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Boat-dwellers unite in Hackney against ‘draconian’ clampdown on cruisers
Boaters who do not move could lose their licences as Canal and River Trust tightens up enforcement of 14-day rule
Read MoreCampaigners protest in Hackney over ‘toxic’ free trade agreement
Campaigners from 38 degrees call on Hackney Council to declare its opposition to The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Read MoreFar-right nationalists hold Clapton rally against Jewish patrol group Shomrim
Hackney Unite Against Fascists who called counter-demonstration ‘angry’ that police allowed rally to go ahead
Read MoreSoapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
Who has blisters from pounding the pavement, why is the co-founder of Bebo running for MP and what is transhumanism?
Read MoreHackney heckler aims to get ‘F*** off back to Eton’ song to number one
Ukulele player from Stoke Newington who serenaded David Cameron on campaign trail launches crowdfunding campaign
Read MoreStamford Hill teenager dies swimming at Hampstead Heath ponds
19-year-old from Orthodox Jewish Community named locally as Moshe Yitzchok Greenfield
Read More‘Long overdue’ Dalston Conservation Area leaves out key heritage buildings
Local conservation groups welcome increased protection but express concern that buildings such as Reeves Printworks have been left out
Read MoreGreen Party launches manifesto for ‘peaceful political revolution’ at Arcola Theatre
Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas MP promise “a new kind of politics” at Dalston launch
Read MoreBurgers 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’
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