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Junior doctors in 24-hour strike as majority of public supports action
Second walk-out this year over Jeremy Hunt’s new contracts
Read MoreRight to Buy ‘attack on social housing’ is close to becoming law
Warning that sale of council homes under Right to Buy will ‘destroy’ communities
Read MoreTitbits – Sporting Hackney FC and Simche Steinberger’s shot at goal
An embattled month for local ‘treehuggers’ and ‘Corbyn the clown’
Read MoreGoodsyard developers’ £25k fund branded a ‘kick in the teeth’ for residents
Campaigners blasted the community fund as ‘shameful’ and ‘a patent bribe’
Read MoreMan who ‘targeted and preyed on vulnerable women’ jailed for attempted rapes
Usman Tahir handed 12 year sentence for two separate attacks
Read MoreTeenage moped rider dies and another injured in police chase
Tragedy took place on Upper Clapton Road
Read MoreAbney Park chapel set for repairs ahead of public reopening
Oldest surviving non-denominational chapel in Europe to receive maintenance work to address ‘downward spiral of decay’
Read MoreLeader – dust and destruction in Dalston
‘Crossrail 2 is needed, but that does not mean the plans should go ahead at any cost’
Read MoreStoke Newington Town Hall ‘left rotting’ and leaking
‘Lack of regular maintenance’ has left building with leaks, cracks and corrosion
Read MoreIt’s a tall order to afford a giant recorder!
Quartet makes plea for donations to help them get their hands on large instrument
Read MoreTeenagers arrested after 18-inch sword found near Victoria Park
Two boys ran from police in middle of the night
Read MoreResidents fear Crossrail 2 will ‘rip heart out’ of Dalston
Bradbury Street earmarked as potential site for rail link’s ticket hall and entrance
Read MoreTeenager arrested for throwing fireworks at Jewish pedestrians
Shomrim detained the teenager in Stamford Hill until police arrived
Read MoreColvestone School: judge grants judicial review of ‘dreadful scheme’
Dalston resident’s case against council planning chiefs to be heard in High Court
Read MoreTeenage flasher banned from Walthamstow Marshes
Judge ordered an assessment of Nathaniel Mundle’s mental state before deciding sentence
Read MoreDirty energy comes under fire as council moots divestment from fossil fuels
But Divest Hackney vows to ‘keep the heat on’ until council makes commitment
Read MoreTwo men, 18, charged with sex offences against four schoolboys
A group of 13 year-olds were attacked on a footpath in Lower Clapton Road last year
Read MoreMan arrested for assault at former Mare Street squat
Kamil Nowak was holed up in grade-II listed mansion
Read MoreAward-winning baker on a roll with bike delivery service
Business on the rise for the baker with a special way to peddle his sourdough wares
Read MoreHackney pupils beat national average in GCSE results
Percentage of Hackney students achieving benchmark of five A*-C grades almost seven points higher than England average
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