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Inquest: Artist died after suffering rare side effect of drug
‘If repeated and avoidable errors had not been made by the Trust, Sophie’s death might have been prevented’
Read MoreCharedi orthodox children missing out on free school meals
‘No child should have just bread for their lunch. It’s very upsetting.’
Read MorePack to school: Hackney Youth Parliament appeal gives helping hand to new starters
Residents donate 150 back packs and school equipment to help families struggling with the cost of living
Read MoreA Strange Loop – Barbican: dancing the steps of the genres it satirises
A tale of blackness, queerness, belonging, religion, class, and resilience
Read MoreMayor speaks of shock and anger at former councillor’s actions
Tom Dewey was convicted of possessing indecent images of children
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children
Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail
Read MoreHaggerston School’s 125-year lease set to be transferred to academy trust – with staff and parents divided over the move
The secondary’s headteacher says ‘joining a family of schools will improve quality of education’
Read MoreGrants on offer for events celebrating transgender awareness and LGBT+ history
Residents can apply for up to £1k in funding before 20 August deadline
Read MoreHackney artist’s schizophrenia drug could have caused heart problems, inquest into her death hears
Sophie O’Neill, 37, died at Homerton Hospital in 2019 after suffering from a relapse
Read MoreHackney Council offers £1k grants to residents for events celebrating this year’s Black History Season
Town Hall wants to hear ideas from residents before 20 August deadline
Read More‘Real community feel’: New plant-inspired mural set to brighten up Dalston
Artist Claire Ward-Thornton is finishing off a nine-metre-high artwork on Wilton Way
Read MoreHistoric leisure centre in Lower Clapton set for roof repairs to ‘minimise health and safety risks’
Council applies for listed building consent to work on 126-year-old Kings Hall
Read More‘Little happy space’: Free activities at Hackney GP surgeries prove a hit with patients and volunteers
Together Better scheme set to expand – much to the ‘delight’ of the council’s health chief
Read MoreHackney’s young parliamentarians call for back-to-school donations to help pupils feel ‘confident and ready’
Hackney’s Youth Parliament is putting together packs of essentials such as rucksacks and pencil cases
Read More‘Disingenuous’: Rishi Sunak’s call for LTN review condemned by Hackney transport chief
Cllr Mete Coban says government has no power over the controversial traffic measures
Read MoreCampaigners speak out after ‘one of largest police raids on Ridley Road in recent memory’
Police say six arrests were made for drugs and weapon offences, but campaign group calls raid ‘intimidating and traumatising’
Read MoreHackney transport chief defends ‘bold’ LTNs as campaigners again call for them to be scrapped
Cllr Mete Coban fielded a number of questions on the controversial traffic measures at full council
Read MorePoliticians back move for Hackney to formally become a borough of sanctuary for refugees
Council hopes to officially join network of places in the UK that welcome asylum seekers and refugees
Read More‘I’ve never put the safeguarding of anyone at risk,’ says Hackney Mayor as he faces questions over disgraced former councillor
Tom Dewey pleaded guilty to five child porn charges in July – just over a year after his abrupt resignation from the council left Town Hall watchers puzzled
Read MoreHackney girls’ school looks set to welcome boys in effort to combat drop in pupils
Almost half of Year 7 places at Our Lady’s Catholic School in Stamford Hill are currently unfilled
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