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Hackney CAB sees increased demand for advice about job losses
The local Citizens Advice Bureau can give you assistance with your legal rights if being dismissed or made redundant
Read MoreArts Council doubles funds to Arcola
As cuts are being made across the arts sector nationally, director Dr Ben Todd says the extra cash will help the newly re-located theatre to continue its pioneering work
Read MoreLondon 2012 Olympics: Crackdown on brothels ‘puts sex workers at risk’
Police clean-up of London’s Olympic boroughs is pushing vice crime and human trafficking underground, say critics
Read MoreProtestors picket Clissold Park ‘zoo’
As park renovations come to an end, the captive deer and birds look set to stay
Read MoreClapton to be calmed by cushions
Residents remain divided as Conservative councillor slams Town Hall decision to go ahead with 20mph traffic scheme as ‘scandalous’
Read MoreHackney Council paid director over £200k per year
Local authority ‘fat cat’ pay is revealed whilst the government mulls plans to give councillors the power to veto town hall salaries over £100,000
Read MoreHackney parks posts to be axed
User groups and local residents voice concern over the future wellbeing of the borough’s green spaces as leaked report proposes large-scale changes
Read More‘Gay-free zone’ homophobic stickers: police release CCTV image
Officers are looking for a man seen at Bow Church DLR on Saturday 12 February
Read MoreHackney Liberal Democrats join row over cost of Town Hall ‘Pravda’
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics
Read MoreHackney Council youth services job cuts slammed
Union says Town Hall is failing to protect frontline services
Read MoreFate of Clapton Tram Sheds to be decided
Campaigners call for a locally-listed building to be turned into an arts centre as Hackney Council considers a proposal to convert it into flats and space for light industry
Read MoreMichael Jackson sculpture at Premises Studios sparks ‘hate campaign’
Madonna and Child by Swedish artist Maria von Köhler incurs the wrath of fans of the King of Pop
Read MoreSecond arrest in Olympic staff explosives case
Arrest of man in Wales follows swoop near London 2012 site on dog handler understood to work for G4S security
Read MoreOlympic 2012 site in London sees security guard arrested for explosives
40-year-old dog handler held after vehicle searched in a car park off Pudding Mill Lane
Read MoreJeremy Hunt admits London 2012 legacy targets will be scrapped
• Target to inspire one million adults will be dropped
• Olympics secretary signifies strategy shift for Sport England
Government details ID card compensation for suppliers
Home Office pays Thales £2m plus in compensation as part of ending the National Identity Scheme
Read MoreHackney census: a question of religion
Jewish and secular groups have raised concerns regarding ‘flaws’ in the filling-in process
Read MoreStudio Weave’s Floating Cinema coming to moor in Hackney
A portable ‘pavilion’ is set to navigate its way though the Olympic boroughs’ canals and rivers
Read MoreHackney Council cleans up ahead of the Olympics
The Town Hall’s tidy record gets national recognition ahead of the London 2012 Games – but not without local criticism
Read MorePolice hunt five attackers over Stoke Newington teenagers’ double knife stabbing
Two 16 year old boys were hospitalised after being set upon in Shakspeare Walk
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