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GP practice for homeless people wins ‘Outstanding’ rating from health watchdog
Greenhouse Surgery director describes Care Quality Commission accolade as ‘an honour’ and welcomes ‘wonderful’ feedback from patients
Read MoreCampaigners ‘mystified’ over Diane Abbott’s failure to sign fossil fuel pledge
Hackney MP’s team cites ‘Shadow Cabinet protocol’ and unfair media scrutiny
Read MoreResidents to boycott Finsbury Park Post Office stationery shop over merger
Campaigners hoping to save the current Crown Post Office drum up support as deadline for public consultation looms
Read MoreOlder people’s charity urges Hackney residents to ‘make a difference’ in new pilot project
Royal Voluntary Service launches trial in the borough which aims to reduce loneliness and ambulance call-outs for elderly neighbours
Read MoreEx-Hackney bigwig plugs hate crime app in acid attacks letter – despite her own statistics
Only one of London’s 526 acid attacks is being treated as a hate crime
Read MoreA-level results: Hackney falls short of national average despite rise in top grades
Borough’s 2017 cohort defies curriculum upheaval to maintain the gradual improvement in grades seen over recent years
Read MoreRashan Charles: Full inquest delayed until next June
Grieving family must wait 10 months as coroner says it is ‘impossible to hold it sooner’
Read MoreHackney students get their A-level results
On the day pupils get their grades, we bring you the latest from schools across the borough
Read MoreMayor hails reopening of ‘fascinating’ Abney Park Chapel
‘Huge milestone’ reached as Stoke Newington’s gothic landmark is made available to the public for the first time since 2013
Read MoreLGBT campaigners victorious as Joiners Arms saved from demolition – for now
‘The Joiner’s Arms is more than just a pub. It’s a community to the people who went there.’
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido reopening faces further delay
Council to ‘announce opening date soon’ as swimming pool refurbishment is hit by fresh setbacks
Read MoreGrenfell: Public inquiry must be ‘broad and open’, says Hackney’s mayor
Philip Glanville says ‘no stone must be left unturned’, including the role of contractors, as he sets out Town Hall’s position in letter to inquiry chief
Read More‘Senseless’: Hackney Wick campaigners renew calls to halt Vittoria Wharf demolition
Local politicians also express concerns over LLDC’s plans to tear down the site and replace it with a bridge
Read MoreEight-month fight to get tenancy deposit back from letting agent
‘I felt very under pressure to accept the partial return of my deposit, given the length of time this nightmare has been going on’
Read MoreRashan Charles: Package found in his throat was ‘mixture of paracetamol and caffeine’, IPCC confirms
‘No cause of death has yet been provided’, says Commissioner Cindy Butts
Read MoreRashan Charles: Swallowed object ‘not a controlled substance’
New forensic analysis ‘seems to put the focus on the force that was used to restrain him’, says Lib Dem spokeswoman Pauline Pearce
Read MoreDecades-old children’s charity pleads for council ‘rescue package’
Albion Kids Show, which runs play sessions on Hackney estates, blames imminent closure on lack of funding and ‘devastating’ £16k rent hike
Read MoreGrenfell: Hackney publishes first Fire Risk Assessments for council blocks
Town Hall to release FRAs for its social housing ‘over the coming weeks and months’, as Information Commissioner urges all councils to be ‘proactive’
Read MoreGrenfell: Hackney rehired Lakehouse for £5m contract despite fraud probe
Town Hall says it was left with ‘no choice’ but to appoint Lakehouse to fit heating systems on Hackney estates
Read More‘Stand together’: Rashan Charles family call for calm at vigil at Stoke Newington police station
Gathering follows night of violence sparked by death of Rashan Charles following his arrest
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