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Elderly residents targeted as bogus call robberies increase
‘Calculating thieves’ pretend to check water pressure before making off with possessions
Read MoreThe secret garden: Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve to open after nearly 200 years
Sealed off East Reservoir to become ‘haven for wildlife and people’ with a visitor centre fashioned from a 19th-century coal house
Read MorePlans to build on Hackney Marshes get green light
Inquiry finds in favour of new sports pavilion as objections from environmental groups are overruled
Read More‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates
Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers
Read MoreMillion pound price tag slapped on ‘affordable’ shared ownership flat
‘Stylish’ housing association property in Hackney requires buyers to have income of at least £77,000 pa
Read MoreComplaints relating to prostitution in Hackney up 70 per cent
Police report a significant rise in residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour linked to sex work
Read MoreEarmark apprenticeships for young people in care, Barnardo’s urges
Hackney highlighted as an area of concern as charity calls for jobs to be set aside for care leavers
Read MoreBailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax
Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments
Read MoreDiane Abbott defends Jeremy Corbyn against extremist ‘smears’
Hackney MP says critics of the Labour leadership frontrunner are ‘frozen by fear’
Read MoreEnd of an era: Hackney school-leavers collect GCSE results
Grades roll in for exam students across the borough
Read MoreResidents of New Era Estate in Hoxton secure means-tested rents
Housing charity managing the New Era estate has announced a “radical new rent policy”
Read MoreNow ‘impossible’ to save for a deposit in Hackney
New figures estimate it would take over 19 years for buyers to save for their first property
Read MoreHackney Conservatives back Boff as candidate for London Mayor
Councillor Steinberger says he would travel ‘all the way to Australia’ to vote for him
Read MoreThirteen arrested following Dalston shooting
Man is shot in the leg in broad daylight on Ridley Road
Read MoreCouncil accused of ‘misleading’ the public over licensing consultation
Partner in Dinerama says council is trying to ‘fudge the issue’ and calls for ‘change of personnel’
Read MoreEstate agent’s partnership with local hospice flourishes
Hackney estate agent continues to explore ways of working alongside St Joseph’s Hospice
Read MoreOver-50s to vote on who gets share of £6m Connect Hackney fund
Hackney CVS has given elderly residents the chance to decide on how to spend the multi-million-pound fund
Read MoreResidents angered over inclusion of ‘industrial’ Clapton area in waste plan
Local residents say area earmarked as suitable for recycling facility is in fact ‘densely populated’
Read MoreHackney students collect A-level results
Local schools will be hoping to improve on last year’s A-level results which saw a dip in grades
Read MoreBoy Dunne good: Captain of Hackney deaf team on his proudest moment
Manor House based St John’s FC captain Darren Dunne on his team’s recent success
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