Tom Dewey inquiry: Council refuses to make public the terms of reference
Town Hall bats away requests for more information about the limits of the investigation
Read MoreCampaign group urges council to serve only plant-based food
Councillor argues wrong to ask people to continuously ‘make sacrifices’ towards net zero
Read MoreCouncil won’t ‘engage in foreign policy’ over Gaza conflict says Mayor Woodley
“I barely dare speak, because I feel we’re in a room of bear traps’
Read MoreCouncil is ‘on wrong side of history’ says Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Committee refuses to hear deputation because of concerns about ‘community cohesion’
Read MoreInterim chief executive’s contract to be extended
Dawn Carter-McDonald to continue in role until next summer
Read MoreMuch-loved Hackney Playbus celebrates 50-year anniversary
The education charity, known for the double-decker it has converted into an early years’ play space, threw a well-attended party to mark the occasion
Read MoreTitbits – Nil, nought, nothing and some Olympic puffing
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Homes and a way
‘Having a roof over one’s head is a basic social right’
Read MoreCampaigners press for action on accident blackspot
Two collisions have occurred near busy junction
Read MoreRough sleepers and single homeless crisis: ‘We are on a cliff edge’ – councillors warned
Services stretched as demand increases
Read MoreCouncil to train hate crime champions
Volunteers to challenge prejudice
Read MorePoor housing shreds people’s mental health warns expert as thousands still living in temporary accommodation
Call for residents to unite over housing issues
Read MoreHackney car mechanic sings ‘Stand by Me’ for crowdfunder to save his garage
Len Maloney has run JC Motors from a railway arch in Haggerston for 22 years – but rent rises have left him facing an uncertain future
Read More‘Hard to accept’: Community rallies around reservoir café at risk of closure
Residents launch petition to save West Reservoir Café in Woodberry Down after owner is served with closure notice
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier faces calls to resign after abstaining on vote for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Protesters outside Hackney Town Hall urged the Labour MP to consider her position
Read MoreWaiting list for allotments in Hackney to reopen for first time in half a decade
A hundred members of the Hackney Allotment Society will be added next February
Read MoreThames Water to cut down 80 trees to protect pipes beneath Hackney woodland
Utility giant’s plans receive backing from local conservationists as it aims to ‘keep taps flowing for customers’
Read MoreSputnik Sweetheart, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘Spinning and spinning’
A ‘lack of emotional clarity’ hampers this adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel
Read MoreHackney man admits criminal damage of Israeli embassy
75 year-old John Harvey threw a tin of red paint
Read MorePortia Coughlan, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Impressive depiction of crumbling mental health’
Marina Carr’s drama features a ‘jaw-dropping’ lead performance, but is somewhat let down by its ‘unrelentingly pounding’ subject matter
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