account and plans to address ‘unsustainable’ pressure
Read More‘Sex realists’ demand Town Hall changes mixed-facility plans for Kings Hall refurbishment
Equalities chief says council is considering impact of Supreme Court ruling but stresses support for ‘all Hackney communities’
Read MoreCouncil to consult on regulating majority of Hackney landlords
Renters union welcomes ‘first step’ towards widespread licensing scheme this summer
Read MoreHackney HMOs twice as dangerous as rest of England, report finds
Council says roughly one in four houses in multiple occupation have ‘serious hazards’
Read MoreCouncil to close four primary schools as pupil numbers collapse
St Dominic’s, St Mary’s, Oldhill and Sir Thomas Abney schools to shut from September
Read MoreThree Hackney primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial
Thomas Fairchild, Grasmere and Nightingale are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July
Read MoreHackney mayor condemns ‘abhorrent’ graffiti in Clissold Park as police launch hate crime probe
Local politicians react after swastikas daubed in blue paint over playground rocks were reported on last day of Passover
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