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Family of Hackney man believes he was killed in London terror attack
Sister of 32-year-old James McMullan says his bank card was found on one of the bodies following Saturday’s attack in Borough Market
Read MoreResidents in last-gasp effort to save old Mecca Bingo hall
Future of iconic Haggerston venue to be decided at planning committee hearing today
Read MoreNumber of people registered to vote has fallen, new figures reveal
Council blames drop on 2014 switch to individual registration despite past criticism over electoral roll inaccuracies
Read MoreHomerton Hospital gets thumbs up from Care Quality Commission
Community services praised by inspectors following wide-ranging probe
Read MoreTitbits – Binnie-Lubbock’s ‘man bun’, an eye on election expenses, and Delingpole on Dalston
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLeader – Schools out in force
Hackney parents are right to protest the government’s plans for so-called ‘fair funding’ for schools
Read MoreSaving Hackney’s strays
Stokey Cats and Dogs founder Elzbieta Gontarska talks about her growing animal rescue service
Read MoreFinsbury Park residents fight ‘tragic’ plans to franchise Post Office
Local MP Diane Abbott says proposal will put ‘jobs in danger’ as she joins protesters on Seven Sisters Road
Read MoreGreen activists blast Coca-Cola’s plastic pollution
‘Our oceans cannot stomach Coke bottles’, say campaigners as they urge locals to join fight
Read MoreHackney parents protest against ‘utterly crazy’ education cuts
Campaigners march on Hackney’s parks as part of nationwide protest against school budget cuts
Read MoreParents to ‘keep up pressure’ over education cuts with park protests
Colourful ‘School Assembly’ action on Friday to feature child-led march and speeches from teachers and politicians
Read MoreTeenage poet takes first prize in hard-fought Hackney talent show
Chifa K wins Alter Ego 2017 to mark start of borough’s long-running youth arts festival
Read MoreHackney South and Shoreditch hustings: full round-up
Your guide to the major talking points during last night’s election face-off
Read MoreCandidates clash at Hackney South and Shoreditch hustings
General Election hopefuls face public grilling at packed-out church in De Beauvoir
Read MoreHackney students triumph in prestigious business contest
Skinners’ Academy pupils win Prince’s Trust Enterprise Challenge after close-run competition with five other schools
Read MoreCitizensUK demands tougher action on rogue landlords in Town Hall protest
Campaigners want council to bring in licensing scheme in Hackney to help combat criminal behaviour
Read MoreGet checked: Prostate Cancer Roadshow for African and Caribbean men to arrive in Dalston on Monday
Charities Orchid and Cancer Black Care will be at Ridley Road Market from 9am – 4pm
Read MoreRent campaigners blockade letting agency to protest ‘daylight robbery’
Tenants’ group targets branch of Savills as it calls on government to ‘stick to its guns on fees ban’
Read MoreTwo teenagers arrested in Dalston for wielding ‘monster’ knife during fight
Youngsters were waving the 10-inch weapon during a fight in the early evening of Thursday
Read MoreCouncil gets candidate’s name wrong in General Election announcement
‘Let’s hope the ballot papers are correct!’ says Lib Dem Dave Raval, who was wrongly listed as Dev on list of hopefuls for Hackney South
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