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Campaign behind wild swimming plans accuses government of ‘misleading’ public
East London Waterworks Park says it was not told previously that the site it is hoping to purchase is not for sale
Read More‘Twinning must end’: Campaigners call on Hackney to cut ties with Israeli city
Chair of the organisation that runs exchanges between Hackney and Haifa defends relationship
Read More‘You can find family anywhere’: Young people who have been in care perform sell-out play at Hoxton Hall
‘Plays aren’t something that we can always relate to as young, care-experienced people, but this was really relatable to us,’ said one actor
Read More‘Groundhog Day’: Parents fighting to save two children’s centres hit out at council’s ‘tick-box’ consultation
Campaigners say the Town Hall has offered no ‘plan B’ to shutting Fernbank and Sebright centres
Read MoreLondon Assembly elections: Meet the seven candidates battling it out to represent Hackney
Londoners go the ballot box on 2 May to choose a member for their area – as well as the city’s mayor
Read MoreStoke Newington Library’s refurbishment gets £500k funding boost
The library, which closed for two years at the end of March, will have more money to spend on upgrading its facilities
Read More‘Outrage’ as sewage dumped into River Lee doubles in a single year
Thames Water admits 2023 figures are ‘unacceptable’ after it released wastewater into the river and its tributaries more than 1,000 times
Read MoreEnvironmentalists buzzing over £250k funding for bee corridor in Hackney
Charity ecoACTIVE plans to build a green thoroughfare for wildlife between four local parks
Read MoreNew stall enters the fromage fray at Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market
A collective of British farms will set up shop at the much-loved market this month
Read MoreMay elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote
Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May
Read MoreHackney councillor on final list of 13 candidates vying to become Mayor of London
Dalston representative Zoë Garbett is aiming to be the capital’s first Green mayor on 2 May
Read MoreHomerton Fertility Centre’s licence suspended after incidents of frozen embryos ‘not surviving or being undetectable’
Healthcare officials faced a grilling from concerned councillors at a scrutiny meeting this week
Read MoreMan arrested after making ‘allegedly antisemitic’ threats close to scene of Clapton house fire
The 60-year-old was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following blaze on Newick Road
Read MorePeabody residents joined by Hackney councillors to protest ‘huge’ rent hikes
Campaigners were backed by suspended Victoria ward councillors as they took their fight to Peabody’s headquarters
Read MoreCampaign to create East London’s first wild swimming pond launches petition to save land from developers
East London Waterworks Park is rallying support for its vision of a ‘brownfield rainforest’
Read MoreMan, 47, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following two crossbow attacks in Shoreditch
The suspect is in custody in east London after a woman was shot in the head and a man was hit in the neck in separate assaults
Read MorePoliticians call on Labour to reinstate Diane Abbott at packed show of support in Hackney
Hundreds of people turned out last night following the racist abuse suffered by the long-serving MP
Read MoreFirst electric charger in Hackney’s ‘country-leading rollout’ installed in Hoxton
Follingham Court is the first place to benefit from the Town Hall’s partnership with energy firm Zest
Read MoreGap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers narrows after above-average year for Hackney’s schools
‘In some areas, children in Hackney perform the best in class nationally,’ says council’s education director
Read MorePeabody accused of ‘social cleansing’ as key workers face nine per cent rent hike
‘Why are key worker rents linked to the market and not wages?’ asks local teacher at packed tenants’ meeting
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