‘A green space for local people’: Residents oppose plan to extend Victoria Park festival season to 75 days
AEG Presents is seeking an extended residency in Victoria Park each summer until 2032, more than doubling the current 28-day threshold for major infrastructure
Read MoreLabour calls on Green party mayoral hopeful Zoë Garbett to justify alliance with candidate who described Hamas’ October 7 attacks as an ‘act of resistance’
London Labour party: ‘By choosing to align herself with Heather Mendick, Zoë Garbett risks legitimising views that are deeply offensive’
Read MoreHackney residents have three weeks left to apply for free voter ID for May mayoral and councillor elections
Hackney goes to the polls on 7 May to elect an executive mayor and 57 councillors. Apply for your free ID before the 28 April deadline
Read MoreRidley Road Shopping Village traders win reprieve after protesters block private security
The standoff marks the latest chapter in a nine-year battle between offshore developers Larochette and Ridley Road vendors
Read MoreResidents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool
While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot
Read MoreHackney manhole leak flowing for ‘four years’
Thames Water has been accused of incompetence and failing to address the ongoing hazard
Read MoreMoth Club gets reprieve as council blocks planning bid – but venue ‘not out of the woods’
Venue celebrates a ‘huge win’ following a 30,000-strong petition to block a controversial flat development on Morning Lane
Read MoreEstate regeneration actually leading to ‘degeneration’ – London mayor warned
In her new report, Green party Assembly Member Zoë Garbett claims Londoners are still suffering from the ‘same failed approach’ despite recent City Hall reforms
Read MoreDisability group accuses Mayor Sadiq Khan of failing disabled Londoners in nightlife overhaul
Disability BackUp (DBU) has slammed the proposed licensing system, claiming the policy treats disabled Londoners as if they ‘simply do not exist’
Read More‘We’re done with platitudes’: NHS staff at Homerton Hospital stage rally over pay
Union representatives warn the offer amounts to a ‘real-terms pay cut’ as frontline workers struggle with the rising cost of living
Read MoreCouncil’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building
The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority
Read More‘Bright things in dark places’ – Unseen London photo show pays homage to previously homeless
This exhibition in Hoxton seeks to challenge public perceptions
Read MoreSteve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands
The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event
Read MoreFresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash
The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters
Read MoreHackney Marshes’ ‘Talking Trees’ mystery solved
Visitors to the Hackney Marshes have been delighted in recent weeks by an informal art trail which has sprung up their, but the creator behind the project had, until now, remained anonymous
Read MoreCouncil closes in on ‘ambitious’ 2026 social housing goal
Plans for more than 100 new social rent homes have been rubber-stamped in a bid to meet housing targets
Read MorePolice ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL
There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons
Read MoreLondon’s heat network customers need ‘urgent price protection’, ministers warned
Gas and electricity costs may prove unpredictable as the US-Iran war continues
Read MoreHackney has lowest meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns
The meningitis outbreak which started in Kent spread to London last week
Read MoreHackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people
Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds
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