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Hackney 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
Read MoreHomeless men evicted from Mare Street tents by council enforcement team
Police called as men are forced out for ‘obstructing the highway’
Read MoreNeighbour slams ‘horrible’ three-storey London Fields apartment block ahead of planning decision
Resident ‘disappointed’ after council officers recommend granting permission
Read MoreCleaners at Hackney Learning Trust keep jobs and terms after Carillion collapse
Staff have switched to OSC Group with the same working conditions, says council
Read MoreResidents of historic Chocolate Studios up in arms over hotel plans
Businesses housed in former sweet factory also ‘anxious about the future’ amid fears over loss of light
Read MoreCelebration to mark 150 years of the arts in Dalston kicks off this weekend
The area’s long association with creatives began in 1868 with the building of the Reeves and Sons factory
Read MoreJunior doctors at Homerton Hospital are scared to report extra hours
Concerns raised at hospital board meeting about ‘under-reporting’
Read MoreGrenfell-linked Celotex material not used on blocks, says Hackney Council
Housing chief responds to BBC Panorama investigation
Read MoreTown Hall clarifies air pollution policy after Mayor corrects meeting minutes
Demirci says Hackney Council is committed to ‘decreasing’ air pollution
Read MoreHackney Today ‘broke purdah rules’ says election law expert – but council defends ‘purely factual’ page
Local Government Association backs up council position
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