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Broken lifts, loss of hot water and overdue repairs: Hackney Council pays out ‘astonishing’ £572,000 in compensation
Hackney councillor told officers she had gone two months without hot water in her housing block
Read MoreCollection of iconic Hackney Empire statue sculptor goes up for auction
‘The clays, the heat, the oxides and even the water used to form the things I make are in many ways equivalent to the forces which originally shaped the earth’
Read MoreDisabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’
‘Nobody else’s journey takes half an hour longer because they’re with four other people’
Read MoreCake to celebrate: ‘lifeline’ Laburnum Boat Club marks its massive makeover
‘It’s a space where young people feel heard and valued and supported to be the best they can be’
Read More‘She can’t vanish’: Community mourns death of beloved local homeless woman
Fundraiser launched for a bench or plaque to honour Tracey O’Brien
Read MoreFinal Woodberry Down plans win approval despite fears over ‘staggering’ loss of wildlife
Campaigners have raised concerns over biodiversity and cuts to social housing
Read MoreCome clean on buried ‘LTNs don’t cut traffic’ report, Sadiq Khan told
The City Hall Conservatives transport spokesman Keith Prince said mayor must reveal whether he was involved
Read MorePopular Dalston bakery giving prison leavers tools to flourish in ‘chaotic’ London
The Dusty Knuckle has been praised as an exemplar in how to support ex-offenders
Read More‘Desperately disappointing for bereaved and injured’ – plans to end road deaths delayed till 2026
Campaigners react as second phase of TfL puts brakes on much-vaunted Vision Zero Action Plan
Read MoreClubs boycott Saucony Run Shoreditch 10km over event sponsor’s links to Israel
‘We cannot allow the sport we love to be used to gloss over oppression’
Read MoreVet suspended over cat death employed as head surgeon in Hackney
A series of charges of serious professional misconduct were proved against him
Read MoreClimate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
Read MoreSadiq Khan breaks ranks with Labour government to call Gaza tragedy ‘genocide’ for first time
Mayor of London has previously resisted calls to label Israel’s military campaign a genocide but now says it’s “inescapable” to conclude that
Read More‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure
Hackney Council moved to sell off Ashwin Street’s creative workspaces earlier this year, but artists have now bought the site after refusing to give up
Read MoreCouncil says ‘no hard plans’ to close nurseries this year after legal challenge
Town Hall shelved plans to close two children’s centres, but questions linger over lessons learned from the debacle
Read MoreHackney Council more than doubles its debt in one year – but what is the Town Hall spending on?
Hackney Council’s borrowing is below average for London, but its debt burden is set to rise five-fold by 2028
Read MoreWoman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses
Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’
Read MoreFormer councillor defends Morning Lane role following ‘insider’ claims
Vincent Stops responds to a report by campaigners that called his involvement an ‘egregious lack of transparency’
Read MoreHomerton dietician warns of ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs
The London Assembly Health Committee heard that high demand for the drugs in London has forced consumers into buying counterfeit medicines
Read MoreMan who planned Hackney shooting that left girl with bullet in her brain sentenced to life
Javon Riley given minimum term of 34 years for ‘meticulously organising’ attack at Evin restaurant last year
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