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Teen pleads guilty to acid attack spree
Seventeen-year-old Derryck John targeted moped riders in a two-hour rampage last summer
Read MoreSchool cleaner strike: Union leaves door open for talks
More than 40 school cleaners to drop their mops in pay row, as union says ‘someone has to do the dirty work’
Read More‘Secretive’ Water Rail bird caught on camera in Woodberry Wetlands
‘They are secretive birds so this is a special sight!’
Read MoreCleaners at six Hackney schools vote to strike over Living Wage and holiday pay
Unite the union warns ‘classroom rubbish will be uncollected and toilets uncleaned’
Read More2017 – a look back at the year of Fake News and flashy jackets
With a brand new year just underway, we reflect on what was a busy 12 months in the borough
Read MoreAll fire risks at Homerton’s neonatal ICU now addressed, hospital confirms
London Fire Brigade expected to lift enforcement notice issued in 2016
Read MorePublic warning after two ‘deliberately killed’ cats found in Hackney
Council’s cat safety expert issues advice amid reports that rabbits and foxes have also died in suspicious circumstances
Read MoreHackney teachers welcome plans to expand school run traffic ban
Four schools to join council pilot designed to improve air quality and road safety for pupils
Read MoreNew Year’s Honours 2018: Awards for influential Hackney residents
Hoxton gallery owner Victoria Miro features in Queen’s annual list
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido to ‘finally’ reopen in January as community chief says sorry for delay
Cllr Jon Burke adds that after £1.5 million repair works ‘there are still snagging items and some quality issues to address’
Read MoreWall power: Dalston teens paint mural around Benyon Estate building site
GCSE art students decorate hoardings with visions of ‘love and loss’
Read MoreVegan fast food outlet Temple of Seitan becomes Living Wage employer, paying Hackney workers £10.20 per hour
Morning Lane restaurant says ‘we hope this can be an example to other businesses’
Read MoreMangle E8: Arthur Collins jailed for 20 years for ‘cowardly’ acid attack in London Fields nightclub
Hackney’s borough commander says Collins ‘recklessly sprayed the substance in a crowded place’
Read More‘Men’s coats please!’: Fresh appeal as winter swap-shop hits 50 donations
Coat exchange at Stoke Newington Library running for a second year in a row
Read More‘Right and proper’: Homerton Hospital to go smoke-free in 2018
Chief nurse says hospital is ‘falling into line’ with total smoking ban
Read MoreNew ‘Hackney Schools Group’ gets go-ahead from cabinet as an alternative to academy trust
‘School-led’ federation agreed at Town Hall meeting now set for public consultation
Read MoreHackney MP Diane Abbott slammed over ‘disingenuous’ Brexit promise
Shadow Home Secretary rows back on pledge to argue for ‘electorate to get a vote on final deal’
Read MoreHackney students in biggest ever Christmas hamper giveaway
Our Lady’s pupils partner up with local supermarkets for their tenth annual food appeal
Read MoreMayor Philip Glanville confirms re-election bid with pledge to build ‘a Hackney that works for everyone’
Glanville running in May 2018 to reduce inequality and invest in schools and housing
Read MoreOfo defends dockless bikes in Hackney following social media criticism
Chinese firm says the majority of its bicycles are used ‘responsibly’ but could not give local figures
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