Countering the rhetoric: Hackney migrants speak out following a summer of discontent
‘It’s hard to escape the fact that the far-right succeeded in bringing crucial support services to a standstill,’ says Hackney Migrant Centre CEO
Read MoreGeorge Gooch wins London Fields by-election for Labour
Gooch fills seat vacated by former councillor Lee Laudat-Scott
Read MoreGreens swipe Stoke Newington seat from Labour in shock by-election victory
Liam Davis wins with a 19-point swing from Labour
Read MoreThe Band Back Together, Arcola Theatre, stage review: ‘The preciousness of youth’
Writer and director Barney Norris’s tale of fractured friendship stirs up our own halcyon days
Read MoreFire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames
Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer
Read MoreHackney man jailed for life after antisemitic arson attack
‘Offence was motivated by a hostility towards people of Jewish faith,’ judge rules
Read More‘Slum’ planning application for Ridley Road Shopping Village sparks outcry
Proposals from offshore developer reignite gentrification fears
Read MoreWorkers warn council of ‘excessive’ heat in Hackney’s libraries
Staff concerned as temperatures surpass ‘extreme’ level of 29.4C
Read MoreGCSE outcomes in Hackney ‘at or above’ last year’s, council says
Town Hall says borough’s performance bucks national trend of declining English and Maths results
Read MorePolice to propose new safer schools policy for Hackney in wake of Child Q review
The Met’s intervention in schools is still under the shadow of the strip-search scandal
Read MoreHackney’s stance unchanged as neighbouring council divests from firms linked to arms trade
Council insists it cannot withdraw stocks on ethics alone after Waltham Forest pulls investments
Read More‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Read MoreTitbits – Echoes, waves and Britpop faves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLegendary designer Katharine Hamnett backs Oxfam’s Secondhand September campaign
Hamnett visited her local branch in Dalston to support the charity’s #SecondHandSeptember drive
Read MoreFear and frustration over rising anti-social behaviour in Hackney Downs
Police have requested ongoing assistance from council enforcement officers to patrol park
Read MoreTown Hall commits £24 million over four years to upgrade ‘aged’ lift stock
Council admits many lifts have been in use beyond their “natural life cycle”
Read MoreCyber attack: Hackney residents’ anger over ongoing council tax ‘mess’
Council confronts ongoing impact of 2020 cyber attack on services and bill delays
Read MoreHackney Council pushes for DBS checks for elected members
Standards committee recommends council immediately adopts new safeguarding measures
Read MoreNet zero targets: Mayor shrugs off doom and gloom as two-thirds of councils flag lack of funding
‘Despite significant financial challenges, we’re committed,’ says Caroline Woodley
Read MoreGreens and Independents unite in bid to oust Tories as largest opposition in Hackney
Next month’s polls will make it eight by-elections in two years for the council
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