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Guardians of the Arches take sell-off fight to Parliament
Traders up in arms over threat to the future of Hackney’s local businesses
Read MoreTown Hall says half of £20m in Section 106 money is earmarked for affordable homes and transport
Hackney Council rejects claims of ‘sitting on’ millions in unspent housing money
Read MoreFinsbury Park residents announce move to give community a voice on planning
Group to apply for Neighbourhood Forum status to give locals a say on the area’s development
Read MoreOffice rental space available immediately at St Joseph’s Hospice, central Mare Street
The rent from this office space, which is located in a newly refurbished and decorated wing of the hospice, will support funding of their specialist palliative care services
Read More‘Celebrating 25 Years’: council throws party for long-service staff
Recognition for those who have given their whole working lives, including road sweepers, cleaners and library workers
Read More‘Stolen joy’: Community radio station launches fundraiser after burglary
Broadcasting equipment and cash was stolen from Reel Rebels’ studio in Stoke Newington on Tuesday
Read MoreMore than 600 Hackney council homes sold under right-to-buy in six years
Mayor urges government to end ‘arbitrary regulations’ on housing
Read MoreSt Mary’s Church to host ‘community sleepout’ for homelessness campaign
Volunteers will spend a night outside on 29 June – under the billboards that have already set tongues wagging in Stoke Newington
Read MoreHackney libraries get set for 2018’s Summer Reading Challenge
This year’s theme is ‘Mischief Makers’, inspired by the 80th anniversary of the popular Beano comics
Read MoreHackney women awarded MBEs in Queen’s birthday honours
Art gallery director Ingrid Swenson and construction industry giant Kath Moore both receive gongs
Read MoreCurtain (almost) up: Work on new Hackney theatre nears completion
86-year-old Tower Theatre Company set to begin season in September
Read MoreMarian Court demolition and revamp approved with fewer social rent homes
Twelve-storey council scheme green-lit by planning chiefs
Read MoreArtworks by brain injury survivors to feature in new Hackney Museum show
‘The Mind’s Eye’, a selection of art from Homerton Hospital, opens next week
Read MoreTown Hall moots taking government to court over freesheet Hackney Today
Judicial review ‘one option’ after direction to cut paper back to quarterly
Read More‘Overbearing’ London Fields block approved despite neighbour’s privacy fears
Helen Mead said the scheme would mean ‘a wall of windows watching my every move’
Read MoreWoman catches Lyme disease from tick bite at Clissold Park, say residents
Hackney Council says only a small percentage of ticks carry the disease but urges people to check themselves after a park outing
Read MoreLincoln Court residents launch petition against council plans to turn play space into housing
Hackney mayor calls the effort a ‘campaign against council housing during a housing crisis’
Read MoreDalston towers over Eastern Curve Garden approved despite loss of sunlight
Former Speaker calls decision ‘disappointing’ and worries about garden’s future
Read MoreTowers ‘overshadowing’ Dalston Eastern Curve Garden go before planning chiefs
Eight-storey housing scheme has faced public opposition
Read More178 urgent fire safety issues in Hackney blocks ‘outstanding’ ahead of Grenfell anniversary
Council says 94 per cent of issues in housing blocks have been addressed
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