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Arcola Theatre awarded £30k for ‘DIY history’ project in Hackney
Volunteers to record stories from marginalised communities
Read More‘Electrified market streets’ coming to Hackney as council unveils plans for 180 more charging points by 2019
Town Hall wants residents to have ‘easier access to low emission solutions’ as part of its drive for cleaner air
Read MoreHackney’s Deputy Mayor welcomes MPs’ SEND inquiry – but campaigners dismiss probe as PR effort
‘We don’t need an inquiry to tell us what’s going wrong’
Read MoreIndependent candidate Vernon Williams would build 500 homeless chalets on parks as Hackney Mayor
‘People are basically being treated as disposable peasants’
Read MorePaper Dress Vintage seeks late licence for music and drinks – as police fear ‘nuisance on the streets’
Mare Street venue says changes would ‘have a positive impact on the area’
Read MorePetition launched by former Hackney councillor calls on government to issue Windrush amnesty
Patrick Vernon OBE looking to attract enough support to trigger parliamentary debate on the future of Commonwealth immigrants who came to UK as children of the Windrush generation
Read MoreHackney parent runs first ever marathon to support disabled children
53-year-old tackling 26.2 mile course shines spotlight on local SEND cuts
Read MoreTown Hall ‘considering options’ after new Hackney Today crackdown order
Latest letter tells council to switch to quarterly by September 2018
Read MoreVideo: Hackney’s mayoral candidates debate at Muslim Centre hustings
Watch the candidates square off at last night’s event in Cazenove
Read MoreNew Shoreditch restaurant Mamarosa’s alcohol and music licence goes to vote
Police ask sub-committee for half hour between last orders and closing time
Read MoreTown Hall events after refurb raise £97k as council hails £12m surplus
Hackney says cost of revamp covered by upkeep savings and rent from off-site buildings
Read More‘Essential housing works face years of delays without government help on fire safety’, says Hackney Council
Town Hall warns roofs could go unrepaired as it responds to a London Assembly report on sprinklers
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Arcola stage set for Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Candidates to spar in Question Time-style exchange from 2-4pm on 29 April
Read MoreIs your ward hot or not? Here are Hackney’s local election battlegrounds
Labour holds 50 of the borough’s 57 council seats, but there is potential for a few surprises in May
Read MoreGreen Party’s Alastair Binnie-Lubbock would ‘give power back’ to residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘If you want to see a change in Hackney you’re going to have to vote for it’
Read MoreWomen’s Equality’s Harini Iyengar would apply ‘gender lens’ to policy if elected Hackney Mayor
‘We have a monolith in Hackney Council and women’s political voices have not been heard’
Read More‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce vows to tackle knife crime if elected Mayor
‘I don’t want it to be the norm in Hackney. Not on my watch’
Read MoreConservative Imtiaz Lunat says he would empower residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘Everything would be done through local people’
Read MoreClapton Common synagogue revamp approved by Hackney planning chiefs
Fifty orthodox Jewish men attend meeting on future of local house of worship
Read MoreMore than 1,000 fire safety jobs in Hackney could still be outstanding on Grenfell anniversary
Forty per cent of priority works breach one-month window as council says it is tackling issues ‘as quickly as we can’
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