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Burgers round the clock? McDonald’s plans controversial 24-hour opening
McDonald’s says late hours would create 25 jobs at Old Street branch but local resident slams plans as ‘cynical’
Read MoreCharities unite to tackle poverty as four in ten Hackney kids live below breadline
Local groups come together to address the real impact of poverty across the borough
Read MoreForecast: how East Londoners plan to vote on 7 May
Survey insights into how East London will vote and why in the upcoming General Election
Read MoreGeneral Election campaign watch — Friday 10 April
What have the candidates been up to this week? Track their movements in our weekly election column
Read MoreSetting off to the North and South polls: A guide to Hackney’s election
On Thursday 7 May Hackney voters will be trooping to the polling stations to elect their members of the House of Commons
Read MoreFull list of election candidates for Hackney North and Hackney South
Nominations have now closed for the General Election on 7 May
Read MoreFacelifts meet resistance as developers begin ‘intensification’ of Finsbury Park
Developments threaten to turn the Victorian rail hub into a clutch of high-rise towers
Read MoreWetlands in Hackney and Waltham Forest to be linked by ‘green corridor’
Project delivered by London Wildlife Trust and Hackney Council to receive £120,000 from Mayor’s Big Green Fund
Read MoreEducation re-imagined: Big Creative offers new opportunities in Walthamstow
With new campus, Big Creative Village will expand training for 16-19 year-olds seeking careers in the creative industries
Read MoreWrapped in wool: Yarn-bomb at playground encourages kids to get outdoors
Easter surprise as KIDS Adventure Play in Upper Clapton is covered in yarn
Read MoreArtists accuse cider giant of ‘pirating the spirit’ of Hackney Wick
Swedish cider brand Kopparberg wants to hold the Urban Forest Festival over six weeks this Summer
Read MoreCharities urge end to ‘devastating’ policy as ‘no recourse’ families triple in Hackney
Hackney Migrant Centre and Project 17 warn that a growing number of families are living in ‘extreme poverty’
Read MoreHackney Energy offers shares to fund solar start-up
Community group sets out to raise £142,000 to fund borough’s first community-owned solar project
Read MoreTUSC announces parliamentary candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Brian Debus is to stand as the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition’s candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch
Read MoreArchdeacon of Hackney Rachel Treweek to become next Bishop of Gloucester
‘My overwhelming feeling is one of excitement,’ says the Ven Rachel Treweek
Read MoreRevealed: tampering of exam papers at Hackney primary schools
Schools to be given new guidance as investigations find exam papers at De Beauvoir and Southwold primary schools were compromised
Read More‘Politics is dead’: Russell Brand opens café on estate that fought off developers
Comedian and activist says the Trew Era café will be a ‘self-supporting new economic enterprise’ staffed by former addicts
Read MoreHackney pulls out of joint borough devolution bid at eleventh hour
Council withdraws from nine borough bid to focus on ‘pan-London approach’ led by London Councils
Read MoreJoiners Arms campaigners ‘over the moon’ as council upholds listed status
Owners of the pub appeal but council says it is ‘realistic’ that the pub could continue to serve community
Read MoreGlyphosate used by council ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans, report finds
Director of Public Health Dr Penny Bevan says council will ‘continue to follow government guidance’
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