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‘A green space for local people’: Residents oppose plan to extend Victoria Park festival season to 75 days

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 15:51
A large festival crowd gathered around a LIDO stage.

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

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Labour calls on Green party mayoral hopeful Zoë Garbett to justify alliance with candidate who described Hamas’ October 7 attacks as an ‘act of resistance’

By Patrick Cardwell | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 14:29
Zoë Garbett

London Labour party: ‘By choosing to align herself with Heather Mendick, Zoë Garbett risks legitimising views that are deeply offensive’

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Hackney residents have three weeks left to apply for free voter ID for May mayoral and councillor elections

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 08:28
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

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

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Ridley Road Shopping Village traders win reprieve after protesters block private security

By Gabriel MacArthur | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 18:23

The standoff marks the latest chapter in a nine-year battle between offshore developers Larochette and Ridley Road vendors

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Residents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool

By Niall Holden | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 08:25
Black and white photo of children playing in large paddling pool.

While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot

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Hackney manhole leak flowing for ‘four years’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 08:20
Reiner Tegtmeyer points at a leaking pothole in the road, water leaks down the curb.

Thames Water has been accused of incompetence and failing to address the ongoing hazard

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Moth Club gets reprieve as council blocks planning bid – but venue ‘not out of the woods’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 09:16
The exterior of Moth Club in Hackney.

Venue celebrates a ‘huge win’ following a 30,000-strong petition to block a controversial flat development on Morning Lane

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Estate regeneration actually leading to ‘degeneration’ – London mayor warned

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 08:58
Zoe Garbett addressing a room of people from a lectern.

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

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Disability group accuses Mayor Sadiq Khan of failing disabled Londoners in nightlife overhaul

By Niall Holden | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 08:41
A crowd of people queue outside a club.

Disability BackUp (DBU) has slammed the proposed licensing system, claiming the policy treats disabled Londoners as if they ‘simply do not exist’

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‘We’re done with platitudes’: NHS staff at Homerton Hospital stage rally over pay

By Patrick Cardwell | Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 08:30
Protestors stand with placards and signs outside Homerton Hospital. "Pay for our skills, so we can pay our bills", one of the signs reads.

Union representatives warn the offer amounts to a ‘real-terms pay cut’ as frontline workers struggle with the rising cost of living

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Council’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 14:49
Richard and Anna Bell stand in front of their Hackney home.

The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority

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‘Bright things in dark places’ – Unseen London photo show pays homage to previously homeless

By Sarah Birch | Friday 27 March 2026 at 13:00
Unseen Tours

This exhibition in Hoxton seeks to challenge public perceptions

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Steve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands

By Patrick Cardwell | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 17:40
Steve Backshall at Woodberry Wetlands

The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event

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Fresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 16:08

The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters

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Hackney Marshes’ ‘Talking Trees’ mystery solved

By Patrick Cardwell | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 15:57

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

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Council closes in on ‘ambitious’ 2026 social housing goal

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 March 2026 at 13:03
What the new developments in Hoxton's Cropley Court could look like

Plans for more than 100 new social rent homes have been rubber-stamped in a bid to meet housing targets

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Police ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 11:10
Sadiq Khan with met police

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

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London’s heat network customers need ‘urgent price protection’, ministers warned

By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 10:53
Radiator

Gas and electricity costs may prove unpredictable as the US-Iran war continues

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Hackney has lowest meningitis B vaccine rate in London as parents share outbreak concerns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 24 March 2026 at 16:27

The meningitis outbreak which started in Kent spread to London last week

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Hackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 23 March 2026 at 14:08

Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds

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