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‘Absurd’: Parents and unions slam council over plans to cut children’s centres
Campaigners hit out at ‘baffling’ consultation process
Read More‘One-stop shop’ of health services for young people to launch in Hackney
The two-year pilot project is hoping to address increasing demand
Read More‘So exciting’: Hackney schoolboy plays organ for 2,000 people at St Paul’s Cathedral
Peter Maku, 14, says he is ‘very proud’ after playing a Bach composition on the venue’s famous instrument
Read MoreTeenager arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal stabbing on Hackney Road
Seventeen-year-old in custody after boy of the same age died on Saturday night
Read More‘Not what people need’: Community group sounds alarm after Woodberry Down masterplan reveal
‘How do we end up with fewer social homes than there were at the start?’ asks representative of local residents’ body
Read MoreLondon Fields residents in ‘horror’ over council plan to cut litter collections
Users of the popular park fear it will become ‘unsanitary and unpleasant’
Read More‘Excellent leader’: Homerton Healthcare announces new chief executive
Bas Sadiq replaces outgoing boss Louise Ashley after serving as her deputy for 10 months
Read More‘It’s about humanity’: Pro-Palestinian campaigners defend graffiti on Hackney border following complaint
Chair of local organisation for Jewish ex-servicemen and women threatens direct action if messages are not removed
Read More‘They aren’t really surviving’: Hackney Foodbank warns of huge surge in pensioners asking for help
‘People who have worked hard for much of their lives are struggling,’ says one of the charity’s caseworkers
Read MoreMayor’s Music Awards 2024: Borough’s young musicians impress at Hackney Empire
More than 350 local pupils performed at the annual gala celebrating Hackney’s finest aspiring artists
Read More‘Heading in the wrong direction’: Alarm over Hackney’s low measles vaccination rate
Health experts issue warning after confirmed cases in nearby boroughs
Read More‘From dangerous to extremely safe’: Hackney cyclist praises Clapton roundabout makeover
New layout gets a thumbs-up from Kate Corden, owner of a bike-fitting firm, and her family
Read MoreDivesting from businesses involved in Palestine would ‘breach legal guidance’, council says
Pensions committee chair says Town Hall is legally required to ‘ensure thousands of former council employees are paid’
Read MoreHackney Council apologises to elderly man forced to abandon his home after a leak
The Wenlock Barn Estate resident had to wait almost two months for a repair
Read More‘We’ll keep coming back’: Hackney protesters vow to continue fight for Palestine
Demonstrators have again urged the council’s pension fund to divest from companies complicit in Israel’s ‘apartheid and occupation’ of Palestine
Read More‘They need to do their job’: Anger after leak on Shoreditch estate goes unfixed for weeks
A vulnerable elderly man has been forced to take refuge with family after his flat was left sodden
Read More‘We will oppose any closure’: Union vows to fight threat to libraries
Hackney Unison ‘concerned’ about the possibility of a library being axed, as council finance chief says ‘no decisions have been made’
Read More‘We can’t escape this mess’: Shoreditch residents hit out as venue wins new booze licence
Sandbox on Quaker Street has been granted permission to hold up to six events every month
Read MoreLibrary closure may be needed in Hackney, council report warns
Town Hall number-crunchers say libraries service needs £248k by 2026 to ward off a building closure
Read MoreHackney Council claws back nearly £1m following fraud investigations
A huge chunk of the recovered money comes from tenancy fraud cases
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