Posts by Lizzie McAllister
Hackney 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
Read MoreHackney school receives prestigious award for student outcomes
The Bridge Academy was awarded a SSAT Award in recognition of its student attainment
Read MoreRio Cinema founder Clara Ludski to be honoured memorial plaque
The Hackney Society is currently fundraising for the plaque and hopes to unveil it next month
Read MoreCharity tackling furniture poverty among London’s children launches campaign with Shoreditch installation
More than 700,000 children in London live in poverty, according to The Childhood Trust
Read MoreHackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children
The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’
Read MoreDemand for Hackney Foodbank rises by 300 per cent in six years as cost of living crisis rages on
Nearly two thirds of the food bank’s emergency meals go to children
Read MoreFormer Labour councillor defects to Green party during council’s annual budget meeting
First elected as a Dalston ward councillor in 2014, Soraya Adejare has represented Brownswood residents since 2022
Read MoreRewilding group ‘devastated’ as Kingsland Basin ‘silenced of its birdsong’ by maintenance work
The Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston (WGH) say their efforts to support wildlife living in and around the Basin have been thwarted after grounds maintenance workers cleared the area of vegetation
Read MoreRidley Road Shopping Village to close following ‘ongoing antisocial behaviour’
The indoor market in Dalston will be temporarily shut from 31 March 2026
Read MoreMet Police trialling use of handheld facial recognition technology, mayor confirms
Sadiq Khan confirmed the six-month trial, which involves around 100 devices, following questioning by Zoë Garbett
Read More‘Belter for the Shelter’ benefit night sees comedy legends raise money for Hackney charity
The comedy night will raise funds to allow homelessness charity Hackney Night Shelter to continue to provide its vital services
Read MoreCouncillor calls for ‘powers to intervene’ as review into other Mossbourne schools launched
A review of Mossbourne’s schools in Thurrock is now underway following the publication of a damning report into practices at one of its Hackney academies
Read MoreHackney primary school scoops up prestigious award for ‘inspiring’ music programme
Rushmore Primary School in Lower Clapton won the Outstanding School Music Department at the Music and Drama Education Awards 2026 last week
Read More‘Lifeline’ men’s social group fights for survival with funding running out
The future of The Hackney Dudes is under threat with funding for the social group set to end within weeks
Read MoreStoke Newington venue under threat as bosses scramble to ‘save’ historic space
The Old Church’s director says urgent repair work is needed to secure the future of the much-loved music venue
Read MoreCampaigners fight to ‘save Brick Lane’ amid proposals for data centre on historic site
Brick Lane is home to markets, independent shops and restaurants, and London’s largest Bangladeshi community
Read MoreHackney residents urge council to ‘open our roads’ and scrap ‘excessive’ LTNs
Campaigners gathered outside Hackney Town Hall this week objecting to the ‘excessive’ roll-out of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Read More‘It appals me’ — councillor resigns from Labour Party ‘to continue to fight for change’
The councillor has represented the same Hackney ward for more than a decade
Read MoreFormer Mossbourne Community Academy students call for government inquiry into nationwide school practices
Ex-students and parents have urged the government to look into the long-term impact of school culture on pupil mental health
Read More‘Groundbreaking’ community alliance launches to ‘campaign for political alternative’ in Hackney
Hackney Independent Socialist Collective, one of the UK’s newest political parties, has joined forces with four other local organisations and will launch their collaboration later this week
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