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‘You need the community’: Meet the actors building Hackney’s newest theatre
Husband-and-wife team Avital Lvova and James Alexandrou are set to open Playhouse East this month
Read More‘Cost-of-greed crisis’: Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back ‘immediate’ wealth tax
Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January
Read MoreHelp ensure every child has a festive present to unwrap as the Winter Toy Appeal returns
The annual appeal distributes new toys to thousands of children who would otherwise go without
Read MoreCampaigners demand ‘openness’ as council picks architect for Morning Lane rebuild
Morning Lane People’s Space wants to know council’s ‘red lines’ for contoversial regeneration of Tesco site
Read More‘Disgusting’: Parents accuse rival faith school of trying to ‘poach’ children as council plans spark ‘bunfight’
Council urged to intervene after ‘egregious’ visit to Catholic school earmarked for closure
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden ‘very likely’ to close permanently amid funding struggles, organisers reveal
Hoxton-based charity has been active in the borough for nearly three decades
Read MoreCouncil urged to investigate Hackney’s schools following Mossbourne allegations
Councillors say children are ‘suffering under a culture of fear and cruelty’ in some academies
Read MoreCries of ‘betrayal’ as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city
Mayor says council is ‘committed’ to controversial relationship after thousands sign petition to cut ties with Haifa
Read More‘It’s going to get better’: Hackney mayor sanguine as she marks one year in office
Caroline Woodley says ‘we’re still holding onto our hats’ following election of Labour government
Read MoreHackney Council needs to save £67m by 2028, mayor reveals
Predicted overspend rises to £38m as finance chief blames Tory government for Chancellor’s ‘severe’ restraints
Read MoreStoke Newington Town Hall officially ‘at risk’ after being vacant ‘for many years’
Decision by government body Historic England follows rescue of Abney Park cemetery and chapel
Read MoreCouncil unveils ‘safer’ Pembury junction – but campaigners accuse it of abandoning its ‘leadership on cycling’
Local cyclists, still reeling over decision to press on with controversial redesign, claim Town Hall is being ‘dishonest’
Read More‘Landmark day’: Abney Park cemetery saved from heritage risk register
Mayor Woodley welcomes ‘rewilding’ of Magnificent Seven burial ground
Read MoreFresh calls for Hackney to sever ties with Israeli city amid confusion over medical exchange
Homerton and Rambam hospitals’ relationship in doubt after campaigners probe ‘inactive’ arrangement
Read More‘History repeats’: School closures spark growing fears over special needs support
Staff and families to protest outside Hackney Town Hall on Tuesday
Read MoreHackney Council warned about elderly woman’s death just months before cutting falls prevention service
Anoush Summers died in hospital in January following fall at home two days earlier
Read More‘Deeply worrying’: Campaigners blame ‘feeble’ repairs system for Hackney woman’s death
Coroner’s report into death of Sarah McGreevy warned council more action was needed on housing maintenance
Read More‘The work starts now’: Evicted Haggerston mechanic vows to keep fighting for fairer rents
JC Motors boss Len Maloney calls on people to back plans for community-owned premises
Read More‘Catastrophic’: Campaigners blast council over cuts to falls prevention service
Council tells residents that an NHS-funded service will continue for older people at higher risk
Read MoreHackney teachers strike over pay and working conditions following college merger
Sixth form staff at BSix College say treatment by new management ‘feels like attack on community’
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