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Daubeney 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
Read MoreCouncil to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park
Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018
Read MoreCommunity parklets: Locals invited to apply as council reopens trial programme
Residents can submit ideas to the Town Hall, with plans afoot to add to Hackney’s six parking bay oases
Read MoreNew images offer glimpse into Abney Park’s future – if bid for more funding is successful
Plans signed off recently by Hackney’s cabinet include a café and events space, and further restoration work on the chapel
Read More2019: A Space odyssey
Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘It’s time for the untidy to have a go’
Kate Poland on a budding union of gardens, the joys of shinrin-yoku, and how you can help nature while getting drunk
Read MoreCampaigners to hold Marian Court ‘protest party’ over threats of intentional homelessness
Thursday evening’s protest planned as family event with ‘speeches, food and music’ as campaigners say safe housing ‘a right, not a privilege’
Read MoreCampaigners and council to scrutinise plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Revised proposals to be studied ‘forensically’ as Hackney Mayor keeps up pressure on affordability
Read MorePopular Dalston vintage shop wins right to serve ‘organic wines and small-batch beers’
Councillors say decision ‘not made lightly’ as licence awarded to local Bargain Hunt expert
Read MoreCommunity mourns the death of homeless man in Stoke Newington bus stop
Hackney Mayor announces review into tragedy as crowdfunder set up for memorial
Read MoreHackney rated bottom in England for ‘liveability’ as activists call for change
Liberal Democrats argue for more borrowing to build housing as borough posts low scores in combined index of ‘opportunity, affordability and desirability’
Read MoreMore than 40 Hackney streets could close to traffic for Car-Free Day in September
Council announces plan to ban vehicles from Stoke Newington Church Street on 22 September, with residents encouraged to take part
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion: Free six-month display to be unveiled at V&A Museum of Childhood
The exhibition in Bethnal Green, centred on the activist group’s family-friendly work, is part of a wider partnership that will see its designs go on show at the V&A’s Rapid Response gallery
Read MoreDeath of woman with Down’s syndrome from scabies could have been avoided, report finds
Safeguarding chair calls on borough’s health and care agencies to learn lessons of ‘truly heartbreaking’ case
Read MoreBorough’s top medic to ‘make enquiries’ on privacy concerns over GP receptionists
Health campaigner slams triage practice as ‘showing a lack of trust in patients’
Read MoreDeath by Pizza, London Fields: ‘Vegan pizza good enough for an Italian grandmother’
Young Vegans, who run a pie and mash shop in Camden, bring their latest venture to Hackney – and it’s ‘definitely worth a visit’
Read MoreThree Hackney residents named in national 100 Women in Cycling list
Cycling UK’s annual line-up, which features well-known names alongside grassroots campaigners, recognises achievements in the promotion of women’s cycling
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