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Istanbul terrorist attacks: advice surgery for Hackney’s Turkish and Kurdish-speaking residents
Native speaker will be on hand to help with translation and counselling at free drop-in service
Read MoreDe Beauvoir Town rooftop garden house vies for RIBA award
The Garden House has been included on Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) longlist for House of the Year
Read MoreColville Estate residents step in to save magnolia trees
The trees were dug up and replanted in Shoreditch Park
Read MoreResidents slam ‘epic hubris’ of council approving its own application to build two high rise towers
Councillor says plans would never be approved if submitted by a private developer
Read MorePlans for Haggerston Park temporary school leave residents fuming
Community orchard and BMX track to be replaced by portakabins to provide school places
Read MoreHackney mayor Jules Pipe announces his resignation
Departing mayor has been appointed Sadiq Khan’s Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
Read MoreHackney mayor Jules Pipe set to become Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for planning
Jules Pipe set to become London’s mayor’s planning chief
Read More‘A massive slap in the face’: residents slam council’s plans to build high rise towers on top of schools
Campaigners fume at ‘lack of transparency’ in planning process ahead of vital meeting over high-rise developments in Hoxton and Hackney Downs
Read MoreIain Sinclair walks ‘ginger line’ in film adaptation of London Overground
Rio Cinema to premiere London Overground, in which Hackney author Iain Sinclair treks across the ‘spin-drier of capitalism’
Read MoreDiane Abbott appointed shadow health secretary in Corbyn’s cabinet reshuffle
Ms Abbott takes on new role following 16 resignations from shadow cabinet in wake of EU referendum result
Read MoreWoman in labour has phone stolen as she calls for lift to hospital
Woman is believed to have been phoning her husband to take her to hospital when thief struck
Read MorePassing Clouds founder vows to fight on despite ban as company director
Founder of iconic Dalston venue has been disqualified from running a company over failure to pay tax and sloppy bookkeeping
Read MorePassing Clouds founder vows to fight on despite ban as company director
Founder of iconic Dalston venue has been disqualified from running a company over failure to pay tax on time and sloppy bookkeeping
Read MoreMagic Breakfast founder and Hackney Citizen writer honoured at food awards
Guild of Food Writers names charity head Carmel McConnell an ‘inspiration’, whilst Gillian Riley is pipped to the Food Writer of the Year award
Read MoreEU referendum: Hackney results are no surprise
However turnout was almost eight per cent lower than in capital as a whole and nearly 10 per cent lower than in Britain as a whole
Read MoreHackney’s award-winning nurseries aim to give all children an equal start
The London Early Years Foundation is a family of nurseries that provides a welcoming, safe and comforting environment for children
Read More‘There is not a person in Britain who is not interested in politics. They just don’t always call it politics’
How can decision-making be brought closer to the people?
Read MoreEU referendum: Hackney votes to remain as Britain votes to leave
The borough’s residents vote overwhelming in favour of remaining in European Union
Read MoreHackney residents cast their votes in EU Referendum
Polling stations are open until 10pm for people to have their say on whether the UK should leave or remain part of the European Union
Read MoreRichard III – review
Echoes of Rigsby from 70s sitcom Rising Damp in the way Fiennes turns dialogue into series of japes
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