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Abuse and neglect reports double in Hackney, rising at twice national rate
Council points to awareness campaign as numbers jump from 660 to 1,261
Read MoreTitbits – Quiet consultations and confusing quotations
More on the Town Hall’s communication problems in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreStoke Newington Town Hall revamp is ‘not a sell-off’, says Mayor as cabinet agrees site’s future
Plans include shops, cafés and live music but would protect children’s library
Read MoreLeader – A winter’s tale
An emboldened community, more than paradoxical housing policy, will help in the fight against homelessness
Read MoreThree Elvises and posh nosh for Hackney’s older folks this Christmas
Weekly event for ‘swanky’ senior citizens hopes to ‘forge new friendships’ at a lonely time of year for some
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido: £1.5 million contract and still no reopening date
FoI request from local resident shines light on ‘chaotic’ project
Read MoreHackney has more than 1,000 empty homes – amid ‘urgent’ housing crisis
Borough has tenth highest number of homeless people in the UK, according to leading charity Shelter
Read MoreWilton Estate residents ‘excited’ by rooftop solar farm bid
Community group Hackney Energy backing residents’ pitch for City Hall funding
Read MoreHaggerston Baths revamp approved by cabinet as Mayor ‘sad’ plans don’t revive historic swimming pool
Town Hall rubber-stamps Castleforge plans as Mayor pays tribute to campaigners
Read MoreHackney parents slam ‘catastrophic’ plans to cut high needs funding
Council’s proposal to ‘speed up funding process’ could see support slashed by up to 90 per cent
Read MoreHaggerston Baths: Future to be decided next week – but no new pool
Preferred bid for iconic building’s redevelopment to go before Cabinet on Monday
Read MoreCouncil issues stubborn response to Hackney Today legal threat
Government has ordered the Town Hall to cut back its freesheet by February
Read MoreCharity launches urgent £100k appeal to save playground for disabled children
‘Lifeline for hundreds of families’ facing closure due to lack of funding
Read MoreBroken masonry ‘crashes 100 feet’ from London Fields council block
No reports of injuries so far after debris was left scattered across the road next to Morland Estate
Read MoreControversial PSPO is back in Hackney – but ‘only relates to alcohol’
The council axed its previous PSPO in 2015 after it was slammed for ‘criminalising the homeless’
Read MoreRaising Hackney: Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrate Northwold Estate community centre
The community centre is celebrating a new name and the involvement of a new charity
Read MoreCouncil to hand out flowers ahead of domestic violence awareness drive
Town Hall supporting UK charity’s ‘Blooming Strong’ campaign with 16 days of activism
Read MoreHackney Quakers make amends for disowning radical anti-slavery dwarf 300 years ago
North London branch hoping to ‘resuscitate the memory’ of revolutionary abolitionist Benjamin Lay
Read More‘Deliberately unclear’: Residents slam council over ‘misleading’ Dalston plans
Scathing consultation response leads council to accept ‘distrust’ over its motives for regeneration
Read MoreGrenfell: Over 100,000 people join call for £1 billion Whitehall sprinkler fund
Labour’s ‘Make Homes Safe’ petition was hand-delivered to the Treasury today
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