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Young man found stabbed in Stoke Newington in latest knife attack
Two people have been arrested for affray and a third person was arrested for affray and possession of a knife.
Read MoreHackney hospice patient Lillian John, 94, aims for Christmas Number One
Great grandmother recorded cover of ‘The Living Years’ as well as music video with 300 others from London Hospices Choir
Read MoreOn the Night Bus, review: London’s own nocturnal animals – in pictures
Taken over the course of three winters, Nick Turpin’s photographs are portraits of ordinary people in that limbo space between work and home
Read MoreCouncil under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme
‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay
Read MoreHackney’s economy ‘at risk of stagnation’ over rates hike, council warns
Town Hall urges government to delay ‘devastating’ increase in business rates amid Brexit fears
Read MoreHackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage
Cinema workers to ramp up pressure on Picturehouse to pay staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour with third walk out in a month
Read MoreHaggerston Park campaigners condemn decision to approve temporary school
Alternative vision for BMX track and nature reserve disregarded as council waves through temporary school plans
Read MoreDalston resident among those fighting bid to start Brexit without vote of MPs
Tahmid Chowdhury, aged just 22, was an interested party in ‘R v The Secretary of State for Exiting the EU’ and plans to attend at least two days of the appeal
Read MoreCharity launches project to prevent sexual abuse of boys in Hackney
Barnados is looking to improve the safeguarding of vulnerable boys and young men in the borough
Read MoreNazi swastikas painted on vans outside Jewish school in Stamford Hill
Community safety chief acknowledges need for reassurance following spate of incidents, but councillor cautions against giving crimes too much publicity
Read MoreLondon Fields residents welcome decision to shelve homes plan
London Fields West LLP last month submitted a planning application – since withdrawn to erect a four-and-a-half storey building containing three flats
Read MoreWarning of ‘Croydonisation’ of Hackney Central under council’s ‘masterplan’ vision
Champions of historic buildings say council’s vision for future of area could strip away protections for St Augustine’s Tower and the surrounding ‘oasis’
Read MorePentonville Prison escapee James Anthony Whitlock arrested in Hackney
Fugitive arrested at address in Shepherds Lane, Homerton, yesterday afternoon after escaping from jail earlier this month
Read MoreHackney Walk: Residents demand action over ‘horrendous alarms’ and ‘endless pop-up parties’
Much-vaunted fashion hub accused of ‘breaking promises about noise and light pollution’ as council ‘drags its feet’
Read MoreCampaigners demand ‘mini Holland’ in Hackney after Walthamstow success
Council accused of ‘wasting an opportunity’ to trial a similar traffic reduction scheme in London Fields
Read MoreMysteries unearthed in Shoreditch excavation of Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre
‘Unusual passageway’ discovered under stage where first actors to play Romeo and Juliet trod the boards
Read MoreBurglars strike again at Black Cat Cafe – just weeks after last break in
Oli Dunk, a chef at the popular Clarence Road vegan eatery, said he arrived this morning to find windows shattered, adding: ‘I’m gutted’
Read MoreBritannia Leisure Centre given £300,000 refit – despite plans to knock it down
Pat Turnbull from the Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaign says facility will be sacrificed for homes to be sold at market rate
Read MoreCouncil weighs up temporary school plans for Haggerston ‘parkland’ as campaigners set out alternative vision
Planning committee set to decide tonight whether to grant permission to create temporary school premises on the disputed site
Read MoreCouncil apologises to Dalston resident Jacqueline Kent for delays in fixing mould hell
Clayeon McKenzie says sorry to Jacqueline Kent after the Hackney Citizen raised her case with the council
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