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Businesses and unions demand an end to council’s fossil fuel investment
Local support grows for Divest Hackney as UNISON, Grow, Arcola and Green Schools Project among backers
Read More‘One in ten adults in Hackney struggle to read’: Meet the charity trying to change the story
Read Easy UK chose the borough as the place to begin its expansion into London last year – team leader Serena Naismith explains why
Read MoreLondon Renters Union slams Town Hall for ‘vindictive conduct’ towards Marian Court resident
Local MP Meg Hillier dragged into long-running row after council uses email written in support of her constituent Shahbana Bibi to withdraw its duty to find the mother-of-four a home
Read More‘Life is strange’: Soho House’s Concrete Space secures later opening hours
Councillors rebuke solicitor for ‘flippancy’ as popular event space awarded 4am closing time
Read MoreBridport House residents given a year to find new homes as Town Hall sues building firm over ‘serious construction errors’
Council apologises for failures of oversight as 41 families face ‘immense upheaval’
Read MoreTown Hall cancels Stoke-on-Trent move for homeless single mum
‘The stress is never finished,’ says abuse survivor as council says a move ‘further afield may be suitable in future’
Read MoreHackney ranked greenest London borough and third in UK for emission reductions
Green activists say ‘we must not rest on our laurels’ as schemes encouraging walking and cycling credited with 43 per cent drop in emissions
Read MoreTown Hall introduces glyphosate ‘no-spray’ zone in Homerton
Council ‘commended’ for policy by Pesticide Action Network as campaigners call for wider ban on controversial chemical
Read MoreLiberal Democrat activists accuse Town Hall of ‘completely losing control’ of fly-tipping
Council’s own figures still in doubt as pledge made to develop system to ‘more accurately map’ locations of fly-tips
Read MoreAnother single mum given days to choose between Stoke-on-Trent or homelessness
Council’s Move On Team present abuse survivor with relocation hundreds of miles away as supporters warn move could ‘reverse’ her recovery
Read MorePolice unconvinced over Pizza East’s plans to stay open all night
Town Hall to decide next week on Shoreditch venue’s bid to stay open till 6am
Read MorePembury Estate residents outraged as playground locked for months – to everyone but private owners
Peabody Trust apologises as Hackney Mayor condemns segregated play areas as ‘divisive and draconian’
Read MoreFood charity puts out call for volunteers in Hackney after £20k funding boost
The Felix Project, which distributes grub to good causes across London, will train up 25 out-of-work youngsters
Read MoreHandful of leaseholders resist council plans for Woodberry Down redevelopment
Over 40 per cent of homes for private sale on estate gone to overseas buyers so far as council argues scheme ‘beyond credible challenge’
Read MoreDancing babies and woolly trees: Next month’s Hackney Carnival set to be ‘biggest and best yet’
Yarn-bombing and baby disco added to 8 September line-up, alongside the iconic parade through the new Hackney Central location
Read MoreAnother round? London Fields Brewery returns to its original home after five-year absence
Team reveals it is once again making beer in the arches where it all began back in 2011
Read MoreDaubeney Fields playground transformation an ‘instant hit’ with families
Council and local community turn ‘bleak’ 1970s rec ground into a natural play space with an outdoor classroom
Read MoreCharity appeals for volunteers to help blind people in Hackney use specially adapted radios
British Wireless for the Blind Fund’s devices allow people to enjoy podcasts, books, talking newspapers and more
Read More‘Real sense of history’: Family photos donated by Hackney women on display at Sutton House
Cherelle Sappleton’s exhibition, featuring snaps gifted by the local community, offers a highly personal glimpse into the borough’s past
Read MoreCouncil forced to cut back Hackney Today after court rejects its appeal
Hackney Mayor ‘extremely disappointed’ as Town Hall considers how to replace its controversial freesheet
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