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Illegal Jewish schools: council denies cover up over ‘missing’ children
Council education chiefs accused of ‘destroying’ evidence of Jewish children dropping off education system
Read MoreVirtual Reality show: pupils get visit from Oscar winners
Company that worked on Gravity introduces primary school pupils to computer animation
Read MoreBishopsgate Goodsyard decision looms as hearing date finally set
Knocking up 38 and 46 storey tower blocks would ruin Shoreditch and Spitalfields for generations, campaigners warn
Read MoreShakespeare in Shoreditch festival stages 1,000 plays
Actors will climb aboard a custom built ‘pageant wagon’ and set off on a tour of Hackney
Read MoreMan beheads wife in act of ‘pure hatred’
Police discovered the decapitated body of Judith Nibbs at her home on Charles Square Estate
Read MorePeople passed from pillar to post
Council resources are stretched like never before – but this is exacerbated by a “not my problem” mentality that pervades all of our society
Read MoreCouncil shame: young family left to sleep on the streets
Mother and four children under 10 unceremoniously removed from the Hackney Service Centre on a cold March evening
Read MoreVictory for campaigners in ‘turnaround’ over Hackney Wick regeneration
But scheme offers ‘little provision for families’, some residents say
Read MoreHackney’s ‘contagious energy’ on display in Stephen Gill exhibition
Photography inspired by borough and its residents
Read MoreInvestigation launched into claims Stamford Hill Jewish school defied closure order
Talmud Torah Tashbar’s rigid curriculum taught no lessons in English, Ofsted inspectors found
Read MoreWoodberry Wetlands to open for first time in nearly 200 years
Vast wildlife oasis is ‘a high-quality green space and a haven for nature’
Read MoreCampaigners triumph as Duke of Wellington pub wins protected status
Closed pub gains special heritage status following campaign to save it
Read MoreShoreditch strip club seeks licence renewal under tough policy
One of few ‘sex establishments’ left has had licence renewal approved in previous years
Read MoreBig Issue to mark 200 million milestone with one-off exhibition
Street artist Ben Eine teams up with magazine that helps homeless people make a living
Read MorePembury Circus shortlisted for ‘Planning and Placemaking’ awards
Housing association chief hails scheme that has ‘helped fulfil vision of creating a welcoming estate’
Read MoreFruit tree planters plan to transform Mabley Green into ‘edible park’
Volunteers planted 30 types of tree as part of scheme that could have huge health, social and environmental benefits
Read MoreResidents fear foregone conclusion over London Fields cycling ‘quietway’
Hard won public consultation dismissed as ‘smoke and mirrors’
Read MoreHistoric warehouse in Shoreditch conservation area to be converted into offices
Former industrial building to be given two extra storeys for offices, restaurant and retail
Read MoreCouncil gets stick over school grounds sell-off ‘trick’
Plan to stack flats on top of a school for pupils with special educational needs comes in for criticism
Read MoreLegal Geeks code through the night for Hackney Community Law Centre
Hackathon event saw teams of tech whizzes invent software to ‘improve access to advice for the most vulnerable’
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