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High heels row: Government rejects Hackney campaigner’s demand for law change
Local actor sent home from work for refusing to switch shoes calls Whitehall’s response to dress code inquiry a ‘cop-out’
Read MoreMangle acid attack: Arthur Collins arrested and charged
Collins, 24, and Andre Phoenix, 21, to appear in court today in connection with incident in Hackney which has left two people blind in one eye
Read MoreMangle ‘acid attack’: second victim goes blind in one eye as police make arrest
Detectives continue to hunt Arthur Collins and appeal for information about ‘awful incident’ in Hackney
Read MoreVictim blinded in one eye after Mangle ‘acid attack’ as woman arrested in police raids
The Met searched three Hertfordshire addresses today hunting for Arthur Collins
Read MoreHundreds of Hackney police officers wear body cameras for the first time to ‘reassure community’
500 body worn video cameras could help fight crime, says the Met
Read MoreGeneral Election 2017: Hackney MP Diane Abbott predicts an ‘unpleasant’ campaign – but says Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour can win
MP for pro-Remain Hackney North says Labour’s Brexit will ‘protect living standards’
Read MoreWanted: Towie star Ferne McCann’s boyfriend Arthur Collins over Mangle ‘acid attack’
Police manhunt launched over 20 burns injuries at London Fields nightclub
Read MoreSupreme Court grants appeal in Sam Hallam’s fight for compensation
Court will review whether earlier ruling breaches ECHR on presumption of innocence
Read MoreMangle ‘acid attack’: Arrest warrant served in Hertfordshire leading to unrelated arrests for guns and drugs
Met police confirms arrest warrant issued after London Fields incident
Read MoreVillage Underground lodges plans to turn old ABC cinema into arts venue
Group addresses concerns over future of existing tenants as consultation on Hackney Arts Centre nears end
Read MorePutting in a Shift – ideas from the public sought for new canalside community and business hub
Make Shift’s efforts to ‘transform underused urban space’ are currently being applied to Clarnico Quay, a disused site in between the Olympic Park and Hackney Wick
Read MoreWoodberry Wetlands’ spring line-up revealed
Beekeeping, bat-tracking and outdoor yoga on the menu as Hackney nature reserve celebrates its first birthday
Read MoreBrexit passport contest: ‘Poetic and powerful’ winner revealed
London-based artist triumphs with ‘ambiguous’ fading design
Read MoreLiberal Democrat activist ‘knocks out’ UKIP MEP in Brexit-charged ‘chessboxing’ match
York Hall hosted the political bout of sport that alternates chess and pugilism as a test of mental and physical strength
Read MoreNew wildlife-friendly reedbed coming to Clapton
Waterways charity Thames21 announces results of public poll to pick locations
Read MoreHackney Council to launch ‘innovative’ house-building company
Have your say on the Town Hall’s new housing strategy, which it says ‘could enable more affordable homes to be built’ across the borough
Read MoreTitbits – mediums and misspellings spook council
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreResidents ‘relieved’ after derelict Mecca Bingo hall wins council reprieve
“We are glad that the decision to permit this damaging scheme has been deferred”
Read MoreHackney Citizen wins acclaim at illustrious Newsawards ceremony
Founding editor Keith Magnum ‘proud’ after judges single out newspaper for praise at last night’s industry bash
Read MoreCustoms-made: Brexit passport finalists announced
Hackney design magazine reveals shortlist in unofficial contest to find ‘imaginative’ travel document
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