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‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology
Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties
Read MoreHackney Council staff set strike dates over ‘Deliveroo-style’ housing service
Housing officers are fearful of the Town Hall’s restructure plans and claim around 9 in 10 jobs in their team are at risk
Read MoreHackney man given court summons over council tax despite paying his bill
Hackney Council cancelled the summons as a “gesture of goodwill” but resident Earl Dawkins says they should apologise
Read MoreSame Streets, Different Lives – stories of Whitechapel and Shadwell
Fans of the Hackney and Newham History Social Club podcast will be delighted to hear that a clutch of new episodes has been released
Read MoreFor years we’ve fought’: Hackney studio branded ‘Abbey Road of photography’ beats third demolition bid
Holborn Studios is not to be demolished, after the High Court overruled the Planning Inspectorate
Read MoreWarehouse venue got twice as many supporters as objectors over dancefloor plan – it wasn’t enough
The number of representations made to the licensing committee in support of the application was double those opposing
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden re-opens – months after shock closure
The ‘cherished’ St Mary’s Secret Garden has re-opened with help from Hackney City Farm and Hackney Council
Read MoreGreen Party announces Hackney Mayor candidate for 2026 – and her deputy
Zoë Garbett and Dylan Law explain the change they want to see in Hackney if the party wrests control from Labour next year
Read More‘Protesting genocide is not terrorism’ – Greenpeace activists put up posters at bus stops
A protest against the proscription, organised by Defend Our Juries, is taking place today
Read MoreHackney woman amongst three charged with showing support for Palestine Action
Fiona Maclean to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in September
Read MoreIndefinite ban for Hackney man who left dogs in crates without food or water
Matthew Berry handed lifetime ban following RSPCA investigation
Read MoreLego, books and staff possessions ‘dumped in landfill’ as closed primary school ‘gutted’
Staff at the school were reportedly told to box up and label their belongings – then the removal team came before they had a chance to collect them
Read MoreNHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney
Homerton Hospital to shut clinic in October due to falling patient numbers post-pandemic and rent costs – despite Hackney remaining STI hotspot
Read MoreFundraiser launched to help pay funeral costs of ‘amazing’ Hackney musician
Adrian Owusu, member of local band The Heliocentrics, died in July
Read MorePetition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures
One signatory calls move ‘slap to the face of hard-working families’, but Town Hall says ‘it was a choice we had to make’
Read MoreHomerton health workers celebrate ‘long overdue’ pay increase
Clinical support workers secure wage hike and back pay following lengthy union-backed campaign
Read MoreCouncil to cap e-bike fares and charge carriers £80 to collect badly parked cycles
Local restaurateur say current scheme feels ‘a bit of a Wild West’
Read MoreRSPCA launches investigation after two kittens abandoned near Victoria Park
Animal welfare charity also looking into reports of a man taunting dogs with a live rabbit on Mare Street
Read MoreCampaigners to oppose latest effort to turn historic Victoria Park pub into ‘luxury home’
Campaign for Real Ale to fight plans for 400-year-old Albion pub – just twelve months after previous proposals were rejected
Read MoreHackney man wrongfully convicted of murder launches new fight for compensation
Sam Hallam joins forces with other exonerees to call for legal test to be scrapped
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