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Murderer Lerone Boye convicted for being unlawfully at large
Care worker Dean Ablakwa cleared of all charges
Read More‘Freddy Krueger’ hitman hired by Hackney Turks jailed for life for killing rival gang boss
Police offer £30,000 reward for information on those responsible for ordering the execution
Read MoreOver ten ‘illegal’ yeshiva schools operating in Stamford Hill
Channel 4 Dispatches programme says it is “shocking” that government and council have known of unregistered schools since 2008
Read More‘Sunstone survivors’ call for closed gym to be given Asset of Community Value status
Former members of women-only gym in Stoke Newington say the gym was a ‘safe space’ and should be protected
Read MoreHousing campaigners send spoof eviction notices to 57 councillors
Campaign group Digs posts Section 21 notices in a bid to highlight struggles faced by private renters
Read MoreHackney UTC to close due to ‘unviable student numbers’
Low student intake forces closure of government’s flagship technical college that opened its doors just two years ago
Read MorePublic sector workers prepare to strike over pay
Hackney schools likely to face disruption as teachers take part in mass walkout over wages
Read MoreShoreditch ISP takes legal action against GCHQ over mass surveillance
GreenNet part of international collective taking government intelligence agency to court over allegations of network spying
Read MoreHundreds attend protest over funding cuts to GP surgeries
65th birthday of the NHS marked by rally in London Fields
Read MoreCritics slam cash for free schools as education budget faces the axe
Town Hall should maintain role in ensuring school standards, urges Mayor and teachers’ union
Read MoreTitbits – The ‘detour’ de France, gentrificleansing and World Cup cartography
After hipsterfication and shoreditchification, now ‘gentrificleansing’ enters Hackney – unlike Tour de France which only makes cameo appearance
Read MoreGPs to hold rally in London Fields as campaign builds to save surgeries from closure
Diane Abbott MP to address protest over government funding cuts this Saturday
Read MoreHalf of all homeless struggle to read, says St Mungo’s Broadway
Mare Street hostel organises Action Week of workshops to help homeless rebuild their lives away from the streets
Read MoreNew Era Estate families face rent hikes as Benyon landlord takes over
Mayor Jules Pipe condemns rent increases which will ‘tear the heart out’ of a Hoxton neighbourhood
Read MoreChesham Arms campaigners upbeat despite postponement of verdict
Public inquiry adjourned until September but campaigners have “good feeling” about outcome
Read MorePolice appeal after man robbed at gunpoint
Witnesses asked to contact police after 23-year-old man was robbed in broad daylight on Navarino Road
Read MoreWhippet mauled by mastiff in Clissold Park
Police appeal for information after an eight-year old pet dog was mauled to death in a ‘traumatic’ attack
Read MoreMissing mental health patient returned to John Howard Centre
East London NHS Foundation confirm Anthony Knowles is back at mental health centre in Homerton
Read MoreTale of two-wheelers: historic Pickwick Bicycle Club honoured with new plaque
144th birthday of oldest Dickensian society in the world marked with commemorative plaque at former Downs Hotel
Read MoreJail those caught twice with a knife, says Hackney Council
Council backs government on tougher penalties for knife crime as the new laws are criticised by London charities
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