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Forty-four Hackney schools closed as NUT teachers strike to defend ‘attacks on education’
Schools shut their doors for the day as teachers strike over pay, pension and working hours
Read MoreSchool children to take part in Run Hackney half marathon
Primary school children encouraged to run a mile a week in their own time in the run up to Hackney’s inaugural half marathon
Read MoreHackney mayor Jules Pipe speaks out over Shereka Marsh shooting
Hackney mayor issues statement on death of “much valued” member of the community, and warns on gun crime
Read More15 year-old boy charged with murder of schoolgirl Shereka Marsh
Two 16-year-olds previously arrested released without charge
Read MoreHackney shooting victim named as teenager Shereka Marsh
Shooting of 15-year-old at a house in Eastway may have been an accident
Read MoreThree arrested after teenage girl shot dead in Hackney Wick
Three men arrested following shooting in Eastway
Read MoreLandlord applies to bulldoze ‘classic community pub’ The Prince Edward
Flats plan criticised by West Indian punters and Campaign for Real Ale
Read MoreDalston Terrace: demolition work will not start until next month
Hackney Council confirms work will stay frozen after OPEN Dalston’s lawyers write to Town Hall
Read MoreHigh Court decision due as Stokey Local campaigners launch second Sainsbury’s fight
Supporters fire starting gun in process for second judicial review as part of latest development in ongoing saga
Read MoreNarrow Way pedestrianisation permanent – but shopkeepers claim trade has slumped
Hackney Council’s decision to banish buses criticised
Read MoreFormer Mossbourne pupils criticise ‘ridiculous’ dispersal rule
Claims students in groups larger than six asked to disassociate, but academy school’s headteacher declines to comment
Read MoreHackney Central Police Station sold to free school trust for £7.6 million
Muslim Olive School ‘honoured’ to acquire building hit with closure as part of controversial cost-cutting
Read MorePush for new controls on lorries after report reveals cyclists feel increasingly unsafe
Cross-party lobby group chaired by Jules Pipe completes consultation on additional mirrors for HGVs
Read MoreStoke Newington West Reservoir reopens for wild swimming
Grab a wetsuit and get in after open water induction
Read MoreNight ride from Hackney to Hertfordshire in defiance of muggers
Cyclists’ moonlit pedalling from Proud Archivist to Fish and Eels in Hertfordshire was inspired by Hackney Citizen article
Read MoreLandlord of council-subsidised cafe Hackney Heart is Labour activist
Hackney Council pays thousands of pounds of public funds to accountant running for election in nearby Enfield
Read MoreEye Opticians shop damaged in riots fears trade will be hit after Specsavers opens next door
Chain giant could outcompete independent small business in Mare Street’s ‘war of opticians’
Read MoreTitbits – Four Communications, Hackney Today and parties’ row over Cazenove
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Read MoreHackney Council approves plan to demolish Dalston’s historic Georgian terrace
Total demolition of heritage buildings to go ahead after close-run vote at Town Hall
Read MoreCar wars as Hackney Council seeks to put brakes on parking at Kingsland Shopping Centre site
Town Hall at odds with developer amid concern over future of Dalston’s Eastern Curve Garden
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