Posts by Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Windrush Generation public artworks shortlisted for Turner Prize
Artist Veronica Ryan’s sculptures were inspired by her childhood trips to Ridley Road Market
Read MoreLocal and mayoral elections 2022: All the candidates vying for your votes on 5 May
With 57 seats up for grabs in 21 wards, the borough is set for a fierce contest
Read More‘Hope is important’: Labour’s Philip Glanville on challenging the police and ‘fighting Hackney’s corner’ as he seeks third term as mayor
The current borough leader says he will be excited to get on with a ‘job half done’ if he is re-elected in May
Read More‘My life is on hold’: Women waiting for fertility treatment at Homerton Hospital speak out over delays
Hospital apologises for distress caused by ‘extraordinary and unforeseen operational challenges’
Read MoreLiberal Democrat mayoral hopeful says ‘tough talking’ and togetherness needed as she homes in on children’s welfare
Accountant Helen Baxter talks about her priorities for the borough ahead of May’s elections
Read MoreChild Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children
Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school
Read MoreHackney resident speaks out over lack of bike storage as #thisisawkward campaign reveals cyclists’ eye-popping workarounds
Frances Cherry, who has to keep bikes in her toilet and hallway, wants the council to convert car spaces into storage hangars
Read More‘The pandemic has not gone away,’ warns Hackney’s public health boss
Cases in City and Hackney have risen by nearly a quarter in the last week
Read MoreHomerton Hospital forced to cancel operations as staff come down with Covid
Cases are up 24 per cent in Hackney according to the latest set of figures
Read MoreWhat exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office
Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?
Read MoreChild Q: ‘Mortified’ Hackney police chief issues fresh apology to teenage girl and her family
Borough commander Marcus Barnett says he is ‘genuinely sorry’ for the heartache caused
Read MoreGreen Party mayoral candidate calls for ‘deep police reform’ as she outlines her priorities for Hackney
NHS worker Zoe Garbett on Child Q, LTNs, cost of living and giving ‘power back to the people’
Read MoreChild Q: School apologises for teenage girl’s ‘harrowing’ experience
Governing board accepts the child ‘should not have been left in the situation that she was’
Read MoreChild Q: Two officers who conducted strip-search removed from frontline duties
Police watchdog investigating three constables for their involvement
Read MoreChild Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school
People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust
Read MoreChild Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children
Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present
Read More‘Strong about-turn’: Covid cases rise in Hackney following the lifting of restrictions
‘If these figures do continue they are signalling a very, very unwelcome change of trend’
Read MoreRussia conflict: mother recounts journey to escape war at Hackney gathering in support of Ukrainians
A mother spoke at a gathering in Hackney offering support to Ukraine, of the trauma of her escape from her war-torn country after taking cover in a bomb shelter . Fighting back tears Liudmyla described how life in Ukraine changed in a heartbeat. Just a few short days after her arrival in the UK and…
Read MoreMet Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school
Report finds it unjustified and says racism “likely” to have been an influencing factor
Read More‘We can only hope it ends soon’: Hackney Speaker on his bond with Ukraine and his fears for the country following Russian invasion
Cllr Michael Desmond visited Ukraine a number of times during his previous term
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