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Gay-free zone homophobic stickers: Muslim youth found guilty
An 18 year-old man was today convicted and fined £100 for putting up homophobic stickers in east London
Read MoreContract killers as young as 15 recruited to do drug syndicates’ dirty work
Turkish crime gangs in north London thought to be linked to spate of killings
Read More‘Big society’ tsar Lord Wei leaves post after less than a year
Cabinet office insists departure does not mark scaling back of project, but Labour say flagship policy is descending into farce
Read MoreBarbican unveils Olympics arts festival
Programme includes theatre productions starring Juliette Binoche and Cate Blanchett, and major Bauhaus exhibition
Read MoreBBC Radio 1 announces Olympics music festival in Hackney
Two days, 100,000 people and six stages on Hackney Marshes, 23-24 June 2012
Read MoreBritain’s youngest ‘hitman’ convicted of woman’s murder
Teenage gang member known as Riot was 15 when he killed Gulistan Subasi outside her Hackney home last year
Read MoreSlavery claim women to receive payout from the Metropolitan police
Four awarded total of £20,000 after high court judge rules their allegations were not properly investigated
Read MoreRSPB condemns killing of River Lea coots
A bird conservation charity has described the stoning of a nest of a mother bird and her chicks as ‘vile, repugnant and barbaric’
Read MoreStoke Newington resident plunges off tower for St Mungo’s homelessness charity fundraiser
Melissa Houghton abseils from London’s tallest abseil-able building, at Guy’s Hospital
Read MoreHackney Labour councillor defects to Conservatives
In a surprise move, Cllr Linda Kelly joined the Tory benches at last night’s council AGM
Read MoreHackney lawyers fight legal aid cuts
Today, the House of Lords debates The Case for Civil Legal Aid, as local lawyers protest against the Government’s proposed plans to reduce Legal Aid
Read MoreHackney writer wins Orwell Blog Prize
Graeme Archer has bagged a prestigious national writing award
Read MoreDalston’s Bradbury Street re-opens
After a period of upheaval, local traders talk about the future of their street
Read MoreMan charged over ‘gay-free zone’ stickers
Mohammed Hasnath, 18, is due to appear in court on 1 June
Read MoreHackney teenager caught with loaded gun and clown mask on train
Mitchell Woods of Haggerston is jailed for three years after being found in possession of a semi-automatic weapon and ammunition
Read MoreCitizens’ Advice: Housing Benefit changes to Local Housing Allowance claims
Hackney CAB explains how and when the new rules come into effect
Read MoreSmall businesses slam Hackney Council over Clissold Park café contract
Local traders voice fury at being ruled out of the lucrative deal as only companies with an annual turnover of £1m or more are deemed eligible to bid
Read MorePolitical blogger shortlisted for Orwell Prize
Hackney Conservative Graeme Archer is up for a prestigious national writing award
Read MoreBoaters campaign to stay afloat
Local river dwellers step up their efforts to preserve their way of life as the consultation deadline for British Waterways’ controversial plans is extended to 31 May
Read MoreHackney Council makes £27k Olympics tickets bid
The Town Hall is spending more than any other London borough, according to the latest figures
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