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Volunteer group using dogs to fight loneliness finds a new home for 2019
Pets Against Loneliness to start up again after renovation work at its old meeting spot put its plans on hold
Read MoreHackney celebrates LGBT History Month as schools exemplify ‘accepting and supportive approach’
Hackney Museum event to share ‘lively first-hand accounts of how people have created places of belonging’
Read MoreTown Hall plans ‘big discussions’ over coming years to address recycling rate
Levy on waste disposal could cost borough an extra £5m a year
Read MoreLabour’s Meg Hillier rules out defection but reveals hopes for a vote on second referendum
The Hackney South MP hints that she could break with official party policy next week to back a fresh public vote
Read MoreLocal illustrator meets former Dragon’s Den star after winning his Twitter business contest
Allan Thompson triumphs in Theo Paphitis’ weekly social media competition – earning a retweet to the tycoon’s 490,000 followers
Read MoreCouncil’s Troubled Families programme under threat amid funding uncertainty
Young Hackney, Youth Justice and Family Support Services also part of ‘high-level savings’ review
Read MoreCouncil tax could rise 4 per cent each year as Town Hall stares down £30m budget gap
Hackney Lib Dems say rates should have been increased earlier ‘in sensible increments when the borough really needed it’
Read MoreMayor hits out at ‘Orwellian stitch-up’ of urban council funding proposals
Potential removal of deprivation levels as factors in Town Hall cash allocation slammed as ‘continuation of austerity’
Read MoreHackney Downs councillor calls for abolition of ‘no-fault’ evictions
‘Tenants being forced to leave their home for no good reason is a disgrace’
Read MorePoignant portraits of missing people to feature in charity’s anniversary exhibition
Unmissable, part of next month’s Other Art Fair in Shoreditch, marks 25 years since the founding of the Missing People charity
Read MoreTown Hall’s anti-bullying training abandoned as not one councillor signs up
‘Councillors do not seem interested in preventing bullying and harassment,’ says union officer
Read MoreSmash up paving and make space for nature at groundbreaking 10xGreener event
‘If a lot of people make a little space, we can make a difference’, says postcode gardener Kate Poland
Read MoreNutty by nature
Our resident food historian cracks open the secrets of our seedy snacks
Read MoreTown Hall thanks campaign group for bringing to light incorrect air quality data
‘Human error’ blamed as CleanAir4Schools renew calls for independent study
Read MoreA&E waits at the Homerton hit worst level in over a year as cold weather bites
Despite missing the four-hour target, the hospital remains one of the country’s top performers
Read MoreMajor Whitechapel Gallery exhibition to ‘shine light’ on London’s imperiled LGBT+ venues
Queer Spaces will look at how recent closures across the capital have affected the community
Read MoreCost of bankrolling freedom passes more than doubles since 2007
Transport chief calls for ‘meaningful investment from central government’
Read MoreCampaign group casts doubt on accuracy of council’s air quality monitoring
‘Even a metre makes a difference’ say campaigners as errors found in Town Hall’s air quality annual status report
Read MoreHackney-based app for blind people wins start-up award and £35k in funding
Wayfindr, a non-profit founded in 2015, helps visually impaired people travel indoors
Read MoreHomerton Hospital to launch new exhibition honouring its long bond with local artist
Painter and former primary school teacher Rosemary Phelps has worked with the hospital for over 30 years
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