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Saving 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
Read MoreLegendary gay pub The Joiners Arms “back in business” with events on Hackney Road
Parties to be held at Ye Olde Ax club, opposite the original Joiners building, as campaigners fight for an LGBT+ hub in the derelict space that closed in 2015
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Association to host Hackney South hustings on 22 May
General Election candidates to answer the public’s questions at St Peter’s Church
Read MoreParent power on show as ‘huge threat’ of cuts looms over Hackney schools
‘This is not inevitable’, urged campaigners as banners warning of £26 million shortfall were pinned to playground fences across the borough
Read MoreDangerous superbug on the rise at Homerton Hospital, new figures show
Local expert says increase is further evidence of an ‘alarming’ boom in antibiotic resistance across the globe
Read MoreBoy aged 12 caught carrying 8-inch blade in Hackney
Youngster was remanded in custody after being arrested following alleged robbery in Stoke Newington earlier this month
Read MoreClimate campaigners set for Saturday stunt in Hackney
Divest Hackney supporters to chase ‘giant fossil fuel monster’ out of borough in protest at council’s investment strategy
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